Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 294 Two People Are Wrong (Subscribe)

"Commissioner Zhou, thank you so much. If it weren't for you helping Huaide, he wouldn't have been able to be promoted so quickly."

At a family dinner, Lu Yixian, deputy director of the Ministry of Metallurgy, said to Zhou Fengnian with a smile, and politely raised his glass to gesture.

His son-in-law had a good relationship with Zhou Fengnian, a relationship that was formed when both of them were in low positions.

He is not so good. At the beginning, he just asked his son-in-law to pass the message and he didn't have much contact with Zhou Fengnian. Now he can only hold the position that Zhou Fengnian is most representative of.

“This may not be as good as your cooking skills, Commissioner Zhou, but it was also made by a chef hired by Fengnian.”

"That's very polite. It's already very generous. And I'm helping Brother Wilder just for fun. If there are any technical problems, as long as I understand them, I will help in any way I can.

And you can just call me Fengnian, there’s no need to be so formal when chatting privately.”

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile. There was no falsehood in what he said. Even now, people from the technical department of the machine tool factory often came to the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building to find him.

Sometimes Zhou Fengnian was very busy, so he would leave the problem to them and send it to them after it was solved.

He may not have time to teach students now, but he never refuses anyone who asks for advice.

"Okay, then I'll give you a good harvest."

After Lu Yixian toasted, he smiled and said, "Huaide, you have to thank Fengnian, otherwise even if you wait until next year, your promotion will be uncertain."

If he has been criticized but has not made any achievements, his promotion will be very uncertain. Unless no one performs well by then, Li Huaide will be considered.

If one person performs well, then Li Huaide will definitely be considered instead of another person, after all, Li Huaide has made mistakes.

But now, with the help of Zhou Fengnian in technological innovation and after presiding over a technological upgrade in the factory, there is hope for promotion again.

The quality and types of fine steel have been expanded, and production efficiency has been improved. Although anyone with a discerning eye can tell that it was Li Huaide who asked Zhou Fengnian for it, the credit should be attributed to him.

Who told you not to go? Don't you know him? Then how did Li Huaide know him?

The steel rolling machinery and equipment can be used by other factories and will improve the entire metallurgical industry, so the promotion is a done deal, but we have to wait until Li Huaide completes the technological innovation of the third steel rolling mill.

"Fengnian, I won't say anything else, brother. Everything I want to say is in the wine."

Li Huaide toasted him with a glass of thanks, and then said, "Let's just be casual. Fengnian, you don't like drinking, so eat more vegetables. I had a lot of trouble getting these seafood."

He knew Zhou Fengnian's personality. He thought it was a great honor for him to drink two glasses of wine at the table.

So it was also a reminder to his father-in-law that he should stop urging him to drink, as doing so might lead to enmity.

Lu Yixian also understood what Li Huaide meant. He put down his glass and stopped drinking. Instead, he persuaded Zhou Fengnian to pick up some food while talking about other things.

The metallurgical industry will continue to develop rapidly in the new century. Domestic infrastructure development cannot be separated from steel, so this is an industry with great potential.

Zhou Fengnian didn't know much about the development of this industry, so he just talked about the technical aspect. As long as the metallurgical industry developed normally, he didn't need to invest too much energy in improving the technology for the time being.

During the conversation, they talked about metallurgy and wild medicinal herbs. Zhou Fengnian mentioned that he had researched health-preserving pills and they tasted pretty good, and his whole family was taking them.

Li Huaide immediately became interested and promised to bring back some top-quality medicinal herbs for Zhou Fengnian.

He didn't have much else, but he had many friends from all over the world; and he was wondering how to repay Zhou Fengnian, so he took on the entire task.

Zhou Fengnian really wanted it, but some medicinal herbs were hard to buy, and he couldn't find them even when he went to the pharmacy; the pharmacy also planned to run the store, and Zhou Fengnian couldn't use his status to force them to buy or sell.

Li Huaide was willing to buy some for him, and Zhou Fengnian was tempted and did not refuse.

This doesn't count as bribery. He can just reciprocate when the time comes. When he makes some effective health pills, he will give some to Li Huaide.

These health pills are made of only good medicinal materials, and the cost may be three or four hundred yuan. Moreover, the health pills produced are only enough for their family to eat for two or three months.

This is much more expensive than eating meat. If it weren't for the fact that everyone in their family is making money, they wouldn't dare to eat like this.

The meal was delicious, and after it Zhou Fengnian planned to say goodbye and leave.

Just as he was about to leave, Li Huaide suddenly slapped his head and said quickly: "I almost forgot about this. Blame me. Fengnian, the Xu family and the Lou family are back."

"Xu family and Lou family?"

Zhou Fengnian didn't remember it for a moment, but after being reminded by Li Huaide, he remembered it.

The stupid cook in Compound No. 95 instigated Xu Damao and had his elder brother arrested.

But coming back now is relatively late.

"Come back if you want. Don't worry about them. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about these people."

Zhou Fengnian casually said that it would be a bit embarrassing if he still cared about these people in his current position.

It can be said that none of them is wronged.

Li Huaide raised his thumb and said, "That's fine. Fengnian is still very generous. The street office asked me to assign them a job, but I was a little reluctant. Now I have asked them to clean the factory."

Then the things from the past should be returned to them, but what happened many years ago is already a bad debt, and the Lou family is not really wronged.

There was indeed a large amount of gold hidden at the beginning; after returning, these accounts could not be settled for a while, so they returned their small house first, and at the same time asked the steel mill to arrange work for them. Li Huaide didn't want to agree at first, and wanted to see Zhou Fengnian's attitude first. If Zhou Fengnian was unwilling, he would retreat as far as possible.

If Zhou Fengnian doesn't mind, he will give them a temporary job as a cleaner.

Even if it's a temporary worker, people outside are scrambling to take it.

Li Huaide then sent Zhou Fengnian to the car, and before he left, he said, "Fengnian, I will collect those herbs as soon as possible and send them to you when they are all."

"That's annoying, Brother Li."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile, and then asked the driver to take him home.

After Li Huaide returned to Lu Yixian's house, he said, "Dad, Fengnian has been sent away."

"Well, Wilder, the best thing you have done over the years is to maintain a good relationship with Zhou Fengnian. He seems to be only 41 years old."

Lu Yixian sighed and said, "I can't stay here for much longer. I'll leave after I finish paving the way for you."

Li Huaide quickly said, "I understand, Dad, I will try my best to maintain it in the future."

"Well, that's good. By the way, what do the Xu and Lou families you just mentioned do?"

Lu Yixian suddenly remembered and asked.

Li Huaide said: "That happened more than ten years ago. At that time, there was a GW Club in the factory."

After he finished speaking, Lu Yixian said, "You shouldn't have said it at the time, you should have just dealt with them directly, but it seems that Zhou Fengnian didn't care about these people at all, so let it go this time.

Don't make this mistake again next time. Zhou Fengnian is generous and doesn't think about the past, but that doesn't mean others don't think about it. Aren't you talking about something that makes others uncomfortable?"

"Yes, Dad, you are right. I will be more careful next time."

After thinking about it, Li Huaide also changed his mind and quickly said to Lu Yixian.

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Early in the morning, Zhou Jiaan came to Zhou's Garment Factory. Not long after he arrived here, all the employees also arrived.

They employed a total of sixteen people. Zhou Jiaan and his wife each applied for a business license. In theory, they rented a factory together, but in fact they were just one family.

We now have two production lines that run non-stop around the clock and can produce more than 700 pieces of clothing every day.

Moreover, all the clothes of Zhou’s Garment Factory can be sold out now. The clothes they produce are popular clothes that appear in foreign movies and are very popular.

When there were not many middlemen before, Zhou Jiaan’s garment factory did not make as much money as the boss’s restaurant.

But now that his reputation has spread, he earns much more in a day than his boss Zhou Weitian.

There were sometimes a few hundred less and sometimes thousands more.

The workers working here at Zhou Jia'an earn quite well, 80 yuan a month, and occasionally get bonuses at the end of the month.

"Boss, someone is here to discuss business with you."

Zhou Jiaan was checking the machine. When he heard his wife calling him, he wiped his hands and came out.

When Zhou Jiaan arrived at the reception area outside, he saw two people. He was a little unsure about their appearance, but he couldn't push the business away, so he said

"Would you two like to buy some clothes? I have a lot of styles here, and you can even order them to order."

After Zhou Jiaan gave a brief introduction, he continued to ask: "Friend, how much do you want?"

After the two looked at each other, one of them said, "Boss, we plan to buy 5,000 pieces. Can we pay a deposit first?"

"No, you have to pay as much as you want to buy clothes. This is the rule here."

Zhou Jiaan shook his head without thinking and said, "To be honest, my friend, I don't know you at all. I don't know all the friends who come to buy goods. If they run away with the credit, I can't find them back, so cash payment and spot goods, this matter is not negotiable."

"Boss, we want a lot, and we need to ship it back."

"That won't work either. Cash on delivery. I won't accept any other method. My friends, my price is already very low. There are people who sell goods shipped from Hong Kong. The price is two or three times higher than mine."

Zhou Jiaan said, "And if you take the train, I can help you think of a solution."

After some conversation, Zhou Jiaan managed to secure the deal, and the two of them paid a quarter of the deposit.

Zhou Jiaan had to build connections at the railway station and deal with the police there to ask them to reserve a carriage for this batch of goods.

Recently, Zhou Jiaan has received more people from other places, and he has become familiar with the railway. He often goes there to handle such matters.

However, after these two people left today, Zhou Jiaan suddenly felt something was wrong.

After thinking for a while in the room, he stood up and walked outside. Before leaving, he said to Zhang Fangfang, "I'm going to discuss something with the third brother. You can take a look at the factory."

(End of this chapter)