Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 9 Mission Completed
"Yes, Engineer Luo, that's the situation. Although the repairs are complete, there are still many minor problems. I thought of leaving a translated repair instruction manual so that it will be convenient for our brother units to do the maintenance themselves in the future."

After listening to Zhou Fengnian's words, Luo Cheng on the other end of the phone said, "Okay, then you can stay in the steel mill for one more day. Xiao Zhou, you surprised me again this time. I'll give you an A when you come back."

Daily performance is related to recommendation for assessment. Zhou Fengnian can now even repair German machine tools. His status in Luo Cheng's heart has been greatly improved, and he can almost be trained as a reserve engineer.

Zhou Fengnian said: "Mr. Luo, I will return your bicycle to you later."

"It's already after get off work, why would you send me this? You can use it first. You still have to go to the steel mill tomorrow. Please return it to me after you finish this mission. That's all. I have something else to do."

Luo Cheng hung up the phone after he finished speaking. This time he helped the brother unit and it gave him a lot of face. It was just lending the bicycle for two days, and he was not a stingy person.

Originally, few people studied German machine tools, and Luo Chengdu did not allow Zhou Fengnian to go there with the intention of repairing them.

He originally wanted to ask Zhou Fengnian to help with translation, but he didn't expect Zhou Fengnian to directly help the brother unit repair it and also planned the subsequent maintenance guidance.

Isn't this giving face to the technical chief of the Second Machinery Plant?

With Luo Cheng's affirmation, Zhou Fengnian could continue working in the steel rolling mill for another day without any worries, and there was nothing much to do for the rest of the work.

Just write a machine tool maintenance instruction, and it can definitely be done within a day.

However, it was time to get off work today. After Zhou Fengnian got dinner from the canteen, he rode his bicycle to the staff dormitory of the machinery factory.

Apart from anything else, at least I could save a few meals when I was on business trips, and the meals at the steel rolling mill were even more oily, after all, it was a large factory directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy.

In this era where wages and bills are fixed, if you want to become wealthy slowly, you can only rely on saving money or improving your work level. There is no other way.

After returning, Zhou Fengnian put his bicycle away, lit the stove to heat up some food, and also planned to boil a pot of water for soaking his feet.

While eating, Zhou Fengnian suddenly thought: "I have to cook for myself in the future. The factory doesn't provide breakfast, and the canteen is closed on Sundays.
And if you get married, you should at least have your own house."

Fortunately, he is a technician. If he is promoted two levels within three years and reaches the eleventh or twelfth level technician, he will definitely be given priority in housing allocation.

If he keeps living in the factory dormitory, almost no girl would be willing to marry him, unless she is a woman with rural household registration.

After finishing his meal and cleaning his lunch box, Zhou Fengnian lay on the bed and began to think:

"If you want to upgrade, you have to make achievements and take exams to upgrade quickly. The exams are not difficult for me. I just need to make achievements to shorten the exam time. Let Luo Gong recommend it."

You can't take the exam whenever you want. It depends on your usual performance and recommendation from your superiors before you can take the exam.

Fortunately, Zhou Fengnian usually performs well in technical subjects. If he makes meritorious service, Luo Cheng will definitely recommend him to take the exam.

"Machinery maintenance, lathe maintenance. That's all. It can only be counted as part of the daily work evaluation. Hiss, why is it so cold?"

Zhou Fengnian suddenly felt a gust of cold wind, and then found that the window was not closed properly, so he got up and closed the window tightly.

However, when he saw that the big pot of water had not yet boiled, he sighed and stamped his feet.

People in this era are very energetic, but life is not very convenient. It takes a long time to boil water.
"Oh, right, there are heating elements, so we can get the heat out quickly."

Zhou Fengnian suddenly thought of this water-boiling tool. He used to use it frequently, and he couldn't do without it in the winter.

Moreover, there are many products that use similar principles to Hotplate, such as electric blankets and water heaters, etc. They all use electric heating wires for heating, but there are some subtle differences.

If these two were available during the winter in the north, most people would definitely live comfortably.

In this era, power cuts are common, and ordinary people cannot afford things that consume too much electricity, so ordinary residents would definitely prefer to use free firewood.

Zhou Fengnian shook his head. The issue of popularization and promotion was not something he should consider. Even if ordinary workers' families in the country could not use this thing, it should be able to be exported to earn foreign exchange.

But this had nothing to do with him. He was only responsible for making it, and Zhou Fengnian had no control over what happened next. After taking out a pen and paper, Zhou Fengnian began to design and draw. The design of the heating element was not difficult for him at all.

It was only slightly more difficult than making a light bulb, and two design drawings were quickly completed.

One heats up quickly, the other an electric blanket.

But after finishing the painting, Zhou Fengnian frowned again: "Most of the materials are controlled, except for the scrapped parts in the factory.
I can only go to the scrap recycling station, or I can only look for Luo Gong, or Song Ke from the steel mill?"

If he wanted to earn more credit for himself, it would be best to find the finished product. However, if that didn't work, Zhou Fengnian could only ask Engineer Luo for help. With Luo Cheng's identity, it would be easy for him to adjust some resistor wires and metal sheets.

It’s just that Luo Cheng is a bit too principled, and Zhou Fengnian is not sure whether he can agree. He will only go to Luo Cheng if he has no other choice.

Zhou Fengnian put away the drawings, then washed his feet and took a rest.

There was nothing to do late at night, and the factory didn't allow the lights to be turned on too late, so I could only rest.

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Early the next morning, when Zhou Fengnian was making breakfast for himself, he suddenly discovered that he had acquired a new skill, cooking.

"It seems that doing anything can increase skills and proficiency. I wonder if I can get better cooking skills after upgrading my skills."

It would be great if I could really get it. Zhou Fengnian doesn’t have many hobbies, but this is definitely at the top of the list.

After breakfast, Zhou Fengnian rode his bike to the steel mill.

The machine tools have been repaired, and today's task is not very urgent. I just need to complete the translation of the maintenance instructions of the two machine tools.

"Technician Zhou, you are here. This is the table that the master reserved for you. You can just translate the maintenance manual here."

As soon as Lu Guoxian saw Zhou Fengnian, his attitude changed drastically compared to yesterday. It seemed that he had been slapped in the face many times.

"Please sit down. I'll go get you a glass of water. By the way, this is today's meal ticket. Master asked me to give it to you. He's gone to check the machines in the workshop."

Zhou Fengnian took the meal ticket and said, "Thank you, Comrade Lu."

After sitting down, Zhou Fengnian went straight into work mode. He wanted to finish it sooner rather than later. Besides, he had something else he wanted to ask Song Ke today.

I taught myself German in the 1990s, when a state-owned factory purchased a lot of German equipment.

As a retired re-employed instructor, I learned a lot and became proficient in many professional terms.

Zhou Fengnian hardly got up the whole morning, and even when he finished his water, it was Lu Guoxian who helped him refill it.

After lunch in the afternoon, with still an hour before the end of work, Zhou Fengnian finally finished the maintenance instructions.

After finishing it, Zhou Fengnian immediately handed it to Song Chang and said, "Song Ke, it's done. I also marked out some of the parts that we saw yesterday that were more worn out, as well as the method of disassembling the machine tool. Take a look and see what you think."

After Song Chang took it, he looked at it carefully and quickly nodded in approval. Not only was the description very detailed, but there were also illustrations and examples.

After reading it, Song Chang clapped his hands and said, "Well done, Technician Zhou, I'm afraid your skills are more than level 14 technicians. I guess you'll be promoted one or two levels next time, right?"

"It depends on the leader's recommendation, but Song Ke, as long as you are satisfied."

Zhou Fengnian smiled, and then felt that Song Chang was easy to talk to, so he took the opportunity to ask: "Song Ke, I want to research something recently. Do you know where I can buy resistor wire and metal sheets?"

(End of this chapter)