Rebirth in 1960, My Industrial Age

Chapter 91 New Factory Manager, Level Up (Subscription Request)

Goo, goo, goo!

On the dining table, the hot soup in the casserole was emitting a fragrant aroma, and tofu and shredded pork were rolling in the snow-white boiling soup.

In this cold winter, a pot of shredded chicken and tofu casserole soup can really drive away the cold and stimulate appetite.

There is also the slightly spicy and sweet Kung Pao Chicken and the sour and appetizing Pickled Fish.

The four of them had sweat on their foreheads while eating. Even Aunt Li, who was well-mannered, was smiling while eating and kept praising the food.

She also cooks frequently, but her talent in this area is average. During the time she lived with Zhou Fengnian, she enjoyed a lot of delicious food.

Zhou Fengnian also sent some to his eldest and second brothers, but he took note of how much ingredients Luo Cheng used. After work started, he would go to the Pigeon Market to buy tickets and make up for the extra money.

He and his fourth sister rented the front yard for a few cents, which was already a bargain. If they also took advantage of the food, they would be a bit like parasites.

After dinner, Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng chatted for a while about the mission in 1963, and then went back to rest.

He originally wanted to go find Zhou Yan in the afternoon, but he had too many things to do at that time and couldn't spare the time, so he didn't go.

The next morning, Zhou Fengnian got up early and made a pot of appetizing dried shredded dumplings soup, and also steamed a pot of steamed buns made from two-grain flour.

Add two pickled vegetables and breakfast is ready.

After eating, Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng set out for the Second Machinery Factory.

There are quite a few workers on the road. After experiencing the Spring Festival, almost all of them have happy faces and are full of energy even when they start work.

However, the workers will not be allowed to work directly on the first day. Instead, they will be assigned tasks first and start work only after plans and arrangements are made.

When Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng arrived at the technical department, they were not the first to arrive. Zhao Yucheng and Duan Weibing had already cleaned the technical department.

After packing up, Zhou Fengnian made some tea and picked up the newspaper to read.

The tasks haven't been assigned yet, so there's no rush to start work.

After a while, the factory office came to the technical department to inform Luo Cheng that there would be a meeting, and specifically told Zhou Fengnian to go as well.

Luo Cheng stood up and said, "Let's go. I think we'll have a long meeting today. We might not be able to finish the whole morning."

Zhou Fengnian asked, "Why does it take so long?"

"We will assign tasks for the entire factory, and we may also discuss safety, discipline, ideology, etc. After the general meeting, there will be a small meeting, so it is normal for it to take a while."

As Luo Cheng and Zhou Fengnian were talking, they walked to the meeting room.

After entering, he sat down next to Luo Cheng, and soon after, some people came one after another.

The heads of various departments, workshop directors, and directors of organizations such as the Youth League Committee and the Women's Federation, almost all the leaders of the entire factory came.

Director Li, Secretary Wang, Deputy Director Gao and other leaders also came, but what surprised Zhou Fengnian was that Zhang Anhong did not come, and the person following Deputy Director Gao was a woman.

New leader?
Zhou Fengnian thought to himself, but this is too young, is he thirty years old?
"Comrades, today we will hold the new year's factory leadership meeting as usual. However, before the meeting, Secretary Wang will announce an organizational appointment."

After Director Li finished speaking, he handed over the next matter to Secretary Wang; he was only responsible for production, and the rest was under the responsibility of the secretary and the deputy director.

"Comrades, Deputy Director Zhang Anhong has been transferred from the Second Machinery Factory for special reasons. Deputy Director Bai Yujie will take over his previous duties. Please welcome him."

After Secretary Wang finished speaking, the young woman next to Deputy Director Gao stood up.

"Hello everyone, I am Bai Yujie. I was previously in charge of the work of the Women's Federation and the Youth League Committee at the steel mill. From now on, I will be working in the same trench with all of you comrades."

Bai Yujie introduced herself, but her youth surprised many people.

Even Zhou Fengnian was guessing Bai Yujie's age, wondering if she was thirty years old.

However, Zhang Anhong's departure was good news for Zhou Fengnian. He no longer had to see him in the machinery factory. However, he had not yet avenged himself for sending him to the countryside.

I don't know where he was transferred to, but it can be said that the people behind Zhang Anhong made an effort to transfer him away early. Maybe they will find a way to remove the punishment in his file.

Meetings to assign tasks are very boring. Reporting, planning tasks, guarantees, etc., all take a lot of time.

Zhou Fengnian didn't make any records. It was enough for Engineer Luo to remember the tasks of the technical department, and he would just follow the instructions when the time came.

The meeting lasted for a long time. When it was Luo Cheng's turn to report, Zhou Fengnian became a little more serious. However, after the technical department's report, he started thinking about other things again.

"Where can I get mushroom spores? The supply and marketing cooperative? The Ministry of Agriculture? Or just ask Engineer Luo."

Zhou Fengnian has to send these back next month, and then Hongjia Village will be able to develop slowly.

All the vegetables in the city of Sijiu are shipped in from other places, and mushrooms are relatively rare. He usually goes to the vegetable market and grabs mushrooms when he sees them, and sometimes he can't even buy them.

The mushroom cultivation techniques he brought to Hongjia Village are very complete, with many things to pay attention to. Even if the surrounding villages want to follow suit and grow mushrooms, it is unlikely to be as perfect as Hongjia Village.

You can plant it, but the yield is unlikely to be comparable to the mushrooms grown in Hongjia Village.

dong dong!

The table in front of Zhou Fengnian was knocked twice. He looked up and saw Engineer Luo's helpless face.

"You can still be distracted in a meeting. You should go now. Deputy Director Gao seems to want to talk to us about something."

After Luo Cheng finished speaking, he took his things and walked out of the meeting room.

Zhou Fengnian looked at his watch and followed. This meeting had lasted the whole morning and now it was almost noon and he had to have a small meeting. He had been thinking of having lunch with Zhou Yan at noon.

But in the factory, work comes first.

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"Chief Luo, Fengnian, please sit down. It's okay for us to chat in private."

Deputy Director Gao said with a smile, then stood up and poured two cups of tea for them both.

In terms of respecting the wise and humble, Deputy Director Gao has made great efforts. Zhang Anhong is far inferior to him. Although Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng do not necessarily have to drink tea, this gesture makes people feel comfortable.

"It's almost noon, so let's talk about it as soon as possible. I'll have someone go to the cafeteria to say hello. We're going to have a special lunch today."

Deputy Director Gao paused for a moment and continued with a smile: "To be honest, the situation has been getting better and better recently. We have been able to purchase a lot of unplanned materials, and there are more small kitchens in the factory, but you have to pay for it yourself."

Zhou Fengnian said: "This shows that we are slowly recovering. In two years, we may be able to restore to full capacity."

"That's right. It will probably be fully recovered within two years. It will be next year."

The ration was cut several times and then restored to the previous ration so that the workers could eat something good from time to time.

After some small talk, Deputy Director Gao finally got to the point and asked, "Chief Luo, you all know the production task just now.

Next, I want to ask, after the planned production is completed, can we add some unplanned ones?"

Luo Cheng thought for a while and said, "Well, if we hurry up a little, it won't be a problem to add two or three more, but Deputy Director Gao, what are you planning to do?"

"Although our machine tools have not yet been fully publicized, our sister factories that have a good relationship with us all know about them, and they also want to order a few."

Deputy Director Gao said helplessly that he had also asked the leaders of the ministry, but the leaders' replies were very vague.

Forget about those in the plan, there are other arrangements, and those outside the plan can be transferred, but only with the directly affiliated factories. The directly affiliated factories of the ministries and commissions in the 49th city are guaranteed, and the security force is sufficient, so there is no need to worry about the news leaking for the time being.

However, they need to discuss these matters privately. Similarly, how much the machinery factory can transfer is also up to the machinery factory itself.

Deputy Director Gao said: "Then I'll leave this matter to you, Chief Luo. Please do your best, but don't treat it as a formal task. Just add as much as you can.

The matter of the machine tool workshop has been handed over to Chief Luo. Fengnian, you also have a task. Are you sure about the automated CNC production line you mentioned in front of the ministry leaders last year?"

Deputy Director Gao paused for a moment and continued, "You can report to me if you are short of people or materials. If the factory cannot coordinate, I will report to the ministry."

If the First Ministry of Machine Building were to be mobilized, a lot of human and material resources would be able to be coordinated.

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "What we need is similar to before. It depends on whether the Sixth Institute has space.

If the six institutes don’t have time to cooperate, then find a research institute with the same conditions.”

"Okay, I'll make a note of this. We'll go together when we go to the ministry meeting. By the way, Fengnian, do you want to become an engineer?"

Deputy Director Gao suddenly changed the topic and asked about things other than the mission.

Zhou Fengnian was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I have this plan. What's the matter, Director Gao?"

"You don't need to take the exam. Your boss asked you to take some time to go to the ministry. They will directly upgrade your technical level."

Deputy Director Gao smiled and said, "Your ability has been proven. If you still have to take the test, it would just be a formality. Now the leaders have said that you don't have to go through the formalities. They will directly give you an eighth grade."

Level eight refers to level eight engineers, whose salary is 115 yuan, which plus various subsidies is basically equal to one hundred and forty-five yuan.

"Is there such a good thing? You can get promoted directly without taking an exam?"

Zhou Fengnian was surprised when he heard this, then turned his head to look at Luo Cheng.

However, Luo Cheng also shook his head and said: "I don't know, I haven't upgraded my level for six or seven years since the last level assessment."

If he had known, he would have let Zhou Fengnian go long ago.

Luo Cheng took over the technical department of the machinery factory early on. Later, he had no shortage of food and drink, and his salary was more than he could spend. After devoting himself to his work, he naturally didn't care about the technical level.

Deputy Director Gao smiled and said, "Chief Luo, the department leaders have also mentioned you, and you have been promoted to a higher level. Now we have two level eight engineers in our factory."

Although Zhou Fengnian made the main contribution, Luo Cheng also made an indispensable contribution. Moreover, he was an old engineer, so it was normal for him to be promoted to a higher level.

"I have it too"

Luo Cheng looked surprised, with even more surprise on his face than Zhou Fengnian just now.

But he quickly accepted it: "Thank you, organization."

This was a double blessing. Zhou Fengnian originally thought he would have to take a grade test, but he didn't expect the ministry to be so understanding and directly raise his technical level to level eight engineer.

Now his position in the machinery factory is very important, but the leaders of the ministry may have had this intention.

How can you lead a team to develop an automated CNC production line if you don’t have a high position?

If I were still a level 13 technician, I would have to submit reports for everything and wait for approval, and the process would be too slow.

After telling the good news, Deputy Director Gao talked with Zhou Fengnian and Luo Cheng about the next task, and then the three of them went to the cafeteria to eat.

On the way, Deputy Director Gao also talked about Zhou Fengnian's cooking skills. If Zhou Fengnian's talent in research and development was not so strong, or if he was a technical secondary school student who was promoted to a full-time employee.

He would definitely try his best to persuade Zhou Fengnian to change his career and become a cook.

It’s hard to find a good chef, especially a good chef in your own factory.

Who would come to the factory with good skills? The highest level is six, but even with subsidies, the salary is not as good as that of level three or four.

Zhou Fengnian also smiled and said that he would show off his skills to Deputy Director Gao when he has time in the future.

But he couldn't say when he would be free.

After lunch, Zhou Fengnian felt a little regretful that he couldn't eat with Zhou Yan.

It's not that they are stuck together and can't be separated. Zhou Fengnian wants to find out about the situation of Zhou Yan's family and whether Lu Honghui has caused any trouble after he left.

However, when he was about to go find Zhou Yan, he heard on the radio that Zhou Yan had started working, so he temporarily gave up the idea.

He originally wanted to go back to the technical department to start research and development work, but as soon as he got downstairs, a clerk from the factory office stopped Zhou Fengnian.

"Technician Zhou, Deputy Director Bai wants to see you. When are you available?"

"Deputy Director Bai? Did she say anything?"

"No."

Zhou Fengnian thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it now. Is Deputy Director Bai in the office?"

"Yes, if Technician Zhou is free now, he can go directly to Deputy Director Bai's office, which was previously Deputy Director Zhang's office."

The clerk nodded and left.

Zhou Fengnian knew where Deputy Director Bai’s office was and headed straight there.

After arriving, Zhou Fengnian knocked on the door. After hearing "Come in" from inside, he pushed the door open and walked in.

After entering, Zhou Fengnian said, "Deputy Director Bai, are you looking for me?"

"Yes, Technician Zhou, please take a seat first. Let's chat like old friends."

Bai Yujie said with a smile, and also stood up and picked up the thermos, preparing to pour water for Zhou Fengnian.

This made Zhou Fengnian a little flattered. Could it be that the deputy factory director in front of him also knew that he was going to be promoted to a level eight engineer?
"Deputy Director Bai, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's not a big deal. Actually, I can come to the machinery factory thanks to you. Can I be a little more generous and just call you Fengnian?"

Bai Yujie smiled gently and continued, "My cousin wanted to introduce you to him, but it seems he hasn't had the chance yet."

"Cousin. Deputy Director Bai, your cousin is not Bai Kang, right?"

Zhou Fengnian suddenly remembered that Bai Kang had contacted him before starting work. In addition, the two had the same surname, which made him associate them together.

Bai Yujie smiled and nodded: "Yes, Bai Kang is my cousin. Before I came here, he told me that you have outstanding abilities and that I can ask you if there is anything I don't understand. By the way, my cousin said that you still owe him a meal, haha."

"Ha, even if Brother Bai didn't tell me, I would have remembered it. I was just too busy before."

Zhou Fengnian scratched his head and smiled, it turned out that he was a relative of an acquaintance. No wonder Bai Kang was able to be promoted directly from a workshop director to deputy factory director.

The relationship is not small.

"Deputy Director Bai, since we are all acquaintances, if you need any help from me in the future, just let me know. I will never refuse anything I can do."

Zhou Fengnian said with a smile that Bai Kang had helped him take care of his family at the Electrical Appliance Factory No. 1. In return for this, he would lend a hand whenever Bai Yujie needed help.

(End of this chapter)