Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 480 Senior Brother's Favoritism is Too Obvious!

He Dahua frowned slightly, somewhat disapproving.

This child... how can he be so stubborn!
You said the actual situation isn't impossible,
But could you please explain the order?

You've already laid out your weaknesses and shortcomings right from the start; how can anyone agree to that?!
At least say a few nice words first.
For example, how much importance the school attaches to it, how much support the city provides, and how significant the project is...

In short, start by praising yourself.

Once the initial stance is established, we can gradually steer the conversation towards cooperation.

This makes the audience feel comfortable, and makes it easier for them to agree to cooperate.

How can you come in and say you have nothing!
Isn't this digging a hole for yourself right from the start?

However, on the other side, Chen Luyang sat steadily on the stool.

He's not stupid.
He could tell exactly what anyone was thinking just by glancing at them out of the corner of his eye.

But he just didn't want to beat around the bush.

Having worked on the project to this point, he knew better than anyone exactly where the repair shop was lacking, what it was missing, and where it was stuck.

This meeting, which brings together various technical schools and factories, is a rare opportunity in itself.

If he continues to recite a prepared script, spouting platitudes about how "the situation is encouraging" and "the project is progressing smoothly," then once this meeting ends, the problems will still be unresolved, and the cooperation will not be finalized.

It would be better to make things clear now, face to face.

If there's a problem, talk about it; if you need resources, be upfront and say you need them.

If you can connect, chat while the conversation is going; if you can't, stop early so as not to waste each other's time.

Instead of waiting until after the meeting to knock on doors, deliver materials, and strike up conversations with people one by one,
Why not just do it all at once!
State your bottom line first.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room had cooled down, Liang Zhongwei spoke up.

"I listened very carefully to Director Chen's speech just now. His words may be rough, but the reasoning is sound and he spoke very practically."

"Telling the truth is not a bad thing."

"The reason we've gathered everyone here today is precisely to 'make things clear and lay everything out in the open,' right?"

"The factory directors who spoke earlier gave their reports on achievements, and they did a good job. Our city is also happy about that."

"But we're here today to pave the way for pilot projects. What are pilot projects for? They're for solving problems."

“If a pilot program is truly without problems, contradictions, or obstacles, then what’s the point of calling it a pilot program? It would just be a summary and commendation conference.”

At this point, Liang Zhongwei changed the subject:
"The repair shop project was reviewed and approved by the Municipal Science and Technology Commission. Our Municipal Economic Commission personally sent people to conduct on-site research and inspection. It is a real project with real samples, and it has indeed been done very well."

"Now he's coming to find supporting partners and seek cooperation. To put it bluntly, this matter has really reached a critical point."

"We can't look down on someone just because they're a student or a repair shop manager and don't speak politely."

"If there really is a project, it only needs a few blueprints and a few sets of machine tools to be launched. It would be a happy event for our city, a contribution for your factory, and a practical training opportunity for the technical school. Who wouldn't want to give such a good three-way cooperation platform a try?"

Chen Luyang's eyelids twitched slightly!
Good guy...

My senior brother's favoritism is too obvious!

This is too blatant.

Liang Zhongwei flipped through the meeting minutes in his hand, slightly raised his glasses, and tightened his tone:

“Now students are waiting for internships and tasks are waiting to be assigned, factories are short-staffed, and schools can’t just talk about reform. I’ll take the lead and put forward a few preliminary suggestions. Each unit should respond accordingly.”

He looked up at the First Machine Tool Plant:
"Comrade Lin Bin, we have many tasks and high standards this time. I suggest that the First Industrial Technical School continue to pair up with your factory for trial training projects, focusing on CNC base processing and spindle positioning component prototyping."

Lin Bin nodded: "Okay, we agree."

Lü Shichang was equally straightforward: "We can send students into the workshop at any time."

"Okay." Liang Zhongwei ticked the box on the paper and continued:
"The second group: Xishan Machinery Factory is partnering with the Electromechanical Technical School, aiming at 'collaborative prototyping of standard connectors,' with students rotating along the production line as part of the pilot program. Director He?"

“We have no objection,” He Dahua said in a loud voice. “We can pick them up anytime.”

Cheng Wei immediately chimed in, "Our teachers have already prepared the teaching process."

Liang Zhongwei then called out names:

"For the electrical equipment factory, it is recommended to arrange for Xuanxuan Technical School to conduct trial work on plug-in components; the boiler factory and Xijiao Agricultural Machinery Technical School can continue their existing furnace tube pre-assembly training and extend it to heat exchange components."

The room was filled with the clicking of notes as everyone jotted down their next combinations.

Just as everyone was beginning to move into the "implementation phase," Chen Luyang's repair shop remained sidelined, with no one taking the initiative to mention it.

Liang Zhongwei turned a page, his tone softening, and deliberately added a sentence:
"As for the 'General Standard Parts Trial Production Project' of Jinba Repair Shop, our Economic Commission also recognizes it as an exploratory direction. However, considering that the project is still in its early stages, we do not mandate allocation and suggest that the repair shop contact interested technical schools independently. Is there any school willing to connect with us?"

He spoke in a very calm tone, but the atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle.

The vocational school principals looked at each other.

Liang Zhongwei smiled and looked at Chen Luyang, saying:

"Director Chen, you say a few words yourself. Tell me what kind of students you need, how many you need, and how you want to arrange them."

Chen Luyang said, "Our Jinba Repair Shop has limited manpower and equipment, insufficient workshop conditions, no large-scale lathe resources, and no systematic production capacity."

"Therefore, the way we are advancing this project is that we provide standard drawings, process flow and material specifications, and the technical school independently organizes students to make trial production according to the drawings, and complete the processing, assembly and prototyping."

He paused for a moment, then added:

“Our repair shop is responsible for overall project management and acceptance and recycling, but we do not arrange for students to visit the shop in person.”

"Students don't come here; they complete their tasks at school. We only look at the results: whether the samples are qualified, whether the dimensions meet the standards, and whether they can be uniformly replaced."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion on one side of the conference table.

Principal Cheng of the electromechanical technical school frowned and voiced his doubts:

"Director Chen, do you mean we students should complete all the procedures on campus?"

"So is this still 'industry-education integration'? Aren't you just making us a one-sided outsourcing team?"

Principal Lü Shichang of the First Industrial Technical School spoke cautiously:

"I have to be honest. Our school's original plan was to let students go into the factory workshop, follow the front-line projects, learn the operation and process, and get in touch with the real industrial environment."

"It's not that it can't be done, but if the entire process has to be completed on campus without a factory supervisor overseeing it, who will be responsible for the quality if the students do this? And if there are any problems, who will be held accountable?"

Chen Luyang remained calm, her speaking speed unchanged, but her gaze deepened:

"I understand your concerns."

"The question raised by Principal Lü is true and it is also the key point."

“I never intended for vocational school students to ‘fight alone’.”

"What we're talking about today isn't about dumping the trial production task on technical schools, nor is it about who does the work for whom; it's about collaboration."

"The drawings are from our repair shop, and the process standards were set by me and Professor Zhang's team from the Department of Mechanics at Peking University. The performance indicators for trial production are also clearly marked in this document. As long as you are willing to cooperate, we have someone to follow up, someone to check, and someone to sign off on every step."

"The students aren't doing it themselves, and the repair shop isn't abandoning its responsibilities." At this point, Chen Luyang paused slightly before continuing:
“Our biggest problems right now are insufficient manpower, incomplete equipment, and tight deadlines. We hope to leverage the mature teaching platforms of various vocational schools to jointly build a trial production process that is ‘guided, standardized, and documented’.”

“What students complete at school is not just simple after-school exercises, but the finished products that are formally included in the city-level engineering practice projects. Each product has drawings, numbers, records and quality tracking.”

"As for the issue of responsibility, I must say this upfront."

Chen Luyang looked at Principal Lü, her expression calm, her tone clear yet measured:

“Any test piece that is intended for formal delivery must go through our repair shop’s quality inspection process.”

"We distribute the drawings uniformly, keep the samples, compare the process standards throughout, and I will sign off on any quality issues."

He paused, lowered his voice slightly, but remained remarkably firm:
"As long as it's done according to our procedures, I'll take responsibility if any problems arise."

"But the premise is that every step is recorded, supervised, and based on evidence."

“We are neither shirking responsibility nor trying to fool people. I will take the lead in this project and I will take responsibility for it, but it must be based on unified standards and transparent processes.”

This is the fundamental problem!

Chen Luyang only has so many materials at hand right now, and every piece must be used wisely. The trial production cannot tolerate any setbacks.

He didn't want to think too badly of people...

But you must always be on guard against others!
If he softens his stance on responsibility in order to reach a cooperation agreement.

What if the vocational school takes the materials I obtained and processes them without my permission, using the wrong materials or changing the dimensions, resulting in a batch of defective parts being delivered to me?

At that time, let alone regret, there was nowhere to even cry!
Upon hearing Chen Luyang's words, Lu Yongqiang and He Dahua raised their eyebrows slightly and nodded subconsciously.

This Chen Luyang...

Despite his young age, he is quite methodical in handling matters.

They've shown sincerity, and clearly stated their bottom line!
Chen Luyang glanced at the representatives from the technical schools, her tone softening slightly:

"From the perspective of traditional practical training, sending students into factories and workshops to work under front-line mentors is the safest approach. This is also the industry-education integration model that we are most familiar with and most mature in the past."

"But everyone knows the reality."

“These units have heavy tasks, many lines of work, and a fast pace. Although students can enter the workshop, they can often only get in touch with one part of the process and do auxiliary or observational training.”

"The real core processes are still led by the factory's technical department, and students rarely have the opportunity to go through the entire process from blueprints to samples."

"Although our project started small and had a weak foundation, every step, from blueprint design to trial production and processing, from process refinement to final acceptance, was documented, traceable, and verifiable."

"As long as students are willing to participate, they can complete a full chain, leaving behind solid records of participation and archived results."

Chen Luyang's eyes shone brightly as he addressed the group of factory directors and technical school principals:
"So I was thinking, could we try a different approach?"

“We are not here to borrow equipment, nor are we here to have students do odd jobs for us.”

Instead, they took the original blueprints, raw materials, and standard processes of the project and handed over the trial production stage to the technical school.

"Let your school no longer be just a nominal entity outside the formal process, but the primary executor of the entire project's trial production phase."

Upon hearing this, the principals present raised their eyebrows slightly, and a hint of interest finally appeared in their eyes.

The initial wariness of being "ordered around by college students" seemed to be gently eased by the phrase "the primary executor of the project."

Chen Luyang is right.

Over the years, their cooperation with large factories has been ongoing for quite some time. They have been going into workshops, working on assembly lines, inspecting projects, and conducting practical training. They have all the necessary procedures and regulations.

But ultimately, they all knew exactly what kind of work the students were doing...

He was an assistant, a follower, and occasionally got a chance to shine.

They are almost never included in the actual project approval process, in the summaries, or in the achievements listed.

However, Chen Luyang's project, although small, was not "impressive" enough.
But they were open and honest from the beginning, making it clear that they wanted to complete the main trial production here.

They were the ones who coordinated the blueprints with their school, led the process, and credited the results.

To put it bluntly:

In large factories, their students are considered peripheral talents.

But once they get to the repair shop, that's where their true core combat power lies.

Seeing that the people in the conference room had been persuaded,

Chen Luyang seized the opportunity and suddenly added a sentence.

"Of course, we also need to make the unpleasant points clear upfront."

"Quality issues cannot be ignored!"

"I'll provide the materials, I'll provide the processes, and we'll calibrate the process standards. But if there are any problems, our factory won't cover them."

"Once the materials leave the repair shop, they are handed over to your school for management; once the cutting tools are used in the process, it becomes your school's production line."

"Whoever produces it is responsible for it; there can be no ambiguity."

"This is not about shirking responsibility, but about protecting our cooperation."

"If students want real results, schools must set real requirements; if we produce real blueprints, we must also produce real results."

Upon hearing this, He Dahua suddenly raised his eyebrows, and the way he looked at Chen Luyang changed completely.

Good guy...

He had previously sighed inwardly, thinking the child was too honest and stubborn.

After listening to this conversation, he was actually somewhat convinced.

No wonder he came from the provincial machinery factory; he even has the air of Wang Qingzhou when he raises his hand.

Lu Yongqiang looked at Chen Luyang with even greater satisfaction.

No wonder he was Chen Tuo's chosen son-in-law; he's got guts!

In front of so many big factory directors and school principals, he not only showed no stage fright, but also dared to negotiate terms and set up a position!

The atmosphere froze for a few seconds.

Liang Zhongwei coughed, his voice carrying a hint of conciliatory tone:

"I think this model isn't entirely unworkable."

“Right now, all factories are short-staffed and have heavy workloads, so the energy to train apprentices on-site is really limited. If technical schools can really master the entire process and test the prototypes, that would be more practical than having students stay in the factory for half a year.”

The room fell silent for a moment after he said that.

Liang Zhongwei's position speaks for itself—he is the deputy director of the Municipal Economic Commission and the person who chaired this coordination meeting.

Moreover, although his words sounded mild, his stance was already very clear!

This means giving the green light to Chen Luyang's "technical school-led" pilot model.

(End of this chapter)