The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 116 "My Son?" [Please Subscribe]

"Zhiqiang, the person Chen Li's father just mentioned."

Before Guo Yuting could finish speaking, Zhou Zhiqiang interrupted her and said, "It's not necessarily true. They just look alike. That's baseless."

"And Yuting, aren't we doing well now? What if a few more outsiders come and disrupt our peaceful life?"

"I don't know who he's talking about, or what kind of person he is. What if someone just randomly starts giving you advice?"

Before Zhou Zhiqiang could finish speaking, Guo Yuting was already somewhat disgusted; she didn't like being pointed at and talked about by others.

Moreover, what her husband said seemed to make sense. Her job was easy now, and her son was healthy. Although her husband was busy every day, he would spend time with her and their son whenever he had a day off.
"Zhiqiang, you're right. We're living a good life and don't need to get involved in those things."

Guo Yuting nodded and said that she originally wanted to ask Zhong Zhouzhiqiang if he was willing to not find his relatives.

But judging from Zhou Zhiqiang's attitude now, she knew that Zhou Zhiqiang had already let it go, so she didn't need to say anything.

"Lili, you go back first, I'm going to talk to your Uncle Yu."

Upon arriving at the compound, Chen's father said to Chen Li, "Tell your mother I'll be going back in a bit."

Chen Li frowned and said, "Dad, are you going to talk to Uncle Yu about our section chief? Didn't you just see our section chief's attitude?"

He doesn't like you bringing up his background; what if it's a misunderstanding? You'll end up pleasing neither side.

“Lili, I think you’re really into this now. Why are you calling him ‘our section chief’? You used to always speak up for Dad.”

Mr. Chen said with a serious expression, "Let me warn you first, that Comrade Zhou is married."

"Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? I admire Section Chief Zhou, but I have never thought of breaking up his family."

Chen Li said anxiously, her voice rising several decibels: "Why do you insist on bringing up something that people clearly dislike? Even if they are father and son, in the end, Section Chief Zhou won't appreciate your efforts."

“You don’t understand. Why would I need his favor? I’m helping Lao Yu. He’s been keeping this in mind.”

After saying this, Chen's father turned around and walked towards Yu Zhong's house.

Seeing this, Chen Li was anxious, but she knew she couldn't stop her father, so she could only turn around and leave.

She wants to go home and tell her mother about it.

Soon.

Chen's father then went to the gate where Yu Zhongguo lived, pressed the doorbell, and someone opened the door shortly afterward.

Seeing that a child opened the door, Chen's father smiled and said, "Jingyu, where's your dad?"

"My dad just got back..."

Seeing Chen's father's state, Yu Jingyu ran back into the house after saying those words, calling out as he ran that an uncle had come from outside.

Soon Yu Zhongguo arrived at the door and saw that it was his old friend. He immediately smiled and said, "Junfeng, I just got back and you've already come to my door. Do you want to freeload a meal?"

You didn't bring anything with you, you've always been like this, never bringing anything when you come to someone's house for a meal.

"Hey, hey, hey, you came to my house, and I didn't ask you to bring anything, so why should you bring anything?"

Mr. Chen retorted with a crestfallen expression, then laughed heartily and hugged Yu Zhongguo before the two walked into the house.

Yu Zhongguo called for his wife to serve tea, then took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Chen Junfeng, saying with a smile, "I just got home yesterday, and you're already showing up today. You have sharp eyes."

"What do you mean by sharp eyes? It was my wife who saw your wife going to buy groceries, and the two of them chatted on the way."

I was going to come see you this morning, but I had to go out, so I had to wait until the afternoon.

After taking a drag of his cigarette, Mr. Chen continued, "How long will you be staying this time?"

Yu Zhongguo said, "Three months of leave, three months of training, and then I'll go to the next place to hand over the duties."

Mr. Chen joked, "You military attachés stationed abroad are busy enough. Why don't you try to get a transfer? That way you won't be gone for three or four years at a time."

"The subsidy is high, and I have two children to raise."

"You, Lao Yu, aren't short of money either."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhongguo laughed and said, "The subsidy is indeed just an excuse; but someone has to take this position. Otherwise, if everyone wants to be transferred back, who will go to be stationed abroad?"

However, it is indeed dangerous for military attachés stationed abroad, especially since his next destination is an African country where internal strife and small-scale wars are common.

“You’re not having an easy time either. You’ve lost so much weight. Hey, eat more at my place today. Tell your wife you’re not going home tonight, you’re eating at my place.”

"Okay, I'm here today and I don't plan to leave."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Chen got up and glanced at the living room outside. He saw that Yu Zhongguo's wife was taking care of the two children, so he carefully closed the door.

Upon seeing this, Yu Zhongguo chuckled and said, "Old Chen, what's the matter? Do we have to talk behind closed doors?"

"Hey, let's chat for a bit, what's wrong with closing the door?"

After Chen's father finished speaking, he sat down and glanced at Yu Zhongguo a few times before saying, "Old Yu, I remember what happened to your wife in Tianjin back then?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhongguo's smile slowly froze. He then exhaled slowly, turned his head, and said, "Why are you still asking this now?"

"I suddenly remembered, back in the army you always liked to talk about your wife, saying that she was influenced by you to join us and that she gave your unit a lot of support."

As Chen's father recounted the past, Yu Zhongguo's face grew increasingly red, and his fists clenched tighter and tighter.

"I remember your wife wrote you a letter saying she had given birth to a son and wanted to come see you." "Why are you bringing this up!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhongguo finally couldn't hold back and roared out. Fortunately, he still had some sense and controlled his voice so that it wouldn't be too loud, otherwise he would have disturbed his wife and children.

This was the thing he regretted most back then. His wife said she wanted to come to Shaanxi Yan'an, and he missed her, so he didn't object. As a result, his wife's messages just disappeared.

If he had firmly written a letter opposing it back then, he might have been able to find a wife in Tianjin.

He received so much help back then, but his wife disappeared, his father-in-law wrote him a letter cursing him, and then the whole family moved away.
"Old Yu, don't get agitated. I didn't mean to provoke you. It's just that I saw a young man today who looks exactly like you when you were young!"

Seeing that Yu Zhongguo was about to punch him in the face, Chen's father didn't dare to beat around the bush and said directly, "You look so alike, and the dimples on your face when you smile are the same too. You really look just like you when you were young."

"What did you say?"

Yu Zhongguo immediately grabbed Chen's father's wrist, squeezing it so hard it almost dug into his flesh, fearing that Chen's father would run away.

"What do you mean by 'looks exactly like me'? Explain it to me in detail."

"What's the rush? Let go, let go now!"

Chen's father grimaced and said, after Zhongguo let go, he looked at his reddened wrist and clicked his tongue and cursed, "A scholar is stronger than me, no wonder you became a military officer!"

Yu Zhongguo urged anxiously, "Tell me what happened quickly, hurry up."

"The head of the technical department at my daughter's factory, I think his name is Zhou Zhiqiang, is about the same age as my daughter, and I heard he was in the same batch of college students."

I've met him twice, but the first time was at night, and I didn't get a good look at Zhou Zhiqiang's face then."

After a pause, Mr. Chen immediately said, "When I went to Zhou Zhiqiang's house with my daughter to pick up some things, I finally got to see his face properly, but the more I looked at it, the more it resembled yours when you were young."

Twenty-four years old, and looks very much like him. After thinking for a moment, Yu Zhongguo said anxiously, "Take me to see him, take a look at this guy named Zhou Zhiqiang."

"Listen to me first."

Chen's father quickly pulled Yu Zhongguo to sit down before recounting his entire conversation with Zhou Zhiqiang that day.

Then Mr. Chen said, "From what I've heard, he has a family, but judging from his wife's behavior, you might be his father. I'm not sure about this, so you'd better investigate first."

By the way, Zhou Zhiqiang seems very resistant to any idea of ​​acquaintance, and he's not very willing to talk about his family. Don't rush to his door; it won't do you any good.

After listening, Yu Zhongguo calmed down a bit and quickly nodded, saying, "You're right, we should investigate this thoroughly. Zhou Zhiqiang, which factory does your daughter work for?"

"Dafa Agricultural Machinery Equipment Factory".

"Okay, come out with me."

Mr. Chen asked in surprise, "Go now?"

Yu Zhongguo urged, "If we don't go now, when will we go? Let's hurry up and go check the files with me first."

Just as Chen's father was about to say something, Yu Zhongguo pulled him up. After saying a few words, the two left Yu Zhongguo's house.

Yu Zhongguo couldn't stay calm when faced with someone who might be his biological son.

They soon arrived at the Municipal Bureau of Industry, and after showing their identities, they were able to access the files.

If he, as a military attaché stationed abroad, were to handle this kind of matter, he might be at a disadvantage, but if he were to bring Chen's father along, there would be absolutely no problem.

Chen Junfeng was a deputy leader in the Ministry of Light Industry, and thus had a guiding role with the Municipal Bureau of Industry.

After finding Zhou Zhiqiang's information, Yu Zhongguo asked Chen's father to go to Changping County to investigate thoroughly.

He felt that Zhou Zhiqiang was his son, but Yu Zhongguo was afraid of being disappointed before he could find out more details.

Fortunately, he has a long vacation this time, a full three months, which should be enough time to investigate the matter thoroughly.

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Zhou Zhiqiang was unaware of this matter, and once his day off was over, he continued to devote himself to the project.

He has explained all the knowledge and points to note regarding the process principles and technical modifications of electroslag welding. The next step is to divide the tasks and complete them.

After everyone arrived in the morning, Zhou Zhiqiang took out a document and said to everyone in the office, "Today we will divide up the tasks. In the early stages, we need to conduct experiments to prove that the process modification theory will not have any problems."

So let's start with verification. Dong Zhengyu, come with me to the First Machinery Factory later. Liang Kang, you and Tang Yaoguo go to the welding machine factory.”

After distributing the tasks, Zhou Zhiqiang added, "The ministry has already notified these factories to oversee the manufacturing of the necessary equipment according to the assigned tasks."

If anything changes, immediately go back to the department and find Miao Hong, then have her contact me, understand?

"Understood, Engineer Zhou."

The team members said in unison, and then quickly got to work according to their assigned tasks.

Zhou Zhiqiang has been teaching them like apprentices all this time. They have at least a general understanding of the principles of electroslag welding, if not all of them.

Several highly skilled engineers certainly understood, and you can completely trust them.

The negotiators will definitely have no problem completing the tasks assigned to them. After Zhou Zhiqiang carefully inspects the completed tasks, the experiment can proceed.

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