The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 187 Experiment Success, Ministry Call
Being featured in the newspaper is an absolute honor for them. Now that they hear that a colleague from the same office is in the newspaper, they all curiously come over to see.

Guo Yuting had no choice but to spread the newspaper out on the side so that everyone could read it.

[A clerk in Jiaodaokou helps children by donating 167 yuan annually!]

Those who gathered around quickly saw the title, and after reading the content, they all looked at Guo Yuting in surprise and asked...
"Sister Yuting, you've rented out this three-courtyard house as public housing?"

"He even donated all the rent to a children's welfare home. Sister Yuting, does your wife... does your husband know about this?"

Guo Yuting said with a smile, "Of course he knows, but he supports this matter, and it was Zhiqiang who originally proposed it."

As for the three-courtyard siheyuan (traditional courtyard houses), the policy at the time did allow for private use, but as you all know, the subsequent per capita living space recommendations mean that using them as public rental housing is also acceptable.

A notice has been issued suggesting that people living in detached houses with large living areas per person should rent out their extra houses to the neighborhood committee as public rental housing.

It's just a suggestion now, but it might become policy in a few years.

Especially in their residents' department, many people have separated their households and started new ones in the past two years. Those who have separated definitely need to rent houses, so they all come to the street office to queue up.

There are currently 37 people waiting to rent public rental housing. Nobody knows how many there will be in two years.

Fortunately, Mei Xiuxue brought Guo Chenghua back to Guo Yuting's two-courtyard house, and Zhou Zhiqiang, being a factory director, was given protection by the armed forces department.

Even if their two-courtyard house has a living area per person that exceeds the limit, the neighborhood committee won't care.

The district government asked you to persuade families with large per capita living space, but you ended up persuading a deputy director-level official instead. You're really going to be in big trouble as the director!

If the district head knew about this, he would probably be so angry he'd laugh. Then he pointed to the ministry family compound and told the street office director to go there and persuade them, since the per capita living space there was even more excessive.

“Sister Yuting, that’s over a hundred yuan a year. You and your husband are both wonderful.”

Xiao Guo said admiringly that she also often goes to the children's welfare home and wants to help the children there.

But her family also needs money, and she has to carefully budget her monthly salary, so she can only contribute her labor.

Even for dual-income families, donating more than 160 yuan a year like Guo Yuting is a burden.

Guo Yuting said with a smile, "I can't say anything about what Zhiqiang has decided. Just do it."

With two high-paid employees, Guo Linhua and Zhou Zhiqiang, their combined salaries could support twenty people, so they had no burden at all.

One hundred yuan more or less is not much, but Guo Yuting never expected that she would be in the newspaper because of this one hundred yuan.

This gave Guo Yuting an unexpected surprise. Including this time, she had only been in the newspaper twice. The last time was because her suggestion on the barefoot doctor's manual was adopted by the Ministry of Health.

"Alright everyone, let's get back to work. This isn't anything to worry about."

Before Guo Yuting could finish speaking, a clerk came to their residential group, knocked on the door and said, "Is Guo Yuting here? The director wants to see you and wants you to go to her office now."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Upon hearing this, Guo Yuting told her colleagues to go back to work, and then she walked towards the director's office.

After going inside for a while, Guo Yuting quickly came out.

After leaving the director's office, Guo Yuting couldn't hide the smile on her face.

After adjusting himself outside, he returned to the residents' office with an expression as if nothing had happened.

When other colleagues asked her, Guo Yuting only said that the director had encouraged her and said a few words before letting her come back.

In fact, the director of the subdistrict office was planning to promote Guo Yuting to the position of subdistrict office staff member.

There are many clerks in the subdistrict office, but only seven staff members; those who can be called staff members are practically candidates for cadre positions.

This is a rare good thing for Guo Yuting, especially since she has been working diligently recently and has been praised and recognized by the director.

"Zhiqiang hasn't come back for several days."

Guo Yuting thought to herself that if Zhou Zhiqiang could come home earlier, she really wanted to cut off a piece of meat and celebrate at home.

If Zhou Zhiqiang wasn't home, she wouldn't even have the thought of celebrating.

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Factory No. 190.

More than a month has passed since Zhou Zhiqiang joined the team, and the efficiency of the entire silicon material research and development group has not only improved significantly, but also made it possible to quickly correct errors in experiments.

This led Zhao Chenghui, Lin Gong, and others to gradually come to believe Zhou Zhiqiang's words during the experiment. This experiment was carried out step by step in accordance with Zhou Zhiqiang's design and instructions.

Everyone in the lab was extremely nervous, fearing another mistake. They had already made dozens of mistakes for various reasons during this period.

Everyone gets a bit stressed from working overtime and staying up late, but with Zhou Zhiqiang's repeated reassurances, they persevered.

Zhao Chenghui stared intently at the data stream on the instrument, reporting it to the person next to him over and over again, while Zhou Zhiqiang on the other side quickly checked a newly released test report.

Engineer Lin and several other engineers surrounded Zhou Zhiqiang, not daring to breathe, waiting for him to announce the results.

However, they were all quite afraid to hear Zhou Zhiqiang say again, "Comrades, it's okay, let's do it again. There were some parts we didn't do well before." "Comrade Zhiqiang, how is it?"

Zhao Chenghui's voice was slightly hoarse; he had been staring at the screen for over ten hours straight, and the last time he ate was nine hours ago.

Zhou Zhiqiang compared the deduction results in his mind with the report in his hand, his eyes sweeping over the key numerical points.

Suddenly, Zhou Zhiqiang looked up and said with a smile, "Comrade Chenghui, look at this set of purity data and crystal structure. It's done! We've succeeded!"

这”

Zhao Chenghui suddenly leaned over, grabbed the report, and quickly swiped his fingers across the key data lines.

His eyes grew brighter and his breathing became rapid: "The purity data meets the standard, it's still qualified!"
This is also up to standard. It meets expectations, Comrade Zhiqiang. We've really succeeded! The basic process solution for silicon materials is finally complete.

The laboratory was quiet for a moment, but after a few seconds, it erupted into cheers that had been suppressed for a long time.

Engineer Lin, Engineer Chen, and others took the experimental data and checked it one by one. They had all seen the failed results, so they left the checking to Zhou Zhiqiang.

Now they can see it; after all, it's the result of more than a month of hard work.

"It's not easy, it's really not easy. But it's also too easy, only a little over a month."

Zhao Chenghui rubbed his bloodshot eyes, then excitedly patted Zhou Zhiqiang on the shoulder and said, "Team Leader Zhou, thanks to you! Without your plan, we would still be struggling with germanium transistors."

Next, silicon wafer samples were fabricated, and then the performance parameters were compared. After that...

As he spoke, Zhao Chenghui suddenly felt that the experiment was going smoothly all at once.

Although he had failed dozens of times before, he didn't care about those; he felt things were going much better now.

"It's not my achievement. Without you all, this would still be a far-fetched idea. It was made possible by all of us, Comrade Chenghui."

After Zhou Zhiqiang finished speaking, he clapped to quiet everyone down, and then said, "Comrades, let's wrap up this experiment first, and then go have a meal."
To be honest, I'm really hungry.

After hearing Zhou Zhiqiang's last sentence, Zhao Chenghui also spoke up: "Right, right, let's hurry up and finish. I haven't eaten in a long time, what time is it now?"

"It's almost five o'clock, Director Zhao."

"No wonder, I didn't eat lunch, that's why I was suddenly so hungry."

"Hahaha"

The others laughed when they heard Zhao Chenghui's words, and then they sped up their finishing.

None of them had lunch; they were so busy at that crucial moment that they had no time to eat.

But now we can finally have a proper meal.

After spending some more time and successfully completing the experiment, Zhou Zhiqiang and his group planned to go to the cafeteria to find something to eat before returning to summarize the experimental results.

However, while they were still on their way to the canteen, Liu Ruiguang's assistant suddenly ran over and said to Zhou Zhiqiang, "Director Zhou, Director Liu wants you to go to his office now."

Before Zhou Zhiqiang could speak, Zhao Chenghui asked, "Wencheng, what's up? Comrade Zhiqiang was just about to go eat. If he's not busy, could he go later?"

"It seems like it's a call from the ministry. The person on the other end is Director Ren from the Machine Tool Administration Bureau."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqiang said to Zhao Chenghui and the others, "Comrade Chenghui, you go to the canteen first, I'm going to Director Liu's office."

Zhao Chenghui nodded and said, "Okay, Comrade Zhiqiang, I'll get you some food. Come over after you finish your call."

"Okay, please."

After Zhou Zhiqiang finished speaking, he followed Director Liu's assistant to the office.

After knocking on the door and going inside, Director Liu (Zhou Zhiqiang) came in, pointed to the phone, and said, "Comrade Zhiqiang, the phone is still connected."

Zhou Zhiqiang nodded, then stepped forward, picked up the phone, and said, "Director Ren? This is Zhou Zhiqiang."

Director Ren on the other end of the phone said, "Comrade Zhiqiang, sorry to bother you. Are you busy right now?"

Zhou Zhiqiang said, "I'm not busy right now, what's up? Is there anything I can help you with?"

"I do have something to discuss. If you're not too busy, please come to the department now."

After Director Ren finished speaking, he solemnly added, "Deputy Leader Wu and I will be waiting for you at the ministry."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Zhou Zhiqiang swallowed the words "I haven't eaten yet," and after hanging up the phone, he said to Director Liu, "Director Liu, I need to go to the ministry now. My driver..."

"I understand, I'll arrange a car for you right away."

After Director Liu finished speaking, he immediately called his assistant and asked him to find a driver from the transportation team to take Zhou Zhiqiang to the Ministry of Machine Building.

(End of this chapter)