The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 52 Deputy Section Chief Zhou Assigns Tasks [Requesting Monthly Tickets!]

On the first day back to work after the New Year, Zhou Zhiqiang ate breakfast at home and then rode his bicycle to the factory.

The Spring Festival was quite fulfilling. After resting at home with his wife for two days, they went out for a stroll.

Zhou Zhiqiang also witnessed the festive atmosphere of this era. He and his wife watched the gala organized by the neighborhood committee and the lantern display in the park, among other things.

Although there was no television and he couldn't watch the Spring Festival Gala, there were still many activities in various parts of Beijing, and each neighborhood office had its own program.

After you finish looking at this, you can go to another subdistrict office; it only takes about the time it takes to ride a bicycle.

Zhou Zhiqiang's family also ate well during the Spring Festival. They had five meat dishes and a pot of soup, which took the couple three meals to finish.

The New Year's gifts from the factory and hospital were enough for the couple to eat until the end of their holiday. The night before they went back to work, they made a lot of meat buns. After eating them the next morning, the couple each took a box home as a snack for lunch.

Upon arriving at the technical department, Zhou Zhiqiang discovered that he was the first to arrive. He then began organizing the project plan for the small hand-held tractor at his seat.

He had already finished organizing the technical drawings at home during the Spring Festival. The next step was to set up a project team at the factory and carry out the project.

After receiving the technical results of the simulation, Zhou Zhiqiang received another reward.

The reward had an effect on his body, making Zhou Zhiqiang feel stronger and more energetic in an instant, as if his body had returned to its best condition.

This continued for several days. Only working through the night would make Zhou Zhiqiang feel slightly tired, but after a night's rest, his energy would return to normal.

The physical changes delighted Zhou Zhiqiang. The first reward made him clear-headed and sharp-eyed, while the second made him vigorous and strong.

Now he is increasingly looking forward to the reward for the third simulation result.

Soon.

Section Chief Lü Yi arrived at the Technical Section and was taken aback when he saw Zhou Zhiqiang already sitting at his desk working. He then greeted him, "Good morning, Zhiqiang, you're here so early today."

"After all, it's the first day of work. By the way, Section Chief, I spent the Chinese New Year at home organizing the project plan for the small hand tractor that I told you about before the New Year."

I just finished tidying it up again, it's almost done. Would you like to take a look later?

As Zhou Zhiqiang spoke, he handed over the project proposal for the small hand tractor.

"Wow, that's incredibly efficient."

Lu Yi took it and glanced at it a few times, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take a look in a bit, but there shouldn't be any problems."

"Zhiqiang, entrusting this task to you is definitely the right thing to do. You'll be in charge of assigning tasks to the department later. I need to take a close look at this; I'll try to finish it before the morning meeting."

"Alright then, I'll see how to arrange it later."

"I trust you to do the job."

After finishing his sentence, Lü Yi returned to his office.

As the section chief, he can't be completely ignorant; he should at least have some understanding of this project when he reports later.

Soon after, the other members of the technical department arrived one after another.

Once everyone had arrived and it was time to start work, Zhou Zhiqiang stood up and said to everyone in the technical department, "Comrades, today is the first day of work. The department head is busy with other things, so I will arrange the tasks for the technical department."

The schedule is no different from usual; the tasks are rotated. Zhao Jiabao, your group will lead the maintenance team to inspect the factory's machinery. All the machine tools in production must be inspected.

"There's one more thing. The machinery in two townships has broken down. Our factory has taken on similar tasks before. Li Shun, you and Ping Yanchang, along with the second maintenance team, will go there."

"I'll give you the specific addresses of the two townships in Changping County later." The production tasks of the technical department are not many. Their Dafeng Machinery Factory's technical department doesn't have much research and development capabilities. Their main task is basically maintenance, maintenance, and more maintenance.

Ensuring the smooth completion of production tasks is our top priority.

Upon hearing their task, Li Shun's face immediately fell, and he said reluctantly, "Going to Changping County again? That's so far."

Although Ping Yanchang didn't say a word, his face showed his obvious reluctance.

Zhou Zhiqiang said calmly, "The tasks are assigned in rotation. This time it's you guys, next time there will be others going to the countryside to repair machinery."

"If you don't go this time, you'll still have to be assigned to any future missions."

After hearing Zhou Zhiqiang's words, Li Shun didn't dare to complain anymore.

Zhou Zhiqiang is now a deputy section chief; he's no longer the college graduate who hadn't yet been officially hired.

Zhou Zhiqiang then gave some other instructions on things to pay attention to. Just as he finished speaking, Section Chief Lü opened the door and came out.

"How's it going, Zhiqiang? Have you finished assigning the production tasks?"

"The arrangements have just been made. Section Chief, do you have any plans?"

"You can arrange these things. Come to my office for a moment, I have something to ask you. We'll go to a meeting together later."

Lu Yi waved his hand and said that he had just seen many things he didn't understand, and he would embarrass himself if he couldn't answer the questions asked by the leaders later.

It would be incredibly incompetent for the head of the technical department not to even understand the content of the project he himself submitted. Therefore, Lü Yi decided to find out the details first.

"Let's get to work as I just instructed. Those going to the countryside, remember to prepare."

After Zhou Zhiqiang finished speaking, he followed Section Chief Lü toward the office.

One person asked, and the other explained. Once Lü Yi had almost fully understood everything, including Zhou Zhiqiang's future plans for developing small agricultural machinery, he said with a satisfied expression.
"Great, Zhiqiang! I didn't expect you to have such lofty ideas. If your ideas really come true, our Dafeng Machinery Factory might become a factory with 10,000 employees!"

At that time, there were no factories with 10,000 employees yet. It had only been a short time since the public-private partnership was established, and the largest heavy industrial factory had only five or six thousand employees.

If their Dafeng Machinery Factory becomes a factory with tens of thousands of employees, it means they are in charge of tens of thousands of families, and their influence can reach more than 100,000 people.

In terms of level alone, it's about the same as the district government.

Zhou Zhiqiang said with a smile, "It's too early to talk about those things now. It would be good if the leaders agreed to this matter first."

"What's there to disagree with? We're developing new products for the good of the factory."

After finishing his sentence, Section Chief Lü glanced at the time and then quickly stood up, saying, "We were so engrossed in chatting that we almost missed the meeting. Let's go to the meeting first and report on this matter while we're there."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqiang asked, "Should we say it during the meeting? Is that alright?"

Section Chief Lü said with a smile, "You don't understand, do you? When we report at the meeting, it's the official decision of the technical department, and the factory director and secretary will definitely respect it and understand it."

"If we talk about it privately, it'll make us seem like we lack confidence, like we're planning to rely on underhanded connections."

"There's such a saying. I understand now."

After Zhou Zhiqiang finished speaking, he also picked up his things and followed Section Chief Lü to the factory conference room.

Today is the beginning-of-year production mobilization meeting, which all cadres will attend.

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