The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 59 A Piece of 'Foreign Exchange' [Seeking Monthly Tickets!]

"Deputy Section Chief Zhou, a military order is no joke."

Deputy Director Cai's expression became slightly more serious, and even his form of address became very formal, indicating that he intended to take it seriously.

"Although this is not the military, we will definitely keep the promises we make."

Zhou Zhiqiang said firmly, "Don't worry, leader. If I dare to say it, it means I have full confidence in doing it."

"We can definitely manufacture small hand-held tractors, and as long as the leadership supports us, I can modify the factory's existing main and auxiliary machine tools to make them suitable for mass production."

"Comrade Zhiqiang, can you really do it?"

Seeing Zhou Zhiqiang's serious expression, Deputy Director Cai's tone softened. His serious expression earlier was just an act; he wasn't really that serious.

But seeing Zhou Zhiqiang's demeanor, Deputy Director Cai felt that this comrade was truly capable of doing it.

"I guarantee I can do it, leader, as long as the bureau can give us some support."

Zhou Zhiqiang reiterated, "If I fail to do so, I will accept any punishment."

Deputy Director Cai quickly waved his hand and said, "That's not necessary. This isn't the military, and it's not a military order. We have no precedent for punishing people for not completing their tasks."

"However, since you have so much confidence in yourself, Comrade Zhiqiang, we can't discourage you. Director Chen, what did your technical department say?"

After Deputy Director Cai finished speaking, he turned to ask Director Chen Shaohua, who was standing next to him. Chen Shaohua was the director of the Technology Division of the Industrial Bureau, and was specifically responsible for technical research, process promotion, and other related duties.

It can be said that the Dafeng Machinery Factory's research and development project on the hand tractor was submitted to the Technology Department of the Industrial Bureau as soon as possible.

Upon hearing Deputy Director Cai's words, Director Chen Shaohua immediately replied, "The Technical Department will ensure that the support for Dafeng Machinery Factory is implemented as soon as we return."

Comrade Zhiqiang, if the project team needs anything, just submit an application to us, and the technical department will coordinate resources for you as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqiang immediately replied, "Please rest assured, leader. If there are no results within three months, I will have no face to continue serving as the deputy head of the technical department."

"it is good."

Deputy Director Cai exclaimed happily, then turned to Director Zhao and said, "Director Zhao, look! This is a spirited young man with such confidence. I believe he can accomplish anything!"

Upon hearing this, Director Zhao replied, "What the leader said is true. Deputy Section Chief Zhou gives people the feeling of being confident and composed. This spirit alone is infectious and makes people believe that he will definitely succeed."

The praise from the two made Zhou Zhiqiang a little embarrassed. He knew that the reason why Deputy Director Cai and Factory Director Zhao trusted him so much was because of the successful completion of the new alloy steel process.

Without the new alloy steel technology project, it would probably not have been so easy to mobilize resources from other factories to support him.

Moreover, although they have agreed now, they still have to wait for them to finish manufacturing the hand tractors.

Only after recognizing the advantages of hand-held tractors did the Dafeng Machinery Factory and the Industrial Bureau decide to undertake a large-scale overhaul of the factory's machine tools.

Once all the parts have been converted to be suitable for the production of special parts, their Dafeng Machinery Factory can also be renamed Dafeng Tractor Manufacturing Factory.

Then comes factory upgrades and capacity expansion; the factory level might even be upgraded by one level.

However, this is too far away for them. Even if everything goes smoothly, it will still be more than a year before the Great Wilderness arrives.

Once the Great Wilderness arrives, their factory probably won't be able to upgrade.

Zhou Zhiqiang was quite keen on upgrading the factory. If Dafeng Machinery Factory became Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Factory and was upgraded, his position would rise accordingly. Moreover, he, as the project team leader, would undoubtedly be the one to deserve credit for the factory upgrade, and wouldn't all the factory's cadres owe him a favor?
When it was lunchtime, the factory tried for a long time to persuade Deputy Director Cai to stay.

Cai Jie is the deputy director in charge of technological innovation. Now, in the factories of Beijing, any matter concerning technological innovation requires his approval.

Factory Director Zhao and Deputy Factory Director Liu also wanted to build a good relationship with Deputy Director Cai. Coincidentally, a chef from Hongbinlou Restaurant had come to their factory, so they invited him to stay for lunch.

Zhou Zhiqiang was also called over; today, Deputy Director Cai and Director Chen were there for the small tractor project.

"Director Cai, Director Chen, our factory has found a cook from outside. He used to work at Hongbinlou Restaurant and is already a qualified cook."

However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, there was a slight disagreement with Hongbinlou, so he was poached by our factory.

Deputy Factory Director Liu raised his glass with a smile and said, "Leaders, try Master Wei's cooking today and see how it differs from that of Hongbinlou."

Deputy Director Cai said with a smile, "Hongbinlou, it's been several years since I've been there. I'd better have a good taste."

You all start eating too. We're just having a casual meal, no need to be so formal.

Zhou Zhiqiang found it amusing upon hearing this; this "simple meal" of theirs would cost at least ten yuan outside.

There were eight dishes and a soup, six of which were meat dishes, but only seven people ate them, which was quite wasteful.

However, Zhou Zhiqiang didn't intend to say much; the important thing now was to complete the small hand tractor project.

The newly hired cook, Chef Wei, is indeed very skilled; his cooking is even better than the state-run restaurant he and Yuting used to go to.

Zhou Zhiqiang ate quickly, and knowing that things would definitely be discussed at the dinner table, he ate until he was about 50-60% full.

As expected, Deputy Director Cai soon brought up the project of small hand tractors.

Zhou Zhiqiang was also going along with the trend. He wanted to get more support from the Industrial Bureau, so he started making empty promises to Deputy Director Cai and Director Chen.

However, it wasn't just empty talk. He had also gathered some information from Professor Zhang Deli these past few days, and combined with his memories and observations, he could draw up a promising blueprint.

There is indeed a great need for small agricultural machinery in many places abroad. Developing countries lack the capacity to integrate agricultural resources and cannot implement the centralized, large-scale farming model.

Moreover, the reduction in fuel consumption is real. Zhou Zhiqiang is fully confident that the small agricultural machinery they produce is definitely better than that produced in developed European countries.

Even with America's backing, there will definitely be countries that choose their small agricultural machinery.

While the pressure from superpowers is one factor in international trade, the cost-effectiveness of large-scale international procurement is also a contributing factor.

Their agricultural machinery products are of high quality, so they don't have to worry about not being able to sell them. Besides, America can't control all countries.

At least some countries in Southeast Asia and South Africa are relatively independent now.

If they can export tens of millions a year, their factory can rank among the top ten or even the top three in Beijing.

Zhou Zhiqiang's well-reasoned and logical "pie in the sky" truly excited Director Zhao and Deputy Director Cai.

If it weren't for the fact that there was only tea on the table and no wine, they would have raised their glasses for a couple of drinks.

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