The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 72 Foreign Aid Arrives at the Street Office [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Zhiqiang, these are workers and technicians from other factories who came to support our machine tool renovation team. Please get to know them."

Inside Workshop 9, Zhou Zhiqiang was busy guiding the machine tool modification when Section Chief Lü rushed in with a group of people.

Zhou Zhiqiang roughly counted there were about seventy or eighty people, which was slightly different from the agreed number.

At this moment, Section Chief Lü leaned closer and whispered, "We'll let the rest come over once the factory's dormitories are built. Otherwise, the factory and their residences are too far apart, and it will take them a lot of time to get here every day."

"If you need these high-level machined parts, just have someone from the technical department make a trip and communicate directly using our factory's name. Director Chen from the Municipal Industry Bureau has already helped us with the arrangements."

Zhou Zhiqiang nodded after hearing this. If the distance is too far, commuting to and from get off work every day can take one or two hours, or even longer, which would indeed consume a lot of energy for the workers.

I was so exhausted when I got to the factory that there was no point in talking about production anymore; I was definitely not in the mood for anything else.

Section Chief Lü then introduced the person he brought: "This is Deputy Section Chief Zhou Zhiqiang, who is also the team leader of the machine tool renovation project. During the project, Team Leader Zhou is fully responsible for technical and process-related issues."

After speaking, Section Chief Lü handed Zhou Zhiqiang a list of personnel, which included the names, job titles, ranks, and photos of these individuals.

The information is very detailed and very important; it cannot be lost.

Zhou Zhiqiang glanced at it briefly, then looked up and scanned everyone around before saying, "Comrades, you are all key workers and outstanding technicians from various factories. We need your help with this machine tool modification."

"Okay, I'll have someone introduce you to the project team first. I'll think about the work arrangements, and then I'll assign Zhao Jiabao and Ping Yanchang to lead the workers around the workshop."

"Yes, Deputy Section Chief."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiabao and Ping Yanchang immediately put down their work and rushed over, bringing with them workers and technicians from other factories to introduce the work they were currently doing.

Zhou Zhiqiang also took the personnel list and went to the side with Section Chief Lü to discuss the division of labor among these people.

Workshop 9 is quite spacious and can accommodate more than 100 people. Moreover, with the ongoing machine tool upgrades, it can accommodate even a few dozen more people.

Moreover, the factory vacated Workshop 8 and moved a batch of high-precision machine tools to Workshop 8 for Zhou Zhiqiang to arrange senior technicians.

"With this team in place, I can now focus on machine tool modification."

After reviewing all the personnel lists, Zhou Zhiqiang smiled and said to Section Chief Lü, "The Municipal Bureau is really capable, transferring so many people at once. Otherwise, relying solely on our factory, we wouldn't have been able to complete the renovation in a year."

"We should concentrate our efforts on major tasks. If other factories encounter difficulties in the future, they will also come to our factory for assistance."

Section Chief Lü remembered something else and asked, "By the way, Zhiqiang, those two people you asked to bring to the factory, are they from rural areas?"

"Yes."

"Has your accommodation been arranged yet?"

Zhou Zhiqiang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, that's not possible. How about the factory's dormitory? Or I can have them stay in the countryside for another two months until the factory's dormitory is built, then we can have them come over."

"That's not necessary. We can have them come earlier. We can have the personnel department issue a certificate and arrange a temporary house in the nearby street office for two months. The factory can pay the rent for them in advance, and we can deduct it from their wages."

Section Chief Lü said, "However, they are temporary workers, so the factory's dormitory won't be very good. We might have to arrange for them to live in ten-person rooms."

Zhou Zhiqiang laughed and said, "It's good enough to stay for free, I'm not picky."

Their factory dormitory has three types of rooms: ten-person rooms and six-person rooms.

Temporary workers and apprentices can only live in ten-person rooms now, otherwise there won't be enough room for so many people.

Their factory built the dormitory so that they could provide housing for more workers if they expanded their workforce in the future, not to make them live more comfortably, as they don't have the capacity for that right now.

While chatting with Lü Yi, Zhou Zhiqiang was also thinking about personnel arrangements. By the time Zhao Jiabao had finished his introduction, Zhou Zhiqiang had also made up his mind.

His mind is working very fast now. The reward for the third deduction was the same as the first, making him feel clear-headed and sharpening his senses.

Zhou Zhiqiang learns things very quickly now. With his enhanced body, he feels that if he were to start learning fitter work, he could easily reach the eighth level.

Theory doesn't stump him. Now, his five senses give him excellent control over his body. He feels that he can easily thread a hair through the smallest hole.

If things continue like this, he might be able to touch the threshold of genius.

Zhou Zhiqiang then went over to assign tasks. This was a simple matter; the most difficult part was modifying the special structure of the machine tool and ensuring machining accuracy. Meeting these two requirements would basically allow them to modify the machine tool that Dafeng Machinery Factory needed.

The former was handled by Zhou Zhiqiang, and the latter by a senior technician. Once these two issues were resolved, the new machine tool could be moved to the production line.

Zhou Zhiqiang quickly assigned tasks to these people, but as usual, he reminded them not to spread the word.

Although the number of enemy agents has decreased in the past two years, it would be difficult to deal with if there were still a few lurking fools who thought other places were not easy to sabotage and specifically targeted small factories.

After the work was assigned, these people arrived at their work locations and began to busy themselves with their tasks.

Section Chief Lü went to take care of other matters, such as helping these people with identity registration and meal tickets.

He, the head of the technical department, is almost as busy as the logistics director, as he has been busy with logistical matters for the project team lately.

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When it's time to leave work, the factory's loudspeaker will sound a reminder.

Zhou Zhiqiang glanced at his watch, then called Zhao Jiabao over and said, "Jiabao, keep an eye on things. Once everyone's gone, lock the workshop. Colleagues, that's it for the day. We'll get back to work tomorrow!"

He doesn't plan to work overtime recently; his wife is pregnant, and he needs to go home early.

Zhou Zhiqiang remembered that the first and last few months of pregnancy were more dangerous for pregnant women. In addition, there were only two people in his family, and no elders to help, so he had to do some things himself.

Just then, Section Chief Lü Yi came over to distribute meal tickets. Seeing Zhou Zhiqiang preparing to leave work, he asked with some surprise, "Zhiqiang, you've been going home quite early lately."

"There's no other way. My wife is pregnant, and it's just the two of us at home, so I have to go back and take care of her as soon as possible."

Section Chief Lü said with a smile, "Oh, then I must congratulate you. You must invite me to your baby's one-month celebration."

Zhou Zhiqiang laughed and said, "If we're going to do it, we'll definitely invite you."

However, it's highly unlikely that it will be held. Zhou Zhiqiang doesn't know many people, just a few from the factory and the university, and some from Sanhe Township. That's not enough to fill two tables.

He plans to give out some candy then.

When Zhou Zhiqiang was riding his bike home, he thought that he had everything he needed at home, so he didn't go to the market and rode straight home.

However, when he got close to his home, Zhou Zhiqiang suddenly remembered that he was planning to renovate his house.

I had previously discussed with Guo Yuting about postponing the renovation, but my wife refused. Her reason was that we have many houses, and we could move between the front and back yards later.

Moreover, renovations can take a few days, while digging a cellar is more laborious and won't take more than a week.

However, nowadays, all renovation teams are affiliated with the local street offices. In Beijing, bungalows are not allowed to be heightened at will; there are size restrictions. Therefore, renovations must be reported to the street office.

Moreover, stone and timber are not something individuals can buy on their own. They have to go to the county or township, where they might be cheaper, but it's too much trouble for individuals. It's better to go directly to the local street office.

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