The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 94 An Family Driver Delivers Supplies [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

"Comrades, I have an announcement to make; I will be selecting a few people to form a seeder production team, initially consisting of three technicians and five workers."

After returning to the technical department, Zhou Zhiqiang announced the establishment of a seed-making production team.

However, after looking around, Zhou Zhiqiang felt that it was not good to pick anyone. The technical department was too short-staffed, and every technician in the technical department had tasks to complete.

"Pang Guolong, Yue Qidong, and Miao Cuicui, the three of you plus Deputy Section Chief Chen, you should also take charge of the seeder production team. I have the blueprints, and we'll start tomorrow after the factory office sends the documents."

After selecting the people, Zhou Zhiqiang turned to Chen Li and asked, "Deputy Section Chief Chen, would it be alright if you could take on this job as well?"

I still have some final drawings to complete, and I can't get away right now, but this needs someone to oversee it, otherwise I won't feel at ease.

Zhou Zhiqiang noticed the questioning look on Chen Li's face, so he preemptively shut her up with words.

He completed such a massive amount of design and development work all by himself. Now that you, as the deputy section chief, are helping to oversee production, you can't refuse, can you?

"Okay, no problem."

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Li finally managed to utter these words and accept the task.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Alright, then you guys come to my office and have a meeting to finalize some key points."

"Oh, right, Deputy Section Chief Chen, bring over the component blueprints you took."

Now that he's a section chief, Zhou Zhiqiang naturally has more important responsibilities. Within the technical section, he's in charge of the overall situation, and research and development, production, and technological innovation are now the key areas of focus.

Throughout China, technology from Russia was being introduced, thoroughly understood, and then imitated and improved upon. In the early stages of China's industrial development, it was inseparable from Russia.

However, Zhou Zhiqiang skipped the imitation step and went straight to improvement; after absorbing the technology provided by the Russians and the theories of other countries, he directly improved it into domestically produced industrial products adapted to the local conditions of his country.

Moreover, their relationship with the Russians is also deteriorating. It has already cooled down this year, and by next year it will be a complete breakdown in relations.

Although it will be a few years before the technical personnel are withdrawn, with the situation at the top causing such a commotion, the technical personnel at the bottom will no longer be able to wholeheartedly help them.

Basically, it's a very perfunctory situation. Whether they teach or not depends entirely on their mood. If they're in a good mood, they'll teach less. After all, the Russian technical experts also have to consider their motherland.

In his office, Zhou Zhiqiang carefully explained to Chen Li and the other three the issues that needed to be paid attention to during the experimental production of the small seeder, and also asked them to try their best to thoroughly understand the technical drawings the day after tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the factory office will approve Zhou Zhiqiang to go to the workshop to select people, and then prepare the site and materials.

Production will officially begin the day after tomorrow, with a cycle of twenty days to a month.

Not many people were given the opportunity. Although small seeders are not difficult to make, the power transmission system cannot be installed and debugged casually.

Zhou Zhiqiang only stopped explaining and giving instructions when it was almost time to finish work.

He gave so many instructions, almost all of which were directed at Chen Li. Zhou Zhiqiang was worried that this proud woman from a privileged background might have some ulterior motives that could delay production.

"Let's eat first. You can put your other tasks on hold for now. Deputy Section Chief Chen, please readjust the division of labor within our section so as not to affect other tasks."

Zhou Zhiqiang said that he wouldn't miss his mealtime, especially now that there were many more apprentices in the factory. If he went too late, he would only be able to eat soupy dishes.

The training for apprentices in technical and production processes lasts until after 9 p.m., so those working overtime can have an extra dinner at the factory. This will continue for three to four months, which is a way to quickly familiarize the apprentices with the production processes and get them ready to contribute to production.

Zhou Zhiqiang had already spoken to Zhao Tiandong's girlfriend about it last time. Now, Mao Pingping appears at Zhou Zhiqiang's door at six o'clock sharp, waiting for Guo Yuting to return before going in to help.

She doesn't do much work each day, but she can still earn six yuan, so Mao Pingping is very willing to do this. It's difficult to find a job now, as she has to compete with many other people for a job, and she still can't win.

Even the odd jobs distributed by the neighborhood committee are only available to impoverished households and families of martyrs and soldiers; others have to wait in line to take them.

In Beijing, it's not easy to find a chance to make money, so Mao Pingping cherishes it all the more, especially since Zhou Zhiqiang's family still has a sewing machine.

She also planned to borrow a sewing machine from Zhou Zhiqiang's house to make clothes once they became more familiar with each other.

Mao Pingping also arrived early today, leaving home before six o'clock. She knew that Guo Yuting would leave work a little early every day, arriving home around six o'clock sharp.

After waiting at the door for a short while, Mao Pingping saw Guo Yuting riding her bicycle slowly in the distance, so she quickly caught up with her.

"Sister Guo, with your belly now, it seems a bit inconvenient to ride a bicycle."

When Mao Pingping saw Guo Yuting stop unsteadily, she quickly went over and took the bicycle from her.

Guo Yuting nodded in agreement and said, "That's what I feel too. I'll walk to the hospital tomorrow; it's not far anyway. I've been having some trouble getting on and off my bike lately."

Even though the crossbeams on the 26-inch model were broken, Guo Yuting still found it a bit difficult to get on the bus, and her belly had indeed grown bigger.

Mao Pingping said, "Sister Guo, let's go inside first."

Before she could finish speaking, a car suddenly stopped near Zhou Zhiqiang's house. The driver got out, approached Guo Yuting, and asked, "Hello, are you the wife of Section Chief Zhou from the Technical Department of Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Equipment Factory?"

Guo Yuting was a little puzzled, but she still replied, "I am Zhiqiang's wife. Do you need to see Zhiqiang?"

The driver quickly said, "I am the driver for Deputy Director An of Dafeng Agricultural Machinery Equipment Factory. Section Chief Zhou asked Deputy Director An to help purchase some things some time ago, and now they have been purchased. Deputy Director An asked me to deliver them to Section Chief Zhou's house."

"That's right."

Guo Yuting thought back and realized that her husband did seem to have mentioned this; he had asked the factory leaders to buy canned milk powder.

So she said to An Xiangjie's driver, "Excuse me, comrade, could you please give me the things?"

Upon hearing this, the driver walked towards the trunk of the car, saying to Guo Yuting, "Mrs. Zhou, let me help you put these in. There are quite a lot of things; the two of you might not be able to carry them all."

After saying that, the driver took out three large sacks from the trunk. One of them was quite heavy, and two of them weighed at least 100 pounds. The other one was light and jingled, but it still weighed nearly 100 pounds.

Seeing such a large sack, Guo Yuting had no choice but to say, "Then please help me take it to the storage room."

After saying that, Guo Yuting opened the door and led the way. The driver couldn't carry three bags at once, so he had to carry them in three separate trips.

After putting the things away, the driver said goodbye to Guo Yuting and drove off.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)