A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Minister Jiang of the Ministry of Petroleum also quietly stepped forward.

"Let me interject, comrades. I'm from the Ministry of Petroleum! We also urgently need tractors, and your drilling rigs!"

“We have a comrade, you may have heard of him, Wang Tie! He came to me yesterday, specifically asking for your products, saying that with these things, he can drill wells for the motherland even better!”

"Uh... I'll ask you to do this too..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone raised their hand, indicating that they wanted to speak.

But some blunt people asked directly: "Is it the Ministry of Petroleum that removed our label of being poor in oil?"

"Is that Wang Tie, the one who broke the ice to fetch water?"

"It's that one~~~~"

After receiving an affirmative reply from Minister Jiang.

With a bang, the scene exploded.

If the workers had previously shown a degree of reserve and pride when making demands of the Ministry of Agriculture, they still possessed a certain reserve and arrogance.

But the Ministry of Petroleum was different. The Ministry of Petroleum had made a great splash in the past two years and had become a role model for workers.

Are role models now asking themselves for products?

Isn't this just like: chasing after a star until you find yourself becoming a star yourself?

"What are you all standing there for! Get to work!"

Someone shouted, and everyone at the scene scattered in a flash.

The once quiet workshop suddenly became noisy again.

Minister Xia watched with a smile and did not stop them.

"The workers are so enthusiastic! That's great!"

Yang Youning, on the other hand, was a little confused. "Eh?!"

Don't run away! The awards for outstanding collectives this year haven't been given out yet! I haven't even received my big red flower yet!

"Haha, our workers are very enthusiastic!" Minister Jiang of the Ministry of Petroleum greeted Jiang Xia with a smile.

"This little guy has quite the flair of Wang Tie! He should come visit the Ministry of Petroleum more often when he has the chance!"

"Old Xia, I'm leaving now. I have a lot to do! Don't forget my 200 machines!" With that, Minister Jiang shook hands with the steel mill workers again before taking his leave.

Li Huaide looked at Minister Jiang, feeling a bit itchy to bite him.

This is the man who barged in yesterday, disrupting the original balance and allowing the steel rolling mill to retain the tractor project.

They were just one step away from scoring... What a pity!

Unexpectedly, Minister Jiang took a detour and came to stand in front of Li Huaide.

Li Huaide broke out in a cold sweat. Oh no, had he blurted out what was on his mind?

But then he noticed Minister Jiang pointing at Yang Youning: "You brat, you haven't learned any of your uncle's refinement, but you've learned to be a complete scoundrel from Old Xia!"

"And you, Li Huaide! I still remember what happened with those drill bits! If you drag us down again, hmph!"

"I don't care! 200 units, you figure it out!"

Both grown men kept their heads down, only able to repeatedly answer "I understand, I understand."

Minister Yang walked over again, looked at Yang Youning and Li Huaide, and said, "Your factory's matter has been handled internally. Even if you fight to the heavens, you still have to get the tractors out by the end of the year! One tractor a day, 60 tractors in total! If you miss one, I'll hang you all from the roof beams!"

Yang Youning and Li Huaide exchanged a glance. You know that you can only produce one machine a day at most. If you take over the entire production, what will happen to the Ministry of Petroleum?

Li Huaide is now in a panic. This isn't enough to satisfy the Ministry of Petroleum; Minister Jiang is determined to bring up old grievances. How can he possibly get by like this?

The only solution is to look at the root cause!

The two of them turned their gazes to Jiang Xia without prior arrangement.

Unexpectedly, Minister Yang swayed and walked over to Jiang Xia, completely blocking their pleading gazes: "Look how tired the young man is, come on! Take a rest today. Take a good shower and get some sleep!"

"Our department has a nice bathhouse, let me take you to try it out!"

With that, he grabbed Jiang Xia like a chick and left.

After everyone had left, Minister Xia pointed to the large signboard standing to the side and said, "You can hang it at the factory gate yourselves later. The factory can assign tasks to you."

"I don't care about anything else, those two families asked me for things, so I'll ask you for them too. Can't give me what I need? Humph! You'd better think twice!"

"Also, you've all seen how enthusiastic the Ministry of Agriculture is towards Jiangxia. If that person gets kidnapped, Yang Youning, you can prepare to eat sand!"

"Li Huaide! What are you laughing at!"

"Don't think I won't touch you just because you have a powerful backer! If you don't complete the mission, I'll handcuff you and Yang Youning together!"

"I'll make sure you all poop together! Humph!"

Minister Xia waved his hand, glaring at the two middle-aged men in front of him, making them tremble like quails.

They were practically begging a bunch of people to "please let us go, boss!"

Li Changfu had been sitting there with his hands in his pockets, watching the show.

He was originally somewhat dissatisfied with Minister Xia and his team for putting Jiangxia in the spotlight; the nail that sticks out gets hammered down!

Especially now that things are a bit turbulent, with some ill intentions in the north and that bald guy in the south also stirring things up, there are quite a few unfamiliar faces in Beijing.

Really annoying!

After reprimanding the two men, Minister Xia walked towards Li Changfu. He was about to scold this old man who had sided with outsiders.

Before anyone could react, the old man started cursing: "Xia Heizi, why did you put my apprentice on such a high pedestal! And why did you insist on having him on stage! He's not even fully grown yet, and you're already letting him fly? How shameless!"

"Hey, how can you talk like that! Watch your words, old comrade! What era are we living in? How can you still have the saying 'the nail that sticks out gets hammered down'?"

"That won't do either. What's with this surprise attack? Look at him, he made me lose face!"

"Pah! So what if it's a little dirty? The teacher said that the working people are the most glorious! Besides, aren't you being sarcastic?"

"without!"

"No? Then tuck your lips down, it's really unsettling to look at!"

The two old men walked away, pulling and tugging at each other, leaving Yang Youning and Li Huaide staring at each other.

"So, with this combination of defusing and attacking, they managed to evade the blame?" Li Huaide sighed, watching the chief engineer's performance.

"Old ginger is spicier!" Yang Youning couldn't help but nod.

The two exchanged a glance, and at that moment, there was a sense of mutual appreciation between them.

But immediately, they turned their heads to the side and snorted coldly.

Seeing that everything was alright, Li Huaide turned to leave. But Yang Youning blocked his way.

"Li Huaide, did I hit you yesterday?"

Li Huaide was taken aback for a moment, then sneered: "So what if I hit him, and so what if I didn't? Are you expecting me, Director Yang, to bow down to you...?"

"What are you doing!" Yang Youning's actions made the tone of his voice rise extremely high.

Before Li Huaide could finish speaking, Yang Youning simply bent over, though not with a high arc.

"Alright, work is work, and life is life. It's unchangeable that we don't get along at work, but I, Yang Youning, should apologize for hitting someone."

"Do you want any compensation? No, we're even now that we've settled the matter of the fight!"

Li Huaide smirked. "Alright! We're even. It's really not easy to get a bow from you, Director Yang."

After saying that, Li Huaide paused for a moment, then walked around Yang Youning and continued on his way.

"Wait a minute!"

"Anything else?"

Yang Youning pointed to a horizontal plaque lying across the front of the stage, "That's what you owe me, you have to hand it to me!"

Li Huaide was puzzled. The plaque had been placed there before it was brought on stage, and he had thought it was just a decoration.

When he got closer, he turned it over and took a look.

"Outstanding Advanced Collective"!

"Gan!"