industrial overlord

Chapter 20 Fighting the Pheasant

"Xiaohua, are you up tonight?"

At the end of the work day, Yang Chunshan stopped Lin Zhenhua who had just come out outside the production area and asked him questions.

"Uncle Yang, I have nothing to do, why, do you need to find me?"

"Well, there is a township enterprise that needs someone to do some things. Would you like to go hunting pheasants with me to earn some money?" Yang Chunshan said in a low voice.

Hitting pheasants is a common saying in the factory, which means to make extra money.The workers of the Hanhua Machinery Factory have technology in their hands, and some small township enterprises in the vicinity sometimes ask the workers of the Hanhua Factory for help in private when they encounter technical problems. Of course, this kind of help is not compulsory.The factory leaders are well aware of this kind of thing, but these workers did not delay the work in the factory, they just use their spare time to earn extra money, and the factory leaders are not good at interfering.A few years ago, there were policies that restricted workers from doing private work outside, but now these policies are gradually being relaxed, and the factory leaders are willing to turn a blind eye or turn a blind eye.

Of course, workers going out to do private work does not have an impact on work.Some workers go to work in township enterprises at night, work all night, and rush back to work in the factory the next day. During working hours, they are naturally in a trance and wandering.There are also some workers who go too far and secretly bring some small tools from the factory to the township enterprises to help. If this kind of thing is discovered by the factory, it will definitely deduct wages and report criticism.

Yang Chunshan is an electric welder in the factory, and his skills are very good. He is quite well-known in the surrounding township enterprises, and many people find him to do private work.Sometimes the private work he took on could not be done by himself, so he had to invite a few co-workers to go with him. This time he invited Lin Zhenhua to go with him, naturally because of Yang Xin.Yang Chunshan has now begun to treat Lin Zhenhua as a son-in-law. He invited Lin Zhenhua to do private work with him. Through such an opportunity, let's examine Lin Zhenhua's character and ability.

"Uncle Yang, of course I am willing to do things that can make money." Lin Zhenhua said cheerfully, "However, I am just a general worker, what can I do?"

"I heard from Xiaoxin that you have studied milling in the army, and your skills are quite good. I will take you out to see and see. In case someone has a milling job in the future, I can also introduce you. However, this time it is a Electric welding, have you ever learned electric welding?"

"Electric welding, after learning a little bit, you can start a fire." Lin Zhenhua said very modestly. Being able to set the welding wire on fire is the first step in electric welding, and it is really not a special skill.Of course, it is not so easy for people who have never been in contact with electric welding to set the welding wire on fire.

"It doesn't matter, you can't chew too much. You can learn milling well. I will teach you about electric welding when I have time. Sometimes it's enough to deal with things." Yang Chunshan said, "You go back and have dinner. , I’ll call you later, let’s ride a bike together.”

The township enterprise where Yang Chunshan went to "hunt pheasants" was in Xiaogang Commune, 10 kilometers away from the Hanhua Factory. The two men, Mr. Zhun and his wife, rode bicycles and walked for about 40 minutes. They came to Xiaogang Agricultural Machinery Parts factory for small businesses.

"Master Yang is here." A man dressed as a farmer stood at the gate of the factory to welcome Yang Chunshan and Lin Zhenhua.

"Director Mao." Yang Chunshan greeted the man, then turned his head and pointed to Lin Zhenhua, and introduced to Director Mao: "This is my apprentice, named Lin Zhenhua, I will bring him over to help."

"Oh, good, great teachers make great apprentices." Factory Manager Mao nodded to Lin Zhenhua as a greeting, and then led the two into the factory area.

It is said to be a factory area, but it is actually a farmyard. The room to the east is a workshop with two or three old machine tools eliminated by some factory, and the room to the west is a warehouse.There are some iron tools piled up here and there in the middle of the yard. Since I have to work in the yard at night, I temporarily picked up a 200-watt incandescent lamp with a long bamboo pole to illuminate the yard.

"Is it these things?" Yang Chunshan pointed to the pile of ironware and asked Director Mao.

Factory Manager Mao said: "That's all, it needs to be welded together. Look, can it be done in one night?"

Yang Chunshan made an estimate, then nodded: "Well, it's almost a night's amount, my apprentice and I are two people."

"It's still the old rule, 4 yuan for a big worker, 2 yuan for a small worker, how about it?"

"No problem, it's an old relationship."

On the way here, Yang Chunshan had already introduced to Lin Zhenhua that Xiaogang Agricultural Machinery Parts Factory was nominally a social enterprise of Xiaogang Commune, but it had already been contracted by the factory manager.In the whole factory, there were only 3 workers except the director Mao and his family, and none of them knew electric welding.When encountering electric welding work, the factory director Mao has to save up, and when he saves up to the equivalent of one night's work, he asks Yang Chunshan to go over and deal with it once.Yang Chunshan has skills and is considered a big job, earning 4 yuan a night; every time Yang Chunshan brings an apprentice to help, which is considered a small job, and it is 2 yuan a night, which is already a custom.

Factory Manager Mao does not interfere with who Yang Chunshan brings to do small work, which is equivalent to giving Yang Chunshan a chance to be a favor.When Yang Chunshan came to do things in the past, sometimes he brought his apprentices, and sometimes he brought other workers with better relationships. No matter who he brought, the other party would be very happy, because he could earn 2 yuan a night. not bad.When Yang Chunshan gave Lin Zhenhua the opportunity this time and told him that he had 2 yuan to earn, he had a kind of kindness in his heart. He did not think that Lin Zhenhua would feel that 2 yuan was not enough for him.

Factory Manager Mao and Yang Chunshan finished negotiating the price, and then went to do other work by themselves.Yang Chunshan pulled the welding machine aside, turned on the power, and started working.Working for a private company is different from working in a state-owned factory. They pay you, so naturally they expect you to work every minute. If you procrastinate, they won’t come to you next time.

As a small worker, Lin Zhenhua's task was to sand off the rust on the workpieces to be welded, and then move the workpieces to Yang Chunshan's side.When welding large pieces, he is also responsible for helping Yang Chunshan hold the workpiece on one side.There is no technical content in these tasks, and they can basically be done by individuals.

"Uncle Yang, drink some water."

Lin Zhenhua brought a glass of water to Yang Chunshan. Yang Chunshan stopped the welding machine, took a sip of the water, and asked, "How much of the workpiece is not cleaned?"

"It's all wiped off." Lin Zhenhua replied.

"It's all cleaned up?" Yang Chunshan was a little surprised. He looked back, and sure enough, all the parts on the workpiece that needed to be welded had been wiped with sandpaper, and the sanding standard also met the welding requirements, which showed that Lin Zhenhua did not take chances.Yang Chunshan nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, Xiaohua, you're quite diligent in your work."

"Hehe, Uncle Yang, you are tired too, how about I weld for you for a while?"

"This is not possible." Yang Chunshan shook his head, "These are not welded well, Lao Mao will be in a hurry with me. Xiaohua, if you want to learn electric welding, come to the container workshop to find me after work, and I will find some scrap iron Give you practice."

Lin Zhenhua said: "Uncle Yang, in fact, I also learned a little electric welding in the army. You see, this piece is just an iron fence, and there is no high technical requirement. I will weld a few points for you."

Yang Chunshan thought for a while, passed the welding tongs over, and said, "Okay, let me see how you are doing in the army. Xiaoxin said that your skills are very good, but I really don't believe it. In the army Even if you have the opportunity to learn technology, it's better..."

When he said this, he suddenly stopped. He saw that Lin Zhenhua held the welding wire in the welding tongs and lightly touched the workpiece, and then it caught fire. A string of welding sparks flew out, forming a smooth weld. Slowly flowing out under the welding wire.

"Uncle Yang, take a look, can this welding work?" Lin Zhenhua took away the welding wire, pointed to his work, and said to Yang Chunshan.

Yang Chunshan stretched out his fingers, touched the still warm weld seam back and forth twice, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay! Next time you can get Dagong's money."

"So, I'm qualified?" Lin Zhenhua asked. In front of Yang Chunshan, he didn't dare to be as arrogant as he was in front of Yang Xin, but he also knew that ordinary electric welding was really not difficult for him.

"Xiaohua, how long have you been learning electric welding in the army?"

"Well... about a month." Lin Zhenhua replied, this time was the time when he participated in the electric welding internship in Huaqing Machinery Factory, but during that time, he did not only learn this ordinary manual arc welding, such as I have been exposed to submerged arc welding, gas shielded arc welding and the like.Some advanced electric welding techniques do not require workers to take welding tongs in person, but are completely operated by manipulators.

"It's really good to be able to practice like this in a few months." Yang Chunshan said with satisfaction. Electric welding is also a skill that requires experience and understanding. It is not difficult to weld two pieces of iron together, but it is necessary to make welding If the resulting weld seam is so smooth, the operator needs to be able to grasp the strength of the spot welding and the speed of the wire movement. It is indeed not easy to be able to practice at the level of Lin Zhenhua in a few months.

"Come on, are you sure about the rest of these things? If you are sure, I will leave them to you for welding." Yang Chunshan said enthusiastically.

"No problem, Uncle Yang, you can go to the side and rest for a while, I will make a round by myself." Lin Zhenhua said.

(End of this chapter)