Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 98 Discussion on Machine Tool R&D Project

Early the next morning, the three of them separated at the entrance of the factory. Luo Xue went to the training workshop and Liu Yue went to the production workshop.

Jiang Chen, on the other hand, went straight to the factory director's office.

If you say you will become stronger, then there will be no delay at all.

Entering the office, Jiang Chen closed the door because the topic we talked about today might be a bit sensitive.

That is to say, Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan are both trustworthy people, otherwise they would not say some things even if they were rotten in their hearts.

Yang Weimin threw a cigarette: "Good morning, Xiao Jiang, I just came to work and came here!"

Jiang Chen took the cigarette and lit it: "Good morning, factory director, good morning Representative Tao."

Tao Yuan waved his hand: "Malotov is gone?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Let's go, the rest of the work has been filmed, so he can't stay here for too long."

Yang Weimin said: "Malotov helped us a lot this time."

"I went to the workshop to investigate two days ago. Workers generally reported that the upgraded machines are easier to use and more efficient."

Tao Yuan said: "Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Jiang. He works overtime with Malotov until late at night every day to improve our machine tools."

"Of course, there's also He Yuyu! Come on, this hundred yuan is a reward given to her by the factory. You can hand it over to her for me."

Jiang Chen was not polite and reached out to take it.

I secretly sighed that He Yuyu had made a lot of money this time.

Yang Weimin said: "And Xiao Jiang, the training system you proposed before and your methods have made our factory shine."

"So, there are also rewards in the factory. Of course, we are not as wealthy as the Ministry of Industry, so we can only reward you with one bicycle."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Thank you, then I'm welcome!"

Yang Weimin said: "Come on, the factory will not treat everyone who contributes badly."

Jiang Chen: "When I came here today, I was really prepared to continue to contribute to increasing production."

Yang Weimin was overjoyed: "Hey, I said Xiao Jiang is a restless person. You see, just after Malotov left, he has new ideas."

"Tell me, what do you want to do now?"

Jiang Chen sat up straight and said word by word: "I want to engage in machine tool research and development. Please ask the factory to approve the project and provide manpower and material support."

"Machine tool research and development?"

Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan looked at each other, the surprise in their eyes could not be concealed at all.

They never thought that what Jiang Chen wanted to do was actually the research and development of machine tools.

Jiang Chen nodded: "We have talked before. If we want to increase production capacity, the biggest problem is people and tools."

"Now that the establishment of the training system and the birth of new methods have basically solved the human problem, the next step is naturally the problem of tools."

"Of all the tools, machine tools are the most important and the weakest link for flower growers. Therefore, I want to research and develop machine tools."

Tao Yuan probed: "Is it because you have seen Big Brother's machine tools in the past two days and want to copy them yourself?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "It's not imitation, it's development. We have developed a world-leading machine tool that belongs to us flower growers."

"Not only can it further increase production capacity, but it can also create foreign exchange through exports."

Improving production capacity and creating foreign exchange, either of these two points is enough to impress many people.

Especially the creation of foreign exchange.

Now flower growers' thirst for foreign exchange has reached a terrifying level.

However, its own productivity and science and technology are lagging behind. The main source of foreign exchange creation is agricultural products, and the industrial export product is pig iron.

The bulk of it is food.

You must know that a three-year famine is about to usher in. Your own family will not have enough to eat, but you still have to export food.

Thinking of these, Jiang Chen felt a little depressed. Perhaps, with one more product that can be exported, the export of food will be less.

He is not sure about this, because the main reason for grain exports is that the satellite is placed too high, and the yield per mu is tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of catties, which is scary to think about.

If we can’t finish the food, we can’t finish it at all, so why not sell it?

But you can export less and count a little.

Jiang Chen thought that after saying this, Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan would happily agree.

But when Jiang Chen finished speaking, he found that their faces were unusually solemn.

After a long while, Yang Weimin said: "Xiao Jiang, do you want to leave?"

Jiang Chen was stunned: "Let's go? Where to go? I haven't thought about it!"

Yang Weimin breathed a sigh of relief: "You know, the steel rolling mill is a material processing company, not a manufacturing company. The development of machine tools you want to establish as a project is not within the business scope of the steel rolling mill at all."

"Moreover, we do not have the ability to develop and produce, whether it is people or things."

It turns out that the problem lies here.

The two heard that Jiang Chen wanted to develop machine tools, but the steel rolling plant did not have a manufacturing background, so they thought Jiang Chen wanted to change jobs and work in a manufacturing plant.

The Engineering Department was a stagnant place before, but it was only after Jiang Chen came that it came to life.

They don't want the talents they finally met to be lost like this.

To be honest, Jiang Chen didn't want to leave either.

There are not many leaders like Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan who have less feudal ideas and are willing to support them and delegate power to them.

If we don’t talk about anything else, let’s talk about Shuchuan Steel Rolling Mill.

If Jiang Chen were there, it might not be so easy to promote the establishment of the training system.

The factory director was a bit old-fashioned and unwilling to accept new things at all.

There are also many factory directors, even if they support him, they will definitely criticize his work in order to get more credit when sharing the credit.

After listening to Yang Weimin's words, Jiang Chen pondered for a long time and decided to change the direction of persuasion: "Two leaders, do you know what impact the establishment of the training system and the rollout of new methods will have on the factory?"

Tao Yuandao said, "Director Yang and I have discussed this issue. On the good side, employees can get on the job quickly, production efficiency is improved, and production capacity is increased."

"Then, he put forward higher requirements for the configuration of other personnel in our factory. For example, drivers, logistics departments, transfer workers, etc. We have already communicated this with Section Chief Wen, and the personnel reserve work has begun."

Jiang Chen said: "This is a good aspect, what about the bad aspect?"

Yang Weimin was stunned: "Are there any bad aspects?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, and it has a great impact."

"Have you ever considered that when the production capacity of steel rolling mills across the country is greatly increased, the first problem we will face is insufficient raw materials."

In fact, Jiang Chen also has ways to improve steelmaking technology and increase steelmaking efficiency.

But this priority has to be pushed back.

Yang Weimin said: "How is it possible? This year's steelmaking target is 1070 million tons. I have already understood that the target will definitely be exceeded."

“There is so much steel that we can’t finish processing it, we can’t finish it at all.”

In 58, the steel production target is to double on the basis of 57, that is, from 535 million tons to 1070 million tons.

The actual output is more than 1300 million tons, but only 800 million tons are qualified.

Jiang Chen said: "Malotov told me that he traveled to many places and saw that the quality of the steel we smelted was not up to standard at all. The carbon content was far more than 2%, and it could only be regarded as iron."

"You said that a group of ordinary people who have never engaged in steel production just set up a few blast furnaces and started making large-scale steel. What is the quality acceptance rate? I estimate that 60% of the quality is considered good."

Tao Yuan quickly stopped him: "Xiao Jiang, you can't say this nonsense."

(End of this chapter)