Chapter 129 Project Trio

Since Xu Qiang is a newcomer, he has no connections in the factory. However, research and development requires collaboration among multiple departments and workshops. In order to make the research and development process more efficient, paying for meals is the fastest and most effective way.

Besides, even on normal days, the expenses on food and drink are not small, especially when following Wang Yongsheng and his gang, eating out seems to have become a normal thing.

Moreover, compared with the bonuses and honors that may be obtained after the successful development of the product, this little money seems to be nothing.

Although Chen Qingcai declined and said he didn't need to treat, he finally couldn't resist Xu Qiang and agreed.

After get off work that afternoon, Xu Qiang went directly to another small restaurant in the factory area. Huang Baoshan from the stamping workshop and Chen Qingcai from the battery workshop, whom he invited, also arrived at the restaurant on time after changing their clothes.

Although the two have been working in the factory for many years, they have only rarely eaten out. The reason is very simple: they have reached an age where they have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and they have many children. There are places that ask for money everywhere, so even though their salaries are not low, they have always lived a very tight life.

"Master Huang, this is your favorite Hongmei." Xu Qiang handed a pack of Hongmei cigarettes to Huang Baoshan, and then said to Chen Qingcai: "Master Chen, just order whatever you want to drink today. I'll give you a few more bottles when you leave!"

"I'm sorry for your expense." After Huang Baoshan took the cigarette, a smile suddenly broke out on his face.

"Xiao Xu, what are you doing? This costs a lot of money," Chen Qingcai was still a little embarrassed and said to Xu Qiang: "You just joined the factory and you don't earn much..."

"My salary is not as high as the other two masters, but I do get a bonus." Xu Qiang smiled slightly and continued, "Master Chen, you may have forgotten that I won the first prize in our factory's military-to-civilian recruitment activity last time, with a bonus of 800 yuan."

"Forehead."

Hearing this, Huang Baoshan and Chen Qingcai suddenly understood.

Eight hundred yuan is equivalent to more than a year's salary for two people. Xu Qiang must have the capital to be so generous.

"Let me be frank with you. I develop new products for the factory mainly to get a permanent job and get a room in the factory in the future. If I succeed, I can even marry a woman from the city..."

"Hahaha!"

Hearing this, Chen Qingcai and Huang Baoshan burst into laughter, and the atmosphere at the dinner table became lively.

"My father used to be a rotation worker in this factory. He joined the factory in 1965, definitely earlier than you. He worked hard for more than ten years, but he died in the line of duty two months ago. When he passed away, he still hadn't been promoted to a permanent employee." Xu Qiang paused, then continued, "I joined the factory as a successor. I also taught myself some chemical technology before, so I don't want to follow my father's old path. If I want to be promoted to a permanent employee, I can only fight for it with all my strength. Only in this way can I have a chance to turn things around..."

"Ambitious……"

Hearing what Xu Qiang said, Huang Baoshan and Chen Qingcai seemed to be thinking about something.

Just as Xu Qiang said, it is very difficult for temporary workers in the factory to become regular workers. Unless they have made significant contributions, they can get a quota. In this light, it seems understandable that Xu Qiang had previously signed a military order to the factory.

"...General Engineer Li promised to form a project team for my project, but now he has only assigned one person to it, that is our factory director's daughter Liu Siying. She took the initiative to join, which touched me a lot. However, she also has other projects to take care of now, and the help she can provide me is also very limited. So actually, this project can only rely on me alone..."

Facing Huang Baoshan and Chen Qingcai, Xu Qiang appeared very frank.

After all, we are all factory workers, without so many tricks and twists and turns. Only by being honest can others feel close to you. "Liu Siying is a good kid..." Chen Qingcai nodded.

"So I hope you two masters can help me a lot. This project of mine won't take long, and the results will be known in two months. If it fails, it's my responsibility, and it has nothing to do with you. But if it succeeds, I can talk to the leader and share some of the credit with you. This will definitely help you to be rated as a model worker or something..." Xu Qiang said with a raised eyebrow.

"That's not necessary. If you succeed, we will be happy for you." Chen Qingcai said.

"I think this is not an easy task. Let us know how confident you are." Huang Baoshan asked with a frown.

"There is no such thing as 100% success in scientific research, but I think I should be able to succeed this time. When I participated in the factory's military-to-civilian technology solicitation event before, no one was optimistic about me, but I still won the prize in the end."

Xu Qiang said this obviously to encourage the two of them and make them have confidence in themselves.

"That's true."

The two nodded.

"Besides, due to the short development period, I sometimes need you two to help me work overtime. Of course, I, Xu Qiang, never use people for nothing. I have already agreed with Master Huang that I will give him an extra 20 yuan a month. The same goes for you, Master Chen. In short, you will definitely get paid if you help me work." Xu Qiang paused and continued, "In addition, if the product can be successfully developed this time and passes the test of the superiors, I will reward you two masters with 100 yuan each! What do you think?"

"Xiao Xu, you're really spending a lot of money on this..."

Hearing Xu Qiang say this, the two were stunned.

"No pain, no gain. I would like to ask the two masters to work for me for free, but this is impossible." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Hahaha, okay, let's do this. If you need me, Huang, to do any work in the future, just tell me. It's okay to work overtime anyway. The workshop leaders have agreed. Besides, I have nothing to do at home, so I might as well earn some extra money." Huang Baoshan said with a laugh when he heard this.

"That's fine..." Chen Qingcai hesitated for a moment, but obviously couldn't resist the temptation of Xu Qiang's "high salary", so he nodded and agreed.

"That's settled then!" Xu Qiang said, waving to the waiter, "Hurry up and serve the food. It's been a long time, and you only brought two cold dishes."

The service attitude of the small restaurant in the factory was much better than that of the state-owned restaurants outside. After all, it was a tertiary industry unit that was responsible for its own profits and losses. So after only a short while, the table was filled with sumptuous food and wine.

"From now on, we will be a project trio. I hope this project can be completed smoothly. I also hope that my friendship with the two masters will last forever. Come, let's drink this glass of wine first!"

At this time, Xu Qiang had already filled the three people's glasses, then he stood up, raised his glass and spoke to the two of them.

"cheers!"

With a crisp sound, the three people's wine glasses instantly clinked together...

(End of this chapter)