Chapter 180 Confident
The next day was Sunday. Xu Qiang slept for the whole morning and only got out of bed at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Considering that Xu Qiang still has to go to work and prepare for the college entrance examination, he cannot work here all the time, so he must find someone to take over his job of making dyes.

In the end, this task fell on Liu Jun. After all, he and Erhu were the people Xu Qiang trusted the most.

Previously, Liu Jun had been in charge of fertilizer production in the peat field, mainly for confidentiality. However, now the profit from producing indigo powder is far higher than the fertilizer business, so Xu Qiang wanted to give this job to him.

In fact, the fertilizer business has become a chicken rib for Xu Qiang. Due to increasing taxes and competitors, the profit of fertilizers is getting smaller and smaller. Now the profit can only be maintained at two to three hundred yuan a day. Although it sounds good, this kind of profit is difficult to maintain for a long time.

Moreover, the technical threshold for humic acid fertilizer is too low. Even if Liu Jun can keep it strictly confidential, people will find out after a long time.

So Xu Qiang simply pulled Liu Jun out and let him be mainly responsible for the production of dyes. As for the refining of fertilizers, it was left to the people in Xiazhuang Village.

Xu Qiang first wrote a complete detailed procedure for operating the dye processing machine, and then taught Liu Jun step by step how to operate the machine and how to grasp the temperature control, stirring and separation processes.

As for the names and proportions of the raw materials and how to refine them, Xu Qiang did not tell him. The plastic barrels containing the raw materials were only marked with numbers. As for what was inside, Xu Qiang did not tell anyone.

This means that apart from Xu Qiang himself, even if Liu Jun mastered the production process, it would be impossible to make indigo powder dye.

For some of the key raw materials, Xu Qiang only needs to mix them himself once every Sunday and does not need to come to work every day.

After completing all this, Xu Qiang slept for a night and continued to work as usual the next day.

A few days later, Erhu took ten kilograms of indigo powder and went to Fuzhou to prepare for his first transaction.

Xu Qiang walked him all the way out of the village before turning around and leaving.

At this time, there are less than ten days left before the TV University College Entrance Examination.

In the evening, Xu Qiang came to the workers' night school to prepare for today's study.

Xu Qiang had just sat down for a short while when he saw Liu Siying and Lin Yueying enter the classroom.

"Xu Qiang, you're here quite early!" Liu Siying greeted him with a smile as soon as she saw Xu Qiang.

"I just got here too."

"By the way, Xu Qiang, you have become a model worker, but the factory hasn't allocated you a house yet?" At this time, Lin Yuying walked up to Xu Qiang and asked.

During this period, Lin Yueying's attitude towards Xu Qiang was obviously much warmer, whereas when Xu Qiang first came to the workers' night school, the two of them basically never spoke to each other.

In fact, it was not only Lin Yueying. Some other young women in the night school also gave him some hints or took the initiative to talk to him, but none of them was as bold and proactive as Lin Yueying.

"Not yet. It depends on the factory's arrangements." Xu Qiang replied with a smile.

"You should take the initiative to ask about this kind of thing. Leaders like them sometimes play dumb. If you wait a few more days, the good houses will probably be taken away by others! At most, they will leave you the first floor!" Lin Yueying said with a frown.

"Let's just go to the first floor. It saves us from having to climb the stairs."

"Are you smart or stupid? The ground on the first floor is damp and cold in winter, and there are mosquitoes everywhere when you open the window in summer. If you didn't fight for it, the good house would have been given to someone else long ago..."

"Yingzi, that's Xu Qiang's business, we have no right to interfere."

"Who said I can't control it? If in the future..." Seeing that the classmates around her were looking at her with strange eyes, Lin Yueying blushed and said, "After all, we are all classmates. It's normal to care about each other, right?"

"Thank you very much." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"Xu Qiang, haven't you looked for Chief Engineer Li recently?" Liu Siying suddenly asked at this time.

"What do you want to see him for?" "Of course it's about the establishment of the foreign trade military products project. Haven't you already promised Director Luo that you will participate in the department's exhibition before March next year?" Liu Siying bit her lip lightly and continued, "But I can't help you this time. I have been transferred to Chief Engineer Li's project team..."

"I don't care about that." Xu Qiang smiled slightly, and then said: "I have to thank you for last time. Without your help, I would not have been able to complete the project so quickly."

"We are all classmates, so we should help each other. Besides, I didn't help much. I just provided you with some information." When she said this, Liu Siying smiled and said, "I also benefited from the success of your project last time. This month, the factory gave me a few dozen extra bonuses..."

"Just a few dozen dollars?" Xu Qiang frowned and said.

No matter what, Liu Siying is in the same project team as himself. Although he is the person in charge, after the project is successful, the factory should also reward Liu Siying heavily. After all, he was named a model worker and has a quota for housing. At the very least, Liu Siying should be given some similar reward. A few dozen yuan is obviously too little.

"It's already a lot, it's equivalent to an extra month's salary."

"You don't even look down on a few dozen dollars, and you talk as if you are very rich." Lin Yueying on the side interjected.

"As long as you are satisfied." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"You must work hard this time as well. If you succeed this time, the provincial bureau will definitely reward you handsomely." Liu Siying encouraged.

Liu Siying obviously also knew some inside information, including the bet that Xu Qiang and Li Cunzhu had made in front of Director Luo.

Moreover, for a worker like Xu Qiang who has no academic qualifications, this is indeed an opportunity to change his life. Once Xu Qiang succeeds, the provincial bureau will definitely promote him out of turn, thus completing the leap from a worker to a cadre.

It is possible that Xu Qiang will not be able to be promoted to a higher position in the future due to his academic qualifications, but at least his status as a cadre will allow him to escape from the front-line production labor and engage in his favorite research and development work.

"I don't have time to develop new products right now, mainly because I have an exam coming up soon..."

"You really thought you could pass the exam." Lin Yueying said with a smile, and then added: "I am a technical school student and I am not sure about it. It is better to do research and development. After all, you have some skills..."

"Yingzi, don't say that. Everyone has their own aspirations." Liu Siying glanced at Lin Yueying, and then said to Xu Qiang: "Then I wish you success in the imperial examination."

Just as she finished saying this, a hint of disappointment flashed across Liu Siying's face.

It is obvious that the difficulty of research and development of military products for foreign trade can even be said to be higher than that of ordinary domestic military products.

Not only are there technical barriers, but it also has to cater to foreign demands, so this is destined to be a very difficult, time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

The original five-month R&D period was already very short. If Xu Qiang did not initiate the project at this time, he would most likely not be able to complete the task on time later. You know, even if a sample was made, the subsequent testing work would be quite cumbersome, taking at most half a month and at most one or two months, so there was not much time actually available for product development.

What's even worse is that this time Li Cunzhu simply "cut off the source of funds" for Xu Qiang, and assigned all the best technicians in the entire technical department to his own project team. Most of the remaining technicians were just guys who were just trying to get by, so if Xu Qiang set up the project, he might not be able to find any good helpers at all.

"Must-have." Xu Qiang replied.

"You are a dreamer and you want to go to college..." Lin Yueying also teased Xu Qiang and then returned to her seat.

Seeing this, Xu Qiang also picked up the textbook and started reading.

Although the factory director Liu Biao and his daughter Liu Siying reminded Xu Qiang again and again, Xu Qiang remained very calm.

This is not because he will give up the research and development of military products for foreign trade, but because he already has a new product plan and related production technology, and he is actually confident.

Moreover, this college entrance examination is also very important to Xu Qiang. As long as he can get a university diploma and rely on his own skills, his future promotion path in the factory will become smooth.

Xu Qiang actually has greater ambitions. He will definitely not work in this factory for too long. For him, Shengli Machinery Factory is just a stepping stone for his future life journey...

　I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)