Chapter 185 Building a Laboratory

On the day he bought the motorcycles, Wang Yongsheng borrowed one to deliver goods to a friend in another factory, while Xu Qiang parked the other one downstairs of his dormitory.

During the lunch break, Xu Qiang returned to the dormitory and prepared to change his clothes.

At this time, Xu Qiang was already somewhat out of tune with the people in Xialiu Living Area.

Originally, those who lived here were temporary workers from the factory, many of whom were farmers from the same village as Xu Qiang or from surrounding villages, including the three brothers of the Zhao family who were from the same village as Xu Qiang.

In fact, for Xu Qiang, he just wants to have a place to live in the factory so that he doesn’t have to walk too far when going to work. His needs are very simple.

However, judging from the current situation, he felt more and more uncomfortable living here.

The clothes that Xu Qiang washed and hung outside often disappeared for no reason, and glue was injected into the keyhole of his door lock, so that Xu Qiang sometimes had to spend money to buy new clothes. In addition, he basically did not live here unless it was necessary. After get off work, he either went back to the village or slept in the peat field.

In fact, Xu Qiang could probably guess who did these things. The Zhao brothers did not dare to deal with Xu Qiang openly, but they still used some despicable means.

"Why are there guys in the yard? Are the security people here?"

"What Security Department? It was that guy named Xu who rode back. I heard that he bought the bike that the Security Department replaced. It cost 400 yuan..."

"This guy is really extravagant. He just became a model worker and he bought such expensive things. It's obvious that he is not a man who can live a simple life!"

"That's right! He became so arrogant after being named a model worker that he even got a permanent job. Look at this kid's behavior. Sometimes he doesn't even say hello when he sees us."

"What's so great about him? I heard that when he was in the village, he was just as useless as his father. He was not good at studying or working. I don't know how he got into the factory, won awards and became a model worker, but he didn't even treat us to a meal..."

"I heard that he was able to become a model worker this time thanks to the factory director's daughter. She was in the same project team as him and did all the work, but he ended up taking all the benefits. I don't know what the factory director was thinking to let this kid take such a big advantage."

"Our factory director has always been like that. I guess he takes care of him a little bit because his father died in the factory. But my old man has worked in the factory for so many years, but he still hasn't been promoted to a permanent position..."

Xu Qiang, who was squatting in the toilet, heard the conversation of several women in the bathroom separated by a wall, and his brows immediately frowned slightly.

Beggars will never envy the life of a billionaire, but they are full of jealousy and dissatisfaction towards beggars who are better off than them.

As the saying goes, "A tall tree attracts the wind." Xu Qiang, in particular, has really been in the limelight in the past two months. He has received a high bonus, become a model worker in the factory, and has also been given a permanent job. Any one of these things is enough to make the neighbors around him jealous.

Although Xu Qiang has tried his best to keep a low profile, these things are public knowledge in the factory, and it is impossible for you to keep a low profile and hide them.

After squatting in the toilet for a while, Xu Qiang left the dormitory building, rode his newly bought scooter, and headed straight for the scrap yard.

However, as soon as Xu Qiang rode his motorcycle into the scrap warehouse, he saw a lot of people coming into the yard, all holding work tools in their hands, including shovels, hoes, and a small cart carrying bricks parked in the middle of the yard.

"Master Zhang, what's going on?" Xu Qiang asked casually when he saw Zhang Decai coming.

"The factory director came over just now and said that he wanted to reinforce and repaint our place, mainly the row of houses behind the yard, and said he wanted to build a chemical laboratory..." Zhang Decai said.

"Uh." Hearing this, Xu Qiang's eyes suddenly lit up.

The construction of a new chemical laboratory in the factory was approved in a meeting nearly a month ago, and today, construction finally began.

Originally, according to Liu Biao's idea, the chemical laboratory was to be set up directly on the third floor of the office building, where there was a laboratory before. However, at Xu Qiang's insistence, the factory finally decided to build the chemical laboratory here in the waste storage. After all, people have the impression that chemical industry is quite dangerous, so the leaders of the office building naturally adopted Xu Qiang's suggestion and placed the laboratory on the edge of the factory area.

Previously, Liu Biao asked the supply and marketing department to contact the chemical equipment manufacturer. It is estimated that they have already negotiated with the manufacturer. As long as the house is renovated, the equipment can be directly put in. This is undoubtedly great news for Xu Qiang.

With this chemical laboratory, on the one hand, Xu Qiang can develop more advanced chemical products. On the other hand, he can also use this chemical laboratory for private purposes and develop some civilian products, which will be of great help to both his work and career!
More importantly, if he could be in charge of this chemical laboratory in the future, he could directly purchase many chemical raw materials that are in short supply in the country through the factory's channels. In particular, Shengli Machinery Factory is a large third-line military-industrial enterprise. Some state-owned enterprises cannot buy things, and military-industrial enterprises can definitely have priority in supply. This was also an important reason why Xu Qiang tried his best to gain the dominance of this laboratory!

Of course, at present, even if the laboratory is built, it can only be temporarily managed by the Technical Department, unless Xu Qiang can be promoted, he can be appointed as the head of the laboratory by the factory. However, the prerequisite for all this is that Xu Qiang needs to obtain a secondary technical school or university degree.

Now, several days have passed since the TVU entrance examination. However, according to previous years, the results of the TVU examination will generally be announced one month after the examination. So during this period, Xu Qiang can only wait quietly.

"This row of houses in the back hasn't been renovated for many years. It used to be the office area of ​​the former Gongnong Synthetic Factory. After it was merged with our factory, the original management went to work in the newly built office building." Looking at the row of bungalows in the backyard, Zhang Decai was a little emotional. He continued, "In fact, this house is built quite solidly, except that the roof leaks occasionally, but it will be fine after laying a layer of asphalt."

"This is where I will work from now on," said Xu Qiang.

"Speaking of which, you are really capable. You can ask the factory to build an office specifically for you. Others don't have this treatment." Zhang Decai praised Xu Qiang.

"No matter what, this is a place to work, not a place to build a house for my family." Xu Qiang said with a sneer.

"By the way, when Director Liu came here just now, he couldn't find you, so he asked you to go to his office when you come back." Zhang Decai said.

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Upon hearing that, Xu Qiang turned around and left.

Riding a motorcycle, Xu Qiang stepped on the accelerator to the maximum all the way, and in less than ten minutes, he arrived at the factory's office building.

Hearing the roar of the motorcycle downstairs, the leaders and employees working in the office building also gathered in front of the window.

The workers in the factory are particularly sensitive to the sound of these sidecar motorcycles. Whenever there is a fight in the factory, or some public security incidents occur, the security department will ride these motorcycles and rush over like gods descending from heaven. As a result, when people in the factory hear this sound, they have a conditioned reflex and always want to get over to watch the excitement.

But this time, they were surprised to find that the person riding the motorcycle was Xu Qiang. He was wearing a clean white shirt and a pair of shiny leather shoes. He looked quite energetic. After turning off the engine, he strode into the office building.

At this time, many female workers in front of the windows saw this scene, and their eyes couldn't help but show some strange looks...

"Hello, Director Liu!"

As soon as he entered the factory director's office, Xu Qiang saw Liu Biao working inside and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"You are having a good time now. I thought it was the security department who came just now." Liu Biao had a gloomy face and it was obvious that there was something else he meant.

"I bought that motorcycle from the Security Department. They were all old cars that they replaced. It just so happened that the commute back to the village was a bit far, so I bought one..."

"When I was your age, I had never ridden a bicycle. The factory was several miles away from my home, and I would go there rain or shine even if I got off work late!"

"How can I compare with you, the factory director?" Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "Now under your wise leadership, the lives of our factory workers are getting better and better. Not only do they have good food, good housing and high incomes, but even travel has become much more convenient..."

"Stop flattering me!" Liu Biao interrupted Xu Qiang and asked seriously, "The TVU exam has already been completed. You should know what you should do, right?"

Before, Liu Biao asked Xu Qiang to quickly carry out the research and development of new product projects. After all, Xu Qiang had made a guarantee on this matter in front of his superior, Director Luo, at the celebration banquet for model workers. However, Xu Qiang had always used the excuse of being busy with the college entrance examination to fool Liu Biao. Now that the college entrance examination has long been over, Liu Biao still cannot see any action taken by Xu Qiang.

What's even more infuriating is that Xu Qiang has been apparently a little bit arrogant recently. During work hours, he is nowhere to be found in the scrap warehouse. Liu Biao went there twice but didn't see him either. The day before yesterday, he bought two motorcycles from the security department. As soon as he got off work, he raced on the road in the factory with Wang Yongsheng and his gang of troublemakers, causing talk among people in the entire factory. Naturally, these things also reached Liu Biao's ears.

You know, in order to enable Xu Qiang to produce new products this time, the factory has set aside a full budget of 100,000 yuan to build a chemical laboratory. If Xu Qiang does nothing, this money will undoubtedly be wasted!
Liu Biao is a very stingy guy. When he thought about spending money but not seeing any hope of getting anything in return from Xu Qiang, he was annoyed and distressed. He almost lost sleep last night...

(End of this chapter)