Chapter 28 Factory Director's Inspection
"This machine works faster than the three of us!" Erhu couldn't help but sigh when he came to the hillside and saw the reservoir full of clear water about to overflow.

"This is the importance of mechanization." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "In the future, when we have money, we will have more and more good equipment, and we won't have to work so hard, and the output and quality of our products will also be greatly improved..."

"When that time comes, you won't need us anymore, right?" Liu Jun said jokingly at this time.

"Even advanced machines cannot do without human operation. You should learn more when you have time in the future. Otherwise, you will only be able to do manual labor all your life," said Xu Qiang.

"Forget about studying. When I was in school, I felt sleepy as soon as I saw the textbooks. I almost didn't get my elementary school diploma..." Erhu said, scratching his head.

"Or you are a loser. Look at your uncle, he can turn mud into fertilizer. That's because he has knowledge. You should learn from your uncle..." Liu Jun rolled his eyes at Erhu when he heard that.

"Okay, everyone has their own aspirations. Even if you don't study, as long as you work hard, you can still make a lot of money." Xu Qiang planned the conversation between the two and said, "It's getting dark. Let's stop here today and lift the machine up." "Okay." The big black bull standing next to Xu Qiang responded and walked down the mountain alone.

"This machine is our treasure. You must take good care of it when you are on duty at night..." "Don't worry, uncle. I will hug it when I sleep at night!" Erhu said, patting his chest.

"Hahaha, then I feel relieved." Xu Qiang smiled, then turned around and prepared to go home with Liu Jun.

For Xu Qiang, today can be said to be a day worth celebrating. Not only did the sample inspection pass, but he also added the first mechanical equipment to his peat field. Especially with this water pump, the efficiency of the entire fertilizer production can be greatly improved. At least he doesn't have to spend so much time fetching water. Several people can use this time to do other things.

In addition to the work at the peat field, Xu Qiang has also been thinking about the technological transformation of the chemical workshop recently.

Because it involves the issue of reviewing relevant technical drawings, the factory has not responded to him. Xu Qiang plans to wait a while. If there is no news, he plans to go directly to the factory to report the matter.

In fact, Xu Qiang also knew that he was just a temporary porter and would not be taken seriously in the factory. Even if he submitted his technical transformation plan to the head office, the possibility of being recognized was very slim. Moreover, workshop transformation was not a trivial matter and required a lot of money and manpower. The entire workshop might even be temporarily shut down. Once the technical transformation failed, no one could bear such serious consequences.

But Xu Qiang just wanted to do this. After all, as a top chemical expert in his previous life, he always felt like speaking out when he saw the unreasonable equipment and processes in the workshop. So in addition to the tempting 800 yuan bonus, it was also out of his professional instinct.

During the night shift that day, Xu Qiang did the same as usual. After finishing his work, he continued with his technical transformation design.

Xu Qiang hadn't drawn a blueprint by hand since college. Looking at the increasingly dense equipment and pipeline symbols on the blueprint, he felt an indescribable excitement in his heart.

At this moment, he seemed to be back in his student days, full of energy and curiosity...

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The next morning, the night shift workers went off work and the early shift workers started a new day's work.

After the morning meeting, workshop director Sun Yulin was about to go to the dispatch room to drink some water when he found that factory director Liu Biao was standing behind him.

"Hello, Director Liu." Sun Yulin was not too surprised to see Liu Biao suddenly appear.

Since the establishment of the factory, the old factory director has been personally involved in everything. He likes to ask about all the big and small things in the factory. He inspects each workshop almost every day. Even though he is nearly 60 years old, he is still very energetic. His walking speed makes Sun Yulin, who is in his prime, feel ashamed.
"How is the situation in the workshop these two days?" Liu Biao asked.

"Everything is normal." Sun Yulin said respectfully, "Recently I have been focusing on the safety of the workshop. Our workshop has been safe and accident-free for 410 consecutive days. I want to keep this honor."

For Sun Yulin, there is really nothing much to say about the quality and output of the chemical workshop. The annual output is only more than 2000 tons. It is not realistic to increase it. After all, the equipment here is too backward, and there are not so many orders.

Therefore, in the past one or two years, the chemical workshop has always focused on production safety. As long as no one is hurt, even if the workshop suffers serious losses, the head office will provide a guarantee. Sun Yulin knows this very well.

"Very good." Liu Biao nodded, and then asked: "How is the military-to-civilian product collection activity that I asked your workshop to organize? The relevant plans have not been submitted yet..."

"Director Liu, in fact, our workshop's military-to-civilian product collection activity has been successfully launched, and we have a product plan for the competition."

"Uh? What plan?" Liu Biao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"It's like this. We have a talented person in our workshop. He used to be a carpenter in the village. He has very good carpentry skills. Especially the sofas he made in the past two years are very comfortable to sit on, and they are strong and durable. If this kind of sofa is put on the market, it will definitely be a best-seller!"

"So you plan to use this sofa to participate in the factory's solicitation activity?" Liu Biao frowned slightly and interrupted Sun Yulin directly.

“I think this is a great product…”

“Even if it’s a good product, how many sofas can that carpenter make in a year, and how many people can he feed?”

"This one……"

"For other factories, this may be a good project, but for our factory, this kind of civilian product is meaningless. After all, we are a large factory with 10,000 people, and we have too many people to support." Liu Biao sighed lightly, and then said: "But this matter is indeed difficult for you. I know the situation of your workshop. The front-line workers are basically local farmers. It is a bit too much to ask them to develop civilian products. I just hope that your workshop can take this matter seriously and strive to produce better civilian products."

"Director Liu is right!" Sun Yulin echoed, as if remembering something, and continued: "By the way, Director Liu, there is one more thing I want to tell you. A new rotation worker in our workshop has a bad work attitude, so I plan to dismiss him..."

Generally speaking, the workshop director has the right to lay off any temporary worker, but the factory director Liu Biao has always been strict about personnel matters. Any worker entering or leaving the factory requires his personal approval, so Sun Yulin can only report to Liu Biao first.

"Which worker? What's his name?"

"His name is Xu Qiang, and he just joined the factory last week."

(End of this chapter)