Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

Many people, of course, would not directly say to District Chief Guo that they were here to steal machine tools. Led by Li Hongying, they visited the factory. The building was not big, with only two workshops with more than 10 lathes each, all of which were parked there quietly and not started.

After Li Hongying finished her introduction, she asked, "Where is the lathe master?"

"The master hasn't come yet."

"Is it that the master didn't come or there is no master?" Li Huaide asked.

"Of course there is a master for this."

"Really? I think it's unlikely. All the people in the capital who know how to use lathes have gone to work in steel mills and heavy machinery factories. Where can you find a master who knows how to use lathes?"

Li Hongying said: "They were hired from the Heavy Machinery Factory. We have already negotiated with the master and they will start work soon."

The heavy machinery factory is a large factory that is no less powerful than the steel rolling mill. There are many masters inside. As long as something is not explained clearly, Li Huaide cannot say that there is something wrong.

This was the excuse we had discussed before. If it doesn't work, we'll just pull Tong Zhi and Da Zhuang over to join the team.

Li Huaide really couldn't blame them. After all, he couldn't really ask them to find someone. It would be meaningless.

District Chief Guo no longer cared about these trivial matters. Today's events were far different from what he had expected, and he was too lazy to test the waters any further. It was better to cut the Gordian knot.

"Let's go to the office first."

Li Hongying nodded, then invited the two of them into the office, poured tea, and said, "The office here is rather simple and the conditions are limited. Please bear with us, leaders."

"You are welcome."

District Chief Guo drank cheap tea without getting angry. He put down his teacup and said, "I took a look and I feel that there is no future for you to run this machinery factory."

Li Huaide also said: "Yes, although you have equipment, your technical strength is not good enough to bring out the full capabilities of the equipment."

District Chief Guo then said, "I think your street should continue to work hard on the braised meat shop and canning factory to make them bigger and stronger, instead of setting up this machinery factory and entering an unfamiliar field."

"Leader, we have a plan. We have already recruited 50 apprentices. With a little training, we can open a factory in the future and create 50 jobs."

District Chief Guo said: "This is easy to handle. The 50 apprentices can be transferred to the steel mill along with the machines, and they will compensate you."

Li Hongying was stunned for a moment. Just as she had guessed before, District Chief Guo came to support Li Huaide from the steel rolling mill.

"Leader, this is not good. This machine does not belong to our street."

Now it was District Chief Guo and Li Huaide's turn to be stunned. They looked at each other, and then District Chief Guo asked:

"What do you mean by that? What do you mean this machine doesn't belong to your street?"

Director Li explained: "This was donated to our street by patriotic overseas Chinese living in Moscow. This is a machinery factory jointly built by both parties. The ownership of this batch of machine tools does not belong to our street."

"No, didn't you buy this?" Li Huaide said anxiously.

Li Hongying said: "Of course not. How can we afford to buy this batch of machine tools? These are assets worth hundreds of thousands of dollars."

This machine tool is no cheaper than a car, and Li Huaide didn't think much about it before. After all, this batch of machine tools can only be purchased on collective streets, and individuals certainly don't have the ability to do so.

But I never thought that this machine tool does not belong on the street.

Li Hongying explained that she was a resident on the street and was currently in Moscow. She learned that the situation on the street was quite difficult and there were not enough factories to provide employment for the residents.

He joined forces with some people to purchase a batch of second-hand machine tools, and then cooperated with the street to set up a machinery factory.

When He Yuzhu discussed with Li Hongying before, he came up with a solution. Indeed, many people on the street had gone to Moscow. Li Hongying borrowed someone's name and asked He Yuzhu to write a document in Russian, which was about cooperating with the street using this batch of lathes.

The two parties set up a machinery factory and recruited neighbors from the same street. This reason could be used to reject District Chief Guo's proposal.

After explaining, Li Hongying asked He Yuzhu to bring a document and handed it to District Chief Guo, saying:

"Leader, take a look, this is the letter he wrote."

District Chief Guo looked at the words on his hands and found that they were all in Russian. He suddenly felt a headache and couldn't understand them at all!

"I won't read the document about this matter." District Chief Guo hesitated.

Director Li said, "Boss, I'm really sorry. The other party specifically asked us to cooperate with the street office. If I transfer these machine tools to the steel mill, I won't be able to explain when he comes back to visit his family in two years."

"Since the other party has made a request, then we should follow it." Although District Chief Guo is a leader, he is only a deputy after all. He cannot force Li Hongying to hand over the lathe to Li Huaide. After all, this kind of thing is unacceptable.

Li Huaide opened his mouth but didn't say much. After all, it involved Chinese people living in Moscow, and this matter could be a big deal or a small one.

The other party was able to contact a group of Chinese people to donate money and get more than 20 lathes to be sent back. Who knows how powerful the other party is and what big shots and leaders he knows.

My plan is not very presentable and I can't bring it out to public. If it hits a wall, I will be the one in trouble.

District Chief Guo stopped talking about transferring the machine tools to the steel mill and only talked about other things.

Director Li complained, "Leader, you are right. It's just that the skills of the two masters we invited from the heavy machinery factory are too weak. How about the steel rolling mill to support us with two lathe masters?"

"This." District Chief Guo felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

We want to move these 20 lathes into the steel rolling mill, but the task has not been accomplished. Why should we pay for them to come in?

Li Hongying said: "I was just about to report to the leader. Our machinery factory was donated by overseas Chinese. If we don't have enough masters to train our operators, when they come, they will also find that our street is perfunctory and not working seriously."

"But."

Li Huaide thought to himself that he was indeed a bit reckless this time. Although he did not break up with his enemies, he still lost points.

Now that the predetermined goal has not been achieved and the street has been offended, I have to find a way to repair the relationship with the street.

Otherwise, he, as the deputy factory director, would be derelict in his duty. After all, although the steel rolling mill is a directly affiliated unit, it still needs to deal with the streets and needs the support and cooperation of the streets.

Especially the housing problem, many workers live on the streets. If there is any trouble on the streets, the one who will be unlucky will be me, the person in charge of logistics.

"Our steel mill can produce smoothly because the street has given us strong support for our logistics work. Since the street is facing difficulties, our steel mill cannot just sit back and watch."

Li Huaide raised his tone very high, and then said: "However, our steel rolling mill still has a heavy production task at the moment, so we can only temporarily borrow a master."

Li Hongying was overjoyed. She was also thinking about it, so she decided to give it a try. She didn't expect that Li Huaide would offer her a master.

Li Hongying said: "I know Master Ding Guangtai from your factory, we can just second him over."

Of course, Li Huaide couldn't know all the people in the steel rolling mill, so he asked, "What level of worker is this Master Ding?"

If it is a higher level, I can't let go directly. After all, every senior worker is very valuable and the production tasks are full.

"His level is not high, only level four."

Level 4 workers are just the threshold for becoming intermediate workers and are mid-level technicians in steel rolling mills. There are a lot of them.

Li Huaide nodded: "Level 4 worker is good, OK, I will arrange for him to come over later."

This is a compensation to the street. If they fail in their attempt to seize the machine tool by force, they must eliminate the impact of this incident, lest Director Yang's side hold them back.

Seeing that Li Huaide and Li Hongying had reached an agreement, District Chief Guo took his leave on the grounds that he had other things to do.

Li Hongying invited the two of them to get in the car and took them away.

Back in the office, Li Hongying told He Yuzhu the outcome of the matter.

He Yuzhu said, "Well, let's strike while the iron is hot and invite Master Ding over."

Originally he thought he had to find Director Yang to solve the problem, but he didn't expect Li Huaide to come to him so soon. This time he really lost both the wife and the army.

"Yes, I'll go back and go through the formalities. Don't worry, he won't dare not give it to me."

It was just a joke, but he actually agreed to it. If he dares to go back on his word, there are many ways on the street to make things difficult for Li Huaide.

Li Huaide didn't. He had just returned to the steel factory's office when the staff sent by the street committee came over.

Li Huaide had no choice but to admit it, signed the documents, and seconded Ding Guangtai to the street machinery factory.

After the people from the street had passed by, they called the workshop director over and gave him a lecture, complaining that the information he provided was incorrect.

The workshop director felt very aggrieved and was full of anger. After he came out and returned to the workshop, he looked at Yi Zhonghai with anger in his eyes.

He found a random excuse to scold Yi Zhonghai, which made him feel very aggrieved. He asked:

"Director, what's wrong with you?"

"It's all your good work. The lathes in that machinery factory were all donated by overseas Chinese."

Yi Zhonghai complained: "Director, I was just chatting with you. How can I know whether it was donated or bought by the street?"

The workshop director was speechless. Yes, Yi Zhonghai only provided a clue, saying that there were more than 20 lathes on the street.

There seems to be nothing wrong with what he said. It was Li Huaide's fault for wanting to take it without investigating it thoroughly. He could only swallow his anger.

Yi Zhonghai also had a gloomy look on his face. How could this happen so unexpectedly? He thought that Li Huaide could easily get the lathe from the street.

Who knew that the final result would be like this.

Ding Guangtai was still confused when he was notified that he was seconded to the machinery factory on the street. Why was he seconded out when he was fine?

But this is also a good thing. After being seconded, there is usually a subsidy, which means an extra source of income and makes things a lot easier.

In the afternoon, Ding Guangtai came to the street with the secondment procedures.

After completing all the formalities, Li Hongying accompanied him to the machinery factory.

He Yuzhu helped him settle down and then talked to him about what needed to be done next.

In fact, the matter is very simple. It is just to give lessons to these apprentices and get the machines running as soon as possible.

"Okay, let's start the lesson today. Let's talk about the basics first, and start making the simplest parts."

"Okay, Master Ding, I'll trouble you from now on. Please let me know if you need anything. I'll provide you with good service."

Although Ding Guangtai is only a fourth-level worker, he has extremely rich experience in training apprentices.

The lectures were lively and humorous, which made people fascinated. Many apprentices listened attentively, with only a few daydreaming.

He Yuzhu kept it all in mind and listened carefully to Master Ding's explanation.

Although I have already gotten started, I am still only at level one and need to gain experience quickly.

He Yuzhu found that he could gain experience faster by listening to the master’s lectures than by practicing on his own, so he listened very seriously.

Master Ding does not just talk about theory, but combines theory with practice. He first demonstrates with wood, allowing many students to learn the basic operations. He then goes on to make mobile phones to confirm that they have learned it before he safely hands the lathe to the apprentices for actual operation.

At the beginning, the most common and universal parts were produced. In this way, one machine after another started up slowly.

He Yuzhu went to find Tong Zhi again and asked, "Do you want to make some extra money?"

"What do you mean?" Tong Zhi asked.

Tong Zhi has a fixed salary, and although the couple's combined salary is high, their expenses are also quite high.

He Yuzhu said: "Although your factory has a heavy production workload, you can still take turns to rest, right?"

"Yes."

He Yuzhu said, "I hired a master named Ding from the steel mill, but he is still a little overwhelmed to lead dozens of apprentices alone, so you can ask the heavy machinery factory for me if there are any people willing to come to our place to help during their off-shifts. We will pay them."

Tong Zhi's eyes lit up. Previously, He Yuzhu wanted to find a long-term master who could come to the machinery factory to teach technology.

That will take a long time, and the heavy machinery factory will definitely not let us go.

However, if workers are asked to give up their rest time and do odd jobs in a machinery factory, many people are still willing to do so.

"You used to lead students?"

He Yuzhu said: "Yes, the main purpose is to guide students, but if you want to do production, you can also do it."

He Yuzhu obtained as many as five sets of drawings on diesel engine manufacturing technology ranging from 6 horsepower to 12 horsepower.

If you are not good at teaching apprentices, you can let them use the lathe to do the processing and production directly, and pay them according to the piecework.

The machinery factory is a collective enterprise of the street, so this is feasible. It is not like working for a private individual.

After He Yuzhu explained this, Tong Zhi said, "Then this matter is easy to handle. I can find a few people for you every day. There won't be too many more, but three or five people are enough."

Many workers in heavy machinery factories are short of money, so many of them are willing to work part-time in their spare time.

The heavy machinery factory operates on a shift system; it is not the case that the entire factory takes a break on Sundays, but rather that they take turns to rest, so that even on Sundays, the machines cannot rest.

"Okay, then it's settled. The product to be produced is the diesel engine head."

Tong Zhi nodded: "No problem, everyone who goes there will do this."

When I was about to get home, I saw Xu Xiaomei waiting for me at the event. She asked with a cold face:

"He Yuzhu, is the child my sister gave birth to yours?"