Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

When Sun Zhengguo rushed back to the Ministry of Machinery and found Deputy Minister Li again, he expressed his thoughts.

Can you imagine what kind of expression Vice Minister Li had at that time?

"Comrade Zhengguo, your joke is not funny at all. If I write this in the report and submit it, my superiors will probably think I am a fool."

When Vice Minister Li said this, he did not mean to look down on Sun Zhengguo. Even if the experts from Russia stood here, they would not dare to say that they could manufacture precision machine tools or large machine tools, let alone in poor China.

"Deputy Minister Li, I am serious this time, and I can produce the blueprints first and let the experts conduct verification. I don't believe that we Chinese cannot make advanced machine tools."

"Ha ha!"

Seeing that Sun Zhengguo spoke in a firm tone and there was no trace of joking in his words, Vice Minister Li simply laughed.

"Can you tell me what stimulated you when you were out for a while?"

"Deputy Minister Li, do you know? I just went to the First Machinery Factory, and they didn't even have a blueprint for their precision machine tools. These foreigners are simply too much. They sold us some junk that didn't even match the blueprint."

When Sun Zhengguo said this, he was also very angry.

Since you won't give us a way to survive, we will create one ourselves.

You know, Sun Zhengguo has a lot of knowledge about machine tools in his mind. Any one of them can be used in the 21st century.

"Comrade Zhengguo, I know you have a strong sense of patriotism, but this is no joke. Your superiors will not agree with your bold idea."

Deputy Minister Li continued to persuade Sun Zhengguo not to act on impulse.

"Deputy Minister Li, regardless of whether the superiors approve it or not, I'm going to make this clear today. I will definitely produce the blueprints. We will speak with strength then."

Seeing Sun Zhengguo's enthusiasm, Deputy Minister Li also began to hesitate.

This reminded him of when he was young and participated in the revolution. It was also with his passion that he was able to establish a new regime.

If he had told others when he joined the revolution that he would be able to establish a red regime in the future, it would probably be like what Sun Zhengguo is doing now, no one would believe that they could do it.

Thinking of this, Deputy Minister Li stood up, slapped his hand on the table and said.

"Damn it, I've been an official for so long that I've become timid. Today, I've been taught a lesson by a young man like you. Okay, I support you. I will write down what you said today in the report and wait for the approval of my superiors."

"Thank you, Vice Minister Li, for your trust." Sun Zhengguo bowed sincerely.

You know, if this kind of thing is done well, it will be a great achievement. If it is not done well, it is very likely that your career will be ruined.

After all, this will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and it will certainly cost a lot of money. Once it fails, you can tell with your butt that there will be no good results.

After the two men had talked, Sun Zhengguo returned to the office and began to prepare to draw the blueprints.

As for the lack of information and outside help, none of that is a problem.

Since there are many types of precision machine tools, Sun Zhengguo thought about it for a long time and finally decided to start with the jig boring machine. After all, this type of machine tool has the highest usage rate.

In the next few days, Sun Zhengguo was busy with this matter. Occasionally, he would go to a machinery factory to look at the existing precision machine tools, under the pretext of looking for inspiration, so that the machine tools produced in the future would not appear so abrupt.

However, Deputy Minister Li's report fell on deaf ears, and the higher authorities have not yet responded.

In fact, the higher authorities are now in an uproar over this matter.

The relevant departments have already discussed it for several rounds, but there is still no consensus. The supporting party believes.

Although Sun Zhengguo is young, he has proven himself through two transformation missions and is capable of accepting such challenges.

The non-supportive party did not deny Sun Zhengguo's achievements.

But they think this is a bit unbelievable. After all, age is a fatal flaw. If a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources are spent, and if it fails in the end, the whole country will suffer losses, and no one can bear this consequence.

In the end, the matter ended in a bad mood and was left to Mr. Lai to decide.

Mr. Lai was also in a difficult situation. Although he trusted Sun Zhengguo very much, there was not even a blueprint now. How could he dare to allocate such a large sum of money for research?

You know, self-research and development is very different from transformation. It requires setting up laboratories and a large number of cutting-edge talents and technical backbones to support operations, which costs a lot.

What situation is our motherland facing now?

The country is suffering from natural disasters and people are having trouble even getting food.

We have to grit our teeth and repay our foreign debts.

Therefore, Lai Zong was in a dilemma and was trying to think of a foolproof plan.

So, the troubled Lai Zong put the matter aside for the time being until he returned home and met his wife, and the two of them talked about the matter unintentionally.

Mrs. Lai was also a good wife and helper. After listening to it, she just asked a question lightly.

"Boss, let me ask you a question. If we can produce this machine tool ourselves, what kind of impact will it have on our country?"

"Haha!" Lai Zong laughed and said, "That would have a huge impact. Let's not talk about the military and civilian aspects. Just talking about the foreign exchange saved for our country every year, it would be an astronomical figure and inestimable."

Hearing her husband say this, Mrs. Lai smiled.

"Compared to the investment, there is still some profit!"

"But now it's just an idea on paper, and no one can guarantee that it will succeed." Mr. Lai raised a new question.

"What's the matter? Weren't you always optimistic about this young comrade? Why are you worried now?"

"Besides, hasn't the young comrade already made a bold statement that he would produce the blueprints first and talk later? This early stage only requires preparing some materials, which shouldn't cost much, right?"

Mrs. Lai's words made Mr. Lai's eyes light up, and he stood up, clapping his legs.

"Yes! Once we have the blueprints, we can find experts from the northwest to verify it. It won't cost anything at all. I am really short-sighted, hahahaha..."

The problem was solved, and Lai Zong also burst into a hearty laugh.

After returning to the office again, General Lai issued instructions to fully cooperate with Sun Zhengguo in this mission.

Try to ask some overseas Chinese and patriotic people to help collect some books and materials about precision machine tools for their reference.

That afternoon, the instruction was sent to the Ministry of Machinery. Deputy Minister Li had originally thought there was no hope, but when he saw the instruction of approval, he was immediately overjoyed and called Sun Zhengguo over.