Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

It cost Zhou Tian nearly two thousand three hundred yuan in total. Of course, this amount of money was nothing to Zhou Tian now. Even if the gold, silver and jewelry in his space were not counted, the money he had robbed from enemy spies alone was enough to buy dozens of such courtyard houses.

Of course, the name registered when he bought the house was also Zhou Jun’s, which could be considered as a wedding gift from him to Zhou Jun.

However, he did not tell his second uncle and grandmother about this matter. He just gave it to Zhou Jun and told him to keep it secret for the time being. He knew that if he told his second uncle and others, his second uncle would definitely not let Zhou Jun accept it.

As for grandma, she will definitely talk about it.

The construction of the branch factory has been progressing rapidly during these ten days. In Zhou Tian's eyes, it is being built at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the entire machine tool factory is being improved rapidly.

The ten workshops were completed on the third day. The walls, gates, three-story administrative building, and square were all built step by step. Zhou Tian was extremely happy.

"Director, in one day, the entire machine tool factory will be completed,"

In front of the gate of the machine tool factory, Zhang Yuanchang looked excitedly at the machine tool factory that had been basically completed, and spoke with excitement in his tone.

"Well, I will have someone move the machine tool here this afternoon. As for other office supplies, you can arrange for the purchasing department to buy a batch!"

"Okay, Director!"

Zhang Yuanchang quickly agreed.

"Okay, then I'll leave first!"

Zhou Tian patted Zhang Yuanchang on the shoulder, turned around, got in the car, and headed towards Sijiu City.

When he got back to the machinery factory and just got off the car, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Zhang Mingzhi for several days, and couldn't help but look at Liu Yuan.

"Xiao Liu, Deputy Director Zhang, what have you been busy with recently? Why do I feel like I haven't seen him in the factory for a long time?"

Ever since he told Zhang Mingzhi to communicate with the district government about the house, he rarely saw Zhang Mingzhi in the factory. Could it be that the communication was not going smoothly?

"Director, Deputy Director Zhang seems to have been busy with the workers' resettlement housing issue recently. I also saw him once a few days ago!"

Just as Zhou Tian was thinking about it, Liu Yuan replied.

"It seems that things are not going well, Xiao Liu. Next time you see Director Zhang, ask him to come to my office!"

"Okay, director!"

Liu Yuan agreed, and the two returned to the office.

Just after sitting down and before Zhou Tian could drink a glass of water, he saw the door being pushed open, and Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi walked in with unhappy expressions.

"Director, something unexpected has happened!"

Just when Zhou Tian was about to ask, Song Weiguo spoke directly.

"Oh, what happened?"

Zhou Tian's face suddenly froze, and he looked at Song Weiguo and the other man and asked.

"Since all the factories in Sijiucheng are expanding their recruitment recently, the district government has only agreed to arrange 300 houses for resettlement. We have to find a way to house the rest ourselves!"

Zhang Mingzhi spoke, with a look of frustration on his face.

You know, this was the first thing he did after taking office as deputy director of the machinery factory, but he didn't expect to mess it up.

"Three hundred sets?"

Zhou Tian ignored what they said, but fell into deep thought. In fact, he had heard about the recent expansion of factories in Sijiu City, but he had never expected that this would affect the machinery factory.

"Yes, Director, the district government only promised to provide 300 housing units, but this is simply a drop in the bucket for our 30,000 workers!"

A trace of bitterness flashed across Song Weiguo's face.

After all, 300 sets of housing are simply too few for 30,000 veterans.

"What if we approve the land and build our own family housing or family building? Can they approve a piece of land for us?"

After a long time, Zhou Tian looked up at Zhang Mingzhi and asked. He had given Zhang Mingzhi two plans at the beginning. Now that the first plan didn't work, he could only use the second plan.

Speaking of family buildings, Zhou Tian had actually wanted to build one a long time ago, and the machinery factory also had the conditions. After all, he had read a lot of information about this era in his previous life, and naturally knew that as the population of the old city grew, many workers had a family of five or six squeezed into one room.

Such living conditions will become more and more common in this era. Therefore, in order to prepare for the future, he naturally does not want the workers in the machinery factory to suffer the same fate, so he has long been planning to build a family building.

However, in this era, it is not easy to build a residential building for family members. Not only do you need to apply to the district government and the Ministry of Industry, you also need to carry out design planning, and you also need permission from higher-level authorities before you can build it.

This not only involves urban planning issues, but also many inconveniences.

Not to mention the supporting facilities required, such as water supply, electricity supply, drainage, and roads, which need to be negotiated with various departments, but also the materials such as cement and steel bars, which also need to be coordinated with enterprises.

In short, this cannot be built just by having money. Therefore, Zhou Tian’s family building plan can only be delayed again and again. But now, since the government cannot solve the resettlement problem of 30,000 veterans, he can only let the machinery factory come in person.

"Director, the district government has no objection, but if we do this, then wouldn't our movement be a bit too loud?"

Zhang Mingzhi heard this with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

It’s not that he disagrees with building family buildings, but if they do so, their machinery factory will be envied, especially now that many factory managers are actively recruiting workers.

So if their machinery factory builds its own residential building, what will other factories think? What will the workers think? What will the higher-ups think? Even though the machinery factory funded the building, it is still inevitable that people will envy it.

"Is it a big commotion? I don't care. Since the local workers' resettlement problem cannot be solved, we can't let the workers sleep outdoors. Okay, leave the application to the higher authorities to me. As for the coordination and communication with other factories, Director Zhang will leave it to you! Weiguo, you will be responsible for applying to the Ordnance Bureau!"

"Okay, director!"

Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi nodded and had no choice but to agree.

After all, as the factory director said, since the government cannot solve the resettlement housing problem, they can only find a solution themselves.

"By the way, Lao Zhang, we should not give up on the 300 houses provided by the government. After all, as you can see, as more and more workers come to the city, there will be fewer and fewer houses available for allocation, so we also need to prepare for a rainy day!"

"Understood, Director!"

Zhang Mingzhi responded, then he and Song Weiguo turned around and left the office.

After watching the two leave, Zhou Tian called the Machinery Department. After all, the Machinery Factory was also a semi-military enterprise, and half of the management rights were in the hands of the Machinery Department. Naturally, he couldn't bypass the Machinery Department.

When he heard Xie Yuanchang's familiar voice on the phone, he reported the machinery factory's application to build a staff housing building.

Following Zhou Tian's report, this matter soon attracted Xie Yuanchang's high attention. After all, this was related to the resettlement of veterans, and he had no choice but to pay attention to it.

He was the one who supervised this matter in the beginning.

After hanging up the phone, Xie Yuanchang instructed Xiao Yuan to ask the people in the Mechanical Department to start a meeting. At the meeting, Xie Yuanchang told everyone in the Mechanical Department about Zhou Tian's report.