Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Nie Guodong really couldn't imagine how the home appliance factory could complete the above task under such circumstances.

In desperation, he called Zhou Tian and told him about the difficulties.

When Zhou Tian received a call from his old superior, he was a little confused at first. After all, Nie Guodong had never called him since he became the director of the home appliance factory. Now he received a call from his old superior out of the blue, and he was a little uncomfortable for a while.

But after listening to Nie Guodong's complaints, he finally understood why his old superior called him. In this regard, Zhou Tian could only temporarily appease his old superior before hanging up the phone with a slightly solemn expression.

In fact, when Zhang Mingzhi first came to him to report and talked about the task list, and also heard about the task of the home appliance factory, he felt something was wrong in his heart. But when he heard Zhang Mingzhi say that there was no problem, he put his worries aside.

But now it seems that he thought it was too simple.

As for the claim that Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi had teamed up to deceive him, he felt that it was simply impossible. The only problem might be, as Nie Guodong said on the phone, that the workers were not skilled enough.

How could he improve the workers' proficiency as quickly as possible? He suddenly thought of last year's night school.

"Xiao Liu!"

"Dean! You're looking for me?"

When Liu Yuan heard Zhou Tian calling him, he immediately walked in from outside the door.

"Xiao Liu, do you know how the night school of our institute is going now?"

"Night school? Dean, as far as I know, our night school seems to be doing quite well. Since you promised to subsidize the workers last time, the workers have been very enthusiastic about learning!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan carefully recalled the situation at night school and reported.

"That's good!"

Zhou Tian heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then he spoke again and ordered: "Xiao Liu, go find Vice Dean Song and Vice Dean Zhang and ask them to come over!"

"Okay Dean!"

Liu Yuan nodded, turned around and left the office.

"Night school? Technical school, maybe it's time to open a technical school!"

After Liu Yuan left, Zhou Tian said to himself that he knew very well that with the development of the research institute, more and more factories would be needed. If they continued to recruit workers from the society, it would take a lot of time just to train a skilled worker.

Instead of doing this, it would be better to set up a technical school to train workers from the beginning. This would not only speed up the expansion of the factory and solve the problem of insufficient workers' skills, but also completely resolve the current conflicts between masters and apprentices in the factory.

After all, with the promotion of the research institute's production line, the master-apprentice system in the factory has become less and less suitable. Of course, in this way, the status of the master chefs in the factory will be higher.

The more Zhou Tian thought about it, the more suitable it seemed to him. However, in this era, he really didn't know what procedures were required to run a technical school. This was why Zhou Tian asked Liu Yuan to call the two vice presidents over.

And if he remembered correctly, this year due to the rapid development of domestic industry, technical workers have become the most scarce talents. In order to accelerate the development of domestic industry, the country will build a number of new technical schools this year, which are the technical secondary schools of this era.

It can be said that if the institute can set up such a technical school, it will be a good supplement for both the factories under the institute and the institute itself, not to mention it is in line with domestic policies.

Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Yuan pushed open the door and walked in, followed by Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi.

"Dean, are you looking for us?"

"Well, there is something I want to ask you!"

Motioning for them to sit down, Zhou Tian then asked them what he had just been thinking about.

After listening to Zhou Tian's idea, the two of them fell silent. After all, the country was just established and many systems were not yet perfect. They also didn't know what procedures were needed to apply to establish a technical school.

However, after thinking about it, the two still put forward a lot of suggestions. In their opinion, if a technical school is to be built, why not build a primary school and a middle school at the same time? After all, as the branch factory has more and more workers, getting married and having children is inevitable. Why not build the primary school and the middle school in one go?

After hearing their suggestions, Zhou Tian's eyes lit up and he enthusiastically discussed school construction with them.

The more they discussed, the more they felt that there was a long way to go. After all, building a school is not that simple. Not to mention other things, teacher resources alone are a big problem. Technical schools are easier to deal with, as there are experts and scholars from the research institute who can take over part of the responsibility.

But it is different for middle schools and primary schools, as they require more than just one or two teachers.

Finally, the three decided to follow the process and report the school application to their superiors first. As for the process and how to approve it, it would be better to let the higher-ups consider it.

After making the decision, Zhou Tian wrote the application on the spot and asked Song Weiguo to submit it to the Ordnance Bureau. Of course, the Machinery Department also had to submit a copy, which was given to Zhang Mingzhi to apply for.

Both the Ordnance Bureau and the Ministry of Machinery received applications for the institute's school. When they saw the applications, both sides were stunned for a moment, not knowing why the institute would apply to build a school. However, both sides did not dare to neglect it and immediately held a meeting to discuss it.

The final decision was to submit the application to the Ministry of Education, and they naturally agreed.

After all, the persons in charge of the two departments are not fools, so how could they not see the mystery in it? In addition, this year the state obviously wants local governments to prepare for technical schools, so the application from the institute can be said to be a timely help.

The Ministry of Education was very happy when it received the application from the institute. It immediately held a meeting to approve it and promised to first solve the problem of teaching staff at the institute’s school.

With the endorsement from the Ministry of Education and higher authorities, the research institute was built immediately around the Wanping branch without any delay. As for the name of the school, the three parties unanimously decided to name it after the August 1st Red Star, namely the August 1st Red Star Primary School, the August 1st Red Star Middle School and the August 1st Red Star Technical College.

Each school is built to accommodate at least 3,000 students, and technical schools are built to accommodate a maximum of 10,000 students.

As the branch factory area began to be built vigorously again, soon the rumor about the establishment of the research institute quickly spread throughout the city. This made many workers from other factories who had envied the welfare of the research institute workers envious.

Many factory managers cursed Zhou Tian in the office, calling him a bad son. However, despite the curses, they followed suit and submitted their applications one after another.

Of course, after receiving the applications from these factories, Xie Yuanchang from the Machinery Department was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and rejected them at the same time. Only a few could pass. After all, schools are related to the education of the next generation, and not every factory director is qualified to apply.

Zhou Tian naturally didn't know what was going on outside, and he had no interest in knowing. After their institute approved the application to build a school, he threw all matters to the two of them, and under the banner of continuing research, he plunged into the laboratory.

He did not forget what Xie Yuanchang had said before. As long as there was another product that could be exported to earn foreign exchange, then the application for rebuilding the staff housing would become possible.

Instead of managing these trivial matters here, he would rather build the cars he designed in the laboratory.

After all, the blueprints had already been drawn, and he had also designed the production line for the important parts. All that was left was assembly, so he naturally didn't want to waste time.

Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi were no longer surprised by Zhou Tian's behavior. After all, who made them deal with a hands-off boss like Zhou Tian?