Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Li Tianyi found Li Huaide and asked him to ask someone to watch the warehouse and not let anyone else in. He then reported the situation on his side to the department and requested that the department send someone to take away the drawings.

The top leader was very happy when he heard the good news, and immediately sent a team to the steel mill to bring Li Tianyi and the information back to the department.

At the same time, people were also sent to transport those machines to the department's warehouse to be kept as prototypes.

Soon a large truck carrying a group of soldiers arrived at the steel mill. Li Tianyi was waiting for people to arrive in his office while also looking at the materials.

This is the result of half a year's hard work, and there can't be any mistakes.

Soon, several young soldiers came to Li Tianyi's office under the leadership of a captain. After explaining the situation to Li Tianyi, Li Tianyi followed them into the car.

The car sped all the way to the Ministry of Industry. The captain sent Li Tianyi to the office of the top leader, reported the situation to the top leader, and then left.

The big boss asked Li Tianyi to sit down while he went to arrange the matters concerning the drawings. Just now, after receiving Li Tianyi's call, he called to summon all the senior engineers currently in the city from the Ministry of Industry, the Machinery Institute, and universities to come to the Ministry of Industry to demonstrate the feasibility of these mechanical drawings.

The reason for inviting Li Tianyi here was to keep it confidential. Li Tianyi sat in the big boss's office bored. Two hours passed unknowingly before the big boss came back.

"Xiao Li, you have worked hard during this period."

"It's all for the country. I don't feel it's hard." Li Tianyi replied sincerely.

The big boss nodded. "The drawings you drew are currently being verified. You need to stay in the department during this period. You can go to the engineering department's office to rest later. Also, your engineer level is already level 5. Now the country has decided not to restrict you from taking the test. After the New Year, you can apply for the engineer exam based on your actual level."

"Thank you for the recognition from the leader and the country. I will definitely work harder in the future."

Li Tianyi did not disturb the leader for too long. After saying goodbye to the leader, he went to the Engineering Department. Section Chief Wang was not in the office at this time. Li Tianyi guessed that he should have gone to look at his drawings together.

In this way, Li Tianyi stayed in the Ministry of Industry for a day and a night. The next morning, after Li Tianyi had breakfast, the leader called him into the office again. Judging from the leader's expression, his drawings should have been approved.

"Xiao Li, all the drawings you drew have passed the verification, but the country's financial resources are limited at present, so we can't produce all of them. We will choose a suitable machine for mass production."

"I understand, Chief."

"Chief, I have another suggestion. We can export the machines to foreign countries after they are produced," Li Tianyi suggested.

The senior leader shook his head after hearing this and said, "Xiao Li, this won't work. You must know about patents. If we sell them abroad, the people who hold these patents will seek compensation from our country."

"Commander, I know that, so when I cracked their core technology, I made improvements and updates. Now the core technology of these machines is very different from the original ones. The production efficiency of these machines is 3% higher than that of the machines in the warehouse. Therefore, we can re-register patents for these machines and sell them abroad."

The big boss suddenly became excited, picked up the phone on the table and dialed it. Through communicating with the person on the phone, the smile on the big boss's face became bigger and bigger.

After the senior leader put down the phone, he shook Li Tianyi's hand and said excitedly: "Xiao Li, I just asked other engineers and they also saw your markings on the drawings. Great, you have made a great contribution to the country."

"Xiao Li, go back and rest for three days. I will make arrangements here."

Li Tianyi came out of the Ministry of Industry, rode his bicycle to the hospital, and when he saw Xiaoxue, he explained what happened yesterday to her. Only then did Xiaoxue feel relieved. Li Tianyi did not come back last night, and his family was worried all night. Today, they were relieved to see Li Tianyi appear safely.

Three days passed quickly. During these three days, An An and Li Tianyi had a lot of fun. They went out in the morning every day and came back in the afternoon when it was almost dark.

An An didn't mind the cold and kept pestering Li Tianyi to go out every day. Li Tianyi finally had the chance to spend some time with his son and of course he couldn't bear to refuse his request.

Three days later, Li Tianyi resumed his normal life of going to work and punching in. Li Huaide also came to find Li Tianyi and asked about the machines. There was such a big scene that day, so Li Huaide naturally knew what was going on.

He came to Li Tianyi to ask if he could get some dividends from the steel rolling mill.

This time Li Tianyi was not sure. After all, given the importance the country attaches to these machines, the country will definitely find a better factory for these machines.

The steel rolling mill has reaped the benefits several times. The state will not allow one mill to get too many benefits, otherwise other mills will have complaints.

Li Tianyi did not pay any more attention to what happened afterwards, and this time the machine was destined to have no connection with the steel rolling mill.

The Spring Festival is approaching soon. Li Tianyi has not been studying anything else during this period. Instead, he slacks off at work every day, punches out after get off work, and quietly welcomes the new year.

This New Year, it was quiet outside, with only the occasional sound of firecrackers. The Li family quietly prepared a table full of delicious food, closed the door, and everyone started eating.

At this time, An An was already two years old and could eat. Of course, An An’s favorite was meat, especially fat.

Seeing that An An's face was covered with oil from eating, Xiao Xue took a towel and wiped it off for An An.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Tianyi took Li Tianhu for a walk in the courtyard, and then went to the street office and Li Huaide's house, completing the day.

From the second to the eighth day of the Chinese New Year, Li Tianyi did not go anywhere and just stayed quietly at home with his family.

Soon it was time to go to work. Everyone in the factory was busy preparing for the exam, especially Li Tianhu. It was his first time to take the exam and he was a little nervous.

Li Tianyi comforted him several times and asked him to just perform at his usual level.

The days of the exams have passed, and everyone has experienced both joy and sorrow. Li Tianyi is now a level three engineer, and Li Tianhu is a level nine electrical engineer.

As for the others, although Qin Huairu had learned locksmithing from Yi Zhonghai for nearly a year, she could only process some basic parts now, and sometimes these parts were not processed well. If Yi Zhonghai had not backed her up, Qin Huairu would have been transferred from her position to clean the factory.

Naturally, she failed the first-level fitter exam this time, and Sha Zhu failed the seventh-level chef exam he applied for. In fact, according to Sha Zhu's level, he would have no problem getting promoted to the sixth level, but he had a foul mouth and offended many people, so no one wanted him to get promoted to a higher level.