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After arranging the work at the steel mill, Zhang Renkang breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, he no longer needed to consider some unexpected situations at the Red Star Steel Mill in the short term, and could focus all his energy on the production of three-wheeled freight vehicles at the machine repair factory, which was the top priority.

It's a pity that Zhang Renkang is still too inexperienced. He lacks technical talents and management talents with real background. The few people who come from logistics can't do anything here. He can only knock Liu Feng in the machine repair factory while bringing some technical personnel from the steel rolling mill to mix up the project participants to achieve a balance of power.

Machine repair shop

Zhang Renkang, Liu Feng, Xue Jinfeng and Liu Haitao were sitting in the conference room discussing the start of production.

Zhang Renkang sat in the first seat and looked at Liu Feng and asked

"Director Liu, how is the preparation for the new workshop going?"

Liu Feng said

"Director Zhang, we have cleared out a new workshop of 800 square meters on the north side of the machine repair factory."

"We plan to install 10 welding equipments, 50 fitters, 50 welders, 20 technical workers who have been transformed from maintenance workers, all of whom have a technical level of level 4 or above, and 520 selected apprentices."

"The planned monthly production is 2000 vehicles, which will be increased to 5000 vehicles within three months."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said with satisfaction

"Okay, this production volume is enough. The first model will only be put on the market as a test. The main users are steel mills, machine repair factories, and some units assigned by the superiors."

"You must ensure production safety and order in the workshop to ensure that production work is not disturbed"

Liu Feng nodded and said

"The factory's security department has accepted guidance from personnel sent by the steel mill's superior unit."

"We have also set up an ideological committee and patrol team for the machine repair factory in accordance with the requirements of our superiors. Under the leadership of our superiors, we have selected about 100 apprentices who have no technical talent and are now undergoing training under the guidance of the ideological patrol team of the steel mill workers."

"We will strengthen the protection of the locomotive workshop in the future"

Zhang Renkang turned to look at Xue Jinfeng and asked

"Chief Xue, how is the progress here? Have you finished designing the second model sample?"

Xue Jinfeng smiled wryly on her obviously haggard face and said

"Director Zhang, our progress has encountered a slight obstacle. The metal strength is not enough. We are currently working with the steel mill to study new metal rations."

"But our number of researchers is still limited. After all, the previous technical and design departments were mainly engaged in equipment maintenance and repair at steel mills, and there was basically no research on related metals and machinery involving vehicle structures."

"The current progress is stuck in the fact that the metal strength is not enough to support the load and stretch, and it is easy to have an axle break accident on bumpy roads."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"I will communicate with the factory and seek technical support from the Ministry of Industry, but we cannot relax on our own research either."

"Now you look for some suitable university professors and talents in this field to see if they can come to work for us."

Xue Jinfeng shook her head and said

"Now the university is basically shut down, and many experts in this field are under investigation. Even my teacher is being investigated in school, and he may be sent to labor reform in the north later."

“I’m afraid the school won’t let me go.”

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"If possible, we will ask our superiors to transfer people to the factory for labor reform."

"We have a special department for ideological transformation, and the results are quite good."

"As long as they come, won't we have the final say on how to arrange and transform them?"

"They can continue to study their own academic and technical knowledge and apply it in practice, and we can also achieve rapid development in a short period of time, which is also a contribution to the country."

Zhang Renkang figured out that these people were all precious talents. It was unknown how many of them would survive after being taken to the grassland. If they could be brought to the factory, they would have the final say on how to transform it once the factory gates were closed. If they could help the steel mill improve its technical level, at least he and Li Huaide would be protected during this period.

Li Huaide's father-in-law is a capable thinker. In addition, his second uncle is the trusted guard who stayed in the Forty-Nine City. It is not a problem for him to protect a few technical scholars.

Xue Jinfeng's eyes lit up when she heard this and asked

"Director, can you really transfer them to the factory?"

"Can the factory protect my teacher and others?"

After visiting her teacher last time, Xue Jinfeng felt very upset. This old man who developed the first generation of high-strength steel for the country was always full of vigor and energy. But now he suddenly became gloomy and even spoke tremblingly, afraid that he would be dragged out and criticized by the students outside if he said a wrong word.

It would be great if we could bring the teachers into the factory.

Zhang Renkang said seriously

"I'm saying that we should let them continue to contribute to national development in the factory, but I'm not saying that we should let them be masters. Besides, this is just a change of venue for them to be baptized by the people's thoughts. You have to understand, don't you?"

"The factory will then arrange special accommodation and labor areas for them to undergo transformation until we believe that they meet the policy requirements."

"Hurry up and get the list of candidates, and bring their families into the factory to receive re-education."

Xue Jinfeng smiled. She understood what Zhang Renkang meant. The special designation meant that they would not be disturbed by outsiders. Zhang Renkang asked them to continue their research on metal and mechanical structures, which was exactly their academic direction. Not only did the teacher not feel embarrassed, but they were very happy to be able to conduct research in a quiet environment.

Not to mention that Zhang Renkang also brought his family members in, so there is nothing to worry about.

Xue Jinfeng nodded and said

"I will communicate with the teachers as soon as possible and will give you the list tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Renkang looked at Liu Haitao and said

"We have selected these apprentices to be trained as future technical backbones. You must follow their dynamics."

"If there are any unsuitable ones, we should quickly transfer them out and replace them. We can't let the group of talents we have carefully cultivated go to waste, understand?"

Liu Haitao quickly stood up and promised

"Don't worry, Director Zhang, I will go to the machine repair workshop every day to follow up on their learning progress."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

“Not only technical learning, but also cultural learning should be carried out simultaneously”

"I don't want a few maintenance workers and welders, but talents with ideas about mechanical structure and vehicle manufacturing. The factory pays more than other workshops, so they must prove their abilities. Otherwise, why would the factory keep them?"

Liu Haitao nodded and took the notebook to write it down.

Zhang Renkang said loudly

"Everyone, our most important task now is the current tricycle project, which is related to the survival of the machine repair plant and the growth and development of the steel rolling mill."

"In the first phase, I want to see no less than 500 first-type vehicles roll off the production line by the end of this month."

"Complete the production of 2000 vehicles per month in July"

"In the second stage, the first model of the vehicle will undergo technical revisions before National Day, and an enhanced version will be developed based on user feedback."

“It would be great if we could put the second model into production.”

"The second model must be put into production before the end of this year."

"Do you understand?"

Liu Feng, Xue Jinfeng and Liu Haitao all responded and went out to arrange their work plans.

Zhang Renkang rubbed his brows, looked at the time on the Shanghai watch on his wrist, and began to ponder.

Zhang Renkang's real goal is to transform the machine repair shop into a large automobile manufacturing plant. Zhang Renkang, who knows the future timeline, is well aware of the hardships of the automobile industry. Even after more than 40 years of joint research, in the era of internal combustion engines, China's automobiles are still struggling at the low end, with insufficient technology accumulation, insufficient patents, and lack of brand effect.

However, the automobile industry can indeed provide an industrial system that creates a large number of jobs, and it is also a top priority for future competition among major powers. If we can plant the seeds of China's own automobile industry in this era, and wait for the east wind of the times to come, maybe China can still compete with the Western automobile industry, at least it will no longer be a complete failure.

The reason why we chose to start with tricycles is to accumulate technical skills and workers. After all, the domestic industrial foundation is still too weak. Even after more than 100 projects supported by the north, China can only manufacture primary industrial products, and the quantity cannot even meet the market demand. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as industrial tickets to restrict purchases.

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