Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

He immediately found the team leader and said excitedly: "I just got the latest news from the research department. We have successfully developed a titanium alloy. Based on the characteristics of this material, I hope you can lead us to develop a new type of aircraft."

When the team leader saw Su Chen's serious and expectant eyes, although he was a little confused in his heart - they were still discussing the development of a new engine a while ago, and now they had to start designing a new model. The pace was indeed a bit fast - but he nodded and agreed without hesitation.

Although it was unclear what the leader would do next, everyone understood that every use of new materials could be an opportunity for innovation and leap forward. Therefore, they decided to meet this challenge and prepared to work with confidence.

After Su Chen arranged the new aircraft manufacturing task for the aircraft manufacturing team, he left the workshop and went straight to his office. As soon as he entered the office door, he heard the phone ringing one after another.

The original plan was to deal with the various factory affairs that had accumulated during the entire Spring Festival. Su Chen was afraid that when he returned to work after the Lantern Festival, there would be more things to do and it would be difficult to handle. It would be better to start now to reduce the pressure later. After all, no matter how long you rest at home, you cannot ignore the many things to do in the factory. Every day of delay means a day of loss of income.

Su Chen answered the phone and found that the caller was actually the consul from Camel Country. "Happy New Year, Director Su." The consul of Camel Country was obviously well versed in Chinese festival etiquette. He called to express his greetings during this special period. Su Chen was very surprised and responded to his blessing, "I wish you a happy New Year as well."

"The New Year is approaching, and I want to know if your factory has any new arrangements?" The consul of Camel Country said with some curiosity and expectation. During this period, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill had performed outstandingly, which made the consul optimistic about continuing to cooperate with them, and his attitude towards Su Chen became more cautious.

Even so, given Su Chen's good reputation and excellent personal qualities, the consul still had a little bit of guard in his heart. "No special arrangements, sir." Su Chen responded with a smile, "I wonder what products you are contacting me to order this time?"

"You guessed it. You do have the intention to purchase." The consul of Camel Country laughed heartily and then explained his specific needs, "I want to continue the previous order and increase the purchase of crawler tractors." He had coveted this machine provided by Su Chen for a long time and finally got the opportunity to buy it.

"No problem at all. We can arrange shipment immediately." Su Chen replied affirmatively. Given that the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill now has a large team and sufficient production capacity, it is more than enough to meet this order. "I am very happy to hear you say that. This batch of products is very important to me." The tone of the Camel Country Consul seemed more relaxed, and at the same time he carefully avoided the topic of armaments to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

Su Chen believes that customers paying in person is a good thing that does not require too much consideration. No matter what the other party uses the purchased products for, his role is limited to manufacturing the products.

"I wish you a happy new year and look forward to working with you again in the future." The consul's words expressed his good wishes for the future. "I also hope that your career will be smooth sailing." Su Chen also gave a sincere blessing. After a conversation, the two ended the call amicably.

Su Chen did not expect that the first business call of the new year would bring a big order. Since the other party was an old customer and showed a strong willingness to cooperate, Su Chen would not miss this opportunity and agreed to all the requirements without hesitation. After the call ended, he immediately devoted himself to the management of other factory affairs. With the development and growth of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, the current work is becoming more and more arduous. So, Su Chen sat down at the table and began a new round of busy signing of various documents.

All kinds of affairs accumulated during the holiday came to Su Chen like a torrent. During this time, he quickly arranged the various tasks of the factory in an orderly manner.

Fortunately, he had a capable assistant, Assistant Zhang, who worked diligently and completed a large number of tasks during Su Chen's absence. Therefore, when Su Chen returned to the factory, he found that the problems he needed to deal with were not as many as expected, and he quickly solved all the problems.

Seeing that the documents in front of him had been completely cleared, Su Chen stretched his body and stood up. After finishing the factory affairs, he could go find Yang Xue.

It was early spring, and the New Year's greetings had not yet ended. Su Chen planned to go with Yang Xue to visit her parents to express New Year's greetings.

Although they have not yet entered the marriage hall, such ceremony etiquette is indispensable.

So Su Chen picked up the gift he had prepared earlier and set off on a leisurely journey to meet Yang Xue at home. This was the real concern for him at the moment. At this time, all operations of the factory were on track, so whether he was present or not had little impact on him.

Even though the factory was still short of manpower, the subordinates were quite satisfied with the execution of the tasks after they were assigned. In view of this, Suchen did not intend to interfere with the workers' daily operations, because as long as it was beneficial to the factory, he would support it no matter what method was used.

Just as Su Chen embarked on the journey to reunite with Yang Xue and visit Yang Xue's family as scheduled, another story was happening. Jia Zhang could no longer suppress her anger, and her emotions erupted completely.

From the time her husband lost his job until the Chinese New Year, her tolerance had reached its limit. However, after the Chinese New Year, her husband still had no income at all.

Jia Zhang angrily scolded: "You are just a useless person! You can throw away a stable job like this in the steel mill, and now you can't even give out your New Year's money! Not only do you stay at home and eat and work, but you also support Yi Zhonghai, a blind man, and you also bring Xu Damao, a burden!"

As her anger grew, Jia Zhang became even more furious as she recalled the burden and dedication the Jia family had put in for so long, but received nothing in return, and the fact that they had two more burdens. Their Jia family would eventually lose all its wealth in the hands of such a loser.

Fortunately, his daughter Bang Geng had already fled overseas for refuge, otherwise she would have been exploited by this person who consumed the family's resources. Facing Jia Zhang's endless reproaches, the husband bowed his head and said nothing. He really had no money and was unable to help the family out of dire straits.

Although Sha Zhu longed to change his status quo, wanted to earn money through labor, and tried to do business to increase his income, his wife Qin Huairu held back his money and did not give him enough start-up capital. Therefore, he was never able to achieve self-salvation and could only rely on his family's support.

Sha Zhu turned to Qin Huairu and cast a pleading look, but her cold attitude made him feel disappointed. In fact, Qin Huairu had long been dissatisfied with Sha Zhu. Although she did not express it publicly, she had some complaints about the fact that he was sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor at home without doing anything.

Although Sha Zhu has indeed made considerable sacrifices for the Jia family over the years, her current situation of him being alone does make her feel depressed.

At this moment, with Jia Zhang's outburst, Qin Huairu felt relieved because she no longer had to take on the role of the "villain" herself.

Jia Zhang was still scolding Sha Zhu like a machine gun, without stopping for a moment.

"As a middle-aged man, you actually want a woman to stay at home! God has eyes. My deceased son was such a good man, why didn't he stay? And you scums are safe and sound!"

She beat her chest and stamped her feet, complaining non-stop.

"Luckily my good grandson has gone abroad, otherwise he would have been drained dry by a parasite like you. You stay at home doing nothing all day and need others to serve you. Where did you come from, you great lord!"

Jia Zhang kept scolding and accusing, but Sha Zhu remained silent. He felt aggrieved but tried his best to endure it.

The uncle outside heard the noise inside the house and hurried in to mediate.

He held Jia Zhang's hand and said to her in a soothing voice, "Over the years, Sha Zhu has really done a lot for our family. Everyone has ups and downs, let alone ordinary people like you and me."

But after hearing these words, Jia Zhang became even more agitated, almost arrogant: "Even if he has good intentions, is it just to eat up all our family property? You are still on his side! Get out of here!"

While making a big fuss, she kept hitting the third uncle with the cane beside her.

Jia Zhang was filled with anger and felt that she could no longer endure this anger unless she vented it.

During this period, Sha Zhu has been idle at home, without any source of income. At first, he worked in the restaurant of the third uncle's son, and his income was enough to support his life; now, he has become a useless person with healthy limbs and nothing to do.

The more she thought about it, the angrier Jia Zhang became. She finally lost control and yelled, "Get out! Get out of the Jia family! The Jia family can't afford to support a master like you. And that old man who can't tell right from wrong and Xu Damao, get out too. With so many people living in our house, the Jia family will sooner or later go bankrupt!"

Jia Zhang was determined to expel Sha Zhu and others. Sha Zhu was embarrassed and ashamed when he saw them in public.

If it was just him, it would be fine; but now not only did he beat the third uncle with a stick, but he also forced the other two to leave. As a man, how could Sha Zhu tolerate such an insult? The anger in his heart finally burst out.

He suddenly stood up, scaring Jia Zhang so much that she took a few steps back.

She shouted, "What are you doing? Are you going to hit me, an old woman, again?"

Jia Zhang cried for help at the same time. She caught a glimpse of the neighbors gathered in the courtyard and started crying deliberately: "My dead son, have pity on me! If he is still alive in heaven, he will definitely not let me suffer this!"

As he spoke, he looked around and saw the neighbors pointing and talking, which made him even more furious. Seeing this, Sha Zhu was so angry that he trembled all over and slammed the door and left.

If I stay like this any longer, I won't be able to breathe!

The reason why Sha Zhu stayed in the Jia family was all because of his infatuation with Qin Huairu. Even though Qin Huairu treated him so cruelly and ungratefully, he still loved her and even gave her all he had.

Now, there was only deep disappointment. He had done his best for Qin Huairu, but how did Qin Huairu treat him? How did Jia Zhangshi treat him? Even Xiaodang and Huaihua, who had taken good care of him, turned a blind eye to him today.