Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

After many years of hauling goods, Ma Anmin had some understanding of Hongxing Iron and Steel Works, and told Yuan Xia what he had learned along the way.

"Red Star Factory is much bigger than our factory, with about [-] to [-] employees. The benefits in the factory are quite good. I heard that the gifts during the holidays are particularly good, and outstanding employees will be rewarded with black and white TVs." Ma Anmin just went to The Red Star factory was pulling goods, and he didn't know much about the specific situation of the factory. What he heard was these gossips.

Yuan Dong exclaimed: "Wow, you are really rich, and you actually give out a TV set!"

Ma Anmin smiled and said, "Maybe in two years your brother will be able to come back with a TV."

Yuan Dong laughed: "Brother, can you?"

Yuan Xia spread his hands: "It doesn't matter what I said, and I didn't send the TV set. But I will work hard to make money to buy the TV set."

It's not that he can't afford it now. His savings are nearly ten thousand yuan, and a TV only costs a few hundred yuan.

He didn't buy it, firstly because he needed a TV ticket, and he couldn't get it through regular channels, and secondly, he didn't think there was a need to buy it. His younger siblings are still in school. At this age, reading more books and watching less concrete images can inspire them more. imagination and creativity.

The information Ma Anmin knew was limited, everything had to be observed by Yuan Xia himself.

After arriving in Jianning, they first went to the Water Conservancy Bureau to find Ma Jianshe, and Yuan Xia also went to find out the door and told him that they came to Jianning.

Unfortunately, Ma Jianshe was not in the unit, and he went to study at the hydropower station below.

Hearing the news, Ma Anmin felt a little regretful: "I didn't meet Jianshe, so I have to come next time." He really wanted to know how his son was adapting to the new unit, whether he could cope with the work, and whether his colleagues were friendly to him.

Yuan Xia thinks it is quite good: "Uncle, this is a good thing. He has only been here for so long, and the unit arranged for him to go to the first line, which means that he is the key training object. For technicians like us, the next line is the best. I learned something. Sitting in an office is comfortable, but technicians have no real skills, and they are still very empty.”

When Ma Anmin thought about it, he suddenly became happy: "You are right! Then I can rest assured. Let's go to the Red Star Factory."

The Hongxing Iron and Steel Factory is located in the east of Jianning City, and further east is the suburb of the city. This is just as Yuan Xia expected. This kind of heavy industrial plant is usually built in a relatively remote location.

From a long distance, I saw two huge chimneys soaring into the sky, spouting billowing smoke.In this era, when people see it, they will not think of pollution, but will think it is a sign of progress, which is a characteristic of the times.

Yuan Dong was amazed.

Yuan Xia has no impression of the Red Star Iron and Steel Factory. Even though he used to open a factory to make parts, he never bought raw materials from the Red Star Factory, because the steel here is of a lower grade and cannot meet the strength required by their parts.

The steel from Hongxing Factory can only be used to produce some simple household utensils, agricultural tools, low-end agricultural machinery, and steel bars for building houses. These days, ordinary people have no idea about the quality of steel bars, and most of them can’t afford steel bars, as long as they have them.

The steel that Ma Anmin took back was used to make farm tools.In addition to producing harvesters, rice transplanters, and cultivators, agricultural machinery factories actually produce more common farm implements and implements such as hoes, harrows, hammers, and shovels.

When the car arrived at the gate of the factory, two huge dark red iron doors were covered with rust, and there was a red five-pointed star on the top of the door. impression.

Because it is a frequent car, I went in directly after registering at the gate.

Ma Anmin drove the car near the warehouse, and said to Yuan Xia: "You can walk there by yourself. The four-story building in front is an office. You can report to the personnel department. Put your luggage in my car first, and wait for the report to arrive." Take it again."

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Ma. I'll come to you after finishing the formalities." Yuan Xia and Yuan Dong jumped out of the car and walked towards the office building.

Yuan Xia and Yuan Dong passed the factory building, and they were not unfamiliar with the rumbling sound of machines inside, because it was almost the same when the agricultural machinery factory was in operation.

Yuandong looked in curiously, and could see red sparks splashing from time to time, Yuandong retracted his neck: "Brother, molten iron is being boiled inside, will it be very hot?"

Yuan Xia said, "What do you think? What is the melting point of iron?"

Yuan Dong thought for a while: "It's more than 500 degrees. This should not only be melting, but boiling. If the boiling point is at least more than 2000 degrees. Working in the workshop on such a day, one must not be dried out. !” He couldn’t help but be speechless.

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Steel factories are like this."

Yuan Dong showed a look of unbearable expression: "Brother, you will work here from now on?"

"Almost, I'm a mechanical student, so I should be allowed to manage the equipment. Naturally, I have to go to the workshop often, but it's better than ordinary steel workers, at least I don't have to stay inside all the time."

Yuan Dong was a little sluggish, he felt that his elder brother was simply an all-round genius, and he would definitely make a big career, but he never expected that he would be assigned to a factory with such difficult conditions in the end.

"I didn't expect this to happen."

Yuan Xia raised his hand and touched his head: "What's wrong? You have been hit before I was hit? Every job needs someone to do it, so that our society can function normally."

Yuan Dong said: "But my brother is a college student at a key university."

"So what I do is debugging and repairing equipment. Just look at it with a normal mind, and don't think too highly of yourself. We are a socialist country, everyone is equal, and work is for the people, only the division of labor is different. , there is no distinction between high and low."

Yuan Dong looked up at his brother: "But I see that many leading cadres just think they are superior to others."

Yuan Xia said: "That's because people's bad roots have not been eradicated in their bodies, and their ideological awareness is not high enough. Have you forgotten "Some People" written by the poet Zang Kejia? You should have memorized it."

Yuan Dong nodded: "Yes. I see, brother."

Yuan Xia smiled: "We're here, I'll find someone to ask where the personnel department is."

It was already past ten o'clock in the morning, and the July sun was very poisonous. The front of the office building facing south was completely exposed to the scorching sun, and there was no one outside. Yuan Xia had no choice but to find an office. The sign said "Security Section". He walked over and knocked on the door: "Hi comrade, may I ask which floor the Personnel Section is on?"

There were only two people in uniforms who were guarding Corey lying on the desk and blowing the fan. When they heard the sound, they didn't turn their heads away from them, nor raised their eyelids, and asked in local dialect: "Where did you come from? "

Yuan Xia said, "I'm here to report for work."

The other party asked again: "Which department?"

Yuan Xia replied: "I don't know yet, I am a college student assigned this year."

At this time, the two people straightened their backs, and the one with their backs turned to look over.

The one who answered got up and came over, and said to Yuan Xia: "Both of you?"

Yuan Xia said: "No, it's just me. This is my brother, he came with me to play. Where is the personnel department?"

The man said, "Look at your report card."

Yuan Xia handed him the registration form in his schoolbag, and the man took a look, then looked up at Yuan Xia carefully: "Yuecheng University? It's not bad. The personnel department is on the second floor, and it's on the right hand side of this staircase."

"Thank you!" Yuan Xia took the registration form and turned to go to the second floor.

Yuan Dong hurriedly followed, the interrogation just now seemed to be okay, but it made him feel uneasy.When he turned the corner, he couldn't help squeezing his brother's hand.

Yuan Xia turned her head and smiled at him to show comfort.

The personnel office is full of women. When he arrived, three or four women were chatting enthusiastically and laughing from time to time.

When they saw Yuan Xia, their attitudes were much more enthusiastic.

"What are you here for?" A chubby older sister in her 30s asked kindly.

Yuan Xia walked in, handed over her report form, and said, "Hi! I'm here to report."

The fat elder sister took Yuan Xia's registration form, read it carefully, then laughed, and said to other colleagues directly in front of Yuan Xia: "This is the college student assigned by our factory this year, from Yuecheng University. She looks so good-looking. Who said just now that good-looking people can't read well?"

Everyone laughed and looked at Yuan Xia with eager eyes, feeling like looking at a sweet pastry.

The fat lady sat down and went through the entry procedures for Yuan Xia. When Yuan Xia filled out the form, she asked some questions, such as where is the family, what is the job of the parents, and how many brothers and sisters there are.

These questions are purely inquiring about privacy, but Yuan Xia did not hide anything, and said truthfully: "Dad has passed away for several years, and mother has remarried. We are five brothers and sisters, and we all live with Grandpa, and I am the eldest."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They thought that such a young and handsome young man should be the son-in-law of many daughters, but they didn't expect his family to be so difficult?

The fat lady was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then it's really not easy for you, you can get into college."

Yuan Xia said: "Yeah. My grandfather is not easy. Now that I've graduated and worked, I can take over his burden and raise my younger siblings. Sister, I've filled out this form. I don't know what to call you? "

The fat lady said, "My surname is Zhang, and my name is Zhang Cuilan. Just call me Sister Zhang."

"Thank you, Sister Zhang!" Yuan Xia called out politely.

Zhang Cuilan filled out a form, stood up and said, "Come with me to the section chief's office."

Yuan Xia asked Yuan Dong to stay, got up and went to the next room with her, the section chief had an office alone, Zhang Cuilan had just told Yuan Xia that the HR section chief's surname was Qian.

The section chief, Qian Youfu, was in his 50s, dry and thin. He looked Yuan Xia up and down with his file and said, "Major mechanical engineering?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes."

Qian Youfu tapped his fingers on the table: "I have to ask the factory manager which department I should be in."

Yuan Xia thought to herself, the one who studied mechanical engineering by herself should be the equipment department.

"Come with me." Qian Youfu led Yuan Xia to the other side of the office on the second floor. The first one on the east side was the factory manager's office, and the factory manager was not there.

Qian Youfu said: "The factory manager hasn't arrived yet, so you should go check in first and familiarize yourself with the environment. When the factory manager arrives, I will assign you a department."

Yuan Xia nodded: "Okay. Thank you Section Chief!"

Yuan Xia returned to the office of the personnel department, and Qian Youfu said to Zhang Cuilan: "Xiao Zhang, take him to the logistics department to arrange accommodation first." After saying this, he left.

As soon as the section chief left, the women asked curiously, "Which section are you assigned to?"

Yuan Xia said: "I don't know yet, the factory manager is not here."

A woman said: "Yes, I seem to have heard that the factory director's old mother's birthday is, and I went back to celebrate the old mother's birthday. I guess I won't be back until tomorrow."

Yuan Xia couldn't help but said: "Sister Zhang, I'm a mechanical student, so I should be assigned to the equipment department, right?"

Zhang Cuilan looked at him and shook her head: "I don't know about this. I heard that there is a female college student from Dafen who is going to the publicity department. Now it seems that there is a change. I don't know what department you will be assigned to. "

Yuan Xia lowered her eyes, the female college student, publicity department, could it be the history major Jian Hongmei?

A woman with dark curly hair smiled and said: "If you are assigned to the publicity department, you will earn money, and the publicity department is easy! Publish blackboard newspapers, write and write propaganda spoken words. Just sit in the office every day, drink tea and read newspapers." .”

Everyone seconded the proposal, saying that the publicity department is good.

Hearing this, Yuan Xia couldn't laugh or cry, he didn't want such an easy life!

Zhang Hongmei said to the curly-haired woman: "Sister Liu, you can take Xiaoyuan to arrange the dormitory. Xiaoyuan, this is Liu Yufen from the logistics department. They will take care of the logistics."

Yuan Xia said: "Then I will trouble Sister Liu."

Liu Yufen held up an enamel tea mug and said, "Let's go, I'll show you the dormitory and stay here first."

Brother Yuanxia followed her, first went to the logistics department to report, and then went to the warehouse to get things. The work clothes were not counted, but they even gave out mats, sheets, iron buckets, washbasins, tea mugs, towels, soap, etc. Careful and meticulous, the benefits are really good.

Yuan Xia was allocated a single room.

Liu Yufen said: "There are not many serious college students in the factory, and some of them are old college students before WG, and they have already married. The allocated house is much more spacious than this. You live first, and the dormitory is now ample, so you can live in it." Single room, when there are more college students allocated in the future, it may be necessary to live in a double room."

Yuan Xia's dormitory is located on the west side of the factory. Fortunately, it is a house facing north and south. If you sit west and east, it will be miserable. Sister Liu picked him the one on the second floor near the east: "Although it was exposed to the sun in the morning, But it's better than Xishai. You two, clean up, if you have any difficulties in life, you can come to me."

Yuan Xia sincerely thanked her: "Thank you, Sister Liu."

Liu Yufen waved her hand and left.

The two brothers cleaned the house, went to find Ma Anmin, and brought the luggage from the car.

Yuan Xia said: "I already have some of the things I sent out, so I don't need them, Dongdong, you can take them back and use them."

Yuan Dong said, "Can I really take it away?"

"If you send it to me, it's mine. Why can't you take it? This is a factory benefit, and you can enjoy it on the first day of work." Yuan Xia said with a smile.

Only then did Yuandong take it away with peace of mind.

Lunch is eaten in the factory cafeteria. I pay for the tickets myself. The price is affordable. Meat dishes are all [-] cents, vegetarian dishes are all [-] cents, and rice is [-] cents to [-] cents.

The craftsmanship of the master chef in the cafeteria is good. Although it is made in a big pot, it is full of fragrance, but it is a bit lacking in appearance. After all, it is a big pot dish.

Yuandong ate a portion of roasted pork with potatoes and fried pork with hot peppers, and he was very satisfied, at least his brother would not suffer from eating.

In the afternoon, after Ma Anmin's goods were loaded, Yuan Dong followed the car back.Yuan Xia walked around the factory area to familiarize himself with the environment.

There are football fields, basketball courts, table tennis tables, and a swimming pool in the factory.Swimming tickets can be purchased as monthly tickets. The benefits are really good. Yuecheng Machinery Factory doesn't even have a swimming pool.

In the afternoon, there were few people, only the children of the employees in the factory were playing in the water, Yuan Xia took advantage of the lack of people, bought a monthly pass to go swimming, and took a shower in the swimming pool by the way.

After returning from get off work, Yuan Xia saw his neighbors, they were two young men. When he saw Yuan Xia, he was very curious: "Are you new here?"

Yuan Xia nodded: "Yes, I came to report today. My name is Yuan Xia, hello!" He took the initiative to extend his hand to greet people.

The shorter young man shook hands with him: "Hi, my name is Jiang He, from the Quality Inspection Department. Which department are you in?"

Yuan Xia said: "The factory manager is not here today, I haven't been divided into departments yet."

The other man looked a little stern, and his face looked a little fierce: "My name is Yang Sheng, from the equipment department. Which school are you from?"

Yuan Xia said: "I graduated when I was older."

Those two people looked at each other. They are graduates of Jianning Industrial School, technical secondary school students, and have been assigned to Red Star Factory for two years. They can be regarded as intellectuals in the factory. They came in, not assigned like them, so they have a sense of superiority psychologically.

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "I'm new here, there are many things I still don't understand, please give me your advice in the future."

Yang Sheng didn't speak, Jiang He smiled and said, "Okay, let's learn from each other."

In the evening, Yuan Xia wrote a letter to Yu Xingyi lying at the table, telling him what he had seen and felt in the Red Star Factory, but he didn't seal it and send it out immediately after writing, he wanted to wait until the department was confirmed tomorrow before sending it.

Early the next morning, Yuan Xia got up to go for a run. When he came back from the run, the neighbors next door didn't get up. He listened to the radio and read English for a while before he was ready to eat.

When he was going out, he saw Jiang He next door hurried downstairs, presumably to go to the bathroom, Yuan Xia didn't even have time to say hello to him.

At 07:30, Yuan Xia had already arrived at the personnel department, but no one came to the personnel department. It was not until after [-]:[-] that people came to work one after another.

The factory manager still didn't come, so Yuan Xia had to sit in the office and wait for orders. Around 08:30, someone came to the office and called Yuan Xia: "Are you a new college student? Come with me, and you will be in our equipment department from now on. I will take you Get familiar with the working environment. Zhang Cuilan, you can apply for a work card for him as a technician in the equipment department."

Zhang Cuilan said, "Is that what the factory director meant?"

The man said: "It's the meaning of the deputy factory manager. After a long time, a mechanical student came here. If he doesn't come to our equipment department, should he be assigned to another department?"

Zhang Cuilan said: "No, I just want to confirm. In case the leaders say that I am making a good idea, I wrote it because of the deputy director's intention."

Yuan Xia smiled politely at Qiao Mingsheng: "Hi, what's your name?"

"My name is Qiao Mingsheng, the chief of the equipment department. Would you like to come to our equipment department?" In his forties, he was relatively thin, with a straight body, and a serious appearance. He looked very shrewd and capable.

Yuan Xia said: "Hi, Section Chief Qiao! I'm a mechanical student, so of course I'd like to work with machines. I'll ask Section Chief for guidance in the future."

Qiao Mingsheng said: "You are a college student, and the school should have taught you everything you need to learn. I have nothing to advise. You just need to show the real skills you have learned."

Yuan Xia smiled slightly and did not speak. After Zhang Cuilan filled out the form for herself and got her work card, she followed Qiao Mingsheng to the workshop.He didn't even take him to the office to meet colleagues.

Qiao Mingsheng introduced the scope of work to him: "The machines in the factory are managed and maintained by our equipment department. When new products are launched, the specifications need to be adjusted, and if the products are unqualified, the specifications also need to be adjusted. Equipment failures, maintenance, etc. are all The scope of our work. Usually we are idle when the factory is operating normally, and we should be busy when the workers are resting, so be mentally prepared that our work will take up your rest time."

Yuan Xia nodded: "I understand."

After visiting several workshops, Qiao Mingsheng took Yuan Xia back to the equipment department to meet other colleagues.

The equipment department is not in the office building, but the office is next to the warehouse. Although there is still a little distance from the workshop, the environment is really not good, and noise can be heard from time to time.

Yuan Xia suspects that after staying in such an environment for a long time, people will listen hard.

There were not many people in the department, including Jia Yuanxia, ​​there were only seven people in total, except for Yang Sheng who he knew, there was also a tender-faced young man who waved to Yuanxia friendly.

Qiao Mingsheng said: "Yuanxia is a high-achieving student of Yuecheng University, majoring in mechanical engineering, and will be a member of our department in the future. Lao Huang, he will follow you for the time being. You arrange his work and teach him the workflow. .”

Lao Huang, who was sitting in the corner, had yellow hair, pale skin, and looked a little sick. He replied lazily: "Okay."

Yuan Xia said: "I will trouble Master Huang in the future."

Qiao Mingsheng pointed to a table with some things on it and said, "Your seat is right there, anyone who owns it will take it away."

Before Yuan Xia went to sit down, someone ran over: "Chief Qiao, the rolling mill in the third workshop is broken again and can't work anymore. Go and have a look."

Qiao Mingsheng said, "Old Huang, you can take the two of them there."

Lao Huang stood up and said to Yuan Xia, "Let's go."

Yuan Xia nodded, followed out, and another tender-faced male colleague also followed.

When I got outside, my colleague from Yannen said, "Hi, my name is Song Xiaoliang. I'm still an apprentice, and I've been here for less than a month."

Yuan Xia looked at him: "Graduate from high school this year?"

Song Xiaoliang's eyes lit up: "Yes. How do you know?"

Yuan Xia said, "Guess."

Lao Huang coughed and said, "Has the rolling mill been repaired?"

Yuan Xia hurriedly said, "It's been repaired. I just don't know if it's the same model."

Lao Huang asked, "Where did it get repaired?"

"It was repaired during my internship at the Yuecheng Machinery Factory."

Lao Huang said: "At that moment, you can see where the problem is."

"Okay." Yuan Xia knew that this was an inspection of herself.

There are two rolling mills of different sizes installed in the entire No. [-] workshop. The one that is shut down is the larger one, which is used to roll steel plates. Once the rolling mill stops here, it means that the entire smelting line will be shut down, otherwise the molten steel will not be rolled in time. There will be accidents.

Yuan Xia asked the worker what exactly happened to the fault, and learned about the parts of the machine that were prone to problems in the past. He guessed that there should be a problem with the working machine base, so he calmly went to check the working machine base.

Lao Huang didn't interrupt a word, just watched Yuan Xia's work from the sidelines.