“So, you are now the deputy director of the Ministry of Industry? Wow, that’s the same level as the county magistrate!”

“It’s different, sir!”

“There are still people who want this thing, even if you break your head, but you can’t say it’s a gift, because that would be unequal. In my opinion, you should take the money and pay it back slowly after they start working. You shouldn’t be embarrassed to take it. Giving them a job opportunity is a great opportunity for them. You can also let them pay back slowly because they are relatives. If you don’t let them do it, they won’t get such a good opportunity even if they break their head!”

“Your uncle is right. If we don’t charge money, what will other families who don’t have the opportunity to go to the city think? Since it doesn’t cost money, why don’t you choose our child? Isn’t this turning a good thing into a bad thing?” Grandpa also tried to enlighten Chen Zhiguo.

Chen Zhiguo is still young. According to him, since it’s free, it’s a good thing to give it to his relatives. But today, his grandfather told him that favors must be repaid. His grandfather and uncle also told him that the human heart is the most difficult to guess in this world. There is no selfless person. Don’t think that everyone is so good!

“What are your requirements this time?”

“To work in a steel mill, you have to be 18 years old at least. The ability to endure hardship is the most important thing. It is best if you are educated. Without education, you will not be able to pass the work level exam and will not get paid much!”

“Okay, I get it. I’ll take care of this matter! You don’t have to show up!” Chen Dalong put away the letter of introduction.

“Got it, sir!”

Chen Zhiguo stayed at his grandmother’s house for one night and then went back. In the evening, Chen Zhiguo brought a jar of tiger bone wine to his grandfather, “Grandpa, you drink this wine, but don’t drink too much, just one glass at a time. Grandma should drink it too, to strengthen her body!” Chen Zhiguo mixed space water into this jar of wine, and the effect of drinking it was obviously different!

“Got it, let me taste it when the time comes!”

“Grandma, pour you a glass too. You must drink it every day!”

“Got it, grandson!”

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Chen Zhiguo got up very early and drove back home in the early morning. As expected, Chen Xueru still occupied his bed. When he got home, only Chen Dayong was up and cooking in the kitchen. Chen Zhiguo washed his hands and went in to help!

“You were scolded by your uncle?”

“how do you know?”

“From the moment you took out the letter of introduction, I knew that you are my son. How could I not understand your personality?”

“Dad! If you knew, why didn’t you tell me? My grandpa scolded me, and my uncle and grandfather also scolded me!”

“Why should I tell you? You can’t figure it out yourself. You deserve it. Besides, you are only seventeen years old. There is no harm in making some mistakes. It’s not good to be too smart!”

Chen Zhiguo thought about it, the moon is full and then it wanes, the water is full and then it overflows, people are full and then they become arrogant! He has been too successful recently, and he has taken it for granted. He should take this as a warning. His father has also seen it, and he wants to make him hit a wall!

“Thank you, Dad!”

“You little brat, I’m your father! What nonsense are you talking about!”

Chapter 195 What have you been doing so far?

After sending the three Chen sisters and He Yushui to school, Chen Zhiguo turned the car around and drove Chen Xueru to Dazhalan!

“Zhiguo, I’m getting a divorce!”

“Nothing’s going on, is it?”

“No, he left after completing the formalities!”

“Congratulations, you are reborn! A wonderful life is waiting for you!”

“Thank you! Zhiguo”

“You are my sister, we are a family!” Chen Zhiguo habitually touched Chen Xueru’s hair, which made Chen Xueru roll her eyes!

After leaving Chen Xueru behind, Chen Zhiguo started to get busy as soon as he entered the factory! The current steel rolling mill is a busy construction site, and the new workshop is different every day, fully demonstrating what a construction maniac is!

The renovation of the old workshop is also progressing steadily. The most anxious person now is Lao Hu. The steel furnace has drawings and construction can start in advance, but the workshop cannot. He can only wait for Chen Zhiguo to free up his hands. But now Chen Zhiguo has to divide himself into eight parts for use. Lao Hu’s second steel rolling mill can only be postponed!

The only good news is that the eight students he arranged are now gradually getting the hang of things. Lao Hu can only hope that after studying at the First Steel Rolling Mill, they can return to their own factories and take on important responsibilities!

There is strength in numbers. The steelmaking workshop, which was originally expected to take three months to go into production, was completed one month ahead of schedule thanks to the workers working overtime!

The renovation of the old workshops of the First Steel Rolling Mill has entered the final stage!

Today is the day for the trial production of the new oxygen top-blown converter of the First Steel Rolling Mill. The entire factory area is flying red flags and colorful flags!

Before seven o’clock, the workers began to walk into the factory one after another. Today is the day of rebirth of the First Steel Rolling Mill. Every worker attaches great importance to it. They put on clean and tidy work clothes and came to the brand new workshop, silently waiting for the moment when the work bell rang!

Starting from 7:30, cars kept driving into the gate of the First Steel Rolling Mill. The bosses also wanted to witness the arrival of this great moment with their own eyes!

At eight o’clock, the work bell rang, and the whole factory suddenly became noisy. Countless machine tools were started at this moment, and the most important ones were the four workshops six, seven, eight, and nine. In the safe area, the bosses watched the production of the first oxygen top-blown converter!

From the feeding of materials to the pouring of boiling molten steel into the mold, ten tons of steel ingots were produced in half an hour, and thunderous applause immediately broke out at the scene!

“Zhiguo, good job!” Minister Wang Liye patted Chen Zhiguo’s shoulder excitedly. He had experienced countless times of being strangled by others, and countless scientific and technological projects and equipment production had to be suspended or cancelled due to lack of raw materials! At this moment, Wang Liye really couldn’t express his excitement in words!

After watching the production of two rounds of steel furnaces, the bosses inspected the workshop renovation of the first steel rolling mill. The clean, tidy and well-organized workshop gave them a refreshing feeling. What made them especially happy was that every machine tool was polished to a bright shine without any oil stains! This not only shows the management ability of the factory leaders, but also shows the workers’ enthusiasm for work and their love for the equipment!

Among this group of people, the only one with a gloomy face was Old Yang from the Red Star Steel Mill. He was also invited to watch the ceremony today. The changes in the entire First Steel Mill turned into countless slaps in the face!

Compared with his conservatism and narrow-mindedness, if the First and Second Steel Rolling Mills had not actively sought Chen Zhiguo’s production technology, then it would not have been a big deal. However, everything is afraid of comparison!

Now, not only the leaders in the department have a lot of complaints about him, but also the people inside the steel mill are complaining! This makes Lao Yang, who attaches great importance to control, more and more unable to control the steel mill!

Just now, an old comrade quietly told him that the department would soon study his problem. Someone suggested that he retreat to the second-line work and bluntly criticized him at the meeting for lacking the courage to innovate, sticking to the old ways, and lacking fighting spirit!

Old Yang looked at Chen Zhiguo who was talking cordially with his old leader, and felt mixed emotions. How to break the deadlock? Is there enough time left for him?

Of course Chen Zhiguo didn’t know what Lao Yang was thinking right now. Even if he knew, he would still say, “What were you doing before?”

The work at the First Steel Mill had just finished, and Chen Zhiguo didn’t even have time to rest before he was kidnapped by Lao Hu to the Second Steel Mill. In fact, the Second Steel Mill had already started gradually, and the construction of the steelmaking workshop and the renovation of the old workshop were all in progress! Pulling Chen Zhiguo over here meant that having him here was like having a magic needle to stabilize the sea!

Chen Zhiguo gradually delegated power, and he no longer needed to do many things himself. Taking the example of the First Steel Rolling Mill, the old workshop could be renovated according to the template, and for the construction of the steel furnace, he only needed to check it for errors. The students he taught can now stand on their own!

At this time, he set his sights on his original goal, the research on the precision of machine tools!

With high-quality steel, many key parts of machine tools can be produced and replaced. Chen Zhiguo randomly selected a scrapped machine tool in the warehouse of the Second Steel Rolling Mill and spent two days dismantling it. The dismantled parts covered the floor of the warehouse!

The rest of the time was spent on replicating the parts. Just when everyone thought that Chen Zhiguo would take the drawings to the factory’s old craftsmen for help, no one expected that Chen Zhiguo would operate the machine tool himself. The new parts were made of newly produced high-hardness steel. Such high-hardness steel requires extreme caution when turning and washing parts. If there is a slight mistake, either the parts will be scrapped or the machine tool’s cutter head will be scrapped!

But seeing Chen Zhiguo’s ease in operating the system, many people want to ask Chen Zhiguo, is there anything else you can’t do?

Ask others for help with simple parts, and process important and complex parts by yourself! Chen Zhiguo spent a week to copy the parts needed for a machine tool! The rest is installation and debugging!

It had already been disassembled once, so Chen Zhiguo memorized the position of each part in his head without looking at the drawings. After two days of installation and debugging, this scrapped machine tool has been restored to use with very high precision!

Chen Zhiguo compiled all the parts drawings and installation drawings of this machine tool together and submitted them to the Ministry of Industry. In the future, any machine tool of the same model can be repaired quickly by finding out the problem based on this drawing!

This also opened up Chen Zhiguo’s mind, and his students had an additional job: dismantle machine tools, dismantle scrapped machine tools, find out the causes, draw parts drawings, and write installation and disassembly steps!

Just when Chen Zhiguo was busy at the second steel rolling mill, the first snow in Yanjing City suddenly began to fall, and the weather forecast said it was a blizzard!

So Chen Zhiguo, who rarely got off work early, drove all the way to pick people up and took them home. He first picked up Chen Xueru, “It’s so cold!”

The GAZ-69 is fine to drive in the summer, but it is a pain to drive in the winter. There are drafts everywhere. Chen Zhiguo looked at Chen Xueru who was wearing a woolen coat and said, “Can’t you wear more clothes? Don’t you know whether you are cold or not?”

“I’m the owner of a clothing store. How can I look good in a big cotton-padded jacket?” Chen Xueru said unhappily. “By the way, what do you want me to do with all that duck and goose down?”

“I want to use them as the lining to make a piece of clothing, but I don’t know what kind of fabric to use as the lining so that these tiny duck down won’t come out!”

“Can you keep warm by making clothes out of duck down?”

“Of course it’s warm, and very light! If you can help me solve the problem of the lining, I’ll give you a clothing design, and I guarantee you’ll look beautiful and young when you wear it!”

“Really?”

“Of course, when have I ever lied to you?”

“Okay, I’ll think of a way!”

Chen Xiaoli and Chen Xiaoyue, who were in elementary school, had already returned home from school. Chen Zhiguo only had to go to the middle school to pick up Chen Xiaomei and He Yushui!

When they returned home, goose feather-like snowflakes were already falling from the sky!

“What are we having for dinner?” Chen Xueru looked at Chen Zhiguo who was busy in the kitchen.

“Let’s eat hot pot on a snowy day!”

“Okay! Take out the wine warmer and use it to warm the wine later!”

“Here!” Chen Zhiguo took out the white wine with space water for Chen Dayong to drink. After Chen Xueru drank it once, she couldn’t let it go anymore. She had to drink a few taels every time she had a meal! Anyway, it was good for the body, so Chen Zhiguo didn’t care about her!

Chen Zhiguo has been quietly working to improve the physical fitness of his family members. Every time he cooks or makes soup, he adds a little space water, striving to achieve this goal quietly!

Under the light, the steaming hot pot made the window glass blurry. Under the light shining into the yard through the window, snowflakes were quietly falling!

Chen Xueru had a good alcohol tolerance. She drank half a catty of wine without feeling drunk at all! Sitting on the Luohan bed and drinking tea, the kang in the room had already been heated up, and the room was very warm.

While Chen Zhiguo was drawing the blueprint of the parts, he was listening to Chen Xueru chattering about street trivia and gossip. Gradually, Chen Xueru’s voice became softer, and finally, she fell asleep on the Arhat bed!

After Chen Zhiguo sorted out the documents in his hands, he went to pick her up. Chen Xueru often did this. She lay down and fell asleep while talking. Chen Zhiguo didn’t know how many times he had picked her up!

The next morning, the ground was covered with snow, and the air was exceptionally crisp! A breath of air inhaled into the lungs, and suddenly the world was clear!

After Chen Zhiguo finished washing up, he took out the ladder and started to clear the snow off the roof. He took advantage of the fact that the sun had not risen and the snow had not melted yet. The soft snow was still easy to clean. Chen Dayong had an injury on his leg, so Chen Zhiguo did not let him go up to the roof, so he helped Chen Zhiguo hold the ladder from below!

Soon, Wang Meihua also got up and started to clean the snow on the ground with the children. They played while sweeping! Chen Xueru even took the three sisters to build a big snowman in the yard. The snowman with a hat and scarf added a winter scenery to the yard!

After the snow in the yard was swept, Chen Zhiguo took a shovel and went out to help!

At this time, the whole courtyard was in action. The young guys went up to the roof, and the old guys stayed on the ground. No one urged them, and no one organized them. They were all spontaneous! When the snow in the yard was almost cleared, the young guys went out spontaneously and started to clean up the hutong. This is the tradition. Whenever it snows, the residents living in the hutong will do this. They work together to clean up the snow on the road, so that the elderly and children can walk more easily!

When you go to work today, no one will say that you are late. First, the roads are indeed difficult to travel on this snowy day. Second, everyone is at home clearing the snow!

So we spent the whole morning sweeping snow. After sweeping the snow at home, we swept the snow on the road. After sweeping the snow at work, we formed a team to clean the streets!

Chapter 196 36 hours of non-stop work!

Chen Zhiguo was no exception. He and his students were also busy carrying shovels and brooms. You will hardly see such a scene in later generations!

When everyone was busy, Chen Zhiguo was called to the office. Lao Hu had just returned from the snow-clearing site and was wiping his sweat. There were two soldiers in the room.

“Zhiguo, you’re here! These two comrades want to see you about something!” Lao Hu did not introduce who they were, but left the office after saying a word!

“Hello, I’m Chen Zhiguo!”

“Comrade Chen Zhiguo, hello, I am Liu Qiangjun from…, and this is my colleague, Fan Jie!” The two comrades showed Chen Zhiguo his ID and letter of introduction. After both parties sat down, Liu Qiangjun said, “Comrade Chen Zhiguo, we are here to seek help!”

“Please tell me, as long as I can do it!”

“The situation is like this, Comrade Chen Zhiguo, we are in urgent need of a batch of parts, but the processed parts always have errors, and our masters need to manually polish them to correct them. This efficiency is very slow. We need parts very urgently, so we asked the Ministry of Industry for help, and Minister Wang recommended you to us, saying that the machine tools you are replicating now have very high accuracy.”

“You want me to help you replicate the machine tool?”

“It’s too late to replicate the machine tool. We can only process this batch of parts first!”

“So, you want me to help you process these parts?”