Chapter 139 Greedy
Factory director’s office.

Yang Zhiwei was answering a phone call.

“Okay, okay, I understand, don’t worry, okay, okay, I will definitely do it, yes, yes…”

Except for Yang Zhiwei himself, outsiders would probably be confused by what he said.

In fact, Zeng Guobin was instructing him on something. As a subordinate, Yang Zhiwei naturally had to respond to whatever his leader said.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Zhiwei thought about it, picked up the phone and called the technical department.

About ten minutes.

Yu Wenzhen arrived at the factory director’s office.

“Director, you’re looking for me?”

Yu Wenzhen walked over and sat down opposite Yang Zhiwei.

“coming.”

Yang Zhiwei smiled and asked Yu Wenzheng, “Wenzheng, how much do you know about cars?”

Yu Wenzhen was somewhat confused.

car?

When did steel rolling mills have this kind of business?
Unsure, he asked Yang Zhiwei, “Director, there is too much knowledge involved in cars. I don’t know much about cars.”

He is not making excuses; this is the truth.

There is a lot of knowledge involved in automobile engines, including engineering mechanics, basic mechanical design, electrical and electronic technology, engineering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, control theory, and testing technology.

Apart from mechanical design and electrical engineering, the other knowledge he does not have at present. If he has to say what he has, control theory is the most.

As for the rest, he has six out of seven senses open and none of them is clear.

“Ah~”

Yang Zhiwei sighed and said, “It seems that our factory will not get this order.”

“List?”

Yu Wenzheng asked curiously, “Director, what order are you talking about?”

Seeing Yu Wenzheng’s curiosity, Yang Zhiwei thought about what Zeng Guobin had just said and realized that there was nothing confidential. It would be harmless to tell Yu Wenzheng: “Just a few minutes ago, Minister Zeng called and said that there was an order from above about automobile manufacturing. I wanted to ask you if you have the technology in this area and try to get this order, but now it seems that there is no chance.”

After listening to this, Yu Wenzhen raised his eyebrows.

This Yang Zhiwei is quite greedy.

Having a Chinese workers’ workshop and a tillage machine workshop was not enough, they even thought about entering the automotive industry.

If he really takes this order and wants to achieve mass production, it would be no less than building another factory the size of a steel rolling mill.

Yu Wenzhen felt that it was unnecessary to waste time and money on manufacturing a car.

“Director, I don’t think this is a bad thing.”

Yu Wenzheng thought for a moment and advised, “Automobile manufacturing involves too many things. If you want to achieve mass production, you probably need to build another large-scale factory like a steel rolling mill. In addition, our factory’s funds are not enough to support such a large expense, so it is the right choice not to take this order.”

Yang Zhiwei smiled bitterly and said, “Yes, I am a little greedy.”

……

After Yu Wenzhen came out of Yang Zhiwei’s office, he kept thinking about this question.

Although Yang Zhiwei was persuaded to give up the car order, this incident also served as a wake-up call for him.

Automobiles are also a technological project that will be blocked in the future. If Yu Wenzhen starts researching it now, it may not be impossible to export domestic cars abroad earlier in the future.

Moreover, the domestic market is so huge that the demand for cars will only increase. If you make plans now, you can take it out and use it directly when you need it.

Now that he has a goal, Yu Wenzhen plans to go to Tsinghua Library to borrow relevant books during the holidays.

Once he has acquired all the relevant skills, he can start designing cars.

In a blink of an eye, the New Year’s Eve has passed.

The annual time to buy New Year’s goods has arrived again.

Today, the three members of the Yi family went out to buy New Year’s goods as usual, and also bought new clothes, new shoes, etc. for the three people in the family.

After buying New Year’s goods, the family of three returned to the compound with bags full of stuff. Every time the Yi family bought New Year’s goods, it was the time when people in the compound were most envious.

At this time of year every year, there would always be neighbors coming over to say hello, chatting and asking what good things the Yi family had bought this year.

Lu Shuqin chatted with them enthusiastically, but Yu Wenzheng and Yi Zhonghai were not interested. When they returned home, Yi Zhonghai asked Yu Wenzheng to leave a can of malted milk for his aunt and take another can to the deaf old lady in the backyard.

When buying New Year’s goods, Yi Zhonghai spent money to buy two cans of malted milk.

Malted milk of this era is a more nutritious supplement that is very suitable for people of all ages.

Went to the backyard with two cans of malted milk.

The backyard was very quiet at this time, and the doors and roofs of almost every household were covered with silver.

However, there are exceptions. Some of the more diligent ones have cleaned up the snow in front of their doors.

Yu Wenzhen was walking towards the deaf old lady’s house, but after only a few steps, he was attracted by a sound coming from a corner.

The sound was humming, and it sounded like someone was moving with difficulty.

Yu Wenzheng was a little curious, so he walked over to take a look. Wow!

Xu Damao was seen sitting on the ground with his back against the Dong family’s house. His face was flushed and he reeked of alcohol, and it was obvious that he had drunk a lot.

Tsk tsk.

Yu Wenzhen sighed a little.

In the original drama, Xu Damao was such a cool guy. He tasted Qin Huairu, took down Qin Jingru, and almost succeeded in getting on top of Yu Haitang.

But now it has become like this.

What Yu Wenzhen didn’t know was that Xu Damao had been having bad luck since the day he came back. First, his wife ran away, and then he no longer had the support of the Lou family.

Then he was scolded by Du Wenbing, and from then on he was completely trapped in a hard life.

Whenever something went wrong at work, Du Wenbing would catch him and scold him.

This was even more true for other colleagues in the Propaganda Department. Even the new broadcaster Yu Haitang looked down on him.

Seeing that Yu Haitang was pretty, Xu Damao went up to chat with her. Unexpectedly, Yu Haitang not only showed him an expression of disgust, but also bluntly said that he was a toad wanting to eat swan meat.

This made him very angry. He almost didn’t go to work in the factory during the past two days. He took leave and stayed at home drinking every day.

I don’t know what happened at this moment, but I kept drinking and ended up drinking at the corner of the backyard.

It was also because his luck was not extremely bad that he sat down in the corridor, otherwise he would have been covered by the snow.

Being covered in snow in such cold weather is no joke. If no one found him, he would probably be frozen to death in the snow.

Yu Wen Zheng didn’t want to pay any attention to Xu Damao, so he withdrew his gaze and walked towards the deaf old lady’s house.

It is better to have less trouble than more. Xu Damao has never known how to write the word “gratitude”.

If you help someone like him, not only will he not be grateful to you, but he is also likely to stab you in the back.

Arriving at the door of the deaf old lady’s house, Yu Wenzhen lifted the door curtain, pushed the door open and walked into the deaf old lady’s room.

There was charcoal burning in the room and the temperature was higher than outside.

The deaf old lady was lying leisurely on a recliner. The radio was playing Peking Opera and she was listening with great enjoyment.

“Ma’am, I’m here to see you.”

Yu Wen Zheng put down the malted milk, walked over and squatted next to the old lady.

“Bun Zheng is here.”

The deaf old lady opened her eyes, looked at Yu Wenzheng kindly, and said, “This Peking opera is very beautiful. I am fascinated by it.”

Yu Wenzhen smiled but didn’t think there was anything wrong.

After all, the old lady is old, so it’s good to have an entertainment activity, at least she won’t be so bored.

Although Lu Shuqin often came to take care of the deaf old lady, she was not usually the type of person who was good at chatting.

When she came to serve the deaf old lady, she mostly washed her clothes and dishes, cleaned the house and so on.

He stood up, took a bowl, and made a bowl of malted milk for the deaf old lady, then went over and helped the deaf old lady up.

After handing the brewed malted milk to the deaf old lady, Yu Wenzheng said, “Old lady, this is malted milk. It is very nutritious. Drinking a bowl every day will be good for your health.”

The deaf old lady smiled widely, took the spoon and tasted it, and said cheerfully: “It’s so sweet, Wen Zheng is so thoughtful and filial, the old lady is so blessed to have you guys.”

Yu Wenzheng smiled and said, “As long as you like it, my aunt comes here every day. She will make you a bowl of it every day. Just drink it.”

After the old lady finished drinking the malted milk, Yu Wenzhen helped her wash the dishes, and then chatted with the deaf old lady for a while before going home.

(End of this chapter)