industrial overlord

Chapter 142 Ship Base
After the prosperous Spring Festival, Lin Zhenhua hurriedly embarked on the journey again without waiting for Xiaofang to return to school. This time, his destination was Shanghai.

"Is it Manager Lin? I'm Wang Baoxing, a guard of the Thruster Institute. Director Liu has a meeting today, so I can't come to pick you up. Let me pick you up and go to the base to rest first."

Outside Shanghai Railway Station, a handsome young man in a navy uniform salutes Lin Zhenhua and introduces himself.

"Thank you, Xiao Wang." Lin Zhenhua shook hands with Wang Baoxing, then pointed to the three people beside him, and said, "These three masters all came with me. This is Master Sun Changyuan. This is Master Peng Gang, and this is Master Yang Wenyong, Master Peng's apprentice."

Wang Baoxing hurried forward and saluted several workers one by one, which made Sun Changyuan and others flustered and thanked them repeatedly.

A minibus with a local license plate drove over. Wang Baoxing took everyone into the car and closed the door.The minibus turned around, drove out of the train station, and drove towards the Naval Research Institute base on the outskirts of Shanghai.

Including Lin Zhenhua, it was the first time for the four people from the Hanhua Factory to come to Shanghai.Lin Zhenhua naturally wouldn't be too surprised by the bustling scene on the street, but Sun Changyuan and the others kept looking out the window and exclaimed from time to time.Fortunately, there are many places in minibuses, and everyone can occupy a window.

"Master, Shanghai is much more prosperous than our Tanzhou." Yang Wenyong said to Peng Gang with emotion. He has now been officially sent to apprentice with Peng Gang. At present, he is only driving a universal milling machine. In the future, he will switch to a CNC milling machine depending on the situation. .

Sun Changyuan said: "Of course, Shanghai is the largest city in China."

"How did I hear that Beijing is bigger than Shanghai?" Yang Wenyong asked.

"No, it should be that Shanghai is bigger than Beijing. You see, the things we usually buy are the best made in Shanghai. I haven't heard of those made in Beijing." Sun Changyuan said.

Peng Gang retorted: "Old Sun, you are not right to say that. Beijing is the political center, where the Party Central Committee stays, and it is not engaged in industry."

"Master, have you ever been to Beijing?" Yang Wenyong asked Peng Gang.

Peng Gang shook his head: "I'm just a small worker, so I don't have the opportunity to go to Beijing. Just coming to Shanghai this time is the blessing of Manager Tuolin. You see, it's a good thing to go to Shanghai on business, which round will get our workers."

Yang Wenyong said without anger: "Of course it should be you, master. This time we are here to do business, not to go shopping."

Lin Zhenhua had been sitting in the front row chatting with Wang Baoxing, and when he heard Yang Wenyong's words, he turned around with a smile and said: "Everyone, please be patient, we have a shopping group. Finally, we will arrange a day for you to visit Nanjing Road and buy some Shanghai goods."

"Great!" The three workers in the back row cheered together.

The minibus drove out of downtown Shanghai, passed through a large area of ​​countryside, and finally entered a compound with naval soldiers standing guard at the gate.

This courtyard looks very inconspicuous from the outside, but the long wall that can't be seen at a glance makes people have infinite imagination.After entering the yard, everyone saw a wide avenue leading to the distance. On both sides of the avenue, there were well-arranged buildings.

Some of these buildings are ordinary one-story houses, some are small buildings with three or four floors, and some are workshops with a single floor as high as ten meters.The spaces between the buildings are very wide, showing that the owners here don't care about the land at all.

Different from the local factories, all the trees and hedges here are meticulously pruned.The white ash painted on the tree trunks to prevent insects is strictly consistent in height, and they are all in a straight line when viewed from a distance.This uniform style seems to faintly imply to visitors that this is a world of militarized management.

The minibus drove along the main road for a while, then turned into a family area, and finally stopped in front of a small three-story red brick building. There are seven or eight other small buildings like this around, with planted Two rows of green trees subtly separate the small building from other buildings in the family area into two spaces.

Wang Baoxing said to Lin Zhenhua: "This area is called Xiaohonglou, where the division-level cadres of our base live. Director Liu lives in the house on the left side of the first floor."

"Why, Director Liu won't let us live in his house?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Wang Baoxing said: "Of course not. We have a guest house. Director Liu has already arranged your residence. It was Teacher Qin who asked me to bring you home first, saying that I would welcome you first and then send you to the guest house."

While speaking, Qin Ying had already come out from the small building.After returning to Shanghai for a few months, Qin Ying has completely restored her Shanghainese attire. She is wearing a fitted floral padded jacket, which accentuates her plump figure. She looks quite graceful, and she is no longer the old Female statistician in work clothes.

"Xiao Lin, as well as Master Sun and Master Peng, you are all here, welcome." Qin Ying greeted everyone enthusiastically. It seemed that her personality was much more cheerful than before.

"Master Qin!"

"Mrs. Liu!"

Sun Changyuan and Peng Gang each used a past address. After shouting, they both felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't tell what was wrong.He is already from Shanghai, and he still uses the name of a small place like Hanhua Factory, which seems wrong.

Lin Zhenhua stepped forward generously and shouted, "Hello, Teacher Qin."

A smile broke out on Qin Ying's face, and she said reproachfully, "Teacher Qin, it's better to be called Big Sister Qin. You see, Master Sun and Master Peng, they don't see me."

Yang Wenyong stood behind the crowd, wanting to speak up but didn't know what to say.Qin Ying saw him at a glance, and asked in a fuss: "Whose child is this, Master Sun, Master Peng, it seems that it is not the child of the two of you?"

Lin Zhenhua smiled and pulled Yang Wenyong to the front, and said, "Wenyong, this is Director Liu's lover, you can call her Aunt Qin."

"Hello, Aunt Qin." Yang Wenyong called obediently.

Qin Ying said happily: "What a handsome young man, Xiao Lin, who is he?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "This is Yang Wenyong, a young worker from our Hanhua Company. He is now an apprentice with Master Peng. He is a reserve talent we are focusing on cultivating. This time, I will bring him to Shanghai to broaden his horizons."

Qin Ying let everyone into the room.Liu Xianghai's home is very large, the living room alone is more than 40 square meters, and there is a set of artificial leather sofas.The owner seems to be worried that the artificial leather will wear out after a long time, so he spread another crochet cover on the sofa.The rest of the furniture in the room seems to be a bit old, but the texture is very good, and it looks very high-end.

"These are all old furniture from my family." Seeing Lin Zhenhua lighting up the furniture, Qin Ying explained with some pride, "During the ten years of turmoil, they were seized by the rebel leaders, and now they are returned to us. This set of sofas is newly bought, Xiang Hai has become the director of the factory, and there are many people in the house, so not having a set of sofas is too shameful."

"Is Director Liu usually busy?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

Qin Ying smiled and said: "Xiao Lin, I warn you, don't call Xiang Hai Director Liu soon. He told me a few days ago that if you dare to call him Director Liu, he will not call you Director Liu." Do me a favor, let you go back to the Qinghua Office to open a letter of introduction."

"Don't dare." Lin Zhenhua hurriedly begged for mercy, "Sister Qin, you also know that if the letter of introduction from the Qinghua Department is useful, I will not come to Lao Liu's back door. I know that this matter makes Lao Liu very embarrassed. Yes, but there is no way, we in Jiangnan Province can't solve it by ourselves."

"It's okay, I told Xiang Hai that Xiao Lin is his friend, and the Hanhua Factory is his mother's family. He will try his best to handle your affairs." Qin Ying said.

Several people sat down on the sofa, Qin Ying brought fruit to everyone, and chatted with everyone for a while, Liu Xianghai finally came back.

"Is Xiao Lin here?" Liu Xianghai was still outside the door, so his voice came in first.This way of speaking was rarely seen when he was a wood model worker in the past. It is estimated that after he became the director, he became more confident, and his speech unconsciously became a little more domineering.

Lin Zhenhua and others stood up together to welcome Liu Xianghai.

Liu Xianghai, dressed in military uniform, strode into the door, handed the bag in his hand to Qin Ying, and took off his hat, and Qin Ying quickly caught it.

"Old Liu!" Lin Zhenhua shouted with all his might.

"Hey! Xiaolin!" Liu Xianghai responded happily, stepped forward, and shook hands with Lin Zhenhua tightly, "Hi Xiaolin, you're not bad, you're still the same."

Lin Zhenhua withdrew his hand, shook it, and said, "Old Comrade Liu, I want to remind you that you are now a teacher-level cadre, can your hands not be as strong as a wood modeler?"

"Hahahaha." Liu Xianghai laughed loudly, turned around and greeted Sun Changyuan, Peng Gang and others respectively, forcing them to call him "Old Liu" instead of his position.As for Yang Wenyong, there is no human right in this kind of situation. Liu Xianghai patted him on the shoulder and praised, "This kid is not bad."

After everyone sat down again as guest and host, Lin Zhenhua had the opportunity to look at Liu Xianghai seriously.

Compared with a few months ago, Liu Xianghai's mental outlook was much better, and his brows were full of pride.However, he seems to have more wrinkles than in the past, and the bags under his eyes are more obvious.When he was a wood model worker, his hair was still black and oily, but now he can vaguely see some silver strands.

"What, Lao Liu, are you busy with work?" Lin Zhenhua asked with concern.

"Very busy!" Liu Xianghai nodded and said, "There are endless meetings and documents. Oh, let's not talk about my affairs, let's talk about your affairs."

Lin Zhenhua said: "I have already told you in the letter about our matter. We just need to ask you to contact a company with a large free forging machine to help us process several sets of molds."

"Is Yan Yuan and their forging machines not enough?" Liu Xianghai asked, "I remember that you and Xiao Yan have a good relationship. When he came to Shanghai for a meeting last time, he still talked about you with me."

Lin Zhenhua held back his thoughts. Last year, Yan Yuanhe from Changhong Factory wanted to dig Populus euphratica to work for him. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, Populus euphratica became Liu Xianghai, and the wood model worker became the staff of the research institute. Long, two levels higher than Yan Yuanhe.I don't know how embarrassing it was for Yan Yuanhe to meet Liu Xianghai during the meeting.

"The forging machine at Lao Yan's side has a pressure of only 1000 tons, which is not enough. We have calculated that our mold needs at least a 2000-ton forging machine to forge. If we can use it on the [-]-ton machine in Jiangnan Shipyard, it will It's more enjoyable."

(End of this chapter)