Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

If Li Feng's prediction comes true, the development trend in ceramics will definitely be industrialization.

Nationwide rollout is also possible.

Compared to other ceramic factories, the ceramic factories in Beijing have a unique advantage in terms of background.

Because the Five Star Ceramics Factory in Beijing was directly under the Ministry of Light Industry, and it was located in Beijing.

The advantage of having a big tree to lean on is fully demonstrated here.

Otherwise, the Five Star Ceramics Factory in Beijing wouldn't have received so many national-level tasks.

This also reflects the high regard that the ministry leaders have for Wuxing Ceramics Factory.

In particular, when it came to the ceramic decoration tasks for the Great Hall of the People and the conference hall below, the first place that came to mind for the ministry leaders was the Five Star Ceramics Factory.

Li Feng, of course, understood this at this point.

The pilot project for the industrialization of ceramics is currently being carried out at the Wuxing Ceramics Factory. Once the industrialization is successful, will Director Zheng, who has been promoted, continue to promote it?

Li Feng thought it was possible, but he would never be so certain as to tell Deputy Factory Director Liu right now.

Li Feng, of course, understood the principle of speaking too frankly with someone you don't know well.

At this moment, Deputy Factory Director Liu's answer to Li Feng was not unexpected.

But this is also normal.

Then he smiled and said to Li Feng.

"The whole country is in the midst of a wave of industrialization, so I think Director Li's guess is correct."

"Just as you just said, Director Li."

"Having worked in the machinery industry for so long, I share the same thoughts as you, Director Li. I also believe that other industries can also be streamlined."

"certainly!".

"I'm referring to those everyday items."

"However, high-end machinery like machine tools is difficult to mass-produce."

After hearing what Deputy Factory Director Liu said, Li Feng didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

In this era, machine tools are not an easy business for domestic manufacturers either.

Therefore, mass production of machine tools is indeed very difficult.

However, it should be noted that foreign countries are now able to mass-produce general-performance manual machine tools.

As for CNC machine tools, that's still a long shot.

There is a significant gap between domestic and foreign technologies in many aspects.

This is not only technical, but also involves materials.

Some materials are not available domestically and can only be imported.

Therefore, Deputy Factory Director Liu had a deep understanding of this, since many of the machine tools at the Hongshankou Machinery Factory were imported.

At this moment, Section Chief Liao sighed and said to Li Feng.

"Director Li, in the machinery industry, high-precision lathes are very rare."

"And foreign countries rarely sell high-precision lathes to us."

"Therefore, high-precision parts can only be made using the experience of our lathe operators."

"Director Li, if our factory can't make the parts, other factories outside may not be able to make them either."

"In any case, the technological level of our machinery factory is among the top in China."

After hearing what the two of them said, Li Feng did not refute them.

Currently, the situation in China is largely as they described: foreign countries are unwilling to sell China's more advanced machine tools.

Even if we were to sell it, it would cost a great deal.

Moreover, they only accept Eagle Dollars for settlement, which is foreign exchange.

Domestic foreign exchange budgets are very valuable.

Many domestic machinery factories want to use foreign exchange to buy advanced lathes, but the result is...

It's very difficult to have this opportunity.

However, at present, it is not possible to buy machine tools from Western countries led by the United States, but Soviet-style machines are still available for consideration.

However, the performance of Soviet-style machine tools is significantly different from that of machine tools from developed countries.

Moreover, it is relatively difficult to purchase.

The restrictions are simply not as stringent as those in developed Western countries. Although Russia provides aid to China, the shortage is still significant given the large number of factories nationwide.

Therefore, if there are similar machine tools in China, or even those with slightly inferior performance.

That situation might be a little better.

However, this is limited by the current environment.

At this point, all Li Feng could say to them was...

Things will get better.

"Aren't we striving to catch up with them right now?"

"Our factory's projects are just to earn more foreign exchange. In the end, the foreign exchange we earn is used to buy advanced technology and high-precision machine tools and instruments."

"One day, we will be able to replicate their most prized high-precision machine tools."

After hearing Li Feng's words, Deputy Factory Director Liu and Section Chief Liao couldn't help but look at Li Feng in a new light.

Although Deputy Factory Director Liu thought that Li Feng's ability to design production line blueprints was already quite impressive.

But he didn't expect Li Feng to have this understanding.

Section Chief Liao naturally shared the same thoughts as Deputy Factory Director Liu.

Then Deputy Factory Director Liu stood up and patted Li Feng on the shoulder.

"Director Li, I agree with what you said."

"In the future, our Hongshankou Machinery Factory will also have high-precision lathes."

"With those high-precision lathes, the technological level of our Hongshankou Machinery Factory will definitely rise significantly."

"From now on, our factory will definitely be able to complete any drawings designed by Director Li with the highest quality."

At this point, Section Chief Liao also began to speak to Li Feng.

"Director Li, the parts produced by our factory are among the best in the country."

"Moreover, our factory, Liu, has the highest standards for any workpiece."

"Hopefully, if Director Li has any new designs, he will think of our factory."

He then picked up a small bag from beside his feet and stuffed it directly into Li Feng's hand.

He then immediately said to Li Feng.

"Director Li, this is a small gift from our factory to express our gratitude for your guidance on our processes."

"Without Director Li's guidance, our factory manager wouldn't have been able to solve this problem so quickly."

You absolutely must accept this.

Li Feng never expected that Hongshankou Machinery Factory would be involved in such things.

So he immediately said to Section Chief Liao.

"Section Chief Liao, isn't this inappropriate?"

Section Chief Liao immediately began to explain to Li Feng.

"This is a gift from our factory for receiving guests; everyone receives one."

"Director Li, please accept this."

"Otherwise, others will definitely think we don't know the rules and won't cooperate with us."

When Section Chief Liao got to this point, a troubled expression appeared on his face.

At this moment, Deputy Factory Director Liu also spoke to Li Feng.

"Director Li, please accept this."

"This is a small token of our appreciation for you from our factory."

"They're all worthless things."

"They are all souvenirs."

Seeing that they wouldn't give up until they gave him a gift, Li Feng began to hesitate.

After all, one is obligated to accept a bribe, even though Deputy Factory Director Liu said it wasn't anything valuable.

But who knows if Deputy Factory Director Liu is telling the truth?
After a ten-minute struggle, Li Feng finally accepted the small gift.

At this moment, Li Feng had no idea what the little gift was.

However, Li Feng decided that if the items he received were too valuable, he would definitely return them. (End of Chapter)