Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle.

Chapter 20 The cadre style of this era

On July 1953, 7, the General Machinery Factory was divided into the First Machinery Factory and the Second Machinery Factory.

The product direction of the First Machinery Factory is universal milling machines, and it is affiliated to the Second Machinery Industry Administration Bureau of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry.

At this time, the First Machinery Plant covered an area of 24361 square meters, with a construction area of 13080 square meters, 597 employees, 112 pieces of equipment, and an annual output of 31 universal milling machines.

All I can say is that before we received support from Big Brother, our industrial production capacity was really not commendable.

The entire factory is divided into three workshops, which means that the average annual output of each workshop is only ten units.

In the afternoon, Director Kong brought Yang Ning to the third workshop. Director Chang was already waiting there with his men. However, from their expressions, it could be seen that they were still somewhat resistant to the revamp of the production process.

"Director Kong, what's going on here? The time is tight and the task is heavy, and you still want to reform the process? Isn't this what everyone has been doing in the past few years?"

As soon as they met, Director Chang, who looked honest but had a shrewd look in his eyes, started to complain to Director Kong. He looked unhappy, like a father-in-law waiting for his daughter to get married.

"Go away, go away. Workshops 11 and can produce machine tools every year, but your workshop is lagging behind, only producing nine machines a year."

Director Kong stretched out his right hand and made a nine sign, then angrily scolded him, "Don't you feel ashamed? I still have my old face to save."

After saying that, he glanced at Director Chang and said unhappily, "If I didn't want to help you, would you have gotten this good thing?"

Director Kong then pulled Yang Ning in front of him and said, "You should know that Comrade Yang is a rare educated and capable person. He is a top student who graduated from Wudaokou Technical School. You should be happy that he can come to guide your production. Who are you showing off to all day long?"

"I'm telling you, Chang Delin, if you still give me diarrhea after Xiao Yang's guidance, be careful or I'll make you sweep the toilet."

Director Chang, who was always complaining at the beginning, was scolded by Director Kong and immediately became obedient.

"Yes!"

He immediately stood at attention and promised loudly: "I will definitely live up to the expectations of the people and leaders."

"That's right. I didn't tell Lao Lin from Workshop 1 and Xiao Liu from Workshop 2 about this good news. I thought of you, Lao Chang, the first person I thought of. Don't give me diarrhea!"

"How could that be possible? I would like to thank the leader for his concern."

Director Chang had a smile on his face, but he was cursing in his heart.

He knew himself, the factory director and senior, too well. Although he had not even graduated from elementary school, he had a quick mind. He studied in the arsenal in the old district and eventually became a technical expert.

But just like the old predecessors of this era, although he is usually quite reliable, once he meets these old acquaintances, he starts to swear, make empty promises and curse, and they really take control of him.

"Then Director, if by any chance... the production task is delayed, can you not blame me?"

Although we agreed to cooperate in adjusting the production process, we still had to negotiate the terms first to avoid settling accounts later.

"You... okay, I won't blame you, okay?" Why is this person becoming more and more cunning now? He has even learned to negotiate conditions. Director Kong feels that people's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be.

"But let's make it clear first. If the problem is on your side, you'll be in big trouble."

Director Kong nodded to Director Chang and reluctantly agreed to his request, but he still gave him a reprimand in the end.

"I promise not to fall behind." Director Chang quickly assured.

"I hope so." Director Kong pointed at Yang Ning and said to Director Chang, "I'm handing Comrade Yang over to you. You'd better not let him suffer any grievances." "Haha, I definitely won't." Now that his goal has been achieved, he naturally has to behave better in front of his leader.

Director Chang stepped forward, shook hands with Yang Ning and said enthusiastically: "Comrade Xiao Yang, welcome to our workshop to guide our work."

Yang Ning was already numb at this point. The more he looked at this scene, the more it looked like the conversation between Lin Yunlong and his subordinates. In the morning, he thought Director Kong was a capable and technical leader. Wasn't this change a little too fast?
"Hello... Hello, please take care of me in the future." Yang Ning looked at Director Chang, who looked honest and simple, and became alert.

Through his previous confrontation with Director Kong, Yang Ning already knew that although Director Chang looked honest, he was actually very cunning, so don't be fooled by him.

"Okay, I've handed the people over to you. I'm leaving now. I have so much to do every day and I have to worry about you old subordinates every day, one by one..."

Seeing that the knocking was almost done, Yang Ning also got to know Lao Chang. After saying something to Director Kong, he left with his hands behind his back.

"Comrade Xiao Yang..." Seeing Director Kong leave, Director Chang looked at Yang Ning, waiting for his arrangements.

"Director Chang, please stop calling me Comrade Xiao Yang. You can call me Xiao Yang or Ning Zi. Calling me Comrade Xiao Yang is too distant, isn't it?"

Yang Ning knew through observation that Director Chang should be an old military engineer who did not receive much education but had mastered some techniques through self-study and practice. Therefore, when dealing with him, one cannot be polite and it is better to be straightforward.

As he spoke, he took the workers from the third workshop on a tour of the workshop. Although he had known about it before, Yang Ning still shook his head when he saw the equipment inside.

It is no wonder that the production capacity of the third workshop is weak. No matter how backward the equipment in the other two workshops is, at least they are a complete set from the same factory.

The production equipment in the third workshop is really diverse. Some were transported from Shanxi Province by the Japanese invaders, some were transferred from other places when we were liberated, and there is even a veteran machine that was said to have been purchased during the Xuantong period when the Yongzeng Iron Works, the predecessor of the Eighth Machinery Repair Institute, was just established.

Of course, the milling machine is produced by ourselves and is considered the best equipment in the workshop.

Although the variety is quite complete, it is really difficult to ask the workers to produce new equipment using these grandfather-era machinery that may be older than them.

After gaining a thorough understanding of the situation in the third workshop, Yang Ning took out the production process drawing he had drawn earlier and handed it to Director Chang who was following him.

"Director Chang, this is the production process I have revised. Please take a look at it to see if there are any omissions. Let's discuss it together."

"Haha, I'm just a rough guy. Ningzi, you say that, and I'm always very clear about it."

Director Chang did not take the drawings, but waved his hand generously, as if to say, "You are the boss."

Why is this different from what I thought?

"Haha~ Why do you feel that I am a little different from what I was just now? Can't accept it for a moment?"

Seeing Yang Ning's surprised expression, Director Chang smiled indifferently.

"It can't be helped. Director Kong and I both came from that era. We had it tough back then! We wanted to split every penny in half."

"If Director Kong hadn't done that, he would have been eaten alive by those people with guns. Over time, that's how it became."

"I have been with Director Kong for a long time, so it is inevitable that I have been a little bit affected. Besides, it is okay for you guys to deal with him, but for those of us who are Director Kong's old acquaintances and subordinates, if we don't be a little more careful, we will be tricked to death by him."

As he spoke, Director Chang sighed, patted the machine beside him and said: "Now that we have been liberated, our conditions have improved a lot, but some habits can no longer be changed."

　My uncle passed away yesterday. I stayed at his funeral all night. I will update during the day these days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)