Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 218: The Deputy Minister

Outside the workshop, workers held booklets and studied the text's background.

Next to the machine tool in the workshop, Yang Xiangyang placed a palm-sized white toy car on the ground.

As soon as he loosened his grip, the wheels of the car started spinning rapidly and ran forward.

Chen Luyang picked up the car on the ground in surprise, turned the car body around and looked at the chassis.

There is a delicate flywheel in the middle of the steel plate. As long as you slide it gently, the energy stored in the flywheel will drive the car forward.

"This car is so heavy!" Chen Luyang weighed the toy car, his face full of surprise.

"How can it not sink? Don't be fooled by its simple appearance. There are many gears inside!" Yang Xiangyang said with a hint of pride in his tone.

"Everyone who saw it said the car was well made."

Chen Luyang was amused: "Did my dad see this car too?"

Yang Xiangyang laughed and said, "How can I not see? The master can see clearly what everyone in the workshop has done and what they haven't done!"

Chen Luyang's old face turned slightly red.

Although they are both workshop directors, Chen Luyang knows nothing about the rubber workshop except what the four team leaders do.

At best, I would pay attention to Xiang Guowu occasionally to see if this guy is rebelling.

But it’s true, Xiang Guowu’s performance was quite good.

Not only does he perform well, but he's also very capable at work!
Every time Chen Luyang observed secretly, he could see Xiang Guowu swinging his arms and doing the same thing.

Chen Luyang felt it would be unreasonable not to give him some reward for his hard work.

But now was not the time to discuss Xiang Guowu. Chen Luyang asked, "How many of these toy cars can we make from now until the social gathering?"

Yang Xiangyang said lightly: "There is no problem with the total of 180 cars."

Chen Luyang frowned slightly: "A hundred or eighty cars isn't enough! Can we have more?"

Yang Xiangyang thought for a moment and said, "Then I have to hurry up and work overtime."

After all, the workshop also has to meet the production needs of regular cars, so only a part of the workers can be assigned to produce toy cars.

But fortunately, there are many people in the machinery factory, and if we work hard, we can produce a lot of toy cars.

Chen Luyang said, "Then I'll show the toy car prototype to the factory leaders. If they agree, we'll arrange for the workers to start mass production."

Although he was mainly responsible for the affairs of the production and marketing association, no one except the factory leaders dared to decide the production tasks of the workshop.

If you want the workers to work overtime to produce toy cars, you need the approval of the factory leaders.

But what Chen Luyang didn't expect was that none of the factory leaders, who were usually steady and reliable and always managed to catch someone, were here today!
All the doors are closed.

"Where have people gone?"

Chen Luyang, holding a toy car in his hand, walked towards the office downstairs with confusion.

In the office, Secretary Xu was busy removing the red mounting paper with his head down.

Seeing that it was Chen Luyang, Xiao Xu, the secretary, stood up happily and said, "Director Chen, someone from the department is here. The factory leaders have gone to the station to pick them up."

"Who's here from the department?" Chen Luyang asked confidently.

The only department that has direct contact with the machinery factory is the Ministry of Industry.

"I heard that the deputy minister brought people here." Secretary Xu only heard a general idea from their director, and she didn't know who else was here.

Chen Luyang was not too shocked when he heard the word "Deputy Minister".

His father, Chen Dazhi, was once received in person by the minister and awarded honors.

As per past practice, the Ministry would visit various heavy industrial plants every year to conduct research and listen to work reports.

Counting the days, it was indeed time for them to come.

"Do you know what time they will be back?" Chen Luyang asked.

"I'm not sure about that." Secretary Xu smiled shyly.

The two were chatting when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Secretary Xu called out subconsciously.

Chen Luyang felt as if he had seen a ghost, as he watched Tang Xi walk in with his teeth bared, his mouth wide open, and his arms swinging.

"Good afternoon, Secretary Xu!!!"

As soon as Tang Xi entered the room, he greeted everyone with a loud laugh.

"Director Chen, you're here too? Good afternoon!"

Chen Luyang looked at the abnormal Tang Xi in surprise: "Brother, what's the good news?"

"No! Everything is normal!" The smile on Tang Xi's face never stopped since he entered the house.

"Our Propaganda Department has written some materials, and we'd like to ask the comrades in the office to help us distribute them."

Tang Xi said, and politely handed the materials in his hands to Xiao Xu, laughing and saying:
"Secretary Xu, thank you for your help~"

"It's not a problem, it's what we should do." Secretary Xu quickly took the materials.

"You guys chat first, I'm going back to the office. Bye!"

Tang Xi grinned, said goodbye to the two people as if he was full of energy, then turned and walked out the door.

Through the door, Chen Luyang could hear Tang Xi shouting "Good afternoon" to greet others.

"What's wrong with this guy? Why is he so scary?!"

Chen Luyang suddenly saw Tang Xi become like this, and hurriedly asked Secretary Xiao Xu.

Secretary Xu was also very frightened and whispered in his ear: "He's having a seizure!"

"Director Chen, you're usually in the workshop and rarely come to the main building."

"Secretary Tang suddenly became like this a few days ago. He suddenly smiled at everyone and greeted everyone he saw."

"The key is that when he laughs, he can laugh from beginning to end. As long as he doesn't say goodbye to you, he will keep chatting with you with his teeth bared."

"It's so creepy!"

"I heard from the union comrades that when he was using the restroom, he saw everyone else laughing, and it scared the union comrades so much that they didn't dare to go to the restroom anymore."

Chen Luyang was shocked!

The smell in the toilet was so bad that he didn't even want to open his mouth and could only breathe through his nose frantically.

Tang Xi could actually laugh in such a place!

This boy is unfathomable!
Secretary Xu was still terrified: "Anyway, we're all avoiding him now. He's too scary."

"He might as well just ignore everyone like before. At least he'd be more normal."

"Now, we all think he's mentally ill..."

……

Since the factory canteen invited a master chef from the provincial compound, the comrades from the Ministry of Industry ate directly in the canteen's small private room at night.

According to the workers on duty in the cafeteria that night, the iron spoon in the chef's hand was so crispy that it was broken.

The whole kitchen is filled with the aroma of delicious food.

"Brother Chen, when do you think we can have our own special meal?"

In the old restaurant, Song Liaosha threw peanuts into her mouth and spoke with great emotion.

"Forget it. It's not that easy to eat in that small kitchen. Let's just eat some shank meat here!"

Chen Luyang took a sip of white wine and dipped a piece of beef shank into the garlic sauce. He loved eating any meat!

"Ever since I had the braised pork in the cafeteria, I can't eat the food in this old restaurant anymore."

Song Liaosha picked up a piece of braised pork with some disgust. Just as he was about to swallow it, he saw Daxin walked out of the kitchen for some reason and was looking at him with resentment.

Song Liaosha was suddenly embarrassed: "Daxin, that's not what I meant."

Daxin came over wrapped in an apron, and his originally cheerful face now looked a little melancholy.

"Da Song, is the food I cook really that bad?"

"No, no!" Song Liaosha really wanted to slap herself in the face. Why did she have to do such a thing as cursing people under someone else's roof?

Chen Luyang looked at Daxin's dejected expression and asked in confusion, "Didn't you go there to steal his skills?"

"Don't even mention it." Daxin said angrily, "It's impossible to get close to him."

"That old man is so cunning. He won't let anyone get close to him when he's cooking."

"Those who know it think it's the chef cooking. Those who don't know it think it's the grandmother casting a spell in the village, shaking the fire."

Poor Daxin got up early and went to the cafeteria to cut radishes and wash dishes every day.
Although he helped his brother with a lot of work, he didn't learn any real skills and was even scolded by his father.

"Are you still going to learn from him?" Chen Luyang asked.

"I'm not going!" Daxin said sullenly.

Although he was unwilling, there was nothing he could do.

However, Daxin is a broad-minded person. If this road is blocked, he will not take it.

"Come, try the mung bean cake I made!"

Daxin took out a small plate and placed it on the table happily.

Chen Luyang was stunned for a moment, "How come you can make mung bean cakes?"

Daxin was curious: "Who else makes mung bean cakes?"

Chen Luyang asked, "Songting Restaurant has opened a pastry shop selling mung bean cakes. Why do you all like to make these in the winter?"

Daxin said, "It's because there's not much fruit in winter and my mouth has no taste, so I thought of making some mung bean cakes."

While the two were talking, Song Liaosha picked up a piece of mung bean cake and took a bite.

"Um!!!!"

Song Liaosha glared, holding the mung bean cake in her mouth, and pointed at the plate frantically, signaling Chen Luyang to eat quickly.

"Aren't you exaggerating too much?" Chen Luyang reached out and took a piece.

When you take a bite, the taste is sweet and fragrant, sweet and sandy, and it's so delicious!

Chen Luyang's eyes widened: "It tastes like what I ate when I was a kid!!!"

Daxin raised his thumbs up proudly: "My father learned the craft of making mung bean cake when he was young, and he taught me step by step."

"Don't think I'm not good at making braised pork, but I'm an expert at making mung bean cakes!"

Song Liaosha was so rude that she started talking about something else again: "Not only is the braised pork bad, the stewed beans are almost bad too!"

“You TM…!” Daxin stood up angrily and was about to take the mung bean cake away.

Chen Luyang was quick to press down the mung bean cake.

"Go, Daxin, bring me two bowls and a pot of hot water. I'll dissolve this!"

Daxin rolled his eyes at him and said, "You're quite the eater!"

After saying that, Daxin turned around, lifted the curtain, went into the kitchen, took out a bowl and a kettle, and turned the mung bean cake into a small bowl of mung bean paste.

"Brother Chen, when the time comes, you can try it and see whether the food cooked by Songting Restaurant is better or mine is better!"

A hint of desire to win flashed in Daxin's eyes.

Hearing that the chef of Songting Hotel was the master chef's apprentice, he wanted to know who made the best mung bean cake!
"No problem!" Chen Luyang patted his chest.

"I'll bring the mung bean cakes from the restaurant over later so you can try them yourself!"

……

Only three people came from the Ministry of Industry this time.

In addition to Deputy Minister Yuan, there were two other people, a man and a woman.

The group traveled light and their work style was quite concise and clear.

In addition to listening to the reports from Wang Qingzhou's three factory leaders, the rest was a symposium with the responsible persons of the Ascension Workshop and the Fusion Workshop to understand the level of technological research and development.

After hearing that the machinery factory was going to hold a car production and sales association, Deputy Minister Yuan of the Ministry of Industry expressed considerable curiosity and support!

Especially after Vice Minister Yuan saw the instruction manual in five languages for the automobile production and sales conference, the factory director's secretary immediately called the workshop and asked Chen Luyang to come to the conference room in the main building.

"Hello, leader. My name is Chen Luyang!"

As he walked into the room, Chen Luyang saw Wang Qingzhou, Yu Anshan and Dong Jiangchao happily surrounding the middle-aged man in the middle, talking and laughing.

The middle-aged man had a fair complexion and his hair was combed meticulously.

Wang Qingzhou, who rarely even smiles, now has a face full of wrinkles.

Not to mention Yu Anshan and Dong Jiangchao, the two sides cooperated with each other, talking one sentence after another, making Deputy Minister Yuan laugh heartily.

"Hello, Minister. I'm Chen Luyang."

"Xiao Chen, sit down!" Deputy Minister Yuan waved with a smile, "Are you Dazhi's son?"

"Yes, Minister." Chen Luyang nodded.

"You are much more energetic than your father!"

Deputy Minister Yuan said, "I've read the booklet you compiled. The translation is concise and clear, and the wording is well-chosen. It's quite good!"

"The idea of a production and marketing association is also very good. Starting from the actual needs of the factory, taking the initiative to open up the situation, it is very meaningful!"

Chen Luyang's face lit up with praise: "These are all decisions made by the factory leaders. I am only responsible for their execution and implementation."

Deputy Minister Yuan said with emotion: "It is a real skill to be able to implement decisions accurately and exceed standards!"

After a pause,
Deputy Minister Yuan asked, "What are you holding in your hand?"

Chen Luyang placed the toy car on the table and said, "Minister, this is the gift we plan to give to the exhibitors at the production and marketing association."

Deputy Minister Yuan picked up the car and looked around: "Flywheel car?"

He pushed the car back on the table, let go, and the car ran out smoothly.

"This is a great gift!" Deputy Minister Yuan was delighted.

Yu Anshan chuckled and tried to smooth things over. "We had thought of some gifts before, but we felt they were either too ordinary or had little relevance to the production and marketing association. It was Xiao Chen who came up with the idea of using toy cars as gifts to enhance the influence of the exhibition."

Deputy Minister Yuan asked, "That's a good idea. This gift is very unique, but I'm afraid a small car like this alone won't do much to influence the audience."

"This is indeed a problem." Chen Luyang replied.

"I went to the provincial newspaper these days and hope to find the contact information and phone numbers of newspapers in other provinces and cities through the provincial newspaper, so as to invite more reporters to participate in the production and marketing association meeting."

"Unfortunately, the provincial newspaper told me they don't have the contact information for other newspapers. Only the Ministry of Culture can centrally arrange activities for newspapers across the country."

Chen Luyang sighed, "In the end, it was the comrades from the provincial newspaper who helped us contact several newspapers out of personal friendship."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Wang Qingzhou, Yu Anshan and Dong Jiangchao changed slightly!
This audacious Chen Luyang actually came to Vice Minister Yuan to complain!

(End of this chapter)