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Chapter 555 Fame Brings Trouble! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Wu Aiguo was naturally unaware of the bizarre events that had occurred in the neighboring courtyard at number 95.

It's even more unclear how much repression the second uncle was experiencing.

I reckon there will be a lot of trouble about making honeycomb briquettes for people in the future.

With someone like Jia Zhangshi, who's always stirring up trouble even when she's in the wrong, how could she not cause trouble for Second Uncle's family when it comes to real money? Unless they voluntarily withdraw from the honeycomb briquette production market in the courtyard.

At this moment, he was privately instructing his father, Wuzhi, on how to make the simplest honeycomb briquette stove.

This thing is actually very easy to make!

The key is that you need high-quality refractory bricks; otherwise, the lifespan of the honeycomb briquette stove will be too short, which will greatly affect its reputation and sales.

It's still pretty much the same as before!
Once the product is made, let it be put to the test at the factory.

Then, as a benefit, give one or two purchase slots to internal employees, and there's no need to encourage them further.

Anyone who has seen the factory director personally supervise the experiment of the honeycomb briquette stove knows that it must be a good product.

It's much more convenient than a traditional stove.

The key is that three to five honeycomb briquettes can last a day.

Once the workers brought home the simple honeycomb briquette stoves at the factory price, they immediately became the stars of the courtyard or siheyuan.

With the weather hot right now, the need for hot water isn't so urgent.

Only families with children need a daily supply of hot water.

This eliminates the need to burn coal briquettes, freeing up a considerable amount of time.

Not to mention, burning coal briquettes often produces a strong odor and doesn't burn completely, leaving the house full of black ash that needs to be cleaned regularly, which is really too much trouble.

Simple honeycomb briquette stoves eliminate these problems.

Then, the honeycomb briquette stoves produced by the Gulou Repair Factory suddenly became very popular in the surrounding residential areas.

With daily sales increasing, the repair shop's accounts are naturally accumulating more and more funds.

Wu Zhi is in high spirits!

He followed his eldest son Wu Aiguo's advice and applied to the local government to purchase a batch of old machine tools that were about to be phased out by surrounding factories.

At the same time, the entire repair shop is expanding its capacity and production!

The street office was given fifty job openings, which made Director Chen beam with joy and he seemed much more energetic.

Naturally, he directly suppressed those suggestions that were detrimental to the repair shop.

The repair shop was riding high, making all the other struggling shops under the street's jurisdiction look utterly pathetic.

How could those factory managers in the neighborhoods not feel envy, jealousy, and resentment?
Never underestimate the treacherous nature of the human heart!
No one has reported it. How long has the repair shop been open?
However, various suggestions piled up on Director Chen's desk.

Some just want to take advantage, while others want to usurp the position and take over.

Some even planned to completely undermine China's defenses.

They suggested that the local authorities increase the proportion of funds drawn from repair shops.

If it was only 30% or 40% before, the other party suggested directly increasing it to 80%!

Anyway, the repair shop is doing very well right now and can afford to bleed money out of it like this.

These details were 'unintentionally' revealed by a staff member from the neighborhood committee during a meal, when the staff member had drunk quite a bit.

If that's the case, is it still possible for repair shops to grow and become successful?
All I can say is that those fifty job openings were incredibly timely. Also, the factory's accounts absolutely cannot have too much money.

Ideally, the money should be turned into tangible factory buildings, other supporting facilities, or machinery and equipment.

You can't use the experience of the 1990s to run a state-owned enterprise in the 1960s.

That's not all. As the saying goes, with fame comes trouble, and the same applies to factories.

Seeing that the Gulou Repair Shop was thriving, quite a few people wanted to temporarily get involved and get a piece of the pie.

Wu Zhi, the biological father, privately revealed that he had received accurate information from the neighborhood committee that there was fierce competition for the position of secretary of the repair shop.

Not only are the candidates for Party Secretary popular, but the candidates for Chairman of the Trade Union are also highly sought after.

Ignore all of that!

Wu Aiguo reminded him, "Father, as long as you firmly control the factory's R&D, and some personnel and finance, you can let go of everything else!"

"If you establish strict rules and regulations, then follow them!"

"If anyone tries to cause trouble in the factory, just report them to the local authorities and say that their actions are affecting normal production!"

"If the other party is too powerful, only wants to take benefits without sharing responsibilities and obligations, and treats you like a beast of burden, then we should discuss with the neighborhood committee to start anew!"

"Dad, you're a capable person in the eyes of the neighborhood now. As long as you continue to perform well, you won't need to worry about what others think, at least not in the repair shop's little corner of the business!"

Wu Zhi listened with great enthusiasm, his eyes seemingly shining.

When he was at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, he was never this arrogant.

Any workshop foreman could seize the opportunity to point his finger at him and hurl insults at him for ten minutes straight without stopping.

He was only a level 5 worker, not as arrogant as Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai from the neighboring courtyard number 95, especially since he was caught making a mistake.

With renewed vigor, Wu Zhi's enthusiasm for research and development reached unprecedented heights.

They brought a makeshift factory 'technical team,' which consisted of three level-three fitters and one vocational school graduate who had been assigned there.

Soon, they managed to tinker with a more advanced honeycomb briquette stove.

In addition to the coal-fired stove, there was also a water tank next to it that could be heated, with a capacity of about half a bucket of water.

In addition, there are a few small metal compartments for heating rice and other food, making it a very basic microwave oven.

It was indeed very popular as soon as it was launched!
As long as the honeycomb briquettes in the stove didn't go out, there would be a plentiful supply of hot water, which was incredibly convenient for the people of Beijing.

Of course, at this time, such high-end honeycomb briquette stoves had just been launched on the market, and the price was still quite high, making them unaffordable for ordinary working families.

Even so, the repair shop has been operating on two shifts, busy all day long.

If Wu Zhi hadn't received Wu Aiguo's reminder not to easily switch to three shifts, the repair shop's workload would probably have increased even further.

As I mentioned to Director Chen of the neighborhood committee before, the market for honeycomb briquette stoves is truly vast.

At this time, only the Drum Tower Repair Factory in the entire capital was producing it, and the situation could no longer be described as one of supply falling short of demand; it had even formed a certain monopoly.

Anyway, as soon as one unit was manufactured in the production workshop, it was immediately picked up by the purchasing staff of the supply and marketing cooperative who had been waiting for a long time.

This situation certainly won't last!

Even if the local government is unwilling, it won't work; higher-level departments will definitely make overall arrangements to get more relevant factories into the production line.

As the first repair shop in the area, Gulou is sure to reap the most lucrative and lasting benefits.

(End of this chapter)