78: Bringing his wife and children to Harbin Institute of Technology

As usual, Master Li went to inspect the workshop early in the morning. On his way, he walked into the office to coordinate work. He immediately noticed the plan sheet on the table. After looking at the contents, his brows furrowed tightly.

"Complete 500 military items in just over 50 days?" Master Li said bluntly, "That's really too difficult to do."

Ye Bingwen looked at him quietly, waiting for him to continue.

"Our existing equipment and manpower are just sitting here, and our production capacity has long been limited," Master Li said, listing the current situation in detail. "Unless we immediately add new machine tools, recruit more workers, and put the new factory into production, we simply won't be able to meet the delivery deadline."

Ye Bingwen had already pondered these problems over and over again, and the solutions had been finalized long ago. He spoke calmly, explaining one by one: "The old equipment that was idle in the village can be transported into the factory today to fill the production capacity gap. The batch of precision machine tools ordered last week will all arrive this week. The recruitment work is also progressing in tandem, and new employees will be on duty today."

A few words immediately dispelled all of Master Li's concerns. He was stunned, his face full of surprise. He had originally planned to discuss countermeasures with them, but he never expected that the other party had already arranged all the preparations perfectly. After a few seconds of stunned silence, Master Li smiled and said with admiration, "You are always so calm and thorough in your work. You have made all the plans in advance. With these arrangements, everyone feels at ease." After saying this, he turned around and rushed back to the workshop to get busy.

Around nine o'clock in the morning, two trucks loaded with supplies roared into the factory area. Liu Yongqiang escorted the vehicles and brought them to a steady stop. When the truck bed was opened, two old milling machines, a drilling machine, and a small press were all neatly arranged inside. These were all the idle equipment from Daxing Village that had been agreed upon earlier.

What was even more surprising was that four veteran workers with more than ten years of processing experience came with them. The oldest one, Old Zhao, jumped off the truck and said to Ye Bingwen in a hearty voice, "Little Ye, I heard that the factory received an urgent order. We came here specifically to lend a hand. Put aside your own trivial matters for now and finish the production task first."

A warm feeling welled up in Ye Bingwen's heart, and he quickly thanked them, saying, "Thank you all for coming to help. With you all here, the success rate of this batch of orders will be much higher."

On the other side, Chen An and two new apprentices were waiting in the open space. As soon as the equipment was put into place, he immediately started to manually adjust the machine and taught them the practical skills. He held the apprentices' hands and demonstrated how to measure and calibrate, explaining every detail of the operation in great detail.

"Military parts cannot tolerate the slightest deviation; even the slightest error will result in scrap," Chen An solemnly instructed the newcomers. "You must observe and practice more in your daily work, and control your hand strength and measurement accuracy."

The two apprentices nodded earnestly, firmly memorizing the key points of the operation.

While everyone was busy, Liu Xiaojun rushed into the office with a hand-drawn revised blueprint in his hand.

"Director Ye, I've come up with a solution to improve the tooling," he said, spreading out the blueprints and explaining the changes. "The old tooling used to be inefficient, but after adjusting it according to this solution, the daily output can be increased from eight pieces to twelve pieces."

With the production capacity increasing by half, Ye Bingwen immediately became interested and got up to go to the new factory to verify it on-site. The old and new equipment were placed in separate areas in the workshop. The old machines were responsible for rough processing, while the brand-new machine tools had reserved workstations for fine processing. The overall layout was neat and orderly, and the spacious factory was already taking shape.

After inspecting the site, Ye Bingwen finalized the renovation plan: "First, we will make a set of improved tooling for trial operation. Once the results meet the standards, we will replace it entirely."

"Understood, I'll go prepare the materials and get started right away." Liu Xiaojun turned around and got busy with his work with great enthusiasm.

All the preparatory work in the workshop was progressing steadily. Ye Bingwen returned to his office and carefully studied the technical agreement attached by the provincial military region. His expression gradually became serious. The parts of this batch of military products had much stricter requirements in terms of precision, appearance and safety standards than ordinary civilian parts. A complete quality inspection process was essential.

He had already decided on the person in charge of quality inspection in his mind, and as soon as he walked out of the office, he called over Master Li, who was debugging the equipment.

"Master Li, we would like to ask you to take the lead in the quality inspection of this batch of goods and serve as the quality inspection team leader."

Master Li's expression immediately turned serious. He solemnly accepted the entrustment: "Since you trust me so much, I will definitely shoulder this responsibility. I will personally check the details of every product and never let a single substandard item leave the factory. I will definitely protect the reputation of our factory."

With his promise, Ye Bingwen's last worry was completely put to rest. Production, equipment, personnel, and quality control were all in place.

Work in the factory gradually got back on track, and all processes were proceeding in an orderly manner.

After noon, Ye Bingwen took a break and rode his bike to An'an's kindergarten. It happened to be a parent-child activity day, and he had promised his child earlier that he would definitely be there.

As soon as An'an stepped into the classroom, she spotted her father first. She ran over, took his hand, and excitedly introduced him to her classmates one by one.

"This is my dad. He can operate many kinds of machine tools and owns a big factory," the little guy said, standing on tiptoe, his voice full of pride. "My dad specializes in making those large machines. He's really amazing."

The children around immediately gathered around, all eager to talk about their own family members.

"My dad can fix bicycles; he can fix any problem."

"My dad makes furniture; the little desk in my house was made by him."

"My dad built a bridge, it was so impressive."

Ye Bingwen listened quietly with a smile on his face. He bent down and hugged An'an in his arms. The little girl whispered in his ear, "Of all the dads in the world, my dad is the best."

These heartwarming words instantly filled Ye Bingwen's heart.

In the evening, Ye Bingwen returned to the factory area, where the new factory building was brightly lit.

The workers and apprentices were busy with their own tasks, yet everything appeared orderly.

Standing at the entrance of the factory and looking at the scene before him, Ye Bingwen felt both at ease and reassured. All the equipment was in place, all the manpower was in place, the process optimization plan had been implemented, and the quality inspection system had been set up. All the preliminary preparations were in place, and the factory could officially start production and begin manufacturing military products tomorrow.