Recruiting disciples in the Siheyuan will make you stronger

Chapter 69 70. Invention
Day by day, it has been more than a month since Silly Zhu was beaten and Zhou Pingan became the team leader.

Time is a very fair and cruel thing.

In more than a month, Xu Damao was discharged from the hospital, and the scars from Si Zhu's beating were healed. Zhou Ping'an's safety manual was also completed, and received awards from the factory leaders, and began to be promoted throughout the steel rolling mill. Come.

At the same time, Zhou Pingan's second apprentice, Chen Xiuhua, also had the skills of a second-level worker after being taught by Zhou Pingan, while the eldest apprentice's skills had reached the level of a third-level fitter.

It's not like Zhou Pingan is not accepting apprentices, but the system has said that only level [-] skills can recruit three apprentices. Now Zhou Pingan's fitter skills are rated at level [-] according to the system, which is an advanced skill and can only recruit two. apprentice.

Zhou Ping'an naturally wanted to recruit more disciples as soon as possible, but unfortunately the system restrictions prevented him from expanding it!

But Zhou Ping'an is also very satisfied. After all, he has only been in this era for about half a year. He is already a team leader and a seventh-level worker. He has two apprentices and his salary is as high as 90 yuan. He is already better than many people. Too much,
It is now November, and the weather in Forty-Nine City is already very cold. This makes Zhou Pingan miss the heaters, electric blankets, and water dispensers that produce hot water at the touch of a button in his previous life.

And just today, after Zhou Pingan finished his work, he began to think about whether he should get something to improve his life?
After being silent for a long time, Zhou Pingan stood up suddenly and walked towards Wang Jianguo's office.

"Ping'an, who are you?" Wang Jianguo asked with some confusion after seeing Zhou Ping'an walk in.

"I just thought of a small invention. Let's see if I can make it. If it can, it will be able to generate income for our factory." Zhou Ping'an replied casually.

Wang Jianguo looked at Zhou Pingan with confusion, his eyes filled with an incredible look.

He really couldn't understand how a 17-year-old boy could reach level seven in benchwork skills and create inventions.

You know, in this day and age, creation and invention is a high-end thing. Just hearing about it makes people feel awesome.

Zhou Ping'an ignored Wang Jianguo. The small invention he was talking about was nothing else but "heating fast", a device that heats hot water quickly.

Although it has long been eliminated in modern times, people still use electric kettles or water dispensers to boil water.

But in the 60s, "heating quickly" was a good little invention.

Because Zhou Pingan wanted to improve his life, and the first step was to use a coal stove to heat hot water, which was too cumbersome.

"Fast heating" is a very simple electric heater. The fast heating coil is usually made of a thinner metal tube.

A heating wire is installed in the tube, and then insulating materials such as magnesium oxide powder are poured into it. The heating wire is packaged and fixed in the middle of the tube so that it does not contact the tube wall. Both ends of the heating wire are connected to the power cord.

After being powered on, current flows through the heating wire, and the heating wire generates heat. If the heat is quickly immersed in a liquid, the heat will be quickly dissipated through the liquid, so that the liquid will be heated quickly without burning out the heating wire. .

And while Zhou Pingan was drawing the drawings and thinking about the various situations of the "heat quickly", Zhou Pingan suddenly thought that the "heat quickly" was just a very simple device, which was too easy to be cracked and plagiarized.

Zhou Ping'an's idea is to make "heating fast" bring profits to the steel rolling mill, so naturally it cannot be done like this.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Pingan had a rough plan, so Zhou Pingan said hello to Wang Jianguo and came to Director Yang's office with the drawings.

Although being the director of a large factory is not so easy to see, who is Zhou Pingan? The youngest seventh-level worker in the factory should also be the youngest seventh-level worker in the country. The name itself is not simple. Answer, of course I have the privilege of meeting Director Yang.

"Hey, Ping'an, it's rare for you to come to me. Tell me, if you have anything I can do, I will definitely do it for you." After seeing Zhou Ping'an, Director Yang couldn't help but smile at Zhou Ping'an. Ping An joked.

"The factory director is busy with official duties, so I don't want to disturb you too much. There's just something I want to talk to the factory director about today, and let him make an idea by the way."

Zhou Pingan said polite words, and everyone carried the sedan chair. People give you face, so you have to give others face, right?

"Say," Director Yang said directly, speaking very simply.

"Director, look, this is the drawing of a small invention I made." Zhou Ping'an handed the "Hot Fast" drawing to Director Yang.

After taking it, Director Yang looked through it carefully and asked with some confusion: "What is this?"

"I call it fast heating. As the name suggests, it is used to heat water, and the heating speed is very fast. My idea is to set up a special workshop in the factory to produce this thing and generate income for the factory." Zhou Pingan said directly. .

After hearing this, Director Yang flipped through the drawings again.

Director Yang is a technical person, so he can naturally understand the drawings. After looking at it for a while, he roughly understood the principle of rapid heating. He knew that it was indeed what Zhou Ping'an said, but he said with some worry: " But I think it’s easy to get popular quickly and it will be imitated very soon after it’s sold!
Under such circumstances, wouldn’t it be inappropriate to have a workshop in our factory? "

After Director Yang understood the truth, what Zhou Ping'an thought of was the first thing he thought of, and he immediately spoke.

"Director, my idea is that we don't sell it first, we produce it first, and when we have enough stock for the four-nine cities, we can launch it directly and win the market in all the four-nine cities." Zhou Ping'an also thought of it when he came here The method was stated.

After hearing this, Factory Director Yang began to think deeply. He naturally understood that he should stock up the goods first and then sell them. In this way, after the products are sold, even if others pay attention to them and then imitate them, production still takes time and cannot be compared with rolling steel. Factory stock.

But there is another risk, that is, what if this thing is not easy to sell?
What should I do if no one agrees?
After all, there is uncertainty before any product is made.

However, Factory Director Yang did not address this issue, but said: "In that case, should we stock up more goods and spread them all over the country?"

Zhou Ping'an listened to Director Yang's suggestion, but shook his head and said: "Director, the factory's tasks are very tight. It is impossible to spare too many manpower to do this. How long will it take to stock up enough goods for the whole country? "

"Furthermore, the steel rolling mill has a reputation in Sijiu City, and it has some connections. It can distribute goods directly. But outside Sijiu City, it is difficult to say. Not to mention whether there are channels to distribute goods. Over time, it has been What should I do if many products cannot be sold due to counterfeiting?
I think we should just protect our three-thirds of an acre of land. "

After listening to Zhou Pingan's words, Director Yang couldn't help but nodded, which made him feel that Zhou Pingan was a talent even more.

But it’s still the same question, what if this product is not acceptable to customers?
However, Director Yang did not ask this question. After all, he could not dampen the enthusiasm of his subordinates.

What's more, if this thing is really easy to sell, if he can capture the market in Forty-Nine Cities in one fell swoop, the steel rolling mill can generate a lot more revenue.

That is your own merit.

If nothing else, at least there must be a bold and courageous comment on your resume.

You must know that the steel rolling mill is a large state-owned factory, and the state is responsible for its profits and losses.The ability of the rolling steel mill to generate additional income is due to the merits of Director Yang, and with merits, there is the possibility of upward growth, which is very important.

What's more, seeing how fast it was getting hot, he just felt that it was very marketable. After all, it was convenient.

Even he felt that there was a huge market for this fast-heating bear abroad, especially the furry bears from neighboring countries, which have long and cold winters. This thing should be very popular with them and can create foreign exchange.

The more Factory Director Yang thought about it, the more excited he became, but he still resisted the desire to call the big boss. After all, there were only drawings and no real objects. It didn't look so real.

Then Director Yang said to Zhou Ping'an: "Ping'an, you go and make a sample first. I'll try it. If there are no problems, I'll report it to the leader."

After listening to what Director Yang said, Zhou Ping'an immediately said: "Director, that's it. You also know the power supply level in our country now. I will make two. One is to adapt to the rapid heating of electricity used by our current residents. , the other one is used in our factory.

There is no difference in appearance between the two, it is nothing more than a power issue. "

After hearing this, Director Yang nodded in agreement and wrote a note to Zhou Ping'an, asking him to find accessories.

Zhou Ping'an took the note from Director Yang and went down to pick up the accessories and start making the hot ones.

Zhou Ping'an, who possesses level [-] fitter skills, can make parts very quickly. After all, level [-] workers can rub aircraft carriers by hand. Although level [-] workers are not that easy, it is not easy.

Zhou Ping'an moved very quickly. In just over an hour, the two were almost ready.

Later, Zhou Ping'an brought this heat to Director Yang's office.

Director Yang took the thermos that heated quickly, and first used the most common one adapted to the electricity used by today's residents. It took 10 minutes for the water in the thermos to boil, and then he used the fast one. It actually took less than 10 minutes to boil the water.

Factory Director Yang was very happy after seeing this. He immediately picked up the phone and called the senior leader.

When the senior leader received a call from Director Yang and listened to Director Yang's report on the situation of "fast heating", the senior leader was very happy. The first thing he thought about was that this "fast heating" would not only make it easier for people across the country to solve the problem of hot water. problem, and more importantly it can also create foreign exchange.

As a big leader, he knows very well what advantages flower growers have in the world.

That is, as the country with the largest population in the world has more flower growers, the cost of handicraft industry will naturally decrease significantly.

If "Hot Fast" can occupy the global market with low cost, then the benefits it will gain will be astonishing!

"Okay, you did a good job on this matter. Comrade Zhou Pingan is not only very capable, but also very thoughtful. If this matter is successful, it can create foreign exchange for the country, and Zhou Pingan will be another great achievement."

"The country is in a difficult situation now. It owes a lot of foreign debts, especially to the Bear Country. We borrowed a lot of arms and technology from them, and we have to pay them back."

"If all the bears can use it quickly, we can earn a lot of foreign exchange."

"I will arrange for people to go to the steel rolling mill to build a new workshop first, specifically to produce this hot product. You must vigorously produce it to seize the opportunity."

"The next step is to promote production nationwide, export, seize the world market, and earn foreign exchange."

"Director Yang has done a good job and deserves praise, but remember not to treat our comrade workers badly!"

After the big boss hung up the phone, Director Yang's face lit up with joy, and then he kept praising Zhou Ping'an and was extremely excited.

Obviously, the praise given to him by the big leader is very practical, and he understands that he will definitely have a good evaluation on his resume, and all of this was brought by Zhou Ping'an.

But Zhou Ping'an shook his head helplessly. He invented this "heat quickly" because he wanted to make hot water more convenient and slowly boil water without using a coal stove to improve his life. At the same time, he wanted the steel rolling mill to capture the Sijiucheng market and generate income.

When Factory Director Yang reported to the top leaders, he was thinking about exporting fur bears to earn foreign exchange for the country.

As for the big leaders, they are directly thinking about exporting to the world and trying their best to seize the world market.

This is what people often say: the butt determines the head. Where you sit determines the angle and scope of your thinking.

Director Yang was overjoyed and made a big deal for Zhou Pingan. After the new workshop was established, he was transferred to be the deputy director of the workshop.

After all, Zhou Pingan has made great achievements this time. A newly established workshop must have at least hundreds of additional job quotas.

If the scale is large, it may require thousands of people.

Therefore, it is not excessive at all to give Zhou Pingan a deputy director of the workshop.

Originally, there was no need for so many people just to promote Sijiucheng. It would be useless to produce too much and "get hot quickly". After all, the market is so big.

But if you earn foreign exchange through exporting, then no amount is too much.

Then the two of them exchanged pleasantries, and Factory Manager Yang still had to make a report. The new workshop could not be built hastily and had to be approved before it could be approved, so Zhou Ping'an said goodbye and left.

Who would have thought that a small "heat quickly" can create such great value!
It allowed Zhou Pingan to step directly from a small cadre into a management position in one fell swoop.

After Zhou Pingan returned to the workshop, Wang Jianguo called him out.

Wang Jianguo handed Zhou Ping'an a cigarette. After the two smoked for a while, Wang Jianguo said, "How about it? Did your invention pass?"

When Zhou Ping'an heard Wang Jianguo's words, he nodded and said, "It passed. The leader is very satisfied."

"Congratulations then." Wang Jianguo was stunned for a moment, then said.

(End of this chapter)