Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 142 Features: Cheap, sturdy, easy to use

When we arrived at the conference room, everyone else had already expired.

After everyone was seated, Vice Minister Zhou said, "Okay, let's continue our afternoon meeting."

"At the beginning of the meeting, I announced several penalty decisions."

When they arrived, everyone felt nervous.

They don't know what kind of punishment they will receive, because whether the punishment can be severe or severe depends on the meaning above.

Vice Minister Zhou took out the document stamped by the Ministry of Industry and said, "I won't read the full text aloud, but will just tell you the final decision on punishment."

"Yang Weimin, the director of the No. 1 Steel Rolling Plant, has poor leadership and unclear knowledge of people, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of him. The manufacturing drawings of No. Steel's machine tools were stolen. After research and decision by the Ministry of Industry, he will be punished with an administrative downgrade of one level. The director will be responsible for the factory. Director, for the time being, he still exercises the authority of the director of the No. Steel Plant."

"Tao Yuan, the representative of the No. 1 Steel Rolling Plant, has a weak sense of security, which allowed the enemy to take advantage of him. The manufacturing drawings of No. Steel's machine tools were stolen. After research and decision by the Ministry of Industry, he will be punished with an administrative downgrade of one level, and his authority will remain unchanged."

"The chief of the personnel section of the No. 1 Steel Rolling Plant is gentle, has poor knowledge of people, and lacks awareness of prevention, which has given the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of him. The manufacturing drawings of No. Steel's machine tools were stolen. After research and decision by the Ministry of Industry, he will be punished with an administrative downgrade to level , and the section chief will Demoted to deputy section chief, he will still exercise the authority of the personnel section chief for the time being."

"Qi Fei, the chief of the security section of the No. 2 Steel Rolling Plant, neglected his duties, acted ineffectively, and failed to perform the duties of the security section, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of him. The manufacturing drawings of No. Steel's machine tools were stolen. After research and decision by the Ministry of Industry, he was administratively demoted to level and retained. The party inspected and punished him, and he was demoted from the section chief to the director, and he still exercised the authority of the security section chief for the time being."

"Jiang Chen, the deputy director of the Engineering Section of the No. 3 Steel Rolling Mill, did not know the person well and failed to keep it safe, which gave the enemy an opportunity and the No. 3 Steel machine tool manufacturing drawings were stolen. However, because of his bravery in pursuing the enemy and recovering the drawings, the merits and demerits are outweighed, so no reward will be given. No punishment.”

"Security guards Zhang San and Li Si of the No. 3 Steel Rolling Plant neglected their duties while on duty and failed to perform their duties, which allowed the enemy to take advantage of them. The manufacturing drawings of No. 3 Steel's machine tools were stolen. After study and decision by the Ministry of Industry, he will be dismissed from public service."

"The above penalties will take effect from the time of announcement. Do you have any objections?"

It is not an exaggeration to say that such a big thing happened that it broke the sky.

Except for the security guard who was on duty at the time, who was directly fired, the others were only demoted and demoted, and their authority remained unchanged. This was already a great blessing. There would still be objections.

Yang Weimin and others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Tao Yuan said: "Thank you for your tolerance and trust from the leaders. We will definitely correct our shortcomings and repay with practical actions."

Vice Minister Zhou waved his hand: "If you want to thank me, just thank Jiang Chen!"

"He gave up his own interests and begged the chief to be lenient, otherwise your punishment would be much heavier than what was just announced."

"Well, punishment is not the purpose, nor is it a means. It is just to let you remember today's lesson and draw lessons from it in future work."

"Next, let's talk about machine tool production."

The last time we communicated, we had discussed machine tool production.

But today, we will conduct a more specific and in-depth discussion based on the manufacturing drawings sent by the army.

The main thing is to conduct preliminary communication on which parts need to be produced by brother companies, which parts and tasks need to be implemented by No. 3 Steel Plant itself, the requirements for each part, etc.

Vice Minister Zhou pointed to the drawing and said, "Xiao Jiang, are the tolerance requirements for this part a bit high?"

"I'm afraid many brother units cannot make parts with such small errors."

Jiang Chen said: "It's better to be lacking than to overdo it. Whoever can do it will take over. If no one can do it, we will train people to do it ourselves."

"It just so happens that the training for all employees of No.3 Steel Plant is about to end. I will gather the training department to conduct training on the parts produced by No.3 Steel Plant, and then select workers from the factory to participate in the training."

"After the training, those who pass the assessment will produce machine tool parts. Those who fail the assessment will return to their respective positions for production."

Yang Weimin said: "How many people do you estimate will be needed to produce this machine tool?"

Jiang Chen said: "It depends on how many jobs other factories can take. We need to do whatever they can't take on ourselves."

"But I estimate there will be no more than a thousand people."

Vice Minister Zhou frowned: "No. 3 Steel Plant is the main site for machine tool production. Why do we need so few workers?"

Jiang Chen said: "Actually, this number of people is not decided by our No. 3 Steel Plant, but by the Ministry of Industry." "You put forward your requirements for how many machine tools to produce in a month, and then we will match the production capacity of the workers and Brother No. 1 Factory."

“For example, if we produce one hundred machine tools a month, we only need to match the workers needed to produce one hundred machine tools. At the same time, each factory involved in parts production will each transport the qualified parts required for one hundred machine tools to Sansteel. Just a factory."

Vice Minister Zhou said: "What if I need 10,000 units?"

Jiang Chen was stunned: "Vice Minister Zhou, actually you don't need to give us a round number, but just tell me how many units we need to produce in a month."

"No matter how many machine tools you want, they will be produced month by month, not all at once."

“The number of units produced per month needs to be calculated and must be stable over the long term.”

"First of all, how many machines do we need as a flower grower? How big is the foreign trade market? Then we consider the wear and tear and lifespan of the machine tools to get the monthly production capacity we need."

"We can't ask for a thousand units this month, a hundred units next month, and a thousand units the next month."

There are so many things to consider.

In particular, political needs need to be taken into consideration, so Jiang Chen is too lazy to participate and lets the Ministry of Industry calculate it by itself.

He only needs to train personnel and provide a sufficient number of machine tools according to the needs of the Ministry of Industry.

As for how to distribute it and how much to keep and sell, he didn't bother to care, and actually couldn't care less.

Vice Minister Zhou nodded: "Okay, I will find someone to calculate this after the meeting."

"So, what do you think is the appropriate price for this machine tool?"

Yang Weimin and Tao Yuan were stunned. They had never considered the price issue.

In other words, before Jiang Chen appeared, they never thought that the things they produced could be exported to earn foreign exchange.

Therefore, the price issue is basically their blind spot.

Jiang Chen said: "This machine tool we have now should be considered a relatively advanced machine tool in the world."

"But in fact, the production cost of machine tools is not high, and compared with its value, it is almost negligible."

"So, my suggestion is that our machine tools are 20% cheaper than other machine tools of the same grade, and we should follow the route of small profits but quick turnover."

"Because technology is developing very fast, before the machine tools are updated, we can sell as many machines as we can."

Flower growers of later generations have the tradition of making every technological product at a cabbage price.

Whether it's a drone or a phased radar, it's all at a cabbage price.

Even the paint for stealth fighter jets was initially very expensive in the industry, and it was a bargain on a certain treasure.

Vice Minister Zhou said: "Be confident, Sangang machine tools are the most advanced among similar machine tools in the world."

"But if we price it too low, will it make people doubt its value or even cause a price war, resulting in lower and lower prices."

Jiang Chen said: "Minister Zhou, the situation you mentioned is certainly possible. But you have to consider one thing, and that is the speed of technological development."

"Although Sangang machine tools are the most advanced now, in three to five years, even we ourselves will develop machine tools that are much more advanced than Sangang machine tools."

"At that time, your Sangang machine tool will completely lose the market. Therefore, we should not think too much and go too far. Instead, we should start from this machine tool and bring out the characteristics of flower growers."

"The things we produce are cheap, durable and easy to use. As long as this image is established, it will become easier and easier for us to earn foreign exchange from exports in the future."

"Of course, these are my personal suggestions and are for reference only."

(End of this chapter)