Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 18 Branch Factory
"Zhenyu, the food is ready. Bring Xixi over to eat first, and we'll talk after dinner." An aunt shouted outside the door.

"Hey, here I come." Yang Zhenyu responded immediately.

"Let's go, let's go eat first, and then we can think about this problem slowly after dinner." Yang Zhenyu stood up and said.

"I, I have no appetite." Zhou Qianqian shook her head.

"Let's go, eat something at least, otherwise it's still early in the evening." Yang Zhenyu persuaded.

"Ah."

In the end, Zhou Qianqian agreed.

"Come, Xixi, try this, the braised pork, and this, this is the fish I stewed early in the morning." The aunt kept picking up dishes for Zhou Xixi.

"Thank you, this is too much, I can't eat it all." Zhou Qianqian said embarrassedly.

"Eat more. You can't be hungry now that you're home," said the aunt.

After dinner, Zhou Qianqian didn’t want to stay any longer. She wanted to go home and solve her problem first.

Along the way, Zhou Xixi was not in a very good mood and just remained silent, but she still remembered to show Yang Zhenyu the way, otherwise the way home would be very tortuous.

"I guess it's uncertain. The girl herself doesn't really want to get married and wants to go to college, but her family is actively trying to get her married. The details are still uncertain." Yang Zhenyu shook his head and said.

"Thank you. I'll come see you again in a couple of days." Zhou Qianqian said with a forced smile.

Yang Zhenyu also saw the situation of the Zhou family. Although it was a house with a separate courtyard, it was quite old and the decoration of the courtyard looked quite elegant.

"Okay, we're home. You go home first." Yang Zhenyu said after parking the car.

"Zhenyu, how are you?" When Yang Zhenyu came back, an aunt came up to him and asked about the situation.

"Let me take her there. The road shouldn't be short, so I can ride my bike to take her there, which will be faster." Yang Zhenyu said to his third aunt.

"Well, bye."

"Okay, go home and think about it carefully." Yang Zhenyu waved his hand and said.

Yang Zhenyu didn't know what was going on at Zhou Qianqian's house. He rode his bike slowly towards the courtyard and bought some things on the way.

Zhou Qianqian waved her hand, and then did not rush in. She watched Yang Zhenyu leave at the door.

"That's great. It's much easier than walking back." Aunt San agreed immediately. This is a good opportunity for the two of them to get in touch.

"No way, that's not what Third Aunt said." Auntie Yi immediately became unhappy. Isn't this just making fun of her?
"There is no truth in what the matchmaker says. If they all tell the truth, then this marriage will probably not be possible." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"She's so unreliable." Auntie Yi's face turned black. This Auntie San was so unreliable.

"Don't worry, Zhenyu, we'll find someone else to take a look." Auntie comforted Yang Zhenyu. "Auntie, don't be anxious about this matter, I'm still young." Yang Zhenyu said nonchalantly.

"Don't worry about it, I will handle this matter." said the aunt.

In fact, Yang Zhenyu is not in a hurry. He is only 21 years old. Strictly speaking, he has not yet graduated from graduate school. If he wants to get married, he will have to wait until next year.

This matter had been discussed with the aunt a long time ago, but the old couple were very anxious. According to them, they could date without getting married and set a date for the wedding. Then, they could get the marriage certificate right after getting their diplomas.

In this regard, Yang Zhenyu's objection was invalid and he could only follow the arrangements of the old couple.

Yang Zhenyu returned to the work of making beds again. Now it was all done by hand, but it took a lot of effort.

It was not until the evening that Yang Zhenyu finally finished making the bed.

I haven't started working on the bedside yet, so I'll have to wait until my next break to continue. Anyway, the materials have been packed up, so I'll be able to finish it quickly during my next break. Maybe I can even make something like a desk.

As soon as he got to work the next day, Yang Zhenyu was notified to attend a meeting. This was the first time he was notified to attend a meeting since he came to the factory. All other times, it was the factory leaders who attended the meetings, and as a newcomer, he had never participated in any of them.

"Chief Yang is here, please take a seat!" When Deputy Director Li saw Yang Zhenyu come in, he immediately arranged a seat for Yang Zhenyu with a smile.

"Thank you, Director Li." Yang Zhenyu thanked with a smile.

"Deputy, deputy, if people hear this, they will definitely gossip about it." Deputy Director Li said with a smile.

"Well, these are all our own people, no one would gossip about us." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

In fact, there were indeed quite a few people in the conference room at this time. They were all heads of various departments, including the heads of Technical Sections 1 and 2. Only the factory director and secretary had not arrived yet.

After a while, the factory leaders arrived and the meeting officially began.

"Today's meeting mainly focuses on the following matters. Previously, the combine harvester and rotary tiller designed by Chief Yang of the Technical Section 3 of our factory have been delivered to our superiors, who have affirmed our work. At the same time, they have also conducted many tests on the machines we delivered. Yesterday, several superior departments finally made an important instruction, approving our Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to prepare for the construction of the Red Star Agricultural Machinery Factory. Now the site selection work has been completed, and the factory has started construction. Deputy Director Wang will introduce the specific site of the factory." Director Yang took the lead in speaking.

"Regarding the matter of the branch factory, the factory leadership team held a meeting overnight yesterday to study it. The site approved by our superiors is not far from our main factory. It is just eastward from Dongzhimen. The factory has approved 500 acres of land, which is large enough. The construction of the workshop will probably have to wait until after the New Year and the beginning of spring. However, our main factory needs support in this preparation stage. The specific preparatory work will be led by Secretary Liang and Director Yang, Deputy Director Li will be responsible for logistics support, and Director Liu of the factory office will be responsible for the specific preparatory work. Now, please allow Director Liu to introduce the preparation plan." Deputy Director Wang said.

"Well, we have already started the preparatory work. For the Red Star Agricultural Machinery Factory, according to the instructions from the superiors, the annual production capacity must reach 5,000 units. This number is very stressful for any factory. After the efforts of the factory leaders, the superiors reduced this number to 1,000 units. Even if it is 1,000 units, our factory must have at least eight workshops, including six production workshops and two assembly workshops, and each workshop must be equipped with at least 300 people..."

After hearing this number, Yang Zhenyu roughly understood that this factory might have to use a large workshop and an assembly line-like production model. This might be the result of the superiors reforming the factory's original production model.

A factory with more than 2,000 employees is quite large, after all, it is just a branch factory.

The main production tasks are still carried out by the head factory. Most of the orders for accessories are completed by the head factory, and then the branch factories produce general accessories.

If you calculate it this way, the pressure on this branch factory is not that great. The real pressure should be on the main factory side.

(End of this chapter)