Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 24 Gilding

Nothing happened that night, and the next day people still got up early, and went to work or school.

Many people are ready to go to the street office to apply to join the steel rolling mill's branch.

However, none of these were important to Yang Zhenyu. After breakfast, he leisurely rode his bicycle to the steel mill.

"Chief, what is our task today?" Xin Xiangdong asked very actively.

"Today we are designing the drilling rig. Let's try to design it as soon as possible." Yang Zhenyu said.

In fact, the work in the technical department is very boring, especially Yang Zhenyu’s technical department three.

The other two technical departments spend most of their time chatting and at most going to the workshop to repair machines, but it is different for the third department, as they have to face drawings every day.

In comparison, the other two technical subjects are like retirement, while the third subject is like students facing exams.

There was no way. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country lacked talents. So except for those factories with numbers, most technical departments of ordinary factories were lucky to have three or two level nine engineers. After all, the real talents were concentrated in the factories with numbers first, and at that time, the Northwest also needed a large number of talents.

"Director Yang, is there anything you want me to do today?" Yang Zhenyu said as he sat down opposite Director Yang.

"Thank you."

After a short while, we arrived at Director Yang's office.

"I don't know the details, but it should be a good thing," said Secretary Chen.

"Secretary Chen, make Chief Yang a cup of tea."

After hearing what Secretary Chen said, Yang Zhenyu had an idea in his mind. Director Yang was probably giving him some benefits again.

"Well, there are indeed some things. Our branch factory has also started construction. I would like to ask for your opinion on how we should configure this branch factory?" Director Yang said with a smile and nodded.

This is also the reason why the steel rolling mill was willing to pay a sufficient price to invite Yang Zhenyu back to the factory. As long as there are engineers who can design machines independently, the competitiveness of the factory will be enhanced. Although it is a planned economy, if the factory is not competitive enough, the state will not give much planning, and the welfare of the factory will not be too high.

"It's all for the purpose of serving the leaders." Secretary Chen said with a smile.

"Chief Yang, Director Yang wants you to come over." The person who came was Director Yang's secretary.

"Chief Yang is here, please sit down!" Director Yang stood up and pointed at the chair opposite him.

"Okay, I'll be there right away." Yang Zhenyu nodded.

"Secretary Chen, does our leader have any instructions?" Yang Zhenyu asked in a low voice.

"Aren't the preparations almost complete?" Yang Zhenyu asked with some confusion.

"Well, the preparations are basically complete, but the staffing has not yet been finalized, so I would like to ask for your opinion. After all, the opening of this branch factory is all thanks to you." Director Yang waved his hand and said.

"Well, I haven't been in the factory for long, so I can't say much about personnel arrangements. However, I think that as a branch factory, the technical department should be strengthened. After all, if the machine breaks down, someone has to repair it. In particular, I heard that many of the equipment in this branch factory are imported, and these machines always need someone to keep an eye on them." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile. "Well, your opinion is still very pertinent. I also think that the technical department is necessary." Director Yang nodded in approval.

In fact, none of the factory leaders, including Director Yang, had considered the issue of the technical department. At most, they planned to send two technicians over. Now that Yang Zhenyu had brought it up, Director Yang had to seriously consider it.

At the same time, Director Yang also remembered that when Yang Zhenyu first came, someone had indeed caused trouble for him. Although the matter had passed, if Yang Zhenyu pursued the matter, then he, as the factory director, would have to make some statement.

Director Yang knew what Yang Zhenyu meant to the factory. His importance was definitely much greater than that of other technicians and engineers. Even if some of them were relatives of factory leaders, they still needed to express their opinions.

At the same time, Director Yang also had a plan in mind. Since the factory was a bit chaotic now, he could take this opportunity to report it to his superiors, who would definitely consider it then.

"I don't think there's anything else to worry about. After all, our head factory is keeping an eye on it, so nothing will go wrong." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"Well, Chief Yang can be so sure, so I feel relieved." Director Yang nodded.

"There is one more thing. The tasks in our third department are quite heavy. It just so happened that the higher authorities assigned us a few college students some time ago. I plan to arrange them to the third department. What do you think?" Director Yang said.

After listening to Director Yang's words, Yang Zhenyu immediately understood that the so-called people assigned by the superiors were most likely people with connections with the superiors. They probably came here to gild their reputations. After all, the situation of the steel rolling mill is very good now, and there are new projects to be reported, so there are always people who want to think about it.

After figuring out these interests, Yang Zhenyu smiled. He didn't mind someone coming to gild his reputation. After all, having a good relationship was also a kind of connection.

"I have no objection. However, the tasks in the three departments are a bit heavy recently. If you fail to meet the technical requirements, I will definitely fire you." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"Well, don't worry about that. All the people who come to our factory are college graduates. They are guaranteed to be talented." Director Yang was relieved when he saw Yang Zhenyu agreed. What he was most worried about was that Yang Zhenyu would not agree, which would be a real trouble.

Just as Yang Zhenyu thought, this time they were said to be college students assigned by their superiors, but in fact they were relatives of their superiors. It was a bit exaggerated to say that they were gilding the lily, but their families definitely wanted to take this opportunity to make their resumes look better.

"By the way, Director Yang, I would like to apply for waste materials." Yang Zhenyu skipped this topic.

"Oh? What do you want the waste materials for? There are still quite a lot of new materials in the factory. If you want to use them, just approve some for you when the time comes." Director Yang asked curiously.

"Well, there's no need to go through so much trouble. It's winter now. I thought it would be so cold, so I decided to make a simple heater for my aunt's house using only waste materials." Yang Zhenyu explained.

"Well, there's no problem here. I'll write you a note and then you can go to the logistics department to pick it up. It's not a big deal." Director Yang nodded and said.

"Thank you, Director." Yang Zhenyu said with a smile.

"Hey, there's no need to be polite. But I'm just curious, is there anything that Section Chief Yang doesn't know?" Director Yang waved his hand and said.

"Well, this is school. When I have nothing to do, I want to learn more things. I have learned a lot of miscellaneous things, and I don't know which one of them can be used." Yang Zhenyu explained with a smile.

Director Yang knew that Yang Zhenyu was being modest. After all, there were a few college students in the factory, but their level was far inferior to Yang Zhenyu's.

However, Director Yang also knows that engineers do need to learn a lot, especially if they want to upgrade to the highest levels, which requires a huge amount of knowledge reserves.

(End of this chapter)