Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Liu Qingshan also quickly stood up, faced the entrance, and applauded.

Only when the person walked onto the stage did Liu Qingshan see who was coming.

Those who came were all senior leaders from the Ministry of Light Industry, and there were quite a few of them.

Director Lin then began to guide the leaders to their seats.

After a long opening speech, the climax of the conference began.

"The workers of our textile factory are the most lovely workers. It is because of your efforts that we have achieved brilliant results this year. Now, Deputy Director Kong of the Light Industry Department will announce the list of outstanding workers of the Hundred Days Campaign. Everyone applaud."

"Outstanding workers include Li Xiuqin, Wang Li, Zheng Baoqin..." There are more than a dozen people in total.

Soon, a row of outstanding workers wearing big red flowers and holding certificates stood on the stage.

The prizes were also very rich. The factory not only distributed a complete set of labor protection supplies and work clothes, but also gave each person some oil coupons and meat coupons.

Later, some logistics personnel were commended, but their number was slightly less than that of the front-line workers.

At this time, Director Lin also came up.

"Our factory can achieve such great results this time, which is inseparable from the efforts of our workers and the support of our superiors.

At the same time, there was also help from a special person, Liu Qingshan, an engineer from the technical department of the Third Steel Rolling Mill.

The initial design drawings of the short-sleeved shirts and sports suits produced by our factory this time were designed by him. It is because of his selfless dedication that this Hundred Days Campaign was possible. Now, please allow Minister Wang to announce the commendation for him. "Director Lin took the lead in applauding, and there was a burst of applause.

He Yushui in the crowd clapped her hands until they turned red, and she kept introducing this person to the people around her as her neighbor's brother.

There were also many bold female workers who kept asking Liu Qingshan whether he had a girlfriend, and they did not stop until they found out that he was married and had children.

"Comrade Liu Qingshan's design is very good. People from our Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the products produced by the textile factory were in short supply once they arrived overseas. And it also spread our traditional culture overseas. This is a good thing.

I came here today to meet this talented person. Comrade Liu Qingshan, please come up to the stage."

Just after he finished speaking, Minister Wang looked around.

Liu Qingshan walked up to the stage with his head held high, bowed to the audience first, then turned around and bowed to the stage again.

"Although you are not from our Ministry of Light Industry, you have done a great job in the textile factory. We have decided to award you a third-class individual merit. We will also reward you with a bicycle."

The workers below the stage were immediately shocked when they heard the minister's speech. This reward was really great. In this era where honor is paramount, the third-class merit is a great honor.

Minister Wang took Liu Qingshan's hand and shook it vigorously.

……

The commendation meeting was over and all the workers left in an orderly manner. They would go to the cafeteria later as they would have extra meals at noon, which was equivalent to a celebration banquet.

Liu Qingshan followed a group of leaders to the small box.

It’s finally a little quieter here.

Director Lin was planning to arrange for everyone to sit down, but Minister Wang sat down directly. He then said, "Xiao Lin, you don't have to worry about that. Everyone, please sit wherever you want."

Everyone took their seats, and Liu Qingshan sat next to Director Lin near the door.

"Director Lin, there's no wine here. You're being a bit stingy!" Deputy Minister Kong joked with a smile.

"It's really not my fault. I had prepared good wine, but before you came, Xiao Liu gave me some different ideas. I was thinking that since the leaders are all here today, we can have a short meeting to discuss it later." Aunt Lin said apologetically.

As soon as Director Lin said this, the eyes of several leaders of the Ministry of Light Industry suddenly lit up.

"Comrade Xiao Liu, do you have any good ideas? Let's chat while we eat. Just have a casual chat." Minister Wang said casually.

"I do have some ideas, which are just my humble opinions and can give you some inspiration." Liu Qingshan said modestly.

"Don't be so modest. We are having a meal here. Just speak boldly and we will listen first." Minister Wang gave Liu Qingshan a heads-up and told him to speak without any worries.

"The export business of short-sleeved shirts can only be done temporarily. If we want to continue doing it for a long time, our material supply cannot support it. After all, the country is not rich now.

But there are some things we can make, such as leather jackets, leather shoes, belts, leather bags, and the down products that I mentioned to Director Lin today. "Liu Qingshan paused and continued:

"Our industrial base is backward, but we have many workers. There are still many people on the streets doing nothing. We can make some high-quality products to export abroad.

For example, the belts I mentioned are not difficult to produce. We can produce them manually and then export them to earn foreign exchange.

I just thought of a way to quickly train workers, which is actually the same as the assembly lines abroad."

Liu Qingshan wanted to continue speaking, but was interrupted by Minister Wang.

"Xiao Liu, please stop for a moment. Let's finish our meal quickly and go to the meeting room later. Otherwise, the food will be cold by the time you finish speaking. We won't be able to take notes."

Liu Qingshan scratched his head embarrassedly.

Everyone now ate faster and finished in no time.

No one was talking during that time, and Liu Qingshan didn't even dare to make any noise while eating.

Seeing that everyone had put down their chopsticks, Minister Wang waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the meeting room."

The group walked towards the meeting room again.

Liu Qingshan held Aunt Lin and whispered, "Aunt, are there any drawings or blackboards in the conference room?"

"I'll ask someone to get it. You go with the deputy director and the others first." Aunt Lin turned around and went to the factory office.

When they arrived at the conference room, Liu Qingshan stood in front of the round table, looked at everyone and said, "Wait a moment, Director Lin is going to get something, it will be ready soon."

After a while, Director Lin brought over a large piece of manuscript paper and placed it on the table, and everyone sat down around the table.

"I just mentioned the methods and means of quickly training workers. I will use drawings to help explain it."

Liu Qingshan drew two straight lines.

"This is equivalent to a workbench. I divide the production process of a product into many parts. Each person only does his own part. New trainees only need to learn this part and become proficient in it.

The rest of the process is done by other people, and that’s the assembly line. But we can’t industrialize it.”

Liu Qingshan drew a simple pattern on the picture.

A group of leaders were taking notes quickly.

"Your idea is very good. We can get started right away with a little training for each process, and then start large-scale production. Moreover, this method can be used in many aspects. The application range is very wide." Minister Kong said.

"Yes, basically as long as it is a multi-process production, we can do this. We can also put some machines in it and make it a link, which can greatly increase production." Liu Qingshan said.

"If machines like this can be connected into a line, wouldn't that be the industrial production line abroad?" Director Lin suddenly had an idea.

"Yes, I translated some foreign literature when I was in college. Although there are no specific machine features, the principle should be correct," Liu Qingshan explained.

"Please tell us more about the products you mentioned today." Minister Wang thought for a while and then spoke.

"Okay, Minister."