Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Zhou Tian fell silent when he heard his leader's words. In fact, he definitely supported this kind of thing in principle. But there was one problem. He was not sure whether the logistics department would agree to it given the nature of the current Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory.

After thinking about it, he expressed his concerns truthfully.

After hearing Zhou Tian's ideas, both Mr. Tang and Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, although Zhou Tian is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, his organizational relationship has been transferred to the military, especially after he developed the anti-aircraft missile, his name was even listed at the highest level.

They now dare not underestimate Zhou Tian’s position in the top management. At this time, Zhou Tian’s position is no longer limited to the director of a machinery factory.

"That's good, as long as you agree. As for the logistics department, we will communicate with them!"

Mr. Tang said with a smile.

"That's fine. If there is no problem with the logistics department, I will definitely cooperate!"

After seeing off Mr. Tang and the others, Zhou Tian took a rest in the office and then went back to the workshop. Now, in the entire factory, except for a part that was completing the tasks assigned by the superiors, the other workshops were continuously producing daily agricultural machinery.

Since the Ministry of Agriculture approved the acceptance of agricultural machinery, the machinery factory has made rapid progress in daily agricultural machinery. Orders for rice mills and oil presses are enough to be filled until next year.

Unfortunately, there is still no progress on tractors. Combine harvesters also passed the acceptance of the Ministry of Agriculture a few months ago, but like tractors, it is not the time to mass-produce them.

Fortunately, under Zhou Tian's leadership, the production lines for these two types of agricultural machinery have been fully developed during this period. As long as the state order is received, they will be able to achieve mass production in a short period of time.

"Director, why are you here?"

As soon as I arrived at the first workshop, I saw Song Weiguo, sweating profusely, pushing a piece of mechanical equipment out with the workers.

"Hello, director!"

Several workers also saw Zhou Tian walking to the door and hurriedly greeted him.

"Hello, is there something wrong with the equipment?"

Zhou Tian could tell at a glance that what the men were carrying was the boring machine he had developed.

"Yes, Director, I don't know what happened to this boring machine. It started running poorly today. We originally asked the technical department to come and repair it, but after an hour of inspection, they couldn't find any problems. In the end, we had to carry the boring machine to the warehouse!"

Song Weiguo spoke first.

"Okay, move aside first and let me take a look!" Zhou Tian said to several people.

Upon hearing this, several people immediately let go of the boring machines in their hands. Everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked at the factory director.

They had known for a long time that the boring machine in front of them was developed by the factory director. The workshop director and Song Weiguo had thought about asking the factory director to repair it, but finally gave up. After all, the factory director was too busy, and he was doing big things, so they didn't dare to bother him with this issue. Unexpectedly, the factory director came to the workshop for inspection today.

Zhou Tian glanced at everyone's eyes, without any discomfort, squatted down and began to check carefully. Although he could use space to directly sense the situation inside the boring machine, he still had to pretend in front of everyone.

After the inspection, Zhou Tian quickly found out what the problem was. In fact, the problem was not serious. It was just that one of the parts had a problem and was severely worn, which led to the overall poor operation.

"Okay, I already know where the problem is. Push the boring machine back, it's not a big problem!"

Standing up, patting his hands which were stained with oil, Zhou Tian said to several people.

"Okay, director!"

After hearing Zhou Tian's words, everyone pushed the boring machine back again.

As Zhou Tian walked into the first workshop, he quickly attracted the attention of the workers. The workshop director quickly came up to him and said, "Director, why are you here?"

"It's okay. I'll take a look. By the way, don't send the boring machine to the warehouse. I'll fix it myself later. How have the tasks above been completed during this period?"

Zhou Tian has always admired this honest workshop director. In his previous life, such a person would have been a hardworking old ox who would not be promoted even after working hard. But in this era, such a person is the real cornerstone of the country.

"Director, the tasks assigned by the higher-ups can be completed in another fifteen days. But there is one thing, I don't know if the tasks will be increased. Otherwise, our workshop workers will have to stop working in another half a month!"

The workshop director was proud at first, then paused, and then spoke anxiously.

"Don't worry about this, wait until you finish it first. And if you can really complete the task within half a month with guaranteed quality and quantity, then I will apply for bonuses from above!"

Zhou Tian has always been very satisfied with the progress of the first workshop. This time the first workshop may complete the task ahead of schedule, so he will naturally not be stingy in giving the workers some rewards.

As for the suspension of work, he didn't care at all. Even if there were no more tasks from above, the orders for agricultural machinery alone were enough for the workers to have a good New Year!

"Really? Thank you, Director!"

Hearing Zhou Tian’s promise, the workshop director and several workers around him instantly smiled.

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll fix the boring machine first!"

Zhou Tian waved his hand, sent the workshop director away, and took Song Weiguo towards the damaged boring machine.

"Brother Song, you are the deputy factory director, why are you working with the workers?"

"What else can I do? Seeing that they are too busy, I will help them if I can. I can't be separated from the people!"

Song Weiguo smiled nonchalantly.

"You!"

Zhou Tian looked at Song Weiguo and shook his head helplessly. The longer he worked with Song Weiguo, the more he understood his temper. He was an honest and reliable person. Compared with Brother Song, Song Weiguo was more straightforward and did not act like a leader in front of the workers. He often mingled with the workers.

As a result, in just one year, Song Weiguo won the favor of the workers.

As they talked, they came to the boring machine. Zhou Tian squatted down and quickly disassembled the severely worn parts in the boring machine. Then he walked to a bench, picked up a rough blank and started processing it. His smooth movements attracted the attention of the workers present.

They had heard that the factory director had outstanding benchwork skills before he became the director of the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory. They didn't believe it at first, thinking that others were exaggerating, but now it seems that he was not bragging at all, his skills were even better than those of the eighth-level worker Niu Master in the workshop.

The parts were processed very quickly, especially for a small part. Soon, half an hour later, Zhou Tian had finished polishing the part in his hand. The whole part looked more precise than before, after the heat treatment.

Zhou Tian picked up the part and walked to the boring machine. He reinstalled the part in less than ten minutes. The whole process took only forty minutes, which stunned the workers.

"Okay, it's been taken care of!"

He clapped his hands to wipe off some of the oil stains on them, then reconnected the power supply and pressed the start button. The boring machine instantly made a slight sound and started operating normally.

"It's completely normal now, just fix the boring machine!"

Zhou Tian said, looking at Song Weiguo: "Brother Song, do you want to continue in the workshop or go back to the office?"

"I'd better stay in the workshop. There's nothing to do in the office!"

Song Weiguo shook his head. The factory director had just finished developing the anti-aircraft missile, and it would take at least a few days for the next project. He didn't want to be idle in the office all the time!