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He was silent for a moment. Opening a branch factory is easy to say, but it is not easy to do in practice.

In particular, if the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory wanted to open a branch, it not only needed the consent of the Ministry of Industry, but also the permission of the military.

Moreover, the deployment of workers, preparation of equipment, and arrangements for leadership must all be approved by their superiors and are not something that the two of them can decide on their own.

"Director, have you really made up your mind?"

After pondering for a long time, Song Weiguo looked at Zhou Tian seriously and asked.

"Yeah." Zhou Tian nodded slowly. Now, it was no longer a question of whether he was willing or not, but a matter of opening a branch factory. Even if he didn't open it this year, he couldn't avoid it next year.

"But Director, have you ever thought about this? The nature of our factory is special. If we want to open a branch, we not only need the approval of the Ministry of Industry, but also the endorsement of the military!"

Song Weiguo thought about this and raised this key issue.

"I will communicate with the Ministry of Industry. As for the military, I'll trouble you, Weiguo."

"I knew it would be like this." Hearing this, Song Weiguo smiled bitterly and nodded.

In fact, he also understood that as the machinery factory took on more and more projects, it was urgent to open a branch factory. But he always felt that the director had tricked him this time. However, since the director had given the order, he could only accept the task.

"Okay, Weiguo, let's put other things aside for now and discuss the branch factory."

Seeing Song Weiguo’s bitter face, Zhou Tian naturally knew what he was thinking and pulled him to sit down.

"Given the current scale of our factory and its future development trend, one branch factory is simply not enough."

Zhou Tian said this with a serious look on his face.

"One isn't enough?"

Song Weiguo was about to look up and say something, but when he saw Zhou Tian's expression, he swallowed the words back.

Perhaps sensing the doubt in Song Weiguo's eyes, Zhou Tian slowly explained:

"Now our factory needs to produce not only machine tools and agricultural machinery, but also transistors, drilling machines in mining machinery, and steelmaking. At the same time, we have to undertake tasks assigned by our superiors. Do you think we can produce all these things with just one branch factory?"

Zhou Tian's words left Song Weiguo speechless. To be honest, if the factory director hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have thought it was a big deal, but now that he heard it, he suddenly realized that the scale of the machinery factory had grown to such an extent.

For a moment, Song Weiguo didn't know whether to feel happy or proud.

"A machine tool alone takes up half of our factory's production capacity. And our factory is still a machinery factory after all. As for the agricultural machinery and mining machine projects, do you want us to hand them over?"

"Of course not!" Song Weiguo said anxiously.

"Yes, I can't. I don't want to hand it over either. But the problem is that if we don't hand it over, with the current production capacity of our factory, do you think we can still cope with it? And if we want to firmly grasp our interests, we can only split the factory one step ahead.

One branch factory obviously cannot meet this requirement. Not to mention other products, just one agricultural machinery alone requires a factory specializing in agricultural machinery, as well as an electronics factory for transistors, a machinery factory for mining machinery, a machine tool factory, and even a home appliance factory for which I have already drawn the blueprints. This does not include other products that may appear in the future. Do you think one branch factory is enough?"

In fact, sometimes Zhou Tian also thought that he might as well hand all these things over and concentrate on managing the machinery factory. But the problem is that he is not an ordinary technician now, but the head of a factory.

Standing at different heights, one must consider different issues. Now he naturally does not want to hand over these projects, after all, this involves the interests of many factory workers and is closely related to them.

After listening to the factory director's words, Song Weiguo had to admit that what he said made sense. From his point of view, he was unwilling to hand over his factory's things for nothing, as this was not in the interests of the factory.

"I understand, Director. I will report this to the military right away!"

Song Weiguo thought about it and finally stopped hesitating. He immediately stood up and prepared to leave.

"and many more!"

When Zhou Tian saw Song Weiguo was about to leave, he immediately stopped him and put on his coat.

"I also need to go to the Ministry of Industry to report to my superiors. Let's go together!"

After saying that, the two of them left the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory one after the other, got in jeeps and drove towards their respective destinations.

Second Industrial Machinery Department.

Xie Changyuan is reviewing the work achievements of the previous year.

When he saw the results of the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory, he couldn't help but take another look.

After all, the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory is a key focus of the Ministry of Industry.

When he saw that the Bayi Red Star Machinery Factory had generated nearly 100 million yuan in profits last year, even though he had already looked up to the machinery factory, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

"Xiao Yuan, do you know Director Zhou Tianzhou?"

Xiao Yuan was the secretary he selected from the Ministry of Industry after he took office.

"Minister, I know. Director Zhou Tian has long been a celebrity in our Ministry of Industry. Not only has he repeatedly developed technologies to break foreign blockades, he has also independently developed a number of machines that are relatively advanced in the world."

Yuan Li was naturally familiar with Zhou Tian. Not to mention that he had worked in the Ministry of Industry before, but last year Zhou Tian brought many research results to the Ministry of Industry that shocked many experts and scholars. How could he not know about such a great technical talent?

"So are all the reports here true?"

"Yes, Minister, it's all true!"

As Yuan Li nodded affirmatively, Xie Changyuan couldn't help but nodded, his eyes revealing admiration for Zhou Tian.

"It seems like it's time to go down and inspect it."

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a knock on the door.

When Yuan Li heard the voice, he immediately stepped forward and opened the door. When he saw the person outside the door, he immediately smiled at the person outside the door, then turned to Xie Yuanchang and said, "Minister, Director Zhou is here!"

"Director Zhou, is that Director Zhou Tian? Please invite him in, Xiao Yuan, pour some tea!"

"Yes, Minister!" Yuan Li said, and opened the door. Zhou Tian hurried in and said to Xie Yuanchang respectfully: "Minister, hello, I am Zhou Tian."

"Zhou Tian, ​​Director Zhou, I was just talking about you with Xiao Yuan, but I didn't expect that the real you is here. Sit down, sit down quickly!"

Xie Yuanchang smiled and stood up from his chair, pulling Zhou Tian, ​​who looked flattered, to sit on the sofa. At this time, Yuan Li also stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for each of them, then retreated.

"Minister, you are joking. Zhou Tian is not a celebrity. I am sorry to have caused you so much trouble."

Zhou Tian picked up the tea and took a sip awkwardly, trying to hide his embarrassment.

Since Xie Changyuan took office, Zhou Tian has not reported to him at the Ministry of Industry. This is also the first time he has met Xie Changyuan. He was originally wondering if Xie Changyuan would be a serious person, but now it seems that he was overthinking.

For a moment, I couldn't help but feel relieved. After all, with this preparation, it would be much easier to discuss the branch factory.