Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Humph, what impact can it have? We are all workers, and the higher-ups will definitely not treat us unfairly!"

The worker next to him said nonchalantly with a determined look on his face.

"That's true. Maybe we're just worrying too much. But really, it's a good thing. Didn't you hear what the propaganda department said? This is to prevent unscrupulous merchants from driving up prices."

As the workers talked about it in great numbers and the propagandists gave detailed explanations, everyone gradually felt relieved.

Soon, the workers returned to the workshop. The news about the grain purchase and supply plan spread quickly throughout the institute, and many people participated in the discussion. The news spread like a gust of wind, spreading throughout the streets and alleys of the city in just one day.

Of course, all this had nothing to do with Zhou Tian, ​​and he had never paid much attention to these things. After all, his most important job at the moment was still the research and development of the automobile production line. As the Chinese New Year was getting closer, and finally when the time was about to enter November, the remaining body and engine production lines on his hands were designed and completed one after another, and now only the electrical equipment production line was left to be completed.

As the main starting and connection system of a car, electrical equipment plays a vital role in the car. It not only has a great influence on the driving safety of the car, but also has an impact on the stability of the car that cannot be underestimated.

The instrument panel, lighting devices, speakers, radios, starters, wipers, car air conditioners and generators all fall under the category of electrical systems.

However, compared with the research and development work of other production lines, Zhou Tian thought that the electrical system was a little simpler. After all, there were many parts in these equipment that other factories could provide, so the design was much easier.

As for the relatively complicated radios and car air conditioners, they are not extremely difficult to deal with for the research institute which owns a home appliance factory. It just takes some time to continuously debug them.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the end of October. On this day, Zhou Tian had just finished modifying the radio when he received a call from the Machinery Department. From what Minister Xie said, he needed to go to the Machinery Department.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Tian went to the Machinery Department with Liu Yuan, full of doubts. As soon as he entered Minister Xie's office, he saw several people from the Foreign Trade Department, and he immediately had some guesses in his mind.

"Xiaotian, you're here!"

When Xie Yuanchang saw Zhou Tian come in, he hurriedly greeted him warmly, and the people from the Foreign Trade Department also stood up and greeted Zhou Tian with smiles on their faces.

"Minister, I wonder why you called me here?"

Zhou Tian asked respectfully.

"It's not me who's looking for you, it's the comrades from the Foreign Trade Department who are looking for you! But it's a good thing!"

Xie Yuanchang seemed to be afraid that Zhou Tian would not believe it, so he emphasized it on purpose.

"You have met before, so I won't introduce you to each other. Just talk on your own!"

After saying that, Xie Yuanchang winked at the others, and they immediately understood what he meant. After inviting Zhou Tian to take a seat, they spoke, "President Zhou, this is what happened..."

Then, several people explained the purpose of asking Zhou Tian to come.

Speaking of which, this matter is also related to the home appliances that Zhou Tian sent to Xie Yuanchang.

It turned out that not long after Zhou Tian delivered the home appliances to Minister Xie’s office last time, Xie Yuanchang deliberately showed them off and this attracted the attention of many people.

Originally, a home appliance craze has emerged in the international market this year, and the popularity of home appliances has attracted the envy of many countries. However, due to the limitations of their own domestic industrial standards, even if they have the idea, they know that it is difficult to compete with the major industrial powers.

The same is true in my country. The home appliance industry has not even started in China. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Ministry of Machinery reported the start of production of the home appliance factory of the research institute, which completely attracted everyone's attention. Everyone knew about the establishment of the home appliance factory by the research institute, but they knew it, but they never expected that the home appliance factory could be put into production in such a short time.

In order to support the development of home appliance factories, many orders were placed from above.

As these home appliances entered the domestic market, their advanced performance and exquisite appearance instantly won the favor of many factories and leaders, and also caused a stir in the upper echelons. As a result, the Sijiucheng TV station, which was originally scheduled to be established two years later, actually started preparations two years ahead of schedule.

Initially, there was no plan to export these home appliances, and they were only intended to be sold in the domestic market. Unexpectedly, at the end of June and the beginning of July, John Bull's visit brought these home appliances into the sight of the country's merchants. These merchants were very sharp-eyed. When they first saw these home appliances, they keenly noticed their excellent performance, which even far exceeded those best-selling home appliances in the current international market.

With the signing of the agreement between the two countries, these home appliances naturally appeared on the trade orders.

Although the number of orders was not large at the beginning and the superiors did not pay much attention to it, who would have thought that just three months later, the merchants in John Bull suddenly increased the order volume of home appliances. Now, the superiors could not sit still and sent people to inquire about the news. Only then did they know that once these home appliances were launched on the international market, they attracted the attention of many Westerners with their advanced and beautiful appearance, causing a great sensation. In just half a month, the home appliances on the order were sold out.

After learning the news, the superiors discussed and quickly made a decision to further expand the scale of the home appliance factory, and required the home appliance factory under the institute to achieve a production target of at least 200 million units per year. At the same time, they sent comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade to personally explain the situation to Zhou Tian and ordered him to increase production capacity as soon as possible and expand the home appliance factory.

After listening to the story told by the comrade from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Zhou Tian suddenly understood why the minister had emphasized that it was a good thing when he first entered the door. This was definitely a great thing.

Although he was a little excited deep down in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.

After all, this was the reason why he started designing home appliances in the first place. Now that the home appliances he designed have finally set off a craze in the Western market, it can be said that his original plan has been half successful. As for the remaining half, it depends on how long this trend can last.

"So, the home appliances produced by our home appliance factory are very popular in the West, and are even more popular than those in the Bald Eagle Country?"

Zhou Tian stroked his chin and asked thoughtfully.

"That's right, so Comrade Zhou Tian, ​​the higher-ups hope that you can expand the home appliance factory as soon as possible so as to earn more foreign exchange for the country!"

The Minister of Foreign Trade looked at Zhou Tian seriously and said.

"This... But the home appliance factory has just been put into production not long ago. Isn't it a bit too hasty to expand now? Besides, even if we want to expand now, the number of workers is far from enough!"

Zhou Tian suddenly looked embarrassed. Although it was a good thing that the home appliance factory could get attention from the higher-ups, the problem was that the expansion could not be done so hastily.

After all, the home appliance factory had just completed its expansion not long ago, less than a few months at most, and now it has to expand again. As a result, it would be difficult to recruit all the workers in a short time, let alone the preparation and installation of equipment.

Although it seemed that he had gone smoothly in setting up four branches last time, in fact, only he knew the hardships involved. You have to understand that if there was a mistake in any of the links, things would never have gone so smoothly.

Although the research institute can provide equipment, it is not easy to recruit workers, especially skilled workers and some experienced master craftsmen. These are not something he can recruit immediately if he wants.

And even if you are lucky enough to recruit them, in order to truly train them into qualified workers, they must undergo up to half a year of practical training.

It can be said that the reason why it seemed to be going smoothly last time was that, in addition to the fact that the machinery factory had trained more than a dozen master craftsmen and a large number of mid-level workers in the past two or three years, another important reason was that all the workers were veterans with strong discipline and high execution ability, so there was no trouble.

It is no exaggeration to say that if there is a problem in any of the links, things will not go so smoothly!