Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Through conversation, Zhou Tian also learned that these people were the directors or deputy directors of some large factories in Sijiu City.

Among them are the factory directors of the First Machinery Factory of Sijiu City, which are similar in size to the steel rolling mill, and the textile factory in the Xicheng District of Sijiu City. However, in comparison, the scale of their factories is still not as large as that of the factory directors in the first row.

Especially the Shougang Plant which was just established this year, the scale of the entire factory is basically catching up with the research institute.

Of course, in terms of factory scale, the research institute where Zhou Tian works is certainly not worse than the Sijiucheng Coal Plant with a scale of tens of thousands of people, but his qualifications are not as good, which is why he can only sit in the last seat in the first row.

Just as everyone was chatting excitedly, Xie Yuanchang, Minister Wang and others walked in from outside.

Naturally, the voices of the crowd quieted down, and Zhou Tian naturally saw Xie Yuanchang and others. Among these people, he only knew Minister Xie and Minister Wang. Although he had seen the others, he still felt unfamiliar with them.

The people below naturally knew the minister, and when they saw Xie Yuanchang take a seat, applause broke out in the conference hall at the same time.

Xie Yuanchang raised his hand slightly to suppress the applause, and when the applause died down, he began to explain the main content of the meeting.

He first reviewed the country's gross industrial output value last year, and then mentioned the development status and shortcomings of some factories this year. He then turned his gaze to Yu Zhoutian and praised the development and achievements made by the institute this year in front of everyone. In particular, he gave a very high evaluation of the fact that the institute's products could gain international recognition, and called on factories in the city to learn from the institute.

When the factory leaders in the audience heard about the brilliant achievements the institute had made this year, they all showed expressions of disbelief.

If their superiors had not mentioned it, they would not have known that the institute had earned hundreds of millions of rubles in foreign exchange for the country just by exporting machine tools this year. What was even more amazing was that it had also earned tens of millions of foreign exchange from the Bald Eagle country. These astronomical achievements made them feel as if they were listening to fairy tales.

It is no wonder that the institute was recognized by the Ministry of Machinery and was able to build a family building.

If they can achieve such success, their superiors probably won't have any objections even to building villas, let alone housing for family members.

However, Zhou Tian was getting restless at this time, especially when he felt many curious, inquiring and envious eyes cast at him from time to time. It was as if he was a monkey in a zoo being watched by everyone. He even wished that the meeting would end immediately.

At the same time, there was a hint of resentment in his eyes as he looked at Minister Xie, secretly regretting that he should not have come to attend this meeting if he had known this would happen.

Of course, Xie Yuanchang had no way of knowing Zhou Tian's inner thoughts. After praising the institute, he began to explain his expectations for next year to everyone, and called on everyone to work together to speed up the pace of industrial development and strive to catch up with foreign countries.

As Xie Yuanchang's speech came to an end, the entire conference room was instantly filled with warm applause.

It has to be said that although being praised publicly on such an occasion was a torment for Zhou Tian, ​​in this warm atmosphere, the passion for struggle deep in his heart was quietly ignited.

When the meeting ended, it was almost noon.

The Machinery Department naturally also prepared lunch. Director Yang originally wanted to invite Zhou Tian to have lunch together, but Xie Yuanchang, Minister Wang and others took the initiative and called Zhou Tian and Zhang Mingzhi away.

In a private room in the cafeteria, when Zhou Tian and Zhang Mingzhi arrived, the table was already filled with food and wine. As for Xie Yuanchang and others, they had been waiting there long ago. This situation almost made Zhou Tian feel flattered. Just when he was about to speak up to show some humility.

Xie Yuanchang simply waved his hand: "Okay, Xiaotian, don't be polite, come and sit down, we are all family, there is no need to be too polite!"

After hearing this, Zhou Tian and the other man could only sit down awkwardly.

If it were just Xie Yuanchang and Minister Wang, he might have been more natural, but after all, there were several other people around, so he couldn't act too casual.

"Okay, everyone is here, so let's eat now. Come, Xiaotian, I'll pour you some wine!"

Seeing that everyone was present, Xie Yuanchang greeted everyone and was about to stand up, but Zhou Tian quickly stood up and stopped him, saying, "Minister, leaders, let me do it. I'm the youngest here!"

As he spoke, he picked up the Wuliangye liquor on the table and poured it for everyone one by one.

When the people around saw that Zhou Tian was not as unruly as rumored, they all picked up their wine glasses and smiled. For a moment, the atmosphere at the table became lively.

"Xiaotian, I heard that the Sichuan cuisine of your factory chef is excellent. Come and try the cooking skills of our mechanical department chef. See if he can compare with your factory chef?"

Minister Xie was chatting and laughing with everyone while picking up a piece of pork for Zhou Tian.

Zhou Tian took it, put it in his mouth and tried it, but he couldn't help but nodded and said truthfully

"Minister, I have to say that the cooking skills of our Mechanical Department's chef are pretty good, but they are still a little bit inferior to Chef Zhou!"

Although they were all Sichuan cuisine, Chef Zhou was hired personally after all, so his cooking skills were just slightly worse than his. As for the chef who prepared this table of food and wine, it was obvious that he did not have Chef Zhou's skill in cooking Sichuan cuisine.

"Oh, it seems that you are a good eater. No, I have to go to your research institute to try Chef Zhou's cooking skills next time!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Yuanchang was stunned for a moment, then he smiled.

"Of course, I will definitely not let you down, Minister!"

Zhou Tian didn't notice these, but made the assurance. However, Zhang Mingzhi, who was standing by, couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he heard the dean's answer.

After dinner, Zhou Tian and his companion took a jeep back to the research institute.

As soon as he entered the office, Zhang Mingzhi closed the door, then looked at Zhou Tian and complained: "My Dean, why did you talk like that at the dinner table just now? Isn't this offending me?"

Zhou Tian, ​​however, seemed nonchalant as he made a cup of tea for himself and Zhang Mingzhi, then sat down and said, "Okay, don't be so nervous, it's okay!"

When Zhang Mingzhi heard the dean say this, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind: "Dean, did you do that on purpose just now?"

"On purpose? No no no, I didn't say that!"

Zhou Tian shook his head and said, "I just don't want to get involved in those twists and turns. I'm just a researcher, so I naturally don't understand those things!"

In fact, he could understand the meaning of Xie Yuanchang's words at the dinner table just now. After all, he was not stupid. In the eyes of outsiders, he was the number one general under Xie Yuanchang, but seriously speaking, he was not.

And the reason why he said that at the dinner table was actually that he said it on purpose in front of several people.

After all, although he thought that his political wisdom had indeed improved a lot as he managed the factory for a longer time, to be honest, when it came to scheming, he was no match for these people.

Although he still had some aspirations for a career in politics at the beginning, the several times he experienced walking on thin ice made him realize that he was simply not cut out for it. In that case, he naturally had to create a persona for himself that he was not knowledgeable about politics.

All I can say is that a lot of coincidences came together, which led to what he said at the banquet.

"But Dean, if this happens, it may be difficult for our institute to get support from above in the future!"

After listening to the dean's words, Zhang Mingzhi suddenly understood what the dean meant and couldn't help but say worriedly.

"No, no, no, to put it bluntly, our research institute only has half of the management power, and the other half is in the military. As long as we act upright and hold our position firmly, the higher-ups won't do anything to the research institute. So don't worry. What's more, we have a lot of export products, and the higher-ups won't target us! Besides, I didn't say anything, so Minister Xie is naturally not a stingy person!"

Zhou Tianyu explained meaningfully.