Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Chang Weijun and Zheng Tianhua opened their mouths, wanting to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

But in their hearts, they felt that the dean was making a big deal out of nothing. Not to mention the dean's achievements over the years, just looking at the current development of the institute, the higher-ups would not punish the dean.

It can only be said that Dean Zhou Tian is too important to the institute, which led to some errors in the judgment of Song Weiguo and Zhang Mingzhi.

Shaking their heads, they decided that since both of them had put forward their suggestions, there was no need for them to say more!

In the next few days, Zhou Tian remained immersed in the research institute without any abnormality, as if only this could dispel his inner restlessness.

Five days later, a phone call from his leader made him leave the institute.

"Xiaotian, the punishment has been decided. Since the four branches under the institute violated national policies and ignored population mobility by hiring farmers, Song Lian, Dong Cheng, and Nie Guodong were demoted one level in administrative rank. However, considering that the matter was extenuating, only three months' salary was fined. As for those farmers, they can be assigned to the Ministry of Industry and given a formal establishment. But if they commit the same offense again in the future, things will not be so simple!"

The leader's voice on the phone sounded a little tired, and it was obvious that the meetings had not been going very smoothly in the past few days.

"As for you, I won't punish you this time. After all, you didn't know about it. If something like this happens again in the future, I won't be able to protect you!"

"Leader, don't worry, this kind of thing will never happen again, I promise you!"

When Zhou Tian heard the leader's reminder, he immediately made a solemn promise.

"Okay, that's it. By the way, the higher-ups are very satisfied with the synthetic ammonia equipment data you submitted last time. They plan to return the drawings in your hands to the government. Do you have any objection?"

Zhou Tian was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he said with joy: "No objection! Of course no objection!"

Are you kidding? How dare he have any opinions on this kind of layout regarding people's livelihood? He knows how much importance the higher-ups attach to this area! But then he asked cautiously.

"Leader, I just don't know if our research institute can participate in this?"

"Okay, after all, this is your design, so don't feel any psychological burden. Okay, I'll hang up now if I have nothing else to do!"

The leader thought for a moment and then agreed. He consoled him a few more times before hanging up the phone. However, Zhou Tian held the phone in a daze for a long time, and the smile on his face reappeared. As for the issue of making the drawings public, he even hoped so. What objection could he have?

You know, even if the higher-ups gave the synthetic ammonia equipment to their research institute for production, the institute's current manpower would not be enough to support the rebuilding of such a large branch.

What's more, this involves people's livelihood issues. If it is just a small branch factory, their research institute can still be maintained.

After coming to his senses, Zhou Tian was completely relieved. It was not that he was too timid, but the label of violating national policy was too heavy for him to bear.

Since his superiors were treating the research institute with caution now, he didn't need to worry so much. After thinking about it, he called Dong Cheng and the other three again and made the matter sound more serious.

But when he finished telling the four people about the above punishment, he could hear that the four of them breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they had been very nervous these past few days, and now that there was a result, at least they could finally sleep peacefully.

On the phone, Zhou Tian couldn't help but scold the four people one last time. Then he walked out of the office refreshed and continued to immerse himself in the research of lithography machines.

No matter what, they had overcome this major difficulty and had two more factories. If the fertilizer factory was included, that would make it three factories. Of course, these three factories were definitely not as important as the other branch factories. Even though he didn't know how the leaders had won them at the meeting, he could imagine how difficult it was.

In the next few days, Zhou Tian never went to the branch factory again. Instead, he handed over the construction of the Red Star Hospital to Song Weiguo, and also submitted the application for the construction of a fertilizer plant.

He believed that with the consent of the leader, this matter would not be difficult.

Sure enough, the higher-ups did not block the institute's application to build a fertilizer plant. Although this set of synthetic ammonia equipment is indeed good, if the institute could also join in, then they would be more assured about the subsequent equipment upgrades and renovations with the help of the institute's scientific researchers.

"Dean, are you looking for me?"

On this day, Zhou Tian did not go to the research institute as soon as he arrived, but instead called Song Weiguo.

"Well, Weiguo, look, this is my application to become a fertilizer factory. It has been approved. Now I'll leave this to you!"

Zhou Tian said as he handed the approved document to Song Weiguo.

After several years of experience, Song Weiguo became more and more skilled in handling things. Of course, the issue of hiring farmers was a wake-up call for him. In fact, he had heard about this matter, but the country's restrictions on this aspect were not that great at the time.

So he turned a blind eye to it. Who would have thought that when this matter was taken seriously, it would be so serious.

"Okay, Dean!"

Song Weiguo took the document, flipped through it roughly, and then stopped talking.

"Okay, then go and prepare. As for the recruitment this time, recruit from surrounding cities. Leave 1,000 places for Changping District and 500 for the streets. Don't recruit the rest in one place!"

Now the entire city of Beijing is beginning to experience a labor shortage. If we recruit people from the city of Beijing, it will not be very smooth. Instead of doing this, it is better to recruit workers from surrounding cities.

As for giving to Changping District and the Street Office, this is also a favor, so it is not a violation of regulations.

"Okay, Dean, I'll do it right away!"

After Song Weiguo finished speaking, he stood up and left the office.

In the afternoon, the news that the institute had re-established a fertilizer plant quickly spread throughout the institute and its five major branches, but the workers who received the news did not cause any sensation due to the incident.

This is not the time of 1958 or 1959. Those who can work in the research institute all have urban hukou, and there is no shortage of workers in their families. Especially with the expansion of recruitment in various factories, even if one has no connections, as long as one has an urban hukou, there is no shortage of job opportunities.

The law restricting the flow of migrant workers promulgated last year has restricted the flow of rural population into cities. Under this measure, the hope of allowing relatives from hometowns to move to the city and change their household registration has suddenly become a luxury, especially with the promotion and implementation of the grain book.

It also cuts off the hope of the general rural population to find jobs in the city, thus completely turning the countryside and the city into two different places.

Although everyone has a few relatives, they do not have urban household registration. Even if they want to bring their relatives into the city, they are unable to do so.

However, some people still told their families about this matter. After all, everyone knows how high the profits of the institute's several branches are and how good the benefits are. If there is an opportunity, naturally many people would like to transfer their connections to the institute.