Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"How is it, Old Nie, how is the performance of this lathe developed by Master Zhou?"

Deputy Director Yang, who had been waiting anxiously on the side, saw Nie Guodong's shocked expression and hurried forward to ask. You know, the performance of this lathe is directly related to whether he can make a contribution, and even affects whether he can take over the entire steel rolling mill in the future.

More importantly, he had reported to his superiors that if the lathe failed to achieve the performance on the drawing, his image in the eyes of his superiors would be seriously damaged, which would be a devastating blow to his career.

"Deputy Director Yang, this is great! The performance of this lathe is so good, it is even more precise than some lathes abroad!"

Nie Guodong said excitedly, holding the freshly processed parts in his hand.

"Really?"

When Deputy Director Yang heard what Nie Guodong said, he couldn't believe it but also became excited. It would be fine if this lathe could perform better than the lathe they were using now, but if it was really as Nie Guodong said, and even better than foreign lathes, then he would have made a great contribution.

"It's true, of course it's true, Deputy Director Yang, look at the parts in my hand!"

As Nie Guodong spoke, he seemed to be afraid that Deputy Director Yang would not believe him, so he handed the parts in his hand to him and said, "I used to be a seventh-level fitter in the Northeast, and I know my fitter skills very well. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least five years to improve my fitter skills. However, after using Master Zhou's lathe, the precision of the parts processed by me has reached the eighth level!"

"You know, this is level eight, which is equivalent to a level upgrade. Deputy Director Yang, just imagine how advanced the performance of his lathe must be!"

After that, Nie Guodong ignored Deputy Director Yang who was still immersed in excitement and turned to look at Zhou Tian beside him and said in amazement: "Master Zhou, I thought it was incredible that you could develop a horizontal lathe, but I didn't expect you to be able to improve the performance of the lathe so much! It really makes me, a technician, feel ashamed. Master Zhou, how did you do it?"

"I need to adjust the center of gravity of the gears, stabilize the structure of the car body, and adjust the accuracy of the track. Unfortunately, the tool on the lathe cannot keep up. Otherwise, the performance of this lathe will be even better!"

Zhou Tian said with some regret.

"What? Can it be better?"

Nie Guodong couldn't calm down after hearing this. In his opinion, the performance of the current lathe was already very good, but Master Zhou actually said that it could be even better. How could he sit still?

However, when he heard Zhou Tian say that the performance of the tool was not good, his expression suddenly became interesting. You know, he was the one who took the initiative to take on the tool for the lathe, and now the tool is holding the lathe back. How could he not feel uncomfortable?

"Master Zhou, this knife is already the most advanced knife in our country!"

Nie Guodong explained with a wry smile, what he said was not wrong, in fact, it was a little light. You have to know that he had agreed to find cutting tools for Zhou Tian, ​​but he used a lot of connections, and the cutting tools used on the lathes now were not produced domestically, but obtained from Big Brother.

If Nie Guodong had not been born in Northeast China and had not had the support of his old superiors, it would have been impossible for him to obtain this kind of knife.

"The most advanced knife?"

Zhou Tian was slightly stunned when he heard this. Although he knew that domestic cutting tools would definitely not reach the level of his design, he did not expect that the country was so backward in the development of cutting tools.

But Zhou Tian's mind brightened on second thought. After all, cutting tools are different from machines. He didn't really care much about cutting tools at the beginning. He only required that the tools be able to cut heavy metals. Now that he can do that preliminarily, his original intention of coming up with the formula for the cutting tools has faded a lot.

But now after hearing what Nie Guodong said, he suddenly had an idea.

However, this idea is just an idea in his mind now, and he doesn't plan to tell it to anyone for the time being. Anyway, now that he has a horizontal lathe, it is actually enough for the factory to use.

After all, given the current scale of the steel mill, even if he came up with other ideas, it would be unrealistic to realize them given the existing capacity of the steel mill.

Moreover, the first bird to stick its head out gets shot. The emergence of the horizontal lathe has already attracted the attention of many people, so he dare not show off again.

Soon, the successful research of Zhou Tian's new lathe was formally reported by Deputy Director Yang and Nie Guodong. This incident caused a great sensation in the Second Machinery Department.

Especially regarding the performance of new lathes, many people are skeptical. After all, they are very clear about the performance of domestic lathes. They don't believe that a fitter who is just a senior worker can develop a new lathe that exceeds the precision of foreign lathes.

Even domestic engineers cannot do this kind of thing, let alone a senior worker. However, although they didn't believe it, they still decided to come down and take a look with a skeptical attitude.

At the same time, workers at the steel mill recently discovered that there seemed to be new changes in the security department of the steel mill. In addition to stricter entry and exit, there were also many more patrol officers outside the once abandoned workshop.

Every time some curious workers wanted to get closer, they were stopped by the patrolling security personnel and persuaded to go back.

"Junior brother, do you think our action is a bit too big?"

In the abandoned workshop, Liu Yuan could no longer hold back his complaints and complained to Zhou Tian.

"Three days. I haven't been home for three days. I don't know how my old mother is doing now."

As he spoke, a hint of worry flashed across his eyes.

"Okay, Second Brother, don't worry. I've already told Deputy Director Yang about your situation, and he has promised to send someone to take care of your mother. As for not being home for three days, isn't that the same for me?"

Listening to Liu Yuan's complaints, Zhou Tian couldn't help but comfort him. In fact, he didn't expect the matter to become so serious, although at the beginning he could see from the attitudes of Deputy Director Yang and Nie Guodong that they attached great importance to the horizontal lathe.

But no one expected that things would develop to this point. This is no longer limited to the factory, but has attracted the attention of the country.

However, after not being home for three days, he couldn't help but worry about his younger brothers and sisters at home. He didn't know how they were doing during these three days, and whether his second brother took good care of Xiaoyu and Xiaoting.

Fortunately, he also asked He Daqing to help take care of him. He believed that with Uncle He's care, Sanxiao would not starve or be bullied.

Thinking of He Daqing, he couldn't help but recall that he had asked Brother Song to investigate the matter of Uncle He's wife the day before yesterday. The result would probably be out soon, but he didn't know to which faction this Widow Wu belonged.

It would be fine if they really were people from the Eight Great Hutongs who had turned over a new leaf, but if they were spies or enemy agents, then it would be a lot of fun.