Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

"After a meeting of the factory leadership, it was decided that the office director, Comrade Hou Mingjun, would lead the team.

Comrade Hou Mingjun can be considered a veteran figure in the automobile factory.

He himself was a technical cadre and had served as workshop director and deputy factory director.

He has presided over large-scale recruitments in pharmaceutical and automobile factories.

In addition, I am also very familiar with the office and administration.

So we think he is the best person to lead the team.”

Uncle Nie laughed at what Chen Changan said.

"Okay, throw out the leader you dislike the most and stop making such high-sounding statements.

It was not me who proposed to set up the new motorcycle factory. I said I wanted you to provide manpower, but in fact I was just looking for an excuse to ask for your factory's motorcycle production technology.

Don't tell me you can't see this, otherwise you wouldn't have sent Hou Mingjun over there.

But I know that all the leaders in your factory are technically savvy.

I really appreciate this, after all, it is a factory that produces products.

How can you be a leader in a factory and not understand technology?

But I think letting Hou Mingjun go may not be a bad thing."

Chen Changan smiled but said nothing. Everyone knew what was going on, so there was no need to explain it in detail.

"Okay, that's it, it's settled, and it can be considered as giving an explanation to those people.

Once the new motorcycle factory is under construction, I won’t have to worry about people coming to visit me every day.”

Uncle Nie was naturally very happy that he had resolved a troublesome matter.

"It's just a small matter, you can just give me a call, why did you have to come here alone? Is there anything else?"

"Yes, there is one more thing, that is Comrade Shi Heping from our factory.

After long-term efforts, the engine of the GAZ-150 car was successfully copied.

After simple verification, it is currently running well in the experimental workshop.

This means that, provided that the steel is up to standard, we can also produce medium-sized trucks like the GAZ-150 ourselves.”

"what?"

Uncle Nie was so excited that he stood up from his seat.

"Are you serious? We can produce medium-sized trucks ourselves?

A truck like the GAZ-150?"

"Yes."

Uncle Nie was very excited after hearing this. He lit a cigarette for himself and then spoke.

"You don't know, your uncle Xiao is currently in charge of agricultural reclamation work.

Some time ago, he was complaining to me about the pickup trucks we produced.

It is useful to use, but it is too small and can’t hold much supplies.

He didn't even think about whether this pickup truck was used to transport food for them?

Recently they have established a number of large farms in the Northeast and Northwest regions.

They said that the grain was produced, but if it couldn’t be transported it was my fault because I was incompetent.

Tell me, does that make sense?

The farm locations they chose are all in the middle of nowhere. They can't transport the food, can they blame me?

I was told before that without a tractor, there is no guarantee of arable land.

Well, I tried my best and finally made the tractor.

As a result, they were still not satisfied and said that they were responsible for producing food.

It is still my responsibility if the food cannot be transported out.

So if there's any problem, it's all my fault?

There is also Comrade Zhang on the plateau, who complains every day about using donkeys and horses to transport supplies.

He asked me every day when he could arrange a truck to transport supplies for him.

I sent him all the trucks captured during the Northward Campaign, but he still told me that they were not enough.

They come to me from left to right, asking me for things every day, but I can't make them appear.

Everything has to be created from nothing, right? You keep urging me, but I can do nothing about it.

Now it’s all right, build it, build it for me. Before, these people knew that I didn’t have any trucks.

Those who used to laugh at me, now I really have the ability to make it.

I want to see what their faces will look like."

Seeing Uncle Nie's relieved look, Chen Changan didn't dare to say anything.

"Uncle Nie, at present, only the engine has been copied, and there is still a lot to be done.

Especially the steel used in this truck is quite different from that used in cars.

In this regard, the steel mills are still needed to produce qualified steel products of corresponding specifications.”

"I still don't believe you? There's no hope for this truck.

Would you come to my place specially? Since you are here to report this work.

This means that you are at least relatively confident that you can build this car.

Am I right? "

"It still can't escape your scrutiny. Although it's difficult, our car factory will try its best to overcome the difficulties."

Uncle Nie had now recovered from his excitement.

"I already know about the matter, and I will also inform Li Huaide at the steel mill.

Let their rolling mill be prepared, after all, this truck is not comparable to a car.

It will take some time while your car factory continues its research.

Let Li Huaide increase their production and develop better steel.

Seeing Li Huaide leisurely every day, I get so angry.

Let’s put some pressure on him this time and see if he can complete the task.”

Chen Changan mourned for Li Huaide for a moment.

It can be imagined that Li Huaide has never been in the eyes of Uncle Nie.

Uncle Nie called him to the department, gave him a scolding, and then sent him back to the steel mill with a task.

I can imagine what kind of expression Li Huaide would have.

Just as Chen Changan left the department and drove a pickup truck back to the car factory.

Li Huaide was in his office, looking at Zhang Mancang.

"Director Li, it's not that I want to be transferred. It's that those people won't give me a way out.

Since I moved into the courtyard, I have been doing my duty and never had any quarrels with anyone.

There is no sin against any of them.

My mother is in poor health, especially with her heart.

If the pharmaceutical factory hadn't produced a quick-acting heart-saving pill, my mother would have been in trouble long ago.

But even so, Yi Zhonghai and his group were still unwilling to let me go.

The factory is going to support the Haihe River management project, and it’s not that I’m unwilling to go.

It's just a waste of a few days, and the factory's wages will still be paid.

Why wouldn't I want to go? It's not like I'll never come back.

My main concern is my mother. Is it wrong to be concerned about her health?

Yi Zhonghai and his gang wanted to kick me out of the courtyard because I didn't support the Haihe River management project.

My mother just couldn't bear to see Shazhu hitting me, so she hit him with a rolling pin."

“So you think it’s normal that the outsiders from the car factory don’t help you in the Siheyuan.

The people in the steel mill are not as good as outsiders. So you want to go to the car factory?"

Li Huaide looked at Zhang Mancang in front of him with a gloomy face.

At the beginning, Li Huaide had a sudden idea and thought of arranging Zhang Mancang to live in the courtyard where Chen Changan was.

It would be a bit of a hassle for Chen Changan and Hou Mingjun. Who would have thought that this would be the case in the courtyard?