Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

As expected, today's Ministry of Industry meeting was entirely a press conference of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill and a personal show by Zhang Renkang. After a detailed inspection of the tricycle, the Ministry of Industry also unanimously approved the decision to invest special funds for incubation.

The Ministry of Industry did not care about the names of scholars and personnel submitted by the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, but signed to request the people from the Ministry of Education. As long as they could be used to research and develop a new model of three-wheeled vehicles, they would be required.

It also solved the two biggest technical problems for the Red Star Steel Mill, the gasoline engine and the research and development of new metal materials. Li Huaide attached great importance to the second one, which was related to the development of the Red Star Steel Mill and the further improvement of the level of steel production and the research and development capabilities of alloy technology.

Especially since Zhang Renkang officially entered the sight of these bigwigs for the first time, the ideological faction was very proud of having a great general. In particular, the Ideological Committee and its subordinate study groups and labor reform methods that Zhang Renkang had set up opened up their minds in advance. This was simply a powerful tool to strengthen ideological learning control.

Even the economic faction, after Zhang Renkang's reform of the workshop production method improved production efficiency, he creatively developed this tricycle to solve the vast rural transportation problem, and was regarded by them as a new generation of technical force.

Liu Dong also specifically told Li Huaide to train and protect this young talent, especially after knowing that Zhang Yuhua was his second uncle. Since there was no problem with his background, he was more confident and bold in training Zhang Renkang, wanting to see what surprises this young man could give him.

Li Huaide and Zhang Renkang came out of the Ministry of Industry with great success. Especially after Li Huaide replaced Yang Weiguo, he not only achieved stable production but also constantly came up with new tricks, which was of great significance to stabilizing his position in the Ministry of Industry.

As soon as they left the Ministry of Industry, the two people walking alone were surrounded by several cars at the gate. Several factory secretaries smiled and said,

"Lao Li, Xiao Zhang, would you like me to give you two a ride?"

Li Huaide laughed loudly.

"No need for that, we are well prepared."

It turned out that when they set out, they had anticipated that the tricycle they were riding might not be returned. Several leaders of the Ministry of Industry would most likely stay behind, so they had already arranged for Li Huaide's driver Xiao Cheng to pick him and Zhang Renkang up on time.

Sure enough, just as they were joking, a black Soviet-made GAZ car slowly drove over, approached the gate of the Ministry of Industry and stopped steadily. The driver, Xiao Cheng, ran up and said,

"Sorry, sir, it's a little late."

Li Huaide waved his hand and said to the secretaries of the factories in the other cars:

"Goodbye everyone, let's go to the steel mill when we have time."

Then he pulled Zhang Renkang into the car and asked the driver to return to the steel mill.

In the car

Li Huaide said with a smile

"We stole the show at this meeting, but this is something new we created, so they have nothing to be dissatisfied with."

"How do you feel about the mission requirements given by the Ministry? Can you complete it according to the plan?"

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"In fact, the progress we reported was reserved. The progress task requirements given by the department are a bit stressful, but they are basically consistent with our own plan."

"Now we have the technical support and permission from the ministry to bring some technical experts and professors into the factory."

"I don't think there will be any major problems. We may even be able to complete the production of the second model ahead of schedule."

"Secretary, do you think we should merge the technical department and the design department in our factory to set up a Red Star Steel Rolling Mill R&D Department with several R&D directions? In this way, we can take advantage of this opportunity to improve our independent R&D capabilities."

Li Huaide nodded and said

"That's fine. You bring the plan and I'll review it."

"We have to pay attention to the productivity of this new technology"

Now Li Huaide has tasted the sweetness of innovative technology and new productivity. After the meeting, his father-in-law talked to him alone and asked them to improve the tricycle as soon as possible. Liu Dong wanted to show it to the highest department and evaluate the possibility of implementing this vehicle series nationwide.

If Li Huaide succeeds in this project, within three years at most he will be able to get him to step over the Ministry of Metallurgy and directly enter the Ministry of Industry as deputy director of the office. After he retires in a few years, Li Huaide will at least be deputy secretary of the Ministry of Industry and director of the office. At Li Huaide's age, he can compete for the position of general secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"My initial idea is to cancel the R&D department at the machine repair plant and agree to set up a technical R&D department at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, with the Mechanical R&D Department and the Engine R&D Department as the research directions of the machine repair plant. Together with the 387 institutes that the superior department has applied for cooperation with us, we will set up the Alloy R&D Department and the New Steel R&D Department to improve the technical level of the steel rolling mill."

"I haven't thought about the second phase of department construction yet. I plan to use our steel rolling mill and the soon-to-be-merged machinery plant to organize an electrical appliance research and development department to focus on conquering the technology of washing machines, refrigerators, and air conditioners. If it works well, maybe we can even export and earn foreign exchange."

Li Huaide nodded and said with a smile

"Please organize all your ideas and we will implement them step by step according to the situation in the factory."

"I think if you are not good enough, I will give you more responsibilities. The factory manager's superior asked for a recommendation. If I think you are not good enough, I will push you up."

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"That won't work, Secretary. I know you have good intentions and care for me, but after all, my qualifications are limited. Let Comrade Li Ming take over first."

Zhang Renkang still has some points. He has been promoted too quickly. If he moves up further, he will not meet the employment requirements. You said that a deputy-division-level cadre can be promoted exceptionally, but the factory director has reached the bureau-level. Now Li Huaide is still at the bureau-level cadre level.

Li Huaide thought about it and realized that Zhang Renkang had been promoted three times in less than a year. It would be better for everyone if he could settle down for a while.

Say

"Okay, I'll nominate Li Ming. He's old enough to retire in another three to five years."

"Just to help you transition for a while"

Zhang Renkang nodded and smiled

"Then I went straight back to the machine repair factory when I got to the factory. Xue Jinfeng just happened to say that her teachers and professors had also arrived today, so I went over to see how to accommodate them."

Li Huaide said

"You have to be careful about the placement, after all, the situation outside is like this now."

"We must check the identities of these people carefully, otherwise it will be very troublesome if this incident spreads to the factory later."

Li Huaide was a little scared. He was very secretive about the situation outside and dared not speak directly. After all, it was better to stay away from such things. He knew that several of his friends in Tianjin were sent to the Northwest to work on construction because their units were attacked by outsiders and they were not properly handled in time.

This was also the reason why he readily agreed to Zhang Renkang's idea of ​​setting up a workers' picket team. With Li Huaide's vision, he had long seen that the society would be in chaos in the future. What Zhang Renkang had done could perfectly meet the needs of the higher-ups. Most importantly, it would make the steel mill a safe haven, free from the impact and influence of the outside world.

Li Huaide let Zhang Renkang do it, and also wanted to use Zhang Renkang's background to drag him into the water. Zhang Renkang thought that Li Huaide really supported him unconditionally. Li Huaide was not stupid. Now that he had a future direction, Li Huaide even changed a lot for corruption. Xu Damao was humiliated by him last time because he didn't understand the changes in the mentality and pursuits of the current Li Huaide and the previous Li Huaide.