Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

"That's enough, get back to work," Assistant Zhang said with a smile, "Director Su always holds meetings because he has something substantive to arrange, not just empty talk."

Assistant Zhang's words caused the workers to laugh again. "Then why don't we disturb Assistant Zhang from doing his work? Let's work together to make sure our work doesn't fall behind the progress of the workshop next door - look at how many water pipes they have piled up!" Everyone encouraged each other.

"They really tried their best. I noticed that they only ate a few bites of food at noon and then immediately returned to the production line to continue working. They didn't even have time to stop and drink a sip of water. I can't do that."

"Everyone, work hard. We want to surpass the water pipe workshop and strive to get the mobile red flag for our workshop next month!" Suddenly, the laughter among the workers decreased. Everyone tensed up and worked harder.

The steel rolling mill has a title called the Mobile Red Flag Workshop, which is awarded once a month and the workshop that wins the title will receive a small symbolic reward.

However, the workers did not care about these rewards, but the collective sense of honor. After hearing this, the morale of the employees in the gas tank workshop was greatly boosted, and the small episode did not affect their work.

Zhang Aimin shook his head and looked at the workers with a sigh. "The factory director wants us to attend the meeting?"

The technician found by Assistant Zhang was confused and didn't understand why the factory director suddenly called him to a meeting.

Did he join the company late? Or was he accepted by the company because he joined the company halfway? So does he need to talk to the company alone?

Seeing the anxious look on the technician's face, Assistant Zhang smiled understandingly and comforted him.

"Go find your friends who used to work in the same factory as you and join us. The factory manager wants this group of technical talents to have a small discussion."

The technician breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that he didn't need to attend the meeting alone. "Okay, I'll go gather them now."

Assistant Zhang continued to walk forward and quickly passed the notice to all the technical personnel who had just entered the factory.

In fact, there were not many technicians recruited, about a hundred people. Their arrival was not because they saw the development potential of the steel mill, but they just happened to be discovered.

When these people found themselves surrounded by familiar faces, many technical talents began to worry about the factory director's meeting agenda, saying, "I don't know why the factory director asked us to come to the meeting."

“Perhaps the factory manager wants to innovate and develop new equipment like the air-conditioning fan workshop?”

"In my opinion, it may be that we have not been able to show results since we joined the factory, so the factory manager is going to inquire about the situation."

"That's right. Come to think of it, it's been so long since the factory director came to discuss anything with us. Maybe he just wants to chat."

"I'm afraid he'll think we're not contributing much and fire us."

Just like that, all the technical backbones followed Assistant Zhang towards the meeting room with heavy hearts and trepidation.

When these technical experts walked into the conference room, they found Su Chen already waiting there.

Everyone carefully chose their seats and sat down, but they felt uneasy, not knowing what new moves Su Chen would make this time.

In the past, when Su Chen presided over a meeting, the announcements he made were usually about layoffs or the replacement of the factory director.

Thinking of this, everyone felt even more uneasy, and their butts seemed reluctant to stay on their chairs.

Su Chen didn't notice that the technical backbones' thoughts had gone astray. He took out the design drawings of the medium-range ballistic missile he had obtained earlier. This was a valuable gift he was going to give to Colonel Ka.

As the most famous and influential general in the Black Continent, the weapons under Colonel Ka are never lacking. Even if the Eagle Sauce joins forces with other countries to blockade him, he will always find a way to secretly transport the weapons back. Therefore, Su Chen decided to take out a heavyweight technical document, so that the other party would take notice.

"This design drawing is your next task." Su Chen pasted the drawing paper on the blackboard behind him.

The specially enlarged design ensured that even the hundreds of technical backbones present could see every detail. "How can this be made!" A technical backbone couldn't help but blurt out.

Jiang Jiefang and others did not participate in this meeting due to their research on turbine engines. The technical backbones in the conference room at this moment were all people except those in charge of the turbine engine project and those who were going to Yangcheng.

When everyone saw this design, they were stunned. The entire conference room fell into a dead silence for a moment, and no one dared to speak.

Several technical backbones from the same factory exchanged glances. "Sure enough, the rumors circulating in the factory before were not groundless." A technical backbone secretly hinted to his companion.

"This steel mill actually made a **!" Another technical backbone muttered inwardly. "It must be as everyone said, otherwise where would there be such a killer weapon?"

After a moment of silence, everyone began to discuss quietly. "Could it be that Director Su is actually a **?" "Perhaps, he is a foreigner who has returned to China secretly."

"Could it be that Director Su was sent down by his superiors to use the steel mill as a cover, but actually undertake various ** R&D tasks?" "It sounds reasonable. It seems that Director Su's identity is indeed extraordinary."

The discussion among the technical backbones became more and more heated. They all knew very well what a ** factory meant, which also made them feel the excitement of participating in a huge project.

Seeing these technical backbones gradually getting excited, Su Chen said directly: "Since you are professionals and understand the technology in this area, you must thoroughly understand this design and realize ** production."

As soon as Su Chen finished speaking, there was an uproar at the scene. "How could we possibly make something like this?" "I used to make small weapons at best, how could I possibly have the ability to make this kind of weapon?" "But aren't we a private company? How can we still do the work of a weapon factory?"

For a moment, many technical backbones expressed surprise.

A technician stood up and raised his hand, as if he wanted to confirm something. Su Chen asked him to speak.

"This type of production is very dangerous. If you are not careful, it will lead to a workshop crash, and you also need a corresponding production license."

After saying that, he looked at Su Chen expectantly, standing straight.

Seeing that someone dared to confront Su Chen, the rest of the technicians couldn't help but look at him, expecting how Su Chen would respond.

After hearing this, Su Chen waved his hand slightly.

"Who the hell said we were going to make weapons?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned.

The design clearly indicated a medium-range ballistic missile - was this all a disguise? Or was Su Chen blatantly lying?

He ignored everyone's shocked expressions and continued:

"This is a very clear large-scale fire safety device, namely the medium-range fire safety device. Do you understand?"

As he spoke, he struck the design drawing hanging behind him with his palm. Bewilderment was shown on the faces of those present. It was obvious that they were shocked by Su Chen's clever explanation.

Su Chen ignored the doubts in other people's hearts and continued,

"Once a fire occurs, launching such a device can immediately suppress the fire. If this is not firefighting equipment, what else can it be?" These words made it difficult for people around to argue.

If the original ** in the device is replaced with dry powder fire extinguishing material, it can indeed effectively extinguish the fire.

The power of medium-range ballistic weapons undoubtedly far exceeds the effectiveness of ordinary fire extinguishers.

Some engineers showed a little respect for Su Chen's creativity, but most people still looked at him with doubt. As qualified professional technicians, they all knew that the so-called "fire **" was just an excuse to cover up the facts. Even so, the eyes of these technicians gradually revealed brilliance.

They were convinced that Director Su must be responsible for an important confidential mission, and that the steel mill was a secret base carrying a national strategic secret mission!

Foreign trade and civilian product manufacturing are just excuses. There must be something else behind this!

Suddenly, these technicians were filled with a sense of power. God knows what inspired this imagination. Seeing this, Su Chen gently tapped the blackboard:

"This steel mill is only engaged in the research and development and production of civilian equipment and is not related to weapons manufacturing."

"All our products are customized to meet the needs of the people! They have nothing to do with military equipment!"

"We only produce equipment for daily use by the public. Do you understand?"

When he finished speaking, the technical backbones who had already imagined too much immediately responded:

"It's clear now. What we want to develop is the medium-range firefighting **!"

Someone immediately responded, and others agreed:

"Indeed, our job is to manufacture equipment that serves civilians."

A few astute technologists understood his intention and did not feel contradictory in making such remarks.

Despite this, some conservative technical experts were still confused. Why did everyone follow Su Chen's lead in making up stories, even though the products they produced were only superficially different from those of the weapons factory?

In fact, even the smart technical backbones did not believe Su Chen's words in their hearts. How could such a thing be made and only used as firefighting equipment? This structure is obviously very suitable for use as a **, and it is perfect as a war weapon.

But they knew very well that even if these devices looked like weapons in their eyes, as long as Su Chen insisted that they were not, then they would not be.

So they did not intend to refute Su Chen's words, but were particularly excited to get to work immediately. Who made this ** manufacturing process full of **?

"Since everyone agrees, your task is to understand the design and master the technology to produce this **."

After Su Chen finished speaking, there was no objection.

"Now that you understand the difficulty of this mission, let's adjourn the meeting now. Think carefully about how to master the technology."

After that, Su Chen waved his hand and signaled to leave the meeting room. The remaining technical backbones hurried forward to carefully check the design drawings left by Su Chen. They were eager to know the specific contents.

Now that Su Chen is gone, these technicians can discuss freely.