Chapter 261 No One is Stupid

Xie Yun and Factory Director Tang signed an equipment customization contract, and the agreed delivery date was June 15, 1975.

This time was decided after careful discussion between both parties. Time is tight, but it is still possible to squeeze in.

Director Tang said: "I believe that during this period, our engineers, technicians and workers will be able to gain great training."

Xie Yun: "It is a blessing for them to have a good leader like you."

Director Tang: "Same here."

Secretary Xiao Zhao standing by was rolling his eyes almost to the sky, and was already writing a short essay in his mind.

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The First Machinery Factory received an order from Qushui County. Everyone was thrilled, both because of the opportunity to produce new products and contribute to the country and because the two machines would help the women who had been rescued. In short, this work was of great significance. All employees voluntarily pledged to deliver the goods within the agreed timeframe and live up to the trust of the nation and its people.

For the next period of time, the employees worked 16 hours a day, forgetting to eat or sleep, day and night, and sometimes even forgot to go home. They were determined to serve their country and persevered passionately, and ultimately achieved victory.

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[What a lousy leader! He deserves to be bald at such a young age!]

Xie Yun inadvertently saw his unpredictable expression, and she felt that this guy must have a very rich psychological activity.

"Secretary Zhao, what are you thinking about? What do you think of our cooperation?"

Xiao Zhao: “…”

Director Tang curled his lips and said, "What else can he be thinking about? He must be thinking that after this is over, the few hairs left on Old Tang's head will be gone."

Xie Yun: “…”

Xiao Zhao: “!!!”

Secretary Zhao was stunned! "How did you know?"

Director Tang snorted twice, "You don't know, you talk in your sleep!"

Xiao Zhao: “…”

He remembered that he had worked overtime before and was too tight on time. He was too lazy to go back to the dormitory, so he just stayed in the office and took a nap. It seems that he was exposed at that time!

He knew that he was talking in his sleep. It seems that he can't sleep in the office anymore, otherwise who knows what he will say!

Xie Yun looked at Director Tang's Mediterranean hairstyle. His head was shiny and bright, which was rare nowadays. Only Comrade Pan Changqing could compete with him.

Director Tang rubbed his head and said, "I'm going to shave my head soon! I'm going to make sure your prediction comes true!"

Xiao Zhao: “…”

Okay, as long as you are happy.

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After Xie Yun said goodbye and left, Xiao Zhao said to Director Tang, "It was a bit rude of you to leave Deputy County Chief Xie out in the cold today."

Director Tang: "No, you're so young, why do you have to be so polite? Don't be so particular. I don't think Xiao Xie cares."

"Only Deputy County Chief Xie doesn't mind. Anyone else would have a bad impression of us. If you want to understand the contents of the manual, just call in the engineer. You still need to communicate with the customer. But instead, you were so engrossed in reading that Deputy County Chief Xie was so bored that he could only drink water."

Director Tang: "...Can you please stop nagging me? Those who know you are only in your twenties, while those who don't would think you are in your seventies or eighties!"

Xiao Zhao: "Please be careful next time!"

"Okay, okay, okay."

In order to make Xiao Zhao shut up, Director Tang agreed without hesitation.

Xiao Zhao's existence made him understand a truth: no one is perfect. He, as a secretary, is excellent in all aspects, with strong working ability, serious attitude, dedication, and good interpersonal skills. However, he has only one flaw: nagging!

Too nagging!

Sometimes he doesn't even want to work overtime because of his nagging.

After the incident was over, Director Tang said, "Let's pack up and go to Beijing. This new machinery is more advanced than anything we've produced before. It's a production line, and it's already at the international advanced level. This matter is of great significance, so I'd better report it to the Ministry first. If possible, we can invite some experts from there to help."

"OK."

Xiao Zhao agreed and immediately started preparing for the trip.

Director Tang sat in his office, looking at the instruction manual left by Xie Yun, and fell into deep thought.

After entering the 1970s, the country was no longer so anti-Western. In the past two years, it has organized several groups to visit Western countries. He also participated in a group that went to the neighboring Japanese. Although the Japanese were in the east, they were also classified as part of the Western camp.

Damn it! That tiny country was beaten to a pulp back then, and it wasn't much better than us, yet now they're almost catching up with the West! Their factories are all assembly lines, and it's obvious they're much more advanced than ours.

But, after taking a closer look, it seems that the gap is not that big!

As far as he knew, 70 years later, the country had made great technological breakthroughs in the steel industry, and various high-quality steels and special steels had been produced, with all the data being no worse than those of the Japanese.

It’s just that our foundation is too weak and our country is so big that it will take time to achieve comprehensive upgrading from point to surface.

Now, Xiao Xie has come up with such an advanced design. It seems their Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering Research Institute is really amazing!

Others may not know, but he has inquired from many sources and found out that the breakthrough in steel technology was made by the Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants Research Institute in Qushui County. In order to find out this information, he was almost regarded as a spy. He was interrogated by Zhao Pengfei from the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, who thoroughly investigated his ancestors for eight generations and nine generations of his clan. Only then did he believe that he was innocent.

No, he didn't believe it completely either, so he sent his son to supervise him.

Xiao Zhao is the son of Zhao Pengfei, Minister of Metallurgical Industry.

I didn't expect that Zhao Pengfei, a rough guy, would raise Xiao Zhao, a nagging and literary person.

Thoughts drift away and then return.

Since Xiao Xie and the others were so talented, couldn't he do the reverse and customize the machinery? He could just make a request and ask Xiao Xie and the others to help him research it. Wouldn't that improve machinery in all walks of life?

The world's development has always been from nothing. Others also started with nothing, yet they still developed, didn't they? They should be able to do it through independent innovation and research, right?

Director Tang was just pondering when another person came into the office and started to make a big fuss. "I heard there's an incredible job coming up. Let me take a look."

Old Tang suddenly wailed in his heart.

What kind of luck is this? His secretary is a chatterbox, and his youngest and most promising engineer is a slob! You can smell his odor from three meters away, and he's so sloppy that he can stand in his socks without taking them off!

Why is his head bald? None of these people are innocent!

Old Tang's eyes closed, opened, and then closed again.

He pushed the instructions forward and said, "Don't take it away. Just read it here. I'll need it when I go to the Ministry. Stay away from me!"

The visitor, Wu Zhongyun, the chief engineer of the machinery factory, did not mind at all. He picked up the manual and retreated to the office door.

"You're going to the ministry. Can I go with you?"

Director Tang was silent for a while, then said, "If you want to take a bath, come with me."

Otherwise it's really not presentable.

Wu Zhongyun: "Let me read the instructions first."

Director Tang pinched his brows with a tired look on his face.

I feel so tired!

A few minutes later, Wu Zhongyun ran into the office, put the instructions on the table, left a message saying "I'm going to take a shower" and ran away.

Director Tang: “…”