At the foot of the wall outside the machinery factory gate, Wan Feng and Luo Zhongxing squatted in the corner, talking while watching the vehicles passing by on the road.

"Xiao Wan, although I don't know what you want to do, I think the people you have recruited now are enough for the project you want to do. I think you have recruited about thirty people in total."

"So many!" This is a surprise.

Wan Feng originally thought that it would be good to find ten or eight technicians, but he didn't expect to get such a big surprise.

"To be exact, there are thirty-one people. Among them, there is one person with the strength of a level eight technician, but he does not have a level eight certificate. There are two other level seven technicians, fifteen level six technicians, and the rest are all level five."

Even a large factory may not have so many senior technicians.

The one that Luo Zhongxing mentioned who didn't have an eighth-level certificate but had eighth-level strength should be Chen Dao.

"Master Luo, is there anyone named Chen Dao among these people?"

"Yes, he has the strength of an eighth-level person but doesn't have an eighth-level certificate. This guy drinks too much."

Unexpectedly, what Luo Zhongxing praised was not Chen Dao's skills but his drinking capacity. Apparently, they had competed with each other at the table.

"Haha, if you drink with him, even if everyone in the machinery factory were put together, they might not be able to drink more than him."

Luo Zhongxing also laughed: "This guy saves money on meals just by betting on drinking. At first, he bet with others that he would drink one bottle, then two bottles, and then three bottles. Of course, the bets were made at the table. This guy has been eating out every day for more than half a month and hasn't lost once."

Wan Feng's mind automatically imagined the scene of Chen Dao making a bet and drinking with others.

"What now?"

"Now? No one wants to bet with him now. He's even increased the quantity to six bottles, but no one wants to fight with him."

Anyone who bets with him on drinking again is an idiot. Besides, Chen Dao increased the quantity to six bottles just for a meal. Is it really that big of a deal?

"I mean, where is he now?"

"That guy arrived in mid-March and stayed in Wahou for over a month. He went home a while ago. Now Chen Dao is staying at the hotel you arranged for him. He often comes to the industrial bazaar and the machinery factory and farm implement factory, but lately he's been going most to the farm implement repair factory to watch them make all those little gadgets."

As long as he is still in the depression.

"Where are all those recruited people?"

"Some have gone home temporarily, while others are still here. Your factory isn't finished yet, so Yan Ling is now giving everyone we've hired a confirmed employee a monthly living allowance of 70 yuan, regardless of rank. Those willing to stay will be provided with housing, but nothing else. Those who don't want to stay can go home and come back in July or August."

It was handled very well. Since these people are temporarily unemployed, we gave them some living expenses to keep them busy so that they wouldn't run away.

Seventy yuan for living expenses is higher than the average salary in most factories and is enough to support a family.

Wan Feng, feeling at ease, decided to visit his own factory.

As I was walking towards Xiaoshutun, when I passed by the gate of the farm tool repair factory, I saw Chen Dao arguing with a few people in the yard of the factory.

Could it be that he is trying to seduce someone to make a bet with him for a living?

Wan Feng called him on the avenue.

When Chen Dao heard the shouting, he looked back and saw that it was Wan Feng, so he ran out like a meteor.

"Xiao Wan, when did you come back?"

"Yesterday afternoon, just before dark."

"Seeing you back makes me feel much more at ease. Did you go to Changchun when you came back?"

Wan Feng nodded.

"Have you seen that damn thing in my house?"

"I'm going to the factory to take a look, Uncle Chen, we can talk while we walk."

The two chatted as they walked towards Xiaoshutun.

"I saw your son. He's doing something big now and seems to be making a lot of money."

"I know he's making a lot of money, but you told him to stop in May, but the bastard got possessed and kept going. I told him he wouldn't listen, and we even had a huge fight over it. I came here in anger and I'm not going to care about him anymore."

"Alas! I've told him, but I don't know if he'll listen. Anyway, he has to choose his own path. If he doesn't stop and suffers a little, it's not a bad thing. Only by falling and getting up again can life be perfect."

When Chen Dao heard this, he knew that his son didn't even listen to Wan Feng's words, and he felt heavy-hearted for a moment.

Seeing Chen Dao's depressed expression, Wan Feng changed the subject.

"How about it, Uncle Chen? Do you like this place, Wahou?"

"Not bad, not bad. When we came here, we thought Wahou was just a poor mountain valley. We didn't expect it to be a small city. And its level of modernization is no less than that of a big city. In many aspects, it is better than Changchun. I have been here for more than a month, and the people in Wahou say that everything here is your creation. How did you do it?"

"Haha, how did you do it? I took it one step at a time. From the time we built the brick and tile factory in the summer of 1980 to today, in a few days it will have been six years. Now looking back, it all seems like it was just yesterday."

"In six years, you've turned the Queen into this. What can I say to you? Your magic is as inexplicable as my drinking."

This metaphor is quite apt, but not entirely accurate.

Although both are magical, Chen Dao cannot explain the reason for his magical drinking ability, while Wan Feng is well aware of his own magical ability.

"Uncle Chen, how many of those recruited masters are still in the depression?"

Chen Dao thought for a moment and said, "There are probably about a dozen of them. Some have gone home temporarily to wait for news. Some decided to stay because the environment here is good. A few young people have even found jobs repairing machinery in small factories nearby to earn some pocket money. Most of them hang out at the industrial fair and chat with the factory staff every day."

It would be a waste to let these people idle. Although the factory building has not been built yet, Wan Feng decided to group these people together and start theoretical research on the engine drawings.

If you need a machine tool, you can temporarily borrow it from other units.

Walk through Xiaoshutun and step onto the cement road leading to Nandawan.

"Captain Li of Xiaoshutun said that I can use the entire Nan Dawanli area as I please, except for the area where the beverage factory is located. In the future, this place will become an important industrial center in the Jiangwei area."

"Are you planning to open a factory here?" Chen Dao was uneasy. How big is this place? This mountain bend has an area of ​​more than ten square kilometers. How many factories can be built here?

"I won't build all of it. In the future, if some supporting factories are willing, they can build branches here. The stream in the middle will be the boundary. The east side of the stream will be used by external factories, and the west side of the stream will be for my own use."

Even half of the area is already huge, this kid wants to use it all!