Chapter 229

After receiving the notice from their superiors, everyone was a little curious about the newcomer Zhang Yilin.

Being able to be transferred to Shuguang Factory at this time, there is a high probability that he will be the second Wang Zaofu.

Kang Jian went to the city specifically to inquire about the new member's background, only to be told that Zhang Yilin was not a cadre of Binjiang City.

He was transferred from Dehua Prefecture. Previously, he served as the director of the Revolutionary Committee of an agricultural machinery factory in Dehua Prefecture and was a section-level cadre.

The transfer to Shuguang Factory is a horizontal transfer.

However, being transferred from Dehua to the provincial capital, especially to a large state-owned factory like Shuguang Factory, even if it is a horizontal transfer, can be very scrambled for.

Who would believe that Zhang Yilin has no backing?

Ye Manzhi and Kang Jian both privately inquired about his background, but could only get some public information.

It is not certain whether he was transferred here by the provincial leaders or is a relative of the municipal leaders in another place.

Therefore, Ye Manzhi paid great attention to this mysterious Zhang Yilin.

On the day Deputy Director Zhang officially took office at the factory, she followed the old rules and led the team members to wait at the factory gate.

"Director Zhang, welcome to Shuguang Factory. We will fight side by side from now on."

Zhang Yilin politely shook hands with Ye Manzhi and said, "Director Ye, I'm a new recruit at Shuguang Factory. I'd really appreciate your guidance and help."

Upon hearing this, several deputy directors secretly exchanged glances.

Just listening to Zhang Yilin's statement, he is much more humble than Wang Zaofu was back then.

However, Zhang Yilin is more than ten years older than Wang Zaofu, and has been the head of a small factory for several years, so he definitely has the necessary scheming.

Wang Zaofu has caused a lot of harm in recent years, and everyone is highly vigilant against those with connections.

However, Zhang Yilin was just as he appeared to the outside world, and he worked according to the routine after arriving at Shuguang Factory.

After taking office for half a month, he quickly integrated into the team and did not cause any trouble.

Ye Manzhi felt relieved, but also a little surprised. Zhang Yilin was too honest and didn't seem like someone who had been the head of a company.

In fact, Zhang Yilin also had the final say in his original unit.

However, the scale of Shuguang Factory is several times larger than that of the Agricultural Machinery Factory, and he is the last-ranked deputy director. He has just been transferred to an unfamiliar city and a new unit, so he needs to plan carefully before taking any action.

Moreover, he squeezed out Wang Zaofu to get into the factory, and he knew the series of events triggered by the diesel ticket better than most people.

The big-character posters posted at the Municipal Party Committee and the Grain Bureau focused on exposing and denouncing Deputy Director Zhao and Lu Minghao. Many people believed that Wang Zaofu was implicated by his father-in-law and brother-in-law, and privately felt that he was a bit unlucky.

But Zhang Yilin disagrees.

He found the whistleblower's motives strange.

It is said that three big-character posters appeared simultaneously at the Municipal Party Committee, the Grain Bureau and the Shuguang Factory.

If the whistleblower was reporting on behalf of Deputy Director Zhao, then posting a few big-character posters at the Municipal Party Committee would be enough.

Other city leaders will definitely pay attention to this and conduct an investigation.

If you are really worried, you can go to the Grain Bureau to post a guarantee.

However, Shuguang Factory was located in the suburbs, and Wang Zaofu was not very involved in the whole incident, so there was really no need for the whistleblower to come to Shuguang Factory and post another big-character poster.

To put it bluntly, public opinion in the factory cannot influence the decision of the city leaders.

Posting big-character posters in three places at the same time is not only unnecessary, but it is also likely to alert the enemy and cause the father-in-law and son-in-law to collude with each other in advance.

Zhang Yilin thought about it and couldn't guess the whistleblower's intention.

Unless the other party’s target is not Deputy Director Zhao, but his son-in-law.

The reason they went to so much trouble to post big-character posters at the Shuguang Factory was to force Wang Zaofu to step down. If that were the case, the whole thing would make sense.

Judging from the final result, this matter may have been planned by the beneficiary Kang Jian.

However, the possibility of Ye Manzhi's participation cannot be ruled out.

Before he came to Shuguang Factory, he paid special attention to inquiring about the situation of the top leader.

It is rare to find a female comrade serving as the head of a large state-owned factory. Ye Manzhi is well-known in Binjiang's industrial system.

He asked three people, and the answers given by all three were quite interesting.

Ye Manzhi was actually a very beautiful woman, but none of the three mentioned her appearance.

The evaluations given were that he was young, came from a good family, had outstanding abilities, was tactful and very friendly.

Most of the female cadres Zhang Yilin had met at work were iron ladies. He felt that a truly friendly person would not be able to be the head of a large state-owned factory.

Therefore, this evaluation of "tactful and friendly" is somewhat intriguing.

Wang Zaofu’s downfall might be related to her.

…

Ye Manzhi didn't know her new colleague yet, and imagined her to be an iron lady with three heads and six arms.

After the spring, the imitation work of the two TV production lines was officially launched.

As soon as the machine starts working, money flows out like water.

She and Kang Jian were busy raising money and raw materials, while the newcomer Zhang Yilin was not a troublemaker and could be in charge of part of the business, which made them less worried.

The city's verdict on the diesel ticket incident has come down.

The three people from the Grain Bureau who resold diesel tickets were all sent to jail, and Wang Zaofu was also sent to jail for embezzling public funds.

Deputy Director Zhao has not yet made any statement, but both of his sons-in-law have committed crimes. Even if he draws a clear line between himself and them in time and asks his daughter to divorce, it will still be of no avail.

Ye Manzhi heard that the province was preparing to adjust him.

After Wang Zaofu was taken away by the police that night, he was never seen again. Zhao Weihong returned to her parents' home with her children, leaving only Aunt Wang to live in the family compound.

The political atmosphere within Shuguang Factory was relatively relaxed, so no one took advantage of Aunt Wang's misfortune. There were no big-character posters or fierce criticism, allowing her to continue working at the laundry service station.

However, after Wang Zaofu's verdict was officially announced, Aunt Wang could not withstand the pressure and felt ashamed to continue staying in Shuguang Factory, so she eventually left with her youngest son.

Everything that Wang Zaofu had done at Shuguang Factory came to an end.

Now that the matter has been settled, Ye Manzhi will focus more on his work.

That day, she received a call from Tianjin Radio Factory No. 8 in her office.

"Director Ye, we need to replicate our black-and-white TV production line as soon as possible!"

"Construction has officially begun," Ye Manzhi said with a smile, "Director Shen, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, why are you in such a hurry?"

"We have to be urgent," Director Shen said in a low voice, "The color TV production line originally planned for Factory 305 is dead, so we have to hurry up to get our black and white TVs!"

Hearing this, Ye Manzhi stopped laughing and asked hurriedly, "What's going on? Why is there no more fun?"

"It's hard to explain in a few words, but after the inspection team returned from the Americans, the plan to introduce a color TV production line fell through," Director Shen said quietly. "Luckily, we partnered to introduce a black-and-white TV production line, otherwise we would have lost everything!"

Ye Manzhi muttered, "How could such a big thing end up like this?"

"Well, don't ask anymore." Director Shen briefly explained the reason and changed the subject. "The color TVs produced in Shanghai are already on the market. The production volume is not high, but the price is not cheap. What do you think the retail price of a 19-inch color TV is?"

Ye Manzhi had seen a 19-inch color TV in Japan and had a rough idea of ​​the price. "1,200 yuan?"

"Haha," Director Shen said, not wanting to stop until he was shocked, "2400 yuan!"

"How much?" Ye Manzhi was shocked.

"2400! Didn't expect that?"

"That's unexpected. The price is too high. Who are you going to sell it to?"

"Anyway, the production volume is low, so I guess we can only provide it to major organizations."

"Oh my god," Ye Manzhi exclaimed, "This color TV costs as much as six black and white TVs."

"That's why I called to urge you," Director Shen said, "The plan to introduce a color TV production line has been completely shelved. Large-scale production of color TVs will be impossible in the next few years. Therefore, the value of our six black-and-white TV production lines is even greater!"

Domestic color TV production is low and prices are high, so ordinary people have never even seen one.

Now is the time to capture the market with black and white televisions.

As long as the production line is officially put into operation, these three companies will be able to occupy the entire domestic TV industry!

After hanging up the receiver, Ye Manzhi thought about the color TV production line that had not been introduced and sighed deeply in his heart.

Although the production line cannot be handed over to Shuguang Factory, the domestic level in this area is far behind the international level. No matter who will eventually settle there, Ye Manzhi is still happy to see the color TV production line being introduced.

Now that hopes have been dashed, it must be a huge blow to Factory 305.

Listening to the military bugle call coming from outside the window, Ye Manzhi put away the regrets in his heart and regained his spirits.

Director Shen was right, the value of those black and white TV production lines was rising sharply.

Before obtaining production lines in Guangzhou and Tianjin, Shuguang brand televisions could occupy the entire domestic television market!

Just thinking about the scenario where people all over the country can use the "Dawn Brand" is enough to make her blood boil.

She stood up from her chair and ran to the workshop again, urging the production line to complete assembly as soon as possible and start production as soon as possible!

*

The entire assembly production line is 480 meters long and consists of 30 automated stand-alone equipment, 28 conveyor line segments, and more than 300 instruments.

There are as many as five thousand line design drawings, and assembly line workers have to complete more than one hundred assembly steps.

It took Shuguang Factory a full ten months to install, adjust and test-run the two production lines. It was not until after the National Day of that year that the first 14-inch transistor black-and-white TV rolled off the production line.

Kang Jian ran to the warehouse and said, "Director Ye, the TV is a valuable item. Should we select a few people to escort it this time?"

"That's fine. Televisions are fragile, and this is our first time delivering them to Tianjin and Guangdong. We must instruct the workers to handle them with care!" Ye Manzhi said cheerfully. "Assign an escort to each carriage. Once the products arrive safely, have them return via other routes!"

Looking at the workers who were constantly loading goods into the carriage, Kang Jian rubbed his hands and said, "This time we're shipping 10,000 televisions out of town in one go, which is almost the same as our annual output in the past! Every time I think of the local people rushing to buy Shuguang brand TVs in the stores, I get so excited that I can't sleep!"

"Hahaha, me too," Ye Manzhi said excitedly, "Shuguang brand will soon be as famous as Yongjiu, Feige, and Shanghai brands, and will be famous all over the country!"

This is not the first time they have shipped goods out of town, but most of the televisions they previously sold were sold within the province.

This is the first time that goods are sold to other provinces on such a large scale.

In 1966, Ye Manzhi first had the idea of ​​producing televisions. In 1971, Shuguang Factory officially produced the first black-and-white tube TV. Today, after 9 years and countless setbacks, failures, efforts and struggles, Shuguang brand TVs are finally going to meet people across the country.

Ye Manzhi always feels nervous as if her own child is about to enter the examination hall. She wonders how people across the country would rate the Shuguang brand and whether they are satisfied with the product quality.

This kind of tension was even stronger than when she took the college entrance examination, so she came to the warehouse in person to help out.

In the evening, more than a dozen carriages were full. After the locomotive blew its whistle several times in the factory, it finally started slowly and moved forward into the fiery afterglow.

The workers who had just finished their shift waved vigorously at the train. Everyone knew that this batch of goods was to be sold to other provinces, and the Shuguang brand was about to be inspected by the people of the whole country!

An old worker ran out of the workshop and shouted to the escort in the carriage from a distance: "Tietou, you must be alert when escorting. Be careful when you get to the place. Don't damage our Shuguang brand!"

"Oh, Dad, I remember it all!" The young man called Tietou waved his hands excitedly, "I'm on a business trip, so I'll bring you some Tianjin specialties when I come back!"

"No need to bring food," the other workers chimed in. "If you have the guts, bring back a wife from Tianjin!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The train runs slowly in the factory area, and the workers can chat with people on the train while walking.

Not far from the factory, a group of boys from the family compound climbed onto the train car and took a ride with the escort.

Seeing that the train was moving faster and faster, these little brats jumped off the train with a laugh, saluted the escorts in a self-important manner, stepped on the rails, sang songs, and walked three kilometers home.

After the imported production line was officially put into operation, Shuguang Factory only arranged two shifts for production in the TV workshop.

These two production lines are "old" and require regular inspection and maintenance, so Ye Manzhi and others dare not let them run 24 hours a day. The annual output is only about 300,000 units.

However, even so, this output is second to none in the country.

Several newspapers across the country reported on Shuguang brand televisions. Beijing Television even came to the Shuguang factory to record a three-minute news segment and broadcast it to comrades in Beijing and the central government.

On the day the TV news was broadcast, Ye Manzhi turned on 50 televisions that had just come off the production line and organized all the workers in the workshop to watch the broadcast news.

We strive to ensure that everyone can see the TV screen clearly and find their own face in the news.

"Ahhhh, I'm on TV!" the young girls in the female workers' team shouted excitedly.

"I saw myself, too!"

"Hahaha, my workstation is right next to Director Ye. When the reporter was interviewing Director Ye, he could always see me!"

"And me, even though I couldn't find her face, I saw her back! That spot is mine!"

We usually watch the news in the TV room of the family compound, and all we see are leaders and cadres, or top figures in various industries. We never thought that one day we would see ourselves in the Beijing news.

"Our Shuguang Factory is so glorious!"

The workshop director took the opportunity to mobilize the team, saying, "The more famous we become, the more we must be strict with ourselves, reduce the defective rate of televisions, and let the people of the country experience the quality of our Shuguang Factory's military products!"

"good!"

The workers in the TV workshop clapped their hands excitedly.

A large amount of publicity and reports not only increased the popularity of Shuguang Factory, but also attracted supply and marketing personnel from all over the country to flock to it.

All provinces and cities that have opened television stations have sent buyers to Binjiang to contact sources of televisions.

All the guesthouses in Anyang County were filled with buyers from all over the country.

The purchasing agent's position is not high, so there is actually no need for the factory leaders to come out to entertain him. But who among those who can come out to run supply and marketing these days doesn't have connections?

The notes from the leaders of this province, the leaders of sister units, and the leaders of other provinces and cities could fill up Ye Manzhi's drawer.

This does not include the constant calls every day.

There are very few companies in China that can produce televisions on a large scale, and their local factories only produce a few thousand units a year.

Instead of waiting for a year locally and not even getting the goods, it’s better to come to the Shuguang factory and wait for a few days!

Ye Manzhi said helplessly: "Comrades, our factory is only responsible for production, and sales are handled by the commercial department. Don't block up in the factory, or go to the Commercial Bureau to transfer goods!"

"Haha, Director Ye, I've already inquired about this. Your annual production target is only 280,000 units, but the newspaper says your annual output can reach 300,000 to 400,000 units. Since you've exceeded your plan by a few hundred thousand units, you can find sales channels on your own, right? Don't bother looking for them, just sell them directly to us!"

Ye Manzhi: “…”

If I had known this earlier, she wouldn't have boasted about 300,000 to 400,000 units!

In fact, there are only 300,000 units.

Why.

Director Ye is sad and happy every day.

Looking at the fleet of cars constantly entering and leaving the factory gate, she made plans silently in her mind.

If the production line is successfully copied, after delivering the tasks to Guangzhou and Tianjin, the original semi-automatic production line in the factory will be renovated and upgraded. By then, when the two production lines are running at full capacity at the same time, the annual output of televisions can reach at least 500,000 units!

*

Since the products were sold nationwide, Director Ye has to work overtime at the company almost every day.

The only consolation for her was that the Shuguang brand televisions had received good feedback, and the province was preparing to report the name of "State-owned Binjiang Shuguang Machinery Factory" to the central government.

This year, Shuguang Factory will represent enterprises across the province in competing for the title of "National Advanced Collective".

Ye Manzhi was organizing people at the factory to prepare award application materials, and it was already past eight o'clock when he got home from get off work.

"Why hasn't Youyan come back yet?"

"I'm in a meeting."

"What kind of meeting is this?" Ye Manzhi complained. "She's a student and has homework to do. Can't you just attend on behalf of our family?"

Wu Zhengrong said innocently, "I ran into them having a meeting in the courtyard after get off work."

"Okay," Ye Manzhi asked, "What kind of meeting is this?"

Wu Zhengrong recited the neighborhood committee director's exact words, "In order to occupy the street's cultural front with socialism, we need to build a socialist compound in our residential compound! Just like Beijing's Xiangyang Courtyard!"

“…”

There were so many things going on in the commune and neighborhood committee every day that Ye Manyzhi simply stopped asking.

She changed her clothes, took a shower, and then huddled together with Wu Zhengrong to read a book, smelling fragrant.

The courtyard door was suddenly pushed open, and Xiao Wu, who was representing the whole family to attend the meeting, walked in angrily.

"What's the matter, my girl?" Ye Manzhi asked with a smile.

"There was a meeting in the courtyard just now, and our family was criticized!"

Ye Manzhi was startled and quickly sat up and asked, "What's going on? Aren't we going to build a socialist compound? Why are you criticizing our family?"

"The socialist compound must organize ideological and political studies and launch a revolutionary critique! The neighborhood committee organized everyone to criticize each other, and someone brought up our family!"

Wu Zhengrong put down the book, frowned, and asked, "What is there to criticize about our family?"

"Feng Feng, who is in the same grade as us, said that you two are cadres, but you advocate hedonism and don't practice thriftiness."

Ye Manzhi was so angry that she cursed. "Bullshit! How can we enjoy ourselves? I eat bitter memories three days a week. How can this be called hedonism? What evidence do they have to accuse me of enjoying myself?"

She jumped out of bed, put on her slippers and went out to argue with someone.

Wu Yuzhuo held her back and said, "The conference is over. There's no point in you going now! That Feng Feng just doesn't like me and said my clothes don't have patches!"

The couple then turned their attention to her clothes and discovered two large tears in the sleeves of her cotton-padded jacket, with cotton peeking out. Wu Zhengrong's face darkened and he asked sternly, "Did they rip your clothes?"

"No, they wouldn't dare! I have Aunt Zhenfang here, as well as Zhou Mo, Yi Yi, and Lu Yuejin!" Wu Yuzhuo snorted. "Feng Feng said my clothes had no patches, so I ripped the patches off and showed them to the aunties nearby! There are several patches on my cotton-padded jacket. It's because my mother is a skilled craftsman. She used the same color fabric or embroidered it, so the patches are not visible!"

Ye Manzhi tapped her forehead and said, "Are you stupid? Why are you tearing your clothes?"

"If I don't explain clearly, someone will criticize our family every time we hold a meeting!" Wu Yuzhuo took off his cotton-padded jacket and handed it to his mother. "I'll shut those people up this time. Let's see if they have any reason to criticize our family!"

Ye Manzhi: “…”

Most of the residents in this courtyard are from dual-income families, and their living standards are actually not bad.

However, some families have to support the elderly and have many children, so the younger children have to wear the clothes of the older children, so they inevitably have to wear patched clothes.

There is only one child in her family, Youyan. Her parents have good salaries, so there is no need to make their child wear patched clothes.

However, the couple did not want her to be special among her peers, so her family's food, clothing and other expenses could only be of average standard, and most of her clothes had patches. The only special thing was that her mother was good at handicrafts and could make the patches look beautiful.

Wu Yuzhuo has always been proud of the beautiful patches on her clothes since she was a child!

She turned around to help her mother get the sewing basket, and her sharp-eyed father noticed a large stain on the butt of her cotton pants.

"What's wrong with your pants? Did you fall?"

Speaking of this, Wu Yuzhuo was furious again. "After the meeting, I went to Feng Feng to settle the score. I kicked him, but he turned out to be such a fool that he tripped me!"

Ye Manzhi and Wu Zhengrong: "::::::"

After entering puberty, the boys of the same age in the yard grew up like leeks.

Youyan is only of average height among the little girls, and is even less comparable to those brats.

After telling her story, Wu Yuzhuo felt a little embarrassed, so she ran to the kitchen to boil milk for today.

As long as she keeps drinking milk every day, she will grow into a tall girl sooner or later!

Ye Manzhi said, "Don't go to any meetings in the courtyard from now on. Let me go with your dad."

Youyan is still a child after all, and she is afraid that if someone criticizes their family again, it will scare the child.

"I'm not afraid. Criticism is fine," Wu Yuzhuo said, pulling out a piece of paper from his schoolbag. "I'll write this now. If Feng Feng dares to criticize our family again, I'll criticize him too! Mom, can you get me two TV tickets?"

"what?"

"The neighborhood committee has everyone attend political night school every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, but I think the socialist compound should improve residents' living standards and organize more meaningful cultural and recreational activities. No one wants to participate if it's just night school and critiques. We have a TV signal here now, so we can ask the commune to buy two TVs and organize everyone to watch the news together."

Ye Manzhi exchanged glances with Wu Zhengrong, nodded, and said, "Then I'll try to get two TV tickets."

Televisions have a huge appeal to residents. Once a compound has a TV room like the one in the Shuguang Factory staff compound, no one will have the time to engage in criticism. They will definitely want to watch TV.

…

As scarce as televisions are, so are TV tickets.

Ye Manzhi was the director of the Revolutionary Committee of Shuguang Factory. Being able to help the commune get two TV tickets was considered as supporting the commune's work.

The commune leaders naturally would not refuse such a good thing.

So, just after New Year's Day, two 14-inch black-and-white televisions were installed in the military academy's family compound, attracting all the adults and children in the compound.

Ye Manzhi only watched the TV program with everyone for two days, and then had to stay at the unit to write the award materials.

Many people have heard that the province is going to nominate Shuguang Factory to participate in the national advanced collective selection.

Lei Wanyuan also called her to congratulate her.

Ye Manzhi smiled and said, "The Shuguang Factory has been able to develop to what it is today, all thanks to the good foundation you left for everyone!"

"I've been away from Shuguang Factory for four or five years now. The fact that Shuguang Factory has thrived so well is the result of the hard work of you and your colleagues," Lei Wanyuan said after a pause. "However, you should also be mentally prepared. I heard the city may be reshuffling its cadre ranks soon."

Hearing this, Ye Manzhi's heart instantly rose to his throat, "Director Lei, what rumors have you heard?"

"There seem to be vacancies in two counties, and the Municipal Revolutionary Committee is going to establish a Light Industry Bureau. I heard you're on the cadre review list. Leaving Shuguang Factory will give you a broader stage, which is good for you."