Seven or eight days passed after the formal engagement. Just as he had said, Sun Zhengguo was extremely busy, spending almost every day in the workshop.
This large machine tool is a behemoth. The worktable alone is about 6 meters long, the gantry is 3 meters wide, and the gantry is 4 meters high.
Even more astonishingly, the entire machine tool weighs nearly 50 tons.
Even with complete blueprints, assembling such a behemoth is extremely difficult.
This is why Sun Zhengguo knew about this machine tool in his previous life; if it were any other expert, they wouldn't have been able to complete such a task.
Inside the experimental workshop of the Mechanical Research Institute, workers are busy at work.
Meanwhile, Sun Zhengguo was also busy. He was at a workbench not far away, repeatedly marking blueprints.
At this moment, Chen Lianshan walked over and said in a low voice.
"Director, Minister Li has come to inspect the area."
"Oh!" Sun Zhengguo put down his pen and looked up into the distance.
Sure enough, Minister Li and his entourage walked in through the door. Sun Zhengguo didn't have time to think and quickly went to greet them.
"Minister Li, Vice Minister Liu, and other leaders, welcome to our inspection tour."
While delivering his welcoming remarks, Sun Zhengguo also shook hands with several leaders.
After exchanging pleasantries, Minister Li asked with a worried expression.
"Comrade Zhengguo, I heard you've encountered some difficulties recently. How are you? If you need any support from the ministry, please don't hesitate to ask. We will do everything we can to help you."
"Minister Li, there are some difficulties, but they are not major problems. We can overcome them ourselves. Just give us a few more days, and we guarantee that our first domestically produced large machine tool will be successfully rolled off the production line."
Sun Zhengguo patted his chest and solemnly guaranteed.
There have indeed been some difficulties during this period, mainly due to the workers' lack of experience in assembling large machines.
As a result, Sun Zhengguo had to stay in the workshop and provide full guidance throughout the process in order to achieve perfection.
But he never expected that such a small matter would alarm the leaders of the department.
After hearing Sun Zhengguo's words, Minister Li and several other leaders felt much more at ease, but not completely reassured.
Because according to people's logic nowadays, people usually don't talk about their difficulties, trying their best not to cause trouble for the country, and then they have to bear it all on their own, even if they can't bear it anymore.
"Can you really rule it out yourselves?" Minister Li asked uncertainly.
“I can guarantee that it can be ruled out,” Sun Zhengguo said with equal certainty.
"Okay, I believe you, Comrade Zhengguo. Now, show us around!"
"Yes, Minister Li."
Next, Sun Zhengguo led a group of leaders to the place where machine tools were being assembled.
With the machine tool's general outline already formed, the leaders all showed expressions of disbelief upon seeing such a massive machine.
"Comrade Zhengguo, are these two large machine tools really made by ourselves?"
Vice Minister Liu, who accompanied the inspection, stared wide-eyed and asked in surprise.
He had seen large machine tools before, and the country had imported quite a few.
But those imported machine tools, compared to the two in front of him, completely overturned his worldview.
This is not even in the same league, okay?
Because compared to this machine tool, all the imported machine tools can only be called crawlers.
Sun Zhengguo simply smiled faintly when he saw Vice Minister Liu's expression.
“Vice Minister Liu, I guarantee that all the parts are domestically produced. However, I need to correct one point: this is not two machine tools, but one, because it has not yet been assembled.”
"What? That's unbelievable! These actually need to be assembled to form a complete machine tool. Has our country's production capacity become this strong?"
Vice Minister Liu was truly shocked at this moment; he had already been stunned when he saw just one of the machines.
Now you're telling me that these two need to be assembled together to become a real machine tool? This completely shattered his worldview.
"Haha! Vice Minister Liu, it might not have been possible before, but things are different now, because we have the world's most advanced precision machine tools. Tell me, what can't we make?"
Minister Li, who was standing to the side, explained with a smile.
Because he has always been in charge of machine tool matters, even now that he is a minister, he is still in charge, so he has the most authority to speak on this matter.
After hearing Minister Li's words, the group of leaders suddenly realized what was going on.
At the same time, these leaders also felt guilty. The country already had such capabilities, but they were unaware of them. Wasn't this a dereliction of duty?
So the leaders started a learning program, asking questions until they understood everything, so as to avoid making a fool of themselves later.
An hour later, after Sun Zhengguo's various explanations, the leaders had gained a lot and left satisfied.
Even after the leaders left, Sun Zhengguo did not leave. He continued to instruct the workers and technicians, striving to complete the large machine tool as soon as possible.
At noon, after lunch, Sun Zhengguo had just returned to his office when Zhou Weimin followed him in.
"Director, this is this month's payroll report. Please approve it so I can submit it to the department for record-keeping."
"Hmm!" Sun Zhengguo took the report and glanced at it briefly.
Actually, there are very few people in their department, and the salary is very fixed, basically the same every month, so there is no need to look at it anymore.
"Hey! Weimin, what's going on?"
Sun Zhengguo pointed to a spot on the report and asked a question.
"Hey! Director, you forgot, I was transferred from a technician position to become a secretary, so there's a vacancy in the department, which is why I marked it here."
Zhou Weimin looked at the spot Sun Zhengguo was pointing to and explained.
After listening to Zhou Weimin's explanation, Sun Zhengguo tapped his fingers lightly on the table and pondered for a moment.
"Weimin, this position was left by you, why don't you take it?"
"Director, are you kidding me? Although I left the position, I'm not leaving. It's just a transfer. I can't accept it."
Faced with such a temptation, Zhou Weimin remained rational and refused directly, without showing any sign of greed.
"Weimin, who said that was a job transfer?"
"Isn't that so?"
"You really are an idiot. When I said I was transferring you to a different position, it was just a nice way of putting it. In reality, you and my cousin were both directly hired. Didn't you see that my cousin's job position is still reserved for him?"
After Sun Zhengguo's explanation, Zhou Weimin suddenly understood.
But no matter how much he coveted the job, he couldn't compete with the director for it.
"Director, whether it's a job transfer or a contract appointment, it's none of my business. I won't take this position."
"Zhou Weimin, are you stupid? You're not even willing to take the job that's already in your hands."
Sun Zhengguo also lost his temper and questioned Zhou Weimin.
"Director, please stop testing me, I really don't want to."
"Hahaha!" Sun Zhengguo was amused by his own anger. It turned out that his cheap brother-in-law thought he wanted the spot.
“Zhou Weimin, when the new workshop was established last year, I immediately received ten internal recruitment slots. Do you think I need these slots?”
"Really?" Zhou Weimin said in surprise, "If you don't need it, Director, then... then I'll gladly accept it. You know, my sister doesn't have a job yet!"
"Get lost, you just said you didn't want it." Sun Zhengguo said sternly, in a businesslike manner.
"Chief, I was wrong, no, no, big brother, big brother, please give me another chance! Why don't you ask again..."
"Hahaha!"
Seeing Zhou Weimin's incessant, comical chatter, Sun Zhengguo laughed again.
He never expected that his brother-in-law, who was usually so meticulous in everything he did, would have such an unknown side when it came to crucial moments.
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