Neither of them were the type to enjoy small talk.
Wang Shouren took out a stack of A4 papers from his bag and placed them on Zhao Wuliang's table.
"Wow, it's quite thick. I'll have to look at it for a while. You can sit down for a bit."
"Okay, here you go."
Wang Shouren didn't stand on ceremony and sat down on the sofa. In this day and age, few people owned such foreign gadgets. He'd heard that this sofa was brought back from abroad by Engineer Zhao. He bounced it a couple of times; it was quite interesting. It had been a long time since he'd sat on one of these things.
Engineer Zhao glanced at the childlike Wang Shouren, smiled, and said nothing, then looked down at the documents.
The information about Wang Shouren cannot be written down in just a few pages.
He conducted a detailed survey to determine what types of workstations needed what tools were required, how frequently they were used, and what kind of workbench needed to be built.
Later, he conducted a detailed analysis and discussed the possibility of an assembly line.
Assembly lines exist in this era, but they aren't very sophisticated. A master craftsman makes one part from start to finish, rather than breaking it down into several components.
It's clearly stated what type of parts a craftsman of each level can make.
Zhao Wuliang spent most of the afternoon looking at Wang Shouren's stack of documents.
Rubbing his slightly swollen eyes, he found that Wang Shouren had already fallen asleep on his sofa.
Her sleeping posture is quite elegant.
Zhao Wuliang smiled, stood up, and before he could even move, Wang Shouren immediately woke up.
"You're quite alert."
"Hey, I practice Tai Chi for health and wellness, and I have pretty good control over myself."
"You're getting all worked up over me. Fine, come here, let's have a talk."
“Alright, go ahead.” Wang Shouren sprang up and sat up, then went to Zhao Wuliang’s desk.
"I think your management approach is good. Based on the current situation, if implemented, efficiency could increase by at least 30%. As for the subsequent detailed assembly line operations, I don't think we have the conditions to do so at this stage," Zhao Wuliang said, adjusting his glasses.
"Mr. Zhao, as you probably know, this kind of specialized assembly line operation is the future trend, and it can significantly increase production capacity."
“I know,” Zhao Wuliang interrupted Wang Shouren, “but can you stand on the opposite side of the workers?”
Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment, but then his mind raced and he immediately understood.
Why can production capacity be increased? Simply by improving efficiency; the current workload is not full. In factories of this era, there are plenty of people slacking off.
An elderly man, who is a level eight worker, spends more time slacking off than working.
For example, he takes on a project where a small portion requires his work, while the majority can be handled by a regular worker. He can easily handle the part that a regular worker would do. This doesn't mean he'll have someone else do it for him; it means he, an eighth-grade fitter, is doing the work of a first or second-grade fitter. Naturally, that's simple.
In the end, the part was solved, but in reality, the part that truly required an eighth-level fitter was only 10% of the part, or even less.
This leads to a waste of technology.
Wang Shouren's idea was to solve this waste by breaking it down into smaller parts.
But this will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among workers, because then they won't be able to slack off, and their daily workload will be maximized.
How could one not resent Wang Shouren?
"How about we let the factory director make the decision?" Wang Shouren hesitated for a moment before saying.
"Are you serious?" Zhao Wuliang looked Wang Shouren up and down, then tapped him. "I know you're smart, you should know what I mean."
"hey-hey."
"Stop chuckling. I disagree with this. There are too many problems when you break it down. Let's stick to your management model for now. We'll set up a separate workshop for you to experiment with. As for the staff, you can ask your mentor for them. We'll talk about it later when the efficiency improves. Reforms like this have to be done step by step. We can't rush it."
How could Wang Shouren not know what it meant?
If we really follow this assembly line system, the workers will eventually become dissatisfied. There will inevitably be a scapegoat, and someone like him, with no background, no connections, and only a vocational school graduate, is the perfect candidate to be thrown out and take the fall.
Regardless of the era, the art of managing subordinates always emphasizes balance.
"Alright, then I'll go find my master." Wang Shouren didn't insist; on the contrary, he was quite pleased. After all, this test meant that Engineer Zhao didn't treat him as an outsider. If it were a leader who was eager for quick success and pushed him forward, making it his achievement, then if problems arose, it would naturally be Wang Shouren's own problem.
Wang Shouren will probably start implementing the second plan soon.
"Wait, here, consider this a private reward from me." Zhao Wuliang took out a ticket from the cabinet and handed it to Wang Shouren.
"I'm so sorry." Wang Shouren's eyes lit up; his sharp eyes had already spotted that it was a watch ticket. He desperately needed one; in this day and age, without cell phones, watches held an extremely important place.
Moreover, this thing has become a symbol of status.
He took it while saying "I'm sorry".
Zhao Wuliang was somewhat helpless. He had thought the boy was an honest kid, but it turned out he was a scoundrel. But being a scoundrel was fine too. He continued, "As things stand, you don't need to worry too much about any major problems arising below. Although the annual production plan remains unchanged, the demand for all our steel rolling mill's products is increasing year by year. The mill is also about to expand. If we can exceed the production plan, we can get some extra steel from others. Once the extra steel arrives, the people in the mill won't complain."
"Moreover, although the higher-ups say on the surface that they won't increase it, the pressure they're putting on it behind the scenes is considerable. Let me give you a heads-up: in some cases, don't force things forward, but in general, moving in this direction is the right thing to do."
Wang Shouren couldn't help but sigh, "What a great leader! In later generations, who would give you such detailed advice and so much inside information?"
"By the way, you can go to Workshop Nine. There aren't many people there, and the workshop isn't big. It's mainly for testing, so there's no need to reorganize it. Later, I'll send out a report, and you can see what kind of manpower is needed. You can ask your mentor for it." After thinking for a moment, Zhao Wuliang assigned Wang Shouren another workshop.
"Okay, then I'll go to Workshop 9 first and think about how to modify it."
"Okay, go to your master first, talk to him, and discuss it further."
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