Huadu Railway Freight Station, Warehouse Area
The freight station, which is usually bustling, seems deserted today. The entire train station is blocked and even the surrounding roads are prohibited from entering or leaving.
Seeing the situation of a guard post every three steps and a sentry every five steps, the common people would move away early to avoid getting into trouble.
Of course, it is hard to say how many pairs of enemy spies are watching here, but unfortunately what happened at the freight station today is kept absolutely confidential and outsiders will not know about it.
Inside the warehouse area, 2,000 machine tools were placed on the ground according to their functions, and then surrounded by densely packed people from major units across the country.
At this time, a man in a Zhongshan suit was standing on a platform made of boxes, holding documents in one hand and a metal loudspeaker in the other, shouting at the crowd:
"Changchun Bus Factory, come over here! 25 machine tools! Come and take them!"
A group of workers in blue overalls ran over excitedly: "Here we come, haha, it's finally our turn."
The man in the Zhongshan suit paused for a moment, then watched the machine tool being taken away and continued to call out names:
"Where's that comrade from Jiangnan Shipyard? Those 27 machine tools are yours. Hurry and load them onto the train and leave."
"Everyone, please make way. This belongs to our Jiangnan factory."
"Are the comrades from the Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory here? Your factory has been allocated 15 machine tools in total. Hurry and claim them!"
When a middle-aged cadre heard this, he ran over with his hands raised, followed by dozens of workers.
"Hey, hey, hey, we're Liu Hao, the deputy director of the Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory. Comrade, why are there only 15? Weren't we promised 40? Our Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory is a national key factory, a giant factory with 20,000 employees!"
The staff member holding the roster said in a hoarse and unpleasant voice:
"Director Liu, I'm not the one causing trouble. There are simply too few machine tools, and too many companies need them. Comrade Lin Sanqi said we should do our best to take care of every factory in the country, without favoritism."
When Director Liu heard this, he was dissatisfied:
"How can every factory be the same? We are a key factory, producing key production tasks, so naturally we must first ensure our supply. Small factories in the mountains, for example, would know how to use such advanced machine tools? They wouldn't even be able to understand the manual, right?"
As soon as these words fell, many small factory managers at the scene were dissatisfied:
"Only your Shanghai factory has production demand, but other factories don't have it?"
"Exactly. We're under a tight deadline, okay? We've been applying for this for years, and this year we finally got one!"
"Our factory is still using machine tools from 50 years ago. Damn it! Back then, the old witch, Empress Dowager Cixi, was still alive. You guys in Shanghai want to make progress, but we in Jiujiang don't need to make progress?"
Hearing the noise and the accusations against him, Director Liu also got angry.
Large factories were very impressive in this era, and their leaders were also high-ranking. When they were criticized by a group of country bumpkins, Deputy Director Liu immediately retorted:
"Lin Sanqi is the director of a hospital. What does he know about business operations? This is just nonsense."
As soon as the words fell, a voice sounded from the back of the crowd:
"I'm messing around? Director Liu is such a man of integrity, so why don't you take the machine tool I worked so hard to get? Did I beg you to do it?"
At this time, Lin Sanqi was walking over with an unhappy look on his face, followed by a group of people in Zhongshan suits and green military uniforms.
After Lin Sanqi transported 2,000 machine tools to Dongpingzhou Island, they were immediately transferred to Huadu for distribution.
Because of the limited number of machine tools, the First Ministry of Machinery originally wanted to allocate machine tools first to large factories across the country.
However, after the news that Huadu had imported two thousand machine tools spread, it quickly caused a huge sensation across the country. It can be said that all provinces, cities, and autonomous regions across the country were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the machine tools.
So the phone calls came to the Ministry of First Machine Building like twelve golden medals, and they all asked to participate in the distribution.
As a last resort, the Ministry of First Machine Building had to change the distribution plan and began to distribute it like sprinkling sesame seeds based on the number of factories reported by various places.
While focusing on large factories, medium-sized factories will also have a share. As for small factories, they will have to wait for the next batch.
The result is that one monk has water to drink, two monks carry water to drink, and three monks have no water to drink.
The shortage of machine tools in China has reached an alarming scale. A factory with tens of thousands of employees requires at least 1,000 machine tools of various models, but only a dozen or twenty are allocated.
No matter how advanced or efficient the machine tools are, they can only quench thirst.
When the pick-up date arrived, factory leaders from all provinces across the country rushed to Huadu excitedly to pick up the goods, and various disputes were inevitable.
The sixties are not 2014.
2014 was a buyer's market, the market was extremely saturated, and the products produced could not be sold. This was also the reason why Fengtian Machine Tool Factory suffered huge losses.
But in the 1960s, it was a seller's market. No matter what products you produced or in what quantity, there was always a shortage of supply.
Therefore, all major factories hope to grab advanced machine tools, and then devote themselves to vigorous production, striving to become production role models.
For example, Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory went directly from 40 machine tools to 15 machine tools, so of course they were extremely dissatisfied.
Anyway, they were all allocated by the superiors and there was no charge for them. Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory was eager to take over all these 2,000 machine tools.
When Deputy Factory Director Liu heard that Lin Sanqi was not giving him face, he immediately became sullen:
"You are Comrade Lin Sanqi, right? I'm afraid you don't have the final say on how machine tools are distributed. This is something the country worked so hard to acquire, and you're just a small screw in it. Young people don't speak without thinking."
Lin Sanqi was displeased when he heard this. He thought, "You took my machine tool for free and you're giving me the cold shoulder? I'm not a worker at your Shanghai Machinery Factory. How can I spoil you?"
"Deputy Director Liu, you are wrong. I purchased all these machine tools with my own money. So far, the government has not paid a penny for them, nor has it given me a penny of material deductions. So theoretically, these machine tools are really mine.
They say that when you drink water, you should remember the well-digger. You Shanghai people are really arrogant. You want to take my machine tool for free, but not only are you not grateful, you are also mocking me, the owner of the machine tool. With your behavior, I won't give you a single machine tool!
Deputy Director Liu was dumbfounded when he heard this.
He is used to being arrogant. As a large factory, he acts arrogantly not only in Shanghai, but also in the whole country.
Many downstream factories flatter him in order to get the goods earlier.
Many internal employees flatter him, hoping to gain some advantages in housing allocation and welfare benefits.
As a result, I was taught a lesson by a young man in Huadu today. My face immediately turned blue and purple, and I was unable to get back down from the situation.
The leaders of factories in other provinces all applauded. It was obvious that the tyranny of Big Brother Shanghai had caused dissatisfaction among many people.
Zhao Chucai, the Minister of the First Ministry of Machine Building, hurriedly advised:
"Comrade Sanqi, Comrade Liu Hao was just being quick-witted. The bottom line is, everyone is trying to get to know the new machine tools better as soon as possible, put them into production sooner, and better serve the people. Don't be angry, haha.
Comrade Liu Hao, please apologize to Comrade Sanqi immediately. I can attest that all these machine tools were brought back by Comrade Lin Sanqi alone, and their advanced level far exceeds everyone's imagination. We should express our gratitude to Comrade Lin Sanqi."
There was applause again.
"Dean Lin, well done~~"
"It really is like a timely rain for the health system~~"
"We should learn from Comrade Lin Sanqi~~"
"Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory needs to apologize, or get out~~~"
Seeing that he had caused public outrage, Liu Hao knew that he was in the wrong.
If he couldn't even pull back 15 machine tools, the Shanghai No. 1 Machinery Factory would become a laughing stock among the people of the whole country tomorrow, and he would no longer have to stay in the factory.
Anyone who can become a factory director must be as thick-skinned as a train. Let alone a verbal apology, what's the harm even if he kneels down?
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, I apologize to you. I was rude."
Lin Sanqi knew that this was the Chinese routine, as if as long as they apologized verbally without any pain, the matter would be over. If they continued to hold on to it, it would be shameless and they would be in the wrong.
Apologies are worth money, so why do we need the police?
It would be better to compensate him with 100 yuan as compensation for mental damage. (End of this chapter)
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