Arriving at the office, Ji Xia had a technician called over, gave him a recipe diagram, and explained the temperature requirements in detail. However, Li Kang was very disappointed and said, "Boss Xia, we can't reach such a high temperature no matter what."
Ji Xia thought to himself, as expected.
Yang Baoguo, who didn't know much about technology, was so anxious that he jumped up and down, shouting, "If you can't achieve it, find a way to achieve it."
Ji Xia waved her hand, silencing Yang Baoguo. She then said to Li Kang, "The existing furnaces can be simply modified to my specifications to produce the steel that Factory 21 needs. As for your factory, from now on, you must modify it to my specifications and meet my requirements within a month. Can you do that?"
Yang Baoguo didn't know what kind of factory Ji Xia wanted, nor did he know how much workload there would be, but he remembered what Zeng Guanghua taught him. If he followed Ji Xia, he would become a figure in the history of Chinese steel in the future.
Yang Baoguo immediately patted his chest and said, "Boss Xia, I, Yang Baoguo, promise to lead everyone in the factory to complete the task."
Ji Xia was very satisfied. What she wanted was an attitude. As for ability, she didn't have too high expectations.
As long as you can cooperate, that's enough.
Binggang, the cafeteria was crowded at noon. Today the employees were eating meat in the cafeteria and all had smiles on their faces.
The current situation is not very good. Many people outside can't even get enough food to eat, but Binggang is the largest factory in Bing County, and its employees have the best welfare benefits. They can eat meat at least once a week, and each time they eat meat, it is pork belly, and each person can get three pieces.
Liu Zhuangzhi is a senior engineer in the factory. Although he is young, he has been to college and his family is in the steel industry. His grandfather studied in the Soviet Union and also majored in metallurgy. He is a leading figure in the steel industry.
My father died in the line of duty while protecting state property in an accident two years ago.
After dinner, Liu Zhuangzhi met the factory director Kong Shizhong, who was his grandfather's student. Liu Zhuangzhi privately called Kong Shizhong "Uncle Kong". Seeing him having dinner with several factory leaders, Liu Zhuangzhi also came over.
"Xiao Liu, we just talked about how Ji Jianguo from Factory 21 came to see you and said he wanted a special kind of steel. What's going on?" Kong Shizhong asked.
"Tsk!" Liu Zhuangzhi scoffed. "Director, you don't know where Ji Jianguo got that data. The tensile and yield strength data for steel of that strength are outrageous. It's obvious he's an amateur, and yet he insisted we conduct a trial production according to his formula. We have huge production demands right now, so how can we have the time to play games with him?"
Kong Shizhong didn't take it seriously. "Last time, thanks to the teacher, the steel we made had very good performance. This time when you go back, talk to the teacher and see if you can make us a steel with even better performance?"
Although Liu Zhuangzhi himself attended university and was willing to study in the steel industry, he was able to become a senior engineer at a young age, in his early thirties, because of his grandfather Liu Xiangyuan.
"Of course. My grandfather has been thinking about this. He hasn't been feeling well lately, and he said he'd come over to see me in a couple of days."
It was Liu Zhuangzhi's idea to let his grandfather come over and take a look. He didn't know how many years his grandfather could live, so it would be best if he could help promote his grandfather to the position of chief engineer before he died.
Senior engineer is a technical title, but he still wanted to be an official. The chief engineer is in charge of people and is a senior executive of the company. In terms of technology, his word is final and even the factory director will not easily refute him.
Two days later, Liu Xiangyuan came as expected. As soon as he arrived, the senior executives of the steel plant praised him. According to the previous rules, the directors of several steel plants and technical executives should come forward to invite him to dinner and praise him, treating him politely and comfortably.
It was the same this time, the only difference was that no one from Fugang showed up.
Although Liu Xiangyuan felt uncomfortable, he heard that Fugang was recently working on a big project and the workers were so busy that they didn't even go home. Family members often came to the factory gate to look for their family members, fearing that something had happened to them in the factory.
"I don't think you are busy. No matter how busy you are, we at Binggang are busier. Besides, you can have a meal with my grandfather and ask him directly if you have any technical questions. He will solve them for you. It will save you a lot of trouble!" Liu Zhuangzhi said dissatisfiedly.
Xie Renjie, the factory manager of Heigang, frowned and said, "Why are so many people like this now? The day before yesterday, I went to Factory 21 for lunch, and the workers were all running back to their workstations while eating. I asked what was going on, and they said they were busy. How did they get so busy?"
Kong Shizhong glanced at Liu Zhuangzhi and said, "I've asked around, and I heard that Fugang is working on a breakthrough recently. This is the steel that the equipment section chief from Factory 21 asked you to test-produce last time."
Liu Zhuangzhi just took a sip of water and almost spit it out on the table. He laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. "Fugang is crazy, right? It's not like they have no work to do now. They can't even meet their annual tasks, and yet they play this game with Factory 21."
Liu Xiangyuan was confused and asked, "What's going on with Factory 21? What kind of steel do they want?"
Xie Renjie said, "Factory 21 is currently trial-producing a CNC machine tool. They claim they want to improve its performance, and they require steel with better mechanical properties than our current steel. I've inquired about this, and it's definitely not possible with our current level of expertise."
Liu Zhuangzhi said dismissively, "It's not that it can't be done, but those parameters seem out of this world. I heard that Factory 21 is praising someone named Ji Xia like a god, and this is the steel Ji Xia wants. But what does this Ji Xia know? She's just an outsider. I think Factory 21 is crazy."
Liu Xiangyuan also shook his head after listening to the mechanical performance requirements mentioned by Liu Zhuangzhi.
Xie Renjie and Kong Shizhong looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. They were just afraid that they couldn't figure it out, but Fu Gang finally figured it out.
At this moment, a voice came from outside the door, "Hurry up, send a total of 200 big meat buns to Fugang. Emma, I'm so tired these two days that I can't even drink water."
"Purchasing Manager Liu, what's going on? How can a purchasing manager like you be so exhausted?"
This is a state-owned restaurant. The person who came is a purchasing agent from Fugang, and the person who spoke to her is a salesperson from the state-owned restaurant.
"Our factory has been busy these past two or three days with a key project, and we've finally made some progress. The factory director is so happy that he's approved 200 large meat buns for us. I'm going back now, just in time for lunch."
After saying that, he put 200 big meat buns on the bicycle, pedaled and rode away, his speed was faster than a dog.
"How is this possible? Could it be that Director Yang has been fooled?" Liu Zhuangzhi would never believe it.
Liu Xiangyuan couldn't tell based on his own experience, but he had lived a long time. Seeing the curiosity on Xie Renjie and Kong Shizhong's faces, he stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look too, so we don't get fooled."
If he hadn't known that Ji Xia was just an eighteen-year-old girl, he would have held a glimmer of hope in his heart that perhaps she could really develop steel with this kind of performance. But after seeing Ji Xia, especially the calm look in her eyes after someone introduced him to her, Liu Xiangyuan felt that this girl might be a big liar.
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