Chapter 128 New Machine
Jiang Haitang smiled and said loudly, "Last year, Wang Ermao, a sent-down youth, stole fertilizer from the production team and was sentenced to seven years."
Her voice was very clear and could be heard clearly in the room.
The room suddenly became dead silent.
Wu Xiuyun and Li Qiulan seemed to have turned off their microphones in an instant, and there was no sound at all.
"That educated youth only stole a little fertilizer, but Li Shengjie stole the factory's core technology. Let's do the math. How many years will it take?"
After Jiang Haitang finished speaking, he turned and left.
Wu Xiuyun was not good to her, but she was very good to her biological children.
Sure enough, Jiang Haitang had not walked far when he heard Wu Xiuyun's crying again.
The snow outside was getting heavier and heavier. Jiang Haitang walked slowly in the snow, leaving a trail of footprints behind her.
The sound of "Long live the victory of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" from the factory's loudspeakers was particularly loud in the snow. Even in the cold winter, Jiang Haitang still felt that the place was full of vitality.
Three days later, Lu Liangchen returned home and brought an important news.
After investigation, it was found that Li Shengjie was guided to steal the latest research results from the factory.
"Although our factory has achieved some success recently, it's not enough to attract attention, right?"
Jiang Haitang doesn't think the technical problems solved in recent months are important.
"At the Canton Fair last spring, Anthony Wilson, the commercial representative of the Whittaker Textile Machinery Company of Country Y, invited some of our staff to visit the rapier looms under the pretext of 'technical exchange.'"
"He privately proposed to exchange three latest-model rapier looms for cashmere yarn processing parameters. Several of our staff members couldn't resist the temptation, agreed, and put it into practice."
"Later, the plan was discovered and the relevant personnel were arrested, but the enemy bribed many people in China to continue carrying out sabotage activities with the intention of undermining the development of our country's textile industry."
"The person we met on the train to the Canton Fair last year and the person who lured Li Shengjie this time are both related to this."
Lu Liangchen briefly explained the whole story, and Jiang Haitang felt a little scared after listening to it.
It turns out that the enemy spies are so pervasive. I can’t believe that if Li Shengjie succeeds this time, all the research results they have accumulated over a long period of time will be taken away.
But Jiang Haitang always felt that things were not that simple, and she still had doubts in her heart.
"Li Shengjie has only been in the city for a short time and doesn't work at the factory. No matter how hard these people look, they probably won't be able to find him."
Jiang Haitang expressed her doubts, and Lu Liangchen nodded in approval.
"We also suspect that this incident was done by Lee Seung-ri. But Lee Seung-ri is too cunning. All the evidence shows that Lee Seung-jie wanted money and was used by others to steal. It had nothing to do with him."
"No matter what, it's too dangerous to have someone like Li Shengli in the factory." Jiang Haitang frowned.
She recalled that in her previous life, Li Shengli had risen rapidly. How could a person born in a peasant family rise to such prominence just by relying on the support of Liang Heping, the factory's union chairman?
Or maybe the person supporting him behind the scenes was not Liang Heping at all, but an unknown mysterious force?
Thinking of this, Jiang Haitang's beautiful eyebrows frowned even tighter.
Lu Liangchen thought that Jiang Haitang was dissatisfied with Li Shengli continuing to stay in the factory.
He gently held Jiang Haitang's hand and said.
"Although we didn't get any evidence against Lee Seung-ri, because of Lee Seung-jie's behavior, Lee Seung-ri was implicated and demoted to an ordinary worker."
If it were up to Lu Liangchen, he would have dealt with Li Shengli long ago, but the higher-ups arranged that Li Shengli be kept for the time being until a big fish was caught.
He had to let this man stay in the factory as an eyesore.
But this is a secret, and the scope of knowledge cannot be expanded. Jiang Haitang should not know it.
"The Chairman taught us that class struggle must be talked about every year, every month, and every day." Jiang Haitang suddenly laughed, and after laughing, he said this softly.
Lu Liangchen understood instantly.
"I understand!" He hugged Jiang Haitang tightly.
In the following days, Jiang Haitang did not continue to pay attention to the Li family.
But the Li family's affairs had a great impact in the factory. Even if she had never paid attention to it, she had heard a lot about it.
First, Li Shengjie was sent to a farm for labor reform. I heard that he was sentenced to fifteen years for treason and sabotage of the revolution.
As a result, Li Shengli was demoted to a worker and sent to the logistics department, where he was responsible for burning boilers and cleaning.
In addition to work, he had to undergo education and reform with Wu Xiuyun and Li Qiulan every day.
Liang Suya was not implicated, but she felt she could not afford to lose face with this person and was seeking a divorce.
Since Li Shengli did not agree to divorce, Liang Suya moved to her parents' home and refused to return.
The life of the Li family is a complete mess.
After Wu Xiuyun became paralyzed, she had been taken care of by Jiang Haitang and had never done any work.
When she got to the city, she still maintained this useless persona and did nothing.
Li Qiulan was responsible for everything at home and outside, but Li Qiulan used to be a person who had everything handed to her, and had never done so much work before, so she had to make a fuss every day.
After finishing his work and education every day, Li Shengli could not even have a bowl of hot soup or hot meal when he returned home.
Every time at this moment, he regretted that if he had gone home directly after changing his career and brought Jiang Haitang to the city, would everything be different now?
Especially when he saw that Jiang Haitang was becoming more and more valued in the factory, had such a high salary, and received so many commendations and honors, he felt so regretful that his heart ached.
The Kang family is also in a mess.
Kang Xiaoxia firmly disagreed to marry the stupid son of Director Wang. After a big fight, the news somehow got out.
It would have been bad enough that Director Wang didn't marry the daughter-in-law of his dreams, but he also became the object of others' ridicule. He has been strong all his life and has never suffered such a loss.
In a rage, he found fault and made the culprit Pi Sufen clean the toilet every day.
After Pi Sufen's great achievements spread in the factory, she was despised by everyone and some people blamed her openly and secretly.
Pi Sufen doesn't do much outside, but she makes trouble at home.
Pi Sufen would perform the same trick of crying, making a fuss, and then threatening to hang herself every other day.
Kang Dachun wanted to solve the problem for his wife, but he was scolded by the security department last time and after staying in a small dark room for 24 hours, he became scared.
Even Kang's mother seemed to have given up the idea of using her daughter to seek benefits for her son and daughter-in-law. Even when her daughter-in-law made a big fuss at home, she never went to find Kang Xiaoxia.
Kang Xiaoxia lived in the dormitory and did not go home. Apart from work, she studied foreign languages with Jiang Haitang in her spare time. She was smart and studious, and made rapid progress. In a short period of time, her foreign language level was already very good.
The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
This day was the day when the first batch of jacquard weaving machines produced by the machinery factory were successfully installed and debugged in the textile factory and officially started production.
At 7:30 in the morning, just as the first whistle of the factory boiler room sounded, Jiang Haitang heard Kang Xiaoxia's clear voice: "Sister Haitang! If you don't leave now, it will be too late."
Jiang Haitang hurriedly opened the door and invited Kang Xiaoxia to come in first.
But Kang Xiaoxia refused to go in. She just wrapped herself in a red scarf and stomped her feet in the snow.
"I'm not going in. Hurry up, Sister Haitang."
"I'm coming!" Jiang Haitang could only quickly put on a thick cotton coat, lock the door and set off.
On the main road of the factory, the young men from the Propaganda Department were using ladders to hang banners.
The banner "Exceeding the targets of the first quarter of the Seventh Five-Year Plan" rustled in the wind.
Jiang Haitang and Kang Xiaoxia were walking briskly along the road, chatting and laughing, when they heard two female workers muttering, "I heard that these machines were based on the drawings provided by our Engineer Jiang?"
"Yes, Mr. Jiang is really amazing. He can not only research textile technology, but also machinery. I wish I could be as talented as Mr. Jiang."
"I don't have such high ambitions. I just want Mr. Jiang to lead our factory to prosperity."
"That's true. Mr. Jiang's ability is not something that ordinary people can have. I won't dream about it anymore."
"Tell me, does Li Shengli regret it? He lost such a good wife just like that."
"It's a good thing he didn't want Mr. Jiang anymore. Otherwise, Mr. Jiang would still be back home taking care of his paralyzed mother. How could our factory have such great development?"
"I heard that Liang Suya is also trying to distance herself from Li Shengli."
"Although Liang Suya is a petty person, she is unlucky to marry Lee Seung-ri. Such a good girl's life was ruined by a guy like Lee Seung-ri."
"She's also a bit confused. She's caused trouble for Jiang Gong countless times."
The two of them were whispering to each other, and when they turned around, they saw Jiang Haitang. They were overheard gossiping, and both girls looked embarrassed for a moment.
Jiang Haitang smiled indifferently, knowing that no one was saying anything bad about her.
She and Kang Xiaoxia continued to walk quickly towards the wool sweater workshop.
When they arrived, the workshop entrance was already crowded with people. Lu Liangchen was checking the handover form with the representative of the machinery factory surrounded by workers.
The white breath he exhaled formed ice crystals on the brim of his flannel hat, and the pen in his hand was so frozen that it couldn't write, so he had to dip it in his saliva to sign.
The workshop was bustling with activity. Technical workers from the two factories were conducting the final inspection and debugging of the jacquard weaving machines in a tense and orderly manner.
The technicians at the machinery factory carefully checked each component.
This batch of knitting machines embodies the hard work and wisdom of many technicians in the machinery factory, and also carries the heavy responsibility of the future development of the textile factory. It is the common hope of the two factories.
"This batch of jacquard machines is a great treasure. Not only does it improve the weaving efficiency, but the patterns it weaves are also more exquisite and complex. Many textile factories are waiting to get them." Director Zhu said happily, unable to hide the pride on his face.
"That's because of my wife's ability!" Lu Liangchen couldn't bear to see Director Zhu showing off like this, so he immediately said something.
Director Zhu: ...
How stingy! How can such a stingy person be the deputy factory director? Old Zhu is not so petty.
"Make way! Make way! Don't crowd, don't crowd!" Zhao Kai and the security department shouted loudly.
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