Chapter 296: First Place in Complaint
Their orders are indeed a small amount, so it is normal that they are not taken seriously.
But even a mosquito leg is still meat, right? Sales are low now, so will they continue to be low in the future?
"Director Liu, that's not true. Our order is indeed small, but whose order is large from the beginning? Even several large factories in the province have built up step by step."
Just when the atmosphere was tense, the phone at the brigade headquarters rang. Zhao Zhijian took a deep breath and picked up the phone. It turned out to be a call from the Provincial Foreign Trade Department.
"Captain Zhao, this is Zhang Youzheng from the Foreign Trade Department. I'm calling today with good news. Your team's embroidery products have been very well received overseas, and clients have placed additional orders!"
After the other party introduced himself, he didn't care about anything else and directly told Zhao Zhijian the good news.
Zhao Zhijian was extremely excited, but he had to suppress his emotions and did not dare to show it too obviously.
The quality of the phone in the Qingshuigou Brigade was not very good. Although it did not have a hands-free function, the sound was severely distorted and the people next to it could hear the conversation clearly.
Liu Changhe, who was listening to their phone call, was not in a good state.
How could this happen? I could even place an additional order?
I'm afraid this matter cannot be handled easily today.
"Director Zhang, we may not be able to accept this order."
Seeing Liu Changhe's guilty conscience, Zhao Zhijian immediately thought of a solution, sighed, and spoke into the phone.
"How can this be possible? The department attaches great importance to this order. You can't do this. If you don't accept the order at this time, won't you be embarrassed abroad?"
Zhao Zhijian apologized profusely over the phone and said, "It's not that we don't want to take this order, Director Zhang. We simply can't. Not only can we not take this order, but we're also afraid we'll be in default on previous orders."
Director Zhang on the other end of the phone was furious when he heard the news.
"This is international trade, how can you be so casual?"
Zhao Zhijian immediately began crying into the phone, "Director Zhang, it's not that we're not working hard. It's that the embroidery committee has come and said we're engaging in formalism. They've told us to stop embroidery production immediately and accept an investigation. We have no choice."
Liu Changhe wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
He couldn't help but look at Zhao Zhijian with resentment. He was good at everything but being the number one complainer!
Dazhu finally understood. He didn't expect that the honest and simple captain would have such a side to him. It was really surprising. However, the effect should be good.
Sure enough, just as Dazhu expected, after hearing what Zhao Zhijian said, Director Zhang became even more angry.
"What you're doing in Qingshuigou is in line with policy and is a contribution to the country! The committee can't just jump to conclusions without a thorough investigation. This is serious bureaucracy!"
Liu Changhe panicked: "Director Zhang, I...we are also following the procedures. It's mainly because someone reported it..."
"Follow the procedures?" Deputy Director Wang snorted coldly. "I think someone is jealous of Qingshuigou's achievements and is deliberately causing trouble! I will personally investigate this matter, just wait and see!"
How could Liu Changhe dare to wait? What for? To eat the spoils?
At that moment, Liu Changhe and his group left in shame.
They looked as if they were afraid that if they ran slower they would be blocked by Zhang Youzheng and his men.
Seeing the people from the committee fleeing in panic, Zhao Zhijian breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, Zhao Zhijian thought that he had sent Wang Liang to find a way out, as that guy had hired someone to impersonate the Trade Hall.
"This kid is still a little thoughtful." Zhao Zhijian said with great relief.
However, before he had time to take a sip of water, he heard Wang Liang's voice coming from the door.
"Captain, I watched those people leave."
"Let's go. You are a very good kid, very smart!" Zhao Zhijian praised him generously.
Wang Liang was a little surprised as to why the captain said that.
"Captain, I called the textile factory and they said they would find a solution. I thought it would take them until tomorrow to come, so why did they leave?" Wang Liang was quite honest.
Zhao Zhijian was still wondering whether this guy was pretending or was serious when the phone rang again.
This time it was Lu Liangchen who called.
Lu Liangchen felt relieved only after asking about the situation.
"You guys just happened to arrive in time. I just received a call from Wang Liang and was thinking about how to solve the problem when the Commerce Department called. Director Zhang and I have a good relationship, so I asked him to call you."
Zhao Zhijian didn't expect things to be like this, so he asked why the call from the Commerce Department was directly made to Qingshuigou.
"Director Lu, thank you so much. We would be in trouble without your help today." Zhao Zhijian expressed his sincere gratitude.
If it weren't for this phone call today, who knows what kind of trouble would have happened to those people in the committee.
"The matter should be resolved for now, but the problem still exists. The person who reported it might be from your team. This matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible to avoid further trouble."
Lu Liangchen really disliked some people in the Qingshuigou Brigade. After all, he didn't have a good impression of them when they first met.
Zhao Zhijian agreed and said that he would investigate the matter thoroughly and would definitely deal with these disunited people completely.
By the time he had said this, Zhao Zhijian probably had an idea in his mind.
"We have the support of the Commerce Department. Don't worry, just go for it! If you have any difficulties, just call us!"
On the surface, the storm has passed, but in reality, Qingshuigou has undergone a major overhaul this time.
Because there are only two families in the village, even if some people do something immoral, the villagers will turn a blind eye.
However, the people of Qingshuigou still cannot tolerate things like harming the interests of everyone for personal grudges.
After all, it is generally unacceptable that I treat you as my own and you treat me as your enemy.
In the end, a family called Wang was severely punished, and the person who wrote the letter of complaint was a daughter-in-law of the Wang family.
The daughter-in-law was divorced by her husband's family and sent back to her parents' home.
Although her mother's family was not happy, they were too embarrassed to say anything when they heard that their daughter had actually written a letter of denunciation and almost harmed the entire team.
Country people are simple and honest. They can fight a little or make a big mess. In short, as long as no one is killed, they can solve the problem.
But if someone writes a letter of denunciation because of a small conflict, such a person will not be tolerated in any brigade.
Because of this incident, those who originally had some ulterior motives restrained their thoughts.
Aunt Cai and Jiang Haitang heard this story from Dazhu, and they sighed for a long time when they heard it.
Jiang Haitang did remember the daughter-in-law of the Wang family. In her previous life, this woman was a person with evil intentions. She wanted to remarry, but she disagreed. Because she was a martyr's widow, the woman did not dare to go too far, but she did say a lot of sour words.
I don’t know what kind of life I will live in the future if I am sent back to my parents’ home by my husband’s family.
But no matter what, it has nothing to do with them.
Jiang Haitang and Dazhu talked about his research results.
Dazhu was indeed very happy, and he excitedly said that his research results were really put into use and so on.
After the in-depth discussion about agricultural machinery with Jiang Haitang last time, Dazhu seemed to have opened up a floodgate of new ideas.
He calmed down completely and immersed himself in studying the existing agricultural tools, focusing on the two core concepts of "saving labor" and "improvement".
He worked for Gu Yundi in the machinery factory and had access to many things, including drawings and actual objects of small agricultural machinery. With such convenient conditions, it became easier to do anything.
The factory's tools, equipment and some scrap parts and materials also provided him with a better research environment.
After get off work and during his rest time, Dazhu spends almost all his time in the factory's technical data room and maintenance workshop.
He carefully studied the transmission structures of the old walking plows, two-wheeled double-share plows and even a scrapped small hand tractor in the factory's inventory, and drew stacks of drawings.
His goal now is clear: not to make utopian designs that exceed the current level of rural productivity, but to focus on improving existing commonly used agricultural tools to make them "small, fast and flexible".
He used the factory's vise, hand drill, and electric welder to try to put his ideas into practice.
Director Mao really liked this young man with a spirit of research. Not only did he not stop him, he also provided him with various convenient conditions.
The old workers and technicians in the factory were also willing to help Dazhu.
"Engineer Liu, here's an idea," Dazhu asked the factory's experienced craftsman, holding up his sketch. "I'd like to add a simple depth control device to a traditional walking plow. I'd use this old screw and nut set, fixed to the plow beam, to fix it. Could that solve the problems of unstable plowing depth and the effort required to hold the plow?"
The old master pushed his reading glasses, took a closer look, patted Dazhu's arm and praised him, "Well, that's a good idea! This is better than relying solely on feel to press the handrail. After the screw is adjusted to the right depth, it can be locked, so the force is used to control the direction. You have a sharp mind, kid!"
"Uncle Wang, look at this plow handle. Most of the strength used by people holding it is to push it down. If we could add an adjustable support at the back, wouldn't that save a lot of effort on pressing down on the handle?"
"Hmm... that's interesting," Uncle Wang squinted his eyes as he examined it. "We can modify one using the nut from the scrap axle. Tighten it and it'll fix the depth."
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No matter who Dazhu asks, they will basically help him answer.
Jiang Haitang would occasionally give some structural suggestions, such as the position and angle of the lever fulcrum to save effort, and how to use the simplest mortise and tenon or iron pins to connect movable parts.
Hard work pays off.
A month later, Dazhu's adjustable labor-saving walk plow was completed.
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