Chapter 200 Strike first, learn from her! Make sure she studies hard! ...
Shanghai Radio Factory No. 41 was formed in the early 1960s by merging more than 80 small factories into a radio equipment factory. It initially had 600 to 700 employees and mainly produced radios and other products. In 1963, it began to trial-produce ship navigation radars, and in 1964, it produced vacuum tube black and white televisions, industrial televisions, car radios and other products.
By the 1970s, the No. 41 Radio Factory mainly produced four types of electronic products: television sets, car radios, radar, and application television. In 1974, the factory's output of black and white television sets exceeded 10,000 units, and it successfully developed a new type of application television for medical use.
When Qin Xiangxiang heard that it was the 41 Radio Factory, she immediately thought of television sets!
It was almost 1975. At that time, television programs were barely enough to be of any use, but something was better than nothing.
Qin Xiangxiang said, "You said their factory asked us to buy down jackets. Could we talk to them and get a few TV tickets in return?"
Assistant He blurted out, "That's a television set!"
Currently, only government departments and a few megacities like Shanghai have television sets. Even in 1974, the No. 41 Textile Factory only produced more than 10,000 television sets throughout the year. With far more demand than supply, a television set ticket was extremely rare.
“They must have TV tickets at their factory! Ask them for eight or ten.”
Assistant He: "..."
He was completely humbled by his own factory manager. At this moment, Assistant He already believed that he was not destined to be the factory manager, and he was too shameless to ask for it.
"We...we will follow your instructions, Factory Director."
Several technicians from Shanghai Radio Factory No. 41 came to Feiyan Textile Factory. Among them were three men, one woman, and an old engineer who had studied abroad. Mr. Zhang was particularly afraid of the cold and was very fond of Feiyan Textile Factory's "beggar-style down jacket".
The officers and soldiers on the ship also cared for the old man and gave him their down jackets to wear. So, after discussing it with the technicians, Mr. Zhang contacted the No. 41 Radio Factory. When they heard about this, they said they wanted to purchase a large number of down vests to get through the winter.
"This year is so cold!"
Mr. Zhang and several others were from Shanghai. They were well-dressed and wanted to purchase down vests and other down products, but they made a request: "Could you improve the appearance? We need brighter colors, like navy blue, military green, or light yellow... This dull gray color is so plain."
"We were quite shocked to hear that your factory director is a daughter who grew up in Shanghai."
When Qin Xiangxiang heard these words, she felt as if the sky had fallen.
That damned man ruined her reputation!
Qin Xiangxiang could understand the subtext of these people: Shanghai is the forefront of fashion and consumption in China, and it can also be said to be the most fashionable and stylish place, where people pay great attention to their clothing and appearance.
The down vests produced by their Feiyan Textile Factory... were for military orders, requiring them to be sturdy and durable, so simplicity would be better. However, the style developed by Li Jianzhi was too simple.
She thought about it for a while and was too lazy to revise it. In such a cold winter, it would be disrespectful to the cold wave to think of anything more.
"Our factory manager is from Shanghai."
"Yes, yes, our factory director Qin Xiangxiang came with the army."
Mr. Zhang said, "She is a very simple person! She is a capable and good girl."
Assistant He remained silent for a while, unsure whether to say yes or no... after all, their factory manager was going to ask for a "small but substantial amount" later.
Assistant He could only say, "Our factory manager is always the first to fight on the front line of production."
Mr. Zhang: "Amazing, truly amazing!"
Qin Xiangxiang walked over and chatted with several technicians who had disguised themselves as purchasing agents. They all praised her for her hard work and frugality in public. Qin Xiangxiang was completely numb at this point.
Life is full of disappointments, eight or nine out of ten.
Thinking back to her dream, Qin Xiangxiang realized that there was absolutely nothing to do with hardship and frugality, not even now!
That damned man is ruining the country!
Qin Xiangxiang said, “Our factory is on an island, where conditions are very harsh. It is difficult to get goods in and out of the island, and the supply and demand are often affected by typhoons. So we need to run our own farm, raise pigs and ducks, and grow crops to be self-reliant and support ourselves.”
"This down jacket was conceived when we started the May Seventh Farm. This year, due to the impact of typhoons, the province's cotton production decreased, and with such a strong cold wave this winter, in order to save cotton, we tried to combine duck feathers with defective and discarded fabrics from the factory to develop a warm down jacket..."
Qin Xiangxiang tried hard to play the victim and recounted her struggles that were "heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see".
However, only she truly understands the bitterness behind this tragic struggle—why is it so hard to be a lazy bum? Why did the people who picked the peaches run away? Why is the burden on my shoulders getting heavier and heavier?
"Director Qin, you've all worked so hard. It's not easy for such a young woman like you to lead the factory all this way."
“Excellent, excellent, your training courses are also very well organized.”
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Amidst expressions of sympathy and concern, Qin Xiangxiang asked for ten TV tickets. "This year, many workers in the factory have been fighting on the front lines of production, bravely battling the typhoon. They not only support national construction but also actively participate in foreign trade to generate foreign exchange for the country, becoming a model factory for foreign exchange earnings... I feel very gratified to have so many kind, hardworking, and capable employees."
"So I wanted to find some benefits for them as prizes, so that our island workers could also learn about the outside world through wireless equipment."
"Good, Director Qin, you're very good, you're a good director."
Although some people might think Qin Xiangxiang is asking for too much... she really is living under very difficult conditions, fighting typhoons, supporting film production, being a pioneer in foreign exchange earnings, protecting cultural relics, and receiving foreign guests...
So Mr. Zhang and others contacted the factory and promised that after this batch of down orders was completed, they would also support Feiyan Textile Factory with ten television production quotas, which is equivalent to ten television tickets. After payment, they would go directly to the factory to pick up ten black and white televisions.
Qin Xiangxiang managed to get ten black and white television sets, and she was overjoyed and completely satisfied.
Alas... How utterly miserable and wretched.
She was initially determined to be a mama's girl.
Mr. Zhang and others visited the Feiyan Textile Factory to observe the production process of down vests. When he saw the factory workers manually separating the down and filling it by hand, he frowned.
The scene before us truly shows that duck feather clothing, like ancient silk and satin, requires a great deal of manpower, given how light and fluffy it is!
To avoid waste, the workers were all very careful in sorting the fibers.
"Manually separating the fibers is too arduous!" After shaking his head, Mr. Zhang began to draw several simple schematic diagrams of the principles of a fiber separating machine and an automatic fiber filling machine in his notebook.
These all stemmed from the technical ideas of the radio factory.
"This machine? It can distinguish duck down?"
"High-quality, large fluff clusters will be carried by the airflow to the distant collection point, while these inferior products and impurities, being heavier, will settle first..."
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With Mr. Zhang's unexpected technical support, Qin Xiangxiang's previously troublesome issue of the down-sorting machine has finally come to fruition. Once they have both the down-sorting machine and the down-filling machine ready, the production capacity of down jackets will increase dramatically.
"Indeed, technological development is the driving force of productivity."
To my surprise, I got the blueprints for free and also obtained the TV set quota.
In addition to military orders, there were also orders from the radio factory, so the island was naturally short of raw duck down. Even if it was just for television sets, Qin Xiangxiang had to work hard to solve the raw material problem.
Qin Xiangxiang could only contact local cargo ships, explain the urgency of the situation, and form a raw material purchasing ship to purchase duck down from major duck-raising provinces such as Jiangsu and Shandong, using seafood from the islands and textiles from textile factories.
When the purchasing ship returned, it brought back not only duck down, but also a lot of New Year's goods from the north, such as dates and peanuts.
There were ten TV tickets in total. Qin Xiangxiang kept five for the factory and gave the other five to local authorities and supporting units such as the Light Industry Bureau.
Originally, Qin Xiangxiang planned to go home before the Chinese New Year to spend the holiday with her parents in Shanghai. Li Jianzhi was also preparing to apply for leave, as it was difficult to obtain a leave slip during the Chinese New Year. Now, because of this batch of orders from the Shanghai Radio Factory, Qin Xiangxiang planned to go home with the cargo ship after the New Year to see her parents and buy a television.
She called her biological mother, Zhou Aodong, to explain her situation.
On the other hand, he adopted a more condescending tone: "I understand, I understand. Our Factory Director Qin had an accident, so of course we can't rush things... I'll go back and tell your dad that our model worker wants to come back."
Qin Xiangxiang: "??!!!! You still remember something that happened in May!"
Qin Xiangxiang had long forgotten about this model worker, but her mother actually brought it up again!
"Of course I'll remember this, I'll tell you about it for the rest of my life! My daughter has become a model worker."
"This is a joyous occasion, not something shameful. When you come back, I'll celebrate with drums and gongs to mark your achievement as a model worker."
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Mom, how about I come home and give you math, physics, and chemistry lessons?"
Zhou Aodong: "?"
"What about math, physics, and chemistry?"
Qin Xiangxiang said, "Mathematics, physics, and chemistry are mathematics, physics, and chemistry. I'll buy you a set of 'Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry,' as a gift from your daughter to you and your father when we go home!"
A mama's boy takes revenge on the king's biological mother.
The key is to strike first! Make sure she studies hard!
"Mom, I'm coming home to give you lessons!"
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