Chapter 251 Monster This woman is far too terrifying.
Master Zhu already knows he's boarded a pirate ship and entered a den of thieves, so why is fate so unkind? Could all of this be a scheme by the mastermind Qin Xiangxiang?
"Our main objective here is to hope that Qin Xiangxiang, this young female factory director, can take over the Shangpu Textile Factory..."
After chatting with the inspection team for a while, Master Zhu understood the situation. It turned out that the Light Industry Bureau wanted Qin Xiangxiang to take over a mess that no one wanted, so they were trying to flatter her and take advantage of the young female factory director.
Master Zhu was immediately caught in a dilemma. Should he side with the Light Industry Bureau, aiding and abetting the wrongdoing and harming Qin Xiangxiang? Or should he maintain his original stance and severely criticize Qin Xiangxiang and Feiyan Textile Factory...?
There are only two options, and neither is a good answer!
Master Zhu wanted to roll his eyes and head home right then and there.
"Brilliant! This young female factory manager is truly brilliant! A brilliant scheme, a shrewd and transparent one!"
"If I praise her on behalf of the Light Industry Bureau, I feel resentful, I'm acting against my conscience, I'm not human! But if I don't help the Light Industry Bureau, then I'm helping Qin Xiangxiang, helping her get rid of this mess!"
"Hiss—this woman's cunning and scheming are terrifying!"
At this moment, the female factory director he had seen in the newspaper had transformed in Master Zhu's mind into a "scheming" and "deceptive" enchantress.
"Could it be that Qin Xiangxiang is truly capable of calculating every possible strategy?"
Master Zhu felt a chill run down his spine upon thinking about this; this woman was far too terrifying.
Master Zhu and Deputy Director Sun's inspection team arrived at Feiyan Textile Factory. Qin Xiangxiang, along with Assistant He, Yang Zhixia, and others, received them and toured the entire textile factory. Master Zhu remained silent in the crowd, carefully observing the beautiful female factory manager in front of him—how would this scheming woman use her tricks?
"Director Qin, all the textiles produced in your factory are top-quality! Your management skills are beyond question. I heard that when your factory was first established, because you were in charge of technical quality control, there were no major defective products..."
Deputy Director Sun and his entourage, including those who were just there to make a living, had visited many textile factories, and Feiyan Textile Factory's quality was the best among them.
In the past, many state-owned textile factories did not pay attention to quality, and their technical levels varied greatly. However, no one usually investigated the quality of textile factories, and it was impossible to trace the source. As a result, the quality management of many textile factories was quite chaotic.
The Shangpu Textile Factory was like that. Skilled old craftsmen were dying out, and a bunch of charlatans were left to fool people. Even if they produced defective products, no one could tell, let alone correct them!
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Having seen many factories with varying levels of technical skill, and then seeing the meticulous quality standards of Feiyan Textile Factory, even a group of slackers would have to admit defeat to the young female factory manager in front of them.
Fine cotton cloth, polyester fabric... these are all the factory's hard-earned skills.
"Your Feiyan Textile Factory's skills are truly superb!"
Qin Xiangxiang didn't take these compliments to heart at all. She was in charge of the quality of the basic textiles at Feiyan Textile Factory, such as cotton cloth, from the very beginning, and she was also the one who adjusted the basic parameters. If anything went wrong, it would drive the little drama queen crazy.
"It's just average."
"You're too modest, Director Qin."
Master Zhu stood by with a magnifying glass and examined each item one by one. He had nothing to say. He had originally wanted to find fault with it, but there was nothing wrong with the textiles. These basic fabrics were not as unconventional as embroidered patchwork shirts.
There are no flaws to criticize.
But to get Master Zhu to praise him out loud... humph, he was unwilling to speak.
After visiting the basic textiles section, Qin Xiangxiang glanced at Master Zhu and then led the group to see the patchwork embroidered shirts and various garments made using the shadow tapestry technique.
When Master Zhu saw the wide variety of embroidered patchwork shirts, he was almost furious: "You're still producing embroidered patchwork shirts?"
"This is something that the masses love, so of course we should continue to produce it."
When Deputy Director Sun saw the shadow tapestry products, everyone's eyes widened. "Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! This technique is at the level of a master craftsman. May I ask which master craftsman made this?"
Assistant He: "This is our factory manager's craftsmanship; it was made by our factory manager himself."
Deputy Director Sun and the others were stunned. "!!!!"
"My God! Is this Factory Director Qin some kind of deity?"
"A factory manager with such a high level of technical skill?"
"My God, this is incredible."
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Qin Xiangxiang heard the sounds around her and sighed inwardly. Her innate talent for weaving and embroidery was impossible to hide!
"What a bizarre technique! It's nothing but a cheap trick to attract attention!" Master Zhu couldn't help but exclaim. "You've simplified the true methods of kesi weaving in our country to this extent. This is abandoning tradition and discarding our heritage!"
"I think your factory is completely obsessed with money."
"If the kesi weaving method is changed to your shadow weaving technique, who will inherit the authentic kesi weaving craft in the future?"
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Assistant He: "Master Zhu, you speak so eloquently, why don't you demonstrate your kesi (silk tapestry) skills to everyone in public?"
Master Zhu paused for a moment: "Who said I have to know how to weave silk? I'm just stating the facts and reasoning."
Yang Zhixia: "If you were someone like that in the past, you should have been sent down to the workshop to learn and practice production. Without participating in production practice, you are just talking nonsense."
"An amateur giving instructions to a professional is just giving blind orders and talking nonsense."
Deputy Director Sun and the others couldn't help but laugh out loud. At this moment, the workers were not polite at all. Even when facing the factory director, they would criticize him without hesitation. They would not bow down to you just because you were an authority figure. On the contrary, they encouraged challenging and overthrowing authority.
"A method that can guide practice is a good method."
"Director Qin, you manage the factory well."
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As Qin Xiangxiang listened to the inspection team's praise, she couldn't help but feel disappointed in Master Zhu. She had thought he would come up with some insightful and thought-provoking criticisms, but in the end, he just kept repeating the same old things. It was a shame that she had placed so much hope in him.
never mind.
After visiting the production workshop, the group arrived at the canteen of Feiyan Textile Factory. Master Zhu was feeling uneasy at the moment and pretended to be aloof, saying, "A gentleman keeps away from the kitchen. It's better not to go to these places."
However, an enticing aroma wafted from the canteen of Feiyan Textile Factory, making everyone's stomachs rumble. Deputy Director Sun and others found it strange: "Director Qin, this... this is going to a lot of trouble."
"Is it because our inspection team is here today that we're doing this... Actually, there's no need for this. We're just here for a simple visit, so let's keep things simple and not add any burden to the factory."
Qin Xiangxiang: "There was no special preparation. This is just our cafeteria's normal supply."
Deputy Director Sun and others shook their heads, unwilling to believe it. They thought that Feiyan Textile Factory must have changed the menu in the canteen to accommodate the inspection team.
Many factories use this tactic, and I didn't expect Feiyan Textile Factory to be no exception.
Upon hearing this, Master Zhu immediately decided to enter the canteen of Feiyan Textile Factory to see what kind of "wasteful and troublesome" trouble Qin Xiangxiang would cause, so that he could take the opportunity to criticize her.
Entering the canteen of Feiyan Textile Factory, one is greeted by a bustling crowd and the aroma of various foods that makes one's mouth water.
Master Zhu asked a worker next to him, "What do you usually eat at your factory?"
"It's written on the wall, you can see for yourself, the weekly supply is all there."
Master Zhu: "Is it included in the weekly supply today as well?"
"Of course! Are you from out of town? Our factory canteen is serving crab roe tofu balls and wine-flavored seaweed knots today... We also have braised meat, and our factory's braised meat is absolutely amazing!"
"These pigs are raised by our factory."
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The enticing aroma made Deputy Director Sun and the others feel nauseous. Fortunately, they didn't have to queue to buy food. Qian Meiying brought out several meals for them, which were similar to the dishes served in the canteen today, including crab meat tofu balls, kelp knots with wine, braised pork, braised tofu, and braised soybeans.
Master Zhu tasted a crab meat tofu ball, and his body suddenly stiffened. He quickly picked up a second and a third. He forced himself to eat the wine-flavored seaweed knot next to him, and after taking a bite, he couldn't stop eating.
The rest of the delegation were even more voracious, wolfing down their food. Some devoured braised pork, and after finishing a serving, they said they hadn't even tasted the flavor yet and wanted another serving, just like Pigsy eating ginseng fruit.
What's even more fascinating are the vegetables braised in the braising liquid: braised soybeans, braised tofu, braised kelp... one fragrant braised soybean after another.
Crab sticky rice, stir-fried sea snails, clams...
Deputy Director Sun took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth: "Your kelp has a truly authentic, traditional flavor. What kind of wine lees are used to marinate this kelp?"
The inspection team members were completely captivated by the canteen of Feiyan Textile Factory, and ended up eating until their bellies were bursting, looking like they had been starved to death.
The ordinary workers at Feiyan Textile Factory, on the other hand, seemed more "elegant" because they ate these meals regularly and were no longer surprised by them.
"This textile factory's canteen... is the best-tasting factory canteen I've ever eaten at. May I ask which chef is in charge here?"
"Hey, there's no master chef here. It's all under the guidance of our Factory Director Qin! It's the factory director who improved the dishes."
"Yes, it's all thanks to our factory manager's excellent leadership."
“Our factory raises pigs well, and we even have special pig-raising classes.”
Master Zhu: "Pig-raising class? That's utterly ridiculous, absurd! It's just a cheap trick to attract attention!"
One after another, the canteen workers stood up and asked, "Who is that?"
"Master Zhu?"
"What Master Zhu? I think he's just a big, stupid pig!"
"This stupid pig shouldn't stay in its pen; it's running out and making a fool of itself."
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Qin Xiangxiang found Master Zhu but did not get the desired effect. However, she did watch Master Zhu make a lot of noise, which was a way of venting her anger.
It's unreasonable that he's the only one who gets to criticize us, while we don't get the right to criticize him.
"So what if you can use a pen? We have thousands of mouths to feed."
Deputy Director Sun and others expressed their desire to see a pig farming class. The group arrived at the "Pig Farming Study Room." Master Zhu stared at the sign at the door and sneered. The group pushed open the door and found a large group of students preparing for the college entrance examination. They were not only reviewing the exam content, but also boiler operator Zhang Dayong, who was introducing the textiles exported by Feiyan Textile Factory to the accountant of the inspection team in fluent English; Zhao Hongmei was writing formulas on the blackboard, analyzing the mathematical principles contained in the kesi (silk tapestry) patterns, and calculating the optimal path of the kesi patterns.
This "calculation of the optimal path" left Master Zhu dumbfounded. He took two steps back and found a "Notes on Pig Feed Formulation". He opened it and saw that it was filled with dense chemical formulas. His hands began to tremble slightly.
Master Zhu considered himself a learned man and didn't care about ordinary workers. But these workers in front of him, who had no traditional knowledge, were using "science" that he couldn't understand at all to scientifically deconstruct and elevate textiles.
Deputy Director Sun and others witnessed these things firsthand and were already dumbfounded. "This is no ordinary small factory in an island fishing village. This is simply a concentration camp of monsters hiding in the shadows!"
"Just how capable is Director Qin to gather so many monsters here?"
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