Chapter 101
Wu Zhengrong's help in writing homework was very effective, but it seemed a little too effective.
The physics teaching in the provincial university was arranged according to the Soviet system. In addition to one class of "General Physics" per week, there was also one exercise class per week.
Ye Manzhi asked someone to help her with her homework the night before, and did it again the next day by herself, checking the answers. Only when she felt there was no problem did she hand the homework in to the physics class representative.
She can answer six, seven or eight out of ten questions correctly, which is her normal level.
But in this week's exercise class, Ye Manzhi was singled out for praise by the physics teacher.
The physics teacher held up the workbook and said, "Last week's homework was from the Moscow University Physics Competition. It was quite difficult, and no one in our class got a perfect score. The highest scores were 80 by Ye Manzhi and Shen Mo. Class monitor, you did a great job this time. Keep up the momentum and strive to be in the top three on the final exam!"
He didn't think of it as copying homework. The two highest-scoring students had different approaches to solving the problems, so it couldn't be copied.
He felt that Ye Manzhi had made great progress and this assignment reflected her true level.
The class monitor has great potential in learning physics.
Ye Manzhi: “…”
Damn it, I have to be in the top three in the final exam!
She kept on pretending to smile and accepted the congratulations from Bian Queqiao and Liang Ning, but secretly decided in her heart that she would never let Wu Zhengrong help her with her homework again.
After the exercise get out of class, she and Bian Queqiao prepared to go to the library to continue studying, while the boys in the class swarmed out of the classroom.
Chen Teye was the one who took the lead.
Ye Manzhi muttered, "Chen Teye's enthusiasm for steelmaking is too high."
If he continues like this, his final physics grade will still be at the bottom, right?
Bian Queqiao whispered, "They're not making steel for nothing. The position of secretary of our grade's Youth League branch is still vacant. When he finishes making steel, Master Chen will become Secretary Chen."
Ye Manzhi was speechless and could only give Chen Tie a thumbs up.
The two went to the library to study together, but after less than an hour, Chen Teye, who was mentioned earlier, came over.
"Team Leader, can you guys in logistics get another ten tons of coke for the small blast furnace?"
"We're the supply vanguard," Ye Manzhi corrected him and asked, "Shouldn't the coke we bought last until the end of November? Why isn't it enough at the beginning of the month?"
Chen Teye said with a gloomy face, "The ash accumulated on the inner wall of the small blast furnace is too thick. We didn't pay attention before, so the molten iron can't flow down. That furnace is a waste. Now we have to dismantle the furnace, take out the iron blocks, and start a new furnace. There will definitely not be enough coke."
If the subsequent coke supply is not available, he dare not light the fire.
Ye Manzhi did not agree immediately, but only said that he needed to discuss it with Chen Ying, the captain of the vanguard team.
What that small blast furnace consumes is not coke, but stacks of banknotes.
If the steelmaking failure rate remains high, logistics will have to continue to provide them with financial support.
She has a baby now, and she runs around raising funds, but they flow away like water in a few days.
She worked herself to death, but ended up getting him the position of secretary of the grade's Youth League branch. It was a huge loss no matter how you looked at it.
After sending Chen Teye away, Ye Manzhi pulled Bian Queqiao aside and asked, "Over at the small blast furnace, is Chen Teye in charge of all steelmaking? Didn't they invite an expert from another department to provide guidance?"
"The professors of steelmaking and metallurgy were already invited by the provincial government to serve as consultants at the newly built steel mills. Even the young teachers were hired away by the city's blast furnaces. Chen Teye hired two senior students from the Power Engineering Department, but it looks to me like they're experimenting with the small blast furnace."
Ye Manzhi: “…”
I don’t even want to go out and raise funds.
All the student homework in the department warehouse that could be sold had already been sold.
Blower orders from coal furnace factories must be arranged according to the production needs of the other factory and are not always available.
If you want to get 10 tons of coke, you will probably have to get something for nothing.
She told Chen Ying about the situation of the small blast furnace, put on her schoolbag and went home.
When I arrived at the bus station at the east gate, I unexpectedly ran into Zhou Mu and Liu Shichun.
We all went to the same school, so even if we didn't meet on campus, we would inevitably run into each other when we went home on weekends. There was only one tram from the Provincial University to Factory 656.
Ye Manzhi nodded to the two of them, and got on the tram as soon as it arrived at the station, and asked the conductor to arrange a seat for her that was reserved for the elderly, children, the sick, the disabled and pregnant women.
She is pregnant now and can finally sit in this seat!
Because the conductor's voice was a bit loud, almost everyone on the bus could hear that she was pregnant, and Zhou Mu and Liu Shichun naturally heard it as well.
Ye Manzhi ignored Zhou Mu's eyes widened in surprise.
She has already entered the next stage of her life, while Zhou Mu is still a bachelor.
However, she glanced at Liu Shichun who was standing with Zhou Mu.
One of them is the son of Deputy Factory Director Zhou, and the other is the daughter of Deputy Factory Director Liu. They are both students at the provincial university. There is probably something going on.
With Zhou Zhenye's ambition, he would have tried to bring the two kids together even if they didn't have the intention.
Ye Manzhi was lost in thought all the way. When the tram arrived at the station, she was the last one to get off.
As soon as she stepped out of the car, she saw Liu Shichun waiting for her alone on the platform.
Ye Manzhi didn't ask why she didn't go with Zhou Mu. She smiled and asked, "Are you adapting well at school?"
"It's okay, but I have to make steel every day, which takes up a bit of my time." Liu Shichun walked side by side with her and changed the subject, "However, there are not many girls in our class, and the teachers and classmates are all very nice to me. Senior Brother Zhou also often takes care of me."
Ye Manzhi didn't respond to Brother Zhou's words, but just smiled and said, "All major universities need to support Gang Shuai's promotion. Even if he goes to Tsinghua, he still has the task of making steel. It will be fine after this period of time."
She glanced at Liu Shichun, her mind stirring, and asked, "What are you responsible for at the small blast furnace? Do you have to go there every day?"
"Well, except for weekends, I have to be on duty from seven to nine every night."
"Our three specialized blast furnaces are all together. If you're not good at steelmaking, you can actually join our material supply vanguard team to raise funds for the steelmaking mission."
Before going to college, Liu Shichun was a middle school student who devoted himself to reading sage books. He had only a vague understanding of the various teams and groups on the university campus. Upon hearing this, he asked how the vanguard team would raise funds.
Ye Manzhi gave her a brief introduction to the production and sales of blowers by the Department of Industrial Economics.
Liu Shichun is a hard-working contestant, and the time she spent on steelmaking taking up her study time always makes her feel uneasy.
Now that she had the opportunity to escape from steelmaking, she chose to join the logistics team without thinking, and even threw away her initial intention of inquiring about Zhou Mu's situation.
Ye Manzhi shook hands with her formally and welcomed her to join the material supply vanguard team.
Then, displaying his deputy director's demeanor, he encouraged the young comrades, "We, the Materials Supply Vanguard, are here to safeguard the Steel Marshal's advancement. Without our financial support, that small blast furnace wouldn't even dare to ignite. Our work is even more important than steelmaking on the front lines!"
"The students who are able to join this team are all the best external relations and supply and marketing talents in their respective majors. Shichun, I know you have excellent grades in science and engineering, but your major, 'Economics, Organization, and Planning of Mechanical Manufacturing Enterprises,' is similar to ours in the Department of Industrial Economics, and is more oriented towards finance and economics. Joining the Materials Supply Vanguard Team is a rare training opportunity that can leverage your strengths while also addressing your weaknesses..."
Blah blah, Ye Manzhi encouraged and mobilized them vigorously.
Finally, he said solemnly, "Shichun, every member of our Materials Supply Vanguard Team has contributed their efforts to the steelmaking effort. After the steelmaking work is completed, everyone's achievements will be sent to their parents and their respective departments in the form of letters of commendation and honor rolls. Welcome again, I look forward to your outstanding performance!"
Liu Shichun is not a student who has never seen the world. She comes from a cadre family. When the cadres from the factory came to visit her home, her father also said words of encouragement to his subordinates.
But when the object of motivation became herself, she was inevitably excited!
She used to focus on studying and had never participated in such activities.
Ye Manzhi's words made her feel that they were doing a great thing.
"Auntie Xiaoye," Liu Shichun promised, "After joining the Material Supply Vanguard Team, I will definitely help the small blast furnace obtain more funds!"
Ye Manzhi nodded with a complicated expression, said a few words of encouragement, and then waved goodbye to the other party at the fork in the road.
Just as she lowered her arms, she heard someone chuckle behind her.
When she turned around, she saw Wu Zhengrong walking behind her. She couldn't help but glare at him and asked, "How long have you been eavesdropping? What are you laughing at?"
Wu Zhengrong took her schoolbag and continued to smile, "Auntie Xiaoye is quite good at ideological work."
They fooled other people’s children into thinking they could join the party tomorrow.
Ye Manzhi looked around quickly like a thief, making sure that no one was paying attention to them before twisting Wu Zhengrong's butt.
"If it weren't for you, would I be called aunt by my peers?"
Wu Zhengrong pulled her disruptive hand away, reminding her to be mindful of her influence outside. Returning to his own courtyard, he continued, "The smart older kids all call you Director Ye. Deputy Director Liu's daughter doesn't seem very bright. Can she raise the funds?"
"She's a student who's going to Tsinghua University, how can she not be smart?" Ye Manzhi defended her new team member. "Besides, whether she can get the funds isn't the key. The key is whether Deputy Director Liu can get the funds!"
She had never placed her hopes on Liu Shichun.
"Just wait and see, Shichun will definitely not let me down!"
Facts have proved that Ye Manzhi does have some vision in judging people.
Liu Shichun ran to Yard No. 16 early the next morning.
Although the young couple can no longer work two days a week and have one day off after pregnancy, they can still be affectionate with each other on weekend mornings.
Hearing Sunflower's barking, Wu Zhengrong raised his face from his chest in annoyance, "What's wrong with their family?"
Why do you always come to visit in the morning?
Ye Manzhi rubbed the back of his head and said soothingly, "It might be urgent. Go open the door. I'll get dressed first."
"She'd better have something urgent to do." Wu Zhengrong lowered his head and wrapped it around the top, then reluctantly went out to open the gate.
Liu Shichun had no urgent business, but the news she brought was important to Ye Manzhi.
"Our factory's children's school is implementing the Party's educational policy and opening a foundry, just like purchasing a large blower."
Ye Manzhi asked: "Do you know the specific requirements?"
Liu Shichun handed her a note: "A medium-pressure centrifugal blower has a market price of over 500 yuan. We don't have that much money at the children's school, so I'd like to buy a cheaper one. Can your department produce large blowers?"
She feels that sophomores and juniors do not have this kind of production capacity.
But Ye Manzhi said: "Yes, if students don't know how to do it, there are teachers. Let the teachers help guide them."
Anyway, Director Miao, who pays the most attention to practice and attaches great importance to funds, will definitely take this order.
As long as we have this order, the problem of ten tons of coke can be easily solved.
She did not delay at home. After breakfast, she took Liu Shichun back to school and reported the situation to Chen Ying and the teacher on duty in the department.
The cost of this medium-pressure centrifugal blower is not high, and the materials can be prepared within fifty yuan, but the technology is relatively difficult.
The students really do not have this ability, so the technical course teacher has to take charge of it himself, using the blower as a part of on-site teaching and leading the third-year students to work on it.
Ye Manzhi felt that this money was hard-earned and embodied the hard work of all the teachers and students in the department, and he couldn't let those steel-making people ruin it.
Therefore, before Chen Teye officially started the blast furnace, she used Grandpa Wu's relationship to invite a retired professor with white hair who had to walk with a cane from Binjiang Metallurgical College to serve as a consultant for the small blast furnace.
On the one hand, we should improve the success rate of steelmaking, and on the other hand, we should improve the purity of steel. Anyway, the manpower and material resources have already been invested, so we should strive to produce more good steel for the country.
Steelmaking continued until the end of the year. When Ye Manzhi's belly gradually became apparent, the newspaper finally published the news that steel production had doubled in 1958.
The task for this year was finally completed, and the small blast furnaces in the provincial capital could be shut down one after another.
As Ye Manzhi had said before, not only did she post a board of honor in the school, she also sent a letter of praise to each parent of a student in the Material Supply Pioneer Team.
When Deputy Director Liu received the letter of praise, his expression was really sour.
His daughter is just a nerd, how can she find funds and orders!
The outstanding contributions and the three orders mentioned in the letter of commendation were all obtained by him!
Deputy Director Liu stared at Liu Shichun's name for a while, then went to visit other offices with a letter of praise in one hand and a teacup in the other.
*
The steelmaking work came to an end, and Ye Manzhi devoted all his attention to studying, just waiting to make a splash in the final exam and launch a satellite.
Chen Ying came over with a roster and asked, "Our department's factory, that three-in-one base, is about to start planning. Do you want to sign up for a position?"
Ye Manzhi asked, "Will Director Miao and the teachers serve as factory directors?"
"The department has established a production management committee. They are all on this committee, but they will not serve as factory directors or deputy factory directors. The preparation and construction of this machinery factory will be completed by students." Chen Ying's tone was quite excited.
Ye Manzhi had run a coal furnace factory before, and she thought the process for setting up a machinery factory should be similar, so she said bluntly, "Then I'll sign up to be the factory manager."
Chen Ying: “…”
You are quite bold in thinking.
"We have a candidate for factory director. It's Ma Hongliang, our junior, who is also a transferred cadre student."
"Oh, what about the deputy director?" Ye Manzhi said, "Can you let me be the deputy director?"
Unexpectedly, she had such a big appetite. Chen Ying glanced at her belly. It was not obvious through her cotton-padded jacket, but she was a pregnant woman after all.
"Do you have the energy to be the deputy factory director when you're pregnant?"
"Yes, I'm quite energetic."
It was she who proposed the idea of the three-in-one base, and Ye Manzhi had to get the position of deputy factory director no matter what.
She thought long-term. After the factory was built, the work and internship of the Industrial Economics Department would basically be completed in this "three-in-one" base.
Even in the factory within the school, there is a distinction between cadres and workers.
If she had not fought for a cadre position when the factory was first established, once the factory was officially operational, all the teachers and students in the department would have had to take turns working in the factory, and she would most likely have to go to the workshop.
She was not avoiding work, but she was carrying a baby, so she had to plan ahead for her health and the baby.
What Ye Manzhi can think of, others can also think of.
Therefore, the positions of factory director and two deputy factory directors had already been selected.
She was not even eligible for the position of deputy factory director.
Ye Manzhi lamented that she was too late to act, and took the roster, looking down to see if there were any other positions suitable for her.
The positions of Production Planning Section Chief and Supply and Marketing Section Chief are both vacant.
She wanted to be the head of the supply and marketing department, but considering that supply and marketing work required frequent field work, she gave up.
Eventually, I signed up for the position of production planning section chief.
The reason why Ye Manzhi was able to get the position of planning section chief was purely because Chen Ying took special care of her.
It was she who proposed the factory construction plan, and she had experience in running factories, which allowed her to gain a seat in the management team.
Apart from her, no other first-year student was on the list of managers of the department-run factory.
Almost all of it was divided up by the sophomores and juniors who were transferred to other departments, as well as student leaders.
If others want to come in, they can only wait for the junior class to graduate.
Ye Manzhi sighed that university is also a small society, and then put his mind back on the final review.
Because the department was going to open a factory, Director Miao stuffed the third-year students into a comprehensive machinery factory and went to the workshop to learn skills from a master.
After they return from their studies, they become the first batch of workers in the department's factory.
I have to work in a factory during my spare time, which counts as my internship in my junior year.
Ye Manzhi felt that there were not even any workers in the factory, and her position as the planning section chief was just a figurehead, and she would probably have to wait until the beginning of next spring before she could actually take up the job.
However, three days before New Year's Day, Chen Ying found her with the head of the supply and marketing department.
The management system of the department-run factory is formulated in full compliance with that of a regular factory. Chen Ying is the deputy factory director, in charge of the production planning department, the finance department, and the supply and marketing department.
"We've already chosen a site for our machinery factory, and we've also completed the industrial and commercial registration process. Although we haven't officially started production yet, there are some things we need to prepare in advance. Once the products are manufactured, they need to be sold. Therefore, it would be best if our products could be included in the national plan, with the government taking over unified procurement and sales. This would save us a lot of trouble."
Ye Manzhi asked: "What products will the machinery factory produce?"
"Four models of blowers, various teaching models, crane reduction gearboxes, and various hardware parts. These are all things I learned in my sophomore and junior years and have production experience with."
Ye Manzhi thought for a moment and said, "Based on my previous experience, the State Planning Commission had already planned next year's production plan as early as November, and each factory should have received the schedule. It's a bit late for us to prepare to include it in the national plan now. We may need to find some connections."
Chen Ying nodded and said, "Director Miao has already contacted the comrades at the Municipal Planning Commission for us. I'll take people there to talk this afternoon. We can also talk to the hardware company and the steel mill about processing with supplied materials."
Ye Manzhi accepted the task of going to the hardware company, and the next day he took the sports committee member Zhao Jinhua to the provincial hardware company.
Standing at the entrance of the hardware company, looking at the imposing four-story building, Zhao Jinhua murmured, "Team Leader, will the manager of that company even bother with us?"
"This is the relationship introduced by Director Miao. It is said that all the technical class works of our department last year were sold to hardware companies. It should be possible after some practice, right?" Ye Manzhi felt that the face of the provincial university department director was still useful.
However, the two college students soon realized that the face of the provincial university department head was useless in front of a large unit like the provincial hardware company.
The contact person Director Miao gave was the vice president of the hardware company, so they had no choice but to visit this vice president.
After being let in by the security guard, the two of them waited in the reception room for more than two hours but did not see the deputy general manager.
Ye Manzhi silently calculated in his mind that the deputy general manager of the provincial hardware company might be a deputy department-level cadre.
When she was the deputy director of the street, there were constant year-end meetings. Now that it is the deputy general manager's turn, there must be more things to do.
People may not have the time to meet with two college students.
And it was a college student who came to ask for help.
As the saying goes, asking for help is the lowest of the three.
It is very appropriate at this moment.
The two waited in the reception room for the entire afternoon. Of course, they were not just waiting there for nothing. It was near the end of the semester, and they came with their textbooks.
Reviewing while waiting for others.
Unfortunately, the boss is really busy, so we can only make an appointment next time.
When Ye Manzhi asked the secretary which day she could make an appointment, she was told that the appointments were fully booked for the next week.
Ye Manzhi had no choice but to go back home.
Su Rui, the head of the supply and marketing department, went to the steel plant to contact business. After returning to school, he took the initiative to come to Ye Manzhi to inquire about the progress.
After discovering that she, like him, hadn't seen the real owner, he muttered, "Is Lao Miao's face not working?"
Ye Manzhi laughed: "We are the ones asking for help, and we can't force any benefits on them. Even if it's the principal's face, it may not work."
Su Rui had just become the head of the supply and marketing section and was very enthusiastic about her work. She then went to the steel plant for two days.
Ye Manzhi only went to the hardware company that one time, and there was no further movement afterwards.
If it were normal times, she wouldn't mind being more proactive.
But she is a pregnant woman after all, and it is cold and slippery outside. She doesn't want to go to the door and be turned away.
The face of the provincial university department head is useless.
In the eyes of the other party, she, a college student, was no different from those supply and marketing personnel who came to seek cooperation.
Ye Manzhi continued to prepare for the final review. After she finished the most grueling physics exam, she went to Director Miao's office.
She briefly described her recent trip to look for new partners, then spoke candidly, "Director, although we're a major provincial factory with a well-known brand, we're still the ones asking for help. Asking for help is a lowly task, and constantly going to people's doorsteps to ask for help would easily lose our provincial dignity. Can we think of a way to get these people to come to us on their own initiative?"
Anyway, she wouldn't go out to do business in the middle of winter.
Director Miao had dealt with the business department and knew what kind of people they were. Looking at Ye Manzhi's expression, he knew that she must have been wronged outside.
He smiled and said, "You have been a cadre before. You should know more about the situation outside the school than ordinary students."
The campus is an ivory tower, but it is no longer so once you leave the campus.
Ye Manzhi sighed and said, "Director, I'm not afraid of losing face. I once worked for a week at the District Education Bureau to apply for a primary school quota for our street. But the Provincial University is a key university and an institution of higher learning. Our department-run factory should be treated differently from ordinary enterprises and maintain our dignity and integrity."
Director Miao nodded in approval and motioned for her to continue.
"Compared to other companies, we have distinct advantages. As a provincial university, we should leverage its strengths. Director, what do you think about our Industrial Economics Department hosting a refresher course for factory directors and managers? Send letters to those companies, asking them to send people to our refresher course. Then, we won't have to go out and ask for help; they'll come to us on their own."
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