Chapter 3001
I'm not doing charity work.
Chapter 3001 I'm not doing charity work.
The sudden change disrupted Li Tiejun's plans.
However, this change was a good thing for him.
This is not just a personal benefit of promotion and salary increase, but also a great help to the project.
After returning to his post, Li Tiejun asked Wang Ruijun and Xu Hongxing to help him take stock of the supplies, and he himself went back to his post to call the Ninth Division.
Xu Yuanshan answered the phone, and Li Tiejun was reporting the situation.
After explaining the current situation, Xu Yuanshan was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone, and then his steady voice came through again.
"Old Li, I've already spoken with Director Yang about the situation. Don't worry, we'll fully support you here!"
"I will continue to make arrangements for supplies and personnel. Director Hu in Dengzhou has also prepared the first batch of electrician trainees. There are thirty people available for deployment this time."
"All you have to do is get the power grid ready before May Day."
Xu Yuanshan encouraged Li Tiejun, and then brought up the issue of the materials for the frame, this time stating unequivocally, "Any problematic materials will be rejected."
"The steel mill has formed a quality inspection team, which set off yesterday and should be able to start working soon."
"From now on, any steel you use without their signature and stamp is not allowed to be used."
"We control the costs ourselves."
"If anyone dares to cause trouble or disobey orders, you don't need to worry about them. Just do your job well, and the security department will take care of it."
"Damn it, I'm not a charity, do you really think we can't do without them?"
Xu Yuanshan swore on the phone, which Li Tiejun found very satisfying.
These days, he's been bothered enough by the materials issue.
Tell me about any difficulties you encounter, and I'll handle them!
"In short, everything is based on the mission!"
Xu Yuanshan's assurance greatly encouraged Li Tiejun, but at the same time, it also put immense pressure on him.
"Director Xu, please rest assured."
"Please also tell Commander Yang that I'm willing to risk my life to get the power grid laid!"
Li Tiejun spoke firmly, and Xu Yuanshan nodded in agreement.
After the two ended the call, Li Tiejun was about to leave when he remembered something and picked up the phone again to make another call.
The phone rang at the neighborhood office.
Director Wang was arranging New Year's celebrations with the neighborhood committee when he heard the voice on the phone. He answered casually, "This is the neighborhood office..."
"Sanya, it's me!"
The familiar voice, especially the affectionate nickname, immediately told Director Wang who it was.
Seeing the people inside, he couldn't help but snort coldly, then picked up the phone, turned around, and said, "You bastard, you still know how to call me!"
He was secretly pleased, though, because his wife, that blockhead, had finally remembered to call him.
Hehe
Laughter came from the other end of the phone, which made Director Wang even angrier.
At this moment, the people inside left one by one, not forgetting to close the door.
"Sanya, I have good news for you!"
"Pah, pah, pah! Don't call me that so affectionately. This is my job, I'm called 'comrade'!"
Director Wang, who is almost fifty, still feels her face burning when someone calls her by her childhood nickname, even if it's her own husband.
"Yes, yes, comrade, Comrade Wang Sanya..."
"Li Tiedan, are you asking for trouble? Do you think I can't control you anymore?"
Director Wang, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, exuded an imposing aura without being angry.
Li Tiejun's hand trembled slightly on the other end of the phone.
But she still smiled and said, "Let me tell you, I'm the factory director's person now, Comrade Wang Sanya. Is this how you talk to your superiors?"
Now it was Director Wang's turn to be stunned, and then she realized what was happening, "Honey, are you alright!"
"If anything happens, tell me right away, I'll come find you. Let's quit this job, and please don't do this anymore..."
"You're just worrying unnecessarily, you old hag!"
Li Tiejun felt a warmth in his heart, and then said, "Let me tell you, this time..."
As Li Tiejun recounted the story of the power plant director, Director Wang's face first showed disbelief, then surprise, and finally a mixture of joy and delight.
In the end, she still had some doubts: "Honey, you're not kidding me, are you?"
"You woman, if I tell you it's true, it's true!"
"Why think that much?"
"By the way, I'll be spending Chinese New Year at the construction site this year. Please tell your parents that I won't be coming home!"
"Also, make sure Tiger goes to school properly. If he messes around again, I'll break his legs when I get back!"
"Well, you should take care of yourself too. That's all for now, I'm getting busy!"
Li Tiejun kept talking until Director Wang finally realized what was happening and quickly said, "Oh, you should take care of yourself too!"
"I know, don't worry!"
After finishing the call, he hung up.
Director Wang sat in his chair in silence for a long time.
After a long while, Director Wang lowered his head and smiled.
"You bastard, how dare you talk like that? Wait till I get back and teach you a lesson."
On the other side, Li Tiejun was convening a meeting.
Wang Ruijun, Xu Hongxing, and several other people who came from the Ninth Electric Power Institute gathered together.
Everyone had heard about the Nine Departments' affairs, as well as the situation of Xu Yuanshan and Li Tiejun.
Of course, they also benefited from the rising tide and were all extremely happy.
"Comrades!"
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Tiejun stood up to speak.
I was thinking about how Yang Xiaotao used to give speeches, but when it was actually his turn to speak, my mind went completely blank.
Fortunately, everyone present was someone I knew, so there was nothing awkward about it.
"Everyone knows what kind of person I am, so let's skip the formalities!"
Li Tiejun felt it was best to follow his own ideas and be straightforward.
Everyone smiled upon hearing this; they knew each other very well, so there was no need for slogans or anything like that.
"Both Director Yang and Director Xu have said that they will provide manpower and supplies as needed. The mission is simple: ensure that the power is restored before May 1st!"
"Comrades, I, Old Li, don't mince words. Just one sentence: I won't leave the front line until the mission is completed!"
Li Tiejun spoke with unwavering resolve. The people present exchanged glances, and then a group of them stood up in unison, declaring, "We will not leave the front lines until the mission is accomplished!"
After shouting, everyone sat down with smiles on their faces.
Only then did Li Tiejun give the instructions.
"Pharaoh!"
Wang Ruijun sat up straight.
"Old Wang, we've met quite a few people along the way. Some of them are cunning and deceitful, but some are not bad at all."
"Give me a list, and we'll discuss it."
"This job still needs people; the more people there are, the easier it will be to do the work."
Wang Ruijun immediately nodded, "You know what, we've really seen some promising talents along the way, honest and hardworking." "It's just that we couldn't give them a guarantee before, there was nothing we could do about it."
"Don't worry about that, I'll put together the list right away, and then we can all think about it and discuss it together."
Li Tiejun nodded, and Xu Hongxing, who was standing next to him, then asked, "Old Li, how many people should we have?"
Everyone looked over, and Li Tiejun smiled and said, "Director Hu from Dengzhou will be sending a group of electrical engineering trainees, about thirty people."
"We're currently working on six projects simultaneously, but that's still too few."
"To complete the task, we need to take action from multiple places and work together from multiple perspectives."
“Once these thirty people arrive, I plan to divide them into ten groups, draw manpower from the existing experienced electricians, and add ten more work sites.”
"Each work site is guaranteed to be led by three experienced workers, with three trainees assisting, and thirty power workers and three security personnel assigned to help."
"At this rate, we will need about five hundred power workers."
Wang Ruijun, Xu Hongxing, and the others all gaped in astonishment.
However, he quickly recovered and looked excited.
With so many people, this is more like a power plant.
"well!"
Wang Ruijun smiled happily, then became distressed, "But I haven't remembered that many people."
"Five hundred, that's quite a lot."
Xu Hongxing slammed his fist on the table and said, "Don't worry, once this news gets out, there will be plenty of people eager to come. You won't even be able to choose them all."
"That's true."
Wang Ruijun smiled, and then the others laughed along.
"That's how things are arranged. In a couple of days, Director Xu will arrange for logistics personnel to provide special support for our work. We just need to focus on doing our tasks well."
"We don't need to worry about the rest."
"Now let's divide the ingredients."
Li Tiejun quickly got into the role, or rather, this was how they usually did things; it's just that no one had helped them solve their problems before, or rather, no organization had been formed.
Now they have an official name and no longer work on projects, but as employees of the power plant.
Those who join the project are merely participants, motivated by the small amount of work points, food, and short-term gains.
Those who enter the factory are employees, the protagonists, and have a secure job in the future – a long-term livelihood.
Their identities and statuses are different, their benefits are different, and their attitudes are naturally different as well.
Just as Li Tiejun was assigning tasks and preparing for a major undertaking, a jeep was speeding into the gate of Linzi Steel Plant.
Linzi Steel Plant was a small steel plant built in Shandong Province in its early years to address the local steel shortage. It was supported by Shandong's higher-level leaders and built with the efforts of local departments in Linzi.
After the steel plant was built, it adopted traditional steelmaking methods, which alleviated the steel shortage problem in the surrounding areas and effectively supported the local revolutionary construction.
Not long after, China began to promote oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking, which produced steel of better quality than traditional steelmaking methods. As a result, the market for traditional steelmaking was squeezed, and many small steel mills using traditional methods began to transform and adopt new steelmaking methods.
Of course, this transformation is painful. First, it requires equipment; second, it requires capital investment; and third, it requires the relocation or even dismissal of a group of workers who are not suited for production.
For a steel mill like Linzi, this was like cutting off a piece of its own flesh.
Although traditional production methods have continued over the years, the steel mills have been reducing their production targets year by year.
In contrast, the steel mills on Qingdao were much more decisive.
As soon as the top-blown furnace was developed, the project was launched immediately, and the factory renovation was completed in just one year.
Subsequently, the oxygen top-blown converter became the key to the rise of Qingdao Steel Plant, not only providing steel for construction in various parts of Qingdao, but also taking away most of the tasks that originally belonged to them.
This made the leaders of Linzi Steel Plant realize that if they didn't adapt, the workload would only decrease, and the workers would starve to death sooner or later.
After much painful reflection, Linzi Steel Plant took the initiative to cooperate with the local government and prepared to transform into a new type of steel plant.
But this transformation requires funding.
Without money, where would the equipment come from?
How can we expand the factory without money?
But the local area isn't wealthy either. In recent years, they've had to build water conservancy projects and roads. Since they rely on the weather for their livelihood, they have to take care of the farmers. The local area is still running a fiscal deficit.
There was no money in the ledger, so I asked my superiors, but they were also helpless.
In the end, a sum of money was allocated from Quancheng Automobile Factory, which provided Linzi Steel Plant with start-up capital.
However, Linzi Steel Plant underestimated the difficulty of the transformation.
In the first year, when the oxygen top-blown converter was first introduced, the factory spent a huge sum of money and worked hard for half a year to finally build one. However, due to a lack of experience, the converter had an accident during trial production.
Although the personnel were fine, the equipment was damaged, and there was no other way but to find someone to repair it.
But misfortune never comes singly. The repairman was only a junior technician, and after working for more than half a month, he still couldn't solve the problem. Instead, he made things even worse for the equipment.
In the end, the steel mill had no choice but to turn to local authorities for help as the number of tasks from above dwindled.
After many twists and turns, I finally bought another set.
But even after purchasing the goods, we still need technical guidance and workers to organize production…
Under such circumstances, Linzi Steel Plant had many technical problems, and the products it produced naturally had many issues.
Most of the steel pipes provided to Li Tiejun and his team for making supports came from here.
The Linzi Steel Plant was well aware of these issues, but in their memory, power transmission lines used to be made of wooden poles, or better, cement pillars. They had never seen anything like this with a steel frame before.
My impression was that as long as the steel frame could be erected, that was enough; I didn't pay attention to anything else.
snort~
The jeep stopped in front of the steel plant's office building, and two young men quickly got out. One of them was sweating profusely despite the cold weather, while the other was carrying a folder and looked unwell.
After the two quickly ran into the office building, they climbed the stairs rapidly under the astonished gazes of the people inside, climbing three floors in a row before finally arriving at the factory manager's office.
But before they could get close, they saw someone walking over and greeting them from afar, "Director Shan, you're back?"
"How's it going? Is the handover of supplies complete?"
The old man was wearing a military overcoat and holding an enamel mug in his hands, looking delighted.
"Old Huang, where are the factory director and the Party Secretary?"
The young man surnamed Shan didn't have time to say much. He went to the factory manager's office and, seeing that no one was there, asked.
At this moment, Lao Huang also walked over, but seeing that Director Shan's expression was not right, he looked at him seriously and said, "He should be in the conference room. It's almost Chinese New Year."
Old Huang wanted to ask a couple more questions, but then he saw Director Shan rush upstairs, followed by the young man carrying the file bag.
Old Huang was inexplicably surprised, but he was just an office worker and didn't know some things.
Judging from Director Shan's expression, it doesn't seem like a good thing.
But whether it's good or bad, what does it have to do with him?
Thinking this, I picked up my teacup again and strolled back to the office.
In the conference room.
Factory director Zhong Yanshu and Party secretary Xia Huaixu sat together, with the senior staff of the steel plant below them.
"Comrades."
Xia Huaixu was a middle-aged man who wore glasses and looked somewhat bookish. Of course, those who knew him well knew that this secretary only had a primary school education, and that his family's influential connections had played a significant role in his rise to this position.
"The past year has been a year in which our factory has successfully completed its tasks."
"But we can't let our guard down, because the most critical time for our factory is coming up."
"Everyone must cheer up, work hard, and work together to build a better revolution."
Bang bang bang bang
The people below were very supportive, applauding continuously.
After the applause subsided, Factory Director Zhong Yanshu took over the conversation, saying, "This time we have taken on a task from the Ninth Department. With the funds, we must thoroughly master the technology of oxygen top-blown converters. We must use this to complete our transformation and make our Linzi Steel Plant one of the leading steel plants in China."
Director Zhong's tone was full of excitement, but everyone was thinking to themselves, "The Ninth Department is really rich."
They only provided some steel pipe frames, yet they earned more than the local government's allocation. This was truly a case of taking advantage of the situation and benefiting from the support of the nine ministries.