Chapter 187 Good News and Bad News
“You can’t say that. Others may not know how this factory came about.
But can I not understand? "
Director Ma put down the teacup, took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.
“So, you are the only one who gets this treatment.
Deputy Engineer Cao and I are on the second floor below you.
Other people generally won't come to your home to look for you.
This house looks big, but you won’t think so when you bring your family over.”
Director Ma said with a smile while smoking a cigarette.
He is worthy of being promoted from office director. It is difficult to comment on his other business abilities.
But they are quite professional in these areas.
"Okay, then I won't talk nonsense.
After get off work this afternoon, I will go back and have a look. "
Fang Xiang smiled and shook his head, without any further hesitation, he accepted the key.
"Did you bring any new production tasks with you this time?
Are we going to start work?"
When Director Ma saw Fang Xiang accept the key, he also changed the subject.
“No, our main business is still the Dongfanghong LT665 heavy truck.
In May, the Yellow River flooded and the hydraulic machine tools started working, so we joined in the fun.
During this period, it would be better to organize learning and skills improvement for the workers.
If possible, it would be good to be promoted to a higher position.”
Fang Xiang sighed. There were a lot of things to do, but they were all his own and had little to do with the factory.
If I had known this winter would be so cold and would delay so many things, I would have preferred to get married first.
It won't affect much.
But there’s no point in talking about this now. Now that you’re here, if you run away halfway, do you still want to keep this reputation?
"What about the Jeep piece?"
Director Ma paused and mentioned the jeep, and his meaning was very clear.
If heavy trucks don’t work, why not just get a jeep?
“Don’t be impatient, Jeep, even though BAIC has already done durability testing on the model last year.
But at that time, the cars were built with Beijing and Northeast China as the supply chain.
We are different, many of our products are locally produced.
Even though our things are different from others, we still have to do what we should do.
Let's not blindly launch the project without testing, otherwise large-scale problems will arise later.
The state will hold them accountable.”
Fang wanted to pick up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, but it was still a little hot, so he put it down.
“That’s true…”
Director Ma didn't know what to say for a moment.
Nowadays, if a factory has large-scale production quality problems.
It's not as simple as just asking for punishment, you may even be sentenced to life imprisonment!
Apart from anything else, no one can bear the accusation of wasting national resources.
"I heard from Engineer Cao that the dozens of jeeps that went out this time have to travel 50,000 kilometers before coming back?"
Director Ma still seemed a little anxious.
There's no way, his thoughts are easy to understand.
For such a big factory, 800 workers is not too many, but not too few either.
Fang wanted to stick to the production targets and not delegate them.
These workers will have to sit idle.
Even though we are not working, we still get paid.
But this was the 60s, the most enthusiastic era for workers.
Think about Iron Man Wang Jinxi, the old hero of the industrial front, and the dung collector Shi Chuanxiang, who are all symbols of this era.
From this we can see that Director Ma is under a lot of pressure.
“Fifty thousand kilometers is still too little. Ideally, a hundred thousand kilometers would not be too much.
This is also because our factory urgently needs to start work, so it was shortened by half."
Fang Xiang nodded, expressing his understanding of Director Ma's idea.
But if something really went wrong, Fang thought he might still be able to make excuses.
I’m afraid none of the others will be able to escape.
"But it's not a big deal if we don't start working..."
Director Ma was a little worried and was smoking the cigarette in his hand with big puffs.
“Then let’s set up a jeep chassis production line.
Train workers and customize machines.
The chassis happens to be our weak spot.
The same goes for the chassis of heavy trucks.
Our workers here are familiar with the technology and skilled in operation.
I’m afraid I’ll be assigned to another factory in the future.
Let’s start a big learning journey.”
Fang Xiang was also a little helpless. Since he couldn't do his job, he might as well study.
“That’s all we can do.
But who will teach us? The technicians...
I see, it’s not working...”
Director Ma nodded at first, but immediately remembered the group of technicians from Shuimu.
Fang Xiang suddenly felt that the situation was a bit tricky.
It’s actually not difficult to teach the workers.
Both myself and Cao Tianwei and others are fine.
All you have to do is spend more time in the workshop.
But now I still have the drawings of YTO in my hand, and I had already promised Professor Xu that I could get it done in one month.
"Let's take turns. I'll talk to Senior Brother Cao.
We try to stagger our time and take turns going to the workshop to train the workers.
Those technicians may not be familiar with the technology and may not be up to standard.
But it is more than enough to give the workers some cultural lessons.”
Fang thought about it for a long time and decided that this was the only way to deal with it for the time being.
He painted the key parts of the engine himself, as well as other minor and repetitive parts.
As usual, leave it to Cao Tianwei and the members of the previous team.
These have been coordinated several times and everyone is quite familiar with them.
As for other technicians, they also need to learn skills, so it would be better to let them give cultural classes to the workers.
It can be regarded as making the best use of everything.
"Then that's all."
Director Ma nodded in approval.
Soon, following the arrangements of Fang Xiang and Director Ma, Luoqi launched a large-scale learning activity.
With deliberate publicity, the incentive of red flowers and the benefit of housing allocation, the workers are still able to maintain this enthusiasm.
Time quickly came to May.
The plans and drawings of the modular engine were drawn up first.
Under urging from many parties, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission decided to make an exception and release water on a small scale to the hydraulic press tools.
The first batch of beams were also transported to the factory.
For a while, the technicians from YTO, Cao Tianwei and others surrounded Fang Xiang.
On one side are YTO's new tractors, and on the other side are the assembly of heavy trucks, prototype testing, and data collection.
It made Fang Xiang wish he could split himself in half.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly on both sides and the progress was not slowed down.
YTO expressed its approval of the new engine drawings and will immediately start trial production of the engine.
The first batch of beams were successfully assembled on the sample vehicles that had been waiting for several months.
“The good news is that the data of this batch of beams is much higher than the standards in the design draft.
This makes it possible to improve the redundant parts of the previous vehicle design.
The bad news is that they are just as unskilled as us, and the density is uneven during the pressing process.
There is also a lot of material waste.
But it is estimated that this situation will only occur in the first few batches.
After they become proficient in this work for half a month or a month, the quality and parameters of the beam may be improved.”
Cao Tianwei held the report and looked at the dismantled frame of the sample vehicle.
A look of excitement.
"You are happy too early..."
At this moment, Fang Xiang had a worried look on his face.
This batch of beams has good data and high standards, which is indeed a good thing for the factory.
But for him personally, it turned out to be a very bad thing.
In fact, it’s not that bad, it’s just that he needs to cut the whole vehicle design of LT665 again and again.
It's just a redraw, and the load and towing data of the heavy truck should be increased to match the beam.
And now, Wei Shengli and his wedding date is approaching.
In order to save time, I specifically discussed it with Wei Shengli and they decided to do it together.
Therefore, whether or not to start mass production of the heavy-duty truck LT665 has become a difficult problem.
