Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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When Li Hongying told him to go to the two factories to find workers, He Yuzhu understood.

So I'm supposed to be the villain!

Li Hongying retorted, "Just tell me, are you going to do this or not?"

"Damn it, can't I just go and poach some people?"

He Yuzhu also had his own reasons for not speaking up. Director Yang of the steel rolling mill had treated him well, and the people who were trying to poach him always felt a little embarrassed.

That heavy machinery factory is not bad either. They even treated me to dinner before, and we have a good relationship. What's more, my cousin-in-law Tong Zhi is a technician in the workshop. If I poach someone from the heavy machinery factory, will it have any impact on him?

Forget it, let's try poaching people first. If that doesn't work, we can always borrow some.

He Yuzhu said, "We can find a few apprentices to work under us first. It's better to train our own workers."

"Alright, let's hire about 10 people first and get the factory up and running."

Apprentices are easy to find, as there are many people moving to the city these days, making this relatively simple. The real challenge lies with skilled lathe operators.

Li Hongying then said, "After deliberation, the neighborhood committee has decided to appoint you as the office director first. What do you think?"

"Who is the factory manager?" He Yuzhu asked.

"There's no factory manager for now, so you'll take charge for now. We'll talk about it again once the factory is up and running."

"No, that's not something I have to solve every problem. How about we let Lao Shen take over for a while?"

Old Shen is the factory manager of the cannery. He used to work with He Yuzhu, and he managed the cannery very well. Whether it was the procurement of raw materials or the daily production and operation, everything was done properly and the accounts were clear and without any problems.

He Yuzhu had no desire to take the lead in managing such routine affairs.

"We also considered Lao Shen, but the cannery is about to enter its peak season, and it's still a question whether he has enough energy to take charge of the machinery factory."

He Yuzhu said, "But I don't want to be responsible for this kind of routine work. Every day it's just trivial matters."

Nowadays, workers generally have low levels of education, and conflicts often arise among them. As a factory manager, I often have to deal with issues between workers.

After all, the factory represents an organization that needs to manage everything related to the workers' birth, aging, illness, and death.

He Yuzhu had no desire to get involved in such trivial matters.

"Fine, you don't need to manage those things."

After finishing his business with Li Hongying, He Yuzhu went straight to the heavy machinery factory. After registering, he went to the precision workshop.

They couldn't find Tong Zhi in the office in front of the workshop, so they went into the workshop and quickly found Da Zhuang.

Where is Tong Zhi?

"It's you. The factory has been working overtime to produce a batch of equipment recently, and Tong Zhi went to a meeting to study the blueprints."

"Have you been quite busy at the factory lately?"

"Yes, all industries are developing rapidly and have a great need for machinery and equipment. We are now working overtime every day to produce."

Thinking about it, it makes sense. Right now, the country is carrying out Project 156, which is the busiest time. All factories and mines are actively carrying out construction and production. As one of the few manufacturers in China that can provide heavy equipment, the heavy machinery plant certainly cannot be idle.

"This is a real problem, where am I supposed to find someone?"

If their production tasks are relatively few, He Yuzhu is confident that he can poach a few people to work there. However, if they are already quite busy, it will be difficult to poach people.

Besides, a heavy machinery factory is a large state-owned enterprise. Even if the workers there are doing poorly, they still have face to show. They would never think of going to work in a small machinery factory on the street.

After all, the larger the factory or mine, the better the welfare benefits, which are far superior to those of a neighborhood.

"Are you looking for someone to produce something?" Da Zhuang asked.

"No, you're no stranger either. I told you, the street has brought in more than 20 machine tools, and I want to find a few lathe operators to go there."

He Yuzhu asked, "Would you be willing to go and be the workshop director?"

Da Zhuang's skills are decent; he would be a good workshop director if he had worked there.

Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then quickly shook his head: "Are you kidding me? I'm doing just fine here, why would I go to your street office?"

He Yuzhu said, "You could have been a workshop foreman back then!"

Da Zhuang shook his head again: "Are you kidding? How many people are there?"

He Yuzhu clicked his tongue and chuckled. "That machinery factory is still a mess. There's no one here."

"How about you introduce me to a few mentors?"

"Nobody wants to go there."

"What about the retired master craftsman?"

"There aren't many retirees. Even those who have retired have been rehired."

He Yuzhu was somewhat disappointed. He chatted with Dazhuang for a while, and soon after, he saw Tong Zhi return.

"Brother-in-law, why are you here?"

"I need to talk to you about something."

"Okay, but we're about to get off work, let's talk about it at noon."

When Tong Zhi saw He Yuzhu, he was reminded of his superb cooking skills. Since he had come over for business, he naturally took the opportunity to ask He Yuzhu to cook a few dishes to satisfy his craving.

"Okay, let's talk about it at noon."

Tong Zhi gave Da Zhuang a look, and the other person immediately understood, turned off the phone, and went out to buy groceries.

Tong Zhihao invited He Yuzhu into his office and chatted casually about everyday matters, asking about their lives as a couple.

Since Meimei and Tongzhi got married, He Yuzhu has never seen the couple.

Tong Zhi said embarrassedly, "It's alright, just the two of us living our lives."

He Yuzhu didn't ask any more questions, but instead looked at the drawings on the table. It was a dimensional drawing of a part, with a handwritten production process flow below it.

He Yuzhu looked at it carefully and then understood how a part was produced.

Normally, the first step is to produce a blank, which is much larger than the size of the part.

Then it is placed on a lathe for processing. It takes many steps to process a blank into a standard part as needed.

Each step in this process needs to be planned in advance; this is the workflow of the manufacturing process.

The machinists will process the parts according to the process provided by the technicians. Each machinist is only responsible for one process. Only after the production of multiple workers will a qualified part be produced.

Finally, assembly workers assemble all the parts into a mechanical assembly, and then reassemble them into a complete machine.

With nothing else to do, He Yuzhu inquired about the parameters on the drawing, what they meant, and some other information about the blueprints.

After all, He Yuzhu was about to manage a machinery factory, so he needed to be able to read blueprints so that he wouldn't be completely clueless.

Tong Zhi patiently explained the answers and taught He Yuzhu some basic knowledge about blueprints, which He Yuzhu quickly understood.

A system message suddenly appeared before my eyes:

You have learned a new profession – Mechanical Technician, level 1.

He Yuzhu's face remained expressionless, but he was overjoyed inside. Looking at the blueprints in front of him again, he suddenly felt enlightened and had a thorough understanding of the processing requirements for this part.

With this ability, He Yuzhu felt more confident about his future work.

He Yuzhu asked Tong Zhi to bring him a few blueprints, and He Yuzhu was able to easily identify the parts. He even tried to write a simple process flow, which made Tong Zhi exclaim that it was incredible.

Q: "Have you studied this before?"

"I've learned how to cook," He Yuzhu said cheerfully. Ever since receiving the system message, he's been getting reminders every few minutes to increase his technician experience. He's already gained more than 10 experience points.

"Oh right, we need to go eat."

Tong Zhi didn't dwell on why He Yuzhu could write technical processes based on drawings. He simply put the drawings away and then went to the dormitory building with He Yuzhu.

You can smell the aroma of food from a distance; after all, they cook in the corridor, so the smell can travel quite far.

Once upstairs, the corridor was already crowded with people, and with the addition of people cooking, walking became like trekking through mountains and rivers, extremely difficult.

After much difficulty, they finally squeezed their way to Tong Zhi's house. Inside, Mei Mei was picking vegetables. When she saw He Yuzhu, she smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, you're here. Please have a seat."

"Don't mention it, I brought you something."

When He Yuzhu entered the factory, he was carrying a bag. Tong Zhi didn't ask him anything, and He Yuzhu didn't say anything either. He only gave it to Meimei when he saw her.

These are cosmetics I bought in Moscow. They include lipsticks, lip balms, and other items that I don't know how to use. It's in a gift box, perfect for Meimei.

"Thank you, brother-in-law."

After thanking her, Meimei took the package, opened it, and saw that it contained imported cosmetics. She then thanked her again.

Tong Zhi asked, "Is there any wine left at home?"

"No, didn't I let you finish it yesterday?"

Tong Zhi slapped his forehead, suddenly realizing something, and said, "Look at me, I'll go buy two more bottles of wine."

Then he asked He Yuzhu to sit down and turned to leave.

He Yuzhu washed his hands, tied on his apron, and was just about to start cooking when Meimei suddenly asked, "Brother-in-law, are you still having an affair with Wenli?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Wenli and I are both innocent. We just danced together before, but after a while, I lost interest."

"Tch, don't try to fool me. Wenli calls your name even in her sleep, and you still won't admit it?"

"Admit to what? It's all baseless speculation; you're just guessing."