Reborn in 1977

Chapter 660: Recognizing Words with Ears

Normally, whether it's production or research and development, factories are only qualified to proceed after the higher-level units issue tasks.

For example, most domestically produced agricultural machinery equipment is a task assigned to the factories below by the higher-level ministries.

Only with a task can they be qualified to purchase relevant raw materials and equipment to carry out the next step of research and development.

However, under normal circumstances, principles are meant to be broken.

In fact, there are quite a few factory units that "act on their own initiative." Otherwise, if they rely solely on tasks from higher authorities, where would the extra income come from?

Without extra income, where would breakthroughs come from? Without breakthroughs, where would achievements come from?!

And the higher authorities also take a laissez-faire attitude towards the independent research and development of various factory units.

As long as you have the ability, don't ask me for this or that, and make achievements, you will be rewarded.

Ahem, if you cause trouble, you have to bear the blame.

Yunqi Factory is an example. The Machinery Factory used its own resources to produce several prototype cars, and it even passed the evaluation of the First Ministry of Machinery Industry. What else is there to say?

Of course, resources are tilted. Whatever the Machinery Factory wants, Jiangnan Province and the First Ministry of Machinery Industry will give it. In just half a year, it has supported a car factory.

Now Yunhu Machinery Factory wants to replicate the miracle of Yunqi Factory again. Although it may not be able to build another incubator factory, even if there is one more workshop, it is a good start for Deputy Director Xue, who is about to take charge of the Machinery Factory.

Moreover, if it really attracts the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture and issues documents for promotion, then adding an incubator factory is a certainty.

His, Lao Xue's, future is limitless.

That's right, Yang Kangnian took the lead and asked him to treat him to dinner. Lao Xue didn't say a word and took people to Wangjiang Tower.

"Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang River flows, Wangjiang Tower overlooks Wangjiang River."

Yang Kangnian retracted his gaze from overlooking the Yangtze River, turned his head and looked at Deputy Director Xue with a smile, "Lao Xue, if this matter is successful, then you will be 'Jianglou Qian Gu, Jiangliu Qian Gu'!"

Lao Xue smiled and said, "I would like to."

He turned his head to look at Chen Fan and said seriously, "It's false to say that I don't want to achieve results. Who doesn't want to achieve results?

However, I also sincerely hope that the majority of farmers in rural areas can raise chickens, eat eggs, and it is best to get rich by raising chickens.

I also came from the countryside. Not to mention before, even now, what does an egg mean?

Looking around at everyone, Lao Xue's face gradually became serious, "It means 5 cents, it means it can be exchanged for oil, salt, and vinegar. If you save a few pounds of eggs, it will be a year's tuition for the child.

If there is a hen at home that can lay eggs, it can support a college student.

He pointed to his nose and said, "My old lady sent me to school with two chickens and supported me to go to technical secondary school. But..."

Speaking of this, his eyes were a little red, and he smiled twice, "Don't laugh at me, before I started working, my family had never tasted the taste of eggs laid by their own chickens, and they were all exchanged for money to support my studies."

After working for 20 years, every time he thinks of these things, he can't help but feel emotional.

Chairman Zhao of the labor union sat next to him, heard this, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and sighed, "Most people from the countryside are like this. There are only a few places in the land of fish and rice. If other places don't find ways to engage in sideline businesses, how much can the work points be worth at the end of the year? Can't you just find your own way to earn some small money?

After a pause, he smiled again, "Our Yunhu is still good, allowing and being able to raise. Many places want to raise but can't raise, there is no such condition, people's food is not enough, where does the feed come from to raise chickens?"

He turned his head to look at Chen Fan again, his eyes quite complicated, "Consultant Chen, your incubator is a good thing, which can solve the problem of insufficient chicks. At the same time, the method of raising chickens with mixed feed is also a good thing that is no worse than the incubator.

One is in charge of incubation, the other is in charge of raising them big, the two complement each other and are indispensable. You have done a great thing!"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "You must not say that, I just made a suggestion. If you want to build the incubator, you still have to rely on the technicians and workers of the Machinery Factory."

He turned his head to look at Deputy Director Xue and said seriously, "I will write down the functional requirements and general design ideas of the incubator. This machine is not complicated. The key is temperature control.

Using purely mechanical and manual operation methods, it should be possible to design it quickly, but this kind of simple incubator has relatively high requirements for the operator, and needs to pay attention to the temperature inside the incubator at all times.

If possible, I hope you can add circuit board control on the basis of pure mechanical equipment to realize electric control and full automation. From the existing technical conditions, it can be done.

If your Machinery Factory can develop a mechatronics integrated fully automatic incubator, then the impact will not only be on the domestic breeding industry, but even export to earn foreign exchange. At that time, the impact will be on the whole world.

Also, think about it, what kind of things did we export before? Agricultural products, light industrial products, raw ore, are all relatively primary things. If we can export this kind of modern electromechanical equipment, will it change some foreigners' stereotypes about us?"

Before Deputy Director Xue could speak, Yang Kangnian patted the table and said with excitement, "That's for sure!"

Everyone present was even more excited at this time. If this step can really be achieved, let alone achievements, there will be glory on the face alone.

We can also be considered to be contributing to the country!

The next second, Deputy Director Xue picked up his wine glass and stood up, "Consultant Chen, this cup is to you."

Before Chen Fan could speak, he drank it all in one gulp.

Chen Fan also got up, "Don't try to get me drunk, I still want to go back today."

Deputy Director Xue laughed and said, "You can't go back today."

Chen Fan pretended to be shocked, "Why?"

Deputy Director Xue pressed his hand to signal him to sit down, and at the same time sat down himself, and said with a smile, "Didn't you order a batch of industrial sewing machines last time? That thing is indeed a bit difficult, mainly because the motor is not easy to get. The report was sent to the Provincial Department, and there is no way to solve it, unless you wait until next year.

It's just that, it's rare that you asked us to do something, and we can't ignore it when we encounter difficulties. If there are difficulties, overcome them. We found a way to buy two prototype industrial sewing machines, and then worked with the engine factory under the automobile factory to crack the technology of the motor. We also mastered the production process of industrial sewing machines through disassembly.

So, the 300 industrial sewing machines you want have been produced, and they all went offline yesterday.

Originally, I wanted to notify Lujiawan to come and pick up the goods, but I didn't expect you to come today, so let's just go and have a look. If there is no problem, pull them all back tomorrow."

After a pause, he smiled embarrassedly, "However, this batch of industrial sewing machines is not cheap. If you only charge the cost price, one unit will cost more than 700 yuan, mainly because the motor is expensive, and some spare parts have not been produced before, so the production efficiency is not high, and the cost will naturally go up."

Speaking of which, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Yang Kangnian, "If you think it's too expensive, you can find the director. The motor accounts for the bulk of the cost. If he is willing to lower the price, it will be cheaper."

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Yang Kangnian said even more angrily, "You old Xue, you charge the cost price, would I add the price?"

Chen Fan also chuckled along. When the laughter subsided, he asked, "What's the market price for this kind of industrial sewing machine?"

Vice Factory Director Xue immediately replied, "The price varies. It mainly depends on the features. So, when the State Planning Commission sets the price, they base it on the features and the size of the factory, setting the price between 900 and 1200 yuan."

Currently, the price of a household sewing machine is similar to that of a bicycle, with lower-end models around 120 yuan and higher-end ones around 200 yuan.

Industrial sewing machines are around 1000 yuan, which is a relatively reasonable price.

Future industrial sewing machines will be expensive, with lower-end models costing several thousand yuan, several times the price of household sewing machines, and complex ones costing tens of thousands.

However, it's not a fair comparison, as it's related to technology and the supply chain. You can't simply compare them horizontally.

Chen Fan pondered for a couple of seconds and said, "In that case, my suggestion is that you submit a report to the higher-ups and start an industrial sewing machine production line, setting the price around 1000 yuan."

He paused, then looked up and smiled, "Before coming here, I happened to visit the cotton mill. Uncle Jiang said they also want to add a down jacket production workshop to their affiliated garment factory. I estimate that it won't be long before he asks you about industrial sewing machines.

Moreover, a work conference is currently being held in Beijing, and it has been made clear that in the next stage, the focus of work will be shifted to economic construction.

If you take up industrial sewing machines, you will definitely have a market in the future."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yang Kangnian, then turned back and smiled, "Maybe you can be like the Yunqi Automobile Factory, with people lining up to buy from you."

Vice Factory Director Xue nodded slightly at first. After Chen Fan finished speaking, he looked up at Yang Kangnian and smiled, "What do you think, Lao Yang? How about staying and working at the machinery factory? My place might not be worse than your automobile factory in the future."

Yang Kangnian rolled his eyes in annoyance, "You're getting cocky before you've even started. Wait until you've developed the incubator and set up the industrial sewing machine factory before you come and show off to me."

Vice Factory Director Xue laughed heartily, "You just wait and see. Within half a year, I'll not only show you the incubator, but I'll also show you what a fully automated, circuit-controlled incubator is!"

Although he is now in a management position, he used to be a technician.

Or rather, in this era, there is no one on the production line who doesn't understand technology, even the leaders on the administrative line are mostly from technical backgrounds. Otherwise, if they don't even understand the products, how can they manage production? What's the meaning of 'production first'?!

The group ate and chatted. The room was filled with the warmth of wine, and outside was the rolling Yangtze River. The cool breeze that blew in made people feel heroic and comfortable.

At times like these, they usually wouldn't talk about work, but rather focus on casual conversation.

Vice Factory Director Xue told an interesting story about his last trip to the provincial capital, Chairman Zhao talked about trivial matters in the factory, Director Qian of the Women's Federation just talked about the results of the employee social (blind date) event the day before, and Secretary Zhang of the Communist Youth League talked about the hobbies and trends of young people nowadays, lamenting that the world was changing too fast and that he was a bit outdated.

Suddenly, Yang Kangnian perked up, lowered his voice mysteriously, looked around at everyone, and said, "Everyone, everyone, have you heard about it?"

Everyone turned to look at him.

Chairman Zhao, being the oldest and a long-time partner, immediately said, "Heard about what? You're not making any sense."

Yang Kangnian chuckled and said mysteriously, "The day before yesterday, several customers from Sichuan came to our automobile factory to buy cars. I heard a strange story from them."

Chen Fan leaned back in his chair, took the cigarette thrown to him by Vice Factory Director Xue, lit it, and looked at Yang Kangnian, smiling silently.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yang Kangnian said with a smile, "I heard them say that a remarkable person has appeared in Dazu County, Sichuan, who can recognize words with his ears!"

As soon as these words came out, almost everyone looked at each other in dismay, except for Chen Fan, who frowned slightly and remained silent.

Recognize words with his ears?

Chairman Zhao looked at Yang Kangnian, pointed to his own ears, and asked with a strange expression, "Are you saying that there is a person who can close his eyes and know what is written just by listening with his ears?"

"That's right."

Yang Kangnian nodded, his tone very firm.

But the next second, he laughed, "Anyway, that's what I heard them say. They said it with certainty, saying that you can write a few words on a piece of paper, fold it up, and the person can know what the words are just by listening with his ears, and even know what color pen was used to write them, as if he could see it."

Director Qian's face was full of disbelief, "Really? That's too outrageous, isn't it?"

Yang Kangnian laughed, "I haven't seen it myself, so how would I know if it's true or false?"

Then he shook his head, "Anyway, they said it like it was real, and said that the person is a student from the Tuanjie Commune in Dazu County, only 12 years old this year. His ability was discovered by his school teacher, and it's causing quite a stir locally.

One of those customers was from Tuanjie Commune. He happened to go back to his hometown before going on a business trip and said he had seen it with his own eyes. What I just said was all what he said, and he even swore that if he lied, something bad would happen to him."

As he spoke, he picked up a cigarette, lit it, and exhaled a puff of smoke, laughing, "If he hadn't said that, I wouldn't have brought it up. After all, this kind of thing is easier said than done, and it's more or less feudal superstition, right?"

While others dismissed it as a joke, Section Chief Sun of the Finance Department said thoughtfully, "It's not necessarily feudal superstition."

As soon as these words came out, the focus instantly shifted from Yang Kangnian to him.

Section Chief Sun looked at everyone and said, "Since ancient times, there have been legends of extraordinary people and strange events, some of which are even written in official history. What if this young student is one of them?"

Everyone looked at each other.

After a moment, Vice Factory Director Xue looked at him and smiled, "Lao Sun, you don't believe this is real, do you?"

Section Chief Sun smiled, "I'm just saying. Whether it's true or false depends on how the local authorities handle it."

He looked at everyone and continued, "The local authorities will definitely take care of this kind of thing. If it's real, it can't be faked, and if it's fake, it can't be made real. If it's fake, it will probably be exposed soon."

After a pause, he also became mysterious like Yang Kangnian, lowering his voice and saying, "But what if it's real? Then it might be reported to higher authorities, or even published in the newspaper. After all, this matter has spread here, and it's impossible to hide it, so it's better to make it public."

Yang Kangnian also quite agreed with his words, nodding slightly and saying, "Yeah, that makes sense."

As he spoke, he turned to look at everyone, "I didn't think that person was joking when he said it. After all, he even swore. But even if he was deceived, he certainly couldn't deceive the local government. Let's just wait and see the show."

After saying that, he suddenly saw that Chen Fan seemed to be thinking, and couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart, asking, "Xiao Fan, what do you think about this matter?"