Chapter 122

The villagers are all very simple people, and the things they promised were things they themselves would not be willing to eat.

Even if a person's family is very poor and cannot give anything good, he can at least be grateful.

Li Jiandong was very pleased. Although he had not sought any reward from the beginning, he would definitely feel that it was not worth it if he helped a group of ungrateful people.

Fortunately, there are still many people in this society who know how to be grateful.

The excavator was already working normally, so Li Jiandong planned to go back first. As for the excavator, it would stay in Gaijia Village and go to other villages after excavating here.

The steel rolling mill and several machinery factories have already started production at a rapid pace. In a few days, new excavators will be produced, and they will definitely be sent to water-scarce areas as soon as possible.

Jiandong's machine has been registered, so you can just dig it here.

Village chief Gai and the villagers wanted to invite him to have dinner, but Li Jiandong declined.

He knew that the villagers were grateful, but everyone was not rich, and even a chicken or a duck was extremely precious to them.

Li Jiandong doesn't lack this little food. If the villagers invite him to have a simple meal, he can accept it.

But he knew very well that these simple villagers would definitely not keep him for just a simple meal.

On the way back, Xu Jianjun also wanted to invite Li Jiandong home for dinner.

Li Jiandong did not agree either. Now he is eager to go home.

He has been working overtime for the past two months and will have to start a new job tomorrow. Since it is the weekend today, he would like to spend more time with his family.

After dropping Xu Jianjun off at the village entrance, Li Jiandong drove towards the city.

After arriving at the steel rolling mill and parking the pallet truck, Li Jiandong rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.

On such a hot day, He Daqing and others stayed at home, playing mahjong with fans on.

Qin Huairu's two younger brothers also came to the compound today.

These two younger brothers are children of Qin Huairu's uncles and aunts, so they are relatively close.

Seeing Li Jiandong coming back, the two younger brothers quickly stood up and greeted him somewhat stiffly:
"Hello, brother-in-law."

Qin Huairu was also there, introducing Li Jiandong: "Brother Jiandong, these are the younger brothers of my third uncle and fifth uncle, Qin Dongfang and Qin Dongsheng."

"Dongfang Dongsheng, hello to you too."

Li Jiandong greeted his two younger brothers with a smile.

The two younger brothers arrived more than a month ago and have been learning to operate an excavator at the steel rolling mill.

However, Li Jiandong was too busy, leaving home early and returning late every day, even working overtime on weekends, so it was the first time for the two parties to meet.

The two younger brothers were very excited to see their brother-in-law who was the deputy factory director.

Before, they didn’t understand how high a position a deputy factory director held. Now that they have joined the steel mill themselves, they understand how big a factory with tens of thousands of employees is.

The two brothers prepared a gift for Li Jiandong, which was two bottles of Erguotou liquor.

"Brother-in-law, this is the gift we brought to you. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to work in the city."

Qin Dongfang looked sincere. Two bottles of Erguotou were not worth much money, but to them, they were already very valuable gifts.

After all, they are not even apprentices now, and they can only be paid after they start operating the excavator officially.

These two bottles of Erguotou almost cost them half a month's living expenses. If it weren't for the food and drink subsidies at the steel mill, they probably wouldn't even be able to afford a meal.

"We're all family, no need to be so polite. I'll keep it this time, but don't bring anything next time you come."

Li Jiandong took the Erguotou. It was a gift from the other party and he had to accept it.

Seeing that Li Jiandong did not dislike their gifts, the two brothers were very happy.

Li Jiandong chatted with them briefly and then prepared to carry his four daughters to the dormitory building of the tavern to find his three sons.

His second and third sons are still in kindergarten, but they have already started living in the children's dormitory.

The eldest brother Li Xunfu was responsible for taking care of them, and only the younger daughter Li Xunhua lived with Li Jiandong and Qin Huairu.

As soon as I went out, I saw a postman walking in from outside the yard.

"Deputy Director Li, there's a telegram for you."

"Oh? Where did it come from?"

Li Jiandong was a little curious. Most of the people he knew were in the North City and rarely received telegrams.

"It was sent from a county town in the south, but I don't know exactly where it is."

The telegram contains a sending address, but no specific sending unit.

Because telegrams are charged by the number of words, in order to save words, sometimes even the sender's name is omitted. In any case, it is enough for the person reading the telegram to know who sent it.

Li Jiandong held his daughter in one hand and took the telegram with the other.

You can tell who it is as soon as you open it.

The content of the telegram was very simple, just two sentences: "Everything goes well, and the food problem will be solved before the end of the year."

There are two rice crops a year in the south. Now it is August, and the second crop should have been planted for almost two months.

Xu Damao sent this telegram because he must have gone down to inspect the planting results. After getting the accurate information, he was excited and wanted to tell me the good news.

Due to the severe drought this year, production will be reduced in all regions.

With this hybrid rice, the increase in production should be able to offset the decrease in production.

At this time, He Daqing's voice came from the next room: "Lao Li, who sent the telegram?"

"It's from Damaofa."

Li Jiandong replied casually.

Xu Fugui, who was also playing mahjong, heard that the telegram was sent by his son.

I couldn't help but mutter, "This kid would rather send a telegram to his master than write me a letter. He's been gone for half a year and hasn't even sent me a letter."

This caused a lot of laughter, especially He Daqing who laughed the happiest.

Li Jiandong also laughed.

Although, the results of Xu Damao's team came a little later.

But it can be considered a great achievement. This year is only the first year of the severe drought. The drought in the next two years will be more severe, the affected area will be larger, and the production reduction will be greater.

Many of the disaster-stricken people did not survive those two years.

Now we have hybrid rice, although it is still an early product, it can at least greatly reduce the harm caused by disasters to the people.

Li Jiandong planned for today eight years in advance.

Finally, we saw the results.

the next day.

As soon as Li Jiandong arrived at the steel rolling mill, he was notified to attend a meeting at the Ministry of Industry.

Director Yang also went with him, and the two of them took Director Yang's car to the Ministry of Industry. When they arrived, there were already quite a few people standing in the yard.

Li Jiandong discovered that except for himself, everyone else was the director of each factory, and he was the only deputy.

"Director Yang, why am I the only deputy director? Did you hear the meeting notice correctly?"

Li Jiandong said in surprise.

If you are not there, leave immediately. Otherwise, it will be awkward if you are asked to leave the meeting room later.

Director Yang laughed and said:
"How could I have heard it wrong? Maybe this meeting was specially called for you, so you are the only deputy director."

Director Yang also didn't know the content of the meeting. The Ministry of Industry's secretariat called him in the morning to inform him of the meeting. They only told him the time and place of the meeting, but didn't say what the meeting would be about.

After waiting for a while, the door of the building opened and a secretary walked out.

Many factory managers lined up to walk in. Li Jiandong also followed Factory Manager Yang to the conference room. A few minutes later, Mr. Bi came in led by a secretary.

"stand up."

"sit down."

The leader of Bida sat on the podium and tested the volume of the microphone and said,
"I called everyone here today for two things."

"The first thing is that the excavator developed by our steel rolling mill has officially started mass production. The level of the excavator we independently developed this time is very high and has reached the world's leading level."

"The superiors have paid special attention to this matter and decided to award the Industrial Pioneer Medal to Li Jiandong, the person in charge of the research and development of hydraulic excavators. Everyone welcomes Li Jiandong to come forward and receive the award."

After Bi Da leader finished speaking, applause broke out from the audience.

When they saw Li Jiandong present just now, the factory managers guessed that he might be awarded an award.

As expected, the Industrial Pioneer Medal is already the highest level medal, equivalent in value to the Army's Special Merit Medal.

The hydraulic excavator developed by Li Jiandong this time is leading the world, so he received this honor.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for general research and development results to obtain such a high-level medal.

Li Jiandong came on stage and the leaders of Bida personally pinned the medal on his chest.

Then he smiled and said:

"Li Jiandong, how do you feel about receiving this medal?"

Li Jiandong knew that this was a request for him to give a speech accepting the award.

Having had similar experiences several times before, he thanked everyone with ease, including the factory directors of some units present, who were also on Li Jiandong's list of thanks.

Although they themselves did not participate in the research and development of the excavator, they also contributed a lot of talents to this research and development.

After Li Jiandong finished speaking, there was another round of applause in the conference room.

Li Jiandong stepped down amid applause and returned to his seat. The leader of Bida continued:
“The second thing today is that we must guard against arrogance and rashness in our research and development and continue to maintain the current momentum.

In order to develop new mechanical equipment faster and better, our superiors authorized us to establish a mechanical engineers society dedicated to research and communication in the field of mechanical equipment manufacturing. "

"After a meeting of the higher-ups, this matter will be led by Comrade Li Jiandong, the deputy director of our steel mill, who will also serve as the chairman of the Society of Mechanical Engineers.

After the society is established, new members are added through registration and review.

For members joining the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, there will be a monthly special talent grant dedicated to them.”

“I hope that after returning home, all factory managers will carefully convey the arrangements made by their superiors and ensure that this matter reaches the ears of every mechanical engineer.”

After Bi Da leader finished speaking, the people at the scene immediately started discussing.

Li Jiandong did not expect that the second thing would be to establish the Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Let’s talk about organizations like the Society of Engineers.

In fact, it existed as early as 29, and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers was officially established in 31.

But those were all previous organizations. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they were classified as non-governmental organizations and did not have an organization officially recognized by the state.

The Society of Mechanical Engineers that the Bi Da leader mentioned is obviously an official organization. It is not only recognized but also has special subsidies.

The most important thing is that the leadership of such an organization must also have levels.

If I reach the deputy department level, then I, as the chairman, can be provided with a car.

Li Jiandong has been riding a motorcycle for so many years, and he suffers from extreme cold and heat in winter and summer.

I was sitting in Director Yang's car on the way here just now, and I was still wondering when I could get one. I didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.

Although there was no air conditioning in the car at that time, at least there was a roof, so it was not exposed to direct sunlight. With the windows open, it was still relatively cool.

More importantly, it’s winter, especially when I go to Qin Huairu’s house during the Chinese New Year.

It was not convenient for Li Jiandong and Qin Huairu, two adults, and four children, to drive home in a sedan chair. After they finally squeezed everyone in, there was no place left to put their belongings.

So since the Chinese New Year last year, Li Jiandong has been struggling with how to get a car.

He originally wanted to take the engineer exam, and as long as he reached level 3 engineer, he could be equipped with a car.

However, the engineer assessment is not that simple, and once you pass the exam, you will be transferred around and have no control over your own actions.

Li Jiandong didn't want to change his life rhythm for a car, so he let the matter go.

Unexpectedly, the development of the hydraulic excavator led to the superior leaders establishing the Society of Mechanical Engineers ahead of schedule, and appointed Li Jiandong as the first director.

In such an important organization, it shouldn't be difficult to become a deputy director, right?

Li Jiandong was a little excited and wanted to talk to the leaders of Bida University after the meeting.

Who would have known that he didn't have to go find the leader of Bi University, because when the meeting was adjourned, the leader of Bi University asked him to stay for a while.

"Li Jiandong stay, everyone else please leave."

After Bi Da’s announcement, the other factory managers left.

Director Yang patted Li Jiandong on the arm and said, "I'll wait for you outside. Congratulations."

Li Jiandong smiled and said, "Okay."

Then Director Yang left first.

Soon, only Li Jiandong and Bi Da were left in the meeting room, and the secretary in charge of the meeting also left tactfully.

The leader of Bi Da then said:

"Jiandong, first of all, congratulations on making the next step forward. Although the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is not a powerful organization,

However, there are many talented people gathered here, which is very important to our Ministry of Industry and even to the country."

Li Jiandong certainly knew the importance of this department, otherwise he would not have dreamed of reaching the deputy department level.

He nodded and said:

"Boss, I understand."

The leader of Bi Da continued:

“Also, with the establishment of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, you should be able to see what the leaders expect of us.

Just now, I didn’t say it explicitly in the meeting, but you, as the chairman, should know that your superiors have high expectations of you.

Therefore, you must also make achievements as early as possible, so that the superiors can pay more attention to our society and you. "

What Bi Da said was very frank, but we have to admit that it is the fact.

Even the Institution of Engineers has not yet been officially incorporated into the government.

Instead, a professional society of mechanical engineers was established first.

It is simply because this hydraulic excavator is so impressive that it is not only leading the world, but also took only two months to develop.

The superiors believe that this is the result of the joint efforts of engineers.

If we can form a society, it will be more convenient for everyone to do research.

If more new things can be developed in the future, they will of course be kept.

If this continues, leaders may gradually lose their attention to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

By then, it will be a question whether this department can continue to exist, not to mention special talent subsidies and other benefits.

"Thank you for the reminder, I will continue to work on research and development."

Li Jiandong nodded.

Even if Mr. Bi didn't say anything about this, he would definitely continue to do it.

Before, Li Jiandong did not engage in research and development vigorously, firstly because his level as a mechanical engineer was not very high before, and secondly because there were not many talents around him.

Besides, he is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill after all, and his daily work is to manage production.

If I hadn’t gone to Xujiatuan this time, I would not have discovered the serious water shortage in the rural areas.

He would not have the sudden idea of ​​researching excavators.

However, this unexpected success made Li Jiandong realize that he might have taken the wrong path.

Being a deputy factory manager, checking the workshop work all day long is something that anyone can do.

But no one except him could do something like developing an excavator.

Now, the country is taking the lead in establishing the Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Li Jiandong is taking this opportunity to free himself from the tedious work of deputy factory director.

This will leave more time for research and development.

Thinking of this, he said
"Big leader, I am still the deputy director of the steel mill after all, and you know the work of our factory.

If I focus on R&D, will I need to assign someone else to take charge of production?"

With such a good opportunity today, Li Jiandong will of course try his best to clear himself of the blame.

If possible, he would even give up his job as deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

However, the big boss obviously didn't want to let him go, after all, the steel rolling mill was under his direct management.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is currently directly under the Ministry of Industry, and he, as a deputy, can only supervise it.

Of course the top leaders want to keep a talent like Li Jiandong.

So I thought about it and said:
"You're right, how about this, you go back and continue to take charge of your work as deputy factory director.

I will discuss this with the minister and other leaders and decide on adding another deputy factory director for you.

However, you have to ensure that you can develop new products successfully within one or two years, and you can’t let this deputy factory director title become redundant.”

For the leaders of Bi Da, developing new results within one or two years is considered relatively fast.

However, for Li Jiandong, he had plenty of things to study in his mind, such as excavators, cranes, drills, pavers, forklifts, etc. Any one of the equipment could satisfy Bi Da's requirements.

Li Jiandong agreed and found an opportunity to ask about the level of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

When he learned that he was provisionally promoted to deputy department level, Li Jiandong was so excited that he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

This level is just right for a car, so it seems that my husband can be eliminated in the future.

On the way back, Li Jiandong still took the car assigned to Director Yang.

His assigned car will not be delivered for another two days.

After returning to the steel rolling mill, Li Jiandong continued to be in charge of the work.

It’s just that occasionally engineers from other factories would report and join the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

In just one week, the number of members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has exceeded 100.

Li Jiandong is the first chairman, and the vice chairmen are Chang Hanqing and four other senior engineers.

The engineers are all convinced of the two presidents, Li Jiandong and Chang Hanqing. One of them is a PhD who returned from overseas and played a major role in the design of the tram.

(End of this chapter)