Wulang City, Chutian Province, the location of the 17th Institute of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

A jeep with military plates, carrying Tang Zifeng and Han Weichang, drove into the heavily guarded gate of the 17th office, drove along the boulevard for a few hundred meters, turned onto a fork in the road, and finally stopped in front of a small two-story red brick building.

As soon as the car stopped, a young man stepped forward and opened the door for Tang Zifeng. Tang Zifeng and Han Weichang jumped out of the car, and the young man stepped forward enthusiastically and greeted: "Excuse me, is it Section Chief Han and Assistant Tang who came from the river?"

"My name is Tang Zifeng. Tang Zifeng introduced himself to the young man.

"My name is Hou Jiangtao, and I was run by the chief engineer of the 17th institute, and it was Chief Engineer Xiao who asked me to come down to greet you. The young man said politely.

"Oh, it turned out to be Hou Gong, hard work. Tang Zifeng said. The other party did not report his official rank, and he was probably an ordinary staff member. Eighty percent of the staff in the chief engineer's office should be engaged in technology, and it would not be a big mistake to call the other party "Hou Gong".

Sure enough, Hou Jiangtao did not correct Tang Zifeng's title, but stretched out his hand and signaled: "Please, Chief Engineer Xiao is waiting for you in the office." ”

The two followed Hou Jiangtao into the small building and went down the stairs to the second floor. Hou Jiangtao led the way in front and led them into an office with the words "Chief Teacher's Office" written on the door. The office is not small, with a desk at one end, a conference table in the other direction, and some folding chairs next to it, which seems to be often used as a meeting room, or a place for the chief engineer to discuss designs with his subordinates.

Xiao Ming, the chief engineer of the 17th Institute, that is, Xiao Wenjun's father, was sitting behind the desk at this time reviewing documents. Hou Jiangtao took Tang Zifeng and the others into the door, and respectfully reported to Xiao Ming: "Mr. Xiao, Section Chief Han and Assistant Tang have arrived. ”

Xiao Ming raised his head, saw Tang Zifeng and Han Weichang, and quickly stood up with a smile, walked out from behind the desk, and walked towards Tang Zifeng and his party, and at the same time stretched out two hands to make a gesture of shaking hands with the guests.

Tang Zifeng hurriedly took a step forward, also stretched out his two hands, and then watched in amazement as Xiao Ming ignored his actions and went straight to Han Weichang.

"It's Section Chief Han, it's been hard all the way!" Xiao Ming couldn't say anything, grabbed Han Weichang's hand, and greeted warmly.

Han Weichang was stunned all of a sudden: What kind of rhythm is this, why did you come to me first He struggled to pull his hand out of Xiao Ming's hand, and said embarrassedly: "Chief Engineer Xiao, I'm ...... , that's our Tang assistant. ”

Xiao Ming shook hands with Han Weichang seriously, then turned his head to Tang Zifeng, stretched out a hand to him, and said: "It's Xiao Tang, it's very young, how long have you been an assistant to Lao Qin, haha, did Lao Qin ever tell you that he and I were college classmates?"

"Uh......" Tang Zifeng didn't know what to say. He stretched out his hand, Xiao Ming and him just shook it briefly, and then turned back again, intending to continue greeting Han Weichang, it was obvious that people regarded him Tang Zifeng as a little transparent.

Han Weichang also understood, and the other party regarded Tang Zifeng as Qin Zhongnian's assistant, and seeing that he was so young, he preconceived that Han Weichang was the person in charge of this trip, and Tang Zifeng was just Han Weichang's follower. This also explains why Xiao Ming didn't go downstairs to greet them just now, but only sent a staff member to greet them. If the person sent by Linyi was headed by a deputy chief of the process section, Xiao Ming, a dignified chief engineer, really didn't have to greet him in person.

"Chief Engineer Xiao, you may be mistaken, Assistant Tang...... It is the assistant director of our factory. How dare Han Weichang talk and laugh with Xiao Ming, he just tried his best to explain.

"Assistant to the factory director" Xiao Ming was stunned, he turned his head to look at Tang Zifeng again, and asked Han Weichang suspiciously: "Is he the assistant to the factory director of your Linyi machine, or the assistant to the director of the branch?"

Nowadays, many large enterprises are fashionable to engage in the branch factory system, that is, the original workshop is renamed as a branch factory, of course, the corresponding management mode will be different, such as accounting to be relatively independent. After the transformation of the plant, the original workshop director became the director of the branch, so it is not surprising that there is an assistant to the factory director.

The assistant to the director of the branch factory and the assistant to the director of the main factory are two completely different levels. With Tang Zifeng's age, even if he is an assistant in the branch, it can be regarded as an exception, and being an assistant in the main factory is simply against the sky. Xiao Ming is a knowledgeable person, so he thinks that Tang Zifeng is at best an assistant in a branch factory.

"He is the assistant to the factory director of our Linyi machine and my leader. Han Weichang confirmed with a bitter face.

"This ......" Xiao Ming was finally dumbfounded.

He first received a call from his daughter from Linyi Machine, recommending Linyi Machine as a contractor for the renovation of 17 machine tools. Subsequently, Qin Zhongnian, an old classmate, also called, asking if the 17 institutes had such a business, and after getting a positive answer, Qin Zhongnian said that Linyi Machine would send a factory director assistant surnamed Tang and a deputy section chief surnamed Han to the 17 institutes to this business.

The conscience of heaven and earth, when Qin Zhongnian introduced Tang Zifeng, he was indeed talking about the assistant to the factory director. But perhaps because the call effect was not good, Xiao Ming only heard the word assistant. At that time, Xiao Ming also asked one more question, saying what is the origin of this Tang assistant and how old is it. Qin Zhongnian told him that this person was a young man, and he had just graduated from college a few years ago, but his ability was okay......

Qin Zhongnian's introduction made Xiao Ming form an impression, thinking that this so-called assistant should be Qin Zhongnian's assistant, because at the level of Linyiji, there may be an assistant to the factory director who has just graduated from college for a few years. In addition, even if Tang Zifeng is Qin Zhongnian's assistant, he is definitely not the kind of assistant with a level, but just a small assistant.

He was so attentive to Han Weichang just now, but he seemed to be more neglectful to Tang Zifeng, which stemmed from such an illusion. In his mind, Tang Zifeng was just a young man, he just said hello, where did he need to ask long and short. Now that Han Weichang said it, he was suddenly a little embarrassed.

"This ...... Oh, look at my ...... , I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Assistant Tang, don't you mind. ”

Xiao Ming doesn't know what to say, it's indeed a taboo thing to get the wrong person's level, who knows if this young man with ambition will mind

Although Xiao Ming and Qin Zhongnian are classmates, they have some differences in personality. Qin Zhongnian has been working in the research institute and is more pedantic. Although Xiao Ming's 17 institute is also a research institute in name, it is actually an enterprise integrating science and industry, which is more similar to a factory like Linyiji. Xiao Ming is the chief engineer in this kind of unit, and the fireworks on his body must be heavier.

Tang Zifeng smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Mr. Xiao, look at what you said." In fact, my assistant to the factory director is false, the ministry sent Director Zhou to Linyi to be the factory director, considering that he is older, so he arranged for me to be an assistant to the director of Zhou, in fact, it is a role of running errands and carrying bags, you must not take it seriously. ”

Xiao Ming said: "Where, Assistant Tang looks young and promising, and he must be a cadre trained by the Ministry of Machinery." Come, please sit down, Xiaohou, and pour tea for the guests. ”

Tang Zifeng and Han Weichang each sat down, and Xiao Ming also sat down on the stool next to them, and even gave the two of them a cigarette, and took out a lighter and lit a fire, waiting to light a cigarette for each other. In normal times, even if he knew that Tang Zifeng was the assistant to the factory director of Linyi Machine, Xiao Ming didn't need to be so polite, after all, his level and qualifications were much higher than Tang Zifeng, and it was okay to give Tang Zifeng a cold face. But in view of the oolong he put on just now, Xiao Ming could only lower his figure a little.

Han Weichang took the cigarette and lit Xiao Ming's lighter with sincere fear. Tang Zifeng said that he couldn't smoke, so he won Xiao Ming's praise.

The conversation between the guest and the host started with the relationship between Xiao Ming and Qin Zhongnian's classmates, and then Xiao Ming talked about Zhou Heng, saying that he had dealt with Zhou Heng a few times, and he had a good impression of Zhou Heng. After chatting about these nonsense without oil and salt, Tang Zifeng got to the point and said:

"Mr. Xiao, Section Chief Han and I came to Wulang this time, because we heard that we 17 have a batch of old machine tools that want to be renovated, and Chief Engineer Qin and you also talked on the phone before."

"That's true. Xiao Ming nodded and said, "We have more than 1,000 machine tools, most of which were purchased in the 60s and 80s, and now some of them can't keep up with the situation." Therefore, we thought about refurbishing some of the machines. Coincidentally, Lao Qin was transferred to Linyi Machine to be the chief engineer, he heard the news, so he called me, saying that Linyi Machine is an old machine tool enterprise, strong technical strength, and hopes that we will hand over part of the machine tool renovation work to Linyi Machine to do.

"I told the factory about this situation at the factory meeting, and everyone thinks that the technical level of the Pro Yi machine can still be trusted, so please try it. ”

"That's great. Tang Zifeng said, "our factory in the machine tool maintenance, refurbishment, has a wealth of experience, not long ago we also helped Xiye Heavy Machinery Factory repair several damaged imported grinding machines, according to our tracking understanding, these grinding machines after the maintenance of all reached the original processing accuracy, this more than a month, the work is very stable."

"17 is an important enterprise in our ordnance system, Qin Chief Engineer reported the situation of 17 to our director Zhou, director Zhou attached great importance to it, and instructed the technical department and the production department to draw out elite soldiers and strong generals, and must complete the renovation of the old machine tools of the 17 institutes with high quality and efficiency.

"No, Section Chief Han and I are here for this. Section Chief Han is the most experienced process engineer in our factory, and he and I came here to inspect these old machine tools on the spot, and agree on a refurbishment plan with 17 departments in order to carry out this work as soon as possible. ”