Lin Zhenhua stayed in Guangzhou for another two days, inspected the market situation in Guangzhou, and also felt the style of the frontier city of reform and opening up. At that time, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was already being developed, but Lin Zhenhua came in a hurry, did not have a border permit, and could not leave the customs, so he gave up the idea of going to Shenzhen again.

By the time Lin Zhenhua returned to Fenghua, it was close to the end of the year, and his sister Xiaofang had already returned home from the Yanjing holiday. When Lin Zhenhua walked into the house with his bag, he saw Xiaofang wrapped in a military coat, sitting at the dining table peeling small tangerines and eating them, while looking at a book. A pile of orange peels was thrown on the table, at least the remains of a dozen oranges.

"Brother, you're back!"

Xiao Fang threw down the book in her hand, rushed forward, and stuffed a small tangerine that had just been peeled into Lin Zhenhua's mouth.

"Well, what a sweet orange. Xiaofang, do you know, I didn't eat oranges this year, so I let Yang Xin save them, saying that they were reserved for you to eat. Lin Zhenhua said with a smile.

At that time, the technology of fruit storage seems to be very underdeveloped, and oranges harvested in autumn are rarely stored until winter. The workers at the Hanhua factory didn't know where they learned how to store the oranges, which was to put the oranges in cardboard boxes, put each layer on top of a layer of newspaper, and then put oranges on top of the newspaper. Since the newspaper absorbs the water that evaporates from the oranges, the oranges stored in this way can be stored for two or three months without rotting.

When Lin Fanghua used to be at home, he liked to eat small mandarins from Fengnan in this province. After going to school in Yanjing, I once wrote back a letter and talked about it. Lin Fanghua actually just said it casually, but Yang Xin remembered it. In October, Hanhua Factory got two more truckloads of tangerines from Fengnan Machinery Factory and distributed them to the workers of the whole factory. Yang Xin packed all the two portions she and Lin Zhenhua shared in cardboard boxes, took them out and flipped them over every few days, and kept them until Lin Fanghua went home, and then took them all out for her to enjoy.

Hearing her brother's complaint, Lin Fanghua responded: "Hmph, it's better to be my sister-in-law, you are really unqualified to be a brother, I came back from vacation in the first year, and you were not at home." ”

Lin Zhenhua sighed: "Don't mention it, Xiaofang, I have hardly stayed at home for a few days in the past six months." ”

"What are you doing, brother, you're busier than the factory director?"

Lin Zhenhua simply told his sister what he had done in the past six months, and Lin Fanghua praised: "Not bad, brother, your business is getting bigger and bigger now." ”

"Don't talk about me, how are you doing? Have you adjusted to school life? Lin Zhenhua asked.

"I've been used to it for a long time." Lin Fanghua said, "At first, I was quite unaccustomed to coarse grains, but as a result, after drinking cornmeal porridge for several months, I became addicted. When I came back these days, I didn't have cornmeal porridge to drink, and I wasn't used to it. ”

"Let me see, well, it looks like I'm a little fatter again." Lin Zhenhua said with a smile, "It seems that it is still a food provider in the north." ”

"Annoyed me!" Lin Fanghua pouted and said, "It's really annoying about this, I've gained three pounds in half a year." If I get fatter, I'll be a ball. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "It's good to be fat, if you are fat, it means that you have lived well in school and have not been wronged." If you come back skinny, I won't be at ease. ”

"I won't be wronged." Lin Fanghua laughed and said, "The entire mechanical department, just one girl, everyone let me, whoever dares to make me angry, will become the public enemy of the whole people, will be knocked to the ground by everyone, and then throw thousands of pairs of stinky socks, and completely stink him to death." ”

"By the way, sister, you're just a girl in the mechanical department, so aren't you a suitor? How about it, is there anything pleasing to the eye, tell me in advance, I'll check it for you. Lin Zhenhua asked very gossipy.

Lin Fanghua dragged his voice and said, "No, not one!" ”

"Why?" Lin Zhenhua was surprised.

Lin Fanghua said with a smile: "I didn't know it at first, but later I heard that it was the boys who signed an agreement in private, saying that there is only such a girl in the whole department, and no one is allowed to occupy it." Therefore, all the boys did not dare to chase me, they called me the saint of the mechanical department. ”

Lin Zhenhua also laughed: "It's quite appropriate, in this way, you are a typical leftover girl, a girl who no one wants left." ”

The brother and sister chatted affectionately for a while, and Lin Fanghua said, "By the way, brother, let me tell you something." ”

"What's the matter, so serious?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"Our department held a mechanical invention competition this semester, and we have a senior brother, by the way, it is the Du Xiangyang you have seen, who invented a device for automatic indexing on a milling machine, which is very similar to the simple gear hobbing machine you designed for the factory. I'm wondering if he stole your drawings from somewhere. ”

"Really?" Lin Zhenhua became interested, "In addition to this, are there any other gadgets?" ”

"Of course, there are infrared probes that can be used to prevent accidental injuries on the punch press, and boring machine tools that can boring six holes at a time, and some I can't understand. However, among our first-year students, I am the one who knows the most about machinery, who made me come out of the machinery factory? Lin Fanghua said proudly.

Lin Zhenhua continued to ask: "Then do you have a prize for this small invention competition?" ”

"Not really!" Lin Fanghua said, "The teacher of our department said that the main thing is a spiritual reward, and it seems that the first prize was given a notebook." ”

Lin Zhenhua laughed hesitantly: "Xiaofang, this information you provided me is very important. I plan to talk to the head of your department next semester, and our Hanhua Industrial Company will exclusively sponsor your small invention competition, with the first prize rewarding 1000 yuan, the second prize 500 yuan, and the third prize 300 yuan, what do you think? ”

"You're crazy!" Lin Fanghua's first reaction was this, "Our highest bursary is only 21 yuan a month." How can there be a bonus of 1,000 yuan. ”

Lin Zhenhua said: "You don't care if you have it or not, I can send it like this." Xiaofang, tell me, if I really set up a bonus like this, will your classmates go all out to make inventions? ”

Lin Fanghua said: "Of course, especially those students whose family economic conditions are not good, if they can earn 1,000 yuan, not only will they have enough money for school, but they can also send it to their families." I guess everyone will definitely stop going to class and go to inventions to earn bonuses. ”

"Okay, that's what I want." Lin Zhenhua said happily.

"Our teacher will hate you to death." Lin Fanghua prophesied.

Lin Zhenhua said disdainfully: "They won't hate me, if students want to get the bonus for mechanical design, they need to have more theoretical knowledge, so that their enthusiasm for listening to lectures will increase." It's too late for you teachers to thank me. ”

Lin Zhenhua felt that he was like a miser now, and when he saw a little talent somewhere, he couldn't wait to rush over and hug it all into his money bag.

Talent is very important, Lin Zhenhua feels this more and more deeply. If you can dig a few people from it to enrich the technical team of Hanhua Industrial Company and grind it for a few years, you will be able to become the top pillar of technology in the future.

At present, Hanhua Industrial Company is only a collective-owned enterprise, and it is completely impossible to recruit graduates of Huaqing University through normal channels. But if they start cultivating from the time they are in school, so that they can form an understanding of Hanhua Company, maybe there are some people who dare to go to the sea to catch crabs to eat.

The Spring Festival of 1982 came, and Hanhua Machinery Factory was in a joyful atmosphere.

This year's Spring Festival is the richest Spring Festival ever spent by the workers of Hanhua Factory, every household is full of lights, and in previous years, they were reluctant to buy a thousand long whips, but this year it is one after another ringing non-stop, making people feel extremely comfortable when they listen to it.

In the past year, the Hanhua plant has received an order for large fertilizer complete sets of equipment from the Department of Light Chemical Industry and has made huge profits. The workers of the whole factory received more than 100 yuan per person for the year-end bonus alone, in addition, there were various benefits issued by the clever name. The radio in the factory is sending notices almost every day, asking everyone to go to the warehouse to get fish today, and let everyone go to the auditorium to get apples tomorrow, and finally the light chemical hall has to solemnly call Chen Weiguo to beat him, so that he can restrain a little and take care of the emotions of the brother factory.

In the winter months, nearly 10,000 water lily brand electric fans were sold in Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and various markets in the province, earning back 800,000 yuan of profits for Hanhua Industrial Company.

After discussion, the company decided to use the profit of 600,000 yuan as an additional investment to increase the company's fixed assets. The electric fan assembly line that has been built in Xunyang Bicycle Factory a few years ago uses this part of the profits.

The other 200,000 yuan was taken out as a year-end bonus for the company's employees, and as a result, each young worker received nearly 500 yuan, which was much more than the money his parents got. There is also 150,000 yuan, which is the company's dividends to shareholders, Hanhua Machinery Factory has received 45,000, Lin Zhenhua himself has also received 45,000, and the rest of the employees who have participated in the company have also received some dividends.

In this way, the young workers who did not participate in the shares for various reasons can be regarded as regretful, they did not expect that the company could have such a big profit, and the dividends alone are enough to cover the principal of the original shares. However, Lin Zhenhua said that in the future, the company will continue to set up other industries, and there will be new opportunities to invest in shares, so everyone only needs to keep the money first.

In addition to economic income, the most talked about by the employees of the Hanhua factory are the three newly built dormitory buildings. Due to the abundance of funds, the construction of the three buildings is very fast, and the main body has been capped, and the installation of internal water and electricity is underway, and it is said that it will be able to move in as soon as spring begins. Although the house is still in a rough state, some workers with the surname Anxious will run to watch it every day. They climbed the scaffolding to the house under their own name, stood among the building materials, and imagined the bedroom, the living room, and the kitchen.

As the song goes: In general, there are a lot of happy things this year, good family, good friends, and good myself......

(To be continued)