Zhang Jianzhong looked at the drawings, and when he saw those Arabic numerals, he was dizzy, what acute angles, obtuse angles, pi, etc., he didn't understand too much in the textbook, but at this time, he had to turn them out and go through them again. He didn't understand, how could the master who only had a primary school culture understand this? Moreover, the answer was quickly solved, and the knife was sharpened out in a few clicks, and the knife holder was mashed.

He thought that the master must have a simpler formula to solve than the textbook.

However, the master no longer taught him by hand like sharpening a knife, just told him to start the lathe and do it, but he sat on the side, "coo-dong" and smoked hookah.

Later, my father told Zhang Jianzhong that every master has a few unique skills that do not pass on to apprentices.

The apprentice of the church beat the master to death! Anyone will keep a hand.

Dad said that it depends on enlightenment.

Dad said that back then, he learned to make wontons by stealing from his master by relying on enlightenment. He brought a few apprentices, and the wontons he made were not as thin as the skin and fresh meat he made. This is also the capital that he can still occupy an important position in that small hotel to this day.

Dad said that if the apprentice had learned his little trick, he would have been cleared into the ranks of retirement, and he could only do some miscellaneous work.

It's not that Zhang Jianzhong doesn't want to understand, it's true that he is too uninterested, and when he becomes a worker, he still hides at home and scribbles, saying that he writes a diary, but in fact, he is writing novels, and he puts his understanding outside of eight hours.

I don't know if anyone will read the novels published in the big newspapers and magazines, but the local tabloids are what everyone cares about and want to read, and the people in the alley spread that Zhang Jianzhong is a writer, and that Zhang Jianzhong gets more than his salary at work. At the beginning, the father also complained that his son wasted electricity by reading and writing diaries all day long and lighting a bright desk lamp, and when he saw his son's name in the newspaper, he was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth.

One day, the workshop director led the chairman of the trade union in the factory to the lathe, so frightened that the master hurriedly threw the hookah, got up from the chair, "hehe" smiled and said: "I just sat down to smoke a cigarette, I let the apprentice continue to do it, it will not affect production, it will not affect production." ”

In a factory of more than 2,000 people, the chairman of the trade union is not a small role, and the master, as the trade union representative of the workshop, does not have the opportunity to talk to him a few times a year.

The chairman of the union asked, "Is this apprentice okay?" ”

The master said, "It's okay." ”

The chairman of the union looked at the master and seemed dissatisfied with what he said in too general terms.

The master added: "It's a good seedling, but it's a little squeamish, and it has to be beaten." ”

In this way, the master can better explain that he is strict with his master and produces a high apprentice.

The chairman of the union smiled "haha" and said, "I don't think he looks like a car bed!" ”

The master didn't understand what the chairman of the union meant, but he still felt that this was too serious, and spoke for the apprentice: "People are a little thin, but they can still be exercised." ”

Only then did the workshop director explain his intention and said, "Chairman Wang is here to see Zhang Jianzhong. ”

The master opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a while.

Chairman Wang bypassed the lathe and walked in front of Zhang Jianzhong, who hurriedly stopped the lathe, worried that the cut iron filings would fly and hurt Chairman Wang.

"Is it you Zhang Jianzhong in the newspaper?" Chairman Wang asked.

Zhang Jianzhong blushed and said, "It's just a hobby, and it's all done outside of eight hours." ”

"Yes, I know. The workshop director told me and looked at your timesheet. Chairman Wang asked, "What are you doing in the workshop with peace of mind?" ”

Zhang Jianzhong said without thinking: "Peace of mind! ”

"How many years have you been doing?"

"It's been more than two years."

The workshop director said: "There are still a few months before the apprentices are full-fledged. ”

Chairman Wang asked, "Are you sure?" ”

This is to ask the master, the three-year apprenticeship expires, you have to pass the guò exam to officially become a teacher, the form of the exam is also simple, that is, several masters in the workshop discuss a drawing, and the candidates who have completed the apprenticeship will produce a product according to the requirements of the drawing.

"It shouldn't be too much of a problem."

The master said. Every year after the teacher exam, he participates in the design drawings, and knows that the drawings are not very difficult. The apprentices are second-class lathe workers, what can you ask of them? According to Zhang Jianzhong's current level, it is completely coping.

"It's not too stupid, you can pass it." The workshop director added, "If it's the kind of apprentice who can't learn, he will change jobs early in the morning, and he won't be allowed to drive the bed anymore." ”

Chairman Wang nodded and asked Zhang Jianzhong to write a few words for him. Zhang Jianzhong searched for a long time in the toolbox, but he couldn't find paper and pen, and when Chairman Wang saw a piece of chalk in the toolbox, he said, "It's okay to use chalk." ”

The chalk was used to solve the drawing formula on the ground.

Zhang Jianzhong thought about it and wrote the words "Hongqi County Machinery Factory Machinery Workshop" on the ground. Chairman Wang's smiling face darkened, and he said, "Go back and practice your calligraphy well." At the end of the three years, I will test your words to see if you have grown. ”

After saying that, he left, leaving the master and apprentice confused, not knowing what the purpose of his trip was.

The workshop director said: "Can't you see this? He wanted to come and ask for someone. ”

The master asked, "Who do you want?" ”

"Do you need to ask? Zhang Jianzhong, of course. ”

"Why does the union president take a fancy to him?"

"Didn't he publish articles in the newspapers?"

"That's it?"

"Can you?" The workshop director said, "This matter has not yet been finalized, and I may not be satisfied with his poor handwriting." ”

This is a conversation between the two in the workshop office, the master is so surprised, what's the big deal about being able to write articles? Is it better than his eighth-level lathe master? The trade union wants people to go to the factory to sit in the office, and they should first select people from the union representatives, right? He thought that he couldn't remind Zhang Jianzhong, couldn't let him deliberately practice calligraphy, and let him continue to plant on that bad hand.

Zhang Jianzhong no longer mentioned this matter, and still went to and from work as he did every day, and respected the former master and the queen, however, secretly practiced calligraphy at home, practiced pen calligraphy, and practiced chalk writing.

On the day of the three-year apprenticeship, several apprentices who entered the factory with Zhang Jianzhong received drawings and independently produced products according to the requirements of the drawings. Zhang Jianzhong is not the fastest, but he is not the slowest, he handed over the product to the workshop office, but saw the chairman of the trade union and the workshop director drinking tea and chatting together.

First of all, the workshop director took over the products produced by Zhang Jianzhong, inspected the calipers without saying a word, and finally nodded to Chairman Wang and said: "Yes, it meets the requirements of the drawings." It's time to get out of school. Only then did Chairman Wang speak, and as he did last time, he said, "Write a few words and show me." ”

Zhang Jianzhong asked: "Do you write chalk characters?" ”

Chairman Wang took out his pen from his jacket pocket and handed it to Zhang Jianzhong, who wrote five words on the back of the drawing: "You can leave the school." "Every stroke is angular and angular. Chairman Wang was surprised, and besides, write a few chalk words. Zhang Jianzhong was prepared, took out a piece of chalk from his pocket, and wrote "meets the requirements of the drawings" on the ground.

Chairman Wang laughed "haha" and said, "I have used my work, and I can see that I have used my work when I go back!" ”

The workshop director said: "There is progress, there is great progress. ”

Chairman Wang said to the workshop director again: "You can't keep it, tomorrow, I will give an order." ”

He did what he said, and the next day, he transferred Zhang Jianzhong to the factory to write a blackboard newspaper propaganda column.