On the first day of April, Manager Miao said to Chen Si, "There is good news. And bad news. ”

Yangchun Budeze, all things are brilliant. April in Dongguan is the most pleasing time of the year, and the small steel world of the industrial park is still climbing and spreading from all corners. The branches of the trees, the birds and the birds, except for the factories and forklifts coming and going, the flow of people, the rest is all a touch of green, spread to every corner with soil as a foundation. The banyan tree swaying in the wind, even if it is evergreen all year round, still has new green shoots born, showing inexhaustible vitality. The camphor trees and lychees are intertwined, and the leaves are whispering under the impetus of the wind, spreading the joy and germination of rebirth to every grove. Outside the industrial park, there are more lakes that reflect the trees in their arms, embracing spring. After years of treatment, the river has shed its dark black color and has begun to turn yellow, which is a good start. Mangoes and mangosteen are piled up on street stalls, and the prices are at freezing point all year round. Even if Dongguan is not cold, she still welcomes the change of seasons in her way.

Chu Li just took a white envelope from Sun Ning's hand, there was no postmark on it, no signing, no words, only the logo of TMK company, the envelope was a little rough to the touch, but it was very thick, and there was a neatly folded A4 paper inside. Before he could open it, he only saw Sun Ning smile evilly, and left with his tail between his legs. There are also Jerry, Stefano, Wen Qinzuo, Peng Chunlai, and Gong Qing in the office. Chu Li put the envelope into his coat pocket and took the four of them to the workshop.

The girl at the front desk of the workshop saw someone visiting, got up calmly, quickly took out the largest shoes and static suits, and taught the two to change the condom and wear masks, even if they repeated it a hundred times, Jerry and Stefano still couldn't learn. It wasn't until later spring that he said, "These guys just enjoy the service of the beautiful women at the front desk." Chu Li suddenly realized. Li Xiaohong walked over neatly dressed and said to Chu Li: "Everything is going well, we typed the firmware given by Jerry yesterday." Half a shift has been produced so far, and no problems have been found. The new manipulator is very well debugged, Li Chen and Chen Xi have just operated it manually, and they have just turned on the automatic mode, and Wu Siying and the other two girls have fed the goods and are testing. Chu Li said thank you, and he gradually admired Li Xiaohong's coordination ability.

After entering the workshop, I saw a small man holding a notebook and a stopwatch to record the cycle time. Next to him stood Li Chen. Chen Xi was staring at the screen of a server on the test production line motionless, with the running log of the executor in the background beating on it. Through the eyes on the mask, Chu Li easily recognized that it was Wu Siying. Because there are two tear moles directly below her left eye, which are very neatly arranged. Normally, the mask should cover the bottom one, but the girl's face is very small, and even the smallest mask is still a little loose, so the two moles arranged vertically become her trademark.

Wu Siying is a typical smart, lively and lovely rural girl. It has all the characteristics of the "wrong birth". This is privately, the engineers sorted out and summarized the female workers on the production line. "Wrong birth" refers to a very poor family, but also smart enough to understand, often only graduated from junior high school, barely nine years of compulsory education, and then abruptly stopped, burdened with the burden of supporting the family, helping younger siblings, or having a pair of overworked parents. The final judgment of the "wrong birth" is whether they can master all the words that must be learned within three months, and dare to talk to foreigners, whether they know all the processes in the workshop, know the hourly output of each station, and the tolerance of bad products on each line. Of course, all this is done in private, there will be no reminders, guidance, additional education, training, etc. Later, the production department selected the line length and directly followed this standard. That's how Wu Siying was picked.

The advantages of the manipulator are undeniable to all. From the innovation of science and technology, the speed advantage of human beings, the patience of women, and the dexterity of hands, in the face of epoch-making technology, they have become vulnerable. There is no need for long-term training, no need for any human management, no rebellion against the eternal repetition of work, and most importantly, no strikes, no demand for wage increases, ....... The purely mechanized deployment schedule was painstakingly postponed by Sun Ning and others for a year, and then postponed it for another half a year through the second negotiation, and now it has reached the point where it can no longer be postponed. Liang Kuo raised his profile again, and almost couldn't hear anyone mention semi-automation and low labor costs. After being warned of "wolves" countless times, everyone has become insensitive and tends to accept reality.

Wen Qinzuo has spent almost half of his time in China in the past six months, looking for parts suppliers everywhere, all kinds of new, partially localized manipulators began to be repeatedly tested in the workshop, Sun Ning and Chu Li, Feng Zhao will be sent to Japan, the United States for training, passports and visas are all being prepared, and they are already ready to fly. Ah Dong has also become aggressive, and Manager Miao and Zhao Sheng have been negotiating and approaching countless times. The first quarter of fiscal year 2012, the second half of 2011, became very important. Carter has also submitted a huge investment plan to the headquarters, and the audit has been approved without any suspense, on the condition that 50% localization must be carried out to minimize procurement costs. This task falls to the project department of the Hong Kong Design Center and Ah Dong, and the collaboration is with Liang Kuo's process department. Since the robot is actually a standard part, localization is actually a selection of suppliers, plus some peripheral improvements, in order to be as close as possible to the needs of TMK. Vincenzo's Italian manipulator production was not large, but TMK's large orders forced him to expand rapidly, and later due to the special requirements of 50% localization, he had to press the emergency press urgently, and almost frantically searched for high-precision machining industries in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Stefano is also based directly in Dongguan. Eventually, the Italian headquarters decided to build a small-scale assembly plant in China, which was responsible for the assembly, commissioning and delivery of the manipulators. The benefits of this are very many, first of all, you can avoid considerable tariffs, and secondly, although domestic prices have risen in recent years, housing prices have skyrocketed, but compared with the cost of Italy, it is still too low, coupled with the local procurement of mechanical parts, and the cost will be further reduced. According to this plan, in the end, TMK will buy the manipulator, only the motor and software will be produced and developed in Italy. Most of the remaining parts are procured domestically, well above 50% localization. And even if the quotation will be depressed by TMK a lot, the profit will be much higher.

However, it was not as smooth sailing as imagined, first of all, the selection of domestic suppliers was very difficult. Vincenzo is a person who does not understand Chinese, although he can communicate in English, but because he does not have enough time for research and lack of targeted search, he is a primitive and rough carpet to participate in exhibitions and searches, which is not efficient. He turned to Ah Dong for help, and Ah Dong could only ask Liang Kuo to arrange someone to accompany the search, but TMK's personnel were not convenient to be sent to suppliers for a long time, and finally Wen Qinzuo decided to recruit people. Although the salary is attractive enough and there are many people who come for interviews, they basically have no experience, and it is difficult to get a job in a short period of time. Under the pressure of the schedule, Vincenzo was at a loss. Today, in addition to coming to the workshop to see the commissioning of the manipulator produced in Italy with 10% local domestic raw materials, another purpose is actually to borrow someone from Sun Ning. But Liang Kuo warned Sun Ning in advance that he was not allowed to give anyone to Wen Qinzuo. Sun Ning didn't feel that manpower was tight, but he didn't dare to disobey the boss's order, besides, Liang Kuo finally agreed to a major event that he had been pressing in his heart for a long time, and he couldn't disobey him at present. just politely refused, and then asked Wen Qinzuo to go to Adong for help, while he avoided him all day long.

Vincenzo grinned and put on his overalls and hat, and his crooked hooked nose and deep eye sockets made him look like a comedian. As soon as they entered the workshop, some girls laughed. And he is also extremely humorous, only a few words such as "a little bit", "is it greasy", "is it okay to eat", and the girls laughed back and forth.

Wu Siying doesn't like to be close to others, she doesn't speak when she doesn't need to speak, and sometimes she suddenly laughs exaggeratedly, and the next second she becomes taciturn. Always hold a small notebook and jot it down. Once Chu Li was really curious, leaned over to look, and found that she remembered it full, in Chinese, in English, and even with pictures. English is followed by a colon with numbers, and Chinese is paraphrased. And her handwriting is very beautiful and delicate. Chen Si's handwriting is also very beautiful, but the difference is that Chen Si's handwriting is vigorous and penetrating the back of the paper. Wu Siying's voice is very soft when she talks to people, never like Song Lianhua's roar in Hedong, people are like their words, with delicate eyebrows and eyes, and their voice is also quiet. Gong Qing said that such a girl is definitely a good wife. Chunlai grabbed the handle and chased after him, Gong Qing had to confess that his girlfriend was also of this type.

"Eighteen in total."

"What?" Chu Li leaned over and crooked his ears.

"Actually, there are no twenty-four. Eighteen is enough. ”

"Are you kidding? We've all calculated, the bottleneck is screwing, if you put one less. Yields will be affected. ”

"Then you can design the production line as a semicircle, so that those manipulators who are not bottlenecks can share the burden."

"Your idea is very bold, it's called a U-shape, and it's not for us."

"Why? Because our trigger tracking system is prone to confusion, even if one or two robots are saved, the production line becomes chaotic, the later maintenance becomes more complicated, and the downtime is extended, which is also a cost. ”

Wu Siying nodded, although she was a little unconvinced, but she was still drawing in the notebook. After a while, he handed it over to Chu Li to see.

She drew the four production lines into two strange gourd shapes, the upper part of the gourd bulging up has three manipulators, the lower part has three manipulators, and the position of the gourd mouth is three, and then she marks it with a red pen, which manipulators are responsible for covering two production lines at the same time, and which one is taking care of one independently. In this way, only nine robots can be responsible for two production lines at the same time. Just check the cycle time, and if it's okay, this solution is feasible.

"How clever! Our heads are rusty, and we only know straight, streamlined, U-shaped...... These traditional ones have never thought of such a row. Wait a minute...... If you do this, here, and here, two manipulators...... Haha, it's time to fight for bayonets. Wu Siying snatched the book and looked at it, only to realize that she had made a mistake of principle. Immediately, his face turned red. "Humph!" He left without looking back.

Wen Qinzuo ran over and whispered, "Can you go to Changzhou with us?" ”

"No, I need Misterliang to agree."

"-" Vincenzo scolded for a while, quickly braked, and said, "Is it okay to go on the weekend?" “

"They know, I'm going to ......" Chu Li made a head-killing gesture in the movie, with a "click" in his throat.

"No, not to...... Can't you just have your own time? ”

"Unless we don't want jobs anymore."

"Then don't ask for it! You me! I'll give you double your salary! Vincenzo became serious.

"Hurry up and see if there is any problem with the equipment, and see if you are still chatting."

"Okay, okay~" Vincenzo shrugged and shook his head helplessly.

Li Xiaohong carefully went through the acceptance report with Chu Li, and was optimistic that there was no problem that could not be solved technically. The bad news is that there are a lot of problems, jamming, not enough accuracy, and the noise is much louder than that of pure imports, etc. Chu Li found that these are related to cost reduction, but they can be completely overcome, it should be that the local supplier does not have a thorough understanding of the drawings, and the process is not mature enough during processing. It took them nearly two hours to put together all the questions and send them to Vincenzo.

When he put on his coat, Chen Si suddenly ran into the corridor. There was a layer of weird smile on his face that was the same as Sun Ning's. Seeing that there were still some people in the office who were busy, she pretended to say a few words to a female engineer, but her eyes kept looking at Chu Li. Chu Li's heart was filled with a sense of happiness, accompanied by an urge to kiss her. He shook his head and sent a text message to Chen Si, "Are you coming to see me?" Then looked up at Chen Si's back. Sure enough, Chen Si's bell rang, she raised her hand to look at her phone, turned her head and blinked her eyes, and quickly twisted her head back. After a while, she walked out, and soon her phone rang. "Come out, Chu Gong."

Chu Li immediately walked out, and as he walked, he turned his head sideways to look at the clock on the wall, it was already a quarter past six. When I went out, I saw Chen Si and others in the corridor, wearing a plaid shirt with a back of Ana incomparable, with broad shoulders, but the waist was as thin as if it could be held with two hands, and the beige tube skirt matched with the lower body was supported by the strong buttocks to bulge and round, wearing a thick pair of flesh-colored pantyhose, wrapping the whole leg without showing any traces, and stepping on a pair of always white and flawless Puma board shoes. Before she got closer, she smelled the perfume that was unique to her. There is almost a mysterious aphrodisiac effect that makes her blood boil and wants to get drunk in her world.

"Are you going to leave work?"

"Leave work at seven, how about you?" Chen Si's watery eyes were beating with light, tender and passionate.

"I'm going to leave now. Shall I take you to dinner? “

"Hmm. Quietly went to the night shift. I've just made her dinner. ”

"You're off work and you're running in again?"

Chen Si nodded. A touch of red flew on her face, but she was not shy, her chin was tilted, and the tip of her pink tongue was beating happily as she spoke, "I'll wait for you." "A low voice, a little trembling." I know you've been busy lately. But I'm going to have to celebrate with you today. ”

"Celebrating? Is there anything good? Shall we hurry up and go? “

Chen Si nodded, her big eyes still biting Chu Li, watching Chu Li walk forward, she didn't leave her gaze, and followed behind him. Only when others passed by, she pretended to be unfamiliar and looked at the lifeless other, and then quickly returned to Chu Li's back.

The two of them walked out of the industrial park, and Chu Li looked back at Chen Si, "I'll take you to eat something delicious!" ”

"Don't." Chen Si swallowed her saliva and let out a grunting sound, I don't know if it was sunset or neon, reflecting her round face fiery red.

"Aren't you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry yet, I also ate some when I cooked for Jingjing just now."

"And ...... now?"

"Are you hungry?"

"Hungry...... Don't be hungry! "Chu Li lied.

"Fool, you must be hungry. Let's go! ”

"Where to go? You've fooled me. Chu Li stared at her tightly, and his throat tightened. Hands began to tremble.

"Go...... I've got something to eat there. Do you want it? ”

"Yes!" Chu Li's face drooped, his face was so tense that his muscles stiffened, and he couldn't squeeze out any expression.

"Come on." Chen Si walked ahead. Chu Li followed behind, looking at her beating curls, as if he had returned to the time when he first saw her, his heart was beating wildly, and he could hear the cry of thumping life. But he didn't dare to look down. I'm afraid that the beauty will make me lose my mind.

It's like having a bad cold, top-heavy, and a dry and itchy throat. Like a person who has committed a serious crime, he has lost his heart and gone mad, walking behind the person who grabbed him, although his hands and feet are free, his heart is tightly locked by her, and he cannot get away from a single step. The limbs were heavy, but the steps were quick and urgent. Chen Si looked back at Chu Li from time to time, the corners of his mouth full of smiles. The two hadn't seen each other for more than a month, and they were cautiously lovesick, their words full of love, and each comma was a temporary breath for more love in the next sentence. Chu Li is not the kind of calf-like who likes "meat and hemp", but in his heart he longs to capture the laughter and scolding between the lines of every word. After not seeing each other for many days, Chu Li seemed to have forgotten the intimacy of the two of them seeing each other's parents, and had the illusion that everything had just begun, and he was so nervous that he didn't know what to do when he first met.

Chen Si suddenly cried and hugged him tightly, opened his mouth and bit his shoulder. Then he hid his face over his shoulder and said inarticulately, "It's okay, it seems...... You've pulled the tendons. “

"My soul has been given to you, and I can't see you, I'm panicking."

"Me too. I can't wait, I want to marry you. “

Chu Li blocked her words with his mouth, and at this moment he was particularly afraid that he was dreaming. I am afraid that Chen Si is just impulsive, and I will definitely believe it.

Chu Li held the rice bowl and looked at Chen Si's flushed face, which was incomprehensibly beautiful. She was sitting on the bed, her legs curled up under the quilt, her other leg standing up, her chin in her hands, her eyes glowing, and the corners of her mouth were full of smiles.

"Why do you look so fierce when you eat?" Chen Si asked with a smile.

"I ...... I'm so hungry. ”

"I just asked you, and you ignored me." Chen Si lowered his head and covered his face with his hand, "You ate me first." Rogue! “

"Well, yes, I'll eat you first." Chu Li pulled the rice with chopsticks, his cheeks were bulging, and although the three cups of chicken made by Chen Si were not authentic, they were full of aroma.

"That's right!" Chen Siyi clapped his hands, "I forgot, congratulations!" ”

"Congratulations on what?"

"You've been promoted! You still don't know? “

"I don't ...... Know. Chu Li suddenly thought of the envelope that Sun Ningsai had given him. He turned around and scoured the envelope from the coat pocket hanging from the back of his chair, pulled out the A4 paper, and unfolded it to see a few lines of writing.

"Chu Li, based on your outstanding contributions in the past year, the management and your supervisor Sun Ning have decided to give you a promotion. Your salary has been changed from 4500 to 6000. I hope you keep up the good work, thank you. Sun Ning and HR. “

Chu Li was naturally full of joy, but more of an accident. First of all, my black history makes me very sober, and HR has always been very concerned about personal resumes. Secondly, in fact, I was only promoted last year, although it was said that it was a violation of the rules, and I was close to the water. The worst thing is the bad relationship between himself and Liang Kuo. Liang Kuo has faced himself in front of many people more than once, and he is full of suspicion every time he speaks in public, even Feng Zhao saw it, and went back to ask Li Xiaohong, "How did your Boss Chu offend Liang Kuo?" Then Li Xiaohong came back and told Chu Li.

"Are you happy?"

"Well, of course." Chu Li smiled and picked up the chopsticks again.

"It's cold, I'll help you warm it up."

"It's okay, it's out of the way." Chu Li took a few more bites, and then ate every dish Chen Si made. He didn't notice Chen Si's wide eyes in the slightest. "It's delicious, it's worthy of the taste of home."

"Do you really like it?"

"Well, you're doing that!" Give a big thumbs up, then stack the dishes together. Chen Si immediately got up to help, and when the quilt fell off, he found that he was only wearing a pair of underwear. After putting on the short skirt, Chu Li had already crackled and washed in the kitchen. "I'll do it!"

Chu Li vacated a little space for her to squeeze in, the two of you, you look at me, I look at you.

"One more thing." Chen Si stood on Chu Li's side, leaning on the back of his chair, and looked up at him removing the filter of the air conditioner. "Manager Miao said she proposed to resign......"

Chu Li frowned and stepped down from his chair. "Are you worried? Are you reluctant to give her up, or? ”

"It's definitely reluctant, but everyone has their own situation, I can understand it."

"Who will replace her when she's gone?"

"I don't know yet, because she just submitted her resignation, and I don't know if it has been approved, and even if it is approved, it will take a month to three months."

"Why?"

"She told me not to be surprised, that she was pregnant."

"Oh, I know." Chu Li let go of his brows, and without surprise, he took the air conditioner filter in both hands and rinsed it under the kitchen faucet. "But there's no need to resign!"

"How do you know that? She said no one at the company knew. “

"Why can't I know?" Chu Li tilted his head and said lightly.

"You...... Aren't you familiar with all the beauty? Although Chen Si was not jealous, he was a little alert. Recruit from the truth! How do you know? “

Chu Li told her about the incident of Houjie last time, and when he saw that Chen Si was worried, he skipped the beating. It's just a simple way to help the two of them out of the siege.

"Then you also know about her and Adong?"

"yes, yes."

"Okay, you!" Chen Si deliberately squinted his eyes, pretending to be angry while watching. "Don't even tell me. She's my boss! ”

"I ...... I just don't like to gossip behind my back. ”

"Don't say it to your wife? Ouch, you're so tight! “

"Wife?" Chu Li turned his face, his nose, eyebrows, and eyes were all screwed together with a smile. Tilting his head, he leaned over his arm and rubbed the water on his forehead. "Wife!"

Chen Si was ashamed like a rose, and his face was flushed. Turned and walked away. But Chu Li's gaze seemed to penetrate his own flesh and blood, and Chen Si was very worried that he could see that he was turning around and laughing, would that be too shameless and unreserved?