After saying politely, Xu Xinkun picked up the cigarette box from the coffee table beside him and signaled to Yu Chun'an and Feng Xiaochen. After Yu Chun'an gave in a moment, he still took a cigarette, while Feng Xiaochen smiled and refused politely in the name of being young and rarely smoking.

Xu Xinkun didn't force him. He lit the cigarette with the fire handed over by Yu Chun'an, then moved his body to make himself more comfortable to sit. Then he watched the two of them silently and waited for them to speak.

When Yu Chun'an informed Xu Xinkun that Feng Xiaochen was going to visit him, Xu Xinkun knew that this young director was definitely not idle and came to the door for a walk. These days, Feng Xiaochen was learning about Xu Xinkun, and Xu Xinkun also heard about Feng Xiaochen. Unlike Dai Shenghua and the others, Xu Xinkun, as a veteran, had stronger political sensitivity. He felt that Feng Xiaochen was not in the workshop every day to watch the fun, nor was he trying to pretend to go deep into the grassroots to make his face gold. Feng Xiaochen had countless ways to make his political achievements more prominent without spending time in the workshop.

So, what is Feng Xiaochen’s intention?

Xu Xinkun was puzzled. When he asked Yu Chun'an for verification, he got the same confusion. Yu Chun'an told Xu Xinkun that Feng Xiaochen was very proficient in work and production, and his eyes were very toxic. He could be said to have seen through the trump card of Xinmin Factory these days. But why did he do this? Yu Chun'an couldn't figure out why a cadre sent by the coal department to Linbei Heavy Machinery to compete with their supporting factory that was completely incompatible?

Until Yu Chun'an took Feng Xiaochen into Xu Xinkun's house, he still did not guess Feng Xiaochen's intention, and could only wait for Feng Xiaochen to uncover the answer.

"Secretary Xu and Director Feng have tracked the production of hydraulic valves in our workshop these days, and have made a lot of rationalization suggestions for us."

Seeing that Feng Xiaochen was not speaking for a long time, Yu Chun'an started talking first.

"Oh, is that?" Xu Xinkun asked with an interest, "What suggestions have you made? Have you studied it carefully and adopted it actively?"

"It's all about production quality management suggestions, but Director Feng told us not to report to the production department and Director Dai, so there is no research or adoption for the time being." Yu Chun'an said.

"Since it is a rational suggestion, why not report it?" Xu Xinkun asked Feng Xiaochen.

Feng Xiaochen smiled and said, "Section Chief Yu is so serious. In fact, what I have mentioned are all immature opinions. I just discuss with Section Chief Yu, and it cannot be submitted to the factory leaders for decision-making. As a person from a foreign unit, I am inappropriate to talk about the production in the factory. I have communicated with Section Chief Yu in private. That is a technical discussion and definitely not the meaning of making rational suggestions."

Xu Xinkun also smiled and said, "So that's the case, but I'm interested and want to study. I wonder if Director Feng can give me some advice?"

"I don't dare to be the advice. Secretary Xu wants to hear it, so I will report it to Secretary Xu." Feng Xiaochen said.

"Yeah, then I'll study hard." Xu Xinkun said solemnly.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Xinmin Factory is an old-fashioned enterprise specializing in the production of hydraulic tools. Its technology mainly comes from the technology transferred by the Soviet Union during the 15th Five-Year Plan. After more than 20 years of development, it has gradually formed a relatively complete technical system, with a group of technicians and technical workers with excellent level, and the products are well-known in China."

"Well, Director Feng has over-rewarded." Xu Xinkun said lightly.

"As for the current situation, Xinmin Factory has relatively stable users. The production tasks assigned by the state every year are enough to saturate the production tasks of Xinmin Factory, and the employee treatment can be guaranteed. It has a certain status in the Provincial Department of Machinery and even the Ministry of Machinery. It is an enterprise that holds a gold rice bowl for food." Feng Xiaochen continued.

Xu Xinkun said: "It can only be said that he can get through it by barely being able to get through it. It is not enough to compare with the top and the bottom."

Feng Xiaochen changed his tone: "However, behind the stability, there are great risks. Over the years, due to the lack of competition, the Xinmin Factory did not pay enough attention to technology development and product optimization. Many products are still following the Soviet design in the 1950s, and the technological gap with Western countries has reached more than 30 years. Due to the low product performance, high noise and high energy consumption, many user units have complained, and some directly expressed their unwillingness to use Xinmin Factory's products and hope to use similar products."

"This situation does exist." Xu Xinkun said, "On the one hand, our products do have room for improvement, which we need to make up our minds to do. On the other hand, there are also some user companies that are popular with foreigners and are unwilling to accept domestic products, so they cannot be generalized."

"It is a reasonable requirement for users to use better products, right?" Feng Xiaochen said.

"But we are developing countries after all, how can we compare everything with developed countries?" Xu Xinkun argued.

Feng Xiaochen said: "We cannot always be a developing country. Sooner or later we will become a developed country. It turns out that it is not developed enough. This is an objective situation. As long as we work hard, we have hope to catch up with developed countries. But what about the efforts of Xinminchang? Sorry, I'm sorry I didn't see it."

Xu Xinkun took a deep breath of cigarette and said nothing.

Feng Xiaochen continued: "If the products are just lagging behind, it would be fine. As the old workers entering the factory gradually entered the retirement age in the 1950s, the new factory began a period of new and old replacement. The technical level of workers entering the factory was far lower than that of the previous generation of workers, which led to a general decline in the product quality of the new factory.

I learned in the assembly workshop that it took more than 10 years for the Xinmin Factory to reduce the tolerance of accessories to an acceptable level, and there is no need to select a batch of accessories that can be coordinated for assembly. However, in recent years, the tolerance of accessories has begun to rise again, and many assembly fitters have to rework and correct the tolerance of accessories themselves, otherwise they will not be able to assemble products that can be barely used."

"We have also noticed this." Xu Xinkun said in a low voice. "The old and new things will always happen. We cannot not let old workers retire, so this situation will happen sooner or later."

"It's not the case at all." Feng Xiaochen denied Xu Xinkun's words bluntly, and he said:

"New workers should have a strict training system when entering the factory, but now this system has become a decoration. Many new workers do not listen to the master's teachings at all and just want to live a while. Due to the lack of a quality control system, many quality problems that should be discovered in the initial stage will often be exposed until the final assembly process. Even if quality defects do not affect the assembly, the product will leave the factory with defects, which directly affects the use of users.

This is the case with several hydraulic valves provided by Xinmin Factory to Linbei Heavy Machinery. Although it is known that it is a product used under high-strength conditions, there is still a serious sand pressing problem that has not been solved. In the end, our excavator experiment has to be interrupted, which has affected the progress of major equipment development plans."

Feng Xiaochen's words became more and more severe, and Xu Xinkun's face became darker and darker. Yu Chun'an looked at this scene and felt a little nervous. He didn't know why this little brother who liked to pretend to be low-key suddenly showed his sharpness in front of Xu Xinkun. He was also worried that Xu Xinkun would be angry and furious at Feng Xiaochen. He wanted to stop Feng Xiaochen, but he didn't know how to speak. The cigarette in his hand was almost burning his fingers, and he was still unaware of it.

"You finished speaking?"

When Feng Xiaochen's story came to an end, Xu Xinkun asked with a calm face.

"I'm done." Feng Xiaochen said, "Please criticize Secretary Xu."

"What a young man, no wonder he can become the director at a young age!" Xu Xinkun sighed inexplicably. Before Feng Xiaochen said something, he suddenly laughed, making Yu Chunan tremble in his heart. He didn't know what Xu Xinkun meant. He vaguely remembered that in the ancient dramas he had watched before, those generals and the like often laughed loudly before they broke out, and then threw the cup as a horn, calling the knife and axe driver to chop the arrogant people in front of him into meat paste.

Is there still a knife and axe hidden in Secretary Xu's home? Yu Chun'an subconsciously glanced at the doors of the two bedrooms with his eyes.

"Director Xiao Feng, I don't understand at all." Xu Xinkun smiled and said in a steady tone.

"Secretary Xu, please speak." Feng Xiaochen said calmly.

"What's the purpose of telling me this just now?" Xu Xinkun said.

Feng Xiaochen said: "I just want to know whether Secretary Xu intends to change all this."

"Why should I change it?" Xu Xinkun asked.

Feng Xiaochen smiled faintly: "Because you are the secretary of Xinmin Factory, this is your job."

"My job?" Xu Xinkun responded, nodded, and said, "Even if this is my job, you are the director of Linbei Heavy Machinery. You are just here to purchase hydraulic valves. What is the production situation of Xinmin Factory? Is it also your job?"

Feng Xiaochen looked at Xu Xinkun and said seriously:

"Yes, this is also my job. Industry is a system, and no factory can survive without this system. Linbei Heavy Machinery wants to build a world-class large excavator, which cannot be separated from the support of the entire system. Any defect in the system will affect the level of China's industry.

This time we come to solve the quality problem of hydraulic valves. Xinmin Factory made a move and concentrated the best technical force to ensure the quality of our two hydraulic valves. However, this cannot solve any problem. What we need in the future are hundreds of hydraulic valves. Should we use this method to manufacture them every time?
Chapter completed!