From the History of the Republic of China to Raising Children in the 1970s

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Li Chengye's office was right next to Secretary Chu's. Of course, the space was very small, only about ten square meters. There was a file cabinet and a set of tables and chairs inside, which should be separated. On the other side was the factory director's secretary, whom he had never met before.

However, Li Chengye came here on his first day, and he didn't know the specific relationship between several leaders in the factory, so naturally he had no intention of going out to greet them. Sitting on the chair, he flipped through the things Secretary Chu gave him.

This was an application report on steelmaking equipment for a steel plant. Steel needs to go through many processes from the initial special ore to steel, including sintering, smelting, rolling, heat treatment and various mechanical processing.

These processes require a lot of equipment, including sintering furnaces, coke furnaces, blast furnaces, converters, etc. These equipment are very important and related to steel production. Most of the equipment in their steel plant was purchased when the factory was first built, and the remaining small part was acquired later, which can be said to be very backward equipment. It also makes it difficult to improve their production efficiency, and the quality of the finished products is also easily unstable.

Some time ago, they had applied to the higher authorities to get some funds to replace the equipment, but there was no result. After the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala a few days ago, he talked to several leaders for a few words, and felt that their attitude seemed to be somewhat loosened. Strike while the iron is hot. Secretary Chu has been busy writing the application report these two days. He is confident that it will definitely pass this time.

Li Chengye took the report in his hand and looked at it carefully. It seemed to have been revised many times. There were black lumps from time to time. Obviously, words were written and then crossed out. Li Chengye read the report from beginning to end. In the end, he could only helplessly comment that it was too plain. The whole article was about the difficulties of their factory, the difficulties of development in the factory, and their eagerness to change the status quo.

It was quite emotional, but it was not specific at all. Although the emotions were rich, they lacked data support. It was not a qualified report. He had done some project application reports before, and data was the support point that could convince them.

He flipped through the data that Secretary Chu had given him. It contained the production data of the steel plant in recent years, including production volume, production rate and finished product qualification rate. However, some data were still missing, such as machine energy consumption and some operational issues.

He still had to go to the workshop to take a look and ask. Li Chengye had an idea in his mind, so he was not in a hurry now. It was still working hours, and he didn't know whether Secretary Chu would look for him. He should go during the lunch break, when there would be someone on duty.

Li Chengye did not start to modify the report immediately, but started to extract data first. He was very good at extracting data, and he finished reading all the data in almost one morning. Secretary Chu might have been used to being alone these days, so he didn't come to Li Chengye or go out.

Being a secretary is not that easy. Naturally, you have to care about the leader's life. At about 11:58, Li Chengye put down the pen in his hand, stood up and went to the office of Secretary Chu next door.

"Secretary Chu, it's time to eat. Do you need me to get you lunch?" After knocking on the door and entering, Li Chengye directly explained his purpose.

Secretary Chu glanced at him and said, "No need for you. Go eat by yourself. I'm going to the county government later and won't be back in the afternoon. Just do what I tell you to do."