Going on a business trip again

  In the following days, Lin Zhenhua continued to stay at Jiujiang Bicycle Factory, dealing with some administrative and technical matters.

  Since both parties have already spoken out, Lin Zhenhua no longer kept it secret. He openly invited the technical personnel and senior technicians of Jianzi to participate in the installation and debugging of the equipment, while instructing Peng Shaozhe to fully absorb the reasonable suggestions put forward by the other party's personnel.

  With this, the construction of the electric fan production line is no longer a matter for Hanhua Company alone. The technical strength of Zouzi has begun to be fully invested, and the effect it produces makes Lin Zhenhua feel very excited. After all, Zouzi is also a large factory with certain technical strength, at least much stronger than Hanhua Company which is composed entirely of young workers.

  In view of the experience and lessons learned from handling this fight, Lin Zhenhua specially gathered several key members of the company together to hold an internal meeting. The attendees included Peng Shaozhe, Shi Guojun, Cao Wenqiang and Bi Min. He now has to consciously cultivate his own cadres. These people are still very young at present, but they will eventually grow up and take on the responsibilities of the company.

  "Manager Lin, didn't I almost mess up a big deal for the company?" Cao Wenqiang said to Lin Zhenhua.

  Lin Zhenhua shook his head: "Wen Qiang, actually you did the right thing. Our company cooperating with Jianzi here and maintaining our own interests is also very necessary. If we always give in, later on there will be more and more people who want to take advantage of us, and then we won't be able to cope."

  Shi Guojun said: "I think it's unnecessary to bail out that Shen guy from the police station. Let him eat a few days of prison food, and he'll be much more honest."

  Lin Zhenhua said, "A Shen Guoshen can't amount to much. If he really dares to play with fire, we'll set a trap for him and let him commit a crime, then sentence him to a few years in prison, it's not difficult. The problem is that if we have the police station detain Shen Guoshen now, the workers from our factory will feel uneasy, thinking that we outsiders are bullying their local people, this feeling is very subtle."

  Cao Wenqiang chuckled and said: "I understand what Manager Lin means. Are you saying that when we beat a dog, we still have to consider its master?"

  Lin Zhenhua also smiled and said: "It's more or less that. Of course, we can't say who is a dog, but we must consider other people's thoughts."

  Peng Shaozhe patted his head and said: "Well, this is also my fault. I'm still inexperienced, or else things wouldn't have gotten to this point."

  "It's actually pretty good this way," Lin Zhenhua said, "I guess you could say a bad thing turned into a good thing?"

  Bi Min stroked her chest and said: "I was so scared, when Peng Kezhang called me, I was frightened to death."

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "Bi Min, next time you knock on the door a little more quietly, I thought there was a thief. This matter, let's all consider it an experience. In the future, we will encounter even more serious things, everyone must calm down and not act impulsively."

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  "Don't worry, Manager Lin, we've all learned a lot from this incident." said Shi Guojun.

  "Alright, I'll leave things here to you all. I have to hurry back to the factory."

  "What's wrong? Has something happened at the factory again?" Peng Shaozhe asked with concern.

  Lin Zhenhua smiled mysteriously: "That's not the case, it should be a good thing. Yang Xin called me yesterday and said that the two registered letters I had been waiting for for a long time have arrived, and I need to go process them immediately."

  Everyone knew that Lin Zhenhua's sneaky behavior must have been due to some temporary unpublicized matter, so they didn't ask any more questions. Lin Zhenhua gave a few more instructions and then went to the factory office to see Qiu Qingyang, asking him to take care of things on this end, before hastily rushing back to Fenghua in a jeep.

  Back at the factory, Lin Zhenhua took the two registered letters from Yang Xin's hands. After reading them, he went straight to Zhu Tiejun's office again.

  "Director Zhu, I...I need to ask for leave again." Lin Zhenhua stood in front of Zhu Tiejun's office desk, hesitantly making the request.

  "Go on, what's going on this time?" Zhu Tiejun didn't even have the energy to be angry.

  This Lin Zhenhua, is he still an employee of the Hanhua factory or not? He's always running around all day. To say that he doesn't do anything proper isn't right either, the things he does seem to be quite important. But is this how one should do their job? Forget it, let's first ask him what he's going to do.

  "I'm going to Guangzhou to handle some patent-related matters," said Lin Zhenhua.

  Zhu Tiejun was somewhat puzzled: "Patent? What patent?"

  Lin Zhenhua said: "It's like this, Old Liu helped our company design a new type of electric fan before he left. I've already had someone check and there is no similar design in the world right now. So, I need to go apply for the patent rights for this design immediately. This way, if someone wants to imitate this design in the future, we can sue them for infringement. On the other hand, if we don't get a chance to apply and someone else beats us to it, then every time we produce one of these electric fans, we'll have to pay patent fees to the patent owner."

  "There's such a reason!" Zhu Tiejun said in surprise, "Then why did you go to Guangzhou to apply? Ah, didn't our country establish a patent office last year or the year before? Is it related to this work?"

  Lin Zhenhua said: "Our country's patent office is also accepting patent applications. However, our country's patent system is not yet perfect, especially it has not been connected with foreign countries. The patents we apply for domestically are not recognized abroad, and if our products want to be sold abroad, they will be subject to infringement investigations."

  "Do you still want to sell products abroad?" asked Zhu Tiejun.

  "Of course it will be sold abroad." Lin Zhenhua said matter-of-factly.

  People at that time thought that exporting products was a remarkable thing, and only extremely capable enterprises could do it. Lin Zhenhua didn't have such an idea. In later generations, "Made in China" became too ordinary, so what's the big deal about exporting electric fans?

  Zhu Tiejun said: "Huh? So you're going to Guangzhou to apply for a patent, are you applying for an international patent?"

  Lin Zhenhua said, "That's right. The other day, I asked a friend in Guangzhou to help me contact a patent lawyer in Hong Kong. I just received a letter from the Guangzhou side saying that the lawyer has been contacted and let me hurry over to discuss specific matters. After the patent application is approved, I plan to launch our Sleep Lotus brand electric fan on the international market."

  "Alright, this is a big deal, you go handle it."

  Zhu Tiejun nodded and said.

  "Thank you, Director Zhu," Lin Zhenhua said.

  Zhu Tiejun sighed: "Alas, Xiao Lin, when can you calm down? In this more than half a month, how many days have you been in the factory?"

  Lin Zhenhua said apologetically, "This is really unavoidable. Otherwise, when I come back, let's go to the factory and apply for a leave of absence with pay, so as not to let others gossip."

  "No way!" Zhu Tiejun said resolutely, "You are still the deputy head of the technical department, and your salary is suspended. Hanhua Company is still a subsidiary of Hanhua Machinery Factory, and you going to handle Hanhua Company's affairs also counts as official business. Besides, if your electric fans can really be exported and earn foreign exchange, that would be a meritorious deed."

  "Really? What about the travel expenses..."

  "Travel expenses to your company for reimbursement, the factory's money is still useful." Zhu Tiejun didn't fall for this, joking that Hanhua Company now has more money than Hanhua Mechanical Factory, and they still want to come to Hanhua Mechanical Factory to get reimbursed?

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and asked, actually just to make small talk, he wouldn't care about this little money.

  "By the way, Director Zhu, I'm going to Guangzhou, do you want me to bring back something for you?"

  Zhu Tiejun waved his hand and motioned Lin Zhenhua to hurry up: "Go, go, just take care of your business and come back early."

  "Understood!" Lin Zhenhua saluted Zhu Tiejun and ran off in a flash.

  Lin Zhenhua returned home to find Yang Xin packing his luggage, including a thick coat and woolen pants, filling up a large bag. Lin Zhenhua was surprised: "Yang Xin, what are you doing?"

  "Aren't you going on a business trip? I'm afraid it might rain along the way, so take some extra clothes with you."

  "Are you kidding me? The temperature in Guangzhou is at least 20 degrees now, what's the point of getting so many down jackets?"

  "Is that so? Guangzhou is so hot." Yang Xin asked curiously, having grown up this way, she had only been to Yanjing with Lin Zhenhua once, and hadn't been anywhere else, really didn't have any concept of north or south. When she heard Lin Zhenhua say that the temperature in Guangzhou was 20 degrees, she quickly took out her down jacket and other things, found a few spring and autumn clothes for Lin Zhenhua, and stuffed them into his bag.

  Lin Zhenhua looked at Yang Xin's busy appearance and said, "Yang Xin, since you've never been to Guangzhou, why don't you come with me too?"

  Yang Xin shook her head and said, "This won't do, I still have to go to work. Besides, Xiaofang will be back for winter break soon, can't have no one at home?"

  Lin Zhenhua patted his head and said with a sigh, "Yes, how could I have forgotten this? The first time Xiaofang came back, I originally wanted to go pick her up, but now it's impossible. I'm afraid Xiaofang will be anxious again."

  Yang Xin asked: "Xiao Hua, do you have to be in such a hurry? The New Year is just around the corner, can't you go after the holiday?"

  "It won't do, this kind of thing the sooner the better. I've been in contact with Guangzhou for several months now and they're only getting back to me now, I have to go take care of it right away."

  "Alright, you go then. When Xiaofang comes back, I'll take care of her." Yang Xin said.

  After finishing with Xiaofang, Lin Zhenhua thought of Yang Wenyong again and asked: "By the way, Yang Xin, how is Yang Wenyong arranged? I haven't seen him since I came back."

  As soon as Yang Wen Yong was mentioned, Yang Xin burst out laughing: "He's been arranged to stay in a single dormitory by Lei You Rong, just like you instructed before I left."

  "These days, he's been holding an English book every day and reciting vocabulary."

  Yang Xin said Lei You Rong, the former manager of Labor Service Company, couldn't handle the young workers, so he went back to the factory as deputy head of the labor capital department. After the establishment of Hanhua Industrial Company, the matters involving the connection between Hanhua Company and Hanhua Machinery Factory were mainly handled by him. After Hanhua Industrial Company started producing electric fans, the original nearly 100 young workers were not enough, and some new people were recruited successively. The identity, accommodation and other matters of these new people were handled by Lei You Rong.

  "Reciting vocabulary?" Lin Zhenhua was perplexed, "What's wrong with him, reciting vocabulary out of the blue?"

  Yang Xindao said: "He was idle and had nothing to do, so I took him to the workshop to take a look at the MK800. As a result, he became fascinated with it immediately and insisted that I teach him. This is such an expensive piece of equipment, how could I let him touch it casually? So I told him that this thing is quite complicated and can only be used after learning English. I even showed him the manual, which was full of English words, and he believed me."

  Lin Zhenhua was speechless with laughter: "Then he started reciting vocabulary?"

  "That's right," said Yang Xin. "He asked Yang Tao to teach him English, but Yang Tao was busy, so he told him that learning English wasn't difficult, as long as he memorized 3,000 vocabulary words first. Then this silly kid really took an English vocabulary book and recited it every day. With his Hunan accent, the way he recited the words sounded like: 'bo ke, bo ke...' Do you know what word that is? It's 'book'."

  Yang Xin said with a smile, laughing so hard she was doubled over.

  Lin Zhenhua imagined Yang Wenyong reciting words and thought it was quite funny, but he still reminded: "Yang Xin, you guys don't bully honest kids."

  "Not at all," said Yang Xin. "I've taken good care of him, and his tattered clothes were all mended by me. However, this kid is really fascinated with machine tools. Master Peng let him try out the milling machine, and when he came back, he boasted to me that in all these years, he had never seen a child with such an affinity for machine tools."

  "Huh? Didn't Master Peng say I have a knack for machinery?" Lin Zhenhua asked discontentedly, he had been praised by his teacher at the Huqing Machinery Factory during his internship for having a knack for it.

  Yang Xindao said: "Master Peng had mentioned it once before, saying that your skills are not bad, but he didn't say what surname you have. But this time when he met Yang Wenyong, he said that Yang Wenyong has a surname. He has already agreed to take Yang Wenyong as an apprentice, but still needs the Hanhua company to submit a procedure to the factory."

  "This is easy, let Yongqun handle it." Lin Zhenhua said. After finishing, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly instructed: "Right, Yang Xin, help me remember that when I get back, I need to have a serious talk with the factory director."

  "What's wrong?" Yang Xin was startled and looked at Lin Zhenhua's serious expression.

  Lin Zhenhua said: "From the Yang Wenyong incident, I think we need to establish a vocational school, recruit some young people, receive systematic technical training, and fill in various positions in the future. The traditional master-apprentice approach has low efficiency and inadequate training. In the future, our production scale will definitely grow exponentially, and we will need thousands of high-level technicians, who must be trained through schools."

  "Uh-huh, okay, I've got it." Yang Xin said, while carefully writing down what Lin Zhenhua had just said in a small notebook, so as to remind him in the future.

  "Alright, I have to go now. Come, let's kiss goodbye." Lin Zhenhua said.

  Yang Xin's face turned red and she scolded: "What's wrong with you, coming up with this again..."