Chapter 168 How to Recruit Technical Workers

It had been a whole morning, and Team Leader Jiang and the other two members ate in the office during the meal. The fuel supply structure diagram of the four-cylinder gasoline engine that Luo Cheng gave them was really comprehensive, and the principles of each component were written down. The explanation is clear, how oil pressure and air pressure are formed, and how to combine them reasonably.

When there are no such drawings and written instructions, when it comes to domestic counterfeiting, sometimes the principles of some parts are not clear, and they can only be imitated according to the structure. Really, sometimes I don’t understand the use of installing them, but if I don’t do it, I find that it doesn’t work.

Under such circumstances, I haven’t fully understood the principle, so I can only imitate a few centimeters and place it anywhere, let alone improve it.

Now it is just a step of supplying oil and gas and then preliminary ignition, but it has been broken down so precisely by Luo Cheng. Even comparing the disassembled engine, it seems that several of the parts painted by Luo Cheng are not on the engine, and the result of not having it is that it will be more difficult to ignite the gasoline, especially the current rocker-type air pressure ignition.

Starting the engine and starting it with a rocker key requires skill. Generally, you have to shake it hard at an even speed. Of course, you can shake it and start it by shaking it hard, but it also depends on your luck. Many real experienced drivers can get it started in one or two attempts. If you are successful, it is not difficult to master the method of force.

But everyone knows that it needs to be started like this, but they don't know why it is started like this. If you follow Luo Cheng's design, it will make it easier for the engine to ignite, and the gasoline will burn more fully. Simply improving this step can be regarded as improving the performance of the engine.

The engine's combustion saves fuel. You may say that it only saves fuel, but the power is not the same. That's wrong. With this configuration, you can completely increase fuel consumption to achieve stronger power. The simplest way to increase fuel consumption is to make the fuel inlet pipe thicker.

The installation of a power booster pump is really nothing compared to a gasoline engine. Now even if the engine equipment at the back does not improve anything, as long as it can be imitated, it is no longer called imitation, it can be called a new generation of improved technology.

At nearly two o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Chengcai returned to the factory. After all, it was not easy for his mother to come to the city, so he stayed with her to chat for a while.

This time in the factory, the first thing he did was to go to the R&D team to have a look. It took him all night to basically understand the drawings. If there is a problem today, he, a fake seventh-level engineer, can slap him in the face in front of a real engineer.

But this guy didn't pretend yet. Luo Cheng was shocked when Team Leader Jiang and others looked at him with admiration. There were no problems. Even the ninth-level engineer devoured the drawings he gave me. Those who can become engineers in China may not have strong R&D capabilities, but their learning ability is definitely strong.

Luo Cheng's structural analysis diagram is just short of giving you a step-by-step explanation in person. If you don't understand this well, how can you be an engineer? Well, if Luo Cheng didn't have the insights of later generations, he might have almost not understood it.

But no matter what, Luo Cheng's purpose of using the engine to attract Team Leader Jiang and the others was achieved. Therefore, Luo Cheng asked them to produce small parts while researching, because some very small things, such as adjusting the air pressure or oil pressure, may not be as easy to produce as a hydraulic press.

After Luo Cheng promised to give them another cylinder structure diagram tomorrow and promised to get all the engine structure diagrams, Team Leader Jiang and the others were cruel and completely obeyed Luo Cheng's words. I went to the machine shop with a diagram of the components marked with their sizes.

After arranging Team Leader Jiang and others to leave, Luo Cheng went to talk to Director Zhang about the matter. The forklift business should be easy to do. Although it is manual, it will be needed in heavy industries. Although there is no heavy industry in Ngee Ann, there are many other cities with manual forklifts, which can eliminate some manual moving with trolleys or pallets.

Even textile factories that produce fabrics have many female workers, and they have to move raw materials and finished products around. Although this fabric looks light, it is also very heavy in a basket. In this kind of factory, wooden pallets can withstand it.

There are also machinery factories, where a large mold may weigh hundreds of kilograms, and it takes two people to place and move it. A manual forklift is also definitely required.

There were many factories available, but Luo Cheng only found that the grain factory he wanted to sell most didn't seem to be needed. Many workers in the grain factory are mainly responsible for transporting grain. A sack of grain weighs about a hundred kilograms. Although it is heavy, it is soft and easy to carry. A strong master can carry several bags.

The most important thing is that the way they are stored is stacked and not laid flat on the ground. The packed grain was thrown upwards in packages, and the pile was so high. No pallet placement required at all.

But in any case, manual forklifts are widely used in the industry. The production of this part cannot be done by a machine factory, and the machine factory is not a processing factory in the first place. It's just that they can produce the products you need according to your requirements. They do a small amount of processing to earn some unplanned income, and their main business is selling machines.

Luo Cheng is now talking to Director Zhang about how to make this machine, and Director Zhang said that he has already asked there. Although the manual forklift does not have many parts, it requires a measuring lathe and a small stamping machine. This is a complete set. Of course, ordinary matching cutting machines, grinders, polishers, etc. are also needed.

And screws and springs are not included. Even screws and nuts are two sets of equipment with different systems. Their machinery factory also has some spare models of various models. If you really want to buy one, their machine shop currently does not provide customization.

"Director Zhang, don't say so much, just tell me how much it will cost to buy the complete set of equipment."

"The machine and accessories cost more than 20,000."

Luo Cheng was a little shocked when he heard the price mentioned by Director Zhang. This was in the early 1960s, and a few small machines cost more than 20,000. An ordinary temporary worker's salary is less than 20 yuan, and he has to work without food or water for more than a hundred years. He has been to a machinery factory. There are many machines. How much does it cost?

Maybe it was because Luo Cheng was a little surprised by the price, but it was true. Director Zhang explained to Luo Cheng that many equipment now cannot be fully localized. For example, drill bits and some cutting tools on machine tools are imported. Some expensive things, a drill bit costs several hundred. Domestic ones are cheap, only a few dozen, but they are not durable at all, are prone to errors, and break quickly.

So more than 20,000 yuan is not expensive, and many things are imported. If it is a purely imported machine, it may not be affordable if the price is doubled.

Nowadays, it is normal for some high-precision equipment in the world to sell for hundreds of thousands or millions.

Luo Cheng was a little overwhelmed. He could still afford the equipment worth 20,000 yuan, but when he thought about the engine, if he wanted to produce various parts by himself, how much equipment would he need? No wonder an engine manufacturing plant can support a large factory. Even if they are all produced by themselves, thousands of parts in the future, even if many of them are of the same type, may be able to support a super large factory if they are all produced by themselves.

It is said that the production of one steel rolling mill in this era can feed half the city's population. If we could build a large factory that could export its products, how many people would it need to support?

"Director Luo, after buying this machine, we need to recruit operators. Otherwise, we won't be able to use it. If it is running at full capacity, we will need to recruit at least three operators, and then it will have to be matched with several apprentices. In this case , the machine won’t have to stop very much.”

"Machine operators are regular workers, right? We can recruit them."

Director Zhang nodded. There is actually no shortage of jobs for skilled people these days. Senior skilled workers are always available in any factory. You may not use it at ordinary times, but you can use it when needed.

With the scale of the current automobile factory, don’t expect to recruit mechanical operators above Level 5. The first- and second-level ones can only use them, but they can't adjust or remove them. It's useless even if they are used. It needs to be at least level 3 or 4, or at least a level 4 worker to take care of things. It doesn't matter if we hire a few more low-level people.

Workers with third- and fourth-level skills are already considered the mainstay of many factories. At least they can operate many machines and equipment independently. It is actually difficult to recruit skilled workers who are not idle at work. There are many idle people in cities, but most of them are unskilled. Moreover, when working in a factory, skills belong to individuals. Whether the master wants to teach someone or not depends on the willingness of the master. He will teach no matter who the factory director asks him to teach.

This is why most people these days have no skills and it is not easy to find a job. Technical secondary school students are students with their own skills, which is why technical secondary school students are included in allocations, while high school students are not included in allocations. Vocational secondary school students at least understand the theoretical basics, are easy to teach, and can become regulars quickly, and everyone is willing to take them.

"Our factory has production orders, so we can apply for formal worker quotas in advance. It's just a little more troublesome to recruit skilled workers, but it's not impossible."

Director Zhang said that although he was not in the human resources department, he had been a factory director and naturally understood the situation of recruiting people.

The simpler way is to find a company with a good relationship that has such a type of work, and transfer him directly. But this has to be done voluntarily by the masters. Even if the factory is willing to transfer workers, they cannot be transferred if they are not willing. This can basically be ruled out, because the predecessor of this automobile factory was just a repair shop, and it would not have a deep relationship with people from a machinery factory or similar factories.

Another more troublesome thing is that the production of one's own factory can become a key support project, allowing local units to directly force transfers from other factories. However, the automobile factory can also exclude this. The automobile factory only produces square cars, not Hongqi sedans (national cars).

Finally, there is another way to poach corners. Go directly to the subdistrict office to ask for information, and then go to the top to find someone. This is currently the best way to recruit suitable workers for a car factory of this size.

After asking Director Zhang how to poach someone, Luo Cheng asked him to go to the machinery factory to place an order for the equipment. Isn't it just over 20,000 yuan? It costs 200 yuan to produce a manual forklift, just one hundred. If you have your own equipment, at least you don’t have to worry about raw materials getting stuck.

The factory director just started talking, and the people below broke their legs. Director Zhang took a person from the logistics department and called a master from the repair shop to leave.

Bringing people from the logistics department with him would at least prove that he, Director Zhang, was not just a mere commander, but brought along a master from the repair shop. That was because the repair master knew how to drive and could be his own driver. In the past, when Director Zhang went out, he usually repaired cars himself, and he couldn't bring someone else to act as a driver to show off. But now he is the logistics director of the automobile factory. Although his title is not as prestigious as the factory director, he does belong to a commanding cadre. In the past, I would wear work clothes when I went out, but now I just wear Chinese tunic suits.

But this Luo Cheng is also talking nonsense. There are only two ordinary employees in the logistics department, not even a section chief, so he, Zhang Lin, directly became the director. According to the rules, a department with more than five people is considered a section, excluding the section chief himself. In other words, for a department to have a section chief, it must have at least six people.

This is also the reason why the Security Department only has one captain, because there are only six people in total. In the future, there will be more people, and the Security Department will also have a captain, deputy section chief, and section chief. But generally the security department has reached the top when it reaches section chief. If you want to move up, you will either be transferred to a local unit or the factory will set up its own security station. This is just like the factory's internal medical office. When it becomes large, it can become a formal employee hospital.