Starting Work

The day after the equipment was installed, Zhang Yi drove his father's old pickup truck early in the morning, loaded with a large pile of fireworks and firecrackers, and set them up at the factory gate.

Since today was the opening day of the new factory, it was naturally a cause for celebration. At the same time, he also invited several staff members from the Development Zone and government officials. After all, his factory was now located in the Development Zone, and maintaining good relations with them was essential.

As time passed, more than a dozen huge fireworks were neatly arranged at the factory gate, ready to be set off at any moment.

Meanwhile, all of Zhang Yi's factory employees had arrived. The Director of the Development Zone and government officials were already there. Even the police chief from the nearby police station in the Development Zone, the same one where Zhang Yi and Xiao Hua had given their statements before, and the Deputy County Magistrate had been invited by Zhang Yi's father.

The police chief's name was Wang Tong. He was also a former colleague of Zhang Yi's father at the state-owned mechanical factory. However, unlike Zhang Yi's father, who had ventured out to start his own mechanical workshop, Wang Tong had not resigned and had stayed at the mechanical factory. After the factory closed down, he was transferred to the Public Security Bureau and eventually became the chief of the police station near their home.

As time ticked by, Zhang Yi occasionally glanced at his phone to check the time, then looked up at the road ahead. Although the phone Zhang Yi was using was still the domestic brand he had been using before, he had no plans to change it. Even though domestic phones were not inferior in performance to foreign ones, Zhang Yi felt it worked perfectly fine for him.

After checking the time, Zhang Yi thought to himself, Huang Jie should be arriving soon! As the sole agent for Zhang Yi's current products and the general agent for Hang City, she was naturally invited to the factory's opening day.

However, Huang Jie had been very busy recently. Not only did she need to handle the existing electric bicycles, but she also had to prepare to exclusively sell Zhang Yi's aerodynamic bicycles.

Furthermore, she had to renovate her storefronts. In fact, Huang Xiru had spent no less money than Zhang Yi during this period.

She had no time at all during the day yesterday, so she didn't leave Hang City until four or five in the morning today.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, a luxurious sedan appeared on the road ahead and was driving towards Zhang Yi's factory.

"Huang Jie, you must be tired from the journey! I thought you wouldn't be able to make it yesterday!" When Huang Xiru got out of the car, Zhang Yi quickly went up to her and said jokingly.

"How could I not come! Xiao Yi, it's your factory's opening, I would rush over no matter what. Besides, I'll have to rely on you for a living in the future! What if you make things difficult for me or kick me out if I don't come?" Huang Xiru also joked with Zhang Yi.

While Zhang Yi and Huang Xiru were chatting and laughing, the eyes of the people around them looking at Zhang Yi were full of understanding. Even Zhang Yi's parents looked at Huang Xiru differently than they looked at others, but neither Zhang Yi nor Huang Xiru noticed this.

As the time accurately reached eight o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yi happily waved his hand and said, "Set off the fireworks, let's open for business!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of firework sounds rang out. At the same time, the red cloth covering the factory name at the gate was pulled open, revealing the words inside: Seven Color Stone Mechanical Manufacturing Factory.

Actually, the name of Zhang Yi's family's mechanical factory had always been this name, it was just that very few people knew about it. After all, who would care about the name of such a small mechanical processing workshop before?

Everyone at the factory gate was filled with laughter. At the same time, the bosses of the surrounding factories also came forward to congratulate Zhang Yi, especially the bosses of those mechanical factories or processing workshops. Their hearts were also very happy at this moment.

Because Zhang Yi had rented such a large factory building, it meant that Zhang Yi wanted to make a big splash. If Zhang Yi's factory really developed, then it was certain that these small factories around them would also do well.

Just look at Zhu Gang, he only got to where he is today by partnering with Zhou Tai City's Ji Li Automobile. If Zhang Yi's factory develops, it might be the next Ji Li Automobile, and then these small factories next to it will definitely benefit.

"County Chief! Director Zhang! Huang Jie! Director Wang! Let's go inside the factory and take a look!" Zhang Yi said.

After speaking, Zhang Yi led the way into the factory, and the others happily followed.

Inside the spacious factory building, everything had been neatly organized by Zhang Yi and his team. The floor was very clean. After all, the factory building was built by the county government according to high standards, so the floor was painted green like those of large companies. After cleaning and inspection, it was so clean you could see your reflection.

More than a dozen various machine tools had been installed and debugged. A worker stood in front of each machine tool, including Xiao Hua and the others. And because they were much shorter than others and their appearance was very similar to little girls, they looked particularly conspicuous in front of the machine tools.

When Zhang Yi and the others came in, they saw the three of them at first glance.

"Boss Zhang! Are they also your employees?" When he saw Xiao Hua and the others, Police Chief Wang Tong asked with a bit of confusion.

"Yes! But don't worry, our factory does not employ minors. These three sisters are all adults, but they have dwarfism and look like little girls.

But Director Wang, don't underestimate them. Although they are women and much shorter than ordinary people, their skills are definitely not something ordinary people can compare to. Even my father is not as good as them. You should know that I hired them with high salaries." Zhang Yi saw Wang Tong's expression and knew what he was thinking.

After all, society is generally very concerned about the use of child labor, so as the police chief, he naturally had to inquire about it.

"That's good!" After hearing Zhang Yi's words, Director Wang felt relieved. If Zhang Yi was really using underage child labor, under the current circumstances, he definitely wouldn't let them appear so openly in front of them. So he didn't ask any more questions, after all, today was the day Zhang Yi's Seven Color Stone Mechanical Factory started operations.

At this moment! Xiao Hua and the others' machine tools had already entered working status, but now they were using CNC machines, which didn't require Xiao Hua and the others to operate them like the old machine tool before, so they were much more relaxed.

Of course, the old machine tool in Zhang Yi's factory was not discarded just because they had CNC machines. This old machine tool was also moved here by Zhang Yi and the others, but due to the existence of CNC machines and other new non-CNC machines, it was rarely used under normal circumstances. It was currently sitting in a corner of the workshop, and could be used in the future for new employees or apprentices to practice their skills.

Of course, the parts currently being produced were for Aerodynamic Bicycles, as this was the most successful product of Zhang Yi's factory. Zhang Yi was very familiar with every component of this bicycle, so he walked up to a CNC machine, casually picked up a part, and examined it.

After carefully inspecting the part, Zhang Yi found that although the worker operating this machine was very young, likely fresh out of school, the parts they processed were still very satisfactory to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi still remembered the name of this employee. His name was Chen Feng, and he was one of the people he personally recruited when he went to the Zhou Tai City Talent Market. According to his previous resume, he was a graduate of a technical school in Zhou Tai City, specializing in turning. However, as a recent graduate, he had not worked in a factory before.

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