The vast Hua Xia, tens of millions of square kilometers of land.
9 AM, on the 104 provincial road.
Inside the Wuling Light van, which was printed with the words "Clear Sky Machine Cutting Factory" and the graphic introduction of its products.
Ye Qing shakily hung up the seventh call, his face pale.
Up until now, he had contacted seven good friends and classmates, but the amount he was able to borrow was very little. Including his own savings and the amount they promised, he only had 13,000.
Ye Qing definitely wouldn't complain: He finally recognized these friends of his, on the contrary, his heart was filled with gratitude.
His friends and classmates were just like him, newbies who had just started their internship. None of them were rich second generations.
To be able to receive a call and lend out the little savings he had, Ye Qing was already very touched.
But this amount was far from enough.
Today, a very serious accident had occurred in the mechanical processing factory founded by his father.
Ye Qing's family lived in Jiangnan Province, Zhongyun City. His father, Ye Jiangning, used to be the manager of the Zhongyun Red Light Mechanical Saw Factory.
In 1998, during the wave of reemployment, Ye Jiangning pulled a few workers from the factory and set up a workshop to take on the outsourced jobs from the private Red Light Mechanical Saw Company.
In 2009, the workshop was upgraded to Clear Sky Mechanical Saw Factory, specializing in manufacturing large scale cutting machines.
For example, large scale pipe cutting machines, stone cutting machines, stainless steel cutting machines.
Until two years ago, Clear Sky Mechanical Saw Factory's sales were still quite good.
But for some reason, in the past two years, the factory's orders have been decreasing.
Plus, the older generation of Red Light Mechanical Saw Company had retired, so they couldn't take on any outsourced jobs. During the most difficult time, Clear Sky Mechanical Saw Factory didn't receive any orders for an entire month.
Orders are the life of a factory. Without orders, Clear Sky Mechanical Saw Factory was suffering. Just the employees' wages alone were three months late.
Last week, Ye Jiangning's old classmate who worked in the government pulled strings to get an order for seven stone cutting machines from Jiangshan masonry.
In order to deal with the inspection team that came to Zhongyun City to assess the city's health, Zhongyun City planned to replace the green curbstones on the main roads with new ones.
In the face of an order of tens of millions, the boss of Jiangshan masonry had no choice but to sign a cooperation agreement with Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory.
The order for seven stone cutting machines couldn't make the Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory rich, but the profits earned could at least make up for the wages owed to the eight workers.
When Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory was at its peak, there were more than 30 workers. When the orders were at its peak, the workers simply couldn't handle the overtime.
Now …
The older generation of skilled workers had all run away, leaving only eight apprentices.
Not only were these eight apprentices' craftsmanship very trendy, but their tempers were also very bad. If it wasn't for their low pay, Ye Jiangning would have fired them long ago.
Yesterday, a stone cutting machine was delivered to Jiangshan masonry. Not long after it started operating, the cutting wheel started to deviate. None of the stone strips were straight.
This kind of low-level technical defect made Jiangshan masonry furious. The factory manager called Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory to send a technician to deal with it. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get a single cent of the final payment for the machine.
Ye Qing was a technician. Since he was young, he was influenced by what he saw and heard in the factory. He also majored in mechanical engineering in university.
So during his internship, Ye Qing had been driving his Wuling Guang Mai Wuling all over the southern province to provide after-sales service for the machines sold by his factory.
The guide rail used to move the cutting wheel was the most precise part of the stone cutting machine. Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory couldn't make it.
Not only Ye Qing couldn't make it, but in the whole of Jiangnan province, the number of factories that could make a qualified guide rail could be counted on one hand.
If they couldn't make it, then they would just buy it. The guide rail used for the cutting machine was all ordered from Wanyang Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
This was a very powerful factory that had a good reputation for more than ten years. They definitely wouldn't give out defective products to their customers.
So the reason why the guide rail deviated could only be because the workers made a mistake during the installation, causing the guide rail to deviate.
After a sleepless night, Ye Qing changed the guide rail and adjusted the machine.
After everything was settled, Jiangshan masonry's boss' face was even more serious than a judge's. He directly told Ye Qing to scram, not even bothering to prepare breakfast.
The starving Ye Qing bought five buns from a breakfast stall. He ate while rushing home, preparing to have a good night's sleep.
Who knew …
On the way home, Ye Qing received a call from Ye Jiangning. Ye Jiangning's voice was very anxious, saying that there was an accident at the factory.
At eight in the morning, eight employees came to work on electric scooters. After using the fingerprint machine, Ye Jiangning announced the day's task and went upstairs to catch up on sleep.
Last night's phone call from Jiangshan masonry made him so angry that he couldn't sleep. After so many years of making cutting machines, how could there be such a low-level error like the cutting wheel deviating? If this were to spread, wouldn't Clear Sky Cutting Machine Manufacturing Factory's reputation be ruined?
Because Ye Jiangning went to catch up on sleep, a very serious accident occurred.
To make a machine, the large parts were all cut from steel plates using a flame cutter to the right size, then milled on a milling machine.
Steel plates have different sizes, so of course their thickness and weight are different.
When the worker Cao Yun was using the crane to move the steel plates, the youngest worker Pang Ruifeng insisted on using the crane's remote control to practice, saying that he wanted to learn more skills.
You can't help but admit, the crane is really fun. This thing spanning across the steel factory, 20 meters long, several tons heavy, all you need to do is use a remote control like a racing car to control it.
When it starts, it rumbles like a train, and it's also very powerful. Anyone who sees it would want to play with it to their heart's content.
Pang Ruifeng has long wanted to try it out, but the heavens didn't give him the chance. Now that Ye Jiangning went upstairs to catch up on sleep, Pang Ruifeng felt that his chance came, so he begged Cao Yun for the remote control.
After Pang Ruifeng took the remote control, under Cao Yun's instructions, he smoothly moved a steel plate to the flame cutter area.
After the steel plate was cut, the workers welded a few pieces into the machine's base. When they were about to move them to the milling machine, Pang Ruifeng bravely took the remote control and started making the crane. Cao Yun saw that his previous operation was pretty good, so he didn't say anything.
Who would've thought that when Pang Ruifeng moved the cut parts to the top of the CNC mill, and controlled the crane to lower and adjust its position, he forgot to stop. This resulted in the 1.5 ton stone cutting machine base, heavily smashing into the CNC mill.
The CNC mill is the factory's largest machine, this kind of giant machine that specializes in processing large metal parts. It's tens of meters long, 3 meters tall, and weighs 17 tons.
The unfinished machine base, smashed the CNC mill's beam lifting system into pieces, and the 4 meter long workbench was also heavily damaged.
With this smash, the repair costs will be in the tens of thousands, but this wasn't the reason for Ye Jiangning's despair.
On top of the CNC mill, there was a street lamp like computer operated arm.
The computer operated arm can move left and right, making it easy for the workers to control the mill from different angles. The arm was only supported by ordinary stainless steel pipes. At the time, the other two workers, Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong, were standing on both sides of the mill, waiting for the machine base to come down and adjust its position to make it easier to process.
In the end, the broken operating arm, and the broken casing of the lifting system, smashed the two who couldn't dodge in time to the ground.
The machine base was blocked by the CNC mill, so luckily it didn't directly hit the two, otherwise they wouldn't be lying on the operating table in the hospital.
This was a worker's mistake, resulting in a serious work injury accident.
Ye Jiangning hurriedly ran down from upstairs, followed by several other workers, carrying the bloodied Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong onto a truck, running eight red lights, and a truck forbidden zone to send them to the city's People's Hospital.
Sitting in the truck, Pang Ruifeng, whose face was paler than paper, insisted that he let go of the down button, and that the remote control malfunctioned, resulting in this accident.
The worker, Cao Yun, used a fierce kick, and a few slaps to express his opinion.
Now investigating whether or not Pang Ruifeng made a mistake is meaningless. Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong were injured during work, so naturally all the compensation and expenses will be paid by the boss, Ye Jiangning.
Lu Xiaozhen's third and fourth ribs on his left chest were broken, and his right shoulder was fractured. Qian Dongdong's skull was fractured, with the possibility of intracranial hemorrhage, and a large laceration on his back.
Because of the poor profits, Clear Sky Machine Factory already owed the workers three months of wages.
They still haven't received the final payment for the stone cutting machine they sent to Jiangshan masonry. A few minutes ago, Ye Qing made a call, but the factory manager said that they need to use the machine for another week, and only when there are no problems will they send the final payment.
Ye Qing, who knows the factory's situation like the back of his hand, fell into despair.
The deposit paid by Jiangshan masonry was all used to buy the production materials. Because of the order in hand, the workers didn't mind waiting another month. Anyways, Ye Jiangning promised that after the order is completed, he'll give each worker an extra 1000 yuan as compensation.
The factory only has a few thousand yuan in cash, and other than real estate, they don't have any savings. Because of the poor profits in the past few years, all the money they earned in the past few years has been used to subsidize the factory.
Ye Qing can only pray, that nothing bad happened to Lu Xiaozhen and Qian Dongdong.
Jiangshan masonry is located in Plum Blossom Town. When they were about to enter Zhongyun city, there should have been a car accident, causing a long line of cars in front of Ye Qing.
Ye Qing reversed the van a bit and stopped by the side of the road.
Relaxing the seat, Ye Qing turned on the car's MP3 player, and quietly listened to the famous celebrity Xu Ninggong's song.
Now the big star Xu Ning Gong who is popular all over the country is from Zhongyun. She was in the same class as Ye Qing from grade one to grade six. At that time, Xu Ninggong had already begun to display an unparalleled artistic talent.
When Ye Qing was in grade four, he even wrote her a love letter …
Of course, the result was very depressing. In middle school, Xu Ninggong transferred to Shangjing, and Ye Qing completely cut off all contact with her. Now he doesn't have any ideas. She's a famous celebrity in the country, and has a certain amount of fame in South Asia. Compared to Ye Qing, they're from two different worlds.
Just when Ye Qing was wondering if he should continue to borrow money from his friends, his mother Xu Lan called.
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