Chapter 220 Director Li

The next day after the phone call, Li Dongshan brought two engineers from the tractor factory to Taoyuan Commune.

He smiled with wrinkles on his face, "I didn't expect you to be so fast. I couldn't believe it when I received the call."

Xie Yun smiled and said, "It can't be helped. To live up to your support and trust, we've been working really hard lately. Finally, our hard work has paid off. Now that we've achieved results, you can feel less pressure."

Xie Yun analyzed this during their chat with Pan Changqing and also questioned Li Zhixin. Li Dongshan's pressure should come from two ends, the upstream machine tool factory and the downstream tractor factory employees. As the factory director, he is responsible for both parties and the pressure should be considerable.

But Li Dongshan didn't admit it. He smiled and said, "I don't feel any pressure. You don't feel any pressure."

As a grown man, it's only natural for him to bear some pressure.

Xie Yun smiled and asked him, "You really don't have it?"

Li Dongshan smiled and said, "It's not impossible at all, but it's a little bit impossible. Without pressure, there's no motivation. Let's take a look at the engine first, so our engineers can understand it."

Xie Yun pointed directly at the Volga sedan equipped with the modified engine and said to them, "Try driving it for a bit, and then you can take it back home. After this research is done, it will be useless to us. We now have the machine tools borrowed from Director Li, and with our help, we can build a new engine ourselves. Of course, we still need Director Li to get us some materials."

Li Dongshan: "...What do you want?"

"Just a little something. I'll tell you later. Let's test drive the car first."

"I'll do it, I'll do it."

The two engineers rushed to the car while talking, put their hands on the car door at the same time, looked at each other, and there was crackling and sparks flying.

Xie Yun asked Li Dongshan, "Will they fight over who drives first?"

"Not really."

Under everyone's gaze, the two engineers played rock-paper-scissors to decide the winner. The winner happily sat in the driver's seat, while the loser walked around the front of the car with an indignant look on his face and sat in the passenger seat.

Insert the key into the ignition hole and turn it to the right to the start position. The engine vibrates slightly and starts successfully.

They are all experienced engineers, and they can make a basic judgment on the performance of the engine just by listening to the sound of the engine starting.

The car drove out of the agricultural machinery station. Li Dongshan stared at the back of the car for a long time. Only when the car drove away did he come back to his senses and asked Xie Yun: "What materials do you want?"

Xie Yun pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket: "These are on the list."

Li Dongshan took a look at the steel plates, cast iron, aluminum alloy, and various electronic components. He glanced at Xie Yun and asked, "Are you planning to build a car?"

"Hehe. No, we mainly want to debug the machine tool through practice. We want to use it to manufacture various parts and continuously improve the accuracy of the machine tool."

Li Dongshan smiled faintly, "Do you think I believe it?"

“You must believe it!”

Their main purpose was to study machine tools and to make a car for fun.

"Okay. Why don't you design a car? By the time you finish it, our car factory might just be built, so we can build cars together."

Xie Yun: "...Are you an abacus bead transformed into a spirit?"

Designing a car is not a simple task; it is not something that can be done by simply drawing a blueprint.

Li Dongshan laughed heartily, "Let's not say anything about each other."

"We'll give you our design drawings for free, right?"

Li Dongshan asked her, "What do you think?"

Xie Yun: “…”

If she were to ask, of course the factory would have to pay for it. But now, with the whole country working together, the research results belong to the public, so there's really no need to ask for money.

Although their institute sounded like a makeshift one, it had all the necessary formalities and procedures to be a legitimate research institute. The real researchers were serious scientific researchers, who were reluctant to show up in public, so it was Xie Yun who showed up, and she, too, happened to be a public official.

What kind of money do you need? Isn't it your duty as a public servant to serve the people? Is the government paying you a salary for nothing?

Moreover, although the institute is legitimate, it has no funding. The materials used for research are all obtained by begging, and it relies entirely on the friendly sponsorship of people from all over the country and sister units.

Even so, they still enjoy doing it~

Xie Yun waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll give it to you."

Li Dongshan laughed and said, "Your face is wrinkled like a walnut. I'm not that cruel. I'll sign a contract with you and allocate some research funds to your institute. It'll be like commissioned research. How to distribute this money to the researchers is up to you."

"That's more like it."

Li Dongshan said, "I've got a job opportunity for your brother. I'll let him be an expatriate technician at our tractor factory. He's graduated now, right? I won't let him work at the tractor factory. He'll stay here and study with Professor Pan and the others. This is a small token of our appreciation."

Xie Yun thought about it and accepted his kindness. "The job is nominally assigned to Xie Shen, and he can distribute the salary and bills to Professor Pan and others. Our old man Pan is so pitiful. He works so hard for nothing. Although the old man himself doesn't care, I feel sad for him in my heart."

Li Dongshan sighed.

Who wouldn’t be sad?

After a long time, the person who tested the car still hadn't come back.

Li Dongshan couldn't stay at the agricultural machinery station any longer and walked to the door to wander around. Could the car have broken down?

Pan Changqing said, "Don't worry, just sit here and wait. We've tried this car countless times, and it's fine."

Xie Yun also said: "They may have been driving too far because they were too engrossed in driving."

Li Dongshan: "...Are you so confident?"

Li Zhixin said, "Director Li, if you don't trust us, don't come."

Pan Changqing and Xie Yun laughed out loud.

Li Zhixin, the kid, was addicted to pretending to be a poor and lower-middle peasant. When he saw Li Dongshan, he wouldn't even call him "Dad," but instead addressed him as "Director Li." Li Dongshan was so enraged he laughed and said, "Am I no longer worthy of you calling me Dad?"

Li Zhixin was unmoved by the barbecued pork and refused to change it.

Li Dongshan listened to Pan Changqing and Xie Yun's exaggerated and affected laughter, and glanced at Li Zhixin with a forced smile, "I'll deal with you when you get home. I need to go buy a new belt."

Li Zhixin: “…”

Xie Yun and Pan Changqing laughed even harder.

Xie Yun said, "It's such a waste to buy new ones. Don't the factories have discarded V-belts? Those are much more useful, with sharp edges and corners. Every hit is a hit. It doesn't take much effort to make the child scream."

Li Dongshan: "..."

This is his biological son, not an enemy.

Li Zhixin shouted loudly: "Xie Yun, you and I are irreconcilable!!!"

Xie Yun curled his lips and said, "What can you do to me? You can't beat me in a fight, you can't argue with me, and you can't even utter a single dirty word. So, what can you do to me?"

Li Zhixin turned around and muttered, "You've gone too far. You've really gone too far. How could you say that? You're really outrageous..."

Li Dongshan: "..."

Pan Changqing: “…”

Your performance fully proves that what Xiao Xie said is absolutely correct.

Xie Yun said: "Comrade Li Zhixin is a civilized person. Not only is he civilized, he is also kind and soft-hearted. He can't bear to say even a single harsh word, let alone curse."

In the original plot, Li Zhixin was able to turn a blind eye to Zheng Lanping's diving, which must have been because he had used up all his indifference in his life.