Soon, with everyone's help, Professor Zhu completed the topographical survey and analyzed the possible locations of floods using various hydrological maps. He provided detailed and logical analyses of high and low elevations, along with some professional opinions and ideas. However, Lu Yuan was completely confused and couldn't understand the technical terms the professor was using. He could only nod repeatedly, indicating that everything the professor said was correct.
That day, Lu Yuan once again brought some food to Professor Zhu's residence. To make his work more convenient, Lu Yuan had specially tidied up a neighbor's house for Professor Zhu and his wife to live in. Basically, Lu Yuan's daily work consisted of coming to Professor Zhu's residence to take a look at and listen to some of the things he had analyzed, then listen to his guidance and express his own thoughts. However, to his dismay, his ideas were almost always rejected by the old man Zhu.
"Professor Zhu, Professor Wang, let's eat something first before we get started!" Lu Yuan walked into the room carrying two lunchboxes.
Two elderly people wearing reading glasses were working on some design drawings on a computer. Printed drawings were scattered all over the large table.
Upon smelling the aroma of the food, Professor Zhu and his wife immediately stopped what they were doing, came over, picked up the lunchbox, and started eating without even saying hello.
Lu Yuan felt awkward, but he didn't mind. However, he redefined his image of a workaholic. Since Professor Zhu and his wife moved in, they had spent all their time working except for eating, going to the toilet, and sleeping. Professor Zhu was making design drawings, while Professor Wang, his wife, was taking his design drawings back to do some measurements and simulation tests.
In less than five minutes, the two of them had finished all the food in their lunchboxes. They didn't even need to wash the lunchboxes. They had been hungry for so long that they had developed a good habit of not wasting a single drop of food, especially when they were eating food prepared by Lu Yuan's family.
Lu Yuan originally planned to deliver the groceries to them so they could cook for themselves, but Professor Wang arrogantly said that he couldn't cook. Professor Zhu usually did the cooking at home, and Professor Zhu's specialty was cooking noodles, and he was also quite good at making instant noodles.
So Lu Yuan handed over the cooking task to his family, allowing the two old professors to focus on the drainage ditch project.
"Xiao Lu, the blueprints are basically complete, but we've come up with several plans to ensure feasibility. Take a look!"
Professor Zhu wiped his mouth and walked over with a few drawings in his hand.
When Lu Yuan received these drawings, his mind was immediately filled with lines, and he couldn't understand them at all!
"Um... Professor Zhu, just explain it to me directly! I really don't understand this stuff!"
Professor Zhu frowned and said, "Didn't you study geography in high school? You can't even understand this? Looks like you're a terrible student too!"
"Ahem! Professor Zhu, you flatter me!"
So Professor Zhu took the first set of drawings and began to introduce them.
"My plan is to build a complete drainage system around Zone 3, which includes some large-scale irrigation and drainage equipment. I've also made some adjustments to some bends. Professor Wang has inspected the plan and it's fine now. The most crucial thing now is the construction. This drainage system will require about two thousand tons of concrete and more than two thousand meters of cement pipe..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan immediately stopped the other person from speaking.
"Ahem, Professor Zhu, please stop. I feel like there's a problem!"
"Hmm? What's the problem?"
"Um... you seem to have overlooked the materials. Resources are scarce right now. Let alone two thousand tons of concrete, I might not even be able to get two tons of concrete!"
"And these cement pipes, cement production has stopped now, so they're something you can't buy even if you have money!"
Professor Zhu looked at Lu Yuan with a bitter expression, and after thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "Why didn't you say this sooner?"
Lu Yuan felt like a helpless child at this moment, caught off guard by the responsibilities of an adult.
"But...you didn't ask me any of these things back then!"
Professor Zhu angrily grabbed a handful of hair and said bitterly, "Fine! It's my fault. I actually forgot about these things. I obviously overestimated you. In that case, these blueprints are probably useless. We'll have to think of another way!"
Professor Wang, who was sitting not far away, also took off his glasses and began to add insult to injury: "I told you long ago that we should have set up a project team beforehand! You just wouldn't listen, so you can't blame Xiao Lu for this."
After pacing back and forth in the room several times, Professor Zhu finally vented his anger.
"Alright! Let's set up a project team! You're now the client! And we're the contractor. Can you mobilize everyone in Zone 3?"
Lu Yuan quickly nodded and said, "Of course, no problem!"
After some twists and turns, Lu Yuan transformed the original rat trap manufacturing plant into a project office. Because it was large enough and equipped with various appliances such as air conditioners, it could accommodate many people working together.
Next came the issue of personnel appointments. Lu Yuan was appointed as the client and was responsible for the meals of the construction workers. As for things like water, the water truck used to deliver water to everyone at once, and everyone would get their own water. But now it seemed like we had returned to the era of mass production, with everyone working together. So everyone decided to ask Lu Yuan to stockpile the water for everyone to use together.
Because Chen Ke was familiar with everyone, he became the personnel manager in charge of personnel transfer. Sun Heng was in charge of materials management. Du Heng, in order to impress Deng Yuanyuan, became the supervisor of the construction team and assigned tasks. Wang Chuanchuan, having worked on construction sites for many years, was particularly knowledgeable about demolition and was therefore appointed as the director of the demolition department. Lu's father became the supervisor, responsible for checking the progress of personnel work every day to prevent anyone from slacking off or cheating.
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