Even Lu Kai, whose face was always smiling and gentle, twitched twice and couldn't help but speak up: "Director Lin, the A03 project is so important, hasn't it always been under your responsibility? Comrade Gu Zhiyuan is new and not familiar with this project. Won't this delay the progress? And then—"
His face was full of worry, as if he were concerned about the machinery factory and the design department.
He also made the other designers worried.
Mr. Lin waved his hand: "I'm getting old, and it's time for you young people to have some opportunities. The previous problems were solved by Comrade Gu Zhiyuan, so he's quite familiar with this project. The issues that have been troubling us these past two days were also discussed with him in the office, and he came up with a direction."
"Anyway, this project has been stalled for a while now. Why not let Comrade Gu Zhiyuan take over and give it a try? Maybe he can open up new ideas and directions for us!"
"We older comrades will be here to oversee things from behind! The main responsibility still rests on you young comrades! If you encounter any difficulties or have any requests, just let us know. As long as you can successfully complete the AO3 project, I will go with the leaders to apply for an award for all of you!"
Upon hearing this, even Lu Kai's eyes lit up.
Thinking to myself, Director Lin has already announced it in public, so it's unlikely to be changed.
He wanted to see just how capable Gu Zhiyuan really was! A newcomer, taking charge of such a huge project right off the bat, and expecting to finish it smoothly? Don't be ridiculous!
He even suspected that unless Director Lin blindly trusted Gu Zhiyuan, judging from the situation, he was actually trying to flatter Gu Zhiyuan to his detriment.
He might as well watch coldly; after all, no matter who it is, they won't be able to take what's in his pocket!
Everyone temporarily suppressed their dissatisfaction and returned to their seats to begin working.
No one took the initiative to speak to Gu Zhiyuan.
Gu Zhiyuan didn't care at all. He sat down at the desk arranged by Lin's father and began to draw blueprints.
Within a day, almost half of the machinery factory knew about it.
The new designer in the design department was put in charge of the factory's biggest project as soon as he arrived.
Not only were the workshops buzzing with gossip, but even in the design department office, starting the next day, people began to come over under various pretexts, wanting to see who this Gu Zhiyuan was, or if he had three heads and six arms.
There was also considerable controversy among the factory leaders.
They called Lin's father over, and no one knows what he said, but the factory leaders tacitly agreed.
When Gu Zhiyuan went to the cafeteria for lunch, it goes without saying that he was being stared at without any attempt to hide it.
Even the cafeteria ladies serving food asked Gu Zhiyuan if he was new to the design department.
Gu Zhiyuan nodded. The aunt snorted and haphazardly served Gu Zhiyuan his food. When she served the dishes, her hands trembled as if she had Parkinson's disease, and the few pieces of meat that were already there were shaken off.
She reluctantly poured a spoonful of food, half of it falling apart, into Gu Zhiyuan's lunchbox, then rolled her eyes and said, "Okay, next one—"
Gu Zhiyuan glanced at the woman serving the food. His calm gaze made her unsure of what to do with her hands and feet. She forced a smile and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Gu Zhiyuan looked away, picked up his lunchbox, and left.
Another person serving food nearby couldn't stand it anymore and muttered, "Are you crazy? What good will it do to offend them?"
The aunt's legs were a little weak, but she was still stubborn: "Some people get more or less food than he deserves. He was just unlucky. What does it have to do with me?"
The person serving the food next to him scoffed, turned his head away, and remained silent, as if to say, "Who do you think I am?"
Everyone knows she's a distant relative of Director Lu's family; otherwise, how could she work in the canteen, a place where there's plenty of money to be made?
Isn't it just because she heard that the new designer is outstanding and outshone Director Lu's son, that she's standing up for him?
Stop pretending to be innocent!
All of this was observed by those who were interested.
Gu Zhiyuan didn't care about these trivial matters; he just suddenly missed Xu Ningyan.
With a sigh, he quickly finished his lunch in the lunchbox and rushed back to his office to continue working overtime.
He needs to establish himself in the design department as soon as possible so that Xu Ningyan will have the confidence to come to the county town.
For the next week, Gu Zhiyuan was always the first to arrive at the office and the last to leave.
Under his influence, other designers, not wanting to be outdone, all stayed in the office, whether willingly or unwillingly.
By Saturday, Gu Zhiyuan had drawn up the blueprints for the next key part of the AO3 project and handed them to Lin's father.
Mr. Lin was overjoyed. As expected, the person he valued had not disappointed him.
They immediately pulled together the design department and held an internal meeting.
After the blueprints circulated among the design department staff, everyone fell silent.
Especially Lu Kai, though he didn't show it on his face, his hands were clenched tightly under the table, barely managing to keep himself from losing his composure.
Lin Feng, on the other hand, looked at Gu Zhiyuan with an incredibly bright gaze after reviewing the blueprints.
Several veteran designers looked at the blueprints and exclaimed in amazement, "We really are getting old! We can't compare to the young people anymore!"
Mr. Lin smiled smugly: "Now you know why I put Xiao Gu in charge of this project, right?"
Li Chao's expression was not good. He did not expect that Gu Zhiyuan would draw out the blueprints of the key parts so quickly. There were many parts that he could not understand at all, and there were also many parts where the composition was eye-catching. Some of the treatments were unbelievable, but upon closer inspection, they were just right.
He struggled to say, "The drawing looks fine, but we still need to make a model and a sample to see if it's okay."
Lin Feng opened his mouth as if to say something, but his father nodded with a smile: "What Xiao Li said is right, let's take it to the workshop and try it out first."
The group, carrying blueprints, headed towards the workshop in a grand procession.
This display immediately attracted a lot of people.
Lin's father and the others were ahead when they were pulled aside and asked all sorts of questions.
Gu Zhiyuan and Lin Feng lagged behind, and Lin Feng finally found an opportunity to get close to Gu Zhiyuan, giving him a thumbs up: "Comrade Gu, you're the best!"
Gu Zhiyuan nodded slightly at Lin Feng.
When he was studying under Lin's father, he met Lin Feng a few times, but the two did not have much interaction. At most, they would nod and greet each other, and they were somewhat familiar with each other.
Seeing that Lin Feng was taking the initiative to release his energy, he naturally wouldn't refuse.
He immediately took the initiative to talk to Lin Feng about his thoughts on the design drawings of this key part.
Lin Feng was surprised that Gu Zhiyuan was so generous and didn't hold back at all.
She explained to him in detail, without holding back any of the little tricks he had never heard of before.
Lin Feng listened with rapt attention, occasionally exclaiming in amazement, "You can do that?"
"I see!"
This attracted the attention of two other designers who had noticed their conversation. The three of them surrounded Gu Zhiyuan, focusing all their attention on listening to his explanation.
They hadn't even noticed they'd arrived at the workshop when Gu Zhiyuan stopped and couldn't help but urge, "And then? What should we do next?"
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