Chapter 34. Sweet Apple
Ke Fan spent two days studying the data of the South China Sea waters and officially started the project.
As the project leader, she is mainly responsible for designing the wind turbine foundation; in terms of technology, she has the help of several assigned engineers; and the intern Ji Hang is responsible for support work such as taking data meeting minutes, so there is quite a lot of manpower.
When Li Chengjin asked her again if she needed any other help, she suddenly hesitated for a few seconds:
"Let's get Cai Jieyu over here."
Cai Jieyu is a girl who interned with Xing Xiao at the wind power station last year and was later hired as a full-time employee. She has always been in Xing Xiao's reporting line.
Li Chengjin couldn't help but feel a little strange.
Ke Fan explained, "I've heard Ji Hang mention her before. She's very good at drawing. I've been keeping an eye on her for quite a while."
There was a flicker of disapproval in her eyes: "Xing Xiao has always only assigned her those miscellaneous tasks in the project, even though she is such a newcomer with great potential."
Li Chengjin's eyes darkened. "He always likes to suppress newcomers, especially girls."
As a father with a daughter, even if he just imagined that Yaya would encounter such unfair treatment in the workplace in the future, a raging fire of anger would ignite in his heart.
Ke Fan hummed, half jokingly saying, "Since he's suppressing me, I naturally have to promote him. Otherwise, how can I justify the bad things he said about us behind our backs?"
Then, he added seriously, "The deep-sea project is a great opportunity for her to participate and gain experience from the beginning. Her resume will be elevated to a higher level after the project is completed."
Li Chengjin nodded, showing a rare excitement: "Since Team Leader Ke has spoken, I will go and get him for you."
Two hours later, Cai Jieyu reported to Ke Fan's workstation.
According to the real-time broadcast of front-line observer Ji Hang, Li Chengjin changed his usual calm image and had a verbal battle with Xing Xiao. His words were so sharp that they could almost be said to be inappropriate, but it was very appropriate that Xing Xiao's face turned red.
The little girl standing in front of her desk clasped her hands together awkwardly, with a look of fear on her face.
Ke Fanwen smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. I heard Ji Hang mention that you're a good draftsman. I'd like to ask if you'd be willing to work with us on the foundation design of the deep-sea wind turbine for the second half of the year?"
Cai Jieyu's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously: "Yes! Yes!"
Ke Fan looked at her smiling face and his smile deepened a little.
She has wanted to do this for a long time.
In the afternoon, Ke Fan explained to Cai Jieyu some of the project background of deep-sea wind power, and then took out a piece of white paper and simply scribbled his preliminary ideas about the wind turbine foundation structure.
"With water depths exceeding 80 meters, we can't drive piles, so the foundation can only float. This foundation, like a small mobile island on the sea, must be stable and able to support a five-story wind turbine."
"We don't use traditional diagonal bracing. It would sway repeatedly in the wind and waves and would crack under fatigue in less than ten years. We use inverted rounded horizontal bracing, which is structurally stable and can also reduce pressure."
"The cable is not connected from the bottom, but from the side of the deck. Just like the string of a kite, it is more stable when it is released from the top."
"The platform must rely on its own counterweight and structural symmetry to withstand typhoons. If the center of gravity is lower, the platform will be like a turtle shell and will not be blown over."
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Cai Jieyu is quick-witted and learns quickly. While listening, she pulled out the cylinders of three columns in Fusion, quickly drew the platform cross braces and the edges of the heave plates, and circled the location of the anchor cable interface with a marking box.
It was almost exactly the same as the initial idea in Ke Fan's mind.
Ke Fan was very surprised and praised: "Not bad, Xiao Cai!"
Cai Jieyu smiled a little embarrassedly.
In fact, she could have been even faster, but she had lacked training under Xing Xiao this year and was a little rusty.
She looked at Ke Fan's gentle profile as he carefully examined the sketch, and secretly vowed in her heart that she would go back and practice more and restore her hand speed to what it was before.
When they got off work, Ke Fan and Cai Jieyu said goodbye.
The little girl looked very motivated and thanked her again solemnly.
A warm feeling also surged in Ke Fan's heart.
What a day today!
But today’s surprises are far from over.
Someone didn't open a seafood restaurant in Haishi, but sent himself here first.
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The sun was shining brightly near noon, making the sea surface sparkle.
A white yacht was parked under the huge wind turbine, and the letters "FS" on the hull were very conspicuous.
What is even more eye-catching is a man wearing sunglasses standing on the deck. He has a deep and sharp jawline and a slender and upright figure. He is helping several farmers in work clothes to lift the huge cage under the foundation of the wind turbine.
The silvery-white yellow croaker jumped in the net cage, shining golden in the sun.
This is the first batch of yellow croaker harvested from the offshore wind power and marine ranching project.
The farmer laughed and shouted, "Boss Yi, this batch of yellow croaker has a 98% survival rate, and they're plump!"
Yi Lingjia grinned, grabbed one and held it in his hand, and called to Li Jing beside him:
"Hurry, hurry, take a picture for me. I need to capture the wind turbine."
Li Jing naturally knew who his boss would send this photo to, but he didn't dare to neglect it.
He took out his cell phone and recorded the big yellow croaker that was longer than his arm and Yi Lingjia's silly smile.
He sent the photo to Yi Lingjia and secretly sent it to Nie Fei.
Nie Fei replied immediately: "? You didn't invite me to celebrate today's harvest. We should have a meal together to celebrate."
Li Jing stole a glance at Yi Lingjia and typed quickly on his phone:
"How can you have time to eat with us? You have to go to Hai City to deliver love lunch boxes this afternoon."
Nie Fei: "Love bento? What love bento?"
The love bento was now placed on the dining table in front of Ke Fan.
A five-pound yellow croaker lay horizontally on the plate, its skin golden and translucent, steamed to perfection, its scales gleaming like pearls under the light.
There was also a pair of eyes shining on the opposite side.
The man who was looking at her with his hands on his face had a gentle smile in his eyes:
"Try it now, take the first bite."
Ke Fan picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth, savoring the taste carefully.
Only shredded ginger, chopped green onion, soy sauce and a small spoonful of hot oil are added. The fish meat is picked up with a chopstick and is as tender and white as snow. It melts in the mouth and has almost no fishy smell, leaving only a faint sea freshness.
It’s really delicious.
She picked up another piece and fed it to Yi Lingjia.
He raised his eyebrows, not expecting the fish to be so delicious.
Somehow, I started to act childishly and pretended to bite the chopsticks with my teeth to tease her.
Ke Fan pulled it out with some force, then gently tapped his mischievous rosy lips with the tail of the chopsticks:
"Go get another pair of chopsticks."
"I don't want it, I just want you to feed me like this~." He dragged out the last word and acted coquettishly.
There was a familiar scoundrel in those dark, round eyes.
Ke Fan raised his hands in surrender.
The two of them finished their dinner, taking turns eating.
Yi Lingjia held down her hand that was about to be released:
"Let me do it. You've been working all day."
He took the dishes and went to the kitchen:
"Why don't you take a shower first? I'll help you blow dry your hair later."
The sound of water splashing in the kitchen was heard, and Ke Fan suddenly thought of Liao Qingmei.
Ke Fan became sensible at an early age and tried to help his mother share some housework.
But Liao Qingmei always said, "Let me do it. You have a hard time studying at school."
Or, "Let me do it. You go back to your room and focus on your book."
In fact, my mother works very hard too.
But her mother still used her strength to protect her from the trivialities of life.
I wish my mother could eat this yellow croaker too.
She should be proud of herself, right?
My own project has been implemented step by step.
Ke Fan looked up at the tall figure wearing an apron in the kitchen.
She should also like Yi Lingjia, right?
Yi Lingjia joined her in the second half of her bath, but behaved properly and did nothing.
Ke Fan has a morning meeting tomorrow and has to get up very early.
When the two came out of the shower, the small one-bedroom apartment was filled with steam.
Ke Fan sat on the sofa and wiped his hair half dry with a towel.
Yi Lingjia brought a peeled apple from the kitchen, handed it to Ke Fan, and blinked:
"Are you ready for my service, my queen?"
Ke Fan nodded happily.
Yi Lingjia picked up the hair dryer to help her blow dry her hair.
The black hair shuttled through the slender fingertips, and the fragrance spread throughout the room with the hot air flow.
Ke Fan took a bite of the apple in his hand.
So sweet.
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