Chapter 301: Smart Young Wife
Sunday morning.
Li Dayong got up early in the morning, rode his bicycle as fast as he could to the staff dormitory area of Beijing Institute of Technology.
This is still an area of old bungalows, and the school’s new staff buildings are limited in number, not enough for all the teachers to move into.
Li Dayong walked to the door of a bungalow and called out softly, "Teacher Cao, Teacher Cao?"
"Hey, wait a moment, I'll be there soon."
After a while, a male teacher in his thirties came out pushing a 30% new bicycle and rode out of the school with Li Dayong.
After the two of them pushed the cart out of the dormitory area, Li Dayong asked, "Teacher Cao, am I here too early today? Did I not disturb your family?"
Teacher Cao said sullenly, "No, I woke up a long time ago."
Li Dayong looked at the beard on Teacher Cao's face that he had not had time to shave, and finally became depressed.
Cao Zhisheng is the lecturer who teaches Li Dayong the course "Fundamentals of Mechanics". He has a somewhat dull personality, but he is actually a very nice person. No matter what time or occasion, as long as students ask him questions, he will always explain them clearly.
Li Dayong stayed in Hong Kong Island for nearly a month. He dismantled the industrial sewing machines at Fenghua Garment Factory countless times and accumulated many problems.
After returning, Li Dayong asked Cao Zhisheng for advice, and Cao Zhisheng immediately asked him about the details.
Li Dayong didn't dare to say that he went to Hong Kong Island. If the school knew that he was in a gang fight with seven people in Hong Kong Island and was taken to the police station and court, it might be very troublesome.
So Li Dayong just said that during the summer vacation, he went to a fellow villager's clothing factory to experience life there, and saw that imported second-hand sewing machines required foreign exchange, so he developed a desire to serve his country.
Cao Zhisheng first praised Li Dayong, and then carefully explained all the problems to him. But when Li Dayong asked him "Can we do it ourselves?", Cao Zhisheng was not sure.
Because there is a gap between theory and practice, the finished products produced in the research institute may not be able to be mass-produced, let alone graphics that only exist on drawings?
After Li Ye informed Li Dayong, he proposed the idea of "paid imitation" to Cao Zhisheng, which was actually a copycat.
At first, Cao Zhisheng thought Li Dayong was joking. Besides, it would not sound good for a lecturer to take money from students.
But when Li Dayong said that he would be rewarded at least 3,000 yuan if the product was successfully developed, he was finally tempted.
Cao Zhisheng has two children. His mother, who has a rural household registration, is sick all year round, and his wife's family needs to send money every month. The couple's combined salary of more than 100 yuan is really stretching the budget.
If I had three thousand, no, just one thousand, the quality of life at home would be completely changed.
It's hard to say about color TV and refrigerator, but electric fan and washing machine can be bought, right? I don't have to wash clothes with back pain all day.
So Cao Zhisheng contacted three classmates, took on the job, and soon achieved results.
But this job is a "private job", so Teacher Cao asked Li Dayong to come out early in the morning today to avoid being seen by the neighbors and asked questions.
Soon after Li Dayong left the school gate, he pointed to a place not far away and said, "Teacher Cao, let's eat first! There is a new mutton soup restaurant over there. I've been there and it tastes good.
I can get this reimbursed by my fellow villager’s factory. We don’t know how long we’ll be busy today, so we have to eat two more bowls!”
"Can you reimburse me?" Cao Zhisheng nodded and said, "Okay, we are really busy today. We have to go to the research institute first, and then to the Nancheng Third Machinery Factory."
The reason why Cao Zhisheng was able to achieve results so quickly was actually because his two classmates happened to work in the same industrial chain.
This has to do with the industrial foundation accumulated by the mainland through decades of hard development.
Li Ye knew a very small example in later generations.
At first, a company had been importing a small elastic component, but because the yield rate was too low, the overseas company had to stop production, and they couldn't find a suitable substitute anywhere in the world, so they finally turned to the military.
Military units do have it, but the yield rate is only one-tenth, and the purchase price is even more shocking.
Just when the purchasing manager was getting anxious, he received a message from the classmates that a researcher specialized in studying elastic metals, and after some contact, the yield rate was over 90%.
So even though the mainland's industrial level is very backward, there are countless research institutes, countless machinery factories, and countless skilled workers who have dedicated their entire lives to this. No one knows how many talents they have and how much potential for development they have.
And how many people have a lot of skills but waste half their lives serving tea and pouring water, and finally end up lying down completely.
After drinking two large bowls of mutton soup, Li Dayong and Cao Zhisheng felt warm all over.
After paying the bill, Cao Zhisheng urged Li Dayong to hurry up, but Li Dayong said: "Let's wait for someone and then go together."
Cao Zhisheng asked in surprise: "Waiting for someone, waiting for whom?"
Li Dayong said with a smile: "People who buy sewing machines! We have developed new products, and we have to sell them to make a profit!"
Cao Zhisheng thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, but we have to tell them first. The product is still in the trial production stage, so it's normal if there are any minor problems."
Li Dayong said: "Don't worry, they know what they are doing."
After a while, Li Dayong saw Li Yue's Volga.
Pei Wenhui stuck her head out from the passenger seat and said to Li Dayong with a smile: "I saw you from a long way away, you came so early!"
Li Dayong smiled and said, "Not too early, not too late, just right. This is Mr. Cao from our school, an expert in light industry technology."
Pei Wenhui hurriedly got out of the car, greeted Cao Zhisheng politely, and then invited him to get in the car.
Cao Zhisheng and Li Dayong first spent ten cents to store their bicycles, and then got on the back seat of the Volga.
However, Cao Zhisheng was very confused. The two girls in front looked younger than the other and didn't look like they were from the purchasing party.
The group arrived at the research institute and called Cao Zhisheng's classmate Duan Zixiong, and then went to the Nancheng Third Machinery Factory and found Cao Zhisheng's classmate Tang Mingtai.
In fact, Li Dayong had originally planned to pay for the research funds after he produced the blueprints, but Tang Mingtai was the deputy director of the workshop at the Third Machinery Factory. Due to the convenience of his position, he was able to produce the results without spending his own money.
"Hey, Lao Cao, you're riding on the Volga, you look even more impressive than our factory director!"
"Don't talk nonsense, the purchasing party is here! Take us to see the products quickly."
"Purchasing party?"
Tang Mingtai was a little surprised because he thought Li Dayong, Li Yue and Pei Wenhui were all students of Cao Zhisheng!
When they arrived at the workshop, they saw a "smooth and hairless" sewing machine.
It hasn't been painted or polished, and even lacks some small parts, but the basic structure is complete.
Tang Mingtai introduced: "We have carried out technical research based on the drawings and samples you provided. It was quite difficult, but now we have finally met the standards."
Cao Zhisheng didn't say anything, he went up and checked carefully, and nodded after a moment.
But Pei Wenhui took out a set of needles and thread and cloth from her backpack, and began to thread the needle skillfully, and then moved a stool to start sewing on the spot.
Li Yue came close to Li Dayong and whispered, "Your girlfriend has two white and tender hands. She looks like a lady from a wealthy family. How could she do this?"
Li Dayong said: "She suffered a lot since she was young. In order to support her brother to go to college, she even dropped out of school for a year to help others sew clothes to earn tuition for her brother!"
Li Yue suddenly understood, and looking at Pei Wenhui, who was thin and small but was running the sewing machine very fast, her eyes suddenly changed.
Pei Wenhui used up all the sutures she brought with her in one breath, then stood up and said, "This one still doesn't work. The needle speed is obviously much lower, and the stability is worse than the prototype, and the noise is too loud."
Cao Zhisheng, Duan Zixiong and Tang Mingtai were all a little embarrassed. They were either university lecturers, research institute technicians or workshop directors, but what the three of them had worked out together was criticized by a little girl as nothing.
This is called "technical compliance"? It's just a way to cheat people out of money, right?
Tang Mingtai pondered for a moment and said, "Comrade Xiaoxiao, we have also tested it. This sewing machine is much better than the industrial sewing machines on the market. Your requirements are too high."
Pei Wenhui said politely, "But the overseas standard sewing machines now have 8,000 stitches per minute? You can't even reach 6,000 stitches."
"Overseas? You want to meet the standards for imported sewing machines?"
Tang Mingtai couldn't help but laugh.
Who doesn’t know that imported sewing machines are useful?
However, if a sewing machine wants to sew 8,000 stitches per minute, the inertia of the reciprocating motion of the machine head will be very large, and the strength requirements of the reciprocating motion mechanism will be too high. This is not something that can be done casually.
Pei Wenhui looked at Li Dayong and felt helpless. Although she supported Li Dayong's research, it was too bad. If it was really used in the factory, the seamstresses would curse.
Li Dayong sighed and whispered to Pei Wenhui, "I have discussed this issue with my brother. If we can meet the basic requirements, we should try to be self-sufficient."
Pei Wenhui nodded, and then said to Cao Zhisheng and others: "I understand everyone's feelings, but the minimum standard must reach 6,000 needles, and the vibration must be weakened. I will settle the first phase of research expenses for everyone first."
"I will pay again next time, but if it still doesn't meet the requirements, then there is nothing I can do. If the workers are not comfortable with the product, it will affect the quality of the product. Please understand."
Pei Wenhui opened her small bag and counted the money out of it, but she frowned as she counted.
She looked up at Cao Zhisheng and the others, and said embarrassedly, "I don't have enough RMB. Can I get some US dollars?"
“.”
Tang Mingtai and others looked at each other and nodded silently.
But when Pei Wenhui pointed out eight hundred US dollars at an exchange rate of one to two, the mood of the three people suddenly changed.
"6,000 revolutions per minute? We can do it. Give us some time."
"As long as we replace it with a micro motor made in Shanghai, the vibration can be reduced by at least 20%."
"If we redesign the rotating part, we will definitely be able to reduce the noise."
Li Yue pulled Li Dayong and secretly gave him a thumbs up.
"Your ancestral graves must be filled with smoke, otherwise how could you have met such a smart young wife?"
Li Dayong's big eyes clicked several times in a row, but he didn't say a word in the end.
This sister's temper is much more ferocious than Li Ye's.
(End of this chapter)
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