Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Zhou Tian looked at Dong Cheng helplessly. He was already accustomed to their habitual suspicion.

"Yes, Director, don't worry. I solemnly swear in the name of the organization that the formula must be there as long as the people are there!" Dong Cheng stood up excitedly, saluted Zhou Tian solemnly, and said with a solemn expression.

"Okay, don't be so serious, sit down, sit down!"

Zhou Tian waved his hand gently, motioning Dong Cheng to sit down, and then he slowly said: "I have already handed over the formula to you, and now it depends on the ability of your technical department. However, although the formula can be handed over to you, you must not take it out of the factory, and I will send someone to guard it, so you only have the right to check it. I hope you can understand this, Chief Dong!"

After all, these formulas are not rare treasures for Zhou Tian, ​​but they are quite precious to the country now. He doesn't want to let foreign countries take advantage of them because of his momentary negligence.

"Yes, please rest assured, Director, Dong Cheng understands!"

Dong Cheng nodded vigorously.

As for the factory director's desire to test the technical department's capabilities, he was not afraid at all. With the formula, he did not believe that these materials could not be researched. Otherwise, it would be too much of an underestimation of him, an international student majoring in materials engineering.

Then, the two chatted for a while, and Dong Cheng said goodbye and left.

Zhou Tian looked at Dong Cheng's receding back, pondered for a moment, then asked Liu Yuan to find the head of the security department. After giving him a few careful instructions, he plunged into the research and design of the engine.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the city has ushered in a new month.

The howling cold wind was roaring wildly outside the window. Zhou Tian felt the temperature in the office drop suddenly. Only then did he realize that winter was approaching quietly.

He carefully put the engine drawing on the table into the space, slowly stood up and walked to the window, staring at the willow trees outside that had turned yellow and were falling one after another.

“Another year has passed!”

Looking back at the development of the machinery factory this year, it seems that he did not make any major breakthroughs.

Except for the anti-aircraft missile and agricultural machinery projects, the progress of other projects was as slow as a snail, with no progress at all.

When he first threw the transistor project to the laboratory of Tsinghua University, he thought he only had to wait for the results. However, he never expected that the development of transistors would be so slow.

Although the lack of refining equipment was one of the reasons, he was still deeply disappointed by the other party's performance.

In desperation, he could only apply to the machinery factory for permission to build a purification workshop.

After a month of intensive construction, the material purification workshop was finally completed successfully the day before yesterday.

During this month, he also successfully manufactured a set of purification equipment for the purification workshop, which was the regional refining technology that Bell Labs had just proposed in that era.

It's not that he didn't want to make more advanced purification equipment than in his previous life, but the failure of the lithography machine project made him deeply realize that sometimes being too advanced is not a good thing.

Without a solid foundation, research is like a castle in the air, illusory and unrealistic.

The regional refining technology is undoubtedly the most suitable purification technology for the current era, so he did not make any improvements and just used it directly.

Regional refining technology is not difficult for Zhou Tian, ​​who has a virtual space in his mind.

All that is needed is a heating element, such as a high-frequency induction coil or an electron beam, to locally heat the crystalline material.

The heating element can be slowly moved along the crystal to create a narrow melting zone.

The crystal material is pulled by the heating element, causing the molten zone to move along the crystal and impurities to be removed.

Although the principle is not complicated, he is the only one who can make it in China. After all, this concept was just proposed by Bell Labs this year.

Others may not even have heard of it, let alone understood it.

"Director, the equipment you manufactured has been moved into the purification workshop. What do you think we should do next?"

Just then, Liu Yuan gently pushed open the office door and asked in a low voice.

"Okay, let's go now!"

Zhou Tian nodded, and he and Liu Yuan strode towards the purification workshop.

"Xiao Liu, have we told the higher-ups about the chemical engineering talent we applied for? When will they arrive?"

With the purification workshop, there will naturally be no obstacles to the development of transistors in the future.

Moreover, the purification workshop is not only used for transistors, but also has a very significant effect on other semiconductor materials.

He was not willing to use the purification workshop as just an ordinary workshop for manufacturing semiconductor materials. Later, he would gradually improve the regional refining technology, and naturally he would need some such professional talents.

"Director, the higher-ups haven't confirmed the exact time, they just said they'll arrange for the personnel to come here as soon as possible!"

Liu Yuan answered truthfully.

"That's fine!"

After listening to Liu Yuan's words, Zhou Tian didn't say much, but just nodded in understanding.

The purification workshop was not built together with other production workshops, but was built far away from the production workshops on the edge of the wasteland southwest of the original machinery factory.

This workshop is neither big nor small. The entire workshop covers an area of ​​about one acre.

Before I even reached the workshop, I saw from afar a dozen workers waiting patiently outside the workshop.

"Hello, director!"

Seeing Zhou Tian coming, more than a dozen workers shouted respectfully in unison.

"Well, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhou Tian gave the workers a kind smile, nodded slightly, and spoke politely.

"It's not hard work!"

"Then I'll trouble you all to help me carry the equipment in!"

Zhou Tian said as he quickly opened the door of the workshop and directed everyone to carry the equipment to a specific area.

Then, he took out a cigarette and threw it to Liu Yuan, saying, "Okay, Xiao Liu, you can send them off for me while I install the equipment first!"

"Okay, director!"

Liu Yuan took the cigarette, nodded, and sent a dozen workers out.

After everyone left, Zhou Tian began to install the purification equipment.

During the entire process, he was extremely cautious in his movements and kept his spatial sensing on at all times.

It's not his fault that he is so careful. After all, he only made one set of this equipment, and he doesn't want the equipment he has worked so hard to make to have any unexpected mistakes due to his carelessness.

Half an hour later, he finally installed all the equipment.

After turning on the power, he began to carefully observe the operation of the equipment. When he saw that everything was exactly the same as the data in his mind, he breathed a sigh of relief.

After checking again, he turned and walked out of the purification workshop, locking the door tightly.

"Director!"

When Liu Yuan saw the factory director coming out, he immediately hurried over to greet him.

"Okay, the equipment has been installed. Now we just have to wait for the people above to arrive!"

Zhou Tian nodded to Liu Yuan.

"By the way, I haven't paid much attention to the factory's affairs this month. Is Section Chief Dong's experiment going smoothly?"

As Zhou Tian's secretary, Liu Yuan naturally knew about the material formula Zhou Tian gave to Dong Cheng. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Director, Section Chief Dong has been in the oxygen top-blown converter workshop all this time, and I don't know the specific situation. But the day before yesterday, I went to the oxygen top-blown converter workshop, and Section Chief Dong said that the experiment succeeded in several materials, but I didn't ask which ones they were!"

"Well, that's fine, as long as everything goes well!"

The two returned to the office while talking about things in the factory.

Liu Yuan was very tactful and poured Zhou Tian another cup of tea, then quietly retreated.

Zhou Tian was the only one left to take out the engine design and continue drawing it with full concentration. Due to the matter of the purification workshop, he had delayed the engine design for a month. Now he needed to work overtime as soon as possible to design a few models of the engine.

The Chinese New Year is not long away, and he wants to give the country a big gift before the Chinese New Year!