Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Another week passed and Liu Mu came back, bringing with him a hydraulic press suitable for forklifts.

This made the people in the technical department busy again.

After all, the core of the forklift is the gantry and forks, which are all controlled by a hydraulic press. As long as you have this hydraulic press, other things will be much simpler.

Soon, with the joint efforts of several workshops, the first forklift of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was born.

This forklift is smaller, more practical, more beautiful in appearance and safer than some domestic forklifts and those produced by the Russians.

Under the watchful eyes of leaders from various factories, He Lai personally drove the forklift to conduct tests. It was able to handle all kinds of heavy objects with ease and could also easily enter and exit the workshop.

"Good, good, this forklift is very easy to use." Director Yang nodded with satisfaction.

"Director, with this thing, we can save a lot of effort in carrying things. You see, this ton of stuff can be lifted easily."

The director in charge of loading and unloading immediately said with a smile.

"Yes, Chief He is really capable. After this modification, this forklift is much more useful than before."

Director Yang nodded.

"Director Yang, although this forklift is easy to use, it still requires driving skills like Chief He. Otherwise, it is still very dangerous to drive the car around the factory."

Deputy Director Wang gave a reminder.

"Yes, that makes sense. Director Fu, you need to hurry up and teach your people how to drive a forklift. Otherwise, you can't let Section Chief He load and unload for you."

Director Yang instructed with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I will study hard and learn it as soon as possible."

Director Fu quickly agreed.

"Director Yang, I think what we should consider now is whether this forklift is practical or not! See if there are any unknown problems! Instead of thinking about whether we should use it now.

This forklift is also a kind of car. If we are not careful, it will cause big problems. Let's let Chief He do more tests. After everything is fine, we can decide whether to put it into the loading and unloading process. By then, maybe we can get a forklift production plant!"

Li Huaide spoke out.

After thinking for a moment, Director Yang looked at everyone and said, "Well, Comrade Li Huaide's words make sense and are very thoughtful. So, let's arrange for a few people to try it for a while and see the effect. If it really works, we will consider other things.

Chief He, this task is now handed over to you, Technical Section 3. I hope you can continue to work hard to make up for the shortcomings of this forklift and strive to achieve mass production as soon as possible."

"Okay, Director Yang, I will arrange it." He Lai also agreed.

It is indeed as Li Huaide said, the forklift still needs to be inspected for a period of time, and this vehicle problem cannot be taken lightly.

He Lai and his companions returned to the technical department.

"Brother Liu, you will be in charge of arranging the forklift test."

He Lai said to Yanagi with a smile.

"Okay, I'll do it." Liu Mu nodded and agreed.

"Brother Liu, you are just too kind. This guy lay down as soon as you came back. He just showed up in front of the factory director and others just now! He gets to be in the limelight, and it's our turn to do the work!" Shen Dandan interrupted.

"Hey, Sister Dandan, I'm not worried that you won't be able to drive a forklift. If something goes wrong, it will be terrible. You're thinking too much."

He Lai smiled bitterly.

"Hmph, I don't believe you!" Shen Dandan snorted coldly.

"Okay, okay, Shen Dandan, stop talking and give Chief He some face."

Liu Mu was a little speechless about Shen Dandan. Why did she like to compete with He Lai so much?

After hearing what Liu Mu said, Shen Dandan had no choice but to let He Lai go and returned to her seat.

"Brother Liu is still reliable. Here you go. I'm leaving." He said, took out a pack of cigarettes and gave it to Liu Mu, then turned and left.

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In this way, more than half a month passed, and the leaders of the Machinery Department and the Metallurgical Department came to see the forklifts designed by He Lai, and they were all very satisfied.

However, the task of producing this forklift was not assigned to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, but to the Liancheng Hydraulic Press Factory. After all, they were the place where forklifts were produced.

There is no way for state-owned enterprises to share technology! As the country's heavy industrial base, most of the country's mechanical products come from there.

Of course, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill did not gain nothing. It applied for many new machine tools from its superiors to replace some half-scrapped old machines.

A group of people in the technical department were a little angry. They had been busy for several months, but someone took advantage of them. With just one word from the leader, the technology was taken away.

"Okay, okay, the leaders have given us rewards, both bonuses and pork. Everyone, stop complaining and just work peacefully."

He Lai spoke up.

"Yes, the emperor is not anxious, but the eunuch is. Let's not worry about it. Chief Ren He doesn't feel bad about the things he designed, so why should we feel bad about it!"

Shen Dandan started again.

"Uh...Liu Mu, Shen Dandan, the two of you come with me to the office!"

He said, and then left. You little brat! You want to show off, right? Go on with your work, you guys!

A few days ago, Mr. Zhou had applied for two plastic injection molding machines! The things have arrived in Sijiu City.

"He Lai, what's wrong? Is this true?" Liu Mu asked.

"Well, I have recently developed something. Take it and continue studying it."

He Lai smiled and gave Yanagi the design drawings of the plastic lighter.

Liu Mu took it immediately and started to read it. Shen Dandan also leaned over to look.

"He Lai, this looks like the lighter? Why don't you give it to Zhang Zhiwen?"

Liu Mu said as he looked at it.

"That one is different from this one. This one is plastic."

He Lai explained.

"It's a waste of time. Iron ones are so convenient, why use plastic ones?" Shen Dandan said.

"Sister Dandan, what are you talking about? How much is the iron stuff? How much is the plastic stuff? Don't you understand this?"

He Lai was speechless.

"Then He Lai, what are you going to do?" Liu Mu asked.

"This plastic lighter is still a bit dangerous because it contains butane, a flammable gas that can be liquefied under high pressure, so I plan to design a model first."

He Lai said.

"Where did this plastic model come from? We used steel."

"It's okay. I've already had the injection molding machine shipped over. It'll probably arrive in the next few days. Go and study how to produce these small accessories."

He Lai said.

"Okay, He Lai, why do I feel that this lighter is much more complicated than the original one?"

Liu Mu replied.

"Yes, because it uses butane gas, so when using it, you need a switch to turn it on and off, so it is a little more complicated."

He Lai explained.

"He Lai, how come you know everything? I even forgot what butane is." Shen Dandan said in surprise.

"Haha, Sister Dandan, that means you weren't paying attention in chemistry class. Butane is a special gas. It's flammable and easy to liquefy. It only needs to be in a closed space with a pressure twice as high as our atmospheric pressure to liquefy it. So it's just right to put it in a lighter!"

He Lai said with a smile.

"You have bad morals. You can't study well. If you have the ability, do it by yourself!"

Shen Dandan muttered softly.

"Well, okay, then let's take it down and study it first." Seeing this, Liu Mu pulled Shen Dandan out of He Lai's office.