Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Machine repair shop

After Zhang Renkang finished his afternoon meeting at the steel mill, he asked Tang Qi to take him to the northern suburbs. The experts Xue Jinfeng mentioned today were going to the machine repair factory in the northern suburbs. Zhang Renkang had specifically asked Chen Wei to arrange a vehicle to pick them up this morning.

Although it may be late, Zhang Renkang still came to entertain them in person to show his importance, so that these technical scholars can strengthen their recognition of the factory.

Zhang Renkang walked to the five small courtyards specially cleaned up in the southern part of the family quarters. Liu Feng had people clean up the rooms three days in advance, and then prepared basic daily necessities and waited for the experts to arrive.

Zhang Renkang walked over accompanied by Liu Feng and Xue Jinfeng. As soon as he entered the first yard, he saw a thin old man in his fifties and a charming woman carrying firewood and coal in the yard. This was the cooking fuel that Liu Feng arranged for the machine repair factory to deliver this afternoon according to the number of people staying there.

Xue Jinfeng shouted

"Teacher Chen, Mrs. Chen, Director Zhang is here to see you."

The old man and the woman looked up and saw a young man coming in, followed by Liu Feng, the factory director of the machine repair factory they had met at noon, and some students.

Xue Jinfeng introduced

"Director Zhang, this is my university teacher, Mr. Chen Huayi, and this is my teacher's wife, Ms. Li Fenghua"

“They all have deep knowledge of mechanics.”

Zhang Renkang walked up with a smile and said

"Teacher Chen, Teacher Li, the conditions here are better than in the city. Are you able to adapt?"

"If you need anything, just let me know and I'll ask the factory to find a way to purchase it for you."

Chen Huayi was not arrogant. The torture of the past few months had almost worn away his dignity and pride. Being insulted and criticized by his former students every day at school was almost driving him crazy.

Chen Huayi said with a smile

"Director Zhang, we don't know why you are here. This is really rude."

"We are all fine, it's nice here, nothing we need"

Li Fenghua also forced a smile as he looked at Zhang Renkang, who was about the same age as her former student. He felt a little timid.

Zhang Renkang said with a smile

"You can live here with peace of mind. If you have any difficulties, please report them to the factory and we will find a way to help you solve them."

"Don't be embarrassed. We don't have anything else here. In fact, we invited a few experts here to guide us in researching new vehicle structures."

"Have you seen the three-wheeled vehicles we manufacture?"

Xue Jinfeng understood the concerns of the two teachers and said with a smile

"Teacher, Director Zhang is not that kind of person. He was the one who proposed the development of this tricycle. You don't have to worry."

“This is a technical issue, just tell me.”

Chen Huayi nodded. He became more alert when talking about his profession.

"Director Zhang, I have seen the information and design drawings sent by Jin Feng before, and I would like to experience your finished product today."

“I don’t know whether I should talk about it or not”

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Just speak your mind. We are only discussing technology here. Nothing else will be affected."

"We invite you to come here to develop better products."

Chen Huayi nodded and said seriously

"The mechanical structure of this car is unreasonable, and the kinetic energy transmission loss is very large, which puts a great test on the stability of the structure and the strength of the metal."

"In my opinion, this is just a large toy, and it is far from a real vehicle system."

Speaking of professionalism, Chen Huayi was obviously more relaxed than before, and mercilessly criticized a type of vehicle to pieces. Liu Feng's face was full of uncertainty, which completely negated their achievements.

Li Fenghua on the side also nervously glanced at Zhang Renkang who was listening attentively and Liu Feng who looked unhappy, and carefully pulled Chen Huayi's arm, which woke up Professor Chen.

Seeing Liu Feng's grim expression, he remembered that he was living under someone else's roof and was no longer the university professor. He quickly explained:

"Director Zhang, Director Liu, that's not what I meant."

Zhang Renkang looked at Chen Huayi seriously, then turned to look at Liu Feng, who looked grim, and Xue Jinfeng, who looked worried, and smiled.

"Professor Chen, I feel relieved when you say that."

"This situation is actually similar to what I thought, but it's not as professional as your summary."

"It seems that Jinfeng has found a real technical expert"

Zhang Renkang turned to Liu Feng and said

"Professor Chen is right. You need to record and summarize carefully. What we want is something that is truly strong and durable, not a defective product."

"Tomorrow morning, Professor Chen will be the specially-appointed expert of the machine repair factory. He will be in charge of the design and research of the tricycle. Jin Feng will be the second person in charge and will be paid the same salary as the deputy director. Professor Chen will be responsible for the assessment and grading of the other professors and experts who come with him, and Jin Feng will arrange their work."

“All subsidies are paid by the factory.”

"You have to cooperate and serve them well, understand?"

Liu Feng nodded quickly and said

"Yes, the factory will take good care of these experts."

Zhang Renkang turned to the embarrassed and uneasy Chen Huayi and his wife and said

"Professor Chen, Professor Li, I'm leaving the research and development of this second type to you. If there are any problems, just let Jin Feng solve them. If there are any that can't be solved, I'll solve them for you."

"If you have any difficulties in life, you can also tell me. As long as it does not violate the principles, I will do my best to satisfy you."

"You can report the progress and situation to me directly. If anyone harasses or interferes with your progress, please report it to me directly and I will deal with him."

Seeing that Zhang Renkang actually trusted him so much and gave him such great power, Chen Huayi was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly. He thought that he really had to work and reform here. Considering that Xue Jinfeng had always respected them, he thought that there would be someone to take care of them here and they wouldn't be sad.

They are not here to suffer, but to enjoy themselves. Compared to what was written in the letter from the old friend sent from the grassland, they only need to continue to study their own majors, and no one has come to harass or interfere with them. This is too happy.

Xue Jinfeng nodded and complained

"Director Zhang, our biggest problem right now is the metal strength and the engine."

"We will improve the structure of the vehicle as soon as possible, especially with the participation of teachers, we can design a new vehicle structure diagram in less than half a month, but we can't achieve a balance between the materials and costs required for production."

Zhang Renkang said

"This morning, the secretary and I went to the Ministry of Industry and we have received support from the ministry. Not only have we allocated special funds to you, but we will also conduct cooperative research with the 387th Institute on metal materials, and the Engine Department will also coordinate new gasoline engines for us."

"What you need to do is to integrate these things as quickly as possible and come up with samples as soon as possible."

Chen Huayi suddenly said

"If the factory is short of metal material research, I have someone to choose from."

"It's just that he has been sent to the grassland. I don't know if he can be released."

Zhang Renkang's eyes lit up and he said

"Who? I'll apply to the Ministry of Industry and ask for someone there."

"As long as they have real skills and knowledge, we will find a way"

Chen Huayi said

"His name is Shi Changsheng, he is an expert in high temperature alloy research. He made some mistakes some time ago and was arrested."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

“I will apply to the higher authorities.”

"However, Professor Chen, I would like to remind you that although there is nothing else to do in our factory, I would still like to ask you to communicate well with other professors and not to think about unnecessary things."

"After all, the policy from above is in place now. If you cause trouble, the factory may not be able to protect you."

"I can only guarantee that the trouble you get into at school won't come here, but if you can't control yourself here, then I can only say that I can't help you."

After saying that, Zhang Renkang looked at Chen Huayi without saying anything. He was waiting for Chen Huayi to give an answer. These people who have read books in their heads are not easier to fool than workers. If you don't keep a close eye on them, these professors who think they are literati and have enough food can really do something stupid.