Siheyuan: Rebirth 52 years later, escaping from famine in Beijing

Director Qian talked cordially with Lu Weimin for a while before walking to the podium and taking a seat. Soon, everyone arrived one after another.

New colleagues including Lu Weimin were arranged to sit in the front row. Looking around, Lu Weimin saw that there were about a hundred employees present.

As Director Zhang began his speech, the welcome ceremony for new colleagues officially began.

The host called on everyone to introduce themselves. Finally, it was Lu Weimin's turn. He walked up to the stage and finished his self-introduction, and the audience burst into warm applause. This warm and lively atmosphere deeply touched Lu Weimin and made him feel particularly cordial. After the introduction, Lu Weimin returned to his seat. Soon, all the new colleagues had finished their self-introductions.

When Director Qian spoke for the first time, he walked calmly to the front. His eyes were gentle and approachable, sweeping across the audience, and finally stopped at Lu Weimin:

“Today, in addition to welcoming new colleagues to join our team, we also have an important matter, which is to present an award to Comrade Lu Weimin.

Before joining our organization, Comrade Lu Weimin arrested a gangster from an island country and assisted the police in destroying a gang network that had been lurking in our country for many years, making remarkable contributions.

The superiors decided to award Lu Weimin the first-class merit, including the medal of honor, certificate and bonus.

In addition, our unit also awarded him the honorary title of 'Model Senior Engineer' and gave him corresponding rewards!

Please invite Comrade Lu Weimin to come on stage to receive the award! "

As soon as Director Qian finished speaking, warm applause broke out at the scene. Everyone looked at Lu Weimin walking to the podium, their eyes full of admiration and envy. Lu Weimin himself was also very excited. What made him feel even warmer was everyone's sincere and enthusiastic eyes, without any jealousy.

When everyone thought that the award ceremony would begin, Director Qian continued:

"In addition to these contributions, Comrade Lu Weimin also donated the blueprint of the first Chinese Pinyin typewriter he designed and invented to the country free of charge. Relevant departments have recognized that this is a significant and practical invention that has had a far-reaching impact on both the unit and the country.

The state and the unit decided to give him the following rewards: the title of 'Father of the Chinese Typewriter';

He was promoted to level 300 engineer, his salary was increased, and he received a cash reward and receipt of yuan, and was awarded third-class merit.

The unit gave him the following rewards: he was appointed as an associate researcher and given a cash reward of 100 yuan and notes.

Once again, the venue was filled with even more enthusiastic applause. Colleagues looked at Lu Weimin with eyes full of shock and envy. It was hard to imagine that he had achieved such outstanding results at such a young age. Lu Weimin was also very excited about all this. He never thought that he would be able to obtain such a high technical title shortly after joining the unit - the position of associate researcher, which is only lower than academician and researcher in the unit, and higher than senior engineer and senior laboratory technician. For ordinary people to reach this position, they must go through several years of accumulation.

This shows that the country and the unit highly recognized his invention of the Chinese typewriter. Lu Weimin excitedly received the medal, certificate of honor, and envelope containing the prize money and bills from Director Qian, and gave a speech of thanks to the warm applause of the crowd. The scene was like a commendation meeting specially held for him.

The following afternoon, Lu Weimin returned to the office and continued to work. Because of his outstanding performance earlier that day, he had received widespread praise and rewards. The morale of the entire technical team was high, and the members went all out and worked hard according to his instructions. The technical team was rejuvenated with unprecedented vitality.

When Director Qian and Director Zhang walked into the room, the lively scene before them made them look at each other with admiration flashing in their eyes: "The atmosphere here is really good."

In particular, Director Qian is very clear that whether a technical team can achieve results depends not only on the level and ability of the technical leader, but also on the quality of the working environment. Although the team led by Lu Weimin is newly formed and has a small number of people, this is undoubtedly one of the best working atmospheres they have ever seen.

"Director Qian, Deputy Director Zhang, you are here!" Lu Weimin put down the pen in his hand, stood up and greeted them warmly.

The two leaders' eyes involuntarily swept across the drawings on the table, and expressions of surprise and curiosity appeared on their faces.

Director Qian smiled and said, "I came to see the progress of your and your team's work. It looks very good so far! If there is anything else you need help from, please feel free to ask. However, regarding the research funding issue, the unit is unable to change the current situation."

After listening to Director Qian's words, Lu Weimin also laughed. He was well aware that the country's economy was in a tight spot and research funds were limited.

Director Qian continued, "I'm just kidding. If you need research funding, you can apply for it according to the normal process. When the new research funding is issued, the unit will hold a meeting to discuss the applications of various departments and teams and allocate the research funding reasonably."

Lu Weimin replied: "Thank you for your concern!"

At this time, Director Qian asked: "Engineer Lu, these drawings on your desk should be gun design drawings, right? I didn't expect you can design guns!"

Lu Weimin was well prepared and said, "Learning is endless. I majored in mechanical engineering and am also interested in firearms design. I have completed the task assigned by the unit, and considering that our country currently has no standardized automatic firearms, I designed one myself."

In fact, Lu Weimin knew that in 1951, the United States (Bear Country) agreed to provide my country (Dragon Country) with a full set of technical data on eight types of light weapons, including the SKS semi-automatic rifle. This year, the Type 56 family of rifles will be finalized and put into mass production. If history does not change, it will become the main light weapon equipment of our army and will be used for decades. It was not until 1979 that the army issued a new research and development task, aiming to replace the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, Type 56 submachine gun and Type 56 light machine gun, which had been in service for more than 81 years, with a squad gun family. The famous and efficient Type family of rifles came into being, and performed well in the Vietnam War and became famous.

Lu Weimin drew an improved version of the Type 81 gun family. With his ninth-level mechanical engineering skills, he was naturally able to design guns with ease.

"Yes, this is an improved model. The Type 81 gun family is very outstanding, but it also has its shortcomings. After my improvements, the performance is even better." Lu Weimin said confidently.

His goal is to promote this improved Type 81 rifle family to the world ahead of schedule, replace the Type 56 rifle family, and become the main force of the army's light weapons. Of course, achieving this goal is not easy.

After all, the technology of the Type 56 series comes from advanced countries, has a "high-tech aura", and is almost finalized.

As the inventor of the "Improved Type 81 Series", Lu Weimin had just graduated from college, did not specialize in firearms design, and was not well-known. It was extremely difficult for him to use conventional means to replace the Type 56 with the new "series" he designed.

In view of this, Lu Weimin decided to take an unconventional approach, that is, to seek the recommendation of Director Qian of the Institute. Director Qian has a unique status. As a respected scientist, he has direct access to senior military commanders. If he can get his support and submit the improved version of Type 81 directly to the military leaders, he may be able to break the status quo.

Indeed, when Director Qian and Director Zhang learned that Lu Weimin had designed the ** for military research and development, they reacted with great excitement.

After all, in their eyes, Lu Weimin was not only an ordinary fresh graduate, but also a technical elite who had obtained the fourth-level (previously fifth-level) engineer certification and the father of the Chinese typewriter. He was at the top level both in theory and practice. Naturally, the two leaders attached great importance to his creation.

"Can you describe the design concept and performance parameters of your ** in detail?" Director Qian asked. Lu Weimin was delighted, realizing that there was a turning point, and he detailed the design ideas and performance details.

"Theoretically, the firing rate can reach 1010 rounds per minute, and the bullet can penetrate 600mm thick A8 steel plate when it reaches 3 meters, and maintain significant power until the range of 2500 meters."

Director Qian and Director Zhang were both surprised when they heard this. Even though they were not military men, they understood the meaning behind this string of numbers.

Once such highly efficient individual weapons are mass-produced and put into service, the combat capability of the troops will be significantly enhanced.

Although he was excited, Director Qian remained calm: "Engineer Lu, our doubts are not due to lack of trust, but this issue is extremely important. The data you mentioned only exists in the design stage. What makes you sure that such parameters can be achieved?"

Lu Weimin had anticipated such doubts, and he responded with a smile:

"In fact, in the free time between graduation and the start of the job, I used my personal time to make a hand-made model of this ** and tried it myself, confirming that it has the above performance. It is now kept in my home. If you are interested in checking it out, I can contact my family to help pick it up."

Lu Weimin claimed that he could actually make the prototype manually, which amazed the two directors present. He was truly gifted!

Then, Director Qian said: "Please call home immediately and we will send someone there immediately! If your description is true, I will personally hand over the blueprints and finished products of this set of ** to the top military officials. I believe they will be surprised and excited!"

"Okay, I'll call now." Lu Weimin said and left the room to find a phone - his office area had not yet been equipped with telephone equipment. Considering the limited funds, the unit gave priority to meeting the needs of departments that made important contributions.

However, Lu Weimin firmly believed that once his improved design of Type 81 was accepted by the military, problems such as telephone calls would be solved.

Director Qian and Director Zhang were both looking forward to seeing the weapons made by Lu Weimin himself.

It's really shocking! This family is not simple! The result of the gun test is amazing! The military must be very satisfied!

"Wait! Master Lu just said he wanted to call his home? That means his family actually has a telephone?" At this time, Director Qian discovered this and was quite surprised. He looked at Director Zhang, because not every family had a telephone in that era.

Director Zhang smiled and replied, "Master Lu and his wife sometimes live at his mother-in-law's house, where she can help take care of the children. So when he mentioned making a phone call, he was calling his wife's family. As for his wife's family, they are indeed an extraordinary family."