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

He brought the new typewriter to the office, took it out of the box and placed it on his desk, which immediately attracted the interest of his logistics colleague Mr. Jin and ninth-level engineer Mr. Ning.

"Engineer Lu, this machine looks very special. I have never seen it before." Engineer Ning Aiguo asked curiously.

Lu Weimin explained: "This is a typewriter that I designed and made myself! It is a device that replaces manual recording, copying files, carbon copying documents and engraving mimeograph plates. It can greatly improve the efficiency of text input in text work."

After listening to Lu Weimin's explanation, although Mr. Jin and Engineer Ning were not very clear about some of the professional terms, they undoubtedly felt the extraordinaryness of Lu Weimin, who was able to develop such advanced and seemingly complex mechanical equipment on his own.

"Let me show you once."

Realizing the two people's doubts, Lu Weimin installed the white paper and sat down to operate the keyboard. As the tapping sound became more frequent, clear words appeared on the paper one by one. Mr. Jin and Ning Aiguo stood behind and watched, with surprised expressions on their faces.

“It’s really great!”

“It’s really admirable!”

"Mr. Lu is so smart that he can design such an advanced machine!"

"With this typewriter, the efficiency of processing text work will be significantly improved!"

Soon, two other employees who were working in the laboratory heard that Engineer Lu had invented an advanced tool called the Chinese typewriter, and they came to watch, with looks of surprise on their faces.

That afternoon.

After finishing his work, Director Zhang thought of a recent outstanding employee, Lu Weimin, who was officially on the job today. To make sure Lu was acclimated to the new environment and to see if he needed any help, Director Zhang decided to visit Lu in his office.

As soon as he entered the room, Director Zhang noticed a group of people surrounding Lu Weimin. There were continuous and powerful knocking sounds and Lu's voice in the room. What on earth was he doing? With curiosity, he went forward to check it out. The scene in front of him immediately shocked Director Zhang - it was a device that could display words on a blank paper by manually knocking on small round keys. "What is this thing? How can words appear when you knock?" Zhang asked in surprise.

The fact is that colleague Ning Aiguo was learning from Lu how to operate this novel typewriter, and was bumped into by Director Zhang who was visiting. "Hello, Director Zhang!" Comrade Jin, the administrative assistant standing in the back, was the first to notice the leader's arrival and greeted him.

Realizing Director Zhang's arrival, Lu Weimin immediately stopped teaching and stood up to greet him: "Hello, Director Zhang!"

The colleagues around him all greeted him in unison. Director Zhang said with a pleasant face, "Hello everyone! What is this? Why haven't I seen it before?" He pointed at the typewriter with curiosity.

Lu Weimin explained: "This is a Chinese typewriter with full pinyin input that I developed based on foreign models..." While explaining, he also demonstrated to Director Zhang how the typewriter works and the convenience it brings.

After watching the demonstration, Director Zhang was extremely excited. He said, "This typewriter is very suitable for document processing. If all the writers in the institute can use it, the work efficiency will definitely be greatly improved! Mr. Lu is really a genius. He can create such an efficient and practical machine!"

From Director Zhang's expression, Lu Weimin saw through his thoughts:

"Director Zhang, I can provide the design blueprint of this typewriter so that it can be mass-produced and all employees in our institute who need to use the typewriter can benefit from it."

At that time, mainland China had not established a complete patent system, so even if Lu Weimin invented this typewriter, he could not obtain patent protection in mainland China. But fortunately, he had registered and obtained relevant patents in ** and other countries, and had made considerable profits through these patents.

In the domestic market, Lu does not expect to gain huge economic benefits from this, but hopes to provide this innovation to the country for free to support the development of science and technology. Although the economic return may not be much, he understands that this will have a positive impact on his reputation.

Hearing Lu's words, Director Zhang was very happy: "It would be great if this could be achieved! Although Mr. Lu has only worked in the unit for two days, he has already made significant contributions! I will recommend your achievements to higher-level management, and I believe they will give you corresponding commendations!" Director Zhang said that he would report Lu's work achievements in writing, and it is expected to bring honors and rewards.

Facing these praises and recognitions, Lu Weimin humbly said that this was his responsibility as a member of the unit, rather than seeking personal rewards. Hearing this, Director Zhang admired this young engineer even more.

The other people present looked at Lu Weimin with awe and admiration, witnessing how he won Director Zhang's high praise and achieved significant results in just a short period of time. This made them feel proud and full of confidence in working with Lu Weimin in the future.

As the end of get off work time approaches,

An employee of the unit came into the office and found Lu Weimin and asked, "Are you Engineer Lu?" Lu nodded slightly and replied, "Yes, I am Lu Weimin. May I ask your name?"

After the staff member briefly introduced himself, he handed Lu Weimin a stack of documents: "Engineer Lu, these are the materials for the research project you will be in charge of."

Lu Weimin was refreshed after receiving the document, realizing that his real work task had arrived. After seeing off the staff, he couldn't wait to open the document and read it. At first, he was a little nervous, worried that he would encounter a difficult project, but after reading it for a while, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is it that simple?"

Soon, the time to get off work came quietly.

After storing the research project information in the safe, Lu Weimin left the unit and ended his work for the day.

When night fell, he wrote furiously and sketched his ideas in his study.

Since the work in the unit is just a piece of cake for Lu Weimin, it gives him more time and energy to focus on the career he desires.

After a few days,

Lu Weimin gradually became familiar with and adapted to the rhythm of the unit's daily work. Until one Friday,

Suddenly, a radio broadcast sounded throughout the office, calling all employees to a meeting.

Lu Weimin knew that this must be the welcome ceremony for new employees that Director Zhang mentioned. Then, accompanied by his colleagues, he went to the meeting place.

After arriving at the meeting room,

The first person he met was an old colleague who claimed to be from the third department and had a fifth-level engineer qualification. The other person said, "You are Lu Weimin, who passed the fifth-level assessment before graduating from college? You are really young and promising!"

Then another person said excitedly: "Wow, I heard that you captured a foreign terrorist by yourself! That's amazing, Lu Weimin!"

Facing such a welcoming scene, Lu Weimin was somewhat surprised to find that he was admired and respected by many colleagues, which filled his heart with joy and warmth. The relationship between everyone seemed particularly harmonious and intimate, far different from the cold and alienated working atmosphere in the future society. He really liked the human touch here.

Suddenly, there was a movement at the door. Lu Weimin also looked over there.

Director Zhang and a middle-aged man with a gentle temperament and a friendly smile walked into the room. Lu Weimin's heart moved. Although he had never seen him in person, he immediately realized that this was Director Qian who would make outstanding contributions to scientific research.

Not only Lu Weimin, everyone in the conference room showed extremely positive emotional reactions to being able to meet this highly respected and widely loved leader.

Deputy Director Zhang whispered a few words into Director Qian's ear, and then everyone walked towards the direction where Lu Weimin was.

The eyes of the whole audience instantly focused on Lu Weimin, and even he himself was a little surprised. Finally, those important figures stopped in front of him.

Director Zhang introduced enthusiastically: "Old Qian, this is Lu Weimin, the elite that we fought so hard to get from Tsinghua University!"

Director Qian smiled gently: "Comrade Lu Weimin, I have heard a lot of good things about you. I hope we can move forward together!" He then stretched out his hand and shook hands with Lu Weimin. The moment the two held hands, it seemed as if some kind of invisible connection was created, which made people feel a warm current surging in their hearts.

After a brief exchange, Director Qian returned to the podium and took his seat, and the conference officially started.

New colleagues including Lu Weimin were arranged to sit in the front row, waiting for their names to be announced and to go on stage for a brief personal introduction.

When Lu Weimin finished introducing himself on the stage, the entire hall erupted in warm and prolonged applause. This scene moved Lu Weimin and also made him feel extremely warm.

Soon after returning to their seats and sitting down, all the new faces had introduced themselves and the conference came to an end in a joyful atmosphere.

This was the first time that Director Qian gave a speech. When he stepped onto the podium, he looked around with a warm gaze and finally locked his sights on Lu Weimin.

“We are gathered here today not only to welcome new colleagues, but also to have a special mission – to present an award to our new colleague Comrade Lu Weimin.

Prior to this, Lu Weimin successfully captured foreign intelligence and assisted the National Security Bureau in destroying an international intelligence network that had been undercover in our country for a long time. This action made an important contribution to the country.

Therefore, it was decided to award Lu Weimin the highest honor - First Class Merit, including an honorary medal, certificate and cash reward.

In addition, the company will also award Comrade Lu Weimin the title of Model Senior Engineer and additional cash rewards! Please invite Lu Weimin to the stage to receive the award! "

As Director Qian finished speaking, the venue erupted in applause. Everyone's eyes were filled with admiration and envy for Lu Weimin.

For Lu Weimin, the most heartwarming thing was that the reactions of his colleagues were very sincere and friendly, with no dark emotions caused by jealousy at all.

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

"In addition to these remarkable achievements, Lu Weimin also donated the first Chinese Pinyin typewriter solution he designed and developed to the country free of charge. It has been verified by authoritative institutions that this is indeed a project with significant innovation and practical value.

This has had a profound impact on our scientific research units and the entire country.