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"Are you doing better than your counterparts in Germany and Japan?" Lu Yujie sneered, "General Engineer Yu, I think it's better for us to be more down-to-earth when discussing issues. The leading position of German and Japanese companies in the field of machine tools is recognized globally. . Their leadership is not reflected in a specific machine tool, but is rooted in their culture.

"In recent years, our domestic machine tool companies, including yours, have indeed launched some machine tools that claim to be world-class. This may be the basis for your confidence. In fact, our country's industry "Compared with Germany and Japan, the gap is not in the number of world-class products, but in the industrial spirit and industrial culture, which are things that we cannot learn."

"Assistant Lu, I don't quite understand. What do you mean by things that we can't learn?" Liu Jiangyuan, the assistant next to Yu Xiaohui, couldn't help but interjected and asked.

"Spirit and culture are the most important things." Lu Yujie said.

Liu Jiangyuan shook his head: "This is too vague. Can you be more specific?"

The dialogue between liberal arts students and science students is almost like a chicken talking to a duck. From the perspective of liberal arts students, spirit, culture, feelings, etc. are all things that are natural and can be understood in just one word. However, for Liu Jiangyuan, who has a pure engineering background, can’t everything in the world be described by formulas?

Since it is a formula, how can there be such a thing as "cannot learn even if you learn it"? Any formula can be derived and verified repeatedly, so it is not impossible to learn.

"For example, German and Japanese companies both pay special attention to the spirit of craftsmanship. If someone wants to forge a part 1,000 times, it will never be forged only 999 times. But we..." Lu Yujie said.

"We don't just forge 999 times." Liu Jiangyuan said, "The production parts all have process documents. The process documents say how many times it must be forged, and it has nothing to do with the spirit of craftsmanship."

"I'm just giving an example. It doesn't really require forging 1,000 times." Lu Yujie said, somewhat resentful that iron cannot become steel. "The spirit of craftsman refers to the spirit of pursuing excellence. Why are German and Japanese products so precise? They have such a spirit. This spirit is integrated into the blood of their workers. Because of this spirit, every one of their products can guarantee perfect quality, which we cannot do. of."

"I still don't understand..." Liu Jiangyuan frowned, as if he wanted to continue the argument.

Yu Xiaohui raised her hand to stop Liu Jiangyuan from continuing to speak. She looked at Lu Yujie and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, I have also seen what you said about craftsmanship. However, what I want to tell you is Yes, to engage in industry, it is not enough to have the spirit of craftsman, but also the spirit of engineer. In contrast, the spirit of engineer may be more important than the spirit of craftsman."

"Engineer spirit, what does it mean?"

This time, it was Lu Yujie's turn to be confused. Chu Zhanlong and Xu Jinyun also found it strange and couldn't help but focus on Yu Xiaohui.

The concept of craftsmanship has been very popular for a while. Lu Yujie often said it in the company. Chu Zhanlong also thought it made sense. He also mentioned this concept in some company meetings, causing many senior executives in the company to open their mouths and shut up. Talk about craftsmanship.

However, when it comes to specifically what craftsman spirit is, Lu Yujie can’t explain clearly, and Chu Zhanlong can’t explain it either. When everyone thinks about it, it is a very mysterious and advanced thing, and it is something worthy of everyone's pursuit.

But now, the female chief engineer of a business opportunity group came and gave them the concept of "engineering spirit" and said that this is more important than the spirit of craftsmanship. This is interesting.

Yu Xiaohui looked at everyone and said calmly: "The spirit of craftsman actually means to do every detail to the extreme, just like the skilled craftsmen in ancient times. In industry, of course you should have such a spirit.

“However, craftsmanship is a profession in the handicraft era after all. The products of that era were very simple, such as a hoe and a nail. The craftsman only needed to pay attention to the details and make them fine enough.

"Our current era is the era of large-scale industry. Our products are composed of thousands or tens of thousands of parts. In this case, it is not enough to just make every part perfect. Yes, we also have to ensure that the combination of all these parts is optimal. The optimization of this system is far more important than the optimization of individual parts."

"That's true." Chu Zhanlong nodded.

Xinwei Company makes wind turbines, and a wind turbine is composed of thousands of parts. Chu Zhanlong deeply understands that to make a wind turbine well, it is not enough to make every part well. The key is the combination of parts. A good design can save costs and improve efficiency, which is far more important than making a part perfect.

Yu Xiaohui said: "System optimization is not something that a craftsman can do. The machine tools we design must take into account functions, processing accuracy, processing speed, trouble-free working time, operational convenience, and cost, which involves a lot of factors. Complex calculations and craftsmanship alone cannot solve such an optimization model.”

"Is this what you call the engineer spirit?" Xu Jinyun asked.

"Exactly." Yu Xiaohui said, "The spirit of the craftsman is about the inheritance of craftsmanship, passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. The spirit of the engineer is about the sharing and accumulation of knowledge. It is about choosing and choosing under the guidance of theory. The best way to do it.

"Mr. Lu just said that German and Japanese companies have craftsman spirit, but we do not. I don't want to argue with Mr. Lu on this point. However, when it comes to engineering spirit, German and Japanese companies cannot compare with us, because when it comes to engineering Both Germany and Japan lack the theory and experience of large-scale system design.”

"Why do you say that Germany and Japan lack the spirit of engineers?" Lu Yujie retorted bravely.

What Yu Xiaohui said sounded quite reasonable. Lu Yujie was a liberal arts student and knew nothing about technology, so he didn't know whether what Yu Xiaohui said was wrong. He glanced at Chu Zhanlong and Xu Jinyun out of the corner of his eye, and found that the two seemed to agree with Xiaohui's words, which made him feel even more unsure.

Yu Xiaohui smiled and said: "The spirit of craftsmanship and the spirit of engineers are inherently incompatible. People who pay too much attention to the spirit of craftsmanship tend to be obsessed with details, and it is difficult to see the overall situation. Mr. Lu just said that Germany and Japan are the most particular about craftsmen. Spiritual, so it’s not surprising that they lack the spirit of engineering.”

"It makes sense." Chu Zhanlong said, "I have dealt with both the Germans and the Japanese, and I do feel that they are a bit arrogant in their actions. They are serious at best, and they are serious at worst, as Chief Engineer Yu said. In that way, we lack the overall concept and lose the big for the small. I didn't understand this problem at first, but after hearing what the chief engineer said, I really felt a little enlightened."

Hearing Chu Zhanlong echoing her, Yu Xiaohui felt like laughing. Unexpectedly, her nonsense could really arouse resonance.

The terms craftsman spirit and engineer spirit are not actually invented by Yu Xiaohui, but from Tang Zifeng, who is accustomed to reverse thinking.

Germany and Japan, the two major machine tool powers in the world today, both have legends about the spirit of craftsmanship. For example, oil paper bags must be buried next to the sewer, toilets must be flushed seven times, and toilet water must be taken after drinking, etc. These are all things that were once considered. It is said to be a good talk.

The spirit of craftsmanship, properly applied, is naturally a guarantee of quality. But if the craftsmanship spirit is developed to the extreme, it will inevitably lead to rigidity. This is a bit like paying attention to personal hygiene. Of course it is wrong not to pay attention to hygiene, but if hygiene develops into mysophobia, this person is also abnormal, and he will lose a lot of fun in life.

Linji Group has always regarded German and Japanese machine tool companies as its competitors, and has conducted quite in-depth research on the characteristics of these opponents. The group's technical department pointed out that the biggest advantage of German and Japanese machine tool companies is the high precision of their products, which is due to the level of their parts. It is very difficult for Linji Group to reach the same level in a short period of time.

But at the same time, the group's technical department also discovered that the system integration capabilities of German and Japanese companies were not strong, and the level of complete machine tools was lower than the level of parts and components, resulting in the result that one plus one is less than two.

According to the analysis of the technical department, the reason for this situation is to a certain extent dragged down by the level of parts and components. Every component strives for optimality, and as a result, the coordination between components is affected.

In response to this situation, Tang Zifeng invented a theory of the conflict between the spirit of craftsman and the spirit of engineers, believing that the pursuit of craftsman's spirit will inevitably lead to the lack of engineers' spirit.

Yu Xiaohui is a technical person and has always laughed at such spiritual talk. Today, Lu Yujie came up and talked about spirit and culture. Chu Zhanlong seemed to believe Lu Yujie's words, so Yu Xiaohui had to use Tang Zifeng's theory to deal with Lu Yujie.

Lu Yujie is a liberal arts student who has feelings but does not understand technology. Talking about technology with him is like playing the piano to an arrogant person. To defeat one liberal arts student, one must use the theory of another liberal arts student, and Tang Zifeng is exactly a liberal arts student who is good at inventing strange theories.

"General Engineer Yu, you just said that Germany and Japan lack the theory and experience in large-scale system design. So, does our country have this theory?" Xu Jinyun asked a question. He is an old man who started a business with Chu Zhanlong. He has experience in industrial production and the questions he raises are more targeted.

Yu Xiaohui nodded firmly and said, "Yes. At present, our country's research level is the highest in terms of machine tool system optimization. The representative figure is Professor Xiao Wenjun from the School of Mechanical Engineering of Tsinghua University. She is my teacher, and, She is still our Mr. Tang’s wife.”