The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 400 Fengtian Heavy Machinery Factory

Lin Zhendao:
"You are right. If Consultant Li wants to study it, we must fully support him."

"Well, let's go to Leader Wu Xue tomorrow and have him take the lead and make a detailed plan."

"This is a major issue concerning the development of our three provinces. We need to sit down and discuss it carefully."

His words were righteous and powerful.

After all, they are in large numbers now, and even if he is unwilling in his heart, he cannot openly oppose it and become the target of public criticism.

But everyone present was a smart guy, and they could see that Lin Zhen was planning to delay time.

Keep them stable first, and then go find Li Mu secretly?
I don't think about it!

You can guess it with your butt, if Fu Huasheng hadn't been surprised and accidentally revealed the research.

They may not get even a little bit of information.

Now that the opportunity is in front of us, we can't let it go easily no matter what.

"Okay then, let's go find Leader Wu Xue together." The leader of Heicheng said with a smile, and emphasized the word "together".

It can be imagined that in the next few days, they will definitely be inseparable from Lin Zhen.

……

the other side.

After finishing his meal, Li Mu returned to the dormitory to continue working.

Wait until about 2pm.

He closed his notes and stretched.

Guan Jianmin, who had been waiting at the door, stepped forward immediately and said:
"I have already found out that in addition to the Fengtian Iron and Steel Plant, Fengtian also has a heavy machinery plant and a Fengtian mining machinery plant."

"The former mainly produces heavy machinery and steel products, while the latter mainly produces mining machinery and steel products."

"But are we really not going to inform them before we go? This will also allow them to be prepared. After all, right now..."

He didn't finish his words, but the meaning was self-evident.

After returning yesterday, he also learned from General Zhao that Li Mu was being followed.

He was so frightened at the time that he still feels a little scared now.

If something happened to Li Mu, it would be an unbearable pain for the development of Xia Country's science and technology industry.

In a panic, he even wanted to report directly to Kyoto and end the trip early.

After all, no matter how important the research is, it can't be as important as Li Mu's safety.

It was only after General Zhao’s persuasion that he temporarily gave up this plan.

"There's no need to worry so much. Didn't Brother Zhao say that there are many comrades from the Security Committee protecting me? It's absolutely safe." Li Mu said with a smile.

The matter of espionage is admittedly a bit of a headache.

But it wasn't to the point where he was scared to the point where he didn't dare to go out.

"Besides, if I don't notify you in advance, no one will know where I'm going, which will be safer, right?" Li Mu continued.

Guan Jianmin was a little reluctant and said, "Well, I'll go talk to Director Fu later and change the car before setting off again."

……

Not long after.

Li Mu got in the car and left the Fengtian Aerodynamics Research Institute with Guan Jianmin and Zhao Canjun.

And just as they walked out the door.

The person who had been secretly following for a long time also followed quietly.

Such a simple method as changing cars is naturally difficult to hide from spies.

……

The car drove all the way to the gate of Fengtian Heavy Machinery Factory.

At Guan Jianmin's strong request, Li Mu did not get out of the car.

Instead, he directly showed his ID.

Although the gatekeeper didn't know the person, few people dared to forge the steel stamp on the certificate, so he immediately went to report to the factory manager.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came out in a hurry.

When he saw the car parked at the door, he couldn't help but sweat profusely, thinking that some important leader came to inspect.

He quickly said to the gatekeeper: "Hurry up and open the door and let the leader in!"

Seeing this, the gatekeeper hurried to open the door.

After the car entered the factory, the factory director immediately walked to the door and prepared to open it for the leader.

But just as he stretched out his hand, the car door opened from the inside.

"Eh~ Not the leader." The factory director's mind was in a mess when he saw the young man getting off the car.

But then, his eyes became dazed for a moment, and he immediately recognized the other person's identity and said, "You, you are Consultant Li?"

"It's me. Hello, Comrade Director." Li Mu stretched out his hand and shook hands with the factory director.

The latter asked incredulously: "Advisor Li, why are you here?"

It's no wonder he was surprised. Although the Heavy Machinery Factory had a high status in Fengtian, it depended on who it was compared with. The actual situation was that it didn't even have the qualifications to go to the train station to welcome Li Mu.

"I am planning to inspect Fengtian's heavy industry. I visited the steel plant yesterday and came to your place today. I hope you won't be angry if I come uninvited." Li Mu said with a smile.

The factory manager said hurriedly, "Of course not. It is our honor to have you, Consultant Li, come to our factory for guidance."

While he was speaking.

In the distance, a few middle-aged men came running towards us in a hurry.

But after arriving at the place, they couldn't help showing a bit of confusion on their faces, and asked: "Director, didn't you say that a leader was visiting? Where is the leader?"

"Wenshu Jiang, open your eyes and look carefully, who is this!" the factory director said hurriedly.

If Li Mu was dissatisfied in the slightest, he was sure that his life would be over.

"Advisor Li!" Everyone finally reacted and looked at Li Mu.

In fact, they felt that he looked familiar just now, but they had preconceived ideas and thought that it was a leader coming to inspect, so they didn't recognize him.

When the factory manager reminded him, he recognized it immediately.

"Why don't you go and gather the workers in the factory and hold a welcome party for Consultant Li!" the factory director continued.

Li Mu quickly said, "There's no need for a welcome party. There's no need to be so troublesome. Comrade Director, I just want to make a simple inspection."

Hearing this, the factory director broke out in a sweat.

If Li Mu's face hadn't shown any dissatisfaction, he would have thought that he had made the other party angry.

"Okay, okay, then we'll do as you say, Consultant Li." The factory director said quickly, "But after you finish your inspection, you must stay and let us show our hospitality."

After saying this, he winked at Jiang Wenshu.

He is able to become a factory director because he has the ability to read people's expressions.

Just now, he was too shocked by Li Mu's sudden visit and was confused for a moment, but now he has gradually adjusted himself.

Since Li Mu doesn't like formalities, let's do something practical and get some game to entertain him.

"Then I'd be disrespectful to refuse." Li Mu said with a smile.

It's not like he didn't see the factory manager's hidden agenda.

But it doesn't do him any harm anyway.

……

Afterwards, the factory director personally took Li Mu to visit the factory.

The history of Fengtian Heavy Machinery Plant is not as long as that of Fengtian Iron and Steel Plant. It was established after the founding of the New Xia Kingdom.

However, it is the first heavy machinery manufacturing plant in the new Xia Kingdom and is known as the "cradle" of Xia Kingdom's machinery industry.

The factory manager proudly introduced to Li Mu:
“我们厂拥有1350名工程技术人员，能够生产出包括12500吨卧式挤压机、PE-600A复摆颚式破碎机和2吨3吨双臂自由锻锤等先进设备。”

"These products are not only popular in the country, but also exported to many countries and regions around the world."

"Among the heavy machinery manufacturers in the three provinces, our factory is also among the best. You are definitely right to come to our factory for inspection..."

Although his words contained a lot of self-praise, the content was still relatively detailed and he gave a very clear introduction to the situation of the Fengtian Machinery Manufacturing Plant.

……

The Fengtian Heavy Machinery Plant covers an area of ​​more than 1000 acres, which is a very large scale.

It took Li Mu more than two hours to complete the tour.

Waiting to leave the last hot forging press production workshop.

He couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he never thought that sightseeing would be such a physical job.

I was just about to thank the factory manager and leave.

Seeing that it was time for dinner, the latter immediately invited him to stay in the machinery factory for dinner.

However, before Li Mu could nod in agreement, the arrival of a group of "uninvited guests" interrupted his original plan.

……

Seven or eight cars drove into the gate of the heavy machinery factory.

After receiving the news, the factory director quickly apologized to Li Mu, and then brought people to greet them.

The moment he saw the license plates, he stood there in shock.

The cars of government agencies not only have special license plates, but the license plate numbers are even more special, making them recognizable at a glance.

The convoy in front of us might have brought together leaders from the three provinces.

How could their heavy machinery factory have the qualifications to do this!
"Consultant Li, is this person coming to see you?" The factory director immediately looked at Li Mu and asked.

Apart from this result, he couldn't think of the purpose of so many leaders coming here.

Li Mu was also full of doubts. He waved his hands and said, "I don't know either. Maybe."

He hasn't done anything recently that's worthy of so many people coming to him.

Just when both of them were a little confused.

Wu Xue, Lin Zhen and county leaders from other areas of the three provinces got out of the car.

The moment they saw Li Mu, the group of people's eyes immediately showed "hungry" looks, and they couldn't wait to bring him to their place.

Fortunately, because of Wu Xue's presence, everyone was relatively restrained for the time being.

But this is only temporary. Once the database issue is brought up later, it will be hard to say.

For something like the steel metallurgical database, whoever gets it first will have the advantage and gain more benefits. They will not give up this opportunity easily.

Wu Xue was also troubled by this.

If the matter had not been known to the leaders, they could have considered it slowly, but in the current situation, there was obviously no such opportunity.

Although he was complaining in his heart, Wu Xue did not show it on his face.

He walked quickly towards Li Mu and said with a smile, "Haha, Consultant Li, why are you here? It's so hard for us to find you!"

"I wanted to take a brief look at Fengtian's heavy industry, so I came to the factory to take a look." Li Mu explained.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xue said:

"That's your fault."

"If you want to investigate, you have to inform us of your faults anyway."

"I just came here directly without any preparation. What if I neglected you?" As he spoke, he looked at the factory director beside him.

The latter suddenly shuddered and said quickly:
"Don't worry, leader. We definitely didn't neglect Consultant Li!"

"We just finished the inspection, and we are planning to invite Consultant Li to taste the food in our factory."

"Advisor Li is a great scientist, and the research he does is of great use to the country. Even if we don't understand it, we must fully support it."

This explanation made Wu Xue nod with satisfaction.

He also knew in his heart that with Li Mu's influence across the country, even if someone really committed a crime, he would probably be stopped before he could take action.

But no one dared to neglect it.

"Very good, you didn't bring shame to the people of our three provinces." Wu Xue nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to say to Li Mu: "Since it's time to eat, how about we have a simple meal together?"

"Since you have spoken, of course I have no problem." After Li Mu finished speaking, he looked at Lin Zhen and others who were standing behind him and looking at him with fiery eyes.

Then they discovered Fu Huasheng, who was quietly falling at the end of the team, trying to shrink his head and pretend that he didn't exist.

Then the reason why Wu Xue came here becomes very clear.

Most likely it’s about the steel metallurgy database.

……

The arrival of Wu Xue and a group of county leaders doubled the number of people dining there.

Originally, the factory director arranged for them to have their meal in the cafeteria, which would allow the factory's comrades to meet some celebrities and would also allow Li Mu to feel the enthusiasm of their factory more conveniently.

But it’s a bit inappropriate now. After all, it wouldn’t look good if so many leaders were sitting in the cafeteria.

And looking at the attitude when Wu Xue brought his people over, it was obvious that they wanted to discuss something, so the factory director was very tactful and moved the place to his office.

……

Several tables are put together to form a long dining table.

Wu Xue should naturally sit in the first seat, and Li Mu sits in the second seat on his left.

The food was served quickly, including fish, meat, and many specialties from three provinces.

However, there were no hard dishes such as mushroom stewed with flying dragon and three earthly immortals. After all, Li Mu's visit was sudden, and they couldn't find any game for the time being.

It is already quite good to be able to prepare such a table of delicious food.

"We are short on time and our hospitality is poor. Please forgive us, leaders and Consultant Li." The factory director apologized repeatedly.

Wu Xue didn't say anything and looked to his left.

It doesn’t matter whether he is satisfied or not; the key is whether Li Mu is satisfied or not.

"Comrade Director, you are too polite. It's very good that we can eat so many things." Li Mu said with a smile.

It is indeed a joy to be able to eat delicious food.

But it doesn’t matter if I can’t eat it.

Seeing this, Wu Xue laughed and scolded:

"It's only because Advisor Li doesn't mind, otherwise I would definitely speak up for him. If others saw this, they would think that people from our three provinces can't afford to treat us."

After he finished speaking, Lin Zhen and others also criticized the factory director.

Although these words were apparently reproaches, they actually put the factory director at ease.

Speaking it out actually proves that nothing is wrong.

With Li Mu here, the leader won't get angry on the spot even if he is unhappy.

But I’ll keep them in my heart.

If your boss is keeping an eye on you, you will either get promoted or be in trouble.

"Okay, let's eat. We can't let our great scientist starve." Wu Xue spoke to stop everyone from talking and said with a smile.

As he spoke, he was the first to pick up his chopsticks.

Seeing this, everyone started eating as well.

Li Mu doesn't drink alcohol, and everyone knows that.

So even though there was wine on the table, no one would touch it.

During the dinner, county leaders from other regions also introduced themselves to Li Mu.

Then there was a burst of exaggerated praise.

Of course, after praising someone, one must add:
"Consultant Li, if you have the chance, please come to our place and let us do our best to be our hosts."

Hearing this, Lin Zhen cursed in his heart: "Do you really need to do all this?"

……

It took half a minute.

Wu Xuecai brought up the main matter and said:
"Advisor Li, I heard from Director Fu that you plan to build a steel metallurgy database in our three provinces?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes were focused on Li Mu.

The atmosphere at the table also became a little tense.

Lin Zhen couldn't help but look at Fu Huasheng, who was sitting at the end of the table, with a "resentful" look in his eyes.

If it weren’t for the accident, it should have been “in our Fengtian”.

"Well, I did have this idea. My original plan was to report it first, and have Leader Lin Zhen find relevant experts and professors to evaluate it. I didn't expect that it would alarm you and all the leaders to come here." Li Mu said.

He didn't know whether the three provinces had the foundation for developing a database.

So the necessary preparations should be done first.

Otherwise, as soon as he makes a proposal, the higher-ups will make the final decision.

If something goes wrong, losing face is a minor matter, but causing the country to lose property is a big deal.

"Consultant Li, you are too modest. If it were someone else, they would of course need to do this, but you don't have the foundation, so we also have to create the foundation!" Wu Xue said.

This was not a blind decision.

Rather, it is the trust in Li Mu's ability. There is really nothing he can't accomplish.

Other county leaders also said:

"The leader is right. There is no need to make any assessment. Just tell us what you need and we will do our best to satisfy you!"

"Advisor Li, just focus on your research. We'll take care of the logistics!"

"Yes, we know nothing about research, but we believe that you can create this database!"

……

Everyone present had full confidence in Li Mu.

Lin Zhen was a step late and was beaten to the punch, but he was not in a hurry. Finally, he said, "Whatever you need, we will definitely solve it for you!"

He has figured it out now.

With so many people competing together, it is definitely useless to put forward conditions and talk about treatment.

The conditions that Fengtian can offer can also be offered by other cities, and even those that Fengtian cannot offer can be offered by them.

Competing with others in this regard will undoubtedly drag yourself into a quagmire, and the chances of winning are slim.

So I can only play the emotional card.

Moreover, Li Mu will have to work in Fengtian for quite a long time and it is impossible for him to leave casually.

He is the first to see the moon because he is close to the water, and this is also his advantage.

Leaders from other counties can come for one or two days, three or four days is barely acceptable, but it is impossible for them to be absent from their posts for seven or eight days in a row.

Although I can send other people, they are always easier to deal with than me.

"Thank you for your kindness, leaders. I appreciate it. However, this evaluation still needs to be done. It is not only to discuss the feasibility of the research, but also to discuss how to conduct the research and what conditions are needed. It also creates a template for future research and development work." Li Mu said.

He knew that once he proposed it, the result would definitely be like this.

Outsiders always have an inexplicable trust in him.

This inevitably puts him under some pressure and is also not conducive to the formation of a research and development system.

You should know that this steel metallurgy database does not have the information reference of the chat page, it was purely created by him alone.

The probability of something going wrong is quite high.

Seeing Li Mu's worry, Wu Xue said:

"Well, let's hold this evaluation meeting."

"But Consultant Li, you have to believe in the determination of our three provinces to establish a steel metallurgical database."

"As long as it can benefit the development and progress of our heavy industry, we will make it no matter how much it costs!"

His tone was firm.

As the heavy industrial bases of the Xia Kingdom, the entire development model of the three provinces is centered on heavy industry.

They don’t care how much it costs, but they care whether they can get the corresponding return after paying the cost, which is the most important point.

If it were someone else, they would still be cautious even if the words were exaggerated.

After all, no one can say for sure whether the product will be so useful.

But as for Li Mu, there is no need to worry.

"In that case, if I continue to refuse, I will be betraying your trust." Li Mu smiled and said:

"Let me first talk about the conditions required for the research."

“First, the initial research can be conducted at the Fengtian Institute of Computing Technology, but later it will be more convenient to establish a state-level software engineering research center.”

"Secondly, at least 50 Type 03 computers and a large number of talents are needed in the initial stage as the basis for research..."

He spoke out all that was on his mind in one breath.

It is inevitable to establish a software engineering research center.

Although Fengtian has an Institute of Computing Technology, it is only suitable for general research.

Working on a database is not only difficult, but also lacks the conditions and foundation.

"We will definitely solve these problems as soon as possible so that Consultant Li will have no worries!" Wu Xue said immediately after listening.

Leaders of other counties also expressed their full support.

But now they were all a little anxious.

After all, where to place this state-level software engineering research center is an important issue.

Li Mu plans to conduct the initial research at the Fengtian Institute of Computing Technology, so the subsequent software engineering research center will most likely be located in Fengtian as well.

It's a bit frustrating to come here with all the effort and end up getting nothing.

"Consultant Li, don't worry. I will notify the director of the Fengtian Institute of Computing Technology later and ask him to bring the researchers over to report to you!" Lin Zhen said with a grin.

He has the best timing and location on his side, what can others use to compete with him?

Hearing this, Li Mu was a little amused and said, "Leader, you are joking. How can I let them report to me? I will go there."

"Your research is important. You can't waste time on the road. It's decided. Just wait for me when you go back." Lin Zhen said with a smile on his face.

Everyone else felt more uncomfortable than the other when they saw this scene.

Finally, the county leader of Black City spoke up and said:

"Leader, we also want to contribute to the database research. How about transferring the backbones of our computer technology research institutes in other counties to join the research?"

Fengtian’s advantage is too great now, and it is difficult to win by fighting, so we can only adopt a roundabout tactic.

(End of this chapter)