The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 209 A Real Man Should Drink

In response to the experts' questioning, Professor Li served as the main lecturer and Liu Hua as the supplementary lecturer. The Fourth Ministry of Machine Building thoughtfully prepared blackboards and chalks to allow Professor Li to give a thorough lecture.

If this happened thirty years later, all of this would be kept highly confidential, but now we don't have a patent, so there's no need to hide it.

This lecture will take several hours and involves design ideas, purposes, production methods, etc. The leader does not have so much time to accompany you.

After listening for a while, the leader smiled and asked, "Professor Li, is it okay for you to speak alone?"

"no problem."

The leader nodded and said, "That's great. I have something to discuss with Mr. Liu. Since you have no problem, Mr. Liu, please follow me to the office."

When they arrived at the leader's office, the secretary brought tea. After Liu Hua took a sip, the leader asked with a smile: "Mr. Liu, have you ever been on a plane?"

Liu Hua shook his head: "I'm not that lucky yet, and I've never been out of Beijing, so I don't need to take a plane."

"Then do you know what kind of civil airliners we are using in our country now?"

Liu Hua still shook his head: "I don't know. I don't dare to ask about this for no reason."

"The passenger planes we use now include the Il-707 and Il- from the British Empire, as well as the Trident imported from Britain. Later we also bought some Boeing s."

The leader smiled and said: "When we were conquering the world, the weapons we used were made in many countries. Now that we are ruling the world, the planes we use are still made in many countries."

"Boss, you are joking." Liu Hua said jokingly, "If you have some benchwork skills, you can make a gun with your hands, but you definitely can't make an airplane."

The leader smiled and said, "Yes, that's why we still can't build our own jet airliner. The technical difficulty is indeed very high."

"Boss, please don't beat around the bush with me. Just tell me what you want to say."

The leader smiled and nodded: "After all, you are a young man, and you are a little impatient. We hope that you can participate in an aircraft design project."

"I don't know how to design an airplane." Liu Hua shook his head like a rattle. "Although I don't know how to design an airplane, I know it's a very rigorous job, and it has to be divided into many sub-projects, so there can't be any falsehood."

"You also said that there are many sub-projects." The leader smiled and said, "Don't rush to reject me, listen to me slowly finish what I have to say."

"In fact, in 1970, we had already established a large aircraft project team, and specially set up the Magic City Aircraft Design Institute for this purpose."

Liu Hua nodded, and the leader continued, "Now the Third Machine Department is asking us for help. In the field of avionics, the design of Magic City is not very good, so they hope that our Science Department can give more support."

"But I don't understand avionics design at all."

"I believe you can do the job." The leader said affirmatively: "I have been looking for candidates, but when you came to report today, it suddenly occurred to me that you might be the most suitable candidate." Without waiting for Liu Hua to say anything, the leader waved his hand and continued: "You know mechanics, you have designed cars, and you know semiconductors. You are a versatile person. I originally considered Professor Li, but he only has achievements in semiconductors, so I think your addition to the project may have a better effect than Professor Li joining this project."

"Thank you for your compliment, but machinery and cars have little to do with airplanes. Airplanes are a hundred times more complicated than the machinery and cars I designed."

"I chose you after careful consideration. In addition to these advantages, you are younger than Professor Li and can withstand such high-intensity and stressful work."

Liu Hua thought for a moment and asked, "If I take this job, do I have to move to Shanghai?"

"That's not necessary. Although the chief designer is in Shanghai, many projects are actually distributed to other research institutes. We just need to go to Shanghai every once in a while to summarize them."

Having said that, Liu Hua could only nod and say, "Then I will take this job for the time being. Leader, you can continue to look for other candidates. If I fail to achieve results, you will have backup forces to take over."

"Okay, let's make preparations for both situations." The leader smiled and said, "Since you agreed, I'll trouble you to go on a business trip. First, go to Shanghai to communicate with the comrades in the avionics design team. The department will help you book the air ticket."

"Then I can also eat foreign food and take a big plane." Liu Hua said happily: "When we leave, I will go back to pack, explain the situation at home, and make arrangements for my work at school."

"You'll be right here." The leader said considerately, "When you're ready, give me a call and I'll have someone book a flight for you and take you to the airport."

After leaving the Science Department, the leader handed Liu Hua a document, which was some information about the large aircraft project, and asked Liu Hua to familiarize himself with it as soon as possible.

It turned out that the newly designed large aircraft was the legendary Y-10. Liu Hua had never heard of the famous Y-10, nor had his ancestors in his previous life, but he knew about the Y-20, the fat girl that everyone loved.

Liu Hua went home and told his wife that he was going on a business trip, but he did not mention the specific issues. His wife was also very sensible and did not ask any further questions. Since the time she carried a gun to work that year, Liu Feifei understood one thing.

Liu Hua’s job is very important. If she can know, we will let her know. If she cannot know, we will stop asking.

After arranging his work at school, Liu Hua boarded a plane and flew to Shanghai.

This is an Il-62. A flight attendant walked by pushing a cart. Liu Hua felt like he was seeing a ghost. Providing drinks on airplanes was common, but why was there Maotai on his beverage cart?

A middle-aged man who looked like a cadre next to him asked the stewardess to pour him a glass of Moutai wine. Seeing Liu Hua's dumbfounded look, he smiled and asked, "Little comrade, do you want a glass?"

Liu Hua shook his head. He seldom drank at home. He would drink a few glasses of wine with his food when he was feeling depressed or happy. That was it. Liu Hua couldn't drink a glass of white wine.

"Give me a glass of juice."

The stewardess poured Liu Hua a glass of orange juice. The cadre smiled and said to Liu Hua, "This is something for children to drink. A real man should drink alcohol, and he should drink white wine. He should not drink wine with sex liquor, which is for women."

Liu Hua smiled awkwardly: "I don't drink much, I don't know how much, and when I'm drunk I'll get mad and make trouble. If something happens when I'm out and about, especially on a plane, wouldn't that bring shame to the company?"

(End of this chapter)