The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 218 First Flight
Liu Hua could call out the name of every one of the fifty or so people back then, but unfortunately, things and people have changed now.

Some people have passed away due to poor health, some died of depression because they could not stand such an environment, and some were attacked by others and ended up being wronged.

Liu Hua said with tears in his eyes: "Those who are still alive are great. I didn't expect that we would be reunited one day. We are about to start a new project. I wonder if you still have the energy and spirit to continue."

These twenty-odd people were generally at least ten years older than Liu Hua. At this moment, they stretched their necks and shouted like elementary school students, "Have confidence."

Baosteel thoughtfully arranged a big banquet for them, allowing Liu Hua to reminisce with the students. Everyone got drunk and had a good rest that night.

The next day when they officially started work, Liu Hua and his students took out Baosteel's plan for discussion.

An engineer said with disdain: "Is this Baosteel's plan and demand? It is no different from Shougang's ten years ago. The only difference may be the introduction of computer management. We can't do this. We have to ask the Fourth Ministry of Machine Building for help."

"Some technical indicators are even worse than they were ten years ago." Another engineer said, "We all remember Mr. Liu's plan ten years ago. It was much more stringent than this. Why are the requirements decreasing instead of increasing over time?"

Liu Hua clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, choose what you are good at and take responsibility for it. I will handle the rest that you can't do."

"Teacher, do you also know computer management?"

Liu Hua patted his chest and said, "Have you forgotten that I was the chief consultant of the computer project team of Huaqing University? Now I am also a teacher of the semiconductor major of Huaqing University."

The engineers at Baosteel were all shocked. Is it popular to cross boundaries like this now? From the steel industry to the semiconductor industry, aren't you afraid of not being able to make the transition and getting hurt?

Liu Hua flipped through Baosteel's entire plan, then looked through the catalog of technical support provided by Nippon Steel, and finally threw it on the table with disdain.

"For this piece of junk, Nippon Steel dares to ask for 50% of the shares?" Liu Hua asked doubtfully, "They also provided a loan of 180 billion yen. They are really aiming for a lot. The entire first phase of Shougang project only cost that much money. If they just drag a few computers, it will be done. You still want to argue with them for two or three years. Aren't you just idle?"

"Ten years, a full ten years, everyone has forgotten the first phase of the Shougang project." The person in charge of Baosteel said with emotion: "Even if we remember, we can't believe that your plan ten years ago is almost the same as the technology provided by Nippon Steel now."

Liu Hua patted the person in charge on the shoulder and said, "Comrade, you have to believe one thing. We are not much weaker than others. A little Japan is rebelling. We have all kinds of industrial systems. Currently, only three countries in the world have such systems. With this confidence, the little Japan will have to beg us in the future."

This time, the method of old employees bringing up new employees was still adopted. Baogang assigned three technicians to each engineer. Other steel mills might not be able to find so many technicians. This project of Baosteel is a national key construction project, and there are a lot of talent reserves.

Liu Hua continued as usual, teaching half a day and then taking the students to the construction site. This not only helped the engineers deepen their impressions, but also trained the newcomers.

In the meantime, Liu Hua also took time to go to Liangxi. The 60* Institute was already under construction, and the people who were sent there at that time had already started working as the vanguard.

They welcomed Liu Hua very much and organized a very sumptuous dinner, with various dishes with Liangxi flavor, such as meat stuffed with oily gluten, braised spareribs, mirror box tofu, steamed white fish, and Liangxi crispy eel.

It was very delicious. If there was a flaw, it was the sugar content in Jiangnan tea, which made it a bit choking for a northern man like him. However, the merits outweighed the flaws. Since it was so sweet, there must be a reason for its sweetness.

After Liu Hua sorted out the situation at Baosteel, he rushed back to Huaqing University without stopping, and basically all his teaching tasks for the first half of this year were delayed. Fortunately, although the foundation of the semiconductor major is weak, there are still one or two people who can serve as lecturers.

These lecturers are responsible for the teaching work in the first three months. There is about one month left in this semester, and Liu Hua will come back to strengthen them.

In order to understand the learning situation of these students, Liu Hua even organized a small test, which is very rare in university.

Unexpectedly, their learning foundation was very solid. Professor Li smiled and said, "Don't underestimate these students. Now our Huaqing University Supercomputer Center relies entirely on them for maintenance. The Fourth Ministry of Machine Building pays them a salary. Each of them is treated as a 13th-level technician."

This makes sense. We usually need to maintain supercomputers, and if we don’t have solid theoretical knowledge, we won’t have the ability to do so.

The semester had just ended when we received another notification from the Y-10 project that the Y-10 prototype had been completed and was officially ready for its maiden flight. Liu Hua, a designer in the avionics department, had to go to the front line to collect first-hand data for improvement.

So, Liu Hua stayed in Jinjing City for more than a month, flew back to Shanghai, and finally arrived at Shanghai Dachang Airport after many twists and turns.

The wingspan is 38 meters, the length is 38.5 meters, the height is 11.3 meters, the wing area is 220 square meters, the maximum take-off weight is 110 tons, the maximum passenger capacity is 124, and the maximum range is 8,000 kilometers.

This aircraft is a true trunk passenger aircraft. If the design is successful, it will be of great help to our country's manned aviation industry.

The previous generation of this aircraft eventually fell under the conspiracy of the United States. In order to deal with the big bear, the United States tried to win us over and took advantage of the honeymoon period between the two countries to provide us with McDonnell Douglas aircraft.

Just this one ridiculous lie has ruined our large aircraft project. The most important thing is that in order to develop our country's civil aviation business, we can only give up this huge market to Boeing.

Seeing such a huge aircraft rising from the ground, Liu Hua and his colleagues in the tower were monitoring all the data, and the most intuitive reports from the pilots were heard from time to time on the communication channel.

The large plane circled the field twice and then slowly landed. The technicians quickly picked up their food and rushed onto the plane to begin checking the operation of each link.

After careful inspection, the chief designer held a meeting. Liu Hua was one of the participants, after all, he participated in the design of avionics and radar.

Listening to everyone's reports, not just the chief engineer, but everyone else frowned.

(End of this chapter)