The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 223 Memoirs

It is impossible for the project team to stop, and everyone will continue to work behind closed doors, but this will not prevent us from collecting information about Da Piaoliang.

Once the state machine starts moving, the power is terrifying. News about the 45,000-ton large die forging press is continuously transmitted back to the country.

It was built in 1955, and it has been 35 years now. Even though the level of confidentiality was very high at that time, it is now gone.

Even if Da Piaoliang requires strict confidentiality to be maintained, the subordinates will not take it seriously, because it has been kept secret for 35 years, so what else is there to keep secret? Besides, it is the top management who needs to keep it secret, not the subordinates. No matter how strict the confidentiality is, it has nothing to do with the subordinates.

At first, what was sent back were films, and everything was done secretly. Later, someone went to the library to check and found that there was more information there.

It is directly put on the bookshelf for people to check, and they can even check the relevant companies around it, where they can find the maintenance records of large die forging presses, parts customization records, etc.

When Liu Hua came to Jiangnan Shipyard again, the information here was enough to fill a container.

The chief engineer of Jiangnan Shipyard and Liu Hua stood in front of so much information. He scratched his head in confusion: "The higher-ups said to send us the information, but I didn't expect there would be so much information. Logically speaking, such an important machine should be top secret. How did we collect so much information?"

"It's been more than 30 years, and you still want to keep it secret?" Liu Hua smiled and said, "Besides, it's a capitalist country. Keeping secrets is for the capitalists to make money, and ordinary people can't get any benefit. Why should he keep secrets for the capitalists?"

"That's true. We, the proletariat, have no obligation to keep secrets for the evil capitalists."

The chief engineer picked up a document and said in surprise, "That's not right. How come there is a memoir here? We want industrial documents. What do memoirs have to do with industrial documents?"

"I heard that foreigners don't record history, so a lot of their information is written in personal memoirs. After retiring, many foreign old men and women will write a memoir in the library, print dozens of copies, and then donate them to the library, which can be regarded as a little commemoration of their coming to this world."

After that, Liu Hua took the memoir and took a look at it. He pointed at the memoir and said, "Look at Douglas' memoirs. He is the creator of a great miracle of heavy industry. This shows that Douglas, who wrote the memoirs, is also a practitioner of heavy industry."

After saying that, Liu Hua opened the memoir and glanced at the table of contents: "Take a look at the work experience of Da Piaoliang Aluminum's Cleveland plant. As far as I know, this 45,000-ton large die forging press was built in this plant."

"Really?" The chief engineer took the memoir and began to read it. "That's true. This guy worked in maintenance at the Cleveland plant. The record is really detailed, even the parameters and drawings are included. With these records, it will be much easier for us to restore the 45,000-ton large die forging press."

"There are also records of custom-made parts for large die forging presses here. You can just copy the design of this supporting factory."

Liu Hua excitedly raised the book in his hand and said, "Did you see it? Do you know what this is? It's the user manual for the 45,000-ton large die forging press from 1960."

"We have all this stuff." The chief engineer smiled and started to look through the pile of documents. After a while, he smiled and said, "There are treasures here, the Boeing 737 keel forging process records. Logically speaking, these are all top secret information."

"A country with only 200 years of history." Liu Hua said disdainfully: "We can't ignore many problems just because it is so powerful." "What problems?"

Liu Hua smiled contemptuously: "In fact, there are many problems in their entire national management, and there are many mistakes and omissions. National management is to improve the correct management methods based on the wrong management methods of predecessors. How much experience can they learn from their two hundred years of history?"

"That's true. A country that becomes strong by making money from war, in our opinion, won't be strong for long."

Liu Hua nodded: "That's right, I calculated it with my fingers, it won't be more than a hundred years."

The chief engineer waved his hand and the original 50,000-ton hydraulic press project team was suspended. Only a small number of people were retained to continue the research. The rest of the people were assigned to organize the information for me. He even specially mobilized a large number of translators to translate these materials.

As more and more information was translated, the chief engineer couldn't stop smiling. It was no problem to restore the drawings with these materials. Given six to eight months, he could be guaranteed to manufacture a qualified 45,000-ton large die forging press.

The good news from Jiangnan Shipyard made Mr. Ma feel a little relieved. Now there is only one big problem left, which is the engine.

During the Y-10 project meeting, Mr. Ma asked with a smile: "Now that the keel and skin problems have been solved, the only thing left is the engine. Do you have confidence in solving the power research?"

However, no one dared to make a guarantee, which was also within Mr. Ma's expectations. Our engine has always been a flaw. Not to mention now, even in another 20 years, the engine problem may not be solved.

Mr. Ma nodded: "Well, everything is as I expected. Now the higher-ups have plans to import engines from the West, and have already started preliminary contact with Rolls-Royce in John's country."

Rolls-Royce engines are produced by Rolls-Royce, and are well-known all over the world. Even Boeing purchases Rolls-Royce engines.

Everyone is happy and sad. They are happy that the Y-10 aircraft can finally be successfully produced, but they are sad that the engine, the most important heart of the aircraft, is not produced in our country, and we will be controlled by others in the future.

The Spring Festival in 1981 was even more lively than that in 1980. There were more people. Millions of educated young people who had gone to the countryside returned to the cities, and the country encouraged them to start their own businesses. So there were many small stalls on the streets, selling tea eggs, roasted melon seeds, and big bowls of tea.

Liu Hua and his wife took Liu Guodong, and Liu Qiaotong in their arms, to the temple fair. The name was given by Liu's father, and even though Liu Hua was in his thirties, he had no room for objection.

There are already people performing crosstalk at the temple fair. To be honest, the crosstalk performers are quite talented and they stick to current events. Even though Liu Hua has a very high sense of humour, he was still amused.

After leaving the temple fair, Liu Guodong insisted on going to Wangfujing to buy toys. Liu Hua was not short of money, so he readily agreed, and the family went to Wangfujing Department Store again.

(End of this chapter)