The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 283: A show of force

Oh my god, it makes me dizzy. That long string of zeros makes people tremble all over. Liu Hua didn't dare to count them. At a glance, it was either eight or nine zeros. It would take a long time to save them up. I don't know if nuclear fusion can be achieved in this lifetime.

No wonder there is a joke in the nuclear fusion community that the success of controlled nuclear fusion is always fifty years away.

I closed the exchange interface cleanly and neatly. As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind.

Anyone who is engaged in scientific research or industry will be drooling over controlled nuclear fusion. For those who are engaged in scientific research, it is equivalent to creating another sun.

For those engaged in industry, controlled nuclear fusion means infinitely low electricity prices, lower costs, and higher competitiveness.

Ju Wei led people to install machine tools and debug equipment in the factory, while Liu Hua stayed at home to draw blueprints of the engine.

A motorcycle engine is simple, and the various drawings only add up to dozens of them. If it were an airplane engine, even if you multiply that by a hundred, it would still be a lot.

The first drawing to be made was a 125CC scooter engine. Liu Hua ran to the factory excitedly with the drawing.

Ju Wei was there with technicians and workers familiarizing themselves with the machine tools. The machine tools imported from Hans are different from the domestically produced machine tools. Just getting started requires familiarity with the operation.

Fortunately, the operating manual was also provided this time. Ju Wei specially found a translator to translate the manual into Chinese, otherwise the technicians would have been scratching their heads.

"How's the familiar?"

Seeing that it was the boss who asked the question, Ju Wei quickly replied: "It's almost done. After all, it's a machine tool imported by Hans, so the processing accuracy is higher than our existing machine tools. But our workers are all experienced and have mastered it to a great extent."

Liu Hua took out a large stack of drawings and said, "Then don't waste labor. Try this."

Ju Wei said in embarrassment: "Boss, I don't have any connections with regard to this raw material. Director Li was in charge of it at the steel mill before, but later Yang Weimin also did not allow me to get involved."

"Where do you get these raw materials for your practice now?"

Ju Wei said awkwardly: "These are the leftover scraps from the repair shop's warehouse. If you don't come again, I think there won't be any left."

Liu Hua scratched his head: "It's really troublesome. The development of private economy is really difficult. I'll find a steel mill. Yang Weimin will not refuse me this favor."

Ju Wei frowned: "Boss, you'd better go to him in person. Yang Weimin and I don't get along. He may give you this face, but he won't give me face. Besides, it's a dual-track system now. You have to negotiate the price with him for things outside the plan."

Liu Hua never expected that Yang Weimin would be so disrespectful that he would go to talk to him in person the first time. The price and other things were negotiable, and Yang Weimin also promised to deliver the goods on time.

But Ju Wei waited for three days but still didn't see any raw materials. Ju Wei had no choice but to inform Liu Hua: "Boss, we haven't seen any raw materials yet. Why don't you urge the steel mill? We really have no scraps left."

"Yang Weimin promised to deliver the goods, and I also promised to pay for the goods upon delivery. This guy doesn't even want to make money, so why is the steel factory doing so well now?" "Boss, I'm afraid he is just talking to you." Ju Wei said with a wry smile: "Since Yang Weimin became the factory director again, he has used this method of saying one thing and thinking another to deal with many people."

"This guy is so narrow-minded." Liu Hua said with a smile: "It just so happens that I am not narrow-minded either. Let's compete to see who can be more ruthless."

Liu Hua first asked you about the steel mill's annual planned quota, and then quietly asked his former colleagues at the steel mill about the factory's inventory.

Then Liu Hua booked a small restaurant outside and called Yang Weimin to invite him to dinner.

Yang Weimin arrived in a new Santana sedan. Liu Hua greeted him at the door. When he saw him get out of the sedan, he just glanced at the hotel's facade and felt a sense of contempt.

The last time Liu Hua saw Yang Weimin, he was sitting behind his desk. He only wanted to negotiate a good deal and did not look at him carefully. But now he saw that this guy was at least 30 kilograms fatter than when he just returned to the steel mill.

As soon as he entered the small private room and saw the food on the table, Yang Weimin's contemptuous look became even stronger.

Liu Hua poured him a glass of wine. This was the most famous Langjiu in the past two years, which had just been awarded the title of famous wine this year.

Before Liu Hua could speak, Yang Weimin spoke first: "Hey, Engineer Liu, if you are really short of funds, don't start a business. You are a research talent, you are joking about starting a business. If you really don't want to stay in the ministry, you can come back to our steel rolling mill. The position of chief engineer is still reserved for you."

He looked so proud and thought himself quite great.

"Chief Engineer or not?" Liu Hua asked back, "You promised me two days ago that you would provide us with raw materials in a timely manner. We have been waiting for three days and haven't even seen an iron ingot."

"Sorry, sorry."

Yang Weimin said sorry, but his face showed no sign of apology. He even defended himself with a smug look: "The task assigned by the higher-ups is really too heavy. It is really difficult to supply materials outside the plan. You just wait for a month. I will definitely be able to prepare all the raw materials you need in a month."

"When you tell a lie, you need to keep using lies to cover it up." Liu Hua said bluntly: "I know very well how many tasks the ministry has assigned to you. With the current conditions of the steel mill, no, the conditions when I left, it is easy to produce these materials. If you say that you can't complete the tasks assigned by the ministry, it can only mean one thing, that the steel mill you manage is worse than the steel mill that Li Huaide managed. You have to know how difficult the conditions were for Li Huaide in those years."

Yang Weimin's face looked a little unhappy. He didn't expect Liu Hua to threaten him so directly. What Liu Hua meant was: Don't think you are the only one who can do it. I also have a backer. I know exactly how many tasks you have.

At the same time, Liu Hua also threatened him, "I have people in the department. If you don't supply me with supplies, I will expose your lies to the leaders and let them see how incompetent you, Yang Weimin, are."

Yang Weimin has now come to his senses. He begins to face Liu Hua squarely. This man is no longer the junior technician he was when he entered the factory in 1962. He is now a senior engineer.

Even the knowledge learned in metallurgy majors in some universities was created by this person. Although Yang Weimin has a backer, he may not be able to compare with Liu Hua.

"Maybe I made a mistake." Yang Weimin could only defend himself: "I handed over the task, and the production department and the warehouse told me that it would take some time. It seems that they were slacking off or dared to give me a perfunctory response."

(End of this chapter)