The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 314 Trial Production

Liu Hua didn't care who rented the house. A month later, the house was renovated and two women moved in. It was the first time that Liu Hua saw them in real life.

Liu Hua didn’t know one of them, but he knew the other one a little bit. She was the female singer Mao Amin who had just released her first album, Hot Coffee, a few years ago.

"I know you." Liu Hua said with a smile, "You've released your own album, shouldn't you be making money? Why are you still renting a courtyard house?"

"There wasn't much response. Actually, I didn't make much money." Mao Amin smiled and said, "Besides, there aren't any other good houses to rent. Didn't Brother Cui release his own album? He also made money. He can still rent your house. Brother Cui said you are a nice person."

Because housing has not yet been commercialized, although there are some high-rise buildings and apartment buildings in Beijing, they are generally allocated by the units themselves. They are basically full of people and no one will rent them out, so the rental houses are generally those slums.

Even in the 90s, didn't Faye Wong and Dou Wei also live in a slum?

Liu Hua nodded. "The house has just been renovated, and the furniture inside is all new, but it's rather simple. The rent is the same as Xiao Cui's. If you have any questions, just come to me and tell me. If you have any trouble in the courtyard, just tell Xiao Cui. He has also rented it for several years, and he knows everything about the courtyard."

It took Liu Hua half a year to finish all the drawings. Liu Hua felt that he hated modern industry more than ever before.

There were several large boxes of drawings, which were too big to fit in his Santana. He had to transport them back and forth many times before he could get them back to the factory.

Ju Wei knew that he had to experiment with new products, so he organized people to tackle technical problems. Liu Hua reminded them: "Everyone must sign a confidentiality agreement. Tell them clearly that if they violate the agreement, they will go to jail. They must have good skills, good character, and be tight-lipped."

There are hundreds of people in the factory, and Ju Wei already has an idea of the candidate.

Just when we had organized the manpower and prepared the materials for production, someone from the General Logistics Department arrived.

"Engineer Liu, are you planning to produce new diesel engines?"

Liu Hua nodded: "It can't be called preparation for production yet, it's trial production, the blueprints have just been drawn."

"We can't do it in your factory." The comrade from the General Logistics Department rejected it directly: "We have prepared a place for production, but we need you, Engineer Liu, to keep an eye on it."

There was something he didn't say, but Liu Hua knew in his heart that even during the trial production period, Liu Hua might need to be isolated from the world.

"Understood. I'll go back and pack my luggage. I estimate it will take about one or two months."

The place provided by the General Logistics Department is definitely a place where technical elites gather. With so many talented people working together, it only takes one or two months.

When Liu Hua went back to pack his luggage, Liu Feifei was puzzled and asked curiously, "What kind of confidential project is this? Now that you have gone into business, can the country still trust you to take charge of such a project?"

"I can stand the test, so why should you worry?" Liu Hua said with a smile, "When I'm not at home, you can go around the factory if you have nothing to do, so that you don't have to miss me for a long time and rumors will spread all over the factory."

Liu Feifei shook her head: "How would I understand this?"

"You don't need to understand. You just need to calm people's hearts." Liu Hua said with a smile: "I suggest you go out often. It's best to learn human resources management or financial management. When my daughter grows up, you can't just stay at home and do nothing. You can just go to the factory and be a human resources director or financial director."

"Can I still do this job?" "Why not? My main job in the future is research. There must be someone watching over the company. The financial director watches over the money, and the human resources director watches over the people." Liu Hua smiled and said, "For others, this is a deterrent, so they won't dare to fool us."

"Okay, I'll go to Xinhua Bookstore when I have nothing to do and see if there are any books on this subject and study hard."

The factory responsible for testing the new diesel engine was located in a very inconspicuous corner of the capital, a place Liu Hua had never set foot in.

When the General Logistics Department sent him here by car, the road was full of twists and turns, and Liu Hua couldn't remember how to get there at all. After he came in, there were patrol teams everywhere, and all of them were armed with live ammunition, which shows that the level of confidentiality was very high.

It was very difficult to find an eighth-level worker back then. There were only two or three in the steel rolling mill. When the factory director here introduced Liu Hua, there were actually eight eighth-level workers, and the rest of the workers were all senior workers above level six.

Liu Hua rubbed his hands in anticipation: "I am becoming more and more confident now."

There is an entire team of technicians, whose lowest level title is engineer, and they provide technical support to Liu Hua.

When the drawings were spread out in front of them and Liu Hua gave his explanation, the engineers were shocked.

"It's amazing and unexpected that there is such a design method."

"I calculated it silently in my mind. This data is absolutely amazing. The power is at least three times that of the existing diesel power."

The technical team eagerly absorbed Professor Liu Hua's knowledge, and what was taught the day before would become parts the next day.

Three shifts of workers worked around the clock, and in less than a month, thousands of parts were processed and completed, and they were absolutely up to standard and of excellent quality.

The final assembly was done by the engineering team themselves. Various advanced testing equipment was used and each assembled part was tested to ensure that it met the standards.

Liu Hua said to the person in charge: "I feel that this is not right. Equipment installed on a large scale should not have high standards, but should have a low standard. As long as it is above the minimum standard, it is a qualified product. In the future, we will have tens of thousands of tanks installed. It is impossible for all these engines to be made by eighth-level workers, right?"

The person in charge smiled and said, "This is a prototype. There is no room for error. Measure the upper and lower limits of the product and set a reasonable standard. Congratulations, Mr. Liu. You are almost there."

"what?"

"I can see that you've been a little restless these past few days."

Liu Hua smiled bitterly: "I admire those predecessors who dedicated their lives to the country. They were able to hide their identities and conduct scientific research in a very confidential place. I really don't have their determination."

Liu Hua said self-deprecatingly: "I have a problem with my butt. I feel uncomfortable if I sit for a long time. And I have never felt so isolated since I started working. I really can't stand it."

"As long as the engine can run successfully and achieve the data on paper," the person in charge said with a smile, "your work is done, and we will take over everything else."

(End of this chapter)