The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 384 Electricity

Someone nearby added, "Find their best driver, fully equipped, and get over here right away."

Liu Hua frowned: "Even the pilots in the Army Aviation Regiment don't have this experience, right? Our operating method seems to be different from theirs."

"This is a new thing, and we're experimenting little by little," said a middle-aged man who was about the same age as Lin Weiguo. "Engineer Liu has already built it for you, so why are you afraid it will fly? Organizing people to learn and constantly exploring its potential is the right way."

Liu Hua was invited to the middle-aged man's office, where he was served fine tea and given a bottle of Hua Zi (a type of cigarette). He was extremely grateful.

He was Lin Weiguo's superior, and his insight was first-rate; he immediately saw what use this three-wheeled vehicle was.

Liu Hua came prepared, handing over all the documents he had, which stunned the leaders on the other side.

Liu Hua smiled and said, "I have a lot of experience with these kinds of accidental things. I'll leave everything to you from now on. As for production and everything else, that's all up to the higher-ups to decide."

"What about research funding?" the leader asked doubtfully. "We can't let you do a losing business, can we?"

Liu Hua waved his hand: "Let's not talk about that. The technology involved isn't very advanced, and it didn't cost much in total. Consider it my contribution."

"That doesn't make sense. We are calling on everyone to contribute and build the country, but we cannot allow personal interests to be harmed."

"We'll talk about this later; whether it'll be useful or not is still uncertain."

To everyone's surprise, just one week later, Liu Hua received an urgent task to produce one hundred three-wheeled motorcycles.

This isn't a large-scale operation; it's probably used to assess the usefulness of this device, or perhaps for drills, to see just how powerful it really is.

Liu Hua didn't know what would happen next. Normally, if any problems arose, the user would contact his designer to discuss improvement plans.

However, Liu Hua never received it, presumably because the army was very satisfied with his belongings.

Six months later, Liu Hua received a large order. This item should theoretically be considered military supplies, but the higher-ups were still quite confident and entrusted it to Liu Hua for production.

War breaks out in the desert, and the eagle stirs up trouble.

The Middle East is starting to stir. A strongman is short of money, so he's preparing to ask neighboring countries for funds. The whole world is watching his aggressive stance, and the air is thick with tension.

Ma Shan also happened to be returning from there and sold seven sets of passive phased array radars to Qiangren. The money was negligible; the important thing was data sharing, so he gained a lot.

He even went to Liu Hua specifically: "Everyone said that guy had no money, so we increased the price tenfold and converted the unit to US dollars. He didn't even blink and just bought it."

"You're still not ruthless enough. If this were a capitalist, they could make twenty times the profit. Do you even know what it means for something to be rare to be valuable?"

"So, I can only be a soldier, while you can be a boss."

Liu Hua has a new position. The country is conducting feasibility studies on the Three Gorges Dam, and Liu Hua has been invited to join the project as a technical advisor.

Liu Hua himself was puzzled. He didn't know anything about power generation, so why was he chosen to be a technical consultant? The explanation given above was that Liu Hua was put in charge of computer control. After all, he was one of the top technical authorities in China, both in hardware and software, so this position was a natural fit for him.

The impression that ordinary people have of the Three Gorges Dam is that once the Three Gorges Dam successfully generates electricity, they will no longer have to suffer from power outages. However, the Three Gorges Project took a total of ten years from the start of construction to the impoundment and power generation.

It has been a long decade.

Liu Hua has joined the project team as a consultant. The higher-ups know that Liu Hua doesn't have much time to devote to the Three Gorges Project, and they would prefer that he spend more time on high-tech projects like carbon fiber.

Liu Hua figured that since the country would eventually have to take the path of new energy, it would be better to start developing photovoltaic and wind power generation now and increase the utilization rate of our country's deserts.

Hurry up and recruit people for the new energy factory, especially those from the materials science department who specialize in photovoltaic power generation. The compensation will be excellent.

Although college graduates are still guaranteed job placement, more and more college graduates hope to obtain better-paying jobs, so they choose to find employment independently.

As a result, the new energy company recruited more than 100 researchers, and Liu Hua directly allocated 100 million yuan for research funding.

"The laboratory efficiency of monocrystalline silicon solar cells has been increased to 20 percent."

The researchers immediately gave up. They argued that the world's advanced level was only about 20%, and that was only achievable by the world's most famous scientific laboratories. How could a hundred or so recent college graduates like themselves think they could reach the world's advanced level?

They felt that their boss was somewhat delusional.

"You've all chimed in with your opinions, and the bottom line is that you're all incompetent." Liu Hua slammed his hand on the table. "Why do you all think you're incompetent? Just because you're recent college graduates?"

Liu Hua immediately gave them a pep talk: "You recent college graduates shouldn't be limited by those outdated rules. Liberate your minds and believe that you have unlimited potential. In the future, you will be no worse than any laboratory in the world. If you think you are inferior to others now, the world's most advanced laboratories will be able to see the future clearly, and you won't make any progress over the years."

"Their equipment and experience are more advanced than ours, and their funding is more abundant. How can we compete with them?"

“You are younger and more energetic than them, you have more imagination than them, and our funding is no less than theirs. My current investment of 100 million yuan does not mean that we will not continue to invest in the future.”

"As far as I know, you've invested hundreds of millions of dollars in that lab."

Liu Hua clapped his hands: "Young man, you are still young. It's meaningless to just talk about money. You have to look at purchasing power. What we can do with 100 million yuan in China is something that we might not be able to do with 1 billion US dollars abroad."

Finally, Liu Hua complained, "You're so young, yet you're so afraid of everything. You're only in your early twenties, and you have no drive at all. You're not even as good as me, an old man who's about to turn fifty. I still firmly believe that I, Liu Hua, have never been inferior to anyone in my life."

By giving them pep talks and using reverse psychology, the enthusiasm of these kids was fully mobilized. If it weren't for Liu Hua keeping them in check, they would have loved to live and eat in the lab.

For every slap, there should be a sweet treat.

Liu Hua redeemed some advanced solar cell technology from the system and gave it directly to the group of children.

"As I have said, I, Liu Hua, have never been inferior to anyone in my life. Here is some information for you, and I hope it will inspire you."

(End of this chapter)