The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 468 New Journey

Fifteen years later, in the early 2010s, the entire Western society was on a downward spiral. According to our country's nuclear physics experts, Western nuclear power groups basically had no useful technology left.

At that time, Liu Hua only needs to raise a flag and light a fire, and the entire nuclear power industry in the world can be settled.

These fifteen years are just enough time to build up the domestic nuclear power plant. After fifteen years, we can rest easy and go abroad to make money.

Even when Liu Hua hid in Di Jun's laboratory, he couldn't find peace; the engine for a fifth-generation fighter jet is no easy feat.

All new materials require experimentation step by step. Even though Liu Hua's guidance outline has already outlined the research direction, it doesn't mean that the correct proportions can be achieved in one go.

As for why the strict proportions cannot be specified, anyone with a brain should understand why.

While Liu Hua was focused on his research in the lab, things were in turmoil outside. This year's rainfall was above average, and there was a risk of flooding across the country and in all river basins.

Liu Hua had no recollection of this incident. In 1998, a major flood struck our country. In his previous life, he had only been born a few years earlier.

"It's rained a lot this year."

A researcher walked in from outside, shaking off the water as he complained, "I haven't seen the sun for more than a few days since summer started."

Liu Hua glanced at the overcast sky outside and felt a chill run down his spine. He remembered the short videos he had been watching: our brave and fearless soldiers jumping into the floodwaters without hesitation to protect the natural disaster.

"It seems to be this year," Liu Hua muttered to himself. "Damn it, I completely forgot about it."

"Boss, what have you completely forgotten?"

Liu Hua quickly replied, "It's nothing, just a small matter. I'm getting old, and my memory isn't what it used to be."

After finishing his day's work, Liu Hua thought about what he could do to help with the flood relief efforts. But after thinking it over, it seemed that he really couldn't do anything. It seemed that he could only contribute money, since all he had left was money.

By this time, the government had already detected the signs of this year's floods and began organizing flood prevention and disaster relief efforts, which was much faster than the response Liu Hua had received in his previous life.

Liu Hua himself was unaware that this was all thanks to him; the supercomputer he designed was incredibly powerful in the application of weather models.

In his previous life, although the country's supercomputers were quite powerful, their development was somewhat slow. Therefore, when allocating computing power, the meteorological department received relatively less, resulting in a slower response time.

Liu Hua instructed his company's purchasing department to quickly procure all kinds of useful disaster relief supplies and donate them all to the disaster relief command center free of charge.

Liu Hua's donation amounted to over 100 million yuan. Moreover, when the dam was about to breach, Taiyi Group issued a notice stating that anyone who drove their vehicle into the floodwaters to plug the breach could obtain a certificate from the relevant department and receive a new car from Taiyi Group.

Thanks to the early response and sufficient supplies, although the entire flood relief and rescue operation was quite arduous, there were not as many brave and fearless soldiers who sacrificed their lives as in the previous generation.

After the flood relief efforts ended, Liu Hua donated another sum of money to all the troops who participated in the flood relief to help them improve their lives and to provide compensation to the heroes who sacrificed their lives.

During the Spring Festival, Zhao Benshan's skit said, "9898 is incredible! A bumper harvest! The floods have been driven away!" In reality, this flood caused our country to suffer losses amounting to hundreds of billions of yuan, far from the lighthearted tone of Uncle Benshan's skit.

Each and every one of these painful experiences spurs us to move forward with a fearless spirit and great strides.

In Western societies, people can only silently endure every natural disaster or man-made calamity, licking their wounds, and may never be able to get back up again.

However, in our country, every pain is the best spur, prompting our nation and our people to look forward and move towards development.

After the devastating floods, the country accelerated its infrastructure development, which in turn boosted the growth of private enterprises, leading to an even faster increase in our GDP.

Liu Hua could clearly feel that, for example, the export volume of carbon fiber this year was significantly higher than last year, and the number of orders signed by the sales department each month had also increased considerably compared to the same period last year.

Most importantly, a significant portion of these products were bought up by Chinese companies. Industries such as medical, sports, and even luxury goods have begun to engage in the production of carbon fiber products, which is something Liu Hua is delighted to see.

We can't keep producing low-end products forever; we're bound to venture into some higher-end industries. And we've entered this market several years earlier than we expected, which is a very gratifying result.

Taiyi Heavy Machinery Company, which originally manufactured engines, now primarily focuses on automobile engines.

Originally, only a few domestic companies would buy their engines. Now, even Volkswagen in Shanghai, apart from a portion imported from Russia, buys most of their engines from Liu Hua.

When Volkswagen Shanghai was first established, all of its engines were imported from Germany. Later, they began to prepare to produce their own engines, but their technological level was never at its best.

Although the technology has improved in recent years, the annual production is still only a few hundred thousand units, which is far from enough to meet demand.

So they imported some from Hans and purchased some from Liu Hua.

Recently, the CEO of Volkswagen in Shanghai flew over to talk to Liu Hua about a business deal. They plan to establish an engine production base in Shanghai.

However, they also knew their shortcomings; in terms of both design and craftsmanship, they were far behind Liu Hua's side.

So they set their sights on Liu Hua. The CEO of Shanghai Volkswagen looked at Liu Hua and said, "Professor Liu, Shanghai Volkswagen is very sincere in wanting to cooperate with you in engine production. We are preparing to establish a new company, Taiyi Shanghai Volkswagen Powertrain Company."

Liu Hua smiled and asked, "How will you allocate the shares?"

"What I mean is that we will take the lion's share, and we will provide all the funding," the Volkswagen CEO said with a smile. "Your Taiyi Company only needs to provide the technology."

“I don’t lack funds.” Liu Hua shook his head: “My factory produces over a million engines a year now, and I plan to open new production bases all over the country in the future.”

The CEO of Volkswagen is at a loss. He has no trump cards when cooperating with Liu Hua. It's a real headache.

“You only produce car engines,” Liu Hua said with a smile. “If you agree to this condition, I can cooperate with you.”

(End of this chapter)