Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 427 There are no students giving lectures here!

Shen Fei's lips twitched.

"We still need to keep a calm mindset. If we can argue, we shouldn't resort to violence; if we can avoid it, we shouldn't confront it head-on."

"If I ever encounter someone difficult to deal with in the future, I'll just treat it as a test of my character and a way to accumulate good karma."

Chen Luyang raised her eyebrows slightly, neither refuting nor agreeing.

Let others do the good deeds.
His job is to teach them how to be good people!

Anyway, he's the one who gets bullied.
……

After class on Wednesday afternoon, Chen Luyang rushed to the Mechanics Department's laboratory building to ask Zhang Nan for the blueprints.

Stepping into the laboratory,

Lin Qiming and several students were inspecting a set of fatigue test pieces at the test bench, while Zhang Nan and another student were discussing the axis correction of the docking fixture.

Seeing Chen Luyang come in, Zhang Nan put down her pencil and greeted her:
"Xiao Chen, you've come at the right time. The blueprints are ready for you."

Saying,

Zhang Nan pulled out two blueprints from the pile of drawings and handed them over:
"This is the standard structural drawing of the gasket, and this is the three-view drawing and cross-sectional drawing of the nozzle. They are all drawn according to the standard of Professor Zhang's reference drawing, and the suggested processing method is also attached."

"I specially added a groove to the thread of the nozzle to make it easier to retract the tool. You can check it."

"Senior brother, anything you make is bound to be a masterpiece, there's no need for verification!"

Chen Luyang happily accepted the blueprints, though she spoke politely.

But his hand unconsciously raised the drawing, and his eyes quickly scanned the drawing.

Although he doesn't know how to draw.
But after spending a year in the factory, translating so many Japanese and Italian technical drawings,
In particular, when Zhang Guoqiang and his team were drawing the blueprints, they made a point of explaining the part data and process details to him in detail.

So he can still tell whether a drawing is good or bad.

The two drawings in front of me are not only clean in structure and accurate in lines, but also have the tolerance control of key interfaces, chamfer angles and thread start and end points all marked in detail. They are obviously good materials.

Chen Luyang immediately felt at ease.

"Senior, this drawing of yours is so good you could take it straight to a factory and start production!"

Zhang Nan was a little embarrassed by the praise: "It's nothing. However, Teacher Zhang suggested that when you are producing, you might as well ask the factory to make three different sizes of versions to test the limit range of the change in the universal parts."

Chen Luyang was stunned!
Yup!

How could he have forgotten about this consideration?

If we can first test out the limits, then we can selectively promote universal parts in the future.

In this way, the repair shop can use one part to replace three, and standardization will be easier!
"Thank you so much, senior!"

Chen Luyang was gratefully about to put the picture into her bag when...

Zhang Nan then pulled out three more sheets of paper from the pile of blueprints: "Hey, don't rush, these are for you too."

"What is this??"

Chen Luyang was taken aback.

He only asked Zhang Diancai and Zhang Nan to draw three blueprints, and didn't say anything else!

"These three are pictures of sword fighting."

Zhang Nan unfolded one of the drawings and explained, "It's not the one you wanted, but Teacher Zhang asked me to draw it separately."

"He said that the three types of parts that your workshop is going to trial produce, although their structures are not very complex, have many processes and detailed requirements."

"If we start construction directly from the structural drawings, nine times out of ten we'll end up with scrap parts."

"So he had me draw three sets of knife-matching diagrams, and asked you to make a sample based on the diagrams first."

Saying,

Zhang Nan said:
“Look at this one. I’ve written down every step clearly: how to make the first cut, where to leave the step, the starting point for the thread, the angle of the taper hole, which tool to use for the chamfer, the recommended spindle speed, and the clamping method. Everything is marked.”

As Chen Luyang listened to Zhang Nan's introduction, her eyes gradually widened.

Nowadays, factory workers mostly rely on experience to do their jobs. Whoever is more skilled goes first, and the techniques and methods among the workers are not standardized.

However, if there is a cutting diagram as a template...

So as long as one worker can follow the cutting diagram,

Even if he's a complete novice who just joined the factory, he can still produce qualified products!
Although drawing tooling diagrams is much easier and simpler than drawing industrial drawings.

But it also takes a lot of effort and energy!

Not only do we need to think about and refine each step one by one, but we also need to understand how the workers "work".

Chen Luyang initially thought that it would be good enough if he could just finish drawing the blueprints.

But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Diancai and Zhang Nan even drew a diagram of the pair of swords for him!

Those three meticulously crafted industrial blueprints didn't impress him much.
On the contrary, a few pictures of swords clashing struck a chord deep within him.

"Senior brother..." Chen Luyang murmured.

"You guys are so meticulous... I really didn't expect you to even be able to draw a picture of a pair of swords for me."

Zhang Nan smiled and said, "Teacher Zhang said in class that a truly good drawing is not one that is drawn beautifully, but one that can be used directly in the workshop, making it convenient for workers to process, improving the yield rate, and establishing a 'replicable process flow'."

"So he told you not to rush, but to make a sample of each of the nozzle, gasket, and connector, and to go through the process according to the cutting diagram."

"Once the process is running smoothly, then we can increase the volume."

Listening to Zhang Nan's repeated instructions, Chen Luyang's throat tightened a little.

He carefully put the drawings back into his bag and said gratefully:
"Senior, thank you so much...and thank you, Teacher Zhang."

"Teacher Zhang is so busy, I really didn't dare to think that he would still remember my affairs."

Zhang Nan laughed: "Don't let Teacher Zhang's cold face fool you, she's a really nice person."

“When we first started school, many girls were afraid of him and didn’t dare to talk to him.”

"As a result, if anyone really had a problem and went to him, he would answer their questions the most patiently."

Seeing Chen Luyang's touched expression, Zhang Nan said, "Actually, we are the ones who should be saying thank you."

"If it weren't for your timely help in sending those samples, our project would have been stuck long ago."

At this moment, Chen Luyang was still immersed in a feeling of being moved.
People treat him with kindness and consideration, and he is eager to repay them in kind.

He will do his best to give whatever he can!

Upon hearing the word "project," Chen Luyang immediately perked up:

"How's your experiment going? Is there anything you're still missing?"

Lin Qiming overheard this and turned around to reply, "We don't lack them. The old parts you sent last time have been a great help, especially the nozzles and old shock absorbers. The data is very complete."

"But it would be even better if we could get our hands on some deformed steel connecting rods or cracked control arms."

Chen Luyang raised an eyebrow!
"I have this!"

Their auto repair shop sees so many cars coming and going every day, haven't they ever touched any oddly shaped parts?

There are even more old parts with damage!

“But that thing is too big and heavy, we don’t think we can move it. Why don’t you take some time to come with me to the repair shop and do some research on site?” Chen Luyang said generously, “I have a lot of it in my yard, it’s full of dismantled scrap parts and blanks, you can just grab whatever you need, it’s very convenient.”

"That would be great!"

Upon hearing that Chen Luyang had so many samples, Lin Qiming and several students in the lab couldn't sit still.

“Okay, let’s finish up the preliminary data here in the next couple of days. If you’re free this week or next weekend, let’s go over together.”

"no problem!"

……

Having obtained the blueprints, Chen Luyang made a phone call back to the repair shop, asking Director Lu and his team to come and pick them up.

He has already contacted the factory, and the money has been received.

Chen Luyang was very reassured to leave the rest to Director Lu.

According to previous communication, the trial parts for the "family factory" could be manufactured in a week at most.

After the drawings are sent out,
As Chen Luyang walked around the campus, she noticed that, without her noticing, red banners and colorful posters proclaiming "Spring of Science" had been hung all over the school's playground, canteen, and dormitory entrances.

As a large-scale academic season jointly planned by the school's Youth League Committee Publicity Group and other universities and institutions,

The "Spring of Science" series, titled "Science and Youth: The Power of Knowledge on the Road to Modernization," is planned to be held in four sessions over two consecutive weekends at Peking University, open to the entire university.

According to Shen Fei, among the experts giving lectures this time, besides Zhang Chongshan, a researcher invited by the Chinese Academy of Sciences,

There are also scholars from the Fudan University Economic System Reform Research Group, professors of theoretical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and philosophy researchers from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The three teachers following were invited by the Youth League Committee's Publicity Group, the School's Academic and Scientific Association, and the School's Foreign Affairs Office, respectively.

However, whether or not they can be invited, and who the specific teacher will be, has not yet been finalized.

But~~
None of this has anything to do with Chen Luyang!
His task was to invite Zhang Chongshan.

As long as Zhang Chongshan agrees to come, that will be a victory!
At this time, the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of Peking University

Gao Hongming sat at his desk, deep in thought.

The school's Youth League Committee is now making great efforts to organize the "Spring of Science" lecture series. Each department is connecting with units inside and outside the school, and the first drafts of the lectures and the list of experts have been submitted one after another.

However, the Department of Foreign Languages ​​has yet to respond.

There is no way,

The disciplines of the Foreign Languages ​​Department are too far removed from the core spirit of the 'Spring of Science'.

Foreign languages ​​are not engineering, mathematics, or policy theory.

The teachers usually talk about Shakespeare, Flaubert, Dickens...

Even if teachers are willing to talk about it, they talk about translation teaching, language acquisition, and literary background, which do not fit the scientific topic.

Although foreign language education is also developing, there are also textbooks and achievements in international exchanges.

However, the lecture was intended for the entire school audience, not for a foreign language major's internal course, and was not suitable for discussing the general trend of reform with hundreds of people.

The few suitable candidates for the lectures have been busy with foreign affairs translation work for the past two years and simply cannot spare the time.

In short, it's frustrating!
Just as Gao Hongming was pondering how to reply to the school's Youth League Committee,
A young teacher, carrying an approval document, rushed into the Foreign Languages ​​Department office.

"Director, the award has been approved."

"show me."

Gao Hongming sat up abruptly, took the approval document, and quickly began to read it.

"Second Prize of National Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Education Institutions?!"

"Great...that's wonderful!"

Gao Hongming excitedly banged on the table.

In the first half of this year, with the joint recommendation of Peking University and the provincial university, Chen Luyang's "Practical English Communication Handbook" was recommended to the Ministry of Education for evaluation as a "pilot achievement of cross-school collaborative teaching reform".

After a series of rigorous, almost brutal, selection processes,
at last!

The approval document for the award has been issued.

The "Practical English Communication Handbook" not only won the second prize in the national evaluation of outstanding teaching achievements in higher education institutions, but was also included in the "Reference Catalog for College Foreign Language Teaching" issued by the Higher Education Department and recommended for use by colleges and universities nationwide. The audio resources were also included in the foreign language audio-visual education system.

Even Peking University Press received the honorary title of "Outstanding Publishing Unit" for publishing the audio version of the book.

This is an extremely high honor!!!
Although Chen Luyang was a worker at the provincial machinery factory when he wrote "Practical English Communication Handbook".

But it's alright!!

Now, he's a student at Peking University!
"call!!!"

Gao Hongming let out a heavy sigh.

What a good thing!

What a great thing!
"Tell me! Such a good student, why did you choose to study economics!"

Gao Hongming sighed with regret!
He should learn a foreign language!

Based on Chen Luyang's previous experience working in a factory, and having translated technical materials in Japanese and Italian,
If he could dedicate himself to language, the impact he would have would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this,
Suddenly, Gao Hongming was startled!
This is ridiculous!
He even went so far as to dig a tunnel to find someone to give lectures, but now there's a ready-made person right here.

In terms of academic ability, Chen Luyang's "Practical English Communication Handbook" won the second prize in the ministry.

In terms of technological innovation, he was a skilled worker at the provincial machinery factory who participated in the research and development and production of domestic automobiles.

He's not only a person in the foreign language field, but also has practical achievements, and his ideas are closely related to the theme of reform!
All the personalities perfectly matched the requirements of the "Spring of Science" lecture!

Thinking of this, Gao Hongming didn't hesitate.
He got up and hurriedly ran towards the school's Youth League Committee office.

……

In the office of the school's Youth League Committee,
A group of people are busy preparing for the lecture.

Upon hearing Gao Hongming's recommendation, Secretary Wang of the Youth League Committee frowned.

"Chen Luyang...that Chen Luyang from the Economics Department?"

Gao Hongming nodded and said, "Yes, it's him, he..."

But before he could finish speaking, Secretary Wang's face darkened, and his tone immediately changed:

"Director Gao, I'm afraid I have to remind you of something."

"The 'Spring of Science' lecture series is a major event at the school level and an important window to showcase the school's achievements to the outside world and higher authorities. Isn't it inappropriate for you to recommend a student to be the main speaker?"

His tone already carried a hint of reproach: "I've heard of Chen Luyang; he's a good student."

"But a student is a student. If we make him stand on the stage for the whole school, wouldn't our event become a joke?"

Although there were no explicit requirements in the list of invitees for the lecture,
However, which of the four speakers invited so far lacks sufficient 'academic authority' and 'representative status'?
If we let one student take the stage today, other departments will follow suit, and lectures will become platforms for student speeches.

Where is the overall seriousness and authority of that lecture?!
He seemed to realize that his words had been a bit too harsh.

Teacher Wang softened his tone, "If he comes back to speak in the future as a researcher, lecturer, or editor, we will certainly welcome him with open arms. Right now... I'm afraid he's still a bit lacking."

(End of this chapter)