Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 436 A monthly subsidy of 100 yuan!

Chapter 436 A monthly subsidy of 100 yuan!
Chen Luyang laughed and teased him: "Is your stomach going to give up? Don't go back and eat hot pot and end up clogging the school toilets again like last time you ate spicy fried noodles."

Du Qiming gave him a long, brooding look.

"Wenwei, if you put it that way, I'll come to your house and fart from now on!"

"No way!!" Tao Runze's eyelids twitched.

Chen Luyang almost never stays in the dormitory except when she is sleeping at night.

Every day, those few old folks would lie on the kang (a heated brick bed) reading books.

Du Qiming's farting in the room won't affect Chen Luyang; they'll be the ones who suffer later.

"Xiao Du! Tell the class monitor what you want to eat."

Tao Runze fully leveraged his role as squad leader in offering comfort and setting an example, saying:
"The class monitor will take you out for hot pot!"

Um? ? ? ?

Sun Legen, Zheng Zhe, Zhao Lixin, and the others all stared at Tao Runze with hungry eyes, like lone wolves.

"Let's go together! Let's get our class meal ready."

Tao Runze waved his hand dismissively, exuding an air of arrogance as if the world were his.

"Brother Tao~~"

At this moment, Cui Shaojie, the "heretic" from the philosophy department who was standing next to them, spoke up sweetly.

"Although I majored in philosophy, all knowledge stems from philosophy, so I'd consider myself half an economist too~"

Jiang Feng couldn't stand it anymore: "Don't be shameless."

"Why don't you mention that fox spirits also graduated from the philosophy department?"

Tao Runze laughed and said, "How could our class leave you out of the meal? Come on over!"

After finishing talking about the meal, the group returned to discussing the lecture.

"What did the professor from the Chinese Academy of Sciences talk about?" Chen Luyang asked curiously.

"It's an introduction to quantum field theory!" Zhang Dongliang said helplessly, "It's incredibly boring."

"No, no, no, this lecture isn't boring at all!" Zheng Zhe waved his hand, as excited as an announcer.

"Do you know what he said? 'Imagine the universe as a pot of boiling hot oil, with little monsters dancing in every drop. If they dance fast enough, they become particles!'"

"What the heck?" Chen Luyang almost choked on the apple.

"Really!" Zheng Zhe's eyes lit up.

He said we used to think electrons were spheres, but they aren't!

"It is a wave, a cloud, a ghost of probability."

"It's here today, but it might go through the wall tomorrow."

Wu Dechen laughed and complained, "If I'm late, I'll just say I'm stuck between my bed and the classroom, and I'm not sure where I am."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"He can even use playing the guitar to explain interference phenomena!" Zheng Zhe continued.

"When you pluck a string, it will generate a bunch of superimposed waves, which is a quantum superposition state."

"I heard that last time he gave a lecture at Tsinghua University, he played the piano while he was speaking, and he was even more entertaining than our gala."

A lively and cheerful atmosphere filled the air as they talked about this.
The atmosphere in the entire dormitory suddenly became eerily quiet.

A group of old men were either lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), leaning against the bedposts, or sitting on stools.

then,

Zhao Lixin's deep, resonant voice pierced the silence as he asked:

"Wenwei, is it really you who's going to give a lecture this weekend...?"

"it's me."

Chen Luyang tried very, very hard to control her facial muscles and not to smile too obviously.

Unfortunately, he could control his cheeks, but not his eyebrows.

As he said this, Chen Luyang's two sword-like eyebrows couldn't help but flare up wildly, and his eyes were filled with barely suppressed smugness.

He started to hate it as soon as he returned to school this Monday!

He hated that there wasn't a life-size cardboard cutout of him at this crucial moment!

What's even more frustrating is that at this time there are only banners and hand-painted promotional posters.

To promote the "Spring of Science" lecture series, the school's Youth League Committee, in conjunction with the school's Arts and Literature Department, posted banners in various major locations and publicity points throughout the school.

List the lecturer, lecture content, and lecture time.

Hateful!
The document above only states "Chen Luyang, 'Practical Language and the Construction of Bridges for Communication in the New Era,' Saturday afternoon at 2 PM."

There is absolutely no description of Chen Luyang's appearance.

Although he had shamelessly knocked on the door of the literature and art department more than once, asking them to draw a portrait of him as a big shot and put it in a prominent position along with the propaganda banner.

Spread the word!
Let all the students in the school know what this awesome and outstanding young man looks like.

However, the people in the Literature and Art Department were too timid!

Hesitant and timid, he absolutely refused to agree.

He said that no other teacher had any sketching skills, and that he was the only one who could not draw well.

They even said that drawing sketches takes too much time, and if the drawing doesn't look like the person, people might mistake them for someone else.

Upon hearing this, Chen Luyang decisively abandoned the idea of having them draw her sketch.

It doesn't matter whether it's conspicuous or not.

If the drawing depicts a different person, everyone might mistake that person for themselves.

They turned around and mistook the person for someone else.

That would be even more painful than killing yourself!

As everyone in the room looked at Chen Luyang with complicated expressions, wondering what to say,
A boy knocked on the door and came in: "Is anyone named Chen Luyang? Someone downstairs is looking for her."

Find me?

Chen Luyang, wearing a coat, walked quickly downstairs.

When he got to the first floor, he saw Lin Qiming waiting for him downstairs.

"Senior brother? You were looking for me?" Chen Luyang rushed towards Lin Qiming.

"It's not me looking for you, it's Teacher Zhang looking for you." Lin Qiming smiled and put his arm around Chen Luyang's shoulder.

"Teacher Zhang wanted to see me?" Chen Luyang asked, puzzled. "What's up?"

"Great news! Excellent news!"

Lin Qiming said happily, "The department has approved your suggestion to turn the repair shop into an off-campus experimental site!"

"Really?!" Chen Luyang stopped in her tracks with excitement.

"This is wonderful!!"

Lin Qiming laughed and said, "Yes! That's great. Let's go! Teacher Zhang has been waiting for you for ages."

"go!"

The two of them happily headed towards the mechanics building.

……

"Dong dong dong."

After a gentle knock, Lin Qiming led Chen Luyang to open the office door.

"Teacher Zhang, you wanted to see me?!"

Chen Luyang's chest heaved with excitement, looking as if he had run 800 meters to get here.

"I need to discuss something with you." Zhang Diancai gently beckoned to him.

"The department wants to set up the repair shop as an off-campus experimental site for the research group. You are in charge of the repair shop, so this matter needs your approval."

“I agree!” Chen Luyang blurted out.

At this moment, even half a second of hesitation is disrespectful to all the previous efforts!

"Since you agree, then sign your name here."

Zhang Diancai smiled and handed a document to Chen Luyang.

Chen Luyang took the document and examined it carefully!
It is clearly stated above: the two parties are in a cooperative relationship, neither subordinate to nor affiliated with each other.

The school is responsible for the experimental design and technical guidance, while the repair shop provides samples, facilities, and basic support. Funding for the experimental site is partly provided by the project grant, with the repair shop covering some daily expenses through negotiation.

See here~
The repair shop manager, "Little Chen," who only wanted to take and not give, decisively ignored the six words "the factory will negotiate to cover some daily expenses," and asked in an exceptionally solicitous tone:
"Teacher, how much funding can the school allocate to us?"

Zhang Diancai gave Chen Luyang a strange look and said:

"The project is a key applied research topic. According to the school's regulations, off-campus experimental sites receive a monthly subsidy of 100 yuan."

"Only one hundred?!" Chen Luyang's ingratiating smile froze.

Why is this all they gave us?!

Although at that time, the monthly salary of an ordinary worker in Pian'er City was only forty or fifty yuan.
The repair shop's total monthly income is only around 1,000 yuan.

This special subsidy of 100 yuan is already quite a lot of money.

However, giving such a small amount of money to an experimental site seems rather stingy.

but……!
Even a little is a little!

Having a hundred is better than not having a hundred.

Seeing that Chen Luyang wasn't particularly happy as she signed the document, Zhang Diancai smiled slightly, his tone softening somewhat:

"Although the repair shop is now officially registered, it is not a project at present and is not included in the school's official funding system. As a result, many equipment allocations and personnel subsidies cannot be approved for the time being."

"However, we now have an opportunity."

He abruptly changed the subject, pulled a folded sheet of printed paper from the folder, and pushed it in front of Chen Luyang:
“In the first two rounds, we used data from the repair shop samples to run the fatigue crack modeling, which has entered the fitting stage and the results are very stable.”

"At this rate, the preliminary modeling results should be available by the end of next month at the latest, and the paper should also be completed."

As he spoke, his tone became even lower than before, but his expression conveyed an indescribable certainty:
"When the results are available, I will take the model diagrams and data analysis reports to the Teaching and Research Office to apply for your formal inclusion in the university's teaching and research platform."

"As long as the results can be implemented and transformed, the school will not refuse to approve them."

Really?

Upon hearing this, Chen Luyang's lips curled up again.

"The modeling results you mentioned... were generated using our batch of connecting rods?"

“Yes.” Zhang Diancai nodded. “The data from your factory’s shock absorber bearings and swing arm samples are very typical and perfect for use as a comparison model.”

"That's good, that's good!" Chen Luyang rubbed her hands together, her eyes gleaming with cunning.
"This time I can finally 'report' to our factory manager, so the factory won't always think that I'm just causing trouble and not making money."

Zhang Diancai was amused by him.

He took a sip of tea, gently set down the cup, and softened his tone:
"Xiao Chen, without your help this time, this project might not have turned out the way it did."

"Don't worry, I'll fight for everything you need when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, Chen Luyang's smile remained, but her eyes immediately fell into focus, revealing an unusual seriousness.

"Teacher Zhang, please don't say that. I didn't help much; it just so happened that our factory had some resources and was able to gather some materials."

"I'm really happy to be able to do this."

The office was quiet for a while. Light from the window shone in and fell on the signed document on the desk, as if stamping the paper with a light gold seal.

"As long as you're happy."

Zhang Diancai's voice softened, returning to its usual serious tone.

"Don't just be happy. The necessary materials preparation, experimental records, and data archiving must all be done meticulously."

"This time, the data has entered the modeling process, and the quality of the data in the later stages needs to be higher than that in the earlier stages. There is no room for shoddy work."

“I understand!” Chen Luyang immediately agreed.

"When I get back this time, I'll have the factory produce a sample and establish a standardized process. We need to record everything, including which vehicle it's on, its model number, purpose, and location. We need to number it, register it, and file it. Nothing can be omitted."

Zhang Diancai laughed and said, "You're pretty good, kid. You've got a quick mind."

"Alright, you can go back now. I'll have Xiaolin and the others contact you if anything comes up."

"okay!!"

……

I ran out of the mechanics building excitedly.
Chen Luyang strode towards the school's public telephone.

The wind blew through the young man's hair, leaving a trail of youthful shadows behind him.

"Beep...beep...beep~"

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.

"Where did Factory Director Wang go? Why isn't he answering the phone?"

Chen Luyang hung up the phone and then called Deputy Factory Director Yu.

However, Deputy Factory Director Yu was also absent.

Finally, having no other option, Chen Luyang called the factory office instead.

The phone rang twice, and then I heard Xiao Xu's familiar voice:
"Hello, this is the office of the Provincial Machinery Factory."

"Little Xu, this is Chen Luyang!"

"Director Chen?!?"

The phone rang with the surprised voice of Xiao Xu, the staff member.

How are things going at Peking University? Is everything going smoothly?

"Smooth!! So smooth!!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Chen Luyang asked happily, "Little Xu, where's our factory manager?"

"The factory manager is being interviewed in the conference room."

"What happy event is there at our factory?" Chen Luyang asked with a gossipy look on his face.

Before, I had Zhu Xinghuo, Song Liaosha, Xiao Wu, and Dong Mangui by my side who could tell me news from the factory.

Now he is far away from the factory, and there is no one around him.

He had no idea what was happening at the factory.

"There are so many happy events!" Xiao Xu's excited voice rang out.

"Our factory director is not only the factory director now, but also the deputy director of the Industrial Bureau."

"Wow!" Chen Luyang exclaimed in shock.

"Our Factory Director Wang got promoted?"

"Yes!!! And Deputy Factory Director Dong is back today too." Xiao Xu's cheerful voice rang out again.

"Deputy Factory Director Dong is back from Blue Ocean too!? Does that mean our helicopter project was a success?" Chen Luyang asked excitedly.

"I heard the maiden flight was a success. Director Wang and Deputy Director Dong are going to Pian'er City in a few days to report to the department leaders," Officer Xu dropped another bombshell!
I grass!

This phone call wasn't a waste of time!
Chen Luyang's heart skipped a beat.

It seems I'll have to call the factory and home more often from now on, whether there's something to do or not, and chat more with my colleagues at the factory.

If I hadn't called today and learned that Director Wang was getting promoted and would be coming to Pian'ercheng in a few days, I wouldn't have known.

Looking back, I haven't made any preparations on my own end.

Factory Director Wang and Deputy Factory Director Dong came straight over.

That's so embarrassing!

"Xiao Xu, is there anything else? Tell me about it~" Chen Luyang started playing the friendship card.

"I was fighting alone in Pian'er City, and I didn't know anything."

"No problem!" Xiao Xu, the clerk, suddenly interjected halfway through his sentence.

"Director Chen, it seems that Factory Director Wang has returned."

"Okay, okay! I'll hang up now~"

With business at hand, Chen Luyang quickly hung up the phone and called Director Wang again.

A brief "beep beep" sound rang out.

"Hello, this is Wang Qingzhou."

"Factory Manager! I'm Chen Luyang, Little Chen!"