Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 452 One Moment of Shame Known to All
Half an hour later.

Chen Luyang walked out of the school's Youth League Committee office with a look of despair on her face.

The sky is falling...

I'm late.

After the photos were taken, the little glasses were sent directly to be developed.

Chen Luyang pleaded and begged to get the radio station to take a few more photos of him.
However, the school radio station refused to reshoot, citing the shame of wasting film and the preciousness of the film.

Chen Luyang was not giving up and wanted to try again to see if they could release only the interview transcript and not the photos.

However, the school radio station rejected the application again, citing reasons such as, "Who will believe you without a photo? We also need to ensure its authenticity."

Life is so unpredictable!
Chen Luyang sighed.

No wonder my mother taught me from a young age not to be arrogant when I was proud, because arrogance leads to trouble.

Looking back now, I realize I really bragged way too much.

Whenever a short-haired girl kindly reminds him to straighten his collar, he listens and adjusts his clothes.

It wouldn't necessarily turn him into a "Young Pioneer" shining throughout the entire campus.

"Serves you right for not listening to advice! Serves you right for not listening to advice!"

Chen Luyang muttered a couple of things and then ran to the school's phone booth to make a call.

……

Tickets are really hard to buy!

These days, it's not easy to travel out of the province, especially as winter approaches and people travel to different places. There's only one green train a day, and it's so crowded it's like a battle. Being able to squeeze onto the train is considered a victory.

Even with Director Lu making advance preparations and Jiang Tito's connections, and having visited several ticket windows,

In the end, they could only barely manage to get Chen Luyang a hard-seat ticket to go back to the provincial capital next weekend.

Moreover, the price was increased.

It's a full two and a half yuan more expensive.

However, compared to the joy of seeing my partner, this amount of money is nothing!
Money? You can always earn it back after you spend it!
However, you can't just meet your partner whenever you want.

After buying the ticket, Chen Luyang rushed to the phone booth and called Chen Jinyue, asking her to come to the train station next weekend evening.

that's it,
Chen Luyang was counting down the days until next weekend, feeling both anticipation and a subtle... resistance to the arrival of Thursday.

Just thinking about wearing a red scarf at that time...
A large photo of a bright-faced, promising young talent for the motherland is displayed on the bulletin board.

He just wanted to die...

Maybe,

Some people are destined to conquer the masses through a unique and unconventional path.

Who says only those who are great, glorious, and righteous are heroes!

Even the famous detective Ms. Feng Jiuxiang said:
As our motherland's garden grows larger, it's inevitable that there will be a few exotic flowers and rare herbs.

Dad is the most eye-catching plant in the garden!
Let's not talk about whether it's beautiful or not.
Just make it light up!!!

……

Thursday noon

As the school bell rang,
Students walked out of the classroom with their schoolbags on their backs and lined up in long queues at the cafeteria windows.

The iron spoon clanged in the aluminum rice bowl, and when the lid was lifted, steaming braised eggplant and a large pot of cabbage were revealed.

Just as everyone was busy moving forward, preparing to get their food,

A crackling sound came from the loudspeaker, followed by the familiar female announcer's voice:

"Dear teachers and students, good afternoon! This is Peking University Broadcasting Station. The midday sun shines on the campus, and we meet you again on these radio waves as promised."

Then the male announcer's voice rang out:

"A refreshing breeze of thought, a warm current of knowledge—this is the voice of every Peking University student. Let us pause our hurried steps and listen to this sharing."

"Today, we want to share with you a special column called 'Youthful Spirit: Role Models Around Us'."

"In this episode, we will introduce you to a unique young science and technology project leader."

The crowd gradually quieted down.

At this time, everyone admired progress, and when they heard it was a feature article about people, the noise from getting food immediately subsided.

He is a freshman majoring in economics and also the manager of an auto repair shop.

"He is not a theorist who writes reports in the laboratory, but a practitioner who rushes to the front line."

"His project integrates policy guidance, engineering design, and grassroots examples, demonstrating the broad possibilities for college students to participate in modernization in the new era."

"His success is not just about getting a project approved, but also a pilot signal for Peking University to explore the integration of industry, academia and research."

……

As soon as the campus loudspeaker blared, the previously noisy crowd suddenly fell silent.

Gao Xiaolin, holding her lunchbox, subconsciously said:
"Is this referring to our Cultural Affairs Committee?"

The students all turned their heads to the side.

The next second, the announcer's voice came through clearly:

"Next, we will take you into the story of 'Connecting Knowledge with Practice: Peking University Student Chen Luyang Leads Industrial School Cooperation to Explore New Paths for the Standardization of Automotive Parts'..."

……

"Holy crap, it really is him!" Zheng Zhe's eyes widened.

The broadcast continued:
"...Given the reality of a large number of car models and diverse parts types in China,"

"Student Chen Luyang has extensively absorbed the advanced technological development experience of Germany, Italy, and Japan, and boldly proposed the idea of ​​standardizing commonly used automotive parts, which has been put into practice and has yielded initial results and received an excellent response..."

These words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky, causing an uproar throughout the school.

Peking University has no shortage of talent.

However, it must be acknowledged that there are still many talented individuals among talented people.

They are still burying themselves in their textbooks, studying principles, taking notes, and staying up late to learn, trying to adapt to the pace of university life.

As a result, Chen Luyang is already leading a team in the workshop, setting up a laboratory off-campus, and participating in the modernization of the motherland through projects initiated by the university!

Speaker of "Spring of Science", host of the experimental site in the Department of Mechanics, and the first person in charge of the school-level project...

Each and every one of these incidents...

Like a hammer, it struck the hearts of all freshmen again and again.

The name "Chen Luyang" was like a huge dark cloud, pressing down on the heads of all the first-year students.
It was so thick it was almost impossible to separate, so heavy it made it hard for them to breathe.

No matter how hard they study or how excellent their grades are,

But when I looked up,

There's always someone standing in front of you.

He would turn around every now and then, smile and wave at you:
"Why haven't you caught up yet?"

……

Depressed!

A perfectly good braised eggplant dish turned into a choking mess for everyone.

I finished lunch feeling depressed and then washed my lunchbox.

A dozen or so students from Class 1 of the Economics Department walked together on campus, feeling depressed and sullen.

Just then, an untimely burst of laughter came from the school bulletin board next door.

"What are you laughing at? Why are you so happy?" Zheng Zhe asked curiously.

"Let's go take a look!" Sun Legen was very trusting, and a group of people followed him to the bulletin board to watch the excitement.

On the bulletin board,

Chen Luyang, with a red scarf tied around her neck, grinned at the camera with a proud expression.

That smile was exactly the same as when a primary school student was being evaluated for being a model student; it was so sunny it seemed to overflow from the glass frame!
puff……

Hahahahaha!!!

The suppressed emotions that had just been building among the economics students, who were secretly competing with each other, were now palpable.
Like the steam that had been simmering in a pot all morning, this photo instantly lifted the lid.
The entire system collapsed!

Hahahahahaha
Hahahaha
Hahahaha, hiccup~
Just as a group of people were watching and laughing hysterically,
Not far away, a furtive figure lowered his head and glanced this way from the corner of the teaching building.

Then it quickly crawled and disappeared into the unknown shadows.

I wish I could disappear into the ground and that no one would ever discover my presence!

...At this time, the Philosophy Department office
The sound of a broadcast drifted in through the open window.

Xiao Hui was looking down at a journal when he heard this, and his eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly.

Li Zhengfan put down his teacup and sighed softly.

"The Economics Department really hit the jackpot this year, they got a great student!"

Just over two months into her freshman year, Chen Luyang had become a prominent figure across the entire university.

Whether you're a student or a teacher, everyone knows his name!

Previously, Li Zhengfan and the others thought that Chen Luyang was too youthful and impetuous, too arrogant.

He wouldn't even accept an internship as a translator in the Philosophy Department's original text translation team.

But now it seems that it's really a waste of his abilities to be an 'intern translator'.

"Ugh……"

Li Zhengfan sighed softly.

"I wish he were a student in our department..."

All departments are now rushing to compile the original texts, and the philosophy department is no exception.

As it turned out, the economics department acted faster than anyone else, and had already compiled and submitted the draft.

Which teacher can't do advanced research or conduct advanced studies?
But if you actually sit down and spend time painstakingly working through the draft and creating basic manuscripts, it's a headache for anyone.

After all, everyone has to teach, write articles, and do research, so they really can't spare large chunks of time to write basic manuscripts.

Several times, the philosophy professors considered bringing Chen Luyang back in to help with some translations.

But Chen Luyang's thoughts... are just too hard to control.

Who knows, one day I might write something "inappropriate" in the translated manuscript.

If something really goes wrong, who will take the blame?

Unfortunately, Chen Luyang refused to take on the role of 'intern translator,' so the matter had to be put on hold.

Hearing the news about Chen Luyang on the radio today has stirred up everyone's thoughts again.

"It's such a waste to have this person right under our noses and not be able to use him," the philosophy professor couldn't help but say.

"How do you use it?" the logic teacher asked rhetorically.

“He wants to join the main compilation team, but we can only let him be an intern compiler. The requirements don’t match, so there’s no way to negotiate.”

At this moment, Xiao Hui raised his head and slowly began to speak:

"I think that instead of thinking about how to bring people in, we should take a different approach and cooperate with them directly."

"I have an idea."

“We can launch an interdisciplinary research project on ‘technology and rationality’ in the name of the philosophy department, focusing on his ‘automotive universal parts project’.”

"The research content of the project includes modern industrial organization, division of labor, and the impact of instrumental rationality on social structure."

"It may sound like a technical issue, but it's actually all old philosophical topics."

At this point, Xiao Hui's lips curled into a meaningful smile.

“If we specify ‘referencing foreign literature on philosophy of technology and modernity theory’ in our research, then we will naturally need translations of the original works of Hegel, Marx, Habermas, and others.”

"At that time, it will be a natural progression to give Chen Luyang a legitimate entry point to participate in translation and annotation."

Xiao Hui continued, "His job is simply to organize and translate firsthand materials and provide technical annotations."

"The rest will be proofread, processed, and improved by us, and finally compiled into theoretical results."

The modern philosophy teacher's eyes lit up.

"What a great idea!"

"This way, we can keep him out of the translation team while still making him a project collaborator and helping us with the translation."

"It also allows the philosophy department to highlight its 'participation in modernization practices,' which is respectable to talk about."

The more he talked, the more impressed the modern philosophy teacher became!

He truly lives up to his title as director.

That's a brilliant plan.

In this way, not only the philosophy department can "move closer to practice".

Chen Luyang's project can also get "theoretical support".

Without changing the staffing, structure, or identities, we can still bring in all the people, their abilities, and their achievements.

"but……"

The logic teacher thought for a moment and then raised a question.

“We’ve secured a research project and our names are on it, so we can’t just talk the talk; we have to give people a plausible reason.”

There are plenty of plausible reasons.

Xiao Hui slowly closed the magazine and pushed his glasses up:

“We are collaborating with departments and coordinating projects. It’s not like I’m the one asking him for help.”

“We handle the project approval, we provide the theoretical support, and we oversee the translation; he only needs to manage his own technical materials.”

"It's really hard to say who benefits."

Xiao Hui chuckled lightly: "We can put aside the translation for now and talk to him under the guise of a collaborative research project."

The philosophy professor suddenly realized: "You mean you want to first extend an olive branch to him under the guise of a collaborative research project on 'technology and rationality'? And then hide the translation work behind the scenes?"

"It's not hiding, it's just saying it in the same way," Xiao Hui corrected.

"As long as the collaboration is natural, the conversation will naturally steer in that direction."

"Moreover, we can state that all collaborative materials will be publicly signed, and the ownership of the results will be clear, without affecting his staffing or his schedule."

Even if he doesn't agree immediately, it will leave an impression on him.

Li Zhengfan added: "We can also approach this from the perspective of technology ethics, by establishing a 'Technology Ethics and Social Impact Group,' led by the Department of Philosophy and with his participation."

“Okay!” Xiao Hui said to Li Zhengfan.

"You should handle this."

“You’ve spoken with him before, so he’ll listen to you to some extent.”

Li Zhengfan nodded: "Okay!"

……

For the past few days, Chen Luyang has been living a life worse than death.

He became famous for ten years, but no one cared.

One moment of humiliation and the whole world knows!

The proper photos in the school magazine went unnoticed.

The red scarves displayed on the bulletin board spread throughout the entire school.

Even other universities know that Peking University's economics department produced a brilliant student who loves wearing a red scarf.

That's awesome...

Such a grown man, and he's already a Party member.

They can even shamelessly pretend to be young, wearing a red scarf and wandering around aimlessly.
Anyone would take a second look.

Now, whenever Chen Luyang walks in the teaching building or on campus, people stare at his collar to see if he is wearing a red scarf.

If Chen Luyang hadn't been so hungry that she had no choice but to go to the cafeteria, this wouldn't have happened.

He wished he could stay indoors all day and never see anyone.

night
As the bell rang, the course "History of Western Philosophy" ended.

Chen Luyang, carrying her schoolbag, was about to slip away with the crowd amidst the chaos when Li Zhengfan unexpectedly called her back.

"Chen Luyang".

Chen Luyang paused, turned around, and looked slightly surprised.

"Teacher Li?"

"Come to my office."

Ok?
Chen Luyang's brows furrowed slightly, a bad premonition rising in her heart.

(End of this chapter)