Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 456 You've Delayed My Selling Myself
Fu Donghu was a true man.
Right here on this little train, a strong feeling suddenly surged within me.

"If it weren't for all the work at the factory, I'd be willing to run off to the city and work for you!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Luyang's expression immediately changed.

"No! Brother Fu, if you come with me, Factory Director Wang can break my legs!"

As the head of the purchasing department in the factory, Fu Donghu's abilities had been highly praised by Wang Qingzhou.

If he dared to poach the head of the factory's supply and marketing department, Wang Qingzhou would surely kill him.

Song Liaosha also sighed.

"Brother, if I didn't need to find my mom, I would have gone to help you too!"

Chen Luyang was both amused and exasperated: "...No, aren't you two just too easily fooled?"

"You've all been fooled by me after I just said a few words?"

Song Liaosha exclaimed anxiously, "How could it be a hoax! Your story sounds really exciting!"

"Brother, how far has this project progressed?"

Chen Luyang sighed softly.

"It's progressed to the point of selling oneself."

Fu Donghu and Song Liaosha: ? ? ?
Chen Luyang silently rolled up a piece of dried tofu for herself and ate it, tears welling up in her eyes.

Isn't that just selling yourself...?

He sold himself to the philosophy and economics departments as a translator, just to get their support for his project and to raise its scale and standards.

Originally, according to the original plan,
He could finish translating the rest of Hegel's work on the train.

Who would have thought that they would run into Fu Donghu and Song Liaosha on the way, and that chat would waste their time.

She gave a resentful look to the astonished Song Liaosha and Fu Donghu.
Chen Luyang complained, "You've all delayed my chance to sell myself!"

……

Although the three brothers had been separated for a long time, they were reluctant to part.

But no one can stay up all night on a train, especially after eating and drinking their fill. As soon as it quiets down for a while, they start yawning again.

Song Liaosha leaned directly on Chen Luyang's shoulder, tilted her head back, and fell asleep.

Chen Luyang leaned against the window, his mouth wide open, snoring loudly.

He's been really exhausted lately.

Tonight I saw my girlfriend and my best buddy again, and with that feeling of relief, I slept like a log.

When they were almost at Hongjin, the train attendants went around to each carriage to remind everyone.

Chen Luyang, Fu Donghu, and Song Liaosha were woken up.

Song Liaosha subconsciously raised her hand and wiped her mouth.

"You drool all over my clothes."

Chen Luyang looked at his shoulder, which was soaked.

I know, that's from drooling.

If you didn't know better, you'd think someone's child had peed on it.

"Brother, Brother Fu and I are getting off the bus. You can walk the rest of the way by yourself," Song Liaosha said with some concern.

"Let's go, everything will be fine for you two!" Chen Luyang rubbed his hair, still half asleep.

"Oh, and you absolutely have to keep this a secret, you hear me?"

Fu Donghu laughed: "Don't worry! I'm just waiting to drink your wedding wine now."

Song Liaosha launched into a sarcastic remark: "Instead of waiting for his wedding banquet, you should wait for mine. He can only get married after graduating from university."

Chen Luyang retorted, "What? I can get married right after graduating from university. I have someone ready to go, do you?"

Song Liaosha said nonchalantly, "Once I find my mother, I can find a boyfriend right away."

“Indeed!” Chen Luyang nodded deeply.

"I'll have Auntie find you a good girl later, so you won't be so irresponsible all the time."

……

After seeing Song Liaosha and Fu Donghu off,

Chen Luyang seized the time and frantically translated three more pages of the manuscript on the train.

Currently, he has accumulated nearly three volumes of manuscripts containing philosophical theories about the project.

Adhering to the principle of valuing time and getting things done properly the first time.
Chen Luyang really spared no effort.

Translate all the books Xiao Hui gave him, including all the theoretical basis and important original evidence related to technological rationality, industrial rationality, and social structure.

Although time is limited, it is not possible to achieve 100% complete translation.

But with what we have now, let alone applying for projects...
It's enough for writing papers, research, and graduation reports!

Although I feel like I'm practically "selling myself,"

However, he still adhered to the principle of following proper procedures and standards.
I've decided to write another paper explaining the relationship between instrumental rationality and social structure and send it along with the paper to the philosophy department.

This way, it will be easier for the philosophy department to apply for projects from the university.

By the time the train arrived at the West Railway Station, it was already 10 p.m.

After getting off the car, Chen Luyang, familiar with the area, carried her bag back to the repair shop and went straight to sleep.

The next morning, I got up before dawn again, and without combing my hair or washing my face, I took the bus back to school.

Anyway, I'm fair-skinned, so even if I don't wash my face, no one can tell!

The past two days and three nights of intense activity have left Chen Luyang feeling completely exhausted.

But when he sits in the classroom on Monday,

When he saw Tao Runze, Jiang Feng, Zheng Zhe, Gao Xiaolin, and other classmates looking at him with the same eyes they would give a "soldier,"
Chen Luyang is standing tall again!!!
That's awesome...

So cool!
Tao Runze and the others looked at Chen Luyang with complicated expressions.

From Pian'ercheng to the provincial capital, it's a journey of over 1000 kilometers.

Just to catch a glimpse of his partner,
I've been up and about for three nights!
Awesome.

Seeing the looks Gao Xiaolin and the other girls were giving her, Chen Luyang pretended to be deep in thought and said:
"I'm just setting an example for you. If you want to find a partner in the future, you should use my standards."

Gao Xiaolin chuckled and teased, "Come on, you're practically on a business trip just because you're dating."

Chen Luyang said shamelessly, "What do you know? This is a conditional romance."

"By the way, how was the meal at work last time?"

Tao Runze said helplessly, "Don't even mention it, Xiao Du has run away again."

"It's gone viral again?!" Chen Luyang asked in surprise, "What did you guys eat?"

"We ate hot pot. It was spicy..." Tao Runze said, his face full of regret.

wipe……!
Chen Luyang was helpless.

"Old Du can't handle spicy food. Last time, his spicy fried noodles almost clogged the school's toilets."

"Why did you go out for hot pot!"

Tao Runze lamented, "I didn't realize he couldn't handle any spice! And when we got there, he was the one making the most noise, saying he wanted spicy food."

Chen Luyang asked, "How is he now?"

Zheng Zhe was speechless: "It's sticking up on my bed right now."

I finally managed to snag a lower bunk when school started.

There was nothing we could do; we ended up with this guy.

Zheng Zhe gets diarrhea once a month, which forces him to switch beds with Du Qiming.

He was afraid that Du Qiming might lose his temper and jump out when he got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and spray him all over the bed again.

"That won't do... How about we buy some berberine at noon and go see Old Du?" Chen Luyang said seriously.

Pan Yu looked at Chen Luyang helplessly.

"Do people get berberine prescribed as a treatment?"

Chen Luyang said, "Who cares what he takes, as long as it works!"

People have already moved from the upper bunk to the lower bunk. Bringing canned food at this point wouldn't be sending warmth, it would be sending artillery shells.

It's better to just get some berberine.

"...Okay! Let's go to the school clinic after class to get some berberine and take it to Du Qiming!"

After class,
The entire class of Economics went to the school hospital, and finally marched in a large group to Du Qiming's dormitory.

Since it's inconvenient for girls to go in.
So a group of boys registered on the first floor and then took their medicine upstairs.

When Du Qiming saw the dozens of bottles of berberine, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Du, we originally wanted to give you a bottle each, but the school hospital said they wouldn't give any more and that they had to save some for other students."

Chen Luyang sat by Du Qiming's bedside, holding his hands with a look of earnest concern on her face.

"Take these medicines for now. If you need more, just let us know and we'll make sure you get it!"

Poor Du Qiming, disheveled and looking utterly dejected, slumped against the bed.

He looked at the small pile of berberine.

Then look at Chen Luyang, who is also disheveled, with fuzzy hair around his eyes, dark circles under his eyes, and seems so tired that his gaze is unfocused.

A terrifying thought began to creep into my mind: The Cultural Committee has gone mad…

He's absolutely insane!
No normal person would do something like emptying out the school hospital!

However, out of friendship, he still had to express his heartfelt gratitude.

After he finished speaking, Chen Luyang had to offer him a few words of advice:
"If you can't eat spicy food, then don't eat it. If you keep having diarrhea like this, you'll ruin your health!"

Du Qiming sighed, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Actually, my stomach has always been fine, but it suddenly became unsuitable when I went to college."

Zheng Zhe was speechless: "Others blame the Earth's lack of gravity when they can't poop, but you blame going to college for having diarrhea."

"So, is Peking University more attractive than the Earth itself?!"

Du Qiming said resentfully, "You don't understand the situation."

“My dear uncle, he was perfectly fine until he went to the provincial capital once.”

"I got an upset stomach and gastroenteritis on the first day and had to stay in the hospital for several days."

"After finally recovering from enteritis, I caught a cold and got pneumonia while swimming."

"I had to stay in the hospital for several days before I recovered."

……Um???

Chen Luyang looked up sharply, staring at Du Qiming in shock.

This plot seems so familiar...

"Come on, it must be your uncle's acclimatization problem. Otherwise, how could a perfectly healthy person suddenly get so many illnesses?" Sun Legen said.

"It's true!" Du Qiming said, his face still showing signs of fear.

"And then there was the beginning of this year, when my uncle got into some trouble again."

"A perfectly healthy person, but not only did he get enteritis, his prostate also flared up."

Wu Dechen's expression changed.

"Did your grandpa do something to us?"

"This sounds so weird!"

Du Qiming was also still shaken: "Yes, our family also suspects that my uncle might have done something to us."

"Hey? Wenwei, isn't your family from the provincial capital too?"

Du Qiming looked at the silent Chen Luyang and asked curiously, "Your hometown has a lot of shamanic practices and fox spirits, do you think that could be related to this?"

Chen Luyang trembled, then almost screamed as she retorted.

"we do not have!"

“We are not!”

"Don't talk nonsense~"

Seeing that the conversation was gradually heading towards metaphysics, Tao Runze decisively ended the topic.

"that is!"

"If your family really confessed to something, how could they have followed us all the way to Pian'er City?"

"Moreover!"

"Even if your uncle recruited him, he can't possibly follow you."

"You two are completely unrelated... By the way, what does your grandpa do?"

Du Qiming answered honestly, "My uncle is a translator. He's really good at it; he speaks several foreign languages!"

"Wenwei, you two should meet sometime!"

Du Qiming looked at Chen Luyang and said, "You two definitely have something in common."

Chen Luyang's back stiffened.

"...Maybe we shouldn't see each other?"

"It hasn't been easy for our grandpa to grow up like this."

Looking at Du Qiming's weak face, Chen Luyang felt a strange sense of guilt.

I should treat him better from now on...

……

Fortunately, Chen Luyang had some drafts saved up.

Even though he had been frantically translating philosophy department materials all week, he hadn't delayed providing the manuscripts for the original economics department's compilation.

Late night
In the corridor of the boys' dormitory
Chen Luyang sat in the stairwell again, carefully considering how to write an explanation of the discourse from instrumental rationality to social structure by the light of the corridor.

first step!
We need a perfect title.

Chen Luyang frowned in thought.

It has to be related to philosophy, and it also has to be connected to your own project.

It should be insightful and relevant to the times, and avoid writing overly outrageous arguments.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Luyang cautiously wrote a line on the manuscript paper:

The Genesis Mechanism of Practical Rationality: A Technological Philosophy Examination Taking Mechanical Standardization as an Example

After finishing writing, Chen Luyang pondered it for a long time.

Another subtitle has been added:

"Focusing on generalization pilot projects, analyzing the philosophical logic and practical rationality generation path behind standardization."

Eh hey!

That would make things perfect!

Chen Luyang looked at the title with satisfaction.
perfect!

Step 2~
Start writing!!!

……

Having established the theme, Chen Luyang seemed to have divine assistance, and her pen flew across the page in a flurry of strokes.

Recently,
He translated a large amount of material on Kant's "synthetic judgment", Hegel's "objectification of subjective will" and Habermas's "technological system and legitimacy".

All the concepts and philosophical theories were built in my mind.

It's incredibly easy to write a theoretical explanation of a service that combines theory with practice.

In less than three nights, Chen Luyang completed the material analysis and submitted it, along with his translation of the relevant theoretical manuscripts, to the Department of Philosophy.

When the philosophy professors saw Chen Luyang enter the room carrying a small stack of documents and project proposals...
Everyone was shocked...

What the hell are you doing?!
They gave the book to Chen Luyang, originally thinking that he could only submit three or five pages of draft and translate one or two quotations from Kant, which would be quite good.

Who knew he would dig up so much!

"You turned all of these by yourself?"

Li Zhengfan's throat felt a little tight.

Even knowing that no one but Chen Luyang was capable of accomplishing this task,

But instinctively, he still asked the question.

"I did it."

Chen Luyang nodded honestly: "Time is too tight, I can only translate the general outline, just get these straight for now."

"But I promise, I'll do my best to handle it whenever we need it!"

Chen Luyang was nervously pledging his loyalty.

On the other side,
Xiao Hui stared wide-eyed at the materials in his hand.

"The Generative Mechanism of Practical Rationality: A Technological Philosophy Examination Taking Mechanical Standardization as an Example—Focusing on Generalization Experiment Projects, Analyzing the Philosophical Logic Behind Standardization and the Generative Path of Practical Rationality"

"You wrote this document too???"

Chen Luyang nodded.

"Yes. I wrote it the night before last, while looking at the original text and building the framework... I wrote it in a bit of a rush and it's not detailed enough, please forgive me."

The room fell silent.

After about two minutes, Xiao Hui spoke up:
"Okay, leave these materials here for now, we'll take a look at them."

Uh-huh!

Chen Luyang nodded, looking at the room full of philosophy professors with some unease, and before leaving, she couldn't help but say:

"Teacher, if there's anything I wrote that's not right, just come to me anytime! I'll fix it right away."

Xiao Hui: "Mm."

Chen Luyang was still worried: "Teacher, my project is really great, it's very closely related to philosophy! If this material isn't enough, I can keep writing."

Li Zhengfan: "Mm."

Chen Luyang was still worried: "Teacher..."

wipe!
Chen Luyang shut up.

It's not a business to try and force something.

gone!

(End of this chapter)