Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 572 The All-Powerful Chen Luyang
Shen Fei, with his legs crossed, held a teacup while conducting a deep analysis.
"If we're going to give awards, we should at least do something noble."

"Things like 'energy saving,' 'helping others,' 'serving the community,' and things like automatically erasing blackboards—those are probably the real prizes."

"Otherwise, if you close down the shop, who benefits besides yourself?"

While giving his opinions, Shen Fei earnestly explained:

"In short, your magical tool has too narrow a user base and is not worth promoting."

"Makes sense."

Chen Luyang squinted, pondered for a moment, and said seriously:
"Then I can add a sentence to the introduction: This device aims to save ten precious seconds in the lives of all students in the upper bunk."

Seeing Chen Luyang's stubbornness, Shen Fei said:
"Sure, go ahead and do it. I'll find out who the judges are later and tell them to be careful so your gadget doesn't hurt them."

cut!
Chen Luyang rolled her eyes at him.

With a flick of his wrist, his tone was firm:

"Just wait for news of my victory!"

……

Although she spoke with conviction, Chen Luyang was actually quite uncertain inside.

These blueprints are beyond human capability.

Apart from the "mermaid" figure, which was relatively clear, the rest of his drawings, including the explosive charges and waves, were all drawn in a mess.

At first, he wanted to show it to Zhang Nan so that Tu Wang could add some details for him.

However, later on, Chen Luyang himself felt ashamed when he looked at the blueprints, especially the mermaid, which was simply unpresentable.

As for designing a machine based on this blueprint, forget about it.

No one in the world could understand it except himself.

Helpless!

Chen Luyang decided to fully utilize his strengths and go straight for it!
The true spirit of science is to dare to put it into practice!
At that moment, Chen Luyang rummaged through his belongings in his dormitory and pulled out a roll of thin rope and two pencils.

Then!

The real invention has begun!
Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Chen Luyang first climbed onto the bed, and then found the most comfortable and most frequent lying position for herself.

Then flick the rope~
"Xiao Chen, why are you swinging the rope towards the door for no reason?"

Tao Runze, carrying a washbasin, walked into the dormitory and suddenly crawled into the rope loop.

Startled, he cried out "Oh!" and frantically tried to pull the thin rope off his head.

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Luyang yelled from the bed:

"Brother Tao! Tie a knot right where you're pinching me!"

"Where?" Tao Runze was taken aback. "Is it here?"

“Yes!” Chen Luyang nodded to Tao Runze, holding the other end of the rope.

After Tao Runze finished tying the knot, Chen Luyang quickly pulled the rope back with both hands.

Seemingly in preparation for verifying the rope's length, Chen Luyang swung the rope at the door like a fairy scattering flowers, then peeked out to check the length of the rope's dangling length.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Tao Runze looked at him as if he were a patient in a precarious mental state.

"I'll make a door-closing device!" Chen Luyang said, jumping off the bed in a few steps, grabbing a rope and a bunch of small props, and starting to work.

"Why would you throw a rope onto a door if you're making a door-closing device?"

"Then I have to lie down, right?"

Chen Luyang lowered her head, answering while operating the machine.

"Since my invention is for students in the upper bunk, I must complete the entire process while lying down."

Otherwise, this magical artifact would be meaningless!
Although Chen Luyang is a pure liberal arts student, it must be said that the genes of Chen Dazhi, an eighth-grade worker, are still quite evident in him!

The dormitory door was a wooden door, and the lock was an old-fashioned spring lock with a horizontal insert.

If you want to close the door from the inside, you need to turn the latch so that the door will click shut.

Chen Luyang stared at the door lock for a long time, tentatively touched the doorknob a few times, then took out a rope knot of the correct length, removed a section of ballpoint pen casing, and found an old door spring and two pieces of wire.

One end of the rope was tied to the doorknob, and the other end was passed through the guide of the nail above the door, leading along the corner of the wall to the railing of his upper bunk.
The ballpoint pen casing is threaded through the middle of the rope, acting as a pulley, while the wire is used to fix the angle.

Next, a shoelace was threaded through the ballpoint pen casing to act as a pulley, with the end looped so it could fit perfectly around the wrist.

In this way, the position of the door lock will be pulled by this rope.

As long as you lie on the top bunk and pull on the ring on your wrist, the rope will be tightened and the door will be slowly closed.

At the same time, the return of the rope, aided by the sliding of the pen case, gently pulls the iron hook hanging on the back of the door, causing the latch to click into the slot.
The door was then both closed and locked.

Tao Runze looked at the ugly rope nailed to the wall and uttered a question from the depths of his soul.

"Chen, is this thing of yours going to work? Don't break the door again."

Chen Luyang rolled her eyes at him.

And this guy calls himself a commune secretary? He doesn't know how to encourage people at all.

Just you wait and see!

Chen Luyang crawled back to the top bunk, lay on her back, and took a deep breath.

call!
Chen Luyang first gently tugged on the rope to make sure it was taut, then pulled it back with her wrist.

With a "whoosh," the rope tightened, the door was pulled shut, and it slammed shut with a "snap."
Then, the piece of ballpoint pen casing turned slightly, causing the wire to tug gently.
"click"

The door lock really did spring back in!

"Holy crap?" Tao Runze, who had been watching the spectacle, exclaimed in surprise.

"Is it really done?"

"That absolutely has to be done!"

Chen Luyang slapped the bed board: "This is the dawn of the upper bunk revolution!"

Pan Yu peered at the crooked white rope and said suspiciously:

"This thing of yours...it looks like a trap?"

"Don't let anyone push the door open in the middle of the night and then get trapped inside."

“Yes, Xiao Chen.” Jiang Feng moved the book away from his eyes.

"If you keep this at home, and a thief breaks in at night, and his head gets stuck in the rope loop, you won't need to call the police; you can just catch him on the spot."

Chen Luyang wasn't angry at all, even though the older brothers were teasing him.

"Since none of you believe me, then let history prove me right!"

After saying that, he lay down flat and solemnly announced!
"Tonight, the automatic door closing system will officially go into operation and testing!"

The dormitory lights are turned off at 11 p.m.

Although Tao Runze, Pan Yu, and Jiang Feng witnessed the success of the automatic door lock during the day.

However, for the sake of prudence, the group of men still managed to finish all their washing and toilet activities before lights out.

Chen Luyang also took a rare day off and went to bed early.

To enhance the objectivity and accuracy of the experiment, Chen Luyang specifically asked Zheng Zhe to stand guard outside the door, specifically to push the door open and check if it was really locked.

At exactly 11 o'clock, the dormitory lights went out.

Chen Lu lay on the pillow and spoke as if giving a coded message: "Are you ready?"

The next moment, Pan Yu raised her foot and kicked Chen Luyang's bed board in response.

perfect!

Chen Luyang reached out and pulled the rope loop on the bed. With a soft "whoosh," the rope jerked, and the door was indeed pulled open!
"Click, snap!"

Hearing the click of the latch, Chen Luyang excitedly shouted, "Brother Zhe, pull down the door and see if it's locked!"

Zheng Zhe gently tugged at the door from the outside, but the door didn't budge.

He pulled hard again, and the door panel was firmly pressed against the door frame without leaving any gap.

"It's closed."

Upon hearing Zheng Zhe's response from outside the door, Chen Luyang couldn't help but clench her fist excitedly.

What did I tell you? This is the dawn of the bunk bed revolution!

Pan Yu, however, looked suspicious and poked her head out from the bed: "Huh? It's really locked?"

He muttered something as he rolled out of bed, put on his slippers, walked to the door, and pulled it open!
It's really locked!
"How is it?" Chen Luyang asked, leaning forward.

"It's so solid, there's not even a crack in the door!" Pan Yu exclaimed in amazement.

Chen Luyang slapped the bed board triumphantly: "What do you say? I'm a senior engineer in our factory, a master of all trades, with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills from head to toe!"

He became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, his voice low and filled with barely suppressed pride:
"Once my amazing gadget becomes widely known, I'm going to equip every dormitory with one. Then all the students on the top bunks in the school will be able to enjoy the high-tech benefit of 'automatic door locking' when they sleep!"

Tao Runze turned over and yawned, feeling sleepy.

"If we lock the door, whoever can't get out of the bathroom in the middle of the night might come out and flip your bed!"

As everyone spoke in increasingly lower voices

Before long, only a few soft breaths remained in the entire room.
The lights went out and the windows dimmed; everything fell silent.

But you know what, how come people's mouths are so damn accurate!

The next morning, while the entire campus was immersed in tranquility,
Tao Runze was slowly awakened by the urge to urinate.

Tao Runze tiptoed out of bed, walked to the door as usual, unlocked the door, and opened it...

Not moving.

Tao Runze paused for a moment, then twisted again.

Still not moving!

"Huh? What's going on?"

Tao Runze bent down and, using the faint light filtering through the curtains, leaned close to the door lock to take a look.

He bent down to try and unlock the door, but after trying for a long time, the door remained firmly pressed against the frame.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen~ wake up."

Tao Runze nudged Chen Luyang, who was sleeping like a log, and called out softly.

Awakened by his noise, Chen Luyang rolled over and asked groggily, "Brother Tao, what's wrong?"

"Xiao Chen, look, why can't I open this door?"

"It won't open?!"

Chen Luyang was so sleepy that he turned over and drowsily said.

"Didn't you use enough force? Pull it in a couple more times."

Tao Runze: "I tried my best, but it seems like something is blocking it."

As he spoke, Tao Runze pulled the door inward twice with all his might.

It would have been better if he hadn't pulled it.
With this pull, a crisp "buzz~ snap!" was heard.
The pulley, made from a ballpoint pen casing, flew off on the spot, the rope snapped back, and the door clicked shut!
Then, complete silence fell.

Almost instantly, Jiang Feng poked his head out from under the covers, exclaiming in astonishment:

"What's going on? Is there a war?"

Pan Yu sat up groggily: "What are you two doing, making such a racket so early in the morning?"

Tao Runze didn't have time to respond to them. He yanked the door shut for a long time before finally saying urgently:

"Chen, come down quickly and take a look. It seems like the door can't be opened."

What? !

Chen Luyang was fully awake. She jumped out of bed and rushed to the door. "That's impossible. She was fine last night."

He kept pulling on the door as he spoke, but the door didn't budge, and even the door frame seemed to be welded shut.

"What's going on? Let me see!" In this moment of crisis, Pan Yu went to the door.

Upon seeing the workshop director of the No. 1 Machine Tool Factory in Pian'er City arrive at the scene, Tao Runze quickly said:

"Yes, let a professional take a look!"

Pan Yu looked left and right, then stroked the rope repeatedly to observe the situation.
At last!
"This door is now useless," Pan Yu said helplessly.

"What do you mean?" Chen Luyang was confused.

Pan Yu explained, "When the pulley snapped, it sprang the rope back into the door crack and got tangled between the latch and the doorknob. The latch was held firmly in place and couldn't even spring back."

“The door is now ‘self-locking and externally wrapped’; the only way to open it is to remove the hinges from the outside.”

Removing the hinges?!

Chen Luyang's eyes widened.

A hinge is a metal hinge that connects a door to its frame. To remove a hinge, you have to remove the entire door.

That would cause quite a stir!
"Can't we just take the lock off?" Chen Luyang asked urgently.

Pan Yu replied, "Unscrewing the lock cylinder won't help. The problem isn't with the lock cylinder, it's with the bolt."

"The bolt is now stuck in the door frame by the rope. Even if you remove the lock cylinder, it won't retract."

"It's no longer a question of whether to lock it or not, it's a question of the door itself."

"We have to remove the latch from the outside and lift the door away as a whole."

Tao Runze's mind went blank for a moment: "What am I going to do about this pee?!"

Wu Dechen said, "No... let's use a foot bath instead."

We're all grown men, we understand each other's feelings about this!

Tao Runze: ...!
……

Early in the morning, Mr. Zhang, the calculus teacher, arrived at school by bicycle as usual.

I opened the office door, took out tea leaves, poured them into a teacup, and then brewed hot water.

Teacher Zhang, carrying the books and attendance sheet, walked towards the classroom according to the course schedule.

Although advanced mathematics is a large class with many students.

However, after a whole semester of living in the classroom, the general seating arrangements have become almost semi-fixed.

Students who sit in the front usually don't sit in the back.

And students who sit in the back rarely sit in the front.

Only the students in the middle like to occasionally wander around the different corners of the classroom.

So, when the school bell rings,
Teacher Zhang noticed that a row of people had suddenly disappeared from the area in front of the window!
The DNA of roll call etched into our souls is stirring!

"Tao Runze, Wu Dechen, Jiang Feng, Zhang Dongliang, Pan Yu, Chen Luyang..."

I called six people in a row, but no one responded.

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Teacher Zhang's eyes.

OK……!
Normally, it's one thing if Chen Luyang doesn't come, but this time the entire dorm is not coming!

Is it because I've been too lenient this semester that these students are starting to rebel?
"teacher……"

The chubby boy, Zheng Zhe, raised his hand and stood up stiffly under the watchful eyes of all his classmates:
"All six of them in the dorm are locked inside and can't get out."

Teacher Zhang gave her a look that said, "You're kidding me."

"Locked inside? Who locked them up?"

"Living in a dormitory at Peking University, you think you can be locked up?"

Zheng Zhe was a little embarrassed: "I was locked up by Chen Luyang..."

As he spoke, Zheng Zhe silently groaned in his heart.

I'm sorry, Brother Chen... There's a reason for this, and the teacher has already asked, so I can only tell the truth!

As it turned out, it would have been better if Zheng Zhe hadn't said anything. As soon as Teacher Zhang heard Chen Luyang's name, her expression immediately changed.

"Our Economics Department student Chen Luyang is becoming more and more incredibly capable."

Teacher Zhang threw the piece of chalk she was holding onto the table: "You don't study, and you often skip class, so that's one thing."

"Now they simply close the dormitory doors and don't let their roommates come to class."

(End of this chapter)