The unparalleled talent of the country started from Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 239: Terribly Strong

In late November 1983, a passenger plane took off from Beijing Nanyuan Airport, bound for Ice City. When it was about to enter the airspace of Ice City, several birds collided during the descent and turned into a bloody mist.

If it only hits other parts of the plane, then it would be relatively less dangerous.

But the bad thing was that they were sucked into the engine and instantly turned into bloody mist.

Wang Duoyu heard a scream from behind him and turned to look out the window, but he couldn't see clearly because the blood mist disappeared in an instant.

But what followed was a fire in the engine, which was an accident.

I don’t know what the hell those birds ate that could actually damage the internal components of the engine and cause the engine to catch fire.

There were more than 60 passengers on the plane at that time, and they were all in a panic.

"Everyone, be quiet, sit down, and fasten your seat belts!"

The flight attendant was very decisive and immediately calmed everyone down over the radio. At the same time, Wang Duoyu also gave a look to several security staff members nearby, asking them to help.

After all, there are more than 60 people, and if they all get into chaos, it is indeed more likely for something to go wrong.

The chaos was soon temporarily calmed down, but everyone was still very nervous, and many people even started writing suicide notes.

Wang Duoyu stopped the security staff from taking any other actions and instead stared at the engine outside the window in a daze.

If this kind of accident is handled well, it will be easily resolved, but if it is not handled well, the whole village will be in trouble.

After a while, Wang Duoyu stood up, communicated with the flight attendant, and then obtained permission to enter the cockpit.

One of the security staff also came in.

So, there were four people in the narrow cockpit.

"Captain, in the face of such an emergency, you should have an emergency backup plan, right? Can you contact the ground?"

"Hello, Professor Wang, please rest assured that I can bring you back to the ground safely. We are trying to contact the ground now."

But there was still an accident. The plane had begun to become unbalanced due to the engine fire.

After the other party finished analyzing, Wang Duoyu pointed to the Songhua River ahead and said:
"Captain, can we make an emergency landing directly on the Songhua River? Don't go to Yanjiagang Airport."

"No, Yanjiagang Airport would be better. Although it's a little further away, it's safer. And the landing gear has already been lowered, so there's no problem at all."

"But the Songhua River is right ahead, and the river is wide enough. Why not make an emergency landing here? What if the engine doesn't hold up?"

However, before Wang Duoyu could finish his words, another explosion was heard from the engine, causing the entire plane to tremble and vibrate again.

When the captain saw this, he saw that the co-pilot was also a little panicked.

At this time, the captain could only grit his teeth, accept Wang Duoyu's suggestion, and make an emergency landing on the Songhua River.

You should know that in the northeast of the Ice City, the section where the Hulan River merges into the Songhua River forms an irregular winding river channel with a curve of about 120 degrees.

But the river is relatively spacious, almost a thousand meters wide, similar to a long and narrow lake.

Therefore, it is not impossible to use such a river channel for emergency landing. After all, the engine may not be able to support the flight to reach Yanjiagang Airport, so an early emergency landing is the best solution.

"Professor Wang, we are about to make an emergency landing. Please go back and sit down and fasten your seat belts."

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu quickly walked out of the cockpit with the security staff.

At this time, the plane's altitude was gradually descending, and everyone on the plane was seated.

Everyone's face was solemn, some were muttering in low voices, praying for blessings from the gods and Buddhas.

Some people also pray for their ancestors to bless them, but of course, no one knows whether they can get the blessing.

Wang Duoyu, sitting in his seat, still stared at the engine on fire on the other side. He was thinking about what he had wanted to talk to Ma Sijie about when he first arrived in Beijing a few days ago, about the domestically produced civil airliners, or the civil aviation engines.

The domestic civil aircraft manufacturing industry is almost blank.

That is to say, Wang Duoyu had previously mentioned some noise reduction technology and material research and development projects to the Aerospace Department of Harbin Institute of Technology, but apart from that, there seemed to be nothing else.

As for the aerospace textbooks that Wang Duoyu had compiled by collecting aircraft-related information from Lin Dehong, Liu Deben and others, haha, it’s just a textbook, not technology, so can they be confused?

Even if it is technology, it is just a technical drawing, which is completely different from it becoming a civil airliner.

Fighter jets and civil airliners are two different fields with huge differences.

First of all, from the perspective of design purpose and use, fighter jets are used to perform various combat missions and defend the security of national airspace.

Civil airliners are used for commercial transportation, providing convenient transportation services to the public.

The second is appearance and structure. Before developing a civil airliner, one word must be considered: economic feasibility.

Therefore, it usually has a larger fuselage and wings to accommodate more passengers and luggage, must use strong and lightweight materials, and pay more attention to comfort and safety.

In contrast, fighter jets adopt a streamlined design to reduce air resistance and improve maneuverability and speed. They do not focus on comfort, but only on speed and flexible control.

At the same time, fighter jets will be equipped with more advanced equipment, such as radar, missile launchers, etc.

The second is performance characteristics. The speed of fighter jets is above Mach 1.5, and they want to be as fast as possible. This is why the Mach 5 fighter jet project mentioned by Wang Duoyu in May last year was able to be implemented so quickly.

However, the flight speed of civil airliners is generally between 800 and 1,000 kilometers per hour because they focus more on comfort and economy.

Flying fast does not mean economical. The Concorde, which flew at a hypersonic speed of Mach 2.0, was put into commercial flight in 1976, but was discontinued in 1979.

why?
The Concorde, which was developed in the 1950s, is obviously very fast. It only takes three hours and twenty minutes to fly from Paris to New York, which is half the time of ordinary civil airliners.

Time is money. The Concorde, which saves so much time, should be very popular.

Unfortunately, the faster the speed, the more terrifying the burning speed.

The maintenance cost of the engine and the fuselage is also very high, and because of the complex design, the maintenance difficulty is also very great. Such a huge cost is of course borne by the sheep, so the high ticket price has also discouraged many wealthy people.

As for the deafening tinnitus noise problem of the Concorde, those are minor issues.

Finally, fighter jets are very expensive, and there is no way to cover these costs from other aspects, but civil airliners can cover their R&D and manufacturing costs by selling tickets.

"Ugh!"

Wang Duoyu sighed. The security officer next to him thought he was worried about the current situation, so he said:
"Professor Wang, don't worry. We will protect your safety even if we die."

"Haha, if something unexpected really happens, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless."

After laughing, Wang Duoyu continued:

"However, I am still very touched. When I return, I will tell the secretary to give you a raise."

Several security staff members smiled in a tolerant manner and seemed to be less concerned about the current crisis.

After a while, the captain's broadcast sounded again, reminding everyone that an emergency landing was about to take place and asking everyone to confirm again that their seat belts were fastened.

As soon as he finished speaking, in less than three seconds, the plane had landed on the Songhua River.

At this time, there were not many people on both sides of the Songhua River, because at this time in late November, the riverside was very cold and the surface of the river had not yet completely frozen.

Basically, the entire surface of the Songhua River will not be completely frozen until December.

But even though there weren't many people, some people still saw the plane over the Songhua River.

If you can't see the plane on fire, you are really blind.

After seeing this scene, many people immediately exclaimed, attracting more people to the riverside to watch.

There were also a few people who saw the plane landing on the river and immediately called to notify the police station.

At this time, at Yanjiagang Airport, several security staff members who were preparing to pick up the passengers also received a notification from the airport.

After learning that it was a passenger plane flying from Beijing, the faces of several security staff members changed drastically because Wang Duoyu was on the plane.

There are not many flights flying from Beijing every day. A few years ago, there was only one flight every few days, but now there are about three flights a day.

The reason is quite simple. That is because Ice City is no longer what it used to be, and Beijing is the capital, so there are still many flights between Ice City and Beijing.

Using a public telephone at the airport, the security staff immediately notified Harbin Institute of Technology.

When Liu Deben received the call, he almost lost his balance:
"What did you say? Professor Wang's flight had an accident? How is that possible?"

After recovering from his shock, Liu Deben roared at the person on the other end of the phone.

But is getting angry useful?

This news is true. The airport can’t be lying, right?
Soon after, Liu Deben also received a call from the Public Security Bureau leader, who said that he had received a call from the Juyuan Town Police Station, saying that a passenger plane had landed on the Songhua River. It seemed that there was no major problem at the moment, and they were organizing personnel and small boats to go to the river to rescue the people on board.

"Okay, okay, hello, Director. Professor Wang Duoyu from our school should be on this flight. Please ensure his safety. If..."

After giving the instructions, Liu Deben hung up the phone and left the office quickly.

A few minutes later, several cars left the Harbin Institute of Technology campus and sped towards the Songhua River.

At this time on the Songhua River, Wang Duoyu rejected the requests of the captain and security staff, and instead asked other passengers to board the boat and leave first.

There is a thin layer of ice on the surface of the Songhua River, but this layer of ice breaks easily, especially after the plane landed, resulting in a lot of broken ice nearby.

In this case, there are actually not many small boats on the riverside, so it is not easy to leave the plane as soon as possible.

Wang Duoyu is not a saint, but since it can be basically confirmed to be safe, there is no need to leave in a hurry like other ordinary passengers.

The captain and his crew were at a loss as to what to do, but luckily the boat arrived quickly, and with only about sixty passengers, everyone left the plane in less than ten minutes.

After ensuring the safety of the passengers, the next step is to salvage the plane.

But these have little to do with Wang Duoyu, as he has already met Liu Deben and others.

From the time of the incident until now, Wang Duoyu has been very calm.

He had even experienced something as outrageous as time travel, so he had nothing to be afraid of since it was just a plane engine fire.

Because fear won't solve anything.

"Thank goodness, you are safe and sound, otherwise..."

After Liu Deben and others saw Wang Duoyu, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. They were really scared to death just now.

Wang Duoyu couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "Isn't Lao Liu the secretary? Why is his catchphrase 'God bless you'?"

Not far away, there were many passengers who had just returned to the shore. They were all happy to have survived the disaster. I guess they would never dare to take a plane again in their life?

Civil airliners are known as the safest aircraft, but in reality, if something goes wrong, death is certain.

The reason why we were able to escape safely this time was simply because the incident was not serious and the captain was decisive enough to choose to make an emergency landing in the Songhua River.

In fact, if you fly to Bingcheng from Beijing, you can just land at Yanjiagang Airport in the southwest of Bingcheng. There is no need to go to a place farther northeast of Bingcheng.

But unfortunately, Yanjiagang Airport only has one runway, and there was another flight about to land before Wang Duoyu and his team's flight, so they had to give way temporarily.

Because of this, Wang Duoyu and his flight could only circle over Ice City. As a result, not long after entering the airspace of Ice City, they encountered a bird strike.

What bad luck.

Wang Duoyu chatted with Liu Deben and others by the river, then got in the car and returned to school.

The salvage of the aircraft on the river is naturally the responsibility of the airport, civil aviation agencies and other units. They will salvage and handle it as soon as possible, because if they don't handle it, the aircraft will soon be scrapped.

It was late November, and with every day of delay, the river would freeze deeper.

Once the river surface is completely frozen, the plane can only be abandoned here.

If we wait until next spring to dismantle it, this plane will probably be unusable.

After returning to Harbin Institute of Technology, many good friends who heard the news came to meet Wang Duoyu.

Especially people like Shing-Tung Yau and John Milnor who fly frequently, they pay more attention to such things.

Wang Duoyu is back in the teachers' villa area on the Harbin Institute of Technology campus.

Liu Xiaoli and the others had not heard of this matter, and Wang Duoyu did not bring it up on his own initiative.

After having lunch with Liu Xiaoli and the others, Wang Duoyu did not go anywhere for the whole afternoon and stayed at home.

In the evening, the news finally reached Liu Xiaoli and the others.

"Brother, why didn't you tell us? Fortunately you..."

Seeing their frightened looks, Wang Duoyu could only comfort them:
"I don't want to make you worry about this kind of accident. Anyway, this matter has passed, so please don't mention it again, so as not to worry every day. Do you understand?"

Having said that, everyone still can't help but worry.

The next day, Wang Jianchao and other relatives of the Wang family all ran to Wang Duoyu's house because they had also heard the news.

The Ice City is big, but also small. After all, a civilian airliner landed on the Songhua River. Such a big event is unprecedented and will naturally spread throughout the Ice City quickly.

Wang Jianchao and the others realized it only later that Wang Duoyu might be on this flight. When they confirmed it again and again, it was already the next day, so they immediately came to the school to confirm.

"Everyone, go back. I'm fine now." Wang Duoyu persuaded all the relatives to leave with earnest words.

An entire morning was wasted in the process of welcoming and seeing off guests.

I missed a few days of classes and have to make up for them in the next few weekends. I missed another morning today and have to make up for it.

Two days later, Wang Duoyu, who had some free time, finally found Ma Sijie.

The latter was working in the office and was extremely surprised when he saw Wang Duoyu come in:

"Professor Wang, long time no see, please take a seat."

"Director Ma, I came to talk to you for a few minutes, thank you." Wang Duoyu took the tea poured by the other party, and then went straight to the point and started chatting with the other party.

Since we are talking about civil aviation passenger aircraft, we have to talk about the big plan.

"We at Harbin Institute of Technology will need a lot of money in the future, especially in areas like fighter jets and aerospace. These are all Pixiu that only take in money but never give out."

"So I'm thinking about one thing: Can Harbin Institute of Technology leverage our technological advantages to slowly build a factory that manufactures civil airliners?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Sijie was stunned.

Wow, this dream is really big, but why is he daydreaming in broad daylight?
You know, it is not that simple to build an aircraft manufacturing plant that can manufacture civil airliners.

A civil airliner involves too many parts, and don’t think that its research and development technology is simple just because it flies slowly.

This is not the case.

Because civil airliners use high-performance materials and clothing manufacturing processes, and also have cost control, noise control and other issues, the requirements for aircraft research and development, production and manufacturing processes are very high.

"Professor Wang, you really don't come to me for no reason. You've just come here and promised me a huge favor. I haven't even digested the previous one yet, and now you're here again? Do you think I can still trust you?" Hearing Ma Sijie's complaint, Wang Duoyu did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he said confidently:

"Director Ma, what's your vision? Am I just painting a rosy picture for you? Your Department of Aerospace used to have only one major, but in just a few years, it's grown to five. There are now hundreds of students and a huge faculty, and you still say you haven't been able to handle it?"

"Besides, doesn't our school support you? Didn't I involve your aerospace teachers in my previous project?"

Ma Sijie knew that he couldn't win the argument with Wang Duoyu, so he had to spread his hands and said that the civil aviation passenger aircraft project was too big and he needed time to consider it.

Upon hearing this, Wang Duoyu said directly:

"Then take your time to think about it. I'm just letting you know in advance. I'll go to Secretary Liu to apply for the project. Since your aerospace department isn't willing to lead this project, I'll just find someone from outside."

Once a civil aircraft manufacturing plant is successfully established, the profits can be very considerable.

Although aircraft manufacturing is extremely difficult and places very high demands on technicians, researchers, etc., and the delivery time is even more so, there is no doubt that once it is successful, the future will be promising.

"Come on, I'll go with you."

Ma Sijie didn't care about anything else and hurried to catch up.

Seeing this, Wang Duoyu curled his lips and thought to himself, "You little brat, can't I overcome your stubbornness?"
In the secretary's office, Wang Duoyu briefly explained the matter, and Liu Deben frowned and asked:

"Duoyu, this aircraft manufacturing plant must require a lot of capital, right?"

Since it is an aircraft manufacturing plant, it is likely that it can only import equipment from abroad, because such good equipment may not be available in China.

Just like the previous Mach 5 fighter project, most of the R&D and manufacturing equipment were imported from abroad, and the saying "spending money like water" was embodied.

Wang Duoyu nodded and said:

"Yes, it does require a considerable amount of capital, but our aircraft manufacturing plant can start by manufacturing aircraft parts. There's no need to jump right into developing civil airliners."

"We already have noise reduction materials for civil aviation passenger aircraft. We can definitely recruit a large number of technical talents and start from this aspect to accumulate more technical products and materials for our own civil aviation passenger aircraft manufacturing in the future."

"Next is engine technology. We can directly initiate a research and development project for this, and it can also help students in the aerospace department gain experience."

A civil airliner mainly consists of fuselage, wings, engines, tail, landing gear, hydraulic system, electronic equipment and other parts. As the core of them, the engine is definitely one of the most critical components and the technology is also the most difficult.

The technical difficulty of civil airliner engines is actually not much lower than the sub-combustion ramjet engines currently being developed by Wang Duoyu and his team.

The structure of a ramjet engine is relatively simple because it does not have a compressor, turbine, etc. In contrast, civil airliner engines still have these components, and the material requirements for these components themselves are very high.

Most core components of aircraft engines need to withstand temperatures exceeding 1,500 degrees Celsius, as well as high pressure, strong vibration, etc. Take nickel-based single crystal alloy as an example. This thing can be used at high temperatures and resist high pressure and corrosion, but its manufacturing process is extremely complicated.

An aircraft engine mainly includes the air inlet, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, tail nozzle, as well as key components and systems such as fuel system, lubrication system, ignition system, control system, and fan.

Liu Deben heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he still couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Duoyu, even if that's the case, it's still going to cost a lot of money, Director Ma. You should be well aware of how much equipment is needed to build an aircraft engine R&D laboratory, right?"

Ma Sijie responded:

"Yes, Secretary. This requires machining centers, CNC lathes, grinders, fireworks machines, and aircraft engine test benches."

Wang Duoyu shook his head and said:

"How much can all this cost? At most, it's only a few hundred million dollars. Once this money is spent, it's not a waste. It won't even cover the cost."

"I think if we succeed in developing a sub-combustion ramjet engine, we can then continue researching and developing it to reduce fuel consumption and install it on civil airliners."

After hearing Wang Duoyu's words, Liu Deben suddenly fell silent, but Ma Sijie's eyes lit up.

It’s no wonder that Ma Sijie has been coveting the sub-ran ramjet engine for a long time.

Although the Mach 5 fighter jet project has only been launched for less than a year and a half, the design drawings have been advanced to about 20%.

It must be said that the research and development progress is still very fast.

Therefore, if this engine can be developed in the next few years, Harbin Institute of Technology will be really awesome.

After the 1990s, if this engine can be truly developed towards civil airliners and fuel costs can be controlled, then it will be invincible when installed on civil airliners.

Just thinking about it is enough to inspire people.

Once it really comes true, Ma Sijie has no idea how shocking it will be.

However, Ma Sijie is already 57 years old this year, and I really don’t know if he can ever see a civil airliner equipped with such a ramjet engine fly into the sky.

After all, it may take not twenty years, but thirty years, or even longer, to go from design drawings to actual products, to test flights, and then to be installed on civil airliners for test flights, and then to be put into commercial operation.

Taking the subsonic ramjet engine of a Mach 5 fighter as an example, its research and development process must go through the stage of demonstrating the engine design indicators, the stage of determining the plan to achieve the indicators, the stage of engineering development for calculations and tests, the stage of conducting finalization tests and test flights, and the stage of production finalization and commissioning.

"Do you have a plan now?"

Liu Deben suddenly asked, Wang Duoyu spread his hands and said:
"I haven't started writing the proposal yet because I don't plan to do it myself. I hope the school can recruit someone from outside to take charge of this project. I will come and help out when I have time."

He is so busy, it is already very good that he can take the time to talk about this project with Ma Sijie and others.

If he were to be personally responsible, it would be basically impossible.

Unless you cut him in half.

Ma Sijie and Liu Deben: "."

Both of them were speechless. So they just relied on fooling people from the start, right?
And if we let someone else take charge, there is definitely no way to ensure that the project can be successfully completed and developed. This is no joke.

Seeing their expressions, Wang Duoyu was also drunk.

"Secretary, Director Ma, you don't think I'm just saying this casually and that I don't take this project seriously at all, do you? Do you have a wrong assessment of Harbin Institute of Technology's current strength? Do you think we're still the same Harbin Institute of Technology we were five years ago?"

"I won't go into other details. Harbin Institute of Technology now has Huayun's computational fluid dynamics simulation software, which is the biggest help in developing civil aviation engines."

"Plus, we've already developed the Nebula supercomputer and will continue to develop even higher-performance supercomputers. Professor Ci Yungui and his team are also about to join the Nebula supercomputer project, so I don't know where we will lose."

"We won't lose to any foreign aviation engine team, okay?"

To be honest, Harbin Institute of Technology is incredibly strong nowadays.

With so many technical and R&D personnel, plus a strong mathematics team, there is no problem at all in launching such a civil aviation passenger aircraft engine project at this time.

Besides, the Mach 5 fighter jet project was launched in May last year. If some of the technical products developed during the project cannot be used in fighter jets, is it possible for them to be used in civil airliners?
In short, the engines of civil airliners can go hand in hand with the sub-ramjet engine project.

After Wang Duoyu finished speaking, Liu Deben and Ma Sijie also fell silent.

They were shocked by Wang Duoyu's shocking remarks. In fact, Wang Duoyu was right. If he hadn't reminded them, Liu Deben and the others would still be thinking about the past.

At this time, Harbin Institute of Technology was indeed terrifyingly strong.

In the following time, Wang Duoyu talked with Liu Deben and others for about half an hour before the matter was finalized.

Just like Heilongjiang Capital before, Wang Duoyu is only responsible for providing advice and doesn’t really care about the follow-up matters.

Of course, this is a civil aircraft manufacturing plant after all, and there are currently two projects: noise reduction equipment and aircraft engines.

After the project is approved, Wang Duoyu will still help advance it in the design of aviation engines.

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and Ci Yungui and his technical team finally arrived in Ice City by train.

At Bingcheng Railway Station, Wang Duoyu, Liu Deben, Lu Gongliang and others came to greet them in person, giving enough face to Ci Yungui and his group.

You know, this was the first time that Wang Duoyu came to the train station to pick someone up. He would never do such a face-saving project before.

What's more, Ci Yungui and his technical team were still defeated by Wang Duoyu in the field of supercomputing.

Therefore, the fact that Wang Duoyu came to greet them in person was enough to show how much he valued the Ciyungui team.

Ci Yungui's team has a total of 327 people. After they all arrive at Harbin Institute of Technology, the Nebula supercomputing project will be one of the top ten major projects on the Harbin Institute of Technology campus in terms of the number of project R&D teams.

"Professor Ci, welcome. You guys really helped us a lot by coming here this time."

Wang Duoyu shook hands with Ci Yungui enthusiastically and said gratefully.

Near the train station, many passengers who had just walked out of the passenger exit of the train station were a little confused when they saw this scene. What was going on?
"Thank you!"

Ci Yungui was also deeply moved.

He had already given up before, but he didn't expect that after Wang Duoyu went to Beijing, the leadership of the National University of Defense Technology gave up directly.

It's unexpected good news.

Of course, it can be seen from here that in the domestic academic community, Wang Duoyu may not be the one with the most impressive qualifications, but he is definitely one of the most impressive people.

After all, there are still many top scientists with great qualifications in China, such as Qian Xuesen, Qian Sanqiang, Yu Min and others.

Wang Duoyu's qualifications are certainly not as good as those of Qian Xuesen and others, but in terms of ability and influence, he will definitely not lose to Qian Xuesen and others, and may even surpass them.

After the pleasantries, Wang Duoyu and his companions did not stay at the train station for long, not only because they were worried about blocking other passengers from entering and exiting, but also because it was almost December and the weather would be cold.

Standing outside, the temperature was minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius. Although there was no strong wind today and there was even sunshine, this warm sun, haha, shining on my body, was not a big problem because it was too cold outside.

As buses slowly drove into the HIT campus, many supercomputing R&D personnel who were visiting here for the first time were very curious.

In Changsha in the south, they rarely see snow. Even if they see it occasionally, it is very short-lived.

Unlike here in Ice City, where you can see ice and snow all around.

"This should be the snow that fell two days ago, right? Anyway, from now on, we will definitely see snow more often. You might even hate it by then."

Shen Qingxiang was introducing these to his wife.

That’s right, his wife, like him, was a researcher in the original Galaxy supercomputing project. Although her appearance was just barely acceptable, they were able to spend every day together, which was much better than other people.

"Ok!"

At this time, Shen Qingxiang's wife, like everyone else, was very curious about her future life and work at Harbin Institute of Technology.

The car stopped soon and they were arranged to stay in a researcher dormitory that had been built a few months ago, which was often called a tube building in the past, and was actually also called the Khrushchev Building.

The building design features are similar to university dormitories, with a long corridor in the middle connecting many single rooms, shaped like a tube.

Of course, it is a newly built building after all, and Harbin Institute of Technology is not short of money, so its design and construction levels are completely different.

The rooms have become a little bigger, and there will be bathrooms at the end of the corridors on both sides of each building, but no kitchens.

Because each room is equipped with a simple kitchen and running water.

It was the first time for Shen Qingxiang and others to live in such a house, so they were not used to it. However, the room was very warm, so no one paid much attention to it.

When they came here, they were mentally prepared to endure hardships. After all, they were not here to enjoy themselves.

However, after they settled down, they came to Laboratory Building No. 6 the next day and were soon informed of the relevant information: as long as they worked hard, they could actually apply to live in a modern high-rise building or a small villa in the future for a small amount of money.

Just on the other side of Harbin Institute of Technology, close to the Songhua River, many villa communities and high-rise communities have been built.

These high-rise residential buildings are all eighteen stories high and have elevators installed inside.

An elevator building is definitely the most advanced building in the country, right?

What's more, you can see the river view.

Well, the only trouble is that it would be colder living in a high-rise building in winter.

"No, there is actually a chance to live in an apartment with an elevator?" Shen Qingxiang widened his eyes and his breathing became much faster.

The same is true for Bao Yuhang next to him, because elevator buildings are actually not very popular in China. Only some developed cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou have elevator buildings.

In the history of the original time and space, it was not until after the millennium that China began to enter the era of elevator buildings.

As one of the symbols of modernization, elevator apartments are very attractive to many people of this era.

Song Xinwen stood on the stage and stretched out his hand to press down:

"Yes, you heard it right. It's the elevator building. Half of our project team has already moved into the elevator building."

"The elevator building is a benefit that Professor Wang applied for us. We should be the second group of people to live in the elevator building in Ice City. The first group was researchers and professors from other projects."

"No one needs to worry about the funding issues for applying for elevator buildings and villas, because our project team also successfully received a bonus a few days ago."

When applying for a building with an elevator or a small villa, you need to pay half of the funds. For example, for a building with an elevator, since there is only one type of four-bedroom apartment, the funds are 5,000 yuan.

In other words, each apartment in such an elevator building costs 10,000 yuan.

But I'm sorry, these elevator buildings are not for sale to the public and you can't buy them even if you have money.

Because this is a house built by Harbin Institute of Technology for its own people, the materials and decoration are very solid.

Shen Qingxiang, Bao Yuhang and others were all hit hard. Although Shen Qingxiang and Bao Yuhang had been to Harbin Institute of Technology once before and had known about the bonus for a long time, they were still shocked.

People like Song Xinwen, Niu Xisheng, and Lu Xuemin can live in buildings with elevators or small villas, but people like Shen Qingxiang can only live in tube-shaped buildings. There is no harm without comparison.

This is how the sense of gap comes about.

When they were in Changsha, their salary was at the same level as technicians and researchers, which was around 100 yuan, which was not bad in Changsha.

But now, when compared with Song Xinwen and others, there is a huge gap.

The minimum bonus is 3,000 yuan. Based on Shen Qingxiang and others' salary of around 100 yuan, they have to work for two and a half years, and this is just the bonus for Song Xinwen and others.

The minimum salary for Song Xinwen and his colleagues is 200 yuan, while the higher ones can reach 500, 600, 700 or 800 yuan, or even higher.

If it's a foreigner, haha, they will get paid directly in US dollars.

Of course, there are currently no foreigners involved in the Nebula supercomputing project.

Ci Yungui was also listening, but his face was calm and he didn't show any expression.

Yesterday, Wang Duoyu and others treated him well and asked him to move into the teacher's villa area, but he refused.

Firstly, he has no merit, and secondly, he is a man who wants to save face.

It's impossible that all his students and other colleagues live in tube-shaped buildings while he himself lives in a villa with peace of mind, right?

That certainly won't work.

From the current perspective, joining Harbin Institute of Technology is indeed a wise choice. Wang Duoyu and others really respect the researchers of Galaxy Supercomputer.

But everything needs to be based on first come first served and contribution.

It is impossible for Wang Duoyu to let people like Shen Qingxiang who have made no contribution at all live in the elevator building. If he really did that, what would Lu Xuemin and other researchers of the Nebula supercomputing project think?
There is no absolute fairness in the world. If you want fairness, you must fight for it with your own hands.

(End of this chapter)