Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

Just as dawn broke, Li Yu, still half asleep, heard a commotion in the courtyard.

Li Yu got dressed and opened the door to find Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu washing up and talking by the pool.

Jia Zhangshi stood at the door, staring intently at Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu, afraid they might do something.

Li Yu went to fetch water to wash up on his own. Qin Huairu greeted him and he nodded, but Sha Zhu didn't even glance at him.

After washing up, I redeemed a few steamed buns from the system, ate them, and then took a dark, cornbread-like bun with me as I went out.

Li Yu casually tossed the remaining steamed buns into his system space at the street corner; it wasn't that he was wasting food.

The problem is that these mixed grain steamed buns are really hard on the throat.

Upon arriving at the steel rolling mill, Li Yu didn't go to the technical department but went straight to Li Huaide's office. Just as Li Yu raised his hand to knock on the door of Li Huaide's office...

The door opened from the inside, and Li Yu saw that it was none other than Liu Lan.

Liu Lan also saw Li Yu and recognized him as the person who beat up Sha Zhu in the cafeteria yesterday.

She turned and left, looking embarrassed.

Li Yu watched Liu Lan's departing figure.

"I didn't expect Li Huaide and Liu Lan to be so playful; they were already having fun in the office so early in the morning."

Seeing Li Yu at the door, Li Huaide wasn't sure if Li Yu had overheard anything, so he tentatively asked:

"Li Yu, when did you arrive? What do you want?"

Upon hearing Li Huaide's question, Li Yu quickly replied:

"I just arrived and didn't see anything. I came here today to see my factory manager, Mr. Li, mainly to show you this."

As he spoke, Li Yu placed the rolling mill blueprints that he had worked on overnight on Li Huaide's desk.

When Li Huaide heard Li Yu say this, he knew that the kid was on the right track, so he picked up Li Yu's drawings and started looking at them.

Although Li Huaide wasn't in charge of production, he still had basic eyesight, and the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

During the process, Li Yu received a series of system notifications.

[Ding was so surprised by Li Huaide that his emotional value reached 100, 200, 200.]

"It seems Li Huaide is technically savvy, after all, he is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill," Li Yu thought to himself.

Li Huaide looked at the documents for a while, then carefully placed them on the table and looked at Li Yu seriously.

"Where did you get this blueprint? You'd better tell me the truth."

Upon hearing Li Huaide ask this question, Li Yu knew that Li Huaide suspected that his blueprints were of dubious origin.

This is reasonable, after all, who would believe that a vocational school student could produce such blueprints?

Li Yu explained, "Director Li, this is what I drew. Although I am just a vocational school student, my parents have been teaching me about mechanics since I was a child, and I often read books about mechanics, especially about continuous rolling mills."

Although Li Huaide didn't completely believe him when he heard this, he still reported it to his superiors first, intending to hand over the verified information to his father-in-law.

Li Huaide's father-in-law is a leader in the Ministry of Industry. Li Huaide plans to hand over the blueprint to his father-in-law. If the blueprint is genuine, not only he but also his father-in-law will surely achieve great success.

"Although you say that, I still have to remind you that I will submit this information to the department if it is feasible to verify it."

"They will definitely send technicians to talk to you then, so be prepared."

Li Huaide said to Li Yu.

Li Yu could tell that Li Huaide hadn't completely believed what he said.

However, it also extended a friendly reminder to Li Yu.

This explains why someone like Li Huaide became a factory director when things were going well and later made a name for himself in the business world.

"Okay, Director Li, I'll be prepared. I'll head to work now."

After saying that, Li Yu got up and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Li Huai pulled Li Yu aside and gave him a bicycle ticket.

Li Yu quickly thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Director Li."

Li Huaide waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite with me. Just think of me first if you have anything good in the future."

Li Yu went straight to the technical department after leaving Li Huaide's office.

As soon as Li Yu arrived at the Technical Department, he sensed that the atmosphere there was somewhat different.

When Deputy Section Chief Wang saw him arrive, he quickly went to talk to him.

The issue concerns a newly arrived imported piece of equipment. The documentation is incomplete, and there have been problems with installation and commissioning. The factory is taking this very seriously and hopes that someone from the technical department can take the lead in tackling this difficult issue.

"Li Yu, you did a great job in Workshop 3 yesterday. You're quick-witted and have excellent skills. This new piece of equipment is very important to our factory."

"But nobody can understand the Russian instructions now, and the Russian engineer who did the installation left in a hurry, leaving a mess behind. Why don't you give it a try?"

"Of course, this isn't just your responsibility. Corey will give you his full support, but we need someone to specifically lead and research this."

For Li Yu, this was both an opportunity and a challenge.

If successful, my position in the factory will be completely secure.

If we fail, the good impression we've just built up might be completely ruined.

Li Yu did not hesitate.

"Section Chief Wang, let me give it a try. May I take a look at the documents first?"

"What courage!" Deputy Section Chief Wang was very pleased and pushed a thick stack of documents full of Russian and complicated drawings in front of him.

Li Yu took the documents. Russian?

In his previous life, he had intensively studied Soviet technical documents from certain special periods in order to obtain them. Although he wasn't an expert, he had no problem reading technical documents, and blueprints were no problem at all.

He buried himself in piles of documents and barely moved all morning, except when he went to the toilet.

Complex mechanical structure diagrams, electrical schematics, hydraulic transmission instructions...

It gradually became clearer in his eyes and corroborated and supplemented his knowledge system from his previous life.

The outline and problems of the imported rolling mill auxiliary feeding device gradually took shape in his mind.

During lunch, Li Yu was still absent-minded, his mind preoccupied with the problem of the imported machine.

He quickly finished his lunch in a few bites and returned to the office.

In the afternoon, he asked Deputy Section Chief Wang for permission to go to the warehouse and look at the pile of scattered equipment parts.

He compared the drawings with the actual items and marked out any installation errors or missing steps.

"The positioning here is off by three millimeters, which causes the entire transmission to fail to connect."

"No wonder the pressure isn't building up; this hydraulic valve assembly is connected backwards."

"There are also wiring errors in the control system section, which are inconsistent with the manual..."

As he inspected the documents, he quickly took notes in the notebook that Deputy Section Chief Wang had brought, occasionally even drawing a simple diagram.

The group of technicians watching behind him went from initial skepticism to gradual surprise, and finally to conviction.

This kid really understood! And the problems he pointed out were spot on!

Ding! 300 points of shock have been collected.

Li Yu was astonished by the sheer amount of harvest.

"They didn't get away with seeing so many people for nothing; at least they got 300 emotion points."

By the time it was almost time to leave work, Li Yu had compiled a preliminary list of problems, including sketches of several parts that required coordination from the factory and urgent assembly from the processing workshop.

Li Jianshe, the head of the technical department, took the list from Li Yu and, looking at the well-organized and to-the-point list, said excitedly:

"Great, that's wonderful! Li Yu, you've really helped the factory a lot. I'll report to the factory manager right away. Just let me know if you need anything!"

"Section Chief Li, I'll try to correct the parts that can be corrected first. I'll refine the parts tonight and hand them over to the processing workshop tomorrow."

Li Yu said that even he felt a little tired after a whole day of intense mental work.

"No problem, do as you say."

Section Chief Li smiled broadly, looking at Li Yu as if she were a precious treasure. "You've worked hard today, go home and rest early. Tomorrow we'll work according to your plan."

The workday ended, and Li Yu dragged his slightly tired but energetic body out of the factory gate. The setting sun was still there, but he felt the road beneath his feet seemed more solid.