Chen Guilin hid in the shade of the tree outside the workshop and yawned, took half of the cigarette off his hand in one gulp, and finally couldn't help coughing twice to get better. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

If someone could get closer to him, they would find that his eyes were now bloodshot, and two dark circles that were not too deep appeared around his eyes.

There was no tea in the enamel tea jar in his hand, and the extra thick bitter dice brewed in the morning didn't seem to be so effective at first.

"Brother Chen, why don't you go to my dormitory to sleep for a while? Director Xu is too, it's useless to catch you to death! Have you slept for a while in the past two days? Our welders are heavy physical laborers, and if we can't do it mentally, we will have an accident!"

"Okay, what am I?" Chen Guilin simply lay down on the lawn, covered his face with a work hat, and said sullenly: "When I followed my master's apprenticeship, in order to weld the cast steel cylinder of the horizontal extruder, ten masters did not close their eyes or take a breath for forty-eight hours, and even the prime minister sent a telegram to care, which master made a mistake and the whole project had to be repeated, and it was really a test of people's limits at that time." At best, this little work in township enterprises is at the level that you can do, and I can burn it out with my eyes closed, and there is no difference between working and resting. ”

"Hey, if it's really so easy, why do you need to be invited out of the mountain!" Wang Kangmei shook her head, her face full of disbelief: "Eight hundred yuan a night, if anyone can do this work, then the director of the township enterprise will take you to Niuzhuang every night?"

"Those old money, more than Zhou Pao before the liberation, can they spend this unjust money?"

Wang Kangmei rolled her eyes, and suddenly said with a smile: "Hey, Brother Chen, you said that your skill can be counted in our Bohai Province." It's not a problem to be alone like this, or I'll give you a goo-goo, let's find another one!"

"What are you looking for?" I said don't always touch those useless ones, can you think about how to do the job well if you have time?" Chen Guilin said that he was in a hurry, and immediately turned his hat off his face and widened his eyes.

"I said this is a good thing, what are you doing with me!"

"Look at you, I don't have the heart to think about those things right now. Xiao Yuan and I lived a good life and pulled her up, and that's how my life will be!"

Chen Guilin looked at Wang Kangmei for a long time, suddenly sighed, lay back on the lawn, and turned around.

He also knows that although Wang Kangmei is a little impetuous, it is really good to be friends. Usually giggles, but can be relied on at critical moments. The matter of finding a partner is indeed for his sake.

It's just that there has always been a stepmother and a stepfather. For the sake of Xiao Yuan, Chen Guilin can only wronged himself.

"Brother Chen, don't be too long-winded with me, Xiao Yuan, you still have to think about it. Whether to stay with her or send her to the United States is a matter of life for the child......"

Without waiting for Wang Kangmei to finish speaking, an old worker who was not young suddenly ran out of the workshop. He looked around and ran decisively in the direction of the two of them.

"Guilin!"

"Chen Guilin, come here!"

When Chen Guilin heard the voice, he hurriedly got up from the lawn, looked at the people running over, and frowned: "Lao Xu, what are you looking for me?"

Lao Xu, the director of the workshop, is not young, but fortunately, he has squatted in the workshop all his life, and he is in good health like a young man in his twenties and thirties, and he ran two steps without blushing or panting: "Of course there is something to find you, come with me!"

"Where are you going?"

"Workshop, you have to go!"

"I, I'm not going!" Chen Guilin's face turned red when he heard this, and he shouted with his eyes and suppressed his voice: "Lao Xu, you said that you don't need me to go to the workshop today!"

"I know, but if you don't go, you can't do it! If you don't go, something big will happen in the factory!"

……

"Mr. Steven, may I ask if there is any problem with the operation of our workers, why do you refuse to make a correct evaluation of our welding technology?" Mo Gaowen frowned, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and patiently reasoned with the Americans.

Steven looked at the documents in his hand again, shook his head and said, "Mr. Mo, it's not that I refuse to make a correct evaluation, it's that you can't come up with a reasonable explanation for the current progress of the work." I have a list of the workers who have been trained in your company, and if you count the number of people on this list, you will definitely not be able to complete the current progress so much in advance. Without a plausible explanation, I can only assume that you are proliferating DuPont-licensed technology to others. ”

"Our workers are highly efficient and hard-working. Work ten to twelve hours a day, at least six days a week. Mo Gaowen explained with a cold face: "Mr. Steven, you can't measure our progress by the intensity of American work. ”

"No, no, even then, you shouldn't have been a month in advance. Steven stiffened his neck and said stiffly, "Even if you work more hours than we require, at most twenty days in advance." But you're a month ahead of schedule, and it's completely inexplicable. Either you cut corners in the production process, or you proliferate the technology without permission, and there is no third possibility. ”

"This, I think what Comrade Steven said, is not necessarily correct......"

This voice that suddenly interjected was not He Renming or Mo Gaowen, nor was it any of the middle and senior leaders who were present at this time, and certainly not either Lin Zongtang or Yan Yongnian.

In fact, no one thought that at such a time and on such an occasion, a "small" workshop director would stand up.

"It's Lao Xu, what do you have to say?" Mo Gaowen frowned, and waved his hand to beckon Lao Xu, who was not young.

"Factory director, secretary, I don't think what Mr. Steven said is not necessarily right. Actually, there is a third possibility. ”

"Huh?"

Mo Gaowen showed a look of non-reveal, nodded and said, "Old Xu, tell me, what is the third possibility?"

"The third possibility, which is that the technology we use may be better than that of the Americans. If the work efficiency improves, the progress will naturally catch up. ”

"Technological innovation?" Mo Gaowen and He Renming glanced at each other and pondered.

"It's not possible, our technology is very mature. You didn't even master the welding technology of A1 high-pressure vessels before, and it is great to be able to absorb our DuPont technology in a year, how can you do any technological innovation?"

Steven shook his head and shouted, "Our DuPont certification is very strict, and there are detailed standards for production processes and requirements. If you want to pass the certification, you must not change the technical conditions at will. ”

"Our products are tested and not arbitrarily changed to your standards. Lao Xu straightened his waist, pointed to the tank behind him that had been completed, and said: "Our products have also been tested in the United States before, right? Ultrasonic, X-ray, magnetic and penetrant flaw detection, all welds have been 100% fully inspected, and there is no problem at all in quality, which does not mean that the quality of our products is qualified?"

"Unless destructive testing is performed, these methods do not accurately assess the nature of the defect. Dave, who was next to Steven, suddenly interjected and shook his head: "If it is not operated according to our technical standards, although the inspection quality meets the requirements, who knows if there are any defects that cannot be detected?"

"If you say this, then what's the point of non-destructive testing? Even if it's your own technology, you can say that there are no undetectable defects at all?"

"This ......"

Lao Xu's rhetorical question undoubtedly made it impossible for the people in the United States to answer. If non-destructive testing cannot be accepted, then quality monitoring is impossible, and welding quality inspection directly becomes metaphysics.

Dave's previous words were undoubtedly untenable sophistry.

"Wait a minute, Lao Xu, what do you mean, you have indeed changed the technical standards of the US side?" He Renming asked solemnly.

Lao Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Secretary, it was Chen Guilin who did it." ”

"Oh, Chen Guilin!" He Renming sighed with a complicated expression, and he didn't know what to do. A year ago, there was a sensation in the factory about the "lace news", and he undoubtedly heard about it.

For today's certification process, he did not see a welder in this factory, and he and other leaders in the factory also tacitly agreed that they did not say anything before.

On the other hand, Lao Xu reported Chen Guilin's name, which also minimized He Renming's previous doubts about their change of technical standards.

Since it was Chen Guilin who made the move, it may really be possible to change the technical standards of the US side. For this worker, He Renming and Mo Gaowen definitely didn't hear his name from the lace news.

However, hearing Lao Xu's words, Dave's face beside Steven suddenly turned red. His face changed, and he suddenly lowered his head and whispered something in Steven's ear.

Then, Steven nodded slightly, turned to He Renming Zhengse, and said, "Where is this Mr. Chen Guilin? I must remind you that Mr. Dave is just an ordinary member of the inspection team, and although he can provide professional advice, he cannot influence the results of the certification. If you guys want to ...... in this way"

"Mr. Steven, please pay attention to the way you speak, you are insulting us!" He Renming's eyes almost glared out of anger, and his face was flushed.

The meaning of Steven's words is undoubtedly a hint: in order to pass the certification, the Chinese side wants to involve Chen Guilin and Dave's affairs, and then ask Dave to make a judgment in favor of the Chinese side.

To tell the truth, it wasn't an American who said this, and the Sheng Zhengren present assured him that he would come in vertically and go out horizontally. Any company with some pride and self-esteem may not be able to accept his malicious speculation, and it can even be called slander.

"I'm sorry, I apologize. Steven said embarrassedly, "But I'm still skeptical about your technological innovations. Unless you can prove the effectiveness of this innovation, I can only conclude that you have proliferated the technology. ”

"Lao Xu, you go and get Chen Guilin for me. Mo Gaowen had a dark face and stood beside He Renming: "No matter what he is doing now, let him come over as quickly as possible!

"Director Mo, this ......"

"Go quickly, what's the problem, we'll support him heavily!" Mo Gaowen's eyes turned red along with He Renming.

For the leaders of state-owned enterprises, they may not attach so much importance to economic benefits, but they are extremely sensitive to honor and dignity. Steven's words undoubtedly made himself the enemy of the whole Shengzhong.

Lao Xu sighed, turned his head and ran towards the outside of the workshop. It didn't take long for him to pull Chen Guilin into the workshop.

Chen Guilin stood at the gate and closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, the whole person calmed down. The look on his face was unwavering, but his eyes seemed to be overturned.

"Secretary He, Director Mo, you are looking for me. Chen Guilin walked over and stood still in front of the two.

"The U.S. inspection team thinks that our construction schedule is beyond the scope of their technical allows, and Director Xu said that you have improved the welding technology, is that so?"

Chen Guilin didn't squint, looked at He Renming with both eyes and nodded: "Secretary He, the steel strength of the A1 pressure vessel is very high, and it is very difficult to weld, and there will be cracking if you don't pay attention to it during operation." After my research, I found that the cracking phenomenon can be greatly improved through some improvements to the American technology. With these improvements, the requirements for welding technology can be greatly reduced, which in turn improves labor efficiency. ”

"Okay, the U.S. inspection team has some doubts about our improvements, can you operate it on the spot. He Renming asked with a cold face.

"Yes. Chen Guilin nodded.

"Go for it, Director Gao and I support you. ”

Chen Guilin turned around and walked towards the welding station. He said hello, and Lao Xu personally prepared his set of things, and picked two steel plates from the scraps of the materials and put them on his station.

Not only the solemn leaders, but even the members of the US testing team also surrounded them.

The faces of the solemn leaders were full of apprehension and expectation, not only worried about being picked out by the Americans, but also confident in Chen Guilin, and they couldn't say what kind of feelings they felt in their hearts.

But for Americans like Steven, there is a lot of disbelief. How is it possible that backward Chinese can improve already mature technology?

"Okay, let's get started. He Renming nodded slightly towards Chen Guilin and took the goggles handed over by Lao Xu.

When everyone else around him also put on goggles, suddenly a pair of hands stretched out, and a slightly old voice sounded: "Please wait a minute, this comrade, you can't demonstrate your technique yet." ”

"Lin Lao?"

He Renming and Mo Gaowen looked at Lin Zongtang who stood up in some surprise, and subconsciously asked, "Why can't you say so?"

"If this improvement works, I think it should be able to improve the efficiency of pressure vessel manufacturing, right? In other words, this technology is very valuable. Not to mention that it is ineffective, effective technology cannot be shown to others casually. ”

"Huh?" He Renming and Mo Gaowen didn't know why: "Then what should I do?"

"You have to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Lin Zongtang said categorically.

……

Although it is not the first time that Steven and the four Americans next to him have signed a non-disclosure agreement, it is certainly the first time that they have signed a non-disclosure agreement in China.

Only then did they have a sense of reality about Chen Guilin's technique. Perhaps, the Chinese are so formal, is this technology really effective?

The construction period of this batch of pressure vessels was three months, but after applying Chen Guilin's welding improvements, it was assumed to be effective, saving one month. Then, a rough calculation also shows that this reduces the manufacturing cost of the A1 pressure vessel by at least one-tenth. If it is the United States, where labor is more expensive, and the construction period is reduced by one-third, then the cost is reduced by one-fifth?

With the wide application of pressure vessels in the industrial field, this is indeed a valuable technology.

Lin Zongtang's caution is by no means untargeted. Obviously, he was already preparing for this improvement to be effective.

Chen Guilin didn't know the intention behind this paper non-disclosure agreement, and when he stood in front of his workstation and picked up the electric welding, this was the only thing left in his world.

The elf-like sparks jumped around with dazzling electric light, and although there were people standing around Chen Guilin, no one said a word, only watched intently as he operated the electric welding, welding the two steel plates together.

Although the volume of the two scraps is not small, the length of the welding is still too short compared with the real pressure vessel, and the difficulty is naturally reduced a lot. It didn't take too long for Chen Guilin to complete the welding operation.

"Finished?"

Steven put down his goggles, looked at the watch on his wrist, and was a little incredulous: "Your welding method doesn't seem to have improved, why can you weld so fast? This is unreasonable, the weld you weld like this must be defective!"

"If there is a defect, you can test it. Chen Guilin stepped aside and made a gesture of please.

Steven looked to the side and nodded to Dave and Kate. Two DuPont welding engineers walked over and began to test Chen's work.

Non-destructive testing, destructive testing, ultrasonic, X-ray, magnetic, fluorescent penetration. Fortunately, this workshop is well-equipped, and there is no shortage of tools for destructive testing. Stretching, impacting, and bending, a steel plate seemed to be put into the alchemy furnace of Taishang Laojun. After a series of "tosses", it took longer than Chen Guilin's welding, and Dave and Kate stood back to Steven's side with some incomprehension.

"Exactly what it was up to, even better than our previous technology. It was Kate who spoke, and Dave looked at the broken steel plate and didn't know what to think.

"How did you do it?" Steven was a little stunned, looking at Chen Guilin's operation before, except that the speed seemed to be no different from their technology!

How is it that the same operation, in the hands of the Chinese, is like magic, and the speed is completely incomprehensibly faster by nearly a third?

You know, it's not just about speed and saving man-hours. Faster operation means higher work efficiency and lower technical requirements for welders. In the past, the company may have to pay $5,000 a month for workers in this process, but if the technical requirements are reduced, the company only needs to hire an ordinary welder with a salary of $3,500 a month, so the cost reduction is great.

Chen Guilin pointed to an accessory under the previous steel plate on the station, an inconspicuous and ordinary ceramic welding liner.

"Is this a high-tech liner that you developed? What technology is used, what special materials are used, or is it treated?"

"No, it's just a plain ceramic welded pad. Chen Guilin touched the liner with his hand and said: "Your technical requirement is to pull the welding liner as far as possible, which is also the requirement of ordinary welding." But you can't do this steel, the liner and the steel plate must be compacted, and there must not be a single gap. The direction you are working towards is wrong. ”

"Compact?!"

Steven, Dave, and Kate looked at each other: "Is it that simple!"

Is it easy......

Chen Guilin's lips moved, but in the end, he didn't say the words in his stomach. Perhaps, this little change seems really simple, but where is the sweat behind it to be able to find its patterns?

In order to ensure that the welding work would not delay the project, Chen Guilin almost ate, drank and lived in the workshop during that time. I only had electric welding in my eyes, and in order to catch up with the progress, I tried all kinds of methods without success.

The normal way of thinking in welding is always to pull the substrate apart for welding. How many attempts do you have to go through before you can finally break the inertial thinking that has been used for a lifetime, and you can think of compacting the substrate!

is a very simple change, behind it is Chen Guilin's countless sweaty shirts and nights.

But Chen Guilin disdained to confide in the Americans about these hardships. If they think it's easy, then go for it!

"Mr. Steven, if the technical improvement is on the substrate, it obviously won't have any impact on the welding quality, right? ”

He Renming and Mo Gaowen glanced at each other, and they couldn't suppress the ecstasy in each other's eyes.

"I don't think we need to think about our accreditation for now. Let's talk about it first, is DuPont interested in buying this improved technology from us?"

"This!"

……

There was a passionate piano sound in Chen Guilin's house, which was the sound of "Destiny".

Chen Xiaoyuan's hands danced like butterflies on the keys, and the exciting music erupted.

Zhang Xiaoju looked at Chen Guilin, who was standing against the door, with a somewhat complicated expression, and wanted to say something, but in the end he only let out a sigh. Perhaps, like Chen Guilin, she is a person who is not used to confiding the words in her heart to the other party.

"Guilin, I'm leaving, take care of Xiao Yuan. Zhang Xiaoju turned around, hesitated for a moment, and walked slowly towards the stairs of the tube building.

"Xiaoju!"

Chen Guilin suddenly stood up: "I don't know if it's wrong to pursue a better life, but I prefer to let Xiao Yuan use his own hands to change his life, rather than counting on anyone else." ”

"You always say that I don't want to make progress with an iron rice bowl, but the real iron rice bowl is not to eat in one place for a lifetime, but to eat everywhere I go for a lifetime. ”

"I give you this sentence as well. (To be continued.) )