Chapter 118: The German-Speaking Expert of Essentialism
Nanjiang Institute of Technology. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The imitation Soviet-style main building, built in the fifties, sits facing east and west, facing the college gate. In front of the building, there is a tall statue of a great man, majestically raising his hand to greet every teacher and student passing by. Feng Xiaochen rode past the great man on his bicycle, came to the front of the building, locked the car, and strode into the door of the building. He was about the same age as the students in the school, and he was dressed in the same way, and the doorman in the building only glanced at him, and did not come forward to interrogate him, thinking that he was a student of the school.
Feng Xiaochen found the place he wanted to go on the room number sign of each unit at the staircase, went straight to the second floor, and came to the door of a room with the words "Office of the Dean of the Department of Mechanical Engineering" at the east end of the corridor, and raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Come in!"
A powerful voice came from the room.
Feng Xiaochen pushed the door in, and saw that the room was not big, there were two bookcases that had fallen off the patent leather on one side of the door, and an equally old artificial leather sofa on the other side, and two desks side by side by the window, all kinds of books, newspapers, documents and other things were piled up on the table, and a half-grown old man was sitting at a desk wearing reading glasses, looking sideways at Feng Xiaochen who came in the door.
"You're looking for me?" asked the old man.
"Are you Director Xia?" Feng Xiaochen asked, before coming to Nanjiang Institute of Technology, he had done his homework, and knew that the head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering was named Xia Yulin, who was a mechanical expert. Feng Xiaochen also recalled it in combination with the memories of his previous life, and he didn't seem to have any impression of this Xia Yulin. Looking at his current age, it is estimated that he should retire in a few years, and when Feng Xiaochen works, there will indeed be no information about him.
The old man was none other than Xia Yulin, and he regarded Feng Xiaochen as a student of the Department of Mechanics, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. All students have received freshman orientation after admission, and he is the teacher of the annual entrance education, and there is no reason why students should not know him. In addition, he also taught a basic course such as Introduction to Mechanics to first-year freshmen, which was a whole semester course, how could students still ask him if he was Director Xia?
"Which major are you and how many levels?" Xia Yulin asked with a calm face.
"Director Xia, you misunderstood, I'm not a student of our mechanical department. Feng Xiaochen said.
Xia Yulin was relieved, nodded and said, "Oh, then I was mistaken, which department are you from, what's the matter with me?"
Feng Xiaochen said with a smile: "Director Xia, I am not a student of the School of Engineering, I am a staff member of the Metallurgical Bureau of the State Economic Commission, this is my work card, please take a look." ”
As he spoke, he took out his work card in the Metallurgical Bureau and handed it to Xia Yulin. At He Chunmei's place, he took Lin Bei Heavy Machinery's work permit, mainly to use the title of deputy director to scare the other party. And here in Xia Yulin, he got the work certificate of the Metallurgical Bureau, and for college teachers, the gold content of national ministries and commissions is much higher than that of enterprises.
"Oh, are you a cadre of the State Economic Commission?" Xia Yulin really paid attention to it, he took the work and glanced at it, quickly stood up, a smile bloomed on his face, gave Feng Xiaochen a seat, and said: "It turned out to be Comrade Feng, please take a seat, please take a seat." ”
"You're welcome. Feng Xiaochen sat down on the sofa, and then quickly moved his buttocks, because he felt that he was sitting on a spring, with only a thin layer of artificial leather in the middle, and he didn't know when the spring would pop out.
Although the country has repeatedly declared that it attaches importance to education and science, it is helpless due to financial constraints, and the funds that can be allocated to the school are very limited. Because it was not yet summer, the leaves of the ceiling fan had already been plucked, wrapped in newspaper, and tied next to the fan.
Because it was a cadre from the State Economic Commission, Xia Yulin was inconvenient to continue to sit in his position and speak, so he moved a chair and sat opposite Feng Xiaochen, and then skillfully took out a cigarette case and signaled to Feng Xiaochen.
Feng Xiaochen has recently started to quit smoking, and only smokes cigarettes when he needs to use cigarettes to connect with other people. In front of Xia Yulin, he didn't have to do such a trick, so he waved his hand and declined Xia Yulin's kindness.
Xia Yulin saw that Feng Xiaochen didn't smoke, so he put away the cigarette case, and then asked, "Comrade Feng, do you have something to do with me?"
"Something. Feng Xiaochen said, "Here's the thing, the Metallurgical Bureau sent a delegation to Germany at the beginning of the year to investigate, contacted a German bearing manufacturing company, and invested in the construction of a factory in Nanjiang Province, I don't know if you have heard of it." ”
"I've heard of it, it seems that this factory was built in the Dongshan area, right?" Xia Yulin replied. Philo's investment in Nanjiang is the number one news in Nanjiang recently, but there is no one who often reads newspapers and listens to the radio that has not heard of it. Because the new joint venture is engaged in bearing production, Xia Yulin, as a mechanical expert, pays more attention to this matter than ordinary people.
"I was in charge of liaising with the German side in this project. Feng Xiaochen said.
"So, you're proficient in German?" asked Xia Yulin.
Feng Xiaochen nodded: "I understand a little bit, but it's definitely not as good as Director Xia's German level." ”
"Where, where. Xia Yulin said modestly, "I only have a little contact with German, but there are several teachers in our department who are proficient in German. ”
"Oh?" Feng Xiaochen was stunned for a moment, and said bad in his heart. He really forgot about this matter, there are not many people in Nanjiang Province who know German, and if the Metallurgical Department wants to introduce German hot rolling mills, it must need a large number of German translators.
"Have these teachers been borrowed by the Metallurgical Hall?" Feng Xiaochen asked worriedly.
"Pretty much all went. Xia Yulin said, "This is a major event in the province, and our teachers are still very concerned about the overall situation." ”
"It's a pity......" Feng Xiaochen sighed.
Xia Yulin said strangely: "Why, aren't you from the Metallurgical Bureau of the State Economic Commission, and you should also have some contact with the Metallurgical Department, right? I thought you were also here to talk about this matter." ”
Feng Xiaochen said: "I know about this matter, at the beginning of the year, our Metallurgical Bureau went to Germany to talk about the hot rolling mill, and Director Qiao of the Metallurgical Department also went at that time, and I worked as a translator for him. However, I came to Director Xia today to borrow a few teachers from the Department of Mechanical Engineering to help with some data translation work in the joint venture between Philo Company and Tongchuan County, which has nothing to do with the hot rolling mill. ”
"That's the case...... Xia Yulin said, "Our teachers here who are good at German are basically borrowed, except for ......."
"Except for what?" Feng Xiaochen sensitively grasped the flaw in Xia Yulin's words.
Xia Yulin smiled awkwardly and said, "We have a teacher Yan Baitong here, German is the best, the Metallurgical Department originally wanted to invite him to go, but it turned out that he just refused to go." Now he is the only one in the department who knows German. ”
"Why didn't he go?" Feng Xiaochen asked.
Xia Yulin sighed: "Fundamentalism, the idea of personal fame and family is too heavy, what to say that it is worthless to go to the Metallurgical Hall to do translation work, it is a waste of time, the department has done a long time of work, and it has not been able to do it." Alas, now we all advocate respect for talents, and we can't force him too much. ”
Feng Xiaochen thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of research is this Teacher Yan engaged in?" ”
Xia Yulin said: "It's a coincidence, he is engaged in bearings, and he is quite famous in the field of bearings." You see, he also published an article in the British Journal of Mechanical Engineers two days ago. ”
As he spoke, he took out a magazine from his desk, turned a page, handed it to Feng Xiaochen's hand, and pointed to the author's name with his finger, saying, "This is Yan Baitong's name." ”
"Approximate Determination Method of Dynamic Coefficient of Sliding Bearing Oil Film......" Feng Xiaochen took the magazine, looked at the title, and read.
"Comrade Feng still understands English?" Xia Yulin was taken aback, and then smiled in disguise: "You see I'm really confused, you are a translator of the Metallurgical Bureau, how can you not understand English." However, it is indeed admirable, your age is estimated to be less than 25 years old, and you know German and English, amazing, amazing. ”
Feng Xiaochen didn't correct Xia Yulin's guess about his age, he quickly flipped through Yan Baitong's article, and had a rough idea in his heart. In this article, Yan Baitong talks about how to use relatively simple experimental equipment to measure the eight dynamic systems of bearing oil film, which lists a large number of matrix equations, which shows some of the author's mathematical skills.
Feng Xiaochen knew that the "simple equipment" mentioned in this article should actually be called "simple equipment", which was an expedient measure that scientists came up with in the absence of advanced experimental equipment. The British journal was able to publish this article, perhaps because of the brilliant ideas contained in the mathematical derivations, and the test method itself was not of much value, because a well-equipped researcher would not need to resort to such a cumbersome and crude method.
"What is Teacher Yan usually doing?" Feng Xiaochen finished reading the full text, closed the magazine, and asked Xia Yulin.
In Feng Xiaochen's heart, he had already made up his mind to pry this Yan Baitong to Tongchuan, proficient in German, and also a bearing expert, this kind of person was exactly what he needed, how could he let it go in vain. As for Qiao Ziyuan, he couldn't borrow Yan Baitong, it was because Qiao Ziyuan couldn't open higher conditions and couldn't impress Yan Baitong. Feng Xiaochen believes that the so-called standardism and going to work in the Metallurgical Department are worthless, but they are just because the conditions are insufficient.
As the saying goes, there's nothing you can't do with one meal, and if there is, it's two! )