At this moment, outside the workshop of the Hezhou Power Plant, a group of technicians sat under the tree, laughing and laughing, and everyone's faces were filled with excitement.

"I really didn't expect that it was really Xiyi's fault!"

"Haha, I said this a long time ago, but you don't believe it. ”

"Don't you believe it yourself? You can calculate an equation 20 times, but in fact, you got it right the first time, and I just don't say it. ”

", when I showed it to you, why didn't you say I was right, and let me count it again. ”

"Alas, this kind of thing, who can believe it, dignified Xiyi Company, that is a bullish company, can make mistakes, I don't believe it if I was really killed in the past. ”

"By the way, Assistant Feng, I still haven't figured it out, the binary algorithm of the thrust model is now very mature, and the ternary algorithm is widely accepted, why do you say that Xiyi Company is still using the unary algorithm? When we were studying in school, the teacher gave us an analysis, saying that the unary algorithm was too rough, and the low-power unit was still combined, and the error was too big with the high-power unit. ”

The person who raised the question was Xiang Peng, a new technician from the technical department of Longshan Electric Machinery Factory, who had just graduated from a well-known engineering school in China, majoring in mechanics. This time, he was the first to put forward the problem of Xiyi's thrust model. Together with another young engineer named Hu Yuesong, he compiled thousands of lines of programming, recalculated the thrust model several times, and found errors in Xiyi's model. It is precisely because of such solid evidence that Xiyi Company did not quibble too much and directly admitted its mistakes.

Although his doubts were confirmed, Xiang Peng still couldn't understand why Xiyi would make such a simple mistake. The root cause of Xiyi's calculation error is that the univariate computing model they use has fallen behind, and there are now binary and ternary computing models, which are enough to make up for the lack of the unary model. But as such a large company, Xiyi represents the highest technical level in the industry, how can it not even understand the binary model?

Hearing Xiang Peng's words, everyone turned to Feng Xiaochen, assistant to the general manager of the State Equipment Industry Corporation, who had just rushed from the capital. These days, Feng Xiaochen has been a few times and the state, helping Longshan Electric Machinery Factory to withstand the pressure from all sides, cheering up the technicians on the scene, organizing technicians from other units to come to help, and occasionally giving some "small suggestions" to the technicians.

Unconsciously, everyone regarded Feng Xiaochen as the backbone, and they were willing to listen to Feng Xiaochen's opinion on everything. This time, Xiyi's engineers came to China, admitted that their calculation model was wrong, and were willing to bear all the losses. The Chinese engineers present were rejoicing, but inevitably a little apprehensive, not knowing why Xiyi would make such a low-level mistake, and the answer to this question is probably only Feng Xiaochen can give.

"There's nothing strange about that, it's called late-mover advantage in economics. Feng Xiaochen said to everyone with a smile.

"Assistant Feng, don't we usually talk about preemptive strikes, what does this late-mover advantage mean?" asked Ou Guisheng, deputy director of Longdian, in surprise.

Feng Xiaochen said: "This is the charm of dialectics. The first mover has the advantage of being the first mover, and the first mover has the advantage of being the last mover, depending on the situation. In terms of industrial development, the first-mover advantage is that the advanced countries have strong economic strength, advanced equipment, especially a large number of patents, as well as the advantages of brand and goodwill.

However, advanced countries also have disadvantages of advanced countries. Their market is saturated, and there is no place for the technology. Their equipment is advanced, but it is relative, because the equipment they updated 10 years ago has not yet reached the level of aging and obsolescence, and they cannot purchase the latest equipment, on the contrary, some enterprises in our country have more advanced equipment. ”

"It's true. Hu Yuesong, a young engineer, said, "Last year, the factory sent me to study at Xiyi Company, and I saw that some of the equipment in their workshop was older than our Longdian. In recent years, we have introduced a lot of advanced machine tools from Japan and Germany, although the overall level is far less than Xiyi, but some of the equipment is still stronger than them. ”

"Xiao Hu is right, and in the future, we will further increase this advantage. Feng Xiaochen echoed, and then said, "The problem of equipment is secondary, and more importantly, the problem of the aging of knowledge in these large companies. Just now, Xiao Xiang asked why we can do binary and ternary calculations, and Xiyi Company still keeps the unary model unchanged. Let's think about it, do the director of Ou and the chief engineer understand the binary model?"

These words were a little sensitive, Xiang Peng turned his head to look at Ou Guisheng and Quan Jiancai, smiled awkwardly, and said: "Director Ou and the general engineer are mainly responsible for the overall situation, and the specific calculation model is ......"

He couldn't go on. This time, Longdian used the binary model to calculate the thrust of the steam turbine, and the main force was several young engineers such as him and Hu Yuesong, and later several masters came from other units, all of whom were undergraduate and graduate students who had just graduated.

But Xiang Peng was embarrassed to tell such a big truth. First, because Ou Guisheng and Quan Jiancai are his leaders, even if he is roundabout, he knows that he can't say that the other party can't do it in front of the leader. Secondly, Ou Guisheng and Quan Jiancai are both experienced old technicians, although they do not understand the latest technology, but the analysis of some problems is more experienced than their young people, plus they are usually quite concerned about them, in terms of experience and character, they can be called their teachers, and Xiang Peng is not willing to blame them for their defects.

Quan Jiancai took over the conversation, and said with a smile: "Assistant Feng is right, Lao Ou and I are old, and we can't keep up with knowledge. ”

"General Engineer, you can't say that, we are all your students, and your experience in motor design alone is enough for me and Xiao Xiangxue for a lifetime. Hu Yuesong hurriedly said.

Feng Xiaochen stopped them from giving in to each other and said, "Actually, in today's world, technology is updated very quickly, and it is normal for the older generation to not keep up with the trend of technology, which is not a mistake. Director Ou and the general engineer also used to stand at the forefront of technology, but now that they are older, and the burden on their shoulders is heavier, it is impossible to have so much energy to learn the latest technology. ”

"Look at what Assistant Feng said, we actually just learned a little bit in school......" Hu Yuesong said modestly.

Xiang Peng's eyes lit up, looked at Feng Xiaochen, and asked, "Assistant Feng, do you mean that the engineers on the side of Xiyi Company are too old, so they can't keep up with the trend of technological development, but we have the upper hand?"

"Exactly!" Feng Xiaochen said, "Think about it, how old are the engineers of Xiyi?"

"At least in their 40s, right?" Hu Yuesong said, "This is still something they can send to China on a business trip, and there are many engineers in their 50s at the Xiyi headquarters, but there are very few young people like me and Xiaoxiang." When I went to study, the people in Xiyi were surprised to see that I was so young. ”

"That's the crux of the matter. Feng Xiaochen said, "The era of rapid economic development in the West was from the post-war period to the end of the 60s. After entering the 70s, the West fell into stagflation. Due to the rising cost of labor and the completion of infrastructure construction, the market tends to be saturated, and the manufacturing industry in the West has moved out in large numbers. First to Japan, and later to some regions such as the Asian Tigers, the industry in the West has shown signs of hollowing out.

In large Western companies like Xiyi, most of the engineers and technicians joined the company in the fifties and sixties, and now they are in their 50s. These people have been with the company for more than 30 years, and it is impossible for the company to fire them. And if they don't leave, young people can't enter. In this case, young people in the West are reluctant to study engineering and technology, and are more willing to study majors such as finance and business. If you don't have young people in an industry, can you expect them to master the latest technology?"

Ou Guisheng nodded beside him and said: "That's right, I saw that the information says that Western countries call industry sunset industry, and finance and the like are sunrise industries." The sun is almost setting, and young people are certainly reluctant to learn. ”

Feng Xiaochen said: "The sunset industry mentioned in the West does not refer to all industrial categories. Semiconductors, computers, biotechnology, and so on are still very dynamic in Europe and the United States, and they belong to what they call sunrise industries. But products like thermal power units belong to the sunset. ”

"In our place, it's a real rising sun. Quan Jiancai said with a smile.

Everyone laughed, and Feng Xiaochen said, "The chief engineer is right. Our country is a rising country, with the development of the economy, the future growth of electricity demand is not enough, the resulting demand for power equipment is very huge, the power equipment industry is promising. Young people can make contributions in this industry, so young talents like Xiaoxiang and Xiaohu will join this industry without hesitation. ”

Xiang Peng and Hu Yuesong were a little embarrassed, blushing and waving their hands repeatedly, indicating that they were not young talents. However, everyone accepted the truth that Feng Xiaochen said. That's right, China is a developing country, which is our disadvantage and our advantage, and it is not unreasonable to say that China is catching up.