"Five years ago, the Ministry of Machinery, the Ministry of Combustion and the Ministry of Metallurgy jointly carried out the development of a 12 cubic meter excavator, and manufactured the first prototype last year, which is currently undergoing industrial experiments. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The 25 cubic meter excavator project proposed by the Ministry of Info Coal is a continuation of this project, right?"

Once Feng Xiaochen figured it out, he put away his previous cautious appearance and began to talk to the old man.

"It's all that can be seen in the data, and you're right. The old man said lightly. He took out a cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and gestured to Feng Xiaochen again, meaning to ask Feng Xiaochen to smoke. Feng Xiaochen waved his hand and pointed to the "No Smoking" notice written on the wall. The old man hesitated for a moment, put away the cigarette case stupidly, took the cigarette from his mouth, put it to his nose and smelled it, to satisfy his craving.

Feng Xiaochen had some respect for the old man's actions, and he clearly saw that when the old man came out with the cigarette case, the Wang clerk was staring at them, but he didn't have the slightest intention of stepping forward to stop him. Obviously, the old man should be a very powerful figure in the institute, and this prohibition of smoking may not be effective for him. However, for Feng Xiaochen's reminder, he was actually able to be as good as a stream, and would rather use his nose to smell cigarettes to satisfy his hunger than violate the rules, which shows that this old man is still quite reasonable, which also makes Feng Xiaochen feel a little more steady.

"In the previous plans of the three ministries, there was no arrangement for the development of a 25 cubic meter excavator. The consensus reached by the three ministries at that time was that the 12 cubic meter excavator had been able to meet the needs of large-scale open-pit mining, and after the successful trial production of the prototype, it would go through strict industrial experiments, fix the design, and then produce more than 100 units and put them into various mines. After that, the construction of a 25 cubic meter excavator will be considered. ”

Feng Xiaochen continued, the plan and arrangement of the three ministries and commissions were clearly written in the earlier documents, and the documents were not too high-level, and ordinary staff in the industry could also check them. Feng Xiaochen had read this document in the data room of the Metallurgical Bureau, and he was relatively clear about this process.

The old man nodded and said, "You're right, the original plan of the three ministries and commissions is indeed like this. However, after the end of the movement, the central government put forward new construction requirements, and the original plan was no longer applicable. The Ministry of Coal organized the development of 25 cubic meters of excavators, also because of the urgent requirements of several large open-pit mines. If we can't provide excavators of this specification in China, we have to spend a lot of foreign exchange to import them from abroad. That's why we're in a hurry to get started with this project. ”

Feng Xiaochen said: "There is nothing wrong with the reason, the question is, do we have the ability to develop a 25 cubic meter excavator? If the plan is built on sand, then no matter how beautiful it is, it is just a mirage." ”

"How do you know we don't have such abilities?" retorted the old man.

"How do you know that we have such ability?" Feng Xiaochen did not show weakness.

The old man was choked by Feng Xiaochen all of a sudden, maybe he was used to being a leader, no one had ever contradicted him so straightforwardly. Over there, Wang Yaru was already ready to come over and intervene, and the old man handed her a look, signaling her not to do much, and then exhaled two deep breaths, and then said:

"I have a good reason. Before the development of the 12 cubic meter excavator, some people have raised questions like you now, thinking that with China's own strength, it is impossible to develop such a specification of excavator. Then, it took less than three years for our workers to build a prototype, isn't this the best response to this doubt?"

When he said the last sentence, the old man's face regained some brilliance, as if he felt that his response was very powerful, enough to make Feng Xiaochen hide his face in shame and leave.

Feng Xiaochen was not surprised by the old man's answer, he smiled faintly, and said: "How the prototype of the 12 cubic meter excavator was made, you should know better than me, right? The quality of the rotary motor is not up to par, and the coil was broken down in the experiment, so the original factory had to send a new coil to be replaced. The casting process of ring rail and rotary roller is not up to standard, and the rejection rate is as high as 80% during casting. The hydraulic reducer could not find a supplier in China, and refused to provide it abroad, and finally used the spare parts of the imported 15 cubic meter excavator......"

"Enough!" said the old man, angrily. Feng Xiaochen said this, how could he not know that he had also suffered with technicians and workers for these defects, and when he heard Feng Xiaochen say this in a down-to-earth tone, he couldn't help but open his mouth to reprimand:

"Aren't these all difficulties in the process of development? Are you born with such boastful talk, instead of your parents teaching you with and urine? Western developed countries also had such a stage in the early stage of technological development, and if they did not go through this stage, how could there be today's mature technology?"

In the face of the old man's anger, Feng Xiaochen was not discouraged, and continued to choke with the same angry evidence:

"The problem is, have we solved these technical problems? When we got on the 12 cubic meter excavator, we held such a concept, thinking that as long as the host was built, the supporting problems would be slowly solved. In fact, so far we have not solved the matching problem, and we do not even have a feasible plan to solve the supporting problem. At this time, the rush to launch a 25 cubic meter excavator can only be repeated in the end on the new model. ”

The old man said: "Then according to your wishes, we should stop here, wait for all the problems to be solved, and then catch up with the world's advanced trend? At that time, no one else knows where to go, can we still catch up?"

Feng Xiaochen asked rhetorically: "Old comrade, I want to ask you, do you think the gap between our country's industrial level and the West is reflected in the gap between 12 cubic meters and 25 cubic meters of excavators, or is it reflected in the gap between the qualification rate of girder castings of 20% or 100%?"

"This ......" The old man was speechless all of a sudden, he instinctively wanted to say something to refute Feng Xiaochen, but he clearly felt that Feng Xiaochen's words were so sharp, and he suddenly pierced a layer of window paper, allowing him to see a fresh light. He vaguely felt that this seemed to be an answer that he had not found all along, and at this moment, it was said by such a terrifyingly young child.

"But we don't have time to wait. The old man's tone became lower, "The central government has given us a new task, the output of several large open-pit mines must quadruple within five years, otherwise it will not be able to meet the requirements of national economic development, and it will drag down the country's economic growth." If, as you said, we practice our internal skills first and then move forward, we can't afford to wait. I personally went to the casting factory to do research, and they told me that to improve the high manganese steel casting process and reduce the scrap rate from 80% to less than 30%, they need at least 3 years, which is still under the premise that the state can fully guarantee the technical transformation funds. ”

This kind of statement is basically a pretext, or just trying to find an excuse to apply for technical transformation funds from the state. Feng Xiaochen said.

The old man's face turned blank, and he said solemnly: "I can accept your other words, but I absolutely can't accept this sentence." You haven't seen how those workers and technicians work day and night, and some of them don't close their eyes for seven days and seven nights to improve the casting process, and you are not qualified to criticize them like that. ”

The old man's voice was majestic, this was a kind of majesty based on justice, which made Feng Xiaochen feel solemn. He was silent for a while and said, "Yes, I was abrupt, and I apologize to you, and to them." ”

The old man waved his hand, meaning that this matter could be revealed, and he would not pursue it. Feng Xiaochen spoke too frivolously, which made him feel displeased, but Feng Xiaochen knew that he could correct his mistakes, and he did not use strong words, which made the old man feel that he was teachable. He said to Feng Xiaochen: "Let's talk about the topic just now, our country urgently needs 25 to 30 cubic meters of large excavators, if we can't build them ourselves, we can only rely on imports, how do you plan to solve this problem?"

Feng Xiaochen said: "It's very simple, walking on two legs, taking the introduction of equipment as a condition, introducing technology from western developed countries, and rapidly improving the level of equipment manufacturing in China." We can no longer be satisfied with piecing together a piece of equipment and claiming to have given someone a resounding slap in the face. There is no modern level of technology, just relying on collective wisdom and efforts, and the method of ants gnawing elephants to create one or two pieces of equipment, which is not the modernization we want, this is just a kind of political performance project that satisfies the face of the leader. ”

The old man's face turned green again, and perhaps he had not been sarcastic in the past few years as much as he had been so brief. Feng Xiaochen's speech was indeed sharp, and the old man felt quite proud of the 25 cubic meter excavator project, which in his mouth was purely to meet the needs of the leader's face. Who is the leader, isn't it him? Feng Xiaochen's words were simply pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey, making him feel embarrassed.

However, this can only blame the old man himself, who let him not explain his identity to Feng Xiaochen from the beginning, and now it is too embarrassing to show his identity to make Feng Xiaochen shut up. Besides, although Feng Xiaochen's words were ugly, they were just like what the child in the emperor's new clothes said, and they belonged to the well-known truth.

"You just said that the introduction of equipment as a condition to import technology from developed countries in the West has been put forward by the central leaders as early as last year, and the Economic Commission and the Import and Export Commission are studying the corresponding policies. Specific to the 25 cubic meter excavator, do you have any specific ideas, can you talk about it?"

The old man decided not to care about Feng Xiaochen's sarcasm, he became more and more interested in this young man, and he planned to hear if Feng Xiaochen had any insights.