Su Cheng stood in front of the family building of Huazhong University of Science and Technology with two bottles of Moutai and two Chinese, and asked the communication room at the door: "Uncle, I want to find Zhong Zhigen." ”

"Zhong Zhigen?" the uncle thought for a moment and said, "You came back from studying abroad?"

"Yes, I graduated from the University of Wisconsin in the United States and returned to China. ”

"Building 3, 4th floor, the one on the right. The uncle remembered it very clearly, and after standing on the road and giving Su Cheng guidance, he said: "You don't want to do something with him, right? He is a young baby, what can he do Su Cheng smiled and said, "We are relatives." ”

"Oh. The uncle dragged out a long note, but still put him in.

Su Cheng slowly found Building 3, and when he saw that it was a small building with only four floors, he couldn't help but smile lightly. Huazhong University of Science and Technology is the later Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhong Zhigen obtained a master's degree from here as early as 8 Chapter 135 Parallel Engineering 1 year, and went to the United States to study. It took 6 years to return to China with a doctorate. This year is the second year that he has returned to China, and according to the rules of professional titles in China, he can only be a lecturer.

However, 20 years later, Zhong Zhigen became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and his direction included several key areas of the manufacturing industry, among which the field of "parallel engineering" is what Sioux City needs most now.

"Concurrent engineering" is a management approach that can be used both in large-scale manufacturing and in academia. In the specific implementation, it requires designers to organize multiple project teams in the early stage of product development to carry out R&D and production in parallel, so that the relevant personnel can understand a large number of relevant requirements and information, so as to solve many problems in the early stage of development, ensure the quality of the design, and avoid a lot of rework waste.

As far as the development of shallow sea oil technology is concerned, the use of parallel engineering can synchronize each project and allocate key projects with maximum efficiency.

In fact, in a few years at most, Zhong Zhigen will become a member of the expert committee of the 86t plan, presiding over the allocation of resources and the project team. In contrast, the project allocation of offshore oil technology is only pediatric.

Su Cheng took a deep breath and knocked on the door of the one hundred and thirty-fifth chapter parallel engineering room.

There was an immediate response from inside: "Here it is." ”

Zhong Zhigen put on a coat and held a book in his hand, opened the door, then looked at Su Cheng, and asked strangely, "Who are you looking for?"

"Mr. Zhong, I am Su Cheng, the director of Dahua Industrial Factory, and I came from the east of the mountain to meet you. ”

Zhong Zhigen wore a turtleneck sweater with short cuffs, and his hairstyle was more Westernized, like the short foreigner hair in magazines in the 80s, but other than that, there was not much sign of foreignness.

He was also looking at Su Cheng, although he was suspicious of his identity as the "factory director", Zhong Zhigen still said unsuspectingly: "Then come in." ”

Zhong Zhigen's room is very simple, with a coffee table in the middle and a 14-inch TV diagonally across the door, no sofa, but a rattan chair.

The TV cabinet is the newest thing in the room, painted pale yellow and quite tasteful.

Su Cheng sat down on the rattan chair on the left, put the cigarettes and alcohol on the side, thought about it, or decided to start with technology, and said, "Mr. Zhong, do you know about the offshore drilling platform?"

"I've heard of it, but I don't understand it. ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, all in all, it's an advanced mechanical body that is used in the ocean to drill and extract crude oil. The investment in research is huge, and the construction is very complex. Now it seems that in order to make an offshore drilling platform, more than 200 key technologies need to be solved, and more than ordinary technologies need to be solved. If you use the conventional method, it is estimated that it will take more than a few years. We at Dahua Industrial are ready to overcome this difficulty, but we hope to save time. ”

Zhong Zhigen nodded and said, "I can understand." ”

"We wanted to use more advanced management methods, such as 'concurrent engineering,' to manage a large number of project teams.

"Oh, the parallel project you want to use?" Zhong Zhigen glanced at Su Cheng strangely. Since returning to China, he has not heard much of this term, especially professors outside the department, although many people are chasing time, but many people can really only study ancient Chinese.

Sioux City responded positively: "We have already set up 50 project teams, and we may increase to 20 in the future, and we really need an advanced management method." After comprehensive consideration, I felt that the parallel project could effectively complete this work, so after many inquiries, I rushed to Wu "Han". ”

Eight schools and more than a dozen research institutes under the Ministry of Petroleum have all "defected" to them, and most of them are schools. Research institutes are relatively more restricted, and many oilfields would rather their own people be idle than work for nothing in Shengli Oilfield.

However, the documents of the head office always have to be dealt with, so each family sends one or two people, and there are always dozens of people. Cai Shun only got the command of one project, although he wanted to lose face, but he was reluctant to do the huge experimental subject of the Chengdao Oilfield, so he gave Su Cheng a support to pull people from one oil field to another.

Su Cheng didn't let him do it in vain, he went to an oil field to give a subsidy, and if he found a free researcher, he would give him an extra 10 yuan, but he would never be given power or anything.

In this way, 50 project teams are really not many. Even if he has sufficient funds, he can continue to expand the project team, and the only thing to worry about is the efficiency of the project team.

Zhong Zhigen immediately understood Su Cheng's purpose, and hesitated: "I am only at the beginning of the research stage of parallel engineering. ”

"I remember, it seems to have paid off. ”

"There is a point, indeed. Zhong Zhigen still maintains the modesty of the Chinese style.

Sioux City knew it was great. The concept of concurrent engineering was put forward in 1988, given by the U.S. Department of Defense as a complete concept, and in the late 80s, it was a hot spot in advanced manufacturing management, and it was very difficult to achieve any little achievement.

Of course, concurrent engineering itself is not a new thing. As a matter of fact, China's two bombs and one satellite, and other major national defense technologies, all have the shadow of parallel projects. It's just that in terms of theoretical improvement, China is relatively slow.

It will take about another four or five years for Zhong Zhigen to have the opportunity to give full play to his expertise in this area.

But that's because of seniority, not level.

In Sioux City's memory, Zhong Zhigen is already a national strategic scholar more than 20 years later.

At that time, like Shengli Oilfield, Sensei wanted to invite him.

Su Cheng had the idea of taking advantage of the cheap, and said in a slow voice: "Mr. Zhong, on behalf of Dahua Industry, I formally invite you to participate in the design and management of the offshore drilling platform. ”

"This ......"

"If there is a problem with the school, I can help with the coordination.

"Can I ask the school to send a letter?" Zhong Zhigen did not really need a letter from the school, but thought that the unit that could ask the school to send a letter was more credible.

Concurrent engineering requires an absolutely large company to be necessary. In the United States, it is a super-consortium at the level of the U.S. Department of Defense, General Motors, and Mobil, while in China, there are usually only ministries and ministry-level state-owned enterprises.

Of course, Zhong Zhigen does not expect to have a ministerial-level state-owned enterprise now, he just hopes that there is a good unit that can barely carry out parallel projects.

Su Cheng didn't care about his goal, immediately nodded, and said, "Yes, I'll send a telegram back to the unit immediately." ”

Sioux City left cigarettes and alcohol and left.

He didn't have the feeling of recruiting celebrities, and there were enough celebrities under him. The only thing he cares about is whether Zhong Zhigen has a legendary-level level.

After waiting for two days, Shengli Oilfield sent an official letter.

Zhong Zhigen was much more relieved now, took two students, and went to the East "Camp".

Su Cheng did not delay, and had the relevant materials ready for him, and sent Li Lianxiang to assist him.

Although Zhong Zhigen does not understand oil drilling machinery, he has been engaged in the manufacturing industry for a long time and is very familiar with this aspect of things. After looking at it for a while, he wondered, "Why is there a stack of things about drilling here?"

"It was a priority project, called extended-reach wells, and we had to complete extended-reach wells before we could design an offshore rig. ”

"This is not in line with the principle of parallel engineering, which is to work linearly, that is, sequentially, at the same time...... If this drilling work is completed first, it will be a long delay. ”

"Only by completing the extended-reach wells first will we be able to get the full support of the oil company, including the tilt of funds and personnel. So, I think it's a situation where the project team that is not related to the drilling work, do their, and the drilling work is related to the drilling work, and do the extended-reach wells first......"

"Is this called concurrent engineering?"

"This is politics. Sioux City spread his hands and said, "I think it's the same in the United States." Moreover, we also want you to prove your strength first, the oil drilling platform involves several years, tens of thousands of hard work and hundreds of millions of yuan of investment, I hope you can understand. ”

Zhong Zhigen looked at Su Cheng helplessly.

Su Cheng looked at Zhong Zhigen innocently. Although he knows Zhong Zhigen's resume quite well, it is quite interesting to look at the level of a future academician of the Academy of Engineering.

As a little-known young man, Zhong Zhigen faced such a big project, and his resistance was as weak as a baby, so he quickly succumbed and began to devote himself to long-term reading work.

He doesn't need to know the specific technical details of drilling, but he always has to know a certain amount of knowledge, coupled with the familiarity with the people involved, it is estimated that it will not be completed in a week.

Su Cheng was lazy and walked out of the office, glad that he had been freed from the heavy management work, if he was allowed to manage the project teams of those various schools, even if he was exhausted, it might not be effective.

Shu Hao had already caught a glimpse of Su Cheng from the corridor, and when he saw that there was no one around him, he immediately followed and said, "Su Cheng, I want to talk to you about the water heater." ”

"Huh?"

"I wanted to buy a factory that specializes in water heaters, so I ...... Would you like to take a stake?"!!