Chapter 4: Confronting the Gap

Not to mention Xinyuan Town, even the higher-level Xinyuan City soon heard the news of the Aramco engineering team.

Thinking that the town tractor factory actually set up a line with Aramco's machinery company, the city leaders all felt a little in a trance.

They know that the Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory was an economic leader when it first opened, but now it has long been a burden.

But now there are not only Aramco engineers to guide, but also Aramco workers to renovate the plant, which is simply astonishing.

And what surprised them even more was that the construction speed of these Aramco workers was not slow at all, all kinds of construction machinery were working at the same time, working in two shifts day and night, and the entire factory was visibly changing.

Every day for the past three days, leaders came to inspect the site, then took a photo with Kate, a white contractor, and finally made a few clichΓ©s in support of the township enterprises' march into high technology.

The media in the city stared at Guo Shen, a patriotic overseas Chinese, especially when he accidentally knew that he worked for the Aramco Space Agency before, and even wrote overnight: "From the Space Bureau to the tractor factory, patriotic overseas Chinese build their hometown." ”

This is really not nonsense, according to system information, Guo Shen's grandfather is from Xinyuan, he went to Ami when he was young, and Xinyuan Town is the hometown that Guo Shen has never met.

After the day and night construction of the system engineering team, on the third night, the upgrading and transformation task of the entire plant has been completed, and the scaffolding has begun to be dismantled.

Lin Ju simply pulled the leaders who were still present to hastily hold a completion ceremony and cut the red ribbon.

Then all the people of the "Connecticut Oak Engineering Company" packed up their belongings, and dozens of cars disappeared into the night and returned to Ami overnight.

Vice President Wan, who accompanied the visit with the town leaders, was dumbfounded, and said to Lin Ju with some emotion:

"It is said that the Ami people are lazy and the developed countries are inefficient, which is a completely one-sided impression!

People did not stop work for a minute for 72 hours, the construction was fast and not chaotic, and they left immediately after the acceptance was completed.

We still have to face up to the gap, and we can't be blindly arrogant! ”

The thin-haired town leader nodded as he listened, and instructed the office director on the side:

"Comrade Lao Wan said it well, I was learning from Ami when I was young, and now it seems that I still have to learn.

All the photos and notes taken in the past three days will be sorted out and handed over to the city when the time comes, and our construction company will also be issued with study documents to learn the professionalism of Aramco workers! ”

Lin Ju watched the group summing up their experience in a matter-of-fact manner, tried to hold back the smile on his face, and coughed dryly:

"Leader, it's so late, and the upgrade is over, why don't you stop here for today's visit?"

Who knew that the town leader waved his hand:

"No, I want to see your new plant, Kobayashi said that the high-end equipment that was finally imported from Aramco can build a production line of 5 million rainfall machines, so you must take a good look!"

Lin Ju was helpless, he originally wanted to slowly compare the difference between the upgraded base, but now he can only study it together.

Guo Shen also accompanied the visit, he participated in the whole process of the renovation here, and knew the factory well.

When he led everyone into the factory, the group, including Lin Ju, was stunned.

The original factory building composed of steel frame and iron sheet was gray and dark, but now it is pasted with unknown thermal insulation and flame retardant materials, which are white and neat, and even the lighting system has been changed, making the whole plant illuminate.

The floor is laid with insulating glue, and the work area is divided by lines of different colors, and various equipment is visited according to the process division, and everything is in order.

This is completely irrelevant to the previous appearance of the concrete floor covered in dust and oil, and the dirty machines and parts were mixed together.

As for the original equipment, almost all of them are gone, and they have been replaced with new ones.

A highly integrated CNC machining center like a small room, replacing the old machine tools for bare processing, in the eyes of the leaders, neat and LCD screen is high-tech!

When they walked to the final assembly workshop, they saw seven or eight orange robotic arms, and the group was even more excited to come forward and touch the east and west.

The town leader stroked the mechanical arm and recalled his youth:

"I know this, thirty years ago, the little devil had this, it's much more convenient to use than people, and more than a ton of parts are thrown around in your hands, right?"

After the whole visit, Lin Ju and the leaders felt that this plant had indeed changed a lot, and it was not much different from the rocket workshop seen on TV, and even slightly more advanced.

When he left, the town leaders were satisfied and very cordial to Lin Ju.

"Xiaolin, the tractor factory is turning a turkey into a phoenix! I have seen so many factories in the north and south, and there are many bigger ones than this, but there are definitely few more advanced and tidy than this.

Don't worry, I will immediately report and include Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory in the list of high-tech enterprises!

By the way, it can't be called a tractor factory, right? Prepare to prepare, change a new name to report it, and Lao Wan, the loan is slow, and the start of high-tech enterprises is the time to spend money, and the town can't hold back! ”

"Don't worry, leader, now that the tractor factory is so renovated, it will be returned after selling a few machines, so there is no hurry."

Although the credit union in the town didn't have much money, the loan was still postponed by the leaders, which made Lin Ju very grateful.

I have to say that half of the credit for this goes to the "Aramco engineering team", otherwise it would never have been so smooth.

After sending all the outsiders away, Lin Ju took a turn around the factory again, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became, he pulled Guo Shen and asked:

"Now that the base has been upgraded, can you produce rockets?"

Guo Shen has already obtained the information on the DX-1 rocket, and he already has the answer in his heart:

"One 120-ton engine in the first stage, two 30-ton engines in the second stage, and a 30-ton engine in the third stage, all of which are fueled by liquid oxygen kerosene, and the full-flow staged combustion cycle is the most time-consuming.

Because the test requires a total of 5 engines, plus some parts, it is expected to be completed in about 28 days using intermittent two-shift machining. The rest can be outsourced to a regular factory, which greatly reduces our time.

While most of the materials are in stock, another $4 million is needed, including fuel and other processing costs.

But boss, what's our load? This rocket has an ultimate capacity of 430 kilograms in low earth orbit, which is already considered a medium-sized satellite. ”

Lin Ju is not worried about the money, it is a big deal to mortgage the land, and it was sold for more than 4 million in his previous life, and it is not a big problem to take out a loan.

As for what is used for the load?

Lin Ju then remembered that the system requirement was to put the scientific payload into orbit, but the question was what kind of object was considered a scientific payload?

The satellite must be counted, but the tractor factory probably does not have the technical strength, he asked Guo Shen again, and the answer he got is indeed the same.

It is obviously not a small project to be protected from radiation and vibration, to operate normally at an altitude of several hundred kilometers, and to carry scientific detection equipment.

Lin Ju suddenly thought of something and asked Guo Shendao:

"I heard that the backup star of the Dongfanghong-1 satellite is still on the ground, can we buy it, it seems that it is only 300 kilograms."

What answered him was Guo Shen's look at the fool's gaze.

"Boss, it's all museum collections, and it doesn't have a scientific detection function."

"Then you contact Aramco Space Agency, do they have any defective satellites that they don't want?"

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Lin Ju, who was meditating, simply squatted on the ground and thought for a long time, but there was no way, and couldn't help complaining:

"Ma Yilong is all about launching rockets to make money, why do you want to ...... me Well? I've got a way! ”

Lin Ju had a flash of inspiration and jumped up from the ground.

He doesn't have a satellite, but someone else does!

It costs money to use his rockets to launch satellites, so where is the need to spend money yourself?

Lin Ju, who suddenly opened up the pattern, had all kinds of ideas in his mind, and soon had an idea.

Directly advertise that no one will pay attention to the satellite on behalf of the satellite, and you can start with acquaintances.

He suddenly remembered that the ordinary undergraduate he studied in China had cooperated with a 985 university on a satellite project, but unfortunately in the end, the rocket quota was strengthened by another higher-end school, and it was not done after that.

But after all, the satellite has been built, maybe the original one is still there, and it can still be used!