Reborn in 1977

Chapter 392: Convertible Boat

Seeing that Chen Fan still chose to build a speedboat, Cui Baozhang didn't say anything more and had someone bring a thick stack of blueprints and spread them out on a large table.

Chen Fan had drawn many diagrams, but he used A3-sized paper that he had cut himself. This was the first time he had used this kind of half-sized drawing paper.

He picked up a pencil and first wrote a few words on the corner of the drawing paper, "Soft-Top Convertible Assault Boat." After familiarizing himself with the hardness of the paper and pencil, he began to draw.

Although he could draw standard design drawings by hand without using any tools, he was past the age of showing off, so he naturally chose to keep a low profile.

He held a ruler in one hand to hold down the drawing paper, and quickly drew with a pencil in the other.

Overall diagram, three-dimensional perspective view, parts diagram, parts assembly diagram…

An hour later, several complete assault boat design drawings appeared on the paper.

However, the renderings he drew were very different from ordinary assault boats. Rather than calling it an assault boat, it was more like a wooden yacht.

(Something like this, but not as luxurious and handsome as his)

After finishing the drawing, Chen Fan stood up straight and smiled at Cui Baozhang, "Factory Director Cui, please take a look and see if this is easy to make."

Only then did Cui Baozhang come back to his senses and looked down at the meticulous design drawings.

He drew this in an hour?

No wonder Teacher Chen's mechanical skills are so high. Just this drawing skill alone is probably unmatched by many people in the entire district committee.

After finally reacting, Cui Baozhang turned his attention back to the drawings.

Generally speaking, the length of an assault boat is between 3.8 and 4 meters. In order to increase speed, the width of the boat is controlled within 1.5 meters to form a narrow shape, which is convenient for breaking through wind and waves.

Moreover, the entire hull is thin and not too many other things are installed. At most, there are two rows of chairs, and a circle of handrails made of rope to prevent people from being thrown out due to the boat's speed and wind and waves.

But the speedboat that Chen Fan drew… well, Cui Baozhang felt that this could no longer be called a speedboat, or rather, a miniature passenger boat would be more appropriate.

The entire boat is teardrop-shaped, wide at the front and narrow at the back. The widest point is close to 3 meters, and the narrowest point, where the engine is placed, is also 1.3 meters wide.

The cabin is concave downwards, with a depth of more than one meter, almost catching up with the cabin depth of a large ship.

Moreover, the cabin is divided into two parts: the front is the cockpit with two seats, and the back is two rows of straight benches facing each other.

Below the console are two small doors. When opened, they reveal the space under the front deck, which can be used for storage.

Due to the wide front cabin, the space inside is also not small, and the storage capacity is very considerable.

This is not the key.

The entire cabin is surrounded by a circle of baffles. The front baffle is the highest, a full 80 centimeters, and then extends backwards in turn, gradually decreasing in height, and finally only 50 centimeters.

If it were sealed, it would be a closed assault boat, but because the bottom of the cabin is relatively deep, it does not affect people's entry and exit or activities inside.

In addition, these baffles are composed of grids of different specifications. All the grids have only one frame, and the drawings are marked with notes: "The glass is inlaid here, and sealed with plastic strips to be waterproof."

Cui Baozhang turned to look at Chen Fan, "Do you know how expensive marine glass is?"

Chen Fan nodded lightly, "Don't worry, I'm mentally prepared. As long as it's not too outrageous, I can accept it."

Cui Baozhang chuckled, "It's not too outrageous, it's only 4 yuan more expensive per square meter than ordinary glass."

Chen Fan was slightly stunned, "Oh, that's okay."

It wasn't that he thought it was expensive, but he felt it was too cheap.

Marine glass may have higher requirements than automobile glass, because it needs to be shockproof and resistant to wind and waves. People who have taken passenger ships know that the glass in the cabins is several times thicker than ordinary glass.

If it only costs 4 yuan more per square meter, what is it if it's not cheap?!

Moreover, marine glass is not easy to buy. Almost only units related to shipbuilding and repair can apply to buy it. Without a water transportation company repair shop, Chen Fan's glass-windowed yacht could not be built.

Cui Baozhang smiled and said, "I can't tell, you're still a rich man."

Chen Fan quickly said, "After building this small boat, I'll be in debt."

Hearing this, the others in Lujiawan couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Wenliang muttered, "Why does this sound familiar?"

Yang Xingxiu said softly, "Have you forgotten? He said the same thing after building the house last time!"

The others around suddenly realized, and they looked at each other, and finally looked at Chen Fan.

Does this count as a repeat offender?

Unfortunately, Cui Baozhang didn't know Teacher Chen's glorious history, and just said with a smile, "This is not a small boat. Except for the size, everything is made according to the craftsmanship of a large ship. The keel, bulkheads, and deck must all be made of good wood. Anything less is not acceptable.

And you also used marine glass for lighting…"

Speaking of this, he looked down at the drawings, "You didn't draw a cabin roof, and the name you wrote is 'Soft-Top Convertible', so the two horizontal and vertical wooden bars fixed on the baffle are used to support the canopy?"

Chen Fan nodded and smiled, "It would be best if there were steel pipes."

He pointed to the drawings and said, "Half a meter of the front of the cabin will be sealed. There is a ten-centimeter space above the sealing plate where the tarpaulin can be placed when it is retracted. When it needs to be closed, pull the tarpaulin open and make a circle of iron hooks around it, which can be hung on the iron rings of the baffle to fix it, so it can be windproof and rainproof.

Then install two marine searchlights on the top. The power supply can be fixed inside the console and connected to the engine for power."

After speaking, he turned to look at Cui Baozhang and smiled, "Is it easy to do?"

Cui Baozhang pinched his chin, thought for a while, and said, "No problem."

He then looked at Chen Fan, smiled, and said, "Your boat doesn't look big, but the workmanship requirements are very high. However, the demand for long wood is not large, and a large amount of short wood can be used, which can save a lot of money in this regard."

Shipbuilding has very high requirements for the length of wood, especially keel wood, which can only use a whole tree trunk. Spliced ones cannot be used. Therefore, although Chen Fan's boat is complex, because of its small size, it can actually save a lot of money in terms of wood.

Chen Fan had already made a statistics of the required wood on the drawings. Cui Baozhang carefully checked it and found that the calculation was very accurate. He then habitually added 10% for loss, and then used the abacus to calculate for a while.

After a moment, he stood up straight and said, "Including glass, wood, and labor costs, excluding the cost of the machine, the cost of this boat will be at least 400. I can round it down for you, a total of 400 yuan. Is there any problem?"

400?

This number did surprise Secretary Yang and the others.

Building a small boat, including wood and labor, would cost about 100 yuan, at most no more than 150 yuan. They didn't expect that this boat would be just a little bigger, and it would be so much more expensive?

However, the amount of wood used was calculated by Chen Fan himself, and they heard clearly the construction process requirements. You get what you pay for, and Factory Director Cui really didn't quote a high price.

The few of them looked at each other and nodded secretly. Before Chen Fan could speak, Secretary Yang said, "Okay, 400 it is."

Chen Fan turned to look at Secretary Yang, preparing to say that he would pay the money himself, or half of it was fine, but he didn't expect Secretary Yang to agree directly?

Cui Baozhang smiled and continued, "400 is just the cost of building the boat. If you want an outboard engine, even a used machine will cost 1200 to 1500 yuan. If it's a new machine, it's estimated to be at least 2000 yuan."

He shook his head as he spoke, "But a new machine is unlikely. See if you can find a used one. If not, you can only install a paddle machine.

Paddle machines are cheaper. Except for the diesel engine being a bit expensive, the other parts add up to only 100 yuan."

This time, Secretary Yang didn't dare to speak.

The total is more than 2000 yuan. It's not that he's reluctant. Now the 11 stores can bring 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in income to the Lujiawan Brigade every day. This amount of money doesn't even count as a fraction.

But the accounts can't be calculated like this.

How many units are there in big cities? How much contribution do those engineers make? How much bonus do they get?

Those who make major outstanding contributions get only 50 or 100. They send satellites into the sky and only get this much bonus. If he dares to reward Chen Fan 2,000 yuan today, someone will dare to expose it tomorrow.

When the good thing turns into a bad thing, it will harm him.

Moreover, for this 400 yuan, he still has to argue with Cui Baozhang.

When Chen Fan readily agreed to the price, Secretary Yang took two steps forward and smiled at him, "Factory Director Cui, we have a lot of high-quality wood in our team. What if we provide the wood ourselves?"

Director Cui looked at him meaningfully and smiled, "Sure, including labor and glass, 150 yuan should be enough."

There's still high-quality wood in Lujiawan?

Heh heh, that's not what Master Wang said last time. Moreover, as far as he knows, almost all the good quality wood has been used to build that 10-meter new wooden boat. Where would there be any good wood now?

But he doesn't care. Like today's order, and the large boat customized by Lujiawan, are actually "private orders" taken by the repair shop. This income will go into the unit's petty cash fund, and will not appear in the business records.

So the handling method can be very flexible. Contracting for both labor and materials is possible, and processing with supplied materials is also possible. It's just that Chen teacher helped repair the thruster, saving several thousand yuan in losses, so we're giving a little more discount.

Oh, right, the thruster also went into the petty cash fund account. As for the two sets of accessories bought before, we can just find some old goods to write off the account.

It's not ten years later yet. These days, if you ask a unit leader to put money in their own pocket, most people are unwilling to do it.

But when it comes to saving a petty cash fund for the unit, even the most iron-fisted person will turn a blind eye.

Anyway, as long as it doesn't affect the tasks assigned by superiors, and it can win more benefits for the unit and its employees, why not do it?!

And Secretary Yang and the others are also very happy. The repair shop only needs a little over one hundred yuan, which is in line with previous expectations, and will not bring any trouble to Chen Fan.

As for the wood, Lujiawan doesn't have it, but can't the brigades of Bailang Lake, Ganjia Village, Hongxing, and Shengli scrape together a few good logs?

When the time comes, the money for the wood will be paid together with the money for chickens, ducks, and geese, without anyone knowing, and there will be no problems.

Secretary Yang looked at Chen Fan with emotion. In order to keep this treasure, they have really put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, how could they be so concerned about ordinary commune members?

However, it seems that no other commune member can achieve the same results as Teacher Chen, right?!

After explaining the matter of building the yacht, the group from Lujiawan left the repair shop and went to the water transport company to learn about the learning situation of the "students" from Secretary Tian.

The result is neither good nor bad. Driving a boat is also a technical job. Even if the master is willing to teach, it depends on the apprentice's understanding.

The few students sent by Lujiawan are of average talent. If they don't have enough talent, they can make up for it with hard work. That's all they can do.

Fortunately, these people are all working hard enough, and they should be able to drive the boat independently in another half month. Although they won't make it for National Day, it's not too late.

...

Back at the brigade headquarters, Chen Fan prepared to go home with his backpack.

At this time, An Quan suddenly stopped him, "Wait, take this back."

Chen Fan turned around and his eyes lit up, "An accordion?"

A black leather accordion case, opened to reveal a shiny black accordion.

(Pigini accordion)

Chen Fan held the accordion, quite fond of it.

Life in this era is too monotonous. Besides riding horses, hunting, walking dogs, and flying falcons, you can only drink tea, sleep, read books, and listen to the radio at home. It wasn't easy to learn a few musical instruments, but there were only a few instruments like harmonica, flute, and erhu.

It's really too monotonous!

Now with this accordion, you can add a little color to the monotonous life.

He played a short piece, and then he thought of An Quan, and immediately asked, "Didn't you say your classmate didn't buy it?"

An Quan smiled, "Of course, I had to buy it before I could tell you. Otherwise, if I waited for your opinion and sent him a telegram, two or three days would have passed, and someone else would have bought it. This kind of instrument is very popular in second-hand stores, okay? Would I be that stupid?"

He pointed to the accordion and continued, "Here, 230 yuan, don't forget to pay."

Chen Fan was stunned again, "Wasn't it 250?"

An Quan immediately grinned, "It's okay if you insist on 250."

Hearing this, Chen Fan knew he had been tricked, and immediately curled his lips, put the accordion back into the case, and said, "I'll bring the money to you tomorrow."

An Quan was not polite, "Okay, don't forget. I only gave my classmate two hundred, and he advanced me 30 yuan, so I have to pay him back as soon as possible."

Chen Fan smiled, "Tomorrow I'll give you 300 yuan, and send the extra to him. If you see any other good musical instruments, please help me buy them."

An Quan made a gesture, "No problem."

At this time, Zhang Wenliang suddenly came over and whispered to Chen Fan, "Let me ask you a question."

Chen Fan looked at him, "What?"

Zhang Wenliang rubbed his fingers, "How much money do you have? You wanted a rowing machine worth more than 1,000 yuan, and now you're giving Brother An money to buy musical instruments. Could it be that you…"

Chen Fan immediately said sternly, "No, it's all rumors. I have no money. I only have the money from selling rabbits last time, not a penny more!"

Secretary Yang walked over smoking a cigarette and asked curiously, "If you only have 1,000, and now you've given An Quan 300, and you only have 700 left, how will you settle the bill with the repair shop then?"

Chen Fan smiled embarrassedly, his voice also lowered a lot, "Put the difference on account first, and when they can't repair their machines one day, I'll go over to repair them to offset the debt."

As soon as these words came out, Secretary Yang and the others were in a daze again.

You can do that?

Isn't it unkind?

Seeing that they weren't paying attention to him, Chen Fan quickly took the accordion and left.

...

Riding his horse back home, Jiang Lili and the others had already returned from work and were busy cooking in the kitchen.

Huang Ying ran in and out of the kitchen. Seeing Chen Fan coming back with a box, she immediately said, "Teacher Chen, we just got back. Dinner will be ready in a while."

Her eyes fell on the box in his hand, wondering, what is this thing?

Chen Fan didn't explain, just smiled slightly, and went into his room.

When he came out again, he was holding an accordion in his arms and a chair in his hand.

Then he sat on the open space in front of the door and played a melodious tune.

Hearing the movement, the four girls in the kitchen quickly ran out and stood in a row, staring at the accordion.

After Chen Fan became familiar with the instrument, he played the melody of a song, "Aspiring to Start a Business on Treasure Island".

This Treasure Island is not the Treasure Island in the east, but Hainan Island in the south.

If you don't know what songs can be sung and what songs can't be sung in this era, go and look up a book, "Battlefield New Songs".

The songs in it can all be sung, and Chen Fan played a song from the first volume.

After a while, when the last note disappeared, the four girls immediately clapped and applauded.

Yang Ju's pretty face was red, smiling like a flower, "You play so well!"

Liu Dan's face was full of excitement, clapping her hands non-stop, "Teacher Chen is so amazing!"

Huang Ying held her hands in front of her chest, "Teacher Chen, can you teach us music?"

Although Jiang Lili didn't make any movements, her eyes were full of intoxication, forgetting to even hide her emotions.

Chen Fan played another note and smiled at them, "Of course, I have no problem teaching you music, but not starting with musical instruments, but learning to sing first."

Huang Ying stopped her chopsticks and looked at him strangely, "Why?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Because there will be a show on the eleventh, and Brother An and I will be on it, and of course you can't be left out."

Hearing this, the four girls were shocked and turned to run to the kitchen.

Today's dishes are okay.

Crucian carp tofu soup, spicy chicken giblets, pickled pepper stewed miscellaneous fish, eggplant and green beans, and finally a large pot of pumpkin.

After the food was set, Chen Fan first scooped a large spoonful of pumpkin on the rice, stirred it a few times with chopsticks, and ate it in big mouthfuls.

There are a lot of pumpkins here, and they are big and sweet, but almost everyone who is a little older doesn't like to eat this thing.

Because in those years, there was not enough food, and many people ate big pumpkins almost every day.

Not only did they eat it every day, but they only ate pumpkins. After eating too much, some people felt nauseous when they saw pumpkins.

But when the pumpkin is put on the table, they will unconsciously pick a few pieces into their bowls. At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, they are frantically planting pumpkins every year, which can be regarded as one of the sequelae left to Lujiawan in those years.

On the contrary, young people like to eat this thing, especially pumpkin mixed with rice, which is sweet and delicious. Chen Fan can make three big bowls in one meal.

After eating a big bowl, he looked at the few people and said softly, "Even if you don't mention it, I will teach you music, but not starting with musical instruments, but learning to sing first."

Huang Ying stopped her chopsticks and looked at him strangely, "Why?"

Chen Fan smiled, "Because there will be a show on the eleventh, and Brother An and I will be on it, and of course you can't be left out."