When will I have a long tassel?

Xiao Wenjun was waiting for Tang Zifeng downstairs in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Seeing him walking in a hurry, Xiao Wenjun took two steps forward and greeted him with a smile: "Why are you here when you have time?"

"Look at what you said, I miss you, okay?" Tang Zifeng's beautiful words came right out of his mouth.

Xiao Wenjun was already immune to Tang Zifeng's trash talk. She curled her lips and said, "I don't believe it. You must be in trouble again and want me to help you."

"Am I such a person?"

"yes!"

"You have really wronged me. This time I really came here to treat you to dinner."

"real?"

"...I'm asking you to do me a favor."

"Or maybe you want to ask me for help and treat me to a meal."

"Don't worry about these details..."

As they did every time they met, they quarreled and walked side by side to the cafeteria. You can order food upstairs in the cafeteria. The two of them found a table by the window and sat down. They ordered two side dishes and three bowls of rice. While waiting for the waiter to deliver the food, Xiao Wenjun said: "Tell me, what trouble did you encounter again?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Tang Zifeng said, "I just met a menopausal patient and choked him a few words, which made me feel unhappy."

"Why are you competing with middle-aged women?" Xiao Wenjun said casually.

Tang Zifeng corrected him solemnly: "Male..."

"Male?" Xiao Wenjun felt a little confused. "Male, what else are you talking about about menopause!"

However, thinking of Tang Zifeng's usual nonsensical behavior, she didn't bother to argue, and just asked: "Why did he choke you? By the way, you haven't said who this person is yet."

"The deputy chief engineer of the Shipbuilding Industry Company, his name is Kang Zhichao." Tang Zifeng said, and then he told Xiao Wenjun what happened at the shipbuilding company that morning, including the bet between him and Kang Zhichao. Of course, it is essential to disparage Kang Zhichao's character both inside and outside his words.

After listening to this, Xiao Wenjun filtered out the part about Tang Zifeng playing tricks on Kang Zhichao, directly grasped the core of the problem, and asked: "You mean, you really want to build the heavy-duty crankshaft machine tool that Mr. Kang requested?"

Tang Zifeng didn't say anything, but nodded in approval.

Xiao Wenjun frowned and said: "I heard my mentor talk about the heavy-duty crankshaft machine tool. He once attended a ship system meeting, and someone from the shipbuilding industry mentioned it to him. Well, Maybe this person is the Chief Engineer Kang you mentioned. After my mentor came back, he asked me to help him check some information, and found that it was too difficult, so I didn’t continue."

"Yes, an engineer from Canglong Research Institute who went with me also said the same thing." Tang Zifeng said, "If it were not too difficult, the Germans would not be the only ones in the world who could do it. I heard that the Japanese It’s not too bad.”

"Then you still want to do it?" Xiao Wenjun asked in surprise.

Tang Zifeng said with a smile: "Aren't I here to ask you for advice? I always feel that things that others can't do may not be a problem for you, Xiao Da Nengai. No matter what kind of machine tool, after all, It was made by man. If the Germans can make it, why can’t we make it?”

Xiao Wenjun said: "I am not very capable, but you, Director Tang, are the most capable. At a young age, you became the executive deputy director in charge of work. When my dad and I were on the phone a few days ago, he Still talking about you."

Tang Zifeng asked: "What did our dad say about me?"

"Tch!" Xiao Wenjun rolled his eyes at Tang Zifeng to show his dissatisfaction with the title he just used. But there was only so much she could do. If she argued with Tang Zifeng about this issue, the end result would only become darker and darker. She was fully aware of Tang Zifeng's shamelessness and lack of moral integrity. When Tang Zifeng was chatting with her, he would say a few words like this from time to time. Xiao Wenjun felt that Tang Zifeng seemed to be hinting at something to her, but there was no evidence...

"My dad said that the leader of the Machinery Department is too brave. He dares to let a young boy like you take charge of such a big factory. Don't stare. My father said the word "young boy". If you are not convinced, Buy a train ticket and go to Wulang to argue with him." Xiao Wenjun said with a smile.

"That's not necessary." Tang Zifeng immediately gave in. He got back to business and asked: "How about you help me think about whether it is possible for us to build this kind of machine tool."

Xiao Wenjun also put away his teasing expression and said seriously: "What you said is right. No matter what kind of machine tool others can make, we can definitely make it too. Machine tools like this are concentrated with countless cutting-edge technologies." , the development process itself is very meaningful, and many derivative technologies can be produced in this process, which is also helpful for the development of other machine tools.

"However, I estimate that this process will be very long, maybe ten or eight years. Moreover, the investment required is also very considerable. Even if ten or twenty million dollars are invested, it may not be able to produce any obvious results. You Do you think you can afford such a large investment?"

Tang Zifeng said: "You have to do it even if you can't afford it. On the way to Tsinghua, I thought about this problem seriously. The shipbuilding industry is a labor-intensive industry, and it has always been transferred from countries with labor shortages to countries with labor surplus.

"Japan surpassed the United Kingdom in shipbuilding in the mid-1950s and became the world's largest shipbuilder. At its peak, the annual shipbuilding capacity reached 30 million deadweight tons. Since the 1980s, South Korea's shipbuilding industry has risen rapidly and is expected to surpass Japan within 10 years and become the new world leader. first place.

"Our country is a country with extremely rich labor force, and the development of shipbuilding industry is the general trend. Today, Mr. Kang told me that the shipbuilding industry company's goal is to reach 2.5 million deadweight tons of shipbuilding by the year 2000, but even if this number is reached, It is only equivalent to 1/12 of Japan's shipbuilding volume at its peak. Therefore, China's shipbuilding industry has great potential for development.

"I predict that by the first 10 years of the next century, China's annual shipbuilding volume is expected to exceed 30 million tons. By then, the demand for crankshafts will be a huge number. If by that time, every ship we build will require Waiting for the Koreans to provide us with crankshafts means we are putting our life in their hands, which is a very bad feeling."

When he said these words, Xiao Wenjun, who was sitting opposite him, kept supporting his chin with one hand and listened to his story with a smile. In Xiao Wenjun's view, Tang Zifeng still seemed very knowledgeable when he was serious. His analysis of issues is broad, and he can often start from global economic history to predict China's development trends in the next few years.

Xiao Wenjun once heard Tang Zifeng introduce his major in college. The name of that major was "Planned Economics." Xiao Wenjun once had a bit of contempt for this major, feeling that it was outdated and difficult to adapt to today's market economy.

But after being in contact with Tang Zifeng for a long time, she gradually realized that there was something extraordinary about Tang Zifeng's profession. At the very least, this kind of far-sighted analysis is not something she, a PhD student in mechanics, can do.

Of course, Tang Zifeng's ability to say such things does not come entirely from his undergraduate major. In fact, based solely on theoretical derivation, no one dares to predict that China will replace Japan and South Korea as the world's largest shipbuilding country in 20 years. Tang Zifeng's confidence comes from his status as a time traveler. He knows that after entering the new century, China's various economic indicators have grown like rockets. It should be impossible for the shipbuilding completion volume to exceed the 30 million tons that Japan once achieved. question.

However, Tang Zifeng's imagination was still not enough. In real history, China's shipbuilding completion volume reached 65.6 million deadweight tons in 2010, accounting for 43% of the world's total, ranking first in the world for the first time. By the end of 2010, the total number of shipbuilding orders held by various Chinese shipyards reached nearly 200 million tons. If Tang Zifeng dared to make such a prediction in front of Kang Zhichao, Lao Kang would probably send him to a mental hospital as soon as possible.

"If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. If we want to become a big shipbuilding country, the crankshaft problem must be solved." Tang Zifeng ended his speech with a heartfelt sentence, which won a few light applause from Xiao Wenjun.

"Director Tang, I think you are becoming more and more like an official now." Xiao Wenjun said, "How come it is your turn as a small executive deputy director to think about such matters at the national level? Is it possible that the leaders of your bureau Don’t you think about this issue?”

Tang Zifeng said: "Of course the bureau leaders will consider such issues, but the specific work depends on each enterprise. If the enterprises are not motivated, it will be useless no matter how anxious the bureau leaders are. I didn't know about this in the past, so let's forget it. Now Now that we know it, we can’t sit idly by and do nothing.”

"You don't want to solve this problem because of the bet you made with Mr. Kang, right?" Xiao Wenjun asked worriedly.

Tang Zifeng smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "I made a bet with Lao Kang, but actually I just didn't want to admit defeat in front of him. But then after listening to Lao Kang's introduction, I wanted to solve this problem. Didn't you just say that? , it may take ten or eight years to develop this kind of machine tool. In this case, we must seize the time and start as soon as possible. Otherwise, if we wait until all conditions are mature and we start again, I am afraid that we will have to wait for the machine on the ship. In addition to the isoaxis, another axis must be added to the machine tool.”

"How many resources can you provide?" Xiao Wenjun asked.

Tang Zifeng said: "I'm trying to contact three or four machine tool companies to do it together. Our companies can afford all the experiments. In terms of funding, you just said that even if you invest 10 to 20 million, it may not be effective. Then Let’s invest 10 to 20 million first. I’ll take care of the money. But I’m not sure how many manpower is needed and how to design the entire technical route. I have to ask for your help.”

"Okay, who told me to owe you?" Xiao Wenjun responded pretending to be helpless.

While they were talking, the waiter in the cafeteria had already served their meals. Tang Zifeng pointed at the two dishes with his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Let's eat first. We have agreed that I will pay for this meal and treat it as yours." The deposit has been paid.”

I recommend a book by an old author, "A Great Power and Heavy Tanks" by the Hero of East China. It talks about things about tank factories, which are also the subject of our Industrial Party.