Riding the wind of rebirth

There is no doubt that watching the launch of the Long March 2F rocket was a soul-stirring patriotic education, and it also inspired the students to study hard and strive to become national talents.

The base made very thoughtful arrangements for Lianhe Township Primary School this time. Because it was late, the base did not even send the children back immediately. Instead, they arranged for them to stay in a guesthouse for one night. After they had rested well, they were sent back by bus the next day after they had breakfast in the cafeteria.

There was a joke during the meal. The cafeteria was full of heads. Muxia Laha and A Zi made a surprising discovery.

"Wow, it turns out that scientists need to eat too!"

Zhou Zhi heard the children's muttering and thought it was interesting: "This is a scientist, not a robot. Listen to what you are saying!"

Your sister Xiaomiao is also a great scientist. Not only does she eat and drink, she is also soft and fragrant!

It was time to return after breakfast, but Luo Yujuan asked Captain Zhou to send the children back first, but kept Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao, saying that Chief Engineer Li wanted to see them.

The office of military researchers is simple and practical, with a circle of glass and metal cabinets, old-style sofas, coffee tables and desks, and very hard wooden chairs.

"Mr. Li, I've heard a lot about you. Congratulations on the successful launch. We were all so excited yesterday. I'd like to thank the base leaders on behalf of the children. Thank you everyone." Zhou Zhi nodded and bowed to Li Weigang, the base's chief engineer, as if he had met his idol.

"The children in Lianhe Township Primary School are smart and lively." Zhang Weichao commented, "And the questions they asked also show that the children have a good foundation. Especially the child named Muxia Laha, he has a talent for scientific research. You must cultivate him well, Elbow."

"Oh?" Li Weigang didn't expect Zhang Weichao to comment on a rural primary school child in this way, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"That's right." Zhang Weichao remembered the discussion about satellites among the children last night. The moon is also a satellite of the earth, so the synchronous satellites that everyone puts up are inside or outside the lunar orbit.

Muxialaha answered affirmatively that the orbital radius of the moon as a satellite must be much larger than that of the synchronous satellites launched by humans.

Zhang Weichao asked him why, and Muxia Laha said that Sister Luo had just introduced that a synchronous satellite is almost stationary when viewed from the Earth, so it takes one day to orbit the Earth; and the time it takes for the moon to orbit the Earth is one month, about thirty days, so the angular velocity of the moon around the Earth is thirty times slower than that of the synchronous satellite.

Anyone who has played with a catapult knows that to make the catapult spin, the shorter the rope, the faster it needs to be swung, and the longer the rope, the slower it needs to be swung. Therefore, the orbital radius of a synchronous satellite must be much smaller than the orbital radius of the moon.

"Yes, how old is the child?"

"Almost ten years old." Zhou Zhi smiled bitterly, "He's very smart, but he's also very naughty." "A child under ten years old can find these evidences to prove an astronomical problem in his limited knowledge system. What we value is not how deep the child's knowledge is, but the process of him thinking." Li Weigang praised, "It's very difficult for ordinary children to associate the relationship between these knowledge. This child is really good."

“If the children in Lianhe Township have good grades and can be admitted to Xichang No. 1 Middle School, the township will make unified arrangements and jointly train them with the Clover Group. There is no need to worry about the children’s living expenses and tuition fees being unsecured,” Zhou Zhi said.

"It's not easy, but you have guts." Li Weigang praised: "From the fact that your group helped Lao Qin with that project, I can tell that you have a big vision."

"We should thank Director Qin for giving us a chance to prove ourselves." Zhou Zhi said sincerely, "It's a win-win situation. If there is anything we can use at the base, we will also be obliged to support national defense. Only with the help of the big family can we have a small family!"

"Okay! Xiao Zhou, since you said so, we won't be polite." Li Weigang asked everyone to sit down. "The base currently has an urgent matter that I need to consult you about. According to Lao Qin, your group has fully introduced ISO international standards and implemented many projects?"

"Yes, but not just some projects, but all of them." Zhou Zhi nodded: "For the projects that are still in the progress cycle, we have combined information engineering management science and ISO international standards to implement unified management, and the effect of implementation is quite good. Now Shanghai Huahong Group, Hongan Digital, and several joint venture chip manufacturers have already started."

"Management is a big topic..." Li Weigang said with emotion: "The base has had several major safety failures in recent years. From top to bottom, everyone is very anxious and feels that we need to pay close attention to quality and safety. But to be honest, we are very conflicted about where to start."

"It's not easy to make this decision..." Li Weigang said with a wry smile, "First of all, we have our own set of established systems. We believe that this system has been running for decades and is still quite effective. Supercomputers, large aircraft, and several strategic-level weapons were all born under this management system. If we follow your system, the manpower and funds required for each project will be at least 50% higher than now."

"This is just one of the easiest problems to solve. Another issue is how to make the new system effective instead of adding burden to the researchers. Research and development at night and documentation during the day are very likely to become a formality and everyone will just do it perfunctorily, which will not play the role it should."

"This problem exists in our current system, and it is getting worse," Li Weigang said. "We are talking behind closed doors. This is the main problem we are facing. If this problem is not solved, the things that happened in the past two years will not be stopped and will continue to happen!"

"Your group has done a great job in engineering management. For example, from the previous large font library to the MINICOS instructions and now the nonlinear simulation laboratory, you have concentrated your efforts and achieved rapid results. If you say that you don't have some ingenious management skills, we won't believe it." Zhang Weichao said, "I kept you here because I want to learn from you. Zhou Zhi, you are an expert in engineering management, so don't hold back."

"I roughly know where your conflict lies." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "In fact, Clover has experienced this kind of conflict, Huahong has experienced it, Hongan Digital has experienced it, and Blue Sky Sunshine will also experience it next."

"Boss Li, Vice Boss Zhang, I think the biggest contradiction is actually what Boss Li just said. It's because the leadership has not made up their minds, which leads to a lack of continuous top-down promotion of the entire system." (End of this chapter)