That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1169: If you don’t look at it, how do you know it’s impossible?
10:00 a.m., Branch 1, R&D workshop.

Wu Yan, Lao Jie and others stood quietly under the test bench, silently looking at an engine on the bench.

The engine had been running for an hour and a half, and the high-decibel roar had made the ears of the people around buzz, but Wu Yan and Lao Jie were "reluctant" to avoid it. They stared at the engine as if they were looking at a graceful ballet dancer.

Suddenly, Wu Yan shouted to Lao Jie: "Did you hear anything?"

Lao Jie frowned tightly, and then suddenly shouted: "Stop, stop, stop, stop now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the engine on the test bench made a "squeaking" sound, and then the sound suddenly increased, which made people involuntarily think of the tearing pain.

The technicians at the first branch were decisive and quickly cut off the engine's oil and electricity system. However, when the engine stopped due to inertia, everyone still heard a very obvious metal friction sound.

This sound can be harsh at high speeds, and at times like this, it can feel despairing.

"Ah~"

I don't know who let out a disappointed sigh, which made many people around them depressed.

Wu Yan turned around and glanced at everyone, and said unhappily: "Why are you sighing? Failure is the mother of success. I don't need to emphasize this simple truth to you again and again, right?"

"But."

The technician who sighed just now hesitated for a moment, but still stubbornly defended himself: "But even if our experiment is successful this time, the performance of the engine is less than 70% of that of imported engines. What's the point of success?"

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"What did you say? Tell me again?"

Wu Yan's eyes suddenly widened, like a tabby cat about to get angry, and he raised his hands to swing with his sharp claws.

Lao Jie quickly pulled him back, and then said to the technician, "Xiao Mo, you were assigned to our first branch factory after school, so you don't know the technical level and research environment in our mainland.

Do you know that our current research level is already among the best in the country? Also, do you know how difficult it is for us to get together like this and do research regardless of the cost? How precious is it? "

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The technician named Xiao Mo still felt a little aggrieved, but facing the pressure from the two big bosses in the technical department, he still lowered his head and looked at his toes, swallowing all the grievances.

He was assigned to a branch factory last summer. He had never experienced the harshness of society and had no idea how difficult it was for other research units to apply for R&D funds. He also had no idea what punishment the project leader would receive if the R&D project failed or exceeded budget.

It is already difficult for a branch to poach a group of young technicians together.

In order to create a proactive research environment, the technical department was trained to be a "money-eating beast" that eats up a large portion of the profits of a branch factory every year.

This kind of R&D environment may not be a big deal in overseas companies, but in the mainland, it is definitely the condition that all researchers dream of. Xiao Mo is not aware of his blessings.

Wu Yan took a few sharp breaths, then said viciously: "It doesn't matter if the experiment fails, I'm responsible for it anyway. But if you continue to be so listless, I'll send you to the workshop to work as workers tomorrow. You won't fail as a worker, just work hard."

Wu Yan roared for several minutes, saying very harsh words, but no one at the scene dared to talk back.
Because Wu Yan really dared to send these people to the workshop.

Once you leave the technical department, not only will your salary and bonus be greatly reduced, but the loss of face will be even more fatal.

Just like Xiao Mo, who had just started working and had just started dating, if he were sent to the workshop, the consequences would be disastrous.

"What are you still standing there for? Quickly disassemble the engine and find the cause of the accident."

Wu Yan roared fiercely, and a group of young people quickly ran to the test bench and began to disassemble the experimental samples according to the procedures and record the cause of the accident.

And Wu Yan had already pulled Lao Jie outside.

When they got outside, Wu Yan handed Lao Jie a cigarette. Lao Jie waved his hand and said, "No more smoking, I've given up."

Wu Yan asked in surprise: "You quit smoking? Why?"

Lao Jie smiled embarrassedly and said, "Your sister has been a little sensitive lately, and there can't be any smell of cigarettes in the house."

"Oh, I understand. Then you should quit smoking. That's a good thing. Then I won't smoke either."

Wu Yan nodded repeatedly, agreeing with the viewpoint of Lao Jie, the "wife-loving maniac". Zhou Ziqing was about to give birth, so it was right for her to be spoiled as much as possible.

However, after Wu Yan put away the cigarette box, he also let out a long sigh.

"Ah~"

Even though Wu Yan was yelling at a group of technicians inside, in fact, he was extremely anxious in his heart.
After taking over the task of imitating Isuzu, the first branch took only one year to solve all the problems that the main factory had not solved in four years and successfully completed the task.

This gave the technicians in the first branch an unprecedented boost in self-confidence, but also led to blind optimism about the project of developing electronic fuel injection gasoline engines.

Isuzu is a national project and has relevant drawings. Everyone copies it according to the drawings. If there is a problem, just compare it with the drawings to find the "deviation". If it is too big, we will reduce it; if it is too small, we will increase it. It has a clear purpose.

However, the electronic fuel injection gasoline engine is "reverse developed". We only have a dozen imported engines as reference objects, and all technical data depends on our own measurement and exploration.

But where is the data you measured on the design side? Is it too big or too small?

What kind of technology is used during processing?
There's no way to know for sure.

An engine contains hundreds of dimensional data, which require dozens or hundreds of processing processes. If each data deviates a little, the final integrated deviation value is simply unimaginable.

So when the first "hand-rubbed" engine was assembled, it did not even reach 50% of the performance of the prototype.

That was Li Ye's overjoyed explanation at the time: "Being able to operate normally is a huge success", otherwise Wu Yan and Lao Jie would have felt unable to face people and would have been too embarrassed to show their face.

But it was almost a year later, and the research funds that had been burned had accumulated to an alarming level. The two men's hearts had long begun to bleed, but they had to remain calm so as not to let the other technicians see it.

Who knows this pain?

"Hey, what are you two doing here? Isn't this where you smoke? Why haven't you lit up yet?"

Li Ye walked over lazily and just happened to see two people daydreaming in the smoking area.

Wu Yan suddenly became a little nervous. Li Ye knew about today's Nth experiment, so he thought Li Ye was here to see the results.

But he disappointed Li Ye again, which made Wu Yan feel very ashamed.

Lao Jie explained with a wry smile: "The experiment has ended, and the results are not ideal. They are dismantling the prototype to find the cause. Let's come out to get some fresh air."

"Hey, if it's not ideal, then it's not ideal! Why are you so sad?"

Li Ye walked over with a smile and handed several foreign magazines to Wu Yan.

"After you told me the technical difficulties you encountered, I asked someone to find a solution. I happened to find the corresponding papers in several journals. If you take a closer look, you may find some inspiration."

"Magazine?"

Wu Yan took the magazine and shook his head, saying, "That's impossible. This level of applied technology will not be submitted to a magazine."

Li Ye smiled playfully and said, "If you don't see it, how do you know it's impossible?"

(End of this chapter)