Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1305 is too astonishing (5k)

For Gao Zhendong, and even for the world as a whole, this Children's Day gift is big enough.

The current situation is that Kao Chen-tung has pushed the photolithography process to its current and even future limits, but there is still room for improvement in IT-related semiconductor processes.

This Children's Day gift package pushes this most basic semiconductor process to its extreme.

The remaining task is to arrange and implement the specifics. Comrades of the Twelfth Ministry of Machine Building, are you ready?
Fortunately, C6132 is still sufficient overall. Gao Zhendong has to arrange things one by one according to their importance and urgency; otherwise, the comrades in the Twelfth Ministry of Machine Building might have trouble digesting them.

Fortunately, this matter wasn't urgent. He suppressed his excitement, carefully put away the entire set of materials, and realized that up to CMOS, computer-related semiconductor technology had basically reached its limit in the foreseeable future. Pushing it forward was pointless, as other technologies couldn't keep up.

Perhaps we should turn our attention to other areas; balanced development is the priority.

As expected, the comrades in the machining workshop did not disappoint Gao Zhendong. Before leaving get off work in the afternoon, they brought over a dozen square plastic boxes, which seemed to still be warm from the mold.

"Mr. Gao, it's done. You can try it out."

At this moment, Gao Zhendong's printer was spitting out paper with a creaking sound.

Gao Zhendong took the square boxes that looked like they were all the same color on all six sides, and skillfully twisted them a few times. As expected of an experienced craftsman, after coming out of the mold and undergoing their fine-tuning, the boxes turned extremely smoothly. Gao Zhendong even tried the most basic trick of twisting them with one hand, without any resistance.

--rubik's cube!
This children's toy, which was originally invented 10 years later and became popular all over the world, was casually recreated by Gao Zhendong.

"Yes, very good, very good, just the right effect, hahaha." Gao Zhendong held it in his hand, extremely excited, as if he had returned to his childhood.

He casually pulled a few sheets of paper from the printer and handed them to the older workers: "These are the formulas for this toy. Otherwise, the kids who just started working on it probably wouldn't be able to figure it out. If they keep failing, the kids will probably lose interest. Take these back and give them to the kids along with the Rubik's Cube."

"Chief Engineer Gao, is this thing called a Rubik's Cube?"

“Yes, Rubik’s Cube!” Gao Zhendong used the name from his previous life without hesitation. In fact, the original name of Rubik’s Cube was not this. The translation “Rubik’s Cube” is a result of our translation work, which is faithful, expressive and elegant. In terms of translation, we still give foreigners too much face, just like “big and beautiful” was beautified into “big and beautiful”.

That's right, Gao Zhendong played Rubik's Cube in his past life. He was a complete "formula enthusiast" and belonged to the very bottom of the Rubik's Cube hierarchy. He was probably only slightly better than those who couldn't solve it at all.

"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Mr. Gao. Um... could we take it to make copies?"

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Sure, feel free to make copies. There are no restrictions."

The experienced worker chuckled, "It's like this. When we went to the factory office to handle the intellectual property procedures, Director Zheng was there too. After we explained the situation, he was very interested and asked us to make more, aiming to have one for everyone in the entire branch factory who has children at home. Fortunately, production went very quickly after the mold came out. Right now, the young people in our machining workshop are still in the workshop screwing these things in. We just didn't know there was such a thing as a formula at the time. We thought that if there was still time, we should hurry up and get them for everyone."

Gao Zhendong chuckled upon hearing this. "Hey, when it comes to administrative work, Zheng Liangshu is the best. I never would have thought of this myself, but he has this natural sensitivity."

Yes, this is a good arrangement, allowing the children of factory workers to experience the joy of Children's Day.

Although Rubik's Cube requires some brainpower, it's within the range that children can handle. Compared to that, as long as it's not a test paper, it's fine, Gao Zhendong thought with a rather "malicious" intention.

As soon as he got home, Gao Zhendong, as if showing off a treasure, took out three Rubik's Cubes from his bag, slung them behind his back, and sneakily approached the mother and her two children. He said mysteriously to Lou Xiao'e, "Guess what good stuff I brought back for you?"

Lou Xiao'e looked at her with a hint of anticipation: "I don't know, but it's definitely not tasty."

She knew that Gao Zhendong never had the habit of bringing home any good food. Even the local specialties that comrades from all over the country occasionally sent were gifts, not things Gao Zhendong brought himself. After all, Gao Zhendong had no problem eating good food, but cooking good food was definitely not his forte.

"That's fun! Haha!" Gao Zhendong took his hand out from behind his back and waved it in front of Lou Xiao'e's eyes.

Although she didn't know what they were, Lou Xiao'e thought the colorful plastic cubes in Gao Zhendong's hand were quite nice.

"Let me see how to play it?" She took it and turned it over and over in her hands, but couldn't figure it out.

"Yes, Daddy, Daddy, how do you play?" Yan Zhi and Buyu each took one and flipped it over and over like their mother.

Gao Zhendong took the one from Lou Xiao'e's hand and laughed, "That's how you play!"

Although it was just a simple shuffling, it was incredibly novel to the three "children," especially the two siblings, Yan Zhibu and his brother. At this age, children don't have much logical thinking; they just thought the colorful blocks were quite pretty, and the patterns on them could change.

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Lou Xiao'e also found it fun, and of course her thoughts were more profound than the two children's: "This is about restoring all six sides to the same color, right?"

Gao Zhendong nodded. Actually, there are more ways to solve a Rubik's Cube than just restoring all six sides to the same color, but this is the most basic and classic way.

Lou Xiao'e immediately became interested and had a great time wrestling with the two little ones, forgetting to cook.

Gao Zhendong didn't disturb her. Instead, he went to cook a few bowls of noodles, added pickled vegetables and minced meat toppings, and fried a few eggs, putting one in each bowl. It smelled incredibly delicious.

This is one of the few dishes that Gao Zhendong is somewhat good at cooking; the others are probably just cooked through.

This incredibly simple dish of pickled mustard greens, minced meat, and egg noodles was, in those days, a dish worthy of being served during the holidays.

"Come on, come on, let's eat," Gao Zhendong said with a smile.

"Don't rush, don't rush, let me think about it some more!" Lou Xiao'e hadn't solved it yet; she was stuck with the Rubik's Cube. This wasn't surprising at all. Unless you're a genius, it's very difficult to figure out how to solve a Rubik's Cube in just a short while after holding it in your hands.

Gao Zhendong said mysteriously, "Eat first, eat first. It's a holiday for the kids. If you eat well, I'll tell you how to restore this thing after you finish eating."

Lou Xiao'e angrily put down the Rubik's Cube: "I know, there must be some kind of pattern, right? No, following the pattern is like cheating, it's no fun. I'll figure it out myself eventually. Let's eat."

As a mother, I still feel sorry for my child. Let's eat first.

“I brought back quite a few. You can distribute them to the children in the yard later. Oh, and don’t forget to take a couple to Old Wang’s place too.”

Xiao Mei is at the right age to play this game, and Wang Chengyan is older than Yan Zhibuyu, so he can play it too.

"Okay, sure. Leave this to me, don't worry!" Lou Xiao'e said, shoveling noodles into her mouth while keeping her eyes glued to the still-colorful Rubik's Cube.
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At the Beijing Steel Plant, Director Fan looked at the converter in front of him, now completely extinguished and cooled, still feeling a sense of satisfaction.

"Are you sure this stove can't be used anymore?"

"Confirmed, Director Fan. It's already very good. All the necessary measures have been taken. Continuing to use them would pose a threat to steel quality and safe production," the chief engineer of Beijing Steel Plant said with a smile.

Director Fan still believed the conclusions of the chief engineer and the technical department colleagues.

"Well, it seems we have to stop here, hahaha." The first half of the sentence sounded like regret, but the series of laughs that followed betrayed him. He wasn't regretful at all; he was clearly happy! Whether "stopping here" is regrettable depends on how long he had gone before he "stopped."

"Chief Engineer Gao's approach is truly excellent. After using all the skills he taught us, we never expected that this furnace would have such a long service life! And there's still room for improvement." The chief engineer of Beijing Steel Plant looked at the data on the production record sheet and exclaimed in amazement.

For them, it is both an experiment and production; production data is experimental data.

"Okay, then, you organize the factory's writers to write a report and submit it to the ministry. This good news must be known to the ministry as soon as possible, so that it can make decisions on its promotion!" Director Fan was overjoyed.

"What about top and bottom reblowing and negative energy steelmaking?" Beijing Steel Plant has more than one experiment being conducted because of Gao Zhendong.

"Those two haven't come to a final result yet, let's wait and see, no rush. Chief Engineer Gao said that these are two separate projects, each should submit its own report!" Factory Director Fan said with a smile.

Top and bottom blowing and negative energy steelmaking require major modifications to equipment and even the equipment environment, which cannot be completed in a short time.

Not to mention those two, even this blast furnace life modification experiment, which seemed to be completed quickly, was dragged out for a longer time than the comrades at Beijing Steel Plant could have imagined, all because of the incredibly robust furnace life brought about by Chief Engineer Gao's new technologies!
However, this unexpected outcome was exactly what the comrades at Beijing Steel Plant had been hoping for; this was exactly the effect they wanted.

The Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building, Leadership Office.

The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building listened to the chief engineer's report with an expression of disbelief.

"How much? Say it again?"

"The comrades at Beijing Steel Plant adopted Comrade Gao Zhendong's suggestion and modified the No. 2 converter. After testing, the No. 2 converter reached a service life of 1983 heats! Far exceeding the international advanced level!"

The chief engineer repeated himself in high spirits. He understood the leader's reaction; if it were him, he would have reacted similarly when he first received the good news.

"Internationally advanced level, I remember it should be around 800 furnaces, right? Have you verified it? It's not that I don't trust you, comrade, it's just that this level is a bit... you know." The leader of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building still couldn't believe it.

He believed that China had caught up with the international advanced level, and he also believed that it had slightly surpassed it, backed by Gao Zhendong's technology. However, the figure of nearly 2000 furnaces was truly astonishing.

"I've seen the complete set of production, maintenance, and upkeep data they sent, and it's reliable. Besides, Comrade Zhendong is involved, so there won't be any problems," the chief engineer said with a smile.

Putting aside whether it's forged or not, simply forging a flawless set of production and maintenance records is extremely difficult. Production is not as simple as writing down a date and time on a record sheet and saying that a furnace of steel was fired.

This is all interconnected with the energy, raw materials, and ores they consume, the steel production they generate, and even the slag they dump, making it not so easy to falsify.

Moreover, with Gao Zhendong involved, even if the comrades at Beijing Steel Plant wanted to make wild claims, they would never include them in projects involving Gao Zhendong. As everyone knows, every project involving Comrade Zhendong is closely monitored by every level, from top to bottom. It's not just within the ministry; relevant units outside the ministry are also keeping a close eye on it.

Several factors have confirmed this data, and it's a sure thing, there's no problem with it!

The leader was so excited that he paced back and forth in his office with his hands behind his back, muttering to himself incessantly.

"2000 furnaces! 2000 furnaces! From 800 to 2000, what does that mean? What kind of breakthrough is that? Comrade Zhendong did a great job."

Although the implementation was handled by colleagues from Beijing Steel Plant, the leaders and chief engineer knew that this matter ultimately depended on Comrade Ren Zhendong. Otherwise, even though Furnace No. 1 also went into production this year, its service life is only around 200 years. Even if the colleagues at Beijing Steel Plant suddenly had a stroke of genius, it would be absolutely impossible for them to increase the furnace service life from 200 years to nearly 2000 years in such a short time on their own!

“1983！1983！可惜，可惜，要是再多17炉多好！”9块9毛9和10块钱，区别还是很大的嘛。

Upon hearing this, the chief engineer laughed: "Boss, one shouldn't be too greedy... Besides, this is just a preliminary test, and the number 2000 is not a problem."

What they didn't know was that the prototype technology Gao Zhendong used had a furnace life test result of more than 2800 heats. This means that the current technological environment is much worse than it would be more than ten years later. Moreover, this was the first time that Jinggang Steel Plant had used these technologies, and many aspects were still imperfect. Otherwise, the figure would have been much higher.

The leader laughed too: "Hahaha, yes, being greedy is no good. We should still do things according to scientific principles."

He believed that his colleagues at the Beijing Steel Plant were much more eager to reach 2000 than he was. Since they "could only" go up to 1983, it meant there was a reason to stop there.

Moreover, the chief engineer is right. We've already reached 1983. How far are we from 2000 or even higher?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. He was still greedy. He had actually used the word "only" when he climbed vertically from 200 furnaces to nearly 2000 furnaces.

"Let's go check out the Jinggang Steel Plant. Shall we call Gao Zhendong along?"

"Well, let's go take a look. But Comrade Gao Zhendong is busy with work, so shouldn't we leave him alone?" Whether we call Gao Zhendong or not, he's there, and no one can ignore him.

"Hmm...you have a point. Let's go check out the Jinggang Steel Plant first!" The leader also held the view that "we shouldn't bother Gao Zhendong if we can avoid it," as the burden on his shoulders was simply too heavy!

Gao Zhendong, who was working at the Third Factory, was unaware that he had inadvertently achieved an "omnipresent" accomplishment.

"...Under the guidance of Committee Member Gao, we obtained a completely new set of converter refractory brick designs, and incorporated new process technologies such as slag splashing wall protection and wet spraying, which were applied to the improvement of the No. 2 converter and achieved extremely obvious... remarkable... amazing results..."

Director Fan, who was in charge of the report, used several words but felt they were all lacking. In the end, he reluctantly chose the word "amazing." At this moment, he deeply understood what it meant to regret not having studied enough when you need to use it.

The leaders and chief engineer of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building who were listening to the report all laughed; they understood Director Fan's feelings.

"...At the same time, we are also conducting research on new technologies such as top and bottom blowing and negative energy steelmaking, as requested by Committee Member Gao. We have made some progress and achieved certain results. In the near future, we hope to put these new technologies into steelmaking production to further improve production efficiency, enhance product quality, and reduce production energy consumption..."

There were also new technologies. The two leaders from the 17th Ministry of Machinery Industry were pleasantly surprised by this report.

Although they knew the cause of this matter was that Gao Zhendong wanted to try something new with the converter, and that several related research projects had been approved by the ministry, the results of the converter lifespan modification were so dazzling that they subconsciously assumed that all the research projects submitted by Beijing Steel Plant, led by Gao Zhendong, revolved around the issue of converter lifespan.

"Good, you did a great job! We want to give you a big credit! Also, you must put all your efforts into the remaining projects and do them to the best of your ability. Don't waste Comrade Gao Zhendong's hard work."

Comrade Zhendong's research has led to the successful establishment of the Beijing Steel Plant – perfect!
Once those two technologies are mastered, the foundation for bulk steel refining technology will be completely solidified. The two leaders can't even imagine how wonderful the future will be.

Factory Director Fan stood up: "I guarantee the mission will be completed!"

If we compare these scientific research tasks to a journey, then Comrade Gao Zhendong has conquered almost all the highest hurdles, the deepest ditches, the hardest rocks, and the most turbulent rivers. What remains before the comrades now is a swamp with a marked route. There are difficulties and inconveniences, but they cannot stop the comrades from moving forward.

Some people may get stuck in the swamp, they may stumble and fall, it may take time and effort, but they will eventually get out.

"Good, it's good that you have this confidence! We're waiting for your good news."

With a cheerful mood, we walked out of the Beijing Steel Plant. The leaders and chief engineer sat on the Beijing 520 bus, deep in thought.

"Sir, what do you think of Comrade Zhendong's position? Should we move him around?"

"Yes, we need to make some changes, otherwise we won't feel at ease accepting these achievements!"

(End of this chapter)