The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 142 Professors: Hehehehe...

The next day, early.

After Li Mu told Professor Zhang and others the results of last night's experiment, they were extremely excited.

Mr. Xu sat on the chair and sighed: "I only heard that you were good at theory before, but I didn't expect that you were also good at practice!"

"A man should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence. Now his hands-on ability is probably not inferior to you and me." Ye Zhupei laughed.

Li Mu's progress in hands-on experiments was indeed rapid.

It only took me a month or two to go from making small mistakes frequently in the beginning to being as skilled as a researcher who has been in the laboratory for years.

"Please stop praising me. I'll be proud if you continue to praise me." Li Mu made a little joke, which made everyone burst into laughter.

The tense atmosphere caused by the slow progress of the experiment in recent days was swept away at this moment.

Old Xu glanced at Li Mu vaguely and couldn't help but admire his sharpness.

Being a team leader and taking the lead in research, working hard on your own is certainly not ineffective, but it is far less important than leading a good team.

……

After the brief meeting, everyone was quickly encouraged by Li Mu's success and continued to devote themselves to the experiment.

Just then, Guo Mo appeared at the door and knocked gently.

"President Guo, are you looking for me?" Li Mu looked at him with a smile and walked over to him.

The two left the laboratory first to avoid disturbing the ongoing experiment.

As he walked, he guessed what Guo Mo's purpose was.

After walking to the small pavilion not far from the laboratory building and sitting down, Guo Mo said, "I heard that you haven't taken care of your body while doing experiments recently?"

"I'm not saying anything wrong, but no matter how important the experiment is, it's not as important as your health."

"Do you think that every time you can recover just by lying down for a while like last time?"

Listening to his earnest exhortation, Li Mu secretly glanced at Guan Jianmin who was following behind him, and he knew that it was this kid who had made the complaint.

"You misunderstood. I arrange my research time and work time very reasonably. I exercise every morning and never miss it." Li Mu explained.

Guo Mo smiled and said, "But I heard that you stay up very late every day before going back to rest, and Assistant Guan advised you, but you didn't listen?"

"There's nothing I can do." Li Mu sighed and said, "President Guo, you also know how important the top-blown oxygen converter is to our country."

"My personal matter is small, but the national matter is big. For the sake of increasing our country's steel production and advancing basic industries, this little sacrifice is nothing."

Guan Jianmin, who was standing behind him, looked at Guo Mo with a helpless look and said, "Tell me, how should I respond to this?"
Guo Mo smiled slightly and asked:
"But our country only needs to increase steel production, not basic industries?"

"Let's not talk about other things. Just take the Semiconductor Research Institute as an example. Their research on distributed lithography machines is all based on your ideas."

"What if you accidentally fall ill? Even if you complete the research here, what about the research over there? Wait for you to rest for a month, or even longer?"

Faced with this question, Li Mu was silent for a moment.

It’s not that it’s impossible to refute it, but it seems that it’s useless to refute it.

Say he's fine? In good health? Guo Mo probably thought he was being stubborn.

After thinking for a while, he said, "President Guo, you are right. I really shouldn't have done this. I will definitely correct it in the future!"

Guo Mo was stunned by the sincere attitude of admitting his mistake.

Isn't it hard to persuade?

"Yeah, that's right. Research is never-ending and you have to find a balance." Guo Mo nodded slightly. Although he felt something was wrong, he didn't think too much about it.

Seeing this, Li Mu hurriedly said, "Thank you, Dean Guo, for your advice. I will definitely keep it in mind. I can't leave the laboratory yet, so I'll go back first."

After saying that, he turned around and walked away in a hurry.

As soon as he left, Guan Jianmin couldn't help but ask, "President Guo, do you think you have persuaded him?"

"Isn't it?" Guo Mo asked doubtfully.

Li Mu's eyes just now were so sincere, he wouldn't lie to an old man like that.

Hearing this, Guan Jianmin's eyes were full of helplessness: "Believe it or not, he promised to stay up until one or two o'clock today before going to rest."

Listening to his complaints, Guo Mo suddenly realized what was going on. He couldn't help but shook his head and laughed, "I was wondering why he agreed so quickly. It turns out he was just fooling me."

"I think we should find him a partner, what do you think?" Guan Jianmin said.

Guo Mo said helplessly:
"Finding a partner is a good idea, but we can't force a match."

"If Li Mu is forced to do this unwillingly, then we will offend both sides."

"Well, let's go find Dean Qian first, tell him about this, and ask him what he thinks."

When it comes to dating, either both parties are not willing, or they are forced together. Li Mu will not listen to the other party's opinion, which will only backfire.

"Okay, let's go now." Guan Jianmin nodded, also feeling a headache. Although he had been Li Mu's assistant for a while, he had never seen him interact with girls of the same age.

……

Afterwards, the two came to Qian Shuyan's office.

When he told Li Mu about introducing a girl to someone, Li Mu burst into laughter and said, "That's easy. There's a girl named Wang Ya in Li Mu's class. He and he have a special relationship."

"Oh, what's so unusual about it?" Guo Mo became interested when he heard it.

Gossip is simply human nature, especially the gossip about Li Mu, which made him even more curious.

Qian Shuyan smiled and said, "That's a long story. They had a good relationship in their freshman and sophomore years, but there was no sign of it at the beginning."

"But didn't our school's 421 teaching and research group introduce the J language some time ago to conduct applied research? He actually took the initiative to recommend Wang Ya to join."

"And they also set up a special project to study the trajectory of the D-bullet. This is the research Wang Ya has always wanted to do."

"Could it be that Li Mu just thinks that Wang Ya is more suitable for research?" Guan Jianmin couldn't help but ask.

It's not impossible. Scientists don't have so many twists and turns in their minds when it comes to social conventions. Maybe they just think the person is suitable and recommend him.

"This is not a question of suitability." Qian Shuyan glanced at Guan Jianmin with a smile, thinking that this young man probably didn't have much experience in relationships.

He continued: "The key is that Li Mu is very special to Wang Ya!"

……

Iron and Steel Metallurgy Laboratory.

Li Mu, who was conducting an experiment, sneezed three times in a row, "A-choo! A-choo! A-choo!" His hands almost shook and ruined the ongoing mixing experiment.

Ye Zhupei and Professor Zhang, who were standing nearby, were startled by the noise and quickly told him to go and rest.

"It's okay, it's okay. Maybe I slept too late last night and caught a cold." Li Mu waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

Professor Zhang said with a serious expression, "This is no small matter. Go back and rest immediately, or don't expect us to cover for you in the future."

"Well...then I'll go and rest for a while and come back." Li Mu thought about it and did not refuse.

He was in the laboratory, and he could avoid Guan Jianmin, but he couldn't avoid Professor Zhang.

If he could get the two of them to form a united front, he would have to find another laboratory to conduct experiments secretly.

……

Time flies, and research and development progresses in an orderly manner.

Li Mu maintained a high-intensity research state every day, and gradually felt a little overwhelmed.

That day, Qian Shuyan came to let him take a rest and take a look at where the school's new library would be built. He wanted to insist on holding on, but then Old Xu said, "Go ahead. You work from morning till night, and I feel embarrassed to be lazy."

Everyone burst into laughter and started to "complain".

Seeing this, Li Mu had no choice but to leave the laboratory and go to the place Qian Shuyan mentioned.

……

The small lake is rippling with green waves and the shore is shaded by trees.

The June sun is already a little hot, but fortunately the lakeside is cool. Staying under the shade of the trees and feeling the breeze makes you feel comfortable.

Li Mu leaned against a tree to rest for a while, and couldn't help but continue thinking about the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter:
"It may not be enough to solve the problem of high temperature resistant materials. There will definitely be many problems in the future construction."

"By the way, should we implement automated production control? The efficiency should be greatly improved, and integrated circuit computers can also be applied."

"But if we automate production, I'm afraid the number of workers will be greatly reduced. No, this will have a huge impact on employment. In addition, given the current domestic situation, it will be very difficult to automate!"

"Let's wait for a few years until I can come up with a few more products..."

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard footsteps not far away.

When I looked up, it was Wang Ya.

Sitting up, Li Mu walked over and greeted him: "Why are you here?"

"I was a little tired and accidentally lost my focus. Professor Zhuang saw me and told me not to stay in the lab anymore and asked me to go back and rest." Wang Ya looked a little aggrieved.

Li Mu looked at her extremely fair face in the sun, resisted the urge to pinch it, and said, "In research, hard work is important, but inspiration is also important."

"You're working too hard, and your brain is too tired, which is not conducive to research."

"Well, I'm here to help the dean find the address of the library. How about you come and help? It won't take any brainpower."

As he spoke, he took Wang Ya to the shade of the tree where they had just sat.

……

Not far from the lake, in a small woods on the corner, Qian Shuyan, Guo Mo, Professor Huang, Professor Zhang, Professor Zhuang and others watched the two of them walk together, all with grins on their faces.

"Look, I told you that Li Mu is very special to Wang Ya." Qian Shuyan said with a little complacency.

Huang Xinhua on the side said with a smile: "Who says it's not true? I think they both have a good chance!"

"Then it's decided. Let's find more opportunities for them to be alone together more often in private." Guo Mo made the final decision.

……

Li Mu here didn't know that everything had been arranged clearly for him.

Sitting under the shade of the trees by the lake, feeling the breeze, with a beautiful woman sitting next to you, life is simply wonderful.

The fatigue of the past few days was swept away.

However, the two stayed for a while, and after choosing the address of the library, they quickly said goodbye to each other.

Wang Ya was concerned about the D-bullet ballistic trajectory computer. Since she couldn't go back to the laboratory, she had to go to the library to continue her studies.

Li Mu was even busier. In the design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter, high-temperature resistant materials were the key, but there were also many problems to be solved later.

The two looked at each other, turned around and left tacitly.

But as he walked, Li Mu suddenly realized something was wrong: "Hey, where's my assistant?"

……

It was still early, so Li Mu did not rush back to the laboratory, but went to the dormitory first.

When I got downstairs, I met Guan Jianmin who was running out of breath.

Fortunately, he didn't have time to ask. After returning to the dormitory, he looked at the information in his mind and carried out the subsequent design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter.

The first is the key oxygen gun design:
Assuming the oxygen consumption per ton of steel is 55m14.3, the pure oxygen blowing time is 300min, and the output is calculated based on the nominal capacity of tons, then the oxygen flow rate through the oxygen gun is...

Li Mu wrote down the formula for calculating oxygen flow on a piece of paper and calculated the result, 1534m/min.

Seeing this number, he couldn't help but have a headache:

"To achieve this oxygen flow rate, an oxygen lance with at least 7 holes is needed to ensure a sufficient impact area and impact depth, and an emulsified zone can be formed in the molten pool as quickly as possible..."

"According to the isentropic flow table, the nozzle outlet Mach number M=2.0, Aout/Athroat=1.6875, nozzle outlet diameter: dout=√1.6875*dthroat=77.0mm."

……

Bending over the table, Li Mu quickly began to do a lot of calculations.

These things are actually a little troublesome, but compared to the research on high-temperature resistant materials, they can be said to be quite easy.

Furnace design and dimensions of each part, converter lining, converter metal parts...

Before he knew it, it was time for dinner.

Seeing that he was determined not to stop until he finished writing, Army Officer Zhao quickly reminded him, "Li Mu, it's time to eat. It will be too late if you don't go now."

After hearing these words, Li Mu came to his senses and realized that he was starving.

He stood up and said, "Brother Zhao, you haven't eaten yet, right? Let's go together?"

"No, no, you go and eat. I'll go after I finish looking at this." General Zhao smiled, but for some reason his smile seemed a little stiff.

Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "How about I help you get some food and bring it back later? It won't take much effort."

"No, you still have to go to the laboratory after eating, so it's no trouble for you to make a trip." General Zhao said hurriedly.

"Okay, I'll go eat first." Li Mu nodded, left the dormitory without further persuasion.

Behind him, General Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

……

After going downstairs, he continued to calculate in his mind as he walked towards the cafeteria.

As he was walking, the scene in front of him suddenly became dark and he almost bumped into someone who was also walking with his head down.

Fortunately, he had trained himself quickly and was able to pull the other person to stand firm.

The two of them didn't even see the person clearly, and they quickly apologized: "Sorry, sorry!"

But then Li Mu found that the other party's voice was very familiar.

I looked up and it was indeed Wang Ya.

"What a coincidence." Li Mu sighed.

Although both of them were in school, it was not easy to meet once a day, let alone twice.

"Professor Huang came to the laboratory to see me and told me to eat well. I was originally planning to go home to eat," Wang Ya explained.

Hearing this, Li Mu frowned slightly: "Wait, you said Professor Huang suddenly went to the laboratory and asked you to come for dinner?"

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Wang Ya tilted her head slightly, a little confused. Huang Xinhua was her teacher, so it was normal for him to show concern for her occasionally.

"No, maybe I'm overthinking. Let's go and have dinner. I'll treat you to braised pork." Li Mu shook his head, temporarily suppressed the speculation in his heart, and walked towards the cafeteria.

Wang Ya was stunned for a moment, then took two small steps, caught up with him, and stood beside him.

"No, definitely not!" As they walked, Li Mu suddenly looked serious and thought to himself, "Except for eating and sleeping, Guan Jianmin wants to stick to me all day long."

"Not only did he not remind me to eat today, but he hasn't shown up yet. There must be something fishy going on!"

(End of this chapter)