The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 144: I got inspired and came up with hundreds of pages of follow-up designs. Is that reasonable?
Let’s put the matter of finding a partner for Li Mu aside for now.

The first thing Leader Qiu did after leaving the Ministry of First Machine Building was to take a car to a small courtyard.

It happened that the superior leader was so angry at the recent news from the north that he couldn't eat. After listening to the news, his brows relaxed a lot and he praised:
"I never thought that Li Mu would really surprise me at the critical moment."

"Not to mention integrated circuit computers, they can also make steel and even a top-blown oxygen converter."

"Steel is the foundation of our country's industry. Without steel, we can't even make decent artillery shells."

"He has accomplished another great feat!"

In the 61st year of the Xia Dynasty, the country severed diplomatic relations with its big brother, suffered constant border frictions, and was under international blockade. The country had just experienced major disasters a few years ago, so it was in trouble both internally and externally.

In this situation, some exciting news is really needed!
Leader Qiu smiled and said, "Leader, now that the high-temperature resistant materials have been completed, we plan to build a factory in Kyoto immediately and erect a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter!"

After he finished speaking, the superior frowned again, thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we must hurry up and get it done. If there is any need, I will ask other comrades to fully support us."

The cost of a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter is probably an astronomical figure.

The country's finances are currently in deficit, and with the launch of this construction project, I'm afraid many places will have to tighten their belts and live frugally again.

Seeing the worried look on the superior's face, Leader Qiu said quickly:

"Boss, don't worry. Our exported air fryers, mountain bikes, Rubik's cubes, programmable digital switches and tape recorders are all selling well overseas."

"The estimated annual profit can reach hundreds of millions of dollars, which is enough to support the construction of a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter!"

His words surprised the superior, who then remembered something and laughed:
"Okay, okay, so this is what he told Dean Guo Mo about, industry-university-research."

"This method is worth promoting. Go back and meet with President Guo Mo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, bring Li Mu with you, and come up with a specific plan."

"This little guy has pointed out a smooth path for the development of our country!"

He had heard Guo Mo's report on industry-university-research cooperation a long time ago, but considering various factors at the time, he neither expressed support nor opposition.

Now it seems that his ideas were too conservative.

Seeing his superior’s happy expression, Leader Qiu couldn’t help but smile.

But when he heard that Li Mu was going to be called, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "Leader, you don't know, for his research..."

……

Can't study or learn.

Li Mu was so bored that he felt that he was not enjoying his meals enough.

But General Zhao was inside and Guan Jianmin was outside. The two of them even suspected that he was studying in the toilet because he took too long.

24 hours a day, he was kept a close eye on around the clock.

But later he discovered that when he occasionally "coincidentally" met Wang Ya, Guan Jianmin would always suddenly find an excuse to leave for a while.

Therefore, Li Mu often stayed with Wang Ya for a while after meeting her so that he could have time to complete the subsequent design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter.

……

There is a gentle breeze in the pavilion in the afternoon.

Li Mu and Wang Ya sat on the stone bench in the pavilion, and Li Mu carefully taught her how to play the Rubik's Cube. The scene looked extremely harmonious from a distance.

But the reality is——

Seeing Guan Jianmin peeking from a distance, Li Mu moved closer to Wang Ya and said, "Help me cover it up, I will finish writing this plan soon.

With the help of cover, it took half an hour to finally complete the last part of the design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter workshop.

Just as he was about to get up, Wang Ya suddenly said, "Wait a minute, don't move, there's something on your head."

As she spoke, she put down the Rubik's Cube she had been holding, gently brushed her fingers over Li Mu's head, and picked up a leaf that had fallen from it.

"Thank you." Li Mu turned his head slightly, and only then did he realize that the distance between them was a little too close.

When he raised his head, the fine hairs on his fair face were tinged with gold in the sunlight.

He looked at the six colored Rubik's Cubes on the table and said, "Hey, you can solve it so quickly. It looks like you are already very skilled at it!"

"It's not that difficult once you know the rules. You said before that this is a game for children." Wang Ya was a little amused by his abrupt way of changing the subject.

Hearing this, Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Level 3 is indeed for children to play with, but above it, there is also Level 4, which is very challenging even for adults to play with."

"Level four? Is this your latest idea? Tell me about it quickly." Wang Ya asked curiously.

Li Mu was not in a hurry, but took out a pen and paper and drew the design of the fourth-order Rubik's Cube on the table.

While drawing, Guan Jianmin also came back from a distance. It would seem too deliberate if he didn't come back.

Seeing Li Mu drawing something, he was about to speak up to dissuade him, but when he took a closer look, he found that it did not seem to be a mechanical engineering design drawing.

After the painting was finished, Li Mu introduced:

"This is the fourth-order Rubik's Cube. It changes from a 3x3x3 structure to a 4x4x4 structure. In order to carry more small blocks, the central axis becomes a central ball."

"Its internal structure is also different from the Rubik's Cube. The center block can rotate, and there are four more blocks for adjusting the center of the surface."

"In general, it is much more difficult than the Rubik's Cube. The number of variations of the Rubik's Cube is only about 4.33x1019, but the number of variations of the Rubik's Cube is about 7.40x1045."

After hearing this, Wang Ya showed an eager expression in her eyes and said, "This seems to be a bit challenging. When you make it, you must give me one first."

"Okay." Li Mu nodded slightly.

Afterwards, Wang Ya left quickly after agreeing on a time to come and get the Rubik's Cube because she had to go to the 421 teaching and research group to do research.

……

After seeing the people off, Li Mu turned around and discovered that Guan Jianmin was staring at the blueprint of the fourth-order Rubik's Cube with great interest.

Seeing him coming back, the latter said excitedly: "This is the Rubik's Cube you invented that is popular overseas, it's really interesting!"

"So many variations, I wouldn't have thought of them at all!"

"I didn't expect that you could not only think of it, but also design it. If I sell it, it will fetch a lot of money!"

It turns out that I didn't understand it, but I felt it was valuable.

Li Mu was amused by his simple and unpretentious idea. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "It's hard to say whether it can be sold or not."

"Don't think I've said too much. In fact, the structure of this thing is quite simple. As long as you know the rules, it's easy to figure it out."

"It's just like when we do scientific research, once we figure out a key point, we can make rapid progress."

His words made Guan Jianmin nod his head repeatedly, thinking that he was indeed a great scientist. To be valued by so many leaders, his words must be of high standard.

"So..." Li Mu changed the subject and took out a stack of several hundred pages of manuscript paper from his bag, saying:

"So I just had an inspiration and completed the subsequent design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter. Doesn't that make sense?"

Looking at the thick manuscript paper in Li Mu's hand, Guan Jianmin's forehead veins throbbed!

……

In the conference room of the experimental building of Beijing Institute of Technology, Ye Zhupei, Professor Zhang, Mr. Xu, and Secretary Liang sent by the First Ministry of Machine Building were discussing the subsequent construction of a 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter.

In addition to technical difficulties, the most important thing is to reduce costs as much as possible.

Although the Ministry of Finance has allocated funds, it is impossible for them to be available all at once. If we want to complete the construction, we must use every penny wisely.

Just as everyone was arguing, Guan Jianmin hurried over, took a few deep breaths, and knocked on the door twice.

Seeing him coming, Ye Zhupei and others were extremely surprised, thinking that something had happened to Li Mu again, and hurriedly asked him.

"No, Li Mu is fine." Guan Jianmin smiled bitterly and took out the documents from his briefcase, then said:
"He completed the subsequent design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter and asked me to deliver it to you, Director Ye."

Everyone looked at the thick stack of manuscript paper in his hand with dull eyes.

Secretary Liang said in disbelief: "How can he still have time to do research? How are you responsible? What if something goes wrong?"

"It's my fault, but I never thought that he would use the one or two hours he spends alone with Wang Ya every day to do research!" Guanjian's eyes were full of regret.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but fall silent.

They wanted Li Mu to find a partner so that there would be someone to take care of him and he wouldn't take such bad care of his body.

Unexpectedly, he actually took advantage of the opportunity to do research.

"Forget it, forget it. He went for a checkup a few days ago, and there were no major problems with his physical indicators. Let's not pursue this matter." Ye Zhupei waved his hand.

Professor Zhang also said: "It's true that Xiaoguan can't be blamed. If Li Mu wants to study it, he has plenty of ways to do it. It's impossible to prevent it."

“Since he has completed the subsequent design of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter, we might as well take a look at it first.”

……

Then, everyone took the information and started browsing.

After watching it, everyone looked at each other, all surprised and happy.

Mr. Xu was holding the selection and calculation part of the casting equipment, which included the maximum allowable pouring force of the ladle, the cross section of the casting, the casting speed, and the determination of the flow rate of the continuous casting machine...

According to these materials, most of the problems of casting equipment can be almost completely solved.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Such a detailed plan, I'm afraid he started designing it before he successfully researched the high-temperature resistant material."

"It would be strange if he didn't fall ill while doing research and writing a proposal at the same time!"

His words made everyone present sigh with admiration, and they all praised Li Mu's hard work in research.

As soon as Guan Jianmin's face darkened, he knew that every time Li Mu told him to go to bed, he would definitely get up in the middle of the night to study secretly.

"No, I will ask Dean Qian for an extra bed in his dormitory later!" He secretly planned in his mind.

He just didn't believe that Li Mu could still conduct research secretly after being followed 24 hours a day!

After hearing this, Secretary Liang said in surprise:
"You mean to say that with this proposal written by Li Mu, there will be no problems with the design of our 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter plant?"

They have been meeting here to discuss the issue for several days, but it has not been resolved yet.

As a result, Li Mu had thought of everything in advance and made a plan early on.

If Guan Jianmin hadn't been watching over it, he might have been able to get it out many days earlier.

"The plan is already very complete. There are no problems found on paper. The rest will probably have to be discovered during construction." Old Xu nodded.

Ye Zhupei and Professor Zhang nodded slightly, expressing their approval: "I think it's OK too, we can officially start construction!"

"Great!" Secretary Liang stood up in surprise and said, "I'll go back and tell the leader right now!"

After saying this, he left in a hurry.

……

After listening to Secretary Liang's report, Leader Qiu was both angry and amused, and said, "This Li Mu is really a worry for me."

"He was so sick that he had been lying in bed for three days, but he still didn't repent."

"The construction of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter is urgent, but compared to his health, it is nothing!"

His words made Secretary Song also shake his head and sigh, saying: "Leader, you are right, but he still knows his limits this time."

"At the hospital, his recent physical examinations were all normal, so there shouldn't be any more accidents."

Hearing this, Leader Qiu felt relieved. However, when he thought about Li Mu taking advantage of the opportunity they created for him to do research instead of dating, he couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache.

People who do scientific research have very smart brains, but why are they so stupid when it comes to love?

With a wry smile and shaking his head, Leader Qiu straightened his expression and said:
“Now that we have a detailed plan, we can use it in some of the steel plant workshops first, test it, and build the factory as soon as possible!”

"Li Mu completed the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter ahead of schedule at the cost of overdrawing his body. We can't let him down at this time!"

"In order to increase the country's steel production and develop basic industries, we must demonstrate our spirit of not fearing hardship or fatigue and go all out in labor construction!"

After saying this, Leader Qiu frowned and said:
"By the way, there is something you need to tell the factory below to be on guard against Li Mu running to the scene. No matter what, they cannot let him in!"

……

The construction of the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter plant in Kyoto is in full swing.

Some steel mills also used some of their smelting furnaces and workshops for emergency conversion to the new smelting method using top-blown oxygen converters.

The results of the former are still unpredictable, but the steel production of the latter has indeed increased dramatically.

Seeing that the steel they had worked so hard to produce was no longer scrap steel, the workers became more motivated and worked enthusiastically.

……

Kyoto Third Steel Works.

Li Mu followed a group of workers and was about to sneak in when he was stopped by the gatekeeper.

"You, you, you, I'm talking to you. I've told you several times that you are not allowed to go in, you are not allowed to go in, and you don't listen. If you force your way in again, I will call the security department." The old man walked over aggressively, rubbing his hands together, ready to pin me down on the spot first.

It was only after Guan Jianmin stepped forward to explain in time that he took the ID and walked back with a puzzled look on his face.

"I've already told you, this is an order personally issued by Leader Qiu of the First Ministry of Machine Building. Which factory dares to let you in?" Guan Jianmin said, suppressing his laughter.

Early this morning, after seeing the news in the newspaper that some steel mills in Kyoto were adopting new smelting technology, Li Mu said he wanted to come and take a look.

He tried to persuade her several times but failed, so he could only follow her helplessly.

"Not only are we not allowed to see the 300-ton top-blown oxygen converter, but we are also not allowed to see these steel mills. This is really too much!" Li Mu said angrily.

After working so hard for so long, he wants to see the results of his research with his own eyes. Is that wrong?

Besides, if there are any problems, he can help solve them.

Guan Jianmin rarely saw Li Mu looking angry, so he smiled and spread his hands, saying:

"It's no use for you to complain to me. I can't help you."

(End of this chapter)