The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 208 Li Mu, the inventor king among the new generation of young scientists
After yesterday's incident, the news that students from the University of Science and Technology have developed a motorcycle has spread like wildfire.

Although the sky had just brightened, it had already attracted many curious students to come and watch, and more and more people gathered.

About twenty minutes later, a civilian Snapdragon 250 was assembled on the open ground.

The overall design is full of power and heaviness, with tough and simple lines and a dignified appearance, which makes many boys unable to resist being moved.

"Done!" Li Mu clapped his hands and checked again carefully to make sure there wouldn't be any outrageous extra parts.

After doing this, he raised his head and prepared to report to Leader Qiu and Guo Mo.

After taking just two steps, he was startled by the dense crowds of students and teachers watching him.

Fortunately, he was used to big scenes and was quite calm. After a moment of hesitation, he continued walking forward.

Leader Qiu and Guo Mo could not help but come over and touch the motorcycle excitedly, saying, "What a good thing! What a good thing!"

Reporters rushed forward to capture this precious moment.

Leader Qiu raised his head, wiped away the tears from his eyes due to excitement, and smiled at the reporters who came up to take pictures and said:
"Comrades, the appearance of the Xiaolong 250 motorcycle will be a new starting point for the development of motorcycles in our Xia country!"

"From the fully enclosed high-pressure honeycomb briquettes machine, to the reverse flotation cold crystallization process, to the Xiaolong 250 motorcycle, it fully demonstrates the rapid progress of our country's science and technology."

"This is enough to prove that we Xia people are not inferior to any other country in scientific creation, and sooner or later, we will be able to surpass them!"

The students who were watching the scene couldn't help but applaud excitedly as they listened to Leader Qiu's words.

There is a huge difference between what you read in the newspaper and what you see with your own eyes.

After saying this, Leader Qiu looked to the side again and continued, "And the hero of all this is him, a graduate student in the Department of Physics at HKUST, Li Mu!"

Following his gaze, everyone couldn't help but look towards the young figure.

When they found that Li Mu had the same young face as them, everyone couldn't help but reveal envy and admiration in their eyes.

The crowd fell silent at some point.

"Leader, you are too kind. I just tried my best to do some research that interests me." Li Mu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Upon hearing this, Editor-in-Chief Jiang, an old acquaintance of the People's Daily, suddenly had his eyes lit up and he quickly wrote down the words.

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The next day, news that Xiaguo had developed the first motorcycle that was completely independently designed, developed, and produced appeared in newspapers and on major radio stations.

Many official mainstream media outlets, including People's Daily, Guangmin Daily, Xinxia Daily, etc., all came out to praise the newspaper.

The People's Daily was particularly no exception. An article titled "Li Mu, the invention king among the new generation of young scientists - I just did what I could do" praised him to the skies.

……

Somewhere in a small courtyard.

Secretary Song's face was full of joy. He hurriedly came to the yard with a newspaper in his hand. When he was about to report to his superior, he found that he was already holding a newspaper and reading it with a happy look on his face.

"He has set a very good example for our country's young scientists this time!" The superior leader couldn't help but sigh.

Secretary Song laughed when he heard this and said, "That's right. As soon as this report came out, People's Daily immediately received a large number of invention submissions from college students, and the number is still increasing!"

Upon hearing the news, the joy on the superior's face became even more intense.

Many of these invention submissions may just be the immature works of students, and only a few of them will eventually achieve success.

But as long as there is passion for scientific research, one day we will be able to create good things that benefit the country and the people.

After a moment's silence, the superior leader said:

"I think it's not enough to be called a pioneer inventor. You should be called the king of inventors."

"Not to mention the confidential ones, the air fryer, mountain bike, Rubik's Cube, which one was not invented by him alone?"

"I think we can take this opportunity to promote him so that people all over the country know about his achievements and establish Li Mu as a banner for young scientists in our country!"

Because of Li Mu's existence, Xia's semiconductor and computer fields are ten or even twenty years ahead of the world, and even a little bit of information must not be known to the outside world.

But these civilian inventions can be made known to the public and may even be a disguised form of protection for Li Mu.

Who would have thought that the invention of this great inventor was actually just something he made in his spare time when working with semiconductors and computers.

……

With the permission from their superiors, major newspapers and radio stations began to promote Li Mu more and more extensively.

Some experts, when interviewed, also praised Li Mu. The few who said that these achievements were too low in technical content and not that great were also criticized.

After some inquiries, I learned that the top-blowing oxygen converter technology was also a breakthrough made by Li Mu, and he even proposed the combined blowing process.

There is no doubt about this. It has directly promoted a substantial increase in domestic steel production, greatly improved the level of basic industrial development, and eliminated the various ills left over from the previous large-scale steel production. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a milestone achievement in the industrial development of the Xia Dynasty.

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Inside Hongxing Steel Plant.

After several military trucks stopped in front of an open space in the factory, Liu Weiguo and his guards got off the vehicles. He first greeted Leader Qiu from the First Ministry of Machine Building, then looked at Li Mu with a bright smile on his face.

He said enthusiastically: "Long time no see, King of Invention!"

"Please stop teasing me." Li Mu sighed helplessly. He had heard enough of the term "King of Invention" in the past two days.

He knew that this was a disguised reward from his superiors, but he really didn't want to be famous!

Liu Weiguo laughed and said, "Okay, then let me take a look at the civilian Snapdragon 250 motorcycle you made."

"You can rest assured about this. Nothing Li Mu makes is bad. I brought the civilian Snapdragon 250 motorcycle back to the First Ministry of Machine Building, and everyone who rode it said it was good!" Leader Qiu at the side gave a thumbs up and praised.

Chatting and laughing, the three of them came to the workshop inside the factory.

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Director Sun had already prepared everything with the workers, and when he saw Leader Qiu coming, he immediately stepped forward to report that acceptance could proceed.

Liu Weiguo first walked to the side of the civilian Snapdragon 250 motorcycle, looked at it carefully, touched it here and there, and was extremely curious.

"You can try riding it. If you feel that something is not suitable, I will modify it." Li Mu said.

Upon hearing this, Liu Weiguo didn't hesitate and immediately asked the men he brought from the army to ride on it. He started the engine and heard the low roar. His eyes lit up instantly:
"This voice is very low!"

After hearing the thunderous roar of the engine of the Happiness 250, listening to this is like listening to heavenly music.

Li Mu introduced:
"This is just the civilian version. The military version will be lower, and I have also made some improvements to the design."

“I reduced the weight of the car body to a minimum while ensuring it is strong enough.”

"After disassembly, three people can lift it up easily and run around, which maximizes its maneuverability." "What a good thing!" Liu Weiguo's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this.

This is simply the best rapid support weapon on the battlefield. If it can be mass-produced, it will bring about a revolution in the tactics and strategies of their troops.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked: "Is this military Snapdragon 250 motorcycle expensive? How long will it take to be mass-produced?"

Li Mu didn't say anything and looked at Leader Qiu beside him.

Leader Qiu smiled and said:
"The motorcycle factory has already set up three production lines for trial production. If all goes well, a batch will be produced by the end of this year."

"This is all thanks to Li Mu. His design has reduced the cost to the lowest while ensuring performance. The civilian version only costs over 3000 yuan, and even the military version is estimated to cost just over 4000 yuan!"

"Now our First Machine Industry Ministry has begun to consider phasing out Xingfu 250 and fully producing civilian Xiaolong 250 motorcycles!"

A V-twin engine has one more cylinder than a single-cylinder engine, so it is almost inevitable that its cost will increase.

But this increase in cost is negligible compared to the overall improvement in performance.

After hearing this, Liu Weiguo's face was full of joy.

He thought for a moment and said to Li Mu, "Are you interested in joining our army? It will also facilitate the research of the military Snapdragon 250!"

"This..." Li Mu was stunned when he heard his words.

It's not impossible for him to work in the army, but looking at Liu Weiguo's expression, it seems as if he wants to tie him down in the army to work on military technology?
Leader Qiu saw Li Mu's hesitation and smiled to smooth things over.

"There's no rush for this. Even the testing needs to be done slowly."

"In two days, he will be married."

"I don't know how many leaders will come by then, he can't bury his head in research at this time."

Hearing this, Liu Weiguo was obviously unwilling, but looking at Leader Qiu's half-smile, he suddenly reacted and his body trembled slightly.

It’s not that I was afraid, but I suddenly thought of the figure in Leader Qiu’s words.

As the head of the Ministry of Machine Building, the number of “leaders above” he had could be counted on one hand.

"Isn't it just a motorcycle? How could it alarm so many leaders?" Liu Weiguo said in shock.

Apparently, his news was way behind schedule.

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After leaving Hongxing Steel Plant, Li Mu returned to the Semiconductor Research Institute.

Just as I was about to go up, I suddenly heard a huge cheer from above.

Looking in the direction of the cheers, as expected, it was the direction of the distributed projection lithography machine development team.

Realizing something, he quickly walked upstairs. Before he reached the laboratory, he saw someone running out excitedly, shouting:

"Success, success!"

When we entered the laboratory, everyone had a happy smile on their face.

Seeing him coming, Huang Xinhua excitedly stepped forward and said, "The mass production problem of distributed projection lithography machines has been solved!"

"Now, you can get married with peace of mind!" Wang Shoujue on the side teased with a smile.

Li Mu smiled and didn't say much. The heavy stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Looking at the joyful crowd, a smile appeared on his face.

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The news that the mass production problem of distributed projection lithography machines had been solved was quickly sent to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Guo Mo and Leader Qiu rushed over and found Li Mu and others having a celebration banquet in the cafeteria.

As soon as they saw him, they couldn't help but joked, "You have a good time. It's almost the New Year, and you have achieved so many results in one go."

"That's right. Now the newspapers and radio can promote it again. It's not even the Chinese New Year yet, but it's already more lively than the Chinese New Year."

"Thank you both leaders for your praise. What I have done alone is limited. It is because of everyone's hard work day and night that the time for research success has been greatly advanced. Moreover, I really did not contribute much to solving the mass production process." Li Mu said modestly.

But apparently no one believed this, and everyone knew who deserved the credit.

Without Li Mu's help, even if they stayed in the laboratory day and night to do research, they would not be able to succeed in such a short time.

Leader Qiu smiled and said:
"Let's not talk about the merits first, let's talk about your reward."

"In recognition of your outstanding contributions to supercomputing, fully enclosed high-pressure honeycomb briquettes, reverse flotation cold crystallization technology, and V-twin engine motorcycles."

"The organization has decided to raise your salary by two levels, and give you 100 kilograms of food coupons, 50 kilograms of meat coupons, 50 meters of cloth coupons, and a house in a special building as a special wedding house as a special reward."

After he finished speaking, the cafeteria suddenly fell into silence, with everyone's eyes filled with disbelief.

They know very well what the special building means to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Qian Wushi, Zhao Jiuzhang, Qian Shanqiang, Ye Zhupei, Zhao Zhongyao... each one of them is a top academic figure in the country.

The fact that Li Mu was given this treatment was an implicit recognition from the higher-ups that Li Mu's current status was no less than any of theirs.

This is not only a reward, but also a great affirmation.

Li Mu was also a little confused by this reward.

Although he had guessed before that the higher-ups had not given out any rewards for supercomputing, they must be holding back on something big.

But I never imagined it would be so big.

That’s a special building!
At his age, no matter how great his contributions are, most of them have not been made public, which makes it difficult to convince the public. If we decide to reason with him, it will put the leaders under tremendous pressure.

He took a deep breath, then smiled bitterly and said:

"Leader Qiu, President Guo, this award is too great. I feel unworthy of it."

"I think it would be better to just reward me with an ordinary house."

"The special building is full of our country's most outstanding scientists. If I live there, I will be laughed at."

Li Mu believed that although he was qualified to live in that building, his age and qualifications were too great a disadvantage, unless he made all his achievements public.

"Haha, you feel unworthy of it? You are totally wrong." Leader Qiu laughed twice.

Guo Mo next to him also said: "Yes, and how could anyone laugh at you? You live in a special building, and everyone is convinced, don't you think so?"

Having said that, he turned to everyone in the Semiconductor Research Institute around him.

(End of this chapter)