Rebirth 08: Equipment God

Chapter 136 The Unpredictable Effects of "Establishing a Mindset"

The recognition of Xu Xuejun's identity and the approaching release of college entrance examination scores did not disrupt Zhai Da's rhythm.

Although they are all major events.

But one can't just stay home and do nothing just because a big event is approaching.

That evening, he continued to review his grandfather's notes. Although he couldn't truly understand them without practical experience, he still managed to leave an impression in his mind. He spent the rest of the time reinforcing his knowledge of volunteer tutoring. Today, he had indeed sold several services, so he had to make sure the customers paid for them.

Don't end up not getting the banner but being talked about behind your back.

He has a strong spine, so he is even more afraid of pain.

Lu Wei was doing the bookkeeping. Although their startup and small-scale taxpayer business didn't need professional accountants, they still had expenses after receiving money, so basic accounting was still necessary. It was easy for Lu Wei, so the job was given to her.

Little Wood is quick and accurate at calculating accounts.

Incidentally, since everything was collected in cash, Wu Yue deposited the money. This guy is very vigilant and is the most suitable candidate.

Whether it's a company or an educational institution, there are many details to pay attention to, which is the significance of trial operation—many processes need to be gradually figured out.

The next morning, Zhai Da arrived early at No. 99 Luochuan Road to continue organizing the "2008 New Regulations Experience Class". There were even more families present today, and the conversion rate was also very high. After experiencing the magic of the "Study Habit Cultivation Room", more than 20 parents chose to pay.

After considering it, some of the families from yesterday's group came back to pay, and daily sales have already approached the 100,000 mark.

The overwhelmingly successful enrollment has given everyone at Utopia a lot of motivation, and they've really put this educational institution, which focuses on teenagers aged eighteen and nineteen, on the right track!
While feeling proud and excited, they also admired Zhai Da even more. If it weren't for Zhai Da's overall coordination and his ability to put everyone in the right position, frankly speaking, these people wouldn't even be able to hand out flyers properly if they were put into society.

Doing other things during summer vacation might result in someone taking advantage of you for free.

However, people soon began to worry about the speed of expansion. Too many students would increase management pressure and require more teachers. At this rate, it would be only a matter of time before No. 99 Luochuan Road was operating at full capacity.

It's not time to open the champagne yet.

At 5 p.m., after all the trial classes had ended, Zhai Da called a meeting to discuss the progress in various aspects and to outline the work for the next stage.

During the discussion, Li Dongdong took out a piece of paper.

It is not an essay titled "My County Magistrate Dad".

Instead, they asked Zhai Da when to print the sample flyer.

Those were flyers designed by a young lady from Phoenix Media, targeting "top scorers in the college entrance examination." With the name changed, they could be used regardless of whether he or Lu Wei won the top score.

It was once considered Utopia's most important competitive advantage.

But at present, it seems that this drastic measure is not needed, as Utopia's enrollment is already strong enough.

Zhai Da thought for a moment and said, "No rush, let's wait for the scores to come out."

After the meeting, everyone went out for a chicken hot pot dinner, while Zhai Da chose to go find Xu Xuejun.

The roller shutter door was open, and Xu Xuejun was sitting inside smoking. When he saw Zhai Da arrive, his eyes lit up, but he didn't move.

"Why so late?"

Zhai Da glanced at the time: "We said we'd arrive at six, isn't this perfect?"

Did you bring the things?

Since Xu Xuejun readily provided (Notes 2) yesterday, Zhai Da didn't hesitate and produced (Notes 1).

Xu Xuejun brushed over the deep red cover, overwhelmed with emotion. He immediately began to read it.

Zhai Da didn't interrupt, he just waited.

Ten minutes later, Xu Xuejun looked up and said, "About ten years ago, the wool mill was cleaning up an old library. Those old books were piled up in boxes on the roadside as waste. The sanitation worker knew that I liked to collect old books, especially engineering books, so he asked me to pick them out. I found three."

"I didn't know Master Yu had written this. He probably wanted to leave his technology behind for the wool mill, but unfortunately, the dilapidated factory has been declining year by year, and now it's just a garment factory left, which just wastes its resources."

Zhai Da nodded. As one of the few industrial units in the early days of the People's Republic of China, the wool mill used to cover much more than just textiles. Under the planned economy, the country had to do whatever it needed, and even without a foundation, difficulties had to be overcome.

My maternal grandfather, Yu Lihua, was a skilled technician transferred from the old industrial areas of Northeast China to establish a "precision instrument factory."

If we divide it into stages, the 50s were the development period, the 60s and 70s were the peak period, and after the 80s, it started to decline rapidly, and it hasn't reached the end yet.

After all, going downhill requires less effort.
"I've seen you perform that magic trick before. Your hands are very skillful and steady. You have some of Master Yu's talent, which is a pity to waste."

“Since you want to learn, I will teach you. I am not as skilled as Master Yu, but I can guide you. Consider it repaying the favor from back then. Come to my place at six o'clock every day from now on.”

Zhai Da felt full of energy and rolled up his sleeves: "No problem, what should I make today?"

He had also done his research; most metalworkers start by making small tools.

Fortunately, there's a quest to unlock my grandfather's notes, so I should be able to finish it soon.

Xu Xuejun: "Make a hammer."

Zhai Da chuckled: "You're quite good at using double entendres. Hammer it is, where to begin?"

Xu Xuejun: "I'm all talk and no action, what a joke! Today I'm going to read books, starting tomorrow."

As he spoke, he waved the notebook in his hand.

Zhai Da felt a throbbing sensation in his temples.
Old man, do you know that if I punch you, your health insurance card will be maxed out?

He gritted his teeth and said, "Then lend me the other three notebooks, I'll study them tonight."

Xu Xuejun snorted, "You want to run before you can walk."

But they actually gave it to them.

Xu Xuejun knew very well that as Yu Lihua's grandson, Zhai Da was more qualified than him to take these things, and to do so in secret would be disrespectful to Master Yu.

In addition to the previous (Notes 2), Xu Xuejun took out two more notebooks.

For the first time, Zhai Da also had the opportunity to see the complete picture of his grandfather's notes.

The familiar broken line reappeared, and two more pieces of equipment were added to the system list as "temporarily owned".

In Yu Lihua's Metalworking Notes, the word "incomplete" has been changed to "temporarily complete".

Logically, these four notebooks should be able to be combined, just like Lu Wei's math notebooks, but currently they are "borrowed" and cannot be attempted. The system interface describes the effects of the four notebooks as completely identical.

"Equipment Effect 1: Carrying this item slightly increases your metalworking learning ability."

"Equipment Effect 2: Focusing on the notebook itself, there is a very small chance of temporarily resonating with the notebook's owner."

"Special effect 'Crippled Wisdom': Successfully triggered by a Resonator."

"Unlocking Mission: Independent Production"

The only change is the last one.
It used to be the second special effect of "???": Establishing Mind.

Today, it finally revealed its content.

Zhai Da took a deep breath, which was quite unhelpful.

To be honest, he had guessed many times what the so-called "establishing one's mind" meant.

But I really didn't expect it to be explained like this.
This will be a significant step that changes his future approach to system development.

"Special effect 'Embrace the Mind': After thoroughly understanding all the contents of the notes, items that you painstakingly create and imbue with 'Nen' during the process have a small chance of becoming 'special items'."

"Unblocking mission: Join the universities that 'Yu Lihua' was admitted to but was unable to attend, including but not limited to undergraduate, graduate, faculty, security guards, cleaners, and dormitory managers (excluding temporary workers)."

"Note: Yu Lihua approaches everything he does with the utmost seriousness and effort. In his 40 years of work, he has never produced a defective product."

"Please note that this effect is an 'exclusive effect,' which is only effective for the host and cannot affect others. The exclusive effect is bound to the equipment, and will become invalid if ownership is lost."

"Congratulations, host, you have discovered your first 'exclusive' effect equipment. Here is your reward."

"Re-inspection. Equipment not yet owned; reward deducted. Please obtain full ownership as soon as possible."

"Incomplete ownership detected. Unlocking task cannot be completed, exclusive effects cannot be activated. Please obtain complete ownership as soon as possible."

Zhai Da's eyes were solemn and serious.
It turns out this is the effect. Crafted items might become "special items," which means they could be awakened into equipment.

This "exclusive effect" will change your life.

Zhai Da felt from a young age that he lived in his grandfather's shadow.

It wasn't the kind of oppressive, controlling, or gloomy shadow, but rather, wherever he went or what he did, it seemed as if there was a tall figure behind him, supporting him.

This shadow only completely disappeared after Yu Xiaoli passed away in her previous life.

It wasn't until he was thirty that he gradually understood that perhaps that was the vague concept of "family tradition." What his grandfather left behind was not just a house to shelter him from the wind and rain, and a bicycle.

Well. As for his frequent indulgence in matchmaking clubs in the last few years, it was probably because his family values ​​had changed, and he felt unrestrained.

This is reasonable.
Sure enough, matchmaking events ruined a generation.
In this life, by chance, he stumbled upon his grandfather's past, and his "home" will no longer disappear or be destroyed.

This shadow should have been much longer.

Zhai Da was not averse to it.

Although the function of his grandfather's notes could not be actually activated yet, Zhai Da still carefully kept them.

Zhai Da remembered something and asked, "That pocket watch, it also belonged to my maternal grandfather, right?"

Since we've already established connections, there's nothing to hide.

Xu Xuejun paused, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, there's no name written on it."

Zhai Da thought it was highly likely.
"Is there really absolutely nothing to discuss?"

Xu Xuejun wanted to send Zhai Da away quickly, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly remembered something.

I remembered that promise we made before.

"I'll give it to you once your precision level reaches 5 microns."

That was a promise he made to Master Yu, and now it has been passed down to Zhai Da. It is truly a wonderful story.

Zhai Da knew what the concept of "five silks" meant; he had learned some of it from his notes yesterday.

The error is less than 0.05 millimeters, or 50 micrometers.

This doesn't mean making a specific thing, but rather that "the error from the standard value is less than 0.05 millimeters."

It could be depth, length, smoothness, or any part.

When Xu Xuejun said "achieving 5 mils in all aspects", he didn't mean that he could only make a hammer with an error value of less than 0.05 millimeters.

This is obviously not easy.

Fortunately, Zhai Da had a cheat code.

Then he smiled confidently and said, "Then you'd better be prepared, I might be able to do it very soon."

Xu Xuejun chuckled and said, "I'll say it again, you really take good care of your skin."

Zhai Da was prepared: "No, no, no, it's because you take good care of your lips. They still taste the same after all these years."

Xu Xuejun: ? ? ?

comfortable.

Zhai Da waved his hand and left without looking back: "Also, just to let you know, I don't have time tomorrow. If you want to check your scores, come back the day after tomorrow."

Anyway, I have all three notebooks now, while the other party only has one.

I'm afraid of the der!

The tables have turned! Old man!

　There will be an extra chapter today, as required by the plot.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)