Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 208: You don’t look at appearance when looking for a partner?
Chen Luyang was stunned by that smile for a moment.

After dinner, Chen Luyang was afraid that Chen Jinyue would be late for work in the afternoon, so he asked her to wait under the pine tree and ran out pushing his bicycle.

Chen Jinyue sat sideways in the back seat with ease, and subconsciously hugged Chen Luyang's waist with his hands.

But before she even touched the fabric, Chen Jinyue looked at the stains on Chen Luyang's coat and wondered:
"Why are your clothes dirty?"

Chen Luyang's pupils shrank. Damn! How could I have forgotten about this?
After dinner last night, my eldest sister was busy watching Junjun study and do his homework.

Mother and father Chen closed the door and went to bed early in the house.

He had left his coat propped up on a pole outside all night and completely forgotten about it.

Fortunately, his coat was dark in color, so after working all night, it didn't look dirty.

But if you look closely, you can see it clearly.

"Song Liaosha vomited on my clothes yesterday."

Chen Luyang knew that Chen Jinyue loved cleanliness, and was afraid that she would dislike him, so he said:

"How about you sit on the beam of my car?"

No one has ever sat on the beam of his car!

"No! I can just sit in the back!" Chen Jinyue refused without even thinking.

Sitting in the back seat was excessive.

In broad daylight, what's the difference between sitting on the beam and holding it in your arms?!

"Okay then, sit tight."

There was a hint of regret in Chen Luyang's voice. He didn't know how many times he had cursed Song Liaosha in his heart. He pedaled his bike towards the motorcycle station in front of the machinery factory.

At this time, at the gate of the machinery factory.

Zhu Xinghuo, who was taking a break today, was walking home with a roast chicken in his hand.

Suddenly, Zhu Xinghuo turned his head and looked across the street for some unknown reason.

On the wide avenue, Chen Luyang was riding a bicycle with a beautiful girl sitting on the back seat.

"Fuck? Sister Yue?!"

Zhu Xinghuo widened his eyes and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

……

In the afternoon, we sent Chen Jinyue away.

Chen Luyang returned to the office and woke up Song Liaosha, who had been injured in the battle. The two of them rode their bikes to the provincial chemical plant.

Although Song Liaosha has only worked in supply and marketing for half a year, he is familiar with most of the factories in the provincial capital.

The supply and marketing officer of the Provincial Chemical Plant was named Xiao Ma. After learning that Chen Luyang and Song Liaosha were comrades from the Provincial Machinery Factory, he left and led his men to the warehouse.

"We do have some scrap stockpiled in the factory, but as you know, our chemical plant produces chemical liquids and materials, and these stocks are more or less contaminated with liquids. Can you use them?"

This is also the problem Chen Luyang is worried about.

But he still held a glimmer of hope in his heart. If the contaminated area was small, he could go back and clean it up properly, and it would still be worth using.

The three of them walked in the chemical plant compound. Song Liaosha looked around and kept thinking about the pretty girl.

Before I could take a few steps,
Then I heard the sound of a loudspeaker in the chemical plant compound, and the familiar radio gymnastics melody sounded. The workers of the chemical plant came out of the workshop and stood in front of the open space in front of them.

"Do you also do radio gymnastics?" Chen Luyang asked curiously.

"Of course, the whole city is doing it now." Secretary Xiao Ma replied: "Aren't you doing it too?"

"We have loudspeakers in the factory, and comrades who want to exercise can do radio gymnastics in the workshop on their own. It's not as formal as yours." Chen Luyang replied.

"Our situation is special. The smell in the workshop is quite strong, and it's not good for the workers to stay in the workshop all the time, so the factory leaders asked all workers to go out and exercise."

This sentence reminded Chen Luyang.

The smell inside the rubber workshop is quite strong. The workers work in the workshop day after day, and their bodies will definitely not be able to bear it in the long run.

It seems that they should learn from chemical plants and let workers come out to breathe twice a day instead of staying in the workshop all the time.

When he arrived at the warehouse, Chen Luyang's heart sank.

Almost all the rubber waste in the warehouse is stained with chemicals, and some even show signs of corrosion.

It doesn't work at all.

Chen Luyang came back empty-handed and thought of going home.

But Song Liaosha, who came for the beautiful girl, didn't want to leave so soon.

"Secretary Xiao Ma, since we've finally come here, would you mind taking us for a walk around the workshop?"

Secretary Xiao Ma said enthusiastically, "Sure!"

We are all from the supply and marketing department, so there is no guarantee when we will need materials to purchase or when we need help with anything.

After leaving the warehouse, Secretary Xiao Ma led the two people into a production workshop.

Unlike the lathe equipment in a machinery factory, the main production facilities in a chemical plant are reactors, towers, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors and other equipment.

"What kind of device is this?"

Chen Luyang stood in front of a tall boiler and asked curiously.

Officer Xiao Ma said, "This is a vertical horizontal water tube boiler. Its main function is to increase the heating surface, promote water circulation, and improve the load-bearing capacity of the furnace."

Chen Luyang looked up and down at the large boiler several times, and suddenly asked:
"Secretary Xiao Ma, has it been a while since you last serviced this boiler?"

Facing Xiao Ma's surprised look, Chen Luyang bent down and pointed at the rubber pad of the vertical horizontal water tube boiler, saying:
"Look, the rubber here has started to crack. The high boiler temperature will accelerate the oxidation reaction of the rubber. If we don't replace the parts quickly, there may be safety accidents in the future."

When Secretary Xiao Ma heard the words "safety accident", his scalp suddenly went numb and he bent down to take a look.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked at the result. There were indeed cracks on the surface of the rubber pad.

That’s not all. Chen Luyang checked each machine one by one like a technical master.

Although he is not engaged in machine maintenance,
But after reading so many books and communicating with expert Li from Renan so many times, he is now considered to be half an expert in rubber shock absorbers and rubber parts.

After a trip to the workshop, these rubber parts were either aged or frosted, and some of the rubber was even hard.

Looking at the operating frequencies of these reactors and compressors, Chen Luyang instinctively began to move towards the door.

"You should remind your factory leaders to repair and replace it as soon as possible. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine. But if something goes wrong, it will be ruined."

In Chen Luyang's eyes, this workshop was like a time bomb.

Song Liaosha followed Chen Luyang all the way, completely unaware that Chen Luyang had been silently quickening his pace and moving closer to the door from the very beginning.

But his reaction was stupid, but it did not stop him from talking nonsense.

"I think your factory should let Director Chen produce additional rubber parts."

"A few days ago, Director Chen led the workshop workers to solve the rubber vulcanization and frosting problems. All the rubber shock absorber parts for our cars and helicopters are made in my brother Chen's rubber workshop. We don't even need a rubber factory..."

Chen Luyang's face turned slightly red when he heard this.

How could he have the ability to solve the problems of rubber vulcanization and frosting!

That problem was solved by hiring experts from Renan and purchasing vulcanization technology.

Secretary Xiao Ma was surprised: "Have you solved the problem of rubber vulcanization?"

Chen Luyang confidently affirmed: "It's solved." Secretary Xiao Ma's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

But no matter what he was thinking, Chen Luyang didn't want to stay here for even a minute, and his feet kept flashing out of the door.

But he wanted to escape, but Secretary Xiao Ma didn't let him go.

"Director Chen, can you help us solve the problem of replacing and upgrading rubber parts?"

Chen Luyang was puzzled: "Shouldn't the boiler factory provide the replacement and upgrade parts?"

Vertical horizontal water tube boilers are manufactured by boiler factories. Normally, the boiler factories should be responsible for their use, maintenance and parts replacement.

It will never be the turn of the machinery factory.

Secretary Xiao Ma smiled wryly, "Although the boiler factory is responsible for parts replacement, the rubber parts are produced by the rubber factory. A few days ago, we contacted the technicians at the boiler factory, and they said that the rubber factory has a very heavy production schedule at the end of the year and will have to produce a large number of rubber shoes after the Chinese New Year."

"Besides, the last batch of parts they sent had a problem with rubber blooming, and they couldn't be used for a while."

"If your workshop's production workload isn't heavy... could you give us some time to complete the project?"

Secretary Xiao Ma spoke very tentatively.

The end of the year is when all factories and workshops rush to complete work, and he is not sure whether the other party has the spare capacity to take on their rubber parts production tasks.

Chen Luyang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "We want to, too! But without the rubber raw materials, we have no other options."

He came to the chemical plant today to buy rubber.

Without rubber, he couldn’t even produce parts for cars and helicopters, so how could he have the energy to work in a chemical factory!
Secretary Xiao Ma frowned and thought for a moment, then said thoughtfully:

"The factory still has a batch of unused natural rubber. So, the two of you will come with me to the reception room and wait. I'll ask our leader if I can sell it to you."

This batch of natural rubber from the provincial chemical plant was originally intended to be used in material conveyor belts and rubber joints in the fertilizer research and development workshop.

Although it is also urgent.

However, compared with improving factory equipment and ensuring production safety, conveyor belts and rubber joints are less important.

Chen Luyang had long since stopped wanting to stay in the workshop, so he followed Secretary Xiao Ma out of the workshop without hesitation.

Although it is called a reception room, it is actually a small meeting room with only a few sofas and tables.

Song Liaosha stood in front of the window, peeing and muttering:
"Who said there are so many pretty girls in the chemical plant? I looked around and none of them are as pretty as Nata."

Chen Luyang glanced at Song Liaosha helplessly: "Don't even mention the chemical plant, how many people in our machinery factory are better looking than Nata!"

With Nata's head, appearance, big hairy eyelashes and big emerald green eyes, who wouldn't be confused?
This is because Nata is still young.
If Nata grows to be Chen Jinyue's age, she might not be that exciting!
It is extremely difficult for Song Liaosha to find someone prettier than his sister.

However, Chen Luyang did not want to dampen his brother's enthusiasm, so he said seriously:
"Da Song, I'm telling you that looks aren't important when it comes to finding a partner. You have to find someone with substance, someone who's sensible, gentle, considerate, and able to take care of you, right? Most importantly, you have to find someone who likes you."

Song Liaosha rolled her eyes at him and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"You better get the hell out of here! If you don't look for a partner based on appearance, then why did you chase Little White Pigeon for so many years..."

Chen Luyang: Damn!
"Can we please stop talking about the little white dove?"

That happened eight hundred years ago, why are they still whipping the corpse?
On the wooden shelf next to it, there were several magazines strung together with black shoelaces, and some newspapers next to them.

"Provincial University Newspaper"?
Chen Luyang glanced at the cover of the first magazine and curiously took it and flipped through it.

Unexpectedly, the content in the middle of the table of contents was an article written by Yu Huichuan on chemical heat treatment.

"Teacher Xiao Yu is awesome!"

Chen Luyang widened his eyes and quickly turned the journal to the page written by Yu Huichuan.

"Who is it?" Seeing Chen Luyang so excited, Song Liaosha also came over to see.

The two poor students read carefully from the first line to the last line.

Song Liaosha looked at Chen Luyang deeply, her eyes filled with admiration: "Brother, you can understand this?"

Chen Luyang nodded: "I understand, don't you understand?"

Song Liaosha's eyes immediately filled with admiration. He pointed to a certain passage in the book and asked:
"What does this sentence mean?"

Chen Luyang glanced at it lightly, opened his mouth and read it aloud.

Song Liaosha frowned. "No, I asked you to explain it to me. Why are you reading the original text to me? Can't you understand it?"

Chen Luyang replied shamelessly: "As long as I can understand the words, I understand them!"

Song Liaosha: ...

Two people were studying the journal here when Secretary Xiao Ma walked in with a middle-aged man.

"This is our forest engineer who is in charge of overall maintenance in the workshop."

After Chen Luyang and Mr. Lin shook hands enthusiastically, they sat on the sofa. Mr. Lin looked at Chen Luyang and Song Liaosha with curiosity.

It is a recognized fact throughout the province that there are many technical experts in the machinery factory.

But this was the first time he had seen someone who could fully understand rubber production.

In his impression, the workshop directors of machinery factories all had thick and hard calluses on their hands.

But the young man's hands were soft and strong, not at all like he had ever held a wrench or done rough work.

"I heard that you have solved the problem of rubber frosting?" Engineer Lin asked curiously.

"I guess so." Chen Luyang answered with a smile, and spoke of one or two small technical points of rubber production upgrade with great skill and confidence. He explained every step from rubber refining, bonding, to vulcanization in detail, like a real rubber production expert.

In addition to these, Chen Luyang also deliberately mentioned a few things about the aging of rubber parts in the provincial chemical plant.

After hearing the old man Lin Gongren boast about his advantages in a flowery way, he asked:
"Can your factory produce our parts?"

"As long as you make the request and provide the drawings and data, we can make it. But we don't have the raw rubber."

Chen Luyang looked at Lin Gong very frankly: "If we can get the raw materials, with the rubber production technology of our machinery factory, we can produce qualified rubber parts that meet the requirements."

Engineer Lin pondered: "How much do you want to quote?"

After hearing this question, Song Liaosha became excited!

You’ve asked the right person!

With Chen Luyang's explanation of rubber production technology and vulcanization technology, and Song Liaosha's analysis and comparison of rubber raw material prices and parts processing costs, they successfully negotiated the job of processing natural rubber raw materials and parts for the chemical plant.

After walking out of the chemical plant, Song Liaosha was still a little bit unbelieving.

"This guy, who doesn't drink alcohol or eat meat, not only got the raw materials, but also took over the parts production work of the chemical plant? Why can't I believe it!"

Chen Luyang said calmly: "Why not believe this? Not everything requires drinking."

"Let's go! Let's go back to the factory before we get off work!"

Song Liaosha didn't want to go back to the office, and said unhappily: "Brother Chen, you finally came out for a while, let's go to a restaurant."

All day long, Song Liaosha drank some porridge and ate a steamed bun at home in the morning, and then followed Chen Luyang around the chemical plant for the whole afternoon, so she was no longer hungry.

Chen Luyang: "There's no rush to eat out. Wait until a big order comes in before you treat me to a meal!"

Song Liaosha was surprised: "Big order? What big order?"

Chen Luyang smiled and said, "Of course it's the big order from the boiler factory!"

"The chemical plant's machines are made by the boiler factory. We'll send another batch of parts to the boiler factory. Do you think the boiler factory will give us or the rubber factory its next order?"

(End of this chapter)