Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 303 Good news keeps coming

P.S.: Something came up today, so this is the only update.

Li Song took a closer look and found that most of the people who came were from poor families, either from rural areas or older people from the city.

The older people in the city were mostly educated youth who passed the exams.

The college entrance examination was reinstated in 1977, so these were the first batch of college students.

Before this, it was a recommendation system, and everyone knows the drawbacks of that.

In America, many schools can be easily attended as long as you can get recommendation letters from certain people.

The college entrance examination system can be said to be the fairest education system on Earth.

Of course, some people have other ways to get into university.

However, these people's methods are far inferior to those of foreign universities.

Therefore, this batch of college students recruited is generally much more outstanding than previous college students!

This year's college students number over 11.6 million.

This is arguably the largest number of test takers in history.

"Why didn't you introduce anyone?" Li Song knew these people in the lab, including teachers, senior students, and junior students.

"They have better places to go!" Upon hearing this, the head of the laboratory wanted to explain but didn't know how.

The main problem is that these researchers in the electronics lab were not doing well at their previous jobs!
So now, when I speak, my teachers and fellow students don't take it seriously!

This is reality.

Even among students under the same teacher, the one who does well has people listening to them!
Nobody listens to people who aren't doing well!

Furthermore, nowadays, college graduates are highly sought after by various places and departments.

The Electronics Research Institute is only this size, and it's a foreign-invested enterprise.

This is something many people don't understand!

"Hmm!" Li Song had a rough idea of ​​what was going on!
Today's college students are all privileged and haven't experienced life yet!
Everything they dreamed of in school will be worn down by time after they enter the workplace!

When they finally understand what reality is, they might regret not choosing the electronics research lab.

"Try to keep as many of these people as possible!" Li Song didn't have any better ideas.

“Okay!” The head of the Electronics Research Institute nodded.

The head of the electronics research institute actually had many questions in his mind!

Because this electronics research institute now appears to be wholly foreign-owned.

However, this electronics research institute doesn't look like a wholly foreign-owned research institute at all!

Are wholly foreign-owned research institutes allowed to recruit people freely from universities?
Can a wholly foreign-owned research institute obtain priority access to various experimental equipment from higher authorities?

Some even require imported experimental equipment?

But there are some things you can't ask, because everyone who's worked in the same company knows that there are some things it's better not to know!

"Now that everyone's here, I'll bring you some technical documents next time!"

"That will be your first task!"

“There will be a one million yuan reward if this task is completed!” Li Song said again.

What can we do now that there are so few people?
Of course, we should offer generous rewards and treat these people like dirt!

You can't even be a beast of burden!
"Ah!" The head of the electronics lab's eyes widened when he heard about the million-dollar task!
"Also, here's a start-of-work bonus!"

"I hope we can achieve great results in the new year."

"I won't see them this time!" Li Song took out some more red envelopes, each containing two yuan.

"Thank you, boss!" The head of the electronics research institute nodded.

"Anyway, these interns will be assigned to your lab."

"You all need to take this seriously, because the tasks ahead are very demanding!"

"Of course, the performance rewards for completing the task are also very generous."

"Let these interns get familiar with the lab environment first," Li Song said again.

The reason Li Song isn't releasing the technical data now is that these newly recruited interns need to undergo safety and emergency training, as well as training on experimental equipment.

Although the Electronics Research Institute is not large, its equipment is arguably the most comprehensive in the country!

Some of the equipment these interns had only seen in books.

Moreover, making suggestions now is not very meaningful, because these interns may not necessarily stay at the Electronics Research Institute.

Li Song strolled around the Electronics Research Institute, but he still felt somewhat unwilling when he left.

Because neither the people recruited last time nor the interns recruited this time at the Electronics Research Institute are at the top level.

Because Li Song exploited a bug in the second-hand system, he couldn't find any of those people!
In other words, Li Song offered a reward on the second-hand platform for the information of the people he saw!
If a second-hand platform has information about these people, then there is a high probability that these people will achieve great success later in life.

If the second-hand platform does not have information about these people, it proves that these people are just ordinary people!

Of course, even if these people's information appears on second-hand platforms, their information is incomplete.

His information will only be available up to the date the bounty is offered.

Li Song knew, of course, that those big shots already had mentors paving the way for them.

The teacher might be a big shot in the industry, so assigning students to his class would be no problem at all.

Although these people haven't graduated yet, they've already reserved their places.

Therefore, those who can come to the Electronics Research Institute are all without connections; they all have to rely on themselves.

Li Song arrived at the BMW motorcycle factory. The BMW motorcycle factory did not take a holiday during the Chinese New Year because the orders were still scheduled for three months later.

Overseas orders are growing rapidly.

Of course, during the Chinese New Year, the salary is tripled!
"Mr. Li, Happy New Year!" Li Song met Ma Shengli as soon as he arrived at the BMW Motorcycle Factory. Ma Shengli greeted him with a smile and a cupped hand.

"Mr. Ma, Happy New Year!" Li Song nodded.

"This is the project proposal for the home appliance research laboratory." Ma Shengli handed Li Song a document.
This laboratory was proposed by Li Song, and its ultimate goal is smart homes.

Of course, smart homes are also built on hardware.

The testing departments involved in the home appliance laboratory are too numerous to list, with major categories including televisions, refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, and so on!
Smaller categories include kettles, coffee makers, soy milk makers, small blenders, electric pressure cookers, ovens, microwave ovens, and so on!

The future development direction of these home appliances is automation, intelligence, and whole-house intelligence!
This laboratory is located near Sun Yat-sen University!
The entire laboratory covers an area of ​​20 acres and is expected to have more than 1,500 researchers.

Some of these people come from various home appliance manufacturers, while others come from research institutes.

The laboratory has ample funding, which comes from the home appliance technology authorized by Li Song.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Ma!"

"Should I have my lawyer take a look later?"

"If there are no problems, let's start the investment!" After taking a quick look, Li Song felt there weren't many issues.

"it is good!"

"In addition, Mr. Li, the higher authorities have selected a location in the Northwest for your space exploration company."

"This place is only a few kilometers from the nearest railway!" "And it's very safe!"

"The next step depends on what plans you have, Mr. Li."

"This is the preliminary plan from the higher authorities!" Ma Shengli produced another document.

Li Song looked at the information and found that the chosen location was northeast of Yumen!
"I have no objection to the location!"

"However, in terms of production and launch, I want to establish a satellite and rocket manufacturing plant in Chang'an."

"In the future, satellites and rockets that need to be launched can be transported to the launch site via the Type B transport aircraft!" Li Song said.
"I will report Mr. Li's opinion to the higher-ups!" Ma Shengli hadn't expected Li Song to have such a thought.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mr. Ma!" Li Song prepared to offer a reward on a second-hand platform for a launch center construction plan!

Because of the development plan for the second-hand platform, room has been reserved for future upgrades and other things!

In addition, the regulations are more comprehensive than they are now!
Because every regulation in safety production standards is backed by a bloody lesson!
There are some things that haven't been developed yet, so there are no relevant safety production standards!
The second-hand platform, viewed from a hundred years in the future, will naturally have far more safety production standards than it does now.

Some seemingly bizarre regulations in certain industries are often obtained at the cost of lives!

In addition, there are many technological approaches to rockets.

Li Song needs to select a technological route with development potential.

While Ma Shengli went to report on his work, Li Song held a meeting at the BMW Motorcycle Factory!

It's mainly about the opening bonus!

Nothing else happened; after all, it's only a few days into the Lunar New Year.

Li Song is currently most concerned about the progress of the car factory.

The manufacturing process in car factories is still stamping and welding.

It's not that car manufacturers lack the technology to do one-piece die casting of car bodies.

However, one-piece die casting of the car body has many drawbacks.

The first issue is the uniformity of the materials used.

The entire car body is made of a single material through unibody die casting.

One-piece die casting has a huge cost advantage.

Because stamping and welding technology assembles dozens of parts into a car body.

One-piece die casting directly saves the assembly cost of dozens of parts!

It also greatly improves production efficiency.

Because the unibody die-cast body only takes a few tens of seconds.

Welding stamped parts into a car body requires many processes, which greatly increases the time cost.

The one-piece die-casting technology also has some drawbacks.

As we all know, the materials used in different parts of a car body have different properties.

For example, special steel must be used for columns A and B.

Another drawback of die-cast car bodies is that they need to be cut up if they are damaged!

Once the car body is cut, its overall performance will change.

Of course, the most important issue is the high cost of repairs!

Therefore, Li Song still adopted the traditional stamping and welding process, which is now more mature!
Even the technical staff at the car factory didn't get a holiday; everyone was scrambling to work there for triple pay.

The van's transmission has been completed and is currently undergoing testing.

The entire production process is not yet finalized, as adjustments will be made based on test results.

In addition, the stamping workshop is also conducting trial production, while debugging the equipment.

There's also a welding workshop!

Li Song saw the frames of vans in the welding workshop!

It's not robotic welding yet!

Once the chips are developed, we can make robots!
After the van frame was welded, the next step was grinding and electrophoresis.

All production processes are being tested!

We need to transform technology from blueprints and theories into products.

This process requires a lot of manpower and resources!

Fortunately, the higher authorities provided strong support.

The engine production department is testing a manufacturing process for a 1.5-liter aluminum alloy engine.

Another very important product from the engine production department is the aluminum alloy six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine, which is the engine used in the Panda aircraft.

There's another workshop here where they're working on the integrated die-casting technology for aircraft fuselages!
It's mainly about mold production!
Materials technology and everything else are readily available!
The horizontally opposed engine is expected to be ready for trial production within a month and for samples within two months!

In fact, horizontally opposed engines can also be used to produce cars!

Horizontally opposed engines have many advantages.

The low center of gravity and flat structure lowers the vehicle's center of gravity by 30%-40%, improving the vehicle's cornering limits and high-speed handling stability.

Symmetrical piston movement counteracts vertical vibrations, resulting in lower idle noise compared to inline engines. Eliminating the balance shaft design reduces power loss and improves combustion efficiency by approximately 3-5%.

Of course, every coin has two sides. Increased costs, longer maintenance time, and insufficient lubrication in the lower part of the cylinder due to gravity, with the lower cylinder wall wearing 3.2 times more than the upper one, directly affecting service life!

Of course, the latter shortcoming was resolved later.

Some luxury cars use this type of engine, such as the Porsche 911!

Therefore, this type of six-cylinder horizontally opposed engine can definitely be used in vehicles in the future!

Of course, this type of engine can also be used on some yachts.

Li Song still gave everyone a red envelope to start the workday.

On the tenth day of the first lunar month, Li Song returned to Hong Kong Island!
After returning to Hong Kong Island, Li Song met Nick, who had been waiting for him for several days!

Nick brought both good news and bad news!

The good news is that, according to CBS, the Panda plane costs less than $20,000 and has 3,100 potential customers!

If the cost of the Panda plane is $10,000, then the number of potential customers would reach 8,400.

Of course, there is also bad news: aircraft manufacturers in Afghanistan are reportedly pushing for a protection bill aimed at safeguarding domestic aircraft manufacturing.

"Nick, what do you think about this?" Li Song wanted to see Nick's opinion on the matter!
Because Li Song knew that his way of thinking was completely different from that of the local people in America!
"If this bill passes, we will resolve this through legal channels!"

"So Mr. Li, you can rest assured!" Nick's way of thinking is indeed different!
“I have contacted some friends in the legal field who can provide us with legal assistance, and for free.”

"Furthermore, if Mr. Li succeeds, some other friends are willing to help us!"

“They also have influence in politics!” Nick said confidently.

"That's great!" Li Song knew he had done the right thing. In America, as long as there are people who oppose, there are always people who agree.

There is no right or wrong!

Opposing for the sake of opposing!
(End of this chapter)