78: Bringing his wife and children to Harbin Institute of Technology

Ye Bingwen quickly stepped forward and extended his hand, saying, "Hello, Director Zhou, I am Ye Bingwen, the person in charge of this factory."

Director Zhou extended his hand and gave him a brief handshake, looked him over, and said with a smile, "You look quite young, you must still be in school."

Ye Bingwen nodded and said, "Yes, I'm a sophomore in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Harbin Institute of Technology."

Director Zhou nodded, glanced at the equipment beside him, and asked, "Did you modify this equipment yourselves?"

Ye Bingwen stepped forward and explained to Director Zhou, "That's right, this machine was old to begin with. We completely overhauled and refurbished it from start to finish. The heating system and control system were all replaced with new ones. Even the temperature controller inside the machine was researched and repeatedly debugged with the help of graduate students from Harbin Military Engineering Institute."

Director Zhou looked at him and asked again, "What about the product data? For this hybrid material you developed yourself, are all the testing documents complete?"

Chen An handed over the notebook and replied, "Director Zhou, this is a complete set of test reports issued by Professor Cai's laboratory. The core data such as impact resistance, high temperature resistance, and surface smoothness are all clearly recorded on it, without missing a single detail."

Director Zhou took the notebook, flipped through a few pages, and nodded, saying, "The data on paper seems fine, but the figures on the report are ultimately just for reference. Only by actually producing a qualified finished product can we be truly reliable. When will your official sample be completed?"

Ye Bingwen said softly, "We plan to deliver the complete product within three months. We have already produced two prototypes, and the various production parameters are still being fine-tuned and continuously improved."

Director Zhou nodded, glanced at his watch, and turned to Ye Bingwen, saying, "Today isn't a formal inspection; we're just stopping by to take a look and get a feel for things. We'll arrange a formal acceptance and evaluation later, so just prepare in advance."

He stepped forward and instructed, "Engineer Zhang and Professor Cai both have high hopes for your project and strongly recommend it. The higher-ups are willing to give you this opportunity because they have full trust in you. Don't let them down."

With a serious expression, Ye Bingwen said, "Don't worry, we will definitely do our work diligently and will not let you down."

After a brief visit, Director Zhou and his entourage left by car.

Zhang waited until the car was completely out of sight before speaking to Ye Bingwen, reminding him, "Xiao Ye, this Director Zhou seems casual, saying he's just passing by, but he's actually here to investigate and gather information. You should know that, right?"

Ye Bingwen nodded and said, "I understand."

Engineer Zhang said softly, "You've passed this hurdle safely today, but remember, during the formal acceptance, you must present a complete and qualified finished product sample. There can be no mistakes whatsoever."

Ye Bingwen smiled and said, "I know, I'm aware of it."

Engineer Zhang patted his shoulder, then turned and left.

As soon as Liu Xiaojun stood up from beside the press, he immediately sidled up to Ye Bingwen and whispered, "Uncle Ye, I was so nervous just now. As soon as Director Zhou walked in, his eyes were fixed on me. I didn't dare to breathe."

Ye Bingwen chuckled softly and comforted him, "It's actually a good thing that he's staring at you. If he didn't care at all, it would mean that we're not doing a good job in our workshop."

He casually took off his coat and draped it over the back of the chair next to him, then turned around and asked, "Is the second batch of material finished?" The reply was, "It's been finished for a long time. It was kept warm for a full seventy-five minutes, and we just opened the mold to take it out."

Chen An stepped forward, holding a freshly processed board, and said, "Factory manager, take a look at this piece of material."

Ye Bingwen took the board and said, "Send this one, along with the first batch of samples, to Professor Cai so he can compare and test the data to see which batch performs better."

Chen An nodded and carefully wrapped the board.

On the other side, Liu Xiaojun squatted down to clean the tooling molds and suddenly asked, "Uncle Ye, what's that stuck to your chest?"

Ye Bingwen looked down and saw a small red flower stuck to his chest. He couldn't help but smile, took it off and put it on the table, and said.

"An'an gave it to me. The teacher specifically praised me at the parent-teacher conference today."

Liu Xiaojun couldn't help but joke, "Uncle Ye, you're the factory director, and you still manage to get a little red flower at the parent-teacher conference. That's quite interesting."

"At least I'm better than you. I bet you never even held one of these things when you were a kid."

"No way, I've received tons of awards before."

Mr. Li, who was standing nearby, casually chimed in, "Xiao Jun, when you were a kid, your mom usually went to parent-teacher conferences, right?"

Liu Xiaojun scratched his head and replied, "It's true that my mom goes. My dad is usually too busy with work to get away."

Ye Bingwen didn't continue the casual conversation. He walked to the press to check the temperature control instrument and said...

"Tomorrow we'll process the third batch. Let's try adjusting the heat preservation time to eighty minutes, compare the data from the three different sets of parameters, and choose the one that works best."

"No problem." Chen An took out his notebook and wrote down the arrangements.

Afterwards, Ye Bingwen returned to his office to handle business.

Not long after, Professor Cai's test results came through. Among the several formulas, the one with a heat preservation time of seventy minutes had the best overall performance.

Ye Bingwen carefully put away the finalized process parameters, temporarily ignoring the miscellaneous matters at the factory, and prepared to return to school.

On the first day of school, Ye Bingwen rode his bicycle to school, parked it in the bike shed, and then carried his schoolbag toward the teaching building.

As I was walking, someone suddenly called out "Ye Bingwen" from behind.

He turned around and saw Liu Shengli, his classmate.

Liu Shengli quickly caught up, patted Ye Bingwen on the shoulder, and joked, "You got second place in the class at the end of last semester, you have to treat me to a meal, right?"

Ye Bingwen sighed and said, "I don't have time to treat anyone. There's a ton of stuff at the factory waiting for me to handle."

Liu Shengli chuckled and asked again, "Your factory is still open?"

Ye Bingwen nodded and said, "Yes, we've also secured a cooperation project with the provincial military region, and all the procedures have been approved."

Liu Shengli was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said, "You are too capable. You are studying and working on military projects at the same time. I am just attending classes and worrying about failing the exams every day."

The two chatted as they walked toward the teaching building.

The class bell rang, and Professor Zhao walked into the classroom with his lecture notes.

Professor Zhao placed the lecture notes on the podium and said, "The final exam results for last semester have been tallied. The highest score in our class is 91, and the lowest score is 62. The student who scored 91, please come to my office after class."

After he finished speaking, all the students in the class turned their attention to Ye Bingwen.

Ye Bingwen had no expression on his face as he looked down and flipped through his book.

Then, Professor Zhao began the lesson.