Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"The problem is not serious. It's mainly due to some parameter issues. In addition, during the smelting process, the steelmaking furnace was underpowered, which caused a lot of deviations in the parameters and data of the cannon steel. Fortunately, they were all resolved in the end!"

Song Weiguo stretched out his body and said this, looking extremely lazy.

"There is no other way. Although foreign countries have already mastered the oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking technology, we are still using open-hearth steelmaking in China. Naturally, efficiency and quality cannot be effectively guaranteed!"

To be honest, Zhou Tian had no idea what to do. The steelmaking furnace was not like an ordinary machine. With just one touch, he could optimize its performance and achieve large-scale production based on the current domestic industrial level.

The technology of steelmaking furnaces is extremely complex. It not only covers knowledge from many disciplines, but most importantly, oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking does not exist in China at all. Even if he wanted to get involved, he would be unable to do so.

But if he remembered correctly, it seemed that in his previous life, just last year, that is, in 1951, the country had actually begun to organize personnel to conduct research on oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking furnaces. It was not until 1964, a full thirteen years later, that the first oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking furnace was successfully built in my country.

It can be said that it took a long time of thirteen years to completely master the oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking technology, and successfully built the first oxygen top-blown converter steelmaking furnace at Shougang.

Of course, if he could get access to it, he might be able to help advance the project, but such key projects are currently beyond his reach.

"Yes, so our development is still far behind that of foreign countries!" Song Weiguo couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Just as the two were still expressing their feelings about the current state of domestic industry, a crisp knock on the door suddenly sounded, interrupting their conversation.

"Come in!"

Zhou Tian and Song Weiguo's expressions suddenly straightened, they sat upright, coughed lightly a few times and spoke.

As the door was slowly pushed open, Zheng Weiguo walked in from outside. Seeing the two people in the office, Zheng Weiguo first smiled at Song Weiguo, then said to Zhou Tian: "Director Zhou, the factory director wants you to come over!"

"It's Brother Zheng. Do you know why the factory director wants to see me?"

Seeing that it was Zheng Weiguo, their expressions immediately relaxed, and Zhou Tian couldn't help but ask.

"I don't really know the details, but I seemed to have heard from the factory manager that someone from the department is coming!"

Zheng Weiguo smiled and answered truthfully.

"Okay, I'll go right away. Weiguo, you go eat first. I'll go to the factory director first, but you have to bring me the food!"

Having said that, Zhou Tian quickly stood up, put on his cotton coat, followed Zheng Weiguo out of the office, and walked straight towards the factory director's office.

Arriving at the factory director's office, Zheng Weiguo first went in to report, then came out and winked at Zhou Tian, ​​who nodded knowingly and walked in steadily.

"Director, you're looking for me?"

Walking into the office, Zhou Tian stepped forward and asked respectfully as he saw Director Yang concentrating on reviewing documents.

"Xiaotian, I asked Weiguo to find you. Come, take a seat first. We can talk in detail after I finish reviewing this document!"

Director Yang first waved his hand, motioning Zhou Tian to sit down, and then continued to correct the documents with full concentration.

Zheng Weiguo tactfully poured Zhou Tian a cup of steaming hot tea before quietly leaving.

It was not until half an hour later that Director Yang finished reviewing the documents. He stretched his back, stood up and said, "I've been sitting so much all day that my body is almost stiff!"

As he spoke, he walked to the sofa and sat down next to Zhou Tian, ​​saying, "Xiaotian, I received a call from the Ministry of Industry this morning, saying that the experts from Big Brother will come to the factory tomorrow, so the ministry requires us to hold a grand reception ceremony and absolutely not be negligent. Therefore, tomorrow morning, the leaders of the factory must arrive at the door early to welcome the arrival of the experts, so you..."

After saying that, Director Yang looked at Zhou Tian with an embarrassed look on his face.

When Zhou Tian heard what Director Yang said and saw the expression on his face, he naturally understood what Director Yang wanted to say.

He nodded in understanding and said, "Don't worry, Director, I won't have any emotions!"

"That's good. To be honest, Xiaotian, I don't want to do this either, but this is a request from above, and I have to strictly follow it. In addition, the experts from Big Brother may need your full assistance in the future. You should have no problem with this, right?"

Hearing Zhou Tian say this, Director Yang couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief and changed the subject.

He knew that Zhou Tian was still learning Russian with Mr. Yan at the night school. Compared to finding an interpreter, he hoped that Zhou Tian could do it himself.

"this....."

Zhou Tian couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard this. It was not that he didn't want to agree to Director Yang's request, but the improvement of his external cylindrical grinder was nearing completion. In another three or four days, the new type of external cylindrical grinder could be completely completed.

He had originally planned to go to the military factory with Song Weiguo to produce it, but now it seems that he has to make a choice.

If he agreed to Director Yang's request, then he would have to wait until May to officially launch this project. But if he did not agree, it would not be appropriate for him, as the director of the factory's technical department, to do so.

After thinking about it and weighing the pros and cons, he nodded and said, "Okay, Director, I have no problem with this!"

"Okay! Xiaotian, I'll leave this matter to you. You must entertain these experts well. In addition, if you can learn all the skills they have, it will be a huge help to our factory!"

Seeing that Zhou Tian agreed, Director Yang patted him on the shoulder excitedly and said.

He was well aware of Zhou Tian's learning ability. In his opinion, although the steel rolling mill had developed quite well in recent times, there was definitely still a big gap compared to its big brother.

Especially since Zhou Tian was still young and had a strong learning ability, his knowledge base should still have a lot of room for improvement compared to the experts sent by Big Brother. If he could entertain the experts sent by Big Brother well and learn more from them, it would definitely be of great benefit.

"Understood, Director. I will complete this matter successfully!"

Zhou Tian nodded, but he didn't take it too seriously. Obviously, he didn't take Director Yang's words to heart.

After all, for Zhou Tian, ​​the knowledge he currently possesses is actually not comparable to that of ordinary experts. Not to mention anything else, just based on his attainments in machine tools, he can confidently guarantee that, let alone the experts sent by Big Brother, even the experts from the Bald Eagle are far inferior to him in the transformation of machine tools.

However, Zhou Tian understood that he needed to keep a low profile in recent years. He could not rashly stand out before the wind changed and before Big Brother and our country had completely broken off.

Otherwise, he would just be the one who stood out, and by then, it would be too late even if he wanted to regret. Therefore, being low-key became his unwavering principle of behavior.

After leaving Director Yang’s office, Zhou Tian returned to the office.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Song Weiguo eating with relish.

"Director, I've put your meal there for you!" While eating, he pointed to the lunch box on Zhou Tian's desk.

"Yeah!" Zhou Tian nodded, without saying anything more, sat down at the desk, and started eating.

After dinner, the two washed their lunch boxes and returned to the office. Zhou Tian then began to carefully sort out what Director Yang had just said. After thinking for a while, he looked at Song Weiguo and asked, "Weiguo, do you think the arrival of Big Brother's experts will hinder our weapons research institute?"