Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1860: Lao Wang, It’s Your Turn
Hearing Mr. Huang's assurance, Mr. Xia nodded.

But Mr. Sun still has some concerns. “More machines and higher efficiency are naturally a good thing.”

"But we also have corresponding tasks!"

"Without tasks, production capacity cannot be utilized. This is not a long-term solution!"

Huang Lao frowned, then looked at Xia Lao, "Xia Lao, what do you think?"

Elder Xia tapped the table lightly. "The amount of tasks is limited. We can increase it appropriately, but we can't increase it forever."

"Otherwise, we will end up with a bunch of useless stuff sitting in the warehouse, and we won't be able to explain ourselves!"

Mr. Sun agreed, "And this may waste resources, occupy other production needs, and affect production!"

"Correct!"

Xia Lao responded, "So I think we can work harder on the quality requirements of the tasks!"

“Quality requirements?”

Mr. Huang was suspicious. "Why does it sound a bit like the internal audit department of a machinery factory?"

"Yes, that's where I got the idea. I plan to raise the requirements of all the next tasks by one level."

"Just like screws, the normal requirement is that they are of practical grade, but in the future, all that is produced and processed must reach the fine grade. If it fails to reach that, the mission is not completed!"

"If you can't complete the task, what benefits can you talk about?"

"I'm still going to deduct their money."

After Mr. Xia finished speaking, Mr. Sun took a breath of cold air.

"Old Xia, you are destroying their iron rice bowl by doing this!"

Old Xia raised his head and looked out the window, a heavy look on his face, "You're right, I want to break this iron rice bowl!"

"We need to tell them that we want revolutionary workers, not workers who are lazy and only care about pleasure!"

"Do they think that since they have a stable job, no one can stop them?"

"dream!"

"well said!"

Mr. Huang stood up again and said, "What kind of golden rice bowl or iron rice bowl is this!"

"People outside say that we have stable jobs, eat rationed food, and live the life of city dwellers!"

"Some people take it seriously? They think it's really effortless."

"joke!"

Mr. Huang glanced at the two of them with a stern look.

"What kind of worker is he if he doesn't put in any effort? What kind of worker is he if he doesn't have a hammer in his hand?"

"You call yourself a revolutionary worker if you spend all day eating and waiting for death and wasting your time on work?"

"Old Xia is right. For some things, we cannot be right just because there are more people involved. We cannot be afraid to touch something just because we have a stable job."

"I'm going to tell these people this time that a stable job has its own value. If you can't hold on, don't blame me for smashing it to the ground!"

After the three of them finished talking in the conference room, Elder Xia and Elder Sun left one after another.

Seventh Machinery Department.

Old Wang walked in from outside with his head held high, walked with his legs akimbo, sat down on the seat, picked up the pipe, pressed the tobacco into the pipe, took out a box of matches, carefully took out a match, and lit the pipe with a hiss.

"A pack of cigarettes in the morning is better than being a living god."

Mr. Wang leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, enjoying himself before going to work.

But just when Mr. Wang was about to click his tongue twice more, someone walked in from outside.

He was not tall and looked sleepy, but his clothes were neatly dressed.

The person standing at the door took a look, then walked in when he thought of something.

"Morning, old Qian."

Old Wang greeted the visitor, who turned out to be the second-in-command of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building. The two had not worked together for long, but they cooperated very well with each other.

One focuses on the inside, and the other focuses on the outside, which can be said to complement each other.

"Old Wang, good morning to you too."

Mr. Qian walked in, ignoring the smoke in the room.

Old Wang sat upright, put his pipe aside, and asked, "Let's set off today, right?"

"Yes, this afternoon's car will be led by Comrade Ran Zhiqiang."

"Will it be successful this time?"

Mr. Qian shook his head. “It’s hard to say. Any experiment has the risk of failure. What we can do is to identify these risks and ensure success in the end.”

Old Wang smacked his hands twice again, his eyes flickering.

"They spent a lot of money and food this time."

Hearing this, Mr. Qin nodded and said, "This is the last level of the test. It determines whether our satellite can be put into orbit."

"Critical."

Old Wang curled his lips and said, "Last time, the time before that, you said the same thing, but in the end, you got nothing left except a flower."

"If we fail again, we will really have no food left."

Mr. Qian was silent for a moment, "This is not a solution."

"Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, we have almost reached the limit of reducing expenditure. The food allowance for comrades is the lowest among several units."

After hearing this, Mr. Wang also showed helplessness, and then raised the pipe in his hand, "Look, I can only smoke broken leaves now, while the other old guys all have cigarettes in their pockets."

"But what can I do? Now the country's resources are tilted towards the third brother and the logistics. Just for the small plane, we have to stand in the back."

"If you want to eat meat, it depends on your own ability."

Old Wang said helplessly, "But there are too many wolves and too little meat. We were founded late, so we can't compete with them."

After hearing this, Mr. Qian sighed again, "There's nothing we can do. Our experiment is a bottomless pit. Every time we raise the ball into the air, we waste all our money."

"Who says it isn't?"

Mr. Wang also understood the other party’s difficulties, but he always couldn’t accept the reality.

"I'll go confirm with Director Ran later. I guarantee it will be successful in one go, which can also be considered saving money."

"hope so."

Mr. Wang did not have much confidence in this experiment.

The main reason is that there have been too many failures. Not to mention him, even the testers have gotten used to it.

Before the two of them finished talking, the sound of footsteps was heard in the corridor.

A moment later, Ran's father came to the door with a folder, "Chief, leader."

When Father Ran saw both of them were there, he stepped forward and asked.

"Director Ran, I was just talking about you. Speak of the devil and he will appear."

Qian Lao smiled and asked, "Are you here for this experiment?"

Father Ran nodded and put the folder on the table. "Chief, leader, this is the plan for this experiment. The focus is to specifically overcome the difficulties of the last time. If everything goes well, we will make another step forward."

"In addition, there are also the consumption of materials for this test, the arrangement of personnel for the test, and safety issues. These all have to be included."

Mr. Qian took it and looked at it carefully.

He has to take care of these matters personally.

Mr. Wang put away his pipe and started joking. "Director Ran, you played a big role in getting the thresher from the machinery factory last time."

"The funds we got in return helped us a lot."

Father Ran smiled and said, "Commander, I just did something insignificant. The ones I should really thank are the comrades in the machinery factory."

"Yes, that's right. When I have time, I'll go to the machinery factory with you. We have to thank you in person."

Hearing this, Ran's father said nothing more.

He knew in his heart that it was no use going to the machinery factory to express gratitude; perhaps they were just asking for extra money.

He can't afford to lose face.

Especially since the machinery factory made so much money this time, if he knew about it, he would definitely jump up and fight the rich.

After Mr. Qian finished reading it, he gave the test report to Mr. Wang for review.

"In principle, there is no problem. It depends on the specific details."

"You need to keep good records here so that you can find the problem quickly if it occurs..."

Father Ran nodded, this was originally his job.

At this time, Mr. Wang had also finished reading the report. Although he only glanced at it, the expenses marked in the last column still made his eyes twitch.

Half a million.

The consumables alone for one experiment cost 500,000, not including the food and accommodation for the staff.

In fact, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building has done its best in terms of personnel treatment, but due to the shortage of materials, there is no way to improve it.

Mr. Wang closed the report and didn't think about the numbers on it.

At this time, there was a knock on the door. The three looked up and saw that it was Mr. Qian's secretary who came in and put a document on the table.

Mr. Qian glanced at the document, then frowned, opened it and read its contents.

After a moment, Mr. Qian had no choice but to let it go.

"What's wrong? What happened again?"

Elder Wang noticed that Elder Qian looked a little strange, so he asked, "I think this is from the Central Court. What's going on there?"

Mr. Qian nodded. "It's a notice from the Intermediate Court."

Then he looked at Ran's father who was standing, "They added another three kilograms of weight this time."

"What? Another addition?"

"Still six pounds?"

Father Ran asked in surprise. He really couldn't understand what the guys in the Central Courtyard were thinking. They just added weight randomly. How could they conduct the experiment?

"Leader, this is too hasty."

"I told them last time not to keep changing it. Our experiment needs stable data, but we can't continue if we keep changing it back and forth."

"Chief."

Father Ran said excitedly that he had originally had objections to the satellite being overweight, and now, not only was it overweight, but it also had to be weighed more.

Doesn't this make things more difficult for them?
"Well, you can see for yourself."

Father Ran took the document and looked at it, then his face changed.

The other party clearly stated that each component must be inlaid with a logo to demonstrate national honor.

this.
It's flying up into the sky, who are you showing it to?

But Ran's father didn't dare to object to this.

I have no objection to this. The additional six pounds will be an important change for the Rockets.

At the very least, this experiment is somewhat redundant.

"Commander, leader, is this experiment still going on?"

Old Wang's face darkened and he said nothing. He didn't understand the experiment, but he understood the impact of changing the weight.

But everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared, and the money that needs to be spent has been spent. We can't just give up halfway.

"conduct."

"Continue the experiment and find a solution to the problem first."

In the end, it was Mr. Qian who agreed.

After hearing this, Father Ran nodded slowly. Old Qin also stood up and the two prepared to leave the office.

Just as they walked into the corridor, Elder Qin suddenly asked, "This experiment must be done more carefully."

“We are running out of research funding.”

After hearing this, Mr. Ran hesitated. Should he tell the leader about the machinery factory?

If that's the case, wouldn't that be betraying one's own son-in-law?

But if we don’t tell them, how can we do research without funding?

Father Ran thought about it again and again, then sighed.

Anyway, it’s not the first or second time that his son-in-law has been cheated, so as a father-in-law, he has to let the failure be the failure.

At the very least, I have done my research well.

Thinking of this, Father Ran made a decision in his heart.

"Boss, I heard that the Red Star Machinery Factory reached a deal with a foreign company yesterday and said they made nearly 10 million yuan."

"Ten million?"

"Yes, it's still Alliance Coin."

Father Ran spoke in a decisive tone, and Mr. Qian seemed to be thinking about something.

"Who did you listen to?"

"I talked about it at the dinner table last night."

Mr. Qian understood instantly that the person having dinner with Ran's father was probably a family member.

Besides Yang Xiaotao, who else in the family knew the news?

It would be a lie to say that I was not moved by the information provided by Ran's father.

Especially now, it is urgently needed.

Ten million in foreign exchange funds, converted into more than 20 million, if given to their Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, the experiments in the second half of the year will be arranged.

No, I think the expenses for next year have been settled.

Even if we share a little bit, it will be enough for them.

"Leader, I'll go get ready first."

Seeing that Mr. Qian was still thinking, Father Ran spoke softly.

Mr. Qian nodded and said, "Go ahead. Don't worry about other things. Just do your job well first."

Father Ran nodded and left.

For this matter, just a click will do, but he has no idea whether it can succeed.

I came to watch Ran's father leave, and I sighed in my heart, "Old Ran has sacrificed too much for his work."

Then he walked into Mr. Wang’s office again.

"Old Wang, it's your turn now."