Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2024: Humble Liu Huaimin

So the car was not driving fast, and you could see passers-by walking outside through the car window.

Maybe it’s because the weather is getting colder, there are not many people on the road, and even if there are a few, they are in a hurry.

His gaze returned to the present, and Mr. Chen thought about what happened this morning.

When he first saw the two of them and saw Lao Qin's bitter and resentful look, he almost couldn't help laughing.

Over the years, the Logistics Department has developed well under the leadership of Lao Qin. Not only has it expanded in scale, but it has also made many important contributions.

As a result, Lao Qin's fortunes also rose.

There aren't many things that make him feel as embarrassed and upset as today.

By the way, the last experiment failed, so that’s one thing.

After hearing Lao Zhang's story about Lao Qin's failure in trying to steal a chicken, he could no longer bear it.

After the funny thing, he snapped his fingers awkwardly.

Then the three of them just sat there quietly, which was a bit awkward.

Because of this matter, the initial argument, they are the same.

Yang Xiaotao wanted to make aircraft engines, but in his eyes it was just a child's toy!

When I first listened to Liu Huaimin's report, the positioning he gave was to focus on development and advance steadily.

Just like the diesel engine, it has developed step by step, from one cylinder to two, and now to eight.

Then the machinery factory gradually gained the ability to develop, research and produce engines.

But this is a long process, longer than the research and development cycle of a diesel engine.

They were even mentally prepared to fail and give up in the end.

So they never thought that the engine Yang Xiaotao developed would be useful.

No, it should not be said to be of great use. As long as the engine designed by Yang Xiaotao can run, it is an extraordinary performance.

After all, the Third Ministry of Machine Building and the Logistics Department were borrowed from the Alliance, and there are still a lot of problems now!

Where is Yang Xiaotao?

Does he have any reference?

Borrowing from tractor engines?
But now someone told him that the aircraft engine developed by Yang Xiaotao might be better than that of the Logistics Department.

This, how is this possible?

But thinking of what Mr. Huang said and Yang Xiaotao's past achievements, Mr. Chen felt that it was possible!

"Did we really make a mistake?"

In the car, Mr. Chen was suppressing his inner doubts.

Anyway, he was already here, the truth would be revealed soon, and he didn't think about it any more.

There is even an inexplicable expectation deep in my heart.

If it really happens, then...

Coupled with the newly emerging spirit of the Three Studies, this Yang Xiaotao is really extraordinary!

The car arrived at the machinery factory, and then a group of people got out of three cars and went straight to the office building.

At this time, Liu Huaimin, who was leading the Iron Man to visit the machine tool production workshop, was hurriedly called out by Chen Gong.

"Old Chen, what's going on? I'm busy right now!"

Liu Huaimin was introducing the manufacturing history of Venus Machine Tools, and the two were listening with great interest. Now that they were called out, they felt a little unsatisfied.

"Old Liu, Old Chen is leading Old Zhang and Old Qin over here!"

"Huh? When did you come? Why didn't you tell me in advance?!"

"I just got here and am waiting in the office. I see that Mr. Qin doesn't look well. You, be careful!"

After Chen Gong finished speaking, Liu Huaimin suddenly felt a chill on the back of his head.

Thinking that Yang Xiaotao hasn't done anything out of line during this period, it should, perhaps, not be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, he said to Chen Gong, "You go in and continue to lead the team. I'll go see what's going on first."

"it is good!"

At this moment, in Yang Xiaotao's office, Lou Xiao'e looked at the people in front of her, feeling a little at a loss.

She was busy just now, but after the door was pushed open, several people came in one after another, and she didn't dare to speak to any of them.

The leader is Mr. Chen, the immediate boss of the machinery factory.

Next to him was Mr. Zhang from the Third Ministry of Machine Building, and he brought with him Director Zheng whom he had met at Yang Xiaotao's home.

The person on the other side was Mr. Qin from the Logistics Department. She remembered that he praised her.

But this time, his face looked a little unhappy.

As for the two people following him, aren’t they the same two from last time?

"Commander, you, have some tea."

Even though Yang Xiaotao was not there, she could not lose her manners. She stood up, picked up the cups used to entertain guests, put in tea leaves, poured boiling water, and brought them to the three people.

As for the others, they were just standing by and there was nothing she could do.

"Okay, thank you."

Mr. Chen smiled politely, which made Lou Xiao'e feel more at ease.

"By the way, where is Yang Xiaotao?"

"Commander, our General Manager Yang took people to visit the pharmaceutical factory!"

Old Chen said "Oh" and learned something from Old Huang about the bovine insulin and western medicine tablets that were mentioned yesterday.

However, the machinery factory has not yet come up with a specific plan, and he doesn't know much about it.

However, it is a good thing that Yang Xiaotao is willing to support drug production.

Again.

Money, if left in a drawer and not used, is just like a pile of paper.

Moreover, it is easy to be targeted by thieves!
Only when it is spent and turned into physical objects can its value be realized.

Even if you spend your money and fail to achieve your goal, you will at least learn a lesson.

What's more, he knew something about bovine insulin from Shanghai.

It’s probably because of insufficient resources, otherwise who would be willing to give up?

He picked up the mug and took a sip, while Mr. Zhang and Mr. Qin beside him had no interest in drinking tea.

But seeing Mr. Chen's expression, they were too embarrassed to speak.

Especially other people in the machinery factory.

This kind of thing can't be known to everyone.

So the two of them could only wait for the real owner to come back and ask clearly.

"Chief!"

At this time, Liu Huaimin ran in from the door, breathing a little rapidly.

"Comrade Huaimin, don't be impatient."

Elder Chen waved his hand and said, "Sit down and have a drink of water first!"

Seeing this, Liu Huaimin's heart, which had been in his throat, slowly slid down to his stomach. Lou Xiao'e, who was standing by, handed the prepared tea to him. Liu Huaimin took it and said, "Xiao'e, go and do your work first."

Lou Xiao'e nodded, hurried out the door and closed it.

Now that there were no outsiders in the room, Mr. Zhang picked up the jar, blew on it and took a sip.

Old Qin took a deep breath and looked at Liu Huaimin.

"Commander, why are you here this time?"

"It's nothing, Lao Qin, you guys go first."

Old Chen put down the jar, thinking it would be better to let the victim speak for himself.

Old Qin didn't look up. He sighed first and then said, "Comrade Huaimin, I want to ask, what is the progress of your research on aircraft engines?"

"engine?"

The cylinder in Liu Huaimin's hand trembled, and after he stabilized it, he asked, "Commander, which engine are you referring to?"

Old Qin raised his head and said unhappily, "Who else could it be?"

Now Liu Huaimin was even more confused.

Seeing that Liu Huaimin's performance did not seem to be fake, Mr. Zhang explained, "It is the aircraft engine manufactured by your machinery factory."

"Aircraft engine? Oh, you mean the one Comrade Yang Xiaotao made."

"I know a little bit. It seems like they are almost done. I am not very clear about their work."

"What's wrong? What's the problem?"

If no other questions were asked, Liu Huaimin would think that there was nothing wrong.

As for the aircraft engine developed by Yang Xiaotao, he really didn't take it seriously.

It's just a practice exercise.

After hearing what Liu Huaimin said, Zhang and Qin realized that he was not joking. Qin patiently asked, "Don't you know the engine he designed?"

Liu Huaimin frowned. Could there be something wrong with Yang Xiaotao's engine?

So he said tentatively, "I know something."

"But we don't know much. When he first said he wanted to develop this engine, we were also surprised. You know, the most important thing for this machinery factory right now is the research of machine tools. I told Lao Yang to focus on the business."

"But no matter what we said, he didn't take it seriously and insisted on doing it."

"There's nothing we can do. As long as we agree, we're all contributing to the revolution."

"By the way, I have reported this to my superiors, Commander, you know this too."

Liu Huaimin looked at the expressions of several people while speaking, but there was no change in the expressions of Zhang Lao and the others.

No change is a problem, so he looked at Mr. Chen decisively.

At this time, Mr. Chen was choked by the water and felt a little embarrassed.

After all, when Yang Xiaotao wanted to make the aircraft engine, he didn't take it seriously.

Not only him, but also several leaders above him, when talking about this matter, just said that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.

To put it bluntly, no one takes it seriously.

"Ahem, I received the news at that time."

"But didn't you say you wanted to use it for practice?"

Liu Huaimin nodded. "Yes, we just want to practice. You know, none of us have seen this aircraft engine before. Comrade Xiao Tao also wants to contribute to the revolution, so he took the risk and tried it."

"But we all know that this is very difficult, so we just let the R&D department do it ourselves and didn't bother other departments."

"Don't worry, Commander. This time we are just trying to gain experience and prepare for the follow-up."

"I believe that under the leadership of Comrade Yang Xiaotao, this aircraft engine will be manufactured sooner or later, for sure."

Liu Huaimin continued to be modest, but he did not notice that the expressions of Old Qin and Old Zhang were becoming increasingly ugly.

What kind of practice?

If this is just practice, then what is the point of their efforts?

Do you want to practice with actual combat?
Also, does this guy know what he is talking about?

Yang Xiaotao spent three years designing this, how could it be just practice?
He now feels more and more that what he peeked at last time was definitely not the finished draft.

Even what you see is just a rough draft.

And they drew the wrong conclusion.

Fortunately, Lao Huang discovered something wrong, otherwise when the machinery factory found out quietly, we would be caught off guard.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that the machinery factory wanted to ambush them. After all, they had already informed their superiors, and many people knew about it.

It's just that they didn't take it seriously and that's why things turned out like this.

"Cough cough!"

"You may not know one thing."

Old Zhang interrupted Liu Huaimin, because the lower their attitude was, the more embarrassed they would be in the aircraft research department.

Liu Huaimin looked over and heard Elder Zhang say, "Yesterday, Comrade Yang Xiaotao said in person that the design of this aircraft engine was the result of his three years of hard work."

"You should know his abilities!"

"Right!"

Mr. Zhang said somewhat helplessly.

When he heard Mr. Huang say this, he realized that his original judgment was wrong!

For a moment, Liu Huaimin was stunned on the spot.

"What?"

When Liu Huaimin reacted, the shock on his face was no less than that of Old Qin.

Then something quickly came to mind.

You know, the engine research of the Logistics Department failed a while ago.

Although the final cause was not announced, the information we heard from Lao Yang was that the root cause was a problem with the aircraft engine.

So this aircraft engine is a scar in the logistics department.

He finally understood why Elder Qin and Elder Zhang were like this.

But, is the aircraft engine developed by Yang Xiaotao really good?

"Um, three leaders, could this be a mistake?"

Liu Huaimin was still a little unsure. Although it was the result of three years of hard work, he didn't see Yang Xiaotao making this thing on weekdays.

Could it be that you did it in your spare time at home?
But there must be some news.

He heard about this not long ago this year.

As if suddenly jumping out of a stone, Yang Xiaotao suddenly told them that he wanted to make airplane engines.

Anyone who hears this either thinks it's a joke or wants to practice.

Now these three people actually said that this engine was likely to succeed, and he found it hard to believe it.

"I hope I'm mistaken."

Old Qin muttered softly, but his face was full of helplessness.