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Chapter 98: ZMC's Past

"Haha, that's really a pity. The car that I left to my old friend's grandson is now in such a miserable state." At this time, a smiling old man's voice suddenly sounded, and from the surrounding dense forest, an old man carrying a basket on his back walked out.

The old man had dark skin, and was dressed in a worn vest and linen pants. He had a pair of broken sunglasses on his face, and he exuded a vulgar aura.

"Teacher Tiexin." Dr. Tsuchiya greeted the visitor excitedly after seeing him.

"He is Teacher Tie Xin? The father of mini racing car?" Xiao Lie said in a low voice with some disbelief. It was hard to imagine that this man who didn't look like a serious old man could be the famous father of mini racing car.

"It can't be fake." Jiromaru also complained in a low voice.

Lin Che did not look down on Teacher Tie Xin just because he looked like a down-and-out old man. After all, he was a big shot who had made real achievements in materials science. You know, anyone who has made achievements in materials science, especially those who have developed new materials, can be called the chosen one to a certain extent.

"Tsuchiya, long time no see. You've come just in time. Please help me deliver these wild vegetables up the mountain. It's too tiring for an old man like me to carry such heavy things up the mountain." Teacher Tie Xin immediately pretended to be overwhelmed and without saying a word, put the backpack on his back on Dr. Tsuchiya's shoulders, even though he seemed to be walking briskly just now.

"Uh... okay." Dr. Tsuchiya could only nod, since this man was his guide in the racing world.

After walking for a while, they saw a small wooden house that looked very old. Teacher Tie Xin led them inside and served tea to everyone before asking, "Tuwu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"This is what I'm doing. I came here today to ask you to teach me the correct way to make ZMC," said Dr. Tsuchiya.

"ZMC?" Teacher Tie Xin picked his ear with a bamboo stick, "What is that?"

Tsuchiya: ...

"It's the new material that you developed ten years ago. Have you forgotten it?" Dr. Tsuchiya asked anxiously.

"Oh, so that's it, Tsuchiya, you're still so easy to tease." The old man said with a smirk, "Then what?"

"I want to use ZMC to build this car." Dr. Tsuchiya took out the mold of the triangular arrow.

"I see. But you can see that I am just a ceramic artist now. I have nothing to do with mini racing cars anymore." Teacher Tie Xin pointed to a pile of ceramic crafts of various shapes on the shelves around him and said, "I also want to try to see if I can win a prize at this year's China Ceramics Expo."

"Well, Teacher Tie Xin, it's quite difficult for your works to win awards." Lin Che, who grew up in China and has seen many exquisite porcelains, spoke frankly. The works displayed in this room are not a little bit different from those masterpieces of Chinese masters.

"What gives you the right to say that?" Teacher Tie Xin said unconvinced.

"Well, I'm Chinese, and my grandfather likes to collect these things, so I think I should have some say." Lin Che said. Teacher Tie Xin immediately got a little angry, which is understandable. If Lin Che said that the car he made was not good, he might just smile, but if Lin Che said that the ceramics he made were not good, then he would really get angry. This is the same as if someone said that Jay Chou's songs were not good, he would just smile without saying anything, but if someone said that he was not good at playing basketball, he would really get angry.

"Please! Teacher Tiexin, this is really important to me." Dr. Tsuchiya ignored his teacher's antics and said solemnly.

"Okay." Teacher Tie Xin thought carefully for a while and nodded, "But in return, you also have to work for me."

"Okay, then it's settled. You are not allowed to regret it!" Xiao Hao agreed immediately.

"Then I'll leave these children to you," said Dr. Tsuchiya.

Dr. Tsuchiya left the mold of the new triangular arrow, and after giving a few instructions to a few people, he left first.

Then Dr. Tsuchiya arranged for Xiaolie and Xiaohao to clean the bathroom, and the Yingyu brothers and J to chop firewood together. As for Lin Che, he was taken to a storage room outside a porcelain kiln.

“What do you, a little kid, know about ceramic art? Today, I, an old man, will open your eyes and let you understand what real art is!” Teacher Tie Xin did not seem to be convinced by Lin Che’s evaluation of his work and insisted on letting Lin Che see what he had made.

Lin Che could see that in this regard, Teacher Tie Xin was a typical example of a novice but a playful person. Although Lin Che did not understand the art of porcelain very well, the aesthetic influence he received since childhood made him feel that this pile of porcelain was very strange. It did not have the majestic feeling of the fine porcelain that Lin Che had seen before. Although the glaze on the porcelain looked very bright, it had a kind of kitsch air in it.

"Uh, Teacher Tie Xin, how about I call my grandfather and ask him to help you find a master in this field to take a look." Lin Che thought for a while before speaking.

Lin Che was not surprised by Teacher Tie Xin's hobby. What's wrong with a scientist having a hobby? Didn't Einstein also like to play the violin?

"Oh, forget it." Teacher Tie Xin sighed. It was obvious that he knew his own strengths and weaknesses in this regard, so he said, "Can you tell me in detail what happened to the Scorpio you saw in China?"

“That car is really amazing,” Lin Che said. “Whether it’s on a straight line or a curve, it can be called perfect. It’s just that its current owner has never been able to make full use of its strength.”

"Of course." Teacher Tie Xin said proudly, "After all, that car is one of the only two cars made of real ZMC materials."

"The real ZMC?" Lin Che asked in confusion, "Could it be that the ZMC you are making now, Teacher Tie Xin, is fake?"

“I can’t say it’s fake.” Teacher Tie Xin said, “But it’s true that there is a gap between the current ZMC and the original ZMC.”

"ZMC material was originally developed by me in China together with Dr. Chen, the grandfather of the current Scorpio master you mentioned. We failed many times but accidentally made this material. However, due to my negligence, the specific data of that experiment was not recorded. Later, we tried many times, but we could only restore materials with similar performance. In the end, we simply gave up. I used the materials I accidentally obtained that time to make two cars. I left one of them to my old friend as a birthday gift for his grandson. It is the one you saw in China."

(End of this chapter)