Chen Guilin hid under the shade of the tree outside the workshop and yawned, smoking half of the cigarette in his hand in one gulp. Finally, he couldn't help but cough twice before it was better.

If someone could get closer to him, he would find that his eyes were now covered with blood, and two dark circles that were not too deep appeared around his eyes.

There was no tea in the enamel teapot on my hand, and the thick bitter diced rice soaked in the morning did not seem to be as effective as it started.

"Brother Chen, why don't you go to my dormitory to sleep for a while? Director Xu is the same, so he grabbed you and tried to death! Have you ever had a good sleep these two days? Welders are heavy on physical labor, and if they are not energetic, they will have an accident!"

"Okay, what am I?" Chen Guilin simply lay down on the lawn, covering his work hat on his face, and said in a muffled voice: "When I was apprenticing with my master, ten masters didn't close their eyes for forty-eight hours in order to weld the cast steel cylinder of the horizontal extruder. Even the Prime Minister called a telegram to care. If any master was wrong, the whole project had to be repeated. That was the ultimate test of people. At best, the township enterprises were at the level you could do. I could burn it with my eyes closed, and there was no difference between working and resting."

"Hey, it's so easy, why don't you ask you out of the mountain?" Wang Kangmei shook her head and looked disbelief: "A one night costs 800 yuan. If anyone can do this job, then the factory director of a township enterprise will take you to Niuzhuang every night?"

"Those old money are even more stingy than Zhou Bapi before liberation. Can they spend this in vain?"

Wang Kangmei turned his eyes and suddenly smiled and said, "Hey, Brother Chen, you said your skills are worthy of our Bohai Province. It's not a big deal to be like this. Why don't I give you a ragulagu, let's find another one!"

"What are you looking for? I said, don't always touch those useless things. If you have time, think carefully about how to do your job well?" Chen Guilin said it was anxious and immediately turned his hat off his face and stared at him.

"I said this is a good thing, why are you looking at me for?"

"What's wrong with you? I don't have the heart to think about those things now. Xiaoyuan and I have lived a good life and pulled her up. I will be like this in my life!"

Chen Guilin looked at Wang Kangmei for a long time, suddenly sighed, lay back on the lawn, and turned around.

He also knew that although Wang Kangmei was a little impetuous, it was really good to be friends. She usually laughed and laughed, but she could rely on her at critical moments. Finding a partner is indeed for his sake.

However, he has always had a stepmother and only had a stepfather. For Xiao Yuan, Chen Guilin could only feel wronged.

"Brother Chen, don't think I'm too long-winded. You should think about this matter of Xiaoyuan. Whether to stay by your side or send her to the United States is something that concerns your child's life..."

Before Wang Kangmei could finish her words, an old worker suddenly ran out of the workshop. He looked around and ran decisively towards the direction of the two.

"Guilin!"

"Chen Guilin, come here!"

When Chen Guilin heard the sound, he quickly got up from the lawn, looked at the person running over, frowned: "Old Xu, what are you asking for me?"

The workshop director Lao Xu is not young, but fortunately, he has been squatting in the workshop all his life. He is in good health like a young man in his twenties or thirties. After running two steps, his face is not blushing or breathing: "Of course there is something to look for you, come with me!"

“Where to go?”

"Workshop, you must go!"

"I! I won't go!" Chen Guilin blushed when he heard this, stared at his eyes and shouted: "Old Xu, you said that I don't need to go to the workshop today!"

"I know, but you can't do it if you don't go! If you don't go, something big will happen in the factory!"

...

"Mr. Steven, is there any problem with our workers' operations? Why do you refuse to make a correct evaluation of our welding technology?" Mo Gaowen frowned, suppressed his anger, and patiently argued with the Americans.

Steven read the documents in his hand again and shook his head, "Mr. Mo, it's not that I refuse to make a correct evaluation, but that you cannot give a reasonable explanation of the current work progress. The workers trained in your company have a list of them. If you calculate based on the number of people on this list, you will definitely not be able to complete the current progress so much in advance. If there is no reasonable explanation, I can only think that you have privately spread the technology authorized by DuPont to others."

"Our workers are efficient and hardworking. They work ten to twelve hours a day, and at least six days a week." Mogaowen explained with a cold face: "Mr. Steven, you can't measure our progress by the intensity of work in the United States."

"No, no, even so, you shouldn't have been one month ahead of time." Steven said thornly, "Even if you work more than we ask for, at most twenty days ahead of time. But you are a month ahead of time, which is completely unexplainable. Either you cut corners on the production process, or you spread the technology without permission, there is no third possibility."

"I think what Comrade Steven said may not be correct..."

The sound of suddenly inserted was not He Renming or Mo Gaowen, nor any of the middle and senior leaders present at this time, and of course, it was not anyone among Lin Zongtang or Yan Yongnian.

In fact, no one expected that at such a time, in such an occasion, a "small" workshop director would come out.

"It's Lao Xu, what do you have to say?" Mo Gaowen frowned and waved his hand to call the old Xu, who is not young.

"Director, secretary, I think what Mr. Steven said may not be correct. In fact, there is a third possibility."

"Um?"

Mo Gaowen showed an expression outside and nodded, "Old Xu, tell me, what is the third possibility?"

"The third possibility is that the technology we use may be better than Americans. If the work efficiency improves, the progress will naturally catch up."

"Technical innovation?" Mo Gaowen and He Renming looked at each other and began to ponder.

"This is impossible. Our technology is very mature. You didn't even master the welding technology of A1-level high-pressure containers before. It would be amazing to be able to absorb our DuPont technology in a year. How could you do any technological innovation?"

Steven shook his head and shouted loudly: "Our DuPont certification is very strict, and there are detailed standards for production processes and requirements. If you want to pass the certification, you will never allow any changes to the technical conditions at will."

"Our products have to withstand testing, and do not change your standards at will." Lao Xu straightened his waist and pointed to the completed tank behind him and said: "Our products have also been tested in the United States, right? Ultrasonic, X-ray, magnetic and penetration flaw detection, all welds have been fully inspected 100%. There is no problem with the quality. This does not mean that our product is of qualified quality?"

"Unless destructive testing is performed, these flaw detection methods cannot accurately judge the nature of the defect." Dave, next to Steven, suddenly interrupted and shook his head, "If it was not carried out according to our technical standards, although the inspection quality meets the requirements, who knows if there are any defects that cannot be detected?"

"If you follow your statement, what's the point of non-destructive flaw detection? Even if it's your own technology, you can say that there are no defects that cannot be detected at all?"

"this……"

Lao Xu's rhetorical question undoubtedly made it impossible for the US to answer. If non-destructive flaw detection cannot be accepted, then quality monitoring will be impossible, and welding quality inspection will become metaphysical.

Dave's previous words were undoubtedly untenable sophistry.

"Wait for a moment, Lao Xu, depending on what you mean, you have indeed changed the technical standards of the US side?" He Renming asked seriously.

Old Xu hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Secretary, it was made by Chen Guilin."

"Oh, Chen Guilin!" He Renming sighed with a complicated expression, not knowing what to do. He had caused a sensation in the factory a year ago, and he undoubtedly heard about it.

Regarding the fact that he did not see a master of the welder in the factory during the certification process today, he and other leaders in the factory had a tacit understanding before and said nothing.

On the other hand, Lao Xu reported Chen Guilin's name, which also minimized He Renming's previous doubts about their change of technical standards.

Since Chen Guilin took action, it might be possible that the US technical standards can be changed. For this worker, He Renming and Mo Gaowen are definitely not the names he heard about from gossip news.

However, when he heard Old Xu's words, Dave's face next to Steven's side suddenly turned red. He changed his face and suddenly lowered his head and whispered something in Steven's ear.

Then, Steven nodded slightly and turned to He Renming and said seriously: "Where is this Mr. Chen Guilin? I must remind you that Mr. Dave is just an ordinary member of the testing team. Although he can provide professional advice, he cannot influence the certification results. If you want to use this method..."

"Mr. Steven, please pay attention to the way you speak. You are insulting us!" He Renming's eyes almost glared out of anger, and his face turned red.

The meaning in Steven's words is undoubtedly an hinting: in order to pass the certification, China wants to bring the matters between Chen Guilin and Dave into it, and then ask Dave to make a judgment result that is beneficial to China.

To be honest, if the person who said this was not an American, Sheng Chong people present promised that he would come in and go out horizontally. Any company with some pride and self-esteem would probably not accept his malicious speculation, and it could even be called slander.

"I'm sorry, I apologize." Steven said embarrassedly: "But I still doubt the technological innovation you have made. Unless you can prove the effectiveness of this innovation, I can only make the judgment that you have spread the technology."

"Old Xu, go and find Chen Guilin for me." Mo Gaowen stood beside He Renming with a dark face: "No matter what he is doing now, let him come as fast as possible! When have we Sheng Chong been looked down upon so much!"

"Director Mo, this..."

"Go quickly, if there is any problem, let Sheng Chong support him!" Mo Gaowen's eyes turned red with He Renming.

For state-owned enterprise leaders, they may not value economic benefits so much, but they are extremely sensitive to honor and dignity. Steven's words undoubtedly made themselves the enemy of Shengzhong.

Old Xu sighed and turned around and ran out of the workshop. Not long after, he pulled Chen Guilin into the workshop with a thorn.

Chen Guilin stood at the gate, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes, he calmed down. The expression on his face was unpredictable, but his eyes seemed to be overturned.

"Secretary He, Director Mo, you come to me." Chen Guilin walked over and stood in front of the two of them.

"The US inspection team believes that our construction period progress exceeds their technical allowable range. Director Xu said that you have improved the welding technology. Is that true?"

Chen Guilin looked at He Renming without squinting, and nodded with his eyes: "Secretary He, the steel of the a1 pressure vessel is very strong and it is very difficult to weld. If you don't pay attention to it during operation, you will crack. After my research, I found that through some improvements to the US technology, cracking can be greatly improved. Using these improvements can greatly reduce the requirements of welding technology and thus improve labor efficiency."

"Okay, the US testing team is a little suspicious of our improvements. Can you operate it on the spot?" He Renminghan asked with a face.

"Yes." Chen Guilin nodded.

"Go and Director Gao and I support you."

Chen Guilin turned around and walked towards the welding station. He called out, and Lao Xu personally prepared his set of things, picked two steel plates from the scraps of the work materials and placed them on his station.

Not only Sheng Chong's leaders, but also the people from the US testing team surrounded him.

Sheng Chong's leaders were nervous and expectant, worried that the Americans would be faulted and confident in Chen Guilin. They couldn't say what they felt in their hearts.

But for Americans like Steven, they were full of disbelief. How could backward Chinese people improve their mature technology?

"Is it OK? Let's start." He Renming nodded slightly to Chen Guilin and took the goggles handed over by Lao Xu.

When everyone around him also put on goggles, he suddenly stretched out his hands and a slightly older voice rang: "Please wait a moment, comrade, you can't demonstrate your skills yet."

"Old Lin?"

He Renming and Mo Gaowen looked at Lin Zongtang who stood up in surprise, and asked subconsciously: "Why can't you say?"

"If this improvement is effective, I think it should greatly improve the efficiency of pressure vessel manufacturing, right? In other words, this technology is very valuable. If it is invalid, it will not be said. Effective technology cannot be shown casually."

"Ah?" He Renming and Mo Gaowen were confused, so: "What should I do?"

"We have to sign a confidentiality agreement." Lin Zongtang said firmly.

...

Although it is not the first time that Steven and the four Americans around him have signed a confidentiality agreement, it is definitely the first time that they have signed a confidentiality agreement in China.

Only then did they feel more realistic about Chen Guilin's technology. Perhaps, the Chinese are doing it so formally, is this technology really effective?

The construction period of this batch of pressure vessels in Shengzhong is three months. However, after applying Chen Guilin's welding improvement, it is assumed to be effective and save a month's construction period. Then, a rough calculation can also tell that this reduces the manufacturing cost of the a1 pressure vessel by at least one tenth. If it is more labor-intensive in the United States, one third of the construction period is reduced, then the cost reduction is more than one fifth?

With the widespread application of pressure vessels in the industrial field, this is indeed a very valuable technology.

Lin Zongtang's prudence is by no means targetless. Obviously, he is already preparing for the improvement after it is effective.

Chen Guilin was not sure about the plan behind this confidentiality agreement. When he stood in front of the workstation and picked up the electric welding, there was only one thing left in his world.
To be continued...