Chapter 1006: Good Value for Money (One more chapter today)
January 1963, Spring Festival.

Gao Zhendong and Lou Xiao'e took the children back to the Lou family. After the Chinese New Year, Lou Shouxing and He Wu would also return to Hong Kong Island. This year, they had to spend the New Year at her mother's home.

"Zhendong, I have already contacted various relevant departments in Beijing about what we discussed, and basically there are no problems. The relevant departments have expressed high recognition and gratitude for our donation to the disaster area."

Lou Shouxing was not idle in the capital. He was a typical man of action. He ran around everywhere to implement clearly the things that several people had discussed some time ago.

"What about the gold?" Gao Zhendong was more interested in this matter.

"Haha, the relevant departments were full of praise for our idea. It can be summed up in four words - take as many as possible!" Lou Shouxing was so happy when he mentioned this matter.

"Zhendong, Xiao'e, can you trust me to manage this charity fund?" He Wu said with a smile.

Lou Xiao'e naturally had no good answer to this question, so she just looked at Gao Zhendong.

Gao Zhendong smiled: "There's nothing to worry about. The only problem is that I'm afraid that my fifth sister will be exhausted and my eldest brother will be distressed and make trouble for me."

Gao Zhendong knew about He Wu and his family. It was not that serious. Moreover, the fund had its own rules and regulations, and the managers could not do whatever they wanted.

He Wu smiled even more happily: "He won't, he knows that I just like to do these things. By the way, Xiao'e, you will also be a director in it, right?"

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "She won't use it for the time being. It's not very convenient. We'll talk about it later."

There is nothing good about being a nominal director now. Lou Xiao'e has her own path. It would be better for her to consider this matter when she is one or two years older.

Seeing that Gao Zhendong had already refused, Lou's father, who had been hesitant to speak, nodded in satisfaction and said nothing more.

Zhendong knew what was going on and was in control, so there was nothing to worry about.

He looked at his daughter and thought, hey, she is really a lucky person.

Lou Xiao'e was unaware of anything and leaned on Gao Zhendong, laughing heartily.

As the hour of midnight arrives, firecrackers sound everywhere, and the real New Year for the Chinese people has arrived.

Gao Zhendong and Lou Xiao'e held their children and watched Lou Shouxing acting like a child, pulling He Wu around in the yard to set off firecrackers and fireworks. They felt that this year was not wasted.

Right? Dirty Saner!
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There is no Spring Festival holiday in the Third Branch Factory, or in other words, except for schools, all other units do not have a long Spring Festival holiday at this time.

From the Third Factory to the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building and all ministries and commissions, from bottom to top, the benefits that should be distributed have been distributed, and the work of rewards, commendations, ratings and assessments that should be done has been completed. Those who should be promoted have been promoted, and those who should be demoted have been demoted. Those who should be rewarded have been rewarded, and those who should be punished have been punished.

Everything is so orderly and logical.

Gao Zhendong had only been at work for a few days when, as soon as he arrived at the office, a comrade from the Technical Department of the Third Factory came to see him.

"Chief Engineer Gao, the thing you asked us to make is now finished, and it has been running for a period of time, and it is working normally." The comrades from the Mechanical Section of the Technical Department of the Third Factory were very happy. This thing has almost nothing to do with electricity, and Chief Gao finally turned his attention to us.

In the past, the Mechanical Department mainly played a supporting role, but this time, they are the absolute main force. Moreover, in the eyes of the comrades in the Mechanical Department, this thing is absolutely heavyweight. At least it surprised the comrades in the 11th and 13th Mechanical Departments. There is no doubt that they regard it as a treasure.

The 11th Ministry of Machine Building was responsible for machinery, but the 13th Ministry of Machine Building was responsible for complete machines, and they were very large complete machines.

Gao Zhendong was very happy when he heard this. This thing had to be done quickly, even if there were some problems, it had to be solved first, the sooner the better.

"How come it's so fast?" Gao Zhendong himself couldn't believe it.

The comrade from the Mechanical Department laughed and said, "It's not mass production. We don't consider all the tools, fixtures, molds, etc. We only make five or so units, and the experienced craftsmen can slowly make them. It will definitely not be so fast if you want to mass produce them. Moreover, the materials you specify have all been made by you, so they can be adjusted directly in the factory, which saves a lot of effort, and these materials are also very suitable for use. In addition, we also applied the CNC machine tools under development to the processing, which greatly improved the processing speed."

For the workers, they do not need to conduct experiments, improvements or research. They just need to work out a set according to the drawings. Although it is relatively complicated, there is strength in numbers, and with the assistance of CNC machine tools, the speed is quite fast.

To put it bluntly, everything we use now is purely handmade, and a lot of content related to mass production has been skipped. Overall, it naturally doesn't take much time. The senior technicians in the third factory and even the third rolling mill are no pushovers.

However, this method is no longer suitable for production, as hand rubbing is definitely not as fast as an industrial assembly line.

"Have you tested it? Do the parameters meet the standards?" Gao Zhendong was very concerned about this. "It has been tested, and it completely meets the design standards you gave, Mr. Gao, your calculations are really accurate!" The comrades in the Mechanical Department were full of admiration for Mr. Gao on this point, and his estimations were too accurate.

"Let's go! Let's go and take a look." Gao Zhendong put down what he was doing and ran to the mechanical workshop with his comrades from the mechanical department.

Entering the mechanical workshop, I saw a not-so-big machine quietly placed there. A main shaft extended from almost the center and was equipped with a pulley, which was connected to another machine by a belt. This machine was also connected to a computer by a bunch of cables. On the computer screen, a curve fluctuated up and down, and there was a number on the top, which was jumping around 90. The unit at the back could be vaguely seen as "kw".

The machine makes a rumbling sound, but it's not too loud and it runs very smoothly.

Gao Zhendong looked at this thing and stretched out his hand: "Where are the test results? Let me see it!"

The comrades from the Mechanical Department quickly found a copy from a pile of records.

"Boss Gao, this is the most recent one. Your design is amazing!"

For them, this small and exquisite engine can actually burst out 90kw of power, which is more than 120 horsepower. They can't believe that this thing was made by themselves.

Although the requirements for gasoline are particularly high, even the highest grade 70 gasoline cannot be used, the octane number requirement is as high as over 90, and even the oil used in this test was added with other additives under the guidance of General Gao, but the design of this engine itself is undoubtedly very successful.

There is no way around it. Currently, the only finished gasoline available in China are No. 56, No. 66 and No. 70. The famous Jiefang truck uses No. 66 gasoline.

Gao Zhendong was so happy when he looked at the most core data that he couldn't stop smiling. The results of a full network search were really worth it, and the workers were really awesome!

It takes short time and has high processing precision. As for the credit for this being the CNC machine tools, the CNC machine tools were also made by our comrades themselves, so there is nothing wrong with them.

"How long has the experiment been going on?"

The comrade in charge of the test pointed to an LED display board and said: "This time, it has been running continuously at full power for 100 hours, and the alternating load test of another unit has lasted for more than 72 hours."

According to the relevant standards obtained by Gao Zhendong, such as GB/T 19055 and 18297, the testing time should not have been so short, but it had just been produced, and for the comrades in the Third Factory, this was already a miracle.

They have never seen a 2.0 engine that can produce 120 horsepower and run stably for 100 hours continuously.

Gao Zhendong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, the rest of the things can be done slowly, but this thing must be announced first so that comrades know that there is such a thing and it can achieve this performance, so that they can plan ahead."

He turned to the comrade in the factory office and said, "Contact the ministry immediately and tell them that our Third Factory has an engine-related achievement to be inspected tomorrow, and invite the ministry to send someone to attend. In addition, please ask the ministry to invite relevant comrades from the 11th and 13th Machinery Departments to come together to inspect this achievement."

To be honest, when the leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building received this application from the Third Branch Factory, their heads were buzzing. What was going on?
If materials are the main business of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, and electronics and computers are Gao Zhendong's main business, then engines have nothing to do with them at all.

How did Gao Zhendong come up with this idea? And it seems that he did a good job, which is really puzzling.

The leaders of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building knew Gao Zhendong's habits. They knew that something so high-profile could not be wrong, and it must have been successful, or at least basically successful.

Forget it, there’s no need to think too much about it. It’s not surprising that such a thing happened to Gao Zhendong. The leaders and chief engineers of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building are also used to it.

What else can I do? Since my colleagues in the department are so supportive, I should just enjoy the results.

As for the 11th Ministry of Machine Building, which was in charge of machinery, and the 13th Ministry of Machine Building, which was in charge of motor vehicles, they were even more confused than the 17th Ministry of Machine Building.

I haven't heard that the 17th Ministry of Machine Building has any plans for engines, and they are not the type to make such things. Normally, even if such a project is established, it must first be approved by these two ministries, but I didn't expect that the 17th Ministry of Machine Building would quietly produce one and even have to accept it.

Gao Zhendong: Hehe, my project establishment process is somewhat different from others.

Anyway, seeing the bright red official seal of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building on the invitation notice, the two ministries said in unison: Let’s go and see what they are up to.

However, the comrades in the 11th Ministry of Machine Building had some idea about it. I didn’t know anything else about the 17th Ministry of Machine Building, but it was hard to say whether there was really a treasure there.

The result of this slight difference was that the Thirteenth Ministry of Machine Building had a director of the Science and Technology Department, and the Eleventh Ministry of Machine Building had a deputy to the leader.

The next morning, watching the cars coming into the No. 3 Factory one after another, the comrades in the No. 3 Rolling Mill all knew that the No. 3 Factory had some new things coming out. In addition, the comrades from the Mechanical Section of the Technical Department of the No. 3 Factory had gathered in the small cafeteria the previous afternoon, so this matter was almost a foregone conclusion.

(End of this chapter)