Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 742: Chapter 407: Why would Academician Zhao be here?_2

On the last day, Zhao Yi was still with the group of experts, taking a tour of the local attractions. He spent a relaxed and recreational day before being sent back to Yanhua University by a commissioner the next day.

Zhao Yi had been away for over a week, resulting in a pile of work. He visited the School of Sciences and the Biomedical Research Institute, paid a visit to He Mingcheng at his home, and finally eased up a bit after setting up a public course on Particle Boundary Theory.

Meanwhile...

At the Aviation Research and Development Center, the Kunlun engine development team was busy.

Zhang Gangchuan was sitting at his desk, examining thick stacks of documents one by one, while incessantly jotting down notes and considering each one for inclusion.

To produce all information on the aero engine as requested by Zhao Yi was a complex task since many important documents involved issues of confidentiality. Zhang Gangchuan had to organize it all by himself.

Additionally, he had to consider how to structure the data.

The huge volume of documents couldn’t be sent all at once. Initially, he could only send a fraction of them. Knowing that Zhao Yi had little understanding of engine development, the first set of documents he needed to send should provide an overview of the Kunlun engine.

The parts related to power and output fan blades are the most critical components of the engine.

Next would be the design framework.

The design framework revolves around the power and output fan blades, including internal shafts, external circuits, and the control system. All designs are based on these two core parts and each part of the design documentation can fill a thick stack of papers.

Since the original design was from the 1970s, many of the documents hadn’t been digitized, making the compilation work extremely complicated.

As Zhang Gangchuan reviewed the documents, he couldn’t help but recall the scenes from those days. He noted down the key points of each design. Some designs had been modified, but he still recorded the original plans.

Just then, a knock came from the office door.

There stood Ying Shaowen at the door, grinning cheerfully. "Old Zhang, you seem busy!" he greeted.

"Sorting out documents!"

Zhang Gangchuan explained with a smile, put down his work, and started brewing tea for Ying Shaowen. freewёbnoνel.com

Settling into a chair, Ying Shaowen asked, amused, "Why the sudden diligence today? The experts just left. You’re not usually like this. And there’s no way you guys made a breakthrough in these few days, is there?"

Zhang Gangchuan was not a lazy person; he was quite diligent when it came to work. But research wasn’t just about diligence. To improve and repair the Kunlun engine, there had to be good suggestions before they could move forward. Otherwise, they wouldn’t even know where to start modifying it.

It’s not like programming software where the back-end debugging will flag errors, nor is there a large number of users to report bugs. Researchers have to find problems themselves.

To Ying Shaowen, Zhang Gangchuan seemed to have become more diligent because he was "stimulated."

What kind of stimulation?

For example, he kept asking about Zhao Yi, intending to invite him to join the Kunlun development team, and then... Failed?

"Of course he failed!"

"Considering Zhao Yi’s attitude, he didn’t seem to want to join any development team. No invitation would make a difference!"

"After being rejected, old Zhang got upset and decided to complete it all by himself..."

"But interest in research wanes within three minutes; being anxious and working hard are of no use. The key is to find the problem before figuring out how to fix it."

As Ying Shaowen laughed to himself, he began to advise, "Old Zhang, don’t take it too seriously."

"Academician Zhao is a world-class mathematician, also deeply involved in physics and medicine. It’s impossible to get someone like that to join our development team. We’re just not at the same level."

"Don’t even mention your team; it’s the same with our team and Ma Mingwei’s team. Academician Zhao was even invited by Ma Mingwei himself. He ended up blaming me, which is ridiculous."

"I really wanted to invite Zhao Yi. He’s...." Ying Shaowen paused before finally saying, "A genius. A super genius! He is a human supercomputer. Even if we pool together the computing abilities of our entire team of a dozen people, it would be less than half of his."

Zhang Gangchuan listened in silence, then suddenly asked, "What did you say just now? A human what?"

"A human supercomputer?" Ying Shaowen answered. "I told you before, Zhao Yi’s computational ability...it’s really beyond my imagination! To him, massively complex power calculations are instantly solved. Isn’t that amazing? That’s why I was keen on inviting him."

"Oh..."

Zhang Gangchuan interrupted, his tone indicating that he had realized something. "That makes sense, I was wondering why Zhao Yi would say he doesn’t want to do pure computational work. So it was your doing..."

"What did I do?" Ying Shaowen questioned in confusion.

"You only wanted Zhao Yi to help you with computations."

"Isn’t he a mathematician?"

"So you think all mathematicians do is computation?" Zhang Gangchuan was taken aback, visibly surprised. "That’s exactly why you failed to invite him. I can actually tell that Zhao Yi has an interest in engine development."

"Is that so? But... what difference does that make?"