Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 817: Chapter 434: The Failing Design Ranks First_2

"The turbine blades, the temperature at the front end is set at 1700 degrees Celsius and 1800 degrees Celsius. Just base your argumentation on these two figures,"

"Do you understand?"

What Zhao Yi said was not complex, and normally could be understood.

Wang Zhiguo naturally was no exception.

But he still nodded with a stunned expression and remained staring blankly after Zhao Yi left the room. It was only then that he reacted with astonishment, his mouth agape. "Did Academician Zhao just say... seventeen hundred? Eighteen hundred? Are the units in Kelvin?"

"Celsius!"

Yuan Haitao came over and said confidently.

"But..."

Wang Zhiguo hesitated for a moment before saying, "Arguing for 1700, 1800 degrees Celsius, can the materials withstand it? Last time I checked, the materials used for turbine blades can only withstand up to 1250 degrees Celsius."

Zhou Qing cleared his throat and spoke up, "Don’t you know? K03A has improved. Now its melting point is above 1400 degrees Celsius. Besides, Academician Zhao is still continuing his research."

"So that’s how it is!"

The perplexity faded from Wang Zhiguo’s face, and he said with sudden realization, "So Academician Zhao is developing it, then it’s normal. I hadn’t expected to be doing frontline design work here."

"Ah?"

"Ah?"

Yuan Haitao and Zhou Qing exchanged glances, feeling that the other shouldn’t have reacted this way.

Wang Zhiguo, however, took it for granted and said, "The current melting point of the material is only over 1400, but with Academician Zhao researching it, it will be quick. I believe in less than a month, new results will come out. At that time, the new alloy, if it doesn’t reach 1800, it will definitely surpass 1700... No good!"

As he spoke, he suddenly became flustered, "I need to quickly research and make my argument, otherwise, I might be rushing it. If I fail to complete it on time and delay Academician Zhao’s progress, it would be a sin."

"..."

"..."

Yuan Haitao and Zhou Qing glanced at each other again, realizing that the newcomer ’Xiao Wang’ was a fan of Zhao Yi, and not just an ordinary fan. His confidence in Zhao Yi seemed even stronger than in himself.

"Believing to such an extent, it’s a bit pathological, isn’t it?" Zhou Qing said in a faint voice.

"Brain-dead?"

"Brain-dead? Fanatical fan? That’s a good use of the word!" Zhou Qing muttered under his breath the words ’fanatical fan,’ the more he repeated them, the more ingenious they seemed. After muttering several times, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

...

A week had passed.

In the small conference room on the first floor of the Mechanical Building, a design verification meeting for experimental reports was taking place. Participants included Shen Binghe and Li Rongmao from the Metals Materials Laboratory, as well as Zhang Hongtao and Wang Zhifang from the Composite Metal Materials Laboratory.

Of course, Zhao Yi was indispensable. Sitting at the head of the table like a judge, he held several reports in his hands, flipping through and scanning them briefly before addressing Li Rongmao, "Professor Li, you’re the youngest here. You go first."

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The youngest?

Who could be younger than Zhao Yi?

Zhao Yi himself broke into a faint smile. His remark wasn’t intentional, he simply hadn’t included himself in the count. After a brief laughter in the room, the atmosphere lightened even more.

Li Rongmao then picked up his report and explained his design concept. His style was heavily influenced by Peng Engui, making his experimental design relatively conservative. However, his understanding of the K03A manufacturing process was unmatched. Perhaps it was because he had thoroughly studied Zhao Yi’s ’suggestion report’ and provided ’scientific, rational explanations’ for some of the minor suggestions.

His deep understanding of the K03A manufacturing process was evident, and his analysis of where to ’add rhenium’ was remarkably insightful. He mentioned three steps in his report where ’adding rhenium’ could be considered, and discussed two methods of addition, followed by a plethora of theoretical explanations.

The others listened with interest, with Zhang Hongtao and Wang Zhifang joining the discussion.

Zhao Yi, meanwhile, was almost dozing off - not because he didn’t understand the content, but because much of the so-called ’theoretical support’ was mainly ’imaginary’. The reasons given couldn’t be wrong, but they also couldn’t be said to be right; some were even blatantly forced justifications, which, to put it dramatically, felt like something a ’mystic’ would concoct while fantasizing about the future of technology.

Martial arts emerged, battle qi appeared, and magic surfaced. Naturally, soul power, spiritual energy, and mystical force were also indispensable.

Yet the others were listening seriously.

In fact, this was common in high-end materials design verification—why certain approaches are used in particular places is often inexplicable, relying entirely on personal imagination to complete the theory, looking for an ’acceptably reasonable’ explanation.

If the contents of experimental designs could all be theoretically explained, material research wouldn’t be so difficult—simply relying on theoretical deduction would suffice.

Li Rongmao received unanimous applause.

Wang Zhifang spoke highly of Li Rongmao’s design, "Although not perfect, it’s quite remarkable. I can’t find any major issues, but there are a few minor ones..."

He began to question.

Wang Zhifang’s experience was undoubtedly vast, and he pinpointed critical issues that were somewhat inexplicable, despite attempts to justify them.

These were points of contention in alloy material research.

Some methods might help in the research of certain materials, but most of the time they didn’t.

It was really a matter of coverage and probability.