Free Web NovelChapter 826: Chapter 437 No One Is More Rigorous Than You_3
The finished product now had a melting point over 1600 degrees, something that was once unthinkable. Everyone felt that this was already enough, after all, we were the second in the world. Did we even need to strive for the first place?
"Furthermore..."
"What’s the point in aiming for the first place?" Not only Li Rongmao and Zhang Hongtao thought this way, but even Wang Zhifang felt the same, "Even if we create the highest melting point, most advanced nickel alloy, what’s the use?"
"It’s unnecessary!"
"Domestic engines don’t even need it!" They kept these thoughts to themselves without vocalizing them.
Zhao Yi seemed to be able to see through everyone’s thoughts; he said seriously, "I know everyone is satisfied with our current results, but that’s just who I am. No matter if it’s useful or not, if I do something, I aim to do it the best."
"Indeed, we have produced a material with a melting point exceeding sixteen hundred degrees, and its performance is already sufficient for use.
"However, I don’t want to see one day, when there is a domestic need, that the material we are researching now isn’t up to standard, and by then, our work will be replaced by new materials."
"Group Leader He, you know what I’m talking about, don’t you?"
Zhao Yi said this and turned to see He Guilin.
He Guilin shared the same thoughts as everyone else, but after hearing Zhao Yi’s words, he deeply related and nodded, "That’s right, more than a decade ago, we all thought the performance of K03A was sufficient. But later, both the Kunlun and Wangwu engine groups found our performance lacking; they only used K03A because they had no other choice."
"Our entire R&D group knew it was only a matter of time before K03A would be replaced!" freewebnσvel.cѳm
"That feeling... how should I put it?"
"Anyway, I felt like our entire group was rather useless." After He Guilin finished, he looked at the others and said, "I support Academician Zhao’s idea; the research must continue. Since we’re capable of further improving the material’s performance, why shouldn’t we?"
After He Guilin spoke, the others nodded in agreement as well.
Indeed.
Publicizing the results wasn’t an urgent matter. Having developed the world’s second-best material was impressive, but who doesn’t want to be the best? Just like in the Olympics, who cares about the silver medalist?
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The development continued.
The next steps were still verification, followed by the third round of experiments, which lasted a week and were quite fast. The results were very positive. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
The finished product saw further improvement, reaching a melting point of 1640 degrees, while the strength remained unchanged.
Zhao Yi decided to continue with the verification experiments.
The fourth experiment took six days, including previous verifications and experimental phases, and the final product saw another improvement in performance—
A melting point of 1650 degrees!
The fifth experiment took only five days because only two aspects of the design were modified. Unfortunately, the final product did not improve upon the fourth experiment.
"The melting point is still 1650 degrees!"
"It’s almost the same as the last product. When I tested it, it felt like the same thing, even the color was identical."
"And the strength?"
"That’s the same too, the difference is too small to notice. Even if it is the same product, there will be differences between different production batches."
"..."
The R&D team all sighed, perhaps accustomed to improvements; the previous experiments had always led to enhancements in the melting point of the product.
The complete lack of improvement this time brought about a sense of disappointment.
Zhao Yi was completely unfazed, "This is normal, not every attempt can yield an improvement."
His words awakened the others.
They realized they were so engrossed in following Zhao Yi’s research that they had lost perspective. In the past, if even one or two out of ten experiments yielded an improvement in the product, they could have said the research was highly effective.
"But what next?"
Wang Zhifang voiced the question on everyone’s minds, and all eyes turned to Zhao Yi, "Academician Zhao, do you have a plan?"
"Yes."
Zhao Yi nodded, "Through this experiment, we can confirm that Professor Shen’s design has reached its limit."
This was a conclusion.
The others nodded as well.
They had run several experiments and could say they had explored all possible improvements; Shen Binghe’s design was researched to ’international peak level’; there was no need to continue.
Zhao Yi continued, "So we have to start a new experiment. Weren’t there several justifications before? Li Rongmao, Zhang Hongtao..."
He called out names directly.
"Right."
Zhao Yi suddenly spoke up, "This time let’s go with the most rigorous design, Academician Wang, I remember you were ready to explain your design last time. Now, can you?"
Wang Zhifang was stunned.
He thought of the draft in his backpack, which was ’full of holes’ and very rudimentary, and immediately waved his hand, "Unfortunately, I did not bring it today. Perhaps we should use Hong Tao’s or Rongmao’s design?"
He sounded very certain.
At that moment, Zhang Hongtao suddenly stood up and said, "Teacher Wang, I know you want to give us young people a chance, but we are engaged in important research now; everything must revolve around the research."
"I saw this morning; you put the design into your bag." Saying this, he immediately went to the chair, took the bag, and started searching through it. Soon he exclaimed loudly, "Found it! Academician Wang, I knew you had brought it!"
He placed the design in front of Wang Zhifang, "Academician Zhao said we needed a rigorous design, so please, explain yours. I believe no one’s design could be more rigorous than yours!"
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