On March 19, 20xx, the ge-9x imitation engine, code-named "Qilian", was counted for ground interview, 48 hours.

Yes, this engine, which took seven months to build, finally had its own name before entering the final exam.

Like other domestic aero engine series, it is also named after the domestic mountain range, but when choosing the name initially, whether to choose "Qilian" or "Hengdu" has actually caused some controversy.

Ye Zhou advocated choosing to be cross-dead. After all, the novel always moves to be cross-dead forever, which sounds very domineering. However, his suggestion was unanimously rejected by the decision-making team of the Huashi project team because he felt it was unlucky.

Qilian Qilian, literally, has a continuous meaning, and in its original meaning, it represents the sky. It is used to be the first large bypass ratio and high-thrust turbofan engine in China, and the name of the high-thrust turbofan engine is very suitable, while cross-section always gives people a feeling of being powerless after succession.

Ye Zhou felt for the first time that these scientific researchers who were usually extremely rigorous sometimes had superstitious side, but he felt that this statement had some truth, so he accepted it happily.

Early that morning, he had already moved in and got up later than before. After washing up, he was about to go to the factory to work, but as soon as he walked out of the door, he found that Chen Hao was already waiting at his door.

"Are you up? Why are you lazy and sleeping for half an hour today? I've been waiting for you for half an hour here."

Ye Zhou looked at Chen Hao in confusion and replied while locking the door with his backhand:

"The preparations have basically been completed, and the engine has been hoisted onto the test drive table. There is not so much trouble, so I have a sleep for a while. What's wrong? Is there something to do with me?"

Chen Hao nodded and signaled Ye Zhou to follow his steps, pointed to a red flag h9 parked outside the door and said:

"It's also true that you shouldn't be so busy these two days. Don't be busy with work today and take you to visit someone."

"Visit? Who? Is it important?"

Hearing Ye Zhou’s question, Chen Hao paused for a moment, and then replied:

"A very important person. His name is Tian Ye, who has made his lifelong contribution in the field of aeronautical engines. He has participated in the design of our turbofan 10 and turbofan 15. By the way, he is Tian Zhenguo's son. Do you know Tian Zhenguo?"

Ye Zhou was stunned and didn't say anything.

Of course he knew, he knew too much.

The figure who was trekking in the snowfield would probably never be erased from his heart for the rest of his life.

Seeing Ye Zhou's expression, Chen Hao thought he had never heard of this name, so he continued:

"Tian Zhenguo was an expert in aerospace engineering field in our country in the last century. He mainly worked on materials. His technical concept was very advanced at that time, and he always advocated using turbofans to replace turbojets. However, turbofan technology was too difficult for us at that time, and his suggestions were never adopted."

"Later, there was a large meeting where we wanted to finalize the direction of the turbofan turbojet. He was sent to study in the countryside. In order to catch up with the meeting, he insisted on catching the train in the snow, but he was frozen to death on the road."

"After he died, his son took advantage of the opportunity to resume the college entrance examination and got into college, and then entered the aerospace industry like him... All the things that followed were found online, so I won't say it."

"Anyway, Tian Ye is responsible for many of our key aviation engineering projects, but his reputation is not very good for confidentiality."

"Four or five years ago, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He has been dragged until now. He is very weak. After asking his superiors for instructions a few days ago, we informed him of the details of the sedan project. He strongly asked to meet the main person in charge of the sedan project, so the superiors assigned me and you--of course, mainly to meet you."

"After seeing the old man later, try not to overstimulate his emotions, so that he can keep his emotions stable, and as much as possible... and try to hold on until the Qilian engine test drive is completed."

Ye Zhou nodded, but still said nothing.

This is not because he has nothing to say, but on the contrary, because he wants to say too much, but it is blocked in his chest and unable to say it.

After getting on the bus, Ye Zhou looked at the scenery that was constantly passing through the window in silence, but the scene of the snow field flashed in his mind.

It is endless, the world is snow-white, and there is no sight of people or hope.

However, the old man still set out on the road ahead without hesitation, just to win the faintest hope.

When his son chose to inherit his father's will, what he faced was a snow field?

Now, the snow field has gradually melted, and when the high temperature of up to 1,900 degrees Celsius in the combustion chamber of the Qilian engine gushed out, even the last trace of snow would evaporate, and what was exposed in front of me would be an extremely flat and wide road. However, for such a road, the old man named Tianye could only take a last look.

The car parked inside a hidden sanatorium. Chen Hao took Ye Zhou out of the car and walked into a small building set up by the lake. The security personnel at the door saluted the two of them and then took them into the bedroom.

There, Ye Zhou finally met this man who devoted himself to the cause of China Aviation and Development.

He was already old, with the white hair on his head sparsely covering his scalp, the wrinkles on his face were like ravines, his lips were dry, and his cheeks were deep, but his eyes still exuded a scorching sun-like look.

Seeing the two people walking into the room, a middle-aged man guarding his bed quickly got up and introduced:

"Dad, this is the person you said you wanted to meet before. This is Chen Hao, Secretary Chen. This is... Ye Zhou? General Engineer Ye, he is also the commander-in-chief of the sedan chair project and the executive secretary of the leading group."

Hearing his son's introduction, Tian Ye sat up with his support, took a few breaths before speaking:

"I heard before that the commander-in-chief of this project was very young, but I didn't expect that when I saw him today, it was beyond my expectations... Xiao Ye, is there 30 years old this year?"

Tian Ye's tone of speech was still stable, but his breath was obviously already a little disordered. Seeing this, Ye Zhou hurriedly stepped forward and sat in front of the hospital bed, held his outstretched hand and replied:

"Old man, I'm 23 this year---it's 24 in March."

"24, 24..... I was already 34 when I was admitted to college. The Yangtze River is pushing the old waves, okay! OK! OK!"

Tian Ye said three good words in a row, and he held Ye Zhou's hand and tried harder, but his body was really weak, and Ye Zhou couldn't even feel a trace of pain.

This feeling made him even more sad.

He gently patted Tian Ye's shriveled hands and said softly:

"Old man, don't worry, let's talk slowly, we have time, I'll chat with you today."

"That's not possible! Your project team has so much work, how can you waste time with me, an old man! I asked you to come here today, just to just want to see you, just to have a wish."

"Now that people have seen it, you should go back early."

Ye Zhou smiled and replied:

"Old man, it's okay. You don't know yet. Our sedan project is about to be completed, and the engine prototype has been completed. In two days, we will be on the test drive table to test."

“So fast??”

The old man's eyes, which were already wide open, widened again. He looked at Ye Zhou in disbelief, coughed a few times before continuing to ask:

"How can it be so fast? I heard from a comrade that your project has only been in more than half a year, so why did the prototype come out?"

Ye Zhou nodded and replied:

"I've been doing it for 7 months, and a lot of things are ready-made, so the progress is fast."

Hearing this, the old man sighed slightly and said:

"It's ready...Is there any technological breakthrough?"

"Some are mainly due to a great improvement in thrust. On the other hand, there are innovations in heat-resistant materials and heat-insulating materials."

"You can tell me in detail!"

At this time, the old man completely forgot that he was talking about asking Ye Zhou to go back early one minute ago. After moving his body and finding a relatively comfortable sitting position, he looked at Ye Zhou with anticipation.

Ye Zhou pondered for a moment, starting with the ceramic-based fluorescent iron reinforcement material, and finished talking about Xingyan TBC step by step, matrix, and leaf hole drilling model. The old man nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and then he spoke:

"There are a lot of new technologies... It seems that I am really old. I have thought about these technologies before, but I just can't figure them out. It depends on you young people."

"There are so many new technologies, the thrust has to be improved a lot, right? I heard that you are doing commercial vehicles with large bypass ratio, and the thrust should be more than 30 tons?"

Ye Zhou smiled slightly and replied:

"Old man, I'm conservative. The target thrust of our project is 70 tons, and the challenge thrust is 100 tons."

“70 tons?!?”

The old man couldn't help but cough. Chen Hao, who was beside him, quickly handed him water. After he took a sip to moisten his throat, he continued to ask:

"Xiao Ye, don't fool me, just say as much as you want! How can it reach 70 tons??"

Ye Zhou did not directly respond to his doubts, but said:

"My grandpa, can it reach 70 tons? I will leave you a suspense first. We will have a ground interview in 3 days, and the basic data will be seen at that time."

"In addition, after the ground test, we will also have to do high-altitude test drives. At that time, the data was the most accurate data. Then you can see if there are 70 tons."

The old man stared at Ye Zhou's eyes, as if he had found that there was no joking in his eyes. Finally, he sighed and said with some emotion:

"70 tons... I've been working on the aircraft engine for a lifetime, but I never thought of this number. I thought I could go there with peace of mind after seeing you today. According to you, I'm afraid I'll have to stay for several more months."

"That's not a matter of several months. Old man, we have to get on the plane after the high altitude test drive. We have to batch it after the plane is finished. We have to get on the batch. We have to get on the equipment after the batch is finished... Don't you have to stay for seven or eight years?"

Tian Ye shook his head, a hint of relief appeared on his face, and then said half seriously and half jokingly:

"If you really live for seven or eight years, then I can't even read most of the Nantianmen plan you mentioned? If I guess correctly, this project will not be related to you, right?"

Ye Zhou smiled without answering, but the old man had seen through his expression.

After saying too much in a short period of time, the old man was a little gasping. After resting for a few minutes, he continued to ask:

"Did you have the name of the engine you made? Is it still a mountain name? What is it called? Qilian? Hengduan? Nanling?"

"Called by Qilian."

Ye Zhou replied.

"Hello Qilian, good Qilian, the name is bold. Come on, Xiaoye, help me up, I'm in good spirits today, I'll leave you a few words."

While talking, the old man lifted the quilt and pretended to get out of bed. Ye Zhou hurriedly supported him, and Chen Hao quickly called the nurse to prepare his wheelchair.

Ye Zhou originally wanted to carry the old man into a wheelchair directly, but the latter glared at him, scaring Ye Zhou quickly stopped.

In the end, the old man still supported the edge of the bed and staggered into a wheelchair.

He gasped deeply, his body trembled slightly, but his dry hands were still rolling firmly in the wheelchair and heading towards the study.

Ye Zhou slowly followed him and pushed the wheelchair. The old man looked straight ahead, but said intermittently:

"Xiao Ye... Your project is good, very good... You must stick to it... Don't be proud, don't be discouraged..."
To be continued...