When Wei Lifu heard him ask this question, he felt bitter.
"The third machine is troublesome. The key problem is that there is no reference object. We can only design it from head to toe, stroke by stroke. I don't know how many sheets of paper have been spent, how many brain cells have died, and the design has been overturned again.
Come, repeat this several times before finally finalizing it."
"Now, it has finally been made. It took a total of ten days."
"Look at us, all of us are unshaven, like the savages from Zhongnan Mountain. We just let him toss us around. Now we only need to pay for the purchase of the machine, not the design and manufacturing costs. It is already very affordable." Wei Lifu.
Pointing at Lin Xiaoguang, he was very dissatisfied.
Lin Xiaoguang laughed: "Brother Wei, don't worry. Once this business is completed and the school-run factory has money, why don't we immediately give bonuses to you great contributors?"
"Don't mention this to me."
Wei Lifu was even more unhappy: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it. Just to design and manufacture this thing for you, I begged the director for many days to free up materials and machine tools for me. If I can't make any money, I will
It’s definitely over. I haven’t been back home during the ten days of vacation. I guess if I go back this time, I’ll have to shed my skin even if I don’t die.”
"No matter what, if you don't buy one, three or five of each kind of machine this time, I'm in a hurry. Don't ask me for help again in the future."
"Okay, okay, okay." Lin Xiaoguang shook his head helplessly: "The business is settled. Let's not talk about the director's bonus. I will treat the students to a meal at Chang'an Hotel, Northwest Restaurant, and Jufengyuan. It's up to you to choose."
Seeing how cheerful he was, all the students couldn't help but cheer loudly: "Okay, it's settled."
"Hey, hey, hey, by the way, hasn't the deal been concluded yet? I haven't spoken to any buyer, so you just left me alone?" Yan Dongming couldn't help but become anxious when he saw that no one was explaining the third machine.
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"I'll come, I'll come, I'll come, I'm sorry." Seeing that he had neglected this distinguished guest, Wei Lifu apologized repeatedly.
"Is this the third machine? It's the ball making machine."
"Ball making machine?" Yan Dongming was stunned: "Why is it called such a name? Ball making machine, what kind of ball are you making?"
"He came up with the name." Wei Lifu pointed at Lin Xiaoguang and said: "The raw materials of the glass ball are quartz, sandstone, alumina, boronite, boric acid, fluorite, corrosion inhibitor, sodium fluorosilicate, boron oxide, and other
The amount is pyrophyllite..."
"I don't understand what you are saying." Yan Dongming felt a headache.
"Listen to me."
Wei Lifu glanced at him and continued: "Stir the above mixture until the uniformity reaches 95%-98%."
"Why do you say that?" Wei Lifu became serious.
"I have never come across a ball-making machine, and I don't know where it is. I don't know how to produce glass balls, how to process various raw materials, and how to configure them in proportions, and how many procedures are required to make them."
"According to his requirements, we made targeted designs for various materials to prevent the machine from various problems due to various factors such as strength, temperature, toughness, etc. This is the most troublesome of the three machines. After some key parts are designed,
We test it step by step and assemble it only if there are no problems."
"The final machine is what you see, and we have tested it with raw materials, and the finished product has been made. This is the thing, because it has the most steps, so it is the most time-consuming." Wei Lifu said, stretched out his hand and spread it out.
Show it in front of everyone.
Very smooth, transparent, very shiny, colorful, with different colors, some pretty.
But, what's the use of this?
"What's the use of this?" This was not only a question asked by Yan Dongming, but also by Wei Lifu and his classmates. After ten days of hard work, they built a machine to produce this. Even if a large bag was produced in the trial, what's the use?
?
Technology is called technology because it is useful, and so is learning. If it is useless, it is called playing with things to lose one's ambition.
Everyone stared at Lin Xiaoguang to see how he would explain.
Lin Xiaoguang waved his hand, smiled slightly, and said: "This glass ball is actually of no use. It is useless at all. It can neither serve the military industry nor develop the national economy. Its only use is a toy."
"Toy?" Yan Dongming was confused.
When they heard about toys, everyone else was confused, but Yan Ximing's eyes lit up. The pictures he had been tinkering with for several months in Peking, weren't they essentially toys?
At first, he was quite unhappy, but later he found out that he could make money, so he put down all the extra thoughts and devoted himself to it.
"Yes, they are toys, children's toys."
Lin Xiaoguang said lightly: "Haven't you noticed? Today's children's life is too monotonous and boring. Not every household has a TV set to watch, and it is no longer interesting to read the little book over and over again."
"After the resumption of the college entrance examination and the resumption of teaching in middle and high schools, their lives were hard. They were busy studying all day long, either with textbooks or homework. It was dark and their beautiful childhood was gone.
"The great man once said that developing the economy is to satisfy the people's yearning for a better life. Children are also people, and their yearning for a happy childhood also needs to be satisfied, and glass balls can satisfy it." He said resonantly.
This was not the first time they had seen his mouth, but Yan Dongming and Wei Lifu had to admit that the only person who could speak so openly about making money was Lin Xiaoguang, who had a face thicker than the city wall.
Several people could not help but be speechless.
At this moment, Yan Ximing suddenly asked: "How do you play this?"
"You want to play?"
Lin Xiaoguang looked at Yan Ximing, who was a little embarrassed, but nodded. He glanced around and found that Wei Lifu and the others were also curious, so he explained how to play the glass ball.
"The reason why the glass ball is round is because it can roll very far when you hit it."
"Draw a circle, draw a frame, draw a line, and dig a few holes to play. Children in rural areas like this the most. Children in cities can also play as long as they have a dirt playground." At the moment, he put
The specific gameplay is explained once.
Wei Lifu and the others' eyes were filled with excitement when they heard it, and in the end they actually took the finished product and started playing in the open space.
This scene shocked Lin Xiaoguang.
You are all young people in your 18s, 199s, 20s, some of you are married, and you are still so childlike, playing with children's things, is it really not shameful?
After playing for a while, Wei Lifu, who was squatting on the ground, stood up and stared at him up and down: "Xiaoguang, I am completely convinced by your brain. How do you think you can think of such fun things? It seems you can pass the test."
Going to Tsinghua University, he is indeed a worthy scholar despite his great reputation."
"I've seen it too. This thing has been available in China for a long time, but what you made is an upgraded version, which is more beautiful. It's just that in the era of planned economy in the past, there were arrangements for what to produce and how much to produce. How many toys can be produced? It's a waste of manpower.
It lacks material and financial resources and does not generate income, so there are few factories producing and few children playing.”
After saying this, Wei Lifu understood and couldn't help but sigh: "It really makes sense to develop the economy."
"That's for sure, but don't sigh with me. Just tell me, how much does a ball-making machine cost? I'll leave it to you. It's too expensive and you can't afford it. There's no point in selling Secretary Yan."
"One breath, no bargaining, starting from 3,000 yuan, five units."