Courtyard House: Starting in a Ceramics Factory

The next day
Li Feng came to the auditorium of Tsinghua University this time.

By this time, the auditorium had been set up and quite a few people were already seated.

At a glance, he saw that almost all of them were professors, teachers, and scholars specializing in mechanical engineering.

Li Feng also spotted many familiar faces, all of whom were experts he had interacted with when he was in the ministry.

Li Feng was surprised to find that they had come here, since he thought this was a relatively niche seminar. However, he also noticed that not everyone had come, but only a portion of the attendees.

However, Li Feng immediately realized that the remaining people probably had their own jobs to do, so they probably didn't have that much time either. With that thought in mind, Li Feng sat down in the audience area.

After all, I was just there to audit the class, and it was unlikely that a student like me would sit with the experts and professors.

About ten minutes later, all the students in Li Feng's class had arrived, a total of thirty people.

At this moment, Li Feng and his classmates were discussing the opportunity to attend the seminar.

As for Li Feng's teachers, they were sitting on the other side of the expert panel, talking to other experts and professors about something.

Next, a professor whom Li Feng did not recognize chaired the seminar.

At this moment, the professor addressed everyone present.

"This seminar today was commissioned by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and organized by Tsinghua University."

"The aim is to study and explore the issue of how assembly lines can improve efficiency."

"For this seminar, we invited experts from various institutions and schools in Beijing to discuss how to improve efficiency."

The experts then offered their opinions and insights.

The main purpose of this seminar on production line optimization, held by the Ministry of Industry, is to address the efficiency issues of production lines for heavy industrial products in China.

Director Jiang of the Development Department of the Ministry of Industry also attended the event.

His focus is on industrial reform; in fact, what he's addressing right now isn't the institutional issues of industrialization, but rather the technological ones.

However, he felt that the opinions offered by these experts were not very effective.

After all, for Director Jiang...

He needs to see the potential.

If someone has no potential, they are indeed not worth his attention.

However, their proposed solution only optimizes the transmission route. If it's just about optimizing the transmission route, then it must be based on the characteristics of the product.

While this might improve efficiency a little, it's not worth the effort.

Just as Director Jiang was pondering these things, he then thought of the young man who had designed the production line blueprints at the Ministry of Light Industry a few days earlier. As a member of the Ministry of Industry, Director Jiang had also attended the design review meeting held by Li Feng a few days earlier.

He went to the Ministry of Light Industry to participate in the demonstration of the assembly line design drawings, just to broaden his own thinking.

The scene of the young people at the Ministry of Light Industry's ceramic production line design demonstration meeting that day, with their confident and assertive manner, truly left a deep impression on him.

Then he suddenly remembered that the young man named Li Feng seemed to be a student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He then glanced at the students in the auditorium and then saw Li Feng.

When he saw Li Feng, he spoke directly to Li Feng's location.

"Li Feng!"

"What are your thoughts?"

As soon as Director Jiang finished speaking, all eyes in the room fell on Li Feng.

Li Feng was also a little confused at this point. He didn't expect that Director Jiang would ask for his opinion.
Seriously, Director Jiang, you don't even know me. How do you know my name? And what's worse, you want my opinion on this? What opinion could I possibly have?
Aren't all the methods for assembly lines the same?
However, the future trend is definitely full automation.

At this moment, Li Feng did not recognize Director Jiang at all. Last time when Li Feng went to the ministry to attend the demonstration meeting, there were so many experts and professors present. Li Feng faced so many questions raised by experts and professors all by himself, and he did not have the energy to remember everyone present.

Meanwhile, the students sitting next to Li Feng were all looking at him in surprise, because they did not expect that Li Feng would be called on to answer questions.

This is an expert-level seminar.

Li Feng is just a student like me.

And why would Director Jiang know Li Feng's name?

Could it be that Director Jiang knows Li Feng?

At this moment, they couldn't help but start guessing Li Feng's identity.

On the other side of the expert panel, some people had already recognized Li Feng. Now that they realized that Director Jiang had asked Li Feng for his opinion, the experts who had attended the Ministry of Light Industry seminar were no longer surprised by this.

After all, he was the one who designed several ceramic production lines, and he was such a young student, which made them admire Li Feng very much.

Moreover, Li Feng was able to quickly answer the questions they raised, which meant he had already considered the overall picture of his design.

This time, the issue is about improving the efficiency of the production line. As someone with design experience, they believe that Li Feng is indeed qualified to offer his opinions.

At this point, the experts who did not know Li Feng were wondering why Director Jiang would ask a student for his opinion. Subsequently, the experts who knew Li Feng began to explain the situation to them.

Only after they learned that Li Feng had designed several production lines and passed the review meeting did they begin to re-evaluate Li Feng.

At this moment

Li Feng stood up.

After all, Director Jiang had called his name, so he couldn't very well stand up.

Then, based on his experience from later generations and his own thinking, he answered Director Jiang.

"Director Jiang!"

"As for insights, I don't have any, but I do have a very immature idea."

"But I don't know if this will work."

Upon hearing Li Feng's answer, Director Jiang's eyes lit up.

“Li Feng, you can tell me about it.”

"Anyway, this is a seminar, so it doesn't matter if we say something wrong. In fact, it can give us new ideas."

After hearing what Director Jiang said, Li Feng then addressed Director Jiang and everyone present.

"My vision is that in the future, assembly lines will no longer be operated manually."

"After all, human speed is very limited."

"Human reaction, energy, and action are all limited."

"So I envision that in the future, we will be able to control the production line through computers."

At this moment, Director Jiang nodded after hearing Li Feng's words, and then he asked Li Feng.

"Was the production line you designed at the Five Star Ceramics Factory based on this idea?"

Li Feng was taken aback for a moment, then he realized that Director Jiang must have attended the Ministry of Light Industry's symposium. Only then did he understand why Director Jiang had asked him to offer his opinion. (End of Chapter)