1979 My Life in the Era

Chapter 310 Explosion
Coming out of the workshop, Ning Weidong had a serious expression on his face. He did not go to the meeting room but went directly to An Ning's factory director's office.

When he entered the room, Ning Weidong sat down on the chair behind the desk without any hesitation.

An Ning, Engineer Chen who was in charge of technology, and Lao Qian who was in charge of production, were the only three people who followed.

Generally speaking, holding a large meeting cannot decide anything, holding a small meeting is the key.

"Everyone, sit down~" Although Ning Weidong was disappointed, he didn't show much emotion.

In fact, he had already anticipated this situation. On the contrary, it was unlikely that everything would go smoothly.

This is assembling a TV, a color TV at that, which is considered high-tech in this era. It's not like assembling a bicycle. No matter who you are, as long as you have hands, you can do it.

On the contrary, the other three people were in a heavier mood than Ning Weidong. They had been working day and night for the past few months and had finally seen hope, but this was the result.

Out of ten televisions, three had problems right away, and that was just when they were powered on.

If we follow the regulations and conduct a comprehensive test, we don’t know what problems will arise with the remaining seven machines.

To put it another way, even a 70% assembly pass rate is not something to be proud of!

The three of them sat down on the sofa next to them. Ning Weidong took out a cigarette slowly and said, "Mr. Chen, would you like one?"

Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, and shook his head: "I can't~"

Ning Weidong looked at Deputy Director Qian again: "Old Qian?"

Lao Qian would of course smoke, but An Ning didn't smoke, and he usually didn't dare to smoke in An Ning's office, but Ning Weidong asked again.

At this time, An Ning sat upright, his eyes looking at his nose, and his nose looking at his mouth.

Deputy Director Qian is her man, and she doesn't want Ning Weidong to misunderstand that she is setting up the Xiliu Camp. She is not Zhou Yafu, and Ning Weidong is not Emperor Wen of Han.

She belongs to Ning Weidong, the factory belongs to Ning Weidong, and everyone in the factory has to listen to Ning Weidong.

Deputy Director Qian was also a shrewd man. He quickly glanced at An Ning and understood what she meant by her expression. He quickly stood up and took the cigarette from Ning Weidong.

But he didn't dare to light it, but just tucked it behind his ear.

Ning Weidong ignored it and took a puff of cigarette. His fingers fumbled with the metal lighter and he said, "Engineer Chen, you are an expert in technology. Please tell me about it."

Mr. Chen swallowed his saliva and said, "Manager, actually... I expected this situation to happen."

Ning Weidong frowned: "You say~"

Engineer Chen said, "Although the matching of the cathode ray tube and the Toyo integrated circuit has been solved, dog meat cannot be attached to sheep. If we insist on squeezing them together, there will definitely be problems."

Ning Weidong got to the point: "It doesn't matter if there is a problem, can it be solved?"

Engineer Chen pondered for a while, then met Ning Weidong's gaze: "To be honest, it's difficult! But I can try to find a way."

Ning Weidong leaned back in his chair, exhaled a puff of smoke, and didn't speak immediately.

He was dissatisfied with Mr. Chen's attitude and thought that trying another method was not the right way to solve the problem.

Although this sounds rigorous, Ning Weidong wants results.

For a moment, the office fell into silence. Feeling the huge pressure, Deputy Director Qian couldn't help but move his buttocks.

Through An Ning, he knew how powerful Ning Weidong was.

Since An Ning has Ning Weidong's support, it is natural for him to exaggerate Ning Weidong's background and abilities.

However, Engineer Chen, who was the first to be hit, was worthy of being someone who had seen big scenes. He sat upright and remained unmoved.

After a while, Ning Weidong put the half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray and said in a deep voice: "If we replace the domestic picture tubes with Japanese ones, how much will the cost increase?"

Deputy Director Qian was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

He was no fool. After a few months of exploration, he knew everything about the factory: "If we use Japanese tubes, the price will increase by at least 100 yuan per tube."

Ning Weidong frowned. With the hundred yuan added, the cost would definitely exceed the limit.

He asked again: "If we use Japanese pipes, can the pass rate reach 100%?"

Qian Changzi opened his mouth and looked at Mr. Chen.

This is a technical issue. Engineer Chen did not shirk the responsibility and took over the conversation, saying, "Although there is no matching problem with the Japanese tubes, the ones we were given are all S-grade parts. The product quality is uneven. Even if we use Japanese tubes, we cannot guarantee that they are 100% qualified."

Ning Weidong asked again: "If we continue to use domestic tubes, what is the maximum pass rate we can achieve?"

Engineer Chen fell silent for a while and said, "Manager Ning, if you really want to ask, based on my experience, it can reach 70% at most." At this point, as if afraid that Ning Weidong might misunderstand, he added, "If you're lucky."

Ning Weidong narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and was about to continue speaking, but at this moment there was a hurried knock on the door.

A young man wearing glasses followed closely, and without waiting for someone to answer the door, he pushed it open, looking anxious, and panting, "No~ This is bad!"

The four people in the room were startled.

The young man yelled, "Just now the TV in a workshop...exploded!"

Ning Weidong's face changed, and the other people present were also shocked.

Engineer Chen stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

An Ning asked at the same time: "Are there any injuries?"

The young man was a little confused. He was Engineer Chen's subordinate, but An Ning was the factory director. He didn't know who to respond to.

Ning Weidong stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look." He was the first to leave the office.

Coming out of the office building, you're right in front of a workshop.

At this time, some people had gathered at the door of the workshop. Someone noticed Ning Weidong and others coming out, and immediately shouted "The leader is here", and the people who were surrounding them immediately made way.

Ning Weidong strode quickly and walked straight into the workshop.

I immediately smelled a burning smell. In the distance, the TV on workbench No. 6 was still emitting black smoke. The TV tube was completely shattered, and the ground was covered with broken glass and blood.

Each workbench has an independent power supply. The power outage on workbench No. 6 did not affect other TVs. Of the ten color TVs assembled previously, the other nine are still undergoing burn-in testing.

Director Zhou from the first workshop came running over: "Manager, Factory Director!"

Ning Weidong's face was as gloomy as water, and he asked in a deep voice: "Is anyone injured?"

Director Zhou said: "One worker was affected by the explosion. He only had superficial injuries and was sent to the medical room."

Ning Weidong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at Chen Gong: "What's going on?"

Engineer Chen came closer to take a look and said in a deep voice, "It should be a problem with the matching of the cathode ray tube and the circuit board. The unstable power supply caused the capacitor to short-circuit and caused the explosion."

Ning Weidong clenched his fists and looked at the mess on the ground. The muscles in his cheeks twitched as he clenched his teeth.

I had just got off the train, and my joy at hearing that the factory had overcome technical difficulties and was conducting the first trial production was gone.

But this is not the time to lose your temper, and objectively speaking, the factory has done a good job.

The problem with the product is that the product already exists.

Ning Weidong adjusted his mood and said firmly: "Engineer Chen, don't tell me you should. I don't understand the technical issues. You are responsible for investigating the cause. I want clear results and solutions, and quickly!"

Mr. Chen had no expression on his face, he just nodded.

He has no choice but to take responsibility for this kind of problem.

Ning Weidong looked at An Ning again and said, "Director An, I'll leave the rest of the problems to you. Please make sure you handle the aftermath."

An Ning nodded to show that she understood. A few minutes later, Ning Weidong came out of the workshop and went straight back to An Ning's office.

It took about half an hour for An Ning to come back.

Ning Weidong was leaning on a chair looking out the window. When he heard the door open, he turned around and asked, "Is everything settled?"

An Ning hummed, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of water and said, "The injured worker has been sent to the county hospital."

Ning Weidong clicked his tongue and said thoughtfully, "Keep an eye on this guy, don't let anyone use him to make a fuss."

An Ning was stunned for a moment. She didn't think about it in this way because she was in a hurry.

Ning Weidong saw it and thought to himself that he still lacked experience in fighting!
But it's no wonder. After all, An Ning is just a girl in her twenties. No matter how smart she is, it is normal for her to lack experience and ability when facing complex situations.

An Ning said: "I will ask Shen Zhou to send someone now."

As he spoke, he grabbed the phone on the table and started to arrange it.

After a while, she hung up the phone, breathed a sigh of relief, leaned against Ning Weidong and said softly, "It's great to have you. If something goes wrong, I don't know what to do."

Ning Weidong stroked her ponytail with his hand and said, "These are all trivial matters. The key now is whether Engineer Chen can solve the problem."

An Ning pursed her lips and said, "If it really doesn't work, can you find a few experts and professors from Beijing University or Shuimu to come and take a look?"

Ning Weidong was somewhat tempted when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he shook his head: "Engineer Chen is already a top expert in this field in China. Finding someone else may not be better than him."

In fact, Ning Weidong had a rough idea of ​​the key to the problem.

Before he traveled through time, the reason why the domestic manufacturing industry dominated the world and was called Industrial Cthulhu was because of its strong supporting facilities.

No matter what product, you can find the cheapest and best quality parts in the country.

But now, the country is far from having this ability, and Ning Weidong can only push forward step by step.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help scratching his head and looked out the window at the workshop...

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Ning Weidong finished his meal in the factory cafeteria.

Because of the TV explosion that happened during the day, Ning Weidong had been waiting for Engineer Chen's explanation and had not gone to the guesthouse.

I didn't go to the site to cause trouble. If Engineer Chen makes any progress, he will report it as soon as possible.

In the factory director's office, Ning Weidong leaned on the sofa, thinking about his next plan.

Chen Gong came in from outside with a tired face: "Manager~"

Ning Weidong came back to his senses and saw Engineer Chen holding a burnt circuit board and placing it on the desk. "It was this circuit board that caused the explosion. This is Toshiba's T-7612 integrated circuit. Its main function is to control the pulse voltage of the cathode ray tube..."

Ning Weidong stood up, picked up the burnt black circuit board and took a look at it.

Engineer Chen continued, "Because the integrated short circuit does not match the domestic cathode ray tube, there is a certain probability that the pulse voltage will be unstable."

Ning Weidong didn't understand the professional stuff, but he understood the general meaning: "Is this also the reason why the screen flickers?"

Engineer Chen nodded: "Should..." Remembering that Ning Weidong had said before that he didn't want to hear these two words, he simply said: "Yes~"

Ning Weidong frowned: "So, if we want to solve the problem, we can only use the Toyo cathode ray tube~"

Mr. Chen agreed.

Ning Weidong turned around and sat behind his desk, tapping the table rhythmically with his fingers.

An Ning on the side said worriedly: "But if this is the case, our cost..."

Engineer Chen certainly knew the consequences of changing to a Toyo tube, and said helplessly: "Sorry, there is nothing we can do. It is really difficult to solve this problem with our technical level."

Having said this, both of them looked at Ning Weidong.

Only Ning Weidong can decide what to do next.

Should I change or not? If not, what should I do?
Ning Weidong stood up and said, "Actually, we have another choice."

An Ning and Chen Gong were stunned.

Ning Weidong put his hands on the desk: "We can introduce Japanese technology and produce cathode ray tubes ourselves."

Introducing Western technology was still quite rare at that time, and only state-owned factories could participate.

From the very beginning, An Ning and Chen Gong never thought about Ning Weidong's makeshift team.

And Ning Weidong didn't take it for granted.

Because in his memory, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Toyo transferred color TV production capacity to China on a large scale, including color cathode ray tube production lines.

The earliest one should be the Shaanxi Electronics Factory, which will probably go into production in two years.

Even if introduced a few years earlier, color picture tubes were not a rare technology. As long as sufficient benefits were offered, they could be introduced earlier.

However, this was different from Ning Weidong's original idea.

At the beginning, Ning Weidong defined the electronics factory as an assembly plant that integrated domestic and foreign parts. He tried his best to make use of existing domestic materials and add parts imported from Japan to assemble the products first and then slowly develop the technology.

Ultimately, it’s because our family background is too limited.

Even though Dongyi Company has tens of millions of cash in its account, this amount of money is a huge sum for a small trading company.

But if you invest in the manufacturing sector, it really doesn't mean anything.

But now, the situation forced him to make a choice.

……

"Bang~bang...bang~bang..."

The train was speeding, Ning Weidong looked out the window, it was raining heavily as if the sky was torn open, the rain hit the windows of the carriage, and he could not see outside at all.

This time Ning Weidong went to Handong in a hurry.

After staying for only one day, he returned to the capital.

After repeated consideration, Ning Weidong resolutely decided to seek technology from Japan and build his own cathode ray tube production line.

To achieve his goal, he must return to Beijing for help.

It rained heavily all the way.

I don’t know if it just happened to fall following the train, or if it was raining all over North China.

The weather didn't start to clear up until we entered the capital.

The train stopped and Ning Weidong took Wang Yuanping out of the soft sleeper car.

But Zhao Ruyi came up to him with a serious face and whispered, "My eldest brother called just now... The injured worker in the electronics factory was taken away from the county hospital!"

Ning Weidong's heart skipped a beat.

As soon as he got off the car and saw Zhao Ruyu's face, he had a bad feeling.

At this time, the worker who was injured by the explosion of the TV was suddenly taken away, which was obviously done deliberately.

Although Ning Weidong reminded An Ning, if they really wanted to make trouble for this person, it would be hard to guard against.

Sure enough, in Handong, those people were just lying in wait and were not willing to accept failure.

(End of this chapter)