Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

Without waiting for others to respond, he continued, "In the war in the north a few years ago, we suffered a great loss because we did not have air superiority, so I have always wondered when our country will have more powerful aircraft. Now I heard that the Russians and Americans are vigorously developing turbojet fighters, but our aircraft are all based on the backward engine technology of the Russians. This will definitely not work, so I sat down to learn more in my spare time, which aroused my interest and gave me some vague ideas."

Speaking of fighter jets, Minister Wang became interested and asked, "Tell me what you think."

"I've learned that although we can now produce our own fighter jets, the aircraft are too small, slow, fly at low altitude, and have a small payload. These are ultimately due to the poor quality of the engines. If we had high-power engines, then these problems could be easily solved..." Li Dongfang talked freely.

In 58, the United States' new supersonic bomber and high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft were unveiled, shocking the world. The Russians then began to develop supersonic aircraft. This year, that is, in 60, the Russians officially launched the development of the famous MiG-25 fighter. It took more than three years to produce the first prototype. If they can come up with the MiG-3's mature mass-produced engine, will they have a chance to catch up with the world's advanced level and save the country from decades of engine development difficulties? As long as some links are opened up, with the creativity and R&D capabilities of the Chinese people, at least in terms of fighter jets, they will certainly not lag behind for so many years.

After saying this, Li Dongfang was kicked out, leaving him confused and wondering what these big guys were thinking.

He was about to go back to the steel mill when he went out, but was stopped and told that someone wanted to see him later.

The bigwigs of the Ministry of Industry who drove Li Dongfang away held a brief meeting and decided to let Li Dongfang start the research of stainless steel materials. As for the turbojet engine he mentioned, the bigwigs didn't dare to believe that a young man like him could come up with any clues. After all, this is the world's top technology. How could it be possible to produce results easily?

Half an hour later, Director Duan called Li Dongfang to his office and said earnestly, "You boasted too much today. If you don't produce results later, I want to see how you end up."

Li Dongfang did not have any psychological burden. After all, the techniques he was talking about were all in his mind. If it were not for the right opportunity, he could have slapped the ministers in the face.

Li Dongfang licked his face and smiled, "Minister Duan, are your wife and daughter okay?"

Minister Duan saw that he was talking about something else, pointed at Li Dongfang and laughed, "Boy, you are taking credit for it, but I still want to thank you, they are much better. By the way, I haven't asked you how you persuaded my girl, she is very stubborn."

Li Dongfang was speechless. He couldn't say that I slept with your daughter, so he said, "It's nothing. I just drank with her and scolded her."

"Is it that simple?" Minister Duan's face was full of disbelief.

"What can we do? After all, she is just being stubborn. Wouldn't it be better to scold her and wake her up?" Li Dongfang pretended to be indifferent.

Minister Duan thought to himself, do you think I believe what you said is so simple? But he really couldn't figure out the situation, so he simply stopped worrying about it.

"I called you here just to inform you that I will give you credit for this new type of steel. Don't even think about it before the New Year. After the New Year, there will be a chance to remove the word 'deputy' from your title."

Li Dongfang really had no interest in this and responded lacking interest.

"Okay, you still look unsatisfied. There are only a few people of your age who are at the department level in the whole country. Are you still not satisfied?!"

There were still quite a few young cadres at that time. After all, many heroes had retired, so it was not surprising that they had higher ranks.

"The department wants you to give the stainless steel material research you proposed a try. If you feel that you have made some progress, you can come to me. You can also come to the department to check for chemical talents and other materials you need, but you are not allowed to copy or leak them. Do you understand?"

Minister Duan admonished Li Dongfang, and Li Dongfang nodded in response. His indifferent look almost made Minister Duan unable to hold back from beating him up. He glared at him and said, "Get lost, get lost, you make me angry just by looking at you."

Now Li Dongfang thinks that he and Minister Duan are a family, and he is no longer as reserved as before when meeting his father-in-law, and he is not angry when he is kicked out.

Just as I was about to leave, Minister Wang called me over.

"Dongfang, this time the special steel issue was taken over by Old Man Duan. I was thinking of mentioning it to you again, but there's nothing I can do now."

Minister Wang speaks much more kindly than Minister Duan.

"Uncle Wang, I don't really care about this. It's fine like this now." Li Dongfang suddenly felt that he might have been in the spotlight too much.

"Well, that's a good way to think about it. After all, it's only been a few days since you were promoted above your level. If you bring it up again, people will gossip about it. By the way, don't give up on the engine issue you mentioned. If you need to see any information, come to me. As long as you don't copy it down or leak it, it should be fine to take a look."

Although Minister Wang does not believe that Li Dongfang can produce any research results, there should still be hope for improvement to a certain extent.

"Thank you, Uncle Wang. I have almost finished the preliminary design of the turbojet engine, but there are still some key points that I haven't figured out. I will definitely trouble you when I have a clue." Li Dongfang said directly without any hesitation.

"By the way, Dongfang, since you are researching engines, have you ever thought about changing to another unit, such as an agricultural machinery factory or a machine repair factory?"

As soon as Minister Wang said this, Li Dongfang understood what he meant. Agricultural machinery factories have many opportunities to deal with engines, and machine repair factories have a common practice of disassembling engines. This will definitely be of great help to Li Dongfang in his engine research.

But Li Dongfang didn't need any of that. He just needed a reasonable excuse and opportunity to show his skills. Upon hearing that, he said in an awkward manner, "Uncle Wang, the agricultural machinery factory and the machine repair factory are not as big as the steel mill, and they are so far away in the suburbs..."

Li Dongfang knew that the agricultural machinery factory and the machine repair factory were later merged and neither was as big as the steel rolling mill, so he was definitely not willing to go to a small factory. After all, with the same location, his power was reduced a lot, and those two factories were both in the suburbs, far away from the courtyard.

Minister Wang was speechless. These words did not sound as righteous as they did in the conference room. Instead, he sounded like a lazy bum, completely different from the promising young man who was full of vigor and vitality just now.

Minister Wang looked at Li Dongfang with a slight twitch in the corner of his mouth. This kid deserves a beating!