Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

Even if they didn't know at first, now that Qin Chuan has mentioned sheepdogs repeatedly, everyone should know what "sheepdog" means, and their gazes toward Pan Yang are all equally cold.

Are there no good translators out there? When the Indians came, the translator they brought wasn't a good guy either, but he got himself into trouble with Xiao Chuan and ended up in jail.

This translator... Hmph, clearly Chinese, yet working as a dog for foreigners, he won't have a good end!

Feeling the gazes of those around him, Pan Yang became even angrier. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ishino Yutong take out his checkbook.

"Okay, here's $100,000."

what?

“Mr. Ishino, he’s lying to you. In the East, many people like to boast, unlike the more honest people in the island nation.” After saying this, Pan Yang glared fiercely at Qin Chuan: “Qin Chuan, do you dare to take it? One hundred thousand US dollars is enough to eat peanuts!”

Qin Chuan took it: "Knowledge is power, knowledge is wealth. Mr. Shi Ye is using $100,000 as tuition to learn our steel formula. You, as a translator, have never seen anything like this. What's so surprising about spending $100,000 on a formula?"

"Pan Yang, please shut up!"

Pan Yang fell silent.

"Mr. Qin, please introduce these formulas." Ishino Yutaka looked at Qin Chuan respectfully, like a well-behaved child who loves learning.

“The commonly used material now is tungsten carbide, which is too expensive, so we can use alloy steel instead, but we need to add some rare elements to it,” Qin Chuan said. “Actually, it’s nothing much, just titanium and tungsten.”

As Qin Chuan spoke, he stuffed the check into his pocket: "As for the principle, you come from a steel mill, so you should know it. It's just that during the melting process, these two rare metals react further with the carbon in the steel to produce titanium carbide and niobium carbide. These two compounds will change the properties of the steel, making it harder."

At this moment, Qin Chuan had become a metallurgical expert. Even if he spoke in Chinese, Qin Jianguo and the others could not understand him. Now, speaking Japanese in a rapid-fire manner, he exuded an air of profound mystery.

“That’s right, that’s how it is.” Ishino Hirotoshi nodded.

"Of course... controlling the heat is very important. If the heat is added at the wrong time, once the chromium and carbon in the steel react first, chromium carbide will be formed, which can destroy the crystal lattice."

"Yes, the timing of adding these rare metals is also important. I wonder when would be the best time to add them?"

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "The weather is really nice today."

Ishino Hirotoshi was confused, but Pan Yang, the translator beside him, realized that Qin Chuan wanted money again!

I just gave you $100,000, and you only mentioned two elements, not how much, or when to add them, and now you want more! You're too greedy!

Pan Yang wanted to angrily rebuke him, thinking that this was making Chinese people lose face in front of foreigners. But then he remembered how Ishino Hiromitsu had scolded him several times, so he kept quiet. If he did, he figured Mr. Ishino would have to pay him again.

However, Ishino Hirotoshi was clever and quickly realized what was going on. He took out his checkbook again, quickly wrote another check for $100,000, and handed it to Qin Chuan.

"Mr. Qin, I would like to know the specific amount and when it should be added."

"Well, I can't accept this. We Easterners are the most hospitable. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Money is too formal. However, it is your kind gesture, so I will accept it."

Qin Chuan put the second check into his pocket and then explained, "One ton of scrap iron, add six hundred grams of titanium and three hundred and fifty grams of niobium. To ensure even mixing, powder needs to be added."

Rare metals are present in very small amounts in steel, only a few tenths of a percent or a fraction of a percent. However, this slight difference can lead to drastic changes in the properties of the metal.

Materials experts develop different alloy steels by experimenting little by little, adding different rare metals to study the properties of the steel, and finally finding the most suitable formula. If what Qin Chuan said is true, it is definitely worth tens of thousands of dollars, or even millions of dollars!

"Brother Chuan, I bought it!"

Just then, Li Jianshe's voice came from outside. He was carrying two heavy bags.

"Okay, put it on our scale! The furnace contains exactly twenty tons, so we need to add twelve kilograms of titanium..."

As Qin Chuan spoke, he walked over and personally operated the scale.

Later generations had various sophisticated electronic scales that could directly calculate the amount by inputting the unit price and even add it up. But now there are only the most basic lever-structure scales. These scales are the same as the platform scales used to sell food in supply and marketing cooperatives. The flat plate at the bottom is the weighing pan, which is connected to the weighing beam above by a connecting rod. Different weights can be hung on the side, and it can usually weigh half a ton of goods, which is very convenient.

However... before using it, you need to check if it's level, that is, zero it, otherwise you'll have to adjust the screws on the side.

Of course, unless someone deliberately moves it, it is usually flat.

Li Jianshe placed one of the bags directly on top, poured out some more, and the remaining amount was just enough, so he weighed another type.

Hiroaki Ishino also saw the readings above. The proportions should be fine, but what about the heat?

"Let's go, Mr. Ishino, we'll go smelt it next. As for when to release it, we'll have to wait and see. Master Zhao, light the furnace!"

Twenty minutes later.

"1250 degrees, put in the titanium first!"

"1300 degrees, release niobium again!"

"Maintain this temperature! Proceed with oxygen purging and agitation!"

Ishino Hirotoshi lost his composure and immediately pulled out his notebook, quickly jotting down the steps.

Anyway, we've already spent $200,000, and Qin Chuan said that the money was for purchasing the craftsmanship, so of course we need to record it now.

All the proportions, temperature data, and operating procedures were carefully recorded!

"Solution treatment, with the temperature maintained at 1300 degrees Celsius!"

An hour passed.

"Note that during the stabilization process, the temperature should be gradually reduced, and the electric furnace power should be adjusted to one-tenth!"

Many of the steps were completely unknown, even to the most seasoned steelmakers who had spent half their lives forging steel. However, Ishino Yutong was very excited. He had a feeling that Qin Chuan must have mastered this process long ago, otherwise, he could not have carried out each step so methodically!

Did he get the technology from the Russians?

In any case, now that he has the technology, once he buys the steel, he can start building a furnace to try it out!

"Attention, ready to be taken out of the oven, prepare the wire drawing machine!"

In the past, they could only extract the molten steel and turn it into steel ingots, and there was no way to process it after that. But now, they have a large number of second-hand equipment!

The other equipment is placed in the newly built factory by the sea, but the wire drawing machine needs to be placed in the steel plant so that the molten steel can be directly fed into the wire drawing machine and turned into fine wires.

Ballpoint pen tips are made of tiny balls, and these balls are made of steel wire. The ballpoint pen tip steel imported from abroad by domestic ballpoint pen factories is also in the form of steel wire.

Now, pull them all out!