Chapter 77

Li Huaxing stood beside Ye Qing, his eyes darting back and forth between Ye Qing and Master Jingqiao.

He was now very excited. The last time he was this excited was probably back in 2006, when he signed a mechanical order worth a billion with the Nigerian government.

Mining trucks are complex industrial products composed of tens of thousands of parts. There is no car manufacturer on this planet that can confidently guarantee that their vehicles will have no design issues.

Even supercomputers cannot achieve this. The aircraft engines developed with national efforts, despite several generations of supercomputers being updated, still encountered numerous problems during small-scale production trials.

Perfect and flawless complex product designs only exist in human imagination!

Even in the most technologically mature civilian automotive industry, Toyota, at its peak, recalled its branded cars up to 24 times in a single year to fix defects.

It even suspended the sale of eight car models in the U.S. due to serious defects, temporarily shutting down some production lines.

Volkswagen, BMW, and General Motors, which of them hasn't had to recall their defective products with a pinched nose?

When a product has design issues, the only way to salvage the company's reputation is to admit the mistake promptly and fix it quickly.

Now...

That little old man, who was climbing on the scaffolding, managed to identify several design flaws in this new mining truck just by looking and tapping, and pointed out the biggest technical challenge that had been troubling Li Huaxing.

What kind of profound insight and rich industry experience does that require?

Calling him a world-class master in the mechanical field is not an exaggeration!

However...

Such a talent was actually working in that small, obscure factory, watching the gate...

Not exactly watching the gate, as the young boss had mentioned, the propeller was processed by him.

So he belongs to the category of technical consultants, drinking tea and taking walks when there's nothing to do, occasionally showing off his skills to shock everyone, like a reclusive master.

Similar to the sweeping monk in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils."

This was Li Huaxing's guess, but he would never imagine in his lifetime that Ye Qing had 17 people as capable as Master Jingqiao under his command, and the number was growing.

Most importantly, Ye Qing had countless blueprints of perfect products that only existed in human dreams.

Li Huaxing resisted the urge to speculate further and instructed the workers to drive out the first mining truck to verify if the problem was due to thermal expansion.

The 200-ton mining truck rumbled out of the workshop. Li Huaxing sincerely invited Ye Qing and Master Jingqiao to visit his other production lines.

Now, Li Huaxing no longer hoped for Master Jingqiao to praise him; he only wished for him to grace them with a few sharp comments.

Ye Qing happily agreed, as it was also a great learning opportunity for him.

The first stop of the tour was the power shaft and bearing production line, which Li Huaxing usually kept secret.

If the mining truck production line represented intelligent technology, then the bearing production line was a thorough heavy industry.

High-carbon chromium bearing steel, about a meter thick, was cut into the appropriate shape using a large saw. Then, a huge engineering vehicle rumbled over, picked up the one-ton steel block with a clamp, and placed it in a gas heating furnace to be heated to over a thousand degrees.

When it turned red-hot, it was sent to a ten-thousand-ton oil press, which, with immense pressure, flattened the high-carbon chromium bearing steel into a steel disc.

Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of compression, the flattened bearing steel entered the hole-expanding process, where a hydraulic press first squeezed a central hole, and then it was moved to a large ring rolling machine, which expanded the hole's diameter while heating it.

This was the process for producing super-large bearings. On the other side, a 6,000-ton free forging press, with a giant clamp like the hand of a robot, slowly fed a red-hot rectangular steel ingot into the worktable, where it was pressed into a cylinder by the powerful hammer.

This was the most critical step in manufacturing the power shaft. Master Jingqiao commented that the power shaft with hidden flaws was forged into a cylinder and then precision-processed in this manner.

Master Jingqiao watched with a pout, but Ye Qing was completely engrossed.

The metal smelting center he was about to build would integrate all these super-large processing equipment, from mineral smelting to processing, in a single operation.

At that time, Ye Qing would truly have the qualifications to compete with large heavy industry groups.

The workshop was as hot as a furnace, but Ye Qing's heart was even hotter.

Li Huaxing felt a bit cold. Master Jingqiao probably realized he had talked too much earlier and now just pouted without saying a word.

They visited several core production lines, and the master only showed disdain, while the young boss showed great interest.

Li Huaxing also noticed that the master was completely obedient to Ye Qing, who could make the proud master as docile as a rabbit with just a glance.

At this moment, a worker ran over, beaming with joy, to tell Li Huaxing that the technicians had confirmed the problem was indeed due to thermal expansion.

The DC motor used to drive the rear wheels had an inadequate heat dissipation design, and since the motor was embedded in the power shaft, they only discovered this after removing the motor's protective shell.

Li Huaxing waved the worker away and mysteriously invited Ye Qing and Master Jingqiao to a luxuriously decorated office with a handmade wool carpet.

This young man had truly hit the jackpot by hiring such a master.

Ever since Master Jingqiao stood on the mining truck and scolded the technicians and workers so harshly that they wanted to crawl into a hole, Li Huaxing realized he had stumbled upon a treasure.

If not for the master's obedience to Ye Qing, Li Huaxing would have secretly extended an olive branch long ago.

The problem was that Li Huaxing wasn't sure about their relationship and feared that a hasty recruitment might backfire and embarrass him.

Moreover, the master's temper was too bad. If he were truly hired, Li Huaxing would soon have to deal with conflicts among the workers.

Since the first collaboration was successful, he could invite Ye Qing and the master over whenever there were problems in the future.

The master was obedient to Ye Qing...

Thinking about this, Li Huaxing decided to cultivate a good relationship with Ye Qing.

"Little Boss Ye, I must say you have a helper that others envy," Li Huaxing said, taking out a box of rare tea from a drawer of his desk that emitted a faint sandalwood fragrance and asking his secretary to brew tea for the two guests.

"By the way, I saw you take a taxi to the factory earlier." With the major issue resolved, Li Huaxing now seemed very relaxed. "Little Boss Ye, haven't you bought a car yet?"

"I was actually looking at cars at a 4S store on Construction Road!" Ye Qing said, a bit embarrassed, as Li Huaxing was about to give him money.

"Looking at cars?" Li Huaxing was interested and stretched. "I remember Construction Road has some luxury car 4S stores. It seems Little Boss Ye has made quite a bit of money."

"What kind of car are you planning to buy?"

"I'm not very knowledgeable about it, but something around two to three million. I'll buy a supercar when I make more money."

"The better the car, the longer the delivery time. My Rolls-Royce took four months from the order to delivery."

"You don't need to buy one!" Li Huaxing winked at Ye Qing. "I'll give you one!"

"A few months ago, I ordered a car to change my ride. It arrived at the Zhongyun port by sea early this morning and is still in customs."

"I'll give it to you; you'll definitely like it!"

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