Chapter 134: First Furnace of NF Steel (3k)

On second thought, let alone other things, information technology alone is enough to keep me busy for a long time, not to mention taking other classes from time to time.

Do I have so many things to do?
That's okay.

Gao Zhendong, startled, patted his chest and felt relieved.

After work, Gao Zhendong decided to treat himself to a meal since he was scared just now.

He took out a flying dragon bird and some roe deer meat from the things sent by the Northeast section workers, and ran to find Sha Zhu.

What's more, the two have never gotten together since Jia Dongxu died.

Wang Dezhu stopped calling. During this period of time, after work, he would stay at home to accompany Wan Yueqin, without fail.

When he saw Gao Zhendong coming over with something, Sha Zhu immediately put away his lunch box, not wanting to look at it anymore.

According to the old rules, the meat belongs to Gao Zhendong, the vegetables and wine belong to Sha Zhu, and a bowl of roe deer meat is given to the deaf old lady.

While Sha Zhu was preparing the food, he was chatting with Gao Zhendong.

He Yushui took the tape recorder that Gao Zhendong brought to serve as the atmosphere group, and was very curious about it. He fiddled with it and listened to music.

It’s no wonder that this long-lost leisure time made Gao Zhendong’s tense spirit relax a little.

After talking about it for a long time, the two inevitably talked about Jia Dongxu.

This is for sure. After all, Jia Dongxu is friends with both of them. It is impossible for them to avoid talking about such a big thing.

Gao Zhendong is often not in the courtyard, so he doesn't know much about the Jia family's current situation: "Shazhu, Jia Dongxu is gone, how are his family members doing now?"

As Sha Zhu was chopping the meat, he said, "What else can we do? We'll just live like this. But I think their family is in trouble."

Gao Zhendong was a little surprised: "No way, Jia Dongxu's 50% salary pension, plus Qin Huairu also joined the factory, it's almost the same as when Lao Jia was still there."

Sha Zhu laughed at Gao Zhendong: "Zhendong, you have been so successful that you don't know the difficulties of their family at all."

Gao Zhendong really didn't know: "Oh? What do you mean?"

Sha Zhu shook his head: "When Lao Jia was here, there were five people in his family, and three of them didn't have enough food, so they couldn't save much money."

"Now that Qin Huairu has entered the factory, she has become a resident, and the two children have also become resident. They all have quotas, which will save a lot of money."

"It's no use. Their family is like suppressing one problem but causing another to pop up."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm telling you this, don't tell anyone. Old Jia's mother loves to take painkillers. When Old Jia was around, she could still control her. Now that Old Jia is gone, how can Qin Huairu control this old woman? Just wait and see, the money they spend on medicine every month will kill Qin Huairu."

Gao Zhendong suddenly realized that although Qin Huairu had worked for many years and still did not even earn the salary of a first-level worker, with her salary plus Jia Dongxu's pension, she should not live like the ones in TV dramas.

I only knew from watching TV that Jia Zhang liked to take painkillers, but I didn’t think too much about it.

If you think about it carefully, if you eat it every day, even if one piece doesn't seem to cost much, it's indeed not a small amount in a month.

However, Qin Huairu herself could bear this matter, and no one else had anything to say.

On second thought, this isn't right. How come this bastard Sha Zhu knows so much about the Jia family's affairs?

"Shazhu, how come you know so much about the Jia family? It's not surprising that you knew so much when Old Jia was around, but now that Old Jia is gone, you still know so much?"

"Hey, it's just a small matter, do you still need to ask? I can guess who I am. Just look at it, I estimate that the funeral expenses of Lao Jia's three months' average salary will not last for a few months."

Sha Zhu spoke carelessly, but there was some evasiveness in his eyes.

Gao Zhendong was peeling peanuts and putting them into his mouth, so he didn't see it.

Speaking of this, Gao Zhendong thought of something: "Shazhu, when you deliver something to the deaf old lady, send a bowl to the Jia family as well. Meat is hard to come by these days, and I guess those two kids are greedy. One is seven years old, and the other is two years old. They are quite pitiful."

Gao Zhendong is famous in the courtyard for liking children. Sha Zhu thinks this is normal and agrees, "Okay, Zhendong, you are more generous."

Sha Zhu held two bowls, first delivering them to the backyard and then to the Jia family. The aroma of meat filled half the yard.

The people in the yard secretly cursed Shazhu for being a scoundrel. Just deliver the vegetables, why can't you cover it tightly? Are you making fun of us?

However, everyone in the yard also knew that when Gao Zhendong went to Sha Zhu's house, it was normal practice.

Gao Zhendong ate peanuts while waiting for Sha Zhu to come back, while He Yushui poured wine into their glasses.

After a while, Shazhu came back with a somewhat indignant look on his face.

Gao Zhendong was a little puzzled. How could someone get angry when you delivered food? Was it thrown out by someone else? That's impossible.

There is no need to talk about the deaf old lady. No matter how screwed up the Jia family is, they would not be so stupid.

"What's wrong? I see you look like this, have you been bullied by someone?"

Sha Zhu said angrily, "Mrs. Jia Zhang is such a jerk. Qin Huairu hasn't gotten off work yet. I delivered the food to her, and before I even left her house, this old woman ate half of it in two bites."

There wasn't much meat in the bowl, and if you eat it freely, you really can't bear a few mouthfuls. But at most, it's just Jia Zhang who's greedy. What do you think you, Sha Zhu, are so angry about?

Before Gao Zhendong could speak, He Yushui started talking first. He Yushui was also eleven or twelve years old, and he could understand many things more clearly. Nowadays, children are psychologically precocious.

"Brother, the meat belongs to Brother Zhendong and he didn't care, but you are anxious for running errands, don't you think so? Brother Zhendong."

Gao Zhendong smiled and shook his head without saying anything.

"Go away, go away. You little kid, what do you know? I just can't stand it."

Hearing this, Gao Zhendong pointed out to Sha Zhu: "It doesn't matter if you don't like it, just don't spoil their kids."

"Zhendong, what do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says. Don't spoil it."

"The sun is rising from the west, and Gao Zhendong actually said he won't spoil the child anymore."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "When did I spoil a child without any bottom line?"

Sha Zhu thought about it and it seemed to be true. He felt his head was a little confused, but he couldn't figure out why.

He shook his head, as if to get rid of the chaotic thoughts, and picked up the wine glass: "I don't want to think about it anymore, come on, let's drink."

The next day, Gao Zhendong did not go to work at the Beijing Steel Plant. He returned to the Third Steel Rolling Plant.

Just the day before, the first batch of NF material had been refined and cast into thick embryos.

A portion of the thick steel was sampled and sent to the laboratory of Beijing Steel Plant for mechanical property and environmental tolerance tests.

For this type of test, the conditions at Beijing Steel Plant are better than those at the Third Steel Rolling Mill. There are many test items in the environmental tolerance test, and it is not possible to complete them all in a short time.

The remaining thick billets have been sent to the third steel rolling mill for trial rolling into plates.

Gao Zhendong came over to explain the plate rolling process.

The plate rolling has not started yet, and the relevant personnel are all beside Gao Zhendong, listening to him explain the process.

Gao Zhendong started from the rough rolling of the rolled plate, and talked about the heating of the ingot, the heating rate, the target temperature, the insulation time, etc., all the way to the finishing and peeling of the ingot.

Then comes the medium plate rolling, from the heating process to the medium plate rolling process, and then the finished product heat treatment requirements, finished product finishing methods, etc.

After the staff at the steel rolling mill clarified all the requirements again and confirmed that there were no problems, Gao Zhendong left the steel rolling mill and went to Beijing Steel Plant.

There is no point in him watching here. The people in the steel rolling mill workshop are much more skilled in the specific work of steel rolling than he is. He just needs to explain the process and the people in the workshop will handle the rest.

Moreover, steel rolling is not like kneading plasticine, which you can knead right out of the box. The preliminary preparation work takes a long time.

Apart from anything else, in the process required by Gao Zhendong, the heating and insulation time of the steel ingot when opening the embryo is as high as more than ten hours. It is a complete waste of time to stay here.

Before leaving, he went to visit Lao Chen, who told him mysteriously that there was good news. When Gao Zhendong asked, Lao Chen refused to say anything and only said that the matter had not been finalized yet.

I remembered that when I was having dinner with Sha Zhu the day before, Sha Zhu mentioned that the technical department would be upgraded to the technical department. Maybe this was it.

Sha Zhu even jokingly called Gao Zhendong "Director Gao", and Gao Zhendong forced him to drink three glasses of wine.

However, Gao Zhendong did not expose the truth and let Lao Chen keep his secret. Sometimes, everyone was actually happy by coaxing the old man like this.

Back at Beijing Steel Plant, the NF material trial production workshop had not started furnace refining.

The first batch of NF steel has been produced. The next step of adjustment will depend on the test results of this batch of steel.

This test result not only includes the inspection result of the Beijing Steel Plant's laboratory, but also includes the rolling conditions of the Third Steel Rolling Plant and the inspection results of the rolled medium and thick plates.

However, the people at Beijing Steel Plant were very enthusiastic about their work. Taking advantage of this gap, they stepped up the development of the AOD process, and a group of people gathered around Gao Zhendong.

Especially when writing a proposal, you should ask about the content of the technical part and then write it in appropriate language.

In other words, AOD is a serious new technology, and it has obvious effects and advantages, which makes the work of comrades writing the application very easy.

If it is a project that is intended to be forced into operation, it will be a lot of fun. Even if it is changed to be bald, it may not be useful, and it may be regarded as a joke by those who review the project.

"The application for the XXX project is full of clichés, none of which is real. When it comes to innovation and expected benefits, it's all just bragging. There's no actual economic benefit at all, and it's all about social benefits that are completely irrelevant."

While he was communicating with his colleagues at Beijing Steel Plant about AOD, the test reports of the first batch of NF materials were also delivered one after another. Overall, the situation was good.

The mechanical strength has reached the expected requirements, and the data of each environmental tolerance test are also good. Some of them have reached the overall demand indicators, and some are slightly worse, but the difference is not far, and they are at a level that can be used.

Besides, this is only the first batch, and there is still time for adjustment.

A day passed in busyness, and someone came from the steel rolling mill and said something as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Director Gao, something bad has happened!"

(End of this chapter)