Chapter 33 Strong soldiers and horses
After discussing the matter, Gao Zhendong left Deputy Director Li’s office and walked towards the laboratory.

Gao Zhendong is not opposed to having new people join the research team. Instead, he welcomes it.

Although the initial staff size was determined by Gao Zhendong himself, there was actually an implicit premise, that is, Gao Zhendong was a newcomer in the steel rolling mill and was of low status, so the size of the staff he wanted at that time was based on the principle of "basically enough".

If he had set up a relatively large staff from the beginning, it would be hard to say whether the people above would approve the project. After all, each person costs money, and calling in too many people will affect other work. Moreover, if the research results are not satisfactory, then a big fuss will definitely be more embarrassing than a small one. These factors will affect the decision-making of the department and the factory.

Therefore, Gao Zhendong's initial policy was to first obtain the minimum resources needed, and then use the results to speak for themselves, expanding the scale step by step. Now that human resources have increased, it is actually a good thing. After all, the initial staff scale is not the optimal solution. Of course, as I said before, the premise of doing this is to be able to produce results. If not, all efforts will be in vain.

Back in the laboratory, Gao Zhendong greeted everyone: "Now that the most urgent task at hand has been completed, everyone should stop what they are doing and wait until everyone is free, then we will have a short meeting." During the experiment, if anyone came in and asked everyone to stop immediately because they had something to say, they would probably be scolded to death behind their back by the research team, and they would also make fun of this person for not knowing anything, because some work processes, once started, cannot be stopped.

After about 20 minutes, everyone stopped what they were doing and gathered together. Gao Zhendong cleared his throat and said, "I have some good news to announce. The factory and the department have decided to send us a group of people, who will arrive this afternoon, considering the heavy workload and the high importance of our work."

He said it was good news, but it didn't sound like the truth to the people in the research team. They thought it was time to divide the cake, and they were all a little panicked.

This is another reason why Gao Zhendong is willing to accept new employees: to introduce competition and release a few catfish. When people have a sense of urgency, they will naturally work harder.

As for the people who come to gild but don't do their job? That's wishful thinking. If you want to plate a layer of gold on a copper piece, it has to roll in the potion, or be hit, or be electrocuted. Otherwise, where does the gold on the surface come from? Those who are willing, copper comes in, and golden light goes out; those who are unwilling, copper comes in, and copper goes out.

Seeing that everyone was a little worried, Gao Zhendong smiled: "Don't worry, I know what you are thinking. With Mr. Chen and me, everyone's sweat will not be in vain. This project is so big, it's a good thing to have more people." Those who have been in the team from the beginning must not be treated unfairly.

After hearing this, the members of the research team felt relieved. Yes, with these two masters and apprentices, there was nothing to worry about. The cake looked quite big now, and it seemed a bit of a waste for just a few people to eat it. Besides, the workload was indeed a bit heavy, so it would be a good thing to have someone to help.

Seeing that everyone was relieved, Gao Zhendong announced the end of the meeting, and then called Liang Faming: "Liang, the experiment here has been carried out normally, and more people will be coming soon. When the people arrive, please take some time to design a repeatability test after the positive and negative electrode materials are paired."

After the comparative test is completed and the positive and negative electrode material pairing is selected, the selected positive and negative electrode materials must be trial-produced multiple times to test the repeatability of their characteristic parameters under different production batches to confirm that the characteristic parameters of the positive and negative electrode material pairing are repeatable and that the degree of overlap meets the requirements.

In theory, this step should have been done at the very beginning, that is, to directly trial-produce multiple copies of each positive and negative electrode ratio, and to conduct repeatability tests during the verification tests. However, the cost of doing so is relatively high, and with Gao Zhendong's identity, the project could easily be killed.

Gao Zhendong took into account that the material ratio had already been verified for future practical applications, so he chose to select the positive and negative electrode pairing scheme directly after comparative testing, and then conducted repeatable tests on the scheme.

Of course, if anyone raises objections to this plan, Gao Zhendong's plan also includes a test process to clean up the mess. That is, when there is a problem with the repeatability test of the optimal pairing, the next level pairing scheme in the comparative test will be selected for repeatability testing. This is not until the characteristic parameters of the available pairing schemes deteriorate to an unacceptable level and still cannot pass the repeatability test, then we will consider starting over.

Since this project is actually a process of supplementing the answers, Gao Zhendong is not too worried about the optimal pairing solution. When Liang Faming heard this request, he did not complain about the heavy workload, but was very happy. What does this mean? This means that I, Liang, have been recognized by Deputy Group Leader Gao.

After informing the existing members of the group, Gao Zhendong left the laboratory and went to find Lao Chen to ask for the list of people to be added to the department.

When Old Chen saw him come in, he handed him a piece of paper on the table and said, "Here is the list. You can decide for yourself who you want to add to the list." When it comes to how Old Chen treats Gao Zhendong, there is really nothing to say.

Gao Zhendong took the list and walked back to the office. When he passed by the desk of the technician who had brought people to see him in the morning, he called the technician and said, "Old Xiao, are you free recently?"

A look of joy flashed across Technician Xiao's face, and he stood up: "I'm free, I'm free, what can Team Leader Gao do to take care of me?"

Gao Zhendong's face straightened: "No good news, there is a hard job, our team is short of manpower, the factory department will arrange for more people, do you want to come?"

Technician Xiao smiled and said without hesitation: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Okay, then we have enough manpower and will probably announce it this afternoon."

Gao Zhendong returned to his seat, took out a pen and paper, and began to write an application report for additional staff. Although most of the people were added by others, he had to do the work.

After the report was written, we went to the laboratory and asked Jia Dongxu to run the process. He himself worked with everyone in the laboratory as usual.

Time soon came to the afternoon. Everything went smoothly at the Keli factory and the procedures were completed very quickly. By three o'clock in the afternoon, Jia Dongxu had completed all the formalities. By the way, he also brought along the excited nephew of Deputy Director Li, a second-level lathe operator.

Gao Zhendong asked Xiao Liu to go to the department and invite the people on the list, and then everyone held a short meeting. At the meeting, in addition to relevant regulations, Gao Zhendong only emphasized one thing: safety.

High-power electric furnaces, high temperatures, fitters, lathe operators, metal dust. All of them are dangerous things, not to mention that Jia Dongxu, the time bomb, is still here. Contrary to many people's intuition, the most important task of project management is actually safety. Gao Zhendong's senior brother in his previous life was tricked by this when he took the construction engineer exam. He chose quality without thinking. When he talked about this with Gao Zhendong at the teacher's place, he looked regretful.

After the meeting, Gao Zhendong made assignments for the new staff, pairing them up with people of the same or similar professions according to their familiarity with the project. As for Master Li, it would be perfect for him to be assigned to Yi Zhonghai.

After everything was settled, the well-equipped thermocouple research team continued to work at full speed.

(End of this chapter)