Chapter 472 Seeing Old Friends Again
"Let's go find the director." The chief engineer stood up. This seemed to be a technical matter, but once it had to be done, it would be more than just a technical issue.

As for new materials, these days they are worth alerting the top leaders no matter where they are.

Even if it is not applicable to the entire spectrum, as long as it has special performance in a certain useful band, it is worth it. There has not been much research in the ultraviolet band, but precisely because there is not much research, there are many possibilities and the prospect of application is also broad.

Gao Zhendong is discussing with his colleagues in the factory what kind of changes need to be made to this optical system component so that it can better match the equipment that is being finalized in the factory.

As they were talking, the door of the laboratory opened and three people walked in.

Engineer Li introduced Gao Zhendong to his colleagues, saying that this was their director and chief engineer.

The director and the chief engineer came up to him and greeted him warmly, but they didn't directly say that they were busy with work yesterday and were not welcoming enough.

If there was no such thing as fused quartz optical glass, I could talk about it, but now that this thing has happened, it is hard to talk about it. It seems like I am being rude at first but respectful later, or giving a special explanation.

"Don't explain, explanation is covering up!" Have you heard similar words a lot?

After greeting them, the director suggested that everyone find a place to sit down and have a chat. Anyway, the experiments here are being monitored by comrades who are engaged in mechanical engineering and people from the Dongguan Institute. They are all procedural matters, so if nothing unexpected happens, it should be sufficient.

Gao Zhendong nodded, kept the person, then changed clothes with several comrades from the Dongguan Institute, left the laboratory, and walked towards the director's office.

The director did not invite them to the conference room. I guess firstly, he thought there was not much need as there were not many people there, and secondly, if they went directly to his office, it would appear more important and approachable.

Meeting in a conference room is more formal but not so intimate. It is usually done after things have been discussed. This is like confessing love. If you don't lay a good foundation beforehand and rush to do it, the effect will not be good, and you may also cut off your way back.

When we entered the director's office, there were only three people there: the director, the chief engineer, and Engineer Li. On Gao Zhendong's side, there was only himself and a comrade from internal security.

After serving tea and water, they sat down and exchanged a few pleasantries as usual, asking whether Gao Zhendong and his group were used to the place.

It’s December in Northeast China, and water freezes into ice.

After a while of pleasantries, the director took the initiative to talk about business.

"Comrade Gao, I heard from our Engineer Li that you intend to give us a new type of optical material that you discovered for further research and use?"

Gao Zhendong handled this matter in a very generous manner, and the director unconsciously used honorifics in his remarks.

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Yes, there is such a thing. The material is not very useful to us. We have no plan or motivation to go deeper, and we will not devote too many resources to it. It would be a bit of a waste if we hold it in our hands."

He did not speak in a high-profile manner, but instead very plainly introduced the current status of the material in his hands.

But at the Dongguan Institute, no matter what Gao Zhendong said about this matter, it was impossible for them to follow Gao Zhendong's words and foolishly add a sentence like "Well, it's really useless for you to have it, it's just right for us to give it". That would be too unkind.

Gao Zhendong spoke modestly, but the Dongguan Institute praised him just as highly. The communication between the two sides was very warm and smooth.

Finally, this cooperation was finalized. Gao Zhendong directly handed over the existing results of fused quartz optical glass to Dongguan Institute. This matter was a cooperation between the Third Rolling Mill and Dongguan Institute. There was no distinction between the main and the secondary units. Gao Zhendong was still the main person, but he did not need to do anything because he had done what he was supposed to do. The rest was the work of Dongguan Institute.

It was not until this time that the chief engineer of Dongguan Institute asked about the specific situation of fused quartz, which was quite interesting.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "To be honest, I didn't expect to use that thing when I came here this time, so I didn't bring the relevant information with me. But it's not a big problem, I have them all written down here." After saying that, he pointed to his head.

Everyone laughed together, "Your safe is really useful, hahaha."

Gao Zhendong simply explained the raw materials and processes to them on the spot. The basics of this thing are not complicated and it is easy to understand for the comrades at Dongguan Institute.

To give an example, “how to do it” in this matter is actually very simple, but the complicated part is that you have to know it first, and then you can get the desired effect by doing so.

After listening to the introduction, there was no problem with the materials. Dongguan Institute had much more complete products than the Third Rolling Mill, and all other equipment was available. The only problem was the extreme cooling equipment.

Gao Zhendong used a compressed gas blowing device for extremely rapid cooling of mercury-cadmium-telluride reaction tubes. Anyway, the quantity he needed was not large, and he just wanted to do an experiment. The Dongguan Institute needed to use a large amount, so there were more things to consider.

The chief engineer of Dongguang Institute pondered and said, "Well, it seems that your idea of ​​compressed gas spray cooling is better now, but the type of compressed gas to be used is a bit particular."

Gao Zhendong and his team cooled mercury cadmium telluride through a quartz tube, so they did not have to worry about impurities introduced by the gas. However, the Dongguan Institute had to consider this issue.

Engineer Li thought for a while and said, "Let's try nitrogen first. If nitrogen doesn't work, then consider argon." Nitrogen is not active under normal circumstances, but it is hard to say at high temperatures. Now we have no experience, so we can only test it step by step. Argon is relatively expensive, so let's not use it if we can.

As for the machines that realize this technical means, there is no need to worry about it for Dongguan Institute. At this time, Northeast China is leading the country, and the Northeast Heavy Industrial Base is not a false reputation. Once the plan is determined, they will naturally deal with it.

At dinner, in order to celebrate this cooperative project, the Dongguan cafeteria invited Gao Zhendong and his team to prepare a good meal. The Northeastern men are generous and the conditions here are also quite good. Even though it is winter, they can still come up with a lot of dishes.

I won't go into details, but eight out of the ten dishes on the table would have been enough for Gao Zhendong to spend ten to eight years in prison in his previous life, with such sentences as "a beast in prison for the rest of his life" and "a bird behind bars regretting everything".

Gao Zhendong really let loose this time, and the wine kept pouring out, and at the end he was just about to yell, "Who else?" But he was cheating, so strictly speaking it wasn't true.

He is relatively restrained in his own factory. After all, the reputation of being a good-for-nothing is not good. When he goes out, he can let go for a while.

The next day, the legend of Gao Zhendong spread throughout the Dongguang Institute. "Comrade Gao is a master at collecting materials, and he is even better at drinking."

After making sure that the performance of the optical system met the requirements and determining the next development direction with his comrades from the Dongguan Institute, Gao Zhendong left the comrades who were engaged in mechanics at the Dongguan Institute to communicate with them about improvements in appearance, installation, and mechanical structure, and he himself slipped away with the comrades in internal security.

Instead of sneaking back to the capital, he went to find an old acquaintance, Duan Gong from the Carbon Research Institute.

This comrade always thinks of me during every festival. He always brings me gifts for big festivals and at least keeps in touch with me on the phone for small festivals. Now that I'm here, it would be a bit unreasonable not to go and see him.

We are all grown men, so forget about surprise attacks, as we might not even see the person. Gao Zhendong first called to confirm that Duan Gong was at the company, and then went over.

Gao Zhendong arrived at the gate of the Carbon Research Institute in a car driven by a local military comrade. Before he got out of the car, he saw Engineer Duan waiting for him at the gate.

In addition to Duan Gong, there were a few other people next to him, who seemed to be his leaders.

When Old Duan saw a GAZ-69 stop at the door of his unit with a creaking sound, he knew that it was most likely Gao Zhendong. He looked up and saw the door open and Gao Zhendong jumped out of the car.

"Haha, Lao Duan, I'm here to disturb you!"

"Welcome, welcome! If you don't come, I'll be anxious, you know? This is our Vice President Xiong, you guys talked on the phone."

Gao Zhendong remembered that when they were burning graphite and it exploded, they asked him to solve the problem. It was a vice president who talked to him on the phone. It seemed that this was the person.

"Dean Xiong, I have heard a lot about you."

"I should be the one saying this, Chief Engineer Gao. Your legend has been circulating in our hospital for a long time, and you have helped us solve many problems. However, this is the first time I have had the chance to meet you in person. It is not easy to thank you in person."

Several people introduced themselves at the door. After a while, Vice President Xiong said with a smile, "Let's go find a place to sit. It's quite cold here."

Indeed, if Gao Zhendong stood at the door for a while longer, he felt like he was about to burst into snot bubbles.

I followed them around and finally came to a meeting room. When I went in, I saw a red cloth hanging there.

——"We warmly welcome Comrade Gao Zhendong to our institute to exchange work."

The name is relatively concise. It is not so good to write "The Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building", as it is easy to misunderstand that Gao Zhendong is from the ministry. "The Third Steel Rolling Mill of the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building" is not so good either, as it seems a bit incongruous. It is better not to write the unit, just write the name.

No wonder he was not called to the office. This was because Gao Zhendong's visit was treated as a big deal.

Gao Zhendong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Dean Xiong, this... this shouldn't be the case. I just came to see an old friend."

Dean Xiong smiled and said, "No, no, you can afford it. If our dean hadn't gone to the Chinese Academy of Sciences to report on his work, he would definitely have come. What's wrong with hanging a banner to help us?"

Well, that's the bad thing about talking to an old comrade. He pretends to be confused, and you can't do anything about him. Are you talking about the banner?

However, Gao Zhendong had nothing else to say. Since the banner had been hung up, he might as well communicate with her.

There are quite a lot of things that can be communicated with the comrades from the Carbon Research Institute. After all, the two parties have done a lot of things together. In addition, because of the improvement of Thunder-1, Gao Zhendong just wanted to talk to the Carbon Research Institute to see if they can provide something that suits his taste.

(End of this chapter)