Chapter 46: The Factory Director (11)

  Seeing Lin Hongfei's "standing with poise and sitting with elegance", Wu Dayong couldn't help but nod his head in approval, secretly admiring Vice Chief of Staff Lin's excellent parenting.

  The enthusiastic staff knocked on the door and came in to help Lin Hongfei and Wu Dayong make tea, then bowed and retreated.

  "Is General Lin's body well?"

  According to domestic officialdom conventions, even if it's a very important matter, if there are seniority and age relationships involved, the first thing to do is still to ask about the other party's parents and elders.

  Lin Hongfei quickly stood up to show respect, and gratefully said, "Thank you, Director, for your concern. My father's body is very good, and he still insists on training with the soldiers every year."

  Wu Dàyǒng listened and couldn't help but feel envious, shaking his head in admiration. "Lin Shangshu's body is really... I have no way to compare with Lin Shangshu."

  "You're busy with official duties every day, and there are countless things in the municipal party committee that need your attention. It's not easy to find time to exercise," Lin Hongfei said with a smile. "Unlike my dad's military system, during peacetime, the military basically has nothing to do, relatively speaking, it's more leisurely."

  This is true, in peacetime, like the kind of place Lin Weiguo was in, a defensive second-class division, there really wasn't much to do, not many worries, as long as you wanted to, every day you could have a fixed time to exercise your body. Wu Dayong naturally understood this and nodded with a smile.

  After chatting for a few sentences, Wu Dàyǒng changed the subject and said to Lin Hóngfēi, "Hóngfēi, I asked you to come today because there's something going on at the Municipal Party Committee that they want your cooperation with, and also to hear your opinion."

  This is where things get serious, Lin Hongfei's expression turned solemn as he said, "Yes, Director, please speak."

  "Don't be so serious, relax," seeing Lin Hongfei like this, Wu Dayong actually smiled, "It's like this, the day before yesterday, you invented two motorcycles, one is a male-style cross-country bike, and the other is a female-style scooter, and filled the gap in our country's motorcycle technology, right?"

  Lin Hongfei did not expect that Wu Dayong called him over, it was actually about the two motorcycles he made, thinking of the recent event in the city that had left all the main leaders of Beiguan City somewhat at a loss, his heart couldn't help but stir: Could it be...

  "It's like this," Lin Hongfei nodded, taking the opportunity to introduce his creations, "The men's cross-country motorcycle uses a 250cc displacement asynchronous twin-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine; The scooter Xiaoling used has a 150cc displacement single-cylinder forced air-cooled continuously variable transmission gasoline engine. As far as I know, neither of these types of engines are currently available domestically."

  "Really not?" Wu Dàyǒng and others were waiting for Lin Hongfei's words, before he was not very sure, but now hearing Lin Hongfei say so, his eyes widened. He didn't care about the performance of these two engines, but what Lin Hongfei said "domestically there is no", domestically there is no what meaning? This means that at least filling the domestic blank!

  Beiguan City is at the forefront of the country in the research and development of small gasoline engines, taking the lead in developing and manufacturing high-performance small gasoline engines with leading technical levels nationwide, filling the gap in domestic products of the same kind. The debut of this product will greatly stimulate the economic development of Beiguan City...

  What is this? This is an achievement! For any government leader, such a thing that fills the domestic gap is a great and golden achievement!

  "No!" Lin Hongfei's tone was very affirmative. "Take the 250ml displacement engine as an example, currently in the domestic market, there are only two engines with the same displacement, one is our Happy 250 and the other is Wanjing Factory's Suzuki GN250. However, both of these engines are single-cylinder gasoline engines, with large vibrations, general technical indicators, and not high fuel economy, which is far inferior to my twin-cam engine."

  "What?!" Wu Dajun involuntarily shouted in surprise.

  This time, he was really surprised. The thing Lin Hongfei came up with was better than the Happy 250, which wasn't surprising, since the Happy 250 was an old product from decades ago and its performance was naturally lagging behind. But what was unacceptable to him was that it even surpassed the GN250 of the authentic Suzuki imported engine! How could this thing he himself had tinkered with surpass the genuine article? Wasn't this a bit too exaggerated?

  At that time, the country had just been open to reform for a few years, but the opening of the national gate also allowed everyone to see the life of capitalist countries abroad. Everyone was suddenly surprised to find that the people of capitalist countries, who were originally in their own impression, were in a state of turmoil and waiting for their own rescue, actually had much happier lives than their own. At a time when even basic needs like food and clothing were not fully met in their own country, every family abroad already had their own small car!

  So it seems we've been living in a dream all these years? This discovery is unbearable for everyone!

  Along with the impact, there is a psychology of worshipping foreign things due to inferiority complex. The view that "foreign things are good, and even the foreign moon is rounder than ours" not only exists among ordinary people but also among some leaders. Therefore, when Lin Hongfei said that the engine he developed was more advanced than Suzuki's GN250, Wu Dayong couldn't accept it: "Are you bragging too much?"

  With this preconceived notion, Wu Dajun's gaze at Lin Hongfei couldn't help but be filled with suspicion and regret: You little brat, you should at least make your boasts more believable, really... not a bit down-to-earth.

  Lin Hongfei naturally knew what the meaning was that Wu Dayong's eyes revealed, originally he didn't want to say it, but looking at this situation, if he himself didn't say something, this person would probably start doubting his character. As one of the best internal combustion engine designers in the world, Lin Hongfei really couldn't bear others doubting his professionalism.

  Lin Hongfei, who had made up his mind, explained to Wu Dàyǒng calmly, "Actually, the technology of ri itself is nothing special, for example, that GN250, it's a 250CC single-cylinder air-cooled twin-exhaust engine, with a maximum power of 15.4Kw, which translates to 20.6 horsepower in our usual terms. The engine I designed has the same displacement of 250cc, but uses a twin-cylinder design, and its maximum power reaches 22 horsepower, which is 1.4 more than ri's engine."