Original book 057

  Xiong Liming left with a heavy heart, and Lin Zhenhua was just about to calm down and translate the materials when he heard footsteps outside the door. Hu Yang, the wooden model worker, walked in.

  "Kobayashi, you're back?" Hu Yang asked as soon as he entered the door. He knew that Lin Zhenhua had gone to Guangzhou a few days ago.

  Lin Zhenhua hastily stood up and gave his seat to Hu Yang: "Master Hu has arrived, please sit down quickly."

  After several interactions with Hu Yang, Lin Zhenhua now has a kind of reverence for Hu Yang that is close to worship. He doesn't know what Hu Yang's background is, but he knows that Hu Yang has extremely strong learning ability and very solid basic skills. Lin Zhenhua acknowledges that apart from the innate advantages of being a transmigrator, he can't compare with Hu Yang in any other aspect.

  Hu Yang sat down on the stool and took out a stack of draft paper, saying to Lin Zhenhua: "Little Lin, are you busy now? I have a few math problems that I'd like to ask for your advice."

  Lin Zhenhua hastily said: "Master Hu, you mustn't say that. How can I be worthy of the two words 'please teach'?"

  "Of course, I deserve it." Hu Yang said, "The finite element analysis you told me last time, I've been thinking about it every day for the past few days, and the more I think about it, the more flavorful it becomes. As a result, after thinking about it repeatedly, there are still several places that I don't understand, so I'm anxious to ask for your advice. A few days ago, I came looking for you, but they said you went to Guangzhou."

  "That's right, I went to Guangzhou to help the factory bring back a CNC machine." Lin Zhenhua said.

  "I saw CNC machine tools yesterday," said Hu Yang, "I really felt shocked, our country's industry is indeed far behind others."

  "Let's chase slowly." Lin Zhenhua said, he pulled the topic back to its original place and asked: "Master Hu, you just mentioned that there is a math problem?"

  "That's right, these are the questions." Hu Yang handed over the draft paper and pointed with his pen to Lin Zhenhua, saying: "Look, I think there are a few algorithms here that I don't quite understand..."

  Lin Zhenhua looked and said apologetically, "Master Hu, I'm ashamed to say that the places you mentioned are all areas where my skills are not refined, and I don't even understand them myself. This time when I went to Guangzhou, I asked a foreign friend to buy some books for me, including this one on finite element analysis."

  He said, taking out an English original book from his own cabinet. This was specially purchased by him in the United States and also brought back with Lan Wufeng's pile of electronic tables this time.

  "Hu Shifu, I just got this book and haven't had a chance to read it carefully yet. After I've finished reading it, I should be able to answer your questions," said Lin Zhenhua.

  "Introduction to Finite Element Analysis", isn't this a textbook on finite element analysis? Hu Yang looked at the cover of that English book and directly read out its title in Chinese.

  "Master Hu, do you understand English?" Lin Zhenhua was taken aback.

  Poplar smiled slightly: "Usually idle, I also learned a bit, you know, I'm the kind of person who likes to learn something. However, this thing I haven't told anyone else, just keep it to yourself."

  Lin Zhenhua turned around and opened the cabinet again, taking out a stack of books: "Master Hu, I had an American friend buy a lot of books for me this time. I was thinking that no one would be able to understand them, but since you know English, are you interested in taking a few to read?"

  Hu Yang's eyes lit up, and he snatched the stack of books to start reading. Excited, he didn't even bother to hide his enthusiasm, muttering to himself as he read out the titles: "Metal Cutting Craftsmanship", "Rapid Prototyping Technology", "Principles of Flexible Manufacturing Systems"... Little Lin, these books are treasures! Where did you get them from?

  "Lao Hu, you can't say that you understand all these books, can you?" Lin Zhenhua only felt dizzy, this Hu Yang, how many secrets was he hiding in his body?

  Hu Yang hugged the book and refused to let go. He opened one of them, quickly browsing through the directory, as if he wanted to devour all the content in the shortest time possible. Lin Zhenhua watched Hu Yang's speed of flipping through the book and the hungry expression in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel a sense of shock. He knew that Hu Yang was not simply flipping through the pages, but rather reading the English content while simultaneously grasping its meaning. To think that many people can't even read books written in their native language at such speed, Hu Yang's English proficiency and mechanical expertise must have reached an incredible level.

  "Lao Hu, don't be impatient. If you're interested, you can take all these books to read." Lin Zhenhua said generously. The knowledge in these books, Lin Zhenhua had more or less learned before, it's just that some details were not remembered so clearly. He let Ford buy these books, mainly for the purpose of having them as reference books by his side, so that when encountering technical problems, he could flip through them at any time. Moreover, he had a lot of advanced knowledge, which in the past was always disguised as learned from the troops, but in the future, he could say it was seen in the books. These books also served as camouflage for him.

  But these books had a completely different significance for Hu Yang. No matter how great Hu Yang was, this knowledge was all new to him. During the 10-year period of chaos, China's connection with the outside world was basically cut off, and these new technologies that emerged in the 60s and 70s were not even touched upon by anyone in China. As a wood mold worker in a machinery factory, Hu Yang had no opportunity to come into contact with foreigners, so although he could see concepts like finite element analysis in mechanical magazines, he was completely ignorant of their content. Lin Zhenhua's stack of books was equivalent to opening a big window in front of Hu Yang.

  "That's great, Xiao Lin. These books, I'll just... forget it, I'll borrow three for now. Or else, there's this one too, that makes four, is that okay?" Hu Yang hugged the pile of books, feeling like he couldn't bear to part with any of them. However, if he were to take all the books away, that would be a bit too much."

  "Lao Hu, you can take all these books to read. If you're interested, you can keep them too. However, you have to let me know who you are?" Lin Zhenhua said, "You say you're a high school diploma holder and a wood model worker, how can I believe that?"

  Hu Yang's face flashed a hint of gloom, he hesitated for a moment, and said lightly: "Xiao Lin, some things, you don't have to dig too deeply either. You can just treat me as a wooden model maker."

  "Alright, I know," Lin Zhenhua said. "Old Hu, this time when I went to Guangzhou, I even brought back a gift for you, but it's not convenient to bring it into the workshop. I'll send it to your home tonight."

  Poplar waved his hand repeatedly: "I don't want any gifts, I just hope to be able to borrow all the books here to read, this is the best gift."

  Lin Zhenhua smiled and said: "Old Hu, you'd better be careful what you say, or you might regret it."

  "What does it mean?" Hu Yang felt that Lin Zhenhua's smile was full of profound meaning and couldn't help but feel curious.

  Lin Zhenhua was dazzled by Hu Yang's brilliance and lost all his confidence. Now that he finally had an opportunity to pique Hu Yang's curiosity, how could he let it go? Facing Hu Yang's questioning, he just smiled and said: "Old Hu, wait for me at home tonight."