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Chapter 123 - Chapter 123: Burn Money? No, I’ll Cheat Instead
chapter 123: burn money? no, i’ll cheat instead

translator: endlessfantasy translation editor: endlessfantasy translation

“mr. tang, can we use this type of equipment?”

“alright, let’s start with this design for now.”

tang rui didn’t reject this design because it wasn’t the final result. the aerodynamic exterior design of a fighter jet couldn’t be decided just by drawing a picture. the current sketch was, at most, just an idea. when it came to the actual design, there would be many more questions. so tang rui didn’t ask them to make changes because it wasn’t necessary.

“alright, mr. tang.”

“you don’t need to rush; take your time.”

tang rui nodded, signaling feng yuanxing and his team not to hurry. after all, if they wanted to start actual manufacturing, they would have to wait until the company relocated. the current factory was simply not equipped for this purpose. besides sorting out the materials for the aircraft, tang rui didn’t involve himself in the rest of the process.

in the evening, after a normal day at work, tang rui had celia download a lot of materials related to materials science. although he had studied some of this knowledge before, it was mostly at a basic level, with no in-depth research, especially in terms of manufacturing processes. now that he needed to work with materials, he had to learn this knowledge. a quiet night passed.

the next day at work, tang rui went to the materials laboratory with two employees to experiment. mainly, he was the one experimenting, and the two employees were responsible for recording his experimental steps and the manufacturing process. tang rui didn’t bother with the tedious work; he only wanted to create high-performance materials.

“boss, should we increase the proportion of rhenium?”

“why should we increase it?”

“boss, we’re aiming for high-temperature-resistant alloys, and rhenium makes up only 1.5% of the metal. are its physical properties sufficient?”

“it’s enough; we don’t need it that high.”

based on the analyzed material formula, tang rui began to manufacture high-temperature alloys. the process and techniques were fine, the same processes that everyone was using, but the issue was that after manufacturing, the material’s performance didn’t meet the standards. the formula proportions were correct, so the process had a problem. tang rui tried three different processes, all resulting in failure.

“come on, you guys try a few times, do it however you want.”

sitting in the laboratory chair, tang rui couldn’t be bothered to do it himself and let the two employees start experimenting.

“boss, i want to raise the temperature by 120 degrees.”

“go ahead, raise it by 1200 degrees if you want, it doesn’t matter.”

he said nonchalantly. who knew what the real manufacturing process was? there was no need to restrict their ideas now. regarding the alloy he had just produced, it was still 2,700 degrees away from a true high-temperature-resistant alloy. they weren’t close to the material’s performance yet; they just needed to make gradual adjustments, conduct repeated experiments, and not make drastic changes. the performance still had a long way to go, so it was possible to explore freely.

after a while, the manufacturing of the high-temperature alloy was complete, and testing began, mainly focused on high-temperature resistance testing. other performance parameters didn’t need to be tested right away.

“boss, the melting point has increased by 800 degrees.”

“what?”

tang rui jumped up from his chair. why did the melting point increase by 800 degrees in just one experiment? he rushed over to look at the data, and it had indeed increased by 800 degrees. it was incredible. could this employee be a hidden lucky charm?

“what do you want to do next?”

“boss, i want to raise the temperature by another 200 degrees.”

“go ahead.”

half a day later, a new alloy had been manufactured, and testing began. the result… the melting point had not increased; it had decreased by 200 degrees. this was frustrating.

“carry on with your experiments.”

tang rui left the lab in frustration and went to find the hr specialist.

“contact zhilian and recruit a group of materials science graduate students or even doctoral students. we need more manpower. we previously hired two materials experts to make it easier for me to create things, but now, with a significant amount of material experimentation required, two people are not enough. we need to recruit more.”