It was still the same between teachers and students. Xu Wenliang claimed that Cui Yongfeng was his best student, while Cui Yongfeng accurately grasped Xu Wenliang's pulse and offered Feng Xiaochen a clever plan, so he really let Xu Wenliang submit.

As soon as he went to work the next day, Xu Wenliang reported the matter about the Avare project to Song Hongsheng and Gong Zhenxing, which indeed attracted the attention of Song Hongsheng and the others. If Feng Xiaochen and Wang Genji mentioned the Avare project were real and this project could fall on Qin Zhong's head, then its significance to Qin Zhong is far greater than that of Nangang's rolling mill.

Things in the world are bustling for fame and fortune. Xu Wenliang wants to leave his name in history, and Song Hongsheng and Gong Zhenxing want more. They want Qin Zhong’s profits and take on the political achievements of large-scale overseas projects. The Arvare project can just satisfy all everyone’s wishes.

The enlarged meeting of the Party Committee of Qinzhou Heavy Machinery Factory was held for a whole day and a series of resolutions were formed:

First, Gong Zhenxing and Xu Wenliang were responsible for establishing the Clinz subcontracting business project leadership group, organizing the elite soldiers and generals of the entire factory to digest and absorb the technology transferred by Clinz, maintain quality and quantity, and complete this important task on time.

Before this, Qin Chong had made the same promise to the working group of the Chongfu Office and submitted a work plan, which also mentioned the words of the organization's elite soldiers and strong generals. But this time, the list listed by Qin Chong was significantly different from the last time. Those seven-level turning workers and eight-level fitters who were more expensive than gold all appeared on the list. The technical director also changed from unsatisfactory deputy chief engineer Li Jianhe and Dong Jinxi to chief engineer Xu Wenliang.

Secondly, the rolling mill project of Avare formed a preliminary work team, which was also led by Gong Zhenxing and Xu Wenliang. The task of this early team is to complete the overall design of the 1700mm rolling mill according to the needs of Avare, so that it can stand out in future bidding and obtain orders from Avare.

Feng Xiaochen made a guarantee to Gong Zhenxing that even if the Avare project failed, the Reinstallation Office will continue to promote the export of domestic hot rolling mills. Latin America and other countries have relatively developed steel industries, and there is a possibility of new or renewal of hot rolling mills. As long as Qin Chong's design can be unique and has sufficient price advantages, it will be a matter of time before it can get an import order.

Xu Wenliang's enthusiasm has been fully mobilized. He promised to learn Clinz's technology wholeheartedly and integrate it into the design of the new rolling mill. He also said that no matter whether the Arvare mill project can be negotiated, he will work hard to complete the design of the new rolling mill production line and put a perfect end to his technical career.

Feng Xiaochen revealed the truth to Xu Wenliang at a suitable opportunity, telling him that Cui Yongfeng actually proposed the suggestion of looking for a market abroad, and said that the purpose of Cui Yongfeng's proposal was to give the teacher an opportunity to realize his long-cherished wish.

In addition to regret, Xu Wenliang bought a lot of snacks and a few expensive toys, and went to the tube building where Cui Yongfeng lived. In the name of visiting Cui Yongfeng's daughter Niu Niu, he apologized to the former students and formally invited Cui Yongfeng to serve as his assistant to help him complete the design work of the Avare rolling mill. After a brief embarrassment, the master and apprentice returned to their former harmony and tacit understanding and talked about the design ideas of the new rolling mill.

That day, in order to dampen Xu Wenliang's self-confidence, Feng Xiaochen revealed the mill design concepts he remembered in later generations, and actually gave Xu Wenliang a brainstorm. After Xu Wenliang recovered, he did not intend to let Feng Xiaochen go. He and Cui Yongfeng pressed Feng Xiaochen in the drawing room of the technical department and asked Feng Xiaochen what was more than ten years ahead of him.

Feng Xiaochen was responsible for the development of metallurgical equipment in his previous life and participated in many technical demonstration meetings. Of course, he could not figure out every specific technical details, nor could he remember them all, but he could speak out those novel design ideas without hesitation. With some special designs, he could even draw a simple picture. If such a simple picture is handed over to the hands of metallurgical experts, he could see the mystery at a glance and quickly turn it into a design drawing.

Some time ago, in order to make original accumulation for Chenyu Company, Feng Xiaochen drew some of the small inventions he remembered into drawings and sold them to manufacturers in West Germany. However, he did not use them to monetize them when it comes to great innovations. First, for the sake of justice, he felt that he had finally traveled through time and had to stay in his country and play a role in benefiting the country and the people; second, this revolutionary technological innovation will be very eye-catching once it is disclosed. If people find that he sold such technology abroad, according to the political atmosphere at that time, he would have to bear great risks.

This time, in front of Xu Wenliang and Cui Yongfeng, Feng Xiaochen did not retain it, but instead spoke out all the technologies that could be told. Some of the later technologies were advanced to the point where the technical level at that time could not be supported. If he said it, he would probably be regarded as a madman by Xu Wenliang and the others, so Feng Xiaochen would naturally not mention it. What he said was based on the domestic technical level. Some technologies were currently brewing in the laboratories of international giants such as Siemens and Hitachi, and Feng Xiaochen did not intend to show mercy to them.

"I guess these technologies have not been developed abroad yet. We must apply for patents first. Otherwise, once our design plan is proposed, these foreign companies will definitely attract patents and catch us off guard."

After Feng Xiaochen finished the explanation, he solemnly said to Xu Wenliang and Cui Yongfeng.

In the previous life, China's overall technical level lags behind the West, and there are few technologies that need to worry about others' patents being invested, so from central ministries to the following companies, they were not very concerned about patent applications. At that time, there was no patent law in China, and to apply for patents, they had to go abroad. Most companies did not understand the procedures for applying for patents abroad, which also made it difficult for many technologies to obtain patent protection.

Of course, to be honest, domestic companies did not care about protecting their own patents, nor did they care about protecting other people's patents. It was a very common practice back then that time. From the central government to the local government, there was no problem with doing this. Some people think that since we are unscrupulously imitating equipment that has patents abroad, what's the point of applying for patents abroad? Will people be willing to protect our patents?

Feng Xiaochen can see further. He knew that sooner or later the country would integrate into the international community, and the protection of intellectual property rights would be increasingly strengthened. Now we do not pay much attention to other people's patents, nor do we care about others plagiarizing our patents. But when one day we plan to respect other people's patents, if we do not have a patent, we will not only be unable to protect our technology, but we will even have to go to foreign countries for the technology invented. This will be extremely cowardly.

Xu Wenliang and Cui Yongfeng were not uninformed. When they heard Feng Xiaochen's words, they understood the joints. Cui Yongfeng nodded solemnly and said, "Director Feng is right to remind him that these ideas will be very revolutionary for mill design and their value is immeasurable. If large foreign metallurgical companies understand these ideas, even if they only hear a few words, they will register this design as a patent first, and we will not be able to use it at that time."

"Yongfeng, you must pay close attention. No word of the thoughts mentioned by Director Feng can be revealed." Xu Wenliang reminded.

Cui Yongfeng said: "I understand, General Manager Xu, don't worry. I thought about it this way. We must verify the ideas mentioned by Director Feng as soon as possible, and then write them into application documents according to the specifications of patent applications. Please ask the foreign trade department to help us apply for patents abroad, and then we can take them out and use them."

"If these patents are published, the entire global metallurgy field will cause a sensation!" Xu Wenliang said with emotion.

Cui Yongfeng said: "It's not just a sensation, I think it's an earthquake. I have a premonition that Siemens, Hitachi, Clintz, Sanli Steel and others will all be crazy. They will have to come and buy these patents from us, otherwise their newly designed rolling mill will be outdated."

Speaking of this, Cui Yongfeng turned his attention to Feng Xiaochen and asked dumbly: "Director Feng... Can I ask, where do you think you are from? Some of the ideas you said are somewhat similar to what I saw in academic magazines, but those magazines are definitely not as thorough as you. There are other ideas, which are simply brand new. Not to mention me, even old metallurgical experts like General Manager Xu have never thought about how you thought of it?"

"Yes, Director Xiao Feng, this is also the question I want to ask. Anyone who can propose one of these ideas can be called an authority or a master in the metallurgical industry, but you have spoken more than a dozen items in one breath. Such a rich idea cannot come from a single person...especially a young cadre like you." Xu Wenliang also said. His technical fool was wrong again, regardless of the abrupt statement.

"This... may be considered a little bit of family knowledge." Feng Xiaochen said helplessly. Of course, he knew that what he said was too outrageous, but he felt it was a pity that he wanted to put all these foresighted thoughts on the shelf. After all, these are all the benefits of time travelers.

"Why, Director Feng's parents are also engaged in metallurgy?" Xu Wenliang asked casually.

Feng Xiaochen shook his head and said, "My parents are not engaged in metallurgy, but my grandfather is engaged in metallurgy. His name is Feng Weiren." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!