Shen Gunu

  Lin Zhenhua's guess was completely wrong, Shen Jiale is not the daughter of any high-ranking official, her parents are all workers in a petrochemical plant, they are the kind of workers who have no power or influence at all.

  Shen Jiale's welding skills were learned from her father, who took her to the workshop when she was only 5 or 6 years old and had her hold a welding mask to practice welding by herself.

  The beautiful welding sparks became the little girl's favorite, she begged her father to try welding by herself. So, her father held her small hand and taught her to weld a seam.

  This trial was a success, Shen Jia's daughter became fascinated with electric welding from then on. She thought there was no more interesting game than sticking two steel plates together. While other children were playing with building blocks, she was assembling those steel plates, steel bars and angle irons, these cold, heavy things were her building blocks.

  Shen Jiale never wore any flowery clothes or skirts that little girls liked, her seasonal clothing was all made from her parents' work uniforms, the kind with cuffs and two pockets on the chest. This wasn't entirely because they were poor, but because she only liked this type of clothing. She also never had long braids like other girls, instead having short hair all year round. Because in the workshop, having long braids was taboo, if the braids got caught in the machinery, it would be life-threatening.

  For over a decade, Shen Jiale would often follow her father to weld, initially helping with insignificant parts, but gradually moving on to welding components that required higher quality. Her father was astonished to discover that his daughter seemed to be born for this job, and by the time she was 14 or 15 years old, her welding skills were already comparable to those of veteran workers in the workshop.

  At the age of 18, Shen Jiale entered the factory as a welder. From the factory leaders to ordinary workers, no one did not know that she was a welding genius. As soon as she entered the factory, she was promoted to third-level worker. In fact, with her ability, being promoted to fifth-level worker would also be completely possible.

  In the second year, the Light Industry System organized a group of workers to go to Japan for training. The Provincial Light Industry Department gave Petrochemical Machinery an electric welding worker quota, which fell on Shen Jiale's head without any suspense, because sending old workers would be a waste, and among young workers, it was impossible to find anyone who could reach Shen Jiale's technical level.

  Shen Jiale went to Japan and arrived at a chemical equipment manufacturing company for on-site study. She suddenly discovered that her once proud electric welding technology had long been outdated here, and Japan's electric welding technology had developed to such a high level that many welding methods she had not only seen but also heard of.

  Shen Jiale spent half a year in Japan, without even taking a stroll around the streets. She slept only four hours a day, following Japanese masters to learn techniques during the day and poring over documents with a dictionary at night. Her diligent spirit made even the Japanese, who coined the term "death from overwork", feel inferior, while her grasp of electric welding technology won over all the welders in the factory.

  Shen Jiale returned to the stone machine, already a worthy electric welding technician. Many new electric welding techniques were mastered by her alone in the entire Jiangnan Province, which gave her the capital to not look at the leader's face in the factory. She was only 19 years old that year.

  This time, the Hanhua Machinery Factory came to test the submerged arc welding machine. The factory leader had informed Shen Jiale in advance. When Shen Jiale went to the workshop and took a look at the welding machine brought by the Hanhua factory, she couldn't help but feel a bit of disgust. In Lin Zhenhua's opinion, this submerged arc welding machine was made quite beautifully, with each component polished and the surface of the parts emitting a faint blue light, giving off an industrial revolution era's rough feeling. Such equipment, if placed in a Houhai bar in the capital city of later generations, would absolutely be able to hang up a "Heavy Metal Era" label, very attractive. But in Shen Jiale's eyes, this machine was simply a piece of scrap iron, and she even suspected that the people from Hanhua Machinery Factory had gone to the wrong place, originally intending to go to the waste collection station, but mistakenly came to the petrochemical machinery factory.

  The petrification machine also has several buried arc welding machines, all of which were imported from Japan. The entire machine's casing is sprayed with beautiful paint, and each component looks small and delicate. Shen Jiale thinks that only such equipment can be called high-tech equipment. The ones brought by Hanhua Machinery Factory can only be described in four words: stupid, big, black, and rough.

  Shen Jiale was born in a factory, grew up in a factory, and has a sacred feeling for industrial technology. Her father instilled in her the idea of quality above all else when she was young, telling her that if the product's quality is not good, it can be fatal. Shen Jiale accepted this idea and let it merge into her bones.

  "Master Shen, can we begin?" Fan Shibin stepped forward and asked Shen Jiale. Although the little girl in front of him was younger than his own daughter, Fan Shibin had heard of her reputation, and since she held his certification in her hands, he couldn't help but be extremely polite.

  Shen Jiale asked: "This machine of yours is an arc welding machine?"

  "Yes, this is our factory's own research and development of the buried arc welding machine." Fan Shibin said, perhaps feeling a little ashamed, he added: "The workmanship of this welding machine is indeed a bit rough, but the quality of the weld is still good."

  "Director Fan, I've already told our Director Niu earlier that the manufacturing of Class II pressure vessels cannot afford to have any mistakes. If the welding quality is poor and the vessel explodes or leaks, the consequences will be very severe. You're aware of this, aren't you?" Shen Jiale said with a straight face, having been introduced to everyone earlier, she knew that the middle-aged man in front of her was the Technical Director of Hanhua Factory.

  Fan Shiben was taken aback by her words, somewhat at a loss. As a technical person, he was not good at arguing in the first place, and now that he was at a disadvantage, he didn't know whether he should counterattack or not.

  Lin Zhenhua stood by, hearing Shen Jiale's words, couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed. Among all the people, he was actually the one with the lightest psychological burden, plus his youthful vigor, and he couldn't help but take a step forward, saying to Shen Jiale: "Girl, speak more politely. Our Director Fan has been working on pressure vessels for over 20 years, this bit of common sense doesn't need you to lecture him."

  "What do you call me?" Shen Jiale's pretty face was displeased. A stranger calling her "young girl" was already enough to make her unhappy, let alone the fact that this stranger in front of her looked like a young and immature person, who might even be younger than herself.

  "What's wrong with calling you 'girl'?" Lin Zhenhua said, bantering with the little girl, which was his favorite form of entertainment. "That's what Chinese people call each other, don't think that just because you've been in Japan for a few days, you can't accept Chinese language habits. By the way, Japanese devils call girls 'flower maiden', do you like being called that?"

  Lin Zhenhua spoke while sizing up Shen Jiale, discovering that she actually looked quite good, with fine eyebrows and big eyes, a straight nose bridge, and a slightly pointed chin. If she put on some light makeup, she could easily pass as a third-tier Hong Kong sister. He wickedly thought to himself, in Japanese eyes, you're not some flower girl, but a little loli. No, her age was a bit older, far from being an older sister type...

  "What are you talking nonsense? Don't you want to go through the test?" Shen Jiale threatened, and it's no wonder she would blow up. Since her return from Japan this year, she had undergone various tests more than a dozen times. Which unit dared to be so disrespectful to her? Moreover, the young man in front of her kept his eyes on her face, exuding a lewd and lustful gaze that was extremely detestable.

  Lin Zhenhua sneered: "Girl, are you trying to tell me that if you're not happy, we won't pass the inspection? Tell me, what were you just saying about the importance of pressure vessels and pretending to be responsible for the country's and people's lives and property? Now your true colors are showing! In the end, whether we can pass or not doesn't depend on our technical capabilities, but on how respectful we are to you, is that right?"

  "You..." Shen Jiale inadvertently gave Lin Zhenhua a handle, and for a moment, she was also speechless. She defended herself: "Who said you have to be respectful? I'm only concerned with whether your skills are solid or not, the rest is none of my business, nor do I want it to be."

  "Isn't that settled then? Can we start now?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

  "Let's get started." Shen Jiale conceded defeat.

  When Shen Jiale said it was okay to start, Yang Chunshan and several other electric welders who came with him quickly got to work, putting various test materials in place. This test is actually a matter of specifying several different materials and thicknesses of steel, using submerged arc welding machines for welding, and then inspecting them by visual inspection, ultrasonic testing, X-ray testing, etc. If the inspection is qualified, it means that Hanhua Factory has mastered the submerged arc welding technology, and this item is considered passed.

  Feng Xu stood by and listened to Lin Zhenhua and Shen Jiale arguing, taking advantage of Shen Jiale's inattention, he quietly pulled Lin Zhenhua: "Little Lin, this girl is in charge of stamping, didn't you offend her just now?"

  Lin Zhenhua said, "Director Feng, this is a trick I'm using. Didn't you say that this girl is very clean? I'll use this to my advantage, intentionally offending her severely and then using words to restrain her. This way, even if there's a small problem in the test, she won't dare make a big deal out of it, otherwise she'll be suspected of revenge. I believe she'd rather die than bear such suspicion."

  Feng Xu looked at Lin Zhenhua: "Little Lin, I found that you not only have two skills in technology, but also have two skills in plotting, where did you learn it?"

  "Director Feng, don't forget, I'm a scout by origin. If I were careless, wouldn't the enemy have discovered me already?"

  "It is." Feng Xu nodded, "I didn't know scouts had to learn this too?"

  Lin Zhenhua felt deeply ashamed, heroes of Langya, Longzhong and General Staff Department, I have let you down.

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  Today is the second update, and there are still 5,000 words left after 9 pm. The task will be completed anyway.

  By the way: I don't lack update reminders, what I lack are recommendation tickets... really lacking, really lacking.