034 allows you to take my surname

  "Low-carbon steel, 10mm plate..."

  Structural steel, T-beam...

  ……

  The arc welding machine moved back and forth on the track, leaving a row of welds on the metal material. Yang Chunshan and several other electric welders were sweating profusely, constantly moving the welded workpieces away and bringing in new ones to be welded, re-laying the tracks, setting up the welding machine, and then carefully starting the welding machine to complete the welding task.

  Shen Jiale stood by, holding a clipboard, observing the welding process while filling out relevant information on the form. In stark contrast to the lively scene at the site was the chill in her face and voice. However, as the test results continued to be reported, Shen Jiale's cold tone seemed to relax slightly.

  "Jiale, it's a first-class again, what to do?" The inspector of the petrochemical machine held the report and said to Shen Jiale. She really hoped that the welding machine of the Hanhua factory would have some minor defects, with one or two second- or third-class welds, so that Shen Jiale wouldn't look so embarrassed. In fact, this test doesn't need to be completed perfectly every time, as long as the proportion of second-class welds does not exceed a certain limit. But the people from Hanhua factory seem to be perfectionists, from start to finish, all the welding inspection results are first-class, without leaving any chance for Shen Jiale.

  "Isn't first place better?" Shen Jiale puffed out her chest, "Their quality is good, we're happy too."

  "It's really hard to tell, this machine looks so bad, but the welding quality is actually quite good." The inspector muttered.

  Shen Jiale couldn't help but take another look at that stupid, big, black and rough machine, nodding his head: "It seems that Hanhua Factory really has some skills, they can actually develop their own submerged arc welding machine, our factory doesn't even dare to try. Many parameters, we simply can't determine them, I don't know how the people at Hanhua Factory figured it out."

  "Jiale, I heard that this welding machine was designed by that young man with the surname Lin." The inspector had a strong tendency to gossip, and in just a short while, she had already dug out the core secret from Yang Chunshan and others.

  "Really?" Shen Jiale was somewhat astonished, "I thought he looked very young."

  "I asked him, he's 18 years old, two years younger than you."

  "That... which vocational school did he graduate from? Or, has he attended university?" Shen Jiale couldn't bear her curiosity anymore. As a talented woman like her, she had an instinctive attention to people who were talented or seemed to be talented.

  "I heard he only has a junior high school education and returned from being a soldier."

  "That's strange, maybe it was passed down incorrectly." Shen Jiale shook her head and said. She had forgotten that she herself only had a junior high school education, and her skills were all cultivated through years of practice, of course, also inherited from her parents' DNA.

  All the specified items have been tested, and all the welds made by the Hanhua factory's submerged arc welding machine are of first-class quality, meeting the excellent standard. Shen Jiale naturally had nothing to say, and could only take out his own private seal and stamp it on the inspection report to pass it.

  "Thanks a lot, Ah Hei," Lin Zhenhua said with a pleased smile, holding the test report and speaking to Shen Jiale.

  Lin Zhenhua had a small problem, he couldn't stand the sight of girls with icy faces. Some people admired those so-called ice mountain beauties, thinking they were very charming, but Lin Zhenhua thought this was self-abuse. In his mind, girls should be gentle and cheerful, what's the point of always having a cold face? In his past life, he would bully those ice mountains whenever he saw them.

  "What's so great about it?" Shen Jiale was indeed teased by Lin Zhenhua, she gave Lin Zhenhua a white eye and said: "Buried arc welding is now a very simple technology, what you are doing now has been done in Japan for over a decade."

  Lin Zhenhua's neck stiffened: "Don't show off again that you've been to Japan, as if nobody else has been there."

  "Have you been there?"

  "I... " Lin Zhenhua wanted to say that he had really been there, following his mentor to Japan for an international conference and visiting Japanese factories. But how could he explain such a heaven-defying thing? He had no choice but to force himself to say: "Even if I haven't been there, my experience isn't necessarily less than yours, is it? I've never eaten pork, but have you ever seen a pig run?"

  "You wouldn't know if you haven't been there, it's Japanese technology, you've never even heard of it." Shen Jiale said.

  "Hey, look at that proud face of yours, girl. You seem to be Chinese, right? What's there to be so proud of for Japan?"

  "Who is proud for Japanese? I just said that others have Japan's technology, you simply haven't heard of it."

  "You're awesome, so tell me, what's some new technology that the Japanese are playing with that I haven't heard of? Argon arc welding, electroslag welding, laser welding, plasma welding, explosion welding..." Lin Zhenhua rattled off.

  You think you're so clever, living in the 80s, and now you're trying to lecture me, a young person from the 21st century, about new technology? Just throwing out some trendy buzzwords would be enough to scare you off. Lin Zhenhua thought with disdain.

  "What's the use of being able to talk, you only know how to do argon arc welding, but have you ever actually done it?" Shen Jiale was provoked by Lin Zhenhua's boastful words. After all, she was just a 20-year-old girl with a reputation as an electric welding expert, and she couldn't withstand Lin Zhenhua's provocative methods.

  Argon arc welding is not a particularly advanced technology. It simply involves passing argon gas through the weld point during the welding process to prevent metal oxidation. Argon arc welding is mainly used for welding materials such as aluminum and stainless steel, and it is not commonly used in ordinary enterprises.

  Lin Zhenhua curled his lips: "Is argon arc welding very powerful? When I played with argon arc welding... hum!"

  Lin Zhenhua originally wanted to say something like "When I was playing with this and that, you were still pissing in your pants", which is a classic phrase for a big shot. But thinking carefully, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. If it weren't for the time-traveling, in January 1980, not only did Lin Zhenhua not exist in this world, even his parents hadn't started dating yet. He knew that in terms of seniority, he couldn't compete with anyone now, so he could only hum a word to gloss over it.

  "Have you ever welded with argon arc?" Shen Jiale almost went crazy, "Our workshop has an argon arc welding machine. If you can weld a qualified seam, I'll take your surname."

  "What's your surname? Are you planning on changing your name to Lin Shen?" Lin Zhenhua seized every opportunity to take advantage.

  "What if you can't get it lit?" Shen Jiale was not stupid, knowing she had been verbally harassed, but couldn't bear to point it out, so she furiously asked.

  "If I can't burn it out, then I'll let you have my surname." Lin Zhenhua said generously.

  "Alright! It's settled then!" Shen Jiale didn't catch the subtlety in Lin Zhenhua's words and immediately agreed to this win-or-lose gamble. Lin Zhenhua thought to himself: Alas, it's not a glorious victory... as an internet veteran who has been through countless battles, teasing an innocent girl from the 80s like this is a sin.

  "Hey Lin, don't be stubborn, first find out which one is the argon arc welding machine," said Shen Jiale.

  "Isn't that the red machine? Made by Nishio, Japan, AC/DC inverter, model number should be YT-700C. It has two gears for low and medium frequency." Lin Zhenhua pointed to a device not far away, this type of argon arc welding machine is considered a classic model, when Lin Zhenhua was interning at Huqing Machinery Factory, he used this model before.

  Shen Jiale's face turned a bit pale, she didn't expect Lin Zhenhua to actually know about argon arc welding machines, and judging from his demeanor, he might even be able to use it. No matter how Shen Jiale thought about it, she felt it was impossible - among the few electric welders in Jiangnan Province who knew how to do argon arc welding, they were all taught by her, and their techniques weren't even that proficient yet; where did this Lin Zhenhua learn from?

  Shen Jiale dazedly followed Lin Zhenhua to the welding machine, helped him connect the power source, and brought over the welding wire and argon gas cylinder, as well as two pieces of stainless steel corner material. Since they had agreed to compete, these conditions had to be provided by her.

  It's said that a young worker from the Hanhua factory is going to compete with Shen Jiale in argon arc welding. The workers who were idle in the petrochemical equipment workshop all gathered around. Some of the workers knew people from the Hanhua factory, so they secretly asked them about the young man standing in front of the argon arc welder, what his name was, what his background was, and whose apprentice he was. When they heard that this young man was only 18 years old, but was actually the designer of the Hanhua factory's submerged arc welding machine, everyone was amazed.

  Shen Jiale is now starting to regret her impulsiveness. A welding queen like herself, what's the point of arguing with a retired soldier? Looking at his confident demeanor, she has a premonition that she will definitely lose. Oh no, oh no, if she really loses, how can she save face?

  Lin Zhenhua arranged the two stainless steel pieces, opened the argon arc welding machine, and skillfully ventilated, arced, and welded. The welding wire melted into molten metal under the electric arc, forming a weld pool on the slope of the stainless steel workpiece, which then quickly solidified into a crystal-clear metal layer, leaving behind a flat weld seam.

  "Really well done."

  "Not much worse than Master Xiao Shen."

  "Could this young man also be back from studying in Japan?"

  The workers of the petrification machine began to discuss in a low voice, and these words were transmitted into Shen Jiale's ears without exception. She only felt annoyed and confused, her face red and white, as if she was illuminated by an electric arc.

  Lin Zhenhua glanced at Shen Jiale with a busy and leisurely look, catching her embarrassed expression in his eyes. Lin Zhenhua had an idea, suddenly feeling a little tenderness, his face remained calm, but his hand made a small movement, the welding tongs slightly raised, and just heard a "pa" sound, the arc went out.

  "What a pity!" Yang Chunshan and others exclaimed on the side, wringing their wrists.

  "Alas, it's still a bit short of firing temperature." The workers at the calcination machine said with a mix of regret and relief.

  Lin Zhenhua turned off the argon gas and then turned off the power switch on the welding machine, putting down the welding tongs. He smiled at Shen Jiale, who was still in a daze, and said: "I'm ashamed, Shen Jiale, I lost."

  "You..." Shen Jiale was overwhelmed with emotions and didn't know what to say.

  From Shen Jiale's perspective, it was clear that Lin Zhenhua intentionally gave up at the last moment. The most difficult part of argon arc welding is striking an arc, as the argon gas protection makes it more challenging than ordinary manual arc welding. However, once the arc is struck successfully, the electrical arc during the welding process is extremely stable and won't easily go out. Lin Zhenhua's technique for striking an arc was very skilled, and his welding method was also very accurate, yet he suddenly extinguished the arc without any reason; if it wasn't an accidental mistake, then it could only be explained as giving up.

  The workers of the stone machine saw that the trial was over and dispersed one after another. The workers of the Hanhua factory also hurried to collect their own buried arc welding machines, leaving only Shen Jiale and Lin Zhenhua standing in front of the argon arc welding machine, staring at each other.

  "With a surname of Lin, don't think I didn't notice you intentionally losing to me." Shen Jiale said with a straight face. She was grateful that Lin Zhenhua did not let her lose face in front of everyone, but at the same time felt that Lin Zhenhua's actions were too condescending, an insult to her character, intelligence, faith and so on.

  Lin Zhenhua hehe smiled: "Oh, you can still see it, and there's still a bit of conscience."

  "If you admit defeat like this, what about the bet you made?"

  "What's at stake?"

  "You said that if you lost, I could take your surname." Shen Jiale remembered the bet quite clearly. In fact, she wasn't thinking about the bet at all, but just couldn't think of anything else to say to cover up her embarrassment.

  "Alright, I lost, you can take my surname now, from now on, change your name to Lin Shen."

  It wasn't until now that Shen Jiale remembered the original words of Lin Zhenhua, which actually hid such a sinister plot. She even recalled the sly expression on his face when he said those words.

  "You're such a despicable person!" The little girl stomped her foot and scolded in a low voice.

  "Baseness is the passport of the base, nobility is the epitaph of the noble. Haven't you heard?"

  "What does it mean?" Shen Jiale didn't understand; this wasn't something that someone of her cultural background could comprehend.

  "Alright, alright, I won't bother with you anymore. You don't want to share my surname, that's fine by me. However, from now on, when it comes to Hanhua Factory matters, please take care of them." Lin Zhenhua said magnanimously.

  "Hey, Lin Zhenhua, I'm curious, where did you learn argon arc welding? I know your factory doesn't even have an argon arc welder." Shen Jiale finally couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked in a low voice.

  "I'm telling you, Lin Shen, there's a world beyond this one, and people beyond you who have learned welding. I know more than just argon arc welding. If you're willing to acknowledge me as your master, maybe when I'm in the mood, I can even teach you some techniques you've never seen before." Lin Zhenhua was showing off his success, naturally feeling extremely proud of himself.

  "You're despicable! I'll remember you!" Shen Jiale said with a scowl, then turned around and stormed off. She had lost the bet and was now stuck with the title of Lin Shen's wife. Her only thought now was: never let me see this annoying guy again.

  "Kobayashi, your move just now was truly amazing. This girl is done for." Feng Xu rushed forward to congratulate Lin Zhenhua.

  Just now, Lin Zhenhua and Shen Jiale had a bet, everyone was watching from the side. For Lin Zhenhua's final concession, everyone was slightly shocked at first, but then they all understood. When working on the buried arc welding project, everyone already knew that Lin Zhenhua could weld, and this kind of mid-process arc extinguishing mistake was something he would never make. However, as for the reason why Lin Zhenhua conceded, everyone didn't interpret it as a clever move to please Shen Jiale, but rather thought that Lin Zhenhua probably didn't want to offend Shen Jiale too much, after all, Shen Jiale still had some power in her hands.

  Fan Shibin kept licking his tongue: "Tsk, tsk, Xiao Lin, I'm getting more and more confused by you. You can even do argon arc welding, there are only a few people in the whole province who know how to do this."

  "Yes, I haven't even seen her before, what's this all about?" Yang Chunshan asked Lin Zhenhua with a mixture of surprise and pride, feeling proud because he had already made up his mind to make Lin Zhenhua his son-in-law.

  Lin Zhenhua said calmly, "Actually, argon arc welding isn't that difficult. It's just a matter of releasing the argon gas first and then collecting it, and releasing the electric current later and then collecting it earlier. When extinguishing the arc, don't do it too quickly. Once you grasp these key points, you'll get the hang of it after doing it a few times. This Shen girl knows this technique only because the petrochemical machinery has argon arc welding equipment, while other companies don't have this equipment, so naturally no one else knows how to do it."

  "How did you know?" asked Fan Shibin.

  "In the army...” Lin Zhenhua unhesitatingly pulled out his all-purpose shield, if you have the ability, go to the army and investigate my case? Besides, even if you can investigate, I can say it's a military secret, except for a few people, others don't know, what can you do to me?

  "Great, Xiao Lin has won an honor for our factory again, and it's another first achievement." Zhu Tiejun said with relief. The successful test of the buried arc welding machine is a great thing, but after all, it was well-prepared in advance, so it's not surprising. What makes everyone happy is that Lin Zhenhua was able to surpass the top technician from Shi Hua Machine in technical skills, and finally vented out the resentment accumulated over the past two days of being discriminated against.

  "It's late today, let's not go back to Fenghua for now, and stay at the petrochemical hotel for another night. Tonight, let's not eat in the cafeteria either, I'll treat you guys to a restaurant." Zhu Tiejun said with great enthusiasm.

  "It's all thanks to you, Director Zhu, that we were able to successfully complete this project. You led us in the right direction," Feng Xu said with a flattering tone. However, everyone didn't feel disgusted by his words. Although Zhu Tiejun didn't understand any technical aspects, he had been working day and night with everyone to solve the problem, often getting himself covered in oil stains. Feng Xu's flattery wasn't an exaggeration.

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