Zhang Yong did well in history and geography, but poorly in mathematics, physics and chemistry. So he asked Liu Yi to copy his homework in mathematics, physics and chemistry. Liu Yi thought that since he had a lot of money anyway, he would charge him a "tutorial fee". After that, Liu Yi received money and the nickname "King Kong" from Zhang Yong, and Zhang Yong had more time to read his military and weapons publications.
Liu Yi used the money he got from Zhang Yong to buy parts of his long-desired radio-controlled model aircraft, and Zhang Yong decorated all the models they made as weapons. He fitted the model with torpedo tubes (using two brand-new ballpoint pen sticks, King Kong was heartbroken), cannons (made of wood and nails) and the like, and transformed the model into a warship; He painted the model of the plane silver and added red five stars and the word "81" to the fuselage and wings, though the plane did not look like a fighter.
King Kong did not stop these things that did not affect the performance of the model aircraft, after all, he was the "sponsor".
Going to test the model aircraft together is the thing that makes them happiest. Young man, who doesn't like to watch planes soar in the sky under the command of his fingers, especially when the planes are made by himself!
The two spent a considerable amount of time making model aircraft and conducting sea trials, but it didn't have much impact on their academic performance. According to Zhang Yong, he learned more about physics and mathematics from the model aircraft than he did in the classroom. In fact, his physics skills have improved compared to when he was in junior high school, and with the help of King Kong during the exam, he used some "observation method", so his parents are satisfied with his progress in grades.
Zhang Yong wanted to take the college entrance examination, but his father disagreed. Liu Yi performed normally in the college entrance examination and was admitted to the School of Chemical Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. Zhang Yong, however, failed the exam. He refused to study abroad as his father wished, but joined the army with the support of his grandfather. More than two years later, Zhang Yong was admitted to a military academy after leaving the army.
So it's hard to say whether Liu Yi can be called "King Kong" or not, and Zhang Yong, too influenced by his grandfather and the military compound, is a die-hard "military enthusiast". But Liu Yi's nickname in return for Zhang Yong is "Little Z", which means the son of a big boss and also has the meaning of what people in Guangdong call "second-generation ancestor". Zhang Yong is indeed a big spender, after all, his father is rich.
After graduating from college, King Kong was hired as a technician in the machine repair workshop at Shanghai Xinya Chemical Factory. A few months later, he improved the shaft seal structure of the ceramic corrosion-resistant pump, increasing its lifespan. For this, he wrote his first patent.
King Kong thought the patent was a work-related invention, so he reported it to the national patent through the factory leaders. When the patent was approved, he found that there were more than ten names in the "inventors" column, and his own name was placed behind the leaders.
The patent was sold to Xianke Industrial Ceramics in Jingdezhen, because King Kong's factory did not produce ceramic corrosion-resistant pumps. The ceramic corrosion-resistant pumps they used were bought from Xianke Industrial Ceramics in Jingdezhen, which is the company's main product.
King Kong's invention has reduced the downtime for maintenance at the chemical plant and increased continuous production time, thus enhancing production efficiency. According to Liu Yi's invention, the factory's economic benefits were improved, and the proceeds from selling the patent were given a bonus of 110,000 yuan in accordance with the factory's reward system. Several of the leaders came to tell King Kong that the bonus was mainly "the result of my efforts for you". But this time the leaders at all levels did not have the nerve to ask for the bonus. If King had visited more units, he would have found that the leaders of this factory were doing something quite good, or at least normal.
After receiving the bonus, Liu Yi applied for a job at Jingdezhen Xianke Ceramics Company. This was partly due to his dissatisfaction with Xinya Chemical Factory's attribution of his patent, and partly because Xianke offered a higher salary.
But when he went to Jingdezhen, it was discovered that Xianke Company had given him the title of chief engineer, but in reality, he was mainly engaged in marketing work! Xianke Ceramics Factory was much smaller than Xinya Chemical Factory. The boss had no funds or power to invest in the research and development of new products. In fact, the boss had no plan to develop new products at all.
Three months later, after Liu Yi's product development research plan was rejected by his boss, he left and started his own company: Jingdezhen Keyi Industrial Ceramics Company.
Half a year later, Liu Yi's Keyi Industrial Ceramics company started to make money after successfully applying for three national patents and designing products such as ceramic pressure-resistant chemical reactors and corrosion-resistant valves, and King Kong became a small boss.
At this time, love crept up on him: Jiang Yanhong, the cashier of his company, a girl not pretty but not ugly, developed to the point where everyone thought she was his girlfriend without him even realizing it. Then, as a matter of course, she moved into his dormitory and lived with him. From then on, she continued to act as the boss lady in the company, saying that "her" employees were paid as much as "her" (indeed from her) and did too little work.
But she doubled her salary. "I do the job of manager and cashier, and also..." Maid, for this little salary, you're making a fortune. Oh, I'm your girlfriend!" She said to King Kong.
King Kong, young and successful in both career and love, was ambitious and took out loans to buy equipment and expand production capacity; He also bought instruments and equipment, set up a research laboratory, and prepared to develop high-strength industrial ceramics to create more products. Who would have thought that his reactors and other products were not selling well, that new products had not yet been developed, and that a one-year loan was due and he had no money to repay it. It was then that he realized the importance of sales and the risks of developing new products.
To make matters worse, Jiang Yanhong took the last more than 30,000 yuan from the company's account, left a farewell letter and left without saying goodbye. The farewell letter said that their personalities were too different (which is true), and it was better to break up. The 30,000 yuan was her compensation for her youth.
King Kong was in a desperate situation, preparing to liquidate the company and declare bankruptcy if it was insolvent. At this time, King Kong's parents came from Ningbo to Jingdezhen, bringing all their savings: eighty thousand yuan. The money was of little use, but it made King Kong feel that he was not alone.
Besides, Little Z had just graduated from a military academy and was assigned to a unit in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. Before reporting for duty, he dropped by to visit an old classmate.
In fact, they haven't been in touch much since high school. In recent years, they have only exchanged text messages on festivals. But after learning about King Kong's situation, Z asked him how much money he needed, saying that he had some "pocket money" to lend to King Kong first, and if not enough, he would ask his father for it. King said he would need at least half a million, preferably one million. Without saying a word, Little Z took out his two cards and said, "It's only a million. My zero money is enough. I'll transfer it to your account first." He also made a phone call to his father in Beijing, asking him to take care of Keyi Company.
More than ten days later, Beijing's Beizhen Industrial Group Company sent a fax asking if King Kong's Keyi Ceramics Company could develop and produce an electric jacuzzi according to the drawings they provided? After checking the information of the group company and seeing the name of their chairman, King Kong learned that the well-known Beizhen Industrial Group Company in China, with assets worth hundreds of billions, belonged to Little Z's family, and Little Z's father was richer than he had imagined before!
After the bathtub was developed, the real estate company under the Beizhen Group placed a large order for a complete set of sanitary ware and tiles. The price offered was a little lower than that of the imported counterparts, but when the Jingdezhen counterparts saw it, they all salivated three feet long.
Koyi Company did not produce sanitary ware before, but seeing that it was profitable and that the technical difficulty of something like a flush toilet was much lower compared to its industrial reactor, King Kong immediately organized production. As a result, the quality of the products was definitely no less than any imported ones.
Later, sanitary ware became one of the main products of Koyi Ceramics, and its output value was much higher than that of chemical reactors. And as a result, King Kong changed his business strategy, attaching great importance to attracting business and taking orders. Even small items like acoustic ceramic sheets (the ones that make sounds in birthday cards and doorbells) were made upon receiving them. Money comes first; otherwise, how could it be called King Kong?
Since then, Beizhen Group has always been the biggest customer of Keyi Company. Not only building ceramics, but also piezoelectric ceramics, cores and rods, and other electronic components were ordered by Beizhen Electronics. And the quality of Keyi's products has always satisfied the Beizhen Group.
With production on track and a solid economic foundation, King Kong handed over the management to his parents and continued to research new product technologies himself. Shortly after, the company's most important patented technology, the high-strength ceramic technology reinforced with glass fiber and ceramic whiskers, was finally successful, and patented products such as ceramic pulling furnaces (for the production of monocrystalline silicon, etc.) and ceramic vacuum diffusion furnaces were developed.
Little Z didn't even ask for a promissory note for his one million. When King Kong wanted to pay him back a year later, he said that the money was to be used as a risk experiment fund by King Kong, and it wouldn't have to be repaid as long as a technology useful for national defense was developed.
As a result, King developed ceramic bulletproof vests, which use high-strength ceramic plates instead of alloy steel plates in metal bulletproof vests. Compared with the alloy steel bulletproof vest, his bulletproof vest was about the same bulletproof effect, but 30% lighter. But the performance of the ceramic pieces varies greatly: some pieces can withstand seven bullet impacts before breaking, while others can only withstand two. Because the issue of uniformity of performance was not resolved, the general logistics department did not take a fancy to his products.
King Kong is still working on ceramic turbine blades for aircraft engines. If it weren't for Little Z pulling him into the space-time experiment, perhaps his blades would have been used in the Kunlun engine.
Anyway, the one million was always in King Kong's personal account, and Little Z just didn't ask for it. Finally, he said it would be the production cost of the time travel capsule. This is the reason why King Kong couldn't refuse to participate in the time and space experiment.