“It’s your own fault for not eating dinner. Why didn’t you just take the Level 5 fitter exam? Why did you have to go for Level 8? I heard Yi Da Ye is thrilled. He’s also on the review panel tomorrow, and he’s waiting to trip you up.” He Yu Zhu now saw Yi Zhong Hai for what he was. He was just as resentful towards him as he had previously respected him.
“It’s fine. It’s not like he’s the only Level 8 fitter taking the exam.” Yang Xuan wasn’t worried about this at all.
“Are you really sure you can pass the Level 8 fitter exam?” He Yu Zhu knew Yang Xuan, this guy really was a prodigy.
“One hundred percent. Unless it’s just Yi Da Ye making the assessment, there’s no way I could fail.” Yang Xuan said.
“That definitely won’t happen. I heard from Yang Factory Manager that the head of the panel tomorrow is Chief Engineer Xiao, and they’ve also invited several Level 8 fitters from outside. Yi Da Ye wouldn’t dare act recklessly.” He Yu Zhu said.
At the moment, the entire Rolling Mill Factory, probably only He Yu Zhu believed that Yang Xuan could pass the Level 8 fitter exam.
That night, Yang Xuan didn’t dare go back home to sleep. He spent the night in He Yu Shui’s room.
The next day, the whole Rolling Mill Factory knew that Yang Xuan was going to take the Level 8 fitter exam.
Some laughed at Yang Xuan for being too young.
Some sighed that Yang Xuan was wasting a golden opportunity.
Yi Zhong Hai smiled and said to Yang Xuan, “Yang Xuan, good luck. I support you!”
Yang Xuan gave him a scornful smile. I believe you like I believe in ghosts!
Qin Huai Ru told everyone, “Yang Xuan is going to make a fool of himself today for sure. A trainee who’s only been working for half a year actually wants to go from zero to hero. It’s just delusional.”
Xu Da Mao also told the story of Yang Xuan applying for Level 8 fitter certification as a joke: “That idiot is from our compound, he didn’t want to take the Level 5 exam, he wanted to take the Level 8 exam. I bet Yang Da Cheng is going to beat him into a dog-eared bun.”
Chief Engineer Xiao Man Chun was a little unhappy today. He really didn’t want to deal with this farce.
“Factory Manager Yang, don’t call me for this kind of thing in the future.” Xiao Man Chun said to Yang Factory Manager in a displeased tone.
Yang Factory Manager didn’t dare offend Xiao Man Chun. He was a technical expert. The Rolling Mill Factory could replace the factory manager, but they couldn’t replace the chief engineer.
“Chief Engineer Xiao, don’t worry, there won’t be such things in the future. I have no choice. The big leader has instructed me twice. This guy is in line with the big leader. If we don’t give him the certification this time, the big leader will come after me next time.”
Hearing that it was the big leader’s order, Chief Engineer Xiao didn’t say anything more. He may be a technical genius, but in front of leaders like the big leader, he, the chief engineer, was nothing.
“Then hurry up and get this over with. I have things to do. We have to get those parts ordered by the ministry done. Where’s the time to play around with these people? A trainee is going for Level 8 fitter certification? This is just nonsense!” Xiao Man Chun was very irritated.
When all the members of the assessment panel were present, Yang Xuan stepped forward.
“Let’s cut to the chase. The panel can go straight to giving the questions.” Xiao Man Chun’s expression towards Yang Xuan wasn’t very good. He didn’t like young people who were not grounded.
So Yi Zhong Hai and the others started to give Yang Xuan questions based on their own experience. Yang Xuan answered on the spot, and the experts graded him on the spot.
To everyone’s surprise, Yang Xuan’s answers were all correct.
Xiao Man Chun’s face didn’t improve. He said impatiently, “Since there’s no problem with the theory, let’s not waste time and go straight to the practical demonstration.”
Yang Xuan started to perform various operations according to the requirements of the assessors. He was still very impressive, each operation was precise. The finished parts also had a 100% pass rate.
This surprised Xiao Man Chun, but he still felt that Yang Xuan’s skills were not up to Level 8 standard: “This kind of assessment is meaningless. I have a blueprint here, if you can process the part on the blueprint according to the requirements, I’ll consider you passed.”
Yang Xuan smiled, “Little Chief Engineer, are you keeping your word?”
Xiao Man Chun smiled, “A promise made, a promise kept.”
Factory Manager Yang said, “For today’s assessment, Chief Engineer Xiao is the final decision maker.”
Yang Xuan took the blueprint from Xiao Man Chun and looked at it carefully. He found that the part on the blueprint required a precision that exceeded the precision range of the existing processing equipment in the Rolling Mill Factory.
“Chief Engineer Xiao, even our Level 8 fitters can’t process this part with the parameters given, right?” Yang Xuan asked.
Xiao Man Chun was a little embarrassed, it was obvious that he had given a question that was beyond the scope.
Yang Xuan continued, “But I can try.”
Xiao Man Chun said, “If you can process this part according to the requirements, I will not only certify you as a Level 8 fitter, I’ll give you an engineer position.”
The crowd started to discuss excitedly. An engineer was considered a technical cadre. The lowest level of engineer earned over one hundred a month, more than a Level 8 fitter.
Yang Xuan looked at it, “I can try.”
Yang Xuan took the blueprint and looked at it carefully, then took the workpiece blank and started processing. Because the processing equipment’s precision was not enough, Yang Xuan had to refine the final processing little by little. A little too much force, and it might grind away too much, causing a deviation from the required parameters.
“I really don’t understand why a part needs such high precision?” Yang Xuan complained.
Actually, many of the older Level 8 fitters were already very impressed by Yang Xuan’s processing process.
“I really didn’t expect our factory to produce such a young and talented fitter. This skill, I can’t match him.”
“Yeah, I can’t either. He’s really too strong.”
“Actually, Level 8 fitter is already no problem. I’ve seen Chief Engineer Xiao’s blueprint, I definitely wouldn’t be able to process it.”
The two assessors invited from outside were envious of Yang Xuan.
“If your Rolling Mill Factory doesn’t want this young man, our Mechanical Factory can accept him.”
“Get lost! Old Wang, don’t even think about poaching our people from the Rolling Mill Factory! If you want someone, go and train your own! You can’t even think about getting our people!” Xiao Chang Gui, an old fitter at the Rolling Mill Factory, said.
Old Wang smiled, “I was just saying.”
At this point, Xiao Man Chun was no longer as agitated as before. He had a satisfied smile on his face.
Whether Yang Xuan could process the part he gave him or not, Yang Xuan’s skills had already impressed him greatly. He didn’t expect that he had missed such a talent.
This part was a bit complicated. If Yang Xuan’s fitter skill was maxed out, processing it would be a lot easier. But Yang Xuan’s fitter skill was still far from maxed out.
At least it had already surpassed Level 8 fitter. So, with Yang Xuan’s careful processing, it took him several hours to finally finish the part.
“With my current level, I can only do this much. I don’t know if the precision can meet the requirements. But if I can upgrade the processing machine, I should have a good chance of getting the part to meet the parameters.” Yang Xuan said.