64: Be sure of your goal and set your mind to it!

“Uncle Zhao, I’ll head back first.”

“I’ll be upgrading the factory area these next few days. Once I’ve manufactured the High-Precision CNC Machine Tool, you can come to me for parts processing.”

After the experts left, Li Mubai also wanted to leave, so he bid farewell to Zhao Zhenghua.

“Mu Bai, there’s no rush for the upgrade. Right now, you need to expand the factory’s production capacity. Our Research Institutes, without exaggeration, can consume a hundred tons of steel a day without issue. Moreover, some of this steel will be sent for other experiments. So, production must be increased.”

“As for processing parts…”

At this point, Zhao Zhenghua pondered for a moment before advising, “Processing parts isn’t that easy. The processing requirements for some parts are extremely high; the precision needed is almost down to the millimeter. At this stage, apart from a handful of scientific Research Institutes, no other place can produce such high-precision parts. Therefore, I think you shouldn’t rush into this area. After all, it requires very high technical skill. You might invest money only to achieve nothing in the end, which would be a waste.”

Luhai Peak, standing nearby, also looked at Li Mubai and advised, “Mu Bai, your idea is good, but the difficulty of this matter is beyond your imagination. Let alone your Steel Factory, even the national scientific Research Institutes still cannot process parts to a precision within a millimeter. The difficulty of this can be said to be no different from ascending to heaven. Your current goal is to expand the factory area and increase steel production. As for processing high-precision parts and building High-Precision CNC Machine Tools, let’s put that aside for now. When our Rabbit Country’s science and technology advance in the future, these things will naturally be able to be manufactured.”

He also hoped that Li Mubai would abandon this unrealistic idea. Investing in it would only be a waste of funds. If that money were used to expand the factory and increase steel production, that would be better than anything else. High-Precision CNC Machine Tools are something that even the entire Rabbit Country cannot produce. How could a single Steel Factory possibly make such a thing?

Listening to their dissuasion, Elder Xu couldn't stand it anymore and immediately chided them, “What are you two doing? Since young friend Mu Bai is interested in developing in this direction, if you don’t encourage him, that’s one thing, but how can you discourage him like this? You don’t dare to do it, but he dares. Is there a problem with that? Just because you yourselves failed, does that mean he will also end up like you and fail?”

Zhao Zhenghua and Luhai Peak immediately shut their mouths, swallowing the words they were about to say. Upon reflection, they both felt that Elder Xu was right. Since Li Mubai wanted to try, why should they necessarily dissuade him? Young people are full of vigor, with aspirations higher than the sky, unaware of what a dead end is. But precisely because of this, that’s what makes them young people! Young people are full of infinite vitality and exuberance, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning, shining on the earth, radiating warm sunlight. And not like them, who are in their twilight years, with their vigor gone and their heroic spirit dissipated, like the setting sun in the west. Young people have lofty ambitions and brave hearts. The more difficulties they encounter, the more they want to overcome and conquer them. Even a high peak cannot stop them. And they, both old, didn't dare to have any bold ideas in their minds. Even if they did, they no longer dared to boldly put them into practice, always being timid. If that's the case, why should they continue to dissuade him? Why not entrust hope to hope?

At this moment, Elder Xu, who had finished scolding Zhao Zhenghua and Luhai Peak, turned to Li Mubai, his expression kind: “Young friend Mu Bai. Just be bold and try. Even if you fail, don't be discouraged. Your ambition is the hope of the motherland, the future. Just as that person said before the establishment of the new Rabbit Country, ‘Only with many sacrifices can there be great aspirations, only then can the sun and moon bring a new heaven!’ Don't be afraid, and don't be timid. Just be bold and try! Even if you fail, it doesn't matter. You are in your prime, still very young. The light of hope shines brightly on you, never dimming. You don't need to pay attention to what young Zhao and young Lu said. Just go for it!”

Li Mubai shook his head, indicating that he didn't mind. He knew that Zhao Zhenghua and Luhai Peak were looking out for him. After all, at this stage, trying to produce a High-Precision CNC Machine Tool could be described as a fool's dream. At least, the current Rabbit Country doesn't have such technical means. Otherwise, it wouldn't even be able to produce the nibs of gel pens. Some people might think that the manufacturing of gel pens doesn't seem to require any technology. But the truth is not so. The manufacturing of a gel pen isn't about the gel pen itself; the most important part is the ballpoint in the gel pen! And the root cause of all this is the backwardness, or rather, the absence of high-end Numerical Control Machine Tool technology. Thus, this small gel pen, a gel pen costing fifty cents or a dollar, a gel pen smaller than a chopstick, became an insurmountable peak in the hearts of a city, a province, and even this vast country! Thinking about this trivial matter, Li Mubai felt infinite sorrow in his heart. However, this also further solidified his next goal: High-Precision CNC Machine Tools! Tanks, airplanes, aircraft carriers, put them aside for now. His current exchange points are not enough to support the exchange of these expensive military weapons. Moreover, even if he exchanged these things, there wouldn't be the manufacturing level to successfully produce them. And High-Precision CNC Machine Tools are precisely the foundation for successfully manufacturing these things. Only by laying a good foundation first can a tall building rise from flat ground. Thinking of this, the haze that enveloped Li Mubai's heart was suddenly blown away by the wind named hope. Beautiful and gentle sunlight once again sprinkled on his heart. His resolute gaze, through the factory window, looked up at the sky. What appeared in his eyes at this moment was not the blue sky itself, but a path, a golden, bright road. As he watched, a faint smile suddenly appeared on the young man's expressionless face: “Uncle Zhao, I know you mean well, but I will not give up.”

“Some things always need someone to accomplish them. Why can't I be the one to accomplish this?”

“Climbing a high peak always carries the danger of falling off a cliff. But when establishing the new motherland, why were so many people, with tears in their eyes, willing to follow one after another, fearless of death?”

Li Mubai turned around, a brilliant smile on his face, his eyes seemingly bursting with boundless light. At this moment, he was filled with infinite hope for the future: “Because… we all love this land… so deeply!”

Boom! Whether it was Zhao Zhenghua, Luhai Peak, or Elder Xu, upon hearing these words, they all felt a shock in their hearts, and an emotion, whether of joy or sorrow, spread through them. Unbeknownst to them, their eyes had all become red…