15: Jaw-dropping

"It's all my fault! This time, I didn't personally supervise the equipment procurement, which allowed unscrupulous individuals to bribe our sampling master!"

Tang Ziwei explained remorsefully, "That sampling master desperately needed money due to a sudden change in his family circumstances, which gave them an opportunity. By the time I noticed something was wrong, he had already fled..."

After listening to Tang Ziwei's account, Xu Ning handed him a glass of water. Only after his emotions gradually calmed down did he slowly speak: "Old Wei, you can't take all the blame for this. You've truly been stretched thin lately, and I've seen it.

We've been navigating the business world for so many years, haven't we encountered enough scoundrels? Don't worry, I'm here. Let's go take a look at the situation on-site. Maybe I can find a solution."

He had long anticipated such problems. With only eight months left until the end of the year, upgrading a small military factory to a large one required accelerating the pace of development.

This rapid expansion model was bound to have loopholes, and problems occurring with a large-scale purchase of machine tools were reasonable. Therefore, he didn't blame Tang Ziwei too much, as the latter had already done his best to avoid such risks.

"I also deeply researched machine tool technology during my studies in the Capital. Maybe it can be useful?" He tried to comfort Tang Ziwei, "Old Wei, don't blame yourself too much. If there's a problem, we'll face it and solve it together. Don't you trust me technically?"

Xu Ning knew that at this moment, he absolutely could not show any sign of cowardice, as it would affect the team's morale and cohesion. Only by demonstrating strong enough leadership could he lead the team to move forward bravely and fight against difficulties.

After a few words of comfort, Tang Ziwei walked into the workshop side-by-side with Xu Ning. There, several Teacher were gathered around the malfunctioning CNC machine tool, some squatting, some standing, tapping here and touching there, their faces filled with confusion.

"Perhaps, we could try using a simulator?" A thought flashed in Xu Ning's mind. He walked forward and gently placed his hand on the machine. A faint light, invisible to others, flickered in his eyes – the light of his unique thoughts.

[Data extraction in progress, Tech Tree Simulator about to launch]

A virtual mind map appeared in Xu Ning's field of vision, listing various upgrade options: precision enhancement, system upgrade, improved operational convenience... Looking at the familiar data interface, a weight lifted from his heart.

Data successfully extracted, all the information about this CNC machine tool surged into his mind like a tide. At this moment, Xu Ning felt as if he had personally participated in the assembly of this machine tool, knowing it inside and out – from every single part to every line of code in the system, all flaws had nowhere to hide.

Since the simulator could run on the machine tool, Xu Ning naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to upgrade. He began a new exploration in the mind map.

[Precision is the core, it must be improved.]

Next was grinding speed, to increase production efficiency.

[The system can also be attempted for an upgrade.]

With the help of the simulator, Xu Ning tried repeatedly in his mind. And in reality, he wasn't idle either, starting his exquisite "performance."

He would lightly touch here and there, his eyes revealing a thirst for knowledge, as if he were truly dissecting the problem in depth. His actions were quite similar to the Teacher who had been studying the machine just now.

"Xu Ning, have you found any clues?" Tang Ziwei asked expectantly, as if grasping at a life raft.

At this moment, the CNC machine tool had completed a comprehensive upgrade in Xu Ning's mind. The returning data impacted his brain, causing a brief dizziness. But soon, he recovered and acted like an experienced repairman.

Xu Ning reconnected the power to the machine tool, and the screen lit up. He quickly entered a string of commands, and a red warning window immediately popped up on the screen. He tried entering other commands, and seeing that the prompt message didn't change, he opened the machine tool's protective door.

"Don't start it, once it starts, it can't be stopped!" Seeing this, a Teacher hurriedly tried to dissuade him.

But Xu Ning showed a look of delight, "Will it also have issues like repeated processing and skipping steps, and fail to change tools even after powering off and restarting?"

The Teacher nodded in astonishment, "Amazing, how did you know?"

"The German prompt on the screen told me." Xu Ning unplugged the power, skillfully removed the microswitch, and measured it with a multimeter. As expected, it was damaged.

"This model might only be available abroad. If we wait for imports, it will probably take several weeks." He turned to Tang Ziwei and said, "Company Commander Tang, please get me some electronic components, a soldering iron, and solder."

Tang Ziwei responded excitedly and left, while the Teacher watched Xu Ning dumbfounded, unable to understand why this young man could make the workshop director run errands for him.

Xu Ning remained unfazed and sat down on an idle machine tool. He disassembled the casing of the microswitch. After Tang Ziwei returned with the necessary tools, he began to seriously disassemble and assemble it.

"Is he going to replace the electronic components inside?" a Teacher asked in surprise.

"It looks like it..."

"He actually understands this?"

Everyone's eyes widened, as if they were watching a miraculous performance.

It wasn't that they had never seen the inside of an electronic module, they were just confused by the densely packed electronic components. Those complex circuits were simply unfathomable to them, like a heavenly book.

Therefore, when they saw someone who could easily interpret and manipulate this "heavenly book," they were all dumbfounded.

"Done!" In just over ten minutes, Xu Ning skillfully replaced the damaged electronic component and soldered on a brand new replacement.

He held the reassembled microswitch in his hand, a look of satisfaction on his face.

Xu Ning walked briskly to the CNC machine tool, quickly installed the microswitch back in place, and connected the power to restart the machine.

A careful craftsman noticed that the annoying red warning window on the operation screen had quietly disappeared at some point.

Xu Ning skillfully entered commands and then opened the protective door. He easily removed the tools that the craftsmen had been helpless with before and replaced them with several brand new cutting heads.

Immediately after, he secured the material, closed the protective door, and with an order, the machine roared to life.

As the startup sound echoed, the CNC machine tool began to work in an orderly manner.

Although separated by the protective door, the sound of the machine running was still faintly audible.

Everyone witnessing this displayed expressions of disbelief.

Could it really be fixed?

"Not necessarily, it could move before, but it just wouldn't stop and would skip steps."

"We need to see if it can stop normally. We'll only know everything after the part is processed." A newly promoted Team Leader of the workshop's technical third group couldn't help but express his opinion.

He and the other craftsmen had previously painstakingly searched for the problem but found nothing.

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