47: Abnormal noise from the engine

Liu Xiaolin saw that it was almost half past twelve, so he hurried home to rest.

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The next day, as soon as Liu Xiaolin arrived at the factory, he was surrounded by everyone.

"General Manager Liu, I didn't expect you to become famous so quickly," Zhao Rui said with a smile.

"General Manager Liu, I didn't realize you were such a good talker! I really admire you!" Li Wei's loud voice was still so deadly.

"There's a lot you don't know. How could our General Manager Liu be an ordinary person! Can an ordinary person get national support for new technology, new equipment, and raw materials?" Warehouse Supervisor Xiao Guodong said smugly, as if he himself had been supported.

"General Manager Liu, yesterday Zhao Rui called me and asked me to watch your live stream. I saw that all the comments were praising you, and I was very happy too." Wang Shengjun was old and didn't know how to enter the live stream room. His daughter-in-law helped him figure it out for a long time before he finally got in.

"General Manager Liu, do you think selling our engines in the live stream room will work?" Yang Xiaoxia was sensitive after all, and immediately found the key issue.

"How am I famous! I just said a few words in the live stream room and attracted some attention." Liu Xiaolin was very modest. "Minister Yang's idea coincides with mine. I have this plan. But not now, we have to wait until our production capacity is stable in the next step."

"That's right, the current orders haven't been delivered yet. If we get a large number of orders from the live stream, we'll be anxious about not being able to deliver on time." Qi Qingan was more concerned about whether the production capacity could keep up.

"Right, Minister Qi is right. We have to take it one step at a time, eat one bite at a time. We can't rush." Liu Xiaolin smiled.

"Don't crowd around me, go do what you need to do," Liu Xiaolin said with a smile, "Crowding around me won't fulfill the orders!"

When everyone heard this, they quickly returned to their posts to get busy.

Liu Xiaolin followed Wang Shengjun and Qi Qingan to the workshop. After walking around the workshop and seeing that everyone was working in an orderly manner, he returned to the office with peace of mind.

He opened the statistical reports from various departments delivered this morning and quickly read through them.

The detailed inbound and outbound inventory report from the warehouse, the detailed cash flow statement from the Finance Department, the production statistics report from the workshop, the technical parameter statistics report from the Technology Department, and the qualified supplier list from the procurement department all looked roughly the same as the previous day, with no major fluctuations.

He focused on the cash flow statement submitted by the Finance Department. Yesterday's expenses were normal, including some reimbursements and small temporary procurement costs. Currently, there isn't much cash left in the account.

After delivering the first batch of orders in a few days, a sum of money should be received, which should significantly alleviate the financial pressure.

Liu Xiaolin's biggest headache was the funding issue. A few months ago, the capital chain almost broke, but luckily the golden finger system helped a lot.

Liu Xiaolin found the order contract, carefully calculated the time for fund recovery, and slowly regained some confidence.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Before he could say 'Come in', the door was pushed open.

"General Manager Liu, there's a problem!" Minister Minister Tan Qilin of the Technology Department rushed in.

"What's wrong? What's the problem?" Liu Xiaolin was startled and asked uneasily.

"The engines produced so far today have been making a 'clack-clack' abnormal noise during trial runs. Our Technology Department has been looking for the cause for a long time but couldn't find it. So we notified the workshop to suspend production." Minister Tan Qilin had run over, and he was still panting as he spoke.

"How could this happen? I'll go take a look!" Liu Xiaolin stood up and ran towards the workshop.

Minister Tan Qilin also started running behind him. How could he, who was over forty and a bit overweight, outrun the twenty-something Liu Xiaolin!

By the time he reached the workshop, Liu Xiaolin was already circling the engine, observing its operating status.

The initial 'clack-clack' sound of the 1.0t engine during trial runs is normal, but in the later stages, this 'clack' sound not only didn't disappear but also became louder and was regular. After a while, it would 'clack' a few times, and then stop, repeating in this cycle.

Liu Xiaolin frowned, tilted his head, and listened carefully to the abnormal noise, at a loss.

"Were the quality control spot checks for the previous few processes okay?" Liu Xiaolin asked.

"The quality control spot checks for the previous few processes were very stable, but we only conducted simple spot checks and cannot guarantee that those processes are absolutely normal." Minister Tan Qilin also had an anxious and puzzled look. www.x33xs.com

"Alright, there should still be semi-finished products from each process now. Conduct a thorough inspection of the semi-finished products from each process, eliminate the problematic processes one by one, and then you'll know which step has the problem." Liu Xiaolin remained absolutely calm at this moment.

As long as the problematic process is identified, the engine's abnormal noise issue can be resolved, allowing for rework.

"Okay, I'll immediately arrange for them to conduct a thorough investigation of the semi-finished products from each process." After receiving the instruction, Minister Tan Qilin immediately started working with his colleagues from the Technology Department.

Wang Shengjun and Qi Qingan were pacing anxiously in the workshop. They never expected that problems would start appearing on the third day after only two days of smooth production, and the main issue was that they couldn't find where the problem was!

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