"It seems my estimation was not wrong!"
Wang Yu smiled faintly, looking at the severed ends of the wires in his hand.
"Hmm? Little brother, what are you doing?"
Old Zhou came back to his senses, looking surprised at Wang Yu's actions.
"This is what you call the problem?" Jack Luo sneered at Wang Yu.
What kind of skill is it to cut all the circuit wires with a snip?
Anyone could do that.
"Of course, this is the problem," Wang Yu said, holding up the wires to everyone.
The cut ends were smooth and flat, revealing neat, golden copper wires.
Indeed, they were of excellent copper core.
"What's the problem here?" Old Zhou asked, genuinely confused. He couldn't find any issue.
"Heh, the problem is you pretend to know when you don't!"
Jack Luo interjected, "If you ask me, you kid are still..."
"Don't rush, everyone look at these wires," Wang Yu gestured for everyone to observe the wires.
"A joke, you're not going to say it's the wires' fault, are you!" Jack Luo sneered.
"My design has no issues, and these are all high-quality wires imported from Sam Country.
If you want to use this as an excuse, then all I can say is..."
"Heh, precisely because these are all high-quality wires from Sam Country," Wang Yu said with a light smile, interrupting Jack Luo.
His words made Old Zhou, who was standing by, ponder. He quickly stepped forward, took the severed wires, and examined them closely.
"So... so that's how it is!"
Old Zhou's face lit up with understanding, and he looked at Wang Yu with admiration.
"Little brother, you're truly divine! How could you guess this problem?"
"This distinguished doctor proudly stated that everything here was imported from his Sam Country and had no issues. I was thinking about which part might have gone wrong."
Wang Yu said calmly to Old Zhou.
"Since the design drawings are not problematic, and the basic equipment is also fine, and yet we've checked so many times, logically, if there were a design flaw or a serious quality issue with a component, it would have been discovered immediately."
Wang Yu spoke eloquently, drawing nods from everyone.
Of course, wasn't that stating the obvious? Everyone knew that. So, what was the reason?
"Since the design is fine and the parts are fine, why does the production line keep malfunctioning and no problem can be found?"
Wang Yu seemed to be questioning himself, "The production line's malfunction phenomenon strongly resembles a stoppage caused by insufficient power."
"Exactly, it does. I thought the same thing at first, so I specifically checked the main motor," Old Zhou nodded. "But the motor had no issues. I checked it several times, and it was always the same. Then I thought perhaps a certain circuit had a problem during assembly, so I checked each circuit line individually, but still found no issues.
I believe the experts before also investigated in the same way."
Old Zhou said with emotion, "Who would have thought..."
"Therefore, I concluded that since the main components are fine, we can think differently. Is it possible that the carrier is the problem?"
Wang Yu said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, hey, stop beating around the bush. Everyone understands these principles."
Wu Lingling said with displeasure from the side, "Hurry up and tell us the answer, I'm hungry."
In fact, her saying she was hungry was a polite way of saying she didn't want to stay there any longer. Like Wang Yu, she didn't want to keep looking at that "radish head."
"Alright, I'll get straight to the point."
Wang Yu chuckled and raised the wires in his hand, "The problem lies in the design of these wires. The design drawings specified 8 strands, but in reality, at least 10 strands are needed."
"Nonsense!" Jack Luo roared angrily, "You trash don't know anything. In terms of power and loss, 8-strand wires are the most suitable and perfect. Increasing the number of strands will only increase costs and unnecessary power loss!
You don't understand anything yet you're pointing fingers here. Am I, a distinguished doctor, inferior to trash like you?"
Jack Luo was almost jumping up and down, yelling. If before he had only felt annoyance and contempt towards Wang Yu, now he was genuinely furious. He would not allow his carefully crafted design to be invalidated.
And he had a point, much like pouring water through a pipe. Naturally, the more pipes, the more water flows.
If the number of pipes increased, it would require manufacturing costs, and it would also waste more water daily!
"Heh, I also looked at this design drawing. 8-strand wires are indeed not a problem," Old Zhou said with a smile, which immediately drew a smug look from Jack Luo.
"Yes, elder is right. You..."
But before he could finish, Old Zhou waved his hand to stop him. "However, I also agree with young brother that 10-strand wires are the most suitable, because..."
As he spoke, Old Zhou raised the wires in his hand, and then with his bare hands, he twisted open the wire bundles, separating them strand by strand to show everyone.
"One, two, three... six! How are there only six strands?" Jack Luo suddenly shouted, pointing at the wires.
Six strands of wire!
That explained the problem. Because the number of wire strands was too few, it led to insufficient power supply, which couldn't drive the entire production line, causing frequent malfunctions and shutdowns.
It was like the previous analogy: fewer pipes meant less water, naturally not enough.
Not enough would certainly lead to a breakdown!
"So, I say you made a most rudimentary mistake," Wang Yu said with a smile, looking at the somewhat flustered "radish head." Damn, this nickname is so fitting. "During construction, one always needs to consider some non-normal losses."
"Non-normal losses?" Jack Luo's face was filled with confusion and shock.
"Heh, silly bird!" Wu Lingling wrinkled her delicate nose. "Cutting corners, of course! What construction project doesn't cut corners?"
"Impossible! For the construction here, I didn't use any of your countrymen. All the construction teams were specifically sent from Sam Country! We in Sam Country are the most meticulous!"
Jack Luo roared incredulously.
"Heh, how could your Sam Country personally come to construct from so far away? I suspect it was subcontracted, wasn't it?"
"How could..." Jack Luo wanted to say more, but his gaze met Chen Feng's, and he saw Chen Feng looking away somewhat.
"Supervisor Chen, you tell me! What's going on?"
"Well... Jack, the construction was indeed from Sam Country, but your country has a tradition of subcontracting projects, so..."
Chen Feng stammered.
"So what?"
"So, it was ultimately subcontracted to construction teams from India... I didn't expect them to cut corners."
Chen Feng's voice grew softer, clearly indicating that this outcome was beyond their expectations.
They, like all the experts, had been contemplating design errors or component failures, never expecting that the ultimate culprit would be such insignificant little wires!
And the reason was the seemingly absurd act of cutting corners!
"You... No! My design is not flawed. If not for the Indian construction team cutting corners..."
"There are no 'ifs'! Just as Wang Yu said, you should have considered it during your design. If it were designed for 10 strands, there would be no problem."
Wu Lingling said unceremoniously from the side.
"So this is a rudimentary mistake! What does it matter if you're a high-achieving doctor from Yale? Do you know an idiom in our country? 'Armchair strategist'!"
"You!"
"What about me? Aren't you going to fulfill your promise and crawl around the factory three times, loudly shouting 'I was wrong'? And mind you, crawl, not run!"
Wu Lingling said with a cold smile.
"Alright, Lingling,"
Wang Yu stopped her directly. "Aren't you hungry? Let's go back and eat something good."
"Yeah, you're right. If I were a leader of their group, I would definitely send such an arrogant and inexperienced blockhead to the grassroots production workshop for a few years of training."
Wu Lingling pouted and prepared to leave with Wang Yu.
"Heh, Supervisor Chen, the problem has been found. You can arrange for people to renovate all the wiring lines. I apologize for not being able to help you, but it's good that young brother Wang could find the problem. At least the root cause has been identified!"
Old Zhou smiled as he greeted Chen Feng, handed over the matter, and then, along with Secretary Qian, followed Wang Yu.
"I... you..." Looking at the retreating figures, Chen Feng gritted his teeth and said to the impassive driver, "Give Old Professor Zhou and the others a ride."
"Hey, Supervisor Chen, my design is not problematic. Those construction teams should be severely punished!"
Jack Luo shouted from the side.
"Alright, severely punished!" Chen Feng gritted his teeth, his gaze sweeping over Jack Luo. "You will also go to the production line for an internship, you armchair strategist!"
"What did you say? I'm a distinguished doctor from Yale! You want me to go to the production line?"
Jack Luo's roar echoed in the workshop.
...
"Alright, don't be angry about that radish head anymore."
Back at the temporary accommodation, Wang Yu said to Wu Lingling, who still looked sulky.
It was strange. This woman was usually generous and straightforward. Why was she so unusually bothered and angry today? Could it be because her period was due?
Wang Yu mused. Han Jun suddenly appeared beside him.
"Factory manager, we need to hurry back to Jiangyang County. Something big has happened!"