Chapter 1001 Look at How You've Been...

The chief who listened to the report nodded: "Well, your consideration is right. So, you should discuss with the relevant ministries and come up with a plan to implement this matter. By the way, Comrade Zhendong should have a position in it, but it should not affect his normal work too much. If I remember correctly, he also wrote a book two years ago called "Safety Production Management System", which played a great role in the factory's safety production. His ability cannot be wasted."

As for what Gao Zhendong's main job is, no one is sure, at least in the industry.

"You know all this? You must be well-read."

"I've roughly flipped through his books. I can't understand most of them, but I can see that they are very professional. Hahaha." The leader laughed with a little pride.
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The comrades from the Water Resources Commission did what they said and acted very quickly. Just one day after the meeting, comrades from the Water Resources Science and Technology Institute came to see Gao Zhendong.

"Director Hou, what do you think this comrade does? This is a big deal." Sitting in the reception room of the third factory, a young comrade from the Information Technology Department of the Water Conservancy Science and Technology Institute, which was established a few years ago, asked the director of their team. Before that, it was called the Automation Department.

Generally speaking, this kind of unit, the information department and the information technology department sound similar after a few decades, but there are still big differences between them.

The information department is responsible for the information technology related work of the unit, such as the planning, construction, and maintenance of the unit's information system.

The information technology department is responsible for providing information technology services to the outside world. For example, the Water Conservancy Science and Technology Institute provides external information technology guidance and industry information technology research.

Of course, there are also some that are combined into one, so this cannot be generalized.

It was the first time for them to enjoy such treatment of repeated verification and interrogation when visiting technical personnel. The comrades who received them were very enthusiastic, but not at all accommodating and were very vigilant.

This made the comrades a little curious, as they had never seen this before.

As the director of the Information Technology Department, he had not seen many big battles in Beijing, where a brick could knock down a bunch of directors, but at least he was basically calm: "Okay, okay, this is the leader, there's nothing strange about the formal process."

Before he came, the dean told him that although the comrade who came to visit was young, he was extremely skilled in technical aspects and was a leading cadre at the same level as the dean, so he should be careful about his words and actions.

Technical leaders are also leaders.

However, his tone was not harsh. This was a college student who was snatched from Wudaokou by the institute a few years ago in order to develop water conservancy automation. He was very precious.

"Oh, I see." The young comrade didn't care and still had that clear expression. Nowadays, the backbones of information technology are mostly those who have just graduated a few years ago.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside the door. "Here they come." Several comrades from the Institute of Water Conservancy Science and Technology hurriedly sat up straight, looking very serious.

But this move was exposed by the young comrade in the next second.

"Ha, Gao Zhendong! Why are you here? Are you here for a meeting as well?"

To be honest, except for a few classmates, Gao Zhendong rarely heard anyone at work calling him by his full name. It had nothing to do with rank and everything to do with politeness.

But it was not really impolite for this person to call him like that today. They called him like that a few years ago, because this comrade, like Lin Lianwei, was his classmate at Wudaokou.

Gao Zhendong was very surprised: "Ah! Lao Xue! Why are you here? Weren't you assigned to return home?"

Director Hou was dumbfounded when he looked at Xue Chongli, whom he had brought with him.

He knew that the leader who was coming to visit today was named Gao Zhendong, and he thought there would not be another one here. Xiao Xue from his department seemed to be very familiar with him, which was really a coincidence.

"Chongli, what's this?" At this point, I can't call him "Xiao Xue" anymore. What if the speaker is unintentional but the listener is intentional, and the leader misunderstands me?
"Hahaha, Director Hou, this is my college classmate, Gao Zhendong! I didn't expect to meet him here." Xue Chongli was extremely happy. It was difficult to meet someone once you graduated these days, even if they were in the same city.

After saying that, he turned to look at Gao Zhendong: "I was about to get on the train, but the Institute of Water Conservancy Science and Technology took me away, hehe. Do you work here? Let's treat you to a good meal later." Between returning home and staying in Beijing, he chose to stay in Beijing. This explains why even Lin Lianwei and others didn't know that he was in Beijing.

"Okay, I'll treat you to some drinks in the cafeteria later, haha." Gao Zhendong was also very happy and agreed quickly.

"By the way, is your leader coming soon?"

When Xue Chongli said this, Director Hou, who was so shocked that he couldn't respond for a while, shuddered, but he held back. What if it was a coincidence? This matter would be more natural for them to explain to their classmates.

Gao Zhendong said cheerfully: "My leader will not attend the meeting today, so I will be the one communicating with you today. Come on, sit down." This is not easy to explain to the classmates.

In terms of rank, his leader can only be found in the department now, and this matter today will definitely not be dealt with here.

Xue Chongli was still muttering in his heart, why did leader Gao Zhendong not call his group of people here, but he didn't show up, and then...

Director Hou has already stretched out his hands to introduce himself and his friends: "Hello, Chief Engineer Gao, I am..."

"Ah, you are the leader we want to meet this time!" Xue Chongli's voice was eight octaves higher than before!
This is too impossible. I was hired as a full-time employee one year after graduation, and my technical level hasn't been raised much in the past two years, but my old classmate is already the director's leader?
Gao Zhendong laughed: "It's not that weird, everyone sit down, everyone sit down."

The comrades next to him looked at Xue Chongli with a different look in their eyes.

At first, my intuition was "Look at what you have done? Your classmates are all senior leaders..." But then I changed my mind and realized that this was not right. Xue Chongli was highly regarded in the hospital, and I had strong technical skills under my command. It couldn't be said that he was riding a rocket, but at least he had a smooth journey. When it comes to moving up, no one is faster than him.

The only possibility is that his classmates are too abnormal. Now Xue Chongli is even more powerful.

Although the two are not in the same system, their ranks are there. I have never seen the director call others leader.

Xue Chongli has become more successful, this is what everyone thinks.

But these are all trivial matters. Life these days is relatively purer, and the most important thing is to do things.

After everyone finally sat down, Director Hou started talking about the main topic.

"Mr. Gao, the hospital asked us to come here mainly for the monitoring systems you mentioned at the meeting the day before yesterday."

Gao Zhendong nodded: "Well, I'm ready. Let's divide it into two parts. One is dam safety inspection, and the other is water and rainfall monitoring. Here, this is dam safety monitoring. Take a look at it first. If there is anything inappropriate, we will discuss adjustments."

These two blocks are two independent subsystems, which are used in different directions and for different purposes.

He handed them several documents that he had prepared in advance, including one specifically for Xue Chongli.

When the comrades took it and looked at it, some of them understood it, some did not, but it was very complete.

Thermometers and piezometers are easy to understand. Vertical displacement meters and tension line horizontal displacement meters are also understandable. These are traditional techniques in water conservancy projects, but they have all been turned into automatic monitoring.

But there are some things that I can understand, but my purpose is not clear.

The comrades watched and discussed at the same time.

"Yes, the vertical and inverted lines and the tension lines are all automatically observed."

"I understand osmotic pressure, but what is uplift pressure for?"

“Uplift is for gravity dams.”

"This is good for monitoring the seepage of the dam at any time."

"What are the escape and gap meters used for?"

"..."

After discussing for a long time, they found that the dam safety inspection system that Gao Zhendong came up with actually coincided with what they needed in actual applications. Even though he seemed to be an outsider, Chief Engineer Gao had even considered something as obscure as pressure relief, which was very unconventional for outsiders.

Uplift is not necessary for arch dams, but it is meaningful for gravity dams, especially concrete gravity dams. In fact, it monitors the buoyancy of the groundwater that penetrates into the ground and lifts the dam upward.

Concrete gravity dams are generally not afraid of leakage or breakage. The stability of this thing relies on its own gravity, and water cannot break it down at all, even if it overflows.

However, concrete gravity dams are sensitive to one thing: slip. Slip is related to the geological conditions of the dam foundation and also to uplift pressure.

He even knows this stuff, it seems that Chief Engineer Gao is also an insider.

The most interesting thing is that they only brought out the monitoring project, and it can be said that Chief Engineer Gao consulted people in the industry, which is not surprising, but they even brought out the monitoring means, and they are all fully automatic, which is very useful to them.

It’s just that they don’t know what some things are used for.

"Mr. Gao, what is this gap meter?" The gap meter can also be used to monitor gaps. Many dams have gaps in their design and need to be monitored.

Gao Zhendong was a little puzzled. You should know more about this thing than I do. "This is used to monitor the gap between the concrete panel and the rockfill body. You know about the concrete panel rockfill dam, right?"

To his surprise, everyone's reactions were surprisingly consistent.

"I have no idea……"

"I do not know either……"

What Gao Zhendong didn't know was that although the concrete panel rockfill dam had been invented a long time ago and was very common in later times, it was not widely used in my country in the early 60s. Moreover, the comrades here were from the Information Technology Department, not the Water Conservancy Department, so they knew even less.

This type of dam has good adaptability to terrain, small settlement, and the excavated stone can be used on-site. It also has good seepage stability and earthquake resistance. It is also one of the mainstream dam types that will be widely used in the future.

(End of this chapter)