Industrial Cultivation

Chapter 42: Suitable for local products

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Zhu Changyang looked at the reply on the jade edict and couldn't help but let out a "tsk".

Shen Zha is still the same as always, always failing when he is needed.

Jun Shu sat next to Zhu Changyang. Zhu Changyang did not avoid him when he was writing the imperial edict, so Jun Shu took a quick look at the contents of the imperial edict and snorted, saying unhappily, "You have so many good friends."

When Zhu Changyang heard the sarcastic tone, he knew that his comparison habit had struck again. He looked at Jun Shu disapprovingly and taught him earnestly, "Shen Zha has taken care of so many of our businesses. It's not too much to give a good friend a position, right?"

The word "we" inexplicably pleased Jun Shu. Jun Shu thought about it and nodded: "Okay, even if he is 'our' good friend."

Then he continued to be unhappy, "Our good friends are really unreliable."

Zhu Changyang laughed: "It's okay, we'll find a way ourselves."

In fact, he was just joking with Master Shen out of habit, and he didn't really ask Shen Zhe for help. Even if Shen Zhe wasn't in seclusion, he was far away in the Zhan Cang Sect, and distant water couldn't help nearby fires.

Besides, he and the Jie Li siblings were just casual acquaintances. Even if he lent them money, it would be difficult for them to pay him back later.

Jun Shu disagreed with this and suggested skillfully: "What's so difficult about this? I'll just beat up that guy and make him pay for it."

Zhu Changyang: “…”

After spending so much time together, he almost forgot that Jun Ge was a native of the cultivation world with low moral standards.

As a result, Jun Ge always reveals his weak legal awareness when he is not paying attention.

"No, no." Jie Li tried to dissuade them. "The Peng family is very powerful in this area, and his uncle is still working in Yaoyin Pavilion. We can't let our affairs cause you to get into trouble."

Jun Shu said disdainfully: "Beat his uncle as well."

Jie Li was speechless for a moment.

"Calm down." Zhu Changyang pressed Jun Shu's shoulder with sweat dripping down his face. "Violence is not an option. Let me think about it."

The main thing is that it is easy to attack one or two people. If a chain reaction is triggered, he and Jun Shu can just leave, but it will be difficult to deal with the Jie Li brothers and sisters.

Jun Shu lowered his eyes and glanced at the hand on his shoulder, then snorted softly, "Okay."

Zhu Changyang actually had some ideas in mind, but they could not be formed for the time being. Seeing that it was already the fourth watch, it was no use wasting any more time, so he told the Jie Li siblings where he lived and said, "Come here to find me the day after tomorrow."

Jie Li and Jie Xizhi looked at each other, both confused, but since it was the idol who said it, Jie Li had to obey and nodded in agreement.

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The next morning, Zhu Changyang went to Jun Shu's room and said, "Xiao Ci, I want to make something that can help them solve the problem as soon as possible."

Jun Shu lazily leaned against the head of the bed, and said without comment: "Whatever you want."

To him, the Jie Li siblings were just passing strangers whom he had met once, so it didn't matter whether he helped them or not. Zhu Changyang could make his own decision, since it wouldn't bother him anyway.

Then Zhu Changyang handed over a list of materials: "Then go buy some things for me."

Jun Shu raised his head slowly: "What about you?"

Zhu Changyang half bent down and looked at him with a smile: "I have other things to do."

He wanted to go shopping himself, but time was tight and doing everything by himself would be too time-consuming and laborious. Since there were ready-made labor, of course he would rather use it.

Here we go again. This guy always uses those watery eyes to deceive people.

Jun Shu looked at him for a moment, then reluctantly stood up and took the list: "It's really troublesome. I have to walk."

He couldn't fly a sword in the city, and without Zhu Changyang to ride a bicycle, he naturally had to walk there.

Zhu Changyang thought about it and suggested, "How about you ride the developer?"

The black cat, who had just jumped onto the bed and was about to lie down and roll around, suddenly froze, his green eyes filled with shock:?!

Jun Shu glanced at the black cat with a look of disgust: "I don't want it."

The black cat breathed a sigh of relief: "Meow~"

Jun Shu added: "But it can come over and carry things for me."

He could have put in a mustard bag, but he had to work, and the cat couldn't take it easy.

Black Cat: “…Woo.”

Seeing the aggrieved look on Black Cat Tan's face, Jun Shu felt much happier. He then unfolded the list and began to look at it carefully.

There aren't many things that need to be purchased, and they are all ordinary items produced in the mortal realm, without any rare spiritual materials.

Jun Shu didn't recognize all of these things, so he asked one by one: "What is this purple stem?"

"It's purple ore, or purple rivet." Zhu Changyang explained, "If you can't buy this, you can use paint instead. The carpenter's shop should have it."

The so-called purple stem is actually what modern people call shellac, also known as lac, which is a purple-red colloid secreted by lac insects after sucking sap. It is often used to make furniture paint and insulating materials. It was used as wood coating in ancient China.

"What do you need paint for? And you need wood? Are you going to make wooden objects?" Jun Shu really didn't understand. After thinking for a while, he said, "I think it's better to make two more flashlights."

This was exactly what puzzled him. In his opinion, the simplest way at the moment should be to make a flashlight. However, all the materials listed on Zhu Changyang's list were unfamiliar. It was obvious that he wanted to make something else. It was really a bit far-fetched.

"You'll know when the time comes." Zhu Changyang smiled, "Now hurry up and buy the things back first."

Jun Shu didn't ask any more questions. After all, this person always has an idea.

Jun Shu took the developers out to purchase, while Zhu Changyang entered the workshop, turned on the control panel and started operating.

As Jun Shu said, he could actually make a few more flashlights to solve the urgent problem.

However, what he saw and heard in Gongyu City in the past few days gave him an idea, which he could now verify.

If successful, this thing will definitely have a bigger market than flashlights in Gongyu City.

As he thought about it, he checked the inventory. He has always been careful to enrich the inventory types, and basically all the metal varieties in the front row of the periodic table are available.

The principle of what he wanted to make was not complicated, and the main components were all made of metal, which his inventory could roughly meet.

As long as you add a few things like shellac, wood blocks, etc., there shouldn't be any major problems.

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Studio:

[Ah, it's the familiar sensitive time again. I wonder what Chang Yang is going to do this time? ]

[Didn't Jun Shu say that? It looks like he's going to make a wooden instrument... Hey, could it be a pipa? ]

[No way, that crappy school specifically requires instruments from that musical instrument store. Even if Chang Yang can refine a magical instrument, it will be useless.]

[I think the host is a bit silly. It's obvious that making flashlights is a good idea. It can be seen at the night market that the flashlight market is definitely strong. Now time is tight, there is really no need to make it so complicated.]

For the next day and night, Zhu Changyang was busy in the workshop.

The audience in the live broadcast room are already familiar with the process. While chatting in the barrage, they send links to friends and family to remind everyone that the host has entered the workshop again.

On the third day, the popularity of the live broadcast room unsurprisingly increased.

[When will Chang Yang come out? Urgent! ]

[Alas, the more I think about it, the more I feel that it is unrealistic. Even if I come up with a new product, I have to find the right customers to sell it. In such a short time, I may not be able to find a sucker who is rich and willing to spend the money.]

[Little sister has one day left before the college entrance examination, she must catch up in time! ]

At noon, Zhu Changyang finally left the workshop with dark circles under his eyes.

Just then the waiter came and knocked on the door: "Sir, there is a guest looking for you."

Zhu Changyang walked out of the room, and the door to the next room opened at the same time. Jun Shu poked his head in and asked, "Are you done?"

Zhu Changyang nodded: "Okay."

Jun Shu walked out and stretched out his hand: "Let me see."

This guy is still so impatient. Zhu Changyang sweated a little: "Wait and sort them out first."

He asked the waiter to bring the person over, but only Jie Xizhi was there.

Xie Xizhi saluted him and said with a blushing look: "My brother went to see Master Wang to sell the flashlight, so I came here to talk to you first."

It turned out that the brother and sister had not been idle that day. They each went to their friends to borrow money. They both had good relationships with people and actually raised a considerable sum of money, but there was still some shortfall.

After much thought, Jie Li decided to sell the flashlight.

At this point, Xie Xizhi was a little embarrassed, "My brother said that this is our own business and we can't trouble Brother Zhu."

After Zhu Changyang reminded and corrected them several times, the brother and sister finally stopped calling him Master.

Zhu Changyang was not surprised by this. Jie Li wanted to be his disciple, so he naturally wanted to show his good side in front of him and did not want people to think that he was incompetent.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Changyang did not directly give him a few flashlights to sell for money.

"Forget it, let him be." Zhu Changyang smiled, "But you misunderstood. I asked you to come here because I actually wanted to ask you for a favor."

"Ah?" Xie Xizhi was puzzled. "How can I help?"

"A big favor." Zhu Changyang smiled slightly, "Let's talk inside."

When he entered the room, he saw a pipa on the table, which Zhu Changyang had borrowed from the waiter in advance. Many inns and restaurants in Gongyu City have common musical instruments for guests to borrow and play when they are in a good mood.

Zhu Changyang handed the pipa to Xie Xizhi and said, "I would like to ask you to play a piece of music."

Xie Xizhi was startled, then laughed: "What kind of favor is that? I can play for you anytime you want."

"You're not playing for me." Zhu Changyang took something out of his pocket and placed it on the table, saying seriously, "You're playing for this."

Xie Xizhi followed his movements and couldn't help but reveal confusion in his eyes.

This is a metal disc, about one foot in diameter and one inch thick. There is a small hole in the middle and a small thing that looks like a needle and a knife hangs from the top.

The shape is already very strange, but what is even stranger is that there is a long funnel attached to the top of the needle.

Not only Jie Xizhi, but also the people in the live broadcast room didn't understand it.

[What is this?]

[It looks familiar, but I can't remember where it is. ]

Jun Shu asked everyone's question: "What is this?"

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing missing." Zhu Changyang said as he carefully took out a black round sheet of similar size to the metal plate from his pocket and placed it on the metal plate. Only then did he officially reveal the answer, "This is called a tape recorder."

A lot of question marks popped up in the live broadcast room.

[??? Damn, isn’t this a vinyl record?!]

[Ah, I recognized it. This is the most primitive recording device. It is a purely mechanical recording device. It does not require any complicated electromagnetic conversion structures. It is the same principle used by the earliest phonographs!]

[phonograph?]

[Damn, my mind is open! ]

As one of Edison's greatest inventions, the phonograph caused a sensation around the world as soon as it came out.

The people of Gongyu City love music very much, and there is music everywhere. However, there is no equipment that can store sounds and play them at any time. If you want to listen to music, you can only go to teahouses and music halls to watch live performances.

Zhu Changyang was strolling around the city these days and thought that maybe he could build a phonograph here.

Anyway, there is still some time before the Lotte Tour, so I might as well just sit back and do nothing.

The matter of Jie Li's siblings just prompted him to realize this idea.

The principle of the phonograph is actually not complicated.

Sound is actually a kind of wave, which is produced by the vibration of objects. The phonograph records these vibrations of different amplitudes and reproduces them through the stylus.

The machine in front of you is the simplest recording device.

The long funnel that Xie Xizhi thought was actually a horn, with a thin metal film clamped on the narrow end. The needle-like and knife-like thing connected to the metal film was the engraving head used to record the sound.

As long as you speak into the speaker, the sound will vibrate the air in the speaker, thereby vibrating the membrane, and then drive the engraving head, which will carve sound grooves of varying depths on the smooth and bright disc.

As for this disc, it is the vinyl record that many music fans are familiar with.

There was no synthetic plastic in the world of cultivation, so Zhu Changyang adopted the method of the first generation of records, polishing aluminum into a smooth disc, and then using natural shellac and carbon powder to make a plastic film, which was both environmentally friendly and easy to use.

The metal turntable at the bottom is driven by a battery motor, which can drive the vinyl disc above to rotate during recording.

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Jun Shu and Jie Xizhi heard the name of the machine but were still confused.

This is normal. In this world, sound is something fleeting and cannot be preserved, and "recording" is undoubtedly a completely unfamiliar concept.

Zhu Changyang couldn't explain it clearly at the moment, so he simply let the facts speak for themselves. He asked Jie Xizhi to sit in front of the radio and told her in detail the key points that she should pay attention to when playing.

"Try to play the pipa and see if you can feel the vibration of this thin film?" Zhu Changyang said, pointing to the metal film at the narrow end of the speaker.

The materials here are limited, and it is temporarily impossible to make more advanced electromagnetic conversion equipment and amplifiers. At present, this set of equipment is very simple, and the recording effect is far inferior to modern electrical recording and multi-channel recording.

Fortunately, musicians in the world of cultivation know magic, which can make up for this shortcoming to a certain extent.

Sound cultivators have an extremely keen sense of sound, and after practicing to a certain level, they can even kill people with sound from thousands of miles away.

Therefore, as soon as Zhu Changyang reminded him, Xie Xizhi noticed the series of vibrations caused by the sound and couldn't help but exclaimed, "So I can record the sound. I never thought about it before. Is this what you mean by 'recording'? But what can we do with it?"

"Finish carving one song first." Zhu Changyang said, "Find a way to amplify the vibration amplitude of the sound so that the carving is clearer, and don't carve in other noises."

"That's no problem." Xie Xizhi plucked the strings, "I'll just cast the spell."

"That's it." Zhu Changyang observed the engraving condition of the engraving head and gave a thumbs up with satisfaction.

Then he carefully instructed some details to make sure Xie Xizhi fully understood, and then took Jun Shu out of the room, "Keep quiet in the recording studio."

Jun Shu still couldn't understand this machine, but seeing Zhu Changyang was so serious, he said, "I can set a ban on the room so that it won't be disturbed by the outside world."

Zhu Changyang was indeed delighted: "That couldn't be better."

After setting the ban, the two of them went to the lobby to sit and eat something.

After about a cup of tea, a handsome young man suddenly ran in from the gate.

Zhu Changyang was facing the direction of the gate. When he saw the man, he saw that he was just a stranger, so he didn't pay much attention to him.

The young man walked straight towards them, and finally stopped in front of their table and said, "Brother Zhu, Brother Jun, I'm sorry, I'm late."

Such a familiar voice. Zhu Changyang was puzzled: "Who are you?"

The young man was stunned for a moment before he reacted and quickly said, "It's me, Jie Li."

He touched his face as he spoke, "I usually do business, so the noodles are not good if they are too tender, so I apply some yellow powder."

Zhu Changyang: “…”

After a moment, he slapped the table and suddenly realized, "No wonder, you were so angry that day, but your face didn't change. I thought you had liver problems."

Cleavage: “… ?”

Studio:

[Wow! So Brother Xixi's original skin looks like this, I'm good enough again! ]

[This face can be our male anchor's little brother, Chang Yang, accept him, I agree! ]

[The last time this happened was when I was recruiting developers. You superficial people who only care about appearances... Changyang, did you hear me? Remember to accept it!]

(End of this chapter)