Chapter 1083: Ring of Shame

Xiao Peng visited the classic cars parked here. They really have everything! Ford Crestliner of 52, Buick'Century' of 57, Chevrolet Lmpala of 58, Plymouth Fury of 57, and Pontiac StarChief, they all seem to be exquisite treasures, any one can be put on the cobblestone On the beach auction market.
But if you open the engine cover of these cars, you will find that these classic cars are actually "zombie cars". These cars just have the appearance of classic classic cars. All cars have a variety of engines. Take the Pontiac. Let's just say, the original 4.7-displacement V8 engine has long been missing, and it has been replaced with a replacement product that made Xiao Peng's eyes bright: a four-cylinder diesel engine from China Weichai.
Isn't this thing used on a small forklift?
This is still good! Xiao Peng even saw a car with a single-cylinder 6-horsepower diesel engine on a lawn mower. . . . . .
Xiao Peng instantly lost all interest in these classic cars-isn't this selling dog meat?
It is purely deceiving the feelings of the people who eat melons!
Dana was obviously a little unhappy with Xiao Peng’s reaction:
This is Cuba. If you want those classic cars that look good and well maintained, you still have to go to the Pebble Beach in California for auction. Cuba is not. Pick up the missing place."
Xiao Peng smiled with joy after hearing this: "Huh? You know the Pebble Beach auction? Where did I actually go? I bought a few cars there, a Lamborghini 350GT, a Ferrari 250GTO, and There is a Ford Mustang Shelby. Oh, Shelby gave me a friend named Yang Meng. How did you know that Pebble Beach was auctioned?"
A Cuban girl knew about the Pebble Beach auction in the Stars and Stripes. This is quite interesting. The two countries have not had contact for more than half a century, right?
Dana didn't answer Xiao Peng's question, but stretched out her left hand, with a ring on her ring finger. The material is not visible, and the style is simple, which looks more like a twisted iron bar.
Sun Pengcheng looked excited when he saw it, and slapped Garcia: "I'm going! When did you get married?"
Garcia hurriedly waved his hand after hearing this: "I'm not married!"
Dana smiled and said: "Sun, you misunderstood, this is not my wedding ring, this is my graduation ring."
"Graduation ring?" Xiao Peng was taken aback after hearing this, and looked at Dana and said, "Are you studying in Maple Leaf Country?"
Dana nodded: "Yes, I graduated from the Maple Leaf National Institute of Technology, studying mechanical and electrical engineering. This is not surprising. Although our country does not have contacts with the Stars and Stripes, it does not mean that we have no contacts with Maple Leaf Kingdom. Every year, someone will send out Going to a foreign country to go to school, Garcia can go to China for further studies, and I also got the opportunity to study in Maple Leaf Country."
Xiao Peng looked around, then looked at Dana: "You came back from Fengye Guoxue to repair the car?"
Dana laughed after hearing this: "No, no, no, this is my father's garage. I have my own job. Garcia called me and said that you want to come and see me. After all, this is from the legal meaning. This is illegal, oh, you don’t have to worry about it. No one can control this, and Garcia’s leaders will come here to repair the car."
Sun Pengcheng interjected and asked: "Brother Peng, what's the matter with this ring? How come you know that when you see it, you know that Dana is going to school in Maple Leaf Country?"
Xiao Peng pointed to Dana's finger: "This is the so-called'world's most expensive' ring. Only graduates from several engineering schools in Maple Leaf Country can get it, and others can't buy it if they have money."
Sun Pengcheng asked curiously: "What does this mean? Why can't I buy it with money? What kind of material is this?"
Xiao Peng replied: "It's a ring made of ordinary steel, but there are 88 lives hidden in this ring. So this ring also has a name, called the Ring of Shame."
Dana stretched out her thumbs: "Mr. Xiao, good insight!"
Xiao Peng scratched his head after hearing this: "My girlfriend is in college in Boston. When I went to see her, I met a few MIT students. They told me about the ring. They are very MIT students. I envy your ring."
Sun Pengcheng asked curiously: "What the is going on with this ring? Brother Peng, you just talk about it."
Xiao Peng pointed to Dana: "Isn't it better to let the person introduce it?"
Dana smiled and said: "In fact, it is not as exaggerated as Xiao said. In fact, this should be regarded as the shame of the former engineer."
Listening to Dana's words, Sun Pengcheng also understood the ins and outs of this ring.
The mother river of this maple country is the St. Lawrence River, which originated from Lake Ontario and finally enters the sea from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. But that also caused traffic inconvenience. In 1854, Montreal built the Victoria Bridge on the Saint Lawrence River, which directly became the main port in the eastern part of Maple Leaf Country. Quebecers were anxious to see this situation and wanted to build a bridge until In 1887, the Quebec Bridge was officially launched, and it was not until 1900 that construction began.
For this bridge, Maple Leaf Country also fights. Invited a graduate of the Maple Leaf National Institute of Technology, theodore Cooper, who was already one of the most outstanding bridge engineers in the Stars and Stripes at that time, as the chief engineer.
When the Theodore Cooper was designing the bridge, he arbitrarily extended the span of the bridge to nearly one hundred meters. The reason was to avoid collisions between deep-water piers and ice ridges, which can shorten the construction time of the bridge piers and save costs. But it turns out that he did so only for the Forth Bridge, which was over 519 in England, to become the longest cantilever bridge in the world at that time.
In 1907, when the project entered a critical juncture, the workers discovered that the rods under greater compression were bent and deformed, and the positions of the rivet holes that had been punched were misaligned. The news was quickly reported to Cooper, but Cooper was treating illness in New York at the time-to be precise, since the construction of the bridge, Cooper, the chief engineer, has never been to the scene to supervise and command, citing health problems ( He was less than sixty years old at the time, and he died in his eighties.). So Cooper didn't know the situation at all and believed that the deformation was normal. Request to continue construction. ,
On-site engineers lacked the confidence and right to question Cooper’s judgment, and the construction company was worried about delays in the construction period. They repeatedly assured the workers that the bridge’s safety factor was high and there would be no problems, so the bridge finally broke down. Finally, on August 29, 1907, the Quebec Bridge under construction collapsed, half of the bridge fell into the water, and 75 workers died.
A subsequent investigation by the Accident Adjustment Committee found that the cause of the accident was an unreasonable design. After Cooper increased the span of the bridge from 487.7 meters to 548.6 meters, the weight of the bridge changed from 2760 tons to 3250 tons. The members were subjected to excessive force, but the design And during the construction process, due to relying too much on Cooper's reputation, there was no supervision at all!
The bridge was reopened a few years later, and the tragedy happened again. When the dragon was closed, a fulcrum broke, the longest bridge in the middle of the bridge collapsed, and 13 people died. In 1917, the bridge finally opened to traffic, becoming the longest cantilever span bridge to date. This bridge that could have become an immortal masterpiece has become a shame to the people of Maple Leaf.
Since designer Cooper graduated from the famous Maple Leaf National Institute of Technology, the school's reputation was also discredited. However, Maple Leaf National Institute of Technology did not hide or conceal this matter. Instead, it united seven engineering schools to raise funds to buy the bridge. The steel wreckage created a ring, named the "ring of shame", and the ring was also designed in the shape of a twisted iron bar. From that time, all engineering graduates received their diplomas. Will receive such a ring.
Even all Fengyeguo engineers must participate in a grand ceremony when they receive an engineer’s license. Everyone holds a chain and swears: voluntarily accept the norms of engineer growth, respect the rigorous and serious title of loyalty to the engineer, and wear the
Shame of Shame
. "Jie" on the little finger of the left hand warns that the quality of the product is above all else, reminding them to never forget the lessons and shame of history.
Because Dana lost a lot of weight after returning to China, she became a ring finger, which caused some misunderstandings.
Xiao Peng suddenly turned his head and said to Sun Pengcheng: "By the way, do you know why the Maple Leaf Government is clean?"
Maple Leaf Country’s government corruption index has consistently ranked among the top in the world for many years.
Sun Pengcheng shook his head: "I don't know, why is this?"
Xiao Peng smiled and said: "The Maple Leaf Government was inspired by this'ring of shame'. It has established a personal integrity file for every official and issued a badge. If an official is not clean, he will be Recorded in the personal integrity file and marked on the badge as a lifelong shame, its function is equivalent to the'ring of shame'. Through this method, the Maple Leaf Government successfully curbed the corrupt atmosphere of officials. Over time, the power of the system became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Officials of the Maple Leaf Country consciously are ashamed of corruption and bribery. Therefore, there is rarely a phenomenon of official corruption."
Garcia didn't want to hear this: "Corruption Perception Index? Is there any other country in the world that is cheaper than ours? Our office is almost becoming a tourist attraction!"
After hearing this, Sun Pengcheng smiled and explained to Xiao Peng: "That's the case. Cuba stipulates that as long as the people have an appointment, they can go to any government department to meet with relevant leaders, so that the government can solve problems for the people the fastest."
Xiao Peng just wanted to nod his head to praise, but Garcia said bitterly, "Don't mention it, because of the unfortunate regulations, it hurts us! Our Ministry of Internal Affairs has always been the most popular place for foreign tourists in Cuba. Many tourists come here. Think of a way to find our locals and spend money to let them take those tourists to visit us, please! Our place is not a tourist attraction, okay? Isn't it enough to take two photos outside? It must affect our work! Sometimes we all feel I am like a monkey in a zoo."
Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "To be honest, I also want to visit your Cuban Ministry of Internal Affairs. I really want to see how the most legendary department in the world works."