Chapter 73 The Butterfly Cup "Ask for a Monthly Ticket"

"Butterfly cups are hard to buy as heirlooms. Pour the fine wine into the cup and the colorful butterflies will fly." Fan Wubing held a glass in his hand and asked He Shuisheng curiously, "This is the butterfly cup that can show the shadow of a butterfly." ?”

"That's right, this is the unique technology of our factory, the butterfly cup!" He Shuisheng said proudly.

Among traditional Chinese operas such as Pu Opera, Qin Opera, Peking Opera, and Hebei Bangzi, there is a widely circulated play "Butterfly Cup", which describes a love story born in the Ming Dynasty. The object of love between the man and the woman in the play is the heirloom of the man's family - the butterfly cup.

It is said that when the wine glass is filled with wine, a colorful butterfly can be seen rising from the bottom of the glass, rising and falling among the flowers, lifelike and superb.

I saw the wine glass that Fan Wubing was holding, on a goblet stand with a thin waist and wide feet, it looked like a jade-colored wine cup in the shape of a golden bell with a reverse mouth, the rim of the cup was inlaid with gold, dazzling; The colors are colorful; the flowers on the inner wall are enchanting and beautiful. He Shuisheng took a water bottle and poured the water into the cup in front of Fan Wubing and Fan Heng. He saw a butterfly shadow on the water surface, as expected, lifelike, Watching the water rippling.

"Hey! Interesting—" both father and son shouted excitedly.

Fan Wubing's first feeling was that if this thing was taken abroad, it would probably be able to cheat a lot of money.

"Butterfly cups have long been recorded in the history of our country, and their production techniques have long been lost. In recent years, workers and technicians in Panshi City have obtained a bottle of ancestral butterfly cups from the people. After careful research and in-depth digging, they finally figured out the ancient The artist used the skillful optical principle that the butterfly appears when the cup is full, and the butterfly is hidden when the wine is dry. He also selected the most beautiful species of butterflies from more than 10,000 kinds of butterflies in the world for painting, and finally made the ancient treasure cup reappear in the world. Looking back now. It's really not easy!" He Shuisheng sighed beside him.

Fan Wubing took the cup and watched it carefully. It didn't take long to discover the mystery of it.

In the past, the ancient butterfly cup was made of porcelain, and all the secrets were hidden in the bottom of the cup and could not be seen. It is naturally difficult for outsiders to understand the mystery, but now this cup is made of glass, under careful observation. It is still easy to feel its principle.

The technician installed a butterfly on a thin spring spring in the foot of the cup. As long as the cup is slightly disturbed, the butterfly will bounce. A bead is embedded in the center of the bottom of the cup, which acts like a convex lens.

When there is no wine in the glass. The position of the nabi is out of focus. The real image formed by it through the convex lens is on the same side as the human eye, and the human eye generally cannot see clearly. After pouring wine into the glass, the cross section of the wine is thin in the middle and thick in the side, so the wine becomes a concave lens. The convex lens and the concave lens are combined to form a compound lens, thereby elongating the focal length, so that a clear butterfly pattern can be seen at the bottom of the cup.

"Sure enough, the cup is full of butterflies,

Jiugan Diyin, the ancients' use of optical principles is no worse than ours! "Fan Wubing couldn't help admiring.

Fan Wubing poured some water into it. Holding it in his hand and looking at the butterfly shadow, he suddenly had an idea while dangling.

"If this thing is applied to the water tank of the humidifier, what kind of effect will it produce?" Fan Wubing rubbed the outer wall of the cup and thought carefully.

After some investigation, Fan Wubing felt that the Panshi Glass Factory was still capable of accepting orders for the external equipment of the humidifier. Now the most important thing. It is to come up with a few more perfect sample design drawings.

As a glass device with practical functions, it must be aesthetically pleasing. It can be produced in large quantities, so Fan Wubing did not dare to take it too seriously, for fear that his design would not be able to be mass-produced due to the complexity of the production process, so he shared his thoughts with Fan Heng, and finally decided to take a look Does the glass factory have satisfactory design capabilities?

"Director He, we have a few preliminary ideas about the style of glassware. I wonder if it can be realized by your factory?" Fan Heng asked He Shuisheng.

This is to study our technical ability. After He Shuisheng heard it, not only did he not feel that he was being made things difficult, but he felt that this time it really attracted a big deal, so he patted his chest and said, "Director Fan, please Don't worry! We still have a few top-notch technical talents here, and there are many master craftsmen, but there should be no problem with anything that can be made into glass, but I don't know if you have any sketches?"

"Sketch—" Fan Heng glanced at Fan Wubing, and said to He Shuisheng, "There will be it soon!"

Fan Wubing was not idle, he first drew a few ordinary patterns and handed them to He Shuisheng, then he began to think about the problem of loading the butterfly cup craft on the glass water tank of the humidifier, and finally came up with the final draft.

On a large lotus leaf-shaped glass vessel, there are several dragonflies coiled around. The bottom is a small picture scroll made by using butterfly cup technology. After adding water, the ceramic vibrates due to the continuous flow of water. The device keeps blowing the water mist, and the water surface is always rippling, so that the scenery on the screen will always be projected on the water surface and move.

"This thing is more complicated, but it is not impossible to achieve, but the cost will increase a lot." Although He Shuisheng is engaged in reception work, he has been familiar with the situation of his own factory. After reading Fan Wubing's After the drawing, there was a calculation immediately.

Fan Wubing also knew that it would take some time to realize this thing, and the workers would have to fumble for a while just to adjust the focal length, so he agreed generously, "Take this as a test paper, if you do it well, Then we can talk about specific things in depth. However, I think your factory has relatively strong technical force, and I personally agree with your opinion on ordering with your factory."

"Hehe, I'm so kind!" He Shuisheng accompanied the smiling face with a hehe, but he wondered in his heart who is this young man? Judging by his appearance, he looks a bit like Fan Heng! It's just that he never thought that they were father and son.

Just as he was talking, a master craftsman walked over with several apprentices, holding in his hands the glassware that Fan Wubing had just drawn.

"Look, isn't this very fast—" He Shuisheng laughed, and introduced the old master to the Fans and his sons, "This is the old master of our factory, Li Deyi, Master Li, he is the master of our factory. The old man who was there when the factory was in the factory, there is nothing to say about the technology, it is an absolute master!"

"It turned out to be Master Li. It's a pleasure to meet you." Fan Wubing looked at Master Li while looking at the glassware that had just been made. He couldn't help admiring, "As expected of a famous teacher! Looking at such a perfect work of art, I can't even find words to praise!"

The old master smiled, he didn't take Fan Wubing's words to heart, he has received so many good words in his life, why would he care about the praise of a half-baby? There is no need to worry about whether his products will be popular. The only thing that makes him unhappy is that the factory's orders are too single.

"The one with the butterfly cup craft can only be made tomorrow, because there are some technical parameters that need to be measured, so you can't see it today—" Master Li said to everyone.

Oh, Fan Wubing nodded, then turned around and asked, "Is that thing mass-produced? If the process is too complicated, will the production efficiency be too low? If the speed cannot be increased, then there will be no production. worth it."

He Shuisheng was a little worried, if the output is low, everything will be caught blind, they have to order in large quantities, and if you rush out three or five pieces like a work of art, who can bear it?

Master Li glanced at the eager He Shuisheng, and replied confidently, "No problem, it just needs to measure the parameters at the beginning, it takes a little more time, and it won't happen in the future, as much as you want can be produced on time. "

"That's good, that's good!" Fan Heng also considered this question, but he didn't expect his son to bring it up first. At this time, he got an affirmative answer from Master Li. nodded.

Since the humidifier is indeed a good thing, Fan Heng also very much hopes to make it happen. At this time, the core components have been obtained, and the separation technology of the box has been realized. Seeing that the aristocratic humidifier advocated by Fan Wubing is also With success imminent, Fan Heng was quite happy in his heart.

Although he was a little worried about Fan Wubing's behavior of grabbing huge profits, Fan Heng's mood improved a lot when he thought that these things might go abroad to earn foreign exchange in the future. It is naturally more refreshing to earn money from foreign devils!

After the father and son followed He Shuisheng around a few places, they left.

He Shuisheng tried his best to keep them to no avail, so he had to let them go with great regret. After watching the two leave, He Shuisheng hurried back to the office and wrote a report in a hurry. I was not satisfied with the words, so I said to a young man beside me, "Xiao Wang, make two copies of this, no, three copies! Remember to use it tomorrow!"

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the office humming a little tune, He Shuisheng thought to himself, no matter whether this business is successful or not, it is finally my performance today! At that time, in front of the factory manager and secretary, there will still be credit to show!