Chapter 010 The Dilemma of Microscopy
Perhaps it was Song Tao's strong professionalism that won Ling Yue's recognition. She, who has always been taciturn, rarely patiently explained to Song Tao the evaluation mechanism of the Huachang Di Da Evaluation Center.
"Our center conducts work evaluations once a day so that various departments, departments and groups can adjust their work status based on the scores. The scores are obtained based on the appraisal accuracy and the appraisal quantity..."
Just as Ling Yue explained, the large LED screen hanging in front of the laboratory suddenly lit up and a line of text began to appear: "Hello members of the identification department - Mirror examination department - Microscopy department - Precious Colored Gem Identification Team!"
When Ling Yue saw that she was about to report her work scores today, she immediately stopped chatting with Song Tao. The other appraisers also came over at this time. Everyone focused on the slowly broadcasting text on the screen. It seemed that the center's work evaluation was very important to them.
The first thing that appears on the screen is the number of authentications and the error rate.
"Today's team identified 839 gems, and 765 valid identification results have been reviewed, of which 59 problem reports were reported, with an error rate of 7.7%.
Song Tao frowned. Although the error rate of 7.7% is not an ideal result, it is reasonable.
A mineral needs to be identified by various departments through different means, and the center will then combine the reports of all departments to obtain the final results. If the identification results of a certain department do not match the authoritative conclusions of the center, it will be included in the error rate of the department.
"Today's precious colored gem identification team scored 63.1, ranking 2nd among all microscope groups."
Seeing this, Song Tao smiled happily: "We have seven groups in the microscopy department, ranking second overall. This result is really amazing."
Although his words were not loud, the other appraisers could hear them clearly, which caused them to laugh meaningfully. Ling Yue also rubbed his forehead awkwardly and smiled helplessly.
Song Tao was confused by their helpless appearance. Obviously, they were not happy because of this achievement, but instead looked desperate. This reaction was really hard to understand.
However, before Song Tao could ask carefully, the next text on the screen gave him the answer.
"The microscopy department scored an average score of 58.8 today, ranking 19th among all departments. Today's work evaluation has been broadcast. I hope all departments, departments and groups will continue to work hard!"
Song Tao was stunned for a moment, and then his voice increased by several decibels due to surprise: "The appraisal department has a total of 19 departments, and the microscopy department ranks 19th. Isn't that the last among all the departments of the appraisal department?"
Although the precious gem identification team he works in can rank second in the microscope department, the scores of the entire microscope department are so low. Their group is just a general in the slut, and their grades are still extremely poor compared to the entire quality inspection station.
After all the content was broadcast, a table appeared on the big screen, and the content of the table was a personal evaluation of the work of each appraiser in the group.
The error rate of most appraisers is around 5% to 10%, but there are only two data that stand out:
No. 01 appraiser Ling Yue (group leader), identified 41 gems, with an error rate of 0%.
No. 30 appraiser Song Tao (internship), identified 19 gems with an error rate of 0%.
Ling Yue looked at Song Tao and was already very surprised. Although she knew that Song Tao had high accuracy and fast appraisal, she did not expect that it would be so fast. You must know that Song Tao only worked for three hours. If she had to convert it into working hours all day, wouldn’t it be much better than her?
Other appraisers also quickly noticed Song Tao, a new undergraduate student, and successively cast admirational eyes on him: "The new guy is good, he can make zero mistakes just now."
Song Tao seemed very calm about their praise. The system implanted him a professor-level gem inclusion identification gift package. If this is not enough to overwhelm all the appraisers in a group, then the so-called "professor level" is too unworthy.
What he is most strange now is why the appraisers in the group responded to the top microscope ranking, but they had not seen his identification error rate when it was 0%.
The only possibility that he thought of was that microscopic departments often get this score, and everyone is not surprised.
Ling Yue saw Song Tao’s doubts: “To be honest, our microscope department’s work scores have always been so low, so you might as well guess what’s the reason.”
After getting the affirmative answer, Song Tao was a little surprised, then thought about it carefully and said, "I think it should be the reason for the difficulty of work. The projects responsible for the Microscopy Department are all about the in-depth identification of gems. Compared with ordinary projects such as specific gravity, refractive index, and hardness, it is much more difficult."
Ling Yue pulled a chair and signaled the others to sit in a circle: "You are right, but it is not entirely a matter of difficulty, because there are many departments in the spectrum identification department that have the same identification tasks as us."
She paused and continued to explain: "After we make a judgment on the origin and processing situation, the Raman Spectroscopy and the Infrared Spectroscopy will also re-identify these two items. If the conclusion conflicts with us, the scientific research department will submit it to the scientific research department to draw the correct conclusion. Once this happens, the probability of our department being wrong is often higher.
Because the spectroscopy department only needs to make judgments based on the spectrum measured by the instrument. In comparison, the artificial factors in the microscopy department are larger. People are not as good as machines, and there are always times when they are tired and dazzled."
Song Tao suddenly realized that although he had high attainments in inclusion identification, he was just an ordinary undergraduate in other aspects. He still did not understand the operations of various departments of these quality inspection stations. After Ling Yue's explanation, he realized this level.
At this time, an appraiser whispered: "There is also the reason for the equipment. Our national-level quality inspection station is actually using an XTL165 microscope."
Song Tao heard the dissatisfaction in the appraiser's tone, and then he remembered that the microscope used in the quality inspection station seemed to be the same as the one he used in school, both were XTL165 models microscopes.
This is not very reasonable. As a professional appraisal center, the equipment used should be better than that of students.
The price of this microscope is generally around 3,000 yuan, and the imaging level was relatively excellent five years ago. However, now the material technology is changing with each passing day. Now the performance of XTL165 in all aspects can only be said to be average.
Although it is still more than enough for students to use, it is a bit insufficient for professional jewelry appraisers, especially appraisers from a national quality inspection center.
The quality of the microscope directly affects the observation results. For example, Song Tao discovered that the ruby was wrongly identified before. If the imaging of the microscope was better, the appraiser might not have ignored the dot-like bright spots.
Song Tao asked: "Then why not change to a better batch of microscopes?"
As soon as we talked about the microscope, the appraisers started talking.
"Who said no? Sister Ling also gave the center an opinion, but the center actually said that the equipment of the spectroscopy department is enough, and we just need to do auxiliary work in the microscopy department!"
"Who could have thought that the center would say this? Since the identification conclusion of the microscope department still needs, who would you find fault with the other person? Just just the identification department just needs the spectroscopy department!"
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Judging from the tone, the appraisers seem to have been resentful about this practice in the quality inspection station for a long time.
Song Tao also found it unbelievable: "Huachang Di Da’s financial resources are more blunt, they are so rich that even undergraduates like me will be equipped with a small laboratory. How could they not even update several microscopes?"
Ling Yue shook her head: "You're wrong. Although our Huachangdi University School has undergone semi-private reform, its affiliated quality inspection center is still a nominal non-profit organization so far.
If we want to make a substantial improvement over the XTL165 we are using now, we need to replace at least 6,000 microscopes. There are at least 200 microscopes in the microscope department that need to be replaced, which will cost more than one million yuan. It is impossible for the station to allocate too much money to replace the equipment."
As soon as Ling Yue finished speaking, an appraiser took over the conversation: "I think there is no shortage of money in the station, but that guy Li Da saw that we were brought out by Webmaster Jiang, and he was trying to find fault with him."
Li Da is Li Minghao's uncle and the deputy station manager of the quality inspection station. He also heard about the station manager Jiang, Song Tao, whom he mentioned, should be the acting station manager of the Huachangdi Quality Inspection Station.
Song Tao felt aroused. It seemed that the relationship between the senior executives of the quality inspection station was not simple. However, Song Tao was just an intern and was not afraid of wearing shoes barefoot, so he asked without hesitation: "Why, a deputy webmaster, dared to give eye drops to the official webmaster?"
When they asked the key points, everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether they should answer for a moment.
However, Ling Yue remained calm and said bluntly: "Professor Jiang is only an acting webmaster, mainly responsible for academic issues in the quality inspection station and does not manage practical things, so Li Da, the deputy webmaster, is much more 'striking' than Professor Jiang."
After saying that, she sneered without hesitation: "I just want to turn a regular in front of Professor Jiang with some small tricks, which is a whimsical idea."
The other appraisers found it a bit sensitive to further delve into this topic, so they gradually changed the topic and talked about it for a few more minutes before they dispersed, packed up their things and prepared to get off work.
Song Tao's workbench was next to Ling Yue. He took advantage of the time to pack his schoolbag and asked: "Team Leader Ling, the station is really determined not to replace the equipment for us, so there is no chance of compatibility?"
Ling Yue shook her head calmly: "I have reported this problem to Li Da more than once, but he has tried to make excuses and shirk them. If he doesn't approve it, I have no choice."
Song Tao heard the helplessness in her tone, and carefully played with the microscope in front of him. It was indeed the same model as the one used in the school.
After a while, he suddenly suggested: "What if you don't buy new equipment, just modify the XTL165?"
Chapter completed!