Sail across the sea

Chapter 547 This company does not currently exist.
As a state-owned enterprise, the leadership certainly couldn't just kill Chen Chuanlin directly. However, he first offended all his colleagues, and then he was used by the leadership as a weapon to attack opponents, offending both the president and the vice president. You can imagine what his fate would be like after that.

Upon hearing this, Gao Fan finally realized that Chen Chuanlin's words about wanting to join him were sincere, which gave him an unexpected sense of joy.

Chen Chuanlin was the second most hardworking student in the dormitory, after Wu Zixian. When Gao Fan encouraged the dormitory members to research surfactants, Chen Chuanlin also made some progress, though slightly less than Wu Zixian.

Previously, Gao Fan called Chen Chuanlin to ask if there were any engineers in his company who wanted to switch jobs. At the time, he didn't think of Chen Chuanlin because he subconsciously believed that his classmate should be doing very well.

Now, listening to Chen Chuanlin's story, I realize that he was in dire straits.

Chen Chuanlin's problem lies solely in his lack of social skills, making him unsuitable for development within the system. The atmosphere at Canghai Research Institute is completely different from that at Xinye Chemical Design Institute. Chen Chuanlin's straightforwardness is not a flaw at Canghai Research Institute, but rather a strength.

Ultimately, the atmosphere of an organization is highly related to its leaders.

If Chen Chuanlin had been replaced by a responsible and upright leader, he would likely have been given a more important position.

In fact, the review of scientific research projects is a process of mutual improvement. When others criticize your design, it can help you discover your shortcomings and make up for them. Why would you hold a grudge against them?
If the work environment is good, and everyone can criticize each other in scientific research, focusing on the issue rather than the person, then the work of the entire unit will show significant improvement. Isn't that also a leader's achievement?

The problem is, it's extremely difficult to find a leader like that within the system.

"Seventh Brother, if you've made up your mind, then come to me. I'm just missing someone like you," Gao Fan said.

"What do you mean?" Chen Chuanlin asked.

Gao Fan said, "I just came back from Ruizhang. The Maolin Provincial Economic Commission allocated an old school to us as the site for our company's research institute. It's a full 150 acres, and it can easily accommodate 2000 people in the future."

"Now I've appointed one of my dad's former engineers as the director of the research institute. She's a 44-year-old woman, very capable, and has a very upright character. I've known her since I was a child, and I trust her completely."

“I’ve always wanted to assign her a younger deputy, firstly to help her share some of the workload, and secondly to cultivate her as a potential successor.”

"You don't mean to say that I'm this young deputy, do you?" Chen Chuanlin asked with a smile.

In fact, Gao Fan had already said so much, how could he not understand?
"So, are you interested?" Gao Fan asked.

Chen Chuanlin hesitated for a moment: "I'm worried about whether I'm capable enough. Lao Gao, I'm not just pretending to be modest, I'm genuinely worried that I'm not capable enough and won't be able to convince the public."

“I have full confidence in your abilities,” Gao Fan said. “Managing a research institute requires certain management skills, as well as a comprehensive perspective in addition to understanding your own research direction.”

"Seventh Brother, you are definitely lacking in both of these areas right now, so I'm asking you to be my aunt's assistant for now. I'll give you about ten years. After ten years, the position of director of the research institute will be yours."

"Ha, what a wonderful thing!" Chen Chuanlin's face lit up with a smile.

Gao Fan has now entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, and he is indeed somewhat apprehensive. However, Gao Fan claims there is a ten-year grace period; during these ten years, he will simply serve as someone else's deputy, so he won't feel much pressure. If he still can't learn to be the dean of a research institute in ten years, then his graduation certificate can be used as firewood.

Having been tormented to the point of despair by the dean and vice-dean at work, Chen Chuanlin had repeatedly vowed to himself, "Never underestimate a young man's potential." His goal in changing jobs was not to continue working as a low-level engineer, but to one day rise above his circumstances.

The arrangement Gao Fan has made for him is exactly what he wanted; he almost wanted to stand up and bow down in gratitude.

"Don't talk about good things yet." Gao Fan interrupted Chen Chuanlin's reverie with a smile and asked, "Seventh Brother, I want to ask you a question. If you were given the chance to review your leader's project again, would you still dare to speak frankly and reject it entirely?"

"What do you mean?"

"That's literally what it means."

"In what capacity should I conduct the review?"

“Vice President of Canghai Research Institute, uh, no, that’s not right. Let’s not use that title for now. Let’s change it to something like Chief Engineer of Haike Technology Trading Company.”

"Is this Haike Technology Trading Company also your subsidiary?"

"No, this company does not exist at present."

Chen Chuanlin was a little confused, having no idea what Gao Fan was up to.

Gao Fan, however, chuckled and urged, "You haven't said anything yet. Do you dare to go and reject all of your dean's projects?"

Chen Chuanlin thought for a moment and said, "If you have such a request, of course I dare to do it. Even if I had already switched jobs, or even if I were still in the design institute, if they asked me to participate in the review, I would still say what I wanted to say. Anyway, I know I can't handle those interpersonal relationships, so I'll just follow my academic conscience. At the very least, I can't let down my Peking University diploma, right?"

"Great!" Gao Fan praised, saying, "If that's the case, you've truly solved my urgent problem. Here's what happened..."

Next, he recounted the tacit understanding he had reached with the National Chemical Engineering Design Institute, leaving his classmates speechless and marveling at how far Gao Fan had gone.

"You mean you plan to establish an entity, not under the name of your Canghai Company, to collaborate with the Chemical Engineering Design Institute? The collaboration involves organizing them to develop some revenue-generating products that can be quickly converted into tangible income, helping the Chemical Engineering Design Institute overcome its current financial difficulties," Chen Chuanlin summarized Gao Fan's introduction.

“That’s exactly right,” Gao Fan said. “I have some ideas about products that can generate revenue, and with the technical capabilities of the Chemical Engineering Design Institute, it’s entirely possible to realize them. The current obstacle is that seniority is very important in the Chemical Engineering Design Institute. Older engineers can’t do the work, but they still occupy positions. Young and energetic engineers are capable, but they lack motivation.”

"To break this pattern, an external entity must be introduced. This entity will only consider contributions, not titles, when collaborating, which will inevitably draw protests from those big-name experts. I still need to work in the industry in the future, and I really don't dare to offend these big shots."

(End of this chapter)