The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 662: Reform Results!!!

The applause from the audience lasted for a long time like a tide.

In an inconspicuous corner of the viewing seats, sat a special audience member - Zhang Jianjun.

He was a researcher at a research institute. In the first round of assessment for senior professional cadres, he was given a "red card" due to insufficient results.

The huge loss at that time almost broke him down, but it was the technology transfer policy of the "Samsung Project" that gave him a new life.

Zhang Jianjun, who knew his shame and then became brave, used his professional expertise to lead a small team composed of "eliminated" people and young technicians to tackle the problem of oxygen supply for individual soldiers in the plateau from scratch.

After numerous failures, we finally succeeded in developing a plateau individual oxygen supply system that is small in size, light in weight and has long endurance. It received high praise during trials in plateau troops.

At this moment, although Zhang Jianjun was not standing on the podium, looking at the shining medals on the stage, his clenched fists trembled slightly, and the same bright light flashed in his eyes.

Liu Zhiye walked onto the stage and presented the award to the highest achiever in the logistics system who received the "Science and Technology Gold Star".

He swept his eyes across the audience, and spoke in a loud and powerful voice: "Comrades! The winners who can wear medals today are the brightest stars in the night sky.

But the brilliance of the 'Samsung Project' is by no means limited to this!
It is the torch in the hearts of all those in the logistics system who work silently in ordinary positions, explore tirelessly in hardships, and bravely break the ice in the wave of reform! "

“Four years ago, we stood on the brink of a talent cliff and were deeply concerned.

Today, four years later, we can proudly say that with the courage of reform, the wisdom of innovation and the collective strength, we have built a bridge to the future over the cliff!
This galaxy formed by the Venus, the Silver Star, and the Nova is the most solid foundation for us to strengthen our army and ensure victory! "

He changed the subject, his eyes becoming more profound: “But, comrades! The bell of the turn of the century is about to ring, and a new journey is just around the corner.

The international situation is changing rapidly, the scientific and technological revolution is advancing with each passing day, and the requirements for military struggle preparation are becoming increasingly higher!

The flame ignited by our 'Samsung Project' cannot be extinguished, but can only burn more vigorously!
It is not the end, but a higher and farther starting point!

In the future, we will make this galaxy even brighter and let this beacon light up deeper and wider areas!"

……

In the midsummer of this year, a once-in-a-century flood broke out in the major river basins of Xia State.

The turbid waves are surging, the stormy waves are breaking the shore, and the thousand-mile river embankment is in danger.

Millions of soldiers and civilians rushed to the front line of flood control, and a battle to defend the lives and property of tens of millions of people suddenly broke out.

The Logistics Department building was brightly lit all night long, and the air was so heavy that water could be squeezed out of it.

On the huge electronic screen, data on dangerous situations, troop deployments and material consumption are displayed in real time.

"Extremely large pipe bursts have occurred in the Shashi section of the Jinghe River embankment! Requesting emergency assistance!"

"Nine River Levee! Requesting emergency medical team!"

"Many embankments in the Yunmeng Lake area have overflowed! Request for quick delivery of life-saving equipment!"

Emergency telegrams came in like snowflakes.

Zhou Rui was guarding the communication hub, his throat was dry, and his fingers were rapidly tapping on the keyboard, transmitting one command and coordination information after another.

He saw with his own eyes that Chief Liu Zhiye, who was usually as calm as a mountain, had suddenly more white hair on his temples in the past few days.

"It's time to test our logistical support capabilities!" Liu Zhiye slammed the table at the emergency meeting, his voice hoarse but firm, "All logistical systems, enter wartime status! All resources, tilt towards the front line!"

In the laboratory building of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Chen Wei's team is conducting the final animal challenge test of the interferon project.

The shrill sound of an alarm suddenly broke the silence - "Flood emergency response, level one!" An urgent order came over the radio.

"The experiment is suspended! Everyone, follow me to the equipment warehouse!" Chen Wei pulled off her experimental gloves without any hesitation.

As a senior talent, Chen Wei's laboratory is also responsible for the research and development of key components of modular field hospitals.

They are responsible for the most core "mobile sterile operating room" and "rapid testing unit".

Inside the equipment warehouse, there was a busy and orderly atmosphere.

Huge container-type shelter components are being hoisted onto heavy trucks.

Chen Wei jumped onto the command vehicle and grabbed the intercom: "Each group, report your preparation status!"

"Surgical Cabin Group A is in place!"

"Inspection unit group B is in place!"

"The water and electricity support team is in place!"

"Let's go! Destination - the airport!" The convoy roared out of the camp gate and merged into the torrent of military vehicles rolling forward.

In Jiuhe District, muddy yellow flood roared into the urban area.

Chen Wei jumped out of the car on a muddy open space next to a temporary dike. The rain and sweat instantly blurred her vision.

She wiped her face and screamed, "Focus on me! Expand module one! Quick!"

There were no slogans, only the clanging of steel and rapid commands.

The scientific research and medical personnel in camouflage uniforms instantly transformed into skilled engineers.

The huge box is propped open, unfolded and connected by hydraulic devices.

Laying sterile floors, setting up shadowless lamps, starting self-contained power supplies, debugging inspection equipment...

In just less than 24 hours, a modern field hospital with 300 beds including 50 intensive care beds, 8 standard sterile operating rooms, a full set of tests and blood bank support stood on the edge of the flood like a steel behemoth.

When the first batch of seriously injured people were brought in by speedboat, the shadowless lights in the operating room had already been turned on.

Chen Wei personally stayed in the testing unit, directing the rapid blood typing and cross-matching.

A soldier whose abdomen was pierced by steel bars was rushed into the operating room. His abdominal cavity was severely infected and his vital signs were weak.

"The injured person's temperature is 39.8! His blood pressure continues to drop!"

"Blood type O negative! Stock is running low!"

"Start emergency communications! Contact the blood station in the rear! Request an airdrop!" Chen Wei's voice was calm without a trace of emotion.

"Director Chen, the infection indicators are off the charts, and we suspect a mixed anaerobic infection!" The inspector's voice was filled with fear.

"Use our newly verified broad-spectrum antibiotic combination! Add metronidazole! Quick!" Chen Wei made a quick judgment. This was the valuable experience they had accumulated in the animal experiments of the interferon project.

The operation lasted six hours.

When the surgeon walked out of the operating room exhausted but with a hint of joy, he gave a thumbs up to Chen Wei who was waiting outside: "It worked! Thanks to your quick and accurate testing and timely plasma! The operation was a success!"

Chen Wei's tense nerves finally relaxed a little, but her back was already soaked with cold sweat.

In the subsequent flood fighting battles, this "Ark of Life" created a miracle with a surgical success rate of 99.3%, and was praised by the military and civilians in the disaster-stricken areas as the "Noah's Ark on the flood peak."

Almost at the same time as Chen Wei's field hospital was being set up, Professor Wang Shulin was taking his latest developed "Energy Fortress" compressed dry food and "Ice Point Guard" freeze-resistant yogurt, and was flying by helicopter to an "isolated island" dam in Yunmeng Lake that had been besieged by floods for many days.

On the dike, the officers and soldiers had been fighting for several days in a row, their physical strength was severely overdrawn, and their supplies were almost cut off.

The helicopter hovered with difficulty in the strong wind, and boxes of supplies labeled "Specially supplied by the Military Quartermaster University" were quickly lowered down.

"Hurry! Distribute it to the comrades!" Wang Shulin also carried a box of dry food and trudged through the mud, taking one step deep and one step shallow.

A young soldier with chapped lips and covered in mud took a bag of compressed dry food and a small box of yogurt, and looked at the packaging with confusion, which he had never seen before.

"Professor, what is this? Can I eat it?" The voice was hoarse.

"Eat quickly! It's high in calories and can help fight fatigue!" Wang Shulin urged him, stuffing him with a box of yogurt. "This replenishes electrolytes and probiotics to prevent diarrhea!"

The little soldier took a bite of the dry food skeptically, and the rich aroma of grains and nuts instantly filled his mouth. The texture was crispy and not irritating to the teeth, far better than traditional "compressed biscuits".

After a few sips, a warm current seemed to be injected into the exhausted body.

He carefully tore open the yogurt container and scooped a spoonful into his mouth.

The cool, sweet and sour, delicate taste, with a strange sense of freshness that could penetrate the heat, refreshed him.

"Delicious! Really delicious! I feel energetic again!" the young soldier shouted in surprise. He finished the food in a few bites, wiped his mouth, picked up the sandbag and rushed to the dangerous section again.

Wang Shulin looked at the soldiers' obviously boosted spirits after they devoured the food, and an indescribable sense of pride surged in his heart. What he brought was not only food, but also the guarantee of combat effectiveness brought by the integration of technology!

The more severe test lies ahead.

As floods blocked transportation, traditional supply lines relying on rail and road transportation were paralyzed.

Zhou Rui was in a panic in the command center. He was responsible for coordinating the airdrop of supplies.

Conventional airdropped food and medicines are extremely easy to deteriorate in high temperature and high humidity environments, especially plasma and vaccines, which have extremely strict temperature requirements.

"Assistant Zhou! Many of the plasma bags from the third batch of airdrops have been broken or have become ineffective due to heat after landing! They are urgently needed on the front line!" An anxious cry for help came from the phone.

"There are still vaccines! The entire cold chain must be maintained! What should we do now?" Another voice sounded in the channel.

Zhou Rui's mind was working rapidly.

He remembered a special material that Professor Wang Shulin had demonstrated at the "Samsung Project" exchange meeting - that was a temperature-controlled packaging based on phase change material (PCM) that Wang Shulin developed while cooperating with the dairy group to develop yogurt packaging!

This material can absorb or release large amounts of heat within a specific temperature range, maintaining a constant internal temperature for hours.

"Hurry! Pick up Professor Wang Shulin from the Quartermaster University!" Zhou Rui almost shouted.

When the call was connected, Zhou Rui described the predicament at a rapid pace.

Wang Shulin was silent for a few seconds on the other end of the phone, then he said decisively: "There is a way! We have a small amount of samples in our laboratory! The principle is feasible! Give me half a day, and I will organize people to modify the packaging boxes and buffer liners! You prepare the plasma and vaccine, and pre-cool them according to my requirements!"

A technological assault in a race against time has begun.

Wang Shulin asked the researchers in his laboratory to work in the laboratory all night long.

They encapsulated the solid phase change material into thin plates and embedded them in the inner wall of a specially made foam insulation box.

At the same time, an emergency cooling module was designed that uses the impact force of the parachute opening to trigger the internal buckle and instantly release a large amount of refrigerant (dry ice sublimation).

Zhou Rui coordinated the transport planes to be on standby and urgently mobilized plasma and vaccines for pre-cooling.

At dawn the next day, several transport planes loaded with white insulated boxes labeled "Temperature Control Urgent" flew over the flood-prone areas most in need.

When these special airdrop boxes printed with the words "Military Quartermaster University - Military-Civilian Integration Emergency Project" landed steadily and the rescue workers pried open the lids of the boxes, they were surprised to find that the plasma bags inside were still ice-cold and the temperature indicator labels on the vaccine bottles showed that they were within the safe range!
"Success!" Zhou Rui, who received the report from the front line, slammed his fist on the table, and the anxiety and fatigue of the past few days seemed to be swept away.

There was frequent good news from the flood-fighting front, but things were not all calm in the rear.

The atmosphere in a certain equipment research institute of the logistics system is depressing.

As a member of the "Samsung Project" supervision team, Yi Yuanchao is dealing with a difficult incident here.

Li Ming, the core engineer in charge of the new field kitchen vehicle finalization project and a potential "rising star" candidate, suddenly submitted his resignation.

The reason was not the salary, but disappointment with a certain institute's rigid management system and seniority-based promotion path.

"Director Yi, take a look!" Li Ming patted a stack of drawings excitedly, "I've been proposing this modular design for half a year! It can greatly improve the deployment speed and thermal efficiency in complex terrain! But what about above?
The phrase 'young people should learn more and be less unconventional' was suppressed!
The current finalized plan still uses an outdated structure! Just because they have seniority, their words have final say? "

What makes Yi Yuanchao even more frightened is that Li Ming is not an isolated case.

There are several talented young backbones in their institute, and they have privately expressed varying degrees of disappointment.

A technical backbone told Yi Yuanchao privately: "Samsung Engineering is good and gives us young people opportunities.

But when it comes to specific projects, it’s still the same old thing.

The credit goes to the old comrades, and the responsibility lies with us.

Want to do something groundbreaking? It's as difficult as climbing to the sky! Those 'old masters' in the institute stick together like a group."

Yi Yuanchao realized that this was more terrifying than simply losing talent.

This is the "ice-breaking" spirit advocated by the "Samsung Project", which encountered invisible "reefs" at the grassroots level - deep-rooted conservative ideas and complex interest structures.

Talents have been introduced and mechanisms have been innovated, but the vitality of innovation has been consumed and suffocated in the last mile.

He wrote a strongly worded research report overnight, pointing directly to the long-standing problems in the institute's management system, and put forward suggestions such as "piloting the rejuvenation of project leaders", "giving technical backbones greater voice", and "establishing a technical evaluation channel independent of the administrative system".

The report was submitted directly to Liu Zhiye's desk.

At the same time, important news concerning the future of the "Samsung Project" came from another battlefield.

The "Genetically Engineered Interferon" project of Chen Wei's team, which was key cultivated by the "Academician Incubator" program, was formally nominated for the "National Science and Technology Progress First Prize" of that year after initial verification and subsequent improvement in practical applications in flood control and disaster relief!
If successful, this will be the highest technological honor ever achieved by the logistics system, especially by such a young team, and will also be the most powerful endorsement of the effectiveness of the "Samsung Project"!
When the news came, the Academy of Military Medical Sciences was jubilant.

Chen Wei locked herself in the office, looking at the dimly lit city outside the window.

The eyes of the wounded on the front line of flood control, the red eyes of her colleagues in the laboratory, the heavy expectations on the application form... the tremendous pressure and responsibility made her almost breathless.

Chen Wei knows that once she wins the award, the focus on her and her team will be even more intense, and the challenges ahead will be even more daunting.

Golden October, Yenching Grand Hall.

The solemn National Science and Technology Awards Conference is being held.

When the host of the conference announced loudly: "The project that won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award this year is - 'Development of a series of highly active genetically engineered interferon drugs and their application in major epidemic prevention and control', completed by the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and mainly completed by Chen Wei...", the audience burst into thunderous applause.

Under the spotlight, Chen Wei, dressed in a neat civilian cadre uniform, walked slowly onto the podium as the first finisher.

Chen Wei has become much more mature than she was a few years ago. The sharpness between her brows is still there, but she is also more calm and resolute.

When she received the heavy medal and certificate from her leader, her hands trembled slightly.

Below the stage, Chen Wei's team members were in tears and clapped their hands vigorously.

Zhou Rui and Wang Shulin, who were sitting in the viewing seats, as well as Director Liu Zhiye and Chen Guodong, who came specially for the ceremony, all had eyes filled with satisfaction and pride.

Chen Wei gave a brief acceptance speech. She did not mention the technical difficulties too much, but said emotionally: "This honor belongs to the thousands of military scientific researchers who have silently dedicated themselves to the safety of the country and the people, and to the 'Samsung Project', a fertile ground for innovation.

It is not only an affirmation of the past, but also an encouragement to the future.

We will continue to charge forward as warriors to protect lives!"

Chen Wei's winning of the award is like dropping a huge rock into a calm lake, and its impact waves far exceed the award itself.

It completely broke the ice of seniority-based promotion and proved that the strategic vision of the "Samsung Project" to make exceptional selections and boldly employ young people was extremely correct.

Like a shot in the arm, it greatly boosted the morale and confidence of the entire logistics system, especially young scientific and technological workers.

Those voices that once questioned Chen Wei as being "too young" and "inexperienced" have completely disappeared.

More "Chen Weis" have seen hope and a clear path to gain recognition through real talents and outstanding contributions.

At the same time, Yi Yuanchao's report on problems in a certain research institute also attracted Liu Zhiye's high attention.

Under his personal supervision, a rectification campaign targeting deep-seated institutional malpractices in logistics and scientific research units began.

Several typical units were listed as reform pilots:
Project leader recruitment through competition: breaking the qualification limit, young people with ability and ideas can compete for the position of project leader through public defense.

Engineer Li Ming successfully competed for the position of project leader of the new field cooking vehicle with his innovative modular design solution.

Empowerment of the Technical Committee: Establish an independent technical committee composed of senior experts and outstanding young backbones, which will have important say in the project's technical route and results evaluation, and weaken the intervention of the government.

A "fault-tolerant" mechanism has been established: for pre-research projects that are highly exploratory and high-risk, a certain degree of failure is allowed to free up space for real innovation.

The pain of reform is inevitable.

Some old comrades who were accustomed to the old order felt lost and even resisted, but the general trend was irreversible.

The atmosphere of "the capable ones are promoted and the mediocre ones give way" began to take shape.

Yi Yuanchao shuttled between various pilot units, coordinating conflicts and promoting implementation. He personally felt the released and long-suppressed innovative vitality surging at the grassroots level.

On the plateau, Zhang Jianjun's team's "Snow Guardian" individual oxygen supply system, after undergoing countless tests and improvements in extreme environments, has finally been put into large-scale service.

When the first batch of equipment arrived at the border outpost at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, and the soldiers put on lightweight oxygen devices and breathed sufficient oxygen on the cold and oxygen-deficient patrol roads, the heartfelt smiles and salutes made Zhang Jianjun, the former "failed candidate", burst into tears.

"This life is worth it..."

(End of this chapter)