In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 108: Harbin Institute of Technology's Ban on Studying Abroad, the First Factory Director Election in the Country

Hu Chunlin is here?
Xie Jianguo looked at Qin Bailin at the door in confusion.

Qin Bailin saw Hu Chunlin walking towards him angrily, nodded to Xie Jianguo, and returned to the office.

"Xie Jianguo, what on earth do you want to do? I asked you to provide production technology and processes to our brother companies that are having a hard time, but you said that the technology was developed with great effort by Hongguang Factory and we would not give it away for free! Now you are suddenly providing it to so many companies and asking them to lower the price?"

Before entering the door, Hu Chunlin questioned Xie Jianguo with a stern face.

"what?"

Xie Jianguo looked at Hu Chunlin in confusion.

"Didn't you provide the technology and process for Red Star, Red River and other factories?"

Hu Chunlin was furious when he saw Xie Jianguo pretending to be stupid.

The secretary following behind him questioned Xie Jianguo with a dark face.

Xie Jianguo glanced at the secretary and ignored him.

The secretary's already gloomy face immediately became even gloomier.

Director Xie suddenly realized and explained to Hu Chunlin:

"Director Hu, you told Hongguang Factory to have a broad perspective and not to engage in factionalism. The New Year is coming, and although Hongguang Factory cannot have a good year with seafood and fruits, it can barely get by. Seeing that the brother units have not paid their salaries for several months and the cadres and employees have problems with food, I feel bad. So, after discussion, the leaders of the factory decided to work together with the brother units..."

Having said this, Xie Jianguo paused.

Hu Chunlin was stunned.

Just as the secretary was about to speak, Xie Jianguo looked at Hu Chunlin in confusion again: "Leader, Hongguang Factory followed your request, provided production technology and processes for free to ensure that we were well fed and clothed, and also to the hungry and cold brother units. Is that wrong?"

"you……"

Xie Jianguo's words choked Hu Chunlin so much that he was speechless.

These are Hu Chunlin’s original words.

"Perhaps I misunderstood your meaning. You only chose one company to provide technology and craftsmanship, so that this company can make a lot of money, and the whole country will mobilize all kinds of scarce materials to celebrate the New Year..."

"Good! Xie Jianguo, you are very good!"

Xie Jianguo's indirect criticism made Hu Chunlin so angry that he trembled.

Isn’t it just the Hongfeng Factory?
At this moment, he didn't care about his secretary secretly pulling his clothes to remind him. He pointed at Xie Jianguo, said this angrily, and turned away.

"Boss, thank you for the compliment. I am indeed very good. But please don't give me a promotion. I just want to be a factory manager."

Xie Jianguo smiled at Hu Chunlin's back.

Hu Chunlin walked faster.

Seeing that Xie Jianguo had squeezed the boss to the point where he was speechless with just a few words, the secretary wanted to warn Xie Jianguo, but moved his lips and finally said nothing and chased after Hu Chunlin.

"Director Hu, we are here to ask Xie Jianguo to intervene and ask the other companies not to lower their prices!"

The secretary caught up with Hu Chunlin and reminded him.

Hu Chunlin looked at the secretary unhappily, "Do you think his attitude can be discussed? Those factories themselves don't want to!"

The secretary was silent.

With Xie Jianguo's attitude, it's impossible.

"Director, you've made Director Hu really angry, please don't cause trouble for us later."

Qin Bailin, who had been watching the whole process from the side, reminded Xie Jianguo worriedly.

After all, the arm can't twist the thigh.

Hu Chunlin is very narrow-minded!
"If we don't get angry with him, will he not cause trouble for us? Didn't he come here today just to cause trouble for us?"

Xie Jianguo said angrily, "This bastard thought we didn't know that the Red Star and Red River factories didn't agree to raise the price, but he came to me and asked me to be the bad guy!"

"This price war is too bad. Our market will also be affected. I don't know what they are thinking. They actually lowered their prices to 6% of ours!"

Qin Bailin sighed.

It was definitely not his idea to supply goods at 60% of the price of Hongguang Factory.

"We don't plan to make low-end products like antimony pots and pressure cookers for a long time."

Xie Jianguo raised his eyebrows, his face full of disdain, "If they want, then let them fight each other."

"..."

Qin Bailin looked at the irresponsible Xie Jianguo speechlessly.

If they are not going to do it, why is the factory still producing frantically?
The warehouse is almost full.

"You mean, since we're not going to do it, why not give it to our brother company? There's no need to set the price so rigidly, right?"

Qin Bailin didn't answer.

His expression showed that this was what he thought.

"Xiao Qin, do you think those companies will remember our favor if we give them free products? No matter how useless they are to us, they shouldn't be given for free, otherwise everyone will take it for granted. In the future, they will still want to get our products for free. In this world, the last thing you can bet on is human nature..."

"Besides, we didn't interfere with the price reduction at all, did we? They don't want to develop the market, and directly snatch the customers we found. Are they remembering our favor?"

Qin Bailin was silent for a moment.

He knew clearly that after the New Year, when the market for rice cookers in the factory stabilized, Director Xie would simply clear out all the goods in the warehouse at half the current price and would no longer accept pre-orders.

By then, there will still be profits from antimony pots and pressure cookers. With the cost control of Hongguang Factory, at half price, each antimony pot will have a profit of 1 yuan and each pressure cooker will have a profit of 6 yuan.

Keeping the factory going is not a problem.

Want to make a lot of money?
no way!
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"That's a good move, old man."

After listening to Xu Changshuai's introduction to the situation in Chengdu, Xie Wei was surprised.

The old man's move was ruthless and the effect was unexpectedly good.

"Antimony pots and pressure cookers are two products with large market scales. Starting next year, the profits will drop to a very low level..."

Xu Changshuai said with a look of regret.

He didn't know the production cost of Hongguang Factory, but it would definitely not be much lower than that of other units.

At Xie Jianguo's request, Hongguang Factory worked at full capacity to produce goods, not only withholding them from suppliers but also secretly storing them in the warehouse.

As an outsider, Xu Changshuai knew very well what he wanted to do.

Without waiting for Xie Wei to speak, Xu Changshuai smiled and said, "Director Xie told the people around him that everything was arranged by you, and he was just following your plan."

"..."

Xie Wei didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The old man himself is a black-hearted person and he puts the blame on his son.

Is there any father who would betray his son like this?
However, this will not have any impact on Xie Wei.

"The quality of the small batch of rice cookers produced in the factory is fine, the performance is consistent with the design, and the service life needs to be further tested... The process has been standardized as required. However, Director Xie is unwilling to move the production of polytetrafluoroethylene to Chengdu..."

Seeing that Xie Wei was not interested in the business war between Hongguang Factory and other factories, Xu Changshuai immediately changed the subject.

"The production workshop of Siping United Chemical Plant that we were interested in was in a loss-making state. In the absence of clear policies, their person in charge did not support the contracting plan proposed by the school."

Xie Wei said in embarrassment.

The preparation in school laboratories cannot meet the supply of raw materials for large-scale production.

Not only polytetrafluoroethylene, but also the production of perfluoroalkyl compounds, AES and flavors needs to be controlled by the school-enterprise office.

"Director Xie hopes that the school can provide the factory with a batch of products after the New Year. According to the current production capacity, two tons per month will be enough in the early stage. After the production plan of rice cookers is stabilized, Hongguang Factory will give up the antimony pot and pressure cooker market."

Xu Changshuai went back to school specifically to ask Xie Wei for help with the supply of polytetrafluoroethylene used in coating materials.

I have to go back to Chengdu after the New Year.

"There will be a solution before the end of the year. If not, the only option is for the school to invest in a factory. The principal went to Siping Lianhehua, and hopefully there will be results."

“Has the chip been developed?”

Xu Changshuai asked Xie Wei, "In the past, the metalworking workshop produced simple mechanical products. If we can make them automated, our technical strength can be greatly improved."

At the beginning, Xie Wei made many promises to Xu Changshuai.

Xu Changshuai was determined to transform the equipment in the metalworking workshop into various automated equipment.

"Not yet! Director Yu went to Shanghai in person. He just sent back news a while ago that we need to complete the handover with the Shanghai Instrumentation Bureau and the factory before we can start production. You should help Chengdu to develop the large-scale production process of rice cookers before considering other things."

Xie Wei was embarrassed inside, but pretended to be calm on the surface.

He knew clearly that Xu Changshuai didn't want to stay in Chengdu.

Although Harbin's winter temperature is much lower than Chengdu's, compared to Chengdu where one needs to rely on good health to keep warm, Harbin has heated rooms and one can wear short sleeves and eat popsicles during the coldest season of winter.

When it comes to chips, Xie Wei is helpless.

Yu Guofeng has been at Factory No. 14 for more than twenty days.

Due to orders from higher authorities, the Shanghai Instrument Bureau handed over Factory 14 to the school.

During this period, Yu Guofeng could not wait for the people from the School-Enterprise Office to take over, so he took over the work himself with the relevant leaders of the Shanghai Instrument Bureau and Factory 14.

Several projects in the school that were waiting for chips were constantly urging Xie Wei.

Xie Wei had no choice.

In the evening, when Xie Wei went to Du Guowang's house to see Xie Rou, Wang Zheng, who was cooking, asked Xie Wei: "Is it really okay for Wu Tao to bring two people and 20 yuan in cash?"

"My father came from Rongcheng with 10 yuan in cash, and Xie Rou was by his side!"

Xie Wei was not worried at all.

On the train, Wu Tao, who was riding in a sleeper berth, and two other colleagues followed Xie Jianguo's example and used travel bags to pack 10 yuan in cash to send money to Shanghai. They went directly to Factory 20 with 14 yuan in cash.

Without enough money, Factory 14 cannot start production.

"I'm wondering, even if we need to pay the wages of Factory 14, there's no need to be so anxious! Shouldn't the Shanghai Instrument Bureau pay the wages for last month?"

Wang Zheng complained while cutting vegetables.

The relationship with Factory 14 has been transferred to Harbin Institute of Technology, and is managed by the School-Enterprise Office.

Except for a small amount of raw materials left behind, all middle and senior management personnel of the Instrument Bureau were transferred away as requested by Xie Wei.

"That's good. At least they didn't leave us with any outstanding payments or debts."

There are only more than 14 people in Shanghai Radio Factory No. 700, including more than technical R&D and management personnel.

The monthly salary of the entire factory is less than 5 yuan.

The factory only introduced the GK-78 semi-automatic contact lithography machine in early 3. Before it could generate much profit, the factory was assigned to Harbin Institute of Technology by its superiors.

No one would be happy about it.

The Shanghai Instrument Bureau simply expressed its dissatisfaction by paying one month less salary and did not take any other action.

"That's the truth. I feel uncomfortable when I think about it."

"It is impossible to build a 14th factory without investing tens of millions of yuan. Even with this money, where are the skilled technical workers and technical R&D team? For us, the factory is allocated to us and we can start production directly. Unless we expand the scale, there is no need for technological upgrades in the short term."

Xie Weiyuan is more open-minded than Wang Zheng.

Although the production quality of Factory 14 is not very good, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has always attached great importance to infrastructure investment.

In the fields of light industry and high technology, the Shanghai Stock Exchange has always been the strongest region in the country.

The GK-3 semi-automatic contact lithography machine was just developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was equipped to Radio Factory 14, which explains a lot.

"In the future, if the school-enterprise office is to develop, there will be no shortage of units to acquire from other units. Units with good foundations will definitely need more money. For units with poor foundations, even if they are acquired for free, won't they have to spend money? Not only do they need to invest in upgrading the technical production line, but everything from the technical R&D team to the production workers will have to start from scratch!"

Although Wang Zheng is older than Xie Wei, Xie Wei has always educated Wang Zheng whenever he had the chance.

Wang Zheng felt more upset looking at Xie Wei than looking at Du Guowang.

After the new year, Wang Zheng will go to Shanghai Radio Factory No. 14 to be responsible for all work, so whenever Xie Wei gets the chance, he will keep instilling into Wang Zheng various management ideas under the market competition mechanism.

The school has already had its winter break.

Unlike in the past, all students participating in the program stayed in school.

In addition to no longer attending classes, every day is spent on the basic learning, design and development work required for the project.

The appearance of Xie Wei caused the outstanding students of Harbin Institute of Technology to no longer have winter and summer vacations many years in advance.

It directly makes the phenomenon of "disappearing after being admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology" concrete.

"Xie Wei, you're not going back for the New Year?"

Wang Zheng didn't want to listen to Xie Wei's lecture, so he decisively changed the subject.

"How can I have the time to go home? Wei Bingkun is the only one in the entire experimental class who didn't participate in the project and went home."

Xie Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Xie Rou doesn't want to go back either. I sent a telegram to my dad to see if he and my mom have time to come here to celebrate the New Year."

"Wei Bingkun will have to transfer out of the experimental class after the new year, right?"

Wang Zheng was not surprised that Xie Wei did not go back.

Then he asked about Wei Bingkun's situation.

"Yes, he himself doesn't want to stay in the experimental class. The experimental class doesn't have what he wants."

"You really don't plan to go abroad? If you want to go abroad, the school will give you priority..."

Wang Zheng reminded Xie Wei.

As expected, Xie Wei still ranked first in this midterm exam, and his score higher than the second place Mo Lingyu was not as exaggerated as when he first entered school.

The final exam was not as difficult as when I first enrolled, and after several months of study, everyone else’s basic shortcomings had been made up.

Even Yao Xinwei, who had only just entered the class by a narrow margin, achieved average grades in the class after just three months of crazy study, with scores in all basic subjects above 80.

Wei Bingkun, who was originally ranked third, was obsessed with organizing various activities all day long and actively participated in the work of the school Youth League Committee, so his grades dropped to the middle level.

I learned from the counselor Luo Hao that in the new semester after the New Year, the outstanding students of Class 77 will be added to the experimental class.

Wei Bingkun took the initiative to find Luo Hao, hoping to transfer to other professional classes.

After Luo Hao held a meeting with the school leaders, he announced directly to the class that those who did not want to stay in the experimental class could apply to transfer to other ordinary professional classes.

Several students in the class will transfer out of the experimental class.

The reason is simple. Once students in the experimental class come into contact with military science and technology research and development projects in the future, they will automatically lose the opportunity to study abroad.

The school has begun screening the first batch of undergraduate students to study abroad.

"You can think about it carefully during the holiday."

Xie Wei looked at Wang Zheng with contempt.

"That old man Li Rui has tested me several times, and Lao Du and the others have also tested me whenever they get the chance. Brother Wang, do you think your testing is interesting?"

"I'm not testing you! To be honest, if I were not bad at foreign languages, I would also like to study abroad. Foreign countries are much more advanced than our country, and I can make greater contributions to the country after studying abroad..."

Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment.

He hurriedly explained that he was not testing Xie Wei.

Unfortunately, his foreign language proficiency is limited to being able to recognize all the English letters.

If it's Russian, there's still a chance.

"Come on! Do you believe that if I tell you that I want to go abroad, that old man Li Rui will come looking for me with a gun? I am the only one in the school who has no choice... No, Zhang Jingyan has no chance to go out either."

Xie Wei said with a pout.

"No, not so much..."

Wang Zheng said embarrassedly, almost cutting his finger.

Watching his actions, Xie Wei sighed silently: Choosing Harbin Institute of Technology was the right choice after all.

Unlike other schools, students in military-related programs were prohibited from going abroad from the very beginning of sending people abroad.

In June 78, the chief architect summoned science and education leaders and said: "We must accelerate the pace of scientific and technological progress and send a large number of students to study in developed countries."

The proposal to send students abroad has caused many leaders to express opposition.

The chief designer rejected all objections and said: "We should not be afraid that overseas students will be influenced by foreign countries or run away. We should believe in the talents we have trained ourselves and believe that they have feelings for their motherland."

On September 9, several important cities across the country held foreign language examinations for public selection of students studying abroad.

14717 people registered, and 12083 people actually took the exam.

3327 people reached the admission line, roughly meeting the target of "dispatching 3000 people this year."

However, due to lack of time, 3327 people were selected from the 50 people nationwide, plus two associate professors of mathematics from Peking University who were admitted on an exceptional basis. The first batch of 52 visiting scholars, consisting of researchers from research institutes and in-service scholars from major universities, boarded a plane to the United States on December 12.

From then on, the curtain was raised on the largest overseas study boom in the next 40 years for the entire Blue Planet.

去年教育部《关于加大选派留学生数量的报告》中提出：78年至少选派3000名留学生，为明年工作做准备；至少选拔5000到6000人，大学生占60%~70%，以后逐年提高研究生和进修生的比例。

After the first batch leaves, will the rest be far behind?

Just like resuming the college entrance examination.

As a key university in the country, Harbin Institute of Technology naturally has indicators for selecting international students.

Wei Bingkun has been trying to build closer relationships with relevant school leaders since he learned the news. He knows very well that students in the experimental class will start participating in project experiments as soon as they enter school, and that during the next five years of study, they will most likely be involved in confidential projects.

Once you touch a confidential project, there is no chance of going abroad at all.

In order to go abroad, Wei Bingkun was the first to take the initiative to leave the experimental class.

According to national standards, with Xie Wei's foreign language level, he has a great chance of getting a place to study abroad.

But can Li Rui and other school leaders who are dedicated to developing military technology let Xie Wei go?
"Brother Wang, actually, it was me who proposed to the school to prohibit students in the experimental class who were exposed to confidential projects from going abroad..."

"what?"

Wang Zheng was completely stunned when he heard this.

I was not careful and the sharp kitchen knife cut my finger.

Blood flowed out instantly.

He looked at Xie Wei in disbelief, never expecting that Xie Wei had anything to do with this.

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Shanghai, Radio Factory No. 14.

Office of factory director Cao Zhong.

"Professor Yu, the document has come down from the bureau. I really don't understand why our factory must be allocated to the school... The distance is too far, and it is not convenient for the school to manage it..."

Many leading officials of Radio Factory No. 14 in Shanghai resisted the transfer of the factory to Harbin Institute of Technology far away in the northeast.

However, the document was issued by the superiors and the Shanghai Instrument Bureau supported it.

Cao Zhong was only the director of Factory 14, so he could not object. "As a pilot reform, some of the school's technological achievements need to be transformed into products and put on the market, so as to recover the R&D funds and provide funds for the school's subsequent R&D..."

Yu Guofeng has repeated this reason countless times.

He even regretted listening to Xie Wei and coming to Factory 14.

The ownership of the factory changed at the end of the year. Before Wu Tao brought the people from the school-enterprise office here, Li Rui directly asked Yu Guofeng to be responsible for the handover first.

Among the electronic factories under the Shanghai Instrument Bureau, Factory 14 is an enterprise with average technical level.

With orders from higher authorities, the school was able to provide funding and technology for the factory's technological upgrade, and there were no plans to move the factory away, so the Instrumentation Bureau was naturally eager to do so.

"Professor Yu, the school is an institution that trains talents for the country. I don't think you can manage the factory well. Although you forcibly retained the technical personnel who should have been transferred away... Since it is a pilot project, the management system is also proposed to be reformed. My superiors are worried that if I stay in the factory, it will affect your reform of the factory..."

Cao Zhong's words sounded high-sounding.

He is not optimistic about Harbin Institute of Technology's School-Enterprise Office being in charge of Factory 14.

It was originally under the Shanghai Instrument Bureau, and factory leaders could be promoted directly through the Instrument Bureau.

The Instrument Bureau is a government unit, and once the leading cadres of the subordinate factories have made achievements, they can be directly transferred to the relevant functional departments of the government.

The head of the Harbin Institute of Technology's School-Enterprise Office has to go through the school for personnel transfers...

Officials from Shanghai are being promoted to remote places thousands of kilometers away?

Or the education system...

How many cadres can agree?
"Director Cao, I still hope you can stay."

Yu Guofeng was not willing to retain managers such as Cao Zhong.

Even if they are unwilling to leave, the School-Enterprise Office will find a way to transfer all middle and senior management personnel later!
As a pilot for reform, the School-Enterprise Office and the Shanghai Radio Factory No. 14, which is extremely important in Xie Wei's entire plan and the first factory under his control, must be completely guided by market demand from the very beginning.

This will also be a training center for middle and senior management personnel of the school’s subordinate units in the future.

The current leadership of Factory 14 may not necessarily be unsuitable for Xie Wei's requirements.

But Xie Wei didn't have time to distinguish.

Once the production of 8-bit chips began, the production quality of Factory 14 was improved again, and the management could not keep up. Xie Wei's ideas of expanding production capacity and upgrading technology were easily resisted by the original person in charge of the factory.

The best way is to replace the entire management team at the beginning!

"I want to stay, too. The transfer order has been issued and cannot be changed."

Cao Zhong said helplessly.

After this transfer, he was promoted half a level.

Both of them were exchanging false greetings, so naturally there would be no unexpected results in the end.

After coming out of Cao Zhong’s office, Yu Guofeng went to Qin Qiuhua’s office.

"How about it?"

Qin Qiuhua anxiously asked Yu Guofeng what the result was.

After Yu Guofeng brought the new photolithography materials to the factory, due to changes in the ownership of the factory, in order to avoid accidents, he had to start experiments for some time.

Not only did the factory's leading cadres voluntarily apply to be transferred out of Factory 14, but even the chief engineer was transferred.

Fortunately, not many people from the technical department left.

The technical sequence is different from the management sequence.

It doesn't matter to the workers in the factory. No matter which unit they belong to, they will be paid wages, bonuses and other benefits according to their salary levels.

"Director Cao has already completed the handover. People from the school-enterprise office will arrive tomorrow... How is the experiment going on your side? How much can the pass rate be improved?"

Yu Guofeng was equally anxious, "Several projects in the school are waiting for chips."

"According to current experiments, the yield rate can be increased to 18%..."

"Why is it only this low? Didn't they say it could reach more than 40%?"

Yu Guofeng asked in confusion.

"The 40% is the yield rate in the photolithography stage, not the entire production process. Starting from the input silicon wafer, if the overall yield rate reaches this figure, the cost will be reduced by more than times."

Tan Qiuhua explained.

Although the yield rate is still not high, it has improved a lot compared to before.

According to the original production capacity, Factory 14 can provide more than 400 80-bit general-purpose chips named HZ8 every month.

The production cost of each chip is reduced to less than 3000.

"There are no other orders at the moment, so we will first produce a batch of chips designed by the school."

"There is no problem with production. We have all the raw materials. However, the finance department of the factory has run out of funds..."

All management personnel have been withdrawn, and Deputy General Manager Tan Qiuhua is currently the highest-ranking cadre in the factory.

"Wu Tao will bring 20 tomorrow, so there won't be any problem with the funds."

Yu Guofeng knew what Qin Qiuhua meant.

Although the Instrumentation Bureau did not object to the transfer of Factory 14 to Harbin Institute of Technology, it did not leave any funds.

Even last month’s salary has not been paid.

The reason is that it has been transferred to Harbin Institute of Technology and the salary must be paid by Harbin Institute of Technology.

Who will work without salary?
Especially now that we are facing the Chinese New Year.

After Yu Guofeng reported the situation back via telegram, Wu Tao, who was originally negotiating the contract for a workshop at Siping United Chemical Plant, was transferred back to school by Li Rui and went south with 20 yuan in cash.

"Everyone in the factory knows that the factory has been transferred to the school and there will be no more planned orders in the future. Many people are worried about the future..."

"Understood. Do you have any recommendations for a factory manager?"

Yu Guofeng knew what Qin Qiuhua meant.

Without paying salaries and New Year's money, production in the factory cannot be started.

It is not the reality of the cadres and workers of Factory 14, but their confusion about the future.

If wages cannot be paid, anyone can imagine what unexpected events might occur.

"All the middle and senior management have been transferred away, so who can recommend candidates?"

Tan Qiuhua said unhappily, "Which bastard made such a request? Many units under the Instrumentation Bureau are already short of staff!"

When it comes to this, Qin Qiuhua becomes furious.

All the middle and senior level leaders in the factory were transferred away. If he had not stopped them, the technical backbones of the technical department would have been transferred to other units as well.

The key point is that this is not the Instrumentation Bureau trying to trick the school, but a request made by the school on its own initiative.

"I do not know either……"

Yu Guofeng really didn’t know.

But I can guess who made this request.

Apart from Xie Wei, he couldn't think of anyone else who could come up with such an unreliable proposal, and the key was to convince the school leaders to agree.

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"Leader, everything in the factory has been handed over."

After completing the handover, Cao Zhong went to the Instrument Bureau to report the situation.

"The factory didn't keep a penny, not even much raw materials. Does Harbin Institute of Technology have any objections?"

Du Qihang, director of the Instrument Bureau, asked softly.

"No. Yu Guofeng promised the factory staff that he would pay their salaries in public tomorrow afternoon and give them an extra month's salary as New Year's money. He also promised that the distribution of New Year's supplies would not be worse than last year..."

Cao Zhong's words surprised Du Qihang.

“Is Harbin Institute of Technology so rich?”

"For such a big university, the cost should be around 100,000 or 200,000 yuan!" Cao Zhong was also a little uncertain.

Immediately, he looked dissatisfied again:
"Factory 14 previously spent more than two million yuan on technology upgrades. I don't know what the higher-ups were thinking to just give it to them like that."

The investment of more than two million yuan for technology upgrade has not been recovered yet.

Moreover, the factory has designed an advanced memory chip, which will have great future prospects as long as the quality problem is solved.

"Based on the current situation, can you ensure that Factory 14 will not suffer losses this year?"

Du Qihang's words made Cao Zhong look embarrassed.

No answer.

Although we have the most advanced lithography machines in the country, we have been organizing technical research in each process factory in the hope of improving production quality.

But the results have been minimal.

Up to now, hundreds of thousands of R&D funds have been invested, but the yield rate of advanced chips has not been improved at all.

Integrated circuit manufacturing involves too many processes.

Any process may affect production quality.

Factory 14 obviously does not have the ability to solve all technical problems in the process.

"There are more than 40 radio factories under the bureau, not including component factories. Many of them need funds to upgrade their technology. The ministry does not have enough funds, and the Shanghai Municipal Government does not have much investment... Harbin Institute of Technology provides a new idea. The school can enrich the technical strength of the factory and solve the funds needed for the upgrade..."

Universities are institutions for cultivating talents.

Possess strong scientific research capabilities.

Whether it is the Shanghai Municipal Government or the Instrument Bureau, who would object to handing over a company whose technological development cannot keep up with market demand and is about to make losses to other units, and possibly exploring a new path for cooperation?

Now that Harbin Institute of Technology has opened up this road, the municipal government will have more tax revenue and more jobs.

The Instrumentation Bureau can even take out other factories that are in urgent need of funds and technology upgrades and cooperate with other domestic schools with funds and technology.

This will form a huge industrial cluster.

Why not?
"You will be in charge of this aspect of the work in the bureau. In the future, I will provide you with more conveniences. In addition, I have transferred more than ten young and middle-aged technical backbones from other factories. They are all graduates of Harbin Institute of Technology. You can send them to Factory 14 tomorrow. It will be a good opportunity to get acquainted with the person in charge there."

"what?"

Cao Zhong looked at Du Qihang in disbelief, not understanding what this was all about.

The transfer of all the leading cadres in the factory was arranged by the bureau.

Now they are mobilizing a group of young and middle-aged backbones to them?

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The next day, Yu Guofeng went to the train station to pick people up in person.

Wu Tao and two other staff members from the school-enterprise office had bloodshot eyes, greasy faces, and tangled hair, and looked extremely haggard.

Yu Guofeng wanted to complain that they came too late, but he couldn't say anything.

"Director Yu, thank you for your hard work during this period."

Wu Tao looked apologetic.

The school-enterprise affairs are what have kept Yu Guofeng, the technical department head, working here for such a long time.

"You are the ones who have worked hard! This time it's an emergency, so we need to bring such a large amount of cash. Let's go, let's get in the car first, the people in the factory are still waiting for you."

Yu Guofeng and a few others walked directly to the car nearby.

The haggard look of these people was obviously due to the fact that they dared not rest as they were carrying a huge sum of 20 yuan with them.

Wu Tao and two other staff members of the School-Enterprise Office were not clear about the situation at Factory 14.

On the way to the factory, Yu Guofeng introduced them.

"All the middle and senior management staff have been transferred away? How will we manage the company in the future?"

When Wu Tao learned about the situation, he was dumbfounded.

Xie Wei gave a plan, but he didn’t say that even the middle-level cadres would be gone!
Will it work if we really follow Xie Wei's plan?

"There are only three of us. We don't know the situation in the factory, and we are not familiar with the various suppliers..."

“I’m just a finance guy…”

The other two were also very troubled.

How to continue working?
"The relevant staff from all departments are here. The salesmen who are in contact with suppliers are also on duty. The management will depend on how the school-enterprise office arranges it. We will pay everyone's salary today. Everyone in the factory is waiting for the money to celebrate the New Year."

Yu Guofeng sighed silently.

Soon, the jeep arrived at Factory 14.

The factory announced that wages would be paid in the afternoon, and many employees were waiting in the factory in the morning.

Not many people know about Harbin Institute of Technology, which has just taken over the factory.

The school's strengths are unclear.

"Director Yu, is there anyone left in the Finance Department?"

The financial staff in his thirties asked Yu Guofeng.

He didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing just a few days after being transferred to the School-Enterprise Office.

"Except for the Chief Financial Officer who has been transferred, the cashier and accountant are all here. Accountant Qian, I'll take you to the Finance Department later. The previous accounts must also be settled..."

After hearing this, Accountant Qian couldn't help but press his temples with his thumb and middle finger.

big head!

"Everyone, this is Accountant Qian Weimin. He will be in charge of the overall work of the factory's finance department in the near future. Let's get to know each other."

After entering the Finance Department, Yu Guofeng directly introduced Qian Weimin to several people from the Finance Department of Factory 14.

"Crack~"

Qian Weimin put the travel bag in his hand on the desk.

Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he opened the zipper with a "whoosh" sound, revealing bundles of unity inside.

This money was brought to school by Xie Jianguo from Chengdu.

"Everyone, I'm not familiar with the situation in the factory, but the wages and bonuses that should be paid to the cadres and employees cannot be less than a penny, and cannot be delayed for a day. Here is 20 yuan. Please help me count and enter it into the accounts. According to the factory's salary table, directly distribute the wages and New Year's bonuses to the accountants of each department..."

When the people in the Finance Department heard Qian Weimin’s arrangements, they knew that the other party was not completely ignorant.

No one was trying to make things difficult for Qian Weimin at this time.

The 20 yuan in cash in front of him is enough for Qian Weimin to have a say temporarily.

All funds need to be counted and recorded, and then divided according to the personnel in each department. In the afternoon, they are handed over to the accountants of each department and workshop for distribution.

Wu Tao entered the factory meeting room without any rest.

In the conference room, the highest-ranking person is the deputy director of the workshop.

The others are team leaders or representatives from various departments.

"Everyone, the technical department will be headed by Deputy Chief Engineer Tan Qiuhua, who will also serve as Chief Engineer. The Party Branch Secretary will be sent by the school after the new year. Currently, there are vacancies in the factory for management personnel. Please notify everyone that a general meeting of all factory cadres and workers will be held at 8 am tomorrow. The main content of the meeting is: open election for the acting factory director and management personnel of each department. If no one participates in the election, priority will be given to selecting from the factory, and the school will send the insufficient number of candidates."

"Wow~"

As soon as Wu Tao finished speaking, there was an uproar in the conference room.

Everyone looked at Wu Tao in disbelief.

The leading cadres of the factory are not appointed by the higher-level authorities, but directly selected by the entire factory?

Is this really about letting the workers take charge?

When Qin Qiuhua heard this, his brows furrowed.

Messing around!

Managers and technical personnel have always strictly followed the promotion system.

It not only concerns salary and benefits, but also the management system of the unit.

If a worker gets support from others, wouldn't he be able to skip many levels and become a middle-level management cadre?
Once this is implemented, it will be chaos!

"I hope everyone will go back and inform everyone of the news, no matter if you are present or an ordinary employee, even a cleaner, as long as you are willing to participate in the election and have the support of the entire factory, you can become the acting factory director! Dismissed!"

"Boom~"

As soon as Wu Tao finished speaking, the originally quiet whispers in the conference room suddenly became as noisy as a vegetable market.

This kind of news had a huge impact on everyone.

Wu Tao did not stay in the meeting room for too long. He did not give a long introduction to the situation of the superior unit like ordinary leaders and speak some high-sounding official language.

No opening to look into the future.

He didn't even mention any requests to the factory.

The whole process, from entering the meeting room to leaving, took no more than five minutes.

He didn't even introduce himself.

"Wu Tao, what does the school think? If we continue like this, it will be a mess!"

Qin Qiuhua quickly caught up with Wu Tao, and with a dark face, he pulled Wu Tao to ask, "There is no precedent like this in the whole country. The various systems followed since the founding of the country..."

Qin Qiuhua stared at Wu Tao closely, hoping that Wu Tao would tell him that it was his own fault.

"Mr. Qin, this is the school's arrangement. As a pilot for reform, we naturally cannot follow the usual practice... Otherwise, how can we afford the pilot?"

Wu Tao also felt helpless.

Xie Wei simply told him to promote management personnel directly from the grassroots level of the factory, and to let those who are willing to serve as factory director step forward through elections among the management personnel, so as to mobilize the enthusiasm of all cadres and workers in the factory.

As a result, all the middle and senior management personnel of the entire factory were transferred here.

The factory managers who should have emerged from these people have lost their foundation.

In desperation, Wu Tao used his imagination and simply selected candidates from among the cadres and employees of the entire factory.

“What if an ordinary worker wins the election for factory director?”

Tan Qiuhua gritted her teeth and asked Wu Tao.

"Then let him be the acting factory director first. If he is not competent, we can replace him."

"..."

Qin Qiuhua never expected that the person in charge sent by the school would be so irresponsible.

"Does the school know you're doing this?"

"I know! It's the school's arrangement."

The principal has to listen to whatever Xie Wei says, so this should be considered the school's arrangement.

(End of this chapter)