In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 12 The admissions office director will pick you up at the station? That's too high a standard.

"finally reached!"

The train slowly stopped at Harbin Railway Station.

The train station, which was expanded for the third time in 72, looks very new, and is surrounded by Soviet-style buildings. Compared with the train station that Xie Wei arrived at when he went to the Ice and Snow World, it has a completely different feeling: simple!
"Hey, if the T8 could be as fast as the Shinkansen, we wouldn't have to spend three days on the road!"

With a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the T8 is already the fastest train in the country.

Wang Zheng was still not satisfied.

It takes more than 40 hours to get from Chengdu to Shenyang. I have to wait for a day in Shenyang and then take the train to Harbin, so it takes three days.

In 1964, the Shinkansen railway with a speed of 200 kilometers per hour was opened.

If the T8 had that speed, it would only take one day to travel from Chengdu to Harbin, a distance of more than 3000 kilometers.

"Yes, it will happen. How fast were the trains before? We have only been developing for 29 years, and we have lost ten years!"

Du Guowang carried his army green travel bag and looked at the familiar environment, feeling relaxed.

Turning his head to look at Xie Wei who got off the bus at the back, he found that Xie Wei was wearing a thick coat, holding a travel bag in one hand, holding his collar with the other hand, and wrapping his clothes tightly, and he kept shivering.

In Harbin in early October, the temperature in the morning was only a few degrees.

Coming out of the warm train compartment, the temperature difference makes people shiver.

"Put it on. The Northeast is different from the Southwest, don't catch a cold..."

Du Guowang hurriedly took off his thick coat.

"Director Du, I'm not cold, I just got off the bus and am not used to it. Please put it on quickly, don't catch a cold."

Xie Wei quickly refused.

Along the way, Du Guowang treated him better than the old man, and Xie Wei was a little overwhelmed.

Xie Wei is a technician and can only sit in a hard seat due to his level.

Du Guowang directly arranged a sleeper ticket for Xie Wei, which cost 28 yuan.

It was Xie Wei’s half month’s salary, which was not a small amount of money!
Xie Wei gave the money, and Du Guowang simply said that the school would reimburse him and he didn't have to pay for it.

Du Guowang put aside all the important work at hand and went to Chengdu to pick up Xie Wei to take him to school. Although he had other purposes, Xie Wei could not help but appreciate it.

Give it to peach and give it to Li.

After getting in the car, Xie Wei directly gave Du Guowang the book "On the Differences and Connections between PLC and CNC", which he had prepared in order to avoid having to follow the school's curriculum step by step after entering university.

In the paper, a detailed explanation is given on PLC and CNC in terms of application fields, control objects, programming languages, etc.

After seeing this, Du Guowang's eyes lit up, and he was discussing PLC and CNC related technologies with Xie Wei all the way.

Xie Wei has more theoretical knowledge about these two crucial technologies in the field of industrial automation and digital control than Du Guowang, especially on how to implement these technologies and improve control accuracy. Xie Wei's ideas even amazed Du Guowang.

Xie Wei has mastered the professional knowledge related to industrial automation so well before he even entered university!

As a result, Xie Wei felt the enthusiasm from Director Du:
For breakfast, the three of them ate steamed buns with Fuling pickled mustard tuber.

At noon, Wang Zheng prepared two meat dishes and one non-vegetarian dish for Xie Wei, each costing 1 yuan, plus a bowl of rice; he and Du Guowang had an ordinary lunch box in an aluminum lunch box, costing 2 cents per portion.

In the evening, Xie Wei ate Sanmao's box lunch, while Du Guowang and his partner ate steamed buns and pickled mustard tubers.

It was useless for Xie Wei to object.

It doesn't work even if you ask for money, Wang Zheng arranges everything every day.

After some refusal, Xie Wei finally did not wear Du Guowang's coat.

Wang Zheng also took off his own clothes and tried to give them to Xie Wei, but was also rejected.

After getting off the bus for a while, my body adapted to the outside temperature and it wasn't too cold.

"Director Du is right. We have been developing for too short a time. As long as we have enough time, we will definitely catch up with or even surpass the world's advanced level. In the future, maybe it will only take ten hours to get from Harbin to Chengdu."

Compared with the high-speed rail and EMU networks that cover almost the entire country, the fast trains pulled by diesel locomotives are really slow.

On the train, Xie Wei gained a more systematic understanding of the current Harbin Institute of Technology through Du Guowang and Wang Zheng: Although it was one of the first six key universities, Harbin Institute of Technology had only 10 majors in both enrollment sessions due to its resources and location.

The 77 class enrolled 476 undergraduate students in 10 majors;
The Class of 78 enrolled 575 undergraduate students in 10 majors, of which industrial and civil construction, architecture, and underground construction belonged to the Department of Architecture.

Also in 78, the national graduate student enrollment was resumed, and Harbin Institute of Technology enrolled a total of 78 students in the 44 graduate program...

The majors of Harbin Institute of Technology that were so powerful that they frightened the world in the future were either not yet born, or almost every department recruited one or two classes. The major divisions were not precise, and the main training direction focused more on teacher training. As the cradle of engineers, Harbin Institute of Technology now has no satellite launch capabilities and nuclear buttons.

There is only one aircraft design and manufacturing major, and the aviation aircraft design and manufacturing and aerospace missile and rocket design and manufacturing sub-fields are not independent.

Development has just begun.

"That's because our generation can't catch up, and neither can you, the younger generation. The country has already resumed college entrance examination enrollment."

Du Guowang smiled and nodded.

Not only did he not regret his trip to Chengdu, but he felt it was worth it. The paper he put in his briefcase was enough to make the Department of Mechanical Engineering take off.

If I didn't go, other departments would snatch Xie Wei away and I wouldn't have anywhere to cry.

"definitely!"

Xie Wei looked certain.

He saw that the domestic scientific and technological level had caught up with, and even surpassed, the international level in some areas.

"Director Du, here!"

As soon as the three of them walked out of the station, they saw a skinny cadre in his early forties, wearing a Zhongshan suit, waving and greeting them.

Du Guowang and Xie Wei walked towards him.

"This is classmate Xie Wei, right?"

When they were still several meters away, the skinny cadre came up quickly, greeted Xie Wei enthusiastically, and offered to help him with the luggage in his hands.

"Old Tan, why are you here? Didn't you send a telegram before saying that Yu Guohua would pick you up at the station?"

Du Guowang complained with dissatisfaction.

"The new students will report soon. Our admissions office is short-staffed and has a lot of preparation work to do. Director Yu has been so busy these days that he doesn't even have time to eat..."

Tan Heping explained awkwardly.

Du Guowang raised his eyebrows and said, "Bullshit! He is hiding from me! Several outstanding talents from my Department of Mechanical Engineering were snatched away by other departments, and I haven't settled the score with him yet!"

Xie Wei, who was originally confused, twitched his mouth.

Let the admissions officer of Harbin Institute of Technology personally pick up the freshmen?

Even for a deputy director, the standard is too high.

Du Guowang actually disliked the other party.

This might just bring hatred to yourself!

"Uh, Director Du, you can't blame our admissions office for adjusting students' majors. It all came down to the approval of the school leaders."

Tan Heping looked helpless.

The big guys at Harbin Institute of Technology are usually gentle and polite, but once they start taking action, they are ruthless.

In the entire Harbin Institute of Technology, apart from the General Affairs Department, which is in charge of the funds, the work of the Admissions Office is not easy: the location itself is not very good, and the reputation is not that high. Some majors of the school also have high basic requirements for students. Every department wants excellent students...

If you don't do what the bosses want, it's normal for them to bang the table and curse, and you can't fight back if they start fighting.

Looking at Xie Wei, Tan Heping didn't find anything special.

He didn't understand why Du Guowang attached so much importance to such a freshman, just because he scored 500 points out of 494 in the college entrance examination?
"Leader, let's go back to school first. The new students haven't reported yet, and we have to settle Xie Wei first."

Wang Zheng reminded Du Guowang.

"Yes, let's go back to school first. The dormitory is ready."

"What's the point of preparing the dormitory? It's not time yet, and the General Affairs Department can't prepare quilts or anything like that in advance. He doesn't have a meal ticket for the cafeteria, so how can he eat?"

Du Guowang said unhappily.

"This……"

"Send him to my house first!"

"what?"

(End of this chapter)