In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 126 The talents snatched away by Harbin Institute of Technology have returned to Harbin Institute of Technology!
"You know the market in Hong Kong very well?"

Li Rui asked Xie Wei.

Xie Wei shook his head in denial and explained, "Most of the customers at the Canton Fair are from Hong Kong, and Hong Kong is also the first stop for domestic product exports. The pressure cookers and antimony pots from Hongguang Factory are also intended for export and foreign exchange earnings, so they have a certain understanding of this aspect."

This reason is impeccable.

The products of Hongguang Factory were originally intended for the export market.

Antimony pots and pressure cookers do not have much technical content, so it is easy for imitations to appear.

Electric rice cookers are starting to have technical barriers.

Although the threshold is not high, it is not easy for other factories to imitate, especially since the key coating materials are in the hands of the school-enterprise office and cannot be bought outside.

"That's true. We'll probably have to wait a day or two here. We don't have time normally, and it's a rare trip to the capital. How about I find someone to take you around the capital?"

Li Rui changed the subject.

He knew that Xie Wei was more suitable to go to Hong Kong than Wu Tao and Wang Zheng, but the school project was more important.

Giving Xie Wei the opportunity to stroll around the capital and climb the Great Wall can be considered as compensation to him.

Unexpectedly, Xie Wei shook his head and refused: "Principal, even in the guesthouse, I can continue to do some theoretical research work. Time is tight now."

For Xie Wei, there is nothing to climb on the Great Wall these days.

The flag-raising ceremony has not been standardized, and the national flag guard has not been expanded...

"Studying and researching will be even busier in the future, and it will be even harder to find time."

Li Rui also wanted to persuade Xie Wei. Others were visiting the capital for the first time and wanted to stay here.

This is the heart of the Republic.

"Too lazy to run!"

Xie Wei replied calmly, "I'll go back to my room first. To improve the maneuverability of Changkong No.1 in the air, we need to consider many aspects, especially the control system. I have no idea yet..."

Li Rui really wanted to remind him that there was no need to put so much pressure on himself.

The improvement of the Changkong-1 UAV cannot be completed in a short period of time.

What's more, Xie Wei is not familiar with the technical basis of Changkong No. 1.

Seeing that Xie Wei lacked interest, Li Rui stopped trying to persuade him.

How could he know that when Xie Wei said he was too lazy to run, he really was too lazy to run: these days, even in the heart of the Republic, transportation is not that convenient, and it is very troublesome to go to various tourist attractions unless you can arrange a special car.

Xie Wei himself was not very interested, so naturally he did not want Li Rui to owe him a favor in order to let him visit the attractions he had seen many times before.

Li Rui stayed in the guesthouse for three consecutive days, leaving early and returning late every day, and no one knew what he was doing.

Xie Wei was quietly working on the design and improvement of the military radio station in the guesthouse.

To improve the Changkong-1 unmanned target drone, more advanced communication technology is inevitable. Xie Wei understands this better than anyone else.

Xie Wei let Mo Lingyu and others work on the radio first so that they could become more familiar with radio technology. Otherwise, they would find it difficult to understand the design Xie Wei presented later, and he would need to spend more time explaining the basics to everyone.

Even the CNC and PLC in the electromechanical department involve communication technology.

Without human control, communication technology is inevitable.

On the third night, Xie Wei waited until after seven in the evening, but Li Rui still hadn't returned, so he went to the guesthouse to eat alone. When he came back, he saw Principal Li, who was drunk but smiling and walking a little unsteadily.

"Xie Wei, good news. The Air Force is willing to pay for our school's third-generation aircraft-related technology projects..."

Principal Li, with his tongue sticking out, was obviously drunk.

Xie Wei was very surprised. He had always thought that Principal Li had been trying to build relationships with the leaders in the department these days.

It turns out that he is with the bigwigs of the Air Force Command!
"Principal, there is no progress on several projects at the moment..."

Xie Wei was a little dazed.

Everyone knows that the Air Force is short of funds. No matter how urgent the need is, the school's several technical projects related to third-generation fighter jets are currently just in the early stages and have no results at all.

Why is the funding-strapped Air Force willing to give money?
"The performance improvement of PL-4 exceeded the expectations of the Air Force. Didn't they arrange personnel to watch the target shooting? The results made the Air Force leaders very excited. They not only need more advanced air-to-air missiles, but also more advanced fighters!"

Li Rui walked to the table, not caring that the tea in the white porcelain teacup had already gone cold, and not caring that it was the cup that Xie Wei drank from.

He gulped down the whole mouthful.

The cold tea slid down his throat and into his stomach, making Principal Li, who had drunk a little too much, feel much more comfortable.

He looked at Xie Wei with a smile on his face.

"???"

Xie Wei looked at Principal Li in confusion, not understanding what the previous target practice had to do with the fighter jet project.

"Don't look at me like that. The Air Force gave us $200 million and hopes we can speed up the process. It would be best if we can have an assembly design and report the indicators of the new generation of fighter jets based on the current technology and situation."

What the hell?

Hearing this, Xie Wei jumped up.

So, the Air Force gave 200 million in funding, and Principal Li assured the Air Force that he would develop a new generation of fighter jets?

What a fuss!

The production cost of a third-generation fighter jet is tens of millions!
"Principal, you promised the Air Force leaders that our school must produce third-generation fighter jets, right?"

Xie Wei looked at Li Rui worriedly.

At this moment, what he feared most was Principal Li nodding.

Apart from anything else, the F-14 Tomcat fighter jets purchased by Persia from the United States had an average price of about 2000 million US dollars per aircraft, and this was the price in 73. In the "Peace Model" project during the honeymoon period between China and the United States, the F-14 did not include supporting parts and weapon systems, and Grumman's offer to the PLA Air Force was as high as 6000 million US dollars per aircraft!

At this moment, Principal Li's attitude made Xie Wei feel that he promised to build a third-generation fighter for the Air Force just for 200 million RMB...

Third generation fighter jet!
200 million is not enough even for developing second-generation fighter jets.

The third-generation fighter jets require stronger power systems, more advanced avionics systems, and more sensitive information systems.

200 million is not enough to buy even a fire control radar.

During the peacetime period, China chose the Hughes AN/APG-8 radar to match the J-66II, and each set cost as much as 1000 million US dollars!

Xie Wei stared at Principal Li nervously.

I was afraid that he would just smile and nod, saying that it was not difficult.

"What's that look? Do you think I really don't know the units of measurement? The Air Force gave them 200 million dollars in funding, and promised them to make a fighter jet with at least one generation of performance improvement?"

Looking at Xie Wei's eyes, Li Rui rolled his eyes unhappily.

Principal Li was deeply hurt by Xie Wei's look.

Then, he looked at Xie Wei with a proud look on his face: "This 200 million is the funding given by the Air Force to the Changkong No. project..."

"What? Two million, just for the Changkong No. 1 project?"

Xie Wei was suddenly unable to hold back.

He didn't care that the other person was his principal. His facial features were distorted and he was angry at Li Rui.

"Uh... is there something wrong with this?"

Principal Li was stunned.

At this moment, he really didn't know where Xie Wei's anger came from.

In his opinion, this is a good deal anyway. Unmanned target aircraft are urgently needed by the Air Force. Both air defense forces and fighter jets are subordinate to the Air Force. Advanced unmanned target aircraft can further test the Air Force's shortcomings in the fight for air supremacy.

Even if we don't give you the 200 million, Harbin Institute of Technology will still be responsible for improving the unmanned target drone!

"This is a huge problem! Principal, the price of a Changkong-40 drone starts at , right? Do you think that with the cost of five drones, we can improve them and significantly enhance their performance?"

Xie Wei gritted his teeth and looked at Li Rui.

The other party is the leader!

No wonder the department heads in the school like to slam the table in front of the principal!
Xie Wei even thought that if there was a table in front of him at this moment, he would also slam the table.

Just messing around.

200 million is a huge sum of money.

But the problem is that the Air Force only wants to give 200 million to improve the Changkong- unmanned target aircraft, and Principal Li thinks it is a great deal.

"Why? Doesn't our school have a policy of self-financing? If it's almost there, we can always think of other ways!"

Seeing Xie Wei's unusual reaction, Principal Li was puzzled. "It's not easy to get funding from the Air Force. Now we can get 200 million from them, which is already very good."

He thought Xie Wei didn't know the current situation.

It's not just the Air Force. Military spending has been continuously cut since the past two years.

This was accompanied by a reduction in planned orders for all military industrial units across the country.

"Now the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam has broken out. Before this, the country had warned the South Monkeys many times, but they still did not stop. Under such circumstances, the orders of military factories have been continuously reduced..."

Li Rui's words were actually meant to make Xie Wei recognize the facts.

He didn't know that Xie Wei read the newspaper every day and paid attention to various news and national policies.

What he didn't know was that Xie Wei understood it better than he did.

Xie Wei knew from the beginning that the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam was inevitable. Before that, the country still cut military orders. Even if the counterattack broke out, major military factories still had no plans to increase the orders at all.

Since the days of preparing for war, famine and preparing for the Third World War, the country has been learning from the Soviet model, focusing on military production, and all military factories are operating at full capacity.

There are more than enough shells, bullets, grenades, etc. to fight another world war.

The top leaders of the country are well aware that the self-defense counterattack cannot last too long. It is just a counterattack to let the Southern Monkeys, who think they are the third most powerful military country in the world and are so awesome in everything, know that they cannot be provoked and stop encroaching on Chinese territory. They just need to behave themselves.

Now, the country's basic national policy is to make small profits, improve infrastructure, and try to narrow the gap with the international level in science and technology.

That's it.

For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has only wanted to farm in peace.

"Principal, I understand. The scale of the self-defense counterattack will not be too large. But 200 million, to carry out this project..."

In the self-defense counterattack, the troops were withdrawn not long after the initial stage.

But the monkey was unwilling to give up, and the war lasted for ten years.

Xie Wei doesn't care about those.

Even if the PL-4 air-to-air missile is improved, it will be difficult to get a chance to be tested in actual combat on the battlefield of the counterattack in the south - since the beginning of the counterattack, the Monkey Air Force has basically had no presence.

Even if their fighter jets are more advanced.

"If the Air Force doesn't give us anything, we won't get a cent!"

"If there is no funding, we can just not do it or do it slowly. Now that we have funding..."

Xie Wei looked at Principal Li speechlessly.

How could a leader who is usually so meticulous fail when it comes to funding issues?

"Okay. I understand. Just follow your own plan and schedule. If the funds are insufficient, I will find a way..."

Principal Li still didn't realize the problem and told Xie Wei not to worry about the funding. "By the way, regarding the opening of a company in Xiangjiang, the department leaders have discussed and decided to give 120 million Hong Kong dollars, but..."

Having said this, Principal Li paused and looked at Xie Wei.

"how?"

Xie Wei was puzzled.

120 million Hong Kong dollars is 20 Hong Kong dollars more than what he proposed before.

“The ministry needs to arrange for personnel to participate in it.”

Li Rui looked at Xie Wei's reaction nervously. He knew very well that Xie Wei was willing to fight with him for the independence of the school-enterprise office. Now that the department had arranged for someone to come in, the company in Hong Kong might not be so easy to manage.

“Who is in charge?”

Xie Wei frowned.

Leadership is the most important thing.

“The focus is on school.”

"That's no problem. They need people there anyway, and China can provide more people, so we have to recruit fewer people. The cost in China is definitely much lower..."

Xie Wei never thought about giving the domestic personnel the same salary and benefits as international employees.

He had previously explained to Wu Tao and others that domestic leading cadres belong to the system, and even if it is a company, they can be transferred to the same level as a government unit.

"Okay. You take a rest first, and we'll go back to school tomorrow."

Seeing that Xie Wei had no objection to people in the department getting involved in the company in Hong Kong, Li Rui also breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Air Force gave 200 million dollars in funding, but they don't provide personnel?"

Xie Wei asked Li Rui.

Principal Li was stunned. "They only gave 200 million and arranged for someone to give orders?"

"We definitely don't want people who can make decisions. With just 200 million, there is no way we can meet the needs of the project... And R&D personnel are what the school lacks the most..."

"Understood. Boy, you take a rest for a while. I'm going to go out for a while."

After hearing Xie Wei's reminder, Principal Li turned around and rushed outside without caring about the time.

"..."

Seeing Principal Li like this, Xie Wei was stunned for a while.

In the end, he just shook his head and smiled bitterly, then started working on his unfinished work.

That night, no one knew when Li Rui came back.

The next day, when Xie Wei woke up and washed up, Li Rui's eyes were bloodshot, and he said to Xie Wei excitedly: "The Air Force has agreed to arrange 20 technicians to the school..."

Xie Wei did not comment on this result.

Let the Air Force pay?
difficult.

It is not easy to ask for people, but compared to giving money, the bigwigs in the Air Force Department will naturally choose to give them.

When the two returned to school, a technical team of more than ten Changkong-1 UAV members transferred from China Southern Airlines had already arrived at the school.

When he heard who was in charge, Principal Li laughed out loud: "Hahaha, the people that Harbin Institute of Technology robbed from our school are finally back! From now on, we have to get all the people who were robbed back..."

"..."

Principal Li’s words shocked Xie Wei.

Is the Changkong-1 team that came to the school related to Harbin Institute of Technology?
Or is he the person that Harbin Institute of Technology snatched away from Harbin Institute of Technology?
(End of this chapter)