In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 135 Now that the money issue is settled, I can focus on my research

What does adjusting the factory’s production have to do with whether Director Xie comes out?
Gan Song looked at Xie Wei with confusion, not understanding what he meant.

Xie Wei also knew Gan Song’s confusion, but it was difficult for him to explain it to him.

The old man wants to take this opportunity to merge the Hongfeng Factory, which is several times larger than the Hongguang Factory. If there is nothing unusual in the factory's production with or without the old man, what will his superiors think?
"Director Xu, during this period, the progress of large-scale production will be temporarily suspended..."

"clear."

Xie Wei only mentioned it once and Xu Changshuai nodded to show that he understood. There was no need for him to say anything more.

The production of antimony pots and pressure cookers does not require the presence of factory leaders, and even the business does not require the factory's senior leaders to be overly responsible. Inertia has been formed, and it is better without leaders to give orders.

The new product is different.

Even though Director Xie is not here, it won’t work if it can be completed quickly.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Xie Wei looked at Xu Changshuai with gratitude.

"It is Director Xie and the factory staff who have worked so hard. This is also for the school."

Xu Changshuai smiled and replied, "By the way, Xie Wei, school matters are busy, why don't you go back to school first?"

His meaning was clear: with Xie Wei here, many things would be difficult for them to do.

As a partner, sometimes you still have a say.

Xie Wei shook his head. "Now that you're back, let's solve the problem. Hongguang Factory doesn't just produce products like rice cookers. We'll need to transfer more technological achievements from schools in the future..."

Xu Changshuai nodded to show that he understood.

After talking with Xie Wei, Xu Changshuai returned to the workshop and greeted the technical team of the metalworking workshop who were debugging equipment, further improving processes, and enhancing production quality and efficiency.

As a result, all kinds of problems that had not occurred in the entire team yet appeared.

For example, quality issues cannot be properly controlled, production is unstable, and there is a big gap between spare parts and requirements...

"Why did so many problems suddenly arise? Just because Xie Jian is not in the factory?"

Wei Changfu, the deputy director who stayed behind at Hongguang Factory, reported the situation directly to Hu Chunlin.

Hu Chunlin's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Director Hu, it's not that these problems haven't occurred before. They have always existed. It's just that we considered that there was still plenty of time before... Now there's good news from the Canton Fair. Not only does the bureau require us to speed up the progress of large-scale production, but the Industry Department has also issued instructions..."

Wei Changfu reported with a bitter face.

Looking at Wei Changfu's innocent face, Hu Chunlin knew what was going on but could not get angry.

"So what do you think now?"

"do not know……"

"do not know?"

Hearing Wei Changfu's answer, Hu Chunlin was furious and slammed the table. "Wei Changfu, you are at least a deputy factory director with rich work experience. Such a big thing, you tell me now, I don't know what to do?"

"Director Hu, I was originally only in charge of logistics! As for logistics work, I think I did a good job. But Hongguang Factory was a pilot unit, exploring the path of reform..."

Wei Changfu was unhappy.

He is an old employee of Hongguang Factory and was promoted to deputy director by Xie Jianguo.

For so many years and during so many opportunities, Xu Zhihui had always held the power of Hongguang Factory. No matter how well he received leaders like Hu Chunlin, he even stood by and poured wine for them when they were drinking.

The results of it?
"I can't do it. What are you doing as the deputy director?"

Hu Chunlin became famous.

Wei Changfu just lowered his head and ultimately did not dare to say "you removed me".

The position of deputy factory director is what he deserves.

Over the years, even though he originally worked in the logistics system, he was dedicated to the public and never sought personal gain. Otherwise, Xie Jianguo would not have kept him and even fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

"Bang bang bang~"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Hu Chunlin's secretary appeared after knocking on the door, looked at Wei Changfu, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Director Hu, you go ahead and do your work."

Seeing this situation, Wei Changfu said goodbye and left.

He didn't want to stay in Hu Chunlin's office for even a second.

"Director Hu, someone from the Provincial Department of Industry has arrived, along with someone from the Commission for Discipline Inspection..."

"what?"

Hu Chunlin was stunned for a moment as if he was struck by lightning.

Discipline Inspection Commission!

Hu Chunlin knew better than anyone what it meant when the superior department and the disciplinary committee came to his house.
This means he has no intention of retiring properly.

"Comrade Hu Chunlin, we have received multiple letters of complaint with real names, reporting that during your tenure..."

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"Director Xie, Hu Chunlin has been arrested, and Luo Chengye and others from Hongfeng Factory have also been arrested..."

The head of the detention center personally told Xie Jianguo the news, "You can go out now, right?"

Xie Jianguo in front of him is a tough guy.

Not to be offended.

Other people who were sent to the detention center were all well-behaved, but Xie Jianguo was different. After he came in, he treated this place as his home.

"Who was arrested first, Hu Chunlin or Luo Chengye?"

Xie Jianguo was not much surprised.

"First, the Shancheng Commercial Bureau filed a complaint with the provincial department because the Hongfeng Factory failed to deliver on time and the Industrial Bureau did not give an explanation. During this period, the Hongfeng Factory did not pay wages for three consecutive months, and the factory jointly reported it..."

The person in charge knew that if he didn't tell Xie Jianguo what he knew, this shameless guy might do something weird again.

If it were someone who really broke the law, the detention center would not be so polite.

In fact, Xie Jianguo should not be in the detention center.

Everyone understands.

"That's it."

Xie Jianguo was a little surprised. He took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket and handed it to the other party. The latter hurriedly took out a match, lit it for him and then for himself, then shook it to let the match go out.

Smoking a cigarette and staring at Xie Jianguo.

I was afraid that he still didn't want to go out.

"I'll wait a little longer. Director Wei should be back soon."

"..."

When the person in charge heard this, the corners of his eyes twitched several times.

But there is no way.

Soon, Wei Guobin, who led the team to the Canton Fair, returned with gratifying results: foreign exchange orders worth 270 million Hong Kong dollars and 72 US dollars.

Everything was acquired by Hongguang Factory alone.

"Immediately convene a meeting of the leaders of Hongguang Factory. Production must be organized as soon as possible..."

The amount is not particularly large.

But this is a milestone for the entire Chengdu industrial system: industrial products are exported to earn foreign exchange!

Right off the bat, it’s over a million dollars!

"Leader, Xie Jianguo, the director of Hongguang Factory, is still in the detention center."

"what?"

The leader was stunned.

"That's it..."

Wei Guobing reported on Xie Jianguo's cooperation with Harbin Institute of Technology, and also mentioned that the Industrial Bureau rewarded Xie Wei with a mink coat from Harbin Institute of Technology as a personal benefit for Xie Jianguo from the cooperation.

"Hasn't Hu Chunlin been arrested?"

After hearing this, the leader frowned.

I keenly felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.

It has only been a few days since Hu Chunlin was arrested, and few leaders in the entire industrial system are unaware of it.

The provincial department is located in Chengdu, one city, one system.

Hu Chunlin's rank is not low, it is impossible that there is no news at all.

"what?"

It was Wei Guohan's turn to be surprised.

When he came back, he didn't even have time to understand the situation. He went straight to his superior leader with foreign exchange contracts worth millions of dollars in order to achieve his goal.

"You don't know yet?"

"The Industry Bureau has made a historic breakthrough at the Canton Fair. I came back to report to you right away, but I haven't had time to understand the situation yet."

Wei Guobing hurriedly explained, and then a smile appeared on his face. "Leader, the Hongguang factory is relatively small and has insufficient production capacity. Currently, these orders are only the first batch. If the response in the international market is good, there will be continuous orders..."

"Those are things your Industry Bureau needs to consider!"

Before Wei Guobin could finish speaking, the leader interrupted him unhappily.

If there is insufficient production capacity, build capacity.

Need to report?
"By the way, I heard that last year Hongguang Factory was striving to become a pilot for reform?"

"At that time, Director Hu believed that Hongguang Factory did not meet the pilot policy requirements... Otherwise, Comrade Xie Jianguo would not have..."

"The country has called for exploring the path of reform. Hongguang Factory went from being unable to pay wages to becoming self-reliant, and now has earned valuable foreign exchange for the country. If they don't serve as a pilot, who will? Not only should they serve as a pilot, but they should also give more support to the development of Hongguang Factory in terms of policies and funds, and they should also call on all subordinate units to learn from Hongguang Factory..."

“Thank you, leader!”

The leader gave instructions and Wei Guobin immediately became happy.

After returning to the Industrial Bureau, Hu Chunlin was arrested, and many of Hu Chunlin's gang members were also arrested. Although there was no document from the superiors and Wei Guobing did not even have an agent, he no longer had any constraints in the entire Industrial Bureau.

Wei Guobing personally took Wang Zheng and others to the detention center to pick up Xie Jianguo.

"Hongguang Factory has been given a pilot project. Policies and funding will be tilted. From now on, you can go ahead and do it!"

"Although we have a lot of foreign trade orders, our production capacity is too small. We borrowed money from the bank to buy equipment, but the capacity construction is too slow..."

Xie Jianguo shook his head and sighed.

Wei Guobing knew what he wanted to do and said with a smile: "The policy tilt is all the policy support that can be given from above. Since Hongguang Factory is a pilot unit, and now the director of Hongfeng Factory, Luo Chengye, has violated discipline and other issues, and the factory has not been in production for several months, he can't even pay wages. Their production capacity is good, especially since they have just built a new production line..."

Ever since.

In just a few words, Hongfeng Factory, which was almost three times the size of Hongguang Factory, was directly acquired by Hongguang Factory.

As for whether Hongguang Factory can digest the big by swallowing the small, that is Xie Jianguo's business.

The merger and reorganization of units within the Industrial Bureau was actually a good thing for Wei Guobin.

The stronger the subordinate units are, the more say the leader has.

Xie Jianguo didn't care at all.

For him, ever since Hongfeng Factory imitated Hongguang Factory's products, he had been planning to acquire Hongfeng Factory.

If Hongguang Factory wants to develop rapidly, it cannot rely on conventional means.

Building a production line takes too long and costs too much money, and even training skilled technical workers takes too much time.

How can I keep up with my son's growth if I develop step by step?

According to Xie Jianguo's idea, he needs to build Hongguang Factory into a super large factory with more than 10,000 cadres and employees by the time his son graduates from university!
At that time, even if his son returned to the factory, he would have a very good future.

The annexation of Hongfeng Factory is only the first step. "... You still told me that you bought it for me with great pain because you thought about my hard work for so many years, Xie Jianguo, don't you feel guilty?"

Seeing her husband come back, Liu Mei tried her best to hide her inner joy.

Instead, he blamed Xie Jianguo for mistaking the mink coat awarded to his son by the school as one he had bought. "I was so heartbroken at the time..."

"Uh~"

Xie Jianguo looked embarrassed.

"Mom, Hongguang Factory has a partnership with the school. If the school gives Dad a gift, no matter what it is, it will easily be criticized... Even if I make achievements in school and the school gives me a reward, it shouldn't be a mink coat!"

Seeing the embarrassment on his father's face, Xie Wei finally did not expose him.

"what?"

"Alright, alright, I've been in the detention center for so long, let me quickly cook some bacon and sausages..."

Xie Jianguo sent Liu Mei away and turned to look at his son: "You were the one who took care of the Shancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative, right?"

"I talked to their leaders. After all, Shancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative is our first customer outside the city..."

"Those bastards are no good!"

Xie Jianguo cursed angrily.

Shancheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative was a client that Xie Wei personally visited, and was also the largest distributor of Hongguang Factory outside of Chengdu.

However, when Hongfeng Factory came to them, they decisively gave up Hongguang Factory.

How could Xie Jianguo accept this?

Facing his father's questioning, Xie Wei did not deny it. "The supply price of Hongfeng Factory is only 60% of ours. They sell tens of thousands of antimony pots and pressure cookers every month."

The world is hilarious, all come for profit.

Everyone in the world is benefiting.

That's the nature of business.

"Now Hongfeng Factory belongs to Hongguang Factory..."

"Dad, now that the price has come down, don't raise it any further while there are still competitors."

Seeing Xie Jianguo's expression, Xie Wei, who knew him well, knew what the old man was thinking. "Also, we should cooperate with Red Star, Hongjiang and other factories if we have the chance. We can't just swallow them all up."

"why?"

Xie Jianguo didn't expect that his son would oppose it before he even said anything or took any action.

"The production technology of these factories is too poor. We need to move towards products with higher technological content in the future. Even if we merge the Hongfeng Factory, we must retain the Hongfeng Factory's name and let this factory have independent accounting..."

Xie Wei expressed his thoughts.

Although Hongfeng Factory was originally a supporting factory for Factory 132, it was not a core supporting factory.

The technology is just average.

If the machine tools produced can be sold, there will be no need to imitate the antimony pots and pressure cookers of the Hongguang Factory, which are products with little technical content.

"In the early stage, before the school can provide better technology to Hongguang Factory, let Hongfeng Factory become Hongguang's talent training base and produce various parts at the same time..."

"You mean, you don't care about their loans or anything?"

"It's not that we don't care about them. We let them make money to repay the loan. Just producing parts can also bring a relatively high profit, so repaying the 400 million loan is not a problem... and the technical department of Hongfeng Factory can be transferred to Hongguang Factory..."

Xie Jianguo looked at his son in confusion, "Their technicians are all designing machine tools."

"If the school's CNC and PLC systems are developed, they will generate at least tens of millions of yuan in sales each year in the early stages."

Xie Wei knows how important CNC technology will be in the development of the next few decades.

He didn't even dare to tell his father that as long as he could succeed, even if it was just the most low-end CNC system, he could generate hundreds of millions in sales a year.

He was afraid of scaring Xie Jianguo.

"really?"

"Did I lie to you? Those projects are progressing very quickly and will have results by the end of this year at the latest."

Xie Jianguo suddenly became excited.

At this time, the aroma of bacon began to spread in the yard.

"Dad, Hou Yongjun from Hongfeng Factory is good. He is honest and familiar with the factory. After Hongguang Factory takes over the management, he is suitable to be the factory director."

Xie Wei didn't want to interfere in these matters.

He was also afraid that his father would ignore everything in order to quickly expand the factory, so he thought it would be better to use suitable personnel from Hongfeng Factory to manage it.

"Hou Yongjun? He is with Luo Chengye."

Xie Jianguo did not have a very deep impression of Hou Yongjun. From the beginning of their contact, Hou Yongjun had always been with Luo Chengye.

I don't talk much usually.

Almost every time Xie Jianguo saw him, he was with Luo Chengye.

"He is different from Luo Chengye. Luo Chengye doesn't care about what's going on in the factory."

"You are wrong. Before the Chinese New Year, Luo Chengye used all the money from the factory to buy New Year's goods and distribute New Year's benefits to the factory's cadres and employees! Our factory has made a lot of money, but I don't dare to distribute New Year's benefits to cadres and employees in that way..."

When it comes to this, Xie Jianguo feels upset.

Hongguang Factory made a profit last year.

Expanding production scale, developing new products, expanding markets, and building welfare housing for cadres and employees all require funds.

The New Year benefits provided by Hongguang Factory are only considered above average in the entire city of Chengdu.

"Dad, Luo Chengye was arrested mainly because of this. The prices of various materials purchased by Hongfeng Factory for the New Year were much higher than normal. Most of the people who handled it were Luo Chengye's relatives. When he was arrested, 8 yuan in cash was found in his home!"

"How many?"

Xie Jianguo's eyes suddenly widened.

8 yuan in cash!
A brand new bundle of Great Unity only costs 1000 yuan.

Xie Wei did not reveal the details, but just looked at Xie Jianguo, "And Hou Yongjun was not involved. This alone is enough."

"I will think about it."

Xie Jianguo's face also turned serious.

He did not ask whether Xie Wei had manipulated the Hongfeng Factory employees to report Luo Chengye.

For some things, it is better to pretend to be ignorant than to know them.

"I'm not considering it. There's no one more suitable than him. Although they are both in Rongcheng, Hongguang is in the eastern suburbs and Hongfeng is in the western suburbs... As long as we control the finances and core management rights of those places, it will be fine."

Xie Wei knew that the old man held on to power tightly.

The current management of Hongguang Factory does not have any candidate suitable to be the director of Hongfeng Factory with 1200 cadres and employees.

Xie Jianguo himself may not be qualified for the job.

"If the person assigned is not suitable, and the bureau transfers people from other places, what should we do if they cannot reach the same idea as the factory?"

Xie Wei reminded Xie Jianguo.

If the number of people arranged is not enough to serve as the director of Hongfeng Factory, the bureau will definitely transfer personnel from outside.

The fact that Xie Jianguo can manage the Hongguang Factory well does not represent his management level at present.

The Hongguang Factory is not large. Even now, after almost a year of expansion, there are only a little over 400 people in the whole factory. However, the foundation of the factory was laid by Xie Wei.

Xie Jianguo lit a cigarette and fell into deep thought.

Xie Wei on the side did not urge him, and even turned back to the room, leaving Xie Jianguo there to think alone.

The fact that Xie Jianguo took the factory seal tied around his waist when he arrived in Harbin and that the seal was still on his waist even when he was in the detention center speaks volumes.

The old man doesn't care about money.

And the rights...

Everyone likes it.

If Xie Jianguo had discussed with Xie Wei about merging with Hongfeng Factory before, Xie Wei would have stopped it without hesitation, saying that letting the other party become a OEM factory was far more appropriate than merging it.

Wei Guobing agreed to the Hongguang Factory's merger with the larger and more technologically powerful Hongfeng Factory, but he had no good intentions: he knew that if any problems arose, Xie Wei and even Harbin Institute of Technology would intervene.

"Xie Wei, if Hongfeng Factory wants to develop new products and expand the market, how will we respond?"

In the evening, after dinner, Xie Jianguo asked Xie Wei.

"Yes! Hongfeng Factory is already a subsidiary of Hongguang Factory. Just turn it into a branch factory, or set up a management team to vertically manage Hongguang and Hongfeng..."

Xie Wei introduced the model of foreign group companies to the old man.

The old man asked this, which meant that he had figured out the key to the problem.

"Okay, I'll discuss this with Director Wei. You've been tired during this period, so go to bed early."

Xie Jianguo sighed silently.

Still unwilling to let go, but he had to.

"Director Hou, I'll be in trouble for Hongfeng Factory in the future."

The next morning, Xie Wei went to see Hou Yongjun and told him that he had convinced his father and that he would be the director of Hongfeng Factory.

"Comrade Xie Wei, I am so grateful to you!"

Hou Yongjun looked grateful.

"Director Hou, you don't have to thank me. You are doing this for the better development of Hongfeng Factory, and so am I."

Xie Wei didn't explain.

If it weren't for Hou Yongjun, it wouldn't have been so easy to resolve for Luo Chengye or Hu Chunlin.

In order to convince the other party, Xie Wei spent a lot of effort to appeal to their emotions and reason.

Even under such circumstances, Hou Yongjun was still unwilling to betray Luo Chengye. It was only after Xie Wei compared the Hongguang Factory under the management of Xu Zhihui and Xie Jianguo that he finally convinced Hou Yongjun.

It is for this reason that Xie Wei prefers Hou Yongjun to be the director of Hongfeng Factory.

Xie Jianguo took the initiative to propose it, and Wei Guobin would not refuse.

However, Xie Wei did not want to have too much entanglement with Wei Guobin. He just wanted the factory to develop according to his own ideas, convert the school's technological achievements and provide the school with additional scientific research funds.

"You can concentrate on your research from now on. You don't have to worry about money, or about a factory that won't be able to transfer your school's technology..."

Xie Jianguo moved quickly.

Wei Guobing was contacted that afternoon, and Hou Yongjun was appointed as the director of Hongfeng Machinery Factory the next day.

There is not even the word "agent".

Xie Jianguo sent Xie Wei to the train station.

When saying goodbye, Xie Jianguo said to Xie Wei with a smile on his face.

"Dad, I know."

"If Xie Rou still wants to go to Harbin Institute of Technology, your mother and I will not stop you. We can all rest assured that you are there."

Xie Jianguo's unreasonable words made Xie Wei stunned.

The latter did not explain, but just smiled and said, "Let's go, the train is about to leave."

It was not until he got in the car that Xie Wei understood what the old man meant.

With him in charge of Hongguang Factory, he can provide research funds for himself and Xie Rou!
After figuring it out, Xie Wei just smiled.

The old man probably doesn't even know that the research funding he needs is simply not something that Hongguang and Hongfeng can afford!

However, now that the money problem has been solved, I can focus on my scientific research from now on.

Thinking of this, Xie Wei suddenly felt relaxed.

Some projects of Harbin Institute of Technology will be completed ahead of schedule, and may even lead to the advancement of projects of other units. The flapping of the butterfly's wings has begun to show its effect.

(End of this chapter)