In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 179: Short of money? Here comes the money delivery

"Not much……"

As soon as the upset Principal Li returned to school, Xie Wei came to his door.

When he heard him ask him how much funding he had requested from the army for the disposable individual rocket launcher project, he saw that he couldn't deny it and could only say awkwardly that it was not much.

"How much is a little? Comrade Principal, if you do this, your subordinates will be very disappointed."

Xie Wei was too lazy to talk nonsense with Li Rui.

"The disposable rocket launcher project is an investment by the school-enterprise office, and is intended to be exported to earn foreign exchange. You are using the project to get funds from the army, and you don't even give us a share..."

"The army gave 120 million..."

"That much?"

Xie Wei frowned.

Although the PF89 rocket launcher is disposable, both the Type 70 and the Type 74-improved Type 70-1 had failed, and the troops were unwilling to even use them.

Don’t the troops know the difficulty?
How is it possible to provide only 120 million in funding?

Also, the school has no experience in researching individual rocket launchers. How could it snatch this project from professional factories such as Northern Industries and Jiangbei Machinery Factory, which have a foundation?
"Did you make another promise to the troops?"

Xie Wei, who knew Li Rui's character well, didn't care that Li Rui was the principal and questioned him angrily.

"No, really not!"

Li Rui quickly shook his head to deny it.

Seeing his attitude, Xie Wei sighed in his heart, feeling powerless. In addition, he realized that Li Rui was a principal, and he was questioning him like this because he was relying on the other party's kindness to him.

If it were another leader, the consequences would be...

"Principal, it is an undeniable fact that the country has a poor foundation and backward technology. Everyone wants to make up for the foundation as soon as possible, but the problem is that now we are robbing Peter to pay Paul. If we can't make up for it, the entire school's funding chain will be broken. At that time, let alone contributing to the country's development, the survival of all the school's projects will be in serious trouble."

Xie Wei didn't know how many secret projects the school had.

I don’t even know how many self-funded projects there are.

But what Li Rui is doing is of no benefit to the development of the school.

Li Rui took out a cigarette and threw one to Xie Wei.

Wow, it’s actually a specially supplied red panda.

"There is one more piece of that smooth one, old leader. I'll keep it for you."

"No, no, you should keep it for yourself."

Xie Wei shook his head hurriedly.

Li Rui did not dwell on this matter. He took a deep breath of cigarette, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and then spoke helplessly:
"Xie Wei, what you said is true. It's not that I or the school leaders don't know... With the adjustment of national policies, everything has given way to economic infrastructure construction. In this regard, we can't just consider our own survival. Many projects have been carried out for many years, but there is no funding. If we stop them directly, all these years of hard work will be in vain..."

Having said this, Li Rui stopped.

Seeing Xie Wei also lit a cigarette, he lowered his head silently, thinking that Xie Wei was thinking about what he said.

"The school has the autonomy to conduct projects, and it is indeed very difficult to raise funds on its own. However, as long as these projects can continue to be retained, everyone will have a harder time, but at least they can be slowly advanced..."

When Xie Wei heard this, he was about to refute.

Li Rui stopped him from speaking directly: "Don't mention the reasons before. Under normal circumstances, what you said is correct. But what time is it now? If we don't continue, and wait for a few decades until the country has money, and start from scratch, can we still find the original team and technical foundation? Otherwise, why do you think the ministry would give some support when it knew it was difficult? Is it really just because I am shameless and shameless to ask for money?"

"..."

Xie Wei was stunned and didn't know how to refute.

Only then did he realize that even if the country canceled some projects, the heads of the subordinate units would insist on carrying out the projects slowly even without funding.

"Principal, I'm not against it or trying to stop it. Sometimes, it's a good thing to stop for a while. At least the funding is not so tight."

It took a long time for Xie Wei to say this.

"The school invests more than 8000 million yuan in various technologies every year. Do you really think that this is based on the profits from your school-enterprise partnership?"

Li Rui's words instantly made Xie Wei stare at him with eyes wide open in shock.

Harbin Institute of Technology now invests more than 8000 million in scientific research every year!
This was something Xie Wei had never thought of.

How much is the national fiscal revenue in a year?
In just a moment, Xie Wei understood: This is not something that Li Rui can decide alone!

No wonder, Li Rui should have been promoted, left the position of president of Harbin Institute of Technology and went to the ministry, but he ended up staying here.

"If it weren't for you solving some basic problems, the school wouldn't be spending so much money now... Xie Wei, sometimes, even if they know that the current choice will lead to some bad consequences, some people will still insist on it. It's not that they are stupid..."

Having said that, Li Rui threw the burnt cigarette butt to the ground, stomped it out fiercely, and looked serious.

Xie Wei just sighed silently, looked at Li Rui, and said seriously: "From now on, 30% of the profits of the school-enterprise office will be handed over to the school every year."

"Is it a little less?"

To Xie Wei's surprise, Principal Li was still the type who took advantage of the situation.

The majestic image that Xie Wei had just seen disappeared in an instant.

Xie Wei didn't even bother to say anything and just turned and left.

Xie Wei did not ask what other projects the school had besides the Mach 6 supersonic wind tunnel.

I saw the tank at first.

The fighter jet related technology should really be developed by myself.

who cares.

Anyway, I will try my best. The school projects are backed by bigwigs from other related units, so I won't take it all on myself.

"what happened?"

Seeing that Xie Wei was in a bad mood, Liang Hongbin was a little surprised. "It seems that nothing is too difficult for you, right? You proposed a program-controlled switch. The foundation is already there, so it shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

"That's not the question."

Xie Wei shook his head.

"Funding?"

Liang Hongbin never thought about what Xie Wei heard from Li Rui's words.

If Xie Wei had not traveled back from decades later and understood some things, he would not have been so deeply touched by what Li Rui said.

In the 1980s, due to reform and opening up, too many key projects were shelved due to excessive technical difficulties and insufficient funds.

The most obvious one is the cancellation of the Y-10 aircraft.

There was a lack of supporting facilities and funds. There was no problem with the design of the Y-10, but the production and manufacturing facilities could not keep up. This resulted in all the aircraft flying in the sky being foreign-made when the country restarted the large aircraft program.

I tried to look for research data on Y-10, but couldn't find anything.

Everything starts from scratch.

If this continues, the country's progress in developing large aircraft will at least be much faster.

"No."

"Don't worry. Although Lu Guangliang is sometimes cautious, he is still a good person, especially when it comes to technology research and development..."

Liang Hongbin thought Xie Wei was worried that Lu Guangliang would not cooperate.

When Xie Wei proposed to use a program-controlled switch, Lu Guangliang raised objections.

Xie Wei shook his head. "Teacher Liang, the supersonic wind tunnel project is very important. The state should invest in it, or at least the ministry should provide funding..."

Facing Liang Hongbin, Xie Wei raised his doubts.

He couldn't understand why the country didn't provide funding for supersonic wind tunnels even though it knew the importance of them.

"Give it, otherwise do you think the school can sustain itself given its situation?"

"..."

Xie Wei was stunned.

Didn’t you say you didn’t give it?
"It's just that the funding is not sufficient. I said before that if you hadn't developed a general-purpose chip like HZ80 with excellent performance, the progress of this project would not have been accelerated."

Liang Hongbin told Xie Wei very seriously, "As long as it is possible, even if we know that it will result in losses and even affect a lot of research, the school must still invest! We are too far behind the international community! Why would the country still invest heavily in the construction of supercomputers when it knows that it may fail?"

"..."

Xie Wei didn't know how to refute.

He thought he understood the thoughts of people of this era very well.

At the moment, I still don’t understand.

"You don't have to worry about that. The school-enterprise office is actually a very good way. What can you do with some military technology projects with just the little funding from your school-enterprise office? If you learn a little bit, you will know that whether it is Tang Daoxian's disposable rocket launcher project or Fang Pengju's long-range rocket launcher, the funds consumed are not what the school-enterprise office can provide at present..."

"what?"

Xie Wei was really dumbfounded this time.

Didn’t Li Rui embezzle the funds for disposable rocket launchers?
The army gave 120 million!
It only takes a little thought to understand: the 120 million may not be used on disposable rocket launchers, and the funds consumed by disposable rocket launchers are far more than what Xie Wei provided.

Just look at how Zhai Xinguo took Tang Daoxian directly to the shooting range for live-fire testing, and that's enough to make the point.

"Please organize the relevant plans for the program-controlled switchboard and list the personnel required. The school will try its best to cooperate with you."

Liang Hongbin's words clearly showed that he had no intention of continuing the conversation with Xie Wei.

Xie Wei understood.

Left Liang Hongbin's office silently.

After all, he thought he had a good understanding of Harbin Institute of Technology up to now, but the current situation made him realize that he didn't understand Harbin Institute of Technology at all.

Just like in his original world, just because Harbin Institute of Technology is located in the Northeast and the conditions are not very good, 985 and 211 are the easiest choices for his children.

When the child goes to school, I rarely talk to him about school matters.

It was not until the Harbin Institute of Technology was included in the American sanctions list and later news came out that it was the only university in the world with nuclear strike capability and a lunar base that people gradually understood the situation.

If it weren’t for the persistence of the school leaders and teachers, could Harbin Institute of Technology have reached that level?

Can't get there.

Xie Wei did not go to the electromechanical training room again, but returned to the dormitory. Seeing that his roommates were not there, he went straight to the study room with his notebook and began to think about the project plan for the programmable switching system.

"Principal, is Xie Wei looking for you?"

"found."

Facing Liang Hongbin, Li Rui did not hide anything, "He should have not only guessed the wind tunnel project."

"Those papers of his?"

"His paper must not be published publicly!"

Li Rui's face suddenly became serious. "He has a vision that is ahead of the times, which has been proven by the numerical control system. I inquired about the program-controlled switch this time, and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is preparing to introduce it, but the international community is still using the COCOM embargo as an excuse."

"Fuck the Batumi embargo! They are just trying to blackmail us!"

Rarely, Liang Hongbin swore.

Internationally, the Batumi embargo has always been an issue.

Actually?

Just for blackmail.

As long as you pay, enough money, you can buy it internationally.

"Everyone knows it, so what? I don't have it!"

“How much funding did the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications give?”

Liang Hongbin's words made Li Rui suddenly embarrassed.

Not to mention meeting the relevant leaders of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, he didn’t even meet Minister Zheng, and he hadn’t even entered the gate of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building!
Can you tell your department head?
"what happened?"

Looking at Principal Li's expression, Liang Hongbin was not surprised at all.

Li Rui had no choice but to tell him the situation.

"..."

What can Liang Hongbin say?
"What should we do now?"

"Wait! The department has sent us a message. The information will arrive in the next few days and the personnel will arrive within a week. If we can solve this problem, we will not only get orders, but also funds..."

“You have to invest your own money again?”

"The school-enterprise office is investing money."

Principal Li grinned.

The school is indeed short of money now and cannot afford to spend several million to develop a programmable switching system.

Seeing Liang Hongbin's disappointed face, Li Rui hurriedly comforted him, "Don't worry, if nothing unexpected happens, Jiangbei Machinery Factory will send us money."

"They themselves have no money, so why are they giving us money?"

Liang Hongbin was stunned.

"If they don't have money, they can take out a loan. Either they make money with us, or we can find other companies... Jiangbei Machinery Factory is not the only company in the country that makes bazookas!"

Principal Li looked proud.

"What? We have to pay you to cooperate with us? Principal Li, you are not the kind of people! Not only did you steal our projects, but now you want us to spend money to buy the projects from you?"

Looking at Li Rui's shameless face, Ning Juntao almost went berserk.

How could there be such a shameless person!
"Director Ning, the technical data of the disposable rocket launcher is here. We have successfully developed it. The anti-armor warhead has not yet been successfully researched, but the explosive and fragmentation bomb is no problem..."

Zhai Xinguo said calmly, "You don't understand what Principal Li means. You are not buying a project from us, but buying the opportunity to cooperate with us... As long as we reach a cooperation, we can start production directly."

"So fast?"

Ning Juntao and other leaders of Jiangbei Machinery Factory were stunned.

Is it so easy to develop a disposable rocket launcher?
The Type 70 rocket launcher failed outright; although the Type 70-1 was successfully developed, its performance was so poor that the troops simply refused to use it.

The Type 69 40mm rifle requires two people, a rocket launcher operator and an assistant who carries the ammunition.

For infantry squads, it will effectively reduce firepower.

The troops have once again launched a project to develop disposable rocket launchers. Isn't it just to avoid taking up space in the army? It would be best if each person had one and could just throw it away after use?
Now Harbin Institute of Technology tells them that it has been developed!
"If you don't believe it, we can go to the shooting range to see the effect directly... 80% of the launch tube is made of plastic, and the rockets are also made using a one-time molding process as much as possible..."

(End of this chapter)