In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 185 Is Xie Wei, the head of the management department who doesn't give face, so arrogant?
“You want graduates in engineering management?”

Li Rui thought he understood Xie Wei's purpose.

His already frowning brows furrowed even tighter. "You know the situation of the students majoring in engineering management who will graduate next year. They all have to return to their original units..."

The students graduating next year are the Class of 76, the last batch of workers, peasants and soldiers college students.

Among these students, those from schools with better foundations were assigned to study science and engineering majors, and many of the rest did not even have the level of junior high school graduates when they entered school.

Workers, peasants and soldiers were recommended to go to university without considering the students' foundation at all.

Principal Li obviously doesn't like students with poor foundation.

"It's not just the program-controlled switch project. I don't know much about the school's projects, but the management of the projects I've participated in and understood is very chaotic...If we don't solve this problem now, problems will easily arise when there are more projects."

"did you mean?"

"Professional engineering management personnel must be assigned to each project."

"The school is already short of people, where can we get so many professional engineering management personnel? You are making things difficult for me."

Li Rui was unhappy.

The other party is here to make things difficult for me.

Knowing that the school is seriously short of staff, you are still clamoring for professional engineering management personnel, and they have to be capable and have great potential. Why don't you go to space?

"How about this, you select a few technical staff to be managers, and let them learn while managing. This way, you will have engineering managers who understand technology."

For Principal Li, transferring people who do not have much potential in technological development to management positions is a two-birds-with-one-stone approach.

Specifically expand the recruitment of engineering management personnel?

Isn't it a waste of money?

"There is already a shortage of technical R&D personnel, and if they are transferred to management positions, the R&D gap will be even greater."

Xie Wei simply shook his head and rejected Li Rui's proposal.

The old guy has something wrong in his mind.

Logically, he should have been transferred to the department long ago, and Deputy Secretary Liu Debao should have taken over as principal.

In my own world, it should be the School of Engineering Management established by Liu Debao after Li Rui left.

"No, that's not okay. What do you want?"

Li Rui's face was full of displeasure, and his expression began to become unfriendly.

He began to get impatient with Xie Wei: "Boy, just tell us your idea directly. If it is suitable, the school will adopt it. You are wasting time by beating around the bush like this."

"Increase investment in the Engineering Management Department and add majors such as marketing and business management after the new year."

"No! Funding is limited, and so is manpower. The school needs to focus its limited resources on developing science and engineering majors."

Li Rui rejected Xie Wei's proposal without even thinking about it.

"Without good management, do you know how much money is wasted in the chaotic project development process? The logistics system and various guarantees are indeed no problem, but it also requires project developers to communicate and connect with them, which takes up a lot of time, do you know? Principal, pure technological development cannot support the school to go further..."

Xie Wei, who knew Li Rui's thoughts well, knew that it would not be easy to convince the other party, otherwise he would not have beaten around the bush.

A good management system, a mature management team and a complete management plan will make the project well organized instead of the chaos it is now.

Li Rui didn't understand.

The school seems to be developing well at present because there are not many colleges and universities in the country, and the number of students admitted each year is only a few hundred thousand, and there has not been a large-scale expansion.

Once the school resumes or creates more majors for admission, there will be problems if we continue to do this.

"Principal, I know you want to use limited funds and resources for technological development. If the management team is not professional enough, these funds and resources cannot be used to their full potential. To give you a simple example, now that even you don't have an independent office, are the school's offices and classrooms really fully utilized?"

"How not?"

Li Rui asked back, and then was stunned.

like……

seemingly……

He was not very clear about the situation in the school. The office area of ​​each department was separate, some laboratories also took up a lot of space, and there were even training rooms for each department and major...

"If the school has professional managers in this area, they can arrange some related laboratories together to save space. They can also plan ahead before the school builds buildings. We can't build two buildings like last year, which made the school more crowded, and the project management was chaotic, especially without any plans for new projects..."

The many problems pointed out by Xie Wei made Li Rui look pale.

That seems to be the case.

But all of this was caused by Li Rui.

"Principal, you really need to think about this. If a school wants to develop, but only develops technology-related subjects without supporting majors, it's like a person's two legs... There is also a most prominent problem. Will the outstanding technicians trained by our school be managed by managers trained by other schools in the future?"

We know clearly that factionalism is unacceptable.

In order to convince Li Rui, Xie Wei had to use this reason.

"That won't work!"

Sure enough, Li Rui's attitude suddenly became serious.

"Many units' managers don't understand technology... The administrative cadres and technical personnel are in different systems. The reason why the school's technology research and development is faster than most units is not only because the school provides sufficient funds, but also because of management issues, managed by technical personnel..."

"So you want other managers?"

"It takes a lot of time to communicate and connect with the supporting systems, especially some complex technologies... Every profession has its own expertise! Also, the management of the school-enterprise office is also chaotic at present. Look at how fast Desheng in Hong Kong has developed under the management of professional managers such as Huang Zhijie and Chai Honghe. Even though our Shuermei sanitary napkins were involved in an international infringement lawsuit shortly after they were launched this year, the newly launched Shuermei also brought in more than 400 million Hong Kong dollars in profits..."

The situation in Hong Kong is different from that in China.

Otherwise, Xie Wei would directly find a way to recruit professional managers from Hong Kong to manage the school-enterprise office.

Li Rui was silent.

Knowing that the old man had begun to face this problem seriously, Xie Wei did not force him and just said goodbye and left.

After coming out of Li Rui's office, Xie Wei did not return to the design room of the radio training room, but turned around and went to Liu Debao's office.

"Xie Wei, how come you have time to come to see me?"

Liu Debao was surprised to see Xie Wei appear.

Previously, Xie Wei specifically approached him for the 40mm sniper grenade, and Liu Debao did not hesitate to use his power to support him. Although the progress of the sniper grenade project is slow at present, it has spawned the 80mm disposable individual rocket launcher.

Principal Li Rui used this project to ask the army for funding, testing opportunities and future orders, and did not become hostile to Liu Debao just because he supported Tang Daoxian.

It can be said that Liu Debao’s presence in school is much higher now than before.

Everything was brought by Xie Wei.

"Secretary Liu, the school's current attitude towards non-science and engineering departments such as the Department of Architectural Engineering and the Department of Management Engineering is not right, which will lead to the lame development of the school..."

Unlike when facing Li Rui, Xie Wei did not beat around the bush.

He simply repeated what he had said to Li Rui, and then emphasized, "I think the school needs to pay more attention to the construction of management and other disciplines. Currently, many projects have been affected. With reform and opening up, the country needs to vigorously develop the economy, and there is a greater demand for professional talents in management, marketing, etc...."

As someone who knows Liu Debao well, Xie Wei's words made Liu Debao's eyes reveal excitement.

opportunity!

An opportunity to further increase our impact in the school.

Principal Li doesn't care about the construction of these majors, as they can be divided into different tasks.

"At present, the Department of Architecture has little research funding. I have suggested to Director Sun Shaodong that we use the human resources of the Department of Architecture to undertake business and obtain research funding... As for the Department of Management, I am not very familiar with it..."

"Shall I take you to the Management Department?"

Liu Debao asked Xie Wei tentatively.

This young man who can influence all the department heads in the school takes the initiative to get close to me, and every time he does this he brings me opportunities. How can Deputy Secretary Liu have a bad attitude?

This is Xie Wei’s purpose.

The Management Department's office is also located in the school building. Compared with other departments, the office area is not only much smaller, but is even located at the very edge of the semi-basement.

When Liu Debao and Xie Wei came to visit, Professor Lin Xingzhi, the head of the Management Department, greeted them warmly in his crowded office and personally got up to make tea for them.

After brewing with boiling water, a faint jasmine fragrance diffuses.

Very light.

Old tea?

Xie Wei, who usually relies on strong tea to stay awake, can't be said to have done much research on tea, but Li Rui and other department heads would share some of the good tea they brought back from meetings or exchanges with Xie Wei.

I also drank a lot of good tea of ​​various types.

The tea soup is dark yellow.

Take a sip, the tea tastes very light, even has a taste of bran.

I don’t know how many years this tea has been stored.

"You haven't finished your tea yet?"

Deputy Secretary Liu took a sip and asked Director Lin.

"This is the last one."

Director Lin smiled and said, "I'll buy some good tea after I get my salary this month."

The conversation between the two made Xie Wei feel very sad.

The department head and professor of a major university...

A few decades later, how many professional leaders of this level have not achieved financial freedom?
"Secretary Liu, Xie Wei, what are you doing?"

Lin Xingzhi obviously didn't want to talk more about this matter. Everyone knew that the school was in difficulties, and those who didn't understand might think that he was dissatisfied with the school.

"Comrade Xingzhi, this is the case. The school-enterprise office and related projects need a group of professional managers. Xie Wei hopes to arrange a group of students from the management department to participate in project management..."

Without waiting for Xie Wei to speak, Liu Debao told him the purpose of his visit.

Lin Xingzhi was clear about Xie Wei's status in the school.

Liu Debao thought the other party would agree without hesitation. After all, this was an opportunity for development in the management department.

What Deputy Secretary Liu did not expect was that Lin Xingzhi was not happy after hearing this. Instead, his face became serious. "Secretary Liu, Xie Wei, there are only a few graduates in the Management Department. All of them have to go back to where they came from..."

"I don't want people who will graduate next year. I want people from the class of 77."

Xie Wei is familiar with the situation of the Management Department.

The workers, peasants and soldiers students of the class of 77 had insufficient basic knowledge and their learning attitude was different from that of students who entered university through the college entrance examination. Many of them did not have a good grasp of knowledge but were good at dealing with human relationships... He did not want the future managers of the School-Enterprise Office to be like this.

"The good ones have been assigned to other majors. Many of the current professional textbooks in the management department are outdated. Management-related majors all require a mathematical foundation, and those who are good at mathematics have been transferred to mathematics, physics, chemistry and technical majors by the school..."

Obviously, Lin Xingzhi was not willing to provide students majoring in management to the school-enterprise office.

This was something neither Xie Wei nor Liu Debao had expected.

"Comrade Xingzhi, students can get training by entering the school-enterprise office and projects during their study period. Even if they do not stay in school in the future, they can directly start working in the company. I asked you to send a few people, but you are so reluctant! Fortunately, Xie Wei is still helping your department. I hope to add marketing, business management and other majors after the new year, and at the same time expand the enrollment scale of engineering management and other majors..."

Liu Debao was embarrassed.

He immediately frowned and started scolding Lin Xingzhi.

"Secretary Liu, who doesn't know the school's attitude towards non-science and engineering majors? Even the most outstanding students in the management department, if they go to the school-enterprise office, what else can they do except running errands? Not to mention the various projects, those who are engaged in technology, can they accept management by people who they think don't understand technology?"

Lin Xingzhi didn't believe what Liu Debao said at all.

Faced with Liu Debao's criticism, he just fought back.

He would not want the outstanding talents trained by the department to be treated as errand boys by the school-enterprise office and R&D projects.

This is irresponsible for the students' future.

"you……"

Lin Xingzhi's words deeply stimulated Liu Debao, and made him feel humiliated in front of Xie Wei. He was about to scold Lin Xingzhi with a dark face, but was stopped by Xie Wei.

"Director Lin, I understand your concerns. If you are only worried about the future prospects of students in the department, I don't think it is necessary; if it is for other reasons, I think you can reconsider it... The Department of Architecture will soon take on external design business and obtain additional research funds."

Xie Wei's words were very calm.

It was so calm that Lin Xingzhi was stunned.

Even Liu Debao was stunned. When did the Department of Architecture start to take business from outside?
"Director Lin, thank you for your tea. Although this tea is good, it has been stored for several years. It has lost the freshness of green tea and the rich fragrance of scented tea..."

While the two were still in a daze, Xie Wei took a sip of tea, gently placed the cup on the table, stood up and left Lin Xingzhi's office.

“You, you…”

Seeing Xie Wei leave, Liu Debao pointed at Lin Xingzhi angrily, "President Li attaches great importance to Xie Wei's opinions! He took the initiative to come to us, hoping that the Management Department can develop..."

Thinking about Xie Wei leaving and not getting things done.

Without even finishing his words, he hurriedly got up and chased after him.

Looking at Liu Debao's departing back, and then looking at the two people sitting at the desk who were almost motionless, he fell into deep thought as he drank the special jasmine tea that he had spent a lot of money on but was reluctant to drink himself.

"Xie Wei, Lin Xingzhi is a bit stubborn, don't bother with him."

Liu Debao caught up with Xie Wei and shocked Xie Wei as soon as he opened his mouth.

Lin Xingzhi is a professor!

He is the head of the Management Department!
Don't bother to argue with him. If this gets out, you'll be put on the spot.

"Secretary Liu, please don't say that. Director Lin has his considerations..."

"He didn't think about anything! Before Principal Li became the principal, the school's funding was prioritized for the Department of Architecture and the Department of Management. Later, the school decided to prioritize the development of science and engineering..."

Xie Wei didn't want to know about changes in school policies.

But Liu Debao had to explain.

After listening to it, he realized that before he came to the school, the school had already begun to tilt towards science and engineering and related basic majors in terms of finance and resources.

Not only have the research funds for the Department of Management and the Department of Architecture been drastically cut, but even the research funds and construction funds that they should have been provided with have been squeezed.

Sun Shaodong would often go to Li Rui to make trouble and get some extra money.

Lin Xingzhi was too disdainful to make a fuss, which resulted in the management department losing even its basic research topics...

"Secretary Liu, these problems are not only in our school, but in all colleges and universities across the country. The country is poor, and money is needed in all aspects. The education system has only so much money... It is the same in our department... A few years ago, the higher-ups called on all units to give full play to their subjective initiative, not to wait or rely on others, and to be self-reliant..."

“How can the Department of Management be self-reliant?”

Liu Debao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The Department of Architecture can use its design capabilities to undertake outside design work. What can the Department of Management do?
"Management consulting, mid- and senior-level management training, corporate strategic planning, corporate marketing planning, correspondence courses, etc..."

Xie Wei listed a series of ways to obtain funding by leveraging the existing advantages of the Management Department.

These are no-brainers.

Although the Management Department does not seem to have as direct a conversion of resources as the Architecture Department, it is also a golden rice bowl.

Why did Xie Wei choose students from the Management Department for training instead of selecting young personnel recruited from the School-Enterprise Office?

This is also for the future development of the school-enterprise office.

In the future, the School-Enterprise Office will need too many middle and senior management personnel. If the base is not further expanded, it will be difficult to find outstanding senior management who can meet the development needs of related projects of the School-Enterprise Office.

"This……"

Xie Wei's words made Liu Debao suddenly enlightened and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Xie Wei, why don't you come to my office and sit down, and we can talk about how to operate it?"

Xie Wei did not refuse Liu Debao's invitation.

We also expect the Management Department to send outstanding graduates to the school-enterprise offices and projects for practical practice.

In this way, the school-enterprise office obtained a large number of cheap grassroots managers, and students majoring in school management gained rich practical experience.

It is unrealistic to keep all the projects in the school-enterprise office or the school-enterprise unit.

The best stay.

The School-Enterprise Office is currently only at the administrative level of a department. As long as it develops, its administrative level can be upgraded to the same level as the college.

At present, cadres from all systems in the country can be transferred across systems, and the outstanding graduates who stay will grow faster.

Other students leave school to work in other units or departments. They become familiar with technology, understand project processes, and are more likely to be promoted.

When the cadres trained by Harbin Institute of Technology grow up, what a huge resource that will be!
Anyway, it can’t be worse than Peking University and Tsinghua University.

"Don't worry, I will convince him. This pedantic guy is begging for food with a golden bowl in his hand and he doesn't even know it! Instead, he complains that the school is biased..."

When I finished talking with Xie Wei, it was already early morning.

Xie Wei said that Liu Debao and his secretary Yao Xiaojun were writing furiously.

Even dinner was brought by Liu Debao through Yao Xiaojun from the cafeteria.

Liu Debao was so excited that he felt like he was floating: Li Rui didn't let him interfere with the school's science and engineering research projects, and the development of the Management Department and the Architecture Department did not require much investment, but the returns were huge.

It's easy to achieve results!
It would be strange if I wasn't excited. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight.

"By the way, Xie Wei, is the School Enterprise Office really planning to build an office building? There is no news about this matter..."

When Xie Wei was leaving, Liu Debao asked Xie Wei.

"Soon the school-enterprise office will submit an application to the school."

Xie Wei was so sleepy that he just left after giving an answer.

"Secretary, the School-Enterprise Office is so arrogant now? Don't you even consider whether the school will veto it?"

Yao Xiaojun didn't know much about Xie Wei.

He really couldn't understand where a student got such strong self-confidence from.

The school is short of money everywhere. It doesn't even have enough teaching buildings and dormitories. From Xie Wei's tone, it seems that he has not considered the issue of being rejected by the school at all.

He originally wanted to complain about Xie Wei's arrogance, but after thinking about it, he decided that the school-enterprise partnership was more appropriate.

"The future development prospects of the school-enterprise office are immeasurable!"

Staring at the office door where Xie Wei had long disappeared, Liu Debao answered irrelevantly, "Perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that Xie Wei's future is immeasurable."

"..."

Yao Xiaojun moved his lips but didn't say anything.

Is Xie Wei really that powerful?

"Squad leader, are we still going to proceed with the program-controlled switching system project?"

The next morning, the temperature outside was below zero, but it was not snowing and the streets were not slippery. Mo Lingyu still waited for Xie Wei at the school gate.

While running, he asked Xie Wei.

"Let's do it! Why not? The venue and everything are ready, and the people from the University of Posts and Telecommunications will be here soon. How are you doing with those telephone communication-related technologies?"

Xie Wei asked Mo Lingyu as he ran.

"The basic principles of telephone communication and switches are simple, but when it comes to program control, it becomes more difficult..."

Mo Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief.

After the individual communication radio modified from integrated circuits was provided to the troops for testing, the people in their team basically had nothing to do.

Although Xie Wei said that he would work on a programmable switching system project next, there has been no clear news.

"By the way, you will come with me to the train station later to pick up someone. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications will support our teacher on the train this morning."

"The supporting teacher is arriving today?"

Mo Lingyu couldn't help but be curious, "Nothing has been done about the project funding or preliminary preparations."

"The staff has arrived, and the funds have also arrived. We will first do theoretical design and preparation work for the research and development of subdivided technologies... The research and development of equipment needs to be based on theoretical design..."

The office space was just completed these few days.

As there are no professional managers in this area for the various test equipment in the technology development process, Xie Wei can only design and experiment at the same time and solve problems related to the test equipment during the experiment.

“Do students who study integrated circuit design and software development also participate in the project?”

Mo Lingyu asked.

Xie Wei stopped and looked at Mo Lingyu, "Are there any classmates looking for you?"

"No no……"

Staring at Xie Wei's calm eyes, Mo Lingyu's heartbeat suddenly quickened, and he hurriedly shook his head to deny it.

Afraid that Xie Wei would not believe him, he hurriedly explained: "You said before that although the program-controlled exchange has the HZ80 chip as a processor, it still needs to develop a memory with a larger capacity, and at the same time, it also needs to develop special control software..."

(End of this chapter)