In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 195: Blackmail of a 1500-dollar switch, the runaway third generation is about to take action

The big dog customer who came to China to purchase equipment in 80?
Xie Wei suddenly realized how lacking his historical knowledge was.

I racked my brains but couldn't remember which wealthy family purchased a large amount of weapons and equipment from China in the 80s.

The earliest was Egypt purchasing J-79 and various spare parts in 7; then Jordan helped Shamumu buy J-81 in 7...

Jordan!

Xie Wei knew who it was instantly.

The contract for 70 J-7s that Jordan ordered for Shamu was signed in 81 when King Abdullah II of Jordan visited China.

Whenever it comes to international arms trade, it is impossible to negotiate and sign a formal contract in just a few days.

Before Abdullah II's visit, he must have arranged for personnel to come here to understand the situation in advance. In particular, when signing the contract, the Jordanian side put forward improvement requirements for a series of problems with the J-7.

Jordan purchased the J-7 fighter jets for Shamumu!

No other weapons and equipment were purchased.

The reason why Shamumu later made large purchases in China was because the Iran-Iraq War had been going on for several years. The family assets accumulated previously were almost used up, and the family had incurred huge debts. Therefore, they chose the inexpensive and high-quality Chinese products.

"Perhaps, we should consider selling rocket launchers, bazookas, and sniper grenades to Abdullah II in advance? For the Shamumu army, which is fighting at the level of World War I with the world's most advanced equipment, these fool-proof weapons and equipment are the most suitable..."

For a moment, Xie Wei Gu’s mind began to move.

"Old Feng, please take care of Xie Rou when you get there. She doesn't know how to take care of herself. I'll come over there when I have the chance."

"Don't worry. Sister Wang Yuting's main task now is to take care of her. And there are other girls from the project team going there too. The production plant and the army will arrange for people to go there."

Feng Ke smiled and assured Xie Wei.

Xie Wei heard a lot of information from Feng Ke's words. At least the school has spent a lot of effort on this project, otherwise how could the army arrange people to go to the shooting range?

Xie Wei didn't rush to find Li Rui. He didn't know when the Jordanian people would arrive. Besides, Li Rui had said before that a Thai inspection team would also come here.

For a small country like Thailand, which has a small army and not even many tanks, the expensive long-range rocket launchers may not be affordable for them.

Even if there was a battle with the monkey-invading Khmer army, it would probably have been just a small-scale battle in the border area.

There is a Cambodian country between the two sides!

In small-scale wars, there is no need for long-range rocket launchers, which can serve as strategic weapons for small countries. They are more likely to purchase disposable rocket launchers and sniper grenades.

The focus should be on obtaining orders from Jordan.

They are purchasing equipment for Shamumu, and Shamumu will definitely use these rocket launchers in the Iran-Iraq War. Only then will the power of long-range rocket launchers attract the attention of the real big brother on the list.

You know, the top guy on the list will have to pay his party dues in a few years.

Dongfeng was bought back to deter the enemy.

The long-range rocket launcher with a range of 120 kilometers can be used directly. When Shamumu deploys his troops at the border, won’t he feel extremely safe with the armored forces equipped with T120/54 tanks at the top brother’s house that can threaten Shamumu from 55 kilometers away?
As long as I have a relationship with the top guy on the list, will school funding still be a problem in the future?

The prerequisite for all this is to sell the rocket launchers to Jordan, or even to Shamumu.

The Iran-Iraq War was a battlefield where the world's weapons and equipment were put on display in actual combat.

Once you have established your reputation, future orders will no longer be a problem.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I must find a way to reach a cooperation agreement with Jordan first, but the problem was how to make the Jordanian delegation, which had only bought fighter jets, see the power of these equipment.

Thinking about these questions, Xie Wei returned to the fifth floor of the Civil Engineering Building with a sad face.

"Monitor, what's wrong?"

Mo Lingyu brought some information to Xie Wei and knocked on the office door for a while, but Xie Wei didn't hear it. Confused, he pushed open the half-open door and immediately saw Xie Wei's frown.

"It's okay. Is the information ready?"

Seeing Mo Lingyu staring at him with concerned eyes, Xie Wei forced a smile and answered.

Mo Lingyu put the information on Xie Wei's desk, looked at Xie Wei rubbing his temple, and asked softly: "Headache? Let me rub it for you."

After saying that, without caring whether Xie Wei agreed or not, he walked straight behind Xie Wei, pressed his thumbs on the back of Xie Wei's head, and put his index and middle fingers together to gently press on both sides of Xie Wei's temples, which were bulging due to lack of sleep for a long time.

Mo Lingyu's fingers were cold.

Due to lack of sleep, constant brain work, and Xie Rou's rebelliousness, Xie Wei had a headache. With Mo Lingyu's massage, the pain gradually eased.

The brain also begins to relax.

He was already tired, and after his brain relaxed, he felt sleepy. Mo Lingyu, who was standing behind Xie Wei and massaging his temples, suddenly heard Xie Wei's light snoring.

And the snoring became louder and louder.

Mo Lingyu couldn't help but reduce the weight. While pressing, he looked at the tired face and the maturity that was inconsistent with his peers. The more he looked, the more heartbroken he felt.

Now that he works with Xie Wei every day, Mo Lingyu finds that he actually cannot understand Xie Wei any more.

Because I couldn't understand it, I became even more curious.

I became more curious and wanted to know more, but I had never seen this side of Xie Wei before.

In front of outsiders, Xie Wei is always strong, like a machine that never gets tired.

"Squeak~"

The door was pushed open a crack.

Luo Cheng’s head appeared through the crack in the door. Seeing Mo Lingyu standing behind Xie Wei and massaging his head, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes. When the blush on Mo Lingyu’s face quickly spread to his ears, he hurriedly said, “I didn’t see it! I didn’t see anything. You guys continue…”

Nima!

Mo Lingyu was so angry at these words that his brows were twisted together, and the strength in his hands increased.

"Hmm~"

Xie Wei groaned and woke up. Seeing Luo Cheng about to leave, he couldn't help but call him: "Teacher Luo, have you fixed the design flaws of your switch?"

Luo Cheng could only turn around and look at Xie Wei, who looked indifferent, and Mo Lingyu, who looked uneasy, with embarrassment on his face.

When she first arrived at the project, Huang Huiqin revealed her feelings for Xie Wei, but was blocked by Mo Lingyu, who didn't even give her a chance to meet Xie Wei alone.

Even several of Xie Wei's classmates in the project team showed hostility towards Huang Huiqin.

This made Huang Huiqin feel very uncomfortable during this period.

As an alumnus, Luo Cheng, who is still living in a guesthouse and has not been accepted by the project, naturally stands on the side of Huang Huiqin. He wants to help but doesn't know how to start.

Usually, there was no sign that Xie Wei and Mo Lingyu were in a relationship.

just now……

"Thank you very much, Mo Lingyu. I feel refreshed and much better now."

When Mo Lingyu was feeling uneasy, Xie Wei spoke calmly.

Seeing the gossip in Luo Cheng's eyes, Mo Lingyu, who was originally uneasy, made up his mind instantly after hearing Xie Wei's words. He had had feelings for the class monitor from the beginning, and the whole class knew it, even many school leaders knew it. What was there to be ashamed of in pursuing his own love actively?
If we don't take action now, all the benefits will go to other people.

Even if he failed in the end, he couldn't let girls from other schools snatch Xie Wei away!

Huang Huiqin's professional skills are not that good, and she is not that good looking either, but she would take the initiative to get close to Xie Wei whenever she has nothing to do.

After understanding this truth, Mo Lingyu suddenly became calm.

"Since you feel comfortable, I will massage you often in the future...but you still need to rest more often."

Mo Lingyu said softly.

"..."

Luo Cheng looked at the two of them and felt extremely embarrassed at the moment.

If I had known I wouldn't have said that.

Seeing Luo Cheng's embarrassment, Mo Lingyu couldn't help but look at Xie Wei again. She remembered what Xie Wei often said before: As long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.

Sure enough!

"Teacher Luo, have the defects in the previous switch system been resolved?"

Xie Wei asked again and helped Luo Cheng out of the predicament.

"It has been solved. Professor Meng asked me to ask you to come over and take a look. If there is no problem, we will produce a set of samples for testing first..."

When it comes to business, Luo Cheng also becomes serious.

The arrogance that I had when I first arrived at the school, which seemed like no one else could do it better than me, had long disappeared as the project progressed continuously: their switches were lagging behind in every sub-project of the entire project!

Xie Wei's control software had already been completed and entered the testing phase.

Memory chips have also entered the tape-out stage.

Professor Meng Kun was responsible for the overall design of the switch, while they were responsible for the details. Problems often occurred. As a last resort, Mo Lingyu and several classmates who were engaged in radio took the initiative to transfer to Meng Kun's group.

"Professor Meng is a professional, just produce samples directly."

Xie Wei ordered the production of samples without even thinking about it.

Xie Wei had no doubt about Professor Meng Kun's professional level. The reason why there were problems before was because the program-controlled switch was very different from the previous switch technology. This not only involved electronic technology and communication technology, but also computer-related technology.

The entire project puts forward interdisciplinary requirements for the R&D leader. During this period, Professor Meng has been learning computer-related knowledge from scratch.

"By the way, squad leader Xie, Professor Meng asked me to ask if the sample production can be accelerated?"

"Ok?"

Xie Wei suddenly sat up straight, staring at Luo Cheng.

"If the sample production can be accelerated, we should produce it as soon as possible, even if there are some defects."

Luo Cheng's face turned serious.

There was urgency in his tone.

"What happened?"

"Fuck, the Japanese quoted 1500 dollars per line, and a switch with 150 ports would cost million dollars according to their price... This is clearly blackmailing us! The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications just started formal negotiations with the Japanese, but because the offer was too high, the negotiations could not continue."

When Luo Cheng said this, he began to grit his teeth.

Xie Wei was silent.

The price can be negotiated down a bit.

It’s just $1000 per line.

"Are you sure it's a program-controlled switch?"

Xie Wei asked.

"If it weren't for the program-controlled exchange, the Japanese wouldn't dare to quote such a high price! Fujitsu's most advanced F-150 million-port program-controlled exchange is priced at 1500 million per unit, and other spare parts and accessories are not included..."

“Why don’t they just go and rob?”

Mo Lingyu on the side exclaimed, "Our research so far, including the newly developed memory chip, has cost less than 140 million yuan!"

"Because we don't have it, they can blackmail us like this. If you want it, just accept their conditions."

Luo Cheng's voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth.

Without waiting for Xie Wei and Mo Lingyu to respond, he continued, "During the negotiation, the other party's attitude was extremely arrogant... It was as if selling it to us at a high price was like giving alms..."

At the end, he couldn't talk any more.

Especially when being stared at by Xie Wei's half-smiley eyes, Mo Lingyu next to him was also full of surprise, which immediately reminded Luo Cheng of their arrogance when they first came to Harbin Institute of Technology.

The Japanese were arrogant because their technology was advanced and they could blackmail others.

And they...

"Lingyu, please coordinate and arrange the production so that we can complete the assembly before the New Year and then start testing."

Xie Wei said to Mo Lingyu.

When Mo Lingyu heard Xie Wei call "Lingyu", her face turned red again and her heart started beating even faster.

Luo Cheng just glanced at the two of them and didn't say anything else.

"Let's go find Professor Meng to find out the situation."

After Mo Lingyu went out, Xie Wei told Luo Cheng to go find Meng Kun to find out the details.

Previously, Li Rui had contacted the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications through the relevant departments of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications also provided some support. Logically, when the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications wanted to introduce advanced equipment and was blackmailed internationally, it should have first contacted the school.

If I really find Li Rui, the old guy will come to me in a hurry at the first opportunity.

"Uh~"

Luo Cheng had a weird expression on his face, but he didn't take any action.

"Ok?"

Xie Wei was puzzled. What was wrong with this guy?
His previous arrogance is gone. He stays in the guesthouse at his own expense and actively participates in research and development every day. Is this because the scar has healed and he has started to forget the pain?
"In fact, Professor Meng doesn't know yet..."

Luo Cheng had no choice but to tell the truth, "Captain Xie, our project is too hard. We work on the project 24 hours a day, except for a few hours of sleep and eating... I couldn't stand it anymore. I wanted to tell my family, but I was scolded..."

Xie Wei was surprised again.

Seeing that the project was successful, this guy wanted to run away and called home...

Is this just luck or what?

The project is indeed difficult.

Due to poor conditions and the lack of a large amount of computer-aided work, all drawings had to be drawn bit by bit in pencil. There was no humanoid computer like Xie Rou involved in the various calculations, which required a lot of calculations. Once the design was completed, it had to be checked from the beginning, and if there was an error, it would be likely that everything would have to be started over again.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

From the day Meng Kun and others arrived at the school, no one on the project took a single day off. Even if they went to take a shower, they would take the time to do so and then come back to continue working.

Luo Cheng's family works for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, and someone was even involved in the negotiations with Fujitsu.

Xie Wei could understand all this.

"You're not leaving? If you stay, the debugging and modification of the sample production will be more difficult and tiring than it is now..."

Xie Wei reminded the other party calmly.

He can’t stand the current theoretical design and development stage, and it will be even harder later.

"What are you still running away for? I didn't catch up with the enemy when we fought the Japanese back then. Now they don't use guns anymore, they use technology to bully us, which happens to be my major. If I become a deserter again, not only will my family beat me to death, but I will also feel guilty for the rest of my life!"

Second generation!

Second generation of red!
At this moment, Xie Wei didn't know how to respond.

"Xie Wei, I know you look down on me. My professional skills are really rubbish, but I can learn! If it doesn't work out, I can do odd jobs for you! This is a war! A war to resist the Japanese blackmailing us!"

"If we can't figure it out, then it won't just be about resisting the Japanese."

The seven countries and eight systems is a disgrace in China's communications history.

NEC and Fujitsu of Japan, AT&T of the United States, Ericsson of Sweden, Siemens of Germany, BTM of Belgium, and Alcatel of France.

Seven countries, eight types of switches. From the 1980s to the 1990s, the domestically produced 10,000-port programmable switches were born and have monopolized the entire Chinese communications market for more than ten years!
"Then what are we waiting for? I've already told my family. They said they would help me find my grandfather's comrades-in-arms and try to get some funding from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to speed up the project..."

"..."

Damn it, the other party is not the second generation, but the third generation!

This energy!
Minister Wang of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was an old soldier who had participated in the Long March and served in the Eighth Route Army. Principal Li didn't even dare to go to Minister Wang and throw a tantrum...

The other party's family background...

We must make good use of it.

Damn, if I had known this guy's background earlier and asked him to get the funding, it would also be a contribution to speeding up the project progress, right?
The school-enterprise office can borrow less money.

Such a "talent", especially since he can never surpass the achievements of the older generation no matter what he does, and yet he wants to prove himself...

Must stay in Harbin Institute of Technology!
"Okay, let's talk to Professor Meng. If we have enough funds, we don't have to go so slowly. But, Professor Luo, you know the project funds. The 150 million yuan loan we borrowed before is almost used up..."

"Don't worry, I'll help you urge them in the next few days!"

Very good.

Not bad.

For a moment, Xie Wei couldn't help but feel happy that he had given the other party a chance to stay.

Giving others a chance is giving yourself a chance.

If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have let the other two guys get away. They aren’t very good people, but they can get the job done.

"Speed ​​up the progress? We are already making very fast progress now."

Professor Meng Kun really doesn't know the situation yet.

"In order to speed up the construction of domestic communication infrastructure and boost economic development, the Ministry is in contact with international advanced communication suppliers... If we develop it as soon as possible, how much foreign exchange can we save for the country?"

Xie Wei did not mention that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications was blackmailed when it introduced an advanced 10,000-line programmable switching system.

"Also, internationally, the price of a program-controlled switch is $1500 per line!"

"How can it be so expensive? This is extortion!"

Professor Meng's face also showed anger, "Damn it, this is really bullying us because we can't do it!"

Xie Wei didn't expect that the usually gentle Professor Meng would swear. "Well, I'll send a telegram to the school and ask them to send some more people over."

"It is best to have someone who is familiar with computer technology and communication technology."

Xie Wei hurriedly stated his request.

(End of this chapter)