In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 196 Are you crazy? Don't even think about that!

Soon, the programmable switching system project, which was already progressing rapidly, accelerated again.

After learning that the country's introduction of advanced programmable switches was subject to technological blackmail and negotiations had reached a deadlock, the exhausted project team members suppressed their fatigue and participated in the work with greater enthusiasm.

Everyone held their breath and worked hard to produce the domestically produced programmable switching system as soon as possible.

Although only 256-port programmable switches have been developed so far, there is still a big technological gap between them and -port programmable switches.

As long as we succeed now, we will have mastered the basic technology and have gotten started. Then we can add more people to the team and continue to break through related technologies.

Everyone was working in a feverish state, except Wang Zheng.

"Xie Wei, the first loan has been completed. You said before that the remaining loan would be paid after the New Year..."

Wang Zheng had a headache.

He was the head of a school-enterprise office, in charge of an industry with an annual turnover of tens of millions, but Xie Wei treated him like a wallet, constantly taking money out of it. It had been emptied long ago, but he was still taking money out.

“Shouldn’t the profits for this year’s settlement be here?”

"The money has already been arranged, and it cannot be touched! Didn't you warn me before that it must be used for its intended purpose and no one can touch it?"

Wang Zheng quickly took a step back.

He looked at Xie Wei with vigilance.

Is Xie Wei going to break the rules he set?

Become a shameless person like Principal Li?
"Just borrowing it for a few days..."

"Not even for a day!"

Before Xie Wei could finish, Wang Zheng firmly objected, "You can't break the rules you set, otherwise the school-enterprise relationship will not work in the future..."

"I didn't say it's necessary. Okay, I'll think of a way myself."

Seeing that Wang Zheng firmly disagreed to "borrow" funds from other projects, Xie Wei did not force him.

When Wang Zheng heard Xie Wei give in, he hurriedly left without looking back.

There is no money left for the project, and subsequent testing and improvement work, as well as related chip production, all require money.

The chip process development fees at Factory 14 could not be owed: This was also a rule that Xie Wei established at the beginning. All projects and factories under the School-Enterprise Office must have independent accounting, to avoid eating from the same big pot and to prevent one unit from encountering problems and dragging down all projects.

After Wang Zheng left, Xie Wei went straight to the telephone communications technology room next door and found Luo Cheng, whose eyes were bloodshot, hair was messy, and his face was tired. He went straight to the point.

"Lao Luo, it's not a good idea to use fatigue tactics like this."

After Luo Cheng's confession, the relationship between the two began to "heat up".

Knowing that Xie Wei has a special status and position in the school, Luo Cheng, a young teacher pursuing "progress", naturally wants to have a good relationship with Xie Wei; Xie Wei, who knows Luo Cheng's background and has arranged his work for many years to come, naturally also wants to maintain a good relationship with his "comrade", otherwise it will be difficult to use him later, right?

So, it would often happen that after Luo Cheng finished his work, he would always bring some wine to Xie Wei's office.

And Xie Wei would always take out some peanuts or pork heads.

From the way Xie Wei addresses Luo Cheng, we can see how quickly their relationship has warmed up during this period.

"Damn it, if I had known this earlier I would have worked harder in school. Now I have to learn a lot of things from scratch..."

Luo Cheng complained.

He had always wanted to join the army and develop his career there, from infantry to armored soldiers, then to tank soldiers, and finally leaving the army to go to college.

The reason is that when you are an infantry soldier, you can only fire five rounds of live ammunition a year; armored soldiers are not much better than infantry soldiers, and they don’t have many opportunities to train with armored vehicles; let alone tanks, they fire even fewer shells a year, and they spend the whole day cleaning tanks and constantly practicing loading and unloading shells...

It's all because the army is poor. Tanks, armored vehicles and other precious equipment are fuel-guzzling and extremely expensive to operate, not to mention the tank shells that cost thousands of dollars each.

When I arrived at the University of Posts and Telecommunications, I still had no intention of studying well.

That level...

"You are totally wasting your time. You can't use what you have learned right away. Why don't you use your strengths to speed up the project..."

"You know I'm not as smart as you, just say it!"

Hearing what Xie Wei said, Luo Cheng's face was filled with displeasure.

But he couldn't refute it.

Not to mention Xie Wei, he couldn't even compare with Mo Lingyu or even Xie Wei's classmates in terms of learning ability.

"Didn't you say before that you would help us get funding from the Ministry? Now the project is out of money..."

"The money was transferred to the school a few days ago. It's not much, just 200 million..."

Hey!
Xie Wei turned around and ran out.

It's been intercepted by the old guy again. If we don't hurry up, it might be diverted to other projects by the old guy.

Can the current Principal Li see funds arriving at the school?
"Holy shit~"

Seeing that Xie Wei didn't say anything and left him there, Luo Cheng cursed angrily and immediately returned to his job.

"... Don't worry, leader. I will make sure the funds are used for their intended purpose! I promise not to misappropriate them..."

When Xie Wei arrived outside Li Rui's office, he heard him talking on the phone.

Very loud sound.

Principal Li's attitude was also very sincere.

Just as he was about to push the door open, he heard Li Rui put down the phone and complained, "I haven't even warmed up to the 200 million yuan from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications yet! The program-controlled switching system is a project of the school-enterprise organization, and the school-enterprise organization is not short of money..."

"Bang~"

The door was pushed open heavily by Xie Wei.

"Xie Wei, why are you here? Who pissed you off? Why are you so angry?"

Seeing Xie Wei slamming his office door with anger on his face, Principal Li, feeling guilty, did not accuse him of being impolite.

"Where's the money?"

"what money?"

Principal Li looked at Xie Wei with a puzzled look on his face. "If you need money, go find Wang Zheng. I'm counting on you to run a branch of the school-enterprise business..."

Pack!
The old guy's pretense is based on complete shamelessness, it's really like that.

"Don't give me that. You have hijacked the 200 million yuan special fund for program-controlled exchanges from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Just now at the door, I heard you assuring your superiors on the phone that the funds would be used for their intended purposes..."

Xie Wei was too lazy to argue with Li Rui.

The school's new fiscal year funding has not yet arrived, but it has already been divided up among various projects, leaving a considerable gap.

Once the money is in Old Man Li's pocket, it is not easy to get it out. Once the old man approves the money for a project, there is no possibility of getting it back.

All the project leaders in the school are like Pi Xiu, they only take in money and never give out.

Moreover, the professors at Harbin Institute of Technology have a worst tradition. Whenever they are indecisive and cannot reason their way out of a problem, they will transform themselves into fighters who know a little bit about fighting and kicking!

Principal Li's desk has become the same as before, falling apart with a single tap!

Xie Wei didn't want to face them.

"well……"

"Don't tell me it hasn't arrived. Luo Cheng found a way to get the money from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Do you know why the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is willing to give this money? As long as our program-controlled switching system is developed, it can save billions of foreign exchange for the entire Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications! In the end, we may not even need foreign exchange..."

The old man probably doesn't know the seriousness of the matter.

"really?"

The expression on Li Rui's face turned serious.

"Recently, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications started negotiations with Fujitsu. Fujitsu's F-150 million-port programmable switching system was priced at 1500 million..."

"Damn it, you're robbing me!"

When Li Rui heard such a high price, his face was filled with anger, "It's even more shady than those devils who sell CNC machine tools!"

"..."

Hearing this, Xie Wei instantly didn't want to talk to the other party.

Can a 10,000-port programmable switching system be compared with a CNC machine tool?
At this stage, a 10,000-port programmable switching system can meet the communication needs of a relatively large city, and the call quality is very good.

"The design has been completed. Now we need to produce samples for testing. The project has run out of money. It will take some time for the subsequent loan..."

"Well, Xie Wei, how about I give you 50 first?"

Li Rui knew that he had to give the money, but he still didn't want to give it all.

Xie Wei just looked at him with amusement and said nothing.

"So, 100 million..."

Principal Li was somewhat embarrassed. As a principal, he handled tens of millions of funds every year. Now he was snatching funds from students. If the news got out, it would be really embarrassing.

But he had reasons to withhold the money.

Xie Wei still didn't say anything, and the amusement on his face became even more intense.

"The school really can't afford it, this is also for you..."

Li Rui looked at Xie Wei's playful smile and wanted to slap him in the face. It was all his fault!

Normally, Xie Wei is allowed to do whatever he wants, so what's wrong with embezzling some of his funds?
Principal Li was anxious at this moment.

"Haha~"

Xie Wei just laughed. The old guy was further pushing his limit.

What do you say for yourself...

I always feel like those parents who give their children New Year's money to coax them into giving them money, saying they are saving it for their children's good, actually just want to spend it!

"Really? You asked me to invite alumnus Yu Yongzhong back to school. He will come to school after the Chinese New Year... How can we make high-energy explosives without money?"

Li Rui hurriedly explained to Xie Wei.

Hearing this, Xie Wei was delighted, but on his face he did not believe Li Rui's reason for withholding the money. "Didn't I say before that the money could be used by the school and the enterprise?" "Ah~"

Li Rui sighed and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

Hey, another red panda?
The old guy went to the capital again?

Xie Wei took the cigarette, put it in his mouth, took out the lighter that Old Man Li gave him, but did not light it, waiting for his explanation.

"It is said above that the School Enterprise Office is not allowed to intervene in military technology projects. This also means that the School Enterprise Office is not allowed to invest in military projects in the future, and naturally cannot sell weapons and equipment."

After Li Rui blew out a cloud of smoke, he spoke slowly.

"???"

Xie Wei looked at him in confusion. Seeing that the old man didn't continue, he asked, "The school-enterprise office invested, but it didn't say that it would recover the investment itself. Didn't you say before that the school would set up another company to operate the export of weapons and equipment?"

Li Rui just smoked and didn't say anything.

Xie Wei looked at him, wondering how true the old man's words were.

He knew clearly that it was impossible to sell weapons and equipment through the school-enterprise office.

Even if civilian-to-military transition is possible decades later, and the state allows some private units to participate in the research and development of military technology, the sale of it will require military agents.

"We raise funds on our own, and our superiors don't give us a penny. What's there to disagree with?"

Xie Wei always felt that there was something wrong with this.

If the superiors do not provide funding, the school has a policy of independent project establishment given by the superiors, which is good for both parties.

How could you not agree?
"It's not that I disagree, but I'm asking the school to report related projects and receive supervision from above..."

Li Rui sighed again.

Xie Wei stared at him with wide eyes, "You didn't agree?"

Principal Li nodded.

"You didn't agree?!"

Xie Wei's voice suddenly rose an octave, his tone full of deep doubt.

"Why should we agree? Our superiors gave us autonomy over our project and asked us to raise funds on our own. They didn't give us a penny of funding and still wanted to manage our project. Can you agree to this?"

Li Rui waited for Xie Wei with wide eyes and questioned him in the same way.

"Ah~"

Now it was Xie Wei's turn to sigh.

Obviously, the old guy's mind is a bit reactionary.

After lighting up the cigarette and taking a few puffs, Xie Wei looked at Li Rui seriously and asked, "What do you want to do that your superiors don't allow?"

Except for those that are not allowed by superiors, superiors will not interfere in any ordinary military technology projects. Haven't you seen that when the rocket launcher is developed to a certain level, there are still troops involved in the testing?

Now there is only one answer: what Li Rui wants to do involves biology, chemistry, and nuclear power!

The school does have nuclear-related stuff. Although Xie Wei has never been exposed to such projects and majors at the school, Qian's first batch of mechanics students in China majored in high-energy physics. If others don't know what he is doing, Xie Wei can roughly guess that there are only a few majors related to nuclear-related things.

Especially in Xie Wei's era, it was impossible to meet students majoring in particle physics and nuclear physics at Harbin Institute of Technology outside.

Putting aside the nuclear technology that his superiors did not object to, it was obvious what Li Rui wanted to do!

"Are you crazy? We are a school! We are a place to train talents needed by the country! Not a place to train warmongers!"

At this moment, Xie Wei was really a little angry.

Even though he had a big imagination, he didn't dare to think that Li Rui would have such an idea.

"What are you thinking? We can choose not to produce, but we cannot do without technology! Do you really think that Europe and the United States will stop research in this area after signing the Biological Weapons Convention? Why do you think the Chemical Weapons Convention has been negotiated for so many years without any progress? That's because the chemical weapons mastered by the world are far more lethal than biological weapons..."

Li Rui was also a little angry.

This kid Xie Wei actually didn't support me in this matter.

"Currently, there is no specialized training and research in this area in China..."

Xie Wei turned around and left.

He didn't want to argue with Li Rui about this matter.

Walking to the door, Xie Wei stopped and turned to Li Rui and said, "Principal, your idea of ​​'we can have no production and no equipment, but we must have technology' is correct...but have you ever thought about what will happen if the talents in this field trained by our school go out...The old site of the 731 crime evidence is there, you can go and see it for yourself!"

Xie Wei couldn't continue.

Now, the 731 Crime Evidence Exhibition Hall has not yet been built, and the ruins have always been there.

No one can come out of it peacefully.

Xie Wei had been there once before, and he almost cried as he tried to hold back his tears while watching.

Especially the last concluding words: "Don't look back, keep moving forward, there is light at the exit, there are fireworks on earth, there is peace and prosperity for the country. Don't forget that the road you came from was filled with national suffering, national hatred and family feuds.

This caused Xie Wei to be in a depressed mood for a long time afterwards.

It was from then on that he began to accompany his children, urge them to study, and sent them to Harbin Institute of Technology...

Coming to this world, he didn't even dare to think about that place.

The old guy swelled up.

This thing is like Pandora's box. Once it is opened, no one knows how serious the disaster will be.

Xie Wei understood Li Rui's idea: it is possible not to build it, but it cannot be without it.

But Li Rui never thought that no one could guarantee that no students studying these majors would have any problems!

"Also, the army has a special chemical defense academy. Our school should not and cannot build these two majors!"

After saying this, Xie Wei left without looking back.

He even forgot that he came to Li Rui to ask for 200 million yuan in funding from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

Li Rui was completely stunned at this moment.

He really didn't expect Xie Wei to react so strongly to such a profession.

For a moment, he didn't know whether his thoughts were right or wrong.

"How's it going? Did you get the money?"

Xie Wei, feeling depressed, returned to the civil engineering building, and Luo Cheng came up to him.

Hey!
I was so angry that I forgot the purpose of looking for the old man.

Damn it, could it be that the old man made this up on purpose just to avoid giving him the funding approved by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications?

"It was intercepted by the principal."

"That won't work! That's the program-controlled switch project given to us by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Without this funding, our negotiations with Fujitsu will always be in a passive position... Only when we have the technology will they give up the idea of ​​blackmailing us!"

Luo Cheng was anxious, "No, I have to go find him!"

After saying that, he rushed outside.

Luo Cheng was originally a third-generation idiot who was a bit cunning, but not much.

Since he was the one who wanted the funds in the first place, Xie Wei naturally didn't bother to stop him.

"Bang bang~"

There was a knock on the open door of the office.

After Mo Lingyu knocked on the door, he saw Xie Wei looking up and walking inside. As he walked, he said, "Squad leader, your letter."

"A letter? Where did it come from?"

Xie Wei was puzzled. These days, writing letters was the most common means of communication, but because it took so long to write a letter, it was usually just ordinary communication.

After being in school for such a long time, Xie Wei has never received a letter from anyone.

"Rongcheng."

Xie Wei was even more confused, "When my father has something to do, he usually sends a telegram!"

Whenever Xie Jianguo had something to do, he would usually send a telegram. He would not save money just because the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications now charged 0.07 yuan, or 7 cents, per word for sending a telegram. Often, long-winded words would appear on the telegram.

Anyway, Hongguang Factory pays for it.

Director Xie had no awareness of saving money for the factory, especially when he was telegraphing his son, who was related to the development of the factory.

"I just arrived today. The logistics department knew you were here, so they asked me to bring you back..."

When I saw the address, recipient's name and other words on the envelope, each stroke was neat and straight, but when they were put together, they looked awkward.

Those with left-right structures either have one side larger than the other; those with top-bottom structures either have a big head and short legs…

Xie Wei really couldn't figure out who wrote to him. Anyway, he was in Chengdu and had no friends who wrote to him.

After giving the letter to Xie Wei, Mo Lingyu did not leave.

Xie Wei just glanced at her, then carefully tore open the envelope. As soon as he opened it, he was stunned.

"son……"

When I turned to the last page, I found that the signature was actually "妈". The character for "女" was just one square above the character for "女", and the character for "马" behind it was only half the size of the character for "女".

"My mother actually learned how to write letters."

Xie Wei couldn't help but laugh.

Mo Lingyu, who had been watching from the side, heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, and asked in disbelief, "Auntie couldn't read before?"

In her opinion, a mother who could raise geniuses like Xie Wei and Xie Rou must be very cultured.

What's more, Xie Wei's father is the factory director.

(End of this chapter)