In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 211 Harbin Institute of Technology to build a branch campus in Chengdu? A minivan with a 2-ton load capacity?
"Factory 122 had already reached an agreement with Principal Li. We would provide the design and technology, they would handle the production, and the school-enterprise cooperation office would be responsible for sales..."

Xie Wei briefly introduced the plan he had discussed with the leaders of Factory 122, saying, "The leaders from Factory 122 should be coming over with the plan tomorrow."

"..."

Zhang Mingqiu and Liu Debao looked at each other.

They both saw confusion in each other's eyes: Damn it, wasn't Xie Wei supposed to go and talk to Factory 122 about cooperation on aircraft-related technologies?

How did it turn into a car project collaboration?

Are you in the automotive business?

How many car manufacturers are there in China?
From special-purpose vehicles to trucks, and then to off-road vehicles and sedans, the lack is not in production capacity, but in advanced automotive technology and production capabilities.

"has a problem?"

Seeing their unusual reaction, Xie Wei asked in confusion, "Didn't Principal Li discuss this with you beforehand?"

"Uh……"

Zhang Mingqiu was momentarily speechless, unsure how to respond.

discuss?

Will Principal Li consult with others?

They didn't even know that the school was going to collaborate with Factory 122 to manufacture cars.

Wasn't it about cooperation in the area of ​​aircraft?

The school has reinstated its aerospace engineering department and will further expand its enrollment this year.

"I did say that, but our cooperation with Factory 122 is about the commercialization of aircraft-related technologies..."

Liu Debao quickly realized that he didn't need to tell Xie Wei about this, since aircraft technology was not a business under the school-enterprise office.

"Aircraft business?"

Xie Wei's eyes widened. "Our school specializes in fighter jet-related technologies! Factory 122 only has a production base for light bombers and helicopters..."

This is not okay.

Shen Huoyi and Cheng Luoma.

Xie Wei has no intention of changing the course of history.

Otherwise, if Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) does not produce the J-10, the J-20, and subsequent generations of fighter jets will be affected.

Although the J-31 that Shenyang Aircraft Corporation initially developed was a piece of junk, after years of research based on the J-31, they developed a series of fighter jets that could easily outperform advanced Western stealth fighters.

Factory 122 only needs to produce helicopters and light aircraft.

"It's only partial aircraft technology; it's impossible for them to produce prototype fighter jets there. They also lack the foundation; they can't possibly build a production line from scratch."

Zhang Mingqiu quickly gave a positive answer.

Fearing Xie Wei would continue to press for details about the school's cooperation with Factory 122, and that they were unaware of the inside story, Zhang Mingqiu quickly changed the subject: "Regarding the cooperation on automobiles, go find the person in charge of vehicle engineering and tell them your ideas."

"..."

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Xie Wei knew he had come for nothing.

Left with no other choice, I had to take my leave.

"Secretary Liu, when did Principal Li say that we were cooperating with Factory 122 on automobiles? Could it be that they're using this as an excuse to extort money from the school?"

After Xie Wei left, Zhang Mingqiu breathed a sigh of relief.

There was absolutely no prior indication of this.

"It shouldn't be that bad. Principal Li has never communicated with anyone about what he's done before... I don't think Factory 122 would do something like that, even though they're having a tough time."

In this regard, Liu Debao did not believe that Factory 122 was taking the opportunity to extort money from the school.

We need to cooperate.

"The key point is that Xie Wei said the funding needs to be supported by the school. Right now, the school needs money for various projects and construction. Many research projects don't have enough funding. Where can we get the money?"

Zhang Mingqiu had a bitter face.

The school currently has very little funding available, all because of the mess left by Li Rui.

"What about the contract between the school-enterprise cooperation office and the switchboard supplier in Rongcheng? Didn't they say they would make the payment immediately after the contract was signed?"

Liu Debao asked.

The school can't afford it anymore.

It's not appropriate for the school to take out a loan for the current automotive project in cooperation with Factory 122.

Previously, in order to support the school-enterprise office in producing 256-channel program-controlled switches, the school borrowed another 200 million yuan from the bank. Now that the school-enterprise office has the money, it must repay this loan!
"Who knows! That kid Wang Zheng is completely unreliable. He's been in Rongcheng for so many days and hasn't sent back a single message."

Zhang Mingqiu became unhappy when this was mentioned.

That damn Wang Zheng, doesn't he know that the school is counting on them to sign a contract with Rongcheng to recoup its losses?
Without funding, the school-enterprise cooperation office started the production of program-controlled switches. If there were no business, the program-controlled switches produced with the millions of yuan in funding would just pile up in the warehouse.

now.

Rongcheng.

Rongcheng Grand Hotel.

"Secretary Xu, Mayor Huang, Director Liao, let me raise another glass to you all to thank you for giving us this opportunity to cooperate..."

Despite his slurred speech, Wang Zheng forced himself to remain sober and raised his glass to toast the leaders.

After the school determined the conditions for cooperation with Chengdu, he rushed to Chengdu.

On the general terms of the cooperation plan, the two sides did not have major disagreements. However, on some details, especially when it came to management authority, neither side was willing to back down.

No matter what.

Wang Zheng was merely an executor and did not possess much power.

During the negotiations, the leaders from Chengdu also discovered this. They originally wanted the school to send another leader to discuss the matter together. However, Xie Jianguo, an internal comrade, kept urging the city to reach an agreement with the other party as soon as possible. Xie Jianguo fabricated a story, saying that after the leaders from Harbin discovered this, the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office negotiated with Chengdu and immediately went to find the leaders of Harbin Institute of Technology.

Wang Zheng and Luo Cheng readily confirmed this claim.

It just so happened that a leader in the city had connections with Harbin, so they sent a telegram to inquire. The reply they received was that as soon as Wang Zheng left, Wen Min and Wang Cheng from Harbin angrily went to the school...

Therefore, the original differences between the two sides were no longer a major issue.

Today, both sides finally reached an agreement.

But Wang Zheng couldn't let it go: the Rongcheng municipal government was now not even mentioning the Rongcheng Post and Telecommunications Bureau's telephone exchange network business!

"Wang Zheng, packing them up won't do!"

Post and Telecommunications Bureau Director Liao Songlin was displeased. "That's not how you toast people... You're not being sincere! Our post and telecommunications bureau's business depends on you..."

The other party directly used the switch service to target him, and even if Wang Zheng didn't understand, he couldn't pretend not to know.

Left with no other choice, they could only offer toasts to each of them one by one.

Before he could finish toasting everyone, he slid off the table.

"Gentlemen, that's about it for today..."

Looking at Wang Zheng, who had slid under the table, Xie Jianguo sighed inwardly. This kid has a low alcohol tolerance and is too straightforward.

"Alright. Director Xie, have someone take Director Wang and the others to the guesthouse. Let's have a short meeting..."

Xu Hongxia doesn't drink much.

Actually, it wasn't that they intentionally wanted to get Wang Zheng and the others drunk. There were only two people on the other side, while there were six or seven leaders from Rongcheng. Each person drank one cup, and Wang Zheng and the others had already downed more than a pound of baijiu. Soon, Xie Jianguo had someone take Wang Zheng and Luo Cheng to the guesthouse for accommodation, while he himself joined the leaders in a small meeting in the Rongcheng Hotel.

"Comrade Jianguo, although the city supports this cooperation, it was you who helped them secure some of the conditions..."

At the start of the meeting, Huang Kuirong looked at Xie Jianguo with a serious expression and said, "We could have fought for better treatment."

The meaning is clear: Xie Jianguo is suspected of betraying his own people.

“Indeed, Mayor Huang is right. If we continue negotiating and don’t back down, we can get even more than we have now.”

Xie Jianguo did not deny it at all.

His attitude stunned the leaders who were about to question him.

When did Xie Jianguo become so willing to admit his mistakes?

Unlike other unit leaders, Xie Jianguo was rehired as the factory director after retirement. He enjoys the benefits of a factory director but does not have an administrative rank, making him somewhat similar to a professional manager in the international community.

The key issue is that Chengdu authorities cannot easily dismiss him as the factory director!

If Xie Jianguo were not appointed as the factory director, the cooperation between Hongguang Factory and the Harbin Institute of Technology's School-Enterprise Cooperation Office would easily run into problems.

"That?"

Liao Songlin frowned. "Although their plan seems feasible, they only have small switches available right now, and we have to pay 800 million upfront..."

Speaking of this, talking about pine forests makes me feel uneasy.

As the head of the Rongcheng Post and Telecommunications Bureau, he had little say in the bureau's biggest project!
"If we are so calculating in the early stages of cooperation, wouldn't that contradict our previous statement about creating a benchmark for investment attraction? Leaders, if we cannot reach a cooperation agreement because of disagreements on some details, would Harbin Institute of Technology still place other technology transfer projects in Chengdu?"

Having served as factory director for almost two years, Xie Jianguo, who was never exactly an "honest man," still holds his own against the leaders of Chengdu.

He knows exactly where his strengths lie.

They never go too far.

This is precisely the edge that leaders can tolerate.

"But……"

Liao Songlin frowned, as if he wanted to refute Xie Jianguo.

You're being too generous, don't use the post office's funds!
800 million!

It's still the cost of the first phase of the project.

This all requires real money.

Without funding from higher authorities or support from the Rongcheng municipal government, although we can charge an initial installation fee for each new telephone user and receive monthly fees and other charges, the problem is that the funds we need to provide now have to be obtained through bank loans!
The post office will pay the loan interest.

In short, Xie Jianguo was using the post office's money to do favors for himself; it would be strange if Director Liao could be comfortable with that.

"There are no buts! Wang Zheng told me that the university-enterprise cooperation office is not only planning to establish a technology transfer base, but they also plan to establish a research and development center based on the production base, and may even establish a branch campus..."

Xie Wei had previously mentioned the establishment of a research and development center.

But Harbin Institute of Technology is establishing a branch campus in Chengdu?
That was completely fabricated by Factory Director Xie.

"really?"

Xu Hongxia and Huang Kuirong were immediately pleasantly surprised.

Putting aside the fact that Harbin Institute of Technology is establishing a branch campus, Chengdu doesn't seem to care that much. As the political and economic center of Southwest China and the provincial capital, Chengdu has quite a few universities.

The key is the R&D center!
A university's research and development center!
How much advanced technology research and related results transformation can it drive?
"Is there any doubt about that? I'm related to Du Guowang, the head of their Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department, by marriage! And the head of their Physics Department is my brother-in-law by marriage..."

At this moment, Factory Director Xie looked smug.

Have no idea.

The Xie family is good at having children. They had a daughter, and the head of the department at Harbin Institute of Technology was eager to adopt her as his goddaughter.

"Director Xie, this is no laughing matter. You know, this concerns Rongcheng's industrial development over the next few years. If anything goes wrong, the consequences will be..."

Xu Hongxia's face turned serious.

They knew that Xie Jianguo had connections with Harbin Institute of Technology.

I never expected our relationship to be like this.

"Secretary Xu, I'm not joking. If it weren't for this, why would they make so many demands? They don't want the additional power lines in our eastern suburban industrial park; instead, they want a huge area further away! Even if they wanted the land to build welfare housing, it wouldn't be this large!"

Xie Jianguo made full use of the various supporting conditions proposed by Wang Zheng to the Rongcheng Municipal Government.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

After exchanging glances, Xu Hongxia finally spoke: "In that case, let's sign the contract for the post office's telephone exchange with Wang Zheng and the others tomorrow. The city will advance 800 million of the first phase of the project cost of 400 million... However, there is one condition they have to agree to."

"???"

Everyone looked at Xu Hongxia with puzzlement.

All the conditions have been agreed upon, so why is Chengdu adding more conditions?
"The telephone exchanges used by the Chengdu Post and Telecommunications Bureau must be manufactured in Chengdu!"

Xu Hongxia said firmly.

Everyone immediately understood Secretary Xu's intention: the two sides were negotiating about Harbin Institute of Technology's industry-university cooperation with the Rongcheng Municipal Government to set up a switch manufacturing plant, which was originally intended to produce switches.

This 800 million yuan can be said to have been used for the economic development of Chengdu.

After all, Chengdu was somewhat reluctant about the cooperation terms: after several rounds of negotiations, the Chengdu government, which provided land, money, workers and factory buildings, only held 45% of the shares, while the Harbin Institute of Technology's Industry-University Cooperation Office held 55% of the shares!
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"Design a car?"

Professor Jogori, the head of vehicle engineering, looked at Xie Wei with surprise, "Your university-enterprise cooperation office is getting into all sorts of businesses now? Aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew?"

Faced with Professor Qiao's questioning, Xie Wei looked helpless.

He doesn't want to either.

Isn't this just cleaning up Old Man Li's mess?

“Professor Qiao, this matter was agreed upon by Principal Li and Factory 122 back then… The school-enterprise office has a lot of things to do now, and we don’t want to get involved, but this is related to the school’s reputation.”

Xie Wei explained with a wry smile.

When Li Rui did these things, he didn't consider the school's reputation at all.

What kind of car are you planning to get?

"Chogori asked Shevy,"

This young man in front of me has been causing quite a stir since he entered the school. Although he rarely stands out, there are almost no professors or teachers in the school who haven't heard of Xie Wei.

Since they've come to us, they must have something on their mind.

Other departments and programs that collaborate with the university-industry partnership office have received considerable funding, so their proposal might actually solve a lot of funding issues in vehicle engineering.

"Is such that……"

Xie Wei immediately took out a sketch of the structure of a van.

The standard capacity is 7 people. As for how many people it can carry, in the next ten or twenty years, when overloading will not be strictly checked in China, the amount it can carry will depend on how well the driver utilizes the vehicle's space.

With a standard load capacity of 800 kg, the vehicle needs to be able to operate normally even when carrying 2 tons of cargo...

"Are you sure you want us to design vans, and not freight trucks?"

After hearing Xie Wei's request, Qiao Geli's face immediately turned horribly dark. "We can't design it. Go find someone else to design it! This is utter nonsense! A 90-horsepower Jiefang truck can only carry 4 tons! You're asking a van to carry 2 tons?"

Professor Qiao had no choice but to get angry.

Xie Wei's proposal was complete nonsense!

(End of this chapter)