In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 217 Xie Wei, your double standards when it comes to spending money are too much!

"That shouldn't be the case. You and Luo Cheng didn't go there, did you? The people Luo Cheng contacted through his family don't know about our situation here..."

Xie Wei really couldn't understand it.

The Fuzhou telephone exchange has never contacted us.

To avoid being targeted by international telecommunications giants from the outset, and to avoid being suppressed by them due to insufficient technological reserves and funding, the school did not publicize its policies.

Xie Wei even located the switch manufacturing plant in the remote city of Chengdu.

"I've never been there, and Luo Cheng never mentioned contacting them for business..."

Wang Zheng looked at Xie Wei with a puzzled expression. "I thought it was you who contacted them."

Xie Wei was about to say how could he possibly contact the Fuzhou Post and Telecommunications Bureau, but then he remembered that he had often asked them to contact so-and-so, especially regarding the Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Plant, so he simply stopped talking about it.

We'll find out the specifics when the people from Fuzhou arrive and we ask them.

"Xie Wei, this 600 million yuan..."

With 600 million yuan in revenue, given the current state of the school-enterprise cooperation office, the money is spent very quickly after it comes in.

How should we spend it?
Wang Zheng, as the head of the school-enterprise cooperation office, dared not allocate the office's funds.

"Besides keeping 200 million for production needs, giving 200 million to the school, the remaining 200 million will be invested in ongoing research and development."

"Give it to the school?"

Wang Zheng looked at Xie Wei with a puzzled expression.

Doesn't the school-enterprise cooperation office have a fixed amount to hand over to the school every year?

"If it weren't for Principal Zhang, we wouldn't have been able to get the business in Harbin at all. The school is also facing financial difficulties. If we don't offer any assistance, how can the school help us find business in the future? As people, we need to have a long-term vision."

Xie Wei was somewhat dissatisfied.

Although Zhang Mingqiu never mentioned it, Xie Wei didn't want to create a rift in his relationship with Zhang Mingqiu over some funding.

"What about the office building that can be repaired? As our business expands, the office space needed by the school-enterprise cooperation office is getting bigger and bigger, and the Party School can't free up any more offices..."

The funds Xie Wei had previously allocated to Wang Zheng for a loan to build an office building have been misappropriated for related technological research and development within the university-enterprise cooperation office.

Especially the design of program-controlled exchanges and dedicated chips.

In his view, the funds generated by the current switch business can completely cover the losses from the misappropriated loans.

"Don't rush to build the office building. We need to get the 2000-line PBX installed as soon as possible, otherwise, once international telecommunications providers enter the market, we won't have any market at all!"

Xie Wei sighed.

The more than ten-year-long "seven countries, eight systems" approach in the telecommunications sector was a disgrace.

If Xie Wei hadn't gotten involved in the communications field, he wouldn't have felt it so much. These days, China lags behind foreign countries in every technological field, except for technologies like mushroom bombs and lasers.

Even due to the lack of basic infrastructure, the application of technologies such as lasers cannot compare with international standards.

"Technology is the foundation of our existence. Facing the encirclement of international giants, without technology and without a market, even survival would be a problem."

Xie Wei warned Wang Zheng.

Initially, Wang Zheng did not have the idea of ​​building a dedicated office building for the school-enterprise cooperation. It was Xie Wei who brought it up and asked Wang Zheng to go to the bank to discuss a loan. This made Wang Zheng put a lot of effort into building the dedicated office building for the school-enterprise cooperation.

Once completed, the office building of the school-enterprise cooperation office will, according to Xie Wei, become a landmark building in the entire city of Harbin!
"I understand."

"You don't understand anything! Come on, let's go find Director Sun..."

"what?"

Wang Zheng was stunned. Xie Wei had just told him to take a long-term view and to invest the limited funds in technology research and development and the construction of production lines.

Are they going to start building repairs again right now?
"We'll hold off on construction for now, but we can let Director Sun and his team design it first! If we want to build it into a landmark building for the entire city of Harbin, how long can the design process be short? The plans alone will take a long time to develop."

"But we don't have the money. Even if we hire an architecture professor, would Director Sun be happy if we don't pay a design fee?"

Wang Zheng retorted to Xie Wei in a low voice.

Damn it, whatever I do is wrong!

Xie Wei, on the other hand, always seemed to have a point no matter what he said.

There's nowhere to reason with them.

"Give me one or two hundred thousand yuan first. The school-enterprise cooperation office should be able to come up with that amount, right?"

As he continued, Xie Wei's voice suddenly became softer.

She looked at Wang Zheng nervously.

At that moment, he felt guilty.

Since the establishment of the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office, Xie Wei has been strategizing (or rather, giving orders) its development. He only makes demands and initially even helped solve funding issues.

Later, after the school-enterprise office secured stable income from companies such as Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Plant, Rongcheng Hongguang Machinery Plant, and Shuermei Sanitary Napkin Plant, it only cared about how to spend money and never asked how much income it had or whether it was enough to spend.

This can't really be blamed on Xie Wei: Wang Zheng doesn't like that old guy Li Rui, who always complains about being poor even when he has money.

Since joining the school-enterprise cooperation office, he has always kept in mind Du Guowang's instructions: regardless of whether Xie Wei is right or wrong, just do as Xie Wei asks.

"If we don't have enough money, I'll figure something out."

Seeing Wang Zheng's aggrieved expression, Xie Wei felt apologetic and silently took out a cigarette, handed one to Wang Zheng, and lit it for him.

He then, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, led Wang Zheng toward Sun Shaodong's office.

On the way, Wang Zheng just kept his head down and didn't say a word.

Feeling guilty, Xie Wei took the initiative to explain, "It's clear from Rongcheng's perspective that we can't entrust the project to the architecture department for design. The architecture department also needs projects and funding for its development; we're all in the same university, so we can't refuse to help if we can..."

The door to Sun Shaodong's office was open.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

Seeing that there was no one else inside, Xie Wei knocked on the door and went in without waiting for Sun Shaodong to call him.

"coming?"

Seeing Xie Wei and Wang Zheng appear at the door of his office, Sun Shaodong, who was engrossed in reading documents, only glanced up at them before returning his gaze to the documents.

His cold attitude was the complete opposite of his previous enthusiasm.

Xie Wei naturally knew the source of the other party's coldness.

"Um, Director Sun, do you have a moment? We'd like to discuss the proposed office building plan for the university-enterprise cooperation office with you..."

Wang Zheng was not as calm as Xie Wei, and was filled with unease at Sun Shaodong's indifference.

The department heads at the school usually seem gentle and refined, but once you provoke them, their fighting prowess skyrockets.

If you get beaten up then, it'll all be for nothing.

Just look at the result after Principal Zhang cracked Jin Xiaolian's skull open to see what happened.

Although the architecture department currently does not hold the same status as other departments in the university.

"What?"

"I have time! I have time! Please sit down, I'll make you some tea."

Upon hearing Wang Zheng mention the office building design, Director Sun's previously frosty expression instantly transformed into a kind smile. Even a Sichuan opera face-changing act couldn't match Director Sun's speed!

Xie Wei thought to himself, but didn't say it aloud.

Sun Shaodong's sudden change in attitude stunned Wang Zheng. He didn't come to his senses until Sun put down the documents in his hand, got up, went to the cabinet next to him, took out an enamel teacup, and then took out tea leaves. He hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Director Sun, you're too kind..."

"Don't mention it, please sit down, it will be ready in a minute."

Xie Wei showed no surprise at Sun Shaodong's change of attitude.

School leaders are all pretty much the same; they've long been used to it.

Moreover, compared to Principal Li, the gap is still too large: Principal Li's reputation for shamelessness has already spread.

The department heads at the school, on the other hand, do not have a bad reputation outside.

They still have some sense of shame.

"Director Sun, here are my thoughts on the office building for the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office..."

Holding the enamel teacup, Xie Wei gently blew on the tea leaves floating on the surface, took a sip, and then spoke.

"Four underground floors, eighteen above-ground floors, a total of 22 floors?"

After Xie Wei revealed his idea, not only was Wang Zheng shocked, but even Sun Shaodong was stunned.

A 22-story building!

The tallest building in Harbin right now is the Northern Building, which is only 10 stories including the basement.

Xie Wei is such a damn hypocrite!
At this moment, Wang Zheng only had this thought in his mind: Xie Wei had just said that the money should be spent on technology research and development and production line construction.

How much would a 22-story office building cost?

Besides, how big would a 22-story building have?

Does the school-enterprise cooperation office really need so many?
"Xie Wei, does the school-enterprise cooperation office really need such a large office building?"

The larger the project, the better for Sun Shaodong, as it not only hones his design skills in the architecture department but also provides him with more research funding.

But he still didn't want Xie Wei to be ambitious and eager for quick success.

A 22-story office building would cost at least tens of millions to build.

"It's not just used by the university-enterprise cooperation office, but also by its subordinate units... In addition, some of our university-enterprise cooperation office's technology research and development teams don't have suitable design studios..."

"Then there's no need to build such a large basement."

Sun Shaodong reminded Xie Wei.

Even without having designed such a tall building before, Sun Shaodong, as the head of the architecture department, is certainly not lacking in professional ability. "Two basement levels are enough."

"No, at least four floors. Some advanced technology projects will need to be researched in the basement... Building a temperature-controlled, dust-free laboratory in the basement is much cheaper than on the ground..."

Xie Wei looked determined.

The university-enterprise cooperation involves a large amount of electronic technology research. According to Xie Wei's plan, core and key projects are more suitable in a stable underground environment.

As for parking, that's not even on Xie Wei's mind right now.

The four-story underground space may not even be enough to meet the needs of the next ten years. Anyway, Xie Wei has already thought it through. In the future, any project built by the school and enterprise will need more underground space.

Especially in Harbin, where winter temperatures can drop to minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius.

"Constant temperature and dust-free environment, how much would that cost?"

Upon hearing what Xie Wei said, Wang Zheng immediately jumped up.

Where would the school-enterprise cooperation office get so much funding?
"It's not like we're going to make everything temperature-controlled and dust-free from the start. We have to consider that aspect during the design phase... and the electrical system, etc. We have to leave room for future upgrades. We don't want it to end up like those school buildings, with wires everywhere..."

Xie Wei stated his demands directly.

Pre-buried conduits are not currently used in many buildings in China.

This method is only used in large-scale construction projects, and those projects are all undertaken by experienced foreign technical teams.

"Wait a minute, let me write this down..."

Upon hearing what Xie Wei said, Sun Shaodong immediately realized that this involved many new topics. Fearing that he might have missed something, he hurriedly got up, took out his work notebook from the drawer of his desk, and quickly wrote down Xie Wei's requirements.

Xie Wei only needs to make the requests; how to achieve them is something the architecture department needs to consider during the design process.

His request prompted Sun Shaodong to take notes for more than ten pages!

This only records some key points.

"Director Sun, these are all essential requirements. We've built the building, and it can't be outdated in just a few years, especially the electrical system... We need to consider whether we can supply enough power to install a microcomputer in every office, etc..."

Sun Shaodong was powerless to refute Xie Wei's proposal.

There were so many things about the project that they had never encountered before.

It wasn't until after 1 p.m. that Xie Wei's stomach started rumbling, and Sun Shaodong realized that too much time had passed.

Xie Wei was given such a big project, and Director Sun was prepared to treat Xie Wei to a meal at a state-run restaurant next to the school, which Xie Wei refused outright.

"Xie Wei, how much would it cost to build the entire office building like this? Didn't you say the money should be spent on technology research and development and production construction...?"

After leaving Sun Shaodong's office, Wang Zheng finally couldn't hold back any longer.

I originally thought that spending three to five million to build an office building would be enough to accommodate all the departments.

Xie Wei not only demanded that the basement be designed to be temperature-controlled and dust-free in the future, but also that an insulation layer be installed on the exterior of the building, and that the entire building's heating system be connected from the outside, instead of having a boiler built in the basement like in the school's main building.

How much money does Xie Wei need to do this?

The double standards are too obvious.

"Let's design it first. If we don't consider these issues from the beginning, and then we need it later, not only will it waste time and money to renovate, but what if we can't renovate it at all? Build the whole building again?"

Xie Wei was too lazy to explain to Wang Zheng.

In the future, this building will definitely not be primarily used for offices, but rather for technology research and development!
Building the facility right next to the school and placing all the laboratories inside would maximize the use of the school's technological advantages, reduce R&D costs, and even better connect the school's industry-university cooperation office with the school's laboratories.

Explanation?

Wang Zheng simply couldn't understand it.

"But what about the money?"

Wang Zheng gritted his teeth and looked at Xie Wei, "I can't raise that much money. The current income of the school-enterprise office is barely enough to support the continued investment in related projects... Not to mention, the integrated circuit business has not only consumed all the profits of products such as calculators, but also requires more... You previously suggested that we also equip the school with a supercomputer, and the cost of a supercomputer is not low..."

Looking at Wang Zheng, who was gritting his teeth, Xie Wei couldn't understand where his resentment came from.

Is it wrong to plan ahead?
It's not like we have to come up with these funds right now.

There's no way around it that we have to invest a lot in computer-related technologies; to this day, the school hasn't even successfully developed its own microcomputer!

Naturally, increased investment is needed.

"Don't worry about the money. The business under the school-enterprise office is making more and more profits these days..."

"That's a double standard!"

Wang Zheng finally couldn't hold back any longer.

(End of this chapter)