In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 218 Oh, Old Man Li secretly came back? How dare you come back?

"Double standards? Where are the double standards?"

Xie Wei stared at Wang Zheng in astonishment.

"I suggested building an office building, and you said we needed to invest in technology research and development. And what happened? You turned around and made even more expensive requests, many times more expensive than what I initially suggested..."

Wang Zheng said angrily.

"How can these be the same?"

Xie Wei was stunned.

It seems, it appears, there really is a bit?

Even if he knew, he wouldn't admit it.

Different perspectives and different mindsets naturally lead to different results. I'm just planning ahead to save money in the future, right?

Xie Wei gave himself a perfectly valid reason.

Seeing Xie Wei's shameless face, which was even more shameless than Principal Li's, Wang Zheng gave up on trying to reason with him.

He was afraid that Xie Wei would lose the argument and become enraged, resorting to force like Principal Li and the others had done, and then he would have suffered for nothing.

When it comes to Xie Wei, none of the school leaders care about logic or reason.

Xie Wei is the right person.

Wang Zheng has a deep understanding of this; otherwise, he wouldn't still be sitting comfortably in his position as the director of the school-enterprise cooperation office.

Looking at Wang Zheng's expression, Xie Wei knew what he was thinking, and it wasn't easy to argue against what the other party had said.

"By the way, Brother Wang, do you know where Principal Li went? What about the export customers he mentioned before?"

Changing the subject is the best approach.

"Export customers?"

Wang Zheng frowned. Xie Wei's thinking was too jumpy, and he couldn't keep up at all.

There are no problems with the export business handled by the school-enterprise cooperation office.

"Rocket launchers, rocket artillery, and even grenade launchers. The previous cooperation with Jiangbei Machinery Factory seems to have fallen through..."

Thinking about the money issue, Xie Wei remembered what Li Rui had mentioned earlier about a foreign inspection team coming.

Months have passed, and not a single word has been heard.

The Jordanian delegation to purchase fighter jets didn't come, nor did the Thai delegation. Xie Wei didn't believe it was because he, like a butterfly flapping its wings, caused the problem.

"This is a matter for the school; our school-enterprise cooperation office can't interfere."

After understanding what Xie Wei was saying, Wang Zheng said speechlessly.

Did Xie Wei not know about this?
No, he knows.

When Xie Wei was vying for power with Li Rui, they had agreed that the school would be responsible for military-related projects, while the school-enterprise office would only be responsible for civilian products.

After all, under the export agency system, the university-enterprise office cannot overstep its bounds.

"I didn't say I was going to interfere. Don't you usually pay attention to these things? It's a school matter, after all..."

Hearing Wang Zheng's answer, Xie Wei felt somewhat helpless.

This guy is like a puppet, he has no initiative at all.

"The school-enterprise cooperation office is overwhelmed with work. Although there are about ten or twenty people at the school responsible for related work, the organizational structure is incomplete, the division of responsibilities is unclear, and they still have to coordinate with the outsourced staff..."

Upon hearing Xie Wei say that he wouldn't pay attention, Wang Zheng suddenly became agitated.

I would like to pay attention to it myself.

Do you have the time and energy for that?
From the very beginning, after Xie Wei proposed the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office, he basically only made demands and ignored the office itself.

Originally, Wu Tao was in charge of making arrangements for various matters in the school-enterprise cooperation office, but what was the result?

"The school-enterprise cooperation office cannot continue to be in such a chaotic state. I will communicate with Principal Zhang and the others as soon as possible to readjust the entire school-enterprise cooperation office management system..."

Xie Wei sighed silently.

This is not his fault.

To lay a solid foundation for future research and development and to raise funds for research and development and construction, Xie Wei devoted most of his energy to the research and development of related technologies. In addition, he is currently still a student and holds the title of consultant for the university-enterprise cooperation office, but he simply doesn't have time to manage the affairs of the university-enterprise cooperation office.

Without reliable manpower available, it's impossible for one person to do everything perfectly with limited energy.

Looking at Xie Wei, Wang Zheng decisively chose to remain silent.

The current school-enterprise cooperation office is like a disorganized mess; if it weren't for the rapid growth of its various businesses, it would have already collapsed.

As the head of the school-enterprise cooperation office, he was naturally aware of this.

What can I do?
The school has always believed that Xie Wei is in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation office, but what happened?
Xie Wei only made demands, completely disregarding how the school-enterprise cooperation office should develop, and even less so the various internal conflicts within the office.

"You go ahead and get busy, I'm going to see Professor Zhai."

Unable to communicate with Wang Zheng about this matter, Xie Wei naturally couldn't tell him that the current situation in the school-enterprise office was almost entirely his doing, hoping that someone would stand out and then be given special training.

It's a pity that in this environment, no one can stand out.

The positions were assigned by the school to the school-enterprise office when the departments did not have much potential; the sales staff under them were all educated youth who had returned to the city but failed to get into university.

Just like decades later, when the military recruits soldiers, apart from national defense students and college students who join the army, most of the recruits are those who are eliminated by the college entrance examination.

China's college entrance examination is the only truly fair examination in the world.

With a heavy heart, Wang Zheng left Xie Wei's office. He didn't want to be the lousy director of the school-enterprise cooperation office for even a day longer.

But there is no way.

Originally, he was just Du Guowang's assistant. Becoming the director of the school-enterprise office was already a leap of several levels. If he had any connections or abilities, he would have gone to other systems long ago.

Xie Wei knew what Wang Zheng was thinking, but since he couldn't explain it, he could only leave it at that for now.

After Wang Zheng left, he didn't stay in the office any longer, but went to find Zhai Xinguo and Tang Daoxian.

Wang Zheng didn't pay attention, but Professor Zhai should know something about it, right?
"Can a 40mm sniper grenade now guarantee a bullet dispersion within a 20x20cm area at a range of 200 meters? Beyond that distance, the dispersion becomes uncertain?"

After listening to Tang Daoxian's introduction, Xie Wei asked in surprise.

A ballistic dispersion of 20×20 centimeters within a 200-meter range is already a very high level of accuracy.

Grenade launchers, after all, are different from sniper rifles; their strength lies in their area-of-effect damage.

"Yes, this is related to propellant, aiming systems, and so on, and requires continuous research. Currently, the project's focus is on the rocket launcher..."

Tang Daoxian looked at the class monitor with hopeful eyes.

At that moment, he desperately wished that the class monitor would wave his hand and tell him that none of this mattered, that he would provide funding for them, and that they should just work hard to achieve their goals.

"Compared to rifle grenades with a range of only a few dozen meters and unreliable accuracy, this is already quite good..."

Xie Wei's answer disappointed Tang Daoxian.

Zhai Xinguo, who had been silent, frowned upon hearing this. "Xie Wei, the technical performance of rocket launchers cannot be improved in a short time, while sniper grenades fill the gap in the middle, and even have a longer range... Why don't you talk to the school and ask them to increase the funding..."

Funding!

Zhai Xinguo never went to see Xie Wei and was aware of the school's current financial situation.

Xie Wei's initiative in visiting indicates that there is an opportunity to obtain more funding.

Xie Wei hasn't shown up for so long!

"Increased funding is not out of the question at present."

Xie Wei naturally understood Zhai Xinguo's thoughts. He couldn't promise anything. The funds previously provided for the sniper grenade launcher and disposable rocket launcher were all drawn from the school-enterprise office.

The finances of the school-enterprise cooperation office are now in a mess.

"what?"

Tang Daoxian clearly did not understand the subtext of Xie Wei's words.

In his mind, if the class monitor could provide support, shouldn't he directly raise the issue and tell him what to do?

How can I respond when someone says something so ambiguous?

It must be said that Tang Daoxian's experience was far too lacking. "What should we do?"

Zhai Xinguo understood Xie Wei's unspoken message: "Anything we can do is not a problem."

The entire project has already cost over a million yuan, and Zhai Xinguo knows he can no longer expect Xie Wei to provide unconditional support. "The cooperation with Jiangbei Machinery Factory has almost come to a standstill. Forget about financial support, they haven't even provided the technical personnel that they were supposed to offer to the project team..."

Before Xie Wei could ask, Zhai Xinguo said that the cooperation between the school and Jiangbei Machinery Factory had come to a standstill.

"They abandoned the cooperation?"

Xie Wei frowned.

Jiangbei Machinery Factory was the unit that developed the PF89 disposable rocket launcher. Because of Xie Wei's presence, the project was first established at Harbin Institute of Technology and achieved certain results.

Logically, Jiangbei Machinery Factory shouldn't have given up.

But now Zhai Xinguo says that Jiangbei Machinery Factory has given up on the cooperation.

"It's not that we've given up. The military was originally going to place an order with us, but because the performance wasn't particularly outstanding, the university proposed an improvement plan, so the military's order was temporarily put on hold..."

After hearing Zhai Xinguo's explanation, Xie Wei finally understood what had happened.

Got it!
It was Principal Li bragging to the troops again, saying that he could provide longer range, higher accuracy, and greater power.

This caused the rocket launcher that had been developed to lose the military's testing orders.

Jiangbei Machinery Factory would naturally suspend the cooperation agreement if it did not see any profit.

"So all they want is a share of the profits!"

Xie Wei said through gritted teeth.

He could understand Jiangbei Machinery Factory's caution, but he couldn't accept it. "In that case, if there are any more orders, we'll switch to another factory..."

"The problem is we don't have any orders!"

Zhai Xinguo looked troubled.

If there are orders, it's not a problem at all.

They've already secured funding for continuous research and development!
"They didn't manage to get a thermobaric weapon?"

Xie Wei's expression darkened.

He told Tang Daoxian the formula for the thermobaric warhead through various not-so-secret methods, since in previous tests, neither the 40mm sniper grenade nor the disposable man-portable rocket launcher had achieved the expected power.

It's been so long, the formula has been provided, but it's still not done?
"It's done! The power is about three times greater than before... but we haven't heard anything from the military... Principal Li was the one making the contact before..."

Zhai Xinguo's explanation immediately made Xie Wei understand what was going on.

It's Li Rui again!

The old man controlled all the power in the school, which led to problems after the school's military industrial project was successfully developed, because without Li Rui acting as a go-between, issues arose.

"After Principal Li left, we didn't know who to contact... Xie Wei, do you know where Principal Li went?"

Zhai Xinguo asked Xie Wei with a bitter expression.

Xie Wei couldn't answer.

Old Li has not yet resigned from his position as principal; Zhang Mingqiu is the acting principal; and Liu Debao is still the acting secretary.

But the old man seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace whatsoever.

Even though Xie Wei asked Zhang Mingqiu to contact Li Rui, there has been no response so far.

"Let's organize the current results first..."

Xie Wei thought for a moment. If he didn't hear from Li Rui again, in order to continue these projects, he would have to find a way to contact the military leaders himself, and he would have to do some persuasion.

Everyone needs a tube; that's a must.

Sniper grenades can only compensate for insufficient firepower in the immediate area.

"Teacher, the class monitor hasn't given us any results yet. Can we continue like this?"

After Xie Wei left, Tang Daoxian looked worried.

After Xie Wei provided the thermobaric bomb formula, Tang Daoxian followed Xie Wei's instructions and did not tell anyone. However, the thermobaric disposable cartridges were only used for attacking fortifications and were quite effective, but their power against armored targets was ultimately too small.

Under such circumstances, Tang Daoxian, under the leadership of Zhai Xinguo, had no choice but to begin researching armor-piercing rocket launchers.

This forced Tang Daoxian to cram in other knowledge.

Filling in the gaps in my knowledge is not a problem.

But this requires more funding.

"It should be fine. Xie Wei hasn't come over for so long, I think there's a chance now..."

Zhai Xinguo was also unsure.

Professor Zhai, who was engrossed in technological research and development, was clearly unaware of the news regarding the Jordanian and Thai delegations.

"Where did you go? We've been looking everywhere for you!"

Xie Wei came out of Zhai Xinguo's office and before he could even return to the Civil Engineering Building, he was blocked by Zhang Mingqiu, who immediately questioned Xie Wei in a hostile manner.

"???"

Xie Wei was completely confused.

"Principal Li is back, but he couldn't come to the school himself, so he asked me to come find you..."

What the hell?

Is Old Man Li back?
Is it inconvenient for you to appear at school?
What did the old man do?

"Follow me quickly!"

Before Xie Wei could react, Zhang Mingqiu pulled him into the 212 jeep next to them.

Throughout the journey, no matter how Xie Wei asked, Zhang Mingqiu did not give any answer and could only remain silent in the end.

The jeep didn't stop until it reached the Northern Building.

"Hey, old man Li, you've struck it rich? You're back at school and not going home, but staying at the Northern Mansion instead?"

The Northern Mansion can be said to be the best guesthouse in the entire Northeast.

Stay one day, and you'll never lose money.

Xie Wei had heard of this building, which is currently the tallest building in the entire Heilongjiang Province, countless times, but had never been to it.

Thinking of the many mysteries Li Rui had left him with during this time, Xie Wei's words couldn't help but carry a hint of sarcasm.

Zhang Mingqiu didn't respond.

The jeep stopped in front of and behind the building, and they pulled Xie Wei inside.

"Hey old man, you've been having a good time lately!"

Several months later, Xie Wei saw Li Rui again. Seeing the old man's ruddy complexion and thinking about the mess at the school, a cold smile appeared on his face, and he mocked him to his face.

"I'll give you a chance to rephrase your words and speak to me!"

Principal Li's face darkened at Xie Wei's sarcastic remarks, and he looked at his most valued student with obvious displeasure.

What a waste of attention! Were all these efforts wasted?
"Cut~"

Facing Old Man Li, Xie Wei, who had been suppressing too much dissatisfaction, simply couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. "You abandoned the school and disappeared. Now you know you can't face the school's faculty, staff, and students. You've come back hiding and dodging. And you want me to rethink my words?"

"Bang~"

He slammed his hand heavily on the table.

"You think I wanted to? If this weren't related to the school's future development, I wouldn't have sneaked back!"

what?
Did you sneak back?

Xie Wei didn't react for a moment.

"Neither the Thai nor the Jordanian inspection teams will come to our school. I've tried many methods, but they simply don't take us seriously... That's understandable; we're just a school, not a weapons design institute or a manufacturing plant..."

Old Man Li's words immediately stunned Xie Wei.

(End of this chapter)