In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 265 The Difficulty of Doppler Radar is Replaced by Phased Array Pre-research: The Fourth Generation Strategy for Military Industry is Released Ahead of Schedule

Hong Kong.

In a certain office building, there is only a small Starry Sky Investment Company, which is just over 100 square meters.

Wang Zheng has been here for several days and is already very familiar with the more than ten people in the company.

"Mr. Wang, your requirement for us to operate according to your instructions is not in accordance with investment rules... especially now that international oil prices have stopped rising and have been steadily declining for a long time... going long on oil is just giving money to the short sellers..."

The company's original head, Qiao Rongwang, solemnly warned Wang Zheng, a mysterious figure from mainland China who had acquired Xingkong Investment from Desheng Company. He had initially thought his boss was very powerful and transferred $1000 million into the company after the acquisition.

As a result, after just getting to know the company's business and personnel, he began demanding that the company operate according to his instructions.

If the other party is skilled in their work, Qiao Rongwang will not have any objections.

Despite the fact that international oil prices have already fallen from their peak and are now stabilizing, Wang Zheng still intends to go long!

Moreover, it involves going long on international crude oil contracts for December, three months from now.

"Bang~"

He slammed his hand heavily on the table.

Wang Zheng raised an eyebrow. "Doesn't meet the investment rules? You met them all before. May I ask, how much profit have you brought to the company? I've looked into it. When you first applied, you presented yourself as highly experienced, with Wall Street experience... and what happened?"

"Investing involves risks, and no one can guarantee a profit!"

Qiao Rongwang looked at Wang Zheng with disdain.

It's just a loss of HK$120 million.

"Furthermore, when additional investment was needed previously, Desheng Company refused to increase funding..."

“I acquired Starry Sky Investment to make money, not to give you experience! I’m the boss, I make the decisions. Either you do what I say, or you leave!”

Wang Zheng was too lazy to waste words.

Xie Wei made that request, so I'll just do it.

He had absolutely no liking for the working class who had not yet returned and considered themselves the elite of the once-mighty empire.

Of course, Mr. Wang wouldn't admit that it was because the other party had a guaranteed monthly salary of tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, plus even higher commissions. Mr. Wang, on the other hand, only received a deputy director's level 14 salary, which was a mere 124 yuan per month.

Jealousy is impossible.

Director Wang was born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze. He is a cadre with faith and a bright future!

How could I possibly be jealous of those working beasts of burden in the decadent capitalist world who worship money?

"This is authoritarianism!"

Qiao Rongwang never expected his new boss to be so domineering, not only ignorant of everything but also autocratic.

How am I supposed to earn a living from now on?
"You're talking to me about democracy in my private company? HR, give him compensation according to the contract. I don't want to see him!"

Wang Zheng snorted coldly.

What does it mean to act arbitrarily and autocratically?

Principal Li is, Factory Director Xie is, and Xie Wei is even more so.

Surrounded by people who run their own dictatorships, Wang Zheng was subconsciously influenced and started doing the same thing, without needing to learn anything new.

Besides, how can we operate according to Xie Wei's requirements without a one-man rule?

"Hmph, there's no future in staying with a company like that!"

Qiao Rongwang snorted coldly and turned to leave.

The door to the isolated office was not closed, and the sounds coming from inside reached everyone's ears.

When Wang Zheng came out of the office, everyone's eyes were on him.

"You all heard that. Anyone unwilling to do as I ask should immediately contact HR to process their resignation..."

No one left.

Given any other option, no one would choose such a small investment company.

A base salary of HK$5000 a month is not low in Hong Kong, especially considering that they don't need to attract investment or face performance pressure from other investment companies.

"Since no one is leaving, then do as I ask and give me a long position in the December international crude oil contract!"

Qiao Rongwang's resignation procedures were completed quickly. As he packed his things and walked out, Wang Zheng made a domineering demand of the company's young operators, and then turned around and went back to his office.

"Ha! You think you can make money anywhere in the international capital market? I'll see how you cry when you lose it all in three months!"

Qiao Rongwang left Xingkong Investment with a cold smile. Once outside, he found the sun shining brightly, and his mood improved.

Keeping it would be very detrimental to your future career.

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"Director Luo, it's a pleasure doing business with you!"

At the West Lake Hotel, after signing the papers, Matsuda Ichiban smiled and extended his hand to Luo Dong.

Despite his inner bitterness, Luo Dong maintained a smile, shook hands with the other party lightly, and said, "Pleasure doing business with you!"

"You made a very wise choice, not only acquiring the world's most advanced high-capacity program-controlled exchange, but also making a significant contribution to the development of your country's telecommunications technology..."

We finally secured our first business deal in China.

The contract no longer lists the original price of $1500; the price has been reduced to $620. This means that a 10,000-line PBX only costs $6.2 million. To secure the business, Fujitsu even included the price of the supporting equipment in the contract.

The profit margin was significantly different from what was previously expected.

However, the upcoming joint venture factory, which will allow them to secure more business, is entirely in line with Fujitsu's long-term development interests.

The market demand in China is enormous!

Fujitsu has decided to make the Fuzhou program-controlled switching network a model project.

Unlike in the past, this time they not only secured the city's post and telecommunications bureau's exchange center, but also other branch office computer rooms. If the results are good, the entire province's exchange centers will use their switches.

"Mr. Matsuda, we hope that your technical personnel will be dispatched as soon as possible..."

Luo Dong chatted with the other party for a few more minutes, then left the hotel under the pretext of being busy making preparations.

"Director Luo, the contract has been signed? Congratulations! You will become the first post office in the country to have a large-capacity, advanced process control exchange center..."

As soon as they arrived outside the hotel, they encountered Luo Cheng, who was waiting outside with a cigarette in his mouth.

Upon seeing Luo Cheng, Luo Dong's face showed embarrassment.

He originally genuinely hoped to cooperate with Harbin Institute of Technology. Even after finalizing the initial agreement with Fujitsu, he still only hoped that the head office and branch offices would use imported high-capacity program-controlled switches, while other branches would use those from Harbin Institute of Technology.

As a result, Matsuda Ichimoto and others were unwilling.

After the other party lowered the price to around $620 and agreed to establish a joint venture factory in China to produce small-capacity program-controlled switches with fewer than 1000 lines, things were no longer within Luo Dong's control.

All of this stemmed from the cooperation agreement they had previously finalized with Harbin Institute of Technology. Now, with the contract signed with Fujitsu, Luo Dong felt as if they were taking advantage of Harbin Institute of Technology.

"Luo Cheng, I'm so sorry..."

Luo Dong looked at Luo Cheng, remained silent for a while, and then spoke.

"Not only did the other party reduce prices by 60%, but they were also willing to establish a joint venture factory, which not only saved the country a lot of foreign exchange, but also greatly promoted the development of the country's telecommunications business and technology..."

Originally, Luo Cheng was prepared to give the other party a good scolding.

Seeing the guilt on Luo Dong's face, he gave up.

"I……"

I originally thought that Luo Cheng would angrily accuse me as before, which would ease my guilt.

Instead of angrily accusing the other party, Luo Dong felt even more guilty.

"Don't worry, domestic and imported products will inevitably clash sooner or later. Starting early, although it won't benefit the domestic companies that first developed the technology, it will still be of great benefit to the entire industry and technology... Let's go!"

After saying that, Luo Cheng, without any sense of public morality, threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and walked away.

Luo Dong, left behind, felt even more guilty as he watched his retreating figure.

Luo Cheng returned to school in the shortest possible time.

"The Japanese have drastically reduced prices and are preparing to establish joint venture factories. Many international telecommunications suppliers have also begun to drastically reduce prices and are preparing to establish joint venture factories in China..."

He found Xie Wei and gave him a detailed introduction to the current situation of the program-controlled switch market.

Thanks to his family background, he had a great deal of information about the industry.

“It’s only a matter of time.”

Xie Wei showed no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.

He never had high hopes for the business in Fuzhou from the beginning.

The development of program-controlled switches in schools started too late. Faced with the huge market, small-capacity program-controlled switches simply cannot capture much market share.

High-capacity program-controlled exchanges are the core competitive advantage.

"The factory in Chengdu..."

"Let's secure the internal switch orders from industrial and mining enterprises first."

Xie Wei said.

"You don't seem worried at all? Once international giants enter the market, it will be difficult for universities to quickly recoup their R&D funding. Moreover, increased competition will further drive down prices, squeezing our product's market share..."

It must be said that Luo Cheng grew rapidly after joining the Harbin Institute of Technology's Industry-University Cooperation Office.

"There's no need to worry about funding."

The $3 million from Iraq was almost an accident. Although all foreign exchange had to be handed over, Li Rui used the contract to ask his superiors for $1000 million in foreign exchange retention rights, citing the reason as purchasing scientific research equipment that was subject to foreign embargo.

As long as Wang Zheng doesn't mess things up, and international crude oil prices drop next February, Xie Wei can't guarantee that the $1000 million will be more than tens of millions of dollars.

Luo Cheng didn't ask Xie Wei about the source of the funding.

"Wang Zheng went to Hong Kong, so why hasn't a new leader been appointed for the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office yet?"

"It's not that it's not confirmed, the person just hasn't arrived yet."

Xie Wei didn't know what the higher-ups were thinking regarding the new head of the school-enterprise cooperation office, as he hadn't taken office yet. Liu Debao had specifically mentioned it to him before, saying that the person had been chosen.

Fortunately, market competition is not fierce these days, and the school-enterprise office has always been developing in a wild and unregulated manner, without a direct person in charge, so it doesn't have much of an impact.

"Go to Chengdu for a while. The Chengdu municipal government has invested a lot, and the business and market situation in Fuzhou will make them worried. The university can't just stand by and do nothing. Go there and set up a research and development center..."

Xie Wei gave Luo Cheng some instructions.

Before Wang Zheng left, he told Xie Wei that the Rongcheng municipal government was beginning to worry about this huge investment.

However, the current switch business in the two provincial capitals of Harbin and Chengdu is enough for the factory to produce for a long time, so no one from those cities has come to the school.

Not long after Luo Cheng left, Mo Lingyu, looking exhausted, walked in.

During this period, she has spent almost all her time in the lab and design studio. The two of them share an office, but now they rarely see each other.

"Don't just focus on work, you need to take breaks. You haven't been exercising in the mornings lately, have you?"

Seeing Mo Lingyu's haggard appearance, Xie Wei sighed silently.

The experimental classes at Harbin Institute of Technology are truly inhuman!

The classroom is still there, but it has been transformed into a dedicated discussion room for the experimental class. Many students in the class engage in interdisciplinary discussions and exchanges, instead of having professors give unified lectures.

A student has at least one or even multiple mentors, who can stay by their side and ask questions whenever they have any problems.

"Squad leader, the 2000-line PBX project is at a critical stage. If I were to go to the new project..."

Mo Lingyu refused Xie Wei's offer to work on the new project.

"AESA phased array radar has higher scanning accuracy, longer detection range, and stronger anti-jamming capability than PESA phased array radar... Currently, we lack the technological foundation in this area, and exploration is a very important task..."

Mo Lingyu has already demonstrated remarkable abilities in the field of radio. After she and her classmates completed the transistorization project for individual soldier radios delivered by the military, Xie Wei had her participate in the program-controlled exchange project, just to combine Mo Lingyu's radio-related technologies with computer technology.

Xie Wei hadn't originally planned to start investing in this project so quickly.

General Manager Song's words made Xie Wei realize that if he wanted to sell relatively advanced weapons and equipment to the world, he had to follow the path of "equipping one generation, developing one generation, pre-researching one generation, and exploring one generation" in the military industry.

However, the domestic infrastructure is still weak and funding is insufficient, so this approach of "four generations" has not yet become the core strategy of the entire military industry system.

Both the 14th Research Institute and the 607th Research Institute have begun developing pulse-Doppler radar.

在相控阵雷达领域，由于640工程中的718工程属于超远程雷达项目，7010远程警戒雷达预警范围达到3000公里；710远程跟踪雷达可以同时在2000公里的距离上跟踪10个目标……

The foundation for developing phased array radar already exists.

What truly convinced Xie Wei to skip the passive phased array radar (PESA) and go straight to the next generation of more challenging dynamic active phased array radar was Academician Liu, who will be returning to China next year after completing his studies at the University of Birmingham!
no way.

Currently, due to the immaturity of supporting technologies, Xie Wei plans to discuss with General Manager Song and other professionals, suggesting that the development of the J-10 be transformed into a technical demonstration project.

First, come up with the Super-7 plan. If Pakistan is willing to invest, then proceed with the Super-7 project.

The Super-7 was used to accumulate experience and at the same time to verify some technologies of the J-10.

In the early design of the J-10, the presence of canards was not solely due to the J-10's insufficient power. According to the requirements of the Air Force in the 80s, it was entirely possible to increase lift and compensate for insufficient power without canards.

Later, some people speculated that the canards on the J-10 were for technical verification of the J-20!
When power is insufficient, it is understandable to use canards to increase lift; when power is abundant, the combat effectiveness increases instantly with the addition of canards.

After all, at this stage, proposing a solution to equip a fighter jet with three engines, one of which is a detonation engine used only in missiles, would likely get Xie Wei locked up in an asylum by the bigwigs...

(End of this chapter)