In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 305 Experimental Class Sends International Students; Architecture Department Head Takes Advantage of School-Enterprise Office Chaos to Scam Xie Wei
"Which organization are you from? What are the specific details?"

When Vice President Liu saw that the other party did not answer, he looked at Li Rui.

"Sir, Harbin Institute of Technology is preparing to develop a miniaturized active phased array radar, originally intended for fighter jets. However, it's too large and heavy... Considering that naval warships are larger and require a longer detection range... if the navy needs it, we can modify the design to meet their requirements, with a search range of no less than 200 kilometers, a tracking range of more than 160 kilometers, and a lock-on range of 120 kilometers..."

"really?"

Vice President Liu suddenly stood up.

The surprise came too suddenly.

The navy's ships were already outdated, and the deployment of the HQ-61 air defense missile system on ships had been slow, with the biggest problem being the incompatibility between the various radar systems used on the warships.

"Commander Long Yaohua just returned from Harbin Institute of Technology..."

"Wait a moment, I'll make some arrangements. Let's go to the Navy Headquarters!"

Without a second thought, Chief Liu immediately summoned his secretary to inquire about his recent work arrangements. After handling the urgent tasks, he took the two men to the Navy Headquarters.

"We definitely need destroyers! Vice President Liu, our navy needs aircraft carriers even more!"

Navy Chief Ye said with a bitter face, "If we build Aegis-equipped ships first, we don't know when our dream of having an aircraft carrier will be realized."

The navy has always wanted to have aircraft carriers.

Even though the 707 aircraft carrier project failed in 1970 due to its extreme difficulty, the Navy has never given up on the idea of ​​having an aircraft carrier.

Liu, the deputy chief of staff of the Navy, was the one who proposed the 707 aircraft carrier project.

"Before the 90s, the navy should not even think about building aircraft carriers. Even if they did build aircraft carriers, without an advanced escort fleet, they would only become huge targets at sea. And aircraft carriers are not in line with the country's defense strategy."

"I said to Chief Ye," said Vice President Liu.

He wanted the navy to have its own aircraft carrier fleet more than anyone else.

We can't ignore the actual situation of the country just because we want to, right?
"Even with a sufficiently long detection range, there are no area air defense missiles with a sufficient range."

The only air defense missile system currently being deployed on ships is an improved version of the HQ-41 medium- and low-altitude surface-to-air missile defense system, which was renamed from the HQ-61.

The HQ-61 has a maximum altitude of 8000 meters, a maximum range of 10 kilometers, a maximum speed of Mach 3, and semi-active homing guidance.

Unlike the stability of ground-based launches, warships face harsh maritime environments where hull vibrations, rolling, and noise all affect launches. Therefore, to date, the HQ-61 missiles on the Type 053 frigates have not yet been successfully deployed.

"We are currently developing a surface-to-air missile with a range of 50 to 70 kilometers."

Liu Debao hurriedly said.

"Is it the HQ-2 or an improved version of the HQ-3?"

"Chief Ye asked."

The HQ-2 and HQ-3 air defense missiles are currently the longest-range and highest-altitude air defense missiles in China.

"Even if the fuel for these two air defense missiles were changed to solid fuel, they would still not be suitable for shipboard operation."

Chief Ye reminded Liu Debao.

"No. Harbin Institute of Technology has improved the PL-4 air-to-air missile using new infrared guidance technology... Based on this, the missile diameter has been increased and the missile body lengthened. As long as the seeker's detection range can reach 50-70 kilometers, the missile's range can reach that figure. The version launched from the ground is an improved model based on these technologies..."

Currently, the school's project is still in its infancy, with only theoretical plans that have been proven.

However, this did not prevent Secretary Liu from using it to persuade the navy to invest.

"This missile was designed from the very beginning to be a multi-purpose missile..."

"Is that so?"

Chief Ye fell into deep thought.

"They went to find the navy?"

Long Yaohua looked at the staff officer giving the report, "What project?"

"Phase-array radar and medium- and long-range air defense missile projects are underway on ships. However, the Navy has not yet given a response."

"It's not easy to deploy medium- and long-range air defense missiles on ships, but if the navy also invests in miniaturization projects for phased array radars, it will not only allow the navy to have a longer warning range, but also reduce costs."

Long Yaohua thought for a moment and then said, "Let's keep an eye on the news. What are the Air Force's considerations regarding the new fighter jet project? Have they started contacting the United States?"

"There's a lot of debate within the Air Force right now, and there's no clear conclusion. Both the Air Force and Navy are in agreement on cooperating with the US to improve the J-8II. On the US side, companies like Westinghouse, Hughes Aircraft Company, General Electric, and Grumman have all shown strong interest..."

"Ah~"

Long Yaohua sighed.

Thinking back to Xie Wei, who proposed a cooperation plan with the United States, I really don't know how such a young man thinks.

The Americans are unwilling to discuss anything else, and they don't even intend to sell more advanced fighter jets.

"Report back immediately when you have any results from the Air Force."

Long Yaohua rubbed his throbbing head. "Perhaps, after graduation, letting Xie Wei join the General Staff would better utilize his strengths?"

Achoo!

While racking his brains about how to further improve the performance of the active phased array radar under the current technological limitations, Xie Wei, at the data processing center, suddenly sneezed.

"Have a cold?"

Mo Lingyu, who was standing to the side, looked up and asked with concern.

With the final stage of the 2000-line program-controlled exchange project approaching, and Xie Wei being extremely busy all day, the two have less and less time to meet, sometimes not even once a week.

"Nope."

Xie Wei shook his head.

"Take good care of yourself."

After Mo Lingyu finished speaking, she picked up a thick stack of technical documents and prepared to leave.

"and many more."

Xie Wei called out to Mo Lingyu, who stopped and turned to look at him, waiting for him to speak.

By now, Mo Lingyu had given up all hope for Xie Wei in their relationship. She had made her feelings so obvious, yet Xie Wei had not given her any response.

"Are you really not considering the radar project? Radar and communication integration is the future direction of development, and I think you are suitable for the radar project."

Xie Wei looked at Mo Lingyu with a sincere expression.

The vast majority of students in the Class of '78 went on to work on military research projects.

Because the school's military research projects need more personnel, a large portion of them have been seconded to other units.

"..."

Although she knew perfectly well that what Xie Wei said was not what she wanted to hear, Mo Lingyu was still speechless.

He said calmly, "Class monitor, the school is planning to select a group of students to study abroad from the experimental class. I've signed up and I'm going to the United States."

"what?"

Xie Wei looked surprised; he didn't know about this.

Although he used advanced fighter jet technology as a reason to try to accelerate the implementation of the "Peaceful Exemplar" project, it has only been a few days and there is still no sign of it happening.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go and get back to work. The task of installing 2000 PBX lines is very demanding right now."

"..."

Is this woman on drugs?
Not only has she become increasingly cold and distant towards me lately, but she also speaks as if she's on steroids. Is it all because I sent her to the radar project?
"..."

Seeing that Xie Wei didn't say anything, Mo Lingyu sighed silently, too lazy to even stay angry.

Turn around and leave.

This little incident did not affect Xie Wei.

Active phased array radar is a must-have. Even without fighter jet projects, it's indispensable if the navy has designs on Aegis-equipped ships. Originally, he thought Mo Lingyu was familiar with communication technology and understood radio technology, making her the most suitable candidate to switch to radar and be responsible for related technology research and development. After all, very few professors at the university currently conduct interdisciplinary research.

The students in the first experimental class learned a lot of basic courses from different majors and performed exceptionally well in interdisciplinary research.

Mo Lingyu is undoubtedly an outstanding individual.

However, she refused.

"Yes, there is a group. Eight students from your class have been selected as exchange students and will go to the United States after the new year for a year."

Zhang Mingqiu looked at Xie Wei with a nervous expression.

I'm afraid Xie Wei might suddenly suggest he go too.

Xie Wei was the most suitable person to be sent abroad to study, but the school was afraid that something might happen to him after he went abroad, so it was impossible for them to let him go.

"Isn't Mo Lingyu suited to go abroad?"

"how?"

Zhang Mingqiu stared at Xie Wei in astonishment. "You don't know?"

Should I know?
Xie Wei looked puzzled; Mo Lingyu's matter seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Seeing Xie Wei's bewildered expression, Zhang Mingqiu's lips twitched. "Xie Wei, it's good for young people to strive for progress. If you only focus on work and neglect other things, you'll miss out on a lot of fun in life. These fun things are actually a way to add variety to life and help you work better... Mo Lingyu wasn't originally on the list, but she volunteered..."

"It would be good to go out and see the world."

Xie Wei was completely confused.

I honestly don't know what Zhang Mingqiu was trying to say. "It's a fact that the US is more advanced than us. Wouldn't it be better to learn from their advanced technology and come back to build our motherland? Otherwise, I wouldn't have suggested to the military leaders that the Americans help improve the design of the J-8II and involve our technical backbone in it..."

Looking at Xie Wei's expression, Zhang Mingqiu felt like he was talking to a brick wall.

Fortunately, Xie Wei is so thoughtful and talented in technological research and development and business, but he is a complete mess when it comes to love.

Zhang Mingqiu was really wronging Xie Wei. Xie Rou's emotional intelligence was negative, but Xie Wei wasn't much better. Even in his original world, every woman around him told him, "I'm not with you because of your money, but because I like you as a person..."

Actually?

Xie Wei didn't put any effort into women at all; when he wasn't busy with work, he spent all his time on his children.

Now I have even less energy to spend on personal feelings.

Xie Wei admires himself for not going crazy, despite juggling various technical projects.

"By the way, Principal Zhang, when exactly will the person in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation office be in place? The school-enterprise cooperation office can't continue to be so disorganized. If it develops for a while longer, the management will become much more difficult."

Xie Wei didn't dwell on why Mo Lingyu suddenly applied to go abroad.

He came to see Zhang Mingqiu this time to get the management of the school-enterprise office on the right track.

"Many of the talents cultivated internally by the school-enterprise cooperation office have performed very well in the past two years."

Zhang Mingqiu didn't understand why Xie Wei suddenly changed the topic to the management personnel of the school-enterprise cooperation office. "Weren't we planning to cultivate and select them from within the organization before?"

"I can't wait. Besides, even if the people recruited by the school-enterprise cooperation office have been trained, they are all educated youth who failed the college entrance examination... Those who work hard and take the initiative to learn management and market knowledge can still be useful."

Xie Wei now realized how much trouble he had been spared with Wang Zheng around.

Logically, Zhang Mingqiu should be in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation office.

It's unclear whether Zhang Mingqiu was simply trying to demonstrate his control over the school-enterprise office to Xie Wei, or whether he was simply too lazy to care and didn't bother with its affairs.

Wang Zheng has been gone for quite some time.

It's fortunate that the domestic market isn't too competitive these days, otherwise the university-enterprise cooperation office would have gone out of business long ago.

"I'll urge Principal Li."

"As soon as possible."

Xie Wei looked at Zhang Mingqiu helplessly, wanting to remind him: You are the principal, pay more attention to the school-enterprise office, which is related to the development of the school!

But thinking back to the contract he signed with Li Rui to prevent the school from treating the school-enterprise office as a money bag, he ultimately said nothing.

"Xie Wei, are you going to repair the building in your school's enterprise affairs office?"

Sun Shaodong stopped Xie Wei in front of the Civil Engineering Building, "We've already finished the design work..."

Sun Shaodong, the head of the architecture department, also deeply resented the chaos in the school-enterprise office. He and Wang Zheng had already been discussing the construction of the school-enterprise office building, but before they could reach an agreement, Wang Zheng was transferred to an unknown location.

"build!"

Xie Wei answered decisively.

"When will it happen? You've asked so many times, but there's still no progress... We're planning to make the office building of the school-enterprise cooperation office a model project."

"There's no use in rushing. It's only been a short time since winter started, the soil is frozen, and the temperature is low. Winter is not a good time for earthwork construction."

Xie Wei was having a bit of a headache.

Sun Shaodong's side is something that cannot be avoided at all.

Now that Wang Zheng is gone, we don't even know who to pass the buck to.

"We happen to be researching earthwork construction in cold regions during winter. You know, there are many areas in our country with cold winters. For example, the Northwest region, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the entire area north of the Yellow River..."

Sun Shaodong was unwilling to give up.

The Department of Architecture put in a lot of effort to build an office building for the university and enterprise, aiming not only to create a model project but also to include many previously planned research topics in its research scope.

"The new head of the school-enterprise cooperation office will arrive in the next couple of days. Will you be talking to him then?"

"No, if it really doesn't work, you can talk to Principal Zhang. As long as the school agrees, you only need to pay the money and move in. You don't need to worry about anything else."

Since Sun Shaodong had come knocking on their door, he certainly didn't intend to let Xie Wei off easily.

“The affairs of the school-enterprise cooperation office certainly cannot be decided by Principal Sun.”

Xie Wei shook his head.

"Okay, sign this power of attorney..."

Sun Shaodong pulled Xie Wei directly into his office, took out a "letter of authorization" from his drawer, and wrote down that the school-enterprise cooperation office had entrusted the architecture department to handle all matters related to the construction of the office building.

"Wait a minute, wasn't it supposed to be 1800 million? How come the total contract amount is now 2400 million? That's such a big increase!"

Xie Wei flipped through the contract and was shocked to find that the total amount had jumped from 1800 million to 2400 million.

Xie Wei originally requested 4 underground floors and 18 floors above ground, for a total of 22 floors.

It now has 4 underground floors and 22 floors above ground.

"Director Sun, you can't treat the school-enterprise cooperation office like a sucker."

"This is after fully considering factors such as cost-effectiveness. According to your original requirements, the price would have been nearly 2300 million. Adding four more floors only increased the cost by a little over 100 million. Adding more would have caused the cost to skyrocket... The four underground floors account for almost a quarter of the cost. This includes facilities such as heating..."

Sun Shaodong explained.

When Xie Wei heard that the price included heating facilities, he assumed that the renovation costs were also included and felt that adding a few million was not unacceptable.

In order to prevent Sun Shaodong from continuing to obstruct him, and given that the current research projects are not short of funding and the profits of the university-enterprise office are sufficient to support the construction of the office building, he will ensure that once the new director of the university-enterprise office is in place, he will be asked to sign the documents as soon as possible.

He ultimately did not sign the contract.

"That kid is too slippery. If he doesn't sign, we won't have funding for all those research projects!"

Watching Xie Wei's departing figure, Sun Shaodong patted his forehead, "There aren't any obvious problems in the contract."

It really wasn't his fault; Xie Wei hadn't even considered that possibility.

It was only because, although he held the position of deputy director of the school-enterprise cooperation office, he did not intend to interfere in the management of the school-enterprise cooperation office; otherwise, he would not have urged the person in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation office to arrive.

(End of this chapter)