In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 364 How dare they! They come here and immediately try to seize Xie Wei's power!

"You look great! You've even gained some weight."

The moment Xie Wei saw He Qiang, he felt that He Qiang had changed a lot compared to when he saw him in Huadu.

This isn't about appearance, but rather a feeling that emanates from within.

When I saw He Qiang before, although he didn't do it intentionally, he always unconsciously exuded a chill that made people feel scared and want to stay away.

Now when I see it again, it doesn't have that feeling anymore; it gives people a very easygoing feeling.

"Absolutely. With plenty to eat and drink, especially meat every day, and a little wine, this is what a comfortable life is all about! It would be a shame not to gain some weight with such a great life."

He Qiang grinned.

"Besides, this is much more comfortable than being on the battlefield..."

Looking at He Qiang, Xie Wei couldn't tell if what he said was true or false.

However, he believes that very few people truly enjoy the harsh environment of the battlefield.

"Zhou Zhiyong has told you why I sent you here, hasn't he?"

Xie Wei got straight to the point.

Before coming, he asked Zhou Zhiyong to take charge of the Huadu Wenxuan security team and reorganize the security personnel there, and asked him to tell He Qiang some of the details.

"Just tell them someone has taken a liking to me and wants me to come to Harbin..."

He Qiang, a cigarette dangling from his lips, looked frivolous.

Paralyzed!
Xie Wei almost cursed out loud. Why did this guy have to speak so rudely?

What does it mean that someone has taken a liking to him?

Especially with his expression and tone, it's hard not to overthink things.

"If you're willing, I'm prepared to send you abroad. What do you think?"

Xie Wei got straight to the point.

"As long as I have food and drink, I don't care. Anyway, I'm single now. But, apart from killing on the battlefield, I don't seem to know anything else. Don't let going abroad interfere with your important business..."

A hint of seriousness flashed across He Qiang's eyes, but he quickly resumed his carefree demeanor.

Although the changes were rapid, Xie Wei keenly noticed them.

"Protecting people. Of course, it might also involve killing... possibly facing the most elite assassins from the CIA, KGB, or other Western intelligence agencies..."

Xie Wei's expression turned serious.

He Qiang could no longer feign nonchalance; his expression turned serious. "Will you be able to come back?"

"Maybe."

Sherwin didn't know either; just think about Dr. Bull's ultimate fate and you'll know.

Surrounded by a group of top-notch bodyguards, he evaded assassination attempts multiple times, but was ultimately killed by Mossad, the CIA, or European intelligence agencies.

Feng Ke's work had a far greater impact than Dr. Bull's Babylonian cannons.

"If—and I mean if—the person I'm protecting is ultimately gone, can I come back?"

He Qiang remained silent for a moment, unaware that the cigarette in his hand had burned out. Finally, burning his fingers, he hurriedly threw the cigarette butt on the ground.

He shook his hand, licked his lips, and asked Xie Wei in a dry voice.

"Yes. But you can't do anything that harms the country, and you have to understand that I personally arranged for you to go out and protect my friend... Of course, when you come back, He Qiang will be gone."

Xie Wei's words were both veiled and clear.

"You can consider it, if..."

"No, I'll go."

He Qiang interrupted Xie Wei directly and said seriously.

Given his current situation, it's impossible for him to secure a stable job in China unless he goes into business on his own or works as a bodyguard for foreign investors.

Instead of doing this, why not go abroad and try your luck?

"Although I've never been in a relationship and have never ridden a foreign horse, I want to go abroad and ride a foreign horse..."

"..."

Xie Wei stared at this guy speechlessly, wondering why he had to put on such an unserious act.

“Starting today, train him hard. If I ever see him still alive and kicking, I’ll find someone to train you.”

Xie Wei ignored He Qiang and pointed at him, saying to Chu Yunlong, who had been silent the whole time, "Of course, don't let him lie down and be unable to move."

"..."

Chu Yunlong was completely dumbfounded: I was sitting right next to him, and I didn't say a word. How did I end up getting burned?

"Can we make a deal..."

Xie Wei's words made He Qiang's face turn bitter.

Three months!
I couldn't fall down, and I couldn't get up. I'd never experienced that kind of grueling training even in the army...

"Oh, I was wrong. Please don't let him torture me. I can't beat him."

"Four months. I'll find an Arabic teacher to give you lessons every night. If you still can't master basic Arabic communication by then, we'll add another month. Anyway, there's no rush over there."

Xie Wei held up four fingers, then turned and left.

Serves you right for pretending!
Now you can't pretend anymore.

"Why don't you leave?"

After Xie Wei left, he was still wondering what he had done to upset Xie Wei so much that Xie Wei took his anger out on him.

"Walk?"

A smile appeared on Chu Yunlong's face. "Comrade He Qiang, please pack your personal belongings immediately..."

"What the hell? Not even a moment's rest?"

He Qiang was completely dumbfounded.

"If you want to rest, I can beat you down first, then you can rest until tomorrow morning."

Chu Yunlong's smile widened.

Looking at He Qiang, he clenched his hands together, and instantly the sound of cracking bones rang out. Then he flicked his neck, and his entire skeleton cracked and popped.

"No, no..."

Upon seeing Chu Yunlong's fist, He Qiang felt pain all over his body.

The first time Chu Yunlong beat him up so badly he was bedridden for three days, He Qiang wasn't satisfied and challenged him again, only to be beaten black and blue and bedridden for another three days; then the third time, and now he's recovered, his whole body still aching slightly...

Looking for trouble?
He Qiang isn't that stupid, otherwise he wouldn't have survived until now.

He Qiang didn't object, so Xie Wei breathed a slight sigh of relief. If the school had more funding, or if that old guy Li Rui hadn't taken on so many costly projects before leaving, Feng Ke wouldn't have had to go to Iraq.

"We must be more cautious about school projects in the future. The Iran-Iraq War has just started, and we still have many opportunities to sell equipment. We can't just focus on the domestic civilian market; we also need to seek more orders from the military industry! Didn't the ministry establish a precision machinery import and export company? Ask them what they do all day. Not to mention the orders for long-range rocket artillery, there are also quite a few orders for 40mm man-portable guns and disposable rocket launchers."

Xie Wei looked at Liu Debao with dissatisfaction. Although Liu Debao hadn't said anything until now, he inquired about Xie Wei's attitude towards the Y-10 and tentatively suggested that the school could take over the project. Xie Wei did not answer directly.

"Giving the money to Northwestern Polytechnical University wouldn't make much sense. We'd be providing the funding, but we wouldn't be able to control the progress, which isn't a good thing for us."

In other matters, Liu Debao had always followed Xie Wei's lead, but after hearing Xie Wei's attitude towards the Y-10, he began to insist, "Xie Wei, since you want to integrate the aviation industry through the Y-10 project, and also hope to ensure the continued operation of supporting facilities, only by controlling it ourselves can we possibly achieve this..."

He didn't know why Xie Wei had such an attitude towards the Y-10.

Not appropriate.

From any perspective, the Y-10 is not as well-controlled as it is in the hands of Harbin Institute of Technology as it is in the hands of other units.

Xie Wei's face showed bitterness. "Secretary Liu, what you said is something I've considered. In fact, this is the best way. Before, our development was a bit too fast, and the higher-ups intervened directly."

"Times have changed. What the authorities have stopped is not our development, but blind development."

Liu Debao simply couldn't believe Xie Wei had such an attitude.

From the moment Xie Wei gained even a little influence over the school's projects, everyone could sense a very obvious resistance from him.

Yes!

Xie Wei has been resisting the Y-10.

No matter what reasons he gives or what he says, everyone can sense it.

"Also, what the higher-ups stopped wasn't the school's development, but the poaching of people... If the Y-10 team is absorbed, and the school-enterprise office becomes too large, then we can just split it up."

"what?"

Liu Debao's words startled Xie Wei.

He then slapped his forehead in frustration—he had been blinded by a single leaf. At the university, considering the special circumstances of the time, the university-enterprise office was not established as an independent management body, but rather as a group company.

The reason for the chaotic management of the entire school-enterprise office was immediately exposed.

"what happened?"

Seeing Xie Wei's actions and expression, Liu Debao thought he had said something wrong and worried that he might have gone too far.

We can't let Xie Wei find an excuse to just quit.

"Let's get Ge Jianjun here so we can discuss the future development of the school-enterprise cooperation office."

Xie Wei took a deep breath.

The person in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation office also needs to be involved in this matter. It can no longer be like before, where the school-enterprise cooperation office is independent of the school, but the investment in technology is completely influenced by the school.

Soon, Ge Jianjun and the school's core leaders arrived at the small meeting room next to Zhang Mingqiu's.

"...That's the situation. The role of the school-enterprise cooperation office has always been unclear. It's independent of the school, yet its various decisions are heavily influenced by the school..."

Upon hearing this, Liu Debao's expression immediately turned ugly.

What the hell!
When did Xie Wei become so vengeful?

He himself said that the Y-10 is not in his own hands, and that the research and development progress and supporting development are out of his control!
This guy immediately summoned other leaders to complain about himself?

Xie Wei explained the situation to everyone, then looked at Ge Jianjun and said, "Director Ge, you must have something to say about this, right?"

Ge Jianjun nodded solemnly, glanced at Liu Debao and Zhang Mingqiu's reactions, and then said, "Yes. Before coming here, I visited many of the companies that the school-enterprise cooperation office has with us, and found that the cooperation management between the school-enterprise cooperation office and its partners is very loose. We only have control over the production of a few core formulas such as artificial fragrances and AES... This time, Director Xie adjusted the cooperation plan, using core technologies such as artificial fragrances and AES as equity investment in the daily chemical joint venture in Huadu..."

Ge Jianjun has served as the director of the school-enterprise cooperation office for quite some time.

This was the first time he had expressed his views in front of so many leaders and cadres.

Those present were all high-ranking officials at the school, his superiors.

The only person with a lower rank than him was Xie Wei, the deputy director of the school-enterprise cooperation office, but this deputy director could directly give orders to school leaders.

Before coming to Harbin Institute of Technology, he had been approached by his superiors who had clearly told him what to do after arriving here, which made Ge Jianjun feel constrained.

After gaining a deeper understanding of the situation of the school-enterprise cooperation office and the school, Ge Jianjun discovered that the entire school and the school-enterprise cooperation office were like a makeshift organization, with chaotic management, haphazardly establishing projects, and little binding force on partner organizations.

This was essentially his onboarding assessment.

If he can't get real management authority from the school-enterprise cooperation office, Ge Jianjun has no intention of staying here any longer.

"The university-enterprise cooperation office should be a link between the university and enterprises, but currently this link is not functioning at all... I think that university projects and university-enterprise cooperation office projects must be separated. University-enterprise cooperation office projects need to be approved by the university, while the university should not put projects into the university-enterprise cooperation office, let alone arbitrarily divert funds from the university-enterprise cooperation office..."

Seeing that no one objected, Ge Jianjun continued to speak.

Only by gaining genuine management authority and ensuring that the school does not interfere excessively with the school-enterprise cooperation office can he truly reorganize it.

"Suck~"

Zhang Mingqiu, Tan Heping, and the others gasped in shock: Ge Jianjun was trying to seize Xie Wei's power right from the start!
What do you mean by separate management?

Isn't the goal simply to separate the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office from the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office, so that he can control it and prevent the school from using it to fund projects?
They couldn't help but look at Xie Wei.

"What about the funding?"

Seeing that Xie Wei remained unresponsive, as if in deep meditation, Liu Debao frowned and asked.

Ge Jianjun's proposal was similar to Xie Wei's previous request.

But in the end, even Xie Wei himself couldn't do it.

Could it be that Ge Jianjun received instructions from Xie Wei?
"The annual projects of the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office adopt a budget system, and can be submitted in batches on a quarterly or semi-annual basis... Apart from project investment funds and expansion funds, 70% of the profits of the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office are handed over to the school, but the school can no longer simply stuff projects into the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office as it does now..."

Everyone was even more surprised.

70% of the profits are handed over to the school.

Although schools are no longer allowed to push projects into the school-enterprise cooperation office, they don't have to worry about project funding anymore, right?

"Xiao Xie, what do you think?"

Seeing that Liu Weiming still had no reaction, Liu Debao hurriedly asked Xie Wei about his attitude.

If Xie Wei disagrees, everything will be in vain.

Previously, Xie Wei had a long argument with Li Rui over the independence of the school-enterprise office at an internal school meeting.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were on Xie Wei.

Even Ge Jianjun looked tense.

He knew very well that Xie Wei's attitude was the most crucial factor. He had not communicated with Xie Wei beforehand, and if Xie Wei held a grudge because of this, even if he managed to gain management power, it would be difficult to do his job later.

"no problem."

Under the tense gazes of everyone, Xie Wei slowly spoke.

"what?"

Does Xie Wei not object at all?

So satisfying, could he be plotting something bad again?
Ge Jianjun, in particular, was prepared to confront Xie Wei, but Xie Wei agreed without hesitation.

All the preparations I made are now useless!

"Xie Wei, if this is the case, the relationship between the school-enterprise cooperation office and the school will no longer be the same as before..."

Zhang Mingqiu reminded Xie Wei.

Ge Jianjun is trying to seize Xie Wei's power!
(End of this chapter)