In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 365 The most deadly form of imagination is the invisible one, especially the imagination of the leader!

"Director Ge is right. The relationship between the school and the school-enterprise cooperation office can no longer be the same as before."

Xie Wei looked at everyone and said calmly, "The management of the school-enterprise office is currently very chaotic, which is far from my original intention."

"what?"

Everyone was astonished. Could it be that Ge Jianjun seized power as soon as he arrived, taking away the management of the school-enterprise office from Xie Wei, and Xie Wei was so angry that he was saying the opposite of what he meant?

"From the very beginning, I requested that the higher-ups appoint cadres with rich management and foreign trade experience as heads of the school-enterprise cooperation office, in order to strengthen the management of the school-enterprise cooperation office..."

Xie Wei could clearly tell what everyone was thinking from the expressions on their faces.

To avoid suspicion from the beginning that he was at odds with Ge Jianjun and would not cooperate with him in subsequent work, Xie Wei offered an explanation.

Even after he said that, everyone still looked unconvinced.

"Ah~"

Xie Wei sighed inwardly.

Prejudice in people's heart is a big mountain.

"The incident at Factory 122 has served as a wake-up call for us. If things continue like this, the consequences will be unbearable. Especially since some projects are at a critical juncture and require large sums of money, the university doesn't know how much money the university-enterprise cooperation office has, and the university-enterprise cooperation office doesn't know how much money the university needs..."

Xie Wei paused for a moment after saying this.

He waited for everyone to process what he had said before continuing, "I hope everyone will cooperate with Director Ge in our future work."

Xie Wei originally wanted to suggest that the positioning of the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office should be changed, integrating relevant industry registered companies, with the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office becoming the parent company of these companies and conducting vertical management.

He didn't know what Ge Jianjun was thinking or what his plan was. If the two had different ideas, even if they didn't have any conflict, things would be complicated.

"Alright, everyone's busy, let's leave it at that for now."

Xie Wei did not linger there.

He's already set up the framework for the school-enterprise cooperation office; if it were him, he would have already put it in place.

Human energy is limited. If too much energy is devoted to management, there is simply no time to spend on technology, which is a waste of Xie Wei's strengths.

Before urging Li Rui to find a new person in charge of the university-enterprise cooperation office, Xie Wei had been struggling with whether to pursue a management route or a research route.

No matter which aspect, they can go very far.

If you're in management, your status will definitely be higher, and it's easier to achieve results than doing scientific research: once you reach a certain position, you only need to say a few words and let your subordinates run themselves ragged.

If you achieve something, you can't be denied credit.

The problem arose because the people below didn't follow my instructions.

However, his greater advantage lies in the direction of some scientific research projects. He only needs to give the research team a few pointers to avoid many detours, just like the current Project 10, the third-generation tank, and even the improvement of PL-4.

The team is still the same team.

Someone has provided a clear direction, so there's almost no need to explore various different solutions step by step.

Technology management is a difficult path.

If that path doesn't work out, Xie Wei is prepared to focus on solid technological research and development, leveraging his strengths to contribute to national defense.

"Director Xie, Director Xie..."

As Xie Wei walked toward his office in the Civil Engineering Building, lost in thought, Ge Jianjun quickly caught up with him.

"Director Ge, is there something you need?"

"..."

Why would you be in such a hurry if there's nothing wrong?
Ge Jianjun's face was full of bitterness. He realized that he understood Xie Wei less and less.

"There's still a lot I don't understand about the school-enterprise cooperation office. I hope Director Xie can take some time to explain it to me..."

Ge Jianjun watched Xie Wei's reaction with trepidation.

He was genuinely worried that Xie Wei would offer support on the surface but secretly resort to underhanded tactics.

Xie Wei's attitude is related to the attitude of the entire school.

The School-Enterprise Cooperation Office was created by Xie Wei. Previously, Yuan Zhenyue and others worked in the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office according to Xie Wei's instructions. Xie Wei was usually busy and didn't have time to devote much energy to it.

The root cause of the chaos in the school-enterprise cooperation office is Xie Wei.

"Director Ge, if you're not busy, let's go to my office and talk in detail. I have some ideas that I'd like to share with you."

Xie Wei did not regard Ge Jianjun as his superior.

It's not that he doesn't understand the importance of coordinating relationships between superiors and subordinates; it's just that his abilities don't allow it.

"No rush, no rush!"

Ge Jianjun immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"The chaos in the school-enterprise cooperation office began when the workload increased... In the early days, when Wu Tao was the director, there was less work, so it wasn't easy to spot... Yuan Zhenyue wasn't like that, and the school didn't have any talent in this area either..."

Along the way, Xie Wei gave a brief introduction to the establishment of the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office.

Ge Jianjun did not expect that Xie Wei had a much clearer and more detailed understanding of the situation in the school-enterprise cooperation office than he thought.

"Director Xie, let me do it..."

Upon arriving at the office, Xie Wei personally brewed tea, which Ge Jianjun found inappropriate.

"Don't be so polite. I got this tea from Leader Long Yaohua's office; it's a special supply of West Lake Longjing tea, which is very sensitive to water temperature. If the water is too low, it won't brew properly; if it's too high, the taste will be terrible..."

Xie Wei lifted the lid of the small charcoal stove to light the fire, then poured boiling water from the thermos into the teapot given by Han Weiyang, and patiently began to clean the teaware.

Is this a warning to me?
Ge Jianjun was very perceptive; he didn't believe Xie Wei was just talking about making tea.

"The school-enterprise cooperation office must be independent. This was very clear from the very beginning... but a lot has happened in the past two years, which has rendered this a dead letter."

Xie Wei spoke as he washed the teaware.

The teaware was washed, and the water next to it was boiled.

He poured the boiling water into the fairness cup to cool, and didn't rush to make tea.

Ge Jianjun, standing nearby, didn't know how to respond. As someone within the system and a key member valued by his superiors, his reading comprehension skills were undoubtedly excellent.

However, Xie Wei's behavior and words made it difficult for him to understand what Xie Wei was trying to express.

Xie Wei's current behavior is definitely a wake-up call for himself: regardless of water temperature or tea leaves, he insists on pouring boiling water from the thermos into the kettle, boiling it, pouring it out, and then letting it cool down...

What the hell!
Is there anything I can't just say directly?
Even when faced with the words and actions of higher-ranking leaders, he can easily achieve a perfect score in reading comprehension.

Xie Wei couldn't understand it!
"The school-enterprise cooperation office is the link between enterprises and schools, and also the organization that manages related units..."

After a while, Xie Wei finally finished brewing the tea. He held the teacup with tea tongs and placed it in front of Ge Jianjun. "Try it. It's very good. It's special tea for leaders. If we weren't shameless enough to just grab it directly from the leader's office, we wouldn't be able to drink it at our level."

"..."

At this moment, Ge Jianjun had no desire to drink tea at all.

Especially the tea brewed by Xie Wei.

Is this an indication of his relationship with higher-level leaders?

He suddenly realized that his experience was of no use at this moment.

This cannot continue.

"The tea is wonderful! I've never had such fragrant tea before."

Ge Jianjun launched a counterattack while secretly observing Xie Wei's reaction. "You can't drink too much of this, or you'll get addicted and other teas won't taste as good."

"Want to keep drinking it? Then work hard! The annual production of this stuff is so limited. Long Yaohua only gets 4 liang (200 grams), and even Principal Li can't get any now."

Xie Wei answered casually.

His mindset was completely different from Ge Jianjun's.

It's important to understand that Xie Wei didn't mean anything by it at all.

Good tea is meant to be shared.

In particular, he was counting on Ge Jianjun to help him realize many of his ideas. The two were completely on different wavelengths, yet they were now perfectly in sync. Ge Jianjun felt that Xie Wei was giving him a warning, especially since Xie Wei had threatened him twice with Long Yaohua.

For a moment, Ge Jianjun couldn't help but wonder if his plan needed to be modified.

"..."

The job is tough, but if you do it well, your future will be bright.

Ge Jianjun had prepared himself mentally before he came, and after understanding the situation, he was even more unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

"Director Xie, this is my idea: establish multiple companies, integrate the relevant technologies into one company, and have each company operate and account for independently... The relevant technical projects can then be handled by the respective companies, with a professional division of labor... The disadvantage of doing this is that costs will increase..."

Ge Jianjun revised his plan.

Originally, he wanted to completely separate the school-enterprise office.

"Oh?"

Xie Wei immediately became interested. "This coincides with my own thoughts!"

"..."

Ge Jianjun simply didn't believe it.

To everyone's surprise, Xie Wei stood up and walked to the desk next to him. He took out a stack of documents from the drawer and handed them to Ge Jianjun. The documents on the desk were titled "Reform Plan for School-Enterprise Cooperation".

"I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I didn't expect it to coincide with your plan. Take a look at the details, and if there are any discrepancies or disagreements, we can discuss them..."

After reviewing the document, Ge Jianjun was dumbfounded: the plan was far too detailed! It included everything he had considered; it even included things he hadn't considered.

"Director Xie, since your proposal..."

"I don't have time. There are too many research projects at the university, and I don't have enough energy."

Xie Wei interrupted Ge Jianjun's question directly, "Take a look at the plan first, and we can discuss it if there are any problems."

Anything else to discuss?

Ge Jianjun looked bitter. He had thought Xie Wei didn't understand management, but he didn't expect that Xie Wei not only knew about all the problems, but also came up with solutions!
Suddenly, he understood why the previous two directors of the school-enterprise cooperation office had come up with a solution that was far more complete than his own – who would be willing to waste their brain cells if someone else offered a solution that was far superior to their own?

However, Xie Wei simply didn't have the energy to devote to this aspect.

“You are all the people who know Xie Wei best. Tell me if there is any way to persuade Xie Wei to take over the Y-10 project.”

Negotiations between Northwestern Polytechnical University, Shanghai Large Aircraft Factory, Institute 710, and other units with Xie Wei reached a stalemate. With Xie Wei only willing to provide funds but not to take over the Y-10 project, they had no choice but to report to their superiors.

Minister Lü did not come this time.

Li Rui didn't come either.

Long Yaohua has arrived.

Upon arriving here, Long Yaohua secretly summoned Zhang Mingqiu, Liu Debao, and others to the guesthouse to ask them if they had any solutions.

"Boss, this matter is not negotiable. Xie Wei simply won't budge."

Liu Debao shook his head.

He asked Xie Wei many times.

"They clearly have ulterior motives behind this collaboration with McDonnell Douglas. Doesn't Xie Wei know that?"

Long Yaohua also couldn't understand Xie Wei's resistance to the Y-10.

Although Xie Wei proposed to retain the Y-10 team, he asked the team to put aside the development of the Y-10, a 110-ton large aircraft.

Is this the beginning of a historical regression?

"Xie Wei knew. He also explicitly stated that with McDonnell Douglas's cooperation with China, China would not be able to obtain the core technologies it wanted, and even the investment made by China in the large aircraft project over the past ten years would be completely wasted. They would try every means to destroy the foundation of our large aircraft..."

Zhang Mingqiu sighed.

"What the hell?"

Long Yaohua was stunned. "Since this little bastard knows about it, why is he still unwilling to take it on? What is he thinking?"

What is Xie Wei thinking?
Zhang Mingqiu, Liu Debao, and the others shook their heads with wry smiles; this was something they had never been able to understand.

The Y-10's foundation is indeed very poor.

The problem is that this is related to the development of the entire country's aviation industry.

If we give up now, we'll be at the mercy of others in this area in the future.

"Is it because your department is against it?"

Long Yaohua had barely finished speaking when he shook his head. "Impossible. Although Harbin Institute of Technology is a subordinate unit of the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building had some opinions on projects like Project No. 10, but they didn't object..."

That can't be the reason.

"Boss, I think it would be better if you talked to him directly."

Liu Debao reminded Long Yaohua.

Even when Li Rui approached Xie Wei, Xie Wei agreed, but only to retain the research team and supporting facilities for the Y-10, with an annual funding of 3000-5000 million yuan, which was far from sufficient to support large-scale research and improvement of the Y-10.

The team can only keep the Y-10 suspended at most to maintain the research.

We need tens of millions more from other units to bring the total funding to 1 million just to ensure the supporting facilities can barely keep running.

"money!"

Xie Wei never expected that Long Yaohua would personally come to him about the fate of the Y-10.

He gave every reason he could think of, but no one believed him.

Can't these big shots just stop using their imaginations?

I am so honest with myself.

Why do they always feel there's another reason?

"Is it really because of funding issues?"

Long Yaohua looked completely incredulous.

He felt that Xie Wei's statements about the Y-10 project were completely unreliable, down to the last punctuation mark.

"Really. Leader, Project No. 10 is practically a bottomless pit. Last year it cost nearly 180 million, and this year's budget will likely exceed 300 million... How can we possibly make enough money from selling rocket launchers?"

Xie Wei said with a bitter face.

No matter how he explained, the big shots didn't believe him, and there was nothing he could do.

"I want to hear the truth."

Long Yaohua's expression turned serious. "Xie Wei, since you know that McDonnell Douglas's proposed cooperation is aimed at destroying our large aircraft base and reducing competitors, and you also know about the problems with the Y-10, why can't you support it?"

I'm telling the truth!

Xie Wei felt like he was about to cry.

To be honest, even the big shots don't believe it.

The Y-10 is a bottomless pit!

Look at Airbus. Just the development of the A-300, a large aircraft similar to the Y-10, cost them more than $25 billion. This was achieved by integrating the industrial base and technological support of three long-established industrial powers, which are far superior to China's.
Before developing the Y-10, China could only build the Y-5, which had a takeoff weight of just over 5 tons. The Y-6 project was even cancelled. China relied on mapping the Boeing 707 and then making improvements...

Everything that is missing must be made up for.

The cost of tutoring is definitely beyond what Harbin Institute of Technology can afford.

Xie Wei understood this better than anyone else.

"Boss, I'm telling the truth. Putting aside everything else, the main beams of the Y-10 are manufactured using segmented forging and then improved, and their safe flight life is no more than 300 hours... If we replace them with double main beams to solve the problem of insufficient strength, then the excessive weight will become a problem... All kinds of improvements require money... Our school's mechanical engineering department has already started designing a 6.5-ton die forging machine. Without that, wouldn't it be better to honestly catch up on our studies?"

Xie Wei's words came from the bottom of his heart.

He really didn't want Harbin Institute of Technology's excellent development to be crushed by the Y-10, which seemed to be the backbone of the nation.

(End of this chapter)