In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 379 The woman who is full of worship for the United States has returned.

"Furthermore, the PL-4GG project prototype has been produced, but there are no fighter jets to test it. Secretary Liu should communicate with Factory 112 and Institute 601 to expedite the adjustments to the J-8IIB fighter jet equipped with the active phased array radar... The university does not have funds for this..."

"We contacted Hongdu and asked them to speed up the debugging of the new unmanned target drone to prepare for the upcoming target practice."

"At the university, the focus for future development will be on fields such as communication technology, integrated circuits, CNC systems, and computers... Next year's budget will primarily cover these areas, accelerating the iteration of microcomputers..."

Xie Wei had already figured out his next steps for development while on the plane.

Especially in the manufacturing of critical equipment that does not require mass production, even without advanced processing equipment, as long as the raw materials are available, manufacturing problems can be solved by employing more highly skilled workers.

Erzhong relied on scraping by fitters to solve the problem of needing higher precision machining machinery to achieve the required accuracy, but the only drawback was that it took too long and was too costly.

Once the 6.5-ton heavy-duty press is built and put into operation, and complete data is preserved, it can be reproduced on the continuously improving Y-10 aircraft.

Now, McDonnell Douglas has signed a contract with the civil aviation industry.

Only Zhang Zhenzhong himself knows what he was thinking when faced with the empty factory.

"Alright, that's all I wanted to say for now. If everyone has no questions, please go about your business."

Xie Wei's words signaled the end of this brief but crucial meeting.

has a problem?
Hold it in.

We've all experienced this kind of scenario many times.

Even though they raised objections, Xie Wei ultimately had sufficient reasons to persuade them.

After the meeting, Zhang Mingqiu saw Xie Wei about to leave and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Is something wrong?"

"Let's talk in the office."

Zhang Mingqiu gave Liu Debao a look, and Liu Debao nodded in understanding before following him to Zhang Mingqiu's office.

"What important matter has occurred this time?"

The three of them were discussing serious matters.

"Do you still remember Wei Bingkun?"

The name Zhang Mingqiu mentioned made Xie Wei pause for a few seconds, then he quickly recalled his class's Youth League secretary, "Our class's Youth League secretary, the first person in the class to go abroad, what happened?"

"He went missing before returning to China."

Liu Debao's face was extremely serious.

Xie Wei was not surprised at all. "Isn't this normal? From the beginning, Wei Bingkun has been good at scheming and keen on power... Obviously, returning to China will not meet his expectations."

"This will have a very negative impact."

Liu Debao's face became even more serious.

"There's nothing we can do about the negative impact it has caused. That bastard spent all his energy on scheming when he was in the experimental class. He transferred out of the experimental class because everyone else was busy with experimental projects during the 'December 9th' red song competition..."

Xie Wei said calmly.

Wei Bingkun is very ambitious and driven by self-interest.

"He persuaded several people behind the school, and I doubt they'll come back."

"If he doesn't want to come back, he doesn't have to. There's no way we can catch him if he doesn't come back."

Xie Wei had no idea what the two of them wanted from him.

It's going to rain, and my mother is going to get married.

no way.

"You wouldn't be here just for this, would you?"

Xie Wei asked the two men.

"Mo Lingyu is back. Her train arrives tomorrow morning..."

Zhang Mingqiu watched Xie Wei's reaction with bated breath.

"Okay, I'll go pick her up."

After arriving in the United States, Mo Lingyu maintained a pace of writing to Xie Wei almost every month. In addition to her studies, this woman traveled to many places in the United States, and almost every letter revealed her shock, praise, and envy of Xie Wei's greatness in all aspects.

Especially the advanced scientific research equipment, ample funding, and comprehensive supporting facilities there.

The key point is that, in order to prove her claim that "America is so powerful that it is invincible in the universe," this woman attached photos of the appearance of some advanced equipment to each letter...

They're practically saying the moon is rounder in America and the air is sweeter there.

At first, Xie Wei replied to Mo Lingyu very seriously, discussing with her why the United States was advanced and the gap between the two countries.

Xie Wei specifically emphasized that the People's Republic of China, founded only 30 years ago, quickly transformed from an agricultural country to an industrial country after the old generals plundered all the country's wealth and moved it to the islands, starting from scratch. It is the greatest country in the world. With the tireless efforts of countless scientific and technological workers and the continuous advancement of the country's reform and opening up, it will catch up with the world's advanced countries sooner or later...

Xie Wei really wanted to tell Mo Lingyu that it would only take another thirty or forty years at most for them to catch up.

In another fifty years, we will surpass the United States.

Even when the Americans revealed some of their assets to China, they were completely dumbfounded.

Unfortunately, he couldn't say it.

As a result, after that letter, Mo Lingyu told Xie Wei in the letter that he should face the gap squarely, admit that he was lagging behind, and that Xie Wei should also go out and open his eyes to see the world...

Then Xie Wei stopped replying to her letters.

Even though she didn't receive a reply from Xie Wei, the woman still wrote to him every month, her tone filled with admiration and envy for the groundbreaking new technologies in America...

Xie Wei even criticized the incompetence of the US intelligence agencies more than once, as many obviously prohibited photos were still sent back to Xie Wei by Mo Lingyu by including them in letters!
Such a woman.

Xie Wei truly believed she would never come back in this lifetime.

As a result, Mo Lingyu returned.

Xie Wei was unsure of Mo Lingyu's thoughts.

He wanted to see what this woman was up to, lest she fool Xie Rou, his precious darling—Xie Rou had not only completed her studies at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, but had even studied under Professor Qian for two years. If it weren't for the increasing cooperation between the National University of Defense Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology, there would have been no way they would have let Xie Rou come back.

Moreover, Xie Rou was accompanied by another young female graduate student, Zhu Xuejun, who was described by Western media as "the most dangerous and terrifying woman on earth, even more terrifying than a nuclear bomb"—and will graduate next year!
Mo Lingyu was well aware of Xie Rou's abilities.

"What? Surprised?"

Xie Wei saw the two of them staring blankly and raised an eyebrow dismissively.

"It seems the rumors at school were true; you really were waiting for Xiao Mo to come back... Over the years, she's the only woman you've been close to..."

Zhang Mingqiu looked on with emotion.

"Don't talk nonsense, she and I are revolutionary comrades with a deep friendship!"

Xie Wei was even more annoyed, then looked down on the two of them with disdain, "Now you don't believe the rumors at school that I'm not interested in the opposite sex, and that my orientation is abnormal?"

"Nothing!"

"Nothing!"

Both denied it in unison, and both could hear the ease in the other's tone.

After leaving the principal's office, Xie Wei went to find Du Guowang.

"They're here? Take a look and see if it's a problem with the program or the sensors... In the entire automated workshop, even the robotic arms, which are only performing the simplest clamping actions, are experiencing numerous malfunctions..."

As soon as Xie Wei arrived, Du Guowang took him to the school's original metalworking workshop.

Unlike when Xie Wei first arrived at the school, where there were only old machine tools, the workshop was now full of CNC machine tools, with a huge CNC machining center at the very edge.

This machining center has been continuously improved.

The accuracy is not high, only 0.05 millimeters.

The tool magazine has been expanded to 256 tools.

It is arguably the most advanced mill-turn machining center in China at present—but it has not yet achieved five-axis linkage.

At the other end of the workshop, next to all the CNC machine tools, is a multi-degree-of-freedom robotic arm.

"If even you professionals can't find the problem, I'm even less capable."

Xie Wei shook his head.

In the field of automation, his expertise is certainly no match for that of a big shot like Du Guowang, who became an academician in 81.

"What are you doing here if you're not going to help? I don't have time to entertain you."

When will our five-axis system be available to the market?

Xie Wei explained his purpose.

"See for yourself! The microcomputer's data processing capabilities are insufficient, and the machining accuracy and repeatability are still unstable... There's also the problem of communication interference in the five-axis multi-linkage system..." Du Guowang listed a bunch of problems that urgently needed to be solved.

“Stop~”

Xie Wei immediately regretted coming to see Du Guowang first.

The five-axis system has become Du Guowang's biggest worry—the basic functions were achieved two and a half years ago, but it cannot be put into industrial use.

The main reason lies in core components such as integrated circuits and sensors.

Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that the performance of integrated circuits does not meet the requirements.

"Just contact Director Yu about this..."

Xie Wei was in a real bind.

"So, what do you want to ask?"

"I just wanted to confirm it."

Upon hearing this, Du Guowang immediately became interested. "Is the school planning to increase its investment in this area?"

Xie Wei nodded.

Du Guowang was overjoyed, "Come, come, tell me in detail."

At this moment, he no longer minded Xie Wei taking up his time.

He has always hoped that the school could increase its investment in this area, but in the past few years, all the focus has been on aviation technology and related projects.

Du Guowang proposed increasing investment in CNC system research on several occasions, but ultimately, due to issues such as manpower, funding, and resources, the school's investment in this area became insufficient after it had made little progress in developing the basics of four-axis CNC systems.

“In the past, we didn’t prioritize resources because no matter how much we invested, it was useless. Supporting facilities cannot be built by one company alone. Now that supporting facilities have been developing for several years, it’s time for us to prepare to compete with international suppliers in the market.”

Xie Wei spoke up.

Harbin Institute of Technology was the first to develop a two-axis CNC system, and soon after, a three-axis system was also developed.

However, after the development of four-axis CNC systems, problems arose in areas such as improving control accuracy and the accuracy of four-axis machining centers.

The problem becomes more serious with five-axis systems.

Under such circumstances, whatever system Harbin Institute of Technology launches, international CNC suppliers will launch a slightly more advanced system, and even come with matching machine tools.

There are no problems with converting two-axis systems into CNC lathes and three-axis systems into CNC milling machines, but the machine tool manufacturers we cooperate with cannot keep up with the technological research and development, and the precision of the machine tools they produce cannot compare with that of imported ones.

This has resulted in domestically produced CNC systems and machine tools only being able to occupy the low-end market in China.

The only advantage was that imports came in many years earlier, and the prices were much lower than in Xie Wei's original timeline.

"It's not quite right yet..."

Upon hearing this, Du Guowang's excitement was instantly replaced by worry.

"The price still needs to be driven down. Harbin First Machinery Group is not investing enough in technology and is not accepting our investment..."

Xie Wei shared his thoughts.

"..."

Du Guowang didn't respond to this: The automotive industry of Factory 122 has now been taken over by the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office... This has led other units to maintain a cautious attitude towards cooperating with the School-Enterprise Cooperation Office.

Harbin No. 1 Machinery Group Co., Ltd. has considered cooperation.

Xie Wei's conditions were very demanding: he required Harbin No. 1 Machinery Plant to invest a large amount of funds in the research and development of CNC machine tools, but the university-enterprise cooperation office was unwilling to invest and also refused to include the university-enterprise cooperation office in its business scope.

Anyone in that situation would resist cooperation.

"Let Director Ge handle the cooperation."

After a long pause, Du Guowang finally spoke, "In recent years, all of Harbin No. 1 Machinery's funds have been poured into this, and the market situation isn't very good..."

Du Guowang felt that Xie Wei was good in other aspects, but he was too demanding when it came to cooperation on CNC technology.

Harbin No. 1 Machinery Plant was one of the first to cooperate with schools.

To date, due to the development of CNC machine tools and the need to keep up with the school's progress, he has accumulated a large amount of debt.

“The school-enterprise cooperation office will not invest in them as long as their accounts are not open to us.”

Xie Wei knew Du Guowang's purpose.

For a moment, the conversation between the two became somewhat unpleasant.

"It's getting late, I should head back now."

Xie Wei didn't want to ruin his relationship with Du Guowang over this matter, so he took his leave.

"Ah~"

Watching Xie Wei's departing figure, Du Guowang sighed silently.

The next morning, Xie Wei woke up promptly at 5:40, driven by his biological clock.

Unlike before, when he would just wet a towel with water and haphazardly wipe his face, he first shaved off his beard, which he hadn't had time to shave for over a week. Then he washed his face three times with soap that he hadn't used in half a month. He also washed his greasy hair three times with shampoo. Looking in the mirror, he felt that his 4/6 parted hairstyle didn't look very good.

My hair has grown long, so I don't look very energetic.

"Brother Yong, Brother Yong, could you please give me a haircut? A neat buzz cut!"

"This……"

Wei Yong looked on in astonishment.

I had often reminded Xie Wei that he needed a haircut and a shave, but he always ignored me.

This morning, Xie Wei acted like he was getting married.
There are rumors that Xie Wei has an abnormal orientation, so I'm always on guard against getting too close to him.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up!"

While Wei Yong was in a daze, Chu Yunlong kicked him.

Wei Yong realized what was happening and hurriedly went to their room to get his hairdressing tools, and began to cut Xie Wei's hair.

"This is the trendy, free-spirited side-part hairstyle right now, which gives off a youthful vigor and high spirits."

After finishing the cut, Wei Yong couldn't help but praise his own skills.

very nice!
"Change into a new white shirt later; this will be enough for the groom."

"Why be the groom?"

Xie Wei held the mirror, looking at himself from left to right, feeling that something was amiss, but he didn't pay attention to Wei Yong's words.

"It's really good, it suits Director Xie's temperament very well."

Even Chu Yunlong, who was standing to the side, looked surprised.

Previously, Xie Wei looked like a frail scholar, or even a bit decadent.

"No, this hairstyle makes you look like a playboy. Change to something more conservative, like the one you guys have."

Xie Wei always felt that this hairstyle gave people a greasy feeling, somewhat like those pretty boys who tore apart Japanese soldiers with their bare hands in ridiculous dramas, which did not match his own temperament as Director Xie at all.

He wanted to show Mo Lingyu, who had been corrupted by capitalism, the spirited and progressive youth of the new China.

"How is this not stable? This isn't really suitable for young people."

"I'm not young anymore."

Xie Wei shook his head.

"Change it."

After some trimming, Xie Wei was finally satisfied with his hairstyle in the mirror.

very energetic.

He has a masculine air about him, no longer giving off a greasy feeling like before.

"This one is really not as good-looking as the previous ones."

Chu Yunlong sighed, "They don't have the spirited air of young cadres at all."

"That's good. He looks capable and energetic."

Xie Wei was quite satisfied with his hairstyle; after all, he didn't rely on his looks for a living.

Xie Wei had always kept his hair in the easiest style to manage, so he certainly wouldn't change it just to see Mo Lingyu.

"..."

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged a glance, both seeing each other's expressions of desperate attempts to suppress laughter.

(End of this chapter)