In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 387 is here! It's here! The tycoon has arrived with a huge sum of money.
It's midnight again.

Xie Wei dragged his exhausted body home, only to find that Mo Lingyu was still awake and waiting for him.

He couldn't help but slap his forehead.

"What have you been busy with lately? You've been coming home so late every night."

Mo Lingyu got up and went to the kitchen to bring Xie Wei a bowl of sweet fermented rice soup with eggs, filled with goji berries. "Are you hungry? Eat something first."

"Could we take a break for a few days? I've been incredibly busy these past few days..."

Xie Wei looked at Mo Lingyu with a bitter expression.

"No. You'll get busier and busier... and I'll definitely be very busy too. If we don't have a child now, wouldn't it be a waste of time to have one later when we're busy?"

Mo Lingyu replied without hesitation, "Now that we're married, we have to fulfill our obligations."

"..."

Xie Wei didn't know why Mo Lingyu was so obsessed with having children.

To be honest, he didn't even want to have children anymore: it was too exhausting.

But such an idea is too heretical in this day and age. If he dared to put forward such an idea, his mother, Liu Mei, would probably come to Harbin in less than two days...

"By the way, we've already gotten our marriage certificate. Although my mom was very good to me when I went abroad, I went to Chengdu first before coming back and got my parents' consent before applying to the school for marriage... We should go back and visit. Do you think we should go back for National Day or Chinese New Year?"

Mo Lingyu said this while watching Xie Wei eat wolfberry sweet rice wine with eggs.

"Let's celebrate the New Year. I can't rest during this period."

"Doesn't the school have regulations regarding time limits for using the lab?"

Mo Lingyu didn't ask Xie Wei what project he was busy with. Since returning home, the couple hadn't talked about work. In fact, because Mo Lingyu not only had to teach but also help with projects, and Xie Wei was equally busy, the couple often came home very late.

"You can pay in advance for the later installments."

Xie Wei casually replied, "When I go back for the New Year, Xie Rou will have time. She hasn't been back since she left for school... I don't dare go home, partly because my mom has been pressuring me to get married, and partly because of Xie Rou..."

"You really deserve to be scolded..."

"What about your hometown? You can ask the school for a few more days off and visit both places."

"I don't want to go back..."

Mo Lingyu's smile vanished instantly. Xie Wei looked at her and suddenly remembered that Mo Lingyu had returned home before going abroad. After arriving, she was not in a very good mood and eventually applied to the school to go abroad.

"Home..."

"It's getting late, hurry up and finish eating, wash up and go to bed. These next few days are the perfect opportunity, if you try a little harder, you might get pregnant."

Mo Lingyu didn't want to talk about family matters.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Xie Wei didn't press her further.

The next morning, I found that Mo Lingyu had already gone out for a run. With Chu Yunlong and Wei Yong gone, and Xie Wei also involved in the 8610 project, he basically had no time to exercise.

Because Xie Rou was busy, she also didn't have time to go to Xie Wei's place for a meal.

"By the way, what about Wang Yuting? Didn't she go to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences with you back then?"

When Xie Rou complained that no one was getting her food, Xie Wei finally remembered Wang Yuting, who had gone to the Institute of Mathematics with Xie Rou before. At that time, he was hoping that Xie Rou and Wang Yuting would each bring back a top student from the Institute of Mathematics.

"Don't even mention it! She's the kind of person who loses all humanity when it comes to women. When she went to the math research institute, she couldn't keep up at all, and ended up marrying a graduate student from the same institute... In the end, she went back to her hometown..."

Xie Rou's face lit up with displeasure whenever Wang Yuting was mentioned.

"what?"

Xie Wei really didn't know about this.

"She's not from the school? Your organizational affiliation wasn't transferred to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences back then!"

Xie Wei frowned.

"Who knows!"

Xie Rou said irritably, "Alright, I'm done eating. You wash the dishes. I'm going to take a nap; my head is spinning."

After saying that, he pushed the lunchbox in front of Xie Wei and turned to leave.

Xie Wei, who had only asked casually, now felt that he had overlooked many things over the years. Wang Yuting's organizational affiliation was with the school. As long as the school did not release her, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences could not assign her to another position, and it was impossible for her to stay.

“We poached too many people before, which made the higher-ups and other units dissatisfied. Especially in recent years, the university’s demand for research talent has grown rapidly. Every year, we not only retain our own outstanding graduates, but we also have to recruit graduates from other universities… People like Wang Yuting, who are not particularly capable, can only do administrative work when they come back…”

Zhang Mingqiu explained.

"How many graduates who interned at other companies actually returned?"

"Not many. We can't get them back even if we want to. You've been advocating for the promotion of standardized and complex engineering system management methods, and that's the reason given above."

Zhang Mingqiu sighed, "It's not just the ministry that's approached us about this; leaders from other relevant units have also spoken to us... You're always so busy, we didn't want to bother you with this."

Xie Wei remained silent.

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, university enrollment has been expanding, but only a few graduating classes have been produced. The country's urgent need for various talents has only been partially alleviated, not fundamentally.

"In that case, let's have the special zone set up a branch school."

Xie Wei thought for a moment, then spoke.

Harbin Institute of Technology's main campus has not yet reached the limits of its original world. However, with the increase in projects and the continuous expansion of majors for training master's and doctoral students, Xie Wei, after communicating with the school's senior management, felt that the school should focus more on training graduate students, except for core majors remaining at the main campus.

It is too difficult for undergraduate students at this stage to participate in the project.

"Isn't the school short of money right now?"

Zhang Mingqiu asked.

"We should apply for government funding for this. The school hasn't received much funding in recent years."

In the past, when the school had money, it rarely applied for funding from higher authorities.

It's different now.

"They really put Qu Hongtao in charge over there?"

Liu Debao asked Xie Wei.

Because of Xie Wei's strong support, Qu Hongtao, who should have been expelled that year, remained at the school and became the person in charge of the school's office in the special zone.

In recent years, we have carried out a lot of business in the special economic zone.

"Yes. Back then..."

Xie Wei knew it was time to tell Liu Debao and the others what happened back then, otherwise they would still refuse to cooperate because of Qu Hongtao's "betrayal" back then.

"Was all arranged by Principal Li?"

"Doesn't he know about the school's situation? If Poly hadn't taken away our export business, our finances wouldn't be in such a tight spot..."

The group of people were stunned after hearing this.

Qu Hongtao has silently endured the grievances for so many years.

"There's no other way. The military is poor too. After Principal Li left the school, we can't just focus on the school's development; we have to consider other aspects as well. Otherwise, if we rely entirely on our own efforts, the supporting infrastructure won't keep up. Over the years, they've invested a lot in the supporting infrastructure we need. For example, without the support from higher authorities, the large press project would have required an additional hundred million yuan in funding..."

They were all quick learners, so no one said much.

We are short of manpower and money.

As the projects progressed faster, Xie Wei was well aware that they would continue to exist for at least the next twenty years.

The only thing we can do is keep raising money and cultivating more talent that various industries urgently need.

"How's it going? Can we get more manpower?" Fang Pengju asked Xie Wei as soon as he returned to the design room next to the wind tunnel laboratory.

"Other research institutes are all short-staffed, so forget about that. I'll go to Professor Liang Hongbin later and ask him to provide some staff. Anyway, we only have a little over two months."

Both the Dongfeng-11 and Dongfeng-15 are already under development.

The 8610 missile project did not have much potential for further improvement; it was simply a way to reuse a large number of retired HQ-2 air defense missiles and recoup production costs.

After all, retiring these outdated air defense missiles requires significant costs, whether for storage or dismantling.

Converting it into a ground-attack missile would be the most suitable option.

"no problem."

To Xie Wei's surprise, Liang Hongbin not only did not object to Xie Wei drawing manpower from his already short-staffed project, but also agreed without hesitation.

"condition?"

"After that's over, have Xie Rou come and help out on my project for a while. I know about the project they're working on. To realize Qian Xuesen's ballistic trajectory, there are too many preliminary projects needed, and my project is also related to those preliminary projects."

Liang Hongbin didn't hide his intentions, "Also, you have to find a way to raise the funds needed to launch the satellite. The ministry has made it clear that there's no money..."

"..."

Staring at him with Liang Hongbin's expectant gaze, Xie Wei felt a headache coming on.

“I know about the school’s situation, but if we don’t launch, we can’t conduct the verification… We’ve been working on this project for so many years…”

"Okay, I'll try my best to find a way to conduct a launch test next year."

Xie Wei also knew that what Liang Hongbin said was true.

He was well aware that Liang Hongbin's project to launch satellites using solid-fuel rockets had actually completed its design three years ago, but because other projects at the university had taken up funding, it had not yet been able to conduct prototype manufacturing or launch tests.

It has been improving over the past few years.

The technological gap between launch vehicles and missiles is not that large.

After the solid fuel formula of the 150mm long-range rocket stabilized, it led to a major breakthrough in solid rocket technology. Liang Hongbin was initially involved in a road-mobile solid missile project. However, after the project was cancelled, the university took over the relevant results and began to develop solid fuel launch vehicles and supporting military reconnaissance satellites based on the original results.

Of course, what is being reported to higher authorities is the satellite launch system used for information support in emergency monitoring and disaster relief for various disasters.

With the early launch of the BeiDou system and related launch vehicles, the Ministry of Aerospace also lacked funding, and naturally could not support the school's related development.

"We need to speed up the improvement of the 8610 tactical missile. Only by selling it can we make money... especially by selling the technology..."

On his way back to the wind tunnel laboratory, Xie Wei pondered, "I wonder if the big spenders who came to pay their party dues have arrived yet."

35 billion US dollars!
The military will retain a portion, and the aerospace department will also allocate a huge sum of money to this deal.

Divide it into a portion?

There aren't many to go around.

The only thing we can do is seize the opportunity to increase our transaction volume with major clients and boost exports.

"Focus on transactions with big players? We don't even have any dealings with them!"

Liu Debao frowned.

He didn't know where Xie Wei got the information from.

He then turned to look at the Great Wall.

Although Wei Changcheng was responsible for passing on some confidential information to Xie Wei, he still had to follow orders from above.

"You should relay this message, preferably to Leader Long Yaohua. Tell him that I hope to participate in the negotiations so that we can further expand our trade share... We can't raise much funding by just selling conventional weapons now."

Xie Wei said.

"Of course, I don't participate in the core negotiations. After we finish negotiating the core contracts and the details of the cooperation, I'll try to sell more."

Wei Changcheng's eyes twitched violently, but he tried his best to remain calm and did not ask Xie Wei how he knew the news.

"Where did this kid get his information?"

Upon receiving the report, Long Yaohua frowned. "We've only just made contact, and he already knows about it? Could the information have been leaked?"

This is a very serious matter.

He immediately brought Li Rui to his side to inquire about the situation.

I want to know if Li Rui told Xie Wei the news.

"No!"

Li Rui looked completely innocent. "I just mentioned that the HQ-2 was being modified into a tactical missile, and he immediately asked if a contract had been signed. I really don't know what's wrong with this guy's head... However, he did mention that he was planning to sell the technology for modifying anti-aircraft missiles into tactical missiles..."

Although I reported this before, things were different then than they are now.

Xie Wei received the news from the big players; the two sides had just begun formal contact but had not yet formally negotiated the transaction.

"Go again and find out how Xie Wei found out. This matter could be a big deal or a small one."

Long Yaohua's expression was serious.

This means that the security system may have vulnerabilities!
"No, I'll go myself."

Before Li Rui could answer, Long Yaohua changed his mind.

I have to go in person!

"That's what I deduced."

Facing Long Yaohua and Li Rui, Xie Wei, without blushing or panting, gave a reason that was completely unbelievable.

"Tell me how you deduced that?"

Li Rui questioned Xie Wei with a dark expression.

How could you deduce that?
"Sir, have you forgotten that Feng Ke is in Iraq? We also have observers there... Feng Ke is different from them; he can learn a lot about the internal situation... The two sides in the Iran-Iraq War are using missiles more and more frequently... Iraq has hired missile experts from the Soviet Union, France, and Russia to improve the Scud-B... while the troublemakers are cooperating with the Rainbow Nation on the Jericho-2..."

These messages are not secret.

You can find out with a little attention.

"All the surrounding countries have missiles, the only one without is Dahu... According to sources, Dahu's ambassador to the US, Prince Bandar, requested the purchase of Lance ballistic missiles with a range of 120 kilometers from the US, but was rejected..."

This is not a secret either.

“They have neighboring countries, and the major powers in the Middle East are wealthy but lack strong self-defense capabilities… especially the troublemakers who bomb other countries at the drop of a hat… To ensure security, we need deterrent weapons… ballistic missiles are their only option… given the major powers’ relationship with the US and the West, they cannot make contact with the Soviets… so we became their only option.”

Xie Wei's reasoning can be said to be almost flawless.

This was all thanks to his knowledge of the details.

Why are we the only option?

Long Yaohua asked with a dark face.

As soon as I asked the question, I realized I had asked a question with an obvious answer.

"Our relations with the West have improved, and our relations with Russia are now normalizing... More importantly, we did not sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty... Of course, these are not the reasons; the real reason is that we are poor enough!"

"..."

Xie Wei's words completely stunned the two of them.

There's no way to refute it!

(End of this chapter)