In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 89: J-8’s father arrived, but he was sent away by Principal Li!
"Deputy Director Cao, you can't say that! The international market demand is very huge. If we can provide products with reliable quality and low cost, we can export them directly to the world through Hong Kong."

Zhao Liangyu glanced at Cao Bing and calmly refuted him.

Cao Bing was conservative in his thinking and was very dissatisfied with the factory director Hou Guoyong's plan to abandon the state's unified purchase and sale and to promote self-production and self-sales.

The factory is fully productive and there is no need to expand the market.

Zhao Liangyu, who was promoted by Hou Guoyong, who was determined to make progress and was ready to expand production to enter the international market, knew very well who supported him and who opposed him.

"Exporting to earn foreign exchange is what the higher authorities have been calling on us to do. There is a lot of foreign exchange waiting for us to earn in the international market! I personally prefer to cooperate with Harbin Institute of Technology. As long as they have the formula and technology, our products can be exported to earn foreign exchange after the new year!"

Hou Guoyong gave Zhao Liangyu an approving look.

In order to prevent Cao Bing from continuing to oppose and influence others, he took the initiative to express his attitude.

exit!

Earn foreign exchange!

This is the biggest political correctness at the moment.

"Just based on a telegram? No one at Harbin Institute of Technology would understand. We are all willing to export and earn foreign exchange, but we are afraid of being cheated! If we suffer losses, it would be irresponsible to the country!"

Cao Bing frowned, very dissatisfied with Hou Guoyong's attitude.

Directly use the excuse that the other party is a liar.

"Also, the other party's telegram requires the factory to provide technology royalties, and to share profits later. There is no precedent in the country. If it does not comply with the policy..."

Cao Bing had very good reasons for his opposition.

If we cooperate without any policy, the consequences will be serious.

"If you don't understand, then go and find out! If there is no precedent, we will set it! As for the lack of policy or being cheated in the end, I will bear all the consequences! The leaders of the bureau forwarded the telegram to us, not for us to argue! It's decided. The Finance Department will prepare 60 yuan, and I will go to Harbin in person tomorrow."

"..."

Hou Guoyong made the decision directly, and everyone was speechless.

Cao Bing, in particular, looked even uglier: Hou Guoyong had made the decision before the meeting and no one would be allowed to raise any objections.

We have to hold a meeting to go through the process.

Typical of both acting and standing!
But Cao's soldiers couldn't do anything to Hou Guoyong.

The telegram was forwarded by the Chemical Bureau, and Hou Guoyong had the full support of the bureau's leaders.

Since he took office, he gradually turned the factory into a place where he had the final say.

However, Hou Guoyong's decision gave Cao Bing an opportunity: he could spend money to buy formulas and processes from domestic companies. If he was deceived, or the other party's products could not be exported to earn foreign exchange...

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Yu Guofeng was very puzzled that the 70 yuan of funds obtained from Li Rui was given to Du Guowang by Xie Wei.

I don’t understand why Xie Wei didn’t just take the remittance slip and leave.

Don't you plan to cooperate with Shanghai Radio Institute No. 14?

We have cooperated with Harbin Institute of Technology before, and some of the key members are even graduates of Harbin Institute of Technology.

"Xie Wei, Lao Du is not a good person. Don't go over there and make a deal. If he doesn't pay you, then…"

Yu Guofeng reminded Xie Wei worriedly.

The funds for Du Guowang's Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department have all been consumed by the Chemistry Department and the Computer Science Department. It would be troublesome if Du Guowang used the excuse that Xie Wei was supplying the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department.

"Director Du is not that kind of person, even though he often behaves like a rogue."

Xie Wei trusts Du Guowang.

It wasn't just Du Guowang that Xie Wei trusted.

After nearly two months of contact, I found that no matter how shameless the professors and department heads of the school are in their fight for funding and projects, when it comes to major issues, no one can confuse the difference between right and wrong.

The reason they are competing is not because they are selfish, but because the country's technological foundation in all aspects is poor. Everyone wants to make breakthroughs in the field they are researching and catch up with international advanced levels.

"Chips are not only related to our calculators. Strictly speaking, chips do not belong to the Computer Department. Director Du has never said that the Computer Department consumed the funds of the Mechanical and Electrical Department..."

Xie Wei reminded Yu Guofeng.

After the resumption of college entrance examination enrollment, Harbin Institute of Technology only enrolled students in 10 majors for two consecutive years.

The divisions of various departments are not very clear. The Department of Computer Science actually only has one major.

Chips and microcontrollers strictly speaking belong to electronic engineering.

As for electronic engineering, the school has not yet resumed enrollment, but the teachers, equipment and technical foundation for this major exist, and there are technical research and development tasks.

The most typical one is the Department of Radio Engineering.

In 59, the school established the Radio Engineering Department, offering three majors: communications, television, and vacuum electronics; in 62, the majors were changed to radar and communications; in 77, the college entrance examination was resumed, and the Radio Engineering Department only enrolled students in radio technology.

Radio was assigned to the Department of Physics.

There are majors related to electronic engineering such as chips and single-chip microcomputers, and they do not recruit students, but they exist.

Computer science was originally a strong major in the school. When the school was preparing to compete with the University of Science and Technology of China and other institutions for the billion-times supercomputer project, it is not known how these majors were integrated into the Computer Science Department.

Until now, Xie Wei still hasn't figured out the basis on which the school's departments and majors are divided.

"I'm not doubting Director Du's character. It takes a long time to go to Shanghai. If there is a problem with the funds, then..."

It takes several days to get from Harbin to Shanghai.

First go from Harbin to Shenyang, then transfer to Beijing, and then take the Beijing-Shanghai line from Beijing to Shanghai.

The Beijing-Shanghai railway line, which connects the political center and the economic center, has always been the busiest in the country.

The Beijing-Shanghai line is more than 1400 kilometers long. Since the Jinling Yangtze River Bridge was completed and opened to traffic in 68, trains no longer need to rely on ferries to cross the river. The total running time has been further shortened from 59 hours in 24 to less than 22 hours. The key is that both cities have large populations and frequent exchanges.

Tickets are hard to get!

If they reach an agreement with Factory 14 and Du Guowang doesn't have the funds in hand, he will have to come back to deal with it, which will take a lot of time.

Looking at Yu Guofeng, Xie Wei was speechless.

He also said that he believed in Lao Du's character.

Is Lao Du’s character so bad in the eyes of his colleagues?

"Director Yu, don't worry. The PLC and CNC chips of the Mechanical and Electrical Department are the core! Otherwise, Director Du would not agree to provide funds for the calculator project first."

Xie Wei felt that it was necessary to speak up for Lao Du.

How could he know how anxious Yu Guofeng was about this chip?

Not only Yu Guofeng was nervous, but the school leaders were also nervous.

He still believes that he was able to get the funds because he could earn funds for the school, and because he acted like a rogue and hugged his quilt and prepared to sleep at the doorstep of Principal Li's house.

What the school wants to do is a giant computer project with a capacity of 100 million or even 1 billion times.

In the field of national defense, how urgent the need for supercomputers with faster running speeds and stronger computing power is is known better than anyone by school leaders who are determined to return to the military industry.

Otherwise, when Xie Wei proposed to find Shanghai Radio Institute No. 14, Yu Guofeng would not have specifically looked for the school principal Li Rui, Vice Principal Liu Debao and other leaders - the school did not intend to give up after failing in the national competition for the billion-times supercomputer.

The architecture that Xie Wei came up with gave Yu Guofeng an opportunity to turn the tables: the brand-new architecture provided a framework, just like providing a foundation for building a house. The foundation can even be expanded infinitely, and a high-rise building can be built by simply building according to the foundation step by step.

"Okay. The tickets have been booked. We'll leave at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Go and arrange your affairs. I don't know how long this delay will take."

Seeing that Xie Wei was unwilling to take the money away by himself, Yu Guofeng stopped talking about money.

Remind Xie Wei to properly hand over the work at hand.

Xie Wei nodded.

In fact, there was no need for Yu Guofeng to remind him, as Xie Wei had informed all project teams and even greeted the teachers, although he almost never attended classes.

"Go ahead and relax! The class will be more relaxed without you."

Luo Yang fully agreed with Xie Wei's departure.

Principal Li Rui had already privately told Luo Yang what Xie Wei was going to do.

Xie Wei's presence made the whole class study hard in an almost self-abuse manner, which brought a lot of pressure to all the students.

Now that Xie Wei is gone, perhaps everyone will feel a little more relaxed.

By the time the chip is ready, the entire class may fall into a new round of painful learning.

"..."

Xie Wei always felt that Luo Yang didn't say anything good, but he couldn't find a reason to refute.

"By the way, when you go there, learn more about related electronic technologies and markets, and try to do more simple projects for students to practice. Students who participate in the projects have made rapid progress in all aspects."

Luo Yang called out to Xie Wei when he reached the door.

As the head teacher of the school's first experimental class, Luo Yang, the principal, knows the progress of his students better than anyone else.

The project that Xie Wei is working on can not only bring funds to the school, but also encourage students with strong learning abilities to make faster progress. As a class teacher, Luo Yang really wants to know how far this group of students can go.

After saying goodbye to Luo Yang, Xie Wei prepared to go to the department store to buy a woolen scarf for his sister and mother.

They will leave for Shanghai tomorrow. Xie Wei is not sure whether his father will have returned to Chengdu when he comes back, so he has to ask the old man to take him back.

Winters in Northeast China are much colder than in Chengdu, and most women go out wearing square wool scarves.

Xie Wei thought that it would definitely be warmer here than in Rongcheng.

Even though the scarves produced in Shanghai have been transported thousands of kilometers, in this era of low prices, they are not expensive compared to Xie Wei's monthly salary of 55 yuan, and are sold for 6 yuan.

When Xie Wei saw a scarf in the department store, he was embarrassed to find that he couldn't buy it: one scarf required one industrial voucher!

After arriving at the school, Comrade Xie Wei, who was receiving a salary from the Hongguang Factory, no longer received various tickets.

According to national regulations, one industrial coupon was issued for every 20 yuan of salary. It turned out that Xie Wei could receive 5 industrial coupons every two months at Hongguang Factory.

There is nothing to buy in school. Toothpaste and toothbrushes can be used for a long time. The school store supplies them and no industrial coupons are required.

"Without the industrial vouchers, what kind of woolen scarf would you buy?"

The middle-aged female salesperson in the department store looked at Xie Wei with dissatisfaction. She spoke in a loud and rough voice, glared at Xie Wei, and took the scarf back from the counter.

"Don't come to make trouble if you don't buy it!"

"Sister, I'm a student..."

Xie Wei wanted to explain.

"What's wrong with students? Don't students need industrial coupons to buy industrial products? The school also issues tickets and industrial coupons!"

The salesperson scolded Xie Wei.

"Young people nowadays are bored and always make trouble!"

The salesperson was complaining as she hung the scarf back on the shelf. Another salesperson next to her was about to speak, but she glared at him, so she had to shut up and silently tidy up the shelf next to her.

"Which school and class are you from?"

Seeing Xie Wei's strange expression, the middle-aged salesperson became more convinced that Xie Wei was here to cause trouble.

There was only Harbin Institute of Technology nearby, so the salesperson immediately asked Xie Wei what class he was in, preparing to take him to the school for accountability. Xie Wei was so scared that he ran away.

“Does the school issue industrial vouchers?”

Xie Wei didn't pay much attention to it at ordinary times. He went straight back to school and found Yao Xinwei, the life committee member who distributed meal tickets every month.

The tickets were collected by the life committee from the logistics department and distributed to the classes.

"Industrial vouchers? What do you want this for?"

Yao Xinwei was called out of the class by Xie Wei, thinking that he had something important to do.

I was surprised to hear that the other party wanted industrial coupons. "Most students need financial support from their families every month to fill their stomachs. The school store for daily use does not use industrial coupons..."

"I was going to buy scarves for my mom and sister at the department store, but I was almost caught by the salesperson and brought back to school!"

Xie Wei explained to Yao Xinwei with a wry smile.

"If you need anything, you can contact the Logistics Department. Every month, classmates will tell me in advance if they need anything, and I will get it from the Logistics Department..."

Yao Xinwei took Xie Wei to the Logistics Department and found the relevant person in charge.

"Industrial coupons? This month's coupons are gone, and next month's coupons haven't arrived yet."

Zhang Xiaojun, who was in charge of tickets in the logistics department, frowned and looked at Yao Xinwei, "Didn't you tell your squad leader?"

Yao Xinwei smiled bitterly and told the squad leader.

“What about the school’s industrial vouchers?”

Xie Wei asked Zhang Xiaojun in confusion.

Those that my classmates didn’t receive should be in the Logistics Department.

"You'll have to ask the principal. Every month, the school provides all the extra tickets to units in need..."

Zhang Xiaojun knew that Xie Wei was a popular figure among the school leaders and department heads, so he was not as impatient as he was with other students who came to ask for tickets outside of ticket redemption time.

Sell ​​the extra tickets?

Yao Xinwei looked incredulous, "This is speculation and undermining the ticket system!"

"Shut up!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was scolded by Xie Wei and Zhang Xiaojun at the same time.

"..."

After understanding, Xie Wei said goodbye to Zhang Xiaojun and walked out with Yao Xinwei with a heavy expression.

"Monitor..."

Xie Wei's abnormal behavior made Yao Xinwei feel frightened.

"Keep your mouth shut and don't spread it."

Xie Wei's seriousness made Yao Xinwei take two steps back in fear.

The look in the squad leader's eyes at this moment frightened Yao Xinwei.

“This is against the rules!”

"You know nothing! The school is short of funds..."

Xie Wei regretted following Yao Xinwei, the big mouth, to ask Zhang Xiaojun for industrial coupons.

"The projects in the class have no funding from higher authorities, the school has no funding source, and the teachers have donated their own salaries..."

After hearing this, Yao Xinwei's eyes widened.

If Xie Wei didn't tell him, how would he know these things?

He is the living committee member and usually deals with relevant staff in the logistics system.

Zhang Xiaojun's words made Xie Wei realize the source of funding for his project from the school.

Li Rui had told Xie Wei before that many professors and department heads in the school donated their salaries, not just to subsidize students.

The subsidies for students in the experimental class and other classes participating in the project all come from this.

"Lao Yao, I know this is hard for you to understand and accept, but I hope you won't hear about this in class."

Xie Wei once again sternly warned Yao Xinwei.

Yao Xinwei's parents are both working and have very high salary levels.

I can't even realize the impact of this matter if it gets out.

"Squad leader, don't worry. I may not be able to keep my mouth shut about other things, but I promise to keep this a secret."

Yao Xinwei patted his chest and made the promise.

But the look in Xie Wei's eyes showed that he didn't believe it at all!

Yao Xinwei was immediately anxious: "If I spread this, I will be a bachelor for the rest of my life and won't even have four dishes to eat!"

Yao Xinwei made such a vicious oath, what else could Xie Wei say?
"Fifth brother, starting next month, when you collect your tickets, regardless of whether or not your classmates need them, you should collect a few more tickets that your classmates don't need from the logistics department every month as a backup."

"Good!"

Lao Liu finally called me brother!
Yao Xinwei was so excited that he almost cried.

It's not easy!

It was worth the oath I swore.

After letting Yao Xinwei return to the classroom, Xie Wei went to see the principal, Li Rui.

"Aren't you leaving tomorrow? If you're not going to hand over your work, why are you here?"

Seeing Xie Wei appear, Li Rui rubbed his temples vigorously.

I had instructed Xie Wei before not to appear in front of me before he got the money.

How long has it been since?

"Principal, when Director Wu and his team have news, tell him that for products such as dishwashing liquid, in addition to the first payment of 60 yuan remaining unchanged, the bottom line of profit sharing will be adjusted to % and %. If the other party disagrees, the school-enterprise joint venture will invest in building a factory for production!"

After saying that, Xie Wei turned around and left.

Li Rui looked at Xie Wei blankly. What had happened to this kid?
When they were almost at the door, Xie Wei stopped and turned to Li Rui and said seriously, "Don't trade those tickets anymore. With the increase of joint projects between the school and enterprises, more and more students will receive subsidies. Once someone knows that the tickets are being traded, it will have a great impact on the school's reputation."

After saying this, without waiting for Li Rui's reply, Xie Wei turned around and left.

"What's the ticket tampering?"

Li Rui looked at Xie Wei in astonishment, then he thought of something and jumped up: "Damn Zhang Xiaojun, you promised to keep your mouth shut!"

After coming out of Li Rui's office, Xie Wei, in a heavy mood, smoked two cigarettes in a row, and then found Du Guowang and asked him to help get two industrial coupons.

As soon as I got back to the department store, the middle-aged salesperson looked unhappy and asked, "What's wrong with you, young man? Are you a student of Harbin Institute of Technology? What's your major?"

"Crack~"

Xie Wei slapped the two industrial coupons and 12 yuan he had prepared on the glass counter, "Two industrial coupons, 12 yuan, I want two square scarves!"

"what?"

The salesperson who was about to come out to catch Xie Wei was dumbfounded.

He stared blankly at the industrial coupons and money on the glass cabinet.

"Hurry up, I'm in a hurry!"

I know that these days sales clerks in department stores don’t talk about service attitude.

In addition to the other party's previous bad attitude, Xie Wei did not hesitate.

"The tickets and the money are in compliance with regulations. If you can't sell them, I'll find your manager. I won't fire you, but I can transfer you to a different position or deduct some of your bonus. I'm sure your manager won't mind."

Xie Wei threatened the other party.

He was in a bad mood and not as good-tempered as before.

The salesperson, who was somewhat confused by Xie Wei's tough attitude, thought about how Xie Wei had gotten the industrial coupons so quickly, and mechanically took out two printed square wool scarves and handed them to Xie Wei.

At Xie Wei's urging, the invoice was issued.

Xie Wei got the invoice and left immediately.

"Why are you so proud? You are just a college student. You haven't been assigned a unit yet!"

The salesperson looked at Xie Wei's back and came to his senses.

"College students are all government officials... Some students started working before taking the college entrance exam and went to school with their salaries!"

Another salesperson watched her being humiliated and felt secretly happy.

She was very clear about her colleague's behavior: this was his only opportunity to demonstrate his power in front of state officials who had not yet been assigned a job.

Most things in department stores are relatively expensive. Students who only receive a small subsidy each month just look at things, touch them, ask about the prices, and then leave sadly when they go to department stores.

I am often scolded by the other party.

And every time, after scolding a student and sending him away, he would be happy for a long time.

"So what if I'm paid? We need tickets to buy things! Without tickets, even government officials can't buy anything!"

The middle-aged female salesperson snorted coldly and said through gritted teeth. Another salesperson looked at her expression and sighed silently.

Coincidentally, the manager appeared at the door.

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Xie Wei, holding a scarf, arrived at Du Guowang's house. Seeing Xie Rou lying on the warm kang doing integral problems again, he shook his head helplessly.

Xie Wei asked Xie Rou to try the scarf to see if it fit. Xie Rou took it casually and wrapped it around her neck without even looking at Xie Wei. She said, "It looks good. I've tried it. Don't disturb me while I'm studying," and continued to do her homework.

"It's not a good thing for this girl to stay here."

Seeing Xie Rou like this, Xie Wei became melancholy.

Don't become a nerd.

The weather has dropped sharply in the past few days, with daytime temperatures already below minus five or six degrees Celsius.

Xie Rou didn't go out all day, lying on the kang to study.

What’s even more outrageous is that Liang Hongling personally delivered three meals a day to Xie Rou.

When I was busy with work and couldn't deliver it, I would ask Liang Hongbin or Du Guowang to deliver it...

When Wang Zheng was not around, Du Guowang asked Xie Wei to bring food to Xie Rou.

In just over half a month, Xie Rou's face became visibly rounder.

"Is this for your second sister? Xie Wei, Harbin is too cold this winter, and a scarf is useless. I'm wrapped in a military coat, and I feel frozen if I stay outside for a while... Or, let Xie Rou apply to Bashu University. If that doesn't work, she can go to USTC. It's not that cold there in winter..."

As soon as he saw Xie Wei, Xie Jianguo started complaining again.

During the coldest winter in Chengdu, the temperature never drops below zero during the day.

There are only a few days each year when the temperature drops below zero at night.

"I gave Xie Rou's to her. That girl was too lazy to move on the kang."

Xie Wei ignored the old man's complaints and said, "I bought this for my mother. I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow. I don't know if you can make it back when you go home. Can you bring it back for my mother?"

Xie Wei handed the folded scarf to Xie Jianguo.

"Why waste your money? I'll go back and buy it for her!"

Hearing his son say that he bought the scarf for Liu Mei, Xie Jianguo scolded his son with a dark face.

He never thought of bringing a gift back for Liu Mei.

This is the first time that Director Xie has traveled far away in many years and he has no experience.

As a result, my son's behavior...

"Dad, this is a gift from me as a son. If you feel bad about it, buy my mom a mink coat and bring it back. It's lighter than a cotton-padded jacket, keeps her warmer, and looks good. I don't think there are many people in Chengdu who have mink coats."

Xie Wei knew that the old man was like this because of his own negligence.

Talk about emotional intelligence?
If Xie Jianguo had emotional intelligence, he wouldn't have hurt himself to get his son back from the educated youth camp.

The reason he was able to trick me into getting his hands on her was, on the one hand, because of his former identity as a technician, and on the other hand, it was because of the common characteristics of Sichuan men: hardworking and obedient.

Xie Wei saw the mink coats hanging on the shelf in the department store, but he didn't even dare to ask the price.

It was through Du Guowang that Xie Wei learned that the country began to develop the mink fur breeding industry in the 1950s and 1960s, and introduced Soviet minks in the 1950s. Mink fur coats are an important export product.

There are very few in China.

In Xie Wei's memory, wearing mink was popular in Northeast China, but now when you go out, you hardly see anyone wearing mink.

That is synonymous with luxury.

A mink costs several hundred dollars, and an ordinary worker cannot buy one with a year's salary.

Although mink coats are not as light as down jackets, they are much warmer than down jackets.

Since Xie Wei came to this era, Liu Mei didn't even let him wash the lunch box.

It can be said that Liu Mei did everything a mother could do for her son.

Xie Wei naturally wants to give Liu Mei the best.

His current status makes it unsuitable for him to buy a mink for Liu Mei.

"That's my business, why should you interfere?"

Xie Jianguo looked at his son angrily, "Get lost! I won't send you off tomorrow morning."

Xie Wei smiled at the grumpy old man and turned back to school.

The next morning, Tan Heping personally drove Xie Wei and Yu Guofeng to the station.

"Director Tan, is your admissions office now taking over the small car class's job?"

Xie Wei teased Tan Heping.

"Do you think I want to come? An important leader is coming to school today, and someone from the car team has asked for leave, so the others are at the station to pick him up."

Tan Heping answered unhappily.

The people in the admissions office have no idea who will be picked up by the small car class.

It is not appropriate to let the deputy director of the admissions office serve as a driver to pick up comrades who come to the school for inspection.

There will be no problem if we send Xie Wei and Yu Guofeng.

There are very few staff members in the school who can drive. Tan Heping was a car soldier during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. After retiring from the army, he stayed at Harbin Institute of Technology to work in logistics and was promoted step by step to the position of deputy director of the Admissions Office.

Anyway, he has done a lot of part-time driver work.

"Is that the school's car? There are cadres wearing four-pocket clothes inside! I don't know if it's the leaders of the higher authorities who are here to inspect..."

When the jeep was halfway on the way to the train station, we saw two other jeeps from the school heading towards the school.

There are only three old jeeps in the entire Harbin Institute of Technology.

Xie Wei is very familiar with these cars in the school.

Through the car window, Xie Wei saw that the people sitting in the car were all cadres wearing four-pocket clothes, and he sighed.

If the higher-ups come to inspect and guide our work, given Principal Li's personality, he should be able to ask for some funding, right?

"It's from a sister company. The superior, Principal Li, will definitely come in person."

Yu Guofeng smiled and said, "But now, unless it is absolutely necessary, the higher-ups will not come to our school."

Ever since Li Rui became the principal, no senior leader has been willing to come to the school for inspection—they can’t leave without leaving something behind!
The car was still a long way from the train station entrance, so Tan Heping asked the two men to get off with their travel bags.

He left a message: "Telegram in advance when you come back, and I will pick you up."

As soon as I stepped on the accelerator, the car turned and left.

"Is Mr. Tan very anxious?"

Xie Wei was surprised to see Tan Heping leaving in a hurry.

Although we haven't had much contact, we still understand each other.

Tan Heping is not an impatient person.

"The school is planning to arrange for the admissions office to go to each provincial capital city to survey the students taking the college entrance examination next year..."

Yu Guofeng looked at the jeep going away and explained with a smile.

"what?"

Is the school preparing to start recruiting students?

I'm afraid this will set a very bad precedent.

"It was you and Xie Rou who made the school leaders make this decision. Do you think Old Tan would have no objection to you?"

Before Xie Wei could react, Yu Guofeng added another sentence.

"What does this have to do with me?"

Xie Wei was even more confused.

The school wants to poach people, it has nothing to do with me.

"The school is famous in Northeast China, but not so famous outside of the province. It has nothing to do with me, right? Students with excellent grades will only see USTC and Peking University and Tsinghua University..."

In many people's minds these days, USTC has a higher status than Peking University and Tsinghua University.

"That's why we need to send out the admissions office! You may not know that this year, there are less than 20 people in the whole of Bashu who applied for the school, and you are the only one who has reached the admission line..."

isn't it?
When Xie Wei heard this, he looked incredulous.

In the entire experimental class, it seems that only 7 people are from the Northeast, there is no one from Harbin, and the others are all from all over the country.

It seems like I haven’t heard the Sichuan accent for such a long time?

"Damn! Why is it so cold? I'm going to freeze to death here. I've put on all my sweaters and thickest coats, but I'm still so cold!"

Xie Wei and Yu Guofeng were chatting about the Admissions Office. As they walked towards the entrance, they heard a voice with a strange accent.

Looking in the direction of the voice, I saw a middle-aged man in his early forties with a square face, wearing a turtleneck sweater under a dark blue Zhongshan suit. He was holding a travel bag in one hand and tightly grasping the lapel of his clothes with the other hand, and he was shivering all over from the cold.

His teeth were chattering.

"Director, we have to find a way to get a military coat first. I've put on my thickest clothes, but the cold air is getting into them... Why is this damn place so cold..."

The young man next to the middle-aged man answered tremblingly.

His eyes searched everywhere.

Seeing the two people's dilemma, Xie Wei looked at himself and Yu Guofeng who were wrapped in heavy military coats, and couldn't help but feel fortunate that it was not so cold when they first arrived.

When Xie Rou arrived, Wang Zheng came to pick her up with a military coat.

"Let's go. Many people from the south don't know much about our place..."

Yu Guofeng's words reveal that this situation is very common.

"What should I do?"

Xie Wei asked in surprise, "It's several degrees below zero, won't it freeze people to death?"

Looking at the two people shivering, Xie Wei said worriedly.

Information is not well developed these days, so it is difficult for people in the south to have an intuitive understanding of the winter in Northeast China. They are not well prepared, and it is normal that they find it cold only after arriving.

But the question is, what about watching them freeze?

"The department store next door has military coats. If you don't have cloth or cotton coupons, you can rent a military coat from the mall with your work ID and a letter of introduction. When you leave, just return the coat."

Can you do this?

Xie Wei really didn’t know.

If you think about it, you will understand: Harbin is an important national industrial base city, and its industrial products are sold all over the country. Every year, many people from all over the country come here for inspection or exchanges.

In the cold winter, without a warm military coat or cotton-padded jacket, you will freeze to death.

Renting and not returning it?

I guess no one would consider this problem these days: without a letter of introduction or a work permit, you can’t travel far.

Don't department stores also require a letter of introduction and a work permit to rent out coats?

"Comrade, there are military coats in the department store over there. If you have a ticket, you can buy it. If you don't have a ticket, you can rent it..."

Xie Wei shouted at the two of them.

"what?"

The two looked at Xie Wei in a daze.

Xie Wei pointed to the department store next to the square in front of the station and said, "You can rent military coats over there!"

"Thank you!"

After expressing their gratitude to Xie Wei, the two men trotted towards the department store.

"Let's go, the car is about to leave."

Seeing that Xie Wei was still looking at the two of them, Yu Guofeng raised his wrist to check the time and urged Xie Wei to get into the station.

"If you have time in the future, you can often see it outside the train station in winter."

Yu Guofeng thought Xie Wei was curious about the two southerners' reactions to the cold weather in Harbin, so he said this to him.

"I won't be able to watch the excitement then. I'm afraid I'll be frozen into a statue at the train station!"

Xie Wei said, rolling his eyes.

At the end of November, the temperature in Harbin was several degrees below zero during the day.

Xie Rou was so cold that she didn't want to go out, and she lay on the kang to study every day.

As soon as Xie Jianguo met Xie Wei, he complained that Harbin was too cold in winter and wanted Xie Rou to go to USTC or other southern universities.

There was no mention of whether his son was cold or not.

Yu Guofeng had no idea that after Wu Tao and Wang Zheng left, Xie Wei saw that they had not returned for a few days and knew that the situation in Shencheng was similar to what he had expected and there was no possibility of cooperation.

A telegram was sent directly to the Huadu Chemical Bureau in the name of the school, asking the Huadu Chemical Bureau to forward it to the Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Plant.

The word "diu" spoken by the middle-aged man has a very regional flavor.

Xie Wei was wondering whether he should go up and ask the two men if they were from the Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Factory.

But then I thought, it would only take four or five days for my telegram to arrive, and even if Huadu could get over, it wouldn't be that fast.

When Xie Wei and Yu Guofeng boarded the car, two people from the south rented military coats from a department store.

Wrapped in military coats, they stopped shivering and began to ask how to take the bus to Harbin Institute of Technology.

The two people were Hou Guoyong and Zhao Liangyu, the directors of Huadu Oil and Chemical Factory. The next day after receiving the telegram, they boarded the train from Huadu to the capital.

Xie Wei had no idea that just this year, the train travel time from the capital to Huadu has been shortened to less than 33 hours!
In order to reach Harbin Institute of Technology as soon as possible, the two men hardly stopped to rest when they arrived in the capital, and did not even wait for seats. They took their letters of introduction and work permits, and as long as they had tickets to get on the train, they headed straight to Harbin.

As a result, we missed the opportunity.

At the same time, people from Institute 601 who came to the school to understand the situation also entered the office of Principal Li Rui.

"Principal Li, could you please ask the comrade who designed and manufactured this fighter model to come meet us? We have some questions we would like to ask him."

After the greetings, Deputy Director Gu took out the palm-sized fighter model from the briefcase he was carrying.

He expressed his desire to meet Xie Wei.

"Let's go. The train may have left by now..."

Li Rui raised his wrist to check the time and answered helplessly.

"They're gone? Principal Li, are you kidding me?"

Lu Kui, deputy section chief of the Labor and Personnel Department of Institute 601, who came to the school with Deputy Director Gu, had a grim look on his face.

The director asked them to get in touch with the person first and get to know him, and then bring him to the institute if he was suitable.

He also asked himself, the section chief of the Labor and Wages Department who was in charge of personnel, to come along, and wait to confirm that the other party was the talent the institute needed, and then directly handle the transfer of organizational relations.

As a result, the other party told me that the person was gone!
What should I do if I can’t see anyone?
Did someone leak the news that the institute was trying to poach people?
It shouldn't be.

Those who graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in the institute would not tip off Harbin Institute of Technology regardless of the development of the institute.

"The letter you sent said that it would arrive today and asked us to make contact, but it didn't say that we would meet with the designer and manufacturer of the fighter model!"

Principal Li's face was full of innocence.

The official letter sent by the other party only asked for contact but did not say that they wanted to meet Xie Wei.

"Principal Li, it's hard to discuss our cooperation if we can't meet him. He might be the only one who knows what we need."

Seeing Li Rui playing dumb, Deputy Director Gu sighed in his heart. It seemed that the rumors were true.

The other party is not a shameless person.

No wonder the director said that if the school didn’t release him, he would find a way to use his connections to get the school to release him.

Well now, they are here.

They have already sent the person away.

I can't even see him.

"Everyone, I'm very sorry. We didn't expect you to discuss this with him... The school was in urgent need of some equipment, and he went with the teacher to help run errands. This was confirmed before you sent the letter."

Li Rui looked apologetic.

But he didn't say a word of truth: he didn't say where Xie Wei had gone, nor what Xie Wei was doing, nor did he say when he would be back.

Li Rui even didn't want to tell Institute 601 Xie Wei's name.

Principal Li was well aware that Institute 601 was trying to poach people.

An outstanding student like Xie Wei must stay in school.

Can you let Institute 601 take people away?

After knowing that the 601 Institute was going to send someone over, Principal Li and several insiders did not tell Xie Wei the details. After confirming the time of the other party's arrival, they asked Yu Guofeng to take Xie Wei away quickly.

"Principal Li, what is the name of the comrade who designed and manufactured this? Where did he go? When will he be back?"

Principal Li didn't want to say it, but Deputy Director Gu had to ask.

Along the way, he imagined countless scenes of meeting the young man who had such a smooth appearance, but the result was...

"Ah? How about we talk about cooperation first?"

Li Rui didn't want to introduce Xie Wei to the other party.

"..."

The people in 601 looked at Li Rui in silence.

The other party is playing dumb and being a rogue.

This situation was not anticipated before coming here.

Everyone had a grim expression on their face and no one spoke.

The atmosphere quickly froze.

"I think your school doesn't have an aviation major now? I think there's no point in discussing cooperation between us."

Deputy Director Gu's words broke the silence.

Tell the other party clearly that it is useless to hide.

"I just want to ask you to help me, 601, and second a few technical backbones to help the school rebuild the aviation major."

Li Rui smiled and said, "The school can provide part of the funds for the research of aviation-related technologies, such as four-redundant fly-by-wire control systems, pulse Doppler radars, high-thrust turbofan engines, etc...."

Li Rui actually didn't understand what he said.

I don't know what it is used for.

This is what Li Rui heard through Xie Wei, and then he used his personal connections to learn about the terms related to the most advanced technologies of foreign fighter jets.

In Principal Li's opinion, no matter what these are used for, as long as the name is advanced enough to fool professionals working on fighter jets, it's fine.

"Suck~"

Sure enough, after Li Rui said this, everyone in 601 took a deep breath.

Deputy Director Gu, in particular, widened his eyes and looked at Li Rui in disbelief, "Principal Li, do you know what you are talking about?"

In the 70s, the design concept of fighter jets in the world shifted from pursuing "higher and faster" to improving the maneuverability at medium and low altitudes, perfecting the onboard electronic equipment, weapons, and fire control systems, and thus pursuing beyond-visual-range strikes.

With the increase in exchanges with the West in recent years, the troops, after learning of this situation, have begun to abandon the pursuit of high altitude and high speed after a long period of research and demonstration.

The J-26000, a "double 2.6" high-altitude, high-speed fighter with a flight altitude of 26 meters and a speed of 9 Mach, has seen its funding cut in such an environment because of its high technical difficulty and unsatisfactory progress.

The J-601 of the 8 Institute has not yet been finalized, but there have been rumors that it needs further modifications to improve its overall performance.

The J-8 needs major changes!
Otherwise, Deputy Director Gu would not have come to Harbin Institute of Technology in person just for a model.

(End of this chapter)