industrial overlord

Chapter 76 Talent is the most important
I picked up the treasure!Lin Zhenhua shouted to himself in his heart.What is a piece of NE555 chip? The price of this kind of chip in the US market is only a little over US$1. However, with just one piece of this kind of chip, you can actually buy a 62-year-old graduate of Beihang Electronic Engineering to work for him. , and also threatened that no matter how complicated the circuit could be designed, Lin Zhenhua really didn't know whether to feel happy or sad.

He didn't doubt Wei Jingwen's level at all. The college students in the 60s were all excellent people, let alone a school like Beihang University.Looking at Wei Jingwen's concentration on researching chips just now, he knows that he has never abandoned his major in these years.Such a talent is buried in the school, which is called reckless waste.

"Mr. Wei, don't you want to ask about the salary?" Lin Zhenhua asked.

"What remuneration do you want?" Wei Jingwen asked back, "Didn't you agree to give me this 555 chip? This remuneration is more expensive than any other remuneration! I only need this chip and nothing else. need."

"You mean, all you want is a chip?"

"That's right, as long as the chip is available, nothing else will be taken."

"Only one piece?"

"That's right...wait, you mean you still have it? By the way, if you want to develop products, there must be more. Could you give me two yuan?" Wei Jingwen asked in an unbelievable tone. Originally, I thought that it would be very generous for Lin Zhenhua to give him one such chip, but from Lin Zhenhua's point of view, it seems that it is possible to give him two.How happy it would be if there were two 555 chips, one for experimentation and one for eye-catching on the bookshelf...

Lin Zhenhua laughed, and then asked: "Mr. Wei, you mean that you only want NE555 and nothing else?"

"Yes, nothing else!"

"Not Z80 either?"

"You have a Z80!" Wei Jingwen grabbed Lin Zhenhua's hand. This weak scholar was able to hold Lin Zhenhua's hand that had worked as a porter until it hurt. "Comrade Xiaolin, you are not Lie to me, your factory really got the Z80 chip?"

"Yes." Lin Zhenhua nodded.

"Can you take me to have a look? I just need to take a look." Wei Jingwen said, in order to strengthen Lin Zhenhua's confidence, he added: "Don't worry, the control circuit you mentioned, including It’s on me. I dare not say anything else, no one in Fenghua County is more expert than me in terms of electrical circuits.”

Therefore, Wei Jingwen, who always regarded the office as his home, hurriedly rode on his bicycle and followed Lin Zhenhua to Hanhua Machinery Factory before the students finished school.Wei Jingwen rode even faster than Lin Zhenhua on the night road of more than two kilometers. Along the way, he excitedly asked Lin Zhenhua about his problems, like a child who is about to go to Disneyland with his parents.Lin Zhenhua also told Wei Jingwen about his contracting labor service company, but he firmly asked Wei Jingwen not to call him Manager Lin, but to call him Xiao Lin.

Lin Zhenhua brought Wei Jingwen to his home, asked him to sit down in his sister's room, then went to his own room to grope around, put the integrated circuits he had saved into two cardboard boxes, brought them over and spread them out on the floor. In front of Wei Jingwen, he said, "Mr. Wei, please take a look. This is a chip that a friend of mine brought to me from abroad."

Wei Jingwen opened the paper box tremblingly, for fear of accidentally damaging the contents inside.As soon as the box was opened, a golden light flashed in Wei Jingwen's eyes. These are two full boxes of integrated circuit chips!Wei Jingwen is only fascinated by the Z80 chips that he has never seen before, and there are as many as 10 chips here.

"All these belong to your factory?" Wei Jingwen asked.

"To be precise, it's mine."

"How is this possible! Now that the country is in such a shortage of foreign exchange, it is impossible for you to have foreign exchange to buy these chips. This Z80 chip, if I remember correctly, costs 25 dollars a piece. You have here... 10 pieces , a full 250 US dollars, how can you own such property by yourself!" Wei Jingwen asked excitedly, he was not doubting Lin Zhenhua's character or morality, but was extremely surprised, somewhat jealous.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Mr. Wei, it is not convenient for me to explain to you how I got these chips. You have the right to assume that I have overseas relations and got them through overseas relatives. Is this explanation reasonable?"

"It's so rare, so rare." Wei Jingwen claimed, "If someone has overseas relations, the first thing that comes to mind is a TV, a tape recorder, and even asking overseas relatives to help buy a refrigerator. But you can think of It is really rare to buy a batch of integrated circuit chips. Now I understand why Lin Fanghua has made such great progress, because she has a very motivated brother."

Lin Zhenhua quickly stopped: "Mr. Wei, let's not be so exaggerated. In fact, I asked my friends to help me buy these chips for reproduction. You see, the gate automatic control system we talked about at the beginning, I hope it is Do you think it is feasible to use a piece of NE555? It is not possible to use Z80.”

"Use the Z80 to control a gate?" Wei Jingwen was displeased. If he hadn't seen this pile of chips, he would probably show off his teacher's dignity and reprimanded Lin Zhenhua bitterly: "Comrade Xiaolin , This is simply too wasteful! As the chairman once said, waste is the greatest crime! You are committing a crime by using precious integrated circuit chips like this.”

"We are also producing products for the country, how can it be considered a waste?" Lin Zhenhua said.

"These functions don't need integrated circuits at all, and can be realized with ordinary components. Leave it to me to design. With components that don't cost more than 10 yuan, I will definitely be able to realize all these functions you mentioned." Wei Jing Wen said.

Lin Zhenhua shook his head: "Mr. Wei, let me tell you that I must use integrated circuits in this circuit. It may be too much to use Z80, but NE555 must be used. As for how to use it, it is up to you to decide."

"what about this?"

"Because this is the only way to look high-end and sell at a high price." Lin Zhenhua said boldly, "If I use analog circuits, then any other factory can do it, and they can keep the price low. We can also What money did you earn?"

"Money, money, money! You all know money!" Wei Jingwen was really angry, "Xiao Lin, do you know that such an integrated circuit, if used for experiments, can greatly promote science and technology. But you In order to look advanced, you obviously don’t need to use it, but still use it, in your eyes, is the development of technology less important than making money?”

Lin Zhenhua didn't find Wei Jingwen's words strange at all.In fact, in the next 30 years, the debate on whether to develop the economy or to develop science and technology has never stopped, and Lin Zhenhua has also seen countless views in this regard.He waited for Wei Jingwen to finish his rant, and then slowly said: "Mr. Wei, I understand your feelings, but have you ever thought about it, if you don't have money, what do you use to develop technology? Don't you need money for experiments? A simple truth, you can only spend two dollars to buy a broken 555 chip, if you have money, you can buy 100 intact chips, how much contribution will you make to technology?"

"But... do you know that our country is short of foreign exchange, and this kind of imported chips cannot be bought even if you have money." Wei Jingwen was somewhat moved by Lin Zhenhua's words, but he still found his own reason.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Mr. Wei, I gave you all these two boxes of chips, no matter what experiments you use them for. Besides, don't feel bad about the chips we get through other channels. I I am a person engaged in production. What I know is that only by earning money can the sustainable development of scientific research be maintained. If everyone is engaged in scientific research and no one is responsible for making money, scientific research will eventually be impossible to develop. Please tell me something Well, can you accept such a condition? If you don't agree, then I have no choice but to ask other people for help. "

This is simply a blatant threat. On one side are two boxes of chips, equivalent to a basket of red and juicy carrots, and on the other side is a big iron rod. If you don't do it, I'm sorry, I will take back these chips.Lin Zhenhua firmly believes that no one can resist this kind of battle.

"I..." Wei Jingwen stomped his feet, "Oh, Xiao Lin, you've already talked to this extent, is there any possibility for me to refuse? For the sake of these two boxes of integrated circuits, I'll help the evildoers."

I'm dizzy... Lin Zhenhua really felt that he was going to collapse, and he gave away two boxes of integrated circuits, worth seven or eight hundred dollars, in exchange for such an evaluation.There is no way, who makes someone a talent, this is how a talent talks, Lin Zhenhua comforted himself in his heart.

"Mr. Wei, these two boxes of integrated circuits are not given to you for free. I hope to hire you as the chief engineer of electronic technology of our Hanhua Industrial Company. In the future, you will try your best to help us solve problems related to electronic technology. , do you think it will work?"

"That's needless to say." Wei Jingwen said, "If you buy these two boxes of integrated circuits in China, it will cost thousands of dollars, and you can't buy them. I just took them away for nothing. How is it possible? I A month's salary is 45 yuan, and it takes 3000 months to earn 66 yuan, which is five and a half years. Xiaolin, from now on, I will sell it to you in the next five and a half years. Except for completing teaching Outside of missions, all my spare time belongs to you."

It's so cheap to spend 3000 yuan and hire for five and a half years, Lin Zhenhua thought to himself.However, he is not such an unscrupulous person after all, and it is not easy to find a talent, so he doesn't care about spending more money.

"Mr. Wei, what I mean is this. You don't need to sell all your spare time to me. You can still concentrate on your research, and of course, teaching. We just need you to help us solve some electronic problems. Technical problems, in fact, our business focuses on machinery, and there are not many electronic needs. I send these components to you in the hope that you can develop some new technologies. If your technology can be put into practice , we hope to purchase the right to use these technologies, and then we will continue to earn money and continue to provide you with experimental conditions. This is called the integration of industry, education and research, isn’t it very good?” Lin Zhenhua drew a big fleshy face in front of Wei Jingwen. cake.

Wei Jingwen began to understand what Lin Zhenhua meant, and he had to say that the scene that Lin Zhenhua described to him was indeed very attractive.Although Wei Jingwen has not summed up the idea of ​​integrating production, education and research, he has thought about it in his mind. If conditions permit, he also hopes to use his knowledge to earn some money, and then use the money to improve his scientific research condition.However, limited by the policies at the time, and also limited by his personal personality constraints, if Lin Zhenhua hadn't actively pushed him, he would never have taken this step.

"Xiaolin, I found that you are really a very intelligent person." Wei Jingwen praised, "The concept of the integration of industry, education and research you mentioned is very inspiring. In fact, China is not without technology, the key is technology and The production is out of touch, those who engage in technology have no access to production, and those who engage in production do not understand technology, and in the end all the money is earned by foreigners.”

"Then let's make a deal? You promised to be the chief engineer of electronic technology for us?"

"Haha, I even took my salary in advance, can I go back on my word?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "Mr. Wei, these two boxes of circuits are not a salary, they are just a dowry gift for you. In the future, we will pay you a labor fee of 20 yuan every month..."

"I can't want this!" Wei Jingwen waved his hands again and again, "If I want it, it will be a violation of the law."

At that time, although there were no express regulations, it was indeed taboo for public officials to earn money through part-time jobs. If they were charged with some crimes, they would have to walk away without food. In 1981, an engineer from a state-owned enterprise in Wuhan helped a township enterprise design two sets of blueprints and earned 600 yuan. He was accused and sentenced to 300 days in prison the following year for "using national technology for personal gain".Although this case has not happened yet, one can imagine what the environment was like at that time. It is very normal for Wei Jingwen to have such worries.

However, this kind of thing is not without loopholes. In fact, the so-called "Sunday Engineer" and other things in those days were everywhere.As long as you don't earn so much money and don't attract the red eyes of others, generally nothing will happen.The engineer who was sentenced to prison was later exonerated because of the personal intervention of the central leadership.For example, no one cares about the fact that the workers of the Hanhua Machinery Factory go out to "hunt pheasants" in township enterprises.

Lin Zhenhua understood Wei Jingwen's worries, and was also afraid that his own mistake would harm this talent.He thought for a while and said, "Mr. Wei, you don't need to be paid, but you always need some materials for experiments, right? Well, our company can allocate 50 yuan for your experiments every month. You It can be used to buy experimental equipment, electronic components, books, and materials. As long as you can show the invoice, I can sign it for reimbursement. Do you think this is okay?"

"The experimental funds can't be spent so much." Wei Jingwen said honestly.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Mr. Wei, don't be so pedantic. This money is for you. I don't care what you want to use it for. I can reimburse you as long as I see the invoice. Don't you understand? Let's put it this way , if you go home to visit relatives, you only need to write a business trip, including train tickets for your teacher's wife and your child, and I can report it to you, do you understand?"

This statement is already well known, in fact, it was also an open secret back then.For example, if cadres go on a business trip, they can be reimbursed as long as they can produce a ticket when they come back.As a result, many cadres on business trips specially picked up the ticket stubs dropped by others at the bus station.Everyone knows about this kind of thing, but no one will pursue it.

Hearing Lin Zhenhua's words so clearly, Wei Jingwen couldn't help blushing.He is also an ordinary person who has to earn money to support his family.He thought that if he could report a few dollars for living expenses from the experimental funds every month, his status at home would be greatly improved, and when he soldered circuits in the bedroom, his wife would not complain about the burning. The smell of rosin is too pungent.

Thinking of this, Wei Jingwen said hesitantly: "This... This is too contrary to my principles of life."

Hearing this sentence, Lin Zhenhua chuckled, he knew that Wei Jingwen was already tempted.

"Mr. Wei, if you feel sorry, please help us develop a few new products so that we can earn back the investment. At that time, it will not be you who owe us, but we who owe you." Lin Zhenhua smiled Said.

"No problem, Xiao Lin, just wait and see." Wei Jingwen said confidently.

(End of this chapter)