Chapter 266: 100,000 Funds
Yan Hanzhou from the Automobile Industry Bureau said, "Let me try driving it."
Li Dongshan: "..."
Everyone coveted his car.
"Try it. Once we've produced it, see if we can arrange it as an official car, or if we can arrange this car for our embassies abroad."
"Wow! You're so boastful! Is it really that good?"
"You'll know if you try it. I've driven quite a few foreign cars, and I can vouch for it on my reputation as a Party member: this car is easier to drive than any of them."
Yan Hanzhou got into the car half-believingly, drove a lap, and got out with full confidence, "You're right, it's really good. It drives very smoothly, as if I didn't feel anything."
"I'm not bragging, am I?"
"Can your production capacity keep up?"
"We can just work overtime. If we keep it open for a few more years, we'll be able to meet everyone's needs."
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
After thinking for a moment, he spoke. "After acceptance, you will go ahead with production. Given the current situation, the technology for this engine definitely can't be exclusive to your factory. You sign agreements with other factories, and they'll import your technology for use in their cars. The technology is yours, and we'll all use it together. Dongshan, don't feel wronged. When other factories have new technologies in the future, I'll let you use them as soon as possible."
Li Dongshan knew that there was nothing he could do about it, so he did not rush to the department to apply for acceptance. Perhaps he had some selfish motives subconsciously.
But the problem is, that's not his skill.
Seeing that he was silent, Yan Hanzhou continued, "Previously, many of our advanced technologies were imported from abroad by the ministry, and then commissioned to various factories for production. Our overall technology is backward, and talent is scarce. It is difficult for each factory to simply imitate, and technological innovation is even more difficult. It cannot be said that there is no progress, but there has been no substantial progress.
At most, the difference is between poor imitation, average imitation, and excellent imitation. The same is true for the automotive industry. We essentially do not have our own technology.
Your car is truly a true phenomenon. I know your research must have taken a tremendous amount of time and effort, and it must have been incredibly difficult, but Dongshan, we still have to consider the bigger picture. Our national industry as a whole is lagging behind, and relying solely on you and your factory won't cut it. The entire country is working together, and we must all make progress together."
Li Dongshan: "..."
Seeing that he still didn't say anything, Yan Hanzhou said, "What do you think? Tell me what you think. Why don't you just keep silent? Do you think you can get away with it by not saying anything?"
Li Dongshan said: "I am thinking about how to say it."
Yan Hanzhou: "...Actually, I don't have any profound literary accomplishments. You don't have to use fancy words or sentences in front of me. No matter how fancy your language is, I can't really understand it."
Li Dongshan had an indescribable expression on his face. "What are you thinking? I'm just a rough guy, I just say whatever I want to say."
"Then you tell me."
"To put it simply, this technology isn't mine. It was developed by a materials science and mechanical engineering research institute here, led by poor and lower-middle peasants. I happened to catch up, and they gave me the technology. I wanted to produce high-quality cars for the country, so I applied for a factory there, and the province approved it. That's the situation. The technology isn't mine, so I have no say."
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
After a moment of silence, he asked, "What research institute?"
Li Dongshan: "Institute of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering led by poor and lower-middle peasants."
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
He frowned slightly and blinked his eyes constantly, which was his signature gesture when he was thinking. His brain was trying hard to connect the poor and lower-middle peasants with the following words.
"No, I can't imagine it."
Li Dongshan: "...You don't have to think about it, you just need to know this. I have an idea."
"you say."
"Doesn't our ministry have commissioned research? Research is funded, right? The research institute worked tirelessly to come up with this, taking no money from the state or the government, entirely through their own selfless dedication. Shouldn't this kind of behavior be commended? Although the research is complete, can we go through the process all over again?"
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
Li Dongshan continued, "We'll issue a letter of authorization to the research institute and allocate funds. Then, the institute will immediately submit its research results to the Ministry of First Machinery Industry. The Ministry of First Machinery Industry will then entrust us, Chaoyue Automobile Factory, to produce them. At the same time, you can also entrust other factories to produce them, and that will be none of my business. Also, if you have any future research, you can entrust them to do it. They're a very impressive research institute."
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
This time it was his turn to be silent.
Li Dongshan leaned back on the sofa, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face, and he was satisfied to see that he had given Director Yan a little shock.
Yan Hanzhou asked: "How powerful is it?"
“Top in the country.”
Yan Hanzhou: “…”
He went back to think about the name of the research institute, and well, he seemed to have figured something out.
"Dongshan, I'm a technician. I don't care about anything else. The old leader of our neighboring Second Ministry of Machine Building is still raising pigs in the northwest. Is there anyone like this old leader in our research institute led by poor and lower-middle peasants?"
"have."
Yan Hanzhou said nothing more, and stroked his hair with his hand. After a long while, he said, "Show me the technical data of this car. The department will issue the letter of authorization based on this data."
Li Dongshan quickly pulled out all the relevant automotive information from his briefcase and handed it to him. "Their research is very mature. They're also currently working on machine tools. Do you think the ministry could give them a commission?"
“They’ve done extensive research, haven’t they?”
"We are a people's research institute, specializing in research for the country. We research whatever the country needs. You can present your research assignment to them, and if they are capable of researching it, we will take it."
Yan Hanzhou looked at the car's information, smiled bitterly, and said, "If they hadn't figured it out in advance, we wouldn't have dared to place such a high-level commission."
Li Dongshan: "..."
Yan Hanzhou applied for funding from the ministry and had to spend some time convincing his superiors.
At first, the leader said, "They've already figured it out, so it's only natural for them to contribute to the country. If they were to start from scratch and need to purchase various materials and machines, we could provide funding. They've already completed the research and overcome the difficulties themselves, so now they're still asking the ministry to pay them to do it. Isn't that inappropriate?"
Yan Hanzhou: "It's not easy for a whole country to research something. How much effort did the poor and lower-middle peasants put into researching it? They have researched it, and we just take it away for free. Isn't that inappropriate? Even if we don't provide research funding, we should give them recognition, right?
This is the collective achievement of the poor and lower-middle peasants of an entire commune! We haven't said anything about not allocating our research funds to them. Is this bullying the poor and lower-middle peasants? Do we still want them to continue producing results?"
After some debate, the leader was convinced. However, he did not want to shoulder the responsibility alone, so he called a meeting of the Party Committee of the First Ministry of Machine Building. The meeting ultimately passed a resolution, appropriating 100,000 yuan in research funding to the Qushui County Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering Research Institute for the development of new automobile engines.
At the same time, the leader requested that the head of the institute come to Beijing. He wanted to organize experts to listen to the specific content of the research and see whether these researchers had real talents and knowledge.
Yan Hanzhou felt that he was wasting his time and energy, looking for trouble. Others had already figured it out, so how could he not have real talent and knowledge?
However, considering his leader's face, he still agreed to it.
A few days later, Xie Yun met Li Dongshan. He brought everyone the power of attorney and money, and also brought news that the person in charge should come to Beijing.
To be honest, everyone is a little uncomfortable seeing money.
They were already used to this alms-based research, and they were just trying to fleece Li Dongshan. Although the county didn't pay them, they provided them with food, shelter, and care, which was already pretty good.
Pan Changqing sighed: "How are we going to spend this money?"
Xie Yun asked Li Dongshan, "How much do the materials we asked you for cost?"
Li Dongshan said, "Don't worry about that. That's my business. We all work for the country, so it's my duty to contribute. This is the compensation you deserve. Just pay everyone a salary."
Before Xie Yun could say anything, Pan Changqing spoke first, "Binbin, keep this money here for now. We can't spend it, so don't use it to pay us salaries. It can be used as research funding. If we need to do other research in the future and need to buy materials, we can use this money. If we really can't use it in the end, donate it to the county for education."
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