Material Empire

Father, why did you ask me to come? Viktor Tsereteli asked Ragimov in surprise.

This is a friend I met when I was in China. Rajimov pointed to Lu Jingrong, The rest are his colleagues.

Hello. Tsereteli nodded to everyone, and when he heard that Lu Jingrong was busy translating Russian for Qin Hai and Xiao Hei, he immediately changed to English and repeated the greeting.

Seeing that the other party could speak English, Qin Hai finally found a place for himself. He stretched out his hand to Tsereteli and said, Mr. talent.

Tsereteli shook hands with Qin Hai, and then asked: Mr. Qin, you said that you belong to China Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory. May I ask, is it the company that first invented the thermal spraying machine?

This is called the name of a person, the shadow of a tree, and thermal spraying technology has such a big impact, but any expert in the field of metal materials will know more or less. The Chita Petroleum Machinery Joint Factory has been in poor economic conditions these years and has no spare money to purchase such equipment, but Tsereteli has been paying attention to thermal spraying machines for more than a day or two. From some technical literature, he learned that the company that first invented the thermal spraying machine was called Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory. Now that Qin Hai said it, he naturally picked up the name.

Yes, and this company is controlled by me personally. The earliest patents for thermal spraying machines belong to me. Qin Hai said without any concealment.

So that's how it is. Tsereteli looked at Qin Hai with an obvious change in his eyes. After Qin Hai's thermal spraying machine came out, the international research on thermal spraying technology set off a climax, new patents emerged one after another, and the price of thermal spraying machines continued to drop. But Tsereteli knew that as the first person to introduce a thermal spraying machine to the market, the profit from this equipment was calculated in billions of dollars, and this person was actually standing in front of him now.

Father, what are you talking about? Sergey didn't understand English, and he didn't know what his father had said to Qin Hai, but he could see something unusual in his father's face, there was actually some look of admiration on it . Did he know that his father had always had his eyes high above his head, and he seldom worshiped anyone.

Of course, Tsereteli would not explain anything to his son, but Radimov called his grandson over and said something to him in a low voice, and then Seryozha's eyes became strange. Rajimov also knew some English. He had heard his son-in-law talk about thermal spraying machines. Although he didn't know much about this equipment, he could at least guess what Qin Hai was like. of cattle.

The purpose of Qin Hai's revealing his identity was to impress the other party. If he didn't have a little prestige, it would be very difficult to recruit people with just a red mouth and white teeth. He smiled at Tsereteli and said, We now have some new research projects that require experienced engineers. I wonder if Mr. Tsereteli is interested in joining them.

What kind of work do you do? Tsereteli asked involuntarily. He didn't even think that the other party was a Chinese. If he wanted to join the other party's research plan, it meant he had to go to China to work.

Qin Hai talked about the matter of entrusting the Chemical Design Institute to develop ethylene equipment, focusing on the issue of low-temperature steel. After hearing this, Tsereteli nodded and said: These are all technologies that we have already solved. However, some aspects can still be optimized. If it weren't for the suspension of research in the factory, maybe we have come up with more advanced technologies now. Good steel is coming.

Qin Hai was not surprised by Tsereteli's answer. The technological accumulation of the Soviet Union in heavy industry has always been very deep, and many fields have even reached the world's leading level. It is only because the Soviet Union likes to be self-enclosed in technology and does not participate in international cooperation and international competition. Therefore, these technologies have not been able to compete with the world. Meet. Perhaps because of the cold climate, the Soviet Union's research on low-temperature materials is even better than others. The problems that Chinese engineers and technicians are still struggling to find, in the eyes of Soviet engineers, can indeed be regarded as a piece of cake.

Mr. Tsereteli, are you interested in continuing your research in China? Qin Hai asked, We can provide you with all the research conditions you need.

Father, what do you think? Tsereteli turned his face to Rajmov. He is both Rajmov's son-in-law and Rajmov's student. For such a big matter, he must ask Rajmov first. Husband's opinion.

Rajimov said slowly: I'm old, and I can't understand many things. You still have to make up your own mind for such a big matter? However, if you still have nothing to do in the future, you might as well find someone who can The place where you do things, so as not to waste your own research.”

In the past few years, as the factory's operating conditions have deteriorated, technology research and development has already come to a standstill. It was in this context that Radimov said that Tsereteli was doing nothing. Tsereteli believes that this situation is unlikely to change substantially in the foreseeable future, and the tendency of his father-in-law speaking to him in this way can be imagined.

In the past few years, there are not a few colleagues and colleagues who have gone abroad to work. It is not that Tsereteli has never wanted to go abroad, but he has not found a suitable opportunity. Now that someone came to the door, and his father-in-law agreed, Tsereteli had no reason to hesitate.

If I go to work in China, how will you treat me? Tsereteli asked Qin Hai.

According to your current salary standard, multiply it by five times. Provide housing, air tickets for visiting relatives, all expenses for family members to visit you in China, two vacations a year, and you can go to any place in China you want to go. Qin Hai replied without thinking , This is a condition that he has already considered before departure, and has also been discussed with Ji Zhenrong, Fan Zhiyuan and others, and it is applicable to experts of Tsereteli's level.

The salary standard in the Soviet Union has always been higher than that in China, and multiplied by five times, it is more than ten times higher than that of researchers like Lu Jingrong. But listening to Qin Hai's words, Lu Jingrong didn't feel any dissatisfaction in his heart. In his view, the treatment of foreign experts should be much higher than his own. This was the case in the 1950s, and it is still the case now.

This condition is not bad. Tsereteli blushed a little. He is a technical geek, and he was not good at negotiating with others, especially when it came to his own treatment, and he was even more embarrassed to argue too much. many. In fact, if he is willing to raise the price, Qin Hai will agree, because if countries like Japan and the United States come to recruit people, the treatment they give should be better than Qin Hai's.

I still need some assistants to do research in this area...Of course I know that there are many colleagues in China, but I have a few assistants who cooperate with me tacitly. If possible... Tsereteli stammered said.

Qin Hai smiled: Mr. Tsereteli, you don't have to worry about anything at all. Just ask which assistants you need to bring with you, as long as they are willing, we will accept them all. However, according to different technical levels, the treatment we give It may be slightly lower, I think you should be able to understand?

Of course, of course. Tsereteli said repeatedly, I think they will know what treatment they should enjoy.

Besides your research team, do you know any other experts who don't have much research work at present? Qin Hai asked further. He originally wanted to say that some experts were also in a difficult situation. Replaced with a more euphemistic term.

Of course, the enterprises in Chita State have basically stopped production now, and my colleagues are all at home. However, not all of them are engaged in low-temperature materials, some are engaged in chemical engineering control, and some are engaged in machinery. I don't know. Know if your research programs also need experts in these areas, Tsereteli said.

Qin Haidao: As long as they are truly talented experts, we need them all. Can Mr. Tsereteli introduce them for us?

I would be very happy, said Tsereteli. I think my friends would also be interested in meeting you.

Having said that, everyone is enjoying themselves. When Xie Liaosha heard that his father had agreed to work in China, and that he could get five times the current salary, his face was already full of smiles. Thanks to Gorbachev's enlightened policy, countless free media that have sprung up like mushrooms have long blackened the Soviet Union into cinders. Young people like Seryozha have no good feelings for the country and doctrine. In their view , only the rattling ruble is the most worthy of closeness. Of course, it would be even better if it could be exchanged for rattling dollars.

There is one more thing I want to ask you about. Qin Hai struck while the iron was hot, and then said to Tsereteli: According to what I heard, some enterprises in Chita Prefecture are planning to eliminate some equipment due to insufficient operating capacity. No information on this?

You mean...you plan to buy these...obsolete equipment? Tsereteli looked a little unnatural.

Of course he knew what Qin Hai meant by elimination, and there were indeed many factories in Chita that were eliminating a lot of equipment. The equipment that can be eliminated is basically the most valuable equipment in the factory, otherwise no one is willing to take over. At the petroleum machinery joint factory that Tsereteli serves, the factory manager is working with the chief engineer to resell the equipment in the factory in various ways to fill his own pockets.

For these things, Tsereteli both hated and felt helpless. Now that Qin Hai actually asked about this matter, and obviously wanted to take advantage of the fire like others, Tsereteli was a little embarrassed.