Material Empire

Li Qing, the director of Jingcheng Petrochemical Machinery Factory, is 58 years old this year. He has worked in this position for nearly 10 years and is a veritable old man in the industry. During his tenure, Jingshiji has created many brilliant achievements in the industry, and some achievements have even been directly praised by the leaders. Just half a year ago, a certain newspaper published an exclusive interview with him, titled Old man with great aspirations——Records of Li Qing, head of Jingshiji, who is determined to forge ahead.

According to what Li Qing said in private chats with some leaders of other brother companies, this article has concluded his coffin, and after two more years, he can retire honorably with this conclusion and enjoy being a leader of a state-owned enterprise. deserved treatment. It was precisely because of this thought that Li Qing didn't want to be troublesome, and just wanted to spend the last two years of his work in peace.

However, a notice from the State Planning Commission shattered Li Qing's dream. The notice stated that in order to improve the level of my country's equipment manufacturing industry and get rid of the passive situation of relying on foreign countries for major equipment, the State Planning Commission and other departments issued a call to some key enterprises and scientific research institutes, requiring these units to unite and cooperate to carry out major Equipment research. As a key enterprise in the field of petrochemical equipment, Jingshi Machinery has also been listed as one of the key enterprises by the State Planning Commission.

It's a good thing, old Zhou, you have a place to play again.

After receiving the notice sent directly from the State Planning Commission, Li Qing smiled and said to Zhou Yicheng, the technical director.

Zhou Yicheng shook his head and said, Director Li, this matter is not simple, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

What are you worried about! Li Qing said disdainfully, This is not the first time we have undertaken such a key project. With our strength, are there any projects that we can't win? This time, the State Planning Commission Taking the lead to do it, the funding must be more generous than in the past, your technical department has always said that you want to build a test center, take this opportunity to ask for more money from the top, isn't it all there?

Zhou Yicheng said: Director Li, this time is really different from the past. To tell you the truth, I already knew about this matter a few days ago. It was my teacher, Professor Chen Heqian, who called me and told me. He said, this Once you return to the country, you have to do it for real.”

Li Qing smiled and said: Look at what you said, which of the projects we did in the past is not real? Look at the certificates on the wall of my office, and these trophies, don't they all fill the gaps in the country? Are you afraid What?

Zhou Yicheng said very seriously: This time is really different. In the past, our company determined the problem by ourselves, and we can decide whether it will be successful or not. I heard from Mr. Chen that this time the State Planning Commission plans to change it. In this way, they are the ones to ask questions, and they have the final say on the standards, and if they fail to meet the standards, they will not pass the test, and even the funds allocated in the early stage will be withdrawn.”

How is this possible? Besides, isn't our company the one who knows the most about the problems in major equipment? What do those people in the planning committee know? They come to determine the problems and standards. Do they have the ability? Li Qing wrinkled Said with a frown.

What Li Qing said was really the practice in the past when the state organized major projects to tackle key problems. The units that organize the research are naturally the national ministries and commissions. Most people in the ministries and commissions do not know the frontiers of technology. The few cadres transferred from the grassroots to the ministries and commissions will not be too harsh on the company because of their incense. Therefore, every time a key research project is determined, it is up to the enterprise undertaking the project to demonstrate the necessity and feasibility of the project, as well as the criteria for judging whether the project results are qualified or not.

Of course, most companies are not so shameless as to deliberately cheat. Since they have undertaken national key projects, they will still try their best to choose content that can really fill the gaps in the country, and the final result can indeed solve some existing problems.

However, this method of tackling key problems in which the athletes themselves act as referees determines that the athletes will inevitably determine the rules that are most beneficial to them. For example, to fill the domestic gap, the difficulty is obviously different between the international advanced level in the 1970s and the international advanced level in the 1980s. If companies are not sure about hitting the levels of the 1980s, they will target the levels of the 1970s. Even in order to be able to continuously produce results, some units can clearly reach the level of the 1980s, but still only do projects in the 1970s. There is no other reason. This time, they took the project at the level of the 1970s. Do it once?

In addition to being opportunistic in project selection, some companies will also make trade-offs in technical details. For example, for a set of equipment, the most difficult part may only be 5%, and the other 95% can be solved by the current level. The enterprise will extract the 5% and adopt the method of outsourcing to solve it, and only do the easy part by itself, and then declare a localization rate of 95% to the state, which is also resounding.

To say that the officials of the national ministries and commissions can't see the tricks in this is to underestimate their IQ and experience. But it can be seen that no one can change this situation.

For one thing, the technical level of officials is not enough to judge which difficulties can be overcome and which problems cannot be solved under real conditions. If enterprises are blindly required to overcome certain difficulties, their enthusiasm may be dampened.

Second, the relationship between ministries and enterprises is inextricably linked

This unspoken rule exists in every industry in China, such as industry, scientific research, and education. An old man like Li Qing has been immersed in the unspoken rules for many years, and he has already practiced to the point where he can't get on. Now when he first heard what Zhou Yicheng said to be strict, his first reaction was disbelief.

I'm afraid it's true this time. Zhou Yicheng said, Mr. Chen said that the leader of the government this time is Deputy Director Wang Hongsheng of the State Planning Commission. Director Li should be familiar with this person, right?

Li Qing nodded and said: I have dealt with him before, and he is indeed a serious person. When he came to the factory for research last time, he asked very detailed questions, and many questions could not be answered by sloppy eyes. But After all, he is not from a technical background, can he figure out petrochemical machinery?

Zhou Yicheng continued: It doesn't matter if he doesn't know, he hired a group of experts in the committee to be in charge of technical checks, and the chief expert is Mr. Chen Heqian.

Professor Chen is your teacher, he shouldn't embarrass us, right? Li Qing said.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, he would not embarrass our company. Zhou Yicheng said. He has a lot of contacts with Chen Heqian in public and private, and he also understands Chen Heqian's character. Chen Heqian is very rigorous in his studies and has very high requirements, but he is also a good man with a knife mouth and a bean curd heart. When he sees difficulties in the enterprise, he will often open the net. If only Chen Heqian came to be the chief expert, Zhou Yicheng believed that Jingshiji would not receive any criticism.

Then what are you worried about? Li Qing asked.

Zhou Yicheng said: What makes me feel awkward is that Mr. Chen told me that he is only a nominal chief expert in this committee, and his main role is to help others block bullets. He wants to give him the real right to speak. of a student.

Li Qing asked strangely: Professor Chen's student, isn't it your fellow apprentice? Which of your classmates has achieved so much that Professor Chen can trust him so much?

Zhou Yicheng said: This person is called Qin Hai. He is only a student of Mr. Chen in name, and he is not really a student who has done a doctorate or a master's degree with Mr. Chen. I have inquired, and his highest education is only a technical school in a province.

Technical school! Li Qing almost spit out old blood, What background does this Qin Hai have? A small technical school student can gain the trust of Professor Chen, not only has the right to speak, but also makes Professor Chen willing to block for him. bullet?

It seems that Mr. Chen met him when he went to a place to solve a certain technical problem. At that time, he made several reasonable suggestions, which were well received by Mr. Chen. Later, Mr. Chen accepted him as his student. As for other backgrounds, I have never heard of them. Zhou Yicheng said to Li Qing.

Zhou Yicheng really hadn't inquired about Qin Hai's background, although Chen Heqian had chatted with him on the phone, but he never took it to heart. In an era without the Internet, it was difficult to be famous. Qin Hai was very successful in Anhe Province, but not many people knew him in the capital. Even if some people have heard of Daqin Group, it is difficult to connect Qin Hai, the chairman of the group, with Qin Hai, a technical school student.

Reasonable suggestions? Li Qing sneered, This kind of technical school students who can make reasonable suggestions, let's Jingshiji not only say tens of thousands, but at least hundreds of people can get them together. I think Professor Chen is also a little confused , You can trust a technical school student so much for a few rationalized suggestions, and let him climb on top of everyone. Isn't this playing with the affairs of the country?

But that's fine too, old Zhou, just go ahead and apply for the project boldly, and ask the planning committee for a sum of money. As for that technical school student, don't worry about him. Do you think he can beat you technically?

That's true. Zhou Yicheng's thoughts came alive. In the beginning, he was intimidated by Chen Heqian's warning. This was probably the psychological shadow left over from his student days. He always felt that the teacher's words were a great event. Now after Li Qing's analysis, he felt that this matter seemed simpler than before. Chen Heqian said that he was only the chief in name, and the real chief was that young Qin Hai. With Zhou Yicheng's ability, is it like playing with Qin Hai?

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