“Director Xu, you’re back.”

As soon as Xu Qiang appeared at the door of the Shanghai Research Institute, Guo Rui immediately came out to greet him with a smile on his face.

“Yes, Not Bad.”

Following Guo Rui, Xu Qiang entered the research institute, only to find that it was clean and tidy, with bright and clean windows and desks, which made him very satisfied.

“Director Xu is back!”

“Hello, Director Xu!”

Seeing Xu Qiang suddenly appear, everyone came forward to greet him enthusiastically. For a moment, the entire corridor was suddenly packed with people.

There is naturally a reason why everyone is so enthusiastic about Xu Qiang.

Today, Xu Qiang’s team is strong and in high spirits. With the successful development of the CL-01 high-energy explosive project, the cohesion and morale of the entire team have been greatly boosted, allowing the team to completely emerge from the shadow of the previous project failure.

In addition, Xu Qiang’s trip to BJ a few years ago, where he visited Xu Yuanming and his family, greatly enhanced Xu Qiang’s prestige in the team and deeply moved everyone. As a result, some people who originally had some opinions about Xu Qiang were completely convinced and planned to stay in his team for a long time.

Moreover, after a year of living here, these BJ team members have adapted to life in Shanghai. They even plan to settle down in Shanghai with their families. So since the beginning of the year, they have been working hard to build relationships, hoping to transfer their family members’ jobs here, so that they can start a new life.

However, it is not an easy thing to transfer their household registration and relations from BJ to Shanghai. Although they are all top experts in the country, they are just ordinary scientific researchers in terms of their positions. Therefore, the final result can only be to obey the arrangements of their superiors. In addition, they can only ask Xu Qiang for help. After all, Xu Qiang is their most direct superior, and only he can communicate with the department.

So after the fifth day of the New Year, almost everyone had returned to Shanghai early, wanting to discuss the matter with Xu Qiang in person.

“Everyone, please take your seats in the table tennis room. The meeting will begin immediately!”

Following Xu Qiang’s order, everyone dispersed and returned to their dormitories to get their stools and prepare for the meeting.

All along, Xu Qiang’s management of this team has been relatively loose, but fortunately everyone is relatively self-conscious and performs well at work, with basically no one slacking off. This is indeed due to the training of Professor Xu Yuanming back then, and with Guo Rui, his capable assistant, Xu Qiang has saved a lot of trouble.

Today is the first day of work after the New Year, so Xu Qiang must first hold a work mobilization meeting and arrange the research and development tasks for the new year.

Ten minutes later, when Xu Qiang entered the table tennis room on the second floor, everyone was already sitting neatly inside.

This table tennis room is the largest room in the entire institute. Usually there are three table tennis tables in it for entertainment activities. The tables will be put away during meetings, and there is enough space inside to seat dozens of people.

“Director Xu, have some tea.”

When Guo Rui saw Xu Qiang sitting down, he immediately placed a cup of brewed tea on his table with a polite look on his face.

“Hello, everyone.” Xu Qiang picked up the teacup and took a sip, then said, “First of all, I would like to thank everyone present for their hard work and efforts over the past year. Through everyone’s joint efforts, we have successfully completed the scientific research tasks assigned to us by our superiors and successfully developed a new generation of high-energy explosives CL-01. In the subsequent acceptance work, we have achieved complete success…”

Xu Qiang first affirmed the success of everyone’s work last year, and then continued:

“…In the new year, I hope you can keep up the good work. I have already discussed the new project with my superiors. We need to continue the success of CL-01 explosives and develop better and stronger new explosives. On the basis of the original CL-01 explosives, its key indicators such as intensity, explosive force and explosion speed should be improved by about %…”

“Forehead……”

Hearing Xu Qiang say this, everyone present took a deep breath in surprise.

Everyone present was a top explosives expert in China, and the youngest member had more than ten years of experience in high-energy explosives research and development. No one expected that Xu Qiang would come up with a “big bomb” at the first meeting of the new year, saying that he would increase the performance of the new explosives research and development project by 15%, and strive to complete it within a year. In everyone’s opinion, this was simply a fantasy!
You know, in today’s era, the research and development of high-energy explosives in countries around the world has reached a bottleneck stage. The energy density of explosives has almost reached its limit. On such a basis, it is a very difficult task to improve the performance of high-energy explosives a little bit more. It requires a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources. The United States, as the current world leader in science and technology, is still struggling. Under China’s current conditions, it is even more impossible to accomplish.

In fact, the CL-01 developed by Xu Qiang before was already a miracle, but this time it took only one year to complete a higher level of high-energy explosives. The difficulty was simply unimaginable!
“I know you will feel a lot of pressure, but based on the current situation, this is a task we must complete!” Seeing the surprised reactions of the audience, Xu Qiang remained calm and continued, “Our Shanghai Research Institute is only a scientific research unit that has been established for less than a year. Although we have achieved some success last year, it is not enough for us to gain a stable foothold in Shanghai. For the sake of your future, we must take on big projects. Only in this way can we gain the trust of our superiors…”

In fact, Xu Qiang didn’t want to make the project research and development in his institute so tense and cramped, but sitting in his current position, he was helpless.

In terms of qualifications, although Xu Qiang has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award and is now the head of several national key projects, his ability to become the director of the Shanghai Institute still relies on the trust and reuse of his superiors, especially the support of Minister Zhang Zhen, which is crucial. Otherwise, even with such brilliant achievements, he would still not be able to serve as the head of this institute at such a young age.

Starting this year, the country will abolish the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and reorganize and integrate it. Minister Zhang Zhen will also retire honorably, which means that Xu Qiang will lose his biggest backer.

As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier.

If Xu Qiang wants to gain the attention and support of the new leader and keep his position, he must produce sufficiently outstanding results. Moreover, if the Shanghai Research Institute wants to obtain more resources, it needs to exchange results with its superiors. Otherwise, Xu Qiang will gradually lose his power and the resources he wants most.

In addition, according to the information Xu Qiang has, after the reorganization of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, it will be newly integrated into a department such as the “National Ordnance Department”. In the military industry system, high-energy explosives are undoubtedly a very important product. If Xu Qiang can come up with military results with better performance than CL-01, he will not only be able to guarantee his position as the director of the institute in the future, but he will also be more valued in the eyes of his new superiors than when he was in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

“Director Xu, I would like to ask, how long will it take for our household registration and work relationship to be transferred to Shanghai?”

During Xu Qiang’s speech, a female researcher sitting in the front row suddenly asked.

For a moment, everyone looked at Xu Qiang with a little more anticipation in their eyes.

In fact, in the 1980s, although BJ was the capital, Shanghai was still slightly better in terms of economy and living conditions.

Currently, Shanghai’s total industrial output accounts for one-third of the country’s total. Well-known brands include Forever bicycles, Shanghai watches, Hero pens, White Rabbit milk candies, etc. Almost all well-known products are produced in Shanghai. In addition, Nanjing Road in Shanghai has always been very lively, with bright lights and wine at night, and the material life is definitely the best in the country.

On the other hand, BJ’s economic output is less than half of Shanghai’s, and there is a certain gap in workers’ income, but in terms of medical care and education, it is the best in the country. But overall, Shanghai is still more attractive to some middle-aged and young people.

Therefore, most of the people in the institute currently hope to settle in Shanghai for a long time in the future and enjoy the convenience and prosperity of life here.

“You don’t have to worry about these things. I can assure you that as long as you work hard, I can help you solve the household registration and work relationship issues for you and your family members in about half a year at most.” Xu Qiang smiled and continued, “In addition, in addition to the research and development of new high-energy explosives, our institute will also carry out the research and development of several other national key projects this year, including the mass production of aramid long fibers, and we must also achieve phased results…”

“Director Xu…” Guo Rui couldn’t help but interrupt at this time and said, “The problem is that our team is basically engaged in the research and development of high-energy explosives. We have never been involved in the mass production of aramid long fibers that you mentioned…”

“I know you haven’t been involved in this before, but this project is also a task assigned to us by the department.” Xu Qiang paused, and then said: “In terms of the difficulty of the project, the aramid project is even more difficult than the new high-energy explosives, so I need you to try it on the one hand, and on the other hand, if you know talents engaged in chemical material research and development in Beijing, you can also recommend them to me. Anyone who can recommend a successful one will be rewarded with a high amount of money, no less than one thousand yuan per person!”

Xu Qiang said this, obviously intending to recruit soldiers.

All along, Xu Qiang has been relying almost exclusively on the core technologies he accumulated in his previous life to single-handedly rise from an ordinary worker to his current position.

But in fact, the more high-end the technology research and development, the more it depends on the cooperation of the team. Although Xu Qiang previously formed a trio with Liu Siying and He Yonghong, if Xu Qiang wants to develop faster and better in the future, he will need a stronger team. This is very important.

Xu Qiang can certainly recruit talents in Shanghai, but in fact, although Shanghai’s economy is the most developed in the country, in fact, the country’s top talents are basically concentrated in the capital.

Among the ten most powerful universities in the country, only one is in Shanghai. In addition to this university, BJ also gathers the largest number and top scientific research institutes in the country and has the best education and medical institutions, which is something Shanghai cannot compare with.

Therefore, if Xu Qiang wants to recruit top domestic talents now, BJ is undoubtedly the first choice. Besides, the members of their team are all top domestic experts themselves, and they are sure to know good talents.

If these people are willing to help, then Xu Qiang can save a lot of time and energy to dig out talents. As for how to bring them into his team, Xu Qiang also has his own way… (End of this chapter)