Chapter 159: Beware of Pride and Impatience
"Hello, Director Liu!"

When he saw Liu Biao, Xu Qiang immediately became alert and stood up to greet him.

The other two people in the room, after seeing Liu Biao, greeted him and quickly left Xu Qiang's office.

In fact, Liu Biao's arrival surprised Zhang Decai and the female employee. You know, in the past Liu Biao might not come here once every half a year, but now after Xu Qiang's arrival, he comes here at least two or three times a week, which has never happened before.

"Your room is quite lively..." Liu Biao said with a sullen face, his hands behind his back.

"They are all discussing work..." Xu Qiang saw the apples Li Yuqin brought on the table, and immediately picked them up, saying, "Director Liu, have an apple, freshly washed..."

"What have you been busy with recently?" Liu Biao asked directly without paying any attention to the apple handed to him by Xu Qiang.

“I was just too busy with work.”

"What kind of work are you doing? I don't even know this place. There's nothing going on all year round." Liu Biao rolled his eyes at Xu Qiang and continued, "I'm asking what new products you're planning to develop recently?"

"There has been no response to the product project that I sent to the province before, so I can only wait?" Xu Qiang said helplessly.

Previously, for the two new product projects, Xu Qiang could be said to have "launched the projects against the wind", with both a military order and a letter of guarantee. It would be a lie to say that he was not under pressure, so he did not want to make any big moves before the original product projects passed the review.

"You can't just sit there idle!" Liu Biao said to Xu Qiang with a serious face, "The factory pays you. I transferred you to this place so that you can focus on high-tech. Don't waste your time at such a young age. Sooner or later, you will be ruined!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xu Qiang nodded repeatedly, but soon he felt something was wrong, as if he had noticed something, so he said to Liu Biao: "Director Liu, I told you before that if our factory wants to produce some high-end chemical-related military supplies, investment is indispensable, at least one hundred thousand..."

"Yeah." Liu Biao nodded when he heard that.

"In fact, I have already compiled a list of instruments needed for the chemical laboratory..." Seeing that Liu Biao was not as reactive as before to his need for the factory to invest 100,000 yuan, Xu Qiang immediately verified his guess and continued, "In addition to the venue and related instruments, I also need a few people, at least high school or technical school graduates, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to communicate..."

Xu Qiang is a stubborn person who will never give up any chance to ask the factory for money or equipment as long as there is a chance.

After all, from the very beginning, Xu Qiang clearly had a more profitable business outside, but he wanted to stay in this factory. The most important reason was to be able to use the funds and resources of this factory in the future. Now that the opportunity has appeared, he must get some money from Liu Biao no matter what.

"Do you want me to assign you two more secretaries? To serve you tea and water every day!" Liu Biao glared at Xu Qiang and said.

"That would be better..."

"Don't joke with me!" Liu Biao scolded Xu Qiang, and then said: "Regarding the construction of our factory's chemical laboratory, I will start to solve it in the next few days. One hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount. I need to hold a meeting to seek suggestions from other leaders in the factory. You have to be there at that time. You are a good talker, aren't you? I'll give you a chance this time. If you can convince other leaders, this matter will be settled!"

"That's great!" Xu Qiang's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, and he smiled and said to Liu Biao: "Director Liu, has my previous military product project passed the provincial test..."

At this point, Xu Qiang could basically be sure that his previous military battery project should have been successful!
Otherwise, Liu Biao would never have mentioned the construction of a chemical laboratory. After all, the old man has always been very shrewd and never takes action until he sees the rabbit. Besides, one hundred thousand yuan is indeed a very large sum of money. Without certainty and convincing reasons, even Liu Biao would not dare to use so much money at will.

"Yeah." Liu Biao just responded lightly, and then said seriously: "The provincial experts said that your sample can only be considered barely qualified. There is nothing to be proud of. You shouldn't be so proud of this matter..."

"I understand. I will definitely not be too proud or impatient. But no matter what, the project was a success." Xu Qiang chuckled and continued, "Whenever the factory holds a meeting, I will definitely perform well and convince other leaders."

Xu Qiang could see that Liu Biao still treated him as a young man with just a newborn calf, and was afraid that he would become proud and complacent, so he spoke to him like that.

But in fact, Xu Qiang knew in his heart that as long as his two military projects were successful, it would definitely not be a trivial matter. After all, this new type of military battery filled a gap in similar domestic military products. Once the production line of the new project was implemented in Shengli Machinery Factory, the profit created for the factory every year would be considerable!
Unfortunately, there was no patent law in the country at that time, and the production of military products was divided among higher-level departments. This meant that even if the product was developed by Shengli Machinery Factory, other domestic military factories could also produce it according to the instructions of their superiors, making it impossible to monopolize a single product.

But even so, Shengli Machinery Factory can still get a share of the pie. As for how much, it depends on the plans of superiors and the public relations capabilities of the factory.

"You are still young, and you have a long way to go in the future. The victory or defeat at a certain moment is nothing." Liu Biao paused, and then said: "But as long as you have made contributions to the factory, the factory will not forget you..."

"Director Liu, when will the prize money for my winning in the military-to-civilian product technology collection activity be paid? It's been almost a month..." Xu Qiang naturally didn't bother to listen to Liu Biao's chicken soup. Since the director was so easy to talk to today, he must get the benefits that can be implemented first. "The factory will not owe you money!" Liu Biao has been working for so many years, and this is the first time he has seen an employee who dares to talk to him like this, so he said unhappily: "When the factory holds a commendation meeting for model workers, the bonus will be given to you on the spot!"

"Thank you, leader!" Xu Qiang thanked him repeatedly after hearing this.

At this moment, Xu Qiang had already guessed that his new product research and development project was indeed a huge success, and if nothing unexpected happened, he would also win the title of Model Worker this year!
"What are you..."

At this time, Liu Biao finally set his eyes on Xu Qiang's desk. When he saw a pile of high school textbooks on it, he asked in confusion.

"The TV University exam will be held next month, and I have been taking time to review my lessons recently," said Xu Qiang.

"Uh." Liu Biao suddenly realized what was going on. He had known that Xu Qiang had already enrolled in the workers' night school and was in the same class as his daughter.

Although Liu Biao recognized Xu Qiang's chemical engineering technology, he was somewhat disapproving of his college entrance examination.

You know, even though the college entrance examination was finally reopened in the country in the past two years, the admission rate is shockingly low.

Up to this year, Shengli Machinery Factory has been running night school for employees for more than three years, and has enrolled thousands of students in total. In addition to some students from the third batch, many of these students are advanced elements who have studied on their own for many years. However, less than five people were finally admitted. This shows how difficult it is to be admitted to the TV University.

Moreover, there is no such thing as taking shortcuts when it comes to getting into college. Liu Biao knew that he had never been to high school. For someone who doesn't even have a high school diploma to want to go to college, anyone would think it is a fantasy.

"How's your study going? Are you confident you can pass the exam?" Liu Biao finally smiled this time.

In any case, Xu Qiang wants to go to college, which is a positive spirit, so Liu Biao would not say anything to discourage his enthusiasm.

"It's quite difficult. I can only give it a try." Xu Qiang said.

"It's quite difficult. Not many people in our factory have been able to pass the exam in the past few years." Liu Biao paused, then continued: "But it doesn't matter even if you don't pass. As long as you work hard in our factory, you will still have a future! Besides, you have achieved good results now, you must continue to maintain this momentum..."

It was obvious that Liu Biao didn't think Xu Qiang could get into university, and he still hoped that he could put more time and energy into current product research and development.

"What if I get admitted to university?" Xu Qiang asked again in a low voice.

"If you can get into college, I'll let you be the factory director!" Liu Biao rolled his eyes at Xu Qiang and said, "You're just dreaming all day long! You want to open a dyeing factory as soon as I give you some color. Don't you know what you are doing with your limited cultural background?"

"I'm just asking casually, don't be angry, Director." Liu Biao said with a smile.

In fact, without Liu Biao telling him, Xu Qiang also knew what kind of status he would have in the factory if he had a university diploma.

The factory has always attached great importance to college students. Once they join the factory, they will be included in the cadre system, and their salary and bonus are higher than those in ordinary state-owned enterprises. More importantly, in this factory, college students really have room to display their talents. For example, Liu Siying has been promoted to team leader of the technical department less than half a year after joining the factory. This is simply unimaginable in other companies.

Even though Liu Siying is the factory director's daughter, Xu Qiang was able to achieve his current success. Although he did experience some twists and turns in the middle, he still won the title of model worker. This shows that as long as you have the skills and abilities, this factory will give you room to display your talents.

The most important thing is that once Xu Qiang becomes a college student, everyone will look up to him, which will help Xu Qiang accumulate connections, be promoted to a higher position, and gain more power in the future, which will help him get twice the result with half the effort!

"You go ahead and do your work. Also, prepare your speech. When the factory discusses setting up a chemical laboratory, it will depend on your mouth. Don't just talk smooth talk in front of me all day long..." After Liu Biao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Goodbye, Director."

Seeing this, Xu Qiang escorted Liu Biao out the door...

(End of this chapter)