Chapter 163: Dispute over Management Rights

After Xu Qiang sat down, there was a moment of silence at the scene.

No one expected that Xu Qiang could actually get this shopping list, and the product names and manufacturers were listed very clearly, which was obviously carefully prepared.

"Comrade Xu Qiang's technological innovation ability is obvious to all. I believe everyone knows that with this laboratory, it will definitely provide great convenience for Comrade Xu Qiang's future research and development work, and it will also create more economic benefits for our factory. So I think it is very necessary to build this chemical laboratory." At this time, Liu Biao finally spoke, and he continued: "As a military enterprise, technological innovation is the driving force for the long-term development of the enterprise. Although the capital investment this time is indeed large, it is still very necessary from a long-term perspective. Since Comrade Xu Qiang has already taken out the purchase list, does anyone here have any other opinions?"

Liu Biao's words at this time were the final word.

In fact, he didn't expect that Xu Qiang still had a trick up his sleeve at this time, which saved him a lot of trouble.

According to Liu Biao's previous idea, he wanted to first finalize the construction of a new chemical laboratory, and then let the people in the Supply and Marketing Department contact the manufacturers of major chemical instruments in the country to finally determine the amount of capital investment in the chemical laboratory.

But unexpectedly, Xu Qiang actually took out the purchase list of instruments at this time. This undoubtedly disrupted Liu Biao's plan and accelerated the progress of the matter a lot, so that now he can directly make a decision on this matter.

"If everyone has no objection, let's follow this budget first. The purchase of specific equipment will be handled by the Supply and Marketing Department. As for the location of the laboratory, we will put it in the warehouse next to our factory's original laboratory. There is more space there..." Liu Biao said after a moment of hesitation.

"Director Liu, can we put the laboratory in the waste storage? There are many chemical experiments that are very dangerous, especially when using flammable and explosive raw materials. If they are not handled properly, serious accidents may occur." Xu Qiang interrupted at this time. He continued, "The waste storage where I am now has a large open space in the backyard. Usually, no one comes there. It is also very close to the chemical workshop, which is convenient for the testing and inspection of fertilizers in the future."

"That's right! Xu Qiang is right. Let's build the chemical laboratory over at the waste storage. There's more space there."

"Yes, our office building is indeed not suitable for chemical experiments."

"I agree with Comrade Xu Qiang's proposal!"

For a moment, everyone agreed with Xu Qiang's suggestion.

Because in their impression, the chemical industry is indeed a very dangerous product that has certain harm to the human body. In recent years, there have been various vicious incidents in chemical plants in the country, such as pipeline explosions, poisoning of personnel, environmental pollution, etc. These are rarely seen in the news, but for leading cadres like them who have access to internal reference materials, they can often learn about some of the situations.

Moreover, the smell in the chemical laboratory is also very bad. There was a laboratory in the factory before, whose main task was to test some products and raw materials in the chemical workshop and the battery workshop. The pungent smell emitted by the laboratory could often be smelled throughout the corridor. Some people even had adverse symptoms such as dizziness and nausea after smelling these odors.

So when Xu Qiang proposed to build a laboratory in the waste storage, the cadres in the office building naturally agreed with both hands. They wished that the laboratory was as far away from the office building as possible. No one wanted anything unexpected to happen in the office building during work hours.

"Then let's build the new laboratory in the waste storage!" Seeing this, Liu Biao agreed without hesitation.

In fact, Xu Qiang had proposed to Liu Biao before that the chemical laboratory should be built near the waste storage, but Liu Biao still wanted Xu Qiang to work in the office building. But now that other factory leaders agreed with Xu Qiang's suggestion, he had no choice but to do so.

Speaking of which, today's meeting went quite smoothly, and there were no fierce disputes. The reason for this was that Xu Qiang had just successfully developed two military products and was very popular in the factory, and he had absolute say in the factory's chemical technology.

In addition, he was well prepared. With the purchase list, the budget for the project was easy to determine. Finally, with the assistance of the factory director, the laboratory matters were finally finalized.

"Thank you, Director Liu, and thank you to all the leaders. After the laboratory is completed, I will be responsible for the daily operation of this laboratory and strive to make greater contributions to the factory." At this time, Xu Qiang suddenly said.

"No need to thank me. We believe in your ability. You will be in charge of the laboratory from now on. I hope you can live up to everyone's trust in you." Liu Biao said with a smile when he saw this.

"Of course, of course!" Xu Qiang nodded repeatedly.

"Wait a minute!" Li Cunzhu suddenly frowned and said, "After the laboratory is established, it should still be managed by our technical department, right?"

Xu Qiang and Liu Biao sang the same tune, and the other leaders present did not react, but Li Cunzhu thought quickly and raised his objections at the first time.

In general factories, whether it is a chemical laboratory or other laboratories, as long as they are related to technology, they are managed by the technical department. As the chief engineer of the factory, he has the management rights of these laboratories and the right to appoint and dismiss the heads of these laboratories.

If Xu Qiang said so, he would become the person in charge of the chemical laboratory, and have the right to use and manage the laboratory, and directly report to the factory director. This is not feasible from an administrative point of view. On the other hand, the heads of departments are all leading cadres, which is equivalent to directly promoting Xu Qiang! "This laboratory is of course under the charge of your technical department, but since there is only Xu Qiang, an expert in chemical engineering in the factory, it should be no problem to let him be in charge of this laboratory." Liu Biao said.

"Xu Qiang is indeed a rare chemical technical talent in our factory, but the new laboratory has such a large investment. Isn't it against regulations to let Xu Qiang, a temporary worker who has not yet been converted to a regular employee, manage it?" Li Cunzhu pondered for a moment and then said, "Also, according to the regulations of our factory, the person in charge of any department, including the laboratory, needs to be a leading cadre with relevant experience. Although Comrade Xu Qiang has excellent skills, he only has a junior high school education and is not included in the cadre establishment. Therefore, according to the regulations, Xu Qiang is not qualified to be the person in charge of this laboratory!"

"Forehead."

After hearing what Li Cunzhu said, everyone present suddenly understood.

Although Xu Qiang is indeed the only chemical talent in the factory at present, and this laboratory is indeed tailor-made for him, but according to the factory regulations, Xu Qiang is really not qualified to be the person in charge of this laboratory!

Although everyone knew that there was no problem with Xu Qiang being the head of this chemical laboratory, after all, he had made great contributions to the factory before, but Li Cunzhu's side was well-founded and could not be refuted at all.

"In that case..." Liu Biao frowned and said, "Then let Chief Engineer Li be in charge of the chemical laboratory, and Comrade Xu Qiang, as the core technician of this laboratory, will be responsible for the specific research and development of the project."

No matter how high Liu Biao's prestige in the factory was, he could not do this in front of other leaders, violate factory regulations, and promote Xu Qiang to be the head of this laboratory.

You know, the appointment and removal of any cadres in the factory, in addition to the factory's decision, must be reported to the provincial government for approval. Once Xu Qiang, who has a low education and little experience, is reported for violating regulations, even the factory director Liu Biao may be implicated and held accountable. So this kind of thing must never be done.

So Liu Biao simply settled for the second best and just let Xu Qiang work in the laboratory.

"Director Liu, I would like to ask, if I want to develop a new product project, if the technical department does not agree, then I can only give up?" Xu Qiang asked at this time.

Even though the factory director Liu Biao has already compromised, Xu Qiang still wants to fight for the control of this laboratory.

After what happened before, Xu Qiang has realized that Li Cunzhu obviously doesn't like him very much. Once he is allowed to manage this laboratory, Xu Qiang's future work will definitely be constrained to a certain extent. From now on, he can only be at his mercy. Even if he develops a new product on his own, most of the credit will definitely be taken away by him.

This is something Xu Qiang absolutely cannot accept.

Xu Qiang didn't want to spend too much time and energy competing with Li Cunzhu in wits and courage. He still had a lot of things to do.

Besides, Xu Qiang had his own selfish motives when he insisted on building this chemical laboratory.

Xu Qiang wanted to use the advanced instruments and equipment in this laboratory to develop some high-tech civilian products. However, if the technical department were to manage this laboratory, even purchasing a test paper would require approval from the leadership, which would obviously cause him great hardship.

"That's right. From now on, any new product project in the chemical laboratory must be approved by our technical department." At this time, Li Cunzhu said to Xu Qiang with some pride.

"But if I have a college degree, can I take full charge of this laboratory?" Xu Qiang said after a moment of hesitation.

"Do you mean you can get into university?" Li Cunzhu was stunned when he heard this, and then asked.

"Hahaha!"

Seeing this, the other leaders at the scene also laughed.

For a junior high school student who has not even attended high school to want to go to college, in the eyes of many leaders present, this is simply a foolish dream!
"Yes! I can!" Xu Qiang said with a raised eyebrow.

"That's fine..." Li Cunzhu smiled slightly and continued, "If you can really get into university, I agree that this laboratory will be handed over to you to manage as a separate department. Comrade Xu Qiang, you must work hard..."

(End of this chapter)