Chapter 89: Talents are recruited regardless of their background
The next day at noon, when Xu Qiang arrived at the restaurant, Cao Liansheng was already waiting there.

"I went to the purchasing department this morning and talked to their deputy section chief, and they helped me get things done..." At this time, Cao Liansheng took out a printed list from his briefcase and handed it to Xu Qiang.

"Great." After taking the list, Xu Qiang started looking at it immediately.

As soon as he saw it for the first time, Xu Qiang was immediately delighted.

This list clearly states the current detailed raw material and equipment procurement list for the institute, and even includes the manufacturer's product address, contact number, and even telegram.

It is obvious that the manufacturers purchased by this research institute are mainly located in Shanghai, Hangzhou and BJ, including some small village-run factories.

These include Shanghai Chemical Machinery Plant No. 1, Shanghai Solvent Plant, Shanghai Reagent Plant No. 1, BJ Oriental Chemical Plant, BJ Fangshan Chemical Plant, SH Baoshan County Gucun Solvent Plant, etc.

After all, it is a provincial research institute, and the raw materials it purchases are all from well-known domestic manufacturers. In addition, perhaps due to cost considerations, some of them are small township and village-run enterprises, so the entire procurement chain is quite large.

The only thing that makes Xu Qiang a little regretful is that the purchase price of raw materials is not written here. However, this is also very normal. Most of the purchasers have tricks with the manufacturers. The price is a core secret. Manufacturers have different prices for different people and units. But in general, the pricing of products from large factories is relatively strict, while for small ones, such as village-run enterprises, the price fluctuations are relatively large. It is precisely because of this that there are so many small enterprise suppliers on this list.

Seeing Xu Qiang's satisfied smile, Cao Liansheng took the opportunity to say, "Speaking of which, I'm not very familiar with this deputy section chief. Although we work in the same unit, it's a bit embarrassing for us to go to him first to do things, so I gave him a pack of cigarettes. The cigarettes are quite expensive..."

"Here are the remaining 150 yuan, please count it!" Upon hearing this, Xu Qiang placed the 150 yuan wrapped in newspaper in front of Cao Liansheng.

"Okay, okay!" After taking the paper package and opening it, Cao Liansheng's face immediately lit up with a smile when he saw more than ten big unity notes inside.

Although he is a provincial expert, there is basically no benefit to be gained in his current position. This time, he earned two months' salary just by helping Xu Qiang with a small favor. Cao Liansheng can be said to have tasted the sweetness of "external money".

For Xu Qiang, it was a good deal as he spent two hundred yuan to get in touch with a provincial chemical expert. After all, this person had cooperated with the Provincial Military Industry Office, and Xu Qiang would definitely need him in the future.

"Master Cao, thank you so much for this time. If I have anything else in the future, I may come to you again." After Xu Qiang put away the list,
"No problem!" Cao Liansheng replied straightforwardly, and then said: "Xiao Xu, if you have any problems in the provincial capital in the future, please come to me. As long as I can help you, I will definitely help you."

"Thank you then." Xu Qiang said, picking up the wine glass.

The two smiled at each other, then drank the wine in their glasses...

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At the same time, Liu Biao had returned to the factory and was sitting in his office. Sitting opposite him was Li Cunzhu, the head of the technical department.

"Director Liu, are you saying that you and Xu Qiang went to the provincial capital these two days and passed the project review of the Military Industry Office!?" After listening to Liu Biao telling him about what happened during his business trip these two days, Li Cunzhu was suddenly surprised.

This time, Liu Biao only informed the deputy factory director Liang Hai about leaving the factory. As for other leaders in the factory, they did not know that Liu Biao had taken Xu Qiang away from the factory.

For a long time, whenever there was a new product project in the factory, Liu Biao would basically bring Li Cunzhu with him. After all, he was the head of the technical department and had to give technical explanations in front of leaders and experts. But this time, no one expected that Liu Biao would actually bring a temporary worker to participate in such an important military-to-civilian project review.

"I wanted to take you with me, but chemical engineering is not your major." Liu Biao paused, then continued, "Fortunately, Xiao Xu performed very well this time. Not only did he provide a reliable technical plan, but he also perfectly answered the doubts of provincial experts about the plan at the provincial meeting. Apparently, Deputy Director Gao has agreed to report the project to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. It is estimated that before the end of the year, we will be able to obtain special funding..."

"Is this Xu Qiang really so powerful? Can he convince the experts in the province?" Li Cunzhu looked incredulous.

Through conversations with Liu Biao, Li Cunzhu learned that Xu Qiang was a temporary worker who had just joined the factory for less than a month. His file showed that he was just 20 years old and had only a junior high school diploma. It was unbelievable that such a farmer with only a junior high school education could propose a technical reform plan that passed the technical review of provincial experts.

"In fact, I didn't believe this guy was so capable before, but now that the facts are in front of me, you have no choice but to believe it!" Liu Biao paused and continued, "In addition, I have been with this guy for two days. Apart from the fact that he is a bit cunning, I don't like him very much. In other aspects, he is okay. He is a good talent."

"Then Director Liu, what you mean is..." Li Cunzhu heard that Liu Biao seemed to have some plans for Xu Qiang.

"I think since he is a talent, we should make use of him. Although he has only been in the factory for less than a month, he has made great contributions to the factory this time." Liu Biao glanced at Li Cunzhu and continued, "So I plan to transfer him directly from the chemical workshop to your technical department and let him specialize in technical work."

"Uh." Hearing this, Li Cunzhu frowned and said, "I feel like this is inappropriate..."

"why?"

"It's like this. As you know, the employees in our technical department are all highly educated. At the very least, they graduated from our factory's technical school. But Xu Qiang only has a junior high school education, which obviously doesn't meet the requirements for entering our department."

"What if I must put him in?" Liu Biao also frowned at this time.

In Shengli Machinery Factory, Liu Biao is definitely a man who has the final say. No one in the factory dares to stop him from doing anything he wants to do.

Although he knew that what Li Cunzhu said was right and Xu Qiang's diploma did not meet the requirements of the technical department, but for Liu Biao, no matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. Xu Qiang has made great contributions to the factory this time. Liu Biao must recruit talents without any restrictions and arrange him to a more suitable position.

"If you insist on transferring him to the technical department, I have no problem with that." Li Cunzhu smiled slightly and continued, "But doing so may not be good for him."

"What do you mean?" Liu Biao asked.

(End of this chapter)