Chapter 894 Paving the Way for the Future

After talking about business, Chang Haonan and Wang Xiaomo were ready to leave directly, but after a slight hesitation, Ding Gaoheng said he would let them stay for a while.

Just when the two were confused, the latter picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number.

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man with a stocky build, a kind face, and hair that was the envy of his peers knocked on the door and walked into the office.

"Director Ding, are you looking for me?"

"right."

Ding Gaoheng raised his hand and gestured in the direction of the sofa:

"These two are Chang Haonan, the chief planner of the Aerospace Power Group, and the deputy general manager of the Electronic Technology Group and the director of the overall research institute."

Under normal circumstances, when introducing multiple people, they must be introduced separately.

However, the age difference between Chang Haonan and Wang Xiaomo is indeed too big. If you have heard either of them before, it will be difficult to mistake them.

In fact, before Ding Gaoheng spoke, the two of them had already guessed the identity of the visitor.

So he had already stood up politely.

Sure enough, Ding Gaoheng continued:

"This is the Li Zhongyi I just mentioned, Deputy Director Li."

"Hello, Deputy Director Li."

"Hello everyone, I have admired you two great names for a long time."

Li Zhongyi's face is relatively round, and he is a little fat. When he smiles, his eyes hidden behind his spectacles almost completely narrow into slits:

"In 1997, Academician Wang was awarded the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Award. I happened to be the person in charge of Yizheng Chemical Fiber at that time, and I was sitting below..."

"As for Professor Chang, before I took up the post of the Science and Technology Commission last month, I heard my colleagues from China Petroleum say that he helped a lot in the bidding process for the West-East Gas Transmission..."

The level of this opening is quite high.

Even if you know that the other person is being polite, what they say is reasonable and well-chosen, and it is easy to close the distance between you and your heart.

"It's not a big help."

Ding Gaoheng shook hands with the other party:

"I just helped make several mechanical models under typical geological conditions..."

This is not a self-effacing statement on his part.

In fact, there could have been further cooperation between Torch Laboratory and the China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau.

As a result, during the project process, I accidentally introduced a series of new topics such as manifold learning algorithms, desert modification, and remote sensing satellite systems.

The result is that despite the other party's intention, Chang Haonan really doesn't have enough manpower.

I had to put it aside for the time being.

"..."

After a brief exchange of greetings, the three of them took their seats on the sofa.

Ding Gaoheng, who specially called Li Zhongyi, spoke first:

"I thought about it and think it would be more appropriate for you to directly address the specific needs of the project just now."

When these words came out, the other two people didn't care.

But Li Zhongyi, who was sitting next to him, suddenly flashed his eyes:

"I don't know...what specific needs do you two need? I will do my best to support you!"

Seeing the opponent's posture, Chang Haonan and Wang Xiaomo had some guesses about the current situation.

So, it took about forty minutes to explain the general situation to Li Zhongyi.

…

After leaving Ding Gaoheng's office, the two walked side by side on the sidewalk leading to the entrance of the Science and Technology Commission.

"Comrade Haonan, Director Ding is paving the way for you..."

Wang Xiaomo was the first to break the silence.

"Um?"

Chang Haonan was stunned by these words, and even subconsciously stopped and looked at the other party.

I found Wang Xiaomo showing a meaningful smile, and also stopped.

Ding Gaoheng was planning the departmental work after the Science and Technology Commission, which Chang Haonan could see——

The former has served as the deputy director of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense since 1982. If calculated up to 2003, it is equivalent to being in charge of the national defense industry for 21 years.

This is an extremely special situation.

According to the original timeline, the director of the Science and Technology Commission should be replaced at the end of 1996.

It was only at the end of 1996 in this life that the aviation industry was undergoing drastic changes. In order to ensure the consistency of policies, the superiors allowed Ding Gaoheng to continue to maintain his original position.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to establish the General Armament Department in advance and find a place for General Cao Gangchun.

Originally, this situation should be temporary.

When the situation stabilizes, the people who should be replaced will still have to be replaced.

As a result, no one expected that this period of drastic change was not a movie but a TV series. After it started, it would be one after another without ending.

This situation is naturally what the superiors are happy to see.

Therefore, in order to maintain policy consistency, the entire leadership team of the Science and Technology Commission did not move in 1998.

Ding Gaoheng's age is there after all.

He was 72 years old in 2003.

Either retire, or raise half a level and find a job to use your remaining energy.

In short, it is impossible to continue to be in charge of the Science and Technology Commission.

However, if a department has not changed its leadership for more than ten or twenty years, its working habits and behavior will inevitably be influenced and shaped by this person.

In particular, the Science and Technology Commission is still a semi-military unit.

Therefore, Ding Gaoheng has gradually downplayed his own sense of existence in the past two years.

Otherwise, it is just a matter of liaison with other departments, and there is no need to find a deputy in charge of this work.

However, Chang Haonan had not considered the angle Wang Xiaomo just mentioned.

Looking at the shocked Chang Haonan, Wang Xiaomo put his hands behind his back and started walking again:

"These three new deputy directors of the Science and Technology Commission, you should have had direct business contact with them, right?"

The former thought about it carefully and found that it seemed to be the case.

Since last year, the leadership positions of the Science and Technology Commission have undergone a major change.

The deputy directors were replaced by Zhang Hongbiao, Luan Wenjie and Li Zhongyi, who I just met today.

Two were transferred from other systems, and one came from within the Science and Technology Commission.

You know, from the first time in 1996 when he directly came into contact with the Science and Technology Commission until this year.

In the past five years, most of Chang Haonan's work has been directly reporting to Ding Gaoheng.

So among the three previous deputy directors, he was basically only familiar with Huai Guomo.

In the past six months, I have had direct contact with all three new people at the work level.

Especially Luan Wenjie and Li Zhongyi.

This is most likely not a coincidence, but Ding Gaoheng's intentional arrangement.

"In recent years, your role in the defense industry and even the entire industrial system has been visible to the naked eye."

Wang Xiaomo continued.

"It can't be like this..."

As soon as Chang Haonan spoke, he was interrupted by the other party:

"This kind of thing is seen by me, other colleagues, Director Ding, and superiors. You know it in your heart, so there is no need to be modest."

"But no matter how capable a person is, he still needs a suitable platform to have room to perform."

"Of course."

Chang Haonan nodded sincerely:

"If Teacher Du and Director Ding hadn't dared to give me a chance, I wouldn't have been able to achieve any great results on my own."

"So..."

Wang Xiaomo straightened the messed up gray hair on his head:

"Director Ding, or...maybe even a higher-up leader, wants to ensure that you have a suitable platform to display your abilities in the future."

Hearing this, Chang Haonan suddenly had an idea.

"The main thing is that you are too young."

The two came to the car, but did not get on it immediately:

"On the one hand, in the state-owned enterprise system, age can still be handled on a special basis, but in the administrative system, it is impossible to raise it so quickly. It is too provocative and against the rules."

"On the other hand, the normal development trajectory of researchers is that by the time they are around 50 years old, they have accumulated enough achievements and their energy and brainpower can no longer keep up with the high-intensity front-line scientific research work. At this time, they will switch to the administrative route and continue to perform. Advantages of experience.”

"It turns out that your kid is not normal at all. You have accomplished what others have achieved in their lifetime before you are 30 years old. But it would be a pity if you were asked to transfer directly to administration..."

Wang Xiaomo's tone was filled with emotion:

"In short, no matter who among the three becomes a full-time employee in the end, one of the most important tasks must be to cooperate with your work like Director Ding."

"It will be good for you, them, and the entire Science and Technology Commission to get used to it early..."

Chang Haonan felt his temples twitching.

Stimulate.

So exciting.

Lan Xinzhi came here once before before he went to take charge of the Equipment Industry Department.

But that's just a director after all.

this time……

All I can say is that it’s really a bit too much fun.

It has been jokingly said before that Chang Haonan is the "non-staff deputy director" of the Science and Technology Commission.

He worried about it for a while.

After all, organizational things are sometimes not suitable to be joked about casually.

But look now...

It seems a bit unfounded——

This is to make him work in the direction of "non-staff director"...