439: Chapter 439 A Trip to Beijing Persuades Two Academicians

Upon seeing Qin Chuan, Professor Huang looked pleasantly surprised and even thought about sitting up from her hospital bed.

Qin Chuan hurriedly stepped forward two paces, "Professor Huang, don't move. You are a patient right now, so lie still and rest."

When the leader from Shuimu University saw Qin Chuan, he also looked pleasantly surprised, "Class Monitor, it's you!"

Qin Chuan was also amused; what a coincidence, an old acquaintance.

"Comrade Liu Zhijun, it's you!"

This was a classmate from back when they were at the Central Party School.

Liu Zhijun was in his forties and a deputy department-level cadre. He was currently a leader of a certain college under Shuimu University and was also Professor Huang's direct supervisor.

The two met and shook hands warmly and happily.

Professor Huang said, "Dean Liu, so you two know each other!"

Liu Zhijun introduced him, "I didn't expect such a coincidence. This is Comrade Qin Chuan, the Municipal Party Secretary of Dongjiang City in Jiangnan Province!"

The people in the ward, including Professor Huang and her son, all revealed expressions of surprise.

Such a young Municipal Party Secretary???

But since this was said by Liu Zhijun himself, it couldn't be false, and everyone's gaze toward Qin Chuan changed slightly.

Qin Chuan smiled slightly and asked with concern, "Professor Huang, we meet again. Are you feeling much better now?"

Professor Huang finally snapped back to reality and kept expressing her gratitude.

After expressing her gratitude, Professor Huang took the initiative to say, "Secretary Qin, I know about Dongjiang City; you are currently working on the largest chip project in the country."

Qin Chuan said, "That's right. This is the country's largest chip project. We have invested huge amounts of capital with the goal of breaking the foreign monopoly on our chips. Being choked, being looked down upon—this feeling is not easy to bear."

Professor Huang completely agreed with this point. To prove a point, even at 67 years old, she was still leading her technical team in the struggle, with the sole purpose of developing world-class chips for the motherland.

"Secretary Qin, I admire you all, and I strongly agree with what you are doing."

When chatting about chips, the two seemed to get along better and better, and despite the huge age difference, they actually had the feeling of meeting too late.

Seeing that they were getting along so well, Qin Chuan extended an invitation, "Professor Huang, we are currently forming a technical team, but we are missing a chief scientist. I sincerely invite you to join us."

Professor Huang became a little hesitant.

Liu Zhijun even laughed and said, "Class Monitor, that's not very honorable of you, poaching people right in front of me."

Qin Chuan had already thought this through, "Dean Liu, this doesn't count as poaching. Either way, it's all contributing to the country, so isn't it contributing regardless of where it's done? Besides, if Professor Huang serves as the chief scientist for our chip R&D team, she will still be a professor at Shuimu University; the two can be concurrent positions."

That actually would work; it could be done that way.

As long as she remained a professor at Shuimu University, it didn't matter how much energy Professor Huang spent on chip R&D.

Professor Huang hesitated for a moment.

After a while, she slowly reminded him, "Secretary Qin, I know you aren't lacking funds—I heard you are prepared to invest hundreds of billions—but money alone isn't enough. You also need a large number of specialized personnel, especially the key equipment for manufacturing chips, such as lithography machines."

Even if chips can be designed and developed, if there are no lithography machines to manufacture them, that is also a major problem.

Qin Chuan said, "You don't need to worry about the talent issue; we can form a specialized technical team of over ten thousand people. As for lithography machines, we have already made a series of preparations."

Without hiding anything, Qin Chuan explained how Baoli Group had started making arrangements two or three years ago and had already successively purchased several lithography machines of various models from overseas.

Since the lithography machines were not an issue, and a technical team of over ten thousand people would be formed, and most importantly, the two had a feeling of having met too late.

Professor Huang said, "Alright, then I can give it a try."

Upon hearing this, Qin Chuan was overjoyed!

Chairman Chen Zhixun and his team had visited several times to invite her, but Professor Huang had not agreed. Now that he had stepped in himself and persuaded her so smoothly, the joy in his heart was almost impossible to describe with words.

"Professor Huang, welcome aboard!"

After settling this matter, Qin Chuan stayed in the hospital room for a while longer before leaving with Liu Zhijun.

Returning to Jingcheng this time, in addition to inviting Professor Huang to join, Qin Chuan also wanted to invite another person. He was currently a professor at Jingcheng University and also an academician. He was once the chief expert of a certain group, but because he insisted on developing chips back then, he was driven out by that group.

Inviting Academician Ni to join was much smoother.

Qin Chuan visited him personally, and as soon as he extended an olive branch, Academician Ni readily agreed.

His dream was to develop world-class chips within his lifetime. Now over sixty, the realization of his dream had become increasingly slim, so he never expected that Qin Chuan would come to invite him to come out of retirement.

Academician Ni not only agreed immediately but was also filled with gratitude in his heart. He thought hopefully, by joining this technical team in Dongjiang City, his dream should be able to be realized.

After settling things with Academician Ni, Qin Chuan called Chairman Chen Zhixun.

For specific matters, Chairman Chen Zhixun and his team still needed to step in, such as negotiating some details, signing contracts, and so on.

Upon hearing that Qin Chuan had secured two academicians, Chairman Chen Zhixun was immensely impressed, "Brother Chuan, you are too awesome! One trip to Jingcheng, and you secured two academicians!"

"Now it's great, we won't be lacking technical leaders."

Qin Chuan advised, "You should go ahead and invite the two academicians to join the team. When forming the entire technical team, ask for the two academicians' opinions frequently. Additionally, for design, R&D, and experiments, consult them frequently on what equipment is needed."

"Definitely, definitely," Chairman Chen Zhixun said, "We understand these things. We will just handle the funding, and as for technical matters, we will let them handle it."

Perhaps because he was in a good mood, Chairman Chen Zhixun insisted on treating everyone to drinks.

In the evening, everyone gathered once more, and Chairman Chen Zhixun even got drunk.

It was not easy to return to Jingcheng, and on top of that, he had asked Provincial Party Secretary Zhao Jiasheng for three days of leave, so Qin Chuan's original plan was to return to Dongjiang City on Wednesday afternoon or evening.

But plans couldn't keep up with changes. Early Tuesday morning, Qin Chuan received a call from Secretary-General Tian Chaoqun—something major had happened in Dongjiang City; someone had been beaten to death.

Not long after, Deputy Secretary Zhou Nan also called to report that someone had died in Ningjiang County; staff from the County Government had beaten an elderly person petitioning for justice to death.

Upon hearing that such a major incident had occurred, Qin Chuan was furious and instructed Deputy Secretary Zhou Nan over the phone to handle the matter strictly.

Then, he had no choice but to rush back quickly. As for Zhu Qingxi, she could return a few days later, or even stay in Jingcheng for another ten days or half a month.

Qin Chuan hurriedly boarded a plane to Jiangnan Province.

After getting off the plane, as soon as he turned on his phone, he immediately received a call from Deputy Secretary Zhao Fenfang.