Chapter 38: Laughing and Chatting While Extracting Oil (Please click to recommend)

  Su Cheng was very happy to welcome Liu Si Chang. His current success, one-third of it is due to his identity as a Beida student, and one-third of it is due to the help of Liu Si Chang.

  Without his recommendation and introduction, there would be no help and maintenance from Secretary Lin Yonggui. In the grassroots oil field, it's not necessarily that one will be buried, but delaying three to five years is not uncommon. China's academic circle is very strange. On the one hand, excellent, lucky, and persistent students can enter central ministries or even higher-level units. On the other hand, students who lack confidence or have bad luck are easily stuck in the grassroots level.

  It's just these classmates in the restaurant, 10 years later, the gap will be so big that it's impossible to hold a class reunion again.

  Liu Zongchang still had the image of an old rascal, warmly leaning against Su Cheng, and smiled: "I saw your name on the list of New Long March assault team a long time ago, so I was thinking when I would see you again."

  "You didn't come all this way just for me, did you?" Su Cheng couldn't believe that a department head would personally pay him a visit. Even though it was very convenient to travel on Chang'an Street.

  Liu smiled and said: "Indeed, there is something. However, you first entertain your classmates, worthy of being a Beida student, gathering all the talents."

  Look at his sparkling little eyes and you know he's got a bad case of occupational disease. There are quite a few students in here who might just be the ones he failed to recruit back then.

  In fact, whether it was the 1987 department or the 2012 department, they were all eager to find talent. Government agencies are floating on top of things, after all, there is work to be done. Agencies that are all about relationships and have no administrative ability will not pass the assessment of their superiors.

  However, as time went on, the government's standards for excellence became increasingly high, to the point where later generations of university students always felt that they were being overlooked and that there were conspiracies and internal deals at play. In contrast, in 1987, it was common for university students to be even more outstanding than their professors, whereas by 2012, students who could answer their teachers' tricky questions had become extremely rare... It's not that the students had become stupid, but rather that the teachers had become excellent, with a vast accumulation of knowledge that made it possible to ignore the simple elevation of IQ. And yet, even such excellent teachers were unable to enter high-level government ministries, which just goes to show how high the threshold is for central government ministries.

  It can be said that the 1980s were the happiest times for Chinese university students. The previous decade, the 1970s, had a 10-year hiatus in university enrollment, giving them ample opportunities for early advancement. University graduates from the 1950s and 1960s began to enter retirement by 1987, while the expansion of university enrollment in the 1990s was still an unattainable distance for them.

  On the other hand, the expansion of China's institutions also began in this era. The emergence of a large number of new positions gave these young people a lot of opportunities. When later generations started graduating from school and trying to emulate them, university students from the 1980s had already filled the vacancies, becoming deputy department-level or even department-level cadres, fully able to control their own destiny.

  At the same time, the pure friendship during college days will also lock the chain of interests more firmly.

  Director Wu gazed at Su City with boundless admiration.

  He is thirty-two years old, a junior college graduate. He was also a very noble existence that year. All the way from the subordinate department of Shengli Oilfield to the command center of Shengli Oilfield, he spent a lot of effort. However, since being promoted to deputy director, there has been no change for many years.

  Wu Hong thought to himself: If only I had such a group of classmates... But best of all would be Liu Shouzhang, who held the power of life and death over thousands of enterprises under his jurisdiction.

  This made Wu Hong feel that Su City was even more unfathomable.

  For someone as busy as Director Liu to come all the way here to meet with Su Cheng, it's truly a sincere gesture.

  Su Cheng also knew this, after arranging for his classmates to be settled in, he immediately came to a separate small private room, pushed open the door, and saw Wang Ting telling jokes inside. Apart from Liu Si Chang and Xiao Pang, there were some "old acquaintances" among the classmates, including Wu Hong.

  Looking at the scene inside, Su Cheng couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. University students in Beijing before the 21st century were all unafraid to speak out. Especially those who had just graduated or not yet graduated, with the style of "the master is second, the teacher is first", they never treated officials below the national level as officials. Liu's visit did not cause much sensation, and sitting together, they basically let him fend for himself.

  Su Cheng sat beside Liu Shangchang and after a round of drinks, smiled and asked: "Shangchang, what's the good news?"

  Liu seemed to be quite enjoying the atmosphere, took a sip of wine and said: "I heard you made an oil extractor?"

  "Yes, twin-screw oil extraction machine, high efficiency, energy-saving and electricity-saving."

  The classmates in front of him made a hissing sound. Wang Ting laughed and said, "A talented student from the Chinese Department of Peking University, when he arrived at the local place, he actually became an oil extractor."

  Some curious people asked: "What does an oil extractor look like?"

  Suzhou was left speechless.

  Liu Sicong chuckled and said, "Don't underestimate the oil extractor. Our country uses tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of them every year. If Su Cheng's invention can reach 50% of its design goal, it can save the country hundreds of millions of yuan each year."

  "Hundreds of millions?" Many people picked up their wine cups and started calculating with their fingers.

  Su Cheng smiled and said: "We have already made a trial version, which has reached the design goal. The production version is not yet done, but I estimate it's at least 80% or more."

  The structure of the oil extraction machine is relatively simple, and each part is relatively independent. In theory, there should not be a difference of 80% between the production model and the trial model. However, Su Cheng had only done design work in school and had never been in charge of production. He was not familiar with the internal workings of the factory, so he did not dare to make grand promises.

  Liu Sicong recently read a lot of relevant materials and suddenly understood the truth, laughing: "So to speak, is it indeed the world's advanced level as reported?"

  Su Cheng solemnly said: "No satellite has been launched."

  "Alright, you come with me tomorrow to visit a few factories in T City." Manager Liu made the decision quickly.

  "Aren't you in charge of personnel?"

  "There are also people in the factory." Liu said with a hint of subtlety.

  Wu Hong listened on the side, and couldn't help but want to scold Su Cheng. You can't tell if someone is doing personnel work or production work - and this kind of large-scale change in management scope can only mean that a position has already changed or is about to change. Judging from Liu's cheerful expression, he might be expecting a promotion.

  The Secretary will be promoted one more level, which is Deputy Ministerial level, exactly the same as Bao Rong of Shengli Oilfield, and is a ministerial officer...

  Wu Hong was so jealous that he could hardly wait to devour Su City.

  Fatso coughed lightly and said, "The T City Petroleum Machinery General Factory is preparing to introduce a new foreign oil extraction machine and set up a brand new factory. We're going there for an inspection this time."

  One sentence, just pointed out the scope.

  Liu smiled and said, "Little Su, don't be under pressure either. Halliburton is the world's strongest oil machinery company, providing energy services to the whole world. Even if your designed oil extraction machine is a bit weaker than theirs, it's normal. This time we go there, indeed for comparison, but comparison is not the purpose."

  Needless to say, even Liu, the director, didn't think that Su City's oil extraction equipment could reach world-class standards.

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