Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

After hearing what Li Tianyi said, Elder Tang remembered that Li Tianyi had not yet gone to handle the registration formalities, so he said to Dean Zhang: "Old Zhang, don't worry about this for now. Engineer Li has not yet gone to the Human Resources Department to handle the formalities. I will ask the secretary to take him there. He still has to clean up the office today. We will talk about this tomorrow."

Dean Zhang thought this made sense, so he said to Li Tianyi, "Engineer Li, today is your first day here. Get familiar with the environment here first. Tomorrow you and Old Tang will come to my office."

Li Tian nodded, and after seeing off Dean Zhang, Mr. Tang asked Secretary Zhang to take Li Tianyi to handle the formalities. He also asked Secretary Zhang to introduce Li Tianyi to some precautions of the Academy of Sciences.

Xiao Zhang took Li Tianyi to the Personnel Department. When they came out, Li Tianyi had a work ID in his pocket with his photo on it. He didn't know how the photo got there. At the same time, from today on, his salary would be more than 300 yuan, and he would also receive some bills and benefits every month, but he had to come to the Academy of Sciences to collect them himself.

Afterwards, Xiao Zhang took Li Tianyi to collect some items distributed by the Academy of Sciences, and then returned to the office. The layout of this office was very simple. There was a bookshelf against the wall, a desk in front of the bookshelf, and a set of simple sofas and coffee tables opposite the desk.

"Mr. Li, this is your office. If you need anything, you can go to the logistics department and ask them to get it for you."

"Thank you, Secretary Zhang. I'm sorry for bothering you today." Li Tianyi hurriedly expressed his gratitude.

Secretary Zhang waved his hand and said goodbye to Li Tianyi. Li Tianyi checked the office and found that everything on the table was clean and he didn't need to clean it himself.

Li Tianyi put paper and pen on the table, then hung his bag on the hanger and sat in the office chair. Li Tianyi started making a list.

This list includes a lot of things, the most important of which are chips and transistors. Transistors can be found in China, but I wonder if chips have been developed in China now?

By the time the list was finished, it was already noon. Secretary Zhang knocked on Li Tianyi's door and called Li Tianyi to go have lunch together.

Today, Mr. Tang specifically instructed Secretary Zhang to find Li Tianyi because he was worried that it was Li Tianyi's first day and he was unfamiliar with the place.

Secretary Zhang also mentioned this implicitly, and Li Tianyi's words were full of gratitude.

The cafeteria in the Academy of Sciences is pretty good. Eating here is free and you can eat as much as you want as long as you don’t waste it. And you are not allowed to take food away.

And you don’t need to bring your own lunch box here. There are plates in the cafeteria. After use, just put the plates by the sink and someone will wash them.

In fact, the scientists in the Academy of Sciences do not have to sit in the office all day. In addition to being academicians of the Academy of Sciences, they also have other jobs, so there are not many people in the cafeteria.

Li Tianyi learned from Secretary Zhang that most academicians come to the Academy of Sciences when there are conferences or when they have their own related research, and they handle matters at work at other times.

Li Tianyi can do the same, but this requires waiting until the integrated circuit computer is successfully developed.

Although Li Tianyi is a first-class engineer, he is also a candidate for academician. As long as there is another opportunity, his academician status will be a foregone conclusion.

After lunch, Li Tianyi found Mr. Tang and handed him the list. Mr. Tang took a look at the list and found that most of the items on it could be found in China, which made him feel relieved. However, Mr. Tang recalled the chip on it, but could not find the relevant information in his mind. He planned to go to Dean Zhang to ask if there were any chips in China.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Tang, Li Tianyi returned to his office, while Mr. Tang went to find Dean Zhang.

Dean Zhang glanced at the list and said, "Everything else on it is easy to deal with, but this chip is hard to get. We don't have our own chip in China, so we need to contact foreign countries."

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Is there any connection in Hong Kong Island? Can we get it from there?" Mr. Tang sighed and suggested.

"I'll give it a try. I need to contact my superiors about this. We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then I'll bring Engineer Li to see you tomorrow morning." After saying that, Mr. Tang left Dean Zhang's office.

Dean Zhang called the top management and explained the situation to them, as well as whether the computer body proposed by Li Tianyi should be remanufactured or modified from the original body.

The superior quickly gave a reply, asking them to purchase whatever Li Tianyi needed and fully cooperate with Li Tianyi, and also to take advantage of the purchasing time to manufacture a new computer body.

Dean Zhang put down the phone. He could hear from his superior's tone that he was optimistic about and supportive of this young man, Li Tianyi. Dean Zhang also hoped that Li Tianyi could bring them a surprise.

It was soon time to get off work, and Li Tianyi came out of the gate of the Academy of Sciences. The young soldier just glanced at him and let him go. Li Tianyi found his bicycle and rode home.

The next morning, as soon as Li Tianyi arrived at the gate of the Academy of Sciences, he took out his work ID. The young soldier checked it and opened the small door after confirming that there was no problem. Li Tianyi pushed his bicycle in.

As soon as he arrived at the office, Secretary Zhang came over. Li Tianyi and Secretary Zhang went to Mr. Tang’s office together, and then went to Dean Zhang’s office with Mr. Tang.

Dean Zhang was sitting on the sofa, obviously waiting for them. After greeting Dean Zhang, he told them the decision of his superiors. He also said that the domestic parts could be shipped over first and let Li Tianyi develop them first. As for the chips, that would have to wait until after the Chinese New Year.

Li Tianyi said that there was no problem, but what to do with the computer body?

Dean Zhang said, "The computer body needs to be remade. Engineer Li, do you have any new suggestions?"

"Dean, since the fuselage needs to be remade, don't rush to start the work. I will redraw the fuselage blueprint in the next few days and then make it according to this blueprint. The fuselage I drew can better match the integrated circuit chip and improve the computer's performance by 30%."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your drawings." Dean Zhang said firmly, and then looked at Mr. Tang, "Mr. Tang, assign some people to Engineer Li and have them help him."

"I understand, Lao Zhang."

In fact, other departments in the computer group all have their own work and cannot come to Li Tianyi's group, so Mr. Tang will assign some researchers, technicians, and engineers to Li Tianyi, and let them cooperate with Li Tianyi to develop a new computer.

Everyone else is still busy with their own research and development projects. After all, although Li Tianyi's project has passed the demonstration, no one knows when this new computer will be available. Various problems will arise during the research and development process. Sometimes a project may take more than ten years from project initiation to production of results.