Chapter 93: with translation of chapter title

Of course we have it, a ground-to-ground missile modified from the Red Flag-2 missile, with a range of 150 kilometers; this thing perfectly fills the firepower gap between howitzers and Scud missiles, it's a project Qin Miao had planned long ago, but the sales work has to be done slowly, and the money also has to be earned slowly.

Simply put, it's about plucking wool a little at a time; plucking too much all at once easily annoys the other party.

So… Qin Miao hesitated for a moment, then spoke: "I really don't know about this."

Seeing Qin Miao hesitate, Hasan could only give up: "Hmm, Qin, I know, last time the Truck Cannon project got you involved, this time I really can't press you too hard; come, let's not talk about it, let's eat!"

"No, no, I don't mean that. I, Qin Miao, value friendship above all; for a friend I wouldn't regret even going to jail. This thing, I truly don't know—after all, anything with a longer range than the Truck Cannon is a ground-to-ground missile, and you know this thing… its secrecy level is especially high."

Hasan nodded: "Hmm, hmm, I understand."

"Don't rush either; I've noted this down, and when I find out later I'll send you an international telegram. When you come again, you can rest assured—your matter is my matter."

"Good, good, good." The other party nodded repeatedly.

After eating and drinking their fill, with the outside already ablaze with lights, Qin Miao arranged lodging for Hasan and his driver, coordinated the flight tickets back to the Capital for the next day, then drove the car, carrying Chu Miaomiao, back to school.

The weather was very cold, the car windows were closed; at this moment, Qin Miao's mind was already fantasizing about summer, opening the roof sunroof, with Chu Miaomiao sticking half her body out…

With a car, we can definitely do more romantic things.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to glance at Chu Miaomiao, a quiet and sweet girl, as if by telepathy she turned her head to look at him and then smiled.

"San Shui brother, what are you looking at?"

"Looking at you, you're very beautiful when you sit in the passenger seat of this car, that's when your temperament really shows."

"San Shui brother, do you plan to keep driving this car?"

That sentence suddenly woke Qin Miao up.

I'm just a freshman; although I've done many big things for the school, if I drove this car around town every day showing off, it would surely arouse envy in many people—people who don't strive themselves but envy the treatment enjoyed by those who work hard.

Qin Miao hadn't thought that much; after all, coming from the future, he was already used to private cars filling the streets, and truly lacked this awareness, whereas Chu Miaomiao, who grew up in a cadre family, was very sensitive about this.

"Miaomiao, I understand what you mean; when we get back, I'll donate this car to our Ha Gong Da."

Chu Miaomiao smiled: "Hmm, San Shui brother, when we graduate from university and start working, we'll definitely have a car to ride; for now… having a bicycle for the two of us is fine, then you'll ride and I'll sit on the back…"

Better to laugh on a bicycle than in a Land Rover, cough cough cough…

Ha Gong Da, main building.

Qin Miao stopped the car and saw a crowd already pouring down from upstairs.

"San Shui, you've finally come back."

"San Shui, you haven't eaten yet, right? Come on, let's go……"

Qin Miao looked at the group of lovely teachers: "Teachers, what's the matter?"

"Since San Shui is back, let's go to the meeting room; we need to sort out the fund allocation quickly, otherwise everyone will lose sleep!"

Alright, the president also came.

In the meeting room, Qin Miao looked at everyone: "Teachers, the money belongs to our Ha Gong Da; how to allocate it can be decided by the school meeting, I……"

"Isn't that just deciding by meeting!"

"San Shui, tell us, this money earned from the Truck Cannon project—shouldn't we give the Mechanical Department a larger share?"

"San Shui is from the Aerospace Department, and besides, our Aerospace Department has a key project coming up; this money should first go to the Aerospace Department!"

The argument broke out again, and Qin Miao roughly understood.

"Teachers, I, Qin Miao, am just a freshman……"

"No, you're still a teacher of our Computer Department!"

"Cough cough, let me finish my words, okay?"

"Everyone be quiet, let's hear Qin Miao's opinion!" President Liu again restored order.

"First, without the school as this collective platform, we wouldn't have our products; but if we handed everything over to the school, it would become a big pot, and some people would not want to earn money, instead glomming onto others' earnings with a thick face. So… the profits we earn, I think, two-thirds should be turned over to the school for unified allocation, and the remaining one-third left to the relevant parties for free distribution."

"I agree!" Director Lu of the Mechanical Department immediately nodded.

"One-third is not little! For a 100-million project, even if the cost is 40 million, there would still be 60 million profit left; allocating one-third gives 20 million, and it's still in US dollars! The Mechanical Department now has money!"

"Many projects of the Mechanical Department can now get started! Previously we bitterly waited for superior allocations; now… we don't need to!"

"If we followed the earlier quarrel's plan, they wouldn't even get one-fifth!"

"Being human, one shouldn't be too greedy."

"Then how should the school allocate it uniformly?"

"This… the school leadership surely has ideas."

"Let's hear your opinion," President Liu said.

"Well, for the school to develop we need space; although students no longer have to live in basements, the teaching environment remains tight, with many classrooms designed in basements, so I think this sum of money should see the school take out half to expand the campus buildings, improving teaching and office conditions."

Director Tao couldn't hold back: "The campus building issue isn't a big deal; we've gotten through all these years, the spirit of hard work and simplicity cannot be lost……"

"Director Tao, every department is doing R&D and needs to conduct experiments; do we have experimental sites? If we don't do R&D, how can we keep making money… cough cough, how can we continue to add bricks and tiles to the nation's defense cause? Building infrastructure is also for future development."

"But… then our R&D funding would be reduced, wouldn't it?"

"The Mechanical Department took one-third, the school's infrastructure construction took half of the remaining two-thirds, which means only the final one-third is left, and we still have many projects!"

"Our Aerospace Department, which is supposed to launch satellites! The money we earned this time should give us half; otherwise it simply won't be enough!"

"That's not little either; if we split the existing projects, each could still have several million left."

"Several million isn't enough!"

"Director Tao, making money now is just a start! As long as we can keep our R&D projects going, there will continue to be a steady stream of profits, right?"

"Vision, vision! This business is just a beginning!"