In just about ten days, Xu Qiang completed five related papers on CL-01 high-energy explosives, and then sent them to the BJ Fifth Ministry of Machine Building by registered mail.

After completing a series of social engagements and finishing his thesis, Xu Qiang was free again.

At this time, a friend found him.

This friend was none other than Bai Hai, who had previously been trying to connect Xu Qiang with township enterprises for technical support.

In fact, Bai Hai didn't take Xu Qiang's affairs to heart ever since Xu Qiang contacted him last time. But considering that Xu Qiang was willing to pay for his own travel expenses and give lectures to these companies for free, he wrote down his name and information in a small notebook, and would recommend him to the cooperating companies when there was an opportunity.

Since Bai Hai is now mainly engaged in the technology matchmaking business, he pays close attention to the current development of technology. He also subscribes to many newspapers and magazines related to science and technology current affairs, and reads them in his spare time, hoping to find business opportunities.

However, these days, when Bai Hai was reading the newspaper, he accidentally saw the news that Xu Qiang had won the award. After some confirmation, he felt that it was Xu Qiang himself, so he immediately took the initiative to find him according to the address left by Xu Qiang.

At first, Bai Hai didn't know that Xu Qiang now lived in Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering. Instead, he went to the staff dormitory building where he used to live. It happened that the squad leader Du Xingguo was still living there. So he learned about Xu Qiang's current residence from Du Xingguo and then came to the Institute of Mechanical Engineering.

"Master Bai, long time no see!" After seeing Bai Hai, Xu Qiang greeted him with a smile.

"Qiangzi, you are amazing. Did you win the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award some time ago? And you went to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to receive the award?" After seeing Xu Qiang, the first thing Bai Hai did was to confirm that Xu Qiang had won the award.

"How did you know?"

"How could I not know about this? It's in the newspaper, and your name and resume are on it. I think this is you, right?"

"That's right." Xu Qiang nodded.

"Can you show me your award certificate and medal? I heard that the medal is made of gold, is it true?"

"The first prize is the gold medal, and I won the second prize, which is a silver medal." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "Besides, who would always carry that thing with them? I'll show it to you when I have the chance."

"Ah, OK, OK!" Hearing Xu Qiang say this, Bai Hai confirmed that he had indeed won the prize, so the smile on his face became even more intense, and he said: "Qiangzi, come on, I'll treat you to a meal, and we can talk while we eat..."

"Okay, I'll treat you." Xu Qiang saw Bai Hai's intention and offered to treat him to a meal.

At the beginning, it was Xu Qiang who took the initiative to seek help from Bai Hai, but now, with Xu Qiang winning the award, the roles of the two have changed, and Bai Hai has become the one who takes the initiative to show goodwill and seek cooperation.

In fact, if Xu Qiang hadn't had so many social engagements in the past few days, he would probably have found Bai Hai. After all, the purpose of staying in Shanghai was to make money, so he needed a go-between.

"Don't be ridiculous. You're such a great technical expert, I should hire you." Bai Hai glanced at Xu Qiang and said, "Don't say anything, just follow me."

"Okay." Xu Qiang said, and followed Bai Hai out of the academy.

In a state-owned restaurant not far from the college, the two found a seat by the window. Bai Hai ordered some wine and food, then he and Xu Qiang held tea cups and started chatting face to face.

"...Actually, after I met you last time, I also helped you find a few chemical-related manufacturers. They were also willing to let you give lectures, but you didn't have much work experience at the time, and they didn't pay much..." Bai Hai paused, then continued, "But now it's different. Just because you are the person in charge of a national key science and technology project, and you have won such a big award, I think, I have to renegotiate the price with them..."

"So what you mean is...how much labor fee do you plan to negotiate for me?" Xu Qiang asked.

"Let me put it this way. For example, at my former Interstellar Radio Factory, ordinary technicians would be paid 15 yuan a day for giving lectures. If they were good at giving lectures, they could get an extra 3 to 5 yuan. If they were chief engineers, they could have long-term cooperation. For example, they could help them solve some technical problems or develop a new product. The price would be higher, probably around 800 to 2,000 yuan..."

"Two thousand yuan..." Xu Qiang fell into deep thought upon hearing this.

"How is it? It's quite high, right?" Bai Hai thought Xu Qiang was shocked by such a high bonus, so he continued: "But technicians like you who have won national awards will definitely get more compensation..."

“How much more?”

"If you can help them develop a product, you should be paid at least 3,000 to 5,000 yuan, right?" Bai Hai thought for a while and said. In fact, Bai Hai had no chance to meet top experts like Xu Qiang. He was just an ordinary technician in a state-owned enterprise, and the engineers he met were basically at the same level as him.

Moreover, these days, senior technical personnel dare not easily take jobs outside. After all, their social status is very high, and state-owned enterprises have always strictly prohibited such things. After all, it involves corporate secrets leaks. Therefore, many of those who really engage in "Sunday engineers" are not doing well in the factory, or are very short of money. Otherwise, no one is willing to take the risk.

"Is this the highest price?" Xu Qiang asked.

Three to five thousand yuan is not very tempting to Xu Qiang. His dye factory already makes a profit of more than one thousand yuan a day, so this amount of money is actually not very meaningful to him. After all, it takes Xu Qiang at least one month or even two or three months to complete a product project from its inception to mass production. It is obviously too much of a loss.

"In fact, those small businesses don't make much money in a year. Three to five thousand is already good," said Bai Hai.

"Small business? Aren't there any larger township enterprises around Shanghai?"

"Yes, there are some, but they are all enterprises funded by local city and county governments. They have no shortage of technical personnel..." Bai Hai paused, and then said, "Especially in southern Jiangsu, the scale is very large. Special government personnel have been working with some local scientific research institutes to solve technical problems and develop new products. I heard that some institutes have even obtained some shares privately..."

"Shares? Can a research institute hold shares in a private enterprise?" Xu Qiang was stunned when he heard this.

"It's definitely not possible openly, but who knows what the situation is in private? It's all about making money anyway, and no one will care if we turn a blind eye." Bai Hai said.

The southern Jiangsu region that Bai Hai mentioned refers to the urban and rural areas of the three prefecture-level cities of Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou and the nine county-level cities under their jurisdiction.

In 1958, the people's commune movement emerged and collective economy became popular. Enterprises in developed cities such as Shanghai began to move to southern Jiangsu. The decentralization of intellectuals and skilled workers brought new technologies and new experiences to southern Jiangsu at that time.

By the 20s, these small-scale commune-based enterprises had developed into agricultural machinery factories, manufacturing some agricultural machinery for the collective.

By 1980, every city, county, township and village government in southern Jiangsu had established a large number of township enterprises. The government invested in the enterprises, and then appointed capable people to serve as enterprise leaders. Thanks to government connections, these township enterprises could rely on government connections to obtain loans from banks and occupy land at low cost, which greatly reduced the possibility of entrepreneurial failure, but also increased internal organizational corruption.

The southern Jiangsu region first developed rural township enterprises and then commercialized them. In fact, it was also "first building the shell of a planned economy and then using the capital market's commercialized heart."

Most of the farmers in southern Jiangsu were originally unemployed, but after the state capital was used to establish enterprises, some farmers became the first industrial workers in these township enterprises, which promoted the development of southern Jiangsu as a whole.

However, the development of southern Jiangsu also came at a price.

On the one hand, the economy of southern Jiangsu is developing rapidly, but on the other hand, the economy of southern Jiangsu is developing at the cost of environmental pollution. Polluting enterprises are discharging more and more pollutants, and the pollutants that remain in southern Jiangsu for a long time have affected the life in the region.

Taking SZ city as an example, chemical enterprises are concentrated in Xiangcheng District, electronic enterprises are scattered in Kunshan City, and textile printing and dyeing industries are very developed in Changshu City and Wujiang City, accounting for more than 80% of the local industrial output value. Pollutants from these township enterprises are concentrated, high in concentration, and last for a long time, which has caused great impact and harm to people's living environment and human health.

"Then can you get in touch with the government in southern Jiangsu?" Xu Qiang said after thinking for a while.

In fact, Xu Qiang just wanted to use his skills and follow the current trend of "Sunday Engineers" to make some extra money while studying in Shanghai.

But now he has become the head of a national key project, won a national award, and has the title of "top chemical expert", so he wants to find a higher platform to make money.

Small township enterprises cannot offer too high a price, so Xu Qiang must seek cooperation with large enterprises. Since the township enterprises in southern Jiangsu are led by local governments, Xu Qiang can just connect with them directly. As for matters such as remuneration, they can only be discussed face to face.

"This..." Bai Hai suddenly looked embarrassed when he heard Xu Qiang say this.

"Do you think I am not qualified to cooperate with their local government?" Xu Qiang asked.

"How is that possible? You've already won the National Technology Award. There aren't many technicians in Shanghai who have won such a big award." Bai Hai shook his head and said, "Let me be honest with you. I've never dealt with government officials like them, and we don't know their specific situation..."

"As long as you can help me connect, don't worry about other things. I can give you 10% of the reward!" Xu Qiang glanced at Bai Hai and continued, "Also, I want to say that when I help others develop products, the starting price is 50,000 yuan. If it fails or the product is not good enough, I don't want a penny! Please consider it." (End of this chapter)