After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 257 The Paratrooper Expert Team

"Not inferior to the atomic bomb project?" Zhou Haoran couldn't help but chuckle. "It's just the construction of the financial system!"

Director Dou solemnly said, "Don't underestimate the financial system. In peacetime, finance is the atomic bomb!"

"Will you let me join the national team?"

Zhou Haoran was very unwilling.

Director Dou noticed something was off and said, "You're unwilling? With your excellent technical skills, you should contribute to the country!"

Zhou Haoran said, "Of course I can make contributions, but I have my own life plans. You've investigated my background, so you must know that I have a lot of things to do right now, and I don't even have time to go to university."

Director Dou smiled and said, "I know that. After you go there, you will join the expert team."

"Hmm?" Zhou Haoran asked curiously, "The expert team doesn't need to spend time?"

Director Dou explained with a smile, "The digitalization of the financial system is a national strategy, and it's being done by a highly confidential project team. Even if you were a private business owner, you might not be able to get involved!"

Zhou Haoran suddenly realized and said, "The expert team doesn't need to participate in the specific system development?"

Director Dou said, "Yes, they are all part-time. Many of the experts are professors from universities, researchers from research institutes, or even foreign scientists."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "There are foreigners too!"

"There are many! They are all purchasing IBM mainframes, and the equipment and main systems are all from overseas, so foreigners must be involved."

It seems that Director Dou, a senior colonel, is involved in secret projects related to the country's science and technology industry.

He's quite tech-savvy.

Hearing this, Zhou Haoran was relieved and said happily, "That's good. I was worried that joining the national team would impose too many restrictions. I still want to make money, pick up girls, and live a life of pleasure. If I join the national team, I'm afraid I'll break the Party's discipline."

Director Dou was exasperated. "No one will interfere with your personal life."

Zhou Haoran said, "I need to keep this a secret. I plan to travel abroad in the future, do business, travel, settle down, and so on. Don't stop me from doing so."

"You're overthinking it!" Director Dou was both amused and annoyed, finding the young man's thinking quite unconventional. "I'm just inviting you to join the expert team so that if you encounter any difficulties during the project development process, the expert team can provide solutions."

"That's good."

Zhou Haoran breathed a sigh of relief.

To attract him, Director Dou offered favorable terms: "You want to join the textbook editorial board at Fudan University, right? If you join the expert group, the editorial board can make exceptions for you and give you the green light."

Is this a privilege?

Zhou Haoran couldn't help but laugh.

"Yes, it's privilege." Director Dou said calmly and without hesitation, "I'll say it again, this is a national strategy, more important than anything else!"

Zhou Haoran chuckled and said, "As long as it doesn't affect my ability to make big money or delay my marriage of ten or eight wives, it's fine."

Director Dou laughed angrily, "If you don't join, there will be a lot of constraints on you from the social level. If you do join, your merits will be overshadowed by your significant contributions."

Zhou Haoran made this judgment, and Dean Cheng also expressed a similar view. As an academician, he knows the inside story best.

"I don't need your help with the textbook editorial board matters; I can handle them myself."

"You have the ability."

“However…” Zhou Haoran glanced at him, “Director Dou, I do have a favor to ask, and I need some special privileges.”

Director Dou joked, "It's not against nature or reason, is it?"

"How could that be?" Zhou Haoran said with a serious face. "Didn't you investigate my background? You should know that I'm a very careful person and never cross the legal line!"

Director Dou nodded. "What is it?"

Zhou Haoran said, "I have a friend whose father has uremia and has been hospitalized for several years. He has been wanting to get a kidney transplant, but there is no suitable kidney available."

Which hospital?

Huashan Hospital.

"I see."

Director Dou was decisive and efficient.

Zhou Haoran, looking rather clueless, asked, "What does it mean that you know? Are we going to do it or not?"

Director Dou chuckled at his words, and considering his age, he wasn't surprised. "It's just a kidney, what's the big deal for a country like ours? You're not trying to get the government to reimburse you, are you?"

Zhou Haoran laughed heartily, "Is that okay?"

"It's possible to find a way to make things work out..." Director Dou gave him a deep look, "but is it really necessary? It's only a few hundred thousand, do you really need that little bit of money?"

Zhou Haoran quickly replied, "There's no need for that. I was just joking. You've already done me a huge favor by helping me find a kidney donor."

"You're guaranteed to hear back within a month or two!"

Director Dou understood that the kid wouldn't respond without a definite answer.

Prior to this, the higher-ups had already given instructions.

We must win over technical geniuses like Zhou Haoran.

Incorporating him into the development of domestic financial system engineering is actually a minor matter.

Because his paper was considered world-class.

It's not applicable yet.

China's electronic systems engineering is too backward. It mainly uses outdated technologies that are bought from the United States at high prices, and it doesn't utilize any of the world's cutting-edge technologies.

But if we don't bring him here, such technical talent is very likely to go abroad.

That's the big deal.

Therefore, the essence of what Director Dou was doing was to win over Zhou Haoran, get him involved in some domestic technical engineering projects, and promise him some benefits.

Don't let him run away to a foreign country!

This year is a time of emigration.

Many outstanding IT professionals have immigrated to the United States because of the backward environment and lack of equipment in this field in China... It's fine for ordinary talents, but we must win over technical geniuses like Zhou Haoran, who was specifically recommended by Academician Cheng Dechang!
That's overthinking it.

Zhou Haoran had no intention of developing his career abroad, and asked, "Director Dou, what exactly do you mean by the financial systems engineering you mentioned?"

Director Dou said, "An electronic remittance system." Zhou Haoran laughed, "It's just a bank transfer!"

Director Dou nodded. "Bank transfers in the United States are already fully automated, with low costs, high efficiency, and fast speed. The situation in China is far worse, with a failure rate of up to 12% for interbank transfers."

The domestic banking system is really outdated, which has caused Zhou Haoran a lot of trouble.

For example, the Changxing Printing Factory pays wages.

If the banking system is robust, the salary can be directly deposited into the card.

But in reality, it doesn't work; there are too many system malfunctions, and transfers often fail.

If employees don't receive their wages, how can they not cause trouble?

So, in order to ensure that wages were paid reliably, Aunt Wan had to go to the bank every month to withdraw money and then use the cash to pay the workers, which undoubtedly increased the risks involved.

Even the Red Star TV station pays salaries in cash.

Zhou Haoran pondered for a moment and said, "Hasn't the domestic remittance system been upgraded to an electronic transfer system? I've seen that said so in the newspapers."

"Far from it!" Director Dou waved his hand, no longer afraid of making a fool of himself once he'd said it, and whispered, "The equipment and systems we've imported are all bought from IBM at high prices; they're all outdated from the US. Our current electronic processing capabilities are not even as good as the US's more than ten years ago."

Zhou Haoran nodded. "Finance is a national strategy. It's indeed unlikely that we can buy the latest and best system from the United States."

Director Dou said, "Therefore, we need to solve these technical problems based on the existing conditions and build our own powerful electronic financial system. Not to mention anything else, the people will also benefit. Currently, transfers require manual intervention, which is no different from remittances. How high is the cost? Every remittance costs 2 yuan. In the United States, automated transfers only cost 3 cents per transaction."

“Okay, let’s set a time next week, I’ll go take a look.” Zhou Haoran smiled and boasted, “As long as the hardware isn’t too far behind, and we only focus on system-level and application-level issues, I estimate that no one in the world is better than me.”

Director Dou twitched the corner of his mouth.

His expression was strange.

I thought to myself, "Is this what genius is?"

That's so unreliable!

……

On weekends, the Tang siblings usually spend time at the hospital.

My mother is gone.

Now all I have left is my father to take care of.

They come over every weekend.

However, Tang Shiyi left in the morning and did not return.

She returned leisurely in the afternoon, after Zhou Haoran had left.

"Luming, where did you go?"

Tang Youzhi was not very satisfied, feeling that she had been somewhat impolite.

"I bought Dad a hot water bottle. He said it was a bit chilly at night." Tang Shiyi was also indifferent to her older brother. She glanced through the glass door and saw her father eating lunch.

I pushed open the door and forced a smile for my dad: "Dad, how are you feeling today?"

"Fine." Tang Taihua lowered his head and drank his porridge, somewhat displeased. "I heard from your brother that the Grand Master came over this morning. You treated him very poorly?"

"What great master!" Tang Shiyi curled her lip, quite unconvinced. "I know him."

"Huh? Do you know him?"

Tang Taihua was slightly taken aback.

Tang Youzhi was also surprised, "Lu Ming, do you know Uncle?"

Tang Shiyi felt a headache coming on when she heard the term "little uncle." She rubbed her temples and said in a frustrated tone, "Brother, he's my colleague... He works in sales at our company."

"Sale?"

Tang Youzhi opened his eyes wide.

Tang Shiyi said, "Yeah, he's just a low-level salesman. He's only eighteen, just graduated from high school. I had to pull some strings to get him into Red Star TV!"

"you?"

Tang Youzhi was completely bewildered.

Dad Tang Taihua acted as if he hadn't heard anything, slurping his porridge with relish.

Tang Shiyi said calmly, "Our program's host is Qiao Suiqing, and Zhou Haoran is her younger brother. In the summer, Qiao Suiqing came to me and said that her brother wanted to work at the station. But he only graduated from high school and it was impossible for him to get a job, so she asked me for help. I contacted the director and went through the internal referral channel, and he was able to get a job as an intern salesperson."

"Sales intern..."

Tang Youzhi was somewhat taken aback and also began to feel insecure.

There's nothing we can do about it; it's a characteristic of our times.

There is discrimination against salespeople.

"dad?"

Tang Youzhi looked at the old man.

Tang Taihua slurped his porridge, seemingly oblivious to everything, and said firmly, "The wisdom of the Great Master is beyond your comprehension."

Tang Shiyi remained silent with a cold expression.

She was raised with strict discipline and was not allowed to talk back.

Just then, a sound came from outside.

Tang Youzhi turned around and exclaimed in surprise, "Uncle, why are you back?"

"what?"