Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 515 Scolding Qin Qi
"Do you smoke?" Jiang Chen asked Qin Qi.

Qin Qi nodded: "Yeah, I smoked it!"

"Let's go out and have a cigarette!" Without waiting for Qin Qi to answer, Jiang Chen turned around and left the workshop.

Qin Qi hurried to catch up.

You Fengxia followed the two of them silently.

When they got outside, Qin Qi took out a wrinkled cigarette box covered in grease from his pocket, selected a cigarette that looked relatively straight and handed it to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen did not disdain it. He reached out to take it, lit it, and took a deep breath.

Qin Qi also lit one himself, took a light puff, and then asked carefully: "Dean Jiang, you just visited our laboratory, what do you think?"

Jiang Chen did not answer directly: "What do you think I should think?"

"And hypocritically praise your comrades for their hard work and encourage you to keep up the good work and achieve results in the future?"

The tone was not friendly.

Qin Qi immediately understood that their research work did not satisfy Jiang Chen.

No, I should be very dissatisfied.

Qin Qi quickly waved his hand: "Dean Jiang, that's not what I meant. I just want to know your true thoughts."

Jiang Chen said: "We are all researchers, and I don't like beating around the bush, so I'll just say it directly."

"Excuse me, given your current working methods and approaches, you will not be able to develop a qualified optical fiber in a hundred years."

Qin Qi was stunned. He didn't expect Jiang Chen to be so direct and merciless.

Jiang Chen asked: "Do you know where the problem lies?"

Qin Qi said: "Our technology and facilities are relatively backward, and our overall foundation is weak. We cannot produce such high-precision products in a short period of time."

Jiang Chen shook his head.

Qin Qi added: "We don't have relevant scientific research talent reserves, nor do we have relevant information for reference, so we can't succeed."

Jiang Chen shook his head again.

Qin Qi said: "Then I don't know."

Jiang Chen said: "Actually, the biggest problem lies with you."

"Me?" Qin Qi was stunned again.

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, it's you!"

"Are you satisfied with your current situation?"

Qin Qi hesitated for a moment: "Not very satisfied!"

Jiang Chen glanced at Qin Qi and said, "Tell me, what are you not satisfied with?"

Qin Qi pondered and said, "I am helpless in the face of the problem. The long period of time without results makes me very impatient and I can't calm down."

"This state is not suitable for research."

Jiang Chen did not comment on Qin Qi's words, but asked: "Do you want to hear my opinion?"

"The words may be quite intense, and I don't know if you can bear it."

Qin Qi said: "Please speak, I can bear it."

Jiang Chen threw away the cigarette butt in his hand: "Through my observation for half a day, I found that you are now impatient, barbaric, low-end, and brainless. You have plunged into the wrong direction and don't know how to turn back but only know how to force your way forward..."

"A train runs fast only if it is led by the locomotive! If you lead your team in this state, it is doomed to fail to achieve any results."

"Of course, we have only known each other for a short time, so I may not be accurate. If I am wrong, you can point it out and I will take my hand back."

This time, Qin Qi was silent longer than any other time.

After a long while, he slowly said, "No, Director Jiang, you are not wrong."

“This is a true reflection of my current state.”

Jiang Chen said slowly: "Then the problem is even bigger. This state is not suitable for scientific research at all."

"So I want to know, is this your nature, or have you encountered something recently? I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation so that I can evaluate whether the Institute of Technology should put the research on optical fiber in Yaohua." Qin Qi was silent again.

Jiang Chen was not in a hurry and just waited quietly by the side.

After a while, Qin Qi took out the cigarette box again, handed one to Jiang Chen, and lit one for himself.

He took a deep puff and slowly said, "Actually, I wasn't like this before. I just wanted to seize this opportunity and make achievements recently, so I was impatient."

Jiang Chen did not speak, waiting for Qin Qi to continue.

Qin Qi paused and continued, "My marriage to Xiuying is equivalent to becoming Yaohua's son-in-law."

"I don't want people to look at me with tinted glasses and think that I got to this position through nepotism, so I want to show results that convince everyone."

"Although I have previously presided over the improvement of tempered glass, this achievement is far from enough."

"Knowing that the manufacturing of optical fiber was going to be successful, I knew that if I could develop optical fiber, not only would I be able to convince everyone, but my life would also reach new heights."

"So I wanted to achieve results and was very eager to achieve results. However, haste makes waste and I messed it up."

"Not only did it fail to produce results, it also conveyed negative energy to everyone."

Jiang Chen asked, "Are Director Tan and Xiuying not nice to you?"

Qin Qi shook his head: "Well, they are very good to me, but they have been hinting at me to get results as soon as possible."

"My father, Director Tan, always asks me how my research is going, what difficulties I have, and what support I need."

"Xiuying always told me to focus on my research, and she would take care of other things, so I didn't have to worry about them."

"These overt or covert hints put a huge amount of pressure on me. I was also very anxious, but I just couldn't produce any results."

Jiang Chen sighed.

A son-in-law who wants to prove his inferiority complex triggers a series of psychological chain changes.

Every word of concern would be over-interpreted in his mind, and anything that had anything to do with research would be sadly understood as a hint.

In fact, this was entirely Qin Qi's psychological effect.

The root cause is the lack of effective communication within the family.

Jiang Chen didn't try to persuade him further.

The person who tied the bell must untie it. This kind of thing can only be solved within their family. As an outsider, his forced persuasion will not have much effect.

He simply said, "We are all adults now. We should be able to distinguish right from wrong and not over-interpret many things."

"If you have any doubts, you should sit down with them and have a good talk. It will benefit both of you if you talk it out."

Qin Qi said: "I am a live-in son-in-law."

Jiang Chen stopped him from saying, "No matter how others see you, it's really sad if you feel inferior to them."

"Okay, let's get back to work. I think your current state is not suitable for scientific research at all, and I am not confident in handing over the development of optical fibers to Yaohua Glass Factory."

"Optical fiber is very important to the Internet and cannot afford any mistakes."

Qin Qi said anxiously: "President Jiang, don't worry, I will adjust my status and get the research and development work back on track as soon as possible."

"We at Yaohua Glass Factory will definitely live up to the trust placed in us and will resolutely complete the development of optical fiber."

Jiang Chen looked at Qin Qi: "Many things cannot be accomplished by just talking, and I don't see any hope at all now."

Qin Qi said: "Don't worry, Dean Jiang, I will adjust my condition as soon as possible, I will."

Jiang Chen said: "Well, don't say I didn't give you a chance. I'll give you one night to think and adjust."

"If I can see the changes in you tomorrow morning and feel that you are capable of doing the job, then I will officially start the relevant work."

"If it still doesn't work, I'll leave right away."

Qin Qi nodded: "Okay, I will definitely not let you down."

Jiang Chen said: "It's not about not disappointing me, or not disappointing your boss or your lover, but about not leaving any regrets for yourself."

“The first person you should be responsible to is yourself; the first person you should be responsible to is also yourself.”

(End of this chapter)