Chapter 24: A Design Worth Five Hundred Thousand

  "Congratulations, Master Gong has accepted a good student!"

  Xue Yun and others returned to the office, after learning that Mr. Gong wanted to take Yang Jie as his last disciple, the three of them congratulated him repeatedly.

  "Haha... speaking of which, I have to thank you, Director Xue, for your kind invitation today. Otherwise, Yang Jie and I wouldn't have had the chance to meet here."

  Gong Lao was overjoyed by everyone's congratulations, his smile was so wide that he couldn't close his mouth, and his eyes were filled with affection as he looked at Yang Jie.

  Pang Zheng listened to Gong Lao say this, and immediately dissatisfied: "Gong Lao, you are too biased! Only recognizing Xue's merits, ignoring my contributions. If I hadn't brought Yang Jie here, you wouldn't have met him!"

  Mr. Gong was in a good mood at this time, and he didn't mind Pong Zheng's joke. He smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes! And there is also your credit, little Pong. If it weren't for you and Director Xue, I wouldn't have met Yang Jie here either. It's a blessing to meet you two at an old age, thanks to you!"

  "Mr. Gong, is this a drawing of an oil pump designed by Yang Jie?"

  Quan Tingming is the general manager of Jiangnan Motorcycle, although he majored in mold at university, he has seen many drawings of important parts of motorcycles. When Yang Jie drew out the carburetor drawing, Quan took a rough look and thought this improved carburetor was feasible.

  "Not bad, that's the fuel injector improved by Yang Jie. Let him introduce to you the specific design ideas and working principles of the fuel injector himself!"

  Gong Lao nodded and cast his eyes on Yang Jie, indicating that Yang Jie should introduce himself to the three people.

  Yang Jie smiled and stood up, took the drawings from Quan Tingming's hands, set up the drawing board, fixed his own drawings on the board with pushpins, then held a T-square in his hand, pointed to the drawings, and began to introduce this oil converter to Xue Yun and Quan Tingming.

  Pang Zheng is a mechanical novice and can't understand these at all. Fortunately, this time over, the contract negotiation went relatively well. Although Xue Zong didn't finally confirm it, Pang Zheng knew that this contract was 80-90% likely to be taken down by Fufeng Company.

  So he was here listening to Yang Jie's introduction of the design, without a hint of impatience, but instead looking at Yang Jie with great interest, his thoughts were dense and his words vivid, his hands gesturing in sync with his language, making some auxiliary actions to emphasize his tone.

  Like a seasoned professional, Yang Jie recommended his product design to the client in an orderly and composed manner. Not a hint of urgency or panic could be seen on him. In response to Xue Yun and Quan Tingming's questions, he was able to provide the most reasonable answers quickly, performing exceptionally well.

  After listening to Yang Jie's introduction of the design principle and advantages of this oil-saving device, Gong Lao also made a timely statement, affirming that the design of this oil-saving device is completely feasible and can be directly converted into a product to generate economic benefits. It is a practical new-type design that Jiangnan Motorcycle can use to launch a new fuel-efficient motorcycle and earn considerable profits.

  Gong Shanxing is an authority in mechanical engineering, and his words would naturally not be questioned by Xue Yun and Quan Tingming.

  Looking at the design drawing on the drawing board, Xue Yun smiled and exchanged a glance with Quan Tingming. Quan Tingming nodded to Yang Jie: "Xiao Yang, before you drew this design, Mr. Xue had already expressed his attitude. As long as the design is feasible, Jiangnan Motorcycle will invest in buying your design."

  The changes to this fuel injector are not large, but they are very practical. They effectively solve some of the existing problems with fuel injectors, achieving the goals of fuel efficiency and stable power output. Additionally, because the changes are minor, production can quickly mold and produce them, saving a lot of R&D testing time.

  "So now I am representing Jiangnan Motorcycle, formally discussing with you the conditions of design transfer, hoping we can reach a consensus and strive for mutual benefit."

  Yang Jie smiled and nodded, this fuel injector was a practical design randomly selected by Xiao Wu from her database. The design wasn't extraordinary, but it was relatively practical and could be quickly converted into a product for application, so its value wasn't low.

  "Quán zǒng, this design can be drawn in the 3113 factory, proving that this design has a fate with the 3113 factory. Moreover, because of it, I was fortunate enough to worship under the teacher's door, so personally, I have no opinion on transferring it to Jiangnan Motorcycle."

  Yang Jie said, looking at Old Gong, seeing Old Gong smile but remain silent, clearly not wanting to intervene in his negotiations with Jiangnan Moto.

  "That's great! Little Yang, your design excels in practicality. You are Gong Lao's closed-door disciple and also Xiao Pang's brother. I represent Jiangnan Motorcycle, willing to invest 300,000 yuan to buy this design. Do you think this price is satisfactory?"

  Quan Tingming is the general manager of Jiangnan Motorcycle, and negotiating such things is a breeze for him. Plus, they're not strangers to each other, so he quickly gave out a fairly sincere price.

  Yang Jie, a graduate of the Department of Economic Management, naturally knew the market value of his design. After hearing that Quan Tingming offered a price of 300,000 yuan, he smiled and shook his head, "Quan General Manager, this is a new practical design that can be directly converted into a product. Not to mention the use of this oil-saving device, which can make Jiangnan Motorcycle's fuel-efficient propaganda card, just the relevant research and experimentation costs alone can save Jiangnan Motorcycle a large sum of money."

  The price of 300,000 is indeed a bit low. How about this: Jiangnan Motorcycle invests 500,000 to purchase this design, and I will donate the entire amount to the Mechanical Engineering College of Jiangnan Aviation and Aerospace University for purchasing experimental equipment and teaching equipment etc. What do you think?

  Quan Tingming thought the price he offered was already very reasonable, generally a design patent could be bought for 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, but he quoted 300,000 yuan, still giving face to Old Gong. However, he didn't expect Yang Jie to propose an even higher price, and surprisingly it wasn't for himself, but to donate the entire amount to the Mechanical Engineering College.

  No one present had expected that Yang Jie would actually donate tens of thousands of dollars.

  To put it into perspective, the average annual income of urban workers in Jiangsu Province in 1995 was less than 5,000 yuan. Five million is equivalent to the total annual income of 100 urban workers. Many people don't even earn that much in their lifetime, yet Yang Jie didn't want a single cent and donated it all away.

  Gong Lao was also shocked after hearing Yang Jie's words, he didn't expect that Yang Jie would actually donate this money to the college. You know, 500,000 yuan is not a small amount of money at all, even for him, an authority in mechanical engineering, working for a lifetime, plus his wife's salary, their savings are not even close to 500,000.

  "Yang Jie, this is your own design, you can't make reckless decisions. Five hundred thousand isn't a small amount of money, you must think it through!" Gong Lao's expression was serious as he looked at Yang Jie sitting beside him, his tone full of concern and reminder.

  "Teacher, I don't lack money to use, this amount of money can only improve my current living conditions at most, but if used in the college, it can improve the learning and research conditions for teachers and classmates. Moreover, isn't the Mechanical Engineering College going to cooperate with 3113 Factory to establish a research center?"

  "This design is considered as the first autonomous design delivered by a student representative of the Mechanical Engineering College to the Research Center, and it's a good start for the future development of the Research Center."

  Yang Jie is not short of money, and let alone Xiao Wu arranging for Xiao Liu, he is currently laying out his future online empire on the internet. Even if we just talk about his own family conditions, he won't have to worry about money at present.

  Everyone present, including Pang Zheng who brought Yang Jie here, was unaware of the situation at Yang Jie's home. Seeing Yang Jie insist on donating the money to the college, they gained a deeper understanding of his generous and open-minded nature, which didn't care about wealth. Especially Gong Lao, who had accepted Yang Jie as his closed-door disciple, looked at him with an extremely satisfied and approving expression.

  "That's great! Since Xiao Yang is willing to donate the money to the college, Jiangnan Motorcycle is willing to invest 500,000 RMB to purchase your fuel injector design and will donate it in your name to the Mechanical Engineering College."

  Mr. Gong, you've got a great apprentice! Now I'm eager to see how many new technologies and products the School of Mechanical Engineering will develop for Jiangnan Motorcycle when the research center is officially established." Quan Tingming saw that Yang Jie had made up his mind, and Mr. Gong didn't persuade him anymore, so he immediately finalized the decision.

  Originally, the whole court felt that Yang Jie's price was a bit high. If it wasn't for Yang Jie wanting to donate all the money, he would have definitely haggled with Yang Jie. Now Yang Jie doesn't want a single cent and is donating everything to the Mechanical Engineering College which will soon be collaborating with Jiangnan Motorcycle to establish a research center, leaving no room for further negotiation.

  "I'm here to thank Yang Jie, for setting up a research and development center with Jiangnan Motorcycle for the College of Mechanical Engineering, which has set a good example. And thank you for your contributions to the development of the College of Mechanical Engineering!" Gong Lao stood up in front of everyone and personally thanked Yang Jie, feeling fortunate and delighted to have accepted Yang Jie as his disciple, who is not only talented but also has excellent character.

  "Teacher, you're too kind, Yang Jie doesn't dare to accept!" Yang Jie saw Mr. Gong stand up and hastily stood up with him, looking at the humble and kind-hearted old man in front of him, he didn't dare to receive his courtesy.

  "Gong Lao, Little Yang, you two don't need to be polite anymore. Time is not early either. To celebrate Gong Lao's joy in taking on a new apprentice, to celebrate Jiangnan Motorcycle's upcoming production of new carburetor products, and to celebrate Jiangnan Aviation Power Machinery Company's signing of an advertising and packaging contract with Fufeng Company, let's go to the cafeteria together to celebrate." Xue Yun stood up and interrupted Yang Jie's modest refusal, saying this sentence that made Pang Zheng extremely happy.

  As soon as Xue Yun's words came out, everyone couldn't help but smile with joy, and this scene of universal delight was what everyone had been hoping to see.

  Yang Jie looked at Pang Zheng's slightly surprised expression and knew that his negotiation with the 3113 factory had not finalized the contract, but he did not expect Xue Yun to suddenly announce the signing of a contract with Pang Zheng's Fufeng Company at this time, which was why Pang Zheng was so surprised.

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