One day in the 1950s, Qian Xuesen came to Nie Rongzhen's office, and Marshal Nie Rongzhen asked, Comrade Xuesen, is there anything wrong? Qian Xuesen said plainly and sincerely, can he resign as the president of the research institute? Marshal Nie Rongzhen didn't know what was wrong, so he hurriedly said, sat down, sat down, and said, Comrade Xuesen, have you encountered any difficulties in your work? Qian Xuesen still said so plainly, no, no. Marshal Nie Rongzhen still said in disbelief, or was it not in harmony with the other leaders of the academy? Qian Xuesen said negatively: No, no, no, the leading comrades are very supportive of the work, mainly because they want to focus their main energy on scientific research, and there are still some trivial matters in personnel that they cannot cope with. Marshal Nie Rongzhen said understandingly, it makes sense.
However, such a major matter, Nie Rongzhen is not good at mastering, so he and Premier Zhou reported, and explained that let people go to the research institute to ask, it is indeed not any other reason, the main thing is that the time of administrative affairs occupies too much, Qian Xuesen can not stand it, such as buying some tables and chairs in kindergartens, but also ask Qian Xuesen, of course, other leaders also want to help him share, but some things still cannot be shared, such as financial matters. It can't be solved without the signature of the dean, this is the rule. After listening to it, the premier thought about it and said, this is not feasible, let Comrade Xuesen change to vice president, focus on technology, and focus on technology. Nie Rongzhen knew what the premier meant, but he also knew Qian Xuesen, and he said that as long as Qian Xuesen was allowed to manage the technology, he didn't care about the level of the position. The premier said with great emotion that Comrade Xuesen is a person with a realm. The Prime Minister then asked, who is the right person to be the dean? Nie Rongzhen said modestly and sincerely, or the prime minister decided.
The premier will smile and say, how is Comrade Liu Yalou? Marshal Nie Rongzhen said with satisfaction, Well, of course he is suitable, he is the commander of the Air Force, and it is most appropriate to be the president of the Missile Research Institute.