Siheyuan: Domineering life

Chapter 352: Winning a big order

After attending this production workshop, Guan Handong took everyone to visit several other workshops.

These workshops have different divisions of labor and produce different parts.

For people who don't know anything about firearms, they can't tell which model of gun this is.

Even for someone like Yang Jun who knows firearms well, apart from knowing the parts on the firearms, he can't guess what model of firearms they are producing.

He guessed that the arsenal must have arranged this deliberately.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the people in the arsenal are guarding them.

But out of the need for confidentiality, sometimes even the workers don't know what parts they are producing, and you can even see several different models of firearms being produced in the same workshop.

In the last workshop we visited, everyone could recognize at a glance what workpieces were produced.

Even people who don't know anything about firearms can tell at a glance what the steel pipes are for.

Yang Jun looked at the gun barrels and gun barrels with a trace of heat in his eyes.

He turned back to chief engineer Han Shengli and said: "Han Worker, can our factory produce gun barrels?"

Han Shengli held a gun barrel in his hand, his eyes were burning, but there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

He pondered for a long time before saying: "It is possible, but it is very slow. It is not an area we are good at."

"If we accept this order, do you think we can complete the task on time?"

Yang Jun asked again.

"I'm afraid it will take all the strength of the entire factory to complete it." Han Shengli mused.

Yang Jun heard this and said nothing.

At this moment, his heart was filled with ups and downs, and a picture of a great industrial empire appeared in front of him.

He is sketching out the prospects for the future development of steel rolling mills.

Although it is not the time to flex his muscles yet, he wants to take this opportunity to accumulate strength and reserve technical talents to prepare for future development.

The current business of the steel rolling mill is very single. In addition to completing the tasks explained above, there is almost no technical research. The technical department in the factory is basically a decoration. In three to five years, it cannot produce any technological innovation. Really. It raises ordinary idlers.

The technical department is useless. It cannot be withdrawn and cannot be relied on. It is a headache.

The workpieces processed in the factory are also relatively simple, and it is difficult to get high-tech orders like gun barrels and gun barrels.

Processing scrap materials and simple workpieces all day long will definitely not give you an advantage in future competition.

Yang Jun thought that if the steel rolling mill continued to develop according to this model, it would be eliminated sooner or later. He thought that he must take this time to adjust the industrial structure of the steel rolling mill.

Of course, adjusting the industrial structure requires the support of technology and talents.

No matter how difficult it was, he thought he would get the gun barrel order this time.

Change starts from this moment.

Guan Handong made it very clear, allowing each factory to choose orders based on the areas in which they are best at.

Some factories choose machine gun mounts, some choose trigger parts,...

And Yang Jun planned to give it a try to see if he could win orders for gun barrels and gun barrels.

Since you want to get an order, people at the arsenal will naturally want to see if you have the qualifications and capabilities. Therefore, the arsenal sent an assessment team on the spot to assess the capabilities of the steel rolling mill.

The assessment is very simple, just operate on the spot to see if you can make qualified pipe fittings.

Yang Jun called everyone over, and in front of the chief engineer and more than a dozen eighth-level workers,

"Everyone, let's not talk nonsense. In the name of the factory director, I give you a fatal order. I order you to get this order for me no matter what."

"Can it be done?"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Yang Jun glanced at the crowd and said,

"Okay, I believe you can do it. As long as you can win this order, I will reward each of you with fifty kilograms of pork on behalf of the steel rolling mill."

"Fifty pounds of pork?"

Hearing this, everyone had excited expressions on their faces.

A look of eagerness to try.

They know very well what fifty pounds of pork is.

Even though they are all eighth-level workers and engineers, although their wages are high, they can't buy pork even if they have money. They have been hungry for almost a year and have not tasted the meat.

When I heard that the reward was fifty pounds of pork, I was so excited that I was speechless.

"Yes, not only will each of you be rewarded with fifty kilograms of pork, but at the end of the year, you will be rewarded with a ticket for four major items." Yuan Kaizong added.

Seeing that Yang Jun was so determined, he, as his deputy, naturally wanted to support his work.

"Factory Director, Secretary, are you telling the truth?"

An eighth-level worker was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.

"Of course it's true. If I can't do it, you can point your finger at me and scold me for not telling the truth." Yang Jun said solemnly.

"Great, all I need is a watch ticket to get my son married."

"I just want a bicycle ticket so I don't have to walk to work on my legs anymore."

"I don't really need the four tickets. I just want to eat a bowl of braised pork."

Everyone was talking.

Judging from their high-spirited expressions, it seemed that they had obtained the pork and four large tickets.

"General Engineer Han, you come to lead the team. It's up to you whether you can win this order."

Yang Jun patted Han Shengli on the shoulder and said.

"Director, don't worry, I will never let you down."

After Han Shengli finished speaking, he turned around and said, "Brothers, I'm trembling just to see if you can eat pork."

"I can definitely eat it, please be prepared."

The crowd responded.

Afterwards, a group of people came to the machine and started operating it.

They were not in a hurry to get started, but took the drawings and studied the parameters for a long time.

Carving rifling on a gun barrel is an extremely complicated process. If you mess it up accidentally, it won't matter if the steel is scrapped. If the order is lost, the factory director will not be able to explain it.

At present, there are four main rifling processing methods that are widely used, including wire drawing, wire extrusion, electrolysis and precision forging.

Not to mention the precision forging method and point solution method, these two methods have not yet been born.

The wire drawing method uses a special broach, but the efficiency is low and it is only suitable for small batch production and the repair of rifling defects.

The extrusion method is to use an extrusion head to force through the smooth bore and thereby plastically deform the metal to form rifling.At present, the pulling method has been eliminated.

At this time, a group of technical backbones in the steel rolling mill adopted the wire extrusion method.

Almost all the engineers and eighth-level technicians in the factory are gathered together. If they can't get the rifling done, it means that this order is almost insulated from the rolling mill.

"Lao Yuan, do you think they can do it?"

Yang Jun asked quietly.

"It should be possible. I believe there will be brave men under the heavy reward." Yuan Kaizong also looked unsure.

Neither of them had ever been in a workshop, and neither knew anything about production. The only one who knew about production, Liu Feng, was sent back to the factory by him.

At present, he can only place his hope on Han Shengli and the others.

Although the two of them did not understand the craftsmanship, they did not stop them from standing by and cheering them on.

After more than a dozen people studied the drawings, they began to work on it.

The first person to come on stage was the lathe. He held a steel pipe and operated it on the lathe for a while, and then handed it to another technician, who operated it for a while, and then handed it to another person.

This went on and on, and almost everyone went up and did it again.

Ten minutes later, a processed pipe was handed over to Yang Jun.

Although Yang Jun doesn't understand craftsmanship, it doesn't mean that he can't pretend.

He squinted his eyes and looked inside the gun barrel. It was so dark that he couldn't see anything.

However, when they saw Han Shengli and the others smiling, they smiled and asked,

"Success?"

"Success, director."

Han Shengli nodded and said, "I just tested it and all the parameters are up to standard."

"Okay, you have made great contributions to the steel rolling mill. I will treat you to dinner when you get back."

Yang Jun was also very happy. The qualified pipe fittings meant that they could accept such orders in the future.

He knows the technical difficulty of rifling pipes, and it can be said that he is unique in being able to achieve the standard in one go.

Among them, I am afraid there is also the reason for the heavy reward, forcing them to do their best.

Of course, the qualification of the pipe fitting does not mean that the steel rolling mill has such production capabilities. After all, this pipe fitting was successfully developed by all the technical elites of the steel rolling mill.

But if we really enter mass production, it will be difficult for ordinary workers to reach their level.

Of course, everything is difficult in the beginning.

As long as we can get the order, the rest can be solved after we return to the factory.

"Haha, Director Yang, can you take me with you to dinner?"

The voice just fell.

They saw Guan Handong and two people walking towards them with smiles on their faces.

"I just heard from our technical staff that you succeeded in one go. It's really gratifying."

"Director Guan, I'm not bragging to you. It's such a small thing. Any sixth-level worker in our factory can process it."

Yang Jun handed him the pipe fitting in his hand.

While joking, he did not stop boasting.

No matter what, the name of the steel rolling mill must not be weakened in front of him.

"Level [-] worker?"

Guan Handong was shocked when he heard this, then smiled, pointed at Yang Jun and said,
"Director Yang, do you know why it's so dark?"

"I know!" Yang Jun smiled and said, "Because the cows are blowing in the sky."

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!"

Everyone present laughed at their humorous jokes.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Guan Handong turned over the folder in his hand and said,
"There are a total of eight companies participating in making pipe fittings this time, and five of them are qualified. As for these five companies, according to the scale and production capacity of each factory, I plan to give your factory 40% of the order. What do you think?"

"40%?"

Yang Jun was stunned for a moment, then looked at Han Shengli.

He didn't dare to agree rashly because he was afraid that after taking the order, he would not be able to complete the delivery on time. Then it would not be possible to solve the problem with simple criticism.

After all, it was the first time to take such a difficult order, so Yang Jun decided to play it safe.

"Director Guan, why did you give our factory so many quotas?"

Guan Handong: "What, is it bad that there are too many quotas?"

Yang Jun: "It's not bad. After all, it's the first time to do this workpiece. I think it's better to be on the safe side. Let's do it this way. Let's share it equally among the five companies. How about 20% for each person?"

Guan Handong: "This is the first time I've seen someone pushing orders out. Do you know, several steel mills just asked me for more quotas, but I didn't agree. They were reserved for your factory."

Yang Jun: "Director Guan, thank you, but I don't know why you take such good care of our factory?"

Hearing this, Guan Handong smiled and said,
"This is what our factory manager Chen told us."

"He said that Director Yang is a qualified soldier and he can rest assured that the order will be given to you."

Yang Jun was startled when he heard this.

I didn't expect that there was something about Chen Shanhe involved.

After listening to these words and thinking about his actions in front of the guest house just now, he suddenly understood why the arsenal took such good care of him.

Presumably, Chen Shanhe took a fancy to him as a soldier and saw that he would not fade after he retired from the army, so he decided that he was a loyal and reliable person.

Yang Jun didn't expect that his instinctive move would leave a good impression on Chen Shanhe.

"Director Guan, let's do this."

"Give us a 20% quota for pipe fittings orders. If you really want to take care of us, why not give us a little more quota for gun bolts and triggers."

Hearing this, Guan Handong smiled and said,
"Okay, how about I give you another 20 pieces of the quota for triggers and bolts, and another 20% of the quota for artillery pipe parts?"

"Okay, thank you, Director Guan. Come to our rolling mill later and I'll treat you to a big dinner."

When Yang Jun heard this, he realized there was nothing he didn't want to do.

Such good things cannot be found even with a lantern.

(End of this chapter)