Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

The next day, Qin Yang went to the cafeteria with Old Zhu for a simple breakfast. Afterwards, the 212 jeep from Factory 960 was already waiting at the entrance of the compound.

"Yangzi, why didn't you let us know? We would have driven to the train station to pick you up last night," Zhang Chao immediately started to nag upon seeing Qin Yang.

"What's the matter? Why the rush? This is our old military industrial expert, Old Zhu. I spent the night at his place."

"Hello, Old Zhu." Zhang Chao greeted Old Zhu, then looked at Qin Yang again: "Yangzi, you have no idea. This morning, a lot of leaders suddenly came to our factory, along with several foreigners. The factory directors are swamped!"

Qin Yang smiled: "In the future, our factory will be dealing with foreigners frequently. What's so special about foreigners? We need to be neither arrogant nor humble. Now that they're here, we need to gain something. Chaozi, find a way to promote our products to them!"

"Promote?"

"Forget it, I'll find an opportunity myself. You need to quickly learn a foreign language. Old Zhu, let's go. Things are urgent at the factory." Qin Yang called Old Zhu to get in the car.

The 212 sped off towards the office building of the Capital Agricultural Machinery Factory. Several foreign-affairs-plated cars were already parked at the entrance, looking very luxurious.

Just as Qin Yang got out of the car, intending to go inside and greet the people there, they all came out of the office building in a rush.

Leader Dong was at the front.

Leader Dong had provided the greatest assistance during the relocation of the Capital Agricultural Machinery Factory, so he still had to be given face.

At this moment, Leader Dong greeted with a smile: "Engineer Qin, you are truly amazing. You went to the national shooting range to test guns, and as a result, you solved the problem of the tank gun, and even attracted the attention of international friends. These gentlemen beside me are the British military attaches stationed in our country. They are here specifically to investigate. This is Mr. Robert, who personally promoted the introduction of the L7 tank gun project."

After all, the national shooting range was confidential, so only a top student from the Royal Ordnance Factory in the UK went there. Most of the technicians and military attaches were still in the capital. After learning about Smith's news, they were very shocked. They not only coordinated various materials but also came directly to the Capital Agricultural Machinery Factory to inspect.

They all wanted to see firsthand how this improved liquid phase sintering technology worked.

Robert, with a large hooked nose, walked up and extended his right hand: "Engineer Qin, we admire your technology very much. We hope we can witness the entire smelting process firsthand."

"We welcome everyone to inspect. You can see anywhere except for the factory's confidential workshops," Qin Yang said. "As for the liquid phase sintering technology, it is our latest R\u0026D secret technology. Not to mention you, even our domestic counterparts are not qualified to see it."

The atmosphere immediately froze.

"Engineer Qin, since your factory has invented new technology, that is our country's pride. Now, let foreigners see it, which will show our level. We Chinese also have creativity!" A leader who had followed along spoke up.

"No, that won't do." Qin Yang shook his head, approached the leader's ear, and lowered his voice: "Leader, that won't do! If they want to see it, then install the machine tools we need to exchange into our workshop, and I guarantee they can see enough. If they want it without spending a penny, no way! We don't do losing business."

Anyway, Qin Yang was just a young man, and anything he said could be excused as youthful exuberance. His performance now was already giving these people a lot of face.

Qin Yang was also speechless at these leaders' arrangements. Vanity kills! Qin Yang inexplicably thought of the painful past of the chip industry for later generations.

In March 1991, the third-generation "automatic alignment step-and-repeat projection lithography machine" developed by Tsinghua University participated in the "First National Industrial Enterprise Technology Progress Achievement Exhibition" in the capital exhibition hall. As a result, a large number of foreign experts came, not only looking around the lithography machine but also asking a large number of questions.

The experts who developed it answered every question without any intention of keeping secrets. As a result, the technology was learned by the Japanese experts, who were inspired to improve their lithography machines and sell their outdated models to China.

In that era of 'buying is better than building,' various units wanted to purchase imported equipment. As a result, the lithography machine developed by domestic spending a lot of money had no orders and none were sold!

But after hearing what Qin Yang said, the leader still didn't buy it. His face drooped down.

"Leader Pan, Engineer Qin is right." Old Zhu quickly said from the side: "Liquid phase sintering technology is the latest technology in the field of tank armor-piercing projectiles. The R\u0026D of Factory 960 has reached the highest level in the world and cannot be shown to foreigners casually."

"Precisely because of this, shouldn't we show our advanced technology to foreigners? Your Factory 960 is really, always considering economic issues, but not considering politics, not considering our international status?" Leader Pan was still not giving up!

Qin Yang's face also darkened. Something was wrong. Was this leader deliberately trying to find fault?

This technology belonged to Factory 960, not a national project, so it was impossible to determine the degree of confidentiality. Leader Dong on the side couldn't interrupt.

"We show our technology to foreigners? Can foreigners show us their advanced technology?" Qin Yang glanced at Leader Pan. According to his memory from his previous life, he didn't recognize this person, indicating that he was not from the military industry field, nor was he an important leader. He could just argue with him. Who hadn't Qin Yang argued with?

Saying these words in front of foreigners also let foreigners know how to write the word 'shame'.

"The British didn't give us the L7 tank gun technology for free either. We bought it with money! Moreover, this tank gun is still European technology from the 1960s! Would Britain's most advanced L11 tank gun be given to us for free? Don't talk about friendship. Their leaders have said that there is only benefit between countries. If it weren't for a common enemy, would they give us tank gun technology from twenty years ago? Even if they gave us the technology of the tank gun, they also played tricks on the shells, only giving us second-generation shells. They didn't show us the new fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectile at all. Are we now going to stupidly give our most advanced technology to foreigners for free? Just for vanity?"

The two left, leaving everyone in a mess in the air.