Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

201 Institute.

Director Zhu and Qin Yang got out of the car, entered the office, sat down, and drank tea.

"My New Year holiday has been taken up, Director Zhu, you have to give me an extra allowance," Qin Yang said.

"Okay, when the official appointment for the third-generation tank development comes down, and Old Zhu gets the funds, I will definitely give you a supplementary payment first, two yuan a day, how about that?"

"Tch, stingy," Qin Yang glared at Director Zhu: "Director Zhu, my time is worth at least two hundred a day."

For ordinary people, a subsidy of two yuan a day is definitely not low, after all, they only earn a few tens of yuan a month, and Director Zhu is giving the average standard. However, in Qin Yang's eyes, two yuan is obviously bullying people. When has the time of the general manager of Fangbei Industrial Company been so cheap?

Of course, Qin Yang didn't really want the money, he was just teasing out of boredom. Before he could finish speaking, the gatekeeper called.

"What, a black-plated embassy car is here?" Director Zhu was stunned: "So fast?"

"It seems our stimulation worked," Qin Yang said: "Director Zhu, act according to the original plan, let's go, let's go greet the guests."

At the entrance of the office building, Director Zhu and Qin Yang greeted the guests with smiles.

"We are very sorry for coming without prior notice. You Orientals pay attention to New Year greetings, so we came to say hello," Michael could already speak fluent Chinese. As he spoke, he looked at the people who came to greet him: "Where is Director Zhang?"

"It's the New Year holiday now, Director Zhang has gone home, and I'm on duty in the institute," Director Zhu said.

As he spoke, he opened the box. In the sunlight, the nib inside radiated a golden light, it was really a gold pen.

"Thank you, then I won't be polite. There's only one pen, right? Director Zhu, I happen to be short of a pen, so I'll accept it."

Director Zhu's expression was a little complicated. Of course, these were not in the plan, but Director Qin must have a deep meaning in doing so, so he didn't need to delve into it.

"Everyone, please come inside."

After entering the conference room, after some greetings, Smith finally spoke first.

"Everyone, the UK has always had close exchanges with your country in terms of ground weapons. Our L7 tank gun has become your most advanced tank gun. I just don't know if your country has any needs for other parts of the tank next? For example, the engine?"

"Well, not for the time being," Director Zhu shook his head: "Everyone, today is the New Year, we only talk about life, not work. Do you want to stay and eat dumplings together tonight?"

The few people looked at each other. Smith couldn't help but speak first: "Didn't you just visit the Germans to talk about tank engines? I heard that you are developing a third-generation tank and need a 1200 horsepower diesel engine?"

As soon as he said this, Director Zhu's face immediately changed: "Who did you hear that from?"

Michael also reacted: This kind of project must be confidential. He didn't know who leaked it, but if it was said from his own mouth, the trouble would be great if it was investigated.

Michael's mind was repeatedly thinking about countermeasures. Qin Yang, on the opposite side, played with the gold pen while saying: "This brother must have misheard. We don't need a 1200 horsepower tank engine. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Fortunately, only a few of us know about it now. If it gets to the ears of certain departments, it will be a big trouble."

"That's right, Director Qin is right, we must have misheard. We didn't come for anything else, so we won't disturb you," Smith said.

Words fall flat, so now, they can only leave.

It's a pity that the director of the 201 Institute is not here. He remembered clearly that a few months ago, when they were chatting at a banquet, Zhang Wenshu, the director of the 201 Institute, also inquired about the 1200 horsepower engine. Now, if Director Zhang was here, it would definitely not be this attitude! He gave the gift himself, and Director Qin snatched it away, and he couldn't do anything about it. Could it be that the other party was angry because of this?

"Wait, since you're here, sit for a while longer. When you mentioned 1200 horsepower, it reminded me that relevant departments in our country need to develop a special tracked tractor. This kind of tractor needs strong power, and 1200 horsepower is just enough! It would be even better if it could be matched with an automatic transmission."

At this time, the gold pen in Qin Yang's hand happened to reflect a ray of light, shining into Michael's eyes, and a mirror suddenly appeared in his heart.

This gift was not wasted!

Because he gave this gift, Qin Yang pointed out to them that tank engines would cause a lot of trouble, and that tractor engines would be easy!

"That's right, our Perkins company has a 1200 horsepower tractor engine, matched with the David Brown TN37 gearbox, which is the best choice for your tractor," Michael said quickly.

"Is that so? Then we can consider it. When can you send us the engine and gearbox for us to test?" Director Zhu asked.

Send it? Test it?

Michael frowned. It was already unprecedented for them to come to sell. The other party actually wanted a prototype? In the past, there was no such sales method. The Orientals came to them!

"Mr. Zhu, this prototype also needs to be purchased by your company."

"The prototype also needs to be purchased?" Director Zhu frowned: "Then forget it, you also know that we are poor and don't have the funds to purchase it!"

"Cough." Michael coughed, then looked at Qin Yang with a pleading gaze, for the sake of the gold pen, please say a few good words for us.

"Mr. Michael, your request is a bit too much." Qin Yang did not help them speak, but instead accused them: "In equipment bidding, the supplier is responsible for sending samples. This is a bidding, not a normal transaction. Other suppliers provide us with test prototypes for free. This is a big deal. We are in urgent need of this advanced power, and we can't produce it ourselves for the time being. If we determine that the performance is suitable, we will need to purchase at least three hundred units."

"You don't plan to import technology to produce, but to buy the whole machine?" Smith was surprised, this is unscientific! After all, the Orientals wanted to import technology when they imported the L7 tank gun and the Spey engine.

"We have compared it, importing technology is more expensive. We took a detour on the Spey engine. We imported it in 1975, and five or six years have passed, and we can't produce a single engine. Now we are in urgent need of this kind of tractor, so we don't plan to import technology to produce it. Relying on our own factory, it is estimated that we will not be able to understand the technology within ten years."

"Okay, then we can provide a prototype!"