Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

617 Factory.

Qin Yang didn't take the French's suspicion to heart. He decided to let the French experience the philosophy of Eastern officialdom, where even the biggest problems would eventually be worn down by bureaucratic rhetoric.

He'd been busy lately and hadn't had time to be with his wife. Unknowingly, he'd been a monk for half a month. Now that his wife was by his side, of course, he wanted to do some things that lovers do.

Thinking of this, Qin Yang looked up at Nie Xiaoqian. She immediately understood his meaning, and a blush appeared on her face: "Yang-ge, it's not possible for the next few days."

Not possible?

Qin Yang calculated briefly in his mind and understood: her period had arrived! He would have to wait a few more days!

"President Qin, President Qin!" Just then, a shout came from the factory gate. A middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit, carrying a briefcase, ran over: "President Qin, you are indeed here. I inquired in many places before I found you."

The man was out of breath: "Let me introduce myself. I am Zhou Ming, the director of the 713 Institute."

The 713 Institute? Qin Yang's heart skipped a beat. What was this guy doing here? Looking for people?

"Director Zhou, hello. Your institute belongs to the shipbuilding industry, and there's no intersection between you and our 960 factory, which makes guns, nor with our Fangbei Company, right?" Qin Yang asked curiously.

"How can there be no intersection? Engineer Huang from our institute is still working at your factory," Zhou Ming said. "I heard from the leaders of the Navy that your 960 factory is developing the 730 close-in weapon system for the Navy. Our Engineer Huang is still the chief engineer, so our 713 Institute also wants to join this project! We strive to build a more advanced close-in weapon system for the Navy! Recent naval battles tell us that we must have advanced interception methods. Our previous anti-aircraft guns are not easy to use. We still need multi-barreled rapid-firing guns."

Zhou Ming didn't seem to have any schemes and directly said what he wanted to do. Qin Yang's eyes turned, and he decided to be straightforward as well: "Director Zhou, we will be able to develop it soon, and we don't need your help."

Don't need it?

Zhou Ming was stunned and quickly organized his thoughts.

The 730 gun had broad prospects and would definitely be equipped in large quantities in the future. Their 713 Institute could also develop with this project.

When he first heard the news, he was very annoyed. The 960 factory was too domineering, snatching their project and their people. He couldn't wait to scold Qin Yang until he was covered in dog's blood to vent his anger, but he quickly gave up the idea.

President Qin was very powerful and couldn't be provoked.

He had to adopt a humble attitude and seek cooperation with President Qin. Although President Qin was domineering, he was not unreasonable.

"President Qin, to be honest, the 79 twin-barreled 100mm naval gun of our 713 Institute has already been finalized and has no follow-up projects. If there are no more projects, we won't be able to pay the salaries of the entire institute next month. Hundreds of people in the institute hope to rely on this project to get funding from the Navy to pay their salaries," Zhou Ming said.

"But, I have already promised the Navy leaders that this 730 gun is funded by our own funds and does not require a penny from the Navy. If you want to jointly develop it with us, does our 960 factory have to give you a sum of money as research and development funding?"

How could your 960 factory do this? If you promote this style, wouldn't others have nothing to drink? Zhou Ming almost lost his temper on the spot.

"President Qin, then our institute…"

"There are too many backward areas in the Navy, not just close-in weapon systems. The Navy's naval guns are also very backward," Qin Yang said. "How is the performance of the 79 naval gun that your 713 Institute just designed and finalized? Can it reach a rate of fire of 90 rounds per minute?"

The 79 naval gun was the highest level of domestic naval guns, with a caliber of 100mm and a total weight of 37 tons. It had a steel aft swept streamlined shield, adopted a fully enclosed structure and automatic loading machine, and could perform fully automatic aiming.

But that also didn't meet Qin Yang's requirements!

"President Qin, with our technology, we can't reach it at all."

"If you can't reach it, buy it. Go to Europe, especially France, and you can definitely find suitable naval guns. You don't need many, just buy one or two back. With samples, you should be able to imitate them, right?"

French gun.

Zhou Ming's heart was excited: "President Qin, are you saying that the Navy will spend money to buy naval guns and buy them back for us to imitate?"

"Yes, the money that should be spent still has to be spent. You go back and report to the Navy, and the Navy should have ideas."

"Okay, thank you, President Qin. Would you like to go with me…"

"No, I have very important things to do. You can tell the Navy that it was my suggestion."

Zhou Ming left. Although he didn't get the development of the 730 gun, he had a new project, so the purpose of his visit was achieved.

"Yang-ge, I can't be with you these days either…" Nie Xiaoqian looked at Qin Yang with some apology: "Why didn't you go with him?"

"I don't want to be by your side if I can't be intimate with you?" Qin Yang glared at his wife: "What do you think I am? You need someone by your side even more at this time. I'll rub your stomach and make you brown sugar water. Let's go…"

"Yang-ge, you are so good." Nie Xiaoqian's eyes were full of emotion. In this era, most people were chauvinistic, and the more capable they were, the more so. Qin Yang was not like that. He was really good to her.

"You are a good person."

Hearing this, Qin Yang's face was a little unhappy: "Xiaoqian, I don't like to hear this sentence. I'm not a good person. We can still do other activities when we go back. I can still mess with you, do you believe it?"

Randomly issuing good person cards, humph, see if I don't let you know how bad Yang-ge really is.

"Okay, men don't love good women, Yang-ge, you are a bad egg, is that okay?"

Qin Yang nodded in satisfaction: "That's more like it."

"Yang-ge, do you want the Navy to buy equipment from the French?" Nie Xiaoqian continued to talk about serious business.

"Yes, the French have suffered so many losses, they should get some benefits. The Navy has secretly taken their Crotale missiles, spending several million to buy two 100mm naval guns to appease the injured hearts of the French, isn't it a matter of course? By the way, send a telegram to Chaozi and let him sell a favor to the French."

Nie Xiaoqian nodded: "Yang-ge, you are much more mature now, and you will also consider others."

Qin Yang smiled. He didn't interfere with the naval gun, but because he knew the development trend, the 100mm naval gun was neither high nor low, and it would be replaced by 127mm and 76mm calibers in the future. I can't take care of it now, so I'll leave it to the 713 Institute. Advanced naval guns will still need to be developed by the 960 factory in the future!