Chapter 42: The Joy of Orders
Jiang Chen walked out quickly, looked at Dongzi and asked, "Where are the people?"
"In the conference room, Uncle Xu and Uncle Chen are receiving. Dongzi replied.
"Let's go, don't make people wait. Jiang Chen walked briskly towards the conference room, and Dongzi followed closely.
When Jiang Chen walked into the meeting room, he found that basically all the leaders were there, and Jiang Chen was also a rare time to see people so together.
"Xiao Chen is here, let me introduce you, this is Comrade Lu Chunyang, the new military representative of our factory. Secretary Xu pointed to a middle-aged man with glasses who was about 30 years old in a military uniform and said: "Representative Lu, this is our deputy section chief Jiang, and he took the lead in designing and manufacturing the new sniper rifle. β
Jiang Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake it and said, "Hello, welcome." β
"Hello, Section Chief Jiang, I have heard the name for a long time, and it is like thunder. Representative Lu Chunyang shook hands and smiled.
"Don't dare, don't dare, it's over. Jiang Chen hurriedly replied, although he didn't like these polite words, he still had to use them on this occasion.
"This is our old superior, I won't introduce it much, you know. Secretary Xu pointed to Deputy Director Lu of the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and introduced to Jiang Chen.
"Hello, old leader, welcome to inspect again. Jiang Chen replied with a smile.
"Haha, I'm also touching the light of your Section Chief Jiang, your Jiang Chen's name is now well-known in the entire system, and it has won glory for the military industrial system of our province. Deputy Director Lu laughed heartily.
"Hehe, you are too awarded, and I also have the support and care of the old leaders to have some achievements now. Jiang Chen continued to greet him, he also knew why he was so hypocritical now.
After some politeness, everyone sat down, and now they began to get to the point, and Secretary Xu Shijie began to preside over the meeting:
"Comrades, some time ago our factory has made some achievements, has been the attention of the higher authorities and the military, this is a great joy for us, now we have invited Lu Chunyangjun representative to speak, everyone warmly welcomed. β
After a round of applause, Deputy Lu Chunyang stood up and cleared his throat and said: "Leaders, comrades, first of all, I am honored to come as a representative of the military, our glorious collectiveγγγγγγ I am not here to pressure, but to serve as a bridge between everyone and the military. I will also integrate into this collective as soon as possible, and I have made progress together with everyone, and I hope that comrades can support me more. β
After a round of applause, Secretary Xu Shijie continued: "This time the military representatives came to bring us good news, that is, our newly developed firearms have passed the final type test, and we ask the military representatives to talk to us about the specifics. β
"Okay. Deputy Lu Chunyang opened the document and continued: "This time, the ministry attaches great importance to the new sniper rifle, organizes many experts to conduct tests, and achieves good test results, which have been appreciated and affirmed by many experts and leaders. There is nothing wrong with the firearms as a whole, but the leadership of the headquarters put forward two opinions in light of the actual situation of our army, hoping that the B17 plant can be improved. β
"Oh, what advice, Jun representative you just say, we try to improve. Jiang Chen replied under the gaze of everyone, he was also curious about what other directions for improvement, maybe the leaders of the headquarters had more foresight and deeper consideration than himself.
"That's right. Lu Chunyang then explained: "The leaders of the General Logistics Department are very satisfied with the test results of these two guns, and have preliminarily finalized them as 'high-precision one' and 'high-precision two', so that they can be used together with high and low. However, considering that you are about to export to the outside world and the actual use needs of our troops, I hope that you can replace the current 7.62mmX51mm bullets with 7.62mmX54mm bullets, which are the machine gun bullets we use, so as to reduce the logistical support pressure of firearms, and even if there are no special bullets for sniper rifles on the battlefield, you can also use common machine gun bullets in an emergency. β
"No problem. Jiang Chen immediately responded: "This is not a big change to the overall firearm, we can accept it." β
"Yes, good. Lu Chunyang nodded and said: "The second is that the general queen hopes that the price of your firearms can be adjusted again, the current price is too high, which is not conducive to the equipment and popularization of the army." β
"This price can no longer be less, but if the troops purchase more, our production costs may drop a lot, but a single one really can't be less, many of our parts are made by hand by old workers, the output is very low, and we have to ensure the quality of each gun." Jiang Chen shook his head and said.
Lu Chunyang nodded: "It's understandable, but it's not in vain that you lose money, this time we are entrusted by many units, including the army, public security and other agencies, we may need a total of more than 1,000 sniper rifles." How's that enough for you to produce for more than a year? β
Jiang Chen didn't answer immediately, he pondered for a while and asked, "What is the proportion of the two guns?" β
"Well, we've got 1,000 sniper rifles in the early stage. There are a total of 600 units for the first type (wooden stock) and 400 units for the second type (aluminum alloy stock), and additional orders may be placed if a trial is possible. Lu Chunyang said a little embarrassed, after all, the number is too small.
"Oh, if that were the case, we would probably have a 20% reduction in the cost of production, and a 20% reduction in the corresponding price. We don't care, let's talk about a fixed price, we can be corrected to the ex-factory price of a type (wooden pallet) is 6000 yuan, and the ex-factory price of a type (aluminum alloy butt) is 8000 yuan, which is our lowest price, and no matter how little, it will be a loss. Jiang Chen looked up at Lu Chunyang and said. In fact, he had already discussed with the leaders of the factory, and this time he sold it to the military, and only kept a basic profit in it.
At present, the cost of producing a "one-type" (wooden butt) may be about 5,000 yuan if it is mass-produced, and about 7,000 yuan for the "two-type" (aluminum alloy butt). The main reason for such a high cost is that the scrap rate is too high, especially in the case of barrels and scopes. Therefore, when pricing the price, the cost of scrapped parts should be included, otherwise it will be a loss. Moreover, these masters also spent a lot of money, of course, Jiang Chen's design and experiment costs have not been included here. However, Jiang Chen and the others didn't plan to make money from the troops, if they didn't still owe so much foreign debts and have new scientific research projects to do, maybe the price would be less.
Hearing this, Lu Chunyang nodded again and said: "This price is more reasonable, I will contact the ministry in a while, I believe that the problem is not big, and there should be results in these two days." β
"Yes, that's good. I have a problem, that is, the material is more difficult to solve, you know that there are more demanding steel and aluminum alloy, I don't know if the ministry can help solve it. Jiang Chen was a little embarrassed. Indeed, if it is to be produced on a large scale, the material is indeed a problem.
"You don't have to worry about this. Deputy Director Lu of the Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense said with a smile: "The orders that can be received by the troops are the glory of our province, and our Bureau of Science and Industry will solve them for you in terms of materials." β
"Oh, then I'm relieved. Well, I also want to ask how we applied for the exhibition?" Jiang Chen replied with a smile.
Deputy Director Lu said with a smile: "Haha, I know that you kid can't bear to ask." Don't worry, the leaders of the Commission of Science and Technology have agreed, but you have to take the weapons exhibited to the capital in advance for review and approval, and then organize a group to participate in the exhibition after agreeing. β
"That's great, today we are double happy, let the canteen stir-fry two dishes in a while, and we will celebrate. Secretary Xu said with a smile.
"Haha, it must be. β
A group of people exchanged a few more greetings and then broke up, and then Deputy Director Lu left Jiang Chen to say a few words, and the content of the conversation was nothing more than that this opportunity was not easy to come by, and it was necessary to grasp it well and so on. He also inquired about the joint development with the Aviation Institute, and finally explained that Jiang Chen should take good care of his body or something, and that his body is the capital of the revolution, etc., he is very caring anyway.
Next is the wine bureau, which is afraid that it has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow in our country's culture, and even more so in later generations, many cooperation projects in Jiang Chen's later generations were negotiated at the wine table. Although Jiang Chen hated this kind of behavior very much, he had to succumb to taking advantage of it. In the later life, he was just a young man who graduated from an ordinary university and had no background, and he had to work his own, but he just didn't expect it to be the same now.
In the end, Jiang Chen didn't know who sent him back to the dormitory, but he felt a headache all night, and he woke up almost noon the next day. He took a shower and changed his clothes, ate a little in the cafeteria, and then went back to work at the research center. Speaking of the cafeteria, I have to mention Lao Wangtou, he is really good to Jiang Chen, because Jiang Chen is often busy with work and misses meals, so Lao Wangtou will deliberately leave a copy for him to ensure that he can come and eat at any time. He always told people that he saw from Jiang Chen the momentum he had when he first came when he was young, but unfortunately it slowly wore off later. But this young man won't, there seems to be a kind of magic in him that attracts the people around him to fight with him, and even the most naughty and mischievous Ma Jun Dongzi was brought up by him one by one. Now that parent doesn't boast that these children are promising, and the girl doesn't want to marry these guys as daughters-in-law, all of this is Jiang Chen's credit.
Time passed day by day, Jiang Chen was still participating in the development of the bazooka, but this time he would not be desperate, but very leisurely. Of course, this result was also supervised by the factory and his family, Jiang Chen gradually got used to it after a few days of adaptation, and he began to understand that work was not his only life, and he had more interesting things to do, such as how to manage to avoid Li Siyan's surveillance and Liu Yun to date alone.
Finally, the reply finally came, they agreed to the price, and expressed their gratitude, thanked the B17 factory for its support to the defense cause, and promised that after signing the agreement, the first advance payment would arrive in the near future, hoping that they would produce as soon as possible.
After getting the news, the entire B17 factory was boiling, and Secretary Xu, who has always been slamming the door, also sent someone to buy some firecrackers to increase the atmosphere, and they waited too long at this moment. Some veteran workers burst into tears after receiving the news, and their factories finally survived from the brink of closure, how difficult it was. Jiang Chen at this moment is a hero in the eyes of everyone! Yes, it is well deserved, at least the B17 people at this time think so.
PS: I'm done with this chapter.,But it's still late.,No way.,It's really handicapped.,In order to fulfill my promise.,I'll continue to work hard.,There's no recommendation this week.,Running naked! I'm full of tears.γ Buddy, collect it, and comfort my wounded heart! If you have a ticket, please give me strength! What is the West Asia!Well, I really forgot.