"Do you understand this plan, what is proposed in this plan is a new product that fills the gap in our country's agricultural machinery, how can there be any similarity!" Huang Wanan was anxious. In his opinion, the young man in his early 20s in front of him is simply arrogant to the extreme, and he really doesn't regard his beast as an authority.

"Professor Huang, don't get excited, let Xiao Qin finish. Young people sometimes speak more impulsively, but we advocate speaking freely, so let Xiao Qin finish talking first, and then discuss what everyone thinks is inappropriate. Cui Hongchun spoke, and on the surface it seemed to be a persuasion, but everyone could hear that the minister was obviously favoring this young man.

Qin Hai's words seemed very abrupt at such a meeting, but they made Cui Hongchun's eyes shine. Regarding the plan submitted by Wang Changsong, Cui Hongchun felt satisfied with it, but also faintly felt some indescribable deficiencies. Before the meeting, he carefully read the plan several times, trying to find out some problems, but looking at it, he could not find any obvious flaws. This plan is very comprehensive, and everything Cui Hongchun can think of has already been involved in the plan, even if some places are still debatable, they are just some small flaws, not any major flaws.

Qin Hai's speech woke up Cui Hongchun at once, and he quickly reviewed the entire plan in his mind, only to find that what he felt lacking before was actually that this plan was too perfect, so perfect that there was no new idea, and there was no essential difference from the plans of previous similar actions.

For example, this plan is like a study plan written by a child: I want to study Chinese this semester, I want to study mathematics this semester, and I want to study English this semester...... Every aspect is written and looks flawless, but carefully pondered. only to find out that he didn't say anything, it was just nonsense.

Qin Hai is right, if such a plan can make China's agricultural machinery catch up with the world's advanced level, then 10 years ago this goal should have been achieved.

The authorities are confused, Cui Hongchun secretly said in his heart, with such thoughts. He stopped Huang Wan'an's reproach to Qin Hai and motioned for Qin Hai to continue.

Qin Hai nodded to everyone with a smile, as if to express his apologies, and then continued: "Professor Huang said just now that the products proposed in this plan are all new products that fill the gap of agricultural machinery in my country. On the face of it, it is. For example, there are only four rows of suspended cultivators in China, and this program proposes to develop six-row cultivators. This fills the gap in our country in this regard.

However, if you think about it, the gap between China's agricultural machinery and the international advanced level is really in the four and six lines? I saw a statistic on a piece of information, in terms of farming machinery, 80% of the models owned by foreign countries have been able to be manufactured, and the worst can be imitated. But. How big do you think the gap between China's farming machinery and foreign countries is? Is it just the difference between 80% and 100%? ”

"This ...... Not really. Zhu Deqin replied sneeringly, "Take our factory's imitation of the American disc weeder as an example." The diameter of our disc, the angle of entering the soil, the angle of advancement, the width of the seedling belt, etc., are similar to those of American origin, but ...... The quality is completely incomparable. ”

"Why?" Cui Hongchun interjected, he had already heard the problem, but he still needed to let Zhu Deqin say it himself.

"Minister Cui, you know, our imitation disc weeder. The appearance is completely similar to that of American products, but the average lifespan of people is 6 years, and we can't even reach 3 years. The quality of the disc blade does not need to be compared, even the universal joint, hinge, our quality is not comparable to the American goods. That is, the price can be slightly cheaper, otherwise it will not be sold at all. Zhu Detai said without hesitation.

"Yes, the main thing about our machinery is that the service life is not as good as others, and the others are fine."

"Stop blowing, what about fuel consumption? Compared with others, the fuel consumption of our tractors is at least 50% higher. ”

"Isn't noise a thing? We tried the French equipment, and it was quiet, and we could still listen to music in the cab. ”

“……”

With Zhu Detai's start, everyone else also spoke one after another and began to count the defects of domestic equipment. Everyone is engaged in agricultural machinery, and what is wrong with domestic agricultural machinery, everyone knows more thoroughly than Qin Hai. Speaking of sadness, everyone sighed one by one, saying that the gap with foreign countries is really desperate.

"Everyone's saying that's good." Qin Hai raised his voice and suppressed everyone's discussions, then smiled slightly and asked: "Everyone has just said that we can completely imitate imported equipment, but no matter how similar the appearance of the imitated products is to imported equipment, the quality is not the same. In other words, the gap between us and foreign countries is not reflected in the specific model, but in the quality of each machine.

However, in the action plan we see now, it does not talk about how to improve the quality of agricultural machinery. Let's ask, if the so-called filling of the gap is carried out by this low-quality imitation method, even if it is filled, will the gap between us and foreign countries be shortened? ”

The audience was dumbfounded.

Once upon a time, from government authorities to production companies, were keen to hype up the concept of "filling in the gaps". Seeing that foreigners can build such and such equipment, so they buy one and come back, unload eight pieces, carry out surveying and mapping and imitation part by part, and then spell out a piece of the same equipment and show it to the higher authorities: This is the equipment we produce ourselves, and the history of our country not being able to manufacture such and such equipment is gone forever.

However, everyone knows that such imitations of products simply cannot achieve the quality of the original products. Whether it is energy consumption, noise, or accuracy and service life, it is a big difference with imported equipment. The reason for this is nothing more than the difference in craftsmanship and materials, which cannot be compensated for by copycat methods.

The so-called layman looks at the lively, the insider looks at the doorway, the public and superior leaders do not understand these complex performance indicators, they can only see the appearance of the product. You can imitate the product, and then start up and turn a few times, the leader will be happy, as for the shaft in the machine after these few laps, the accuracy can not be guaranteed, how can the leader have so much time to care?

Such a cultural atmosphere has directly led to the tendency to focus on products, materials and processes from top to bottom, and has also made the gap between China and foreign countries in terms of technology and materials wider and farther.

As a materials scientist, Qin Hai has a deep understanding of this problem, and he found this fatal flaw in the plan drawn up by Wang Changsong and others, so he broke it in front of everyone.

"Xiao Qin, in your opinion, where should the focus of this plan be?" Cui Hongchun first broke the silence and began to humbly ask Qin Hai for advice.

Qin Hai replied without hesitation: "It's very simple, just six words: new materials, new processes." ”

"New materials, new processes, ......" Everyone in the audience silently recited the six words Qin Hai said in their hearts. For Qin Hai, they no longer had any contempt, but a trace of awe.

"I think that during the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan, the most important work of the agricultural machinery system is not how many new models of agricultural machinery products are launched, and this low-level imitation is not enough to comprehensively improve the technical level of agricultural machinery in China. We should focus on the research and development of new materials and new processes, and strive to make the quality of our existing agricultural machinery and implements be significantly improved, and the quality of some agricultural machinery and implements has reached the world's advanced level. Qin Hai explained.

"Qin Gong, can you give an example?" Zhu Detai asked.

Qin Haidao: "Yes, let me tell you about the situation of the rotary tillage blades produced by Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory in Anhe Province." As you must have heard, the service life of our rotary tillage blades has reached the average level of similar products in Japan, thus breaking into the Japanese market, and last year the export volume reached 1 million pieces, earning 400 million yen in foreign exchange for the country.

So, how do our rotary tillage blades achieve such quality? In fact, it is very simple, that is, we use a new process of high-frequency surfacing welding in production, and at the same time improve the quality of the blade steel. A new material, combined with a new process, is what makes our inserts stand out. ”

"This kind of craftsmanship...... Can you teach it to us? Zhu Detai couldn't wait to make an offer, and the product they produced was a disc weeder, and the disc cutter head was one of the consumables. The wearing principle of the disc blade is exactly the same as that of the rotary tilling blade, and the process used on the rotary tilling blade can also be transplanted to the disc cutter head.

Qin Hai smiled and said, "It's completely okay...... As long as you can afford it. ”

"That's very emotional...... Hey, do you still charge for it? Before Zhu Detai finished speaking, Qin Hai's words about the cost had already come out, making Zhu Detai take a breath.

"Of course, there is a fee." Qin Hai said confidently, "Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and of course productivity is charged, otherwise who else is interested in developing new technologies?" ”

"Everyone is a national enterprise......" Zhu Detai argued angrily.

"Director Zhu, Xiao Qin, the matter between you will be discussed after the meeting." Cui Hongchun hurriedly interrupted, these two people didn't look at the occasion, and it was really insulting to talk about the price at such a venue. After stopping Zhu and Qin, Cui Hongchun began to say to everyone sternly:

"Comrades, the advice that Comrade Qin Hai has just put forward to us is very pertinent, very valuable, and very timely. Over the years, we have only focused on the development of new products, but we have neglected the research of new materials and new processes, which makes our products look exactly the same as those abroad, but the quality is worlds apart. Professor Chen is quite right when he just said, this is the real technological gap between us and foreign countries, and this is the key work that should be prioritized in our action plan.

Please keep in mind that during the Seventh Five-Year Plan and the Eighth Five-Year Plan period, the key work of our agricultural machinery system is these six words: new materials, new processes! (To be continued......)