Huang Qingzeng, secretary of the Qilu Provincial Party Committee, met with Yang Ming, Minister of the Military Equipment Department of the Central Military Commission, and his party in the reception room of the Provincial Party Committee.

Huang Qingzeng's heart was like a mirror, he vaguely felt that Yang Ming's arrival had a lot to do with the change of ownership of General Motors in the United States, and General Secretary Zhen wanted to borrow Yang Ming. However, it is a good thing for Sinotruk Group, if it can seize this opportunity, it can completely reverse the current situation of Sinotruk Group, and even become one of the world's automobile manufacturing giants.

"Minister Yang, it is said that I should accompany you to Sinotruk Group for inspection, but Australia has a visiting delegation, and the schedule has been set, so I am afraid it will be rude to change the schedule, so please ask Comrade Bi Fudao to accompany me throughout the whole process instead of me." Huang Qingzeng said apologetically.

"Secretary Huang, I'm just going to take a casual look, your work is important, you're busy with yours." Yang Ming said.

"Okay, I'll let the office notify the Sinotruk Group and let Jiang Tao prepare for it." Huang Qingzeng said.

The next day, Yang Ming, accompanied by Bi Fudao, came to Sinotruk Group in a light car.

Seeing the underground old man again, Jiang Tao still felt awkward, but Yang was obviously very affectionate: "Comrade Jiang Tao, we meet again." ”

"Commander Yang, I didn't expect you to come." Jiang Tao hurriedly said.

"Hehe, Jiang Tao, Comrade Yang Ming is now the head of the Equipment Department of the Services and Arms, and he will not lead the troops." Bi Fudao said with a smile.

Jiang Tao didn't understand the cadre sequence of the army very well, and he didn't know whether it was the commander or the minister, so he smiled and said: "Welcome Minister Yang to our Sinotruk Group to inspect and guide the work!" ”

"Jiang Tao, don't do these cliché things, you can take us to the special vehicle company and the Qingshi engine research and development company to have a look." Yang Ming waved his hand and said.

Throughout the morning, Yang Ming, accompanied by Jiang Tao and others, carefully visited the various workshops of the special vehicle company, and found more than 10 workers for a discussion to understand the current technical situation mastered by the workers.

At noon, Yang Ming and others had a simple working meal in the restaurant of the special vehicle company, and then drove hundreds of miles to the engine research and development company in Qingshi to inspect. As in the morning, Yang Ming came to the design room, asked a lot of questions about the car engine, and made detailed notes in the small notebook he carried.

Jiang Tao didn't know what was going on, and he didn't want to ask openly, so he secretly wondered in his heart: Why did he, the leader of a unit, care so much about the affairs of Sinotruk Group?

Back in Jibei City, it was already dark, Yang Ming said: "Jiang Tao, let the other comrades go back, you go to the reception room with me to talk." ”

"Minister Yang, why don't you eat first? Let's talk after eating. Jiang Tao asked.

"Let's talk about it first, or I don't have the heart to drink, and when the conversation is over, I will have to compare the amount of wine with Lao Bi." Yang Ming said.

When the other leaders of Sinotruk Group saw Minister Yang say this, they understood that there was important content to talk about between the leaders, so they shook hands with Yang Ming and said goodbye and went home.

Jiang Tao accompanied Yang Ming and Bi Fudao to the small reception room.

Yang Ming's buttocks just hit the sofa, and he said: "Jiang Tao, in fact, I came with a mission this time, the Military Commission decided to replace all the active vehicles of the whole army, although it is said that it is a global bidding, but General Secretary Zhen still hopes to use our own car, but the army has very high requirements for the performance of the vehicle, otherwise in the event of a war, the performance of the vehicle will directly determine the victory or defeat of the war, the Military Commission has sent several people to inspect the automobile manufacturers in various countries around the world, In a year's time, there will be various models of car performance competitions, and I hope to see your group's cars in the future, and I think this is what General Secretary Zhen wants. ”

Jiang Tao then understood why Yang Ming was so serious when he inspected the two companies, and he also felt that this was a rare opportunity, if he could manufacture a car with excellent performance, he could not only get this huge order from the country, but also open up the international market and let Sinotruk Group really go to the world.

"Minister Yang, can you tell us about the types and requirements of the vehicles needed by the troops?" Jiang Tao asked.

"According to the requirements of the Central Military Commission, the types of vehicles to be replaced by the troops this time are mainly transport vehicles, command vehicles, missile tractors, and dining vehicles, the most important of which are transport vehicles. As for the requirements, I have a detailed technical requirement here, you can let the technical staff of your group take a look and understand. Yang Ming took out a piece of paper from his bag and handed it to Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao took the information handed over by Yang Ming, and glanced at it, some of the contents could still be understood. For example, what is cold resistance, high temperature resistance, wind and sand resistance, wading resistance, bump resistance, etc., but most of the content is professional terms, Jiang Tao couldn't understand it, so he had to put the information in the drawer of his desk and lock it.

"Minister Yang, I will immediately convene a meeting tomorrow to study your instructions, and I believe that we can build a vehicle with superior performance and reliable quality to meet the various requirements of the troops and the needs of wartime." Jiang Tao returned to his seat and said.

"Jiang Tao, let me remind you, through my look at the two companies in your group, I feel that it is very difficult to build a qualified car with your current technical strength, especially the engine, which is more than ten years behind foreign technology, very difficult!" Yang Ming said.

"Please rest assured Minister Yang, our country can even build an atomic bomb on its own, isn't it just a car." Jiang Tao said.

"In fact, there are some things that can be imitated and borrowed, and the American General Motors Hummer is good, if your car can reach that level, there will be no problem with the order." Yang Ming seems to have inadvertently mentioned General Motors.

Jiang Tao's heart moved, and he seemed to understand something.

"That's it! Don't talk about it, Jiang Tao, I'll try it with Lao Bi in your group's restaurant, I took care of him last time. Yang Ming said.

"Minister Yang, you can't talk nonsense, I took care of you last time." Bi Fudao retorted.

"Hehe, it's useless to fight, Jiang Tao, let them go to Moutai, I have to put Lao Bi down." Yang Ming stood up and said.

Seeing that the two of them were going to fight for wine, Jiang Tao didn't dare to interject, for fear of leading the topic to himself, causing him to burn himself, and drinking to make a foreign appearance. Hurriedly stood up and led the way in front, leading Yang Ming and Bi Fudao into the restaurant that had been prepared a long time ago.

The scene of fighting wine is very tragic, the two people brought by Yang Ming are also good at drinking, poor Bi Fudao entered the door and found that he was alone, it was too late, under the instruction of Yang Ming, his two subordinates launched an attack on Bi Fudao, a round of wine, toasting, more than half a catty of wine has entered the stomach.

"Lao Yang, it's not okay to drink like this, I don't think it's okay to let them mix, I also drink what should be respected, let's drink it evenly in the future, if you engage in group battles and wheel wars, I'll call someone immediately." Bi Fudao said.

"Hehe, scared? Good! I promise you, Jiang Tao, change the big cup! Yang Ming saw that Bi Fudao had already drunk more than half a catty of Moutai, and he was sure of victory, so he turned his head and said to Jiang Tao.

Jiang Tao asked the waiter to change the big glasses for the two of them, and the battle on the wine table really began this time.

Jiang Tao was dumbfounded, Moutai wine in his fifties was poured into his stomach by Bi Fudao and Yang Ming like boiled water, Jiang Tao said to drink, even now watching them drink, he also felt dizzy.

Long story short, after more than two hours, there were already four more empty wine bottles next to it, Bi Fudao and Yang Ming also drank the steward, Yang Ming said vaguely: "Old Bi, this time we are fucking flat again, don't drink, Jiang Tao, the general secretary has set his sights on you, and you may want to come here to see it in the near future, what you promised must be successful, otherwise your grandfather and I will not be able to spare you." ”

Bi Fudao and Jiang Tao were stunned, grandpa, but Bi Fudao quickly understood, and said in his heart: The emotional rumors are true, and this Yang Ming has really become Jiang Tao's underground father-in-law.

Jiang Tao was also stupid, he didn't expect Yang Ming to say this in front of Bi Fudao and his subordinates, and his face turned red at that time.

"Jiang Tao, I hope you will live up to the expectations of the general secretary and Minister Yang, lead the group's scientific research personnel, work hard to tackle key problems, and strive to produce cars with excellent performance as soon as possible." Bi Fudao said loudly.

"Let's go! Back to the troop guest house! Yang Ming stood up and walked out of the restaurant with the help of his subordinates.

On the morning of the next day, Jiang Tao held an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee of Sinotruk Group, and named the heads of Qingshi Engine R&D Company and Special Vehicle Company to attend.

Seeing that everyone was together, Jiang Tao said straight to the point: "Yesterday, Bi Fudao, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and commander of the military division, and Minister Yang Ming, leader of the Military Commission, came to our group to inspect the two units, and had a discussion with the workers in the workshop. I want to tell you a good news, the Central Military Commission has decided to upgrade the vehicles of the whole army, and the leaders hope that our Sinotruk Group can also come up with its own high-quality vehicles to participate in this competition, and put forward high requirements. I also gave the leaders a guarantee to complete the task. ”

Hearing this good news, the participants in the meeting all had smiles on their faces, if they can win this order, the day of revitalization of Sinotruk Group is not far away.

Zhang Fugui, general manager of the special vehicle company, and Guo Jing of Qingshi Engine R&D company, heard the good news, and were particularly excited.

Jiang Tao nodded to Guo Shouyi, who was in charge of recording next to him, Guo Shouyi picked up the copied technical requirements and standards for military vehicles and handed out a copy to everyone.

After reading the information, the people who were still elated just now gradually showed a solemn look on their faces, which was too high and too harsh, and they knew in their hearts that they could not build such a high-standard car with the existing technical strength of the group.

"Comrades, opportunities are hard to come by, and now that the opportunity has come, what we can do is to overcome all kinds of difficulties, develop engines with their own intellectual property rights, high-quality performance body frames, and create a qualified car." Jiang Tao said.

"Jiang Dong, the requirements of the Military Commission for the engine are too high, and this continuous forty-eight hours of non-stop high and low temperature test is very terrible, and I am afraid that the best engine in the world will not pass." Guo Jing, manager of Qingshi Engine R&D Company, said.

The engine is the heart of the car, and the Central Military Commission requires that the engine of the military vehicle ordered must be constantly changed between minus 40 degrees and minus 50 degrees, and the car will run for 48 hours without failure.

"Jiang Dong, this cake is not delicious! If you don't get it right, you will shoot yourself in the foot, and the gains outweigh the losses. Liao Tiancheng, secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, shook his head and said.

"Yes, our R&D strength is too weak now, I'm afraid that we won't get anything if we spend money." Propaganda Minister Huangfu and Shan echoed.

Several vice chairmen also expressed their doubts about being able to take the order.

Only Tang Zhaozhong and Liu Renjie did not speak, they were waiting to see Jiang Tao's final attitude, and then decide what they should say.

"Hehe, what you said I have considered, now whether in the country or in the world, the automotive industry is very competitive, if there is no fist products, we will be eliminated from the market sooner or later, as the saying goes, 'wealth and danger in seeking', I think the opportunity is also in the risk to get, I want to send out a recruitment list, no matter who it is, as long as the engine that meets the requirements can be designed, Sinotruk Group will reward him with five million yuan in cash." Jiang Tao said.

The people who came to the meeting secretly admired Jiang Tao's courage, and there must be brave men under the reward, maybe someone will really be able to design an engine that meets the requirements.

"Mr. Tang, after the meeting, you arrange for someone to buy two American General Motors Humvees, you don't need to be listed, just drive the naked cars back." Jiang Tao said to Tang Zhaozhong, deputy director of finance.

"Okay! I'll arrange it right away. Tang Zhaozhong nodded in agreement.

Hey! Liao Tiancheng and the others didn't understand what Jiang Tao was buying a Hummer for, did he want to replace his special car?