On August 18, Xiao Zhenlei and others came to a military cigarette company for inspection and visit. The demand for cigarettes in the army is considerable, especially in times of war, smoking can relieve the tension before the battle, so that soldiers and officers can stabilize their emotions and be able to maintain an active mind and a cool head.

Bao Yuzhen, deputy minister of logistics, introduced Xiao Zhenlei in the car: "President, this military cigarette company currently undertakes one-sixth of the army's cigarette supply, which is wholly owned by our logistics and munitions department, and the company's general manager Tian Yourong is at the level of a full division!" At present, the cigarettes in the army are all of the same brand, and both officers and soldiers smoke the same kind to show equality."

After coming to the cigarette company, the general manager of the company, Tian Yourong, trotted forward to salute, Xiao Zhenlei's time was tight, and he did not rest, and directly asked Tian Yourong to take everyone to visit the production workshop, the production of cigarettes has many processes, its raw materials and production process have a decisive taste for the taste of cigarettes, and the cigarettes produced with good tobacco leaves and exquisite baking technology have a unique taste.

After visiting a production line, Xiao Zhenlei said to Tian Yourong, general manager of the cigarette factory: "General Manager Tian, can you bring some cigarettes that have just been produced and let us taste them?" ”

"Of course, of course!" Tian Yourong hurriedly agreed, and immediately ordered a few people to get dozens of filter cigarettes that had not yet been packaged.

Xiao Zhenlei pointed to other officials and said: "Smokers should give it a try, and those who don't smoke should not smoke!" ”

Some of the accompanying officials smiled and picked up a cigarette from a tray brought by a staff member, and Xiao Zhenlei also took a cigarette and lit it with a lighter and smoked it.

"How's it taste?" Xiao Zhenlei asked after taking a few puffs.

An official said: "This tastes good, but it is spicy!" ”

A military general laughed and said, "You are a civilian official." People in the military like cigarettes that smell stronger."

Xiao Zhenlei pointed to a staff member while smoking, and asked him to take the cigarette package and take a look. The staff member who was pointed at immediately ran over and brought a cigarette case.

Xiao Zhenlei took the cigarette box and saw that the cigarette box was a soft paper box. There is no waterproof plastic paper, there is a brand logo on the box surface, shook his head and said to Tian Yourong: "General Manager Tian, this cigarette box has no waterproof seal, the cigarettes inside are easy to get damp and moldy, the shelf life is too short, if the cigarettes are hoarded too much, it is easy to scrap and wear, I suggest you find a way to add a waterproof and moisture-proof protective layer to this cigarette box."

Tian Yourong listened to Xiao Zhenlei's words. He patted his thigh and said: "The president is so right, the question of how to keep the quality of cigarettes for a long time has been bothering us for a long, long time, and this problem has also caused our cigarette companies to suffer a lot of losses.

Xiao Zhenlei became interested when he heard this, and asked with a smile, "Oh? What good idea have you come up with? ”

Tian Yourong said: "President, I wonder if we can find a way to produce an ultra-thin transparent plastic film to wrap on cigarette boxes, and when smokers want to smoke, they can buy a box and remove the plastic film."

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and patted Tian Yourong's shoulder and said with a smile: "This idea is good, it is worth studying!" In fact, many times it is a person who is short-minded. If the company's leadership can't figure out a solution, you can mobilize the employees below to think of a way together, and you can reward those who think of a solution. Boost their motivation to use their brains."

"Yes, yes, the President's advice has helped us a lot, and we are inspired. Next, we will carry out the future work according to the instructions of the president," Tian Yourong said excitedly.

After smoking, Xiao Zhenlei and others inspected and visited several other production workshops. He took a group photo with some workers and the leadership of the cigarette factory before leaving.

On August 19, Xiao Zhenlei and others came to a military cannery. This canning factory is located by the sea, mainly to facilitate the transportation and storage of seafood.

Before entering the canning factory to inspect and visit, Bao Yuzhen introduced to Xiao Zhenlei: "President, there are currently 16 factories that supply military canned food to the military, half of which use beef, pig and mutton as raw materials, and the other half use river fresh and marine fish as the main raw materials. ”

After entering the canning factory, at the request of Xiao Zhenlei, the director of the canning factory, Yin, immediately took everyone to the workshop production line to visit and inspect.

Halfway through, Xiao Zhenlei stopped, and he temporarily changed his mind and said: "Director Yin, let's go to the raw material storage warehouse first, and then go to the production workshop later."

Because this time it came suddenly, and there was no notice in advance, so there was no chance to cheat in the canning factory here, Xiao Zhenlei just wanted to see the storage of raw materials in the canning factory, after all, it was necessary to use marine fish as the main raw material, if there was a problem with the quality of the raw materials in the reserve, it would be very harmful to the bodies of the soldiers who ate it.

Coming to the raw material storage warehouse, under the instructions of Director Yin, the two managers of the raw material storage warehouse opened two doors, and when the door opened, a fishy smell and a cold air came to the surface.

Director Yin said: "President, please inside, the raw material storage warehouse uses large-scale freezing equipment to freeze and keep the raw materials fresh!" ”

Everyone followed Xiao Zhenlei's fish in, and Director Yin introduced while walking: "At present, the storage capacity of our frozen warehouse is 50,000 tons, and we will generally use up the 50,000 tons of raw materials stored before it within half a month, and the freezing temperature is generally minus 30 degrees Celsius. Raw materials that have exceeded the time will be treated as waste."

Xiao Zhenlei listened to Director Yin's introduction and walked into the freezer warehouse. Director Yin introduced: "President, this is the fresh-keeping warehouse, because it is only fresh, so these sea fish will not freeze, we are all placed in these large raw material storage pools, there is a sewage drainage system under the pool, and it will be cleaned every three days to wash away the fishy smell and other peculiar smells, so that the newly transported raw materials will remain fresh and will not deteriorate!" ”

In the fresh-keeping and freezing warehouse, there are some iron cages equipped with fresh fish in a row, these iron cages have no covers, its bottom is 20 centimeters from the ground, and there are pools below to discharge sewage, and all sides of the iron cages are in contact with the air to ensure that the fresh fish will not deteriorate because they are not exposed to the air to the greatest extent.

Xiao Zhenlei walked to an iron cage, this iron cage is one meter high, the fresh fish is just piled up, the workers can get it at any time, looking at the freshness of the fresh fish, Xiao Zhenlei asked: "When did these fish come here?" ”

"President, this was shipped yesterday, and it will be used tomorrow," said Director Yin.

There are constantly accompanying reporters taking pictures next to him, the flash keeps flashing, and the big sea fish look very bumper in each other's iron cages, which is particularly joyful.

Xiao Zhenlei and the others walked around the fresh-keeping warehouse, and Xiao Zhenlei asked as he walked: "Director Yin, how much is the output of your factory every month?" ”

Director Yin said: "At present, the monthly output of our factory has reached 350,000 tons."

A group of people came out of the fresh-keeping warehouse and felt a little cold, on this hot day, everyone wore short-sleeved sleeves, and stayed in the fresh-keeping warehouse at almost zero degrees for more than ten minutes, where would it not be cold? Therefore, when these people came out, they all shivered.

The factory workers brought some cotton clothes over, and the entourage, who were shivering from the cold, each took a cotton coat on the boat, which made them feel warmer.

After everyone warmed up outside, everyone followed Xiao Zhenlei to the frozen warehouse, the sea fish in the frozen warehouse were packaged in paper and placed in the freezer in the freezer, which was dragged out by trailer and then transported to the production workshop.

The temperature here is minus 30 degrees, everyone feels cold even if they come in cotton clothes, very cold, this freezer warehouse covers a large area, there are many freezers, but these freezers are placed neatly, everything is orderly. Open a freezer and you can see the marine fish that have been gutted and scaled.

The situation in the refrigerated warehouse made Xiao Zhenlei and others very satisfied, there was no dirty and messy situation, the hygiene was very good, and the management was very orderly.

When you come to the production workshop, there is first a food processing workshop, where the thawed marine fish are chopped into pieces and thrown into a machine for dehydration, then the process of processing mature food, which is cooled after processing mature food, then the filling process, sealing and packaging.

The workshop is clean and tidy, and the employees in the workshop are wearing white coats and plastic gloves on their hands. There are no workers chatting in the workshop, and occasionally someone talks because of work, but other than that, there is an extremely loud noise.

Xiao Zhenlei walked beside the conveyor belt, looked at the cans on the conveyor belt that had not been sealed, turned his head and asked, "Director Yin, can you try the taste?" ”

"Of course, the President, please!" Director Yin hurriedly said.

Xiao Zhenlei picked up a box of unsealed cans from the conveyor belt, at this time the secretary Xiao Gao didn't know where to get a fork, Xiao Zhenlei took the fork and forked out a piece of fish from the can and put it in his mouth to eat.

"Well, don't really say it, maybe it's the first time I've eaten it at this time, and it tastes really good!" After Xiao Zhenlei finished eating, he said to the others, and handed the can and fork to Bao Yuzhen: "Everyone taste it, try this taste."

After handing over the can, Xiao Zhenlei asked Director Yin again: "Is there a preservative in this can?" ”

Director Yin said: "President, this must be put some, otherwise this canned food will not be able to last for a long time, all canneries in the world basically add preservatives to the cans, it's just a matter of how much."

Xiao Zhenlei nodded, but still said: "Preservatives are not good for the body after all, we must find a way from the packaging to see if we can carry out vacuum storage, if we can solve the vacuum packaging, this technology will be valuable."

Director Yin hurriedly said: "Understood, understood!" (To be continued......)