Chapter 28 Crawler Tractors
A moment later, on the square in front of the office building, Wang Ye and the six giants of the machinery factory watched Director Li leave.
"Wang Ye, do we really want to engage in tractors?"
When the army-green 212 jeep disappeared from everyone's field of vision, Zhao Laohan, the old factory director next to him, turned his head to look at Wang Ye and asked, Wang Ye neither affirmed nor denied it, but asked rhetorically:
"Old-timer, do you think it's a good business to get a tractor?"
Regarding this question, the old factory director nodded quickly with a smile and said:
"Of course, now that the land is divided, the farmers' enthusiasm for farming is very high, and the demand for agricultural machinery will definitely be higher and higher in the future, and the tractor is the most important agricultural machinery!"
"And if you engage in tractors, you can also be worthy of the name of our machinery factory."
"In the past, although we were a military factory, we mainly produced some long and short guns, artillery, and could only produce small-caliber mountain guns, mortars, etc., how could there be such a big thing as a tractor that looked energetic!"
"It's just ......"
Speaking of this, the old factory director hesitated, the smile on his face faded, and he said with a little worry:
"Director Li is right, tractors are big machines."
"I'm afraid it's not easy to do it!"
Regarding the old director's worries, Wang Ye smiled and waved his hand and said:
"You're right, now the peasants' enthusiasm for farming is very high, and our Huaxia is a large country with a large population, and it is not easy to feed the country's more than one billion people."
"Therefore, agricultural machinery will inevitably flourish in the future, and tractors will bear the brunt."
"But in a short period of time, farmers are still relatively poor, they may not be able to afford expensive tractors, mainly livestock farming, only those large state farms can afford to buy, so the market is not big enough."
"If we don't have a big market, it will make it difficult for us to sell."
Speaking of this, Wang Ye turned his head to look at the old factory director next to him and the five giants of the other machinery factories and asked:
"However, we must do the tractor."
"But we can't limit ourselves to the tractor in our ordinary understanding, this is not possible, we have to broaden our horizons!"
"Even to produce the kind of tractors that are exclusively for export, and continue to generate foreign exchange for the country!"
Hearing Wang Ye say this, the six giants of the machinery factory who had already tasted the sweetness of foreign exchange also nodded in agreement, while the female director asked hesitantly:
"Little factory director! What does a tractor for export look like? ”
"We haven't seen each other yet, have we?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Ye explained while gesturing:
"It's not a fixed format, and it needs to be perfected, but I can give you an example."
"First of all, I think that the export tractor should use tracks, after all, foreign land may not be so flat, wheeled tractors may be difficult to walk, use five or six pairs of load wheels."
"The overall quality should also be a little heavier, such as 20 tons or 30 tons, so that we are more generous in our materials."
"Of course, our products have to be strong and durable, so we have to have thick steel plates at the front, underbody, sides and tail, and the angle needs to be slightly tilted."
"At the top, a circular rotating flange can be reserved, and according to the requirements of the operation, hook machines, cranes, winches and other equipment can be installed."
"The occupants are driving in the car, and there is a viewing window in front of ......."
Originally, the six giants of the machinery factory listened patiently, and although they didn't quite understand, they still nodded frequently, but soon their expressions began to be strange, because according to Wang Ye's description, what appeared in their minds was not a tractor at all, but another familiar machine!
"Wang Ye! Are you really talking about tractors? ”
"Old man, I don't sound like a tank?"
The old factory director, who was somewhat familiar with Wang Ye's style, couldn't help but hesitate and said, while Wang Ye shrugged his shoulders and said:
"You think too much, this is a tractor, it's just a crawler tractor."
"Foreigners love this stuff!"
"Let's go, let's go back and have a meeting, and discuss the issue of money first."
"As for the tractor, we have to wait for Director Li's news, and it is not certain whether it will succeed or not!"
As soon as Wang Ye's words fell, the expressions of the six giants of the machinery factory present were already excited, because Wang Ye's tone of voice was exactly the same as when he said the gas canister!
For the people in the machinery factory, although they have accepted the conversion of military to civilian, this is a reality that they have to accept due to the decision of the state, but in their hearts, they still have the pride of being military workers!
Now, Wang Ye wants to engage in a crawler tractor outside of his words, how can everyone not be excited?
After all, in the era of military factories, the Red Star Machinery Factory had never engaged in such a big thing!
"Good! Good! Tracked tractors, let's talk about them. ”
"Let's talk about money first! Hahaha! ”
The old director was very happy, and so were the others.
In fact, as the Big Six speculated, Wang Ye is going to engage in tanks, but under the current existing conditions, it can only be a "soil tank", but for the current international market, it is enough!
After all, two years ago, the two Iraqs in the desert fought and will continue to fight for six years.
It's just that now, the war between Iran and Iraq has only been fought for two years, and the United States and the Soviet Union are still eating the sweetness and constantly selling arms, but soon they found out that the situation is not right, and these two countries cannot continue to fight!
Under such circumstances, they began to reduce or even completely stop exporting arms to the two countries, and these two countries had to start looking for new arms dealers, and then they coincidentally found China.
A year later, Rongfei, who gave birth to China's most important fifth-generation aircraft Weilong, had to build a washing machine to maintain its vitality, and the Lanzhou 504 Factory, which was in charge of the production of enriched uranium, China's most important nuclear weapons raw material, began to use centrifuges to produce popsicles!
Such an important military industrial unit is still like this, and third-tier factories such as the Red Star Machinery Factory have been reduced to the dust of the times.
And if it weren't for the fact that China exported a large amount of munitions in the Iran-Iraq war, mainly tanks and fighters, China's military scientific research system might have really suffered a fatal blow.
In eight years, more than 13 billion US dollars, it saved the Chinese military industry!
Even at the most enthusiastic stage of the fighting, the representatives of the two sides lived at the same time in the guest house at the entrance of the No. 1 Tractor Factory in Luoshi, the second largest tank production base in China, and prepared for the next day's negotiations!
At that time, the tanks were not enough to sell! It's simply not enough to sell!
That's why Wang Ye plans to engage in "soil tanks", because as long as it is an armored vehicle, it will not be sold at all, and although he can't get a tank gun for the time being, it won't be a problem to get some other weapons and combat effectiveness!
On the way back to the conference room, the old factory director hesitated and said:
"Wang Ye! I pondered. ”
"Let's go to the Guomaoshan Air Force Station not far away and visit the garrison?"