Chapter 158 Foreign Trade Military Goods
Liu Siying, who was standing by, was also very surprised when she heard the news.

Although she has not been in the factory for long, she is naturally intelligent and understands the ways of the world. In her opinion, Xu Qiang does have some achievements and highlights, but these are not enough for him to be successfully elected as a model worker. After all, the selection of model workers has always been the most watched event in the factory. Every year, many people compete for a model worker position, including children and confidants of some leading cadres. Therefore, for a temporary worker with no family background and such a short length of service, it is extremely difficult to be elected as a model worker!

“You don’t believe it, and even I don’t dare to believe it…” Liu Biao’s tone was full of emotion. He continued, “In fact, I nominated this guy. After all, he helped our factory win the chemical workshop renovation project. This matter is of great significance. I nominated him to encourage other technicians in the factory, but Lao Li rejected it in person…”

"Was it rejected by Mr. Li in person?" Zhao Xiufang was also a little surprised when she heard the news.

Because in her impression, Li Cunzhu was very respectful to her husband. Not only did he visit their home during the holidays, but even on ordinary days, the two families would occasionally have dinner together, and their relationship was very good.

"Old Li is a bit too hasty..." Liu Biao showed a trace of disapproval on his face, and then he continued: "This person is very smart, but sometimes too smart. He hasn't focused on the real work in the past two years... But I can understand. He is several years younger than me. At this position, he really doesn't have many years to jump around. If he really works for the factory, he still has strong capabilities..."

With Liu Biao's intelligence, he had naturally seen through Li Cunzhu's thoughts a long time ago. Even though he had a good relationship with the leaders of various departments, the prestige Liu Biao had built up over the years could not be easily shaken. Someone had already told him about these things in private, but Liu Biao considered the overall situation of the factory and had his own plans.

The development of the times has always been that the waves behind push the waves ahead. Liu Biao has this awareness, but the initiative of how to carry forward the past and open up the future is still firmly in his hands.

"Dad, how come Xu Qiang's model worker title was passed? Wasn't it vetoed by Uncle Li?" Liu Siying couldn't help but ask.

"This is quite interesting..." When he said this, Liu Biao couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Our Deputy Director Xie came back from the province last night. No one knows what happened. He didn't show up until the staff representative meeting started. Just when Xu Qiang's nomination was about to be rejected, he suddenly jumped out and announced an important news from the province, saying that Xu Qiang's two military products projects had passed the tests of provincial experts and had successfully practiced live ammunition, which was highly praised by provincial leaders..."

"Xu Qiang's battery project was successful!?" Liu Siying's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard his father say this.

"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I felt that this guy was extraordinary at the beginning, but I didn't expect that he could give me such a big surprise." When Liu Biao said this, he smiled and said, "These two new product projects are extraordinary. I heard that compared with our current products, the performance has been greatly improved. Now the new product project plan has begun to enter this year's military product award activities. If we can win another award, the department will definitely allocate funds to build a new production line in our factory..."

"That's really amazing..." Zhao Xiufang couldn't help but say at this time.

"This kid is really capable, but he's too young and a bit reckless..."

"You were the same when you were young." Zhao Xiufang interrupted and said, "When you were pursuing me, you blocked my door every day and I couldn't drive you away. It made my dad very angry..."

"Hahaha!" Liu Biao burst into laughter when he heard that.

"Xu Qiang is a pretty good kid..." Zhao Xiufang glanced at her daughter subconsciously, but then said with regret: "It's a pity that his family conditions are not very good, and his diploma is too low, he only has a junior high school education..."

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The next morning, Xu Qiang came to the scrap warehouse. As usual, he first cleaned up, then picked up his books and began to review the materials for the college entrance examination.

In fact, Xu Qiang still wanted to continue to develop new product projects. Some time ago, he saw information about American Kevlar bulletproof vests in the database, which gave him the idea of ​​developing military bulletproof vests.

There are bulletproof vests in China at present, but this kind of domestic bulletproof vest is actually an alloy steel plate added to the interlayer of the clothes. Not to mention the bulletproof effect, first of all, it is heavier than the Kevlar bulletproof vest, and it is not as flexible as the Kevlar bulletproof vest. This has a great impact on the flexibility of the soldiers on the battlefield. If worn for too long, it will also consume a lot of physical strength.

In addition, no matter what kind of bulletproof vest it is, the bulletproof effect is limited, and it is impossible to be truly invulnerable to swords and guns. In addition, domestic soldiers are mainly responsible for defending the land and disaster relief, so bulletproof vests have not been popularized in the country.

But if Xu Qiang can develop a bulletproof vest similar to Kevlar, he can completely open up the international arms trade market. You know, through the information he learned, the current purchase price of a Kevlar bulletproof vest made in the United States by the US military is four hundred US dollars, while in the international arms trade market, the price of this bulletproof vest is as high as 800 US dollars, which is twice as high as the purchase price in the United States!
But even if it is four hundred US dollars, this is still a very astonishing price. You should know that the current exchange rate of the US dollar to the RMB is about 1:5, that is, one US dollar can be exchanged for five RMB. But in fact, in the black market in major domestic cities, it takes more than ten yuan to exchange for one US dollar, and you may not even be able to exchange it if you have money. After all, the country's demand for foreign exchange is beyond imagination, and the control of foreign exchange is quite strict.

It is also because of this that any company that can export and earn foreign exchange these days will be given key protection locally, and the country also gives quite a lot of preferential treatment to such foreign trade companies. Therefore, in order to export and earn foreign exchange, many companies are willing to sell overseas at low prices or even at a loss, just to obtain policy benefits such as tax exemptions.

A Kevlar bulletproof vest costs as much as four hundred US dollars, which is equivalent to several thousand yuan in RMB. In Xu Qiang's opinion, it is ridiculously expensive. Although Kevlar is a high-end product at present, it is actually very cheap in the future. A second-level and third-level bulletproof vest made of this material costs only one or two hundred yuan, and the selling price does not exceed three or four hundred yuan.

Even though the current prices of domestic chemical products are relatively high, Xu Qiang can rely on the formula and craftsmanship he remembered from his previous life to make the cost of a bulletproof vest no more than a thousand yuan, or even just a few hundred yuan. If it is mass-produced, it will be even cheaper!

However, making this kind of thing requires special instruments and equipment. Without investment from the factory, Xu Qiang is temporarily unable to develop bulletproof vests.

"Xu Qiang, have one of these freshly washed apples." At this moment, Li Yuqin came to the door of her office with a freshly washed apple in her hand.

Li Yuqin's husband is Wu Zhijun, deputy chief of the security department. Last time, she had introduced a girl to Xu Qiang. The girl was a regular worker with a disability in her legs, but Xu Qiang finally made some excuses and the matter came to no further development.

"Sister, you are too polite. I feel embarrassed to say this." Seeing this, Xu Qiang greeted her with a smile and picked up a clean cup to pour her water.

In this scrapyard, he couldn't afford to offend any of the middle-aged women except the team leader Zhang Decai.

But fortunately, Xu Qiang has been getting along well with them these days. To put it bluntly, Xu Qiang is a popular figure in front of the factory director, and he also has a backer.

"Just take it if it's given to you. Why are you being so polite to me?" Li Yuqin placed the apple on Xu Qiang's desk and asked with a smile, "Why didn't you give me a response to the person I introduced to you some time ago?"

"I'm really sorry, I've been very busy recently..." Xu Qiang said apologetically.

"I think you still despise her because of her poor legs and feet... But it doesn't matter, I'll introduce you to a better one this time." Li Yuqin smiled and continued, "This girl lives in the same building as my family. She is a teacher in our factory kindergarten. She looks plump and is also a regular employee..."

"Sister, I really don't have time now..."

"Hey, Xiao Li is here too..."

Just when Xu Qiang was trying to find an excuse to get away with it, a middle-aged woman appeared at the door. It was Jia Shufen, who also worked at the scrap warehouse.

Like Li Yuqin, Jia Shufen is also a relative of someone else, and her man is none other than Tan Baocheng, the chief of the Labor and Personnel Section.

Jia Shufen is a few years older than Li Yuqin. She basically spends her time knitting sweaters at work. She is also quite easy-going towards Xu Qiang, but the two of them hardly talk to each other normally.

"Sister Jia, is there anything I can help you with?" Xu Qiang asked.

"Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to come and ask you something." Jia Shufen asked with a smile.

"whats the matter?"

"You don't have a partner yet, right?"

"..."

"It doesn't matter if there is one. Nowadays, young people usually date several people before getting married." Jia Shufen smiled and continued, "I have a nice girl here. She works as a material accountant in the third workshop. She is very hardworking..."

"I... Let me pour my sister a glass of water first." Xu Qiang was a little embarrassed at this time. He didn't expect that suddenly so many people would come together to introduce him to someone.

This situation was obviously a bit abnormal, but Xu Qiang couldn't figure out what was going on.

"cough!"

Just when Xu Qiang was about to pour a glass of water for Jia Shufen, a dry cough suddenly came from the door.

Looking back, Xu Qiang found that the factory director Liu Biao suddenly appeared at the door...

(End of this chapter)