Chapter 221 Deep Reasons
"Director Luo, I want to visit other factories before the New Year, because I will report to the university after the New Year and may not be able to spare the time, so I want to complete this task in advance." Xu Qiang said.

In fact, Xu Qiang is quite free at the moment.

After the aramid bulletproof vest project was completed, he has been working in the laboratory to develop the production process and equipment design and manufacturing of aramid 1313. But in fact, these are projects that have not been reported or applied for. Xu Qiang still has plenty of time to complete these tasks in the future.

In addition, after the new year, Xu Qiang not only requested to report to Jiangxi TV University, but also went to Shanghai to study. It was impossible for him to stay in the factory forever. After all, this university diploma was still very important to Xu Qiang.

If he can complete the on-site inspections of these factories before the New Year, he can complete the rest of the work in Shanghai. During the winter and summer vacations, Xu Qiang can go to those factories for technical communication and coordination, and help them complete the technical rectification work.

This is actually a long and difficult task. After all, the specific circumstances of each enterprise are different. Xu Qiang needs to tailor technical transformation plans for them and help them develop products, all of which take a lot of time.

However, the reward offered by Luo Tao was indeed tempting enough. Once elected as a provincial model worker, Xu Qiang would have opened a new door. After all, the value and treatment of model workers in state-owned enterprises were quite high these days. With this identity, he could easily come into contact with people and things at a higher level. His position in the factory would be as solid as a rock, and he would no longer have to worry about the change of the person in charge of the chemical laboratory.

"Ah, that's okay. When I go back this time, I will arrange for you to visit a brother unit and ask them to prepare for the reception in advance." Luo Tao smiled slightly and continued, "I hope you can also come up with a few valuable civilian products like the last military-to-civilian recruitment activity of your factory. Afterwards, we will conduct a systematic evaluation of your work to ensure fairness and justice."

"Uh." Xu Qiang nodded when he heard that.

"Director Luo, it's the end of the year now and our department has a lot of things to do. I wonder if I can let my subordinates go to the factory for an inspection. I just need to formulate relevant plans based on the specific situation they summarize after the inspection. Do you think this will work?" Li Cunzhu said with a frown.

What Li Cunzhu said was indeed the truth. The Chinese New Year is just over a month away, and before that, he still has to stay in the factory to deal with some things, such as the year-end summary, the new year's work plan, the distribution of New Year benefits to employees, etc.

In addition, at the end of every year, Li Cunzhu, as the chief engineer, would have people give him gifts on the one hand, and he would also have to give gifts to other leaders on the other hand. This was the critical time for building relationships, and he really couldn't leave at this time.

Originally, Luo Tao said that he would arrange for them to visit external factories after the New Year, but seeing that Xu Qiang wanted to take action before the New Year, in order to avoid being preempted by Xu Qiang, he could only arrange his subordinates to do this.

"Okay! These are all errands. It's okay if you arrange your subordinates to do them, but the technical reform plan must be made by you." Luo Tao said after thinking for a while.

Luo Tao fully understands Li Cunzhu. As leaders and cadres, they are indeed much busier than usual when the Chinese New Year is approaching. Not only are they busy with work, but they also have to attend various social events.

"No problem!" Li Cunzhu said straightforwardly.

"That's it then." Seeing this, Luo Tao nodded with satisfaction.

Luo Tao's job as the director of the provincial bureau is not an easy one. If he had no other choice, he would not do such a thing as robbing Peter to pay Paul.

In fact, the third-tier enterprises in Jiangxi have not worried about technical issues for many years. After all, there are no patents for military technology. Once a factory develops a product, other factories only need to submit a report. If the conditions are suitable under the superior review, they can also produce the same type of products. Or they can adjust at any time according to production capacity and demand. Therefore, these enterprises do not attach importance to technological research and development, which is simply a thankless task.

After all, there are still many scientific research institutes and university laboratories in the country, and it is not the turn of these companies to engage in research and development.

And this is not only true for military-industrial enterprises, but also for state-owned enterprises. However, now that the country has begun to gradually move towards a market economy, these enterprises, which were already not strong enough, have immediately found themselves in a difficult situation.

It is relatively easy for some military enterprises to switch to civilian production because their products can indeed be related to civilian products. However, some enterprises' equipment and technology can only produce military products. If they want to switch to civilian production, they have to start all over again.

It is precisely because of this that Luo Tao has selected more than a dozen enterprises with difficulties in transformation from more than 40 third-tier enterprises across the province, hoping that Xu Qiang and Li Cunzhu can help solve these "hard nut to crack" problems, thereby alleviating some of the huge work pressure on the provincial bureau.

Afterwards, Luo Tao and Xu Qiang started chatting while eating.

He Yonghong, who came with Xu Qiang, was different from his usual unruly character in the factory. At this moment, he behaved quite "well-behaved" and poured wine for the leaders present from time to time.

After all, the person who came this time was the head of the provincial bureau. Although He Yonghong had a somewhat wild personality, he was not stupid. In front of a leader of this level, he did not dare to act rashly.

On the contrary, Xu Qiang found it quite easy to talk to Luo Tao after having met him twice.

"Director Luo, if you can stay a little longer this time, you can take a look at the bulletproof vest I developed. It is light in weight and has good bulletproof performance. If this kind of thing is put on the international market, it will definitely be popular..."

At the banquet, Xu Qiang did not forget to recommend his bulletproof vest products, and also gave a detailed introduction to the aramid paper used to make the bulletproof vests.

"Let's wait until we have time. I have to take the train back to the provincial capital in the afternoon, and I have a lot of things to do at the unit..." Luo Tao said lightly.

It is obvious that Luo Tao has no interest in the bulletproof vest developed by Xu Qiang, and he does not seem optimistic about the prospects of aramid paper. After all, Luo Tao is not a technical person, and his evaluation of the quality of a product mainly depends on the evaluation of his subordinate expert team and the market return after mass production.

If he had an expert in chemical engineering by his side, perhaps the situation would be completely different.

As for the strength, toughness, fire resistance and other data of aramid paper, Luo Tao didn't understand and didn't want to listen. All he wanted was the result, that is, whether this product could open up the market for foreign trade military products.

"But……"

Xu Qiang was about to say something else, but He Yonghong, who was sitting next to him, pulled down the corner of his clothes.

He Yonghong is a smart man. He saw that Luo Tao was a little impatient, so he told Xu Qiang to shut up.

Seeing this, Xu Qiang immediately understood and stopped talking about these things.

The meal lasted nearly two hours before it ended. Everyone was satisfied with the meal and the wine. Liu Biao personally sent Luo Tao to a room upstairs in the guesthouse to rest, and the others left one after another.

"Talking about technology with Director Luo is like talking to a cow. He knows nothing about aramid. I guess he has never even heard of it." After walking out of the guesthouse, He Yonghong lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said to Xu Qiang.

"It's precisely because he has never heard of it that I explained it to him." Xu Qiang curled his lips when he heard it.

"If you ask me, you didn't choose the right product project..."

"What do you mean?" Xu Qiang was stunned when he heard that.

"Let me tell you, the leaders above don't take bulletproof vests seriously, and they don't like them either..."

"How do you say this?"

"You have never been in the army. What is the army's slogan? Obey the party's command, dare to sacrifice, and be brave to contribute! When I first arrived at the army, I heard the company commander tell us that bulletproof vests are for cowards, so most troops are not equipped with this thing..." said He Yonghong.

"Uh." Hearing this, Xu Qiang suddenly realized.

In this era, some of the army's ideas on armament construction were somewhat different from those in later generations.

Compared with bulletproof vests, the primary problem that the domestic military needs to solve at present is the "fear of insufficient firepower."

The so-called fear of insufficient firepower actually comes from bloody historical lessons.

In the past, whether it was the War of Liberation or the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese army suffered enough from insufficient firepower, so in order to maximize the protection of the soldiers' lives, the troops began to continuously increase their firepower.

At the beginning, it was more reflected in the artillery doctrine. At that time, we not only had artillery divisions and artillery brigades, but each division had an artillery regiment, each regiment had a 122 artillery battalion, each battalion had an artillery company, and each company even had a mortar squad.

Compared with the vigorous development of weapons and equipment, domestic troops tend to be less concerned about the equipment of protective equipment. On the one hand, this is influenced by the traditional thinking of the troops. On the other hand, the number of Chinese troops is very large and can withstand great casualties. As a result, many foreign military experts are most impressed by the "human wave tactics" of the Chinese army.

Besides, bulletproof vests don't play a big role on the battlefield. Although they can effectively protect against pistols, they cannot protect against close-range shooting from rifles. It can be said that their actual effect is limited.

Moreover, early bulletproof vests were rather bulky. When soldiers put them on, on the one hand, it would affect the mobility of the troops, and on the other hand, it would also affect the amount of ammunition the soldiers could carry, and the latter was a matter of life and death for the soldiers.

Therefore, according to the current national conditions in China's military field, bulletproof vests are indeed somewhat useless.

It is also because of this that after Luo Tao came to Shengli Machinery Factory, he praised Li Cunzhu's artillery fuse shielding box, but did not show much interest in Xu Qiang's bulletproof vest products. There are reasons for this.

"But since we are participating in a foreign trade military products exhibition, maybe foreigners will like this stuff. Besides, I think your bulletproof vest is really good, especially the aramid paper, which has many uses..." said He Yonghong.

"In that case, we might as well apply for aramid paper as a separate product item. This way, it can at least attract the attention of experts in the field." Xu Qiang said after thinking for a while.

(End of this chapter)