"When I was a kid, the only electrical appliance at home was a flashlight. Whenever the battery ran out, I would smash it open and take out the battery stick inside. In fact, this thing is a carbon stick that can be used to write on the wall. Later, after I took chemistry classes in middle school, I became interested in batteries..."

Xu Qiang began to tell Zhang Zhen a story.

Xu Qiang has a good eloquence. He is good at making a boring thing vivid and interesting, which is one of his specialties.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhen on the opposite side was also listening with great interest, and even showed a look of approval.

"...So, before developing this military battery project, I had been researching batteries for a long time. With the conditions provided by the factory, I made this new type of battery. In fact, it's that simple." Xu Qiang told his "childhood story" for more than ten minutes in one breath.

"Haha, you're right. It seems that success is no accident." Zhang Zhen said with a smile.

"As for how much contribution this battery can bring to our military industry, I don't know, but at least this battery is better than the previous one."

"In fact, the battery you developed is a great contribution to our country's military technology. In the next step, we plan to establish corresponding production lines in four domestic manufacturers, including your 9304 Factory." Zhang Zhen said approvingly.

"That's great!" Xu Qiang's eyes lit up when he heard that.

In any case, Factory 9304 is Xu Qiang's foundation. It would be the best if his factory could benefit from it. In this way, the factory director Liu Biao would pay more attention to Xu Qiang's chemical laboratory, and it would be easier to obtain R&D funds from the factory when setting up a project next time.

"As long as it's a good military product, the ministry will strongly support it, and we will also make use of outstanding talents like you." Zhang Zhen pondered for a moment, then continued: "In fact, the main reason I called you here this time is because of the aramid paper. What I want to know is, when you were developing this aramid paper, did you complete the entire project by yourself?"

"That's definitely impossible." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "In fact, our aramid paper project team has seven people. Apart from me, the rest are responsible for the design of aramid paper production equipment. I will first draw a sketch of the concept of the aramid paper equipment, and then they will draw the specific equipment drawings, and then hand it over to the workers in the workshop for processing and assembly. I don't know much about mechanical equipment, so this part of the work can only be handed over to others..."

"Yes, that's true. It's impossible for a person to be proficient in everything. Today's military technology is becoming more and more complex, so teamwork is necessary to succeed." Zhang Zhen nodded and said, "It seems that your project team has a lot of experts."

"In fact, several people in our team work very hard, but most of them have very limited skills. However, there is indeed an expert in mechanical design in the group. His name is He Yonghong. He is a retired soldier and used to be a very good air force ground crew technician. Most of the mechanical drawings of our project this time were drawn by him..."

"It seems that this is also a very good talent." Zhang Zhen thought for a moment and then said, "That is to say, so far, you have successfully been responsible for the research and development of two military products, and both were completed in a very short time."

Zhang Zhen had no interest in He Yonghong recommended by Xu Qiang, because there were countless masters of mechanical design in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. Even if you were a genius in mechanics, Zhang Zhen had seen a lot of them. Unless you could come up with an explosive technical project or be a genius among geniuses, you could catch the eye of a leader of Zhang Zhen's level.

"It seems like this at the moment..."

"To be honest, if it weren't for you making the first aramid paper in China, I wouldn't dare let you take charge of the mass production of aramid paper based on your current resume." Zhang Zhen glanced at Xu Qiang and then said, "I want to ask you, if I let you take charge of the mass production project of aramid paper, do you think you can do it?"

Logically speaking, since Xu Qiang has already made a sample of aramid paper, mass production of this product should be successful.

But in fact it is not the case.

What Zhang Zhen said makes sense. He also comes from a technical background and has a high level of attainment. He knows that making aramid paper samples in the laboratory and mass-producing this aramid paper are two completely different things.

The former is the successful verification of chemical principles, while the latter involves issues such as how to ensure safe production, ensure output, reduce costs, and the operability and maintainability of equipment. This requires not only extremely high chemical technology, but also superb electronic and mechanical equipment design and manufacturing capabilities, so it must be completed by a team with very strong technical strength.

Another point is that the person in charge of such a high-level R&D team must have a high prestige in the industry. Otherwise, it will be difficult to convince the public, which will be inconvenient for team management and may even lead to internal strife. No matter where you are, when it comes to technical project teams, sometimes it is not enough to have technology alone. You also need social skills and rich management experience. Only when you have all the above, one plus one will equal three.

But Xu Qiang is too young and has little experience. He is an unknown in the industry, so Zhang Zhen feels that if he is allowed to lead some masters and doctors to carry out project research and development, future management may become a big problem.

"Leader Zhang, I think I am still capable of doing this job." Xu Qiang replied straightforwardly. He seemed to see Zhang Zhen's worries, so he said, "In addition, if we set up a mass production project team for aramid paper, I don't need experts with high reputation to cooperate with me. You just need to give me some fresh graduates in chemical engineering and electronic machinery to cooperate with me. In addition, He Yonghong, whom I mentioned earlier, must also join this project team..."

Xu Qiang also saw very clearly that it would be difficult for a newcomer like him who had not even won a national award to control those famous top experts in the department. Even with Zhang Zhen's support, people would not assist him wholeheartedly.

Moreover, a team can only have one voice, which is the same as rowing. Unity is the most important thing. The more experts there are in the team, the easier it is to have disagreements, which will eventually lead to serious internal friction, greatly hinder the progress of the project, and even cause the project to fail.

"Haha, that's no problem." Hearing Xu Qiang's words, Zhang Zhen smiled approvingly and said, "Write a project application later and list the professional talents you need. I will assign as many people as you need!"

Zhang Zhen's vision and pattern are far beyond that of ordinary people. He can naturally see that Xu Qiang's ideas are exactly the same as his own, and thus he feels more and more that the young man in front of him is indeed not simple.

"Also, this project requires a lot of money, raw materials and equipment. The verification equipment I used to make aramid paper samples in the factory cost a total of more than 100,000 yuan. But if you want to make a mass-production machine, you will need at least dozens or even hundreds of times the investment. In other words, it will probably cost tens of millions of yuan..." Xu Qiang said with a frown.

Xu Qiang rarely has the opportunity to talk with his leader face to face, so he must seize this opportunity to ask for the highest possible price. Otherwise, other leaders below him probably do not have such great authority to provide such great support to Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang clearly remembered that in his previous life, when they were developing equipment for mass production of aramid paper, the country spent eight years and invested 300 million yuan. However, at that time, the funds were mainly spent on the research and development of aramid long fibers. If they were just mass-producing aramid paper, tens of millions of yuan would be enough.

Although the currency in this era is more "valuable" than in later generations and its purchasing power is much greater, in this era, the price of rice is about 3 cents per catty, while in later generations, the price of rice is 20 yuan per catty, an increase of about times.

But in fact, since the country's industrial foundation is much weaker than that of developed countries in Europe and the United States, the current domestic mechanical products are not cheap, and even seem to be "sky-high" in later generations. For example, the first joint venture car produced in China, Santana, was priced at 20 yuan, but in later generations, 20 yuan can basically buy a very good car.

"No problem. I will provide you with whatever funds and equipment you need. You just need to write a report and apply according to the regulations."

"Forehead."

What Xu Qiang didn't expect was that Zhang Zhen agreed without hesitation.

In fact, Zhang Zhen had already made plans.

You should know that last year alone, China imported more than 2 million US dollars worth of aramid paper products from DuPont of the United States and Toray of Japan, which is nearly 1 million yuan when converted into RMB (although the exchange rate of RMB to US dollar was 10:1 at that time, in fact, the price on the domestic black market was generally :).

These aramid papers, which are imported at high prices, are mainly used in domestic aerospace equipment. The Dongfeng-5 carrier rocket and the Long March rocket both use this aramid paper.

In particular, the Long March 1800C rocket that was successfully developed the year before last, due to new technological improvements and the use of aramid paper, the rocket's technical performance and carrying capacity have been increased from 2400 kg to kg. This can definitely be regarded as a major breakthrough for China in the field of aviation.

Therefore, even if American and Japanese companies export at prices dozens of times higher than the cost price, China can only grit its teeth and import. After all, this material is vital to the development of modern aviation and plays an irreplaceable role.

If Xu Qiang can use more than 10 million RMB to complete the production of domestic aramid paper, this investment is quite cost-effective. Moreover, what is saved is the most precious foreign exchange of the country, US dollars... (End of this chapter)