The successive visits from sister manufacturers also attracted the attention of many leaders of Shengli Machinery Factory.

In fact, when Xu Qiang, Liu Siying and others went to other factories to provide technical support, most of the factory leaders didn’t even know about it. They never thought that Xu Qiang’s technical support would have such a big impact on the factory.

Including the factory director Liu Biao, he did not expect that Xu Qiang and his daughter's technical support to the brother units would have such a great impact. It not only helped the brother units successfully complete the military-to-civilian conversion plan, but also reaped a lot of economic benefits. The most important thing is that it enhanced the Victory Machinery Factory's status as the "big brother" among the entire Jiangxi third-line enterprises. This is what makes Liu Biao happiest.

So for several days in a row, Liu Biao arranged for the factory directors of these brother units to stay in the guesthouse, treated them to good food and drink every day, and also asked Xu Qiang and others to take them around the factory on a tour.

"Director Wang, Director Li, let me tell you the truth. Although I am nominally still an electrical engineering student sent by Shengli Machinery Factory, in fact, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building has appointed me as the director of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Research Institute of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. In the future, I will definitely not be working in this factory..."

Xu Qiang said this to the directors of Ji'an's 9345 Chemical Plant and 9401 Factory while on the way to visit the factory.

"Huh? You won't be working at Factory 9304 anymore!?" Hearing Xu Qiang say this, the two factory managers were immediately surprised.

"This is the department's arrangement. I have no other choice." Xu Qiang paused, then continued, "But don't worry, although I am no longer in Shengli Machinery Factory, we can still cooperate in the future..."

"How to cooperate?" the two asked in unison.

"Although I'm not at Shengli Machinery Factory, Liu Siying and He Jie still have to go back to the factory to work."

"Director Liu's daughter is really capable. She is also a rare technical talent." Hearing Xu Qiang say this, Yao Jianhua, director of Factory 9401, nodded.

Factory 9401 is a manufacturer specializing in the production of various military circuit boards. Liu Siying had previously designed a set of civilian multi-functional control panels for them, which sold very well in the market, so the factory director Yao Jianhua had previously visited Factory Director Liu to thank Liu Siying.

"But I remember that Comrade Liu Siying probably doesn't understand chemical technology, right?" Wang Jianmin, the director of the 9345 Chemical Plant, frowned and said, "So we can't cooperate in the future?"

The White Rabbit candy formula that Xu Qiang had provided to Factory 9345 did indeed make the factory director quite a bit of money, allowing them to successfully transform from a small chemical factory producing explosives that was on the verge of bankruptcy into a well-known high-end candy production company in the province, truly saving the factory.

But it was precisely because of this that the factory director Wang Jianmin realized the importance of product technical talents. If the factory is to achieve long-term and rapid development, it must have more products and technologies.

This was also an important reason why Wang Jianmin personally visited Xu Qiang during the Chinese New Year. After all, he wanted to cooperate with Xu Qiang for a long time. It was for this reason that at the previous banquet, he tried his best to please Xu Qiang and the factory director Liu Biao, so that Shengli Machinery Factory could continue to provide technical support to their factory director.

However, at this moment Xu Qiang said that he was no longer an employee of Shengli Machinery Factory, which made Wang Jianmin extremely shocked and disappointed.

"Don't worry, Director Wang. We are friends. If your factory has any technical needs in the future, you can come to Shanghai to find me. I will definitely help as long as I can." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

"That's great!" Wang Jianguo's eyes lit up immediately after hearing that, but after a moment he frowned and asked, "But you are already very busy at work now, in charge of a national scientific research project. I'm afraid you won't have much time to take care of other things in the future, right?"

Wang Jianguo's worries were not without reason. The reason why Xu Qiang had gone to their small third-tier enterprises to provide technical support was largely because this was an order issued by the provincial bureau, and Shengli Machinery Factory would send technical personnel to the factories to provide assistance.

Now, Xu Qiang has left Shengli Machinery Factory and became the director of the Shanghai Research Institute. He directly reports to the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and is not under the management of the provincial bureau. In addition, he is responsible for many national key projects. Naturally, he has no reason to help their third-line enterprises in Jiangxi again. This is obvious.

Although there are technical personnel at Shengli Machinery Factory, their level and ability are naturally not comparable to Xu Qiang. After all, Xu Qiang is a top expert who has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award and is not something that ordinary people can compare to.

"Director Wang, don't worry. Although I will be working in Shanghai in the future, we can still cooperate." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "Although our Shanghai Chemical Research Institute is a unit directly under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, we can also cooperate with local enterprises. We should not only cooperate, but also conduct in-depth cooperation..."

"In-depth cooperation?" Wang Jianmin was stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, it is in-depth cooperation." Xu Qiang smiled slightly, and then said: "The country advocates that your factory take the path of military-to-civilian transformation, which is to engage in market economy. However, if you want to engage in market economy, there are two most important aspects. One is product and technological innovation, and the other is to open up the market. This is not easy for you, and many things have to start from scratch..." "You are right. We used to live a good life in the past. As long as we produced according to the instructions of our superiors every year, the whole factory could have food and clothing. Now it is not possible. The military orders given by the provincial bureau are getting fewer and fewer. I estimate that in two years, we can only fend for ourselves." Wang Jianmin took a breath and continued: "Fortunately, the last time you came to our factory, you provided the production technology and process of toffee, which allowed all of us in the factory to have a good year. You don’t know how worried I was before and couldn’t sleep..."

"Haha, it's not easy to be a factory director." Xu Qiang smiled and continued, "I will return to Shanghai after the New Year. I need time to prepare. In addition to you, there are also Factory 9509, Factory 9519 and several other military factories in our province. When the time comes, I will invite you to Shanghai for a meeting to discuss common development..."

“Common development?”

"That's right, it's about common development. We will provide technical solutions, you will carry out technical rectification and mass production of products, and then I will provide you with orders. Let's work together to carry out reforms and develop together!" said Xu Qiang.

Xu Qiang has always wanted to build a chemical business empire of his own, but judging from the current situation, the conditions are far from mature.

Although reform and opening up have been carried out for several years, domestic enterprises are still dominated by a planned economy. The biggest change from the past is the slight relaxation of the state's production and sales authority over state-owned enterprises and the rise of domestic township enterprises.

This also created a huge obstacle to Xu Qiang's business plan.

Xu Qiang has always wanted to set up his own company to produce daily chemical products, medicines, and even high-tech materials such as aramid fiber and carbon fiber. However, since he could not set up his own private company, he was unable to purchase some scarce chemical raw materials in large quantities and lacked downstream suppliers with stable supply. These were the important reasons why Xu Qiang could not achieve his goal.

So this time Xu Qiang wants to use his relationship with the small third-tier enterprises in Jiangxi to integrate these enterprises using technology and provide them with technology. As for orders, Xu Qiang can use his relationship with the CZ Municipal Government and local township enterprises to produce some chemical products urgently needed locally according to demand, such as medicines, pesticides, chemical reagents, adhesives, coatings, surfactants, food additives, spices, various additives, dyes, catalysts, etc.

Xu Qiang has a large number of fine chemical product formulas and production processes in his hands, many of which they will definitely not be involved in personally in the future, so it is a piece of cake to provide them to these companies.

In addition, Xu Qiang would naturally not give up those technologies with high technological content and market value. In addition, domestic technology is far behind in this era, so he only needs to provide some secondary technology, which is enough for these companies to have good profits. However, the real core technology must be firmly grasped in his own hands.

In the later stage, Xu Qiang will guide these enterprises to upgrade their technology and gradually develop their own chemical raw material supply channels, so as to build a huge and comprehensive underlying supply chain for his future establishment of a chemical group.

However, these are just Xu Qiang’s current ideas. If he wants to truly realize them, there are still many problems that need to be solved. It is not that simple, but no matter what, he must try it.

"Okay! Just give me a call and I can go to Shanghai right away!"

"I am coming too!"

Hearing Xu Qiang say this, Wang Jianguo and another factory director immediately responded.

Wang Jianguo and his colleagues have tasted the benefits and changes that technology has brought to their own companies, and they are confident in Xu Qiang's technical research and development capabilities. After all, the previous cooperation has been very successful. What's more, Xu Qiang is now the head of a national technical project. As long as he is willing to provide technology, it will definitely bring new opportunities to the factory.

"Then it's settled." Xu Qiang said with a smile.

At this point, Xu Qiang has almost finished what he needed to do. The next step will be to prepare in advance the product technology and mass production plans that need to be exported to these third-tier enterprises in Jiangxi according to their actual conditions.

Since these small third-tier enterprises have begun to regard Xu Qiang as their "savior", Xu Qiang must give them a satisfactory explanation.

According to Xu Qiang's estimation, it would only take one or two days at most for him to come up with a complete plan. At that time, he would be able to complete his industrial layout by meeting with these companies in Shanghai.

A few days later, after the New Year holiday, Xu Qiang and Liu Siying returned to Shanghai, where a storm was waiting for him... (End of this chapter)