Chapter 52 Expert Review
As a top chemical expert in his previous life, Xu Qiang was not willing to just make such mediocre products.

Although limited by raw materials, venues and equipment, Xu Qiang could not produce daily chemical products of the same quality as those in later generations, but at least they were not inferior to the products currently on the market.

Moreover, in Xu Qiang's view, product distinctiveness is also very important. If a product does not have any distinctive features, its competitiveness in the market will be much worse. Xu Qiang is well aware of this.

Xu Qiang thought of two ways to make his own shampoo unique.

The first method is to buy some more raw materials, use rosin alcohol as the main ingredient, and mix more flavors of essences, such as fruit flavors such as apple, lemon, and orange, and flower flavors such as lily, clove, and lily of the valley. These can all be mixed with rosin alcohol as the main ingredient.

Another way is to separate shampoos into dry and oily types.
Adding some baking soda to oily shampoo can make it more powerful in removing dirt and also remove some dandruff.

Adding more essential oils to dry shampoo can make the washing process smoother and also nourish the skin.

These are actually some of the simplest formulas, but in this era, products are still relatively simple, without so many specializations for users, and Xu Qiang can make a difference in this regard...

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Just when Xu Qiang was planning to optimize and improve the shampoo products, the factory director Liu Biao was leading several senior leaders to the exhibition room on the third floor of the factory office building.

"Deputy Director Gao, this is the product project collected by our factory for this year's 'military-to-civilian' activity. Please give us some suggestions..."

Liu Biao pointed at some product samples displayed in the exhibition room and said with a smile to the middle-aged man in military uniform next to him.

After nearly a week of collection activities, Shengli Machinery Factory has collected more than 30 civilian products from various workshops. Now they are all displayed in the exhibition room, waiting for the selection by superiors and experts today.

Walking together with the factory director Liu Biao was the deputy director of the Provincial Defense Industry Office, named Gao Zhiguo. Also coming with him were several experts from the Provincial Machinery Industry Department. They all made a special trip to the Shengli Machinery Factory by car, which shows the importance their superiors attached to this matter.

In fact, the collection of military-to-civilian technology for third-line enterprises started a few years ago. According to the requirements of the National Defense Industry Office, a total of 41 third-line enterprises in the province participated. First, the factory needed to conduct an internal selection to select excellent products, and then the province would conduct a second review and selection. Once a product was selected, the superior would allocate funds for the project, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan. Therefore, each factory attached great importance to this matter, especially Shengli Machinery Factory.

“Is this the product sample you collected this year?”

After just a quick glance at the exhibition room, Gao Zhiguo's face immediately revealed disappointment without any concealment.

On the floor of the exhibition hall, dozens of civilian products are neatly arranged, including bicycle seats, jujube wood chess pieces, flashlights, stainless steel washboards... The most eye-catching one is the wooden sofa in the middle, which is the masterpiece of Liang Baoguo, a carpenter in the chemical workshop!

In fact, Gao Zhiguo and others had high expectations before coming to Shengli Machinery Factory this time. After all, Shengli Machinery Factory is the largest third-line enterprise in the whole of Jiangxi Province and the only factory with more than 10,000 employees. There are hundreds of technical personnel alone, which can be said to have strong technical strength.

But what they didn't expect was that the products collected by the factory at that time basically had no technical content, let alone any market potential. "Deputy Director Gao, I actually attach great importance to this activity, but the technical level of the workers below is limited. It is really a bit difficult to ask them to develop products..." Liu Biao's face flashed with helplessness. He saw that Gao Zhiguo was not satisfied with these collected civilian products, so he continued: "Our technical department has also developed good products such as radios before. If the province can provide us with some civilian product technology and experts..."

"Old Liu, as the director of the largest third-tier enterprise in our JX Province, you must learn to be self-reliant and not always ask for help from the provincial government..." Gao Zhiguo interrupted Liu Biao, patted him on the shoulder and said, "We don't have any good solutions here at the provincial bureau. We are not a specialized scientific research unit and we can't manage so many things. So for things like this, you have to find a way on your own."

"Yeah." Liu Biao nodded when he heard that.

In fact, Liu Biao knew clearly that the Provincial Department of National Defense Industry was an administrative leadership organization responsible for organizing and allocating military production. It had no obligation to provide production technology and funds for civilian products to its subordinate enterprises, so they could only rely on their own efforts for such matters.

"There is one more thing I want to tell you. Starting from next year, your factory's military orders may be reduced by 30% or even more. I originally wanted to call you to a meeting to discuss this matter, but now that I'm already at your factory, I might as well tell you face to face." Gao Zhiguo said with a serious face.

"What!?" Liu Biao was shocked when he heard Gao Zhiguo say this.

Although Liu Biao had long known that the country would begin to gradually reduce military orders for third-tier enterprises, he did not expect that the reduction would be so great!

No wonder Gao Zhiguo attached so much importance to the "military-to-civilian" activity of Shengli Machinery Factory. It turned out that he had already learned about some of the policies and news from above.

At present, the annual output value and profit of Shengli Machinery Factory can only be said to be a small surplus. After all, for a military-industrial enterprise like theirs, how much they produce and how much money they can make in a year are strictly controlled by the superior authorities. Once the orders are reduced by 30%, not to mention the factory's profits, even the normal operation of the enterprise and the workers' wages will be greatly affected!

"what……"

At this moment, the expert who came with Gao Zhiguo to review the product project exclaimed softly, holding a drawing and a copy in his hand, with an incredible expression on his face.

"Old Cao, what's wrong?" Gao Zhiguo immediately turned around and asked the expert.

"Director Liu, who drew this blueprint?" the expert surnamed Cao asked Liu Biao.

"This drawing?" Liu Biao immediately looked at the drawing in the expert's hand. When he saw the name and workshop name written on the drawing, he said, "Ah, this technical transformation plan was drawn by a worker in our factory's chemical workshop. He is just an agricultural worker with limited skills. I'm sorry to make you laugh..."

"Farmers..." Gao Zhiguo showed a half-smile when he heard Liu Biao say this.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of. This drawing is very well drawn." Cao, the expert, took another look at the drawing and continued, "The data of the equipment is marked in great detail. It seems that he is very knowledgeable about chemical equipment..."

(End of this chapter)