1977: It all started with a wrong love

Chapter 47: Something went wrong while busy
"Director Zheng, we are already suffering enough. I am so worried about the military trade that I am about to pull my hair out..."

"What we need most urgently now is not to find an ideological instructor to boost morale in class..."

"What we lack is a good cook who can't cook without rice..."

"We can't sell what our two western neighbors want, and what we want to sell is not even worth their attention. If we don't solve this problem, what's the point of having a great ideological class..."

Some participants really couldn't stand the injustice.

He was unwilling to lose face and directly confront Lu Yifan, an ordinary citizen.

So, I immediately started complaining to Director Zheng.

The first one who couldn't help but speak was the fat man with a rosy face and a plump figure who blew smoke rings into the air in provocation.

It was also this person who first took the lead in mocking Lu Yifan and Er Yizi for being effeminate.

Moreover, this person is very good at speaking and has solid foundation in Tai Chi pushing hands.

With just a few words, Lu Yifan's previous provocative and attacking words and deeds were deconstructed into a morale-boosting "ideological" lesson.

He also specifically emphasized that 'a good cook cannot cook without rice'.

The implication is that there is no point in coming to talk high-sounding words with them.

Someone took the lead and spoke up, and immediately more voices began to echo him.

After all, they still have to save face.

Faced with the stubborn and arrogant Lu Yifan, they were speechless.

It is indeed not a good idea to compete head-on with ordinary people.

But the reality is that this time in the military trade export business, there is nothing to sell. This is the biggest contradiction and problem, and there is no way to avoid it.

"Alright, alright, let's all get down to business!"

"Old Zheng, did you bring the secret weapon of your 1387th Factory, the military shovel that is the king of world-class cold weapons, a close combat artifact or something?"

"That's right, hurry up and bring out the actual products so that everyone can see them. Then we can negotiate with the purchasing representatives of our two western neighboring countries..."

Director Wang immediately responded:
"I have brought the things. I have brought the things. They are in the bag I carry on my back!"

As he spoke, he walked towards the conference table carrying his shoulder bag, placed the bag directly on the table, and then quickly zipped up the bag.

Director Wang was so humble and flattering.

That is undoubtedly still an effort to ease relations with the participants.

There was really no other way. He couldn't just learn to be as reckless and arrogant as Lu Yifan.

There is an old saying that goes, 'When the water is too clear, there are no fish.'

No one in the world can be like Brother Lu Yifan. No matter where he is, he always holds himself to such high standards and strict self-discipline.

What's more, he had more experience than Lu Yifan and could roughly guess the identities and origins of these cadres in the conference room.

These people are basically not front-line combat troops, and certainly not people like Director Zheng who are actually involved in the production and construction tasks of military factories.

They are **, more like civilian cadres. Their daily tasks are basically to help the troops manage the "tertiary industry", develop and operate some side businesses for the troops, earn some extra funds for the troops, etc....

To put it more bluntly, the only thing that distinguishes them from ordinary people is the military uniforms they wear.

The quality requirements in other aspects cannot be used to restrict the front-line commanders and fighters.

However, the more anxious Director Wang was to lower his posture and ease the relationship, the more mistakes he made. The zipper of his bag was suddenly stuck when he had just opened it about ten centimeters.

What's more, there was another new situation that made Director Wang break out in a cold sweat.

He suddenly noticed that the multifunctional military shovel in the bag was not one of the few samples made of super light composite steel, but a finished product made of ordinary steel that the factory later adopted.

He gave me the wrong sample!
Oh no, this is really terrible!
The multifunctional military shovel made of ordinary steel is at least three levels lower than the finished product made of super light composite steel in terms of performance and quality. There is no comparison at all.

The agricultural machinery factory later used ordinary steel to manufacture military shovels. Originally, they were intended to use them as ordinary farm tools to try and see if they could be sold. For example, in Xinjiang, where large-scale agricultural reclamation bases and military garrisons were being built, and in Xinjiang where military farms were being built, people would be more receptive to such new farm tools.

Damn it, how could I have messed up such an important detail!

Director Wang's forehead was suddenly covered with cold sweat.

Director Wang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. His hands and feet were becoming more and more uncontrollable. The stuck zipper seemed to be playing tricks on him and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move it. He was so anxious that he wanted to pick up the bag and throw it out of the window.

At this moment, Director Wang felt his shoulders sink.

Lu Yifan put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Let me do it!"

Director Wang quickly turned his head and winked at Lu Yifan.

At this moment, more than a dozen pairs of cautious eyes were watching his every move, and he really didn't know how to explain to Lu Yifan that he had taken the wrong thing.

"It's okay." Lu Yifan took the bag, grabbed the opened part of the bag with both hands, and pulled it to both sides with brute force.

Snapped!
The stuck zipper head flew off directly.

He finally pulled the satchel open. Inside the satchel were five samples of multifunctional military shovels.

Lu Yifan took out the samples one by one, and then handed four of them to the participants nearby, asking them to pass them to others.

He himself grabbed the last handful.

With a few clicks, the multifunctional military shovel in the folded state is restored to the fully open mode.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have designed and invented a small gadget. I named it an all-terrain multifunctional military shovel. As the name suggests, it is different from the traditional military shovel. It integrates a shovel, pick, hammer, saw, knife, chisel, and other tool uses. It can simultaneously cope with the combat mission requirements in plains, grasslands, mountains, forests, swamps, lakes, caves, rock walls, and other complex terrain environments..."

Director Wang stepped aside and watched Lu Yifan talking calmly and steadily.

He felt extremely ashamed and blamed himself even more for his momentary negligence in work. He actually took the wrong sample. He thought to himself that it was because of his negligence that the military trade business was aborted. This crime was so serious that three years in prison would not be enough to atone for it!

While Lu Yifan was explaining the product to the participants.

Director Wang quietly signaled to Director Zheng, and the two of them tacitly stepped back half a step. Then Director Wang whispered in Director Zheng's ear the truth that he had taken the wrong sample.

When Director Zheng heard this, he immediately became anxious.

It should be noted that there is only less than an hour left for the final negotiation and exchange meeting scheduled with the military trade procurement representatives of the two western neighboring countries.

Under the current circumstances, it would be too late even to send another helicopter back to Fuxian Hongxing Agricultural Machinery Factory!

"Comrade Yifan, do you know about this?" Director Zheng was so anxious that he wanted to draw his gun and shoot someone.

"He is very clear about the quality of the two materials and must have known..."

There is a ghost.

The two were whispering to each other, not knowing what to do next.

"Excuse me..." Someone at the meeting raised the military shovel sample in his hand. The fat man with a greasy red face and smoke rings interrupted Lu Yifan's further explanation of the product with a questioning tone.
"Sorry, this is Lu Gong, right?"

"I have to admit that you are very eloquent. What did you call this product? Oh, yes, yes, it's an all-terrain multifunctional military shovel, right? To be honest, even if you explained the product in a fancy way and praised it to the sky, all of us here would believe your words..."

"But the problem is that the product is to be sold for foreign trade and used for military trade with two western neighboring countries..."

"The products are recognized by our customers..."

"Besides, Engineer Lu, you just talked about so many functions and uses. As far as the quality of the material of this military shovel itself is concerned, I have my doubts. Our foreign military customers are unlikely to be fools who will let you fool them..."

"Mr. Lu, can you understand my concerns?!"

"We can't be international scammers and make a one-time deal with the military procurement representatives of our two western neighbors for such flashy and sensational military products. Let's make fun of our national integrity!!"

"So, I refuse this kind of garbage and use it to negotiate with my two western neighbors!!"

"I agree with Director Liang's opinion."

"I agree too."

"Seconded."

"Second +1..."

The participants present seemed to be quite knowledgeable people.

The potential problems in the quality and performance of a multifunctional military shovel made of ordinary steel can easily lead to a flashy conclusion if you think about it carefully.

It's a simple truth.

The more functions an item has labeled, the greater the chance of potential quality problems occurring during actual use.

Lu Yifan described so many complex terrain civil engineering application scenarios on the spot.

In theory, the idea is indeed very tempting.

But it is a multifunctional military shovel made of ordinary steel.

If we really have to deal with such a complex and changeable working environment, the normal wear and tear and damage rate of a shovel would definitely be frighteningly high.

Any weapon and equipment of the front-line troops.

The key thing to consider first is not the gorgeous, complex and changeable functional applications, but the durability of the weapons and equipment themselves and not easily damaged.

Otherwise it would be putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, even though the participants all appreciated Lu Yifan’s product design, they still had to vote against it 100%.

It's not that they are narrow-minded, but they are angry about the ideological education class Lu Yifan gave them before.

In fact, Lu Yifan's subsequent series of performances have won the full recognition of most of them. As an ordinary citizen, his awareness of the supreme glory of a soldier and his sense of mission are even stronger than those of them who have been soldiers for most of their lives.

That's the only point I was thinking about.

How could they have the nerve to bring up the initial conflict and haggle over it?

However, the quality of military shovels is worrying and cannot stand the test of actual combat. This fact is a matter of principle and they cannot ignore it...

(End of this chapter)