I asked you to write a book, but I didn’t ask you to reveal your criminal record!

Three days later, Anling Iron and Steel Plant.

The clouds are sparse and the bright sunshine falls on this silent steel factory. It should be a busy time now, but there is no roar of machines, only a few whistles from passing vehicles and a few birdsong.

Anling Iron and Steel Plant has stopped working.

A dozen master workers gathered around the factory director's office, all looking at the director of the steel factory, Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua, Shen Qianqian's father, is about fifty years old, not yet old, but at this time, he has short hair, mixed with black and white, and his sallow face is already wrinkled and full of sadness.

"Director, the shutdown is not just for one or two days. When will we resume work?"

Inside the office.

A master worker frowned, leaned forward, and asked eagerly.

Beside him, all the technical backbones also had solemn expressions, their eyes tightly locked on Shen Jianhua's face.

Every subtle expression on Shen Jianhua's face can pull the string in their hearts.

I saw Shen Jianhua sitting at his desk, with his hands folded, his eyes deep and complicated, and a little bit depressed: "I can understand everyone's mood. I hope that the steel plant can resume production more than anyone else."

He looked around and sighed softly.

The skilled workers present are all old workers who have been with him for more than ten or twenty years, and some of them will retire in a year or two.

The shutdown of steel plants affects everyone's hearts.

Once the steel plants cannot resume production and face closure, it will be the most fatal blow to them.

The hearts of more than a dozen master workers were already cold when they saw Shen Jianhua's appearance.

They knew that there was probably no more to come.

However, they did not make trouble in front of Shen Jianhua. After so many years, they knew that Shen Jianhua was a good factory director, but he was not in charge of the steel plant.

Shen Jianhua clenched his fists and his eyes became firm: "Don't worry, I will do my best to communicate with the superiors and strive to revitalize our steel plant."

"Director, we can only count on you now."

A worker representative said in a sincere tone.

Shen Jianhua patted the old worker's shoulder and took a deep breath: "It will get better. You guys need to rest for a few days. We will start again when we resume work!"

After the master workers left.

Shen Jianhua walked into the steel factory building alone. In this familiar place, spots of rust have emerged.

He stood alone in the factory building, looking depressed and sad.

"dad."

I don’t know how long it’s been.

A familiar shout came from behind Shen Jianhua.

He took a deep breath to calm down his face. He turned around and saw Shen Qianqian holding a briefcase and looking at him with a smile.

Next to his daughter, there is a young man who is over 1.8 meters tall. He is dressed simply, has good facial features, and a delicate face. His skin cannot be said to be white, but he is very healthy. He has a light smile on his face, which is clean and sunny.

Yes, Shen Qianqian said that she would bring a friend over to see him today.

"Dad, let me introduce you. He is Lin Chuan, my good friend." Shen Qianqian and Lin Chuan walked up to Shen Jianhua and introduced.

Lin Chuan nodded and said politely, "Hello, Uncle Shen."

"Hello Xiaolin."

Shen Jianhua's voice was very rich, and he stretched out his hand to shake Lin Chuan's hand.

"Dad, are you still worried about the steel plant?" Shen Qianqian couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she saw Shen Jianhua's eyebrows were half-tightened and his face was sallow and lacked much luster.

"Why……"

Shen Jianhua sighed softly and forced out a smile, "I can't control the steel plant's affairs. I can only try my best to fight for it."

"It will get better." Shen Qianqian pursed her lips and said in relief.

"Let's talk about your business."

Shen Jianhua laughed dryly and changed the topic to Shen Qianqian and Lin Chuan.

"That's okay."

Shen Qianqian opened her briefcase, took out two stacks of documents, and handed them to Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua took the document, opened it again and again, and asked, "You have been interested in guns since you were a child. What gun will you design for this competition?"

"Design a 'modular' rifle." Shen Qianqian chuckled and pointed to the preliminary drawings on the document.

Shen Jianhua's eyes fell on the drawings.

The image of a rifle appeared before his eyes.

The overall body of this rifle has smooth lines and is of moderate length. The barrel is straight and slender, and a guide rail like a black spine spans the entire top of the body.

It is marked on the drawing that this is a ‘Picatinny rail’.

Under the gun body, there are also instructions such as a retractable butt, gun handle, magazine, etc. It can be seen that Shen Qianqian is very careful.

"This gun of yours looks great."

Shen Jianhua said as he watched, and raised his eyes to look at Shen Qianqian, with a flash of appreciation and pride in his eyes.

He is a retired veteran who switched jobs and entered a steel factory.

Although he hasn't touched or robbed in many years, he still has a say in guns and weapons.

"To be praised by a veteran like you, I should be safe in the preliminary round." A faint smile appeared on Shen Qianqian's face, like a peony flower that had just bloomed, delicate and bright.

"But it's not like you're at your level."

Shen Jianhua, who knows his daughter better than his father, flipped through the documents again, studied the drawing in detail, and came to this conclusion.

"You don't believe your daughter so much!"

Shen Qianqian pouted her mouth slightly and crossed her arms, with a playful and unconvinced look on her face.

"I don't know your level yet. Did you refer to other people's information?" Shen Jianhua looked at his daughter and smiled.

Shen Qianqian said angrily: "Okay, I asked Lin Chuan to help me with some advice."

"It turned out to be Xiao Lin. The young are really formidable."

Shen Jianhua looked at Lin Chuan with some appreciation in his eyes.

Lin Chuan smiled and said calmly: "Uncle Shen, I just provided some improvement directions. Most of them were designed independently by Qianqian."

"Dad, listen."

Shen Qianqian snorted and asked for credit.

Shen Jianhua laughed: "I heard it, I heard it. Isn't it good for you to improve your level?"

"That's about right!"

Shen Qianqian's smile was like a flower, which was out of tune with this rusty steel plant.

"Qianqian, when are you going to build the model?" Shen Jianhua asked.

Shen Qianqian looked at the steel plant, which was silent. There was no clanging noise as before, and no loud conversations of workers were heard.

So, she asked, "Can the steel mill still be turned on now?"

The machines in the steel mill, especially some large machines, cannot be turned on casually.

Many machines cost a lot of money to turn on once.

Shen Jianhua flipped through Shen Qianqian's documents again: "Your gun is a small object, and it can be dealt with by turning on some small machines. It's not a problem."

"Then...what about big objects?"

Shen Qianqian frowned, and then she glanced at Lin Chuan next to her.

"Big objects?"

Shen Jianhua was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"Lin Chuan also participated in the National Weapon Innovation Design Competition. The weapon he designed is a bit big. He wants to borrow the steel mill to build a model and a real object."

Shen Qianqian took the two documents in Shen Jianhua's hand, turned out the one at the bottom, and pointed it to Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua first glanced at Lin Chuan, then looked down at the document.

On the document was a blueprint model of a rocket launcher.

This blueprint model is much more sophisticated than Shen Qianqian's 'modular new gun'.

It is not a single rocket launcher. It is equipped with a heavy-duty high-mobility chassis off-road truck as a launch vehicle.

It can be seen that it is a long-range box rocket launcher.

The overall shape is like a steel behemoth mounted on a heavy off-road truck, ready to go. At the front of the gun body are neatly arranged launch tubes pointing straight to the sky.

Behind the launch tubes are complex support structures and adjustment devices.

He doesn't know much about rocket launchers.

However, this drawing gave him an extremely professional feeling.

"Xiao Lin, our steel plant can make a model of this rocket launcher, but I am a little sorry for the real thing. There are not enough equipment to complete it."

Shen Jianhua sighed lightly and looked at Lin Chuan with some apology on his face.

Lin Chuan hasn't spoken yet.

Shen Qianqian immediately asked: "Dad, are all the machines in the factory unusable?"

Shen Jianhua shook his head: "Qianqian, you don't know that the leaders in the city are now thinking about selling the steel plant and turning it into a private enterprise to increase tax revenue. Some large machines have been locked and are not allowed to be opened."

He looked at the drawing.

Small parts of rocket launchers can basically be made without guaranteeing precision.

However, large physical objects require large stamping machines, large alloy plate cutters and other machines.

All of these have been packaged and mortgaged to a private enterprise.

These news have not been made public yet, because they are worried that the workers of the steel plant will jointly write letters and protest on a large scale.

Therefore, these processes are carried out in private.

The closure of the steel plant has already shown an irreversible trend.

"Dad, please help Lin Chuan!" Shen Qianqian looked a little anxious, and her speech speed increased a bit.

Shen Jianhua sighed again.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but he is just a factory director and can't be the master of this steel plant at all.

On the surface, it's a problem with the machine.

In fact, it's a problem that the entire steel plant is about to go bankrupt.

"Qianqian, it's difficult for uncle to do it. Just make a model first, and I'll find a way to make the subsequent physical rocket launcher." Lin Chuan was silent for a while and said.

"Xiao Lin, please don't be offended. Uncle couldn't help much." Shen Jianhua looked apologetic.

This time, it was his first time meeting Lin Chuan.

However, Shen Qianqian was awarded by the police station and often appeared in the news with Lin Chuan. He had heard of Lin Chuan for a long time and knew that he had helped his daughter a lot. Therefore, he felt a little sorry for not being able to help Lin Chuan this time.

"Uncle, that's not true."

Lin Chuan waved his hand and said quickly, "Uncle, if you have time, can you take me to visit this steel plant?"

"Visit?"

Shen Jianhua was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "This is a small matter, of course."

After that, he raised his hand and motioned Lin Chuan to move forward.

This steel plant is very large.

The sunlight shines through the small glass ceilings of the towering factory building, and is scattered in the steel-cast space. The air is filled with the smell of iron filings and coke, which is very unique and a bit pungent.

In the workshop, huge mechanical equipment is arranged in an orderly manner, standing quietly like a steel giant.

The factory was shut down, and the huge steel plant seemed particularly quiet.

Lin Chuan, Shen Jianhua, and Shen Qianqian were walking in it.

"Xiao Lin, are you familiar with these machines?" Shen Jianhua looked at Lin Chuan beside him and asked.

Walking along the way.

Lin Chuan and Shen Jianhua had a brief chat about these machines. Shen Jianhua believed that Lin Chuan knew as much about the relevant data and functions of these machines as he did.

That's when there was doubt.

He heard from his daughter Shen Qianqian that Lin Chuan is an online writer.

Now it seems that this online writer may have come from a working-class family.

Lin Chuan smiled: "I just dabble a little in my daily life. By the way, Uncle Shen, may I ask about the situation of this steel factory?"

"What do you know?"

Shen Jianhua asked.

"This steel plant hasn't been sold yet, right?" Lin Chuan asked the question that concerned him most.

"The situation at the steel plant is not very good, but it won't be sold for a while." Shen Jianhua said with a bitter smile on his face.

"Have your superiors considered the transformation of the steel plant?" Lin Chuan asked again.

"Transformation?"

Shen Jianhua's sallow face was slightly startled, "The superiors not only considered it, but also tried it, but they all ended in failure."

The steel plant serves as the backbone of Anling City's heavy industry.

The city's leaders, the department in charge of the steel plant, tried every means to save it, including introducing technology, capital, advanced management models, and improving the industrial line, but they could not sustain the market demand for steel, which continued to fall.

In the end, there was no way back.

Lin Chuan thought for a while and looked at Shen Jianhua with a penetrating gaze: "Have you ever tried to transform into a military industrial enterprise?"

"Military business?"

Suddenly, Shen Jianhua was startled.

Lin Chuan nodded: "Yes."

Shen Jianhua calmed down his thoughts for a moment, and first looked at Shen Qianqian: "Qianqian mentioned this idea to me two days ago. It must be Xiaolin's idea, right?"

"Yes, Lin Chuan told me." Shen Qianqian responded.

At this moment.

Shen Jianhua's eyes fell on Lin Chuan: "Xiao Lin, I reported to the leader yesterday, and the approval only has three words."

"Which three words?" Shen Qianqian asked.

Lin Chuan also waited quietly for the next step.

"Unrealistic."

Shen Jianhua said slowly, with a somewhat lonely look on his face, "On the one hand, the requirements for military industrial enterprises are very strict, and it is difficult for ordinary steel plants to obtain such qualifications. On the other hand, Anling Iron and Steel Plant does not have military industry technology. , there is not enough money to invest in military research and development.”

Shen Qianqian also fell silent.

Transforming a steel factory into a military factory is not something that can be done just by saying.

This is a very naked reality.

Lin Chuan seemed to have expected such a reply, so he smiled and said: "Uncle Shen, what if I can solve these two aspects you mentioned for Anling Steel Plant?"

"Can you solve it?"

Shen Jianhua was shocked, his brows furrowed, and there was a trace of doubt on his face.