Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

In mid-October, Qin Yang went to the airport to see off an old friend. After returning, he arrived at the conference room of a certain compound.

"Comrade Qin, you've worked hard during this period. Although everyone already knows your achievements, they now want to hear you say it yourself." Leader Fang, who was chairing the meeting, said, "After you finish your report, we still need to submit it to the old leader for review."

"Well, leaders, I have indeed been exhausted during this period." Qin Yang was not modest at all. "If there's any selection for 'Advanced Individual of the Year' in the system this year, the honor must be given to me. And it can't just be honor; there must also be tangible rewards."

"You brat, stop belittling yourself." Leader Han, who was attending the meeting, interrupted him. "Hurry up. So many of us are listening to a young punk like you give a report. This is a first! Don't waste everyone's time."

"Alright, then I'll give everyone an introduction." Qin Yang said, "Let's talk about it according to different industries. In the aviation industry, the client has an intention to order ten J-7 fighters, and the order may be increased to hundreds in the future. The client is also interested in our H-6 bomber and anti-ship missile combination, and there may be orders for twenty to fifty units. In the armored vehicle industry, the client has already ordered one hundred Type 69 tanks, and the order will be increased to more than two thousand in the future. The client has also ordered ten Type 63 armored vehicles, and we can probably sell more than a thousand in the future…"

Although everyone knew that Qin Yang had been taking foreigners around a lot recently and that there were many orders, they were still very shocked to hear Qin Yang say this. In the past, this was something they wouldn't even dare to think about.

Qin Yang's saliva splattered as he finished introducing everything to everyone. Leader Fang on the podium then spoke, "What about light weapons?"

"The profit margin for light weapons is too low, so there's no need to mention them."

"Speak!" Leader Han's voice was stern.

"In terms of light weapons, the client has already placed an order with our Capital Agricultural Tools Factory for 50,000 Type 56 assault rifles, 5,000 light and heavy machine guns, and 10 million rounds of ammunition…"

"That's because we haven't calculated the other half. Think about it, war is between two sides. If one side buys a large number of weapons, the other side will suffer! In order to defeat their opponent, they also need to buy weapons!"

The other side? Only Comrade Qin could come up with such an idea!

Everyone's hearts were filled with mixed feelings. Was doing this a bit too much? However, the thought of billions of US dollars in revenue was exhilarating. Thanks to this war, the domestic military industry was saved!

Qin Yang didn't have an exact number in his mind for how much could be sold. However, according to his memory, they sold 3.75 billion US dollars back then, with the biggest winner being Factory 617, which earned one billion US dollars just from selling Type 69 tanks!

Since Qin Yang was here, the weapons sold would definitely be more, so the export amount would be even greater. Ten billion was also about right, but it wasn't convenient to say that number now. These people still hadn't seen the world.

In this world, the most profitable people are arms dealers. In many places where there is no war, they deliberately provoke wars just to sell arms.

"Well, these data will make the old leader very happy. He finally doesn't have to worry about our military industry anymore. Comrade Qin, according to Lao Dong's report, you still have ideas? You weren't willing to say it at the time. Now, in front of everyone, tell us about it. You're the smartest kid." Leader Fang continued.

"Everyone, with the Iran-Iraq War, we will export a large number of arms, and many people will become envious. We work so hard to produce arms, but we can't let outsiders benefit. This booming military trade is for our military industry, and it has nothing to do with other departments. They shouldn't even think about getting involved, and it will save us trouble." Qin Yang said, "Extracting funds from a single check can leak our secrets. If we continue to cooperate with them in the future, who knows how many times we'll be scammed."

"Comrade Qin, what you said makes sense. However, we are all engaged in the military industry and are not familiar with foreign trade. Without the cooperation of people from the foreign affairs department, I'm afraid we won't be able to accomplish anything." Leader Han said.

Qin Yang didn't say he was guarding against the foreign affairs department; Leader Han said that.

"That's right. None of our subordinate factories have this kind of professional talent. Only people from the foreign affairs department often deal with foreign countries." The director of Factory 617 said, "If we had that ability, where would we need to go looking for them!"

Director Pan went out once and ended up selling out their military industry system! Everyone was very angry about this matter. However, it wouldn't be appropriate to say that they wouldn't deal with people from the foreign affairs department in the future. After all, everyone was in the dark and didn't know how to do foreign trade!

Qin Yang smiled. "What's so difficult about that? Our military industry system can establish a specialized import and export company, recruit some people who understand international trade, and take overall responsibility for foreign trade. Wouldn't that work?"

The foreign affairs department and the weapons industry department are two independent departments, not under the same leader, making management very inconvenient. Moreover, there will be too many opportunities for them to take advantage of us in the future. The Pan incident this time is definitely not an exception. If we don't find a solution in the future, there will definitely be many more messes.

"That's right. Just because Zheng the Butcher is gone, does that mean we have to eat hairy pigs? Can't we slaughter them ourselves? We can establish this company! In the future, we will do our own foreign trade and not rely on their foreign affairs department!" Leader Han made the decision.

"Is this company above our other factories and institutes?" Someone asked the key question.

Having Leader Fang above everyone's heads was enough. After all, it was a formal state institution. Now, to just create a company and put it above everyone's heads? It was estimated that no one would be willing.

"Of course not. The purpose of establishing this company is to help us complete transactions with foreigners. It belongs to the emerging tertiary industry, a service-oriented company." Qin Yang said, "Similar to the role I've been playing during this period, responsible for communicating with foreigners, responsible for taking foreigners around our various factories and institutes. If foreigners are interested in something, we will sit down together to negotiate orders."

"Just a errand runner? That's not bad, solving our problem." Everyone was finally satisfied. "However, who will be responsible for this company?"

"This kind of person is not easy to find! They need to be very familiar with our domestic military industry, and they also need to deal with foreigners. More importantly, they need to be trusted by us."

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Qin Yang suddenly felt a thump in his heart. Not good, he had forgotten something! Recruit people who understand foreign trade? In this era, how many people understand foreign trade? Even the people in the eight major specialized foreign trade companies that monopolize import and export power don't really understand! Even if they understand foreign trade, it won't work if they don't understand the military industry!

Sure enough, everyone looked at Qin Yang in unison.

"Comrade Qin, originally Lao Zhu gave instructions to transfer you to Institute 201 to work on tanks. But now, the first task of our military industry is to survive. In this regard, you are the most familiar. Therefore, you will be responsible for this errand-running company for everyone. How about it?" Leader Han said.