Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"In our country, there's more than one factory producing the same type of weapons. Now that our nation is undergoing economic transformation, many factories are hoping to secure foreign trade orders to maintain their livelihoods. If our Fangbei Company directly designates a specific factory, there will always be people who criticize us," Qin Yang continued. "Although our ancestors had a saying, 'Promote outsiders without avoiding enemies, promote insiders without avoiding relatives,' in the eyes of some, Qin Yang is just funneling all the benefits to our Factory 960. I originally wanted to resign from my position as General Manager of Fangbei Company, but the higher-ups didn't agree. Secretary Song even personally spoke with me, wanting me to continue being this stabilizing force."

Secretary Song's conversation represented the wishes of the old leader. With the old leader backing him, who would dare to touch Qin Yang?

"General Qin, the original method was perfectly fine. If your Factory 960 gets the modification orders, that's your capability," Wang Lin couldn't hold back any longer and quickly stood up to express his stance: "It's all because the head of our factory's sales department was envious. I'm here, in front of everyone, to apologize to you."

He originally planned to apologize privately with Nie Yufeng, but Qin Yang simply refused to see him. Therefore, he could only apologize in front of everyone, which would definitely show his sincerity.

Zhuang Shuren was shocked. In his memory, Wang Lin had never apologized to anyone. Their Factory 617 was the largest tank factory in the country, and as its director, he naturally held a high position and spoke with confidence even to leaders!

Upon hearing this, everyone began to discuss it.

"Don't, Director Wang, you're praising me to death by saying that. Please sit down quickly," Qin Yang said. "What the head of your sales department said is correct. I'm young and don't consider many things thoroughly. I must humbly accept the opinions and then make corrections."

Wang Lin's heart was in turmoil. He sat down.

Others couldn't help but speak.

"General Qin, how do you plan to change things?"

"Yes, we also want a piece of the pie."

"Well, this change is very simple, it's competition. For Fangbei Company's upcoming business, all domestic manufacturers capable of producing this type of equipment will come together to bid!" Qin Yang said. "Whoever offers the lowest price will get the order. After our company takes its commission, the extra amount will go directly to the country!"

Competition! As expected, General Qin was angry, and the consequences were severe. He wouldn't let their Factory 617 have a monopoly!

Wang Lin's face turned pale. That damned Liu Qing! He had harmed the entire factory!

Zhuang Shuren's mind stirred. Competition? Competition was good!

"Our Factory 447 supports it!" Zhuang Shuren said. "The tanks exported to the new client this time are equipped with a brand-new 105mm gun. Our Factory 447 wants to provide the related tank guns. We can offer the lowest price!"

Competition was good. He was just afraid of no competition.

Although Factory 960 was developing rapidly, it was, after all, a gun manufacturer and had just started venturing into the field of artillery. There were many shortcomings. The L7 tank gun was the most advanced Western technology. After its introduction, their Factory 447 took over the entire project and, combined with their previous experience, could produce it as soon as possible and reduce costs!

With Factory 960's level, could they even make a good rifled gun? Deep hole machining and rifling could only be done by experienced masters with decades of experience! If Factory 960 were to make it, who knows how many semi-finished products would be scrapped! Only Factory 447 had this foundation!

"Good, so it's starting? Good, then let's start with the tank guns as a demonstration," Qin Yang said. "However, I have a question, Engineer Zhuang, how did you know that the tanks we're exporting this time use a 105mm caliber gun?"

"I heard it from Department Head Liu of Factory 617."

Wang Lin's face turned completely white. He told Liu Qing to go back and reflect, but he actually went to instigate Engineer Zhuang?

We're in sales, not backstabbing people!

Wait, this seems to be classified information, right? Liu Qing is in serious violation of confidentiality regulations…

Qin Yang was very satisfied. Fortunately, this Liu Qing hadn't stopped. Now he could wait for him to go to jail!

"Oh, we'll talk about that later. Now, let's start bidding on this project. The 105mm tank gun we're exporting is an advanced tank gun with performance even surpassing NATO's equivalent. Of course, the price is also expensive. Our negotiations with the client are for 500,000 for the gun and the stabilized fire control system together. Now, the highest internal bidding price is 200,000 for the gun alone, 200,000 for the stabilized fire control system, and 50,000 for installation and commissioning. Is your Factory 447 bidding separately or for everything?"

Adding up to 450,000, the remaining 50,000 would, of course, be Fangbei Company's commission.

"Everything!" Zhuang Shuren certainly knew that the stabilized fire control system was a domestic copy made by a sister unit, and the price was only a little over 100,000. This way, they could still make money as the general contractor: "The entire system, including commissioning, we bid 300,000. Let's see if anyone can beat our price!"

Three hundred thousand!

Everyone looked at Zhuang Shuren in surprise. As expected, a major domestic artillery factory was amazing!

Everyone else could just watch. In China, only Factory 447, supported by the state, and Factory 960, with self-raised funds, had introduced electroslag remelting steel technology to manufacture tank guns. The other factories simply didn't have this technology. Therefore, now it depended on how General Qin would respond.

"Sure enough, Factory 447 is a major domestic factory and knows how to contribute to the country, directly giving the country a profit of 150,000. Good, now I announce that Factory 447 has won the bidding for this project! We will use this project as the first project of our bidding system!"

"Wait, General Qin, is your Factory 960 not bidding?" Now it was Zhuang Shuren's turn to be curious. This was unscientific! Shouldn't Factory 960 bid 290,000, and then their Factory 447 bid 280,000, gradually lowering the price? He was confident in reaching 250,000, but he didn't know Factory 960's bottom line.

He would never have imagined that Factory 960 would give up directly.

"If we produce it ourselves, the cost would be 430,000, with only a profit of 20,000," Qin Yang said. "You directly bid 300,000, so how can we bid? We can only give it to you."

Zhuang Shuren came here intending to get the export order for the 105mm tank gun, but he never expected that the order would be obtained so easily. This was unscientific! What was Qin Yang thinking?

"Alright, today's meeting ends here," Director Fang said. "Originally, we only planned to announce the plan and distribute it to the factories, with unified bidding three days later. Now that Factory 447 has set an example, we can now confirm this project. The people from Factory 447 stay to sign the contract, the others can leave."

Wang Lin was somewhat unwilling, while Zhuang Shuren was full of doubts.

As everyone dispersed, the conference room quieted down.

"Come, Engineer Zhuang, this is our contract. Please sign it on behalf of your factory," Qin Yang took out a document.

Zhuang Shuren picked up the document, glanced at it briefly, and then his expression suddenly changed drastically.