Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

Qin Yang rode his sidecar motorcycle with Nie Xiaoqian in the sidecar, and they returned together.

"Finally, I've managed to settle another matter," Qin Yang sighed, "However, there are more troubles waiting for us."

"Yang-ge, you've been busy with our company's affairs lately. Are there many things waiting for you at Factory 960?" Nie Xiaoqian asked.

The oncoming wind messed up her beautiful hair. She smoothed it back with her hand. This action seemed so simple and ordinary, yet it was like something out of a movie. Qin Yang was even a little dazed. His fiancée was truly beautiful.

"Yang-ge, what are you looking at?" Nie Xiaoqian asked with a smile, "Watch the road ahead."

"Xiaoqian, you are so beautiful. In a few years, when we get married, you will be my most beautiful bride."

"Go on, who said I was going to marry you?" Nie Xiaoqian glared at Qin Yang playfully. Just then, her body suddenly lurched forward, and the sound of brakes filled her ears.

"What are you doing? Why did you stop?" Nie Xiaoqian asked.

Qin Yang didn't answer. He got off the motorcycle, walked to the side of the road, picked a handful of wildflowers that had just bloomed there, and held them in his hand.

Nie Xiaoqian stared blankly at Qin Yang's actions, guessing what he was about to do, feeling both excited and dazed.

"Xiaoqian, I like you. Let's be together, okay? I will use my whole life to protect you." Qin Yang's voice was not loud, but it was very clear. His eyes looked at Nie Xiaoqian tenderly, as if only she remained in the whole world.

Is he confessing to me? Nie Xiaoqian's heart inexplicably filled with joy. She had waited so long, and it had finally happened. But, wasn't this too hasty? He wanted to win my heart with just a handful of wildflowers? Should I test him?

Before Nie Xiaoqian could decide, she saw Qin Yang actually squatting down. What was this? Was he going to kneel on one knee? This was too romantic!

No, no! Men and women are equal, and love should also be equal. I can't let Yang-ge do this.

Nie Xiaoqian jumped out of the sidecar and grabbed Qin Yang's arm. "Yang-ge, I agree. We'll be a couple from now on. You don't have to do that…"

Qin Yang suddenly realized what was happening and quickly retracted his right foot. It was just that his shoelace was untied. He should wear leather shoes in the future to avoid having to tie them.

He held out the flowers. Just as Nie Xiaoqian reached out to take the wildflowers, he grasped her hand.

Nie Xiaoqian's body trembled slightly. She wanted to pull her hand back, but in the end, she didn't let go, allowing Qin Yang to hold it.

"Xiaoqian, to celebrate us breaking through the window paper, how about we go eat something delicious?" Qin Yang asked.

"Get in!" Nie Xiaoqian sat back in the sidecar, holding the wildflowers in her hand, a sweet smile on her face. From this moment on, it was a new beginning.

Before, although others had already started calling her 'Sister-in-law,' and Qin Yang seemed to take it for granted, she didn't acknowledge it. Now, Qin Yang had taken the initiative to confess his love, and their relationship had taken a step forward.

In fact, even without this step, Nie Xiaoqian's life was already connected to Qin Yang's. It was just that she was unwilling if Qin Yang didn't take the initiative to mention it. To be together vaguely without a name or title?

Now, her life was full of sunshine.

Many people's worlds were also full of sunshine.

Factory 960, conference room.

"According to the current plan, the profit for each tank modification is over $400,000. For these 200 tanks, that's $80 million. With just this new project, we can achieve an income of $80 million," Zhang Chao was reporting to everyone, "Converted into RMB, that's 136 million. Adding other income, we can definitely break through 200 million in net profit this year."

Everyone's faces were filled with smiles. In the past, they would have been overjoyed with a profit of one million, but now, a profit of over 100 million was nothing.

This was our ability!

This was still calculated using the fixed exchange rate, which was 1.7051. In 1981, the country would also establish a dual exchange rate system. In addition to the fixed exchange rate, there would also be another trade foreign exchange price applicable to import and export trade settlement and the economic benefit accounting of foreign trade units: 2.8. According to this calculation, there would be even more money.

"Wait, Chaozi, this doesn't seem right, does it?" Qin Baoguo frowned, "Didn't we say that we would consume a large number of shells to calculate the trajectory and debug the fire control system?"

"Yangzi had already adjusted it. It only took three shells in total…"

Everyone became excited. Qin Yang was so amazing! Zhuang Shuren was forced to give up because after replacing the gun barrel, a large number of shell test firings were needed to determine the trajectory, but Qin Yang actually calculated the firing table directly with just a few shells.

This could save a lot of money and time!

"Is this reliable? If there's a problem, it will ruin our reputation," Zhou Yongfei said with some concern.

"There's no problem," Zhang Chao said, "Yangzi is confident that the firing table will be 100% accurate. Moreover, he also said that even if it's not accurate, it doesn't matter, because our customers simply don't bother to use complex fire control systems. They prefer to charge to a distance of 500 meters and shoot directly."

As the war progressed, a batch of veterans would be consumed, and the quality of newly recruited tankers would rapidly decline. It was useless to give a bunch of illiterates too advanced tanks. They preferred to charge up and fight. Firing from a long distance was just to make noise and nothing else; they simply couldn't hit anything.

Everyone was relieved.

Of course, Qin Yang was confident. The data for this extended gun barrel had always been in his mind. Those three shells were not for determining the data, but for verifying it. Three shells were more than enough.

"Note that this secret is limited to our conference room and cannot be leaked out," Qin Baoguo issued a gag order. If this were to reach the ears of Factory 447, they would be furious.

"Next is production. Do we have the ability to complete large-scale production tasks?" This time it was Liu Yong's turn to worry.

"Our CNC deep hole drilling machine and CNC rifling machine have already been trial-produced and are under experimentation. As long as these devices can work stably, production should be no problem," Qin Baoguo said. He was personally responsible for this, and now he already knew Qin Yang's intention. This was directly related to the factory's profits!

On the other side, on a speeding train, Zhuang Shuren and Wang Lin and others returned to the grassland.

"Engineer Zhuang, you don't need to be too sad. The foreign trade tanks we gave to the first customer still used the 100-line produced by your factory. President Qin said that the customer's second batch of orders will arrive soon, and we can continue to cooperate," Wang Lin said.

"Well, I'm not sad, I just think…" Zhuang Shuren organized his words and said, "Factory 960 doesn't seem to have the ability to mass-produce tank guns, right? How are they going to deliver the goods next?"

"Maybe they will outsource it to you," Wang Lin continued to comfort him, "At that time, you can still make money. President Qin's character is very good and won't let you suffer."

President Qin's character is good? Zhuang Shuren was noncommittal about this judgment, but he murmured in his heart, if President Qin was a good person, then there would be no bad people in this world. Outsourcing is for my own good? It was obvious that Factory 960 was trying to get something for nothing!

Ah sneeze!

Qin Yang, who had just walked into Old Mo's Restaurant, sneezed.