Rebirth of the 1980s: The Military Industry Empire

"In terms of methods, he wasn't exactly upright, deliberately enticing thieves to commit crimes. That's not right. But from the perspective of results, it's actually quite good. The Chaoyang masses will definitely thank him."

"I'm asking for your opinion."

"That is my opinion, Director Fang. You're incredibly busy, so just say what's on your mind. I'm also quite busy over here."

Director Fang glared at Qin Yang: "Qin, when you were test-firing your cannons, Wei Man was there, on-site. He measured every single one of your shells with calipers. Why didn't you stop him then?"

Is this like the police deliberately flashing their wallets? Qin Yang cried injustice: "Director Fang, Engineer Wei is a munitions expert. At the time, he said he wanted to inspect the quality of our shells. Of course, I had to humbly accept their inspection. I was even waiting for him to give us suggestions."

"You little rascal, stop playing the victim here. You deliberately let Wei Man survey the shells, but you held back, causing problems with Factory 9123's imitation shells, and then creating a crisis, didn't you?"

Qin Yang walked to the window.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm seeing if it's snowing outside."

Snowing? Director Fang's face darkened: "Are you saying you've been wronged?"

"Of course, I don't know anything. I don't even know what Factory 9123 does. Now you're saying I created a crisis for Factory 9123. Isn't that unjust enough?"

Qin Yang dared to say this, not just to Director Fang, but even in front of Secretary Song.

Director Fang sighed: "Engineer Qin, life is hard for us in the Third Front! Your Factory 960 has finally forged a path. Now, when a brother factory is in trouble, shouldn't you lend a hand? Although we emphasize competition now, we're still under the same sky, after all. We can't just stand by and watch a brother factory go to ruin! The two thousand plus people in their factory are not only struggling to make ends meet, but each of them is also burdened with a large debt!"

"Are they also a Third Front factory? Are they a major Third Front or a minor Third Front? I've never heard of them."

The Third Front was divided geographically. The economically and industrially developed areas of the motherland were located along the coast and in the north. In the event of war, these places might be lost. Therefore, in order to continue fighting even if some territory was lost, the country contracted inland from the relatively developed coastal areas that were at the forefront of national defense, dividing the country into three lines. This created the First, Second, and Third Fronts, and then military industries were transferred.

The Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Sichuan, and other places belonged to the major Third Front, and most of the military industry transfers took place there. However, some military industries were also transferred to many remote areas in the First and Second Fronts, and these became the minor Third Fronts.

The Capital Agricultural Implement Factory was near the capital, so it was naturally considered a minor Third Front. Factory 9123 was in Mentougou, which was also geographically considered a minor Third Front. However, Factory 9123 was built earlier, when there was no Third Front construction designation, so strictly speaking, although Factory 9123 was also in the mountains, it wasn't considered a Third Front.

Hearing Qin Yang's explanation, Director Fang shook his head helplessly: "Director Qin, don't tell me all this. Just tell me, are you going to help Factory 9123 with this matter?"

"Help, of course, we'll help." Qin Yang said: "You said it yourself, there are more than two thousand people in Factory 9123, all waiting. The old leader also said that poverty is not socialism. We must let those who get rich first help those who are lagging behind, and ultimately achieve common prosperity."

"Good, then hand over the technology you possess to them." Director Fang said: "Don't worry, you won't suffer a loss. In the future, when the military places orders, they will earn money and give you ten percent of the profits!"

"It's come to this, and you're still pretending. Fine, I'll let you see the analysis report."

The analysis report from the national testing range was placed in Qin Yang's hands. He looked at it carefully, bit by bit. Director Fang wasn't in a hurry. He remained calm, returned to his seat, and began to look at other documents.

Shua, shua shua, the sound of writing arose. Director Fang looked up at Qin Yang and saw that Qin Yang was sitting on the sofa, placing a stack of manuscript paper on the coffee table, holding a Hero brand fountain pen in his hand, and actually started calculating.

What was he doing?

Director Fang was curious.

Ten minutes, twenty minutes, half an hour passed. Qin Yang's hand stopped calculating. On the coffee table in front of him, and on another sofa, there were more than twenty sheets of manuscript paper. These manuscript papers were densely covered with calculation formulas.

"Director Qin, how is it going?"

"This report says that the centering section fell off during flight. This is a very strange failure. It seems that our first successful test firing was also a fluke. I have done some more calculations and modified the shape of these centering sections. The results I calculated this time should be more reliable. Director Fang, give these materials to Factory 9123 and let them improve according to these materials. There should be no problem."

"These are your improvements?" Director Fang looked at the dense handwriting, somewhat curious.

"Yes, this modification plan should be more suitable. This can also be considered my help to them. As for the ten percent commission, forget it. It's not easy for them either," Qin Yang said.

Hearing these words, Director Fang felt a little strange, but since Qin Yang had already offered assistance, Director Fang couldn't say anything.

"Okay, then you go get busy. Someday when this modified shell is successfully developed, let the leaders of Factory 9123 come to thank you in person."

"No need, we're all in the military industry system. We see each other often. Thanking is too polite." Qin Yang said: "I'll go back first. Old Zhu can't do without me."

Director Fang sent Qin Yang to the stairwell, watched him go down, and then said to the secretary: "Give Director Xing and Director Wei those materials from Director Qin. This is the last thing I can do to help them. The old leader has already said that this is no longer the era where the squeaky wheel gets the grease. If they want to get out of trouble, it depends on their own efforts!"

The two had been waiting in a room next door, waiting for an unknown fate. Seeing Director Fang's secretary come in, they quickly greeted him: "How is it? Did Engineer Qin give us the technical secrets?"

"This is the information given by Engineer Qin. You guys do it according to this information. This is the last thing Director Fang can do for you. From now on, it depends on your own efforts."

Wei Man gratefully took it, and then... looked blank, unable to understand it at all!

The Charm of Formulas