Material Empire

"You just said that Lao Ning, the factory manager, has a bad temper and likes to lecture people." Qin Hai said.

Xiao Dongping nodded: "Yes, old man Ning likes to train people, but he is qualified to train people! Old man Ning knows how to operate, and when Qingfeng Factory is in his hands, it is profitable every year. And old man Ning holds tight to the money, the county Li wanted to take the profits of the Qingfeng factory, but old man Ning was determined not to give it. How much money he earned was used for welfare and building houses in the factory. At that time, the factory gave out 10 catties of meat, 10 catties of loose wine for the New Year, and one for the Dragon Boat Festival. The workers gave five catties of eggs. Did you see the fat man, that's how he ate it."

"..." Ning Mo was speechless, who made him a fat man, and the area where he was shot was much larger than others.

"What happened later?" Qin Hai asked Xiao Dongping, suppressing a smile.

Xiao Dongping said: "However, when old man Ning stepped down, Wei Baolin, an educated and sensible person, came up to take charge of the house. Qingfeng Factory was not getting better every day. Seven or eight products were changed, and all of them were unsalable, and a lot of materials were lost. And equipment, didn’t earn a penny, and owed a whole lot of debt to the bank. The guys from the provincial agricultural materials company used to be very polite when they saw me, and they bought me a drink. But now, I’m gone, don’t say buy a drink , I can’t even invite them to drink.”

"Why is that?" Qin Hai asked.

Xiao Dongping said: "It's very clear, they refused to accept our goods, of course they dare not see Lao Tzu."

Speaking of this, Xiao Dongping viciously kicked the snakeskin bag next to his feet, and there was a sound of metal crashing in the snakeskin bag.

"Rejected, what do you mean?" Qin Hai asked again.

Xiao Dongping said: "In this snakeskin bag is a newly developed rotary tillage blade from our factory. When Wei Baolin went to Japan for an inspection, he saw someone making this thing and said it was high-tech. When he came back, he told us to learn how to make it. Actually This thing is not too difficult technically, and we also have rotary tillers in our country, which also use blades. We sent it to the provincial agricultural materials company twice, and it was fine at first, but then they said that our product quality was not good and refused Received."

A rotary tiller is an agricultural machine pulled by a tractor, capable of plowing a large field. The rotary tiller blade is the plowshare on the rotary tiller, which is a kind of consumable. According to the degree of wear, it usually needs to be replaced every few hundred acres or more than one thousand acres. At that time, Japan, a country with a relatively high ratio of agricultural machinery and equipment, needed to consume about 10 million rotary tillage blades a year. China's agricultural mechanization level is low, but there is also a market for about 2 million blades a year.

The sales price of domestic rotary tillage blades is generally 2 to 3 yuan per piece, but its cost is only about half, which is a high-profit product. Wei Baolin, who succeeded Ning Zhongying as the director of Qingfeng Factory, accidentally discovered this product, and ordered the technology and production departments of Qingfeng Factory to develop it and put it on the market. Unexpectedly, the product was developed, but the process of launching it to the market was not smooth. After accepting the two batches of products from Qingfeng Factory, the Provincial Agricultural Materials Company resolutely stopped accepting them. The reason is that the quality of the rotary tillage blades produced by Qingfeng Factory is not good enough, and the average service life is only two-thirds of the level of domestic counterparts.

"The agricultural material company said that their blades can plow 700 mu, and we can't even reach 500 mu. The blades of Xiaoniipong can plow 1,200 mu. I am the ancestor of Leng Yuming, and the quality of the blades he made It's so bad that I put my hot face on the cold ass of the agricultural material company every day." Xiao Dongping said cursingly.

Miao Lei on the side explained Xiao Dongping's words to Qin Hai in a low voice. The Leng Yuming that Xiao Dongping was talking about was the technical section chief of Qingfeng Factory, a genuine college student in the early 1960s, and he had quite a few skills. Leng Yuming and Xiang Jiyong, the head of the production section, were responsible for the development of the rotary tillage blade this time, and the result was like this.

"I just remembered, Section Chief Xiao, you said that our blades are of poor quality, is it because they haven't been quenched after processing?" Ning Mo guessed wisely, he realized the importance of quenching from his own miserable situation, so So he showed off to Xiao Dongping here, "Chief Xiao, why don't you let Qin Hai see these blades, he can do quenching, and his skills are very high."

Xiao Dongping said disdainfully: "Fatty, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Will we sell unhardened blades? No matter how bastard Leng Yuming is, he still doesn't have this bit of common sense?"

Seeing that Ning Mo directed the conversation to him, Qin Hai thought for a while and said, "Chief Xiao, if you don't mind, can I have a look at our blades? When I was in the technical school, I also came into contact with rotary tillage blades. Some knowledge, maybe a fool who thinks about it will gain something."

Xiao Dongping has also read some books, so he has a bit of cultural background. Hearing Qin Hai say a rather uncommon idiom, and his attitude is quite low-key, he feels a little appreciation in his heart. He bent down and untied the rope buckle on the snakeskin bag, and said to Qin Hai: "The blades are all inside, you can see it if you want."

Qin Hai reached out to pick up a blade from the bag, looked at it carefully for a while under the light, took another blade, tapped each other, listened to the sound of metal, and said: "Chief Xiao, the blade we use is The quality of steel is really not good enough."

"Oh?" Xiao Dongping stared at Qin Hai with eyes that were red from drinking too much, and asked, "Why don't you pass the exam, tell me."

Qin Haidao: "I haven't tested it, so I can't say for sure. But judging from the color and sound of the steel, it should be that the proportion of sulfur and phosphorus is too high, and the toughness of the material does not meet the requirements of the standard."

"Not bad!" Xiao Dongping's face showed surprise, "Leng Yuming also told me the same way. He said that it's not that there is a problem with our processing, but that the quality of the steel provided by Beixi Iron and Steel Plant is not good enough, so our blades It is incomparable with other domestic enterprises. Xiao Qin is really good, and he can see the problem at a glance. Come on, let me toast you a glass of wine. There is not even a young man who is proficient in technology like you in our Qingfeng factory !"

With one word from Xiao Dongping, Ning Mo, Yu Haitao and Miao Lei were all scolded, but these three were not angry at all, because they really did not understand technology, and they were not ashamed.

Qin Hai touched Xiao Dongping with a wine glass, drank the wine, and then said: "However, Section Chief Xiao, I think Section Chief Leng's words are a bit biased. The material is not good. This is not something we can change. But we can improve the craftsmanship. Make up for it. If the process is selected properly, it is completely possible to use such steel to achieve the product quality of domestic advanced enterprises."

"What you said is true?" Xiao Dongping put down his wine glass, his expression became serious, "Xiao Qin, you mean, our products are still salvageable?"

Qin Haidao: "It depends on whether the factory wants to save it. If it wants to save it, there is naturally a way."

"Of course I want to save it!" Xiao Dongping said, "There are 10,000 blades piled up in our warehouse. If the agricultural materials company does not accept it, the cost of more than 10,000 yuan will be in vain. If there is a way to make these blades Improve the quality to the domestic advanced level... No, as long as it reaches the domestic average level, I will force the agricultural materials company to accept it. If they dare not accept it, I will stick a blade in their face!"

"So... Section Chief Xiao, we still have to convince people with virtue..." Qin Hai persuaded reluctantly, this Uncle Xiao's temper is really too hot, does it mean that he often suffers from his wife's domestic violence at home, causing Mentally twisted? Well, this is a worthwhile sociological topic to study.

"Xiao Qin, just now you said that our products can be saved, did you know these technologies yourself, or have you seen these technologies somewhere?" Xiao Dongping seemed to have sobered up a little, and he asked Qin Hai seriously.

"Of course I read it in a book..." Qin Hai said.

"Oh..." Xiao Dongping was a little disappointed.

Unexpectedly, Qin Hai immediately added another sentence: "After reading it, I will know it myself."

"Really?" Xiao Dongping's eyes lit up, "You read it in the book, so you can do it yourself?"

"Totally sure. If you don't believe me, you can ask them." Qin Hai pointed at Ning Mo and others.

"No problem, what Qin Hai said, Section Chief Xiao, you can rest assured." Ning Mo slapped his chest loudly, almost more confident than Qin Hai himself.

Miao Lei knew that Xiao Dongping would not trust Qin Hai based on their words, so he introduced Qin Hai to Xiao Dongping about quenching farm tools. Miao Lei's father, Miao Funan, was the workshop director of the foundry workshop. Miao Lei knew a little about things like quenching, so it could be seen that Qin Hai's technology was superior to that of Qingfeng Factory. At the very least, no one mentioned anything like trinitrate solution in Qingfeng factory, but Qin Hai was able to make it.

Xiao Dongping was silent for a long time after listening. What Miao Lei said has a nose and an eye, and it doesn't seem to be fabricated. It is possible to handle the agricultural implements made of No. 65 manganese steel to the extent of chopping bricks without any damage. This is something that no one in Qingfeng Factory can do. What's more, Qin Hai just took a few glances at the rotary tillage blade, and he was able to tell the defects of the steel. This all shows that Qin Hai is indeed a man of two minds. Maybe his promise to improve the quality of the rotary tillage blade is really true. Kind of believable.

But this matter is too far-fetched, a few gangsters like Ning Mo and the others are able to meet such a capable person, and this person is just a technical school student who just graduated, who will tell this Neither would believe it. Isn't it a bit too childish to pin the hope of an important product in the factory on such a person?

Let's observe it first, so as not to make a joke, Xiao Dongping thought in his heart.

"Oh, I drank too much wine, I'm dizzy." Xiao Dongping stood up unsteadily, and said to everyone: "You guys continue to drink. Fatty, you have to accompany Xiao Qin; Xiao Qin, I'll go back to bed first , I will ask you about this blade later.”

"Section Chief Xiao drinks like this, or we'll send you back." Qin Hai stood up and said.

"No, no, you go on, you go on." Xiao Dongping stretched out his hands to stop Qin Hai, and said firmly. After speaking, he picked up the snakeskin bag on the ground and stumbled out.