Rebirth of Military Workers

Chapter 1123

“When did you intervene in the field of warship manufacturing again?” Old Shen looked at Xie Kai in disbelief, “Now all units are engaged in specialization, you are better, but on the other hand, do you have enough funds and technical strength? ”

There was even some dissatisfaction in the tone.

At present, domestic units still have the original thinking, seeking big and complete, instead of focusing on the promotion of specialized technical fields.

404 has great potential, no matter which field it is engaged in, because it has a lot of funds and military logistics support, the speed will be very fast.

Originally it was only related to the fields of army equipment and aviation manufacturing, when did you set foot in warships again?

“Old Shen, we didn’t want to. Building warships burns too much money and requires high industrial foundations. But you know the current situation of the military industry system. The country has allowed the military to endure and wait. A large number of military industry units went bankrupt and turned to… “Xie Kai said bitterly.

He thought that Mr. Shen knew that their 404 was involved in the field of warship manufacturing.

Hudong Shipyard, it was assigned to 404 by the military, and 404 was really not intended to be received at the beginning, especially Xie Kai, knowing that naval equipment is more expensive than air force equipment.

But later, it was also because the basic package could catch up, and there were a lot of orders unintentionally.

“Your funds are too scattered, concentrated in one area, you can achieve very good results, and drive the development of related fields…” Old Shen sighed.

He has been in charge of the country’s industrial sector for so many years and has the best understanding of the country’s industrial base.

It is impossible for any unit to support the development of the entire country’s industrial system.

Everyone knows this truth, but the leaders of each unit, as long as they have the opportunity, will desperately expand their business scope, which causes the dispersion of power, and also makes the domestic redundant construction serious, otherwise the country will not be overheated by the economy And carry out macro-control.

“We are also helpless…” Xie Kai knew what Shen Lao meant.

Old Shen is not unclear.

At present, military expenditures are being cut every year, and the army has almost only a minimum expenditure, and it is impossible to purchase new equipment or anything. If the equipment to be purchased is less, where will the funds for scientific research and production units come from?

If you want to survive, you must shift from the military production to the design and manufacture of civilian products.

From reform and opening up to the present, the number of military factories and supporting factories under the national military industry system has been less than one-third, and only some of the most core military factories remain.

With few orders, the life of these units is not easy.

We can only rely on strong technical power to develop civilian products and pursue survival.

“It’s not that I don’t help you. Your unit is engaged in a national linkage technology research, which is different from the state. Once there is a funding problem, or the research progress of a unit is slow, it will affect the entire project.” Old Shen thought about it. , Said to Xie Kai very seriously.

This is the first time he told Xie Kai exactly why he was unwilling to help 404 lead the core computer project research work.

“Shen, don’t worry about this, there will be no problems with funding. Of all the units in the country, except for the Ministry of Finance, it is estimated that no one has more money than us…” Xie Kai was a little bragging.

The four major banks have been divided into the Ministry of Finance system by him.

It is true that there is no unit in the country with stronger financial strength than theirs.

“It’s not a question of how much money you have. It’s true that you have a lot of money. Anyone who knows your organization knows. The key is how much you can invest in this project. So far, as far as I know, some projects have started to consume a lot of money. , Such as your Yun-10, Super-7B, the more powerful flying shield system, etc… Now you have added warships…” Shen Lao pointed out the current 404 problem sharply.

There is a lot of money in the small treasury, and similarly, in the 404 subordinate units, there are also many places to spend money.

Besides, construction is still underway.

Even if these projects are successful, it is difficult to recoup the investment in the short term, which results in a greater demand for funds.

For a while, Xie Kai couldn’t answer Shen Lao’s words.

He can’t guarantee how much funds 404 can mobilize.

In the past, the state engaged in technological research, directly assigned tasks, and guaranteed special funds from the central government, and never worried about funding.

Now the central government has to guarantee the economic infrastructure. Once this project is launched with 404, it is good to say that it has a bright future. It is not a problem whether it is to develop gas turbines based on core engines, aero engines, or large-scale gas turbines.

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The consequences could be disastrous.

All 404 projects will be affected because of the break of the capital chain.

Seeing Xie Kai’s silence, Shen Lao continued to speak, “High temperature, high pressure, and high pneumatic mechanical load are the core things of the core machine. Materials, specialized laboratories, and even R&D technical documents, we have no system. I haven’t done pre-research work in this area either…Although the development of the core machine has great benefits, you know more than anyone about our current technical basics in China, and this requires far more funds than abroad.”

To engage in the core engine of the engine, one must start with the components.

First design each component, verify separately, test the working conditions and various characteristics under harsh working conditions such as high temperature and high pressure.

This makes the project team must invest in basic materials and other aspects to research.

When the materials come out, if there are no processing conditions, they must continue to develop processing equipment, and they also need to invest money.

The United States and the Soviet Union do not have these problems, because their manufacturing systems have been developed step by step. China will either follow their path, study step by step, accumulate experience, and gradually break through; or they will spend money to smash the entire system.

404 wants to engage in the core machine, is to choose the latter way.

The funds that need to be spent are beyond imagination.

“The industrial sector has also studied this issue. Once it is developed, the industrial strength of the entire country can be greatly improved. But you must understand that the national sector is different from the problem you are considering. The national industrial system is too large, and money is needed everywhere. For development, it is impossible to mobilize much funding to support you.”

These words that Mr. Shen said also showed to Xie Kai that they were not idle.

Even the Ministry of Industry did not sit idly by.

Want to help, no money.

How can it be?

It’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. What the country wants to do can’t do without money.

You can’t print money continuously, right?

“You go back first and convey my thoughts to Director Zheng and the others. Then you can see how much funds can be raised for this project, let’s talk about it later,” said Shen Lao.

After he said this, Old Shen looked tired.

Although Xie Kai didn’t get a reply this time, he also understood many questions.

Things are not as simple as they thought.

Up to now, 404 has reached a threshold.

To do this, the funds needed are not a small amount. The supporting facilities for this project may consume billions or even tens of billions in just three to five years. Otherwise, they will have to wait.

Waiting for the supporting facilities.

“Shen Lao really said that?” Zheng Yucheng and the others were initially confused about Xie Kai’s going and coming back, but seeing that this kid was rare and serious, they hurriedly called the management committee to a meeting according to his request.

After listening, his expression also became serious.

“How much money do we have?” Wang Guilin asked Yang Qian directly.

The amount of money in the small vault determines whether they can engage in this project.

If you can’t, then you have to take your time. At that time, warships will continue to drop funds, warplanes will drop funds, and Yun-10 will also have to drop funds…

“16.8 billion, of which 1.4 billion is the research funding that needs to be paid to various cooperating units and our subordinate units before the end of the year…” Yang Qian memorized the money in their accounts thoroughly.

“so much?”

“That’s it?”

Obviously, people with 404 and Xie Kai have different perceptions of money.

“Is this less?” Yang Qian despised Xie Kai a bit. “If it weren’t for the previous batch of oil to be settled in US dollars, we would not exchange it with the bank for RMB, it would not have been so much. We have to pay part of it to the superior each time. There are costs, as well as the dividends of other cooperative units… It is not easy to have so many, and the annual profit is almost 2 billion!”

Such a large sum of money, even less!

This is due to the depreciation of the renminbi against the dollar.

It’s already 1:3.8 this year.

“It’s really too little…”

“Across the country, apart from banks, no unit has us rich!” Zheng Yucheng was a little upset Xie Kai.

With tens of billions of funds, he still said that he had no money.

“How much money does Song Yanjin have?” Xie Kai asked.

If 404 has only about 15 billion available funds in hand, setting aside the funds that other projects will need to spend in the next few years, they will definitely not spend more than 5 billion.

You know, during the US stock market crash, Xie Kai made long and short shorts and made a direct profit of 2 billion U.S. dollars. A unit as large as 404 has sold thousands of tanks, thousands of missiles, and warships and fighters. , Just so much money…

“There is less than 500 million U.S. dollars, and most of them are real estate in Japan.” Wang Guilin said, “The money can’t be transferred in a short time.”

“How much funds can we call?”

“Minister Shen said that he didn’t say how much? We are not the only ones who benefit from this matter. Why did the Ministry of Industry get some blood?” Bai Yanjun was also a little dissatisfied with the Ministry of Industry’s non-payment of money.

Not only did they not pay, but they also shared funds from them.

“No. He only said. If we decide how much money can be adjusted, we will go to him. According to my thinking, this amount will not be small, otherwise his old man will not refuse us all the time.” Xie Kai looked sad. To say.

“How much can we squeeze out?”

“If the pre-research on the aircraft carrier is stopped, the pre-research work for the 10,000-ton large drive is also stopped, and the stealth fighter pre-research project is cancelled, we can spend 8 billion.” Yang Qian put a small palm-sized abacus that she carried with him. At the conference table, he cracked up in front of everyone, and then said.

“No! These can’t be cancelled…” Xie Kai was the first to jump up and object.