Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Zhou Xinjian was shocked after hearing Jiang Chen's plan.

According to his thinking, there are probably thousands of people in this experimental base.

The Ministry of Industry planned to turn the experimental base into an independent institution, but it never thought how big it would be.

He composed himself and asked, "Your plan is really grand."

"Then tell me, according to your plan, how many people will there be in this experimental base?"

Jiang Chen thought for a moment and said slowly: "There will definitely not be too many people in the initial stage. After all, setting up projects and finding talents need to be done step by step."

"But according to my expectations, the number of people in a complete base should not be less than 20,000."

Zhou Xinjian opened his mouth wide: "Twenty thousand people?"

"Are you planning to bring more than half of the country's technical staff to your laboratory? This is too exaggerated."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "We don't need so many people now. From the beginning, we will gradually allocate manpower based on the needs of the project based on the current situation."

Zhou Xinjian said: "Okay, as long as we can produce matching results, we can afford not to mention 20,000 people, even 200,000 people."

The number of people is not a problem, the problem is whether it can generate matching value after having a huge scale.

Jiang Chen didn't want to make the experimental base too large at once.

But after all, he is still young and has insufficient qualifications. It may be impossible for even Zhou Xinjian to entrust him with the management of a laboratory with tens of thousands of people.

Once other people are assigned to manage, it will take time to establish a tacit understanding of everyone's cooperation.

If someone with a strong desire to control comes, conflicts may arise.

Zhou Xinjian changed the topic: "Has the Ministry of Foreign Trade sent someone to pull the machine tools?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Here he is, he came early in the morning and took away all 50 machine tools."

Among the machine tools currently produced, in addition to 20 machines transferred by Sansteel Group, there are also machines owned by the Ministry of Foreign Trade for opening up the international market.

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "The higher-ups are paying attention, can they be unhappy?"

"I just don't know if they can sell the machine tools."

Jiang Chen said: "As long as we find a way, we can definitely sell it."

Zhou Xinjian said: "I heard that this time we mainly entered the international market through the pyramid countries. There happened to be an international trade fair there recently. I guess this is the way to go."

Jiang Chen nodded: "Actually, this is an easy path. Although the Pyramid Country is an African country, it is close to Europe and has close contacts with France and other countries. Through them, many countries should be able to see our products."

"And the Western system is very different from ours. If there are good production tools, they will definitely buy them."

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "As long as this first batch is sold and they see the advantages of our products, they will not have to worry about selling subsequent Sangang machine tools."

"We are already formulating documents and starting from next month we will start producing parts related to Sansteel machine tools according to a plan of 700 units per month. You must be prepared."

Jiang Chen nodded: "If it's 700 units per month, we actually don't need to make too many preparations. We just need to ensure the normal operation of the assembly workshop."

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "Such a high-quality and perfect machine tool, if it were not for foreign exchange, I would not give it to the West."

Jiang Chen smiled and said: "Machine tools are being updated very quickly. We have to sell as much as we can before they have developed more advanced machine tools."

"However, this Sangang machine tool is not perfect yet. It still has a big flaw."

Zhou Xinjian was stunned: "What other flaws are there? Can we solve them?"

Jiang Chen said: "Its knives are still made by our own products. After all, they are still a little weak. They wear out at an alarming rate under high speed."

"As for the solution, it's easy to solve. Didn't we develop tungsten-chromium alloy steel before? This kind of steel is very suitable for use as knives."

"So I suggest that this alloy steel be shipped to the tool production department and the production of tungsten-chromium alloy steel tools be given priority."

Zhou Xinjian said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Now that the machine tools have been shipped to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, even if we start production now, it will be too late?"

Jiang Chen said: "The alloy steel knives we produce are not for export, but for our own use."

"As for the West, they have more advanced knives. They only need to replace their own knives after the props wear out. They will not use our alloy steel knives."

Zhou Xinjian said: "But we use the original outdated tools. Isn't this a flaw of Sangang's machine tools?"

Jiang Chen waved his hand: "If this tool is a permanently used part, it is indeed a flaw."

"However, as a consumable, it is not considered a defect. When we sell it, we can just say that this tool is a replaceable accessory, so it will not affect the outside world's judgment of the machine tool."

Zhou Xinjian nodded: "That's okay."

"Okay, leave this to me. I will coordinate with the steel mill and the tool manufacturer to produce a new generation of tools."

Jiang Chen also thought about researching an advanced tool before, but found that with a pressure of nearly 100,000 atmospheres, it is difficult for flower growers to do it now.

So the matter was put on hold for now.

In the early stage, let's use tungsten-chromium alloy steel knives. The quality of this kind of props is actually not bad, and it is enough for now.

Zhou Xinjian asked: "Do you want to go to the Pyramid Country to participate in the export of Sansteel machine tools this time?"

Jiang Chen shook his head: "I won't go. Converter steelmaking is more important."

In fact, he has told Zhao Qi the relevant knowledge points of Sangang Machine Tool. As long as she can participate in it, she will definitely be able to explain Sangang Machine Tool.

And there are many people who don’t want their flower growers to develop too fast. For a great craftsman like him with extraordinary potential, the risk factor will rise sharply if he goes outside.

If he really goes, it might make things even more troublesome.

Even life safety is threatened.

Even though he has practiced the Marrow Cleansing Sutra and the Mind Control now, he is invincible in fighting with caution.

But this is the era of hot weapons after all. If anything happens, I won’t be able to cry.

Zhou Xinjian was silent for a moment: "Actually, the creation of foreign exchange is also more important."

"There are too many places that need foreign exchange now, such as oxygen concentrators."

Jiang Chen said: "I know it too, but if I want to go abroad now, it will cause chaos to the security department and cause unnecessary trouble."

"Indeed!" Zhou Xinjian nodded in approval.

The two communicated some other things that needed to be communicated. By the time Jiang Chen came out of Zhou Xinjian's office, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

He found Xiao Yang, drove to the factory, and picked up Liu Yue and Luo Xue from get off work.

After all, he was now the one with the jeep and could take two people home at the same time.