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Chapter 217 Steel Plant Transformation (Subscription Request)
Three days later, Anling Iron and Steel Plant.

The clouds were sparse, and bright sunshine fell on the silent steel plant. It should have been a busy time, but there was no roar of running machines, only the occasional whistle of passing vehicles and the chirping of a few birds.

Anling Steel Plant has stopped production.

More than a dozen workers gathered in the factory director's office, all looking at the director of the steel plant, Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua, Shen Qianqian's father, is about fifty years old, which is not considered old. However, at this time, he has short hair, a mixture of black and white, and his sallow face is full of wrinkles and is full of sorrow.

"Director, the shutdown has lasted for more than a day or two. When will it resume?"

Inside the office.

A worker frowned, leaned forward and asked anxiously.

Beside him, the technical backbones all had solemn expressions, their eyes fixed on Shen Jianhua's face.

Every subtle expression on Shen Jianhua's face could pull at the strings in their hearts.

Shen Jianhua was sitting at his desk, his hands folded, his eyes deep and complex, with a hint of depression: "I understand everyone's feelings. I hope the steel plant will resume production more than anyone else."

He looked around and sighed softly.

The technical workers present were all old colleagues who had been with him for more than ten or twenty years, and some had retired in just one or two years.

The shutdown of the steel plant has concerned everyone.

Once the steel mills are unable to resume production and face bankruptcy, it will be the most fatal blow to them.

More than a dozen workers were disheartened when they saw Shen Jianhua like this.

They knew that there would probably be no follow-up.

However, they did not make trouble in front of Shen Jianhua. Over the years, they knew that Shen Jianhua was a good factory director, but he did not have the final say in the steel plant.

Shen Jianhua clenched his fists and his eyes became firm: "Don't worry, I will do my best to communicate with the higher-ups and strive to revitalize our steel plant."

"Director, we can only count on you now."

A worker representative said this in a sincere tone.

Shen Jianhua patted the old worker on the shoulder and took a deep breath: "It will be fine. You take a few days off first, and we will do it again when you return to work!"

After the workers left.

Shen Jianhua walked into the steel plant alone. This familiar place was already covered with spots of rust.

He stood alone in the factory, looking depressed and worried.

"dad."

I don’t know how long it’s been.

A familiar voice came from behind Shen Jianhua.

He took a deep breath to calm his expression, turned around, and saw Shen Qianqian carrying a briefcase and looking at him with a smile.

Next to her daughter stood a young man who was over 1.8 meters tall. He was dressed simply, had regular features and a delicate face. His skin was not very white, but very healthy. He had a faint smile on his face, which looked clean and sunny.

Yes, Shen Qianqian said she would bring a friend to see him today.

"Dad, let me introduce him to you. He is Lin Chuan, my good friend." Shen Qianqian and Lin Chuan walked up to Shen Jianhua and introduced him.

Lin Chuan nodded politely, "Hello, Uncle Shen."

"Hello, Xiaolin."

Shen Jianhua's voice was deep, and he stretched out his hand to shake hands with Lin Chuan.

"Dad, are you still worried about the steel plant?" Shen Qianqian felt distressed when she saw Shen Jianhua's brows were tightly knitted together and his face was sallow and dull.

"Hey……"

Shen Jianhua sighed lightly and forced a smile, "I can't control the steel mill's affairs. I can only try my best to fight for it."

"It will be fine." Shen Qianqian pursed her lips and said comfortingly.

"Let's talk about your business."

Shen Jianhua gave a dry laugh and turned the topic to the matter of Shen Qianqian and Lin Chuan.

"That's fine."

Shen Qianqian opened her briefcase, took out two stacks of documents and handed them to Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua took the file, flipped through it, and asked, "You've been interested in guns since you were a kid. What kind of gun are you going to design for this competition?"

"Design a 'modular' rifle." Shen Qianqian chuckled and pointed to the preliminary drawings on the document.

Shen Jianhua's eyes fell on the drawings.

The image of a rifle appeared before his eyes.

The overall lines of this rifle are smooth, the length is moderate, the barrel is straight and slender, and a guide rail like a black spine spans across the top of the gun.

It is marked on the drawing that this is the 'Picatinny rail'.

Under the gun body, there are instructions for the retractable buttstock, gun grip, magazine, etc. It can be seen that Shen Qianqian is very attentive.

"Your gun looks great."

Shen Jianhua looked at it and talked, and in the meantime he looked up at Shen Qianqian, with a glimmer of admiration and pride in his eyes.

He is a retired veteran who switched from military service to work in a steel mill.

Although he hasn't touched a gun for many years, he still has a say when it comes to guns and other weapons.

"To receive praise from a veteran like you, I should have a sure pass in the preliminary round." A faint smile appeared on Shen Qianqian's face, like a peony that had just bloomed, delicate and bright.

"But this isn't like your level."

No one knows a daughter better than her father. Shen Jianhua flipped through the documents again, studied the drawing carefully, and came to this conclusion.

"You don't trust your daughter at all!"

Shen Qianqian pouted slightly, clasped her arms, with a playful and somewhat unconvinced look on her face.

"I don't know your level yet. Did you refer to other people's information?" Shen Jianhua looked at his daughter's face and said with a smile.

Shen Qianqian said angrily: "Okay, I asked Lin Chuan to help me with some advice."

"It's Xiaolin. The young are really formidable."

Shen Jianhua looked at Lin Chuan with some admiration in his eyes.

Lin Chuan smiled and said calmly: "Uncle Shen, I just provided some directions for improvement. Most of them were designed independently by Qianqian."

"Dad, listen."

Shen Qianqian snorted and took credit for it.

Shen Jianhua laughed: "I heard it, I heard it, isn't it enough that you have improved your skills?"

"That's pretty much it!"

Shen Qianqian's smile is as beautiful as a flower, which is out of place in this rusty steel plant.

"Qianqian, when do you plan to build the model?" Shen Jianhua asked.

Shen Qianqian looked at the steel factory. It was completely silent. There was no longer the previous noisy clanging sounds, nor the loud conversations of the workers.

So she asked, “Can the steel mill still be operated now?”

The machines in the steel plant, especially some large machines, cannot be operated casually.

Many machines cost a lot of money to operate.

Shen Jianhua flipped through Shen Qianqian's documents again: "Your gun is a small item, you can use some small machines to deal with it, it's not a problem."

"What about...big objects?"

Shen Qianqian frowned and glanced at Lin Chuan beside her after she finished speaking.

"Large objects?"

Shen Jianhua was stunned. "What do you mean?"

"Lin Chuan is also participating in the National Weapon Innovation Design Competition. The weapon he designed is a bit large, so he wants to borrow the steel plant to build a model and the real thing." Shen Qianqian took the two documents from Shen Jianhua's hand, turned out the bottom one, and pointed it to Shen Jianhua.

Shen Jianhua first glanced at Lin Chuan, then lowered his head to look at the documents.

On the document was a blueprint model of a rocket launcher.

This blueprint model is much more detailed than Shen Qianqian's "modular new gun".

It is not a single rocket launcher, but is equipped with a heavy-duty high-mobility chassis off-road truck as a launch vehicle.

It can be seen that it is a long-range box-type rocket launcher.

The overall shape is like a steel behemoth mounted on a heavy off-road truck, ready to go. At the front end of the gun body are neatly arranged launching tubes pointing straight to the sky.

Behind the launch tube is a complex supporting structure and adjustment device.

He didn't know much about rocket launchers.

However, this drawing gave him an extremely professional feeling.

"Xiao Lin, our steel factory can make a model of this rocket launcher, but I'm a little disappointed that we don't have enough equipment to complete the real thing."

Shen Jianhua sighed lightly and looked at Lin Chuan with some apology on his face.

Lin Chuan hasn't spoken yet.

Shen Qianqian immediately asked, "Dad, are all the machines in the factory unusable?"

Shen Jianhua shook his head: "Qianqian, you don't know that the city leaders are now thinking about selling the steel plant and turning it into a private enterprise to increase tax revenue. Some large machines have been locked and are not allowed to be opened."

He looked at the drawings.

Small accessories for rocket launchers can basically be made as long as the precision is not guaranteed.

However, large objects require large stamping machines, large alloy plate cutters and other machines.

All of these have been packaged and mortgaged to a private enterprise.

This information has not been made public because of concerns that workers at the steel plant might sign a petition and stage a large-scale protest.

Therefore, these processes are carried out in private.

The closure of the steel mill is an irreversible trend.

"Dad, please help Lin Chuan!" Shen Qianqian looked anxious and her speech speed increased a bit.

Shen Jianhua sighed again.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to, but he is just a factory manager and cannot be the boss of this steel plant.

On the surface it's a machine problem.

In fact, the entire steel plant is about to go bankrupt.

"Qianqian, uncle is going to have a difficult time too. Just make a model first, and I'll think of a way to make the actual rocket launcher later." Lin Chuan said after a long silence.

"Xiao Lin, don't be offended. Uncle couldn't help you in any way." Shen Jianhua looked apologetic.

This time, it was his first time meeting Lin Chuan.

However, Shen Qianqian received commendations from the police station and was often in the news with Lin Chuan. He had heard of Lin Chuan a long time ago and knew that he had helped his daughter a lot, so he felt a little guilty for not being able to help Lin Chuan this time.

"Uncle, that's not the case."

Lin Chuan waved his hand and said quickly, "Uncle, if you have time, can you take me to visit this steel plant?"

"visit?"

Shen Jianhua was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "This is a small matter, of course it's okay."

After saying that, he raised his hand and motioned Lin Chuan to move forward.

This steel plant is huge.

The sunlight shines through the small glass ceilings of the towering factory building, sprinkling dappled light into the steel-cast space. The air is filled with a mixture of iron filings and coke, which is unique and a little pungent.

In the workshop, huge mechanical equipment is arranged in an orderly manner, standing quietly like steel giants.

With production stopped, the huge steel plant seemed exceptionally quiet.

Lin Chuan, Shen Jianhua and Shen Qianqian were walking among them.

"Xiao Lin, are you very familiar with these machines?" Shen Jianhua looked at Lin Chuan beside him and asked.

Along the way.

Lin Chuan and Shen Jianhua had a brief talk about these machines. Shen Jianhua thought that Lin Chuan knew as much about the relevant data and functions of these machines as he did.

This raises questions.

He heard from his daughter Shen Qianqian that Lin Chuan was an online writer.

Now it seems that this online writer may have come from a working-class family.

Lin Chuan smiled and said, "I just dabble in it a little. By the way, Uncle Shen, can I ask about the situation of this steel plant?"

"What do you know?"

Shen Jianhua asked.

"Now, this steel plant has not been sold yet, right?" Lin Chuan asked the question he was most concerned about.

"The situation at the steel plant is not very good, but it will take a while for the products to be sold." Shen Jianhua smiled with a hint of bitterness on his face.

"Boss, have you considered transforming the steel plant?" Lin Chuan asked again.

"Transformation?"

Shen Jianhua's sallow face was slightly dazed. "Not only have the higher-ups considered it, they've also tried it, but it all ended in failure."

The steel plant is the heavy industrial pillar of Anling City.

The city leaders and the department in charge of the steel plant tried every possible way to save it, including introducing technology, capital, advanced management models, and improving the industrial line, but the market demand for steel continued to decline.

In the end, there was nothing that could be done.

Lin Chuan thought for a moment, then looked at Shen Jianhua with a stern gaze: "Have you ever tried to transform into a military-industrial enterprise?"

"Military business?"

Suddenly, Shen Jianhua was stunned.

Lin Chuan nodded: "Yes."

Shen Jianhua slowed down his thoughts a little, and first looked at Shen Qianqian: "A few days ago, Qianqian mentioned this idea to me. I guess it was Xiaolin's idea, right?"

"Yes, Lin Chuan told me." Shen Qianqian replied.

At this moment.

Shen Jianhua's eyes fell on Lin Chuan: "Xiao Lin, I reported this to the leader yesterday, and the reply only had three words."

"Which three words?" Shen Qianqian asked.

Lin Chuan also waited quietly for what was to come.

"Unrealistic."

Shen Jianhua said slowly, with a look of dejection on his face, "On the one hand, the requirements for military enterprises are very strict, and it is difficult for ordinary steel mills to obtain such qualifications. On the other hand, Anling Steel Plant does not have military technology and does not have enough funds to invest in military research and development."

Shen Qianqian also fell silent.

It is not easy to transform a steel plant into a military factory.

This is the stark reality.

Lin Chuan seemed to have expected such a reply, so he smiled and said, "Uncle Shen, if I can solve the two problems you mentioned for Anling Steel Plant?"

"Can you solve it?"

Shen Jianhua was shocked, his brows furrowed, and a hint of doubt appeared on his face.

(End of this chapter)