Chapter 316 - Chapter 316: Chapter 216 Steel Factory Transformation (Please Subscribe)_2 (1/2)
Chapter 316: Chapter 216 Steel Factory Transformation (Please Subscribe)_2
Shen Qianqian said resignedly, “Alright, I did have Lin Chuan help me with some ideas.”
“Ah, it was Lin, a formidable youngster.”
Shen Jianhua looked towards Lin Chuan, his eyes filled with a hint of admiration.
Lin Chuan smiled and said with composure, “Uncle Shen, I only offered some directions for improvement. Most of it was independently designed by Qianqian.”
“Dad, you hear that.”
Shen Qianqian humphed softly, eager to take credit.
Shen Jianhua laughed heartily, “Heard it, heard it. Isn’t it good that your skills are improving?”
“That’s more like it!”
Shen Qianqian’s smile bloomed like flowers, at odds with the rust-stained iron and steel factory.
“Qianqian, when do you plan to create the model?” Shen Jianhua asked.
Shen Qianqian glanced at the iron and steel factory, silent and serene, no longer filled with the clanging and boisterous noise of the past, nor the loud conversations of workers.
So she asked, “Is it still possible to start up the factory now?”
The machinery in the iron and steel factory, especially some of the larger machines, wasn’t easy to operate.
Starting up many machines would incur significant costs.
Shen Jianhua flipped through Shen Qianqian’s documents again, “Your gun is a small item; we can manage with some of the smaller machines, no problem.”
“And… what about larger items?”
Shen Qianqian frowned and after speaking, she glanced at Lin Chuan next to her.
“Larger items?”
Shen Jianhua looked puzzled and asked, “What do you mean?”
“Lin Chuan is also entering the National Weapons Innovation Design Competition. The weapon he designed, it’s quite large, and he would like to use the factory to build both the model and the actual object.”
Shen Qianqian took the two documents from Shen Jianhua’s hand, flipped to the one underneath, and pointed it out to him.
Shen Jianhua first looked at Lin Chuan, then lowered his gaze to the document.
On the document was a blueprint model of a rocket launcher.
This blueprint model was much more detailed than Shen Qianqian’s ‘modular new-style firearms.’
It was not a simple rocket launcher; below it was a heavy-duty highly mobile off-road truck chassis serving as the launching vehicle.
One could tell that it was a remote box-type rocket launcher.
The overall design resembled a steel beast perched atop the heavy-duty off-road truck, poised and ready, with neatly arranged launch tubes pointing towards the sky at the front of the barrel.
Behind the launch tubes were complex support structures and adjustment mechanisms.
As for the rocket launcher, he wasn’t too knowledgeable about it.
However, this blueprint gave him a sense of extreme professionalism.
“Lin, we can make a model of this rocket launcher in our steel factory, but as for the actual object, I regret to say that we lack the necessary equipment to complete it,” Shen Jianhua said softly, looking at Lin Chuan with a hint of apology.
Lin Chuan had yet to speak.
Shen Qianqian immediately asked, “Dad, are the machines in the factory all unusable now?”
Shen Jianhua shook his head, “Qianqian, you might not be aware, but the leaders in the city are thinking of selling off the iron and steel factory to transform it into a private enterprise and increase tax revenue. Some of the larger machines have already been locked up and we’re not allowed to use them.”
He looked at the blueprint again.
The small parts of the rocket launcher could be made without guaranteeing precision.
However, the larger actual objects would require machines like large-scale stamping machine tools and large alloy plate cutting machines.
These had all been packaged and mortgaged to a private company.
This information had not been publicly announced for fear that the workers of the iron and steel factory would petition jointly and protest on a large scale.
Therefore, these processes were conducted in private.
The closure of the iron and steel factory had an irreversible trend.
“Dad, can’t you fight for Lin Chuan a bit!” Shen Qianqian pleaded urgently, her speech speeding up slightly.
Shen Jianhua sighed again.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help, but as just a factory manager, he couldn’t make decisions for the iron and steel factory.
On the surface, it was an issue with the machinery.
In reality, it was the imminent bankruptcy and shutdown of the entire iron and steel factory.
“Qianqian, it’s tough for Uncle too. Just make a model for now, and I’ll find another way for the actual rocket launcher,” Lin Chuan said after a moment of silence.