In the Baotou Aircraft Factory, knowing that he couldn't afford it, Yang Rui still looked at the four-engine heavy bomber in front of him with interest. This is the first batch of 30 bombers customized by the Air Force in the name of the East African War, and the purchase price of up to 500,000 yuan is staggering, and this is still a price that does not make money. Looking at this big guy with a wingspan of more than 30 meters, Yang Rui asked Wang Shizhuo, the chief officer, and Ba Yuzao, the chief engineer, who were standing next to him, "How is the combat performance of the aircraft?" How many bombs can it carry? ”

"Your Excellency: The aircraft has good performance, a speed of 280 knots, and a range of 4,200 kilometers when carrying 2,000 kilograms of bombs." Chief Engineer Ba Yuzao replied cautiously, he saw that Yang Rui was slightly disappointed after hearing the data, and then thought of the original design index of this bomber, so he added: "My lord, the power of this batch of engines is only 1,200 horsepower, if it is replaced with a new 1,650 horsepower engine, it can carry 6,500 kilograms of bombs, and the range is 2,800 kilometers." ”

Finally hearing what he wanted to hear, Yang Rui tilted his head and nodded, and he asked again: "How much does this plane sell, and can it make money?" ”

Any kind of weapon, technology and cost are the basis for measuring its value, and only talking about performance regardless of price is not obscenity, because obscenity still has a realistic basis, which can only be said to be dream obscenity.

Although he knew that Yang Rui would ask the price, Wang Shizhuo, the general office, was still a little embarrassed, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "My lord: I sell 500,000 ...... now, and it originally cost 515,000, but ...... Chief Zhou and Commander Qin... I had to ask the company for a fraction of 15,000, and said that I would order 100 planes if I removed them, but in the end, I said that the Inspectorate refused to approve the money, and only 30 planes were ordered. It's not profitable in the first place. Five hundred and fifty thousand were counted as a hundred, and now there are only thirty. This cost 33,850 ...... for every one built."

Although Wang Shizhuo is the general office of the factory, he can be Wenwen. A pair of cross-eyed, there is no general office posture at all, but since it is a manufacturing factory, what is needed is this kind of chattering, calculating, and not complaining supervisor, Yang Rui listened to him patiently, and then asked: "This means that even if you don't count the cost of research and development, this is a loss?" ”

Yang Rui's voice was not loud, but it still startled Wang Shizhuo. He subconsciously stroked the already convex front of his head, and stammered, "Indeed...... It's a loss, indeed. When Yang Rui tilted his head over, he said again: "If you count the technical data transferred by the Shanxi factory, the entire project has lost 438.71 million ......."

In fact, the Peng-type four-engine heavy bomber was developed on the basis of the Shanxi factory's 20 years of manufacturing transport planes and passenger planes, and if it was really necessary to develop a four-engine bomber based on the experience of manufacturing fighter planes, the cost would be more than 300 million, and I am afraid that 800 million or 900 million yuan would not be able to beat it.

Wang Shizhuo, who was too serious, told the truth, and Ba Yuzao next to him had to play a round, and he said, "My lord." The cost of any kind of aircraft is always very high when it is first produced, and now the factory is also trying to find a way to adjust, and if the Air Force really wants to order it in large quantities, I believe that the cost can be reduced to less than 450,000 yuan. Again. It is true that the bomber is at a loss, but the fighter can make money, and now the company has passed the inspection and assessment of the Navy and the General Logistics Equipment Division. Become the manufacturer of the latest torpedo dive bomber......"

Hearing Ba Yuzao say this, Yang Rui just sighed in his heart. But he couldn't tell them the truth that the Air Force was not expected to purchase more than 500 heavy bombers, so he had to say: "Cost is not the main thing." Quality is fundamental. You must not reduce the quality because of the loss, the next time the Air Force comes to buy it, you will ...... the loss this time" Speaking of this, Yang Rui looked at Wang Shizhuo, "How much money did the company lose in this order?" ”

"A total loss... One hundred and fifteen thousand ...... "As soon as he said the number, Wang Shizhuo's brain spun so fast that he forgot to say 'Lord Yu'.

"Don't do this one hundred and fifteen thousand five next time, let the Air Force make up for it this time, and you won't deliver it if you don't pay for it." Yang Rui waved his hand. "Don't forget, we are running factories, not charity; It's to make money, not to lose money. What for the country and for the people, joke! How can you serve the country and the people when the factories are closed?! ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Wang Shizhuo cheered. He is really not sociable, he used to be only a production director in the Shanxi factory, and when he went to Beijing to negotiate the contract, he was poured a meal of wine by Zhou Sixu Qin Guoyong, and the next day he was framed and said that 500,000 were promised on the wine table, and then the two were half coaxing and half frightened, so that he signed the contract with a sad face and stamped it. This incident has made him regret it until now, and now that he has been enlightened by Yang Rui, he has made up his mind to make up for the loss of one hundred and ten thousand and fifteen.

"Father, if this matter is known by the newspaper...... Yang Du left Xingongyue City and went directly to the capital, saying that he was questioned by the Inspector's Court, and Bei Shoutong also went with him, and now only Yang Wuming was left to accompany Yang Rui.

"The newspaper told them to go. Not to mention anything else in the whole project, 300 million yuan of real money alone will be thrown in, not including the accumulation of technology in the early stage. If you have 500,000 units, you have to sell 2,000 units to recoup your capital. If the Inspectorate can approve 1 billion yuan to purchase bombers, then this project can be given to the government for nothing without making money. Yang Rui thought of something and said with some excitement. Don't make any country, what righteousness is, it's all bullshit! It's all excuses! What is the country? The country that some people shout about is essentially a nest of mediocre, calculating bureaucrats and politicians! And what is patriotism in their mouths? Patriotism means that we give them the money we squeeze out of our teeth to curry favor with the people so that we can gain fame and official positions.

These people have always preferred the people to be fooled rather than the government to suffer; It is better for factories to close down than for the government to step down. But anyone with a little brain knows that if the people suffer a loss, the country suffers, and the closure of a factory is a bankruptcy of the military industry. How to design an airplane without money? If you don't have money, how can you hire a researcher? If you don't have money, how can you keep senior workers? I really thought the money was blowing in the wind! This is all the profits accumulated in the past, the company has no profits, where is the follow-up development?

I am not complaining about the Air Force, nor at the General Logistics Department, but at some representatives of the Inspectorate. Was this the case in the past? This is not the case at all! Because everyone knows that there are only two results of lowering prices to death, one is to kill the supplier, and the other is to kill yourself. If you don't make money, the supplier will lose money, and if the loss can't withstand it, it will go out of business, and the industry will be blank from then on; And without making money, the supplier has to live. The only way is to reduce the mass, which turned out to be alloyed. Now it's carbon steel, which turns out to be double-insured. Now that the insurance is removed, things are getting more and more fake, the quality is getting worse and worse, and who will suffer in the end? The army itself ......"

Since going into the wilderness, Yang Rui has lived in a simple house and rarely gave speeches outside, but when he heard that the yesterday's Inspectorate had cut off the originally approved military expenditure on the grounds of lowering the unit price of procurement, he suddenly felt angry. This time he inspected Baotou and few people knew about it. However, the secretary of the aircraft factory still recorded his speeches one by one and prepared to appear in the newspaper the next day.

Listening to Yang Rui in a daze, Xu Shangwu, Wang Shizhuo and others were very excited, especially Wang Shizhuo, who actually took off his glasses to wipe his tears, it was not the first time he was scolded as an arms dealer, Yang Rui's speech was to justify the name of an arms dealer.

"What kind of plane is this?" The speech was just a vent to Yang Rui, and he wanted to do a lot of things, but he had a strict limit on himself: he must obey the laws of the country and the resolutions of the Inspectorate. Even if the final decision of the Court of Suspicion is to surrender to the United States. At this time, he understood more and more that war is by no means only external, and that in many cases the internal weight and risks are much higher than the external weight.

What Yang Rui asked about was a strange plane with one wing removed from the workshop. Its flaps resemble scissors and can be opened and closed, while the large size and tail hooks can confirm that it is a naval carrier-based aircraft. See Yang Rui asking. Ba Yuzao hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, this is the latest torpedo dive bomber of the Navy. ”

"Torpedo dive bomber......" Yang Rui read the awkward name. Completely forgot that there was such an airplane.

"My lord, there are generally three types of carrier-based aircraft. One is a fighter, the second is a torpedo bomber, and the third is a ghost bomber. Before the war in East Africa, the Navy proposed whether it was possible to merge the torpedo bomber and the ghost bomber into one, so that the torpedo plane could also be used as a ghost bomber when diving, and the ghost could also be used as a torpedo machine when attacking a ship, and because it was the same kind ......of aircraft, the difficulty of operation on the ship was greatly reduced, and the speed of maintenance and positioning was accelerated, which was conducive to aircraft carrier operations.

"It's kind of interesting." Yang Rui finally remembered that this was a project that he vetoed, and he didn't want the plane to have been put into trial production, so he asked, "Is this aircraft going to be trial-produced?" ”

"No, sir. It's just a testing machine, and it's only sent in to allow the plant to determine the process in advance. Wang Shizhuo said.

"Oh." Yang Rui finally felt something, this kind of aircraft that is not ready for mass production should be used by Zhou Sixu's slippery head to coax Baotou Factory, he asked kindly, "How is the specific performance of this aircraft?" ”

"My lord, this aircraft can carry 800 kilograms of bombs or the same. Because of the combination of the performance of the two aircraft, but also to be able to fold greatly and withstand the acceleration of more than 6 G when diving, it is 1,100 kilograms heavier than other aircraft, and the empty weight is 3,860 kilograms, and this weight is still reduced by 30,000 tons of die forging machines and the use of new armor materials, otherwise the empty weight will definitely exceed 4,200 kilograms. It has a maximum range of 1,200 nautical miles and a maximum speed of 210 knots......"

Ba Yuzao introduced the performance of the aircraft, Yang Rui heard that the speed was only 210 knots, and immediately knew the reason why the Baotou factory was allowed to produce: the plane was flying too slowly, and he asked: "What is the horsepower of the aircraft engine?" ”

"The engine is a Kunlun Type 9 air-cooled engine from Shanxi Engine Factory, with a double-row eighteen cylinders and a horsepower of 1,650." Ba Yuzao also knew that there was something wrong with this aircraft - in the case of fighter jets generally going to more than 300 knots (600 kilometers), the speed of 210 knots (39 kilometers) was too slow, so he added: "Shanxi Engine Factory said that the Kunlun 9 engine has great potential to be tapped, and the horsepower will definitely exceed 2,000 in the future, or even reach 2,120, if it can be installed with a 2,000 horsepower engine and slightly improved, this aircraft will definitely be able to exceed 270 knots (500km)." ”

Ba Yuzao looked forward to the Baotou factory being able to produce this torpedo dive bomber, and Yang Rui was thinking about how strong the Hai Dongqing fighter with 1,650 horsepower could be, but he didn't ask Hai Dongqing immediately, but said: "What is the name of this plane?" ”

"The Hangzhou Design Bureau gave it a name: Evil Ghost, saying that it was going to follow the name of the Evil Ghost......" Ba Yuzao scoffed, he originally thought it was going to be named after the torpedo bomber.

"Demons are good." Yang Rui slapped one hand on the only wing of the plane and said approvingly. However, it was only then that he realized that there was a bulge under the wings, and the armament was not the usual 12.7mm machine gun. Rather..., it looks like a cannon.

"Your Excellency. This is a 20mm cannon imported from France. "The war in East Africa has shown that the Italian bombers will be taken down. The 12.7 machine gun alone was not enough, which changed the previous design. Because of its slow speed, the demon had to strengthen its self-defense firepower, which was equipped with three cannons, two in the front and one in the back. ”

"I don't know much about airplanes, so you can do what the Navy requires." Yang Rui patted the demon prototype and stopped. "But since it is a military product, the quality is always the first. If the Devil is mass-produced, then the entire navy will have to rely on it to complete the attack, the effort of attacking hundreds of planes at a time. The efforts of the entire fleet were all aimed at one or two planes being able to pass through enemy anti-aircraft fire, fire torpedoes or drop bombs, and if the planes broke down at this time, it would be a tragedy.

I know that the defective rate of American companies is generally three to four percent, and the excellent European companies, such as SKF bearings in Sweden, can do one to two percent, and we. It is indeed very proud, and the defective rate of major industrial products is generally less than 1 percent, and the defective rate of military products is basically four sigma, which is less than 0.62 percent. But that's not enough! For the company, quality is profit; For customers, especially for the military, quality is life and victory!

The English proverb says: One nail is missing. A horseshoe was dropped, a horseshoe was dropped. Lost a warhorse, lost a warhorse. Defeat a battle, and defeat a battle, the loss of a country. Although the story has elements of romance, the quality of military products is crucial to the victory or defeat of the war. Here, I have a suggestion," Yang Rui raised his hand and said under the gaze of everyone: "That is: on the basis of continuous improvement, march to Six Sigma!" ”

Hearing that Yang Rui said that he was going to march to Six Sigma, Xu Shangwu and Wang Shizhuo stood on the spot. At this time, the management was still debating the right and wrong to put forward the slogan of reaching five sigma (23 parts per million) within ten years, but Yang Rui suddenly raised the goal to the limit: 3.4 parts per million, and only 3.4 defects can be allowed in 1 million products.

"Don't be afraid!" Yang Rui also felt that this goal was difficult to accomplish, he just said that it was smooth, you must know that quality management has always only been six sigma, not five sigma. However, from the perspective of management technology, thanks to the statistics of university textbooks and 30 years of quality management experience, Six Sigma is not unachievable.

"A high defect rate is not good for anyone. In the past 30 years, we have worked tirelessly from the general office to the sweeper, from the mine to the final customer, and it is not only by improving bit by bit that we have the reputation of today's 'made-in-China'? The quantity of military products is the premise of civilian products, and the technology of military products is the harbinger of civilian products. Why, then, do you not dare to be the first in the world? Yang Rui looked at the people in front of him.

"Yes, my lord said so." Xu Shangwu, Wang Shizhuo and the others glanced at each other uneasily, and the pressure was great.

"Good job! Don't forget that in the event of a war, the workshop is the front line. Yang Rui patted Xu Shangwu's shoulder and went straight out.

*

The next day, the capital.

"What kind of bullshit are you talking about? Yes! It's talking about what bullshit stuff!! Kuomintang Beijing Party Department, Guangxi representative of the new Inspectorate of Inspectors, Kuomintang veteran Ma Junwu vigorously patted the front page article of the China Times and was furious, "Arms dealers are arms dealers, what profits!" What a development! What Six Sigma! This is clearly an arms dealer who is distressed about his money, and he wants all the fat and cream of the people in the world to fall into his pocket......"

Perhaps he was really angry, and Ma Junwu, who turned to face everyone, suddenly had a cruel smile on his face, "Gentlemen: It was our military reduction that stepped on the tail of Yang Jingcheng, the old fox, that made him say such a lot of bullshit. We must shake out the matter of the Mengjiang power station, so that the revival will lose face! ”

"Thick Mountain!" Seeing that Ma Junwu was going crazy again, Hu Ying, who was more steady, stopped him, "When the matter of the Mengjiang Power Station will be revealed to the press is related to the success or failure of the election of the current prime minister, and it must not be made public until the critical moment, nor can it be leaked in advance, so as not to make up for the revival." ”

"Yes, Mr. Atsuyama, this matter must not be bruised." Ding Wenjiang, an earlier official of the Ministry of Land, also said.

More than 10 years ago, the Ministry of Industry made a huge project in Mengjiang County costing 1.4 billion yuan, the purpose of which was to use the Buddhist holy relict Tridasin to generate electricity! The year before last, the project was reported to have failed. Such a waste of people's money, from the late Ministry of Industry Shangshu Xu Huafeng, to the first premier Yang Jingcheng, the current prime minister Mu Xiangyue, and even the party's first prime minister, can not escape the responsibility. However, fortunately, the prime minister has passed away, and the project and the end are all people from the Revival Association, and once this big scandal is made public, Mu Xiangyue will definitely not be re-elected.

Although I don't know why the prime minister agreed to allocate funds for this project, as a geological expert, Ding Wenjiang knows that the clams are just a shellfish shell that lives on the bottom of the sea, because of the huge size and heavy shell (there are rut-like indentations on the shell, so it is called clams), so the shell can be used as prayer beads, ornaments or Buddhist instruments, and of course, it can also be used as medicine, which is recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica. It's just a shell, but it is said to be able to generate electricity, and there must be greed for ink in it.

"I didn't hit it brutally, I just can't wait to see what kind of face Yang Jingcheng will face at the press conference after this matter is exposed!" Ma Junwu suppressed the crazy heat in his heart and snorted coldly.

"We also need to pay attention to Yongni's safety!" Patriarch Liu Kuiyi suggested, "Don't do anything from the past, maybe in order not to lose the election, those people in the Revival Association will ......"

"Yang Jingcheng still has this amount of belly." Hu Ying's brows tightened, but she quickly let go. "Besides, I have told Rang Yu to be on guard first, he was the director of the Zhejiang National Security Bureau earlier, and it is not a problem to protect Yongni."

"It's better to be careful." Liu Kuiyi still remembers the assassination of Song Dunchu. Although the evidence of the Inspectorate and the court trial is conclusive, proving that Dunchu was provoked and killed by Sun Wenyu's sin Chen Qimei, perhaps there are also Fuxing Society calculations - at that time, according to the agreement, the new cabinet only moved the National Security Bureau and not the Intelligence Bureau, which always made him uneasy.

"Twenty-seven days to go!" Hu Ying gestured with her hands, "Twenty-seven days later, the election will be over, and the matter will be decided." ”

Hu Ying was so relieved, but Liu Yuyi was still worried, and he asked Ding Wenjiang instead, "Zaijun, what about Yongni people?" Where did you go to give a lecture again? Didn't you say don't go out at the last meeting? We and the National Party combined for a quarter of the seats in the election last year, and the Revival Society has been in internal chaos since its war with the United States, and if we can eliminate the scourge of war, those people will definitely turn their backs on our ......."

Liu Kuiyi was as angry as Ma Junwu when he was young, but he has become old over the years, and he has not played with nagging. Seeing him like this, Hu Ying said: "Linsheng, don't ask, today Yongni went to Mr. Fei's house with Hu Shizhi and Ren Gong's son Sichen." ”

"Mr. Fei?" Liu Kuyi didn't know who this person was, but Hu Shi and Liang Qichao's son-in-law Liang Sicheng must have a lot of trouble.

"It's Mr. Fairbank," Ding Wenjiang knew that Liu Kuiyi, as a veteran, was outdated, but after all, he and Hu Ying, Ma Junwu and others were revolutionary figures before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they were the archways of the Kuomintang, and they should still be in high positions. After he finished speaking, Fei Zhengqing saw that Liu Kuiyi was still puzzled, so he had to simply say: "Mr. Fei is an American, and after coming to China, Ren Gong's son Sicheng helped him take a Chinese name. He is a well-known scholar of the Pacific International Society, which has had a great influence on American politics......"

"Oh! Speaking of which, it turned out to be a foreign hair! Liu Kuo kept saying that his words were actually very disrespectful, which made Ma Junwu and Ding Wenjiang frown again and again.

"Linsheng!" Hu Ying blamed, "Yongni wants to be the prime minister, and it is very important to be at war with the United States." From the perspective of the whole country, apart from the generals of the Revival Society, who wants to fight?! As long as we can say that we have signed a naval agreement with the United States, who will not vote for Yongni? ”

"Hey. You beware that Yang Jingcheng will charge us with the crime of Citigroup. Liu Kuo together.

"Then we will first give Yang Jingcheng a charge of communicating with Soviet Russia!" Ma Junwu said disdainfully.

"Then it's up to whoever deducts it fast." Liu Kuai looked at Ma Junwu and smiled, he still remembered that when he was in Tokyo, this person raised a wooden stick to beat himself and Dunchu, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't go with Sun Wen in the end, the Kuomintang would never have taken him in.

"That's it!" Hu Ying, the big housekeeper and peacemaker, had to shout, "From now until the end of the election, everything is focused on the election." This matter not only has a bearing on the cause of our country and the party, but also has a bearing on the peace of the 60,000,000 Chinese people! (To be continued.) )