Chapter 61 Understanding (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Taking into account the civilian sector products?

Wang Baoguo was stunned.

It took him a while to come back to his senses, looking at Liu Tao with a strange look.

Other military factories would like to have more military product production indicators, and they all want to develop military industry. There is absolutely no military factory willing to convert military to civilian.

Liu Tao, on the other hand, actually wants to take into account the civilian sector.

What is this head thinking?

"Panshan Machinery Factory produces guns and bullets. I would not be surprised if it produces mortars and cannons in the future. Why do you want to produce civilian products? Can you produce them?" Wang Baoguo looked at Liu Tao in confusion.

He knew the situation of Panshan Machinery Factory very well.

From the establishment of the factory to now, no civilian products have been produced.

"It's not possible now, but it doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future!" Liu Tao said as a matter of course: "TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners, cars, motorcycles, maybe they will all be produced in the future."

Liu Tao has a big heart!

For example, he wants to produce a military vehicle to improve the ability to transport troops and transport supplies.

It's just that I'm busy developing firearms now and don't have time to do it!

"Military-to-civilian conversion doesn't mean that military factories can't produce civilian products, but the confidentiality regulations must be implemented well!" Wang Baoguo meant something.

Liu Tao immediately understood.

As for the confidentiality regulations, any military factory must follow them.

In the past, Panshan Machinery Factory was a third-level confidential unit. Later, after Liu Tao developed advanced firearms, it was promoted to a first-level confidential unit.

In other words, in order to keep secrets, Panshan Machinery Factory has to build another factory to separate it if it wants to produce civilian products!

Liu Tao naturally has no objection to this.

In addition to the current plot, Panshan Machinery Factory has three more plots. These are the plots that belong to Panshan Machinery Factory after the three military factories were merged into Panshan Machinery Factory.

Liu Tao is now applying for these plots. These plots are larger, especially those that he wants to use as military factory production bases, which are all large-scale plots.

After staying for half an hour, Liu Tao left.

Wang Baoguo has a lot of things to deal with every day, and it's good to have half an hour.

The higher the level of the leader, the more precious his time is, and the less likely he will do meaningless things.

In the afternoon, Liu Tao came to No. 2 Ritan East Road in Beijing, where the Egyptian Embassy is located.

Egypt is a country that established diplomatic relations with China very early. The two sides established diplomatic relations on May 30, 1956.

In the past, China provided Egypt with free assistance for aircraft-related equipment, and Egypt also gave China some well-equipped weapons for China's research.

This is a back and forth, and the two sides have established a friendly cooperative relationship.

The delegation of the Third Ministry of Machine Building went to Egypt for specific inspections and negotiations on the pretext of repairing aircraft. After overcoming many difficulties, they obtained an order for aircraft and engines worth 176 million US dollars.

Liu Tao would naturally not give up Egypt as a potential target.

Egypt is poor, but a little bit of money is still money.

Last year, Egypt's GDP reached 14.8 billion US dollars, but its annual military expenditure was as high as 5.5 billion US dollars, accounting for 37.16% of GDP!

After showing his letter of introduction and explaining his purpose, the guard made a phone call.

About ten minutes later, a staff member came to take Liu Tao in.

"Sir, this is the embassy. Please do not walk around casually. Please understand." The staff member spoke in English and reminded.

Liu Tao nodded slightly to show that he understood.

The embassy is an extraordinary place. It can be said to be a highly confidential matter.

If he walks around and sees something he shouldn't see or hears something he shouldn't hear, he will most likely not be able to get out.

The staff member led Liu Tao to the ambassador's office.

This is a very steady old man with gray hair, wearing a pair of glasses, a white shirt, and a watch on his left hand.

"Young gentleman, what do you want to see me for?" Osama looked at Liu Tao with interest.

Usually, in addition to dealing with people from the Chinese Foreign Affairs Department, they also deal with other embassy personnel. As for ordinary Chinese people, they will never come to the embassy.

"Hello, sir!" Liu Tao smiled, "I am the head of a large military factory in China. I came to visit you this time to discuss business."

Osama looked at Liu Tao meaningfully.

In his heart, he was thinking whether Liu Tao's words were true or false.

Liu Tao talked freely: "I have heard about Nasser's deeds. I admire him very much. The current situation in Egypt makes me feel very sad. Without the hero Nasser, Egypt's situation is not good. The polar bears are eyeing it and need to gain control of the Suez Canal."

Nasser is a hero of Egypt, and even a hero of Muslims in the Middle East. In 1953, he and a group of free officers organized to overthrow the Farouk Dynasty. In 1956, he took charge of Egypt. As a child, Nasser announced the nationalization of the Suez Canal and fought against the British, French and Israeli coalition forces in October.

It can be said that this person is a man sent from heaven. The times create heroes, and heroes also create the times!

Nasser enjoys high prestige in Egypt and the Muslims in the Middle East. He is also the founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Osama was very surprised that a young Chinese man would know so much about Nasser. He showed a nostalgic look and talked about Nasser with Liu Tao with some sadness.

Osama is Nasser's comrade-in-arms!

The two sides seemed to have found a common language, the awkward atmosphere suddenly dissipated, and the relationship between the two became much more harmonious.

"If Nasser were still here, Egypt's situation would not be so bad now!" Osama seemed unwilling.

The Fourth Middle East War broke out, and Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in order to take back the Sinai Peninsula. This was not without cost. The cost was that Egypt suddenly changed from a leader in the Middle East to being despised and neglected by many white robes in the Middle East, and the Soviet Union was also eyeing it, which put Egypt under tremendous pressure.

Egypt's position is too important. It spans Asia and Africa, and occupies an important strategic position as a world transportation hub, a world trade channel, and a world military channel. It is the center of the three concentric circles of Africa, the Arab world, and the Islamic world.

This made Egypt a target of wolves. Everyone wanted to control Egypt and the Suez Canal!

Back then, with the support of the United States and the Soviet Union, they joined forces to make Britain lose control of the Suez Canal.

But it was not that the two good men were good people. They just didn't want the former hegemon to control the Suez Canal anymore. They wanted to control it themselves, so as to strengthen their influence on the surrounding areas.

Liu Tao couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to Osama. Osama thought that this situation would not exist if Nasser was still alive. In fact, this situation could not be avoided under the general trend. Wasn't China trapped between the two superpowers for so many years?

The comprehensive national strength of the two superpowers is too strong, far exceeding that of other countries. It can even be said that their military strength far exceeds that of the former British Empire.

The competition between the two sides is all-round, with military, economic, cultural, technological, etc., all in competition.

The exploration of space by both sides is also far ahead of other countries, creating countless first records.