"In 2003, during the Iraq war, more than 30 Britons encountered 100 Iraqi militants, and the other side used AK-47 automatic rifles. Three British soldiers wearing Dacheng bulletproof vests were shot, and one was shot seven times, which was very severe. Another one was shot with a 12 bullet. The bulletproof vest was good, but he was shot in the head and died. After leaving the army, the soldier who got seven bullets set up a website, saying that China Dacheng's bulletproof vest saved his life. "
Chen, the boss of Dacheng Company, relishes this story circulating on the Internet. "The market suddenly opened, and now Americans have come to buy it, and Germans and French have also come to buy it. In 2004, the company sold 40,000 sets of bulletproof vests, and this year's sales orders have reached 6.5438+0.5 million sets, with more than 20,000 sets in the UK alone, with total sales exceeding 200 million yuan. "
However, few people know that it took Chen eight years from the beginning of research and development to the opening of the market. The long-term R&D process has caused the loss of a large number of key personnel who can't see the future, and this private enterprise Dacheng Company is on the verge of bankruptcy. However, Chen's persistence makes his products on a par with Mitsui's products in the United States, the Netherlands and Japan.