Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

Li Weidong walked to a newsstand and looked at the words "Public Phone" written on the signboard of the newsstand.

"Boss, make a call!" Li Weidong said.

When the boss heard that Li Weidong was spoken in a foreign country, he said, "Long distance calls are sixty cents a minute!"

"It's quite expensive!" Li Weidong thought to himself, and then said, "I'm talking in the city!"

"Oh, the local dialect is 50 cents for three minutes, and 20 cents a minute after that." After finishing speaking, the newsstand owner picked up his watch to count the time.

"Boss, lend me the phone book!" Li Weidong continued.

The newsstand owner handed a Shancheng phone book to Li Weidong.

At that time, there were not many people who could afford a telephone. The telecommunications bureau in each region published a phone book every year, listing the phone numbers of all units and households in the city.

That is to say, if you want to know whose phone number, you can directly check the phone book, and there is no privacy at all. Fortunately, there were no phone scams at that time, otherwise, the scammers could deceive a lot of people with a phone book.

Li Weidong searched for a long time, and finally found the name he needed, and then he dialed the phone number.

After a while, the phone was connected, and a woman's voice sounded on the other side: "Hello?"

"Hello, is Boss Shen's house?" Li Weidong asked.

"I'm his lover, he's out now, who are you?" the other party said.

"Oh, it's my sister-in-law!" Li Weidong continued: "My name is Li Weidong, the director of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory. I want to talk to Boss Shen about a business. We want to purchase a batch of motorcycle engines!"

When he heard that he wanted to buy a motorcycle engine, the other party immediately became enthusiastic: "Director Li, if you want to buy a motorcycle engine, you have found the right person. I don't know what model you want to buy? How much?"

"It's not clear on the phone, I'm in Shancheng now,

Can you tell me your address and I'll find you? "Li Weidong said.

"That's so troublesome, where are you now, I'll let someone pick you up!" the other party said.

After agreeing on the address, Li Weidong put down the phone.

Du Jiahai next to him asked, "Director, who is this boss Shen you are looking for?"

"He is a motorcycle repairer." Li Weidong said with a smile.

"A motorcycle repairer? Will there be an engine?" Du Jiahai was slightly taken aback.

Li Weidong smiled and nodded: "He is probably the only one who repairs motorcycles in the entire mountain city, and even in China, who can build the motorcycle engine we want!"

...

The boss Shen that Li Weidong looked for is named Shen Congzuo. His company will be a leader in the domestic motorcycle engine field in the future, with a market value of nearly 10 billion.

Shen Congzuo was born in a scholarly family and was originally a worker of a state-owned enterprise. He went to sea in the early days of reform and opening up. At that time, it was definitely a deviant behavior to leave the iron job of a state-owned enterprise and become a self-employed person.

When he first went to sea, Shen Congzuo did a lot of small businesses, selling clothes, selling fruits, setting up street stalls, etc. He made money and lost money. Later, he learned to repair motorcycles with relatives and opened a motorcycle repair stall. .

The motorcycle market in Shancheng is very large. There are many people riding motorcycles, so the business of motorcycle repair is naturally very popular. Within a few years, Shen Congzuo's car repair booth has become a car repair shop, and he also accepts it. several apprentices.

By the end of the 1980s, Shen Congzuo had accumulated a fortune of 200,000 to 300,000 by repairing motorcycles, which was definitely considered a local tyrant at that time.

At that time, it was the most prosperous period of the domestic motorcycle industry. Many domestic companies launched motorcycle production lines, and motorcycle engines were in short supply.

After Shen Congzuo discovered this, he brought a few apprentices to copy a hundred Yamaha motorcycle engines and sent them for a test, and they all passed the test!

It sounds incredible that a car mechanic can save up a motorcycle engine, and it is still qualified! But this is the truth. It can only be said that talent is really a good thing!

This also strengthened Shen Congzuo's determination to make motorcycle engines. Shen Congzuo took out all his savings, borrowed some money from relatives and friends, and devoted himself to the field of motorcycle engines. He grew up in more than ten years. It is the leader of domestic private motorcycle engines.

Of course, the current Shen Congzuo is still an individual industrial and commercial household, and his business is only the engine of the big brand of the cottage, which is used by those small motorcycle factories that cannot buy the engine.

Of course, Li Weidong has admired this legendary entrepreneur for a long time, and he also knows Shen Congzuo's experience of starting from scratch to billions of dollars, so before coming to Shancheng, Li Weidong had already used Shen Congzuo as an alternative.

In 1990, when motorcycles were hot, the supply of motorcycle engines was in short supply. Big companies like the Big Three Motorcycles in Mountain City did not worry about selling the motorcycle engines they produced. How could they have spare time to help Li Weidong to develop agricultural products? Tricycle engine!

Li Weidong had expected that if he went to the Big Three for help, he would probably come back in vain.

As it turned out, the three motorcycle giants ignored Li Weidong at all, and they couldn't even give him money. Li Weidong could only go to Shen Congzuo for help.

...

It didn't take long for a young man to pick up Li Weidong in a taxi. This man was Shen Congzuo's apprentice.

The apprentice took Li Weidong to Shen Congzuo's workshop, and Li Weidong also met Shen Congzuo.

In the last life, Li Weidong saw Shen Congzuo on TV, but at that time Shen Congzuo was almost sixty years old, and now Shen Congzuo has just started his business and is less than forty years old, so he looks much younger.

After the two exchanged a few words, Shen Congzuo asked, "Director Li, I heard from you on the phone that you want to purchase motorcycle engines? I don't know what you want."

"What kind of engine can Boss Shen make now?" Li Weidong asked.

"We are mainly imitating Yamaha's engines now. Domestic motorcycle manufacturers still recognize Yamaha's engines. In addition, some Kawasaki engines are similar in structure to Yamaha, and we can also imitate them." Shen Congzuo replied.

Li Weidong nodded, then gave Du Jiahai a wink, Du Jiahai immediately took out a piece of paper and handed it to Shen Congzuo.

At the same time, Li Weidong said: "Boss Shen, this is the data of a motorcycle engine. Can you see if you can make it?"

"You asked us to make a new engine?" Shen Congzuo was slightly taken aback.

Li Weidong nodded: "Yes, there is no similar engine on the market for the engine I want, so it can only be re-developed."

"Let me develop a new engine, Director Li really looks down on me!" Shen Congzuo said, looking at the data on the piece of paper.

Li Weidong smiled slightly, and if it was someone else's words, he really didn't dare to mention the development of motorcycle engines. It's not a fantasy to let a cottage workshop develop a new engine!

But Shen Congzuo is the future leader in the domestic motorcycle engine industry. Li Weidong believes that Shen Congzuo has the courage to develop motorcycle engines.

Looking at the data on the paper, Shen Congzuo frowned. He asked, "Director Li, the engine you want isn't for motorcycles, right?"

"It's for tricycles." Li Weidong didn't hide it, but explained directly: "We are an agricultural machinery factory after all, and we plan to launch an agricultural tricycle specifically for farmers to pull goods."

The key to the agricultural three-wheel vehicle is the rear axle assembly. Without a qualified rear axle assembly, it is impossible to imitate the agricultural tricycle, so Li Weidong is not worried that others will make a copy after knowing it.

"Since it's a hauler, then I understand!" Shen Congzuo nodded and continued, "Director Li, I can try to make the engine you want, but I won't be able to make it. Well said!"

As Li Weidong expected, Shen Congzuo did not decide, although he was only a self-employed person who opened a cottage engine workshop, but he dared to try to develop a new type of motorcycle engine.

"It seems that I really found the right person!" Li Weidong felt a lot more at ease, and he continued: "Boss Shen, I will not let you do this engine for nothing. You give you 300,000 yuan, which is considered as research and development expenses!"

"300,000?" Shen Congzuo took a deep breath. He has been a self-employed person for ten years, and his current assets are only 300,000.

The next second, Shen Congzuo immediately shook his head: "Director Li, I can't use so much money!"

"The research and development of this kind of thing costs a lot. If 300,000 can make the engine I want, then I will earn it." Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Director Li, making an engine is a lot of easy things. If I can't do it, I'll actually take your money for nothing!" Shen Congzuo said.

"Boss Shen, since I dare to come to you, I can trust you. I believe you can make the motorcycle engine I want!" Li Weidong's appearance was more confident than Shen Congzuo.

Shen Congzuo was stunned for a moment, then he nodded solemnly: "Since Director Li trusts me, then I will fight and make the engine you want!"

The two talked about some details again, and then Shen Congzuo invited the guests to a restaurant for dinner.

Du Jiahai's alcohol consumption was relatively average, and after a few glasses of wine, he basically lost his consciousness of thinking. In the end, Li Weidong helped him back to the hotel.

It was already the next day when Du Jiahai woke up, but he was still a little dazed, and he was not fully awake yet.

Looking like a hangover, Du Jiahai came to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. At this time, Li Weidong was eating and reading the newspaper, and he was eating with relish.

Seeing Du Jiahai approaching, Li Weidong said, "Pour a glass of milk first and hangover."

When Du Jiahai heard the words, he poured a glass of milk and sat down opposite Li Weidong.

"Factory director, does that Shen Cong Zuo do it? I think he is a small workshop, and the workers are all his apprentices. Just like him, he can really make the engine we want? Don't be deceived by his! "Du Jiahai said.

"You're only thinking about asking about this now!" Li Weidong put down the newspaper in his hand, and continued, "I don't need to be suspicious of people. Since I dare to look for him, I must have some understanding of his abilities.

Don't underestimate this Shen Congzuo, maybe in the future agricultural tricycles across the country will have to rely on him to provide engines! By the way, did you go to the toilet in the morning? I said large! "

"Ah? I don't feel it yet." Du Jiahai said.

"Drink more milk to dilute the stomach." Li Weidong smiled, and then said: "I ate spicy food yesterday, and my butt hurts easily!"

...

Li Weidong did not stay in the mountain city for too long, so he returned to Qinghe.

As soon as he got home, his mother Zhou Yunxiu came over.

"Wei Dong, there is a girl looking for you, and I have called you several times!" Zhou Yunxiu said.

"Woman? Who is it?" Li Weidong asked subconsciously.

"Brother, is that my future sister-in-law!" Li Weimin, the younger brother, said gossip.

"Go, go, play while you go." Li Weidong waved his brother away.

"I asked her to leave her name and contact information. You can contact her when you come back. She said you know her contact information." Zhou Yunxiu paused, then said, "The girl's name is He An'an!"