Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 223 College Students (12 arrears)

Uncle Zhou Yunsheng stayed in Qinghe for five days, then said goodbye and left.

When they parted, the siblings burst into tears again.

Li Weidong also bought four air fryers as gifts for his aunt Su Qian.

At this time, the expansion project of the electric furnace factory has been completed, and Ma Zhongyi is busy recruiting workers.

Second-hand inventor Lu Jianli also took summer vacation. He stayed in the laboratory of the electric furnace factory from morning to night, consuming various raw materials.

However, what Lu Jianli does is not high-tech research. He usually only uses some welding rods, iron sheets, wires and rubber tubes, which doesn't cost much.

For most civilian scientists, their "inventions" are like handicrafts in a handicraft class. They look very crude and have little practicality. People like Lu Jianli, who are serious about electrical studies, are in the minority.

Li Weidong walked into Lu Jianli's laboratory and saw Lu Jianli holding a screwdriver in his hand and playing with a bunch of parts.

"Teacher Lu, you are busy!" Li Weidong said.

"It's Director Li, sit down quickly!" Lu Jianli said, looking around and found that the room was full of threads, scraps of iron, old parts and the like, and there was no place to sit.

"This is too messy. Don't worry, Director Li. I'll clean it up right away." Lu Jianli said, trying to clear out a place for Li Weidong to sit.

"Teacher Lu, don't bother." Li Weidong said, taking out a few drawings, handing them to Lu Jianli, and then said: "Teacher Lu, can you help me take a look at these drawings?"

Lu Jianli finished the drawings and looked at them carefully.

"Below is the heating tube. The heating tube is directly connected to an iron plate. If the heating tube is energized, the iron plate will also heat up. Is this an electric heating pot?" Lu Jianli asked.

"Teacher Lu has good eyesight." Li Weidong extended his thumb.

"Then what is this shelf with a round hole on it?" Lu Jianli asked.

"It's for eggs. This round hole just holds the eggs in place." Li Weidong paused and then introduced: "This thing is called an egg steamer. The principle is as you can see. Pour water into it and then turn on the electricity to heat it.

, put the eggs on the rack and steam them with water steam."

Lu Jianli showed a disgusted expression: "Is this necessary? Isn't it unnecessary! Just put the eggs in water and boil them, and the eggs will be cooked. Why do you need to buy a special egg steamer? It is a waste of resources and

Waste of electricity!”

"Teacher Lu, this thing is sold to foreigners!" Li Weidong introduced.

"Foreigners don't know how to boil eggs?" Lu Jianli curled his lips.

"Of course foreigners can boil eggs, but foreigners are lazy! So they need my egg steamer."

Li Weidong paused and introduced: "I hope that this egg steamer will automatically cut off the power as soon as the eggs are cooked. In this case, you can put the eggs in, press a button, and don't have to worry about anything. After a while, you will have cooked eggs.

It’s okay to eat.”

Lu Jianli thought for a moment and said, "Oh, this can be solved by timing. For example, it takes five minutes to steam an egg. Then set it in advance. Press the button once and it will heat for five minutes. After five minutes, it will automatically cut off the power.

The eggs are just cooked."

"I also hope to have three grades. The first grade is for steamed eggs that are runny, the second grade for steamed eggs that are normal, and the third grade for steamed eggs that are older." Li Weidong

He spoke.

"It's easy, just set three different times. Then you can experiment and see how long it takes to steam the eggs until they become runny, how long they steam until they are cooked normally, how long they steam until they are older, and then just set the time." Lu Jianli answered.

road.

Li Weidong continued: "Also, I plan to use stainless steel for the heating plate. After all, it is sold to foreigners, and stainless steel looks high-grade."

"Stainless steel is indeed better than iron plates, resisting corrosion and oxidation, but I have to remind you that stainless steel is much more expensive, and stainless steel raw materials are not easy to find!" Lu Jianli said.

Before the 1990s, China's stainless steel output was not high, and the quality of the stainless steel produced was not as good as that of developed countries such as Europe, the United States, and Japan. It was not until 1997, when the country formulated the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" for stainless steel development, that China's stainless steel industry began to leap forward.

style development.

In 1989, only a few giant state-owned enterprises such as Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. had the ability to produce stainless steel. This resulted in domestic stainless steel raw materials being very expensive and very rare. To obtain stainless steel materials, one needed a planning committee at or above the department level.

Just give me a note.

At that time, most of the stainless steel produced in China was used in key industries such as national defense technology or heavy industry. For township enterprises like Li Weidong, it was a fantasy to obtain stainless steel.

Thinking that stainless steel is difficult to obtain, Li Weidong sighed: "I also know that stainless steel is difficult to obtain, but after all, this egg steamer is used for export to earn foreign exchange. As long as we can get orders from foreign businessmen, I think my superiors will help me."

We coordinated with stainless steel materials.”

…

The egg steamer is the next product Li Weidong is preparing to launch.

The structure of the egg steamer is very simple, and Li Weidong was able to develop it at his level. Moreover, there was already an electric-heated integrated kettle at that time, so technically, it was not difficult to make an egg steamer.

The core technology of the electric furnace factory is various electrical heating mechanical equipment. The basic principle of the egg steamer is also electric heating, so it is most suitable for the electric furnace factory to make such things as the egg steamer.

At present, several products launched by Li Weidong, from air fryers, to toasters, to egg steamers, are also made around electric heating technology. If replaced with other small household appliances, the technology of electric stove manufacturers

, I’m afraid it’s difficult to do.

The egg steamer is a very convenient small appliance. Just put a little water in it, press the button, and you don't have to do anything else.

In daily life, any home appliance product that can make people lazy will definitely sell well. The egg steamer is obviously a product that can make people lazy.

In his previous life, Li Weidong had seen market analysis of egg steamers when he was cooperating with others in the small home appliance business, and he also had some understanding of the market prospects of egg steamers.

In the future, the largest market for egg steamers will of course be China, followed by Japan. This is mainly related to eating habits. East Asia is more accustomed to eating boiled eggs.

Europeans eat boiled eggs just like eating steak. They have to be cooked several times, and the eating is quite ritualistic. There are even special tools for eating boiled eggs. As for Americans, probably only light eaters will eat them.

Boil eggs.

Due to eating habits, the main market for egg steamers is still in East Asia.

In the late 1980s, it was impossible for Chinese people to be willing to spend money to buy something special for steaming eggs. As Lu Jianli said, just boil water and cook them directly. South Korea has not established diplomatic relations with China, so there is no way to talk about it.

What economic and trade relations?

Therefore, Li Weidong developed the egg steamer mainly for the Japanese market.

According to Japanese eating habits, boiled eggs are a relatively common food, and according to the market analysis that Li Weidong read in his previous life, Japan is also the world's second largest market for egg steamers.

…

After handing over the research and development of the egg steamer to Lu Jianli, Li Weidong walked around the electric furnace factory and found that he had nothing to do.

Ma Zhongyi is solely responsible for the recruitment of new workers. As a senior local boss in Xiangyang Town, he knows the situation of each village in Xiangyang Town very well. He even knows how many lazy people there are in each village.

So Li Weidong simply drove back home and bought two watermelons and a roast chicken on the way to drink with Mr. Li Dengke.

When I arrived at the door of my house, I just stopped the car and saw a rural man about forty years old walking over with the support of a young man.

This young man, whom Li Weidong knew, was Fang Zhenhong, who was about to take the college entrance examination, and the rural man being supported had some resemblance to Fang Zhenhong between his eyebrows. He should be Fang Zhenhong's father who broke his leg.

"Director Li!" Lao Fang came over and knelt down directly towards Li Weidong. Perhaps for this rural man, kneeling down to his benefactor was the best way to express his gratitude.

"Director Li, if it weren't for you, my leg would be useless. You are a great benefactor to our family. I kowtow to you!" Lao Fang said.

"Get up quickly, your legs are not strong yet, are they? You can't kneel down!" Li Weidong quickly stepped forward and helped Lao Fang up.

"Director Li, I will never forget your great kindness to me! I will repay the money you gave me to treat my leg even if I work like a cow or a horse," Lao Fang continued.

Li Weidong immediately said: "Take good care of your legs first, don't leave any sequelae, and don't worry about paying back the money. By the way, count the time, the college entrance examination is over, how did Fang Zhenhong do in the exam? Has he been admitted to college?"

"Thanks to the three hundred yuan given by Director Li at that time, my child can take the exam with peace of mind." Lao Fang continued: "This child is lucky enough to be admitted to college!"

"That's great! Which university did you get admitted to?" Li Weidong asked.

"Harbin Institute of Technology!" Fang Zhenhong replied.

"That's a great university!" Li Weidong couldn't help but sigh.

In the 1980s, Harbin Institute of Technology was very powerful, even when faced with Tsinghua and Peking University. After all, in the era when state-owned enterprises were in power, Northeast China was the core area of ​​China's economy, and Harbin Institute of Technology was a good university in Northeast China, so it was naturally bullish.

Complete.

Li Weidong asked again: "What major do you study?"

"Material shaping and control engineering, this is a new major opened this year." Fang Zhenhong answered.

"Is it a mechanical major?" Li Weidong asked.

Fang Zhenhong was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Li Weidong knew this major.

Mechanical majors mainly include mechanical design, manufacturing and automation, material forming and control engineering, industrial design, and process equipment and control engineering. Material forming and control engineering was a major that only appeared in the "Undergraduate Major Catalog of General Colleges and Universities" in 1989.

In later generations, the mechanical major was not a great major. When graduates were looking for jobs, the wages were actually low and the working environment was unsatisfactory.

However, in the 1980s and 1990s, graduates of mechanical majors were very popular, and large state-owned enterprises were eager to get them. They started as engineers, and their remuneration was very generous. If you were looking for a wife, you could find a family with the children of high-ranking cadres.

What's more, the mechanical major of Harbin Institute of Technology is even more valuable.

"Okay, the mechanical major has a bright future. It seems that your family Fang Zhenhong is going to be successful in the future! Old Fang, after a few years, Fang Zhenhong gets a job, and you can enjoy the happiness at home!"

Li Weidong said with a smile, and then took out a hundred yuan from his arms, handed it to Lao Fang, and said: "Lao Fang, if you take this money, I congratulate Fang Zhenhong for being admitted to college!"

"No, Director Li, we absolutely can't take this money. We are here specifically to thank you this time, how can we still accept your money!" Lao Fang firmly refused.

"Old Fang, just accept it. Fang Zhenhong will always need money when he goes to college. When the time comes, he will use the money to buy something, such as a washbasin and kettle. Don't you have to spend money to buy it?"

Li Weidong forced the money into Lao Fang's hand, and then said to Fang Zhenhong: "When you arrive in the Northeast, study hard. Getting into college is not the key. Try to get a graduate degree and come back!"

Chapter 12 of the back payment was delivered, and I still owe 2 chapters from last month. As a handicapped person, I haven’t finished it after a month of making up. Thanks for the 5,000 starting coin reward for finding books that are so damn hard to find!

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