Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 345 Honest Tractor Factory

When Zou Jianshe left, there was a huge depression written on his face.

Being blackmailed out of nowhere, no matter who it is, will feel uncomfortable.

Li Weidong successfully turned a bad thing into a good thing. Not only did he solve the problem, but he also got an order from the Highway Bureau Construction Company. It can be said that he returned home with a full load.

The research and development of the new loader is still in progress in an orderly manner. In order to keep up with the expansion of the G104 National Highway, Li Weidong has given the technical department a death order to develop a prototype before the end of the year.

At the same time, good news came from Du Jiahai at Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory. The hydraulic power unit has been integrated into agricultural vehicles, and the new agricultural vehicles have the function of self-unloading.

The new agricultural vehicle adopts a five-wheel design. The cargo box at the back is larger and can carry more weight.

Li Weidong named this agricultural vehicle Fukang No. 2 agricultural vehicle.

Currently, Fukang 2 has developed a total of four models. Fukang 201 is the most basic five-wheel model; Fukang 202 model, based on Fukang 201, adds an enclosed cab to protect it from wind and rain.

The Fukang 203 type is based on the Fukang 201 and adds a dump function; while the Fukang 204 type adds a closed cab based on the dump function.

These four agricultural tricycles will be put on the market by the end of the year.

Although the end of the year is the off-season for agricultural machinery sales, as long as spring comes, agricultural machinery will usher in the peak season.

Li Weidong introduced the new agricultural tricycle to the market a quarter in advance in order to build momentum in advance so as to forget about the coming time and hit a good sales volume.

…

A car parked in front of the tractor factory's office building, and the director, Gao Chongguang, got out of the car in a dusty state.

"Gao Chang is back!" Someone had been waiting here for a long time and took the briefcase from Gao Chongguang's hand.

"Gao Chang, this business trip went well, right?" Another person asked.

Gao Chongguang nodded: "Not bad. I found an old friend who works at Qingqi. He is willing to help us produce a batch of high-torque motorcycle engines."

This year, the efficiency of the tractor factory is very poor, and the sales volume of tractors has been cut in half compared to last year.

The impact of agricultural tricycles on tractors is one aspect, and another reason is that Dongfanghong small four-wheel tractor has been technically improved to improve power and stability.

Dongfanghong was originally the most famous brand, but its improved performance without price increase makes Dongfanghong small four-wheeler stand out among many similar products.

The technology of YTO Factory is already the top in the country. As the eldest son of the Republic in the tractor industry, the various support provided by the state is not comparable to other tractor factories.

This is tantamount to buying a brand and bringing it with you. It is difficult for products from other tractor manufacturers to compete with Dongfanghong small four-wheelers.

Facing the decline in efficiency, Gao Chongguang did not sit still and decided to directly copy agricultural tricycles.

So Gao Chongguang specially approved part of the funds for the research and development of agricultural tricycles.

Not long ago, those agricultural tricycles that were fully paid for without using agricultural machinery subsidies were exactly what the tractor factory did.

The structure of the agricultural tricycle is still very simple, at least it cannot be difficult for tractor manufacturers.

However, the tractor factory wants to imitate the agricultural tricycle, but it faces two problems. One is that it cannot find a suitable engine, and the other is that the rear axle assembly is insufficient in load-bearing. If these two problems are not solved, it will not be able to make an agricultural tricycle.

Fortunately, Gao Chongguang had been the director of the factory for many years and had some connections. He went directly to Qingqi Motorcycle and asked Qingqi Motors to help him produce engines for agricultural tricycles.

Among the domestic motorcycle manufacturers, Qingqi is considered to be the top one. Qingqi was established as early as the 1950s. It is an old state-owned enterprise with strong technology accumulation. Later, it introduced technology from Japan and produced the Suzuki King motorcycle, which has also been a best-seller for a generation.

Divine car.

With Qingqi's technology, we can certainly make an engine suitable for agricultural tricycles.

After solving the engine problem, the only difficulty facing Gao Chongguang was the rear axle assembly.

…

In the technical department of the tractor factory, Gao Chongguang looked at the somewhat modified rear axle assembly. His originally good mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

"Gaochang, we have tried our best. The rear axle assembly we developed can already carry 1.2 tons." The technical director lowered his head and said.

"But Fukang's tricycle can pull two tons of cargo!" Gao Chongguang snorted coldly.

"High-end factory, if you want to improve the performance of the rear axle assembly, you still need to conduct a lot of tests and make constant adjustments." The technical director said.

"Then why don't we do a practical test quickly!" Gao Chongguang said.

"But this test fund..." The technical director continued hesitantly: "The 100,000 test fund last time has been spent."

"Have you spent it all again? Our factory has already invested 300,000 yuan for this rear axle assembly, but the load capacity has only just reached 1.2 tons?" Gao Chongguang said very dissatisfied.

"No one can be sure about technology research and development in Gao Factory!" the technical director said with a bitter look on his face.

"What a bottomless pit!" Gao Chongguang pouted. He also knew that technology research and development is very expensive.

When Jinyang Co., Ltd. developed this rear axle assembly technology, it cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Today's tractor factories, whose technology is far inferior to that of Japanese companies, only spent hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is like chewing off the rear axle assembly.

It is obviously impossible to become such a hard bone.

It was because Li Weidong saw through the conspiracy of Jinyang Co., Ltd. and used it as a threat that he was able to buy the rear axle assembly production line at an ultra-low price of 100,000 US dollars.

If Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory was allowed to develop it normally, it might not be possible to develop it even if it spent millions.

It can be said that the rear axle assembly has become a technical barrier for agricultural tricycles.

The market for agricultural tricycles has not yet been developed. As far as Chinese companies at that time were concerned, those who had the ability and funds to develop rear axle assemblies did not value the meat of agricultural tricycles; while those companies that valued agricultural tricycles did not

And there are not enough funds and strength for research and development.

"If I give you another 200,000 yuan, how far can you go?" Gao Chongguang asked.

"There is a high probability that it can be adjusted to 1.3 tons to 1.5 tons!" The technical director said this, but he was very unreasonable in his heart.

"What will happen if I forcefully pull two tons of cargo? Will the rear axle assembly break?" Gao Chongguang asked again.

"It won't break, but if the wear and tear is excessive, damage will definitely occur." The technical director paused, and then said: "Actually, the most critical issue is the braking problem. The rear axle assembly we developed,

If you pull two tons or more, the brakes may fail."

"I just can't stop the car!" Gao Chongguang nodded.

After Gao Chongguang thought for a moment, he said: "Time waits for no one. Let's use the current rear axle assembly to produce it!"

"But this rear axle assembly can only pull 1.2 tons of cargo, which is much less than Fukang's agricultural tricycle." The technical director said immediately.

Gao Chongguang snorted coldly: "Although Fukang's agricultural tricycle can pull two tons of cargo, isn't the marked load capacity only 700 kilograms? Let's just mark it as having a one-ton load, and it will still beat Fukang.

Moreover, our agricultural tricycle can actually pull 1.2 tons of cargo. If it is marked as one ton, it is not a scam! If the buyer insists on pulling two tons of cargo, it is because they are overloaded and it has nothing to do with us!"

…

Du Jiahai knocked on the door and walked into Li Weidong's office.

"Director, the tractor factory has also started selling agricultural tricycles." Du Jiahai said.

"It's not surprising. The market for agricultural tricycles will get bigger and bigger, and more and more people will imitate it. But are the tractor manufacturers' technical level so strong? Can they develop a rear axle assembly so quickly?"

Li Weidong asked with some confusion.

"I'm also confused. We imported technology from Japan. No matter how powerful the tractor factory is, it can't surpass ours! Could it be that they also imported technology from Japan?" Du Jiahai said.

"The rear axle assembly technology for agricultural vehicles can be bought in any vegetable market! Even among Japanese companies, there are not many companies that develop this technology. It was only because of a chance encounter that I was able to get the rear axle assembly.

Complete production line!”

Li Weidong paused and then asked: "By the way, you just said that the technology of the tractor factory surpasses ours. What happened?"

Du Jiahai immediately replied: "I asked, the tractor factory's agricultural tricycle has a load capacity of one ton, but our Fukang No. 1 has a load capacity of not only 700 kilograms!"

"One ton? Doesn't it actually pull three tons of cargo? It's almost the same as our Fukang No. 2! Do they also use five wheels?" Li Weidong asked immediately.

"No, it's three wheels." Du Jiahai said.

"How can three wheels support three tons of cargo without fear of a tire blowout while running? The tires in our country cannot achieve this quality. Could it be that he is using imported tires?

Michelin? Princeton? Pirelli? No, I’m overthinking it. These brands of tires should go to the F1 track, why would they be put on agricultural vehicles!”

Li Weidong frowned and then said, "Lao Du, go buy a tricycle produced by a tractor factory. Let's test the performance on the spot. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle!"

…

In the yard of the agricultural machinery factory, Du Jiahai was testing an agricultural tricycle produced by the tractor factory.

As he watched, the tricycle crashed into the wall.

"Brake the brakes, Lao Du, brake quickly!" Li Weidong shouted.

"Bang!" The agricultural tricycle still hit the wall, and the front wheel was crooked.

Li Weidong rushed up immediately and helped Du Jiahai out of the car.

Fortunately, the speed of the car was not fast, and Du Jiahai was fine, but was slightly stunned by the shock.

When Du Jiahai woke up a little, Li Weidong asked: "Old Du, why don't you brake!"

"I braked. I pressed the brake as hard as possible, but I couldn't stop it!" Du Jiahai said with an aggrieved look.

"How could this happen? The brakes failed?" Li Weidong asked.

"I think there are too many things in the car." Du Jiahai replied.

"There were only two tons of cargo loaded on the car just now, why can't it stop?" Li Weidong looked at the agricultural tricycle that had been deformed by the impact, and then said;

"The marked load capacity of this truck is one ton, can it really only pull one ton of cargo? The tractor factory is too honest in its business, right?"

The second chapter has been delivered. Thank you for your subscription. Please give me a guaranteed monthly pass. Thank you for passing the test!