Reborn Industrial Tycoon

Chapter 486 Major rebirth surgery

Kobe still needs to grow to become a legendary superstar, and investing in Kobe is also a long-term investment.

In his first season after entering the NBA, Kobe mainly appeared on the court as a rotation player, averaging about 15 minutes of playing time per game.

Don't think that 15 minutes is very small. As a high school student who was directly promoted to the NBA, it is already remarkable to enter the official rotation lineup in the first year.

In contrast, O'Neal Jr., who is also a high school student, has been sitting on the bench in his first season after joining the NBA, and only has the opportunity to appear in garbage time.

In the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest, Kobe won the championship, which made him a little popular. However, it was during the 1997-1998 season that the United States really became aware of Kobe.

That year, Kobe was still playing as a substitute, but his playing time and various statistics improved significantly. It was also that year that Kobe was selected for the NBA All-Star Game for the first time.

At that time, the rules of the All-Star Game had not been changed. Whether a player made it to the All-Stars or not depended entirely on fan votes. Whoever got more votes in the same position would be the All-Star starter.

Los Angeles fans really like Kobe. Kobe's aggressive style of play is very entertaining. Even though he is just a substitute, the fans put him into the starting lineup of the Western Conference All-Stars.

The Eastern Conference All-Star he faced was none other than Jordan.

It was also from that time that the title of "Jordan's successor" began to appear on Kobe's head, and was gradually recognized by fans.

In the following 1998-1999 season, the NBA was suspended due to labor disputes, and Jordan retired for the second time. This gave four shooting guards with different styles the opportunity to grow. The "four major shooting guards" became the rising stars of the league, and Kobe Bryant truly ushered in

of its own time.

Therefore, if Kobe Bryant can realize his advertising value, he will have to wait until 1998 at least.

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After successfully intercepting Kobe Hu, Li Weidong no longer needed to stay in the United States. He returned to China to handle the large business in the country.

At Fukang Engineering, the prototype of the road roller has successfully rolled off the production line.

Zhang Tao stood in front of the prototype of the road roller and introduced: "Domestic rollers, XCMG, XCMG and LiuGong have relatively mature technologies, so we also referred to the products of these three companies when designing.

Our road roller uses a single wheel and single shaft design. The total length is 6 meters 22, the total width is 3 meters 2, the total height is 2 meters 43, the working weight is 22 tons, and the diameter of the steel wheel is 1.6 meters.

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Zhang Tao began to introduce the data of the road roller.

According to their working principles, road rollers are mainly divided into two types, one is a static roller and the other is a vibratory roller.

The static action roller, as you can tell from the name, relies on the weight of the roller to flatten the road. This is also the most primitive form of the roller.

This type of roller is basically a tire roller, which is a roller with a large row of tires on the front and rear of the roller. Tire rollers run fast and have good maneuverability, and are mainly used for the base layer of the road.

The vibratory roller is the one we see most often, with a large cylindrical steel wheel in front.

Many people would think that the large cylindrical steel wheel in front of the roller is solid, but in fact it is not. If it were really solid, the roller would not be able to push it at all due to the weight of the large steel wheel.

The large drum is actually hollow, with a complete set of eccentric structures inside. During the operation of the road roller, the eccentric structure inside the drum will rotate, causing the centrifugal force inside the drum to change.

When the centrifugal force is downward, a downward pressure will naturally be generated. This pressure is several tons, thus achieving the effect of compressing the road.

The principle is like a half bottle of water sloshing. If the water moves in that direction, the bottle will roll in that direction.

There is also a type of roller without an eccentric structure, which is just a large hollow steel wheel. That kind of equipment can only be regarded as a soil compactor, not a true roller.

For road engineering, road rollers are obviously the most indispensable engineering machinery. After any road is paved with asphalt, a road roller must be used to flatten and solidify the road surface. In this regard, vibratory rollers have an absolute advantage.

Market demand determines the direction of manufacturers' production. Because the demand for vibratory rollers is large, domestic engineering machinery companies mainly produce vibratory rollers.

The technical core of the vibratory roller is the eccentric structure inside the large steel wheel. For engineering machinery companies, as long as they can solve this eccentric structure, the other parts are ready-made technologies.

The road roller developed by Fukang Engineering actually solves the problem of eccentric structure.

In terms of construction machinery, Li Weidong is considered an expert. Of course he knows that the eccentric structure is the core of the entire roller, so he directly asked: "How is the performance of our eccentric structure?"

"It can be used normally." Zhang Tao replied.

Hearing these words, Li Weidong suddenly had a bad feeling.

Based on Li Weidong's understanding of Zhang Tao, Zhang Tao would brag vigorously if the eccentric structure could reach the domestic average level.

Now Zhang Tao has given an evaluation of "can be used normally". The performance of this eccentric structure can only meet the minimum requirements.

"Bring me the test data." Li Weidong said.

The technician immediately handed over the test data. Li Weidong took a closer look and found that the eccentric structure had just reached the level of "usability" and was still far behind the domestic average.

"Based on these data, there is no domestic market for the rollers produced. Needless to say, compared with XCMG and XCMG, even the rollers from heavy machinery factories are better than ours!" Li Weidong sighed helplessly.

Zhang Tao explained, "After all, we have never made a road roller before, so we had to start from scratch. Our factory's technical reserves are also limited, and the technical department worked very hard to tackle the problem, and finally made the road roller.

The heavy machinery factory has been making road rollers since the 1980s, and their technical reserves are much richer than ours. As for XCMG and XCMG, they are both old construction machinery companies, and we are even more incomparable.

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Li Weidong frowned with some dissatisfaction. When he was developing the excavator, Zhang Tao used a similar set of rhetoric. Now it is still the same excuse. It is still that the technical level is not enough and the technical reserves are not available, and the technical department has done its best.

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In terms of technology research and development, Li Weidong has always been willing to spend money, making huge investments every year. But now it seems that the investment and return are not directly proportional. Whenever it is necessary to develop new products, the technical department will always ask Li Weidong

disappointment.

"It's still caused by the big pot mentality!" Li Weidong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

During the restructuring process of the loader factory, Li Weidong did not change the organizational structure of the loader factory, and the original leadership team did not make large-scale adjustments. The employees basically performed their respective duties.

Li Weidong did this to maintain the stability of the loader factory. After all, the situation at that time was that the joint-stock reform of state-owned enterprises was still in the initial stage of exploration. If the step was too big, it might cause some unnecessary troubles.

Therefore, the management of loader factories is similar to that of the past state-owned enterprises. Although minor reforms have been carried out, it is still basically the same as eating from a big pot, and a modern enterprise management model has not been fully introduced.

Even after reforming into a joint-stock company, Fukang Engineering still adopts the same management methods as the original state-owned enterprises.

In this regard, Fukang Agricultural Machinery's situation is much better. Fukang Agricultural Machinery's predecessor was only a county-level collective enterprise, and reforming the entire management structure will not have an impact.

Therefore, after Li Weidong took over, he has carried out many drastic reforms and successfully introduced a modern management system.

As for Puppy Electric, it was originally built by Li Weidong from scratch. It was more like a blank sheet of paper for Li Weidong to write on. Puppy Electric adopted a modern management model when it was first established.

Only at Fukang Engineering, Li Weidong has always maintained the original management structure and has not dared to carry out major reforms.

Fortunately, the country's investment in infrastructure is relatively large, and construction machinery is also very popular. As long as the products do not fall behind, Fukang Engineering can make money, and the profits are not bad.

The considerable profits also cover up the problems that Fukang Engineering has in its corporate management.

At least the original leadership team of the loader factory, headed by Zhang Tao, was not aware of the problem. They were even somewhat complacent and believed that Fukang Engineering was in a prosperous state.

This is also a shortcoming accumulated from the old management model. As long as it is still making profits, the company will prosper.

For enterprise managers, when the enterprise is no longer profitable, they start to consider what is wrong with the enterprise. But often by that time, it is already too late. The enterprise has missed the best opportunity for transformation and can only wait for death.

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Li Weidong clearly felt that the Gukang factory had problems in corporate management.

Take product research and development as an example. Under the big-pot model, there is no enthusiasm and initiative in research and development. If the research and development tasks are assigned, when the deadline is approaching, if something similar is produced, it will be considered a satisfactory achievement.

However, the most taboo thing about technology research and development is to deal with it.

What you need to do R&D is a spirit of excellence, pioneering and enterprising spirit and work attitude. If you just aim at completing basic tasks like copying homework, then R&D is bound to fail to achieve results.

R&D issues are just the tip of the iceberg of Beverly Engineering’s management issues. This kind of management that eats from the same big pot exists in every corner of Beverly Engineering.

"If this kind of management that eats from the same big pot continues, Fukang Engineering will probably not survive for a few years and will be eliminated by the market economy. A thorough reform is necessary!" Li Weidong thought to himself.

When Li Weidong first took over the loader factory, it also attracted the attention of the state-owned assets department. At that time, Li Weidong did not dare to carry out drastic reforms, so he could only retain the original organizational structure and continue to use the original management model.

But by 1996, the situation was completely different. Countless domestic companies went bankrupt, closed down, and restructured. Laid-off workers came in waves, and Fukang Engineering had already become a joint-stock company.

At this time, Chairman Li Weidong wants to overthrow the old management system and carry out drastic reforms. Probably only the staff within Fukang Engineering will pay attention to it, and there will be no social impact at all.

"After we return, we must formulate a complete reform plan." Li Weidong silently made up his mind.

Reform is reform, and the road roller problem still needs to be solved.

So Li Weidong asked: "Such performance cannot be used for production. Even if we cannot compare with XCMG and XCMG, we must at least achieve the domestic average level and compete with heavy machinery factories. Otherwise, we will not be able to compete with the heavy machinery factories."

It can’t even win the local market. Does your technical department have any good solutions?”

The technical director immediately said: "There is no way. We can use imported equipment to replace the vibration shaft, vibration bearing, eccentric shaft, and shock absorber with imported ones. The performance of the entire eccentric structure will be greatly improved.

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"The vibration shaft, vibration bearing, eccentric shaft, and shock absorber have all been replaced with imported ones? Then what else can we make ourselves? You might as well just import the entire eccentric structure directly!" Li Weidong said dissatisfied.

"We made the connecting plate, bracket and base ourselves," the technical director said.

After hearing this, Li Weidong was so angry that he wanted to fire the technical director directly!

Let you develop an eccentric structure, and finally develop a frame! Does this require your technical skills? Just find a few welders to weld the frame.

Li Weidong suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "These are core equipment with eccentric structures. If they are all imported, the performance can be improved, but the cost is too high and we cannot accept it.

The best I can accept is to use imported vibration bearings, and all other parts must be made by ourselves. In this regard, your technical department must speed up the pace of research and development."

Compared with domestic bearings, foreign bearing technology is indeed advanced, and the lead is very large. The use of imported bearings can bring a relatively large improvement to the performance of the eccentric structure, and it does not hurt to use it once.

But there is no need to import other parts.

Although the quality of imported products is indeed higher than that of domestic products, imported parts are expensive and the performance improvements they bring are not much, so there is no cost-effectiveness at all.

The director of the technical department had a troubled expression on his face, but he still said, "Our technical department will definitely work overtime and strive to complete the technical research as soon as possible!"

Li Weidong knew very well that while he was looking embarrassed, he was patting his chest to assure himself that the director of the technical department was deliberately acting to show himself. Just listen to his guarantee. If he really waits for the technical department to complete the technical research, he doesn't know what to do.

Wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!

"Do we have to buy technology from abroad again?" Li Weidong frowned.

When we first produced loaders, we bought technology from Russia; later when we produced excavators, we bought technology from Japan.

Nowadays, to produce road rollers, you still need to buy technology! Although I am technically backward, the advanced technology I bought is really good, but when will it end if I keep buying and buying like this?

If you buy it with money, you will always be controlled by others. You will not be able to become a first-class enterprise. You must take the route of independent research and development.

But as for those in the technical department who eat a lot of food, can we still expect them to engage in independent research and development?

Thinking of this, Li Weidong looked at the technical director who was good at acting out of the corner of his eye.

"Bukang Engineering needs a major rebirth operation, so let's start with the technical department!"

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