Chapter 189

So when he heard that Li Jiandong wanted to develop a car himself, even though it was not an electric car, Chang Hanqing agreed immediately.

"Master, you finally remembered to build a car again. I have been waiting for you to say this for many years. Just wait. I will go to my boss and resign now."

Chang Hanqing said with some excitement.

After saying that, he prepared to go to his leader to resign.

Li Jiandong grabbed him.

"Hanqing, don't worry. I just have an idea to build a car. It's not certain whether it will succeed. Please wait a few more days until the leader gives me a reply. If we are qualified to build a car, it won't be too late for you to resign then."

Although Li Jiandong is already 80% sure about the top leader.

But it's not foolproof.

Out of caution, Li Jiandong did not let Chang Hanqing resign early.

After leaving Chang Hanqing.

Li Jiandong found his second apprentice Yan Jiecheng. Yan Jiecheng had just taken control of the steel mill and was in high spirits.

He heard that Li Jiandong came to him to build a car together.

I was suddenly in hesitation.

"Master, if you really need me, I will definitely follow you without hesitation."

"However, there are two problems now. The first is that our country does not allow private car manufacturing. Even if you want to build a leader's car, it is probably not allowed.

Another problem is, if we can’t build the car, then wouldn’t this time be wasted?

You are not young anymore, and I am about to retire. At our age, we don’t have enough energy, so I hope you will think twice before you act. "

As for Li Jiandong, Yan Jiecheng always listens to whatever he says.

This was the first time he expressed his opinion.

Except because he is different now, he is already the director of the steel factory.

On the other hand, it was also because he was thinking about the key issues.

Li Jiandong said to him.

"I have also considered all of what you have considered. In fact, I have already gone to see the senior leader before coming here."

"I asked him to help me find the leader and apply for the right to build the car. The leader also agreed. I think he will give me a reply in the next few days. As for you, of course you still have to focus on your work at the steel mill. In your spare time, you can work with me to study the car gearbox and other systems."

"We still have some engineers in our factory, and I may need to borrow them when the time comes."

Although Yan Jiecheng was his apprentice.

But Li Jiandong did not take advantage of his seniority.

The other party is now the director of a steel mill, so naturally he has to focus on the work of the steel mill.

If it wasn't about making cars and it was not related to the national automobile market, Li Jiandong would not have bothered him for such a small matter.

Of course, even if we ask him to join us, we would just ask him to help.

Li Jiandong's unique skill, mechanical expertise, is much more impressive than Yan Jiecheng's expertise in trucks.

Li Jiandong can research any normal equipment by himself.

Say hello to Yan Jiecheng in advance, mainly because we may be able to borrow their factory building at that time.

If you want to build a factory for heavy machinery, it will take a long time to build.

This is the main problem.

When Yan Jiecheng heard this arrangement, he immediately felt relieved, nodded and quickly agreed.

Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind.

Just wait for the reply from the big boss.

Li Jiandong can immediately start research and development of cars.

In fact, even if there was no response from the top leaders, Li Jiandong had already started developing things in this area privately.

However, due to the lack of a workshop, research and development can only be at the theoretical stage.

About 10 days later, Li Jiandong received an invitation from the top leader.

When they arrived at the big leader's house, after exchanging a few pleasantries, the big leader got straight to the point.

"Li Jiandong, the leaders have agreed to allow you to develop a car privately.

However, the leaders also imposed restrictions on us, saying that we could not build the factory ourselves and could only cooperate with the steel mill.

You will be in charge of research and development, and the steel mill will be in charge of manufacturing. If you can really produce our own car, the leaders will definitely give you some rewards."

Li Jiandong is very satisfied with this result.

After all, he doesn't want to make a lot of money by making cars, he just doesn't want to give up the market to Japan for no reason.

Moreover, building a car factory is quite expensive, both in terms of administrators, workers, and engineers.

It is not easy to gather so many people.

After all, car manufacturing is a delicate job.

It's not as simple as making soap or cloth.

"Thank you, boss. I had no intention of building a car myself. Returning to the steel mill to build cars is the best outcome for me."

Li Jiandong said with a smile.

As for why they went to the steel rolling mill to build cars instead of going to the North City Car Factory.

The main reason is that Li Jiandong had been a leader in a steel rolling mill for many years, so he was familiar with the people there and it was easier to use them.

Li Jiandong extended an invitation to Chang Hanqing regarding the city.

However, this time he was not asked to resign, but to apply for a transfer to the steel mill.

In addition, in order to build cars, the steel plant also set up a new department, assigned a part of the personnel from the fleet to form a car-building research team.

With the establishment of the workshop, Li Jiandong served as the leader of the automobile R&D team.

We also officially moved into the steel rolling mill.

"Everyone, today our automobile research and development team is officially established."

“Everyone must have heard that our superiors want to exchange market for technology and invite foreign auto industry to come here and build factories.

It is really unacceptable that our great country with so many people cannot even build a car.

This time the leaders have only given us two years, and we must develop this car within two years. Now I want to ask everyone, do you have the confidence? If you don’t have the confidence, leave as soon as possible. "

"Team Leader Li, we have confidence."

"Isn't it just developing a small car? I don't believe we can't make it."

"We can now make heavy machinery such as trucks, excavators and forklifts. There is no reason why we can't make a car."

"Yeah, is it harder to build a car than a truck?"

The workers and engineers all expressed their opinions loudly.

Everyone is full of confidence.

Indeed, the manufacturing difficulty of cars in this era is indeed not as great as that of trucks. You have to know that there are many things to consider when building a truck, not only the power stability, but also its load-bearing and shock absorption and many other aspects. As for cars, cars in this era are very simple.

There aren’t that many fancy features, so theoretically, building a small car isn’t that difficult.

However, theory is always theory. In fact, the most difficult thing about making cars is that the speed of car development is too fast.

If the team is not strong enough, even if it builds a car, it will be a product that has been eliminated by others. If it is not competitive, the market will not give it a chance.

One step behind, every step behind.

There is no need to continue to survive.

After all, the country was not rich at that time, and there was really no point in setting up a company that was a hindrance and could not make money.

Another reason that makes everyone confident is that Li Jiandong is the team leader this time.

For all people majoring in mechanical engineering, Li Jiandong is a legend.

Seeing that everyone was full of confidence, Li Jiandong was very satisfied.

People of this era are just full of energy.

Lack of ability is a small problem. After all, Li Jiandong is here, and Li Jiandong is of course the main force in research and development.

If you don't have confidence, you will end up being hypocritical or not doing your best in many things.

Many mistakes will occur during the development process, which greatly prolongs the development time of the car.
If people's confidence is too low, there may be incidents like the enemy spy incidents that happened before, where the developed technology is given to outsiders because of a lack of confidence in their own people.

That's what's most worrying. After the meeting.

The automobile R&D team officially started work.

Li Jiandong first divided the research and development into more than a dozen groups, with each group developing what it was good at.

Of course, Li Jiandong personally supervised the three major projects.
There are many things that he has already developed, but he just needs time to verify them.

The steel rolling mill is busy producing cars, while the fabric factory on the other side has also been completed.

That day, Li Jiandong was in the workshop, testing the gearbox he had just built.

Suddenly someone came to report.

Liu Haizhong came to find him.

Li Jiandong asked someone to bring Liu Haizhong in from outside. After meeting, Liu Haizhong spoke directly.

"Director Li, congratulations on returning to our steel mill. I heard that you will lead the team to develop cars. I believe you will succeed."

Liu Haizhong opened his mouth and started flattering.

This flattery was also very stiff.

However, Li Jiandong didn't care. Having lived in a large compound for so long, he had long been accustomed to these minor peculiarities of the people there. He just smiled and said:
"Lao Liu, what do you want to talk to me about today? Has the fabric factory been completed?"

Since the decision to build cars, Li Jiandong handed over all the work at the fabric factory to Liu Haizhong, including the construction of the factory building, the installation of equipment, the recruitment of workers, etc.

Liu Haizhong worked as a manager in a steel rolling mill for many years.

It is still possible to manage a small fabric factory.

I asked Li Jiandong to come here today because I wanted to report to him about the work over there. He nodded when he heard this.

"Director Li, that's exactly what happened. Our fabric factory has been completely built and the equipment has been installed. I've been recruiting workers these days and they can come to work at any time. Now we just need the raw material supply. When do you think we can officially start production?"

Li Jiandong calculated the time. It had been less than a month and a half since he last met Liu Haizhong. He did not expect that the fabric factory had been completed so quickly.

It can be seen that Liu Haizhong takes this matter very seriously.

It also shows that he is indeed capable of managing a small factory.

As for raw materials, Li Jiandong had already asked his son to contact them in Hong Kong, and the previous equipment was shipped back from Hong Kong.

He said to Liu Haizhong.

"Don't worry now. The raw materials are on the way and should arrive in the next few days. I will contact you when the time comes. You can bring people to the port to pick up the goods. In the future, you can contact my son yourself regarding the raw materials."

Li Jiandong is now busy preparing to build cars and has no time to manage such small matters as the fabric factory.

The main thing is.

It doesn't matter if the fabric factory leaves him, but the automobile R&D team will be unable to move forward without Li Jiandong.

Liu Haizhong was more than happy about this. He was not afraid of pressure from Li Jiandong, but he was afraid of not having power.

The more work Li Jiandong assigned to him, the happier Liu Haizhong became.

So he nodded happily and said.

"Okay, Director Li, I'll wait for the raw materials to arrive. If no one else is busy, I'll go back first."

Liu Haizhong left after he finished speaking, while Li Jiandong continued to do research in the workshop.

Three months passed in a flash.

The research and development of small cars is also coming to an end.

The three major items and other things have been developed.

Including the appearance of the vehicle was also designed by Li Jiandong himself.

Now all that’s left is to build the vehicle and then test drive it.

At this point, Li Jiandong no longer needs to stay in the group every day.

In the past three months, Li Jiandong often lived in the factory dormitory, sometimes only going home once a week. Now that the research and development is completed, Li Jiandong can finally go home and have a good rest for a few days.

"Jie Cheng, our car research and development is almost complete. Please pay more attention to the next production. This is the result of several months of hard work by nearly a hundred engineers. Please don't make any mistakes in this regard."

Li Jiandong handed over the vehicle production matters to Yan Jiecheng.

As the director of the steel rolling mill, Li Jiandong felt relieved to let Yan Jiecheng handle this matter.

"Master, don't worry. Leave the construction of the car to me. After the car is assembled, I will arrange for someone to invite you. Then we can test drive the car together."

Yan Jiecheng also said with some excitement.

I didn’t expect that in just over three months, the car had been almost developed.

Although it has not been fully built yet and they are not sure what's wrong with the car, it is enough to make them excited.

The engineers and workers in the workshop were also very excited.

As expected, with Li Jiandong around, it becomes very simple to develop anything.

Although the vehicle has not yet been produced, all the components have actually been manufactured and tested.

The engine runs very powerfully.

The gearbox shifts smoothly too.

The chassis' transmission, braking, and steering devices are also very accurate.

It can be said that every part of this car has been verified by experiments.

Now all that's left is to assemble the entire car and then run a few laps on the test site. If there are no problems, then the car will be completely manufactured.

Quality inspection these days is simple and crude, and the results can be out in a few days after the car is built.

Li Jiandong is also very much looking forward to this. After all, according to his standards, once this vehicle is really built, it will be far ahead of all small cars of this era.

At that time, not to mention exchanging market for technology, you can even exchange technology for other people's markets.

"In the past, we didn't have the ability and could only let others eat our cake. This time, our market is ours, and we have to grab the market from others."

"The first step is to seize the Japanese automobile market."

Li Jiandong is in high spirits.

Originally, he planned to start by seizing the television market in the United States, but since he encountered the opportunity to exchange market for technology, he certainly could not miss this opportunity.

This can only be considered as bad luck for Japan. Who made them meet Li Jiandong?

The automobile research and development at the steel mill is coming to an end.

At the same time, Xiao Benzi had not yet learned of this news.

The enemy spies they had previously placed in the big country had already informed their superiors that they wanted to make a decision to exchange markets for technology.

Therefore, the car companies in the small country are waiting for the implementation of this positive policy of the big country.
They now have automotive technology and their vehicle production is not low.

Daguo is a very large market. Although Daguo is still very poor, the number of vehicles required to supply their departments at all levels is not a small number.

And the main thing is.

Cars sold to big countries don't need to be too good.

As long as they use some low-end technology, it doesn’t matter even if the quality is a little poor. Anyway, the industrial capacity of big countries is particularly poor. They can’t even build ordinary cars. What else is there to complain about?

It is such a wonderful thing to use your own technology to seize the other party's market and make a lot of money from them.

However, several months passed as we waited.

The market-for-technology deal from the big countries has still not been implemented, which confuses the small countries.

"What's going on with the big country? Why hasn't they come to us after so long? Are they trying to find someone else to exchange this technology for?"

"I think it's very possible that the big countries are getting very close to the Eagle Sauce now. Do they want to exchange the Eagle Sauce's automotive technology?"

“But the American people’s automobile technology is even worse than ours, and the journey is so long that the transportation cost will be much higher.

Our people over there didn’t get any news that they were going to contact the Eagle Sauce. The news they sent back before clearly showed that they wanted to contact us.”

"Let's wait a bit. That's how it is with big countries. They do everything slowly. They may need to hold meetings and study for a few months. Maybe they will contact us soon."

"That's impossible. You have to know that the news this time came from above. Big countries are indeed slow in doing things.

However, once a decision is made, it will be very fast. If it doesn’t work, we should send someone to follow up. If there are any changes, we can respond in advance.”

Xiaobenzi attaches great importance to exchanging market for technology.

After all, they will make a fortune from this.

As for the technology that big countries want, they will certainly give some, but they will definitely not give any advanced technology.

(End of this chapter)