Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
Li Taixian was included in the ranks of supporting manufacturers. What he had to do was to upgrade the seats of pickup trucks and micro cars that would be launched in the future.
The seats of microvans are made of knitted fabric instead of high leather or genuine leather to save costs.
After leaving Li Taixian’s leather shoe factory, Wan Feng visited the remaining four enterprises in Lifang Town.
After visiting the enterprises in Lifang, we drove to Gaoling Township.
Gaoling Township is located in the northeastern corner of Hongya City. At that time, it was one of the most economically backward townships in Hongya.
The street in Gaoling Township is only over 100 meters long. There is nothing else on this 100-meter-long street except the county government, post office, hospital, school and supply and marketing cooperative. The only enterprise is Xiao Zhuo's water pump and induced draft fan factory.
The predecessor of this factory was Gaoling Machinery Factory, which was contracted out to Xiao Zhuo a few years ago due to poor management.
There is nothing much to describe about the factory itself. The yard is not very big, and there is grass growing in the corners.
Xiao Zhuo, wearing work clothes and covered in greasy mess, accompanied Wan Feng on a tour of his small factory.
Xiao Zhuo's small factory now has more than 60 employees of various types, and its main products are induced draft fans and various water pumps.
The equipment is just a dozen or so honest machine tools.
Among the dozen or so companies that Wan Feng has currently counted, Xiao Zhuo's company is considered to be relatively small in scale, and can only handle some small-scale projects.
If Xiao Zhuo's company wants to process some larger projects, it needs to upgrade its technology and equipment to a certain extent.
Water pumps have some similarities with electric motors, so his company's technology could be useful in electric motorcycles.
But Wan Feng has no plans to ride an electric motorcycle now. It is not the right time to do so, it is too early.
It's a pity that he already has a starter motor supplier, otherwise he could do that.
The specific tasks for Xiao Zhuo's factory director need to be evaluated after returning, and Wan Feng cannot make any promises now.
There is not even a restaurant in Gaoling Township. Even if Xiao Zhuo wants to invite Wan Feng to dinner, he may have to go to his house.
Wan Feng did not stay for lunch. After leaving Gaoling, Wan Feng went to Huayuan Township. After having lunch in Huayuan Township, he casually visited an enterprise that had registered in Huayuan Township.
After inspecting Anzishan Township in the afternoon, I returned to Jiangwei.
Later, Wan Feng handed the task of inspection to others, because after looking around, he found that these companies were almost the same. Their technical equipment was one level lower than that of Jiangwei's company, and they could only provide the lowest-end supporting facilities.
In the blink of an eye, National Day is here.
The first product launched two days before National Day was the mobile phone led by Yu Zhengdong, which is also aimed at the female group.
Compared with Huaguang 101, this phone is smaller and rounder, and its structure is very compact.
The colors are also richer, including flange red, rich green, blue sea, lemon yellow and pure white.
The price is 11,999 yuan.
This mobile phone was launched two days before National Day in order to achieve a good start in sales during the holiday.
On the day of its release, all the 1,000 mobile phones that were hastily produced were sold out by dealers.
At least the mobile phone was released before National Day, but the other product did not catch up.
It is the scooter that rolled off the production line the day after National Day.
The motorcycle department spent more than three years on research and development, and worked hard to create a successful scooter, but no matter how hard they tried, it still couldn't be launched before National Day.
This scooter uses a 90CC engine and incorporates many new technologies.
Electric start, continuously variable transmission, and disc brakes on the front wheel.
The reason why only the front wheels use drum brakes while the rear wheels still use drum brakes is because Wanfeng is worried that this technology is not mature enough and does not dare to adopt it in full.
Although these technologies are not considered the latest abroad, this scooter called Huaji has set a precedent in China.
The name Huaji was given by Chen Daoqi. I wonder if it was to commemorate his wife who was as young as her youth.
From the name Huaji, you can tell that this is a motorcycle for women.
But whether women can afford it is a question, after all, the listing price of this car is as high as 10,000 yuan.
Even at this price, it is nearly 10,000 yuan cheaper than the earliest Taiwan Kymco.
Zhang Shiqian's roguery was effective. This motorcycle from the Xiwan factory rolled off the production line a full week earlier than that from the Nanwan factory. He managed to produce it just in time for the National Day holiday, and it was said to have sold very well.
However, Zhang Shiqian gave this car a name different from that of the Nanwan factory: Princess Sissi.
What the hell is this?
In fact, in addition to these two products, Nanwan has quietly produced another product.
It's a micro sedan.
It's just a prototype, so it's not included in the promotion.
The microcar prototype rolled off the production line on October 3rd.
The people from Huaguang were busy with their mobile phones, the people from the motorcycle department were paying attention to their pedals, and no one noticed that the people from the car department were secretly making a small and exquisite gadget.
This is a prototype car with the QQ3 shape. Kazuko Asada gave it a lemon yellow color.
This silly and cute prototype car caused exclamations among the workers in the small car department after it came off the production line. They didn't think the car was interesting when it was assembled on the production line, but when it was painted and came off the line in its true appearance, they found that this car was really fun.
The headlights are like two happy big eyes, giving people the feeling that they are always blinking. The front grille is like a small mouth with a smile, just like a cute smiling doll.
The female employees were immediately filled with love and almost went up to hold the car and take a bite.
All the employees of Nanwan Group came to see this cute little car, and some girls even screamed exaggeratedly.
I must not let Luan Feng see this. If she sees me, she might take me home.
This was Wan Feng’s first reaction when he saw the car.
If Luan Feng took this thing to the whole family, his status in the family would decline.
Of course, it was impossible to prevent Luan Feng from seeing this, but Wan Feng had made up his mind that even if he let her see it, the later the better.
Don’t be fooled by this car’s cute appearance, its fate is not much better. Its fate is to undergo various tests and torture until it is scrapped.
During the testing period, other prototypes will roll off the production line and will also undergo various hardships and undergo testing for no less than two years.
Wan Feng thought about it and decided that this car would be officially launched on National Day in 1994 after passing the inspection.
Wan Feng’s wish to prevent Luan Feng from seeing the car did not last for a single day. When Luan Feng came to pick Wan Feng up after get off work that day, she saw the car.
However, she didn't seem to realize that this was a small car produced by Nanwan Group, and just looked at it curiously from a distance.
"That little car is so interesting, whose is it?"
"It's driven by a man from out of town on business. It's said to be a Japanese car."
"Why can't we build a little car like this?"
"Yes, we'll build one in a few days."
Wan Feng is talking nonsense.