The next morning, Zhong Wanwan and her group set off.
Brother Wei drove the tractor to take the group to the commune bus station, and they took a bus to the city.
After three hours of back-and-forth driving, Zhong Wanwan and her group finally arrived in the city.
If it weren't for the shortage of accommodation at the food factory, Zhong Wanwan would have really wanted to stay in the city after such a tiring journey.
But there was nothing they could do; the food factory provided employee dormitories, and those were dormitories with more than a dozen people sharing a room.
Zhong Wanwan doesn't even need to go there to imagine what the environment is like.
The main problem was the smell in the room. Zhong Wanwan knew exactly what the room where the educated youth lived smelled like. It was almost as bad as stinky tofu that had been opened, so she decided not to suffer that kind of pain!
I'd rather have to deal with the fumes every day than let her suffocate!
When the group arrived at the food factory, they were personally received by Li Yubo, the director of the factory's logistics department. Director Li was very welcoming and said:
"Master Zhong is here! We'll have to wait until lunchtime. How about trying our food factory canteen?"
Even the notoriously stingy Director Li was prepared to treat Zhong Wanwan to lunch when he needed her help!
Zhong Wanwan declined to have dinner with Director Li, saying:
"No rush to eat, there's still an hour left. Let's check on the tractor and truck first!"
Seeing how dedicated Zhong Wanwan was, Director Li treated her even better and led her and her group to the garage.
Upon arriving at the garage, Zhong Wanwan led the group to inspect the damage to the truck and tractor.
Before coming, Zhong Wanwan was mentally prepared. If the damage was minor, the technicians at the city's repair station would definitely be able to fix it.
Upon inspection, it turned out to be just as Zhong Wanwan had suspected: the tractor was badly damaged, and the truck was in even worse condition!
Fortunately, the engine was fine, which was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Seeing that Zhong Wanwan hadn't said anything for a long time after several examinations, Director Li was unsure and tentatively asked:
"Master Zhong, can this car still be repaired?"
Zhong Wanwan got out of the car and said directly:
"The truck is in pretty bad shape. The capacitor is completely dead, and it has quite a few minor problems. It probably wasn't properly maintained before!"
"Comparatively speaking, although the tractors have quite a few problems, none of them are completely broken, and they are actually much easier to repair!"
Director Li was surprised that Zhong Wanwan had found the problems with both cars in just over half an hour. She was really skilled and much better than the technicians at the city's repair shops!
The technician at the city repair shop spent more than a day looking at it before finally saying it was a problem with the capacitor. He still didn't know how to replace it and told me to send it back to the factory for repair.
As for other minor issues, they weren't even mentioned.
I just don't know if Master Zhong can replace the capacitor. If the car has to be sent back to the factory, that would be a huge waste of time!
Director Li tentatively asked:
"Master Zhong, can you replace the capacitor? The technicians in the city want us to send it back to the factory for repair, but that would take too much time and cause too much trouble!"
The cost is also high. Sending such a large truck to the original factory is extremely expensive. Just thinking about the cost of sending it back to the factory to replace the capacitor two years ago makes Director Li's liver tremble!
Zhong Wanwan nodded and said:
"It can be replaced, but the capacitor has to be sent from the original manufacturer!"
While Zhong Wanwan's space also has a corresponding capacitor replacement, her capacitor is more advanced. If someone saw it being replaced, they would definitely become suspicious.
Besides, car capacitors were extremely rare at that time, so she couldn't very well claim to have one!
However, given the parts in her space, it's not entirely impossible to repair this capacitor.
However, this is troublesome; it might take 3-5 days to get it right.
Add to that the time spent repairing minor problems with tractors and trucks, and it would take more than a week, which is too long.
Zhong Wanwan still wanted to finish quickly, after all, going out in the wind and snow in the dead of winter was too much of a hardship!
Upon hearing that Zhong Wanwan could be replaced, Director Li was overjoyed. This was wonderful; it would save them a lot of money!
If Zhong Wanwan weren't a woman, Director Li would have held her hand in gratitude!
Director Li said happily:
"That's great! I'll call the manufacturer right away and ask them to send the parts. No, no, no, I'll have someone go to the manufacturer and pick up the capacitors themselves."
Director Li was worried that the capacitor supplier might not provide it in time, so he figured it would be faster and more reassuring for his own people to pick it up!
Zhong Wanwan nodded and said:
"Alright, I'll fix the tractor first, and we'll get started here once the capacitor arrives!"
Director Li is a decisive person, and he immediately went to the purchasing department, since it was their job to buy capacitors.
The purchasing department also knows what's important; this truck has been broken for almost a month, and it's causing too much delay.
If it's not fixed before the New Year, who knows when the food produced before will be delivered!
Director Gu of the purchasing department personally took charge and booked train tickets to buy capacitors from the original manufacturer that very day!
Director Gu of the purchasing department is also a cunning fellow. He's afraid that if he calls in advance, the manufacturer will say that they have to wait for the capacitors to be produced, which would waste time!
He went straight there, determined to grind the capacitor back even if it meant grinding it down!
Director Gu had a very optimistic plan: if the original manufacturer said they didn't have it, he would stay in the original factory director's office and refuse to leave, determined to get the capacitor back no matter what.
He simply couldn't believe that such a large car factory couldn't spare a single capacitor!
Director Gu's ideal was incredibly voluptuous, but reality was incredibly skeletal.
There really weren't any capacitors in the original factory specifications; to be precise, there wasn't a single extra capacitor!
The factory produces only a limited quantity of components, and production is already scheduled for six months from now.
Director Gu is ordering capacitors now, but it will take at least six months for them to be received.
Even if he stayed in the factory director's office, or even slept in the factory director's house, the factory director would not give him any permission!
Hearing this, Director Gu was on the verge of despair. After two days of trying to get anything out of him, he could only dejectedly head home!
Director Li was still waiting for Director Gu's triumphant return at the food factory, but instead, he was greeted by Director Gu who arrived empty-handed.
Director Li, undeterred, asked:
"Director Gu, where are our capacitors? They're not very big, so we don't need to send them back by express delivery!"
Director Gu said with a mournful face:
"What can I do? The factory's production schedule is already six months from now. If we place an order now, it will take another six months to start production. I really have no choice but to come back and wait. I'm at my wit's end!"
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