Chapter 246 Goodbye Li Dongshan
The next day after Li Zhixin made the call, Li Dongshan came rushing in, driving the Volga sedan and exchanging it for the one that Xie Yun and his team had just built.
"Have you named this car yet?"
"No. What do you think?"
Li Dongshan said, "What insights can I have? I'm asking you because I can't think of anything. To be honest, ever since I decided to build a car factory, I've been thinking about names, but I can't think of anything good. What should I do?"
Xie Yun didn't know what to call it. To be honest, she had thought about it, but she couldn't think of anything good.
Li Zhixin said, "If that doesn't work, then just call it Rencheng Automobile. Aren't our tractors called Rencheng brand tractors?"
Everyone shook their heads, thinking it was too perfunctory.
Finally, Pan Changqing said, "Let's call it transcendence. Surpass the past, surpass the world, surpass ourselves, and constantly innovate and improve. How do you think?"
Xie Yun said, "I'll listen to you. It sounds much better than my idea of being "super-British, super-American, or super-Soviet."
Li Dongshan laughed exaggeratedly, "Your naming skills are really terrible!"
"You are strong, so tell me, what are you thinking about?"
Li Dongshan stopped smiling immediately and said, "Nothing."
You can't say that he was thinking about the East Wind, revolution, and victory.
Xie Yun didn't expose him and asked, "How are the preparations for your car factory going?"
"No problem. The land has been approved, and the money for the factory has been secured. Construction is underway, and many people have been transferred from all over the country to help with the work. At first, the provincial government was reluctant to build another one, saying that the province already had an automobile factory and should focus on developing it.
I told them at the time that this was completely different. The auto factory currently produces heavy-duty trucks and military off-road vehicles, two of which they haven't yet mastered. Asking them to produce sedans would be too much to ask. Let us handle it. Just look at this Volga we've modified. If you take a test drive, you'll see how advanced our technology is. We've already caught up with the world's most advanced technology.
At first, they didn't believe it, but after several car experts took it for a test drive, they were convinced. Let me tell you, the factory manager, Old Huang, was so jealous that his eyes turned red and he started to speak without thinking. He said to me, "How can you, a tractor manufacturer, be better than us truck manufacturers? It's unreasonable." I laughed my ass off. Of course it's unreasonable. I didn't build it in the first place.
He also wanted to borrow some people from me, hoping my technicians would go to their factory to help with some research and development, to help improve the overall quality of their heavy-duty trucks. Their trucks were knockoffs, and the first batch had so many problems that they failed national inspections, only passing the second batch. I wanted to ask Lao Mei and his team to come over and help, but improving the engine and overall truck design is definitely not an overnight process, and I'm worried that Lao Mei won't be able to come back once he leaves. He'll be wasting his whole life there.
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"Yes! Mainly because Old Huang saw our car and his expectations shot up. He originally wanted to improve it bit by bit, but now he's asking Old Mei to help him catch up to the world's most advanced level. Everyone's speechless."
I asked him to bring over the first replica they built, a car that hadn't passed inspection, so we could take a look before deciding what to do next. He sent someone over, and it broke down 200 meters from the tractor factory gate. The driver who delivered it was incredibly embarrassed. He spent a long time repairing it on the spot before getting it working again. Lao Mei and his team spent a while researching it, but they could only make minor modifications; they couldn't do any major changes at the moment. I've had that car brought over to you as well.
"Where's the car?"
Li Dongshan was silent for two seconds, then said, "It broke down halfway. If things get better, we can get here today. If things get worse, we might have to wait until tomorrow."
Xie Yun: "...No wonder it failed national inspection. Our country still has principles and bottom lines when it comes to quality control."
Li Dongshan said, "Many of the first batch of imitations failed to pass inspection. This was mainly because there weren't enough people with technical expertise, so when they called it imitation, they really just copied it. They didn't even understand the working principles. Just being able to make it and make it work was considered pretty good. Many of our technicians at the time were apprentices, and achieving this level of success was the result of tireless work and overcoming numerous difficulties."
Don't think Lao Huang and I were always bashing each other, but honestly, Lao Huang had it tough too. The automobile factory started out as a repair shop, then became a parts factory, and only later was it awarded the task of producing trucks, becoming an automobile factory. As a supporting enterprise for the Third Front construction, we moved from the provincial capital to the mountains, and Lao Huang's family followed suit. With tireless work, Lao Huang is now bald and hunched, but his heart, determined to fight for his country, remains unwavering.
Xiao Xie, Mr. Pan, can you give me a hand, please?"
After saying that, Li Dongshan lowered his head in embarrassment. He felt that he was overreaching and forcing others to do things against their will. Xiao Xie was the deputy county magistrate, and Old Pan had his own research. He, on the other hand, had gained some benefits and wanted more. He was simply greedy.
The key point is that he can't give others the same feedback now. He is just asking them to pay without giving anything in return. This is really terrible!
Pan Changqing said readily, "Okay, drive over here and we'll study it. Our country is so big, and to ensure the circulation of goods and the country's macroeconomic regulation of materials, good transport vehicles are essential. We hadn't considered this issue before, and it seems we were a bit unrealistic. This is a shortcoming of us researchers."
Dongshan, if you have such a need, just tell us. If we can't do it, we'll find someone to help. Don't feel embarrassed, you're not doing this for yourself."
Li Dongshan took a deep breath, blinked away the tears in his eyes, and nodded solemnly, "Okay."
It is not easy to publicize these studies now, but he has kept them in mind. When Mr. Pan and his colleagues are rehabilitated and resume their work, he will return all the glory that belongs to them to them.
The situation was better than Li Dongshan had predicted. That night, Mei Dashan arrived in a large truck.
He stuck his head out of the cab, his large, oil-stained face smiling broadly, "Xiao Xie, Mr. Pan, we're here again."
"welcome."
Mei Dashan parked the car and jumped out with Sun Tiejun.
Both of them were covered in oil and it was obvious that they had crawled through the car chassis.
Sun Tiejun called out to Xie Shen and Li Zhixin, "Come and help."
He climbed into the back of the truck, lifted the felt covering, and began to unload things. "We got some rice for everyone, as well as oil, milk powder, malted milk, and two ginsengs. A colleague on a business trip to Northeast China bought them there. Everyone can soak them in water and drink them. If the effect is good, we'll buy some more and send them back."
Pan Changqing immediately said, "We're in good health now, so we don't need to supplement. Leave the rice to us and take everything else back. Rice is a bit hard for us here, but we have plenty of milk powder and malted milk, as well as meat and eggs. The county and commune leaders are very caring and send us some every month. As for the ginseng, it's not tasty. Don't take it."
The medicine prescribed by Lao Li almost cost him his life.
Although, bitter taste is good medicine. He is now in great health, enjoys everything he eats, and feels that his body can function for another few decades. Living into the next century will be no problem!
He is happy when he thinks that he can continue to do research, continue to produce results, see the country developing better and better, and see the motherland becoming more and more glorious.
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