Chapter 104 New Discoveries at the Machine Tool Factory (Revised)...
Having learned from the experience of the tractor factory, He Changyi carefully handled the disposal of the bearing factory.
But unlike the tractor factory workers, the bearing factory workers were noticeably calmer.
This is probably because each industrial city in the alliance has a bearing factory that focuses on producing standard products, lacking differentiation and uniqueness. Within a few years, they faced fierce market competition and price wars, leaving them exhausted.
Therefore, the bearing factory had almost no resistance to the new owner and accepted the situation very smoothly.
—As long as the new boss can pay wages, I'd be willing to move to any other factory, or even any planet.
These days, a boss who's willing to pay is the perfect boss. Whether it's a public or private company, everyone has to be able to eat their fill. You can't have people working on screws on an empty stomach.
Upon learning of the compensation and wage increase, the bearing factory workers present were genuinely overjoyed. Some even eagerly asked if they could be transferred to new positions this month, as they couldn't wait to receive their new salary—no, their new job.
He Changyi, who had made thorough preparations to deal with the workers' riot: ...
For some reason, I have a feeling of being lost and bewildered, like someone drawing their sword and looking around.
He Changyi kindly inquired of the bearing factory workers if they had any other requests.
The workers at the bearing factory slapped their thighs; this question had really hit the nail on the head.
Immediately, someone openly suggested that the leaders of the bearing factory be allowed to stay at their original factory.
"We've had enough of a lazy bum who just points fingers!"
With mixed feelings, He Changyi said, "Ah, I do have other arrangements for them."
For the middle and senior managers in the two factories who were far removed from the front lines, He Changyi offered a severance package – buyouts of their seniority and compensation based on their years of service.
If needed, a passionate letter of recommendation could also be attached, praising their contributions to the factory over the past decades—even though they have made no contributions and are of no use to Oros today.
Unsurprisingly, some factory leaders refused to cooperate, declaring that they would rather die in their offices than compromise with this damned foreign capitalist.
He Changyi remained calm and stopped the bodyguards who were eager to make a name for themselves. He simply sent them a letter along with a resignation agreement with a significantly reduced amount.
The letter wasn't thick, but every leader who saw its contents was terrified. Some of them didn't even finish reading the letter before grabbing a pen and signing their names on the agreement with trembling hands.
Some people resisted stubbornly, and in a fit of rage, tore the letter to shreds and drove the messenger out of the house.
Then they received a second letter.
The messengers this time were police officers, and they brought a glittering silver bracelet—
"You have been arrested for job-related crimes!"
That day, everyone in the factory heard a loud crying coming from the office building.
A new boss, who wished to remain anonymous, stated:
"I thought they were slaughtering a pig."
“Go talk to my lawyer.”
"We are all living life to the fullest."
"...How come you're still alive?"
After completing the asset divestiture and personnel reassignment of the tractor and bearing factories, He Changyi sold off the factory buildings, land, raw materials, and finished products. Some of the still usable machines were sold as second-hand equipment, while more machines were dismantled into scrap steel and sold back to China.
This greatly alleviated her problem of a shortage of working capital.
As for the workers in the two factories, He Changyi transferred them to the dairy factory and the machine tool factory respectively, based on the results of the skills assessment.
In particular, to solve the problems of dairy product sales and storage, He Changyi opened two new supporting companies: a Tetra Pak packaging plant and a cold chain transportation company.
The cold chain transportation company is nothing special; it bought a few used refrigerated trucks and a small cold storage facility, and distributed them to the local market in Vladimir.
Tetra Pak deserves a mention.
Tetra Pak cartons are made of cardboard coated with aluminum foil, which allows milk to be stored at room temperature for up to a year without refrigeration or the addition of preservatives. This not only expands the sales radius of milk but also meets the needs of consumers in Japan who, due to economic difficulties, tend to buy foods that can be stored for a long time.
He Changyi signed a cooperation agreement with Tetra Pak of Sweden. In order to purchase the filling machine, she paid 20% of the equipment cost upfront, and the remaining 80% of the cost was paid by ordering a certain amount of Tetra Pak packaging paper every year.
Although this cooperation would lead to the dairy factory's dependence on Tetra Pak, the upfront payment of only 20% greatly reduced He Changyi's financial burden, allowing her to invest more funds in product promotion and marketing.
Moreover, He Changyi's plan for the dairy factory was not to hold it long-term, but to renovate it, turn it around and make it profitable, and then use extremely impressive financial statements to attract wealthy potential buyers and sell it at a super high price.
After all, in those days in Oros, if someone wanted to settle down and cultivate the land long-term, it was like raising pigs under the nose of a tiger.
Once the pig is fattened up, the tiger will come with a knife and fork and happily start its meal.
If you're unlucky, be prepared to feed the tigers along with the pigs.
The tiger could be black, white, or even a cosplay tiger dressed in a zebra costume.
In short, He Changyi is not so selfless as to sacrifice himself to the point of feeding a tiger.
As for the machine tool factory, He Changyi had a completely different approach than other factories.
Similar to the tractor and bearing factories, the machine tool factory had relatively outdated technology, rigid thinking, and a limited product range, making it unable to compete with German and Japanese companies in the market. On paper, apart from the land, it was a factory with negative assets.
Ms. Taji Yangna, He Changyi's accountant, couldn't understand why she wanted to stay at the machine tool factory. She even suspected that the boss had been drugged at the auction. She subtly asked the accompanying bodyguard if there were any suspicious people trying to get close to Ms. He at the machine tool factory, such as some handsome young men, a few handsome young men, and some handsome young men.
Xie Xuejun and Lev: ...
Lermontov asked innocently, "Why does it have to be a handsome young man? Can't it be a pretty girl?"
Ms. Tagyan pondered for a moment and said, "So, have any pretty girls approached Miss He?"
Xie Xuejun: "...Ms. Tagyana, let's talk about the handsome young man instead."
This machine tool factory has so many shortcomings that you could talk about them for days on end, but just one advantage can outweigh all the disadvantages.
This is a factory that is qualified to accept military orders.
Although the machine tool factory's civilian products are terrible and have no market competitiveness, its high-end military machine tools are capable of manufacturing submarine propellers and aircraft engine components.
This machine tool factory, located not far from the military stronghold of Kovrov, once undertook military projects far exceeding its required level of secrecy, and the effects of those projects still linger today.
In theory, this machine tool factory should not have been put up for auction, much less be bought by a foreign company. However, due to mismanagement and lost records, many people have forgotten the factory's former glory.
Faced with the aggressive Talas, the city of Vladimir hastily put the insolvent old factory up for auction to fill a quota.
He Changyi was initially unaware of the inside story; she was only interested in the land and equipment of the machine tool factory.
If it weren't for the discovery of an oddly shaped machine tool that hadn't been recorded in the books in an old, sealed warehouse during an audit, He Changyi would probably have dismantled and sold the machine tool factory just like he had with the tractor factory and the bearing factory.
But it was a seven-axis, five-linkage CNC machine tool.
The auditor for the machine tool was found to be a complete military ignoramus, who had no idea of the machine tool's value and simply jotted down "one machine tool (model unknown)".
Afterwards, He Changyi went to the machine tool factory for an on-site inspection. A junior leader who did not want to be forced to retire, in order to show off, shamelessly accompanied him and took the initiative to introduce: "This is a seven-axis five-linkage machine tool, which can process submarine propellers and aircraft engines!"
He Changyi's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't show it on his face and said indifferently, "How many tons is it? What is the steel content?"
The junior manager exclaimed urgently, "This is the most advanced machine tool in the world!"
He Changyi said expressionlessly, "I don't care. I only care about how much money it can sell for. For scrap steel, whether the technology is advanced or not doesn't matter. Weight is the most important thing."
The junior manager was dumbfounded, watching helplessly as the new boss swaggered away with his bodyguards.
Suddenly, she stopped again, turned her head and asked, "Do you have any other plans? If not, please continue to explain to me. I need an interpreter who knows about machine tool factories, if you don't mind."
The junior leader was overjoyed and jogged after him.
"I don't mind, no, I'd love to! Please let me introduce you!"
He Changyi continued to inventory the other machinery and equipment as if nothing had happened, pretending that he would dismantle them all and sell them as scrap metal. When he got back that night, he called Yan Zhengchuan and asked him to come to Eros.
Yan Zhengchuan said in a hoarse voice, "Sis, if you have something to say, just say it on the phone. I still have cases to handle. I haven't slept for three days because I've been keeping an eye on criminals."
He Changyi gritted her teeth and said softly, "Second Brother Yan, come here, I've missed you~"
There was a loud thud on the other end of the phone, like the microphone had been smashed on the ground.
After a while, Yan Zhengchuan's voice came again, sounding furious.
"Are you trying to get me killed? How can you talk like that? I feel like throwing up what I just ate. Are you trying to disgust me?"
He Changyi stopped pretending and said directly, "Hurry up and come. I'll reimburse you for the flight. If you're a day late, I'll complain to the old man."
Yan Zhengchuan was practically wailing in despair.
"I'm begging you, can you go and cause trouble for the boss instead? Why are you only targeting me? Can't you say what's going on over the phone—"
Before he could finish speaking, Yan Zhengchuan suddenly stopped, as if he had realized something. When he spoke again, his voice was much more serious.
"I understand. Okay, I'll hand over what I'm doing and come right away."
After hanging up the phone, He Changyi paced around the darkened room several times, screaming with excitement.
That's a seven-axis, five-linkage machine tool!
A true jewel in the crown of industry!
It's incomparable to anything from a ballpoint pen tip or a lighter pad; it's a true gem!
Thirty years later, Zhong Guocai independently developed the first seven-axis five-linkage machine tool. Before that, only a very few countries in the world, such as the United States, Japan, and Germany, could manufacture such top-level machine tools. It was once one of the most sensitive items on the Western technology embargo list against China.
That's not an ordinary machine tool, but a major national instrument representing the country's highest level in precision manufacturing, directly related to national defense and high-end industries.
Take submarine propellers as an example. Due to the insufficient precision of existing machine tools in China, domestically produced propellers generate tremendous noise in the water, which is ridiculed by foreign countries as "underwater tractors." This directly results in poor submarine stealth, making it impossible to achieve the purpose of covert infiltration.
Only a seven-axis, five-linkage machine tool can manufacture submarine propellers with extremely high precision and extremely low noise, effectively improving the submarine's stealth performance and making the submarine a truly formidable "big black fish" with maximum deterrent power.
In addition, the seven-axis five-linkage machine tool can also process aircraft engines, turbine runners of large hydropower stations, crankshafts of giant marine diesel engines, and even high-precision weapon systems.
If we could bring this seven-axis, five-linkage machine tool back to China, it would be more useful than importing a hundred T-80 tanks!
Not to mention that through reverse engineering, we can complete the localization of seven-axis five-linkage machine tools as soon as possible, so that we will no longer be subject to others.
This is a super golden hen that will lay golden eggs indefinitely.
In the darkness, He Changyi's eyes shone brightly.
She's determined to operate the seven-axis, five-linkage machine tool!
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