Since Qimingxing won the bid, other large vehicle manufacturers have expressed their dissatisfaction.
They surrounded Director Li, demanding an explanation.
Director Li, without mincing words and with a critical tone, explained why he chose Qimingxing for the vehicle procurement.
Not speaking out is not an option, as it can easily lead to unfounded rumors and negatively impact one's reputation.
After all, for others, the idea of Qimingxing winning the bid is simply a pipe dream.
It's like a customer clearly needs a locomotive, but you end up buying a donkey cart instead—that doesn't make sense.
Isn't this a waste of national resources?
It can easily lead to unnecessary associations.
Therefore, Director Li explained it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.
After the other manufacturers finished listening, they all fell into deep thought.
Yes, we only thought about how to haul goods, so the trucks had to be big, but we never really thought about what would happen to the workers below.
That's right, some older residential areas simply can't accommodate large vehicles.
For example, in the old alleyways, it's considered good if three people can walk side by side.
What to do with the garbage in the alleyways?
Wouldn't it require multiple trips to get it out?
Wouldn't it be much easier and more efficient to have a small garbage truck?
No wonder Qimingxing won the bid; they did their homework.
This time, I accepted the defeat wholeheartedly.
Li Dapeng returned to the company and informed Wu Changfeng, but Wu Changfeng didn't take it seriously.
Everything is under my control; there's no way it can escape.
It's bound to happen; there's nothing surprising about it.
So, with a new business growth point for tricycles, Wu Changfeng began to assign new tasks to Li Dapeng.
A multi-speed bicycle!
After Lin Xiaotong took the blueprints from the research institute, he tinkered with this thing for a month, wasting a lot of money and parts, before finally managing to put it together.
Actually, producing a multi-speed bicycle isn't that difficult, but it does require a certain level of technical expertise.
After all, quite a few more parts have been added.
The installation and adjustment of the flywheel and transmission are particularly difficult.
It needs to be flexible and agile.
You can't have the adjustment handle malfunctioning when you need to change gears; it either has to be too loose to engage or too tight to be turned.
There is a balance to be struck, which Lin Xiaotong and the workers need to work together to find.
Fortunately, after a month, it was finally completed.
The first bicycle with gears was given to Wu Changfeng, so that Wu Changfeng could give some pointers on what aspects needed improvement.
Wu Changfeng rode around the factory area, and it was pretty good, very impressive.
The speed change is sensitive and there are no major problems.
As for installing headlights that generate static electricity, there's no need to elaborate; Lin Xiaotong naturally understands that.
The next issue is sales.
In fact, Wu Changfeng did not want to occupy his own sales channels, but Lin Xiaotong really did not have any reliable channels to sell in large quantities.
It's important to understand that in this era, before the internet became widespread, the channels for selling goods were very limited.
That is, relying on distributors for distribution.
Distributors are like the lifeblood of a company, spreading throughout the country.
It continuously supplies blood back to the company.
Only in this way can a company survive.
In other words, without distribution channels, it's difficult to sell your products, or even if you can sell them, they won't sell quickly.
Do you really expect people to travel thousands of miles to buy a multi-speed bicycle?
This cost is simply unacceptable to ordinary people.
After all, geared bicycles aren't primarily targeted at the elite; naturally, the best option is for ordinary people to be able to buy one in their city if they want to.
This is why, when international giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi entered the mainland market, their first priority was to integrate local beverage companies and control their distribution channels.
Therefore, if Lin Xiaotong wants to sell his multi-speed bicycles better, he must rely on distribution channels.
However, establishing distribution channels is not an easy task.
It requires a significant amount of time and money to install and maintain.
Take a single city's distributors as an example, from getting to know them and making initial contact to signing a cooperation agreement.
The back-and-forth processes, the time spent, and the dedicated personnel involved all require costs.
Lin Xiaotong simply cannot afford to play this kind of game right now.
Currently, only my brother-in-law has this kind of channel. They are all family members, and my brother-in-law also has shares in the business. If we don't ask Wu Changfeng for help, who else can we ask?
After much persuasion from Lin Xiaotong, Wu Changfeng finally relented.
After that, Wu Changfeng stopped caring and handed the product over to Li Dapeng.
Li Dapeng was dumbfounded.
I'd vaguely heard a while ago that my boss was working on some kind of connected bicycle, and I even saw it in Jiangcheng; it really looked pretty fun.
But this isn't exactly a proper thing either.
It doesn't fit in with Qimingxing's products.
In other words, it's too low-end.
It's just two bicycles welded together, that's all.
Judging from Li Dapeng's career, this connected bicycle won't amount to much.
The market has only so much capacity; once others start following suit, the market size will inevitably shrink.
Just as Li Dapeng had suspected, Lin Xiaotong's connected bicycle was indeed no longer functional.
This time, Li Dapeng looked at the bicycle Wu Changfeng was pushing, his shoulders slumped...
this……
What is this thing?
No, that's a bicycle, I recognize it.
But what I want to say is, when did our Qimingxing brand become so low-class that it's now selling bicycles?
Moreover, it wasn't even manufactured by themselves; was it outsourced?
It's truly incomprehensible. Our company, Qimingxing, manufactures for overseas companies, and now other manufacturers are manufacturing bicycles for us.
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