On this side, the people in dormitory 302 were trying to find ways to help Du Chen, who they thought had a poor "family background". On the other side, Du Chen had already started to get busy in the repair shop.
"Xiao Zhang, go and clean the outside of the engine and gearbox with a brush!"
Du Chen arranged work for the apprentice. There were not many cars and no work at the moment, so he was just sitting there doing nothing anyway.
"Okay, Brother Chen!"
The apprentice was very motivated. He took a wire brush and squatted in front of the engine to start cleaning.
"Master Qin, how long will the car need to be dried in the oven?"
Du Chen walked to the side of the baking room and looked at the car frame inside through the glass. Under the light, the electric cherry red looked particularly bright, and Du Chen felt very satisfied.
"It can be taken out of the oven today. It's been in there for two or three days now, so it's almost done. But if you're not in a hurry to assemble it, it would be better to keep working for another day. It's cold now, and the paint dries slowly. Even though it's been heated in the oven, only the outer layer is dry. The inner layer is still a little dry."
Master Qin is in his forties. After taking a sip of tea calmly, he gave his professional opinion.
"Okay, I'll do as you say! The other parts haven't come back yet anyway! Let's just do it first!"
Du Chen nodded and understood what Master Qin meant.
Because the repair shop had just opened and was not located near the auto parts city, there were no customers in the repair shop for such a long time, and Du Chen just had to tinker with his own car every day.
Li Dewen and Xiami looked at the empty workshop, and their mouths were blistered with anxiety these past two days. They frequented the largest second-hand car markets in Beijing every day, trying to find a few more "accident cars". Otherwise, looking at the empty repair shop and the idle mechanics, they became more and more anxious.
Du Chen, on the other hand, had no feelings at all. Wasn't that the way a newly opened repair shop was? He'd built it up step by step this way back then, and he had barely gotten to where he was. Let Li Dewen and Xiami worry about it first, and let them make such a big deal on their own. Du Chen was still very narrow-minded.
The paint on the car body was not dry yet and the accessories had not been returned. Du Chen had nothing to do, so he went to the pile of disassembled accessories to check and see if there was anything that could give him inspiration and allow him to come up with some ideas for modification.
"Brother Chen, what are you looking at?"
Du Chen was looking at the workbench in front of him that was made entirely of plastic products when Xiami came up behind him.
"Look at how to wrap this workbench. A car worth seventy or eighty years old is made entirely of plastic. It's so cheap!"
Du Chen complained about the pile of interior parts in front of him. Who could have imagined that new energy vehicles more than 20 years later would cause an old joint venture brand to suffer a series of setbacks? No one would believe it if he told others about it, right?
"Aren't all cars like this?"
Xiami didn't understand Du Chen's sentiment. He'd seen plenty of nice cars, and weren't their interiors all the same? They were all plastic. Could there even be stainless steel? Wouldn't it be bloody if they bumped into something like that?
"Xia Mi, didn't you go to the market with Brother Li today?"
Du Chen did not answer Xiami's question, but instead asked Xiami why he came here today.
"Look at me, Brother Chen. The boss and I have collected another car. I came back first. The boss is on the cart at the back. It just so happens that you are here too. Come and take a look at it later."
"Okay, what car?"
"Convertible! I don't know what it's called!"
Xiami's answer left Du Chen dumbfounded. Wow, it's possible to buy a car without knowing what it is, let alone a convertible. It sounds unrealistic.
"Don't you ask for details before buying a car?"
Du Chen asked Xiami in a complicated way.
"The owner said, I don't remember, it was called something like Mi or something. It's a daily life car."
Xiami thought about it for a long time but couldn't remember what the name was.
"Miata?"
"Yes, yes, that seems to be the name!"
Xiami looked at Du Chen with admiration, wondering why Du Chen knew everything.
"How much did you charge?"
Du Chen asked directly.
"One hundred and twenty thousand?"
Xiami said this uncertainly, and this uncertainty was about whether he would lose money.
"How's the car? What year is it?"
"Brother Chen, wait until the car comes back and you can look at it. I can't remember clearly!"
Xiami looked at Du Chen, who had no expression on his face, and spoke to him carefully.
Du Chen was a little conflicted. If he guessed correctly, Xiami and the others should have bought the first generation Miata, but he didn't know which year it was. If it was the last batch of cars from 1998 and the condition was good, he could still make a profit. But if the condition was average and the car was older, he would definitely lose money.
In Du Chen's silence, about twenty minutes later, a pallet truck arrived at the workshop.
Du Chen took a quick look and knew he was right. It was the first generation Mazda MX5, with the pop-up headlights that car enthusiasts talked about so much. Just looking at the appearance, the rear of the car was severely damaged, and the convertible mechanism was completely broken.
"Du Chen, take a look at this car!"
After Li Dewen jumped out of the passenger seat, he asked Du Chen excitedly, not noticing Xiami winking at him at all.
"What year is the car?"
"From 1998!"
Du Chen breathed a sigh of relief.
"How's the ride?"
"The trunk floor was a little damaged, but the beam head was fine."
"Okay, take it off and let's take a look!"
Du Chen looked at the sports car in front of him and knew in his heart that this car might end up breaking even.
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