Chapter 390: One Acre and Three Fen Land
"Brother, these are the drawings and data of the next-generation product. Take a look."
Li Dayong spent several holidays either at the Fenghua Garment Factory in Hong Kong Island or at the Changbei Machinery Factory in Beijing. He has a down-to-earth work style and not only brought good news about new products to Li Ye, but also brought technical materials.
Li Ye took a look at the drawing and put it aside, focusing on the technical data. He found that there had been significant improvements in power consumption, noise and vibration. More importantly, the level had reached 8,000 stitches per minute.
Although ordinary workers usually set the speed to 4500-5000 stitches per minute, the maximum number of stitches represents the level of this industrial sewing machine in some ways.
The reciprocating mechanism of a sewing machine moves up and down continuously, with 5,000 cycles per minute and 8,000 cycles per minute, and the requirements for material strength and precision are completely different.
When salesmen sell products to customers, they need to use these digital data to emphasize its "international level".
This is just like selling a car. I usually drive very calmly, never going over one-third of the accelerator, and my fastest speed is just over 100.
But you can't sell me a car with a maximum speed of 120 km/h and a 0-100 km/h acceleration of over ten seconds. I want a speed of at least 180 km/h.
How fast can I drive? Will I floor the accelerator?
What do you care about me?
In fact, ordinary people will experience varying degrees of dizziness when accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in five seconds. But if you were given a car that could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in three seconds, would you still care about dizziness?
Decades later, a new energy vehicle that users had high expectations for was launched on the market. It was good in every way, but its maximum speed was only 150 kilometers per hour. Then the market became weak, and the company had to rely on a big price cut to bring sales to the expected value.
The designer of this car is probably a real data man. He thinks that 99% of people will not drive more than 150 kilometers, but.
Did you know that every driver has a heart of speed and passion?
Although I don't race, are you going to sell me a broken car pulled by an old cow? Who are you trying to fool?
"If that's true, that's pretty good,"
After reading the data, Li Ye said with satisfaction: "Although it is still not as good as the new products of Fuso and South Korea, it is close to the level of their previous generation products. As long as the cost is controlled, there is a bright future in the mainland market."
"Absolutely no problem, don't worry, brother. Although you don't mind your own child being ugly, you must never brag about yourself. You must seek truth from facts."
Li Dayong immediately patted his chest and said: "The material of the nose of the new product was found by our teacher in a special steel factory in eastern Hubei after he called and sent telegrams to all the classmates and friends he knew.
Then I took the materials and drawings and went to Hong Kong Island for processing. I also measured the data myself with the teacher, without making any mistakes on even a decimal point. "
"Processed in Hong Kong?"
Li Ye looked at Li Dayong with some surprise.
Li Dayong nodded and said helplessly: "Brother, we have used the machine tools of Changbei Machinery Factory for many experiments, and the precision error fluctuates too much. We really have no choice but to go to Hong Kong Island to process the core components."
Li Ye put the materials aside and asked in a deep voice, "So what are you going to do? Process the core components in Hong Kong Island and then import them for assembly? Or do you want to import advanced processing equipment?"
"You guessed it right again, brother." Li Dayong sensed Li Ye's displeasure and whispered, "Guo Tianyong wants to import assembly, and my teacher and I both want to import high-precision machine tools and equipment."
Li Ye smiled and said strangely: "Then you can make the decision yourself! Although you don't have a position in Changbei, it is your factory. You have to learn to make the decision yourself. Whether you make a profit or a loss, it is a growth experience."
Li Dayong grinned and said awkwardly: "Brother, I don't know why you are so decisive. It's so hard for me to decide!
Now the new product has been developed, but contradictions have also emerged. Guo Tianyong believes that the technology of the new product belongs to the Hong Kong side, but once it goes into production, Director Wang will definitely not be happy.
Which side do you think I stand on? I am a member of a Hong Kong company, but the mainland workers call me a traitor. Do you think I am wronged?"
Li Ye was puzzled and said, "Didn't you ask me at the beginning? Although technology research and development is the responsibility of the Hong Kong side, Director Wang believes that they can jointly bear the research and development costs, so it is not impossible to discuss it.
We borrowed someone else's land, used their workers, and made a lot of money. Sharing some of the technology and profits would also make us feel at ease, right? "
When the Changbei Machinery Co., Ltd. was first established as a joint venture, the Hong Kong capital independently established a research and development workshop to be responsible for technology research and development.
But during the Chinese New Year this year, Li Dayong mentioned to Li Ye that Director Wang of Changbei Machinery Company wanted to get involved in technical research. At that time, an idea was put forward to ask Li Ye's teacher Cao Zhisheng and Tang Mingtai and others to list the R&D expenses for Director Wang to look at.
So now that the product has been developed, it would be difficult for Li Ye to kick others out.
Besides, this technology looks advanced now, but it will be updated in a few years, so it is still too early to invest in future technology! We can't always let Hong Kong capital bear the R&D costs while Director Wang always gets the advantage!
But Li Dayong said helplessly: "Brother, I did it this way at the time, but you don't know! After Director Wang looked at the research and development budget listed by my teacher, he said that he would pay the money after the product was out and accepted? So..."
“Hehe~”
Li Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said, "You are wrong, Dayong, I really know this routine."
In his previous life, Li Ye thought he could make more money as a salesman, so he worked as a salesman for a few days. However, he met a weird boss who would reimburse travel expenses after the deal was signed.
If you screw screws on a production line, at most you won't get any salary. If you go out to develop the market, you might even lose your only few thousand dollars in savings!
Seeing Li Ye's half-smile, Li Dayong couldn't tell whether his brother was angry or not.
So he had no choice but to say awkwardly: "Actually, brother, the main reason I came here today was to ask Master for advice. He is in a similar situation to Director Wang, so I want him to give me some pointers."
"Oh~"
Li Ye laughed and teased, "So you came here for your master! Then why have you been talking to me for so long?"
Li Dayong also laughed: "Brother, I'm actually still willing to talk to you. Asking the master for advice means listening to his teachings. If you can give me an idea, then I don't want to trouble the master!"
Li Ye pondered for a moment and nodded, "About this matter! Maybe your master can really give you some advice."
Li Zhong discovered that his position in running Qingshuihe Food Company was the same as that of Director Wang in running Changbei Machinery Co., Ltd., so putting himself in their shoes was a good idea.
Li Ye called Li Zhongfa over and briefly introduced: "Grandpa, this is what happened. Changbei Machinery Co., Ltd. has Pei Wenhui's share in it. It is Pei Wencong's future dowry for his sister. It must be closely related to Dayong. Now there is a problem."
Li Ye explained the situation to Li Zhongfa in detail. Li Zhongfa asked a series of questions without much thought.
"How much is the research budget? How is it calculated? Did you ask Director Wang to report and sign any expenses? Are there official receipts for all the materials consumed?"
Listening to Li Zhongfa's series of questions, Li Dayong was already confused, while Li Ye was laughing on the side, as if he saw again the "easy-going" demeanor of the financial accountant when he was making the reimbursement.
"The research funding is close to 700,000 yuan. How is it calculated? I need to ask my teacher, but I definitely won't ask Director Wang to report and sign it. He doesn't even know the progress of the new product.
Moreover, he may not agree to the rewards given to several technical researchers."
Li Zhongfa was stunned and asked, "How much is the reward?"
Li Dayong said guiltily: "There are three people in total, 15,000 each, and the remaining 5,000 is a red envelope for the workshop workers."
"Then forget it," Li Zhongfa said with a wave of his hand. "He won't agree to a reward of 15,000 yuan per person. So why did you spend so much on research? Nearly 700,000 yuan?"
Li Dayong said aggrievedly: "Master, we are already very frugal. Every time we improve the performance a little, we have to spend countless experiments. Each time costs money!"
"Tsk tsk, this is difficult. Even if he trusts you, he won't give you 700,000 yuan easily. You're asking for hard work fees after you've already done the work? What are you thinking?"
Li Zhongfa shook his head repeatedly, saying that the group of technical men in charge of the research were too inexperienced.
Li Ye could understand this. After all, Changbei Machinery Co., Ltd. was not a scientific research unit specializing in research.
In the eyes of outsiders, many scientific research experiments are useless repetitions of taking off pants to fart. In order to determine the cause of a failure, it may be necessary to go to dozens of possible directions, waste countless consumables, and may not necessarily get good results.
In this situation, wouldn't it be easy for pure managers and pure technical personnel to come into conflict?
Technician: "Just pay me, don't talk nonsense, you won't understand even if I tell you."
Manager: "Don't I know technology or RMB? You have to write down the price of a screw for 20 cents!"
Otherwise, Mr. Ren could not give orders at will in the company! Otherwise, Lenovo's technology, industry and trade finally became trade, industry and technology?
The harmony of technology and management is not something that can be explained in a few words, and only people with a broad mind can do it.
Li Ye thought about it for a while and asked Li Zhongfa: "Grandpa, how about asking Dayong to contact and organize a mutual visit and learning between Qingshuihe Food Company and Changbei Machinery Company, and then you can help Dayong to see what kind of person Director Wang is?"
"Well! You are using your grandfather as a spy!"
Li Zhongfa laughed, then narrowed his eyes and asked Li Ye: "Xiao Ye, what kind of person do you hope that Director Wang will be?"
Facing Li Zhongfa's eyes, Li Ye said calmly: "I hope he is a person who is not pedantic, does not stick to formalities, and dares to explore and change for the development of the mainland's machinery industry, and dares to take responsibility."
"but."
Li Ye smiled and said, "There are not many people like this. Most people can only see the one-third acre of land in front of them, and then hold it tightly in their arms, planting cabbages in winter and cucumbers in summer.
They seem very busy, but they don’t know that outside of this one acre and three mu of land, there are tens of thousands of mu of wasteland waiting to be reclaimed.”
“.”
Li Zhongfa was silent for a long time before he nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense. One acre and three mu of land is a bit small."
(End of this chapter)
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