Chapter 346 Always one step ahead

Technicians removed the rear axle assembly from the damaged tricycle and then tested it.

The test results show that this rear axle assembly can only provide braking for cargo of more than one ton. If it pulls two tons of cargo, there will be problems with the braking and the car will not be able to be stopped.

After reaching this conclusion, Li Weidong breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the rear axle assembly developed by the tractor factory did not surpass the Japanese technology of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory.

"We cannot rest on our laurels. The pace of research and development cannot stop for a moment. We must maintain our leading edge in agricultural tricycles. It is imperative to recruit new R&D personnel for agricultural machinery factories. But where should we recruit people?"

Du Jiahai has been promoted to the deputy director of the agricultural machinery factory, and his responsibilities have increased. Naturally, he cannot stay in the technical department doing research and development all day.

"Talent, talent, it's so hard to find, it gives me a headache!" Li Weidong rubbed his temples.

"How about selecting a group of people from fresh high school students to come to the agricultural machinery factory? No, what the agricultural machinery factory needs is not ordinary technicians, but R&D personnel. With the level of high school graduates, it is acceptable to train technicians, but it is not enough to train R&D personnel.

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Is it inappropriate to continue to establish a scientific research center for agricultural machinery equipment in Shanghai? This is not appropriate. Agricultural machinery is not a household appliance. The investment in R&D of agricultural machinery is inherently large, and it also requires field experiments in farmland. If it is placed in a big city, the R&D cost will be too high.

It’s high.”

Li Weidong instantly rejected these two ideas.

If it is a state-owned agricultural machinery research institute, it does not matter if it is located in a big city. Although the R&D costs in big cities are high, the country can afford it.

For example, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences has farmland within the third ring road of Beijing. The state-owned agricultural machinery research institutions are fully capable of conducting experiments in enclosed areas in big cities.

Enterprises cannot afford to spend this money on agricultural machinery research teams established by themselves. If enterprises have the ability to circle land in first- and second-tier cities to conduct agricultural machinery experiments, wouldn’t it be more advantageous to directly use the land to build buildings?

Therefore, agricultural machinery research centers, unlike microwave oven research centers, can be placed in big cities.

Li Weidong sighed lightly: "The scale of the company is still too small. For things like talent strategy, we can only take one step at a time!"

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Gao Chongguang walked into an agricultural machinery station with great interest. He wanted to conduct an on-the-spot investigation on the sales of agricultural tricycles produced by the tractor factory.

"Do you have agricultural tricycles here?" Gao Chongguang asked.

"What you're looking for are Fukang agricultural vehicles, right? Over there! Go and have a look for yourself, and call me if you're interested." The staff at the agricultural machinery exhibition said.

Hearing that the staff recommended Fukang agricultural vehicles, Gao Chongguang felt a little unhappy. He said, "You should also have agricultural tricycles produced by the municipal tractor factory, right?"

"Yes, in that corner." The staff pointed in another direction.

Gao Chongguang immediately walked over and saw a dusty agricultural tricycle produced by a tractor factory.

Judging from the thickness of the dust, it seems that no one has seen this agricultural tricycle for a long time.

Gao Chongguang immediately asked: "Why do you put this car in such a corner to collect dust?"

"If no one buys it, why don't you just leave it in a corner to eat dust?" the staff member said with a smile.

"Why is no one buying it?" Gao Chongguang asked subconsciously.

"They all went to buy Fukang brand products," the staff member replied honestly.

Gao Chongguang retorted: "Aren't they all agricultural tricycles? I think the tractors produced by our city's tractor factory are the same as those produced by Fukang Factory!"

"It's different, the difference is huge." The staff continued: "The agricultural tricycle produced by the tractor factory is similar to the previous Fukang No. 1. But now Fukang No. 1 is no longer popular, and the new Fukang No. 2 is popular.

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"What does Fukang No. 2 look like?" Gao Chongguang asked immediately.

"Fukang No. 2 is over there, let me take you to see it." The staff member was also enthusiastic and brought Gao Chongguang to the side of Fukang Agricultural Vehicle.

"This one is Fukang 201. Have you seen the cargo box at the back? It is one-third larger than the original one and can carry one-third more cargo! And it runs more steadily than the old model in front of me.

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The staff pointed to another agricultural vehicle with a cockpit, and then introduced: "This is Fukang 202. It has a special cockpit that can protect it from wind and rain. You see, it also has a wiper on the front.

It can open even in heavy rain.”

Gao Chongguang walked forward and observed it carefully. Then he saw four wheels at the back, and the design was combined in two, and he understood it instantly.

"There are four wheels at the back, which increases the carrying capacity, so it can pull more cargo. At the same time, the four wheels will have stronger grip, and the running will naturally be more stable. This Li Weidong actually knows how to use this

Zhao, I really underestimated him before!" Gao Chongguang thought to himself.

Gao Chongguang has been making tractors for so many years, and he still has basic theoretical knowledge, so he can see the clues at a glance.

The staff then introduced: "Here are Fukang 203 and Fukang 204. These two agricultural vehicles have added the function of self-unloading. By pressing a button, the cargo box at the back can be erected and the goods inside can be poured out.

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"Self-unloading? Then you need a hydraulic power unit!" Gao Chongguang was shocked.

The hydraulic tool/tool ​​unit was considered a relatively high-tech thing at the time, and at least Gao Chongguang's tractor factory couldn't make it.

"This Li Weidong can actually think of adding a self-unloading function to agricultural vehicles, and he can also get a hydraulic power unit!"

Gao Chongguang's expression suddenly became extremely solemn, and he finally realized that this was an opponent who was constantly improving himself.

The tractor factory has not even solved the technology of the rear axle assembly. Fukang has already launched a second-generation agricultural vehicle with an increased load capacity and a self-unloading function.

In this way, other copycat manufacturers will have to wait until they solve the technical problems of the rear axle assembly and the hydraulic power unit before they can catch up with the Fukang No. 2.

And when the copycat manufacturers want to solve the problem of hydraulic power units, Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory will definitely launch new models, Fukang No. 3 and Fukang No. 4.

In this way, Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory will always be one step ahead.

New products are always the most profitable. If copycat manufacturers cannot close the technical gap, they will have no choice but to follow the Fukang factory and eat the leftovers.

"It's over!" Gao Chongguang secretly shouted something bad. He had realized that in the face of new agricultural vehicles, the old model he copied would have no market.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were wasted again!

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At this time, Li Weidong had arrived in Shanghai.

This time Li Weidong came to Shanghai mainly for two things.

Good news came from the Home Appliance Research Institute. The orange juice machine has been successfully developed. Of course Li Weidong wanted to come over and take a look.

For Tang Hao, a top student in the Physics Department of Jiaotong University, designing an orange juice machine seems to be relatively easy.

Another thing is to welcome the inspection team from Xizhi Electric. This is related to how many OEM orders Xizhi Electric will give next year. At the same time, Li Weidong is also thinking about getting Xizhi Electric's microwave oven production line into his own hands.

In the Home Appliances Research Institute, Tang Hao cut an orange with his own hands and then showed Li Weidong the orange juice machine.

Two oranges squeezed out more than half a cup of pure juice. The juice yield rate is quite high.

Li Weidong took the cup and took a sip. The orange juice was a bit sour, probably because the orange varieties of this era were not good enough.

Then Li Weidong picked up half of the used orange peel and looked carefully. Sure enough, all the orange flesh inside had been squeezed out, leaving only the white inner flesh.

"Yes, it was squeezed quite thoroughly." Li Weidong said, picking up an orange and cutting it in half. He wanted to try the orange juice machine himself.

Half an orange pressed against the cone-shaped protrusion. After feeling the pressure, the cone-shaped protrusion immediately began to rotate, squeezing the orange juice out of the pulp.

After ten turns, the cone-shaped protrusion suddenly stopped, then turned in the opposite direction. After ten turns, it stopped again and returned to its original direction.

"Well done, this is the effect I want! It's easy to use, simple to operate, and it won't hurt your hands. Even children can squeeze orange juice and drink it by themselves!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

After receiving praise from Li Weidong, Tang Hao also showed a relieved smile on his face.

The orange juice machine was Tang Hao's first battle after joining the scientific research institute. Of course, he had to do his best and prove his ability.

After all, Tang Hao is Tang Renjie's son. Tang Hao does not want to be regarded as a related party by his boss. He still hopes that Li Weidong can recognize his abilities.

"Tang Gong, thank you for your hard work." Li Weidong continued; "I will ask the accountant to allocate two thousand yuan later, which will be regarded as a project bonus for you!"

"Two thousand yuan!" Tang Hao was delighted. If he were still at Component Factory No. 5, he would not be able to make so much money in a year.

However, Tang Hao declined: "Director Li, I have already received three times my salary, why do I have the nerve to ask for your project bonus?"

"One code equals one code. Salary is salary and bonus is bonus. Don't refuse, Mr. Tang. What's more, there are new projects waiting for you next!" Li Weidong said.

"What project?" Tang Hao asked immediately.

Li Weidong said: "Tang Gong majored in applied physics. He should be involved in thermal science, electrodynamics and circuit science, right?"

Tang Hao nodded: "I understand all these. In addition, I have also studied optics, analytical mechanics, thermodynamics, solid state physics, and material physics."

"I plan to improve the electric iron, and I hope that Mr. Tang can be the person in charge of this project." Li Weidong said.

"No problem!" Tang Hao agreed immediately, and then said: "Director Li, since you have asked me to be responsible for a project, can you assign me a few people?"

"Don't you have anyone under you? Did you make this orange juice machine yourself? Why didn't Lao Tanggong assign people to you?" Li Weidong asked in surprise.

Tang Hao smiled awkwardly and said, "Originally, my dad sent two people to me, but I didn't ask for it. I wanted to complete this orange juice machine myself."

Li Weidong understood Tang Hao's intention instantly. Tang Hao was probably worried that if he accepted the assistant sent by Tang Renjie, even if he made an orange juice machine, he would be misunderstood that Tang Renjie was secretly helping him.

So Tang Hao chose one person to complete the research and development of the orange juice machine. In this way, he could prove to Li Weidong that he was capable and could not rely on his father's help to develop the orange juice machine.

Now that Li Weidong has recognized Tang Hao's abilities, Tang Hao doesn't mind having a few assistants.

Understanding Tang Hao's little thoughts, Li Weidong immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll ask Old Tang to send you a few more assistants."

"Director Li, I don't want people working for my father. I want to recruit a few assistants myself. It doesn't take more than three," Tang Hao said.
To be continued...