The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 29 Is this also called a major breakthrough? [2nd update! ]

Wang Mingshan listened with great interest and nodded repeatedly as he listened.

"What is the specific cost of using the car?" Wang Mingshan asked.

Wang Haoran said: "There is no exact data yet, but based on our fuel testing of the engine, I estimate that its fuel consumption should be relatively economical, especially when used for transportation, about three or four liters of fuel per 100 kilometers."

Wang Mingshan smiled and said, "It uses much less fuel than a tractor. Haoran, do you think it can replace tractors in the future?"

Wang Haoran shook his head: "Definitely not. Tractors have more advantages in tilling land, harvesting, sowing, etc."

Wang Mingshan asked again: "What is the production cost of this car?"

Wang Haoran thought for a moment and said, "Based on current production conditions, the production cost of each diesel motorized tricycle is about 1 yuan."

"This cost already includes material costs, machine wear and tear, labor costs and national taxes."

Wang Mingshan smiled and said, "It is indeed much lower than the production cost of a tractor."

"So, when we sell it, can we set the price at 1500 yuan per unit?"

Wang Haoran nodded: "The price of 1500 is still quite reasonable."

In fact, all the products produced by factories and mines are now sold to the state, which then purchases and sells them in bulk. The platform is mainly the supply and marketing cooperative system.

Wang Mingshan waved his hand and said, "I think the diesel agricultural tricycles you produce have great potential!"

"I'll have someone call the reporter from Beijing TV and ask them to send someone over to interview us."

"Once the news comes out, it will be easier to promote it nationwide."

"Well! With your current production capacity, how many units can you produce each year?"

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Based on our current conditions, we can only produce about 4 units per year at most."

"However, if this product is popular, we can quickly expand production capacity and build more production lines and workshops to solve the problem."

Wang Mingshan personally called Guo Peiran, the editor-in-chief of Beijing TV Station.

He told Guo Peiran: A major breakthrough has been made in agricultural machinery. Mafang Machinery Factory has produced a brand new agricultural motor tricycle, which fills a domestic gap. Just this piece of news should be on the 7 o'clock news to cheer up the people of the country.

Guo Peiran, the editor-in-chief of Beijing TV Station, naturally wanted to give Wang Mingshan some face, so he immediately sent a senior reporter to interview him.

Before the reporters arrived, Wang Mingshan himself had developed a keen interest in this agricultural tricycle, so he also got on and drove it for a few laps.

After the drive, he got out of the car and praised it repeatedly: "This car drives well, it's very stable, and the engine is very powerful."

"I believe that leaders of communes and brigades in various places will be interested."

There is no other way. At this time, only rural collectives can afford such large agricultural machinery.

Ordinary members simply don’t have that capital.

Wang Haoran smiled and said, "In fact, it's not bad for farmers to buy it themselves, they can use it to start a sideline business or something."

Although the important conference on liberalization and revitalization will not be held until next year, it is clear that the policies towards rural areas have been relaxed a lot.

Now, some rural areas have even begun to implement the contracting form of small-scale contracting.

The so-called small contract responsibility system actually means that a piece of land is contracted to several farmers to cultivate. After the harvest, as long as they pay enough to the state and leave enough for the collective, the rest is all theirs.

This kind of small contract responsibility system also plays a certain role in stimulating the enthusiasm of farmers.

However, after all, small contract farming involves several companies working together, so it is inevitable that some people will cheat and various disputes will arise.

In 1978, the first village collective to take the lead appeared. In Emperor Zhu's hometown, 18 farmers signed a contract responsibility system by signing their blood fingerprints.

The grand contract responsibility system thus kicked off.

By the beginning of 1980, the household contract responsibility system had been basically fully implemented throughout the country.

This policy greatly encouraged farmers' enthusiasm for work and liberated rural productivity.

Let the rural economy begin to develop rapidly.

As someone who has experienced this, Wang Haoran sees this very clearly.

Wang Mingshan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid ordinary rural members can't afford this car."

"It still depends on whether production brigades across the country are interested in it!"

Wang Haoran originally wanted to ask Wang Mingshan what he thought of the production team model and whether he thought it had become an obstacle to the development of productivity.

However, when the words came to his lips, he held them back.

It's not appropriate to say this at this time.

So he echoed, "Comrade Mingshan, you are right."

About an hour later, Wang Jianguo, a senior reporter from Beijing TV, arrived at the Mafang Machinery Factory.

On the way here, he was still saying to his colleagues: "No matter how powerful a small factory run by a commune is, what good things can it produce?"

Wang Jianguo felt that Wang Mingshan might be making a big fuss out of nothing.

How could a small township-run factory possibly develop any groundbreaking agricultural machinery products?

When he arrived at the Mafang Machinery Factory, he was really amazed when he saw the motorized tricycles parked in the yard.

One reason is that the car has a unique appearance and he has never seen it before.

Secondly, although this car is a little small, it is indeed a motor vehicle. There are only a handful of companies in Longguo that want to build a diesel-powered motor vehicle that can run.

Therefore, this Mafang Machinery Factory is really something.

After Wang Jianguo arrived at the scene, he naturally had to give a demonstration so that the camera reporters could take some footage.

This time, Dai Hongtao personally drove the motorized tricycle around the open space in the yard a few times.

In addition to turning in circles, it also demonstrated the ability to reverse, climb hills and pull heavy objects.

Wang Jianguo stood beside Wang Mingshan, watching the tricycle show off its skills in front of him. He praised: "Comrade Mingshan, this vehicle looks really good. In fact, it can also be used in the city. For example, when transporting goods in the supply and marketing cooperative, if a large vehicle is used when there is little cargo, it would be a waste."

Wang Mingshan nodded: "I also think it has many uses, so we should hurry up and expand production."

Wang Jianguo glanced at Wang Haoran again: "Comrade Haoran, how did you come up with the idea of ​​developing such an agricultural tricycle?"

Wang Haoran said: "I have been working in the countryside for three or four years. The labor intensity of the production team is still quite high. I am not afraid of hardship, but sometimes I feel that the production efficiency in our rural areas is still too low. The degree of mechanization in our production team is also too low. So, I came up with the idea of ​​developing a simple motorized tricycle."

"If a production team can have four or five motorized tricycles, then the production efficiency in the rural areas will be greatly improved by at least 30 percent. This will be of great help to increase our production and income."

Wang Jianguo nodded in appreciation and said, "What a genius idea. Comrade Haoran, you are really talented in mechanics."

"I read in the report that you want to go to college and major in computer science. Why don't you study mechanics?"

(End of this chapter)