Replay 07: Opening the Temple of Learning

Chapter 59 Son, you want to cheat your father? (Please read!)

Lu Dehai's IQ is not low, otherwise he would not be working as a technician in Jiangcheng County Tractor Factory.

He had actually thought about this issue. After all, being able to produce high-performance springs with old equipment was the foundation of his business at the Lisheng Factory.

If a person wants to gain a foothold in society, he must have his own unique qualities and make himself irreplaceable or the cost of being replaced is very high.

The more irreplaceable it is, the higher your price will be.

Lu Dehai also knew that if his workers learned this technology, he would become replaceable.

This would make his situation in the factory extremely dangerous.

Of course, Lu Dehai thought about opening a small factory with a group of brothers, taking on some work first, and then slowly expanding and becoming stronger.

He did understand the corresponding market conditions.

The annual rent for leasing a factory ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. The equipment is even more expensive, and one also has to worry about the workers' wages and the sales of the products.

Lu Dehai’s most important thing now is to seek stability. After all, his son is going to college. Even if he doesn’t have to pay tuition, there will always be some expenses as his son grows up.

Starting a business is too risky for him who is nearly 50 years old.

If a young person starts a business, he can face the risk of failure. At worst, he can sleep in a bridge tunnel for a few days, eat some cold steamed buns, work as a temporary worker on a construction site for a few days, or stand on a tower crane and urinate in the wind, shouting: Failure is the mother of success, I can try again!
Lu Dehai is old now. He has reached the age where it takes one or two minutes to urinate and he still has to bring toilet paper. In a few years, he may not be able to urinate completely and will not be able to bear the risk.

Besides, he earned almost 3000 yuan this month, and there is no dividend yet. Lu Dehai is already very satisfied with this income.

Lu Dehai said: "I know that when improving the equipment, I asked them to work in groups."

Lu Shan gave his father an approving look.
What Dad does is actually the most technically basic security concept - decentralization.

Don't let one person fully master the technology.

However, the Lisheng Spring Factory was too small, and improving the technology of the equipment was not difficult. Lu Dehai's method of decentralizing technology could only slow down the leakage of technology, but could not prevent it.

The shareholding agreement he signed with Lu Peng was also a double-edged sword.

If Lu Peng really wanted to kick Lu Dehai out, he could just do it secretly and run the factory at a loss, so that the shares would become a negative asset.

Lu Shan asked cheerfully, "What if some workers are jealous of your high salary and they plot against you? What will you do?"

Lu Dehai actually considered this point, but there was no better way.

It is also impossible for one person to operate all the equipment.

"What's your opinion?" Lu Dehai felt a little nervous.

Lu Shan said, "It's actually very simple. You can give them the operating instructions I wrote for improving the equipment and let everyone know how to do it."

Crunch!

Lu Dehai braked suddenly and almost fell over.

"What do you say?"

Lu Shan coughed lightly and said, "What I mean is that you can give them the equipment improvement guide and program flashing process that I wrote."

Lu Dehai stared at Lu Shan. At that moment, he was doubting whether this bastard was his own son.

Isn’t this cheating yourself?
If someone wants to stab you in the back, would you happily hand them the knife?
"You are mocking your father!" Lu Dehai started pedaling his bicycle again.

Lu Shan followed and said, "I didn't."

There is no other way! Lu Shan needs points!
A Lisheng Spring Factory can only produce a certain number of springs in a day, and the points generated each day are pitifully small.

If the technology can be used by the Machinery Factory or larger factories, points can be accumulated as quickly as possible.

According to Lu Shan's judgment, the most likely place for the technology to be lost is Jiangzhou Machinery Factory. Of course, Lu Shan couldn't let his father be eliminated.

During this period, he also read a lot of books on mechanical equipment and CNC machine tools in the library, and even touched upon the field of IC (integrated circuit) design. In addition, he had completely learned C++, Java, and phyon, and with the help of Poincare's insight, he had some understanding of mechanical equipment.

People have limited time, so some things should either not be done or done to the best of one's ability.

Since I have helped my father, I must do this job thoroughly. While earning points, I must improve the living conditions of my family as soon as possible.

Knowledge in science and engineering is interconnected. In particular, people who have mastered mathematics can better understand the relevant knowledge of mechanics, electronic engineering, and computer programming.

Although Lu Shan cannot manually operate top-level CNC machine tools and photolithography machines, he has the technology to improve the equipment at Jiangzhou Machinery Factory and upgrade the CNC software, which will definitely reduce the cost of producing springs and allow the corresponding machine tools to not only produce front suspension springs, but also produce more complex and sophisticated brake, clutch pedal, accelerator pedal return springs, etc.

Everything has two sides.

The same is true for technology leaks.

Lu Shan said to his father: "Many Western and Japanese companies have set up factories in our coastal areas. Why aren't they afraid of technology leaks? In addition to intellectual property protection, the more important reason is that they have more advanced technology."

"If domestic manufacturers want to cooperate with them for a long time, they must first obtain advanced technology and gain more profits, and they must safeguard their interests."

"To achieve your goal, the best way is not to pray that the other party will abide by the so-called moral code and legal norms, but to possess absolutely advanced technology and tie up the other party's interests."

Lu Shan talked in detail about his recent interest in mechanical equipment. He accidentally studied the CNC equipment of Jiangzhou Machinery Factory and made some small optimization suggestions.

"Whether it's Lisheng Spring Factory or Jiangzhou Machinery Factory, if we want lower product costs and better products, we can only cooperate with you."

"In order to obtain long-term profits, they will not dare to do anything shady in the future, because they don't know whether you have better technology, and they are even more afraid that you will cooperate with other companies."

"I understand that the Jiangzhou Machinery Factory uses Vafios equipment that is more advanced than Lisheng, but it is also second-hand, and the German side has long stopped selling it."

"Now when there are equipment failures in the factory, or even slightly more serious problems, we have to pay a high price to have people from Germany come over to repair them."

"It's difficult for them to even maintain their equipment, let alone optimize it and reduce production costs."

In fact, Lu Shan knew very well that state-owned enterprises like Jiangzhou Machinery Factory would sooner or later die in market competition if they were not supported by policies.

Lu Dehai stared at his son with wide eyes.

"You said you already have a complete plan for equipment optimization, CNC machine tool production program, and cost reduction?"

Lu Shan nodded confidently, "It's done."

"Instead of being cautious against thieves, why not openly let Jiangzhou Machinery Factory know about your improved technology, and then tell them that you have a better way to reduce costs and optimize products. What do you think they will think?"

Lu Dehai said: "They will invite me to Jiangzhou Machinery Factory to discuss cooperation."

After returning home, Lu Shan handed the information he had prepared long ago to Lu Dehai and explained it in detail.

One understands theory, the other understands technology.

With one Friday night and a weekend, Lu Dehai was able to understand all the technical issues.

He looked at his son in disbelief, and now he doubted whether Lu Shan was his biological son. He was too outstanding!

Lu Dehai patted Lu Shan on the shoulder with a smile and said, "If you are interested in mechanical equipment, follow me in this area!"

Lu Shan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, as was the always competitive Lu Dehai.

Early Monday morning, Lu Dehai hurried to the machinery factory.

Lu Shan, who was just about to go to school, also received a call from the landline.

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