All round car designer

Chapter 100 Transforming the Factory

"Why haven't you rested yet?" Seeing his son coming in, Zhou Dehai put down the book in his hand and asked with a smile.

"Not sleepy yet, let's chat with Dad." Zhou Fei smiled and sat on a chair beside him, "How is the factory's sales now?"

"The sales volume has doubled compared to before. I'm considering whether to expand the scale of the factory." Speaking of this, Zhou Dehai's mood also became joyful.

Although I don't know who Zhou Fei called last time, since then, Xunming Gearbox's attitude towards him has inexplicably improved, and Zhou Dehai is naturally overjoyed by offering to increase the order.

Compared with the initial period, the benefit of the factory has fully doubled, and the workshop is operating at full capacity every day. If the scale is not expanded, it is likely that it will not be able to meet the needs of upstream companies.

"By the way, last time you called and said that you want to start a business?" Zhou Dehai asked hastily, remembering this.He didn't have time to ask in detail on the phone before.

"I'm about to tell you about this. I'm currently preparing for an entrepreneurial project, and it's also in the auto parts industry."

"It's also in the auto industry... That's easy to handle. Dad has also met many bosses in the auto industry over the years. Just as the Chinese New Year is approaching, I will take you to walk around, so that you can also do it in your future career. A few more cares, and the family has saved some money over the years..."

"Dad, I didn't come to you for money. I have the start-up capital for my own business, and I have already signed a contract with Chunqi for this project. As long as it is put into production, there will be no worries about sales." Zhou Fei quickly explained .

"You're talking nonsense again, aren't you? The amount of capital needed to start a business is not a small amount, not to mention it is in the money-burning auto industry. Where did you get the start-up capital? Besides, for a company as big as Chunqi, what kind of project do you have? Ah, they signed a contract with you so easily?"

As soon as Zhou Fei finished speaking, Zhou Dehai couldn't help complaining.

Zhou Fei scratched his head helplessly, "I really don't need to worry about the money at home, and I didn't lie to you about the signing of the contract with Chunqi. You can see that the memorandum of understanding is here."

As he said that, Zhou Fei took out the photo taken on his mobile phone. He put the original version of the memo in the school. He took this photo on purpose, fearing that his family would not believe it.

Zhou Dehai took a look curiously, and there was indeed Chunqi's official seal on the photo, which didn't look like a forgery.

"The project you mentioned is this EA... 888 engine?"

"Yes, this engine Chunqi is intended to be used in the new Feiteng car they are going to launch, and now they are begging me..."

"Feiteng Automobile? Is it the one that Chunqi announced to develop three years ago, the light of the domestic car?" Before Zhou Fei finished speaking, Zhou Dehai suddenly asked in surprise.

When Chunqi first announced that it would develop the Feiteng car, the domestic media did describe this car as "the light of domestic cars".

"Yes, it's that car." Zhou Fei nodded with a smile, "This time the agreement was signed by Zhu Zhijun, the chief engineer of Chunqi, with me personally. I also asked him for help with the matter at home last time. .”

"You mean, the last time you went home, you called Mr. Zhu from Chunqi?" Zhou Dehai seemed to be able to understand why the attitude of Xunming Gearbox suddenly turned 180 degrees. turned the corner.

"Now you should believe me. Chunqi is worrying about Feiteng's engine project. The EA888 engine I designed can be said to have just solved their urgent need, but my problem now is that the project has already been completed. The contract has been signed, but where it will be produced has not yet been determined.”

"Tell me, what do you need daddy to do?" Zhou Dehai glanced at Zhou Fei. Although all this was difficult to accept for the time being, he believed that his son didn't need to lie to him.

"I'm wondering if it's possible to renovate the factory at home, stop the current shaft production and switch to engine production?" Zhou Fei said solemnly.

If the factory at home can be remodeled, it saves the time for factory construction, and only needs to replace the production workshop, which greatly shortens the production cycle of the EA888 engine.

"Yes, I have no objection." Zhou Dehai replied immediately without the slightest hesitation.

Children are willing to make a breakthrough. As parents, of course they have to support them. Even if they fail, at worst they will have to start all over again.

"Thank you dad." Although he knew that his family would not object, Zhou Fei still felt very moved after getting his dad's personal reply.

"Thank you for what the family said. Tomorrow, you and I will go to the development zone to have a look, how to transform it specifically, and whether it needs to be expanded. After the inspection, we will discuss it." Zhou Dehai smiled.

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Zhou Fei had passed the family hurdle, and his father Zhou Dehai agreed, not to mention Lin Hong, who naturally agreed with both hands, and wished to take out all the savings in the family to support Zhou Fei's entrepreneurship.

After breakfast the next day, Zhou Fei, Zhou Dehai and his son rode electric bikes to the development zone where the factory was located.

In fact, there is nothing to see in the factory at home. Zhou Fei has already learned about it last time. This time, he came here mainly to inspect the land around the factory.

The site needed for engine production cannot be satisfied by the current factory alone. What's more, the engine factory that Zhou Fei wants to build is a large factory with an annual design capacity of [-] units. On the basis of the original, it was expanded.

Zhou Fei roughly estimated that the existing factory at home can only be transformed into an engine assembly workshop. As for the warehouse and the production workshop of core components, it needs to be expanded on a large scale. Otherwise, if the annual production capacity is too low, it will definitely not be possible. Meet the needs of spring steam.

"Dad, have the Tianhe shoe factory and clothing factory here been closed?" Zhou Fei asked curiously, pointing to the two factory areas on the opposite side.

Most of the investment attraction in northern Jiangsu are labor-intensive enterprises that have been eliminated in southern Jiangsu. They are mainly clothing and chemical industries, not to mention particularly polluting, and the duration of these enterprises is generally not very long.

The Tianhe shoe factory mentioned by Zhou Fei was just put into use ten years ago. At that time, it attracted many people from surrounding rural areas to come to work. But now, the front of the factory is deserted, and it seems that it has been deserted for a long time. .

"The two companies stopped production successively in October last year. It seems that investors withdrew their capital. The factories have been listed on the official website of the development zone for sale. Why, do you want to buy these two factories?"

"I do have this plan." Zhou Fei nodded with a smile, "Our factory alone doesn't have a large enough production capacity."

"Okay, then let's go back and see what the price is. If the price is reasonable, we will buy these two factories years ago."

Zhou Dehai looked at Zhou Fei meaningfully, this kid is quite ambitious!
(End of this chapter)