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After the meeting, Engineer Wang, on behalf of everyone, introduced to Lin Kaifeng in detail the motorcycles and agricultural tricycles in front of them, all of which were equipped with new engines.

After several months of unremitting efforts by everyone, relying on the technical guidance and some drawings provided by Lin Kaifeng.

The team lived up to expectations and completely modified the existing motorcycle engine.

After the upgrade, the maximum speed of the motorcycle engine is increased to 100 kilometers per hour.

The new single-cylinder four-stroke engine has some core components that are compatible with previous agricultural tricycle parts.

The remaining few parts can be provided by several factories located in Jiangcheng.

Tricycles and motorcycles equipped with new engines have increased their speed by one third.

Reliability has also been greatly improved.

"Thank you for your hard work, comrades, for developing such a good motorcycle engine in a short period of time."

"The development of Northern Machinery Company is inseparable from the joint efforts of everyone."

After verifying the performance of the two vehicles, Lin Kaifeng expressed his gratitude to the masters with great praise.

"Now, I want to ask everyone a question. With the company's current capabilities, do we have the strength to develop four-wheel vehicles?"

Just a few words silenced everyone.

Everyone else had an expression of disbelief on their faces, but Bai Ru was the only one who knew that building cars was another of Lin Kaifeng's dreams.

It was somewhat unexpected that Lin Kaifeng would come up with the idea of ​​building a car at this time.

There is an essential difference between real cars and agricultural tricycles and two-wheeled motorcycles that use motorcycle engines.

Jiangcheng, the provincial capital, is not only a city of automobiles, but also the birthplace of Longguo’s first car.

To make up for the shortcoming that Longguo cannot manufacture cars.

The relevant state departments have devoted all their national strength to support Jiangcheng Automobile Factory.

Eventually, Jiangcheng Automobile Factory acquired the ability to independently produce domestically produced automobiles.

The relevant departments have also built a large number of supporting enterprises around the Jiangcheng Automobile Factory.

If Northern Machinery Company wants to build cars, it must follow Jiangcheng's development model.

With an automobile factory as the center, a large number of supporting enterprises are deployed around it.

Only in this way can a true four-wheeled vehicle be built.

Seeing no one answering, Lin Kaifeng looked at Engineer Wang and said, "Engineer Wang, you have been the chief engineer of Shencheng Diesel Engine Factory for nearly 20 years. Please answer this question for me."

"Does our Northern Machinery Company have the ability to manufacture cars?"

Mr. Wang did not rush to answer Lin Kaifeng's question, but took out cigarettes and matches from his pocket.

After taking a few puffs of his cigarette, Engineer Wang slowly raised his head and said, "From my point of view, the machinery company already has some of the basic conditions for manufacturing cars."

"What is lacking now is not only workshops, factories, and production lines, but also a large number of technicians and workers who know how to manufacture cars."

"To manufacture a car with excellent performance, the assistance of the First Machine-Building Ministry is indispensable."

"Without the support and guidance of the ministry, we will face many problems once we enter the automotive industry on our own."

"We can solve some problems on our own, but we can never solve other problems on our own without the support of our superiors."

After saying that, Mr. Wang took two deep puffs of his cigarette, threw it on the ground and stomped it out, then pointed to the car that Lin Kaifeng was driving towards him.

"Manager Lin, let's use a sedan as an example."

"As far as I know, the most popular car engines in the world are generally four-cylinder engines."

"If we change our research from motorcycle engines to car engines, it will be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time even if we work day and night to research and tackle technical problems for a single four-cylinder engine."

“We had to get assistance from professional automotive technicians to help us solve the problems one by one.”

What Mr. Wang said are the main problems affecting four-cylinder engines.

The reason why Lin Kaifeng decided to manufacture cars now is closely related to what he saw and heard at the last visit to the Canton Fair.

As a series of wars break out in the desert, global oil prices will be affected for a long time.

In the coming period, global oil prices will show unprecedented volatility.

At this time, if we develop a car that is more fuel-efficient than the cars in the island countries, it will definitely be welcomed by the market.

The regions most affected by the oil crisis are the developed Western countries.

For ordinary people in developed countries, cars are no longer a rarity.

In the 1940s, cars began to become popular in the West.

In the 1960s and 1970s, every household in Western countries had a car of their own.

The high global oil prices have become the primary problem that bothers Western people when choosing a car.

The emergence of fuel-efficient cars will inevitably be welcomed by them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the development of Northern Machinery Company will be taken to a higher level.

Regarding what Mr. Wang said about getting support from above, Lin Kaifeng believed that it was not only the support from the Ministry of First Machine Building.

Support from local councils is also important.

The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now.

The current situation is that state-owned enterprises are short of money, and several major industrial ministries are also short of money.

Apart from being able to provide some policy assistance to Lin Kaifeng, there was almost no other help.

Looking at the local situation.

The situation is different.

The local city government, led by Chen, can not only provide a large amount of land for the Northern Machinery Company, but also help Lin Kaifeng solve labor problems at various levels.

Jiangcheng, the provincial capital, is famous throughout the country for its automobile industry.

But the output has been low.

At this time, prefecture-level cities began to develop their own automobile industries, surpassing provincial capitals in both production and export volumes.

This is definitely a huge achievement for the local municipal government.

The support from higher authorities to local areas will also become more frequent than before.

Next, Lin Kaifeng was responsible for asking questions and Bai Ru was responsible for taking notes.

Record all the problems that Northern Machinery Company might encounter in producing automobiles.

The next day, Lin Feng went to the city hall alone to meet the second-in-command Fang Boyan.

Half an hour later, Fang Boyan brought Lin Kaifeng to the office of the top leader, Chen.

"Hello, Comrade Lin Kaifeng. Is Northern Machinery Company encountering any problems in its development? Feel free to tell us. The city government will do everything it can to help you solve them."

Both Fang Boyan and Leader Chen looked at Lin Kaifeng differently.

Not only because Lin Kaifeng became a big shot in several industrial ministries.

Moreover, Lin Kaifeng's Northern Machinery Company has created unexpected economic benefits for the local area.

Not to mention that the machinery company solved the employment problems of a large number of unemployed educated youth.

That is, the taxes that the machinery company pays every year.

Life there is as prosperous as during the Chinese New Year.

In other provinces and cities, state-owned enterprises are worried about money, but only local governments never consider whether they have enough money.

With sufficient funds, local infrastructure is at the forefront of the country.

Lin Kaifeng has repeatedly pointed out that to enhance the competitiveness of a city, the first thing to do is to solve the city’s power supply and transportation problems.

Fang Boyan and Leader Chen strongly agree with this point.