Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After dealing with Lou Bancheng's trip to Hong Kong, He Yuzhu immediately devoted all his energy to the automobile production of the machinery manufacturing plant and the construction of the new blast furnace in the steelmaking workshop. That day, He Yuzhu summoned the supervisors and technicians of each workshop of the machinery manufacturing plant to the conference room, and then said seriously: "Dear technicians, although the off-road vehicles and trucks produced by our factory are in short supply, we cannot be satisfied with the status quo. We must take advantage of this good momentum to increase the research and development of automobile technology and strive to make the off-road vehicles and trucks produced by our factory have better performance and are more comfortable to drive."

After speaking, He Yuzhu paused, looked around at all the technicians in the conference room, and then asked in a very calm tone: "So, I would like to ask everyone, how can we make the off-road vehicles and trucks produced by our factory have better performance and be more comfortable to drive?"

"We can optimize the engine performance and achieve greater power while reducing fuel consumption, so that drivers will be more comfortable when driving the off-road vehicles and trucks produced by our factory." A technician engaged in engine research said. He Yuzhu nodded after listening, indicating that he agreed with his suggestion and encouraged others to continue to express their opinions.

Then, another technician suggested: "We can improve the gearbox and add more gears. This will reduce fuel consumption and make gear shifting smoother." This proposal aroused everyone's interest and they all expressed their agreement.

As the discussion deepened, each technician expressed his unique views from his own professional perspective. Some suggested improving the chassis design to improve the stability of the vehicle; others believed that the suspension system should be strengthened to improve ride comfort. Everyone expressed their opinions, and the atmosphere was lively.

Finally, when all the technicians had finished speaking, He Yuzhu smiled and concluded: "Everyone spoke very well! Whether it is an off-road vehicle or a truck, the core components of a car are undoubtedly the engine, gearbox and chassis. If you want to manufacture a car with excellent performance, you must work hard on these three key parts. Only by continuous innovation can the cars produced by our factory always have strong competitiveness."

He Yuzhu paused and continued, "Okay! Now I will announce the next R&D tasks of each department. I hope everyone can listen carefully. First of all, the R&D task of the engine workshop is to strive to reduce the fuel consumption of our factory's production engines by 0.5L/10km each year starting this year. This goal is not low, but as long as everyone works together, it can be achieved! In addition, the overhaul life of the engine must also be increased by % each year based on the previous year. Of course, these are the minimum requirements I mentioned. It would be even better if we can achieve the highest level. In addition, we will organize people to develop diesel engines. After all, in terms of fuel economy, diesel engines are more suitable for trucks."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Next, it's the task of the gearbox production workshop. The gearbox production workshop has three tasks. The first task is to optimize the gearbox of existing vehicles. You can consider adding gears or changing gear ratios. In short, the fuel consumption of the car should be reduced. But I won't set the specific indicators. I'll give you some room to play freely! The second task is the same as the engine workshop. The overhaul life of the gearbox must be increased by 10% every year based on the previous year. The last task is more challenging. It requires organizing personnel to start the preliminary research of automatic gearboxes to make full preparations for the future production of cars."

"The next task is the chassis production workshop. The chassis production workshop has three tasks. The first task is to improve the chassis of off-road vehicles to improve the riding comfort of off-road vehicles; the second task is to start researching 3-wheel drive technology and strive to achieve 4-wheel drive in off-road vehicles as soon as possible; the third task is to start research on chassis with higher load capacity, with the goal of realizing the production of 10-ton load-carrying trucks as soon as possible."

"The general assembly workshop has only one task, which is to improve the efficiency of automobile assembly as much as possible. The development direction can be towards automatic and semi-automatic vehicles. Finally, as for the auxiliary parts production workshop, I hope you can start researching on-board air conditioning. Foreign cars have achieved the function of blowing hot air in winter and cool air in summer. The cars produced by our factory can only blow hot air in winter, so I hope our R&D personnel will work hard to make our cars realize the function of blowing cool air in summer as soon as possible; in addition to the research and development of air conditioning, I hope that the auxiliary parts production workshop can install some instruments on the car, so that the driver can use these instruments to understand the performance data of the car and better operate the car, such as whether it is possible to develop an engine tachometer to display the engine speed in real time."

"Okay, each workshop must remember the tasks I assigned. From now on, each workshop director must write a report on the research and development status of their workshop and hand it to me every week. Does anyone have anything else to say?" After saying this, He Yuzhu glanced at everyone in the meeting room. Seeing that no one wanted to speak, He Yuzhu announced the end of the meeting.

He Yuzhu's words at the meeting resonated with all participants, and everyone expressed their willingness to follow He Yuzhu's instructions and devote themselves to research and development work with all their strength.