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"It will take about a month. I still have to negotiate some orders for handicrafts. I can only return home after everything is settled."

"Within a month, I will let you see the actual product of the car refrigerator!" "Great, Ye, I am looking forward to your product."

After confirming the quantity and time of delivery, Louis left the office.

Ye Chuan immediately called a meeting of the staff of the center's R&D department. The factory had already produced double-door refrigerators, so it was not difficult to produce a single-door refrigerator.

After hearing about the requirements of foreign customers, these highly paid technicians have already sketched out the new products in their minds. For these people, the technical difficulties are almost non-existent.

"Guys, now that we have the opportunity to produce this car refrigerator, I hope we can also develop a three-door refrigerator."

"Three doors?" Ma Jianshe and Yuan Guowei both raised questions. They had only seen two-door refrigerators and had never heard of three-door ones.

Ye Chuan nodded and said, "Our existing double-door refrigerator is divided into a refrigerator and a freezer, but have you ever thought about this: in the summer, cut a piece of meat into two portions, eat one portion today, and eat the rest in two or three days."

"If the meat is kept in the refrigerator, it may go bad in two or three days; if it is kept in the freezer, it needs to be thawed when it is taken out. How can this problem be solved?"

Everyone present could barely fill their stomachs, so who would have thought of eating meat twice in just a few days? Isn't that simply too luxurious?

But since the factory director raised this question, everyone started to think about it seriously, but after thinking for a long time, they still couldn't figure it out.

Ye Chuan continued: "Can we develop a fresh-keeping room with a temperature higher than that of a freezer but lower than that of a refrigerator, to ensure that the food is fresh for a period of time without freezing?"

"Director Ye, how do we do it specifically?" Yuan Guowei asked.

"It's very simple. Just try to create a small space where the temperature is kept at around three to four degrees!"

After just a few days of leisure, the R&D center has become busy again.

Ma Jianshe and Yuan Guowei completed the design drawings day and night. After Ye Chuan's brief modifications, they started to make samples according to these design drawings.

All members of the R&D center and experienced workers in a workshop worked together for several days and finally successfully produced the finished product.

It took only one week from the launch of the car refrigerator project to the production of finished products, which made Ye Chuan extremely satisfied with the factory's work efficiency.

This car refrigerator continues its iconic milky white tone, with a compact and high-end appearance. After opening the refrigerator door, you can see a space of only 50 centimeters square, which is enough to hold cold drinks such as beer and soda.

Even so, there are disadvantages, such as its heavy weight, which is much heavier than similar products in later generations. In fact, Ye Chuan has the ability to reduce the size of the motor, but he chose to keep it as it is.

The car refrigerator is only for export and is not intended for sale in the domestic market. Currently, almost no one in China owns a private car, so there is no need for such a product.

Since you can make money from foreigners, why not continue?

There are plans to upgrade the product next year with a more compact motor, which would generate another profit.

"Very good. Let's try it out for a week. If there are no problems, we will immediately expand production. The initial goal is to produce 1,000 units, and then gradually reach 5,000 units in the next six months!"

"Director Ye, don't worry. Guowei and I will take turns supervising and correct any problems immediately if we find them."

Ye Chuan is not worried about any problems with the car refrigerator because the factory's production technology is quite mature and only requires slight adjustments without much risk.

His main concern is to increase production capacity, which, despite having 3,000 workers, is still far from enough to meet the needs of domestic and foreign markets.

Fortunately, we have the Second Electronics Factory to help us manufacture the W01 electronic watches, otherwise we really don’t know how to deal with it.

The Chinese market is huge, and Huade Electronics Factory’s monopoly in the field of electronic watches makes insufficient production capacity a happy trouble.

Tong Yao and her cousin Wang Yanli are responsible for recruitment. A group of new workers join every day. However, they all need to undergo a week-long training before they can officially go online.

Office director Liu Cheng and deputy director Yang Wei are equally busy, dealing with construction teams every day and constantly expanding the factory, but they still seem stretched.

To Ye Chuan's surprise, the sales of this refrigerator in China were surprisingly good, with sales ranking first among all brands.

The main reasons are that it is affordable and does not require a ticket to purchase, and the cream-colored exterior design is also very popular.

Soon, many domestic refrigerator manufacturers began to add cream white models, and even launched versions in other colors such as red. For a time, refrigerators of various colors appeared in major department stores.

However, no one followed the ingenious designs of Huade refrigerators. Other manufacturers believed that those designs were of little significance, and they considered themselves to be state-owned enterprises and were unwilling to imitate the products of a ** factory.

However, since the National Day, refrigerator sales across the country have dropped sharply, and only in a few southern cities are sales still considerable.

Ye Chuan didn't care about this. Instead, he thought it was a good opportunity to suspend the production line of household refrigerators and concentrate on manufacturing car refrigerators and W02 electronic watches.

Half a month later, the car refrigerator started production smoothly, and Ye Chuan named it BR02-C01.

As the factory's technology was relatively mature, there were almost no technical obstacles during the trial production period, and the only minor problems were quickly resolved.

Ye Chuan is very confident about this. He has paid high salaries to support hundreds of technical talents and provided mature core technologies. No matter what new products he develops, he should be able to do it with ease.

Louis was very surprised when he received the call from Ye Chuan. He originally thought it would take at least a month to complete, but he didn't expect that it could be mass-produced in just half a month.

"Ye, I am impressed by China's technological level. I believe that in the next few decades, China's technology will develop rapidly."

"I have the same belief!" Ye Chuan replied with a smile.

Looking at the finished car refrigerator in front of him, Louis noticed that it was obviously much lighter than those abroad, and could even be lifted with one hand. However, he didn't know that Ye Chuan was capable of making even lighter products.

“Ye, I am very satisfied!”

Indeed, foreign car refrigerators are expensive, and this time I was just trying it out. Who would have thought that I would see the finished product so quickly? Not only is the quality not inferior to the American products, but the appearance is also satisfactory.

"Our factory has been running for a week without any major problems. The first batch of 1,000 units can be delivered within a month, and the remaining orders will be delivered in the next six months."

"Ye, it's such a pleasure to work with you!" Louis stretched out his hand and shook hands tightly with Ye Chuan.

Time enters 1985.

In view of the background of reform and opening up in the past few years, Ye Chuan did not allow Huade Electronics to expand significantly, but only seized the Chinese market with a few products.

Ordinary people have just transitioned from poverty to having a certain amount of savings, and their acceptance of new things has also increased.

For example, the sales of fully automatic cameras can illustrate this point: in 1980, almost no one was interested in this product; but by 1985, the annual sales had reached thousands of units, and many people who had become rich first bought cameras to record the beautiful moments in their lives.

At that time, the Huade Electronics Factory had 8000 employees, and the Huade Industrial Park was prosperous. The Technology R&D Center brought together more than 600 technicians, and the technical level had reached a very high level.

The fastest growing company in the past five years was not Huade Electronics, but Tino Cosmetics, which is popular among wealthy people around the world for its amazing anti-aging effects.

Today, the market value of Dino Cosmetics has exceeded the 10 billion US dollar mark, all of its products are regarded as luxury goods, and it has become a force that cannot be underestimated in the global capital market.

Although the beauty potion will run out one day, Tino Cosmetics has become one of the most influential capitals in the world, all thanks to Ye Chuan's unexpected move. His original intention was not to shape Tino into an industry leader, but to continue to provide funds for himself and use Tino's brand power to break the monopoly of Western countries in technology.

Just after the Spring Festival in 1985, Ye Chuan established the Huade Group. The original Huade Electronics Factory was renamed Huade Refrigerator Factory, and the department responsible for the production of electronic watches and fully automatic cameras was established as Huade Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. The Refrigerator Factory, Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and Huade Technology R&D Center all became subsidiaries of the Huade Group.

Huade Group holds 60% of the shares of these enterprises, while Tino Cosmetics holds 40%. At the same time, Li Huikuizi founded Tino Group on a tax haven island, of which Ye Chuan holds 60%, Li Huikuizi and Tong Yao each hold 10%, and their four children each hold 5%, thus achieving full control of Tino Cosmetics.

At this point, a huge business empire has taken shape, and Ye Chuan has transformed from a brave entrepreneur into a world-renowned capital tycoon.

"Ye Chuan, your dormant plan has been completed. Isn't it time to take action this year?" Li Huikuizi asked. Earlier, in the late 20s, Ye Chuan had proposed that Huade Electronics Factory stop developing new products and enter a dormant phase.

After Li Huikuizi and Tong Yao understood his reasons, they expressed their support.

Huade Electronics Factory has been developing too fast and has always been at the forefront of reform and opening up. This leading position may lead to the risk of forcing things to grow too fast. Therefore, Ye Chuan suggested that the company slow down its development pace to better adapt to the reform process and give other companies a chance to breathe.

Despite entering a dormant period, the sales of Huade's two electronic watches, fully automatic cameras, home and car refrigerators and other products have not been affected, bringing huge profits to the company every year.

Apart from those large-scale state-owned factories, Huade Electronics Factory is undoubtedly one of the best enterprises in the country. The refrigerators it produces have been ranked first in sales in the industry for five consecutive years, becoming a goal that other manufacturers can hardly reach.