Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

North Suburbs, Transport Vehicle Manufacturing Plant

Zhang Renkang looked at Liu Feng, Xue Jinfeng and Chen Huayi in front of him and said slowly

"The main factory will help us solve the equipment problem."

"We must now prepare and sort out the existing production lines in the factory and plan our production capacity reasonably."

"Look at this, the current production line is supposed to produce both light tricycles and all-terrain vehicles. How can this work?"

Liu Feng said helplessly

"Director Zhang, our six production lines were originally responsible for light three-wheeled transport vehicles, but before you set out, didn't you cooperate with the military to develop all-terrain vehicles?"

"The preliminary all-terrain vehicle has been improved by Professor Chen, and the military has praised us for the structural perfection. They asked us to complete the production of 2,000 vehicles this month, and they will take them to various provinces for testing."

"So we can only use two production lines to produce all-terrain vehicles first, and the production of Red Star tricycles can only be maintained as much as possible."

Chen Huayi also nodded and explained

"Director Zhang, our Type 2 production technology and drawings have already been handed over to the higher authorities. Our current production capacity alone cannot meet the market demand."

"Moreover, we are also organizing research and development of the other car series you proposed. It is unrealistic for the factory to increase its production capacity."

"Moreover, the factory has now reached the stage of improving production planning and perfecting research progress. If we continue to be barbaric and extensive, it will not only waste a lot of manpower and material resources, but also restrict the further development of the factory."

Chen Huayi is no longer as cautious as when he first arrived, especially in front of Zhang Renkang, he has regained the rigor of a scholar. In fact, he now has reservations about the factory's production planning and research progress.

In his opinion, the current research and development lacks scientific norms. Although a lot of results have been achieved to a certain extent, they are all due to Zhang Renkang's sudden whims and the low technical difficulty. If the factory wants to make further development in the field of vehicle manufacturing

The key is to establish a professional research department, plan the research progress and scientifically plan the production tasks of the whole factory. Otherwise, in order to cater to the superior's sudden change of production line tasks, one car series will be produced today, and it will be changed again tomorrow for a new task.

This is a huge waste of resources and production capacity.

Xue Jinfeng didn't expect the teacher to point out the current shortcomings of the factory directly. She was worried that Zhang Renkang would be angry, so she looked at Zhang Renkang worriedly.

Liu Feng was a little unconvinced. He was a retired soldier, and his expertise was less scientific than that of scholars like Chen Huayi. However, when he heard Chen Huayi describe the current problems in the factory, he became very upset.

Frowning and said

"When did Professor Chen start studying the factory's production tasks and systems?"

"The factory asked you to come here to do research and development work. You just need to complete the research and development tasks according to the factory's requirements."

"As for other matters, they will naturally be considered by the factory leaders."

“Not yet”

"Hey, Director Liu"

Zhang Renkang saw that Liu Feng was quite emotional and Chen Huayi's face was red with anger, so he quickly interrupted Liu Feng, then stood up from the desk, stood beside Chen Huayi and said slowly:

"Well, what Professor Chen said is actually right."

“I’ve actually thought about this before.”

"It's just that the situation before was quite special. At that time, our primary task was to feed the thousands of employees in the machine repair factory, to make the machine repair factory self-sufficient and prove our value to our superiors."

"So, after much consideration, I decided that simply being a machinery repair shop would not be enough to survive, so I had to transform. That's how we got our first model of Dekang tricycle."

"After Professor Chen came to the factory, he improved the defects of the first model, and then we had the current second model of Red Star tricycle, which made the whole factory profitable and fulfilled the account to the superiors."

"That's why we completely transformed the machine repair shop this year and transformed it into a transport vehicle manufacturing plant. We built six vehicle production line workshops and two mechanical equipment maintenance workshops, which improved the treatment of all workers in the factory."

"Professor Chen's prediction is correct. Now that the factory has stabilized and the workers are enthusiastic, it is time to thoroughly adjust production, R&D and other work."

Then Zhang Renkang looked at Liu Feng and said

"Director Liu, I came here this afternoon to learn about the situation in the factory during this period."

"Secondly, I would like to inform you that I will be the Secretary of the Transport Vehicle Manufacturing Plant and will be responsible for the adjustment and reform of the entire plant's work."

"Our goal is to transfer the entire plant from the existing Red Star light three-wheeled vehicle manufacturing in the next few years to build a model automobile industry unit capable of developing and producing civilian transport vehicles, and also capable of undertaking certain military vehicle development and manufacturing tasks."

"In the future, at least one-fifth of all cars running across the country will be manufactured by us, so that ordinary people can be proud to buy a car from our factory."

"At present, our factory is only a department-level unit. In the future, we will expand our business segments, increase investment in research and development, expand the production line workshop by more than five times, and become the first civilian transportation vehicle research and development and manufacturing unit of the Ministry of Industry. In the future, we will not only become a bureau-level unit, but it is also possible that we will surpass the headquarters and become a department-level unit."

"So the next work will be heavy and difficult. Can Director Liu be mentally prepared?"

Liu Feng was a little confused. Not only him, but Xue Jinfeng and Chen Huayi on the side were also shocked by Zhang Renkang's ambitious goals. They really couldn't understand whether researching civilian vehicles had a future in the current country?

Nowadays, ordinary people can’t even afford bicycles, so how can they afford cars?

Zhang Renkang saw that some of them could not accept this goal, so he smiled and said

"I didn't say we'll achieve it in a few years. What I meant is that as our country develops, there will be a day when ordinary people will be able to afford cars, right?"

"That day may be ten or twenty years away, but if our factory wants to develop to that level, it will not be achieved in one or two years. Now our first goal is to complete the production of our second-type three-wheeled vehicles to reach the monthly production target of 10,000 units within five years, and the third-type four-wheeled transport vehicle can be put on the market, and the production line will be expanded to more than eight."

"The entire factory has completely completed the transformation into a vehicle manufacturing plant, initially cultivated and improved the talent training system and the operation of the R&D department, and completed the placement of other workers who cannot adapt to the new jobs."

“Other goals will be considered after the first five-year period is completed.”

Liu Feng swallowed his saliva. He couldn't imagine what it would be like when people could afford cars. Even if a car was cheap, it would cost tens of thousands of yuan. According to the salary of an eighth-level worker, it would take ten years without food or drink. He didn't have much expectation for this goal.

Liu Feng said in a low voice

"Then, Secretary, what tasks should we start with?"

Zhang Renkang walked towards the window. The road in the factory was already covered with yellow leaves, and the whole place looked bleak. He only heard him say:

"I have already asked you to adjust the list of cadres in the original machine repair factory."

“Are the cadres who remain now capable of doing our job?”

Zhang Renkang knew about the tricks Liu Feng and his team had played before. Apart from some of the cadres who had been against him at the time, there weren't many changes or adjustments to other people. After all, it was all about favors between people at all levels. If there were too many changes, Liu Feng wouldn't be able to handle the constant calls.