Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 272 Current Situation of Ngee Ann Automobile Factory

Ngee Ann Automobile Manufacturing Factory, the director of the factory, Luo Cheng, is not here. Although it is still developing, the main reason is that the business is too scattered. The total output is large, but when it is allocated to each project, there is not much.

Du Yongkang is the deputy director of the factory. He is capable, but he also has a family background. The deputy director is in charge of production, and Luo Cheng is not here, so it should be his time to take charge alone. But he didn’t lack Luo Cheng’s ‘courage’. When Luo Cheng became the director of the factory, his idea was that he would stop working if he couldn’t do it anymore, and he would be free to become an ordinary engineer.

But Du Yongkang couldn’t, he couldn’t let go. Although he also wanted to be like Luo Cheng, he could do whatever he wanted with a wave of his hand. But people in this era are accustomed to doing whatever they can with how much money they have. Even if they know that some products can be sold immediately as soon as they are produced, how many people will continue to take unnecessary risks and still have money? I spent all my estimated income before I even got to the factory.

The second engine production line was started, and all the remaining profits from the sales of goods at the end of the year were spent. The main reason is that the engine production line is too huge. Even if screws, springs, and even wheels are purchased, there are still thousands of parts. This means that one machine can adjust many types of templates. Otherwise, dozens of production equipment would not be enough to produce engines.

People from the Hongqi Automobile Factory also came. Although Luo Cheng was not there, it was Du Yongkang who received them. Speaking of Hongqi Automobile Factory, none of its current cars can be mass-produced and its output is very small. However, because it is the first domestically produced high-end sedan, it is very famous.

Those who can use this car must at least be a head of deputy ministerial level or above or a public car for receiving foreign guests. But even with such restrictions, it is still not enough for domestic demand, mainly because production is too slow. It is different from the forklifts produced by Luo Cheng. Even though the forklifts produced by Luo Cheng weigh several tons, they also have to be stylish. But the output per month is also quite a lot.

But the Hongqi car, although it looks like a car, is made of bulletproof materials and glass. The body is six meters long, has three rows of seats, and weighs nearly three tons. It is nearly twice the weight of an ordinary car, so the engine displacement naturally cannot be small.

Hongqi Automobile Factory took a fancy to the engine from Ngee Ann Automobile Factory, but it was interested in its performance and was not satisfied with its horsepower and displacement. This is also the reason why we did not place an order directly, but sent someone specifically to inspect it.

I came here just hoping that Ngee Ann Automobile Factory could customize a high-horsepower engine for them. It would definitely not be four-cylinder, but at least six-cylinder. And what they are using now is an eight-cylinder engine. It’s not that they want to use such a large displacement, but the current technology does not require such a large displacement, and it cannot meet the horsepower requirements.

As for the current four-cylinder engine from Ngee Ann Automobile Factory, they have also tested its performance. It is much better than the four-cylinder engine from other manufacturers. Not only does it have strong horsepower, but it also consumes less fuel. According to theoretical data, the same structure, with six cylinders, should actually be able to meet the requirements of Hongqi Automobile Factory, and the fuel consumption will be at least half that of the engine they are currently using.

But there is one thing. Ngee Ann Automobile Factory must also know what Hongqi Auto represents. Although Ngee Ann Automobile Factory is asked to produce high-horsepower engines, if they are actually purchased, the actual usage will not be large. Because they use bulletproof materials, the hardness and density are not comparable to the steel plates used in forklifts.

Moreover, the forklift in the automobile factory only handles four corners. For cars, basically every template has to be hammered by hand. Moreover, the workers of this era are somewhat rigid and pay attention to the spirit of craftsmanship. Even the shape of the car shell that does not affect the use is emphasized. Unlike Ngee Ann Automobile Factory, as long as there is a curvature, even if the deviation is one or two work points, it doesn’t matter to Luo Cheng.

Therefore, what Hongqi Automobile Factory means is that even if it produces engines according to their factory’s requirements, the order quantity will not exceed ten units a month. And another point is that the price cannot be increased, because this car has political attributes, and the domestic price is actually cheaper than imported ordinary cars. But the price is cheap and it is not exported nor sold to corporate units. So the price is only symbolic. In this day and age, you can’t buy it even if the price doubles.

Du Yongkang was worried when he heard that less than ten engines were needed in a month. Even though he didn’t understand anything at the beginning, from local to corporate, he now understands that even if there is profit, it will delay the production of other engines. For example, when producing cylinders, the mold needs to be changed, and even the corresponding pipes need to be specially modified. After a lot of back and forth, the production of these ten engines may delay the production of dozens of other engines.

If a production line is added specifically for Hongqi Automobile Factory, this output, even if the automobile factory currently sells engines at a high price, will not be able to recover the cost for more than five or six years. This is only counting the cost of equipment, and other expenses are not included.

Du Yongkang did not dare to agree to Hongqi Factory’s request. But from a political standpoint, he thought he should agree. According to the division of power in the factory, the deputy director has a lot of power. He must dare to take responsibility and he can make decisions on many things. Luo Cheng is finally back. If he has any opinions, he can still make noises.

But the current problem is that the car factory has no money on its books, let alone the procurement of Hongqi Factory. Du Yongkang is suppressing many things. For example, most of Director Zhao’s people have returned to the factory now, and various productions have begun to proceed smoothly. As for the technical workers from the forklift factory in Liancheng, dozens of them have come here to report and have to arrange their work.

The factory buildings built last year were quickly occupied and used by other workshops. The output of any product cannot meet the market demand.

Du Yongkang’s father is a local unit leader, and now the provincial and local units are putting pressure on him, hoping to get more cube cars 2.0 out. Agricultural people want three-wheel trucks. The demand for forklifts on the export side is also a bottomless pit. Luo Cheng was away, and Factory Director Du temporarily took charge of the automobile factory. Monsters and monsters showed up to say hello. With so many products, it was impossible to know which one to increase production first.

In particular, a large truck had its cargo box fully assembled and stopped at the vehicle product point of the automobile factory. It was also asked whether it should be tested first and then produced, or whether it should be produced directly. What’s more, when Luo Cheng left, he also said that the car factory’s own parking lot was not only needed for its own transportation team, but also the various produced vehicles also needed a parking lot to store them.

The current parking sheds in the automobile factory are only temporary structures and need to be demolished and rebuilt into factory buildings. The land in the west is also starting to be cleared. The automobile factory’s own research building needs to be constructed, as well as the employee building. The staff building built last year has not even been divided yet, so it is already not enough.

Local employees may not be among the first to be allocated. Even if you get a share, ordinary formal workers will definitely not get a share. Among those who came to the Priority Forklift Factory from other places were workers from the military factory.

And as a result, land must be allocated to continue various constructions.

Now it is clear that the entire factory needs to expand its various products, but Director Du doesn’t know what to do. The pace is too fast and I can’t get used to it. Based on his previous experience in working in the town, he would first hold a leadership meeting for any matter, then study how to carry out the work, and then implement it step by step.

Performance? What kind of performance was there? In the end, Du Yongkang just gave up and asked about things like increasing production. It’s useless to tell him. Car factories can only produce as many products as they can. No longer would Luo Cheng just leave and he would preside over the meeting and say what he wanted to do.

Over at the steel rolling mill, Director Du didn’t have the confidence to speak. When delivering goods, he cautiously went to say hello and said he was about to deliver the goods and when would be the best time to deliver them. In the past, when Luo Cheng was here, he only used manual forklifts and pallets. How much has he accumulated. Then I immediately called and asked them to come over quickly to pick up the goods. There was no delivery.

According to Luo Cheng, the products are all produced for you, and the car factory does not sell them to other companies. You’re kidding if you don’t arrange for cars and people to pick up your stuff.

But without Luo Cheng in the car factory, the logistics department was relieved. We must know that automobile factories develop in a geometric form, and the logistical pressure also increases in a geometric form. A large number of logistics personnel are required, and various purchases require the logistics department to implement them. And now there are more than a dozen people just looking after the warehouse.

I think back when it was still a repair shop, there were only three people in the logistics department, but now there are dozens of people. According to the road conditions, the scale of the current automobile factory does not require such a number of people, but the pace of development is also too fast, resulting in each workshop having to arrange corresponding manpower.

If you have to deal with one thing and then deal with another thing, and the pace slows down, then the manpower will definitely be enough. But now it’s often unfinished here, and a new project comes out soon.

If large trucks are to be mass-produced, it will be impossible without dedicated logistics personnel. Also, Director Zhang knows that the automotive air-conditioning production line cannot borrow other production lines for additional production. It is also necessary to set up an independent production line, arrange the factory building and equipment.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng was not here, so this issue was suppressed for the time being. And the teacher named Hu Ping started working on the design of household refrigerators and air conditioners as soon as he came here after the New Year. It gives me a headache just thinking about it. People can build a factory with just one project. But for this car factory, projects happen every once in a while, and they can’t stop at all.

Now the logistics department has directly occupied two offices in the new office building, not to mention those inside the factory, just outside the factory, ice rinks, movie theaters, outpatient clinics, and even elementary schools, nurseries, and nurseries that have started enrolling students, everything that does not require logistics personnel Responsible.

The movie tickets need to be printed and the seats need to be maintained. School books purchase, tables, chairs, benches, blackboards and chalk. A crib in the nursery, a lot of hot water bottles and the like. The outpatient department also needs to purchase. These days there are very few dedicated purchasing departments, which are all responsible for the logistics department, which has to arrange purchasing personnel.

When Luo Cheng left, he said that the facade house to be built next to the bus station had already started. To be honest, if we build a staff building and a research building on the west side, build a few more factories, and add a canteen, the land that can connect to the automobile factory will be gone. This is additional land for schools and outpatient clinics.

If the car factory wants to expand, there will definitely be land nearby, but even if it is just a street away, the walls will definitely be separated, more gates will need to be built, and security work will need to be increased. For many things, even if you just divide a street, the operating costs will increase a lot.

According to the current traditional practice, the factory projects are separated and built into independent branch factories. By then, branch factory cafeterias and all necessary departments in the office building will have them. When Luo Cheng goes to the branch factory, it will be a real leadership inspection.

Nowadays, the automobile factory is too busy to settle for the status quo. Many people joke that it would be nice if Director Luo doesn’t come. At least the work at hand won’t end forever.

However, they would never have imagined that Luo Cheng, hundreds of kilometers away, was actually developing a diesel engine. Luo Cheng understood why the Boxer armored vehicle was called this name. It was because of its unique modification module that could be equipped with various weapons and even turrets. Like the Boxer, it could attack, defend, and dodge.

In terms of attacking, Luo Cheng directly removed it, but provided others with a direction of thinking. As for defense, it depends on what materials they use to produce it. In the past, the materials imported from the Soviet Union were used in China, but now I am afraid they are no longer available, and the materials currently being developed may not be available in a hurry.

The only thing that can be done now is to dodge, and the speed must be fast and flexible, but in this regard, the horsepower of the engine is also stuck.

Luo Cheng was lucky, probably because he signed in and specified the type of armored vehicle, and he got the structural diagram of this armored vehicle the next day. Then Luo Cheng did not sign in for each component, but only signed in for a few important components, while the other components were handed over to other people in the institute. Even if the components produced by other people in the institute are very backward, for example, they cannot produce fully automatic transmission gears.

But for Luo Cheng, his task was actually completed, providing the shape and internal structure. But Luo Cheng shook his head after looking at the material and component list provided by Dai Tiande. No matter how simplified it was, it could not meet the needs of the Boxer armored vehicle. According to the design, the armored vehicle, which was originally more than 30 tons, had several tons of additional designs cut off. But without a suitable engine, everything is just empty talk.

In the end, Dai Tiande even cheated and told him not to tell him about the data. As for data, he said that if we simply design an engine with 10,000 horsepower, our armored vehicles could fly into the air. Therefore, no matter how well designed the so-called boxer is, if it does not comply with the existing domestic equipment standards, it will not complete the task.

Luo Cheng is also angry. His parameters have been simplified as much as possible based on what can be produced domestically. But you can blame him for not being able to produce powerful engines in China, and he didn’t give any outrageous parameters. At least Sumedue and the like can be produced. Moreover, heavy tanks require engines with more than 1,000 horsepower. His requirement is only six hundred, which guarantees a fast speed.

However, Luo Cheng also looked at the data of the Boxer engine. Six hundred is six hundred, but it is turbocharged. Luo Cheng has finally reduced the weight of the Boxer armored vehicle, but if it doesn’t have to be turbocharged, it might be too much.

So Luo Cheng is now in SH City, working with the engine again. Fortunately, I have accumulated experience with gasoline engines, and I have previously signed up for gasoline engines and intermediate engine drawings, which include a turbocharger structure.

In order to get the diesel turbocharged engine out quickly, Luo Chengdu signed in the engine parts individually. Although it is slow, it is precise, and some parts are directly made of gasoline engines.

The Lantern Festival was naturally spent in SH City. On the day of the Lantern Festival, Luo Cheng finally met Qian Qian’s brother. I have to admit that the Dai family has good genes, and men who look absolutely handsome are basically really handsome. Moreover, the brother-in-law seemed to be dissatisfied with Luo Cheng from the beginning, meaning that he felt that Luo Cheng was not worthy of his sister.

But then after seeing Luo Cheng’s business car, I became very enthusiastic about Luo Cheng the next day, and then~~ the car disappeared. It was really gone. My uncle wanted to borrow the car and drive it. Of course Luo Cheng didn’t have any objections and didn’t dare to have any objections. Then my uncle never showed up again, and his car was gone. He said he was driving to meet his partner.

Dai Tiande later found Luo Cheng and asked Luo Cheng to sign an agreement to donate the money to the institute. It can be regarded as a contribution to the aviation research industry. After all, the car belongs to the automobile factory and does not belong to Luo Cheng personally. This is not too much.

Luo Cheng initially thought it was just Sissi’s brother who was acting rogue and took away his business car. Later, through their connections at the automobile factory, Luo Cheng’s parents bought train tickets and came to SH City. Sissi told Luo Cheng that her grandfather was actually a person who also liked cars. His commercial car was gone, so her grandfather must have been involved. Otherwise, why on the first day when someone from the institute came to pick him up to go to the institute, he didn’t take a jeep but insisted on taking Luo Cheng’s business car.

When they were riding in Luo Cheng’s business car, Luo Cheng was driving and didn’t pay attention. Sissi had already noticed her grandfather’s love for this car. Especially after hearing that this car has air conditioning, this old man is most afraid of the heat.

Sissi’s brother also loves cars, but his position in the army is not high. Without his grandfather to support him, even if he dared to drive Luo Cheng’s business car temporarily, he would not dare to drive it all the time. Why is this car given to the research institute and not to Brother Sissi’s troops? Think about it carefully.

However, this car belongs to the automobile factory anyway. Luo Cheng gave me a gift agreement, and the research institute also responded with a receipt agreement. Even if Luo Cheng returns to Nghe An, there can be an explanation to the outside world. In fact, he himself has nothing to lose.

And because of the arrival of Luo Cheng’s parents, the affairs between Luo Cheng and Qian Qian have to be settled, and they are planning to hold a few banquets in SH City. There is no need for the Luo Cheng family to do anything, the Dai family will take care of the banquet. After Sissi follows Luo Cheng back to Nghe An, Luo Cheng’s people can just go to Nghe An to reissue it.