Chapter 119 Casting a Wide Net
"Director Zhang, time is running out."
When he was about to get off work, Luo Cheng found the factory director. This was what he said during the meeting, which shocked Factory Director Zhang.
"Time is running out."
"I plan to try my best to make the cube car officially available for use within a month, but currently only breeding farms, garment factories and textile factories support our research and development. Although Ngee Ann is small, there are many units."
"This~~."
Will it be officially used within a month? Director Zhang was a little surprised by these words. How could it really be so fast? Official use is not just testing. You can build cars as you like, but if you really want to officially produce them, it will become a new department, and it must be a state-owned unit. At most, it will be combined with a repair shop, but it is impossible to be under the umbrella of a repair shop.
Establishing a new unit or department is not up to you. If you want to officially produce a cube car, you must go through official road inspection. If you don't go through it, unless the car is for internal use, if you sell it, one is an accounting problem, which is not within the scope of business, and the other is a collective crime.
If it can be officially used within a month, just in time for the new year, then the repair shop will definitely have a good year.
There are indeed many units in Ngee Ann, but most of them are like repair shops, with no products, or products that are in short supply. Just like a match factory, everyone can use matches, and the scale is not small, but who cares about a few boxes of matches? Even if he does not produce square cars, Director Zhang will not go to the match factory to beg for charity during the Chinese New Year.
There is also a water plant, which is quite big, but so what, everyone is supplying water normally. There may be drought and water shortage in the farming land, but the water for people to drink is still guaranteed and not in short supply.
The main reason is that the value of the things Luo Cheng makes is too high. If you produce a bicycle and the value of a single bicycle is small, it will be easier to operate.
When it comes to producing bicycles, even if one bicycle is exchanged for a bunch of soap tickets. But if you trade a car for a bunch of soap tickets, that's no fun.
Factory Director Zhang explained to Luo Cheng with some headaches that it was pointless to ask other factories to support him, as business-to-business support was pointless. From livestock farms to garment factories and textile factories, all the support they receive can be used to provide benefits to their employees. Food, clothing, housing and transportation have been taken care of. If you want to live there, there are dormitories in the factory itself, so the few employees are not worried now. Everyone really wants a bicycle when traveling, but Ngee Ann does not have its own bicycle factory.
If cube bikes are produced, we can go to the bicycle factory in Hongcheng next door to support each other. But you are not in the same city. Now if you go over and say supportive words, people will really scorn you.
"Director Zhang, if we don't spread Internet cafes widely, it would be tiring to come to our homes one by one to ask for support. Let them come to our homes on their own initiative."
Casting a wide net, this operation is a bit awkward, but it is indeed a good method, but how to operate it in total.
Cast the net widely, just advertise widely, throw out the bait and wait for the fish to bite. The two of them thought about it for a while, and it was time to get off work. Damn it, how could discussing work affect getting off work?
Factory Director Zhang does not drive a car to get to and from get off work and has his own bicycle, but Luo Cheng walks with his legs.
And the most irritating thing is that Director Zhang's bicycle is parked at the top of the stairs going downstairs. As soon as people get downstairs, they unlock the bicycle and ride away.
"Damn it, I need to fix the side wheels as soon as possible. It's too easy for people to gossip about me when I commute by car."
Seeing Director Zhang leaving in a hurry, Luo Cheng felt a little depressed and couldn't help but think of Sanlun in the workshop. The engine has been installed, and the gear rack has been fixed by someone from the machine shop. Even the tires were delivered last night. Four pairs of tires are provided, and only three pairs are needed for the side wheels (one pair for the inside and outside), but a pair is left as a spare.
Installing a bearing connected to the engine can make the car move, but there is no brake pad like a motorcycle. A motorcycle has a handbrake, and a car has a foot brake. Because the car is more powerful, the brakes are also stronger. But it's not impossible to modify it. Later electric tricycles have foot brakes, which can be modified directly with car brake pads. Make sure you apply the brakes and the person flies out without even moving the car.
There is a lot to change, and the same goes for the transmission. The motorcycle is manual and works with the accelerator. Cars can also be modified, but some wiring problems are very simple. At most, a foot pedal is installed on each side of the tricycle. The left foot controls the accelerator and variables, and the right foot controls the brake.
Being able to start, shift, and brake means that the three wheels here can be driven. If you're willing to take the time, you can even install a reversing device. However, tricycles and motorcycles are easy to turn around, and it is not easy to install the reverse device on the engine. It is easier to make electric ones in later generations.
When Luo Cheng got off work, he glanced at the study group office on the first floor and found that there was no one there. Even if the factory director was proactive after work, he still left early here.
In fact, it's no wonder that Team Leader Jiang and the others were just discussing work, they could go back to the building where they live to discuss the problem. The environment is much better than this temporary office, and it has electric lights and so on. Team leader Jiang asked the factory director to find the logistics department to customize a blackboard. It turned out that it also had to be customized and would have to be delivered in a day or two.
On the way, we still need to take a detour from the grain store. There is not enough food to eat, so the check-in function can only be used here. If we don't get food, even if we eat both coarse and fine grains, Luo Cheng's ration alone won't be enough for him and his sister to eat every day.
In fact, stick noodles are boiled and drunk, which is what urban residents often eat in this era. Wowotou is dry. Even if it hurts the throat, it is at least chewy and can be eaten in the stomach to resist digestion. This batter is really mushy and tastes bad, and it doesn't make you hungry.
The sign-in this time was interesting. There was still rice, but it was marked with the word Northeast. I got two kilograms of Northeast rice. Everyone says Northeastern rice is delicious, plump and has a good texture. Luo Cheng also knew this, but rice from the south is actually more nutritious and firmer. When cooking, southern rice also needs more water.
Two pounds of northeastern rice, one pound of wide noodles, one pound of black rice, two pounds of soybeans, and one pound of cornmeal. These things are what I signed up for this time. Fettuccine is the kind of noodles that come in paper barrels. There are thicker and thinner ones. The thicker ones are also called pappardelle. And black rice is also a good thing, very good for cooking porridge and drinking.
The courtyard door at home is open. Usually when there is someone at home, the door will be open. If there is trouble between neighbors, if you see whose door is open, you will know that someone is there. If someone closes the door at home every day, people will suspect that you are doing something shameful and bad.
Under the awning in the yard, there are many arranged briquettes piled up, but there are also many broken briquettes next to them.
"Brother, you are back. You and Sissi bought a lot of things today."
Maybe hearing the noise in the yard, Xiao Yu walked out of the room. When she saw Luo Cheng coming back from get off work, she immediately said hello.
Sissi? Luo Cheng suddenly remembered that he was single at noon today and had a partner. Moreover, she almost looks like a girl. She was so busy doing some assembly work in the afternoon that she even forgot about it. But the main reason was that he was single too suddenly, and he had no relationship with Dai Qianqian. Unless Luo Cheng was an LSP, there would be no way he would care about a woman he just met, even if she is very beautiful.
I have already bought a bed and a seat. However, one bed cannot sleep four people, so buying two beds is a waste. Dai Qianqian planned to squeeze in with Luo Cheng's two younger sisters. Anyway, they would stay for a few days and then leave.
At almost four o'clock in the afternoon, Dai Xixi drove people back. She had a watch on her hand to tell the time. Their quilts and toiletries are all in the army, and they won't come back until tomorrow. There was no need to bother Luo Cheng to pick them up. They said they would let someone from the army drive them. The cars they drove today were all borrowed from the army.
Luo Cheng nodded, feeling a little hungry.
"I went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables today."
"Well, I bought cabbage, potatoes and radishes."
"Where's the meat? Didn't I give you a pound of meat ticket?"
"The meat in the afternoon is not fat, and it won't be boiled in much oil when bought. Xiaoyu and I plan to buy it early tomorrow morning."
These two girls really know how to live a good life. If it were Luo Cheng, it would be fine. The meat seller wouldn't give you a pound of meat without giving him any fat. Similarly, even if you get up early to buy meat, it doesn't mean that you can buy as much fat meat as you want. Some lean meat will be added to you according to the proportion, but you can choose a fatter piece and cut it.