Chapter 251 Want to Export at a High Price 20
Chapter 251 Want to export at a high price 2.0
Du Yongkang, the deputy director of the factory, looked at the bills in his hand and the things placed beside his desk. He also had a salary, but when he came to the automobile factory, it was already the 20th, and it was only a few days' salary. About twenty yuan, of course, he could get the salary from his previous job as deputy mayor in the local unit.
When he first became the deputy mayor, his family got him a bicycle ticket. And after serving as the deputy mayor for two years, even if he had some connections, his life in the township was very ordinary. The high salary was good, but due to lack of votes, even if it was welfare, everyone had not enough to eat in the past two years. There are no benefits at all in towns and villages.
And once the wages are paid, although it is still the 28th, for some people it is the beginning of a new month.
Recently, we are rushing to produce, mainly forklifts. Basically, they are shipped to the rolling mill after they are built. The earliest 20 units ordered by the Soviet Union and North Korea have been shipped, and orders from the Tendo Port are also being produced continuously.
As for money, the car factory doesn't have much existing funds anyway, but if it can't handle state-owned orders, it can place orders first and settle later. The forklifts at the back were handed over to the forklift factory. The forklift factory didn't pay them, but they also didn't pay them for the various materials. We have to wait until around the 20th of next month for unified settlement.
Before the money came in, Luo Chengcheng had already given Du Yongkang a task to add a production line for engines. Two hundred three-wheeled trucks were to be produced before the end of the year, and the end of the year only lasted twenty days. Luo Cheng gave him half a month at most, and he had to leave some time to sell and recover funds.
In addition, given that the forklift production situation is good, it is expected to have good income in this area next month. Du Yongkang was asked to add production lines for other items, such as manual forklifts and shock absorbers. The shock absorber itself is needed, and there is an agreement order with the motorcycle factory, so it must be added.
The Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has begun to deliver the first batch of new factory buildings again. This time it is a two-story large factory building with a large area and many columns in the middle. The top surface is supported by a steel structure. Even in this day and age, it costs a lot of money. But it can't compare with later generations, which can easily cost millions. An ordinary single-story small workshop can handle a few thousand. This two-story factory costs tens of thousands.
The new factory is currently installing water, electricity, and laying pipelines. Because the Water and Power Bureau purchased grain from the automobile factory, it directly arranged for many people to come over to work and ensure that the new factory will have water and electricity within two days.
Anyway, the salary has just been paid, and the expenses for next month have already started in the millions. That's all under Luo Cheng's control. It doesn't mean that all the money spent will be saved before the Chinese New Year. But Luo Cheng was thinking that there were other production lines to build, and if he didn't control himself, Luo Cheng was afraid of spending too much.
Cube Car 2.0 will definitely need to build a production and assembly line, and there will be a business version and a regular version. The regular version will be done first, and the business version will be developed after the car air conditioner is developed. Because the shape is still quite boxy and the iron sheet is not very thick, even if the car shell is knocked out by skilled workers, a lot can be produced in a month. The only thing that limits production may be automotive glass.
Auto glass has been ordered from the Military Industrial Jiefang Automobile Factory. Because it is imported, I just ordered a lot of it. The goods have not arrived yet, but the regular version of Cube Car 2.0 has been produced in a row. Once the glass is installed, it can be put into operation in the world.
Of course, the things we have negotiated with the hospital are basically fine. We just have to wait until the car is ready.
In addition to cube truck 2.0, Team Leader Jiang and the others are also working hard on trucks. There are Luo Cheng's layout drawings and an air compressor. In addition, the reason why the trial production in Jicheng failed was simply because the details were not in place. What Team Leader Jiang and the others have to do now is whether each component can carry thirty tons of items, even if it could be used on a car before.
Not only did he have to ask Hu Ping a lot of things, but he also had to cooperate with calculations and tests from universities. We strive to manufacture heavy trucks before the end of the year, as long as the trucks are manufactured and pass inspection. Luo Cheng made a big contribution to Team Leader Jiang and others, but he didn't dare to say anything else. It would be no problem to let reporters from the province and district report on it, and then give them a bonus or something.
When the trucks are built, a factory building must be left for production. The other thing is the compressor. The painting air compressor in the workshop is too big. Of course, a large compressor is needed to install it in a car, but the technology has already been developed. Luo Cheng wants to build an air conditioner, and if he wants to build an air conditioner, he might as well build a refrigerator.
Air conditioners and refrigerators are just different refrigerants. The refrigerator has a small space and needs a freezing effect.
If you want the freshness effect, you can at most get a switch to adjust the refrigeration size. A double-door refrigerator with upper and lower floors, with the top keeping fresh and the bottom freezing, is not considered for the time being because such a refrigerator requires two sets of condensers and is expensive.
Ordinary people may not be able to afford this kind of refrigerator. If they want to keep it fresh, many people have some unorthodox ways to keep it fresh.
For example, where Luo Cheng lives now, if it's hot and there's a well in the yard, just get a cover, tie it with a rope, and hang it on the well water, and things won't break. And now most people cook rice and vegetables, and rarely have leftovers left over overnight, because there is simply not enough to eat.
So we built the refrigerator by the way, not asking for high output, but mainly to arrange it for some leaders. But Luo Cheng could think of such a product with just his toes. Even if he wasn't a big boss, he wouldn't be qualified to enjoy it.
At Luo Cheng's suggestion, Hu Ping changed the coolant and called some people to ask. Although the country does not have its own refrigerator factory and air conditioner factory, since there is such a thing internationally, others may not tell you. How it is made, but it is still easy to find out what kind of coolant is used.
After asking about what they were using, Ngee Ann didn’t have it, so they had to call the provincial capital city to transfer it.
Every coolant has to be transferred to other cities. Although it is the capital city of this province, it also made Luo Cheng realize a lot of things. Why are provincial capitals the provincial capitals? After the reform and opening up, even if someone wants to invest, they will always choose big cities. It is not unreasonable.
There are ports and industries in Amado. If a car factory is opened there, many accessories can be purchased locally. Even if it is not a port city, a province still gives priority to developing its own urban areas directly under the central government. This is not only a matter of location, but also of appearance. Just like the library, most of the books in the library in Ngee Ann are books read by people with a relatively large number of readers. Unpopular books may not be available, and in provincial capital cities, even if they are unpopular, no one will read them until they get them. However, due to some special factors, some books must be available in libraries in this era.
Fortunately, Luo Cheng is taking the independent research and development route, and is trying to get rid of purchasing many things from other cities. But if it was the future generations who had a choice, Luo Cheng understood that it was best to open a factory in a city with complete supporting facilities and developed logistics. If you want to export, it is best to go to a city with a port.
This is Luo Cheng's practical experience, which means that he was given such an opportunity in this era. If future generations choose to do this in Ngee Ann, the cost will increase a lot. Don't talk about local sentiments. We want to stay in our hometown for development, but our hometown must have that kind of environment.
If you think about it carefully, in later generations, there really weren't any large enterprises in Ngee Ann or nearby cities except for coal mines and the like.
After the coolant was replaced, the effect was obviously different. I blocked the air outlet with my hand and felt a clear chill. It was still winter. Of course, this is the coolant used on the refrigerator. Freon is used in air conditioners. It is easy to use and has quick results. Although the cooling effect is not comparable to that of a refrigerator, the air conditioner does not need to be too low and stable.
The only problem now is that when producing refrigerators, there is no outer shell and an insulation layer is required. Moreover, the pipes were too crude. Luo Cheng expressed a "shallow" opinion about the cooling pipes, saying that it would be better to make copper pipes that bend back and forth in a Z-shape.
As for the air conditioner, install a fan-type exhaust pipe. Also add a shell to separate the heat dissipation and exhaust cold air. And even so, it's not the air conditioner Luo Cheng wants. Because the shell was added and modified to what Luo Cheng requested, it seemed like a window air conditioner had been built.
The car air conditioner is actually one-piece. The car air conditioner has an evaporator, a radiator, a blower and so on. As for the air-conditioning operating system, Luo Cheng thought he could take his time and start with a low, medium and high-end system like the fan.
Now the compressor needs to be made smaller, because the coolant effect is good, and if it is used in a car, it will be fine if the power is smaller. On the other hand, cars use engine power to drive the compressor, and we need to design a motor to drive it. But unlike air compressors, air conditioner compressors do not require a gas tank because they do not need such strong power. Compression works on it.
Because Luo Cheng promised Hu Ping to resettle his family, it can be said that the person who carries out Luo Cheng's orders the most is Teacher Hu Ping. When I heard Luo Cheng's request, it was all a matter of pipeline lines and size. Plus the cooperation of mechanical engineers. Luo Cheng didn't say anything, so Teacher Hu guaranteed that the installation of the air conditioner on the car would be completed in a few days.
In addition, Luo Cheng also needs the equipment of the cube car 2.0, because when the car was designed, there was no room for air conditioning, but the glass was not installed anyway, so the interior was just modified.
The only thing that makes Luo Cheng confused now is whether to install air conditioning on the business version or not on the regular version. The regular version can actually be changed into many office models. The ambulance Luo Cheng mentioned at the beginning was one of them. Luo Cheng felt that this ambulance must be equipped with air conditioning. In summer, patients feel uncomfortable in the car, and it would be even more needed if the leaders are transporting them.
The second one is the police car. It is a police car used to arrest criminals. The back of the car has a large space. It can be modified with vertical iron pipes to separate the front and rear. The captured prisoners can be directly locked up in the back and sent to the prisoner's detention area. It's very hard to catch the annoying police officers. You may eat and drink in the car. It's nice to have an air conditioner in the hot weather.
There is also the bank's money security truck. Luo Cheng feels that he can also recommend it. At most, they can install the bulletproof ones themselves.
After thinking about it, no matter which unit or company this car is sold to, at least it is not an individual. If it can be equipped with air conditioning, it feels very necessary. With air conditioning, Luo Cheng can charge thousands more, but the cost is actually not high.
If there were two versions, Luo Cheng felt that he would actually offend people. The person who gave the instructions hopes to save financial money. If they don't use it themselves, other units will definitely have to overcome difficulties and use cars without air conditioning. In the past, cars didn't have air conditioning, so they were driven the same. As for people who use cars, that’s not to say there aren’t selfless people, but most people still want to enjoy themselves. Anyone can shout slogans, but generally the people who shout slogans are not the people who do the work.
Finally, there is the issue of price. Logically speaking, vans should be cheaper than cars. But cars of this era are expensive and have poor performance. Luo Cheng felt that his Cube Car 2.0 might have an average appearance, but cars these days were not that good.
Take a look at the reformed Santana. It is a very flat and square car just like that, and each car costs tens of thousands. In terms of good looks, Luo Cheng also thinks that some foreign luxury cars are okay, and the domestic Hongqi sedan is also good. At least the models have very good curvature.
Luo Cheng wanted to sell it cheaply, but considering the performance of his car, it felt humiliating to sell it cheaply. Whether it is functions or performance, it is better than a car.
Moreover, the Cube Car 2.0 is considered to be an original creation of the car manufacturer. Due to the improved engine, the vibration is small and all components are installed under the body. This means that for a car of the same length, in terms of space, a square car has at least one more head space. So when it comes to practicality, a box car is better than a sedan.
Regarding the price, Luo Cheng thought for a long time and decided to wait. Anyway, the Chinese New Year was approaching and he promised the deputy director to slow down the pace of expansion. At most, this cube car 2.0 will not be sold this year, but will be equipped with glass and air conditioning. Luo Cheng got a few commercial vehicles to go out of the exit and continue to connect with the steel rolling mill.
And let’s start with a big price. First of all, not all foreign cars are equipped with car air conditioners, but only high-end cars. In addition, the engine is still in the rocker type. The Luocheng engine is good, but the key ignition is actually a shortcoming in foreign countries, and the car is easy to be stolen.
Foreign countries are not as stable as China. Chinese people are generally honest. The key to Luo Cheng's cube car is easy to configure and unlock. But this shortcoming doesn't matter. Luo Cheng is selling it as a high-end car and plans to try it at an outrageous price first. If someone can afford it, they don't have to worry about it being stolen. They can just hire a driver to keep an eye on it.
The shock absorbers, transmissions, and power steering pumps are not found abroad, but they are advanced. Luo Cheng dares to say that the ones made in the system, even if they are low-end products in the 21st century, are not comparable to this era.
In this era, there were countries such as the Soviet Union, Eagle Country, and The Sun Never Sets. Even if calculated based on the current RMB exchange rate of about 1:1.6, the per capita income is more than 3,000 yuan. It's per capita, not individual worker. If you calculate the per capita rate in the country, you have to include rural people, the elderly and children. A formal worker earns about 30 yuan, but the monthly salary per capita in China is definitely no more than 5 yuan.
Why is it said that it does not exceed five yuan? There is no need to count it at all. Just follow the standards of the Four-Nine Cities. The regulations in the Four-Nine Cities are that a household with a per capita income of less than RMB 5 is considered a poor household. The report also stated that most people in the country are now below the poverty line, which means that on average, most people earn less than five yuan a month.
This means that the average annual income per capita is less than 60, while overseas it is 3,000.
Chinese people don't fool Chinese people. Rich foreign people are Luo Cheng's targets. If Luo Cheng really sells the commercial version of the cube car at a high price. The price in China is very subtle. No one dares to say anything about the price.