Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

"When we were planning to build the honeycomb coal processing plant, we had a hard time choosing a site. After all, we decided to make the honeycomb coal by hand, so we needed a relatively large area to dry the honeycomb coal.

Because there was no suitable venue, we finally chose a machine repair shop which was also a street-level enterprise.

This workshop was the parts processing workshop of the original machine repair factory. Several masters from the machine repair factory also came to the honeycomb coal processing factory.

I also like machinery, and I think it is a waste to use workers who are good at mechanical processing to make honeycomb briquettes. In addition, Uncle Xiao gave me two scrapped motorcycle engines from Japan, so we started to study motorcycle engines.

After research by me and several other engineers, we redesigned the engine and changed it to a civilian 150-type engine. After a long period of research, we finally succeeded in manufacturing it. "

As soon as I walked into the workshop, a huge noise attracted the attention of a group of leaders.

Uncle Nie led the team and walked over. Chen Changan quickly followed and introduced, "These are the engines we just produced. Because we have only had a short time, we are still doing test runs."

A leader behind Uncle Nie, who was wearing glasses and was obviously an expert or professor, asked, "What is the longest test time you have so far?"

Chen Changan was stunned when he heard the unit was hours. He thought, isn't the engine test time measured in hours?

How many hours are there in a month? Chen Changan was a little confused about the calculation.

Seeing Chen Changan in a daze, Uncle Nie said, "Answer truthfully. It's what it is."

Chen Changan knew he was misunderstood, and said helplessly, "This earliest engine is still under test. We want to test how long the maximum limit is, but we haven't come up with a result yet. We calculate it by day, so it's been at least a month. Suddenly you ask me how many hours it is, I can't convert it."

Uncle Nie smiled happily upon hearing this, but the leader who asked the question frowned, walked over to the worker who was in charge of recording, took the record and started reading it. He said, "It's impossible. Our military also has its own motorcycle engines, and it's impossible for them to run without any problems for more than a month."

Chen Changan was too lazy to pay attention to him, and felt that if he didn't say anything, he would just offend people for no reason, so he said, "I don't know either. We designed and produced it ourselves. We just borrowed some information from the Japanese engine. It's like this when it's made. The thing is here, and the record is here. If you don't believe me, just look at it here. Wait for a month and you'll believe it, right?"

Even a person with low emotional intelligence would know that he had offended someone after hearing what Chen Changan said. He didn't know what to say for a moment.

Uncle Nie said, "Xiao Chen, Elder Zong is only an expert in this area. He is just conducting research with a skeptical attitude. Don't be so disrespectful when you speak."

He turned to Zong Lao and said, "Zong Lao, is there any problem with Xiao Chen's engine?"

Elder Zong ignored Uncle Nie. It seemed that he was a professor who was only focused on research and didn't care much about the ways of the world.

Ask Chen Changan directly, can you show me the drawings of your engine?

Chen Changan looked at Uncle Nie and saw him nod. Then he shouted to Shi Heping who was assembling a motorcycle not far away, "Shi Heping, Shi Heping."

Seeing Shi Heping looking up at him, Chen Changan immediately waved and motioned him to come over.

After Shi Heping came over, he instructed him, "This is Elder Zong. Take him to the on-site office and show him the drawings of our motorcycle engine."

After Shi Heping took Elder Zong to look at the blueprints, Chen Changan took Uncle Nie to continue looking at other parts of the workshop.

Finally, we arrived at the motorcycle assembly site and saw all the parts neatly arranged. There were already ten finished motorcycles on site.

Uncle Nie became interested and came over to take a closer look. He even swung his legs and sat on it.

After feeling it for a while, he turned around and said, "Give me some gas, I'll go out and try it."

Chen Changan hadn't been to the workshop for several days, and he wasn't sure whether the motorcycles on site were rideable. Shi Heping wasn't there, so Chen Changan called Hou Mingjun and asked, "Check all the motorcycles on site, and then confirm that the ones that are rideable should be filled with oil for the leaders, and then pushed out for the leaders to test drive."

Afterwards, Chen Changan, Uncle Nie and his group walked out of the workshop and waited outside to test drive the motorcycle.

While Uncle Nie and several other leaders were getting familiar with the motorcycle, Chen Changan even had someone bring a few rattan helmets for Uncle Nie to wear.

Of course, after being despised by several leaders, no one wore a hat, watching several leaders riding motorcycles and running out of the field. Chen Changan thought to himself, if he fell down halfway because of poor skills, it would not be blamed on me, right?

Perhaps the leaders had driven motorcycles before, and they all returned safely after a while. Uncle Nie smiled and praised the motorcycles non-stop after getting off the motorcycle.

After several leaders got on the bus and experienced it, it was getting late. After paying for their meal in the factory cafeteria.

The group arrived at the processing plant office, but unfortunately the office was too small.

On the processing plant side, Chen Changan, Shi Heping, and Sister Hou attended the meeting. On the other side, Uncle Nie, Elder Zong, and several unfamiliar leaders sat together.

At the beginning of the meeting, Uncle Nie set the tone. He said, "The development of motorcycles in our country is very poor. Except for the army, there are very few in the civilian sector. The motorcycle designed and manufactured by your factory has a wide range of uses.

Just like what Chen Changan just introduced, traffic police, civilian police, postal service, and even the state guest escort team. Clerks in various government agencies and the like all have needs. I think it’s okay to even sell it in the supply and marketing cooperatives.”

He turned to the elder and asked, "Elder, do you have any other requests?"

The elder said, "I just have one question. When we go back later, can I take a copy of the blueprint and study it?"

Without waiting for Uncle Nie to ask, Chen Changan said directly, "Okay, I have a spare copy in my office, just give it to Elder Zong first."

The elder nodded to Chen Changan with gratitude and said nothing more.

After seeing that there were no other questions, Uncle Nie said to Chen Changan, "Then here comes the main point we need to discuss."

Chen Changan nodded and waited for Uncle Nie's question.

"First of all, if large-scale mass production is required, what conditions are needed? What specific output can be achieved?" Uncle Nie's question went straight to the point.

Chen Changan hesitated for a moment and said, "I have discussed this issue with Director Wang of the Street Office. If we want to produce on a large scale, we need to build a factory like a steel rolling mill with thousands or even tens of thousands of people. We need various mechanical processing machines and a large number of skilled workers."