Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

The next day, Yuan Xia went to Si Hongjin's unit - a large state-owned hardware factory, which is currently undergoing transformation. It cooperated with SAIC Volkswagen and added an auto parts production line. Some old production equipment was about to be eliminated. .

When going out, Yuan Xia changed into a jacket, which made her look more mature and stable, and the other party would not ask for a high price just because of his tender face.

Si Hongjin just led the person to their warehouse director, and went to work by himself, and Yuan Xia had to talk about the rest.

Director Fang asked someone to open a warehouse and said, "All the screw processing equipment that has been eliminated recently is here, and only one is still working. I don't know why the others can't be moved."

Yuan Xia looked at the old machines piled up in front of him. In addition to heading machines, there were also cold heading machines, tapping machines, electroplating machines, etc., all of which were needed for the production of screws. Yuan Xia said, "Can you try it with electricity?"

"Yes." Director Fang found a socket.

Yuan Xia energized the head-starting machine, turned on the switch, and the machine roared and started to rotate, but soon the sound became low and the frequency of operation also slowed down. Obviously, this machine was also faulty.

Yuan Xia said: "This starter is also broken."

Director Fang said: "There is something wrong with it, otherwise it would have been bought."

Yuan Xia said: "That can't be sold as a second-hand mobile phone, it can only be sold as scrap."

Director Fang said: "It can still be used after repairing it."

"If it can't be repaired well, it will be a pile of scrap iron. Can the maintenance master in your factory repair it?" Yuan Xia asked.

Director Fang said: "It's a waste of time, we don't plan to repair it."

Yuan Xia crossed his arms, frowned into the word Chuan, shook his head and said: "Then I have to take too much risk, it's not worth buying this. I can't come all the way from Yuecheng and work hard to get it back. It turned out to be a pile of scrap iron. How much are you going to sell this machine for?"

Director Fang said: "I see that you also sincerely want to buy it, so let's do it, [-]."

Yuan Xia showed a startled expression: "I bought a new one for only 5 to [-] yuan. If this one is good, it is worth [-] yuan. The key is that it may not work at all."

"Then how much do you say?" Director Fang said.

Yuan Xia frowned, hesitated for a long time, finally gritted his teeth, and stretched out five fingers: "Five thousand."

"That's too little!" Director Fang shook his head hurriedly.

Yuan Xia said: "I see it can still be driven, and I'm willing to take the risk and try to see if it can be repaired. If you ask someone to fix it, I'm willing to buy it for [-]."

Yuan Xia was certain that they would not call someone to repair it, he understood the urine nature of state-owned enterprises too well.

Director Fang said: "Let's add more, our machine has been used for less than ten years..."

Yuan Xia interrupted him: "Director Fang, ten-year-old machines are already very old. Now that the country is reforming and opening up, foreign advanced equipment is coming in, and the changes are changing with each passing day. The original old machines can only be thrown away as waste products. We bought at most You will have to replace it with a new one in two or three years, don’t you think?”

These words really touched Director Fang's heart. The new equipment in their factory was imported from Germany. Everyone said that the new equipment was many times better than the original ones. The factory is still preparing to replace all the original domestic equipment with new ones. As for the ones from Germany, he looked at Yuan Xia and said with a smile: "The young man looks young and gentle, why is he so powerful. No wonder your boss sent you to purchase."

Yuan Xia didn't say he was the boss, he said he was the buyer of the factory.

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Director Xie Fang praised us, we are a private factory, all risks have to be borne by ourselves, unlike you, of course we try to save costs as much as possible."

Director Fang said: "You were introduced by Xiaosi. I know that I sincerely want to buy it. If you add more, I can also deal with the higher-ups."

"It's better like this. Director Fang, these two machines of yours have already been scrapped. You can make a price. If it is suitable, I will buy them all." Yuan Xia pointed to the cold heading machine and the tapping machine and said.

Director Fang looked at Yuan Xia: "These two can no longer be operated, are you sure you want to buy?"

Yuan Xia said, "I'll give you 500 yuan for each of these two machines, plus this starter machine, how about a total of [-] yuan?"

Director Fang looked at Yuan Xia with puzzled eyes. The two machine factories planned to make scraps and sell them as scrap iron. No matter what, they couldn't sell them for less than 1000 yuan. Is this young man really stupid, or Does he think it can be fixed?

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Director Fang, do you agree with my proposal? This is equivalent to spending [-] on this head-starting machine, so you can treat these two as a gift for me. I have to ship them to Over the city, transportation costs will cost a lot.”

Director Fang said: "I'll ask the leader for instructions. If the leader agrees, then it's fine."

Yuan Xia said, "Okay, please trouble Director Fang."

After Director Fang left, Li Baogen came over and asked Yuan Xia in dialect: "These two machines are broken, why do you buy them?"

Yuan Xia also replied in dialect: "If it can be repaired, it will save a lot of money."

He thinks it should be fixed, because before replacing these devices, those machines should still work, even if there are many problems, at least they can still be used.

He came from a mechanical background, and with the backing of an expert Yu Xingyi, he was sure to fix it, and if he did it, he would save money.If it is not repaired, it will be more expensive to buy a heading machine.

In the end, the two sides negotiated again, and Yuan Xia added another 200 yuan before they settled the matter.

However, when signing the contract, they only wrote [-] yuan, and told Yuan Xia not to tell anyone, including Si Hongjin.

Yuan Xia knew that the two hundred should be kickbacks for Director Fang and the leader.

Yuan Xia paid half of the payment on the same day, and the rest will be paid when he returns from Wenzhou to pick up the goods.

The other party readily agreed. This is normal. Shipment from a metal processing factory is different from buying clothes and shoes. You can pick it up immediately after buying it. Sometimes you have to wait for a long time to pick up the goods, not to mention this is such a big machine.

Si Hongjin learned that Yuan Xia won three machines for 6000 yuan, and gave him a thumbs up: "It's amazing, I thought it would cost tens of thousands."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "That machine does have a lot of problems, otherwise the previous batch of customers would have bought it long ago."

"That's the case. But I think these three machines are not difficult for you and Yu Xingyi, and they can definitely be repaired."

"Of course, try to fix it as much as possible, otherwise it will be scrap iron if you take it back so far, it's too bad."

After buying the machine, Yuan Xia asked Li Baogen to go to Wenzhou by boat.

Li Baogen had never been on a boat and was also seasick, but the condition was not too serious, unlike Ma Jianjun who vomited bile.

Si Haibo's store is no longer in the old place. It has opened in the most prosperous department store in Wenzhou Old Street.

Si Haibo is not in the store, but works in the factory, but he has already told the shop assistant that if Yuan Xia comes, he will take him to the factory.

According to the boss's instructions, the clerk led Yuan Xia and Li Baogen into a Santana and went straight to the factory.

Li Baogen, who was riding a car for the first time, was taken aback. Wenzhou people are too rich, so they actually take a car when they go out.

Si Haibo's factory is located in the urban area of ​​Wenzhou City. This can be regarded as the achievement of Wenzhou City's investment promotion.

When Yuan Xia left, Si Haibo was leading the representative of the American company in China to visit the production workshop.

Yuan Xia didn't bother him, but started to visit by himself. Compared with the original small workshop, this factory is like a shotgun replacement. It seems to be a modern factory, but the scale is not too big, only a few hundred people.

This is a branch of the American company's shoe factory in mainland China. The reason why Si Haibo was able to win this project is because the president of the Asian region of the American company is a Taiwanese from Wenzhou. The other party is willing to make some contributions to his hometown, so he chose this place. Otherwise, why would we choose Wenzhou, where the trains do not pass, to set up a factory.

Of course, Wenzhou is not completely without advantages. Since last year, it has been one of the [-] ports that the country has opened to the outside world. After the shoes are produced, they are directly packed in containers and taken away by freighters. The cost is extremely low.

After Si Haibo accompanied the brown-haired and gray-eyed foreigner to visit, when he came out, he met Yuan Xia at the door, and he nodded towards Yuan Xia.Yuan Xia didn't go there either, so he waited for him.

Si Haibo said very politely: "Mr. Green, it's almost time for lunch. We have reserved a banquet in the Banquet Building. Let's go over to have dinner now."

The Yankee squinted at his Taiwanese translator and asked, "What did he say?"

The Taiwanese interpreter said: "Mr. Si said he would treat you to lunch."

The American waved his hands again and again and said in English: "No, no, no, Chinese food is terrible, like shit, I can't stand it, I would rather go back to eat instant noodles. You can't even buy a hamburger in this damn place, I want Go back to Taiwan as soon as possible."

The Taiwanese suppressed a smile and said to Si Haibo: "Mr. Smith is not going, he is not used to Chinese food."

Si Haibo said, "Alright then."

Yuan Xia from the side came over, stood in front of the Yankee, and said in English: "Sir, are you an American? The United States is the most developed country in the world today. I think its national quality should match its national strength. But seeing you today is obviously not the case, your arrogance and rudeness made me see the appearance of a nouveau riche."

The Yankee obviously didn't expect that besides the Taiwanese, there were people who could understand English. He looked at Yuan Xia angrily: "Who are you? Damn, who is he?"

Seeing Yuan Xia's expression, Si Haibo didn't know what he said, but he could tell from his expression that he was angry. It must be that the Yankee said something ugly.

The Taiwanese interpreter was about to ask Si Haibo who Yuan Xia was, but Yuan Xia had already said, "You don't need to know who I am, you just need to know that I am Chinese. As far as your American food desert is concerned, we The Chinese would never say that hamburgers and French fries are the same as shit. And you—” Yuan Xia turned his face to the Taiwanese and switched to Chinese, “Aren’t you a Chinese? People say that what you eat is Shit, you actually have the nerve to laugh! A person who doesn’t even respect his own mother culture, do you think Americans will respect you?”

The Taiwanese translator looked a little uncomfortable, and he wiped his nose embarrassingly: "Even if Mr. Green said a mantra, it was not his intention."

Yuan Xia said: "It is often the casual blurt that can best reflect a person's true thoughts. You are so eager to make excuses for him that it is really embarrassing to the Chinese. Boss, I wanted to talk to you about cooperation, but today I am in a bad mood. Okay, let's not talk about it."

After Yuan Xia finished speaking, she called Li Baogen and walked away.

Si Haibo looked at Yuan Xia's back and knew that he was trying to distance himself from himself because he was afraid of hurting himself.

The Taiwanese translator asked, "Who is that person?"

Si Haibo said wittily, "A machine supplier."

"Where are you from?"

Si Haibo said, "From Hong Kong."

The Taiwanese translator said: "No wonder, you can speak English so fluently."

The American was originally annoyed by Yuan Xia's scolding, but when he heard that he was a machine manufacturer, he said, "Your factory can't use his machines!"

When Si Haibo heard this translation from the mouth of a Taiwanese, he held his breath, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, and said: "We are still negotiating, and it has not been confirmed yet. The American company disagrees, and I will find it again." Just cooperate with others.”

The Americans left very satisfied.

Yuan Xia and Li Baogen returned to Si Haibo's factory after seeing the Americans leaving in a car.

Si Haibo said: "Did that ghost just say something ugly?"

Yuan Xia said: "It is said that our Chinese food is like shit."

"Fuck!" Si Haibo cursed, and then said, "You said you're talking about cooperation with me because you're afraid he'll anger me."

"Yes, who knows if the arrogant Yankee will deliberately make things difficult for you. You didn't tell me, did you?"

"No, I said you are a machine manufacturer from Hong Kong. They still don't let me work with you. Hahaha."

Yuan Xia gave a thumbs up: "Wise! Go, and take me to visit your factory."

After watching a circle, Si Haibo said: "If you are really a machine manufacturer, do you know how much that electric sewing machine costs? Several thousand dollars, the efficiency is much higher than our manual sewing machine, but It’s not so expensive, it’s nearly 100 yuan, and our sewing machine only costs more than [-] yuan. Moreover, if the machine breaks down, it’s too troublesome to repair it, and it has to be sent to Japan for repair, which is too much back and forth. Damn it's delayed."

Yuan Xia's heart moved, and he said, "Brother Haibo, can you get me a sewing machine like this? , just selling this can make you die."

In the 90s, the hottest industry in China was the processing of clothing and shoes, and the Pearl River Delta was full of garment, shoe, and plush toy processing factories. If electric sewing machines could be produced, wouldn’t it be much faster than turning screws?

Si Haibo gritted his teeth: "I'll get you one!"

Yuan Xia said with a smile: "If it can be produced, I will give you dividends."

Si Haibo said: "It's fine if you pay dividends, you just pay for the sewing machines in my factory."

Yuan Xia didn't argue with him too much, it's too early to talk about dividends, he said: "Okay, get me one first, I will make a copy of it when I go back."

Si Haibo was also in high spirits, happily putting his arms around Yuan Xia's shoulders: "Come on, let's go to the Yanbin Building for dinner, ghosts don't understand our Chinese food, let's enjoy it by ourselves."

Yuan Xia laughed: "Okay!"

When Yuan Xia left Wenzhou, he not only took the 5 yuan that Si Haibo lent him, but also some commodities, most importantly, an electric sewing machine.If the technology of electric sewing machines can be overcome, this is a hen that can lay golden eggs.

After returning to Ningbo from Wenzhou, Yuan Xia settled the final payment for the machine, then disassembled the machine and packed it himself, and hired a truck to pull the parts to Hangzhou Railway Station.

The reason why I don’t take the train directly is because there is no direct train from Ningbo to Yuecheng, and I have to reverse the train when I get to Hangzhou. Yuanxia is worried about losing parts, so she simply pulls it to Hangzhou and takes a direct train.

After a lot of effort, they finally checked the machine onto the freight train, and they took the train back to Yuecheng.

During this journey, Li Baogen has seen Yuan Xia’s courage. Whether it’s buying machines or dealing with foreigners, he is calm and calm, without stage fright. He doesn’t look like a novice who just started his business, but rather a seasoned veteran of the mall. No wonder he's the boss.

This business trip lasted nearly half a month, mainly because it took too much time to disassemble the machine and check in.

When they arrived in Yuecheng, the checked machine hadn't arrived yet.

Yuan Xia told Yu Xing about this experience, and Yu Xing was amazed: "You really argued with the foreigner face to face?"

"Of course, we can't be merciful." Yuan Xia said with a smile, "I'll leave this electric sewing machine to you. Take it apart, and we'll have to try to reproduce it. It sells for a few thousand dollars, and we sell it for a few thousand yuan. Believe me or not, I can't do it."

Yu Xingyi looked at the exquisite sewing machine and said, "Then I have to study it carefully. First find an ordinary sewing machine to study the principles and details, and then disassemble this one."

Yuan Xia said worriedly: "Are you busy enough? When the machine arrives, we still have to repair it. I'm worried that you won't be able to do it all at once. If you can't do it alone, ask that kid Qu Wenyuan to help, and that guy from the Science and Technology Society. Help people, tell them, if I help restore this, I will give them a generous bonus."

Yu Xing smiled: "Okay, just train them too. I'll go find them and ask them to draw a drawing of the sewing machine first."

Yuan Xia said: "Yes, if you can use it, use it, don't be reluctant to force people. After the machine comes back and is repaired, I have to go to Kaifeng. The most important tooth rubbing machine has not yet arrived, so I have to go to Lu Fengnian to buy a new one. of."

"You are busier than me." Yu Xing said with a smile.

"Not at all. I only worry about the factory. You have to be multi-tasking. You have to attend classes, manage students, design, and help me repair machines. I'm afraid I will tire you. But there is no money in the early stage, so we just I can do it all by myself. Don’t worry, take your time.” Yuan Xia said.

"Well, take your time." Yu Xingyi said.

Two days later, the consigned machine finally arrived. Yuan Xia called a car to pull the machine from the train station back to the factory. There was no forklift, no crane, and it couldn't be unloaded like sand and gravel. Everything had to be lifted up and down manually.

After a lot of effort, the things were finally moved down.

Yuan Xia assembled and restored the machine himself, and Yu Xing came to help whenever he was free.

In addition, Yu Xingyi also recruited two mechanical engineering juniors from the University to help, one is his direct junior, Qu Junqing's graduate student, and the other is a senior student with few classes and a lot of spare time .

Li Baogen didn't understand machines, so he just stood by and handed tools and things, and was responsible for cooking.

A few seniors got together to study some old machines, each expressing their opinions and talking freely. They are all young people, they have no scruples in speaking, and get along very well.

After spending half a month, they finally assembled the three machines and repaired the broken ones.

All three machines can be used, except that the cold heading machine is a bit seriously aged, the heading machine and the tapping machine are working very well, and now there is only one tooth rubbing machine.

Yu Xingyi waited for all the machines in the factory to be repaired before going to study the electric sewing machine.

After repairing the machine, Yuan Xia spent a few more days disposing of the goods he brought back, earning more than 1000 yuan, which is considered to have earned back the travel and shipping costs of this trip.

Now there are a lot more products on the market than before, the competition has increased, and the prices of the products have also dropped, and the profits have become thinner. It is not as easy to make as before, but Yuan Xia does not feel regretful. For the general public, this is the purpose of reform and opening up.

After handling the goods, Yuan Xia went to Kaifeng.

This time he went alone, and Li Baogen had to stay and look at the factory. After all, there are several machines here. If you don't look at them, some parts are dismantled and stolen to sell. Then where will they cry.

Yuan Xia knew that when the machines were in place, he still had to recruit workers, and he and Li Baogen would be a little too busy alone, after all, both production and sales were needed.

His classmates felt it was a pity for Yuan Xia to go to sea to start his own business, but it was not surprising. Yuan Xia started doing business when he was in college. Now that the sea tide is so hot, and he is in such a factory, it is normal for him to go to sea.

When Lu Fengnian saw Yuan Xia, he was very enthusiastic: "I'm the first classmate you visited since you went to sea, right?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "It's true. Jinsong is in the bearing factory, so close, I haven't looked for him yet."

Lu Fengnian laughed: "If he finds out, he will definitely be furious. Let's go, I will take you to visit our Kaifeng, we are the ancient capital of thousands of years."

Yuan Xia didn't refuse either, although the purpose of his trip was to buy a machine, but he finally came, and his old classmate was so enthusiastic, how could he refuse.

Although Kaifeng is a thousand-year-old capital, there are not many tourist attractions. The only remaining ancient architectural relics are Kaifeng Mansion and Longting. Yuanxia visited for a day accompanied by Lu Fengnian and took some photos with the camera he brought. Take a souvenir.

In the evening, Lu Fengnian called his girlfriend to have dinner together, and introduced her to Yuan Xia by the way.

His girlfriend is a math teacher in Kaifeng High School. She looks ordinary, but she has a good figure, tall, and loves to laugh, making people feel kind at first sight.

Yuan Xia affectionately called her Sisao, because Lu Fengnian was ranked fourth in the dormitory.

The fourth sister-in-law is very smart, quick thinking, talkative and cheerful, in stark contrast to the dull Lu Fengnian, just complementary, and the interaction between the two is also very sweet, it can be seen that the relationship is good.

Yuan Xia is very happy for her old classmate.

In the evening, Yuan Xia refused to go to Lu Fengnian's dormitory to stay overnight and insisted on staying in a hotel, although Lu Fengnian was in a single dormitory.

Although the hotel is not that clean, he would rather live in a not-so-clean hotel than sharing a bed with Lu Fengnian.

After all, except for his younger brother and Yu Xingyi, he has never slept with anyone else.