Chapter 228: Other people's technology is better than ours

The next day, when Han Songlin was walking Han Ting to kindergarten, he met He Hui's mother; naturally, Han Songlin greeted her and they had a chat. Naturally, the conversation focused on Han Songcai.

After hearing what she said, Han Songlin felt a little strange.

Is Han Songcai really that busy in Rongcheng?

Han Songlin returned home, and he had to go to Yanghe today.

'Will you be back in the evening?' Liu Yuyan handed Han Songlin a thermos cup for him to drink on the way.

Han Songlin: 'I will call whether I come back or not.'

'Okay, I will wait for your call then.'

'I am leaving then.'

'Drive slowly and be careful.'

'Okay, got it! Now you've learned to nag.'

Liu Yuyan grinned: 'You don't like it when I nag?'

'Haha, how could I? In this life, I'll only listen to your nagging!'

'That's more like it.'

Going downstairs, Han Songlin gradually put away the smile on his face, looked up at the sky, and saw that it was another sunny day.

The road between Yuechi and Yanghe had been cemented and was officially open to traffic, but that didn't mean that the entire road project was complete.

From time to time, workers could still be seen on both sides of the road building drainage ditches.

The drainage ditches were not made of cement or bricks, but of stone.

Han Songlin didn't drive fast, an average of 40 kilometers per hour, and it took almost an hour to get to Yanghe.

As soon as he arrived at Yanghe, Han Songlin saw a vehicle driving on the road.

It was the Fuxing Industrial test agricultural vehicle.

This vehicle was not very heavy.

After all, the body length was just a little over five metres, the width was less than two metres, and the height should be a little over two metres.

Han Songlin naturally did not know the specific data, but he knew with the naked eye that this vehicle could not pull much cargo, and the rated load was estimated to be just over one tonne.

But if the truck can't even carry as much as a tractor, will anyone buy it?

Of course people will buy it.

The tractor's cargo capacity is indeed good, and it can pull a few tons.

But the tractor is slow!

This farm truck, on the other hand, is fast.

This is very important.

Han Songlin drove to Fuxing Industrial, where the factory gate was wide open.

It was so busy in and out that the gate naturally had to be open.

Han Songlin drove in and glanced at the guardhouse.

When he saw Han Songlin's car coming, the person in the guardhouse looked up, and then there was nothing else.

Han Songlin didn't care. The guardhouse was set up to serve a deterrent function to a certain extent.

Deterrent, get it?

It's just that very often, it's not needed at all.

But if it's not there, it's definitely not good.

He parked in front of the office building and got out of the car.

He walked upstairs and just happened to meet Zhang Leping coming out of his office.

'Boss!'

'Going out?'

Zhang Leping laughed, 'I was just about to go and have a look in the production workshop!'

'Let's go together!'

The two of them went to the production workshop together, and on the way, Zhang Leping also briefed Han Songlin on the current situation in the factory.

'Boss, our tractor production capacity has now been increased to 50 units per day. Now, do we need to continue to increase it?'

Whether or not production capacity should be increased is something that Zhang must ask Han Songlin.

Fifty units!

Han Songlin doesn't answer immediately. Fifty units a day, that's 18,000 tractors a year.

An annual output value of nearly 300 million yuan!

'How are sales going?'

Zhang Leping replies, 'Sales and production are basically in balance, and sometimes there are even surpluses.'

Surpluses in sales?

'Production is not easy to expand. What we should do now is focus on new products. How are the tests going for the new car?'

'Quite smoothly. The R&D department is constantly making improvements. I believe the design will be finalised before the National Day.'

Han Songlin: 'That's good to hear. By the way, are you familiar with the factory in Jiangzhong?'

'Fairly so!'

'The other day, I met Mayor Wang Huicheng and had a chat with him. He expressed some hope that our Fuxing Industry could take over some of the factories.'

Zhang Leping couldn't help but fall into deep thought. When running a business, this kind of thing is unavoidable; if a business is located in a certain place, it is only natural to maintain good relations with the local community.

Otherwise, why would people support you with all their might?

However, the problem now is not whether Fuxing Industry will take over, but whether it can digest the business after the takeover.

Zhang Leping: 'Boss, we currently source many parts from Jiangzhong.'

Han Songlin: "You mean to say that we should acquire these parts factories?'

'I heard that Shuchuan Internal Combustion Engine Factory and Shuchuan Gear Factory are no longer doing well, and they can't even pay their employees" salaries. Technologically, these two factories are quite good.'

Han Songlin was momentarily stunned. He had never heard of these two factories.

'What does the internal combustion engine factory make?'

'Diesel engines, single-cylinder diesel engines. The diesel engines they make are much better than ours,' Zhang Leping said honestly.

Even though Fuxing Industry has invested heavily in research and development, it has only been a short time after all.

Machinery is a thing that improves quickly, and it really does.

But there are also many places that require meticulous craftsmanship; this all takes time to slowly polish, it doesn't happen overnight.

In terms of engines, why has China never been able to compete with foreign countries? Is it because Chinese R&D personnel don't work hard?

Anyone who says that Chinese R&D personnel don't work hard is an idiot!

Compared to their foreign counterparts, Chinese R&D personnel and engineers are all model workers.

Zhang Leping: 'Boss, we are currently experiencing a shortage of workers for our two-cylinder engine production, and the demand for single-cylinder engine tractors is not that great.'

The horsepower of a single-cylinder engine is only 22, while the horsepower of a two-cylinder engine can reach 48. The greater the horsepower, the stronger the power, and the greater the weight it can pull.

'Therefore, I want to discontinue production of our single-cylinder engines and focus on producing two-cylinder engines. As for the factory's demand for single-cylinder engines, we will purchase them from Shuchuan Internal Combustion Engine.'

Han Songlin never thought that Fuxing Industry would have to master every aspect of tractor production.

That was unrealistic.

A very important reason why Fuxing Industry was able to increase its production capacity so quickly to 50 units per day was that it sourced many of its parts externally.

Fuxing Industry only mastered the production and assembly of core technologies.

Han Songlin did not say anything, and there was naturally no reason for him to refuse to source engines externally.

He was thinking about Shuchuan Internal Combustion Engine Factory.

Since it can bear the name Shuchuan, it means that this factory is a key factory in Shuchuan.

In terms of technical strength, it should have it.

Han Songlin didn't understand technology, but he could tell that the single-cylinder engines produced in his own factory were quite good!

And now Zhang Leping was saying that the engines produced by someone else were better than his.

Han Songlin glanced at Zhang Leping, and he didn't think that Zhang Leping was lying to him.

At that moment, the only thought that came to Han Songlin's mind was: buy it!