Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 99: Uncle Gets Married (asking for monthly ticket)

April 1982, 4, Thursday, the weather was fine and the temperature was around 22 degrees.

Wang Jiankun rode the Jialing 50, which had been replaced with a four-stroke engine, to school.

After replacing the new engine, the power feels much better than before. The accelerator has to be turned lightly. On a straight road, Wang Jiankun tried the maximum speed and found that it could easily reach 100 kilometers per hour. At this time, the accelerator was not turned to the bottom. However, Wang Jiankun did not dare to try a higher speed because the car body was already floating a little.

This means that this engine should be equipped with a heavier and larger frame, otherwise it would be a bit of a waste of performance.

Wang Jiankun decided to wait until he had time to equip this engine with several new frames designed by Zhizi, and then apply for a patent abroad after testing. In the second half of the year, he would go to several newly built motorcycle factories to recommend this engine or sell it together with the frame design.

After arriving at the school, Wang Jiankun found the class monitor and told him that his uncle's representative Chen Dongxing would visit the county leaders on April 4 to see if the leaders had time.

Wu Xiaoyi said that after the morning reading get out of class was over, he would go back to explain the situation and then reply to Wang Jiankun.

During the daytime classes, Wang Jiankun absorbed the knowledge about internal combustion engines explained by Zhizi while writing and calculating the NS equations. There has been no progress on this topic so far, and the current research in international journals is also very elementary. After reading the papers, Wang Jiankun felt that those methods would not work in the future.

In the evening, Wang Jiankun built a motorcycle designed by Zhizi. Its general structure was still based on Jialing 50, but it was 20 cm longer, more streamlined, and the fuel tank was correspondingly larger. After all, higher power means higher fuel consumption.

Of course, the streamlined body structure is more difficult for current manufacturing capabilities, and the mold will be more difficult to manufacture. After all, domestic machine tools are almost all manual. In order to produce the required curvature, you have to mill and measure at the same time, and if you are not careful, the mold will be scrapped.

But these are not difficulties for Wang Jiankun, and may even be the magic weapon for success in the future.

Of course, after the motorcycle was built, he had to test it out. The temperature was still relatively low at night, so Wang Jiankun put on a helmet and protective clothing and drove the new motorcycle onto the quiet street.

In order to avoid disturbing others as much as possible, Wang Jiankun drove towards the provincial road. Although the road was a bit bumpy, Wang Jiankun had the superpower to "see" the road conditions ahead, so it was still relatively safe.

The frame of the new model seems to be 20 kilograms heavier than the original one, and the center of gravity was taken into consideration during the design. It is designed to be lower and the body height is also slightly lower to suit the current physique of Chinese people.

Therefore, Wang Jiankun felt more comfortable when driving the new car. The shock absorption system has also been adjusted, taking full consideration of the current domestic road conditions.

The original Jialing 50 did not take these into consideration because the technology originated from Japan and the Chongqing manufacturer currently does not have the ability to modify the design. The exterior has only been slightly changed to cater to the aesthetic tastes of the Chinese people.

Modifications were made while testing on the road. There were some changes to the gearbox, exhaust pipe layout, oil line, light shape, etc. These were design flaws discovered during the driving process. Fortunately, Wang Jiankun has super powers, so a new car can be designed and modified so quickly.

By the time of the return trip, the new motorcycle had basically taken shape. Wang Jiankun planned to design and manufacture machinery and equipment for producing the vehicle's accessories in the future, and to trial-produce a batch on the first floor of the underground base to test the equipment's feasibility.

At around 4 am on April 23, Wang Jiankun and his father went to Raozhou. They had lunch with Cheng Xing there, and then went to the train station accompanied by Cheng Xing.

At the entrance of the train station, Chen Xing asked a vendor selling electronic watches at the entrance to help watch the car, while he accompanied Wang Jiankun and his son to the platform to wait for others.

The train from Nanchang was quite punctual, only delayed by more than 10 minutes. In the sleeper car, Wang Jiankun and his two companions met Chen Dongxing and his lawyer Chen Ting. This lawyer was suggested by his uncle, and he was also a relative of Chen Dongxing. The purpose of bringing the lawyer was to consider signing the contract quickly if the negotiations went well.

The two of them brought some spare clothes, and the suitcase was the same aluminum alloy trolley case that Wang Jiankun had previously sent to his uncle's house.

So when Wang Jiankun saw the two people pulling this suitcase out, he noticed it. After all, among the crowd of people carrying luggage in their hands or on their shoulders, their attire and the silver-white suitcase they were pulling were very special.

Wang Jiankun went to meet them with his father and Cheng Xing.

"Mr. Chen, Attorney Chen, hello, this is my father Wang Fukai, and this is my partner Cheng Xing. He looks familiar, so it will be convenient for him to take us to the platform to pick us up."

"Hello, Brother Wang, hello, Mr. Cheng, thank you for your help." Chen Dongxing said while shaking hands with his father.

Then he introduced Chen Dongxing and lawyer Chen Ting to his father and Cheng Xing.

After both parties introduced themselves to each other, the group took a shortcut and arrived at the truck under the guidance of Cheng Xing. Because there were two more people, the truck compartment could not accommodate them, so Cheng Xing had to take Chen Ting to the guesthouse on a tricycle.

The two will stay in a guesthouse tonight. Tomorrow morning, the county will send a jeep to pick them up. Wang Jiankun will go to the county with his father, and the rest of the matter will be left to Chen Dongxing to discuss.

After dinner that evening, Wang Jiankun took the project plan and explained it to Chen Dongxing and lawyer Chen Ting. He reiterated that no concessions should be made on the areas where he was locked up. As for the rest, he asked Chen Dongxing to consider it as appropriate and try his best to gain benefits. However, the project must be implemented and some concessions should be made.

Of course, Wang Jiankun gave Chen Dongxing 2 US dollars in cash that night and asked him to put it on the table at the signing ceremony as a prop during negotiations. Perhaps he could gain more rights and interests by taking out the cash.

At 4:24 in the morning on April 8, two jeeps sent by the county, led by the deputy county chief, arrived and picked up Chen Dongxing and Chen Ting at the guesthouse.

He was also very polite to Wang Jiankun, the introducer, and invited him to accompany Chen Ting in another jeep. Wang Jiankun thanked him and said that it was good enough for him to help introduce the person, and he would not participate in the subsequent matters, and he went back in his father's car.

To be honest, the county's jeep was not as comfortable as his father's truck, and it would be difficult for him to say anything if he went with them. After all, he had only acted as a messenger before, and he was too young, so some of his words would not be effective. It would be better to let Chen Dongxing do a better job.

After arriving in the county town, Wang Jiankun sent a message to his elder and younger uncles via the radio, informing them of the situation of picking up the person.

Over the next three days, leaders of the county party committee and county government met with Chen Dongxing. The negotiations were mainly between Chen Dongxing and senior county officials. Chen Dongxing only brought his lawyer Chen Ting, while Secretary Wu brought five people, including the director of the county party committee office and the deputy county magistrate in charge of industry and commerce, to participate in the negotiations.

The two sides had some discussions on the necessity of expanding the project into two phases, and finally decided on a total planned area of ​​200 acres and a production capacity of 4 units per month.

However, during the subsequent equity distribution negotiations, the county side proposed to hold a 67% stake, because they felt that they would have to provide 200 acres of land and be responsible for factory construction, water, electricity and road construction, which would require a huge investment.

Chen Dongxing, of course, argued that the main equipment and technology of this project all came from the parent company in Hong Kong. Without these equipment and technology, it would be impossible to produce trolley cases.

At the end of the discussion, when Chen Dongxing said that most of the future products would be sold overseas and the county could obtain some foreign exchange, or directly exchange the export boxes for imported goods, the county finally agreed to only hold a 51% stake.

The 2 U.S. dollars were finally taken out. When the negotiators saw the stacks of green U.S. dollars, they were very happy, because they knew too well how scarce the U.S. dollar was now. As long as the project was successfully implemented, the county would now have foreign exchange income, and could earn foreign exchange by export in the future. At the same time, the products could also be exchanged for some imported goods needed by the county, which would bring both political achievements and a bright future.

So on April 4, Chen Dongxing signed an investment agreement with the county government in the name of Hong Kong Xingyao Group.

With a cash investment of 2 US dollars plus production equipment and production technology worth 8 US dollars, the company holds 49% of the shares of Wumei Bags Factory. The foundation stone of the newly established Wumei Bags Factory will be laid on May 5. The first phase of infrastructure construction will take 10 months, equipment installation and commissioning will take 2 month, and the official production is scheduled to start on August 1.

After the negotiation was completed, Chen Dongxing reported the situation to Wang Jiankun. The conditions basically met Wang Jiankun's expectations, so Wang Jiankun readily signed and stamped the investment agreement of Xingyao Group and asked him to fax it to the county in a few days.

Then Chen Dongxing took Chen Tingxian back to Guangshi, bringing with them the factory design drawings, production line layout drawings and some equipment design drawings given by Wang Jiankun.

The factory drawings will be reviewed and reprinted by the design institute in Guangshi before being sent to the county. The equipment design drawings will be divided into two parts, which will be given to Xin Yao Machinery in Hong Kong for production and another part to the machinery factory in Guangshi for production, and finally sent to the county to set up the production line.

At the same time, he went back to recruit or select financial managers and sales managers to work at Wumei Luggage Factory.

Wang Jiankun has built several motorcycles for trial use in the past few days, including a smaller 3-kilowatt light motorcycle and an 8-kilowatt heavy motorcycle. With the accumulation of data through continuous testing, the performance of subsequent models is getting better and better.

Wang Jiankun decided to apply for a patent first, but he would first launch a lightweight model mainly for urban transportation and riding, and then a medium-sized model with a load capacity of 120 kg, which can adapt to more terrains and occasions.

April 4th was the last day of the monthly exam. The geography exam started at 30:1 p.m. Wang Jiankun finished the exam in just half an hour, then quickly ran to the carport, rode his new mid-sized motorcycle to Raozhou. His father and mother were already waiting for him at the Raozhou train station. If he hadn't considered that he might not get first place if he missed a subject, he would not have planned to take the last subject. For the sake of his future freedom, he had to finish the geography exam before leaving.

Along the way, Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to explore the road conditions, especially the turns, so he drove very fast. It usually takes him an hour and a half to ride a bike, but now he only takes 1 minutes to reach the train station.

When they arrived at the station, Cheng Xing's friend was already waiting there, and he took him to the aisle and boarded the train, which was about to finish ticket inspection.

I didn't bring my younger sister with me when we went to Guangzhou this time, because the three of us can't stay for a whole day and will have to come back, and it's tiring to sit in the car for a long time, so I let my younger sister stay at home with my grandparents.

Wang Jiankun and his family booked a private room on the road, so they could sleep more soundly on the road. Of course, this had a lot to do with the fact that Wang Jiankun used his superpowers to punish several thieves in the car.

After Wang Jiankun took action, the entire train became much safer. After all, members of the theft gang were caught one after another while stealing. The remaining people felt something was wrong and got off the train and stayed away from this strange train. At the same time, the news spread among the gangs along the way.

Wang Jiankun once again became an unsung hero, but his approach can only be regarded as a temporary solution. To improve the chaotic security environment, we must remove the root of the problem and allow the vast majority of people to earn the material needs of a living through labor, so as to reduce the occurrence of such situations.

However, Wang Jiankun has already started to implement it. First, he helped the Wangjia Production Team and Fengshan Commune get rid of poverty and become rich. Through a lighter, he promoted the development of productivity in his hometown.

The suitcase project that is about to be carried out will drive the development of the county's productivity, bringing at least 1 million yuan in GDP growth to Wuyuan County each year, and will also bring several million yuan in GDP growth to Raozhou area.

The motorcycle engine project that is expected to be carried out in the second half of the year will drive GDP growth of at least hundreds of millions of yuan, provide employment for thousands of people, and enable thousands of families to move from poverty to well-off life.

However, this depends on the management philosophy and ability of the current county leaders. If the management of the Wumei luggage factory in the early stage is chaotic and the efficiency is low, then there will be no talk of the subsequent engine industry.

At 5 a.m. on May 1, the train stopped at Guangshi Railway Station, and Wang Jiankun and his parents met the people who came to pick them up at the exit.

During the conversation on the way, I learned that he was the driver of Xingyao Electronics. He took them to the parking lot and got them into a Crown sedan. The driver said that this car was bought because the export volume of high-end electronic watches reached the target last month, and the factory considered that it would need many receptions in the future, so it bought a Crown sedan.

Wang Jiankun didn't ask much about the specific sales situation of Xingyao Electronics. He believed that his younger and older uncles would keep an eye on it, so he chatted with the driver for a while on the way and asked him to tell him about the situation of Xingyao Electronics.

From the driver's perspective, Xingyao Electronics is developing very well, and now many people want to work in the factory, because the basic salary of ordinary employees is 100 yuan, plus overtime, they can generally get more than 120 yuan, and jobs with some technical content start at at least 150 yuan. One of his friends operates a lithography machine, and his salary is said to be more than 300 yuan. He is very envious, but unfortunately he does not have enough education to get those positions. Those who were fired for violating discipline in the old factory are very regretful, but Director Chen did not indulge them, and those who were fired would never be used again.

My parents didn’t think the salary was that high, because skilled workers in lighter factories now earn more than 100 yuan, and those assemblers who work harder also earn a lot, about 80 yuan.

Wang Jiankun did know something about the current wage situation in society. The state-owned and collective enterprises in Guangzhou were the first to be impacted by foreign goods. Sales volume declined, and most of the business operations were going downhill. Of course, the bigger problem was that those managers had no motivation to develop the enterprises well, and those that developed well were easily taken advantage of by others.

The Crown sedan is more comfortable, and it didn’t take long before we arrived at the guesthouse of my uncle’s company.

My uncle had already asked us to book two rooms, but he must be busy at the moment so he didn't come to pick up Wang Jiankun and the others.

So after checking in, Wang Jiankun and the others waited in the room, and around 11 o'clock, my uncle found time to come.

Wang Jiankun and his family of three were brought to meet the Ye family. The Ye family was also arranged in this guesthouse, and the wedding ceremony was held in the guesthouse in the evening.

At noon, I had lunch with the Ye family, including my aunt Ye Wenqian, her parents, her two brothers and sister-in-law. Each family brought a few children, and Wang Jiankun didn't count them all. There was also the introducer, my aunt's uncle Ye Yaohua, who also brought his two sons.

At noon, my uncle mainly introduced his sister's family to my aunt's family and they had a simple meal.

This time their wedding ceremony was relatively simple. In the morning, they sent two cars and six motorcycles to pick up the bride from my aunt's hometown to the guesthouse. At that time, my uncle was still living in a 2-square-meter house, and the company's welfare housing was still under construction. It was said that the house would be delivered in the first half of next year, so they had to come directly to the guesthouse.

Originally, Wang Jiankun wanted his eldest uncle to receive dividends in advance or to give him money directly so that he could buy a house as soon as possible. However, his eldest uncle was unwilling to do so, saying that it was unthinkable for a nephew to give money to his uncle to buy a wedding house. He also said that the company's houses were built every year, and if he bought a house, he might not get any dividends or would have to wait in line to get a house, so Wang Jiankun stopped persuading him.

During lunch, Wang Jiankun sat at the main table and chatted with his aunt's uncle. During the meal, Wang Jiankun showed his amazing talent for languages. He learned Indonesian while chatting with Uncle Ye. This move stunned the knowledgeable Uncle Ye. The uncle also praised Wang Jiankun at the right time and talked about his many geniuses.

Uncle Ye also took the opportunity to chat with him about all sorts of things, including politics, military affairs, and the customs and practices of South Asia. Wang Jiankun was able to catch up on most of the topics, which was also thanks to the knowledge he had gained from listening to shortwave radio stations around the world.

During the call, Wang Jiankun also learned about Uncle Ye's business situation. He has two main businesses. One is operating a 6-acre rubber plantation with an annual output of about 400 tons of rubber. Wang Jiankun calculated that he could earn more than 60 US dollars.

The other part is a shipping fleet, which has three 3-ton bulk carriers and two 5-ton ore transport ships. Wang Jiankun didn't quite understand the operating and profitability of this fleet. Uncle Ye did say that in the past two years his fleet has mainly been running routes from Southeast Asia to China and Japan, and the business has been pretty good. Seeing that Wang Jiankun was interested in shipping, he talked more about it.

Through the conversation with Ye's uncle, Wang Jiankun came up with an idea to set up a maritime transport team. He could start with small ships and engage in near-shore transportation. Then, as the number of manpower increased and management talents were trained, the shipping fleet could be gradually expanded, just like the current Yangtze River shipping fleet. Moreover, Wang Jiankun, the shipping king, had a way to solve the initial start-up capital problem.

At the same time, through the words of Ye's uncle, I learned some information about the situation in Indonesia. It is very simple to contract land there. As long as you pay money, most land and islands can be rented or purchased.

Wang Jiankun plans to buy a piece of land in Indonesia, preferably an island, where he can learn to build some plantations and then it will be convenient to manufacture some things.

Because this country has so many islands, the management of some of the small marginal islands is very loose. If they are contracted or purchased, almost no one will come to manage them, as long as you take good care of the government staff.

Wang Jiankun had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he took Ye Yaohua aside to chat. Later, Wang Jiankun made an agreement with him that when he went to Indonesia in July, he hoped that Ye Yaohua could introduce him to government officials to contact in order to rent land or buy an island.

With the help of his uncle, Ye Yaohua agreed, because he had nothing to lose by helping to introduce him, and he might even get some benefits in the future.

After all, his nephew's husband was able to rise so quickly and build such a profitable electronics factory. It is said that his brother also has industries in Hong Kong, so the power behind him might be very powerful.

A simple wedding ceremony was held that evening, with my eldest uncle's leader helping to preside over it. A total of eight tables of guests came, with five tables from my eldest uncle's side and three tables from my aunt's side. If all the guests from my aunt's side had come, there would have been more than ten tables, but considering the impact, eldest uncle of the Ye family took the initiative to persuade them to only invite the closest relatives to attend the wedding, and other slightly more distant relatives should not come, and could just invite them at home.

My aunt's family was quite reasonable, so my uncle didn't make things difficult for them. At that time, the reform and opening up had just taken place, so weddings were still mainly simple. So Wang Jiankun thought the wedding would be very lively, but it ended in a dull way.

The next morning, Wang Jiankun took his parents to Xingyao Electronics to take a look at the large-scale industrial production. At this time, the monocrystalline silicon workshop was already in operation, and there were 3 production lines in operation in the chip production workshop. The chip production capacity is currently greater than that of electronic watch production, but after the next few lines are put into production and the game console orders explode, the chip production line will have to be expanded.

Looking at the bright and clean production workshop, employees in different positions were working in an orderly manner at their workstations in work clothes of different colors. The only sound they could hear was the friction and vibration of the running machinery. Both parents were very shocked.

They asked the lighter factory in their home town if they wanted to learn from it as well. Wang Jiankun thought that they could standardize the work uniforms and then adjust the assembly process, but there was no need to make major changes to other things. After all, the production of electronic components was different from the purely mechanical and low-precision production of lighters.

In the office, Wang Jiankun asked Chen Dongxing to copy a copy of the account book in the computer to a floppy disk for him so that he could check the accounts. Chen Dongxing told the financial manager to do so without saying a word. This was his right as a major shareholder.

In Chen Dongxing's office, he reported to Wang Jiankun about the staff who would be sent to Wumei Luggage Factory. After listening to the introduction, Wang Jiankun didn't say much and told him to go ahead and do it. This area would still be fully managed by him in the future, and he only had to cooperate with the account checks regularly.

On the afternoon of May 5, Wang Jiankun and his family went shopping in the mall and then went to the train station to take a train home. His uncle and aunt went to the train station to see them off. His mother asked them to have a baby as soon as possible, which made his aunt blush and feel embarrassed. His uncle seemed to be hesitant to talk, and finally smiled and told his mother not to worry.

Wang Jiankun knew something, but he couldn't say for sure. So he let time tell. His uncle should be very happy.

Before getting in the car, Wang Jiankun stuffed 5 US dollars into his pocket and told him to find a bigger house as soon as possible and stop worrying about the company's housing allocation. The uncle still refused to accept it, so Wang Jiankun whispered to the uncle that it should be considered a gift for his nephew. The uncle paused and then accepted it.

Although he had many questions to ask Wang Jiankun, he knew that Wang Jiankun was a weirdo and tight-lipped person, so he took the money and sent Wang Jiankun and the others to the car.

Although it’s late, it’s here. Did everyone have a good time during the National Day?

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