Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Niu Er turned around and saw that it was Li Qinwu who called him. A flattering smile appeared on his wrinkled old face.

"Boss Li...Boss Li, what do you want me to do?"

Li Qinwu walked up to him and handed him a cigarette, which Niu Er took in a panic.

While taking the cigarette, Li Qinwu saw that his wrinkled hands were covered with calluses. There was not much flesh on his dry palms, but his skeleton had become thick due to years of work.

Li Qinwu sighed. It was the nth time he sighed for the hardship of farmers' lives in this era.

"Uncle Niu, our factory has a new policy. We plan to provide cars to you workers. For a position like yours that transports vegetables, we plan to provide you with a small tricycle. In the future, Uncle Niu, it will be much easier for you to deliver vegetables on a tricycle!"

When Niu Er heard about this, a look of panic appeared on his face.

"Ah? A car? No, no! If the car is damaged, I can't afford the compensation!"

Li Qinwu didn't expect this reaction. He scratched his head and said, "Don't be afraid, Uncle Niu. Our factory's truck is very sturdy. How could you damage it by transporting vegetables?"

Niu Er shrank his body, looking very timid.

"This cart is too expensive. I can't stand any bumps or scratches. If it gets stolen, I can't afford to sell my old bones to pay for it. I don't want it anymore. I don't want it anymore. My wheelbarrow is fine. I still have the strength to push it."

Li Qinwu tried to persuade Niu Er for more than half an hour, but Niu Er just kept shaking his head like a rattle and was unwilling to accept the tricycle. His timid and fearful look really made Li Qinwu angry, and at the same time, sadness flashed through his heart. How many Chinese people in this era are like Niu Er, who has been oppressed by the world and become so cowardly?

Li Qinwu's patience was quickly exhausted. He became ruthless and shouted, "Uncle Niu! I'm not negotiating with you! This is a task assigned to you by the factory!"

You push a wheelbarrow to deliver vegetables, it's so slow. If you delay the delivery of vegetables to the factory, the workers won't have meals. Can you afford it? Go to the logistics department right now to get a tricycle, or you'll have to quit your job!"

After shouting this, Niu Er no longer argued with Li Qinwu, but simply knelt down in front of him.

"Boss Li! Boss Li! I beg you not to fire me, please don't fire me, otherwise my whole family will starve to death!"

As he said this, he was about to kowtow to Li Qinwu, and Li Qinwu was so scared that he hurried over to help him up.

Seeing this grown man so scared that his nose and tears started streaming down his face just because he yelled at him, Li Qinwu felt sorry for him, but felt even more sad and angry at him for not fighting back.

"Hey! Uncle Niu, I was a little loud. Don't mind it. The factory gave you a car as a reward. Just don't take the initiative to break it. Even if it gets bumped or stolen, it's not your fault. Do you understand?"

Niu Er stammered, "But...but I don't know how to ride a tricycle!"

"It's okay, that thing is simple, just sit on the bike and pedal the wheels. Come on, go get the bike right away, I'll teach you!"

As he said that, he pulled Niu Er to the logistics area, took a small tricycle, and taught him how to ride it in the open space.

The tricycle is indeed easy to use. Unlike a two-wheeled vehicle where you have to control the center of gravity, you can just get on the tricycle and go. There is nothing much to teach. Li Qinwu taught Niu Er how to control the direction and how to brake, and Niu Er got the hang of it right away.

Niu Er rode his bicycle around in the open space again and again, which made the old farmer experience a different kind of joy. He actually felt it was quite fun. He pedaled the tricycle very fast, and the tricycle sped around in the open space, and he laughed.

"Oh! So fast! Oh! The wind feels so cool!"

Li Qinwu stood aside and laughed happily. That's right, it should be like this! We should be more confident and happy. This is the color of the Chinese people.

The next day, Li Qinwu gathered together several purchasing agents in the factory and gave them small tricycles.

The factory has to supply meals to so many people, and there are more than 20 buyers alone, all of whom are from Niujia Village. These people need to go to other villages to buy vegetables. Now that they are provided with tricycles, won’t the buyers become living advertisements by going from street to street?

Li Qinwu also gave all the technicians a bicycle as a reward from the factory.

Among the workers recruited from Niujia Village, Li Qinwu selected the 10 most enthusiastic model workers and distributed bicycles to them for transporting goods.

The car was not given to them as a gift, but because of their contribution to the factory, the factory allocated them a car to facilitate their entry and exit from the factory. In essence, it is the use of a public car for private purposes.

This series of actions instantly ignited the workers' emotions. Both technical workers and porters were in high spirits. Their work efficiency and yield rate increased by several percentage points. Everyone had a beaming expression on their face and declared that they would give their lives to the factory.

This behavior is not surprising. The factory now gives them bicycles, which is similar to giving cars to employees in later generations. Who wouldn't treat the factory as their own home?

After the implementation of this policy, many workers in Niujia Village began to ride bicycles to and from work. Those who did not get bicycles looked at the ten model workers with jealousy in their eyes.

The 10 model workers rode those bicycles to and from get off work every day. Not only were they faster than them, but they also raised their noses to the sky as if they were so glorious. This made them so angry that they swore to work hard in the future, strive to become model workers, and have the factory give them bicycles as well.

But that is a matter for the future. Now they are eager to own a bicycle!

On the third day after implementing the car allocation strategy for the workers, Village Chief Niu was pushed by the workers to find Li Qinwu.

He knocked on the door outside Li Qinwu's drawing room. After getting Li Qinwu's permission to enter, he rubbed his feet outside the door for a long time before pushing the door open.

Li Qinwu smiled and asked the shy village chief Niu: "Village chief Niu, what do you want to talk to me about? Come on, sit down, don't stand."

Li Qinwu asked Village Chief Niu to sit on the chair next to the drawing table and poured him a glass of water with a smile.

Village Chief Niu took the water with great trepidation, nodded and bowed to express his gratitude, and then asked cautiously, "Boss Li..."

"It's Director Li, and the boss is Li Jin."

"Oh, okay, Director Li, Director Li, Director Li, I want to ask you something. The workers in our village saw someone riding a bicycle and they were very envious. But... can you sell this bicycle to our own people?"

Li Qinwu nodded affirmatively.

"Of course, if outsiders can buy the bicycle, our workers can also buy it. If our workers buy it, we will pay the internal price, 26 dollars in full."

Village chief Niu looked happy at first, but then he became hesitant.

"This... is still too expensive. Director Li, is there any other way? People in our village really like this bicycle!"

In fact, it is the competitive mentality that is at work. Niujia Village is a relatively united village. Everyone in it has the surname Niu and they are all related. But precisely because of this unity mentality, some people have bicycles, and those who don’t have them feel unbalanced, which arouses their desire to win.

Li Qinwu had a smile on his face. This was exactly his publicity strategy, which made the villagers take the initiative to ask him for a car.

As long as there are people who are interested in this thing, the influence of the bicycle will spread from one village to two villages, and from two villages to three villages. It won’t be long before all the villages around Chongqing know about the Julong brand bicycles.

As everyone competes with each other, Julong brand bicycles enter their lives. Over time, they will discover the convenience of bicycles and the added value that bicycles bring to production, and some people will regard them as a product worthy of investment!

Li Qinwu looked at Village Chief Niu with a smile and said, "Well, I know that everyone is in financial difficulty. Since everyone needs to buy cars, the factory must come up with policies.

Village Chief Liu, next I will introduce you to the car rental service newly developed by the factory."