Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

Li Tiandi's negotiations were successful. He first gave gifts to please and established a basis for conversation. Then he used the past behavior style of the Punishment Army as an example to show that the Punishment Army would not disrupt the local ruling order. Then he threatened militarily. If it didn't work, the Punishment Army was not afraid to fight you. It's just that there were external enemies and the Punishment Army didn't want to waste time internally. Finally, he looked into the future and said that everyone could cooperate and make money together. It would be good for you, me and everyone.

After a round of conversation, Deputy Mayor Tao and the other two had a long discussion, but felt that they could not make the decision, so they told the news to Liu Xiang at the front line and let him make the decision.

Li Tiandi had no idea how Liu Xiang responded, but the city defense regiment was dispersed, and the patrolmen who surrounded the Longlong Store were also dispersed. Only one company of soldiers was stationed outside the Julong Steel Plant.

Seeing that the soldiers of that company still had to set up tents, Li Qinwu simply sent someone to ask them to camp directly inside the Julong Steel Plant. The Julong Steel Plant would vacate dormitories for them, and they would also be responsible for the security of the Julong Steel Plant.

When Captain Wang heard that the Julong Steel Plant was willing to let his people enter the factory, he agreed immediately. This made the three senior officials feel relieved. The Punishment Army was willing to open up their industries to allow them to station troops, which was a very sincere gesture.

In order to reassure them completely, Li Qinwu also asked them to send tax officials to the factory to be stationed there permanently, to make the profits of the Julong Steel Plant and the Longlong Convenience Store public, and to let them collect taxes according to the tax law. However, Li Qinwu also warned them that they should just collect taxes and not come up with any fancy excuses. Otherwise, if the Julong Company could not reach an agreement with them, he would let the Punishment Army negotiate with them.

After two blows, and with no sign of the punitive soldiers, the conflict between the two sides was temporarily eased.

On the 7th, the day of Colin's first version of the car test, Li Qinwu invited dignitaries from all walks of life in Chongqing, consuls of various countries stationed in Chongqing, business representatives, and newspaper reporters to visit, preparing to show the true face of domestically produced cars to the people of the country.

Tao, Wang Ji and the other two naturally arrived. Li Jin received them warmly and led them to sit on the viewing stand built in the test field.

During the preparation period, Deputy Mayor Tao asked Li Jin: "Director Li, you are making such a big fuss, are you really sure about the domestically produced cars?"

Li Jin said matter-of-factly: "90% of the parts of the car we tested this time were produced by ourselves. The only unimportant parts that were not produced by ourselves were batteries. As long as the test car can be driven this time, we will have taken the first step towards producing our own cars."

Deputy Mayor Tao nodded in agreement.

"Yes, as long as it can be driven, it is progress. Director Li doesn't know that a while ago, a government car had a broken headlight and the repair cost was 500 dollars! These foreigners are asking for such a high price, it's really abominable!"

Li Jin smiled and said, "The foreigners have monopolized the technology. We can't make it, so they will naturally ask for a lot of money. But it won't be long before we are no longer being ripped off by the foreigners. Look, the test has begun."

Upon hearing this, Deputy Mayor Tao perked up and looked towards the testing site.

I saw a maintenance vehicle towing a truck coming to the front of the viewing stand. Once it arrived, the maintenance vehicle drove aside and waited, leaving the truck there for everyone to watch carefully.

"Oh, is this our own car? It looks so impressive!"

Someone in the group of reporters praised it, then raised his camera and started taking pictures.

This car is indeed impressive, with sharp edges and a very capable look. The car body was designed by Li Qinwu himself and had to be made urgently by Tao Steel Factory. The whole body is painted military green, and the three words "Colin" are painted in red on both sides of the body.

I don't know who suddenly clapped, everyone in the audience began to applaud, and Deputy Mayor Tao also applauded. He asked: "Director Li, why do you have the words "Kelin" written on this car?"

Li Jin explained: "Colin is our automotive engineer. He was in charge of the development of this car. To thank him for his contribution, the factory plans to name the car after him. Look, that's Colin."

The door of the "Colin" opened, and Colin, wearing a suit, a top hat, and Chelsea leather boots, got out of the car. He bowed to the audience and said loudly: "My hairdressers, I am Colin, an automotive engineer of Julong Company. The "Colin" is my child. It may be a little shy for its first appearance, but it will try its best to perform. So without further ado, the first public test of the "Colin" begins."

Li Qinwu, who was hiding behind the audience seats, lit a cigarette for himself. The tests were done last night, and they confirmed that the car could be driven before releasing it for people to see. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if it broke down during the first public test.

Li Qinwu was enjoying the sighs of the people around him when he suddenly heard a reporter next to him snort coldly.

"Baga, a backward country like yours wants to produce its own cars. You're just daydreaming!"

Li Qinwu glanced at the guy who was speaking. He knew from his face that he was a little bastard. Damn it, he didn’t invite the little bastard’s reporter. Did he come uninvited?

Li Qinwu used mind sharing to contact his clone who was sitting nearby as a security guard.

"Keep an eye on this bastard. When there's no one around, send him to the rubber factory to extract his value."

Colin introduced himself, let the reporters take pictures, got into the driver's seat, and started the car under everyone's expectant eyes.

After a roar, the car slowly drove out. At this moment, everyone stood up and kept clapping. Needless to say, they were very excited.

Deputy Mayor Tao's hands were almost broken from clapping, and his wrinkled old face smiled like a chrysanthemum. As an official who advocated saving the country through industry, he knew best what cars meant.

"Well done, Director Li, you're great! You really made a domestically made car!"

If he had been on guard against the Punitive Army before, now he only wanted to cooperate with them.

Colin drove the car around the test field several times and also conducted tests such as climbing, downhill, gravel roads, and off-road on bad roads.

Every time he completed a project, the cheers from the audience became louder. Colin gradually lost himself and drove faster and faster. He drove the car to 60 kilometers per hour, which was a very high speed considering the automobile technology of that era.

Colin on the top rushed up the gentle slope to test the climbing performance at this speed. When he went downhill, the car crashed down heavily. People who have driven a car know that this is a very damaging action. Normally, people would slow down when going downhill, but Colin went downhill at high speed here, and then the tragedy happened.

With a sudden click, the car suddenly lost its balance and the front of the car twisted and turned wildly. Everyone knew that it was out of control and the audience was in an uproar.

The twisted truck almost overturned, but fortunately Colin had great skills and controlled the steering wheel to stabilize the vehicle, slowly stopping the truck.

Colin's face was covered in cold sweat. The truck almost overturned just now. Fortunately, he turned it over, but what went wrong with the car?

Colin got out of the car, leaned over and looked under the car, oh, the drive shaft was broken.