Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

The audience was shocked. Was this a test failure? They felt sorry, but they could understand. It was the first test, so it was normal to have problems. They could just make some improvements. They just had to think of a way to make the report look better. For domestically produced cars, the public opinion had to be well maintained.

While some people are thinking positively, there are others who are taking advantage of others’ misfortunes.

"Hahaha! Baka! As expected, we failed. You Chinese are just incompetent. You still want to produce your own cars? You are all bastards! Hahahaha!"

Everyone in the front row turned their heads in unison and glared at the Japanese reporter who had spoken. The Japanese reporter was not afraid of being stared at by everyone, but instead looked back at everyone provocatively.

He was about to open his mouth to continue mocking, but the next moment, several factory security guards, who were actually soldiers from the Punishment Army, rushed up. The leader, holding a brick in his hand, hit the Japanese reporter on the forehead.

With a snap, the brick broke. The Japanese reporter was stunned. A stream of blood flowed down his forehead, staining his face red.

He pointed at the security guard who had taken action.

"You...how dare you?"

Then he collapsed.

Several security guards quickly took out a black hood, put it on him, tied him up with ropes, and carried him away from the stands.

Everyone was a little stunned. Was it not a good idea to kidnap someone in public? Shouldn't we pay attention to the impact?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Qinwu suddenly pointed at the test site and shouted, "Hou Lixie! Oh my God! It's a charcoal cart! They even built a charcoal cart!"

Everyone turned their heads to look at the test field. At some point, a truck that looked not much different from the previous one, except that it had a stove-like device on the car body, a chimney, and smoke coming out of it, appeared running on the test field.

This charcoal truck can reach a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. With Li Qinwu's superpowers, Mr. Tang made great improvements and increased the efficiency of the gas generator, which increased the speed and cargo carrying capacity of the charcoal truck.

The charcoal car ran round and round in the test field, running very smoothly. Everyone watching was amazed, and the matter of the Japanese reporter was thrown aside.

When Mr. Tang was driving the charcoal cart in circles, the wet wood in the stove was almost boiling, and the car had the most power. He took the opportunity to start climbing the slope and successfully climbed up. When going downhill, he stepped on the brakes and went down steadily, then drove past the stalled car and Colin, who looked confused.

Mr. Tang drove his car to the viewing stand, stopped, got out and bowed to everyone.

"Everyone, I am Tang Zhongming, an automotive engineer at Julong Company. The charcoal car I designed has passed the test. The charcoal car does not need to burn oil, but only burns charcoal that can be found everywhere. It is very suitable for the current backward situation of our country's industry.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Julong Company plans to mass produce charcoal cars at the end of this month. If you are interested in cooperation, you can come to Julong Steel Plant for detailed discussions. "

The reporters took a lot of photos and captured Mr. Tang and the charcoal car behind him. Although the car test was not successful, the success of the charcoal car was exciting enough!

The reporters were very excited, and several even ran down the stands to surround Mr. Tang and ask about the details of the charcoal truck.

Deputy Mayor Tao pulled Li Jin aside and asked, "Director Li, are you planning to start production now?"

Li Jin nodded: "Yes, the technical difficulty of charcoal carts is lower than that of cars. Our factory has already prepared the production workshop, and the production line will be completed by the end of the month.

Mayor Tao, how about it? Do you want to invest in it?"

Deputy Mayor Tao licked his lips. What should he do? He was so excited. Should he invest in the company? But if he did, he would be tied to the Punishment Army. If something unexpected happened in the future, the cost of falling out would be too high.

Li Jin saw that this guy wanted to invest but was hesitant, and knew that his indecisiveness had come back again, so he immediately started to persuade him.

"Mayor Tao, the cost of making a charcoal cart in our factory is about 900 dollars, and we plan to sell it for 1500 dollars. We will make a net profit of 600 dollars for each charcoal cart sold!"

In fact, the cost is lower, with a ceramic steel car body, a self-produced gas generator, and steel grown underground in the north, and mainly labor costs, which cost about 700 yuan. You can't be too honest. You have to make some money after cooperating.

Deputy Mayor Tao was very tempted, but he still had doubts.

"Can this car really be sold?"

They had already thought about the sales problem. Li Jin gave him an example: "There is definitely a market for this car. You see, foreign countries have buses. We can also use charcoal cars to run bus routes. Chongqing alone can purchase one or two hundred cars to open bus routes. Each person will pay two copper coins to get on the bus. This will not only develop urban transportation, but also generate new income.

Once Chongqing’s charcoal buses are rolled out, will other cities follow suit?

In addition to buses, we can also set up a freight company, engage in logistics, and use official vehicles as cars. We can also make sedan versions. In short, there is a lot of room for development!"

Deputy Mayor Tao was persuaded, but this investment...

"Director Li, how much does it cost to buy shares? How many shares can I buy? To be honest, the finances are fully booked recently and I can't spare any money."

Li Jin already had a solution for this.

"You don't have to have money to invest. You can also invest in land."

He took out a map from his briefcase, pointed his finger at the location of the Julong Steel Plant, drew a big circle, and marked several points on Liu Xiang's territory.

"Mayor Tao, Julong Steel Plant is expanding rapidly. The plant has been expanded three times and still not enough. How about Chongqing using the land as a stake? Give these places to Julong Company, and let you own 3% of the shares."

"Four percent!"

Deputy Mayor Tao didn't expect that he would give up so many shares. He looked at the places Li Jin pointed out on the map. They were all remote areas and had no value. He gave them away, but he didn't understand why Julong Company wanted these places?

"I don't know what the Julong Company wants these places for. They are scattered all over the place. Some of the land is 200 miles away."

Deputy Mayor Tao did not understand and asked, and Li Jin explained: "The Julong Steel Plant is getting bigger and bigger, and the plant area is getting bigger and bigger, but now we are facing the military threat of the Japanese. Who can guarantee that the Japanese will fight near Sichuan?

If we go to the centralized industrial zone, and the Japanese bombers come over, it will all be over. We can't put all our eggs in one basket. The Julong Steel Plant plans to open branches in these remote areas. "

In fact, opening a branch factory was just an excuse. The pieces of land that Julong Company wanted were gas fields that were discovered in the future. They wanted to get these pieces of land in advance to facilitate future mining.

Deputy Mayor Tao looked at the map and thought about the instructions Liu Xiang had sent back to the punitive army: The current situation is special, so we should not make a strong enemy. If the other party does not take any radical actions, we can cooperate with them temporarily and make plans after the fighting on the front line is over.