Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 53: The road to industry is still long
After a busy day, time came to the beginning of October.

Chigo Industry finally brought good news: its first industrial product: the motorcycle was finally born.

During this period, the motorcycle R&D center on the tenth floor of Building C was brightly lit and the first Chigo motorcycle was assembled with the overtime work of many technicians.

When Liu Zhicheng received Han Chunxi's report, he hurried to Chigo Company. When he arrived at the test site, he saw that everyone inside was in high spirits.

"chug…"

Liu Zhicheng saw a motorcycle running back and forth on a simple test field in the factory, and the engineers couldn't wait to start testing.

When Huo Haiqing saw the boss coming, he immediately ran over to report and said happily: "Mr. Liu, our motorcycle has been assembled and is now undergoing road testing so that we can find problems in time and make improvements in time."

"Well, good. This is the beginning of our success." Liu Zhicheng was also a little excited and encouraged Huo Haiqing.

When the test motorcycle passed by them, Huo Haiqing asked the tester to park the motorcycle in front of them.

Only then did Liu Zhicheng see clearly that it was just a lump of iron with no paint on the surface. At first glance, it looked like a Honda 70.

"This is something we assembled purely, right?" Liu Zhicheng asked, touching the motorcycle.

"Mr. Liu, it's almost like that, but we modified it into a simple production line."

The person who answered Liu Zhicheng was a middle-aged engineer named Liu Xiaofang. He wore glasses with thick lenses and had messy hair, looking like a workaholic.

He is a Chinese mechanical manufacturing engineer who was recruited from Italy by Huo Haiqing and his team with great effort.

Liu Zhicheng nodded, signaled the motorcycle to continue testing, and slowly said, "Mr. Huo, Mr. Liu, let's go to the office for a meeting first."

Liu Zhicheng felt that there was nothing to celebrate now. Although it was produced in his own workshop, the "heart" and appearance of the motorcycle belonged to someone else. It was like an adopted son and did not have Zhigao's own blood.

The purpose of Liu Zhicheng's solution meeting today is to address these issues and give Chigo motorcycles their own "bloodline".

It is not shameful to imitate others, but it is shameful to keep imitating.

In the conference room, Liu Zhicheng took the lead in speaking and said, "Thank you Mr. Liu and Mr. Huo for your hard work during this period. Chigo has taken a big step forward in the field of motorcycle manufacturing."

Huo Haiqing and the others nodded, indicating that this was what they should do.

"Why did I just say it was a big step, instead of a firm step?"

Liu Zhicheng paused for a moment, took a sip of tea, and continued, "The main reason is that we don't have our own engine for motorcycles yet, and we haven't designed our own complete vehicle products."

"Mr. Liu, our engine imitation work is in progress. We have developed the first generation prototype, which has been successfully ignited, but it extinguished in just a few seconds. We are currently looking for problems and developing a new prototype."

Seeing that his boss was concerned about the engine research, Huo Haiqing quickly reported to his boss and continued, "At present, we are designing a prototype car with a brand new shell, and we have already produced several versions of the drawings."

"For a new car model, only the shell is designed, not the entire car?" Liu Zhicheng continued to ask.

"Yes, our technical reserves are still insufficient at the moment, and we are currently working hard to build a team," Huo Haiqing replied.

Liu Zhicheng knocked on the table with his hand, thought for a moment and asked, "Engineer Liu, what problems do you think our engine research is facing now?"

Liu Xiao worked in a certain brand's engine research laboratory in Italy for many years and has extensive engine design and R&D capabilities.

"Mr. Liu, I think our material engineers are a little weak. The first test run of the No. 1 prototype failed. Although we are still looking for the cause, we can be sure that there may be problems with the materials."

"Well, Mr. Huo, you must strengthen the talent pool in this area and try every possible means to make up for the shortcomings." Liu Zhicheng said to Huo Haiqing.

"Okay, Mr. Liu." "Next time you do an engine ignition test, remember to let me know to watch. I want to stand with everyone."

Liu Zhicheng was also very serious and eager about the research on engines, because he always believed that this was the first step in the self-strengthening of the national industry.

After Liu Xiaofang left, Liu Zhicheng called Niu Guangli over again and asked him to report on the situation of the fan business unit.

Although the fan industry was just his stepping stone and the beginning of the industry, it included a seemingly unimportant motor research and development job.

But the next step involves electric starting of the motorcycle, which requires the use of an electric motor. This is also a kind of technical reserve so as not to start from scratch.

After a while, Niu Guangli came to the office.

"Liu Sheng."

"Please sit down, Manager Niu." Liu Zhicheng said as he reviewed the documents.

After a moment, Liu Zhicheng put down the documents in his hand and asked Niu Guangli: "Manager Niu, how are the sales of fans now?"

"Mr. Liu, the northern hemisphere is starting to get colder, and the order volume is not large, only about 5 units, and the delivery cycle is in May next year." Niu Guangli was prepared and answered with ease.

"Well, what are the next production plans? They won't give the workers a holiday."

"We plan to produce 500,000 units in reserve throughout the entire negotiation season to avoid rushing work during the peak order season next year," Niu Guangli replied.

The fan industry is a seasonal industry. When it is busy, it is very busy, but when it is off season, there is nothing to do.

The main reason is that the products are too single. If it is industrial electric fans, there is no seasonality.

"Hundreds of thousands of electric fans, do you have a warehouse big enough for that?" Liu Zhicheng was shocked by Niu Guangli's production plan of 500,000 units and could not help but ask this question.

"Mr. Liu, we mainly sell to big customers in advance. We will send a portion of the products to our big customers first, but we won't collect payment in the early stage. We will only collect payment after they place an order."

Niu Guangli's move was to break the whole into parts, but Liu Zhicheng was still not reassured and asked, "How are you going to ensure the safety of the goods? This is not a small problem."

"In fact, we only delivered goods to a few large supermarkets. Our salesmen followed up on the orders, and we signed agreements with several large supermarkets. Of course, there are preferential conditions."

"I don't care about the discounts. As long as we don't stop production and make a loss, you can do whatever you want."

Liu Zhicheng drank tea, looked at the work briefing, and then asked, "How is the development of motors going now? Why is there no report on motors in the briefing during this period?"

Niu Guangli smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, the main reason is that we don't have anything to show for it and it's hard to report. Although we have designed several models, there are quality issues and we still can't achieve mass production."

"Well, we have to hurry up. Regardless of the results, you still have to report regularly. I will also come to visit the research center when I have time."

This is still a material problem. Just like the engine, samples can be made, but quality problems always occur.

The road to industrial development is long and arduous, and requires continuous capital investment.

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