Hong Kong Island's New Rich Era

Chapter 54 Engine Test

After Niu Guangli left, Liu Zhicheng lay down on the big chair and began to worry about the engine research and development work again.

Liu Zhicheng stood up, stretched, and decided to go to the engine R&D center to take a look.

Of course, he is not trying to make decisions. He is a blank slate in the field of engines and he is self-aware of this.

Therefore, only capable engineers who can unleash their creativity can succeed. I just listened and watched today.

"Mr. Liu, our No. 1 machine started running for a few seconds, and the noise from the box increased, making a harsh sound. After a few minutes, oil began to seep out of the box."

Engineer Liu Xiaofang explained to Liu Zhicheng the process of the failure of Engine 1 and asked, "Are all engine parts purchased or produced by ourselves now?"

"We produce the housing, pistons and bearings ourselves, and the rest are parts purchased from Yamaha's cooperative factories." Liu Xiaofang said to his boss.

Because these key parts are all produced by Yamaha Motor Company itself and will never be sold in small quantities.

Liu Zhicheng said "Oh" and said no more. As a layman, it would be useless to say more. He called his assistant Han Chunxi to prepare afternoon tea. The greatest support was to keep the research team motivated and worry-free.

Liu Zhicheng has invested tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars in the construction of this engine research center and has purchased new CNC machine tools, computers, and nondestructive testing equipment.

In fact, the R&D team of the R&D center has made remarkable achievements in the past period of time. They have successively conquered the cylinder, piston and clutch for targeted imitation. In the continuous experiments, they have collected data and made samples respectively, reaching practical standards.

This means that the engine research and development work has been going smoothly during this period, and 99% of it has been completed, with only the casing being the finishing touch.

If the problem with the box is solved, it means that the imitation 70CC engine is successful and large-scale production can begin.

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November 10th is the beginning of winter.

Liu Zhicheng received a report from Huo Haiqing yesterday. After a long period of preparation, the second experiment of the new Unit 1 will be carried out today.

Liu Zhicheng also took it very seriously. He took a bath and changed his clothes before going out, and burned a stick of incense to Guan Gong, praying for his blessing for a successful engine test today.

Today will be the time to witness the results. When Liu Zhicheng came to the laboratory, all the engineers were waiting for his order in the laboratory.

Crankshaft, transmission, piston, cylinder..., according to the process, they are gradually assembled in the hands of engineers, and an engine is born under the watchful eyes of everyone.

After a moment, everyone held their breath, waiting for Liu Xiaofang's order to ignite the engine.

Liu Xiaofang glanced at Liu Zhicheng, then looked at his watch, and said, "Start!"

The test engineer immediately connected the testing equipment and started the ignition.

With a "click", the new No. 1 unit did not move at all. Faced with the failure of the new engine to ignite, Liu Xiaofang broke out in a sweat.

The failure to ignite the fire in front of the boss this time cast a gloomy shadow over everyone in the experiment, including Liu Zhicheng, but he did not express anything.

Liu Xiaofang quickly took charge and checked everything himself, then asked the assembly engineer to loosen the sparkler plug two turns.

Sure enough, after such a seemingly simple operation, the engine started again and roared.

The engine began to emit black smoke and finally started to run. Seeing this scene, everyone smiled.

When Liu Zhicheng saw the engine start, he relaxed a lot. Unfortunately, after the engine ran for five seconds, it stalled again and stopped running. Liu Zhicheng's heart sank. He failed again.

The accessories have all been tested and passed, some are even original accessories, why would the same problem occur?

Liu Xiaofang quickly arranged for someone to disassemble the engine and find out the cause. It was the same cause: the cylinder had a scratch, and the piston had pulled the cylinder and left a scar.

As the boss, Liu Zhicheng knew that everyone must be in a low mood at this time. Even if he was the most disappointed, he had to stand up and cheer everyone up and give them some encouragement.

"Engineer Liu, it's better to find out the problem than to be kept in the dark. We can start now. Although we have failed many times, we will succeed eventually."

"Mr. Liu, don't worry. This time I will use the method of elimination to narrow down the problem to the smallest scope. I don't believe that I can't find the problem."

Liu Xiaofang is experienced, and this is when his strengths came into play. He immediately began to clean the parts, asked the assembly engineer to install the original cylinder, and ignited the engine again.

The "thump thump" sound lasted only about seven or eight seconds, and then the engine stalled again, two or three seconds longer than before.

After testing, it was found that the cause of the flameout was engine overheating and the casing was hot to the touch.

Liu Zhicheng felt that his presence here had some impact on everyone's performance and made the engineers hesitant.

He just said a few words to Liu Xiaofang and then left the scene.

Come with joy and leave with disappointment.

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As soon as I sat down in the Orange Technology office, Wang Xingfa came over to report on the listing plan for Snake.

Liu Zhicheng took the plan and took a look at it. Wang Xingfa's plan was still to release it in the local area first, then in Southeast Asia, and finally in Europe and the United States.

10月20日先期在香江上市，10月28日在东南亚启动销售，11月11日启动全球销售。

Wang Xingfa's release time was a complete revenge for the Apple fans of his previous life, and Liu Zhicheng was very satisfied with this plan.

Liu Zhicheng thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Wang, there should be no problem with our production capacity now, right? Don't let us make a fool of ourselves if we can't supply the goods later."

"Mr. Liu, the plan I made is prepared for this situation, and we have also produced 4,000 units in advance and stored them in the warehouse," Wang Xingfa reported.

If the game console is really released globally at the first opportunity, Liu Zhicheng believes that Orange Technology will encounter big problems. Not only will the production capacity and logistics be affected, but even the quality of the game consoles may be affected due to the rush to deliver the goods.

"With our tiered distribution method, we must be on the lookout for pirated arcade machines. If we find any, we must crack down on them forcefully to protect our rights."

Pirated arcade games will definitely appear, it's just a matter of time and scale, and we must crack down on them as soon as possible. Thinking of this, Liu Zhicheng continued.

"As soon as our arcade games are released, we must send city investigators to see if there are any pirated copies of our games on the market."

"Moreover, we need to cooperate with our trading partners. Once they find pirated copies appearing in the market, they are welcome to report it and we will give them rewards."

Simply relying on one's own supervision may not be enough, and it is necessary to mobilize the power of stakeholders and the people.

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