Manufacturing Empire in the Valley

Chapter 1381 Clues in the Maintenance Shed

Keynes sighed heavily when he said this, with an annoyed look on his face.

The technical director of the team couldn't help asking: "What did you not expect?"

Cairns laughed at himself: "I didn't expect that the heavy trucks he bought from China are of good quality. Compared with the heavy trucks I purchased from Europe in the same period, they are not much inferior, but the price is a lot cheaper. , if it weren’t for the heavy trucks in my mine that still have several years of service life, I would definitely go to China to purchase heavy trucks immediately, and the price-performance ratio is very high.”

Hearing this, the technical director of the team showed hesitation: "Mr. Cairns, did you make a mistake? I know the level of car manufacturing in China. How can they manufacture heavy trucks that are comparable to European heavy trucks? "

Keynes curled his lips in disdain: "This is what I saw with my own eyes. Is it true that you are only allowed to make good cars today, and China must be worse than you?"

The technical director was choked, but he did not lose his temper, but politely made a request: "Mr. Cairns, can you take us to Mr. Smith's mine to learn about the situation? ?I didn't look down on the Chinese people just now, but the fact is like this. I'm curious about which Chinese car company can produce such excellent products. Can you help me? "

In view of the respectful attitude of the other party, Keynes did not refuse.He nodded: "Okay, I'll help you with this, let's drive there."

The two mines were not too far apart, and it took only a quarter of an hour for a few people to reach their destination by car.

After the car came to a complete stop, Cairns pointed to a work shed not far ahead and said, "That's the maintenance area, you can go and have a look, if anyone blocks you, you can report my name to ensure that you can pass through unimpeded." .”

The technical director bowed to Cairns to thank him, and then led a few of his men into the maintenance shed.

Several dusty orientals were burying their heads in their work, and the technical supervisor led people to walk behind them, only then did they realize that outsiders had come.

The leader was a middle-aged and elderly man with gray hair. He looked at these unfamiliar faces curiously, and he was stunned for a moment before asking, "Are you also Chinese?"

Since he spoke Chinese, these few Japanese could not understand him at all.Seeing that the other party was talking to me, although he didn't know what he was talking about, the head technical director still bowed politely and said hello in Japanese.

When the middle-aged man heard that it was in Japanese, his expression immediately changed.He yelled at a black woman sitting in the corner of the shed: "Miss Monica, please invite these Japanese people out, lest they disturb our work."

Monica immediately put down the book in her hand, and walked over with a promise. She pointed to the direction of the door and said in English: "Please leave here, don't disturb our work."

The technical director bowed very politely: "Hello miss, we were brought here by Mr. Cairns to observe and study. Could you please be lenient?"

When Monica heard that it was someone brought by Keynes, she couldn't help showing embarrassment, and explained in a low voice to the middle-aged man who ordered her to evict him.

This middle-aged man has been here for more than a year, of course he knows who Keynes is.Although Cairns is not his boss, he is Smith's good buddy after all. Even for Smith's sake, he can't stick to his own opinion.

He hummed in a muffled voice: "Since Mr. Keynes brought the person here, let's forget it."

Monica nodded and returned to the desk to continue reading.She was reading a Chinese textbook, obviously wanting to continue to improve her Chinese.

The next few Japanese visited the shed, and soon they discovered something special: all the tires and brake pads were piled up in the shed, and as for the engine or other mechanical parts, there was a None seen.

Everyone is engaged in cars, and this situation can be seen at a glance.The technical supervisor thought to himself: Judging from the auto parts piled up in the shed, it seems that these heavy trucks from China only have problems with tires and brake pads.

It is easy to understand that tires are replaced frequently. Their heavy trucks are working in mines, and there are gravels everywhere. In addition, the trucks carry very heavy ore, so the tires are easy to burst, or appear bulges and damages. replace.

The brake pads are also easy to understand. The terrain of the mine is undulating, and the brakes need to be stepped on frequently, so the wear of the brake pads will be very serious, and this also needs to be replaced frequently.

But... But won't the other parts go wrong?For example, the engine and drive shaft, are there no problems at all?
The heavy-duty trucks used in mines need to carry dozens of tons of ore. In the case of undulating terrain, sometimes it is necessary to climb uphill for transportation, which is a great test for the power system of the truck.

The heavy-duty trucks manufactured here are caused by engine explosion and drive shaft fracture due to overloading. Although Toyota has no experience in manufacturing heavy-duty trucks before, it may not be good at the design and materials of large-displacement diesel engines, but Toyota after all It's Toyota, no matter how bad it is in terms of design or casting materials, it can't be worse than China, right?
What's more, this project is also supported by the Mitsui Foundation, the parent company of Toyota. Mitsui is very powerful in the field of heavy industry. If this is the case, why are the batches of heavy trucks we manufactured worse than those in China?

In order to clarify this problem, the technical director walked up to Monica with a smile on his face, and asked very politely: "Miss, can you act as a temporary interpreter for us? This is what we paid for." reward."

As he spoke, he handed Monica a hundred-dollar bill.In Africa, one hundred dollars is definitely a lot of money.Monica's eyes lit up, she immediately put the money in her pocket, stood up and said, "No problem, who do you want to communicate with?"

The technical director glanced at the Chinese maintenance workers who were changing the tires, and said with a smile, "They don't seem to welcome us very much. You are acquainted with them, so please help us make a difference."

Monica showed hesitation when she heard this, but for the sake of money, she finally nodded: "Well, I can try it, if they still don't want to talk to you, then you can't blame me gone."

The technical director nodded immediately: "Naturally, we certainly won't blame you."

(End of this chapter)