Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2032 The Big Camphor Tree Car Factory Goes into Production!
It has been half a month since Yang Tianlong and his team transported the car manufacturing equipment back to the headquarters.

In the past two weeks, the car manufacturing plant at the headquarters base has been extremely busy.

In fact, before Yang Tianlong and his team returned, Bi Yuning, one of Ding Jiu's chief managers, had already begun building the car factory.

In the short span of half a month since their return, Liu Huajiu and his team, along with the car manufacturing workers recruited by the entire camphor tree force, have installed, tested, adjusted, and debugged the equipment in a very short time.

The camphor tree region is not lacking in talent, especially with such a large population base, it can always find talent in various industries.

Three months have passed since the last rain, and in these three months, the population of the Great Camphor Tree faction has once again reached a new high.

It has reached a staggering 60!
Especially after the second high-level meeting, the northern border was repositioned, and with the expansion of publicity efforts at the Dazhangshu headquarters base, the entire radiation range extended to the four surrounding provinces.

This resulted in a continuous increase in the new population over these three months.

The influx of these survivors also contributed to the growth of the Great Camphor Tree's power.

August 3rd.

On this day, the car manufacturing plant officially began production.

This is an important day.

Once the car factory can successfully manufacture electric vehicles, it will be of great significance to the entire Dazhangshu Group.

In the future, the electric vehicles produced in succession will speed between the various bases in Dazhangshu, connecting the materials and personnel of these bases.

By exchanging goods and services, the entire camphor tree region can develop its influence.

They had modified new energy electric vehicles a long time ago, and they had also converted gasoline vehicles into electric vehicles.

They even disassembled and studied the pre-apocalyptic new energy electric vehicles, replaced their batteries with solid-state batteries produced by Dazhangshu, and transformed them into electric vehicles with an ultra-long range of 2,500 kilometers.

However, that's not enough; they started engineering the electric vehicle six months ago.

The design process encompasses various aspects, including exterior design, digital model construction, and powertrain matching.

They particularly focused on aspects such as collision prevention and adaptability to different terrains and road surfaces.

After all, when driving on a post-apocalyptic world, you could encounter zombies at any time, and if your vehicle's collision protection isn't strong enough, it will be destroyed very quickly.

Several prototype vehicles have been manufactured, but these prototype vehicles are basically assembled from parts disassembled from other vehicles.

Furthermore, these prototype vehicles were given to Zuo Ruxue and her team two months ago for use, and data on their use was collected and continuously fine-tuned.

Overall, it is much more convenient to use than a gasoline car.

However, this time the mass-produced electric vehicle will have some differences from the prototype. They have made adjustments based on the usage data of Zuo Ruxue and others.

Judging from the typical car manufacturing speed before the apocalypse.

From the initial planning stage of a vehicle project to the concept stage, then to engineering design, vehicle maintenance and inspection, mass production preparation, and finally mass production, it takes 36 to 60 months.

However, the big camphor tree didn't have that much time.

The entire process was completed in just 6 months.

In the apocalypse, there are no patent or copyright issues; anything worth learning from any oil tanker can be directly used.

Unlike before the apocalypse, there's no need to consider vehicle positioning, market demand, or other issues.

The first batch of mass-produced new energy electric vehicles were used for transporting goods.

There are four requirements:
1. It's big enough! It needs to be big enough to hold more supplies.

2. Durable! Many roads outside the base are uneven, so this vehicle must be able to adapt to various complex terrains and not easily have problems, which makes the vehicle's structure relatively simple.

3. Strong defense! There are zombies outside. If you encounter a mutated wall-climbing zombie or a strong zombie that climbs onto the vehicle and smashes it, the vehicle must be able to withstand it.

4. Powerful enough! It needs to have enough horsepower to pull so many supplies.

In particular, the front of the vehicle must have a strong enough impact capability to break through the encirclement of the zombie horde.

As for appearance and body color, those are completely outside their consideration.

As long as the car is easy to drive, powerful, sturdy enough, and stable, nothing else matters.

Bang bang bang!
In the buffer zone of Dazhangshu, in front of a car factory in the industrial area.

Ten members of the inner guard stood in a row and fired eight shots into the sky at the same time!

The camphor tree base does not produce firecrackers or fireworks.

It's not that it can't be produced; with the current industrial strength of Dazhangshu, producing this stuff is a piece of cake.

But this thing is all show and no substance, and it's completely useless.

It would be better to just fire a gun as a salute.

The base also has no shortage of bullets.

Outside the factory gate, there were two rows of potted fruit trees on both sides.

Under the morning sun at eight o'clock, the fruit on the potted fruit plant was a beautiful golden-orange color.

Li Yu stood in the center of the factory gate, smiling at everyone, and pulled hard.

Pulling down the red curtain revealed the factory's sign:

[Dazhangshu Automobile Factory]

Seven large gilded characters were embedded in the plaque.

These seven large characters were written by Li Yu's maternal grandfather, Liu Zhengyi, in running script, with elegant characters and sharp, skillful strokes.

It's pleasing to the eye.

clap clap clap!
Everyone applauded to congratulate the official establishment of the Dazhangshu Automobile Factory.

"Lord of the city, would you like to go up and say a few words to encourage everyone?" Liu Huajiu stepped forward and said.

Liu Huajiu is the newly appointed head of the car manufacturing plant.

Responsible for all matters within the car manufacturing plant.

Li Yu looked at the crowd not far away. Among them were his second uncle, his eldest uncle, and other high-ranking members of the camphor tree company. Behind them were hundreds of employees from the car manufacturing plant.

Feeling that he should say a few words, Li Yu readily agreed.

Li Yu stepped onto the red carpet on the pre-arranged platform, pressed his hand, and the audience immediately fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Big Camphor Tree has been established for eight years now. Over these eight years, we have weathered many storms together, making steady progress step by step."

"The completion of the car manufacturing plant is of great significance to Dazhangshu. In the future, all the branch bases in Dazhangshu will rely on transportation. With the electric vehicles continuously produced by the car manufacturing plant, we will be able to ensure the exchange of materials between the various branch bases."

"Everyone, I hope you will all work hard in the days to come to produce excellent electric vehicles."

Li Yu spoke briefly for five minutes before stepping down from the platform.

The audience erupted in applause.

Afterwards, accompanied by Liu Huajiu and Lao Dong, Li Yu toured the entire factory.

The factory workshop has a very high ceiling, about ten meters high.

The extremely high ceilings give visitors an incredibly expansive view as soon as they enter.

The robotic arms installed on the load-bearing columns look incredibly high-tech.

The workers took their positions according to the previous plan.

It takes several days to manufacture a complete vehicle; this is an assembly line operation that is running simultaneously.

It wasn't just one car produced in a few days, but nearly 100 cars.

On average, it takes about an hour to manufacture one car.

Each workshop has a clear division of labor.

From welding the exterior of the electric vehicle to assembly, there are six core processes:
Die casting, stamping, bodywork, painting, final assembly, and batteries.

The division of labor is clear.

After inspecting the die-casting and battery workshops, Li Yu left the car manufacturing plant.

It will take another five days for the complete vehicle to be delivered. There's not much to see here now.

After leaving the car factory, Li Yu and his second uncle returned to the administration building.

The second outer city, the administrative building.

Second Uncle, Eldest Uncle, Lao Bi, Lao Xie, Song Min, He Chao, Yang Tianlong, Li Yuan, and others are all here.

Second Uncle looked at Wu Xingchen from the communications department:
"Xiao Wu, connect with Lu Cheng in the northern border and former Minister Li Hong in the oil city."

Li Yu took a sip of tea, turned to his second uncle, and asked:

"Is Ju Tianrui from the Northwest not attending the meeting?"

Second Uncle shook his head and said:
“He told me in advance that he couldn’t attend this meeting. He’s going to the Zhangye Agricultural and Livestock Sub-base today, where two survivors from Qinghai have been found. They are currently gathering information about the situation.”

"Qinghai?" Li Yu frowned upon hearing this.

Qinghai is a place with an extremely high altitude and a sparse population.

Even in the post-apocalyptic world, the bigwigs in the Northwest have rarely seen any survivors from QH Province over the years.

In the northwest, to the west lies Xinjiang province, where the situation is somewhat complicated, and the locals are banding together.

However, they have always kept to themselves and their neighbors in the Northwest.

Even after the camphor tree forces took over the Northwest, they still did not have any contact with Xinjiang Province.

They shield each other from development, and each lives in peace.

Li Yu was also happy to see it happen.

What the big camphor tree needs right now is not land, but tangible benefits.

Occupying too much land will actually hinder the development of the camphor tree.

First, we will absorb the population, steadily increase grain production, expand infrastructure, and strengthen our capabilities.

Steady progress and careful planning are the keys to success.

What's the point of occupying such a large territory?
I can't digest it, I can't stand it.

Meaningless.

Now, two survivors have suddenly run down from Qinghai.
Li Yu frowned slightly; he didn't want any more conflict or war to break out.

It's a real pain to have a good opportunity for development if something unexpected happens again.

However, since the situation in QH province is still uncertain, there is no need to worry too much.

soon.

Wu Xingchen then contacted Lü Cheng and Li Haoran in the Northern Territory, as well as his third uncle and Lao Luo in the Oil City.

This meeting was held in response to Oriental Paradise.

The meeting was initiated by my third uncle and was scheduled to be held at 10:00 AM today.

"Lord of the City, President of the Guild, we've already contacted them. Shall I turn on the public address mode?"

"Okay." Li Yu looked at Li Hang. "You organize the meeting."

Li Hang nodded and walked over to Wu Xingchen to take over his work.

"This is the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree, in the northern border, the oil city. Can you hear me from there?"

"can."

"can."

"Are you ready? If so, let's begin the meeting."

"Ready."

"Let's begin, Xiao Hang," Uncle San's voice came from the radio station.

"Okay," Li Hang continued.
"First of all, let me talk about the theme of this meeting. Several months ago, former Minister Li Hong made a suggestion to fully integrate Oriental Paradise into the Dazhangshu system."

Unlike the direct management model of the Northwest, the Northern Territory, and the Oil City, Oriental Paradise will be developed into a more open, independent, and co-governed model with the survivors.

And a small number of troops were stationed there.

"However, due to the immaturity of various conditions at Oriental Paradise at the time, it could not be implemented. The conclusion at the time was: this proposal would be considered after the number of survivors of Oriental Paradise reached a certain number."

"In the past two months, the number of survivors in Oriental Paradise has soared to over 5600, and they have completed hundreds of tasks and made multiple transactions."

"Three days ago, former Minister Li Hong proposed to formally incorporate Oriental Paradise into the sphere of influence of Dazhangshu and to carry out a series of operations."

"That's the background information. Former Minister Li Hong, is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Some people present were not clear about the situation at Oriental Paradise, so Li Hang clarified this premise, which would help everyone understand the upcoming meeting.

After listening to Li Hang's words, Third Uncle said:

"Let me add a few words."

"The location of Oriental Paradise is crucial. I've mentioned this to the city lord before. The future development of Big Camphor Tree will definitely involve expanding its influence. Now, based on our existing branch bases..."

There was a lack of a branch base in the east, and Oriental Paradise was in the perfect location.

Furthermore, Tiger and his men had previously built city walls there, so they had a foundation.

The eastern side also has abundant supplies and a large number of survivors.

Using Oriental Paradise as a base will surely attract more survivors to join the Great Camphor Tree faction.

"Secondly, judging from the results of the past two months, the survivors of Oriental Paradise have done a very good job in completing the tasks and collecting the supplies during these two months."

In other words, investing more resources in Oriental Paradise will yield substantial returns in the future.

"I'm done."

As soon as Uncle San finished speaking, Uncle Er asked a question:
"I don't disagree that Oriental Paradise's acquisition would benefit the camphor tree's forces, but..."

"Currently, the entire Great Camphor Tree faction, whether it's the headquarters base, the Oil City, the Northern Territory, or the Northwest, is vigorously carrying out infrastructure construction activities. The population growth in all four bases is currently increasing."
Grain consumption is gradually increasing.

I want to ask, can our big camphor tree support these several thousand more mouths, and even tens of thousands more?

The food problem.

It's still a food problem.

The issues my second uncle was considering were very practical and crucial.

Food security is crucial to the stability of a base.

If there is a shortage of food, the people below will surely rebel.

No one answered, but everyone looked at Ding Jiu and Anya.

Based on the current grain production, it's definitely not feasible.

Let alone the people in Oriental Paradise, even the ever-increasing number of survivors, at this rate, can only last for a few months with the current food production and reserves.

Ding Jiu coughed and said:
"Regarding greenhouses, the headquarters base will only need another month and a half, and the oil city will need another two months to complete the construction of the plantation outside the city."

With Ding Jiu's guarantee, Anya can also provide an answer:

"As long as the greenhouse infrastructure is well constructed, the Ministry of Agriculture can guarantee that the plantations outside the city will produce grain in three months."

After listening to what the two had to say, Uncle San said:
"That's four and a half months, four and a half months."

Based on the current grain reserves and the latest grain production in Dazhangshu, it is estimated that it can last for another five and a half months without any problem.

My second uncle lowered his head and did some calculations, then asked Li Yuan from the logistics department some questions.

After receiving an accurate answer.

Second Uncle said:

"In that case, I agree with the proposal."

(End of this chapter)