That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1002 The Role of Face Projects

At the end of each year, company managers are very busy dealing with various financial and tax issues. More importantly, they have to make year-end summaries and report achievements to their superiors.

If your work performance this year is very good, you will naturally be excited and wait for your superiors to praise you so that you can accumulate capital for your future promotion.

But if your work performance this year is very bad, you have to think of something. If there are no results, then create them. People who cannot create results have no future.

At the end of October, Lu Zhizhang also found Li Ye and said embarrassedly that he wanted to do some face-saving project.

"Li Ye, do you think we can speed up the progress of the van and make a few prototypes before New Year's Day?"

"Prototype car?"

Li Ye said helplessly: "Old Lu, we have a lot of achievements to report this year, right? Why do we still have to falsify the information? What if we are found out and accused of falsifying the information? What will the workers in the factory think?"

The performance of the first branch this year is very good. Except for a slight loss in the few months when the factory director had an accident, it has made substantial profits for the rest of the time. In addition, the two introduced projects are also progressing smoothly. Micro trucks can be produced in small quantities before the end of the year, which is enough to support a very impressive year-end summary.

But now it seems that Lu Zhizhang is still a little unsatisfied. He wants to add the achievements of Mitsubishi van as well, eat a big fat man in one bite, and let the superiors praise the branch factory.

But the problem is that according to the original plan, the van using Mitsubishi chassis technology will not be fully finalized until at least next spring. If it is released a few months earlier, it will definitely have a lot of defects.

If it were another unit, they might not think much of it, they would just build a few for appearances, earn a reward and then do whatever they want.
But Li Ye always felt that it was inappropriate, because he wanted to establish a pragmatic working atmosphere in a branch factory, and it would be better not to do such face-saving projects.

However, Lu Zhizhang smacked his lips and said, "I know I am a little anxious, but I asked Wu Yan and the others today, and their second improvement experiment this month failed again.
Everyone thinks it is too difficult to install a diesel engine on a van, and we can't rely on it for a while. If we use the gasoline engine provided by Mitsubishi, it will be almost finalized before New Year's Day. If you think the Japanese are too evil, we can use the 492 series in Beijing first."

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Li Ye sighed softly and fell silent.

When we imported van technology from Japan's Mitsubishi, the other party agreed very readily and transferred a series of molds and materials to a branch factory. They also sent an installation team to assist in the construction and debugging of the production line. They seemed very friendly.

But the Japanese will not suffer any loss. After one branch factory was about to solve the production problems of chassis and body, the other party smiled and said that they could provide engines, but only imported complete machines.

Ma Zhaoxian immediately commissioned a foreign trade agency to coordinate the import of engine production technology, but as expected, it failed. Mitsubishi had long made up its mind to make back the money "lost" from selling the production line at a low price from the engines.

Moreover, if a branch factory has no money, they are willing to provide low-interest loans. Li Ye is somewhat familiar with this routine. This is how companies that master core technologies in later generations play.

If production was carried out according to Mitsubishi's proposal, not only would most of the money earned by the branch factory through hard work be taken away by Mitsubishi, but the output would also be controlled by Mitsubishi.

After Ma Zhaoxian met with Li Ye, he started a tug-of-war negotiation with Mitsubishi while trying the "second plan" that Li Ye had prepared long ago.

During the Spring Festival, why did Li Ye enthusiastically agree to the factory director's proposal and take over the entire work of imitating Isuzu's technology?

He took a fancy to the Isuzu 4JB1 engine.

Although this is a diesel engine, its torque, speed and power can meet the requirements of a business van. Many nine-seat official vehicles in later generations have adopted similar diesel engines, with quite good results.

However, the imitation work of the first branch was not smooth. So far, it can only be applied to trucks and has not yet reached the commercial vehicle standard that Li Ye expected.

A few months ago, Wu Yan told Li Ye that the imitation diesel engine, except for a few performance data, reached 80% of the original imported ones.
Vibration and noise are those "extremely individual" performance parts.

To put it bluntly, if you ignore the appearance and information of the things Wu Yan and his team copied, and just rely on perception to judge, they are not "close relative engines" at all.

Just like the Chaoyang four-cylinder engine, it is a partial imitation of the Isuzu 4JB1. Listen to the sound, are they the same?

These two points are nothing when it comes to trucks, as truck drivers are super ninjas with great endurance. However, when it comes to commercial vans, they are huge disadvantages.

Which boss or leader is willing to put up with having to "shout" to talk to people in the cab while driving at high speed? This is not an exaggeration. Some car models decades later still have this problem!

Moreover, he drove out in a "thump thump thump" car, which sounded like he was riding a tractor to the meeting. Isn't that embarrassing?

Therefore, Li Ye planned to try his best to solve the vibration and noise problems of the diesel engine, and only after it reached the basic installation standards could he negotiate with Mitsubishi.

But now the technical team of the first branch feels that the difficulties are too great, which really frustrates Li Ye.

There are too many lagging behind, and the brand of the first branch is still too small. Even if Professor Zhao helps to poach people, it is okay for the top technical masters to make a quick buck, but it is unrealistic for them to sell themselves to the first branch for continuous research for a long time. The level of the first branch is too low.
Nowadays, the top talents in the mainland are either attracted by the wealth and glory overseas, or contribute to the country and serve the country in some unknown position.

Seeing that Li Ye was silent for a long time, Lu Zhizhang continued to explain: "This is what I thought. Let's make a few prototypes first, show them to the leaders of the department, and then raise our difficulties.
If the ministry is willing to help us coordinate technical forces to tackle the problem, it will be much easier. I heard that the Isuzu diesel engine imitation in Jiangxi Province has made great progress. Can we ask for help?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had misunderstood Lu Zhizhang. He thought that Lu Zhizhang was the same as the previous big factory director, obsessed with boasting and bragging. He never thought that when he was concentrating on practicing internal skills and developing himself, Lu Zhizhang had already thought about going to the "brother unit" to eat and take for free.

"Then you decide! Install the 492 and other engines on the vehicle for trial production. You should decide how to communicate with the higher-ups."

Li Ye finally accepted Lu Zhizhang's proposal reluctantly.

The most undesirable solution now is to first use Mitsubishi imported machines, and then wait for an opportunity to completely replace them with domestically produced ones.

This time won’t last long.
There is a problem with flower growers. The more you block me, the more excited I become.
Just like after Mr. Jianguo came to power for the first time, the salaries of many Mediterranean science and engineering men in the mainland suddenly doubled, and many who had changed their careers to finance came back to continue working in technology.

“Drip, drip, drip~Drip, drip~~”

Not long after Lu Zhizhang left, Li Ye's mobile phone rang. After picking up the phone, it turned out to be Mr. Ni calling.

Master Ni still didn't have the courtesy style and asked directly: "Li Ye, are you looking for a mechanics engineer?"

Li Ye laughed and asked, "Yes! How did you know?"

Master Ni said, "I heard from General Manager Pan that I have a suitable candidate here. Can you accept him?"

Li Yeteng sat up straight.

Because what Mr. Ni asked was whether he could be "accepted", which obviously meant that he planned to officially start working and transfer his household registration here.

Moreover, given Mr. Ni’s character, Li Ye didn’t think that he would introduce an unreliable engineer to him.

"Old Ni, tell me about his situation. It's not that I don't believe you! But since he is willing to come, I have to prepare corresponding treatment for him, right? What if he is a researcher and I give him the treatment of an assistant researcher? Wouldn't that be looking down on him?"

"He is an associate researcher," Ni Dashen explained, "He graduated from Nanjing University in the 1960s, and has been working in the research institute ever since. Don't worry about his professionalism, he is definitely better than most researchers."

Master Ni spoke very modestly, but Li Ye could tell that he had great confidence in this man.

So Li Ye didn't put on airs and asked directly: "Which research institute is he in now? Does he need our help to transfer his working relationship? When can we arrange a meeting?"

Master Ni said, "He is here with me now! Just transfer his work relationship to your unit. If your unit can confirm, you can send him over today."

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Li Ye was stunned. Is it possible to transfer jobs so quickly these days? Why does it feel like a good product is being sold at a low price?

Li Ye hissed and asked slowly, "Old Ni, can you tell me why he is with you?"

Master Ni said in surprise: "He was transferred from the research institute to our company! China Mobile has gathered technical personnel from several departments across the country. You should know this!"

"I know that for sure! But you guys are in the communications field, how come you have a researcher who studies mechanics?"

During the Chinese New Year, Li Ye sought the endorsement of Mr. Ke and gathered industry elites to form a mobile company. Naturally, he knew that Mr. Ni had recruited many engineers from other places, but Mr. Ni was an electronics expert, so what did that have to do with mechanics?

Master Ni chuckled and explained, "Li Ye, different fields are like different mountains. Mechanics is not just about building houses and machinery. Aircraft, rockets, satellites, engines, dryers and mechanical hard drives are all within the research scope of the Mechanics Department. We want to study mechanical hard drives."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Lao Ni. This is my lack of expertise. Please don't take it to heart. Well, just send the person here now! I have a ready-made three-bedroom and one-living room apartment here. I'll have someone clean it up right now so that the person can feel the warmth of home tonight."

Li Ye quickly apologized for his ignorance.
Li Ye knew that there was a mechanical hard drive in the computer, but he never thought that thing required mechanics.

He had only heard that in the early stages of drone development, amateur enthusiasts would disassemble the hard drives and use the brushless motors inside, but he didn't expect there were so many reasons for this.

Hearing that Li Ye would immediately send someone to clean up the three-bedroom and one-living room, Master Ni suddenly fell silent for a few seconds, and then whispered: "Li Ye, there is something I have to tell you in advance, that is, after the person is sent, can you please not ask him questions related to his private life?"

"What? A question about personal life? What kind of question is that?"

Li Ye was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
What does this mean, Master Ni?
He has experienced the chaos of later generations. Thinking about Musk's eldest son, Li Ye dare not be careless on this issue.

"Old Ni, you are not sending me someone with a special fetish, are you?"

(End of this chapter)