That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1018 The Ambition of Two Generations
"Our new commercial buses now have two configurations, one with an imported Mitsubishi engine and the other with a domestically-made gasoline engine that has been improved independently."

"In addition, we can provide two combinations of nine seats and twelve seats according to the specific requirements of customers.
In addition, we have installed heating and cooling air, which is truly warm in winter and cool in summer, providing passengers with the most comfortable riding environment."

There were more than a dozen brand-new cars parked on the open space of a branch factory. Ma Zhaoxian humbly gave a brief explanation to several department leaders and guests.

Originally, Ma Zhaoxian wanted Li Ye to explain it, because without Li Ye, there would be no two production lines, and no two new cars.

But Li Ye refused.

At this time, Ma Zhaoxian needed more attention from above than Li Ye. After all, Ma Zhaoxian was still the "acting general manager" and some people above him did not trust his leadership ability.

The main factory encountered an unexpected change this year, and Ma Zhaoxian was appointed as the factory director.

Since Ma Zhaoxian was not a direct descendant of the Light Automobile Company, if he did not have sufficient ability, how could he convince tens of thousands of workers, how could he clear the haze of the Light Automobile Company and lead this decades-old factory out of its difficulties?

But the first branch factory is the proof of Ma Zhaoxian's ability.

Because Ma Zhaoxian has been nominally in charge of the work of the first branch, according to convention, the current status of the first branch is inseparable from Ma Zhaoxian's "wise guidance."

Compared with Ma Zhaoxian, Niu Hongzhang has at least not made any contribution to the Light Automobile Company, making it even more difficult to convince the public.

"If you are interested, you can get on board and take a ride, or drive it to try it out."

Ma Zhaoxian warmly invited Xue Bu and others to get on the van. The heater inside had been turned on long ago. In this cold winter, the contrast between inside and outside was particularly great.

Xue Bu got in the driver's seat, drove around with great interest, and then praised it highly: "Not bad, not bad, it's easier to drive than some cars I've driven before."

Ma Zhaoxian immediately said: "We have revised this driving position based on Li Ye's ideas. Li Ye proposed a concept of driving experience, saying that a good car should not let the driver adapt to the car, but let the car adapt to the person."

Li Ye, who had experienced the refrigerator, TV and sofa, knew that compared with the difficult research and development of the engine, improving the driver's seat was a small problem, and the return rate was particularly high.

Therefore, Li Ye had to walk on two legs. On the one hand, he continued to increase investment in research and development of engines and other mechanical aspects. On the other hand, he also put in a lot of effort in certain aspects.

The driving area specially adjusted for the body shape of mainlanders will surely gain good word-of-mouth effect.

“Let cars adapt to people? That sounds interesting.”

Xue Bu smiled and suddenly asked, "Where is the Li Ye you mentioned?"

"Right here! Right here!"

Ma Zhaoxian hurriedly waved to Li Ye who was not far away and called him over.

Li Ye was righteous and pushed Ma Zhaoxian to show off in front of Xue Bu and others, but Ma Zhaoxian was not a person without a clue. Wen Qingsheng sent him here and promoted him. Did he really think that it was his own ability? Didn't he know what he should do?
Li Ye walked over with a smile and bowed slightly to several people in the department. He was neither arrogant nor humble.

Xue Bu reached out and tapped Li Ye, smiling and saying, "Just now I heard Manager Ma say that your idea is good. Can you explain to everyone why we should let cars adapt to people? Instead of people adapting to cars?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Because making cars adapt to people can urge us car people to make continuous progress. When I first started driving, I drove a Dongfeng 140, and I felt very tired after driving for a whole day.
But my driver said I was 'not satisfied' and told me to drive the car for a day and then tell him if I was tired. I thought that if the car can do better and make the driver less tired, how can the driver be said to be ungrateful? "

"Later I understood that this was a matter of different perspectives. From a driver's perspective, they just drove whatever car they had and they had no ability to change.

But as an automotive person, we have the ability to strive for excellence, the responsibility to make drivers more relaxed, and the obligation to make passengers more comfortable. There is no best, only better."

"Haha, you have great ambitions, but young people should have ambitions."

Xue touched the steering wheel and said with emotion: "The first car I drove was the old Jiefang truck you mentioned. Although it was really tiring to drive it for a whole day, we didn't complain at that time, because we didn't have our own trucks before the old Jiefang truck. The old Jiefang truck at that time was our ambition."

Listening to Captain Xue's narration, Li Ye couldn't help but stop and stand straight, humbly trying to understand the other party's feelings.

After entering Peking University, Li Ye once drove an old Jiefang truck for several weeks as a form of voluntary labor. It was so uncomfortable! It was simply industrial waste.

But for people like Xue, the old Jiefang at that time was a symbol of an agricultural country moving towards an industrial country, and it was also the belief that motivated everyone to strive forward.

And now this belief has to be continued by Li Ye's generation.

At this time, another person in the department suddenly asked: "Comrade Li Ye, I don't quite understand why you gave this kind of van the name of a business bus?"

Li Ye smiled gently and said, "Because this type of car is mainly used for business reception overseas. The first time I rode in this type of car was when Mitsubishi hosted us to visit their factory.

We actually considered calling it a business bus, but after thinking about it, we felt that it was too high-profile, so we decided to call it a business bus. "

"Oh~" The other party suddenly understood something.

The user group of this van is obviously large companies, enterprises and government agencies. If it is called a business bus, it will distance itself from ordinary people, which is not in line with the principle in some aspects.

Xue looked at the man, and suddenly said to Li Ye: "I saw that in your year-end summary, there was a long description of another mini truck. Please introduce it to us!"

Li Ye immediately said, "Yes, in fact, our first branch has recently put more energy into the other mini truck."

"This mini truck is also very unique. Although it looks small and inconspicuous, it can carry two tons of cargo and can reach a speed of 90 kilometers per hour."

Li Ye led everyone to the prototype of the mini truck and explained to everyone this industrial product that is "completely close to the masses."

Compared with that business bus, this thing is small and simple, and it's really too close to the masses.

Although Captain Xue also got into the cab and drove around and gave the comment "not bad", looking at the slightly disdainful looks from the people around him, one could tell that everyone looked down on this little guy from the bottom of their hearts.

How could they possibly be interested in something that Beijing Auto and Motorcycle don’t want?
[It's really a shame for a good automobile company to produce a farm vehicle. ]

But Li Ye patiently explained: "We have conducted a detailed survey of the inland transportation market and found that there is still a big gap in the vast rural areas."

"When I went back to my hometown, I saw that many production teams still used ox carts and tractors as their main means of transportation. When it was windy and rainy, tractor drivers could only rely on raincoats. When it snowed in winter, tractor drivers could only rely on cotton-padded jackets. Moreover, the tractors were too slow, and it took most of the day to travel a hundred kilometers."

"So I think it is necessary to develop a transportation tool that is not expensive but can protect against wind and rain. It does not need to have too high a configuration, but it must be strong and durable.

Because the people on the road to poverty alleviation cannot afford too high a cost, sometimes, cheapness is also to adapt to people. "

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There was a brief silence around.

This small car, which is not pleasing to the eye, occupies a high moral position.

Xue Bu suddenly turned around and pointed at the reporter in the department and asked, "Did you write it down?"

The reporter had already taken out a notebook and quickly replied, "I've got it all down!"

Xue Bu said seriously: "We should pursue advancement, but we should not forget our simple duties. An excellent automotive worker should always be concerned about all aspects of society."

A group of secretaries and reporters all took out their notebooks and quickly wrote down Minister Xue's words. It was estimated that in a few days, similar articles would be published in various mechanical newspapers.

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After Director Xue led everyone to visit the prototype car, he visited the production and office environment of the first branch, and finally visited the entrance of the R&D workshop of the first branch.

Ma Zhaoxian introduced: "Since the establishment of the first branch, we have attached great importance to technology research and development. The current R&D workshop has more than 200 technicians, and it is still expanding vigorously. This is also the basis for the first branch to keep moving forward."

Xue Bu turned around and looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: "More than 200 technicians? You have a large scale here!"

Li Ye said modestly: "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by Minister Xue. Our scale is not enough compared with our overseas counterparts. Any car factory there has thousands or even tens of thousands of technicians. We will need more support from the ministry in the future."

"Well! Are you here to complain to me about your poverty?"

Xue Bu smiled and walked into the R&D workshop, and the people behind him hurried to follow. However, after more than a dozen people had entered, Li Ye rudely stopped the people behind him.

"I'm really sorry, everyone. The space here is small, so it's not convenient for you to visit. We have arranged other tours there."

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The visitors were all surprised, as it was the first time they had encountered such a situation.

Niu Hongzhang angrily asked, "Li Ye, what are you doing? How can you keep guests out?"

[Am I stopping the guests? I am stopping those stupid people. ]

Li Ye had already seen that Kimura and his men were about to follow him in, and the look in their eyes clearly showed that they were assassins who were out to gather intelligence.

You have to know that in the 1980s, the visiting groups did not consider themselves outsiders. The Japanese visitors wanted to visit the mainland's rice paper, silk and other projects, but the mainlanders actually let them see them, which eventually led to these world-leading projects being completely surpassed by the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)