That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 718 You are really like them
"This small-displacement four-cylinder diesel engine is a Czechoslovak product and is the mainstream configuration on several best-selling tractors in Europe.
I saw that the technical indicators met the requirements given by my brother, so I asked for advice."

"This headlight production line is from Spain. They are willing to transfer the whole set, but we think that a similar technology from Italy is more advanced. However, their asking price is a bit high, so they are not as enthusiastic as the Spanish company."

Wen Leyu attached great importance to the task assigned to her by Li Ye. She looked at the documents one by one, and Pei Wenhui also cooperated fully and kept explaining to Wen Leyu.

As he was talking, Wen Leyu suddenly asked, "Xiaohui, are the technical projects you investigated first-class overseas today?"

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Pei Wenhui smiled awkwardly and shook her head slowly.

Li Dayong, who had just finished a bottle of beer, asked Li Ye in confusion: "Brother, I have a question that I don't quite understand.

Why did you ask Xiaohui and I to inspect so many second-rate technologies this time? We are spending money anyway, so why not buy first-rate technology? "

Wen Leyu and Pei Wenhui also looked over, obviously confused.

This time, Li Dayong's Changbei Machinery Company will definitely be one of the carriers of the technology, so he also attaches great importance to it. However, after communicating with Li Ye several times, he always felt a little awkward.

"First, time is of the essence, and second, it is in line with national conditions,"

Li Ye held up two fingers and said calmly: "Of course I want first-class technology, but they may not be willing to transfer it as a whole.
Even if they are willing to transfer, will we be ripped off? Even if we are not ripped off, when can we fully master the technology? After we have mastered it, can we control the cost? "

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Seeing that Pei Wenhui and the others didn't quite understand, Li Ye said bluntly: "When we introduce technology, we must first let them teach us until we learn it. We must not let anyone take control of us, and we must do it quickly."

"Secondly, we must also consider the economic situation in our mainland and produce high-quality and low-priced products. If we cannot have both high quality and low price, we will give priority to the latter."

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Li Dayong was silent for a while and nodded silently.

He had been "interning" at the Changbei Machinery Factory since his sophomore year, and his grassroots experience was several times richer than that of any freshly graduated student, so he naturally understood what Li Ye meant.

Who doesn't want to use good things? But there is no way, we are poor!
The industrial sewing machines produced by Changbei Machinery Company cannot outperform Japan’s most advanced products, but they are cheap!

If we try to catch up without considering the cost, we can narrow the gap with the world's advanced level, but the cost will be so high that the market cannot bear it.

Wen Leyu and Pei Wenhui are a little slower than Li Dayong.

Pei Wenhui has lived in Hong Kong Island since she was a child and cannot understand the poverty in the mainland. Wen Leyu is a child who has experienced hardship, but she has never really worked in a production unit, has never been exposed to the market, and cannot understand the real needs of the market.

Li Ye sighed and continued, "In fact, the new car that our factory is about to finalize was originally intended to be a copy of Isuzu, but in the end we only copied the cab and a few other parts because the cost was too high.

If we adopt Isuzu's production technology, the factory price may be two to three times higher. Do you think the market can accept it?"

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After the country introduced Isuzu light truck technology, three light truck manufacturers were qualified to absorb the technology, but in the end only the automobile manufacturing plant in Jiangxi Province fully adopted Isuzu technology.

Its performance is very good, but the price is also very high. It is not a waste to buy three for one. Only wealthy companies can afford it.

Later, Beijing Light Automobile Company also thought about producing a "high-end series" and replaced the Isuzu engine on the body of Beijing 1041. However, it did not form a production scale in the end. A car cost tens of thousands of yuan, so how could ordinary people afford it?
So talking about technology without considering cost, or talking about advancement without considering the market, is all nonsense.
For example, the four-cylinder diesel engine that Li Dayong disliked had a low speed and loud noise, and could not be compared with Isuzu's high-speed diesel engine.

But given the current road conditions in the mainland, do you need a light truck with a top speed of 140 km/h?

Not to mention 140, even if it could reach 90 in an hour, the drivers would be very pleased with it, and even the brigade secretary would get on for a ride.

A 212 jeep can only run at ! What do you want with a truck?
So, when everyone has no money in their pockets, you should focus on simplicity and reliability. Air conditioning, shock absorption, and 0-100 acceleration are all unimportant.

When everyone becomes wealthy, we can talk about comfort, luxury and prestige!
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After Pei Wenhui and Li Dayong left, Wen Leyu continued to look at the information for a while. After being urged by Li Ye several times, Wen Leyu finally went to bed and hugged Li Ye to sleep. After finishing the exercise before going to bed, Li Ye criticized him dissatisfiedly: "We must emphasize one point! Work is work, life is life,

Your attitude today is very improper, and you are not working hard at home. If the introduction of technology affects your family, then we should stop doing it as soon as possible."

“I’m not slacking off.”

Wen Leyu blushed and panted, punched and spat at Li Ye, then said: "If you import all the technologies you listed, you will have to invest in at least a dozen companies.
You trust me so much, I must take it seriously! If something goes wrong, the loss will not be hundreds of thousands, even if I sell it, it won't be enough to compensate?"

"Nonsense! Who dares to sell you? Who else can afford it except me?"

Li Ye gave Wen Leyu a light slap on the head, then said firmly: "Just hand the information over to professionals, they will help you handle it. From now on, you just need to 'grasp the big and let go of the small', seize the financial power, and let them do the rest."

Wen Leyu nudged his little head into Li Ye's arms, and then said, "Tomorrow I will ask them to collect information about mainland companies, and then you can help me figure out which one to invest in."

"Well, I'll help you take a look at it when the time comes, but you still have to listen to other opinions. After all, every factory has its own difficulties and advantages. We are actually outsiders, so it's difficult to cover everything. But as long as you can maintain your deterrent power, they won't be able to do anything."

In 1986, Li Ye invested in an entire automobile manufacturing industry chain, which was really inseparable from the Zhongxin Company.

Even if he has plenty of money, how many skilled workers does a machinery manufacturing plant need, from engineers to workshop directors to section chiefs and team leaders?
This is not the case decades later, when you put out a job advertisement one day and the next day tens of thousands of technical school and vocational high school students line up in front of the company, filling up eight or ten production lines in minutes.

Nowadays, those who can understand mechanical drawings are talents, and those who can correctly understand processing technology are treasures.

However, this entire set of measures is readily available in those state-owned enterprises that have fallen into difficulties due to economic transformation.

As long as Wen Leyu invests advanced technology, a large amount of money, coupled with strict management and strong deterrence, there is an 80% chance that they will be reborn.

And more importantly, if Li Ye goes to negotiate for investment himself, people will not sell to you.

I've finally gotten over it, and I still want to buy it myself? You, a self-employed person, want to buy my factory?
You are so beautiful!
However, letting Wen Leyu's unit negotiate the terms is not only morally sound, but also allows for a clear division of responsibilities. After the investment, the other party will not go back on their word and bring workers to block the gate and the workshop, forcing the investor to leave in disgrace and lose all their money.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

"What do you mean by listen to me?"

Li Ye smiled and rubbed Wen Leyu's hair, then said: "You have to learn to make your own decisions in the future. We are not afraid of paying tuition fees. I don't feel bad at all for losing your man who is worth hundreds of millions, because the speed at which you lose money cannot keep up with the speed at which I make money."

"But there is one thing you must pay attention to!"

Li Ye put away his smile and said seriously: "You must keep your distance from the kind of people my sister-in-law mentioned today."

"The money we invest cannot go into the pockets of a few individuals, but must be used to update the factory's technology and equipment and improve the welfare of workers."

"Our primary goal is to make factories more competitive in the market economy, to make our industry more developed, and to give workers higher wages and bigger houses. As for making money, that is secondary. Do you understand?"

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Wen Leyu lay beside Li Ye, tilted his neck to look at Li Ye for a long time, and then burst out laughing.

"No wonder those uncles and grandfathers praise you! You are really like them in some ways. You all have ideals."

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Li Ye was dazed.

[Am I like them? I am greedy, lazy, and lustful, but I can only be involved with someone who is not greedy for money, right?]

Li Ye asked himself that he could never compare with people of his grandfather's generation. He could never sacrifice his life for an ideal.

It's just that he makes money too easily and doesn't care about money anymore, so he pays more attention to something as vague and elusive as "ideals".

(End of this chapter)