That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 742 Who can’t tell the difference between the important and the unimportant?

Liu Muhan's sudden words left Li Ye speechless.

[Aunt, we are of different generations! Please don't tell me your true feelings, okay? ]

But just when Li Ye didn't know how to respond, Xiao Zhu from the Technical Department ran over panting.

"Li Ye, Li Ye, are you still here chatting? Go over there and take a look! The Jinling factory has come to our door, and everyone is comparing their new car with our 136!"

"What do you mean by knocking on our door?" Li Ye said with a smile, "We are all enterprises under the First Ministry of Machine Building. We can come to offer gifts, so can't they come to announce the good news?"

The Jinling Automobile Manufacturing Plant has been under the management of the First Ministry of Machine Building since 53. In 58, it imitated the NJ130 car based on the Russian GAZ car. This year, it developed the new NJ131. It must come to report the good news to its mother's home and earn some praise, right?

But Xiao Zhu swallowed his saliva and said, "No, Li Ye, go and have a look! They got a nesting doll this time, and the small one is coming for our new car."

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Li Ye was a little confused, so he followed Xiao Zhu to the truck area for the lecture.

Liu Muhan looked at Li Ye, smiled and followed.

After Li Ye arrived at the place, he immediately understood what Xiao Zhu meant by "nesting dolls".

There were several blue Yuejin trucks neatly lined up there. At first glance, they looked like the same car, but upon closer inspection, one could see that the heights of the chassis were slightly different.

The one with a high chassis has 20-inch wheels, and the one with a low chassis has 16-inch wheels. Other than that, the cab and the carriage are exactly the same.

Old Qiu from the Technical Department, Director Lu from the Factory Office, Guan Liang and others were all surrounding the car with the 16-inch wheels, examining it carefully, and everyone had a bad look on their face.

Xiao Zhu explained to Li Ye in a low voice: "Originally, our 136 truck has a load capacity of two tons, and Jinling's 131 has a load capacity of three tons. We each do our own thing, but now they have changed the wheels and also called it 136. Isn't it obvious that they are challenging us?"

In his previous life, Li Ye had only heard of the name Yuejin 1041, but he didn't know there was a model called 136.

He said noncommittally: "Let's have a competition! Didn't the above say that there is progress only when there is competition? Now we are encouraged to compete!"

Xiao Zhu glanced at Li Ye and said unconvincedly: "We are not afraid of fair competition, but what are they doing?
The driver buys a 136, pays two tons of road maintenance fees, and then changes to a set of -inch wheels to do three tons of work? Who would be willing to buy our car with this?"

"Hmm? What you said makes a lot of sense!"

Only then did Li Ye understand why Xiao Zhu and the others were angry.

Before 2009, all cars in the mainland had to pay road maintenance fees, which were paid on a monthly and per ton basis.

If the load capacity is three tons, you will pay three tons of road maintenance fees every month. If the load capacity is two tons, you will naturally pay two tons of road maintenance fees.

Now Jinling has developed a modular design, which not only saves development costs but also leaves some space for users.

Even though the difference is just one ton, when accumulated year after year, it adds up to a considerable amount of money!
Li Ye asked in a deep voice: "Have you taken a closer look? Are the interiors exactly the same?"

Xiao Zhu said indignantly, "It can't be said to be exactly the same, but it obviously doesn't meet the two-ton load setting. Their car can handle three or five tons, not to mention two tons."

The product concept of Jinling Automobile Manufacturing Plant has always been based on the style of the Russians. Take their NJ130 for example. It doesn't look like a light truck at all, but more like a medium-sized truck.
The current new NJ131 is also more "solid" than similar products. In terms of overloading, it is indeed more advantageous than the new car of Li Ye's unit.

Li Ye nodded slowly: "This kind of thing is inevitable, and it may become more and more common in the future."

Xiao Zhu was surprised and asked, "Will there be more and more cases in the future? Then the police won't take care of it?"

"Ha~"

Li Ye smiled.

Although what Xiao Zhu said made a lot of sense, Li Ye knew that before the road maintenance fee was abolished, this kind of thing would not only be impossible to stop, but would also become more and more serious.

The reason is that with the development of social economy, the automobile manufacturing industry will completely transform from a seller's market to a buyer's market.

In the past, the old Jiefang and Beijing 130 were never hard to sell. Many small units that wanted to buy a new car had to beg for quotas.

But from now on, the car buyer is the boss. I will buy the car of the brand that can help me get more profits. If you cannot satisfy the users, just wait to be eliminated by the market!

At this time, Liu Muhan came over and whispered, "Nephew, the situation in your unit looks very serious."

Li Ye said nonchalantly, "It's not that exaggerated. Our mainland market is still very large. Let alone the competition between the two of us, even if there are three or five car manufacturers competing together, it can still accommodate them."

Liu Muhan smiled and said, "But your company has no money! Your Light Automobile Company has not been able to establish a production base in Shunyi. You must know that, right?"

Li Ye glanced at Liu Muhan, smiled faintly and asked, "You know a lot of things."

Liu Muhan said proudly: "Of course, the introduction of Isuzu's technology is also related to our unit. As one of the three technology digestion units, we will of course pay attention to your unit. I have to remind you that your unit is the weakest among the three." "Yes, I know."

Li Ye certainly knew that his unit was the weakest. After all, according to the original historical trajectory, the other two companies, Jiangling and Qingling, had been doing well, but the Light Automobile Company under the emperor's feet was finally merged by someone else.

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At ten o'clock, the sun slowly climbed up into the sky, and the empty exhibition site finally became a little warmer. Leaders at all levels finally showed up, and the originally deserted exhibition site immediately became lively.

If you look down from the sky, you will find that the scene at this moment is like a pasture on the grassland, with a few sheep walking slowly in front, followed by a group of big and small sheep.
The entire flock of sheep has a strict hierarchy system. The lambs really want to squeeze next to the head sheep and show their faces, but it is not easy for the big sheep to show their faces, so there is no chance for the lambs to get a turn.

Li Ye is just a little lamb, following behind Lao Qiu and Director Lu, with the factory director, Deputy Manager Ma and others in front of him.

Deputy Manager Ma is considered a big shot, but ahead of him are the Cherokee gang, who are wealthy and have excellent performance, and occupy almost all the glorious positions.

"This is the new product of Light Automobile Company this year, BJ136, which integrates the advanced technology of Isuzu and independently innovates patents, filling the domestic gap."

The sheep finally reached the product exhibition area of ​​the Light Automobile Company. Deputy Manager Ma and others showed up, but after just a few words, they went to other units again.

Li Ye once again deeply understood the meaning of "small unit".

Why does the Light Automobile Company have no money? Isn’t it because it is “small”?

If it is in the fourth or fifth tier cities, an organization with thousands of employees will definitely be highly valued, and will receive strong support from the local authorities if it wants land or loans.

But in the capital, it may not be your turn most of the time.

According to the historical trajectory of the original time and space, the new BJ136 car was not trial-produced until October 1987.
After several improvements, it was renamed BJ1989 in 1041 and then began small-scale production.

This is still the case when "partial technology" is absorbed.

You know, whether it is to directly produce the Isuzu N series domestically, or to start with CKD assembly and gradually produce it domestically, it requires a lot of funds, and the light automobile company in the original time and space did not have enough financial resources.

After the Light Automobile Company submitted the project for approval in the Seventh Five-Year Plan, it waited three years before acquiring land in Shunyi for expansion.

So under this premise, although BJ1041 has a full set of Isuzu technical drawings, it only changed the cab and parts within its capabilities, which is actually a helpless move.

On the other hand, Jiangling not only adopted a combination of technology and trade to introduce a full set of cab molds, welding fixtures, test lines and some key equipment from Isuzu,
It also raised hundreds of millions of yuan in funds to accelerate technological transformation, built a number of modern workshops and production lines, formed comprehensive capabilities for large-scale production, and enabled the company to achieve groundbreaking development.

Many years later, when the old people in the light truck company mentioned this incident, they all sighed. If they had completely switched to Isuzu light trucks at that time, perhaps the history of this unit would have been completely rewritten.

However, if history is to be rewritten, only a bug like Li Ye can appear.

Li Ye could provide enough funds now to expand a new factory and production line, but he didn't.

He only invested a part of the funds and slightly accelerated the research and development process of BJ136, but wanting to expropriate land and expand is another matter.

The Light Automobile Company has three shareholders. The major shareholder is too heavily burdened and has no money, but he also owns most of the management rights. So if your money is not in place, why should my money arrive first?
After the leader took everyone to visit all the new products, it was almost noon. They first had lunch and then went to the auditorium for each unit to report their achievements. The dull and lengthy reports made Li Ye, who was sitting in the last row, drowsy.

It was not until after four o'clock in the afternoon that everyone became energetic again.

It’s time for dinner!

But Li Ye had no intention of going to dinner with everyone. He said something to the factory office director Lu Zhizhang and planned to sneak away.

But as luck would have it, Guan Liang saw it again.

"Li Ye, aren't you responsible for sending Section Chief Park and Director Han to the dinner? I have to tell you something! Don't drink and drive, and don't drive after drinking. Don't drink later and send the leaders home safely."

I'll give you my sister!
Li Ye said directly: "I have to pick up my wife from get off work, so I don't have time. Director Lu will arrange for them to take a bus."

Guan Liang was stunned and said seriously: "Li Ye, your attitude is not acceptable! Which is more important, work or family? How can you not tell the difference?"

Li Ye glanced at Guan Liang coldly and sneered, "I bought this car just to pick up my wife. You say I can't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant? Is there something wrong with your brain?"

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Guan Liang was stunned by Li Ye's retort. By the time he reacted, Li Ye had already left.

So he went to Lu Zhizhang angrily to complain.

But Lu Zhizhang said meaningfully: "Li Ye is a person who can distinguish between the unimportant and the important."

Guan Liang: “.”

Am I the one who can't tell the difference between the important and the unimportant?
(End of this chapter)