Development of productivity started in 1981

Chapter 31 Development
Early in the morning on August 8, Wang Jiankun rode a motorcycle to Tsinghua University.

Now that he is used to riding a motorcycle, the feeling of speeding is great. It is impossible for him to ride in a slow truck with a very hard seat.

When they arrived at Hu Xiyang's house, he had already cleaned the car. When he saw Wang Jiankun coming, he started the car and followed the motorcycle.

The motorcycle left the truck behind and gradually disappeared from sight.

Wang Jiankun and Hu Xiyang have agreed to meet at the Dexing Copper Mine Guesthouse. If Wang Jiankun is not seen at noon, they can have a meal and rest first. He will definitely show up before 2 pm.

Wang Jiankun arrived in Dexing at around 8 o'clock and decided to go to Peter to discuss advancing the delivery time.

That day I forgot that school would start on September 9st and it would be inconvenient for me to deliver the goods.

Peter needs to pay US dollars for this batch of goods, and it is not convenient to let his father take over the handover because he does not understand English. If the translator knows, more people will know.

He walked into the cable factory and arrived at Peter's office. He was playing with the gold-inlaid lighter given by Wang Jiankun out of boredom.

Seeing him knocking on the door and coming in, she said happily: "Wang, you are here again so soon, is there any good news?"

"Of course, I communicated with the manufacturer, and he agreed to deliver the 28 lighters you requested here on the 3th of this month. You can also arrange customs clearance in advance and ship them to the United States for sale."

"Oh, that's really good news. I can have the goods sent to the United States first, and my family will pick them up there. If the sales are good and I can make it in time, maybe I can order another batch of goods before I leave."

"It seems like this is a win-win news, but how are you going to pay for the next batch of goods? You won't bring in a lot of US dollars, will you?"

"Wang, it seems that you are very familiar with the foreign exchange control in your country. I really can't bring so much cash. I wonder if you would like me to open a Swiss bank account for you. I will then transfer the payment to your bank account."

"But I can't go abroad, so how can I check whether the money has arrived in my bank account?"

"Don't worry, you can call to check. The Swiss Bank has a branch in Hong Kong. You can call the Hong Kong branch to check. You should be able to call Hong Kong from the post office here."

"That's a solution, but I want to make sure the money has arrived before shipping."

"OK, how about I help you send your account opening information to Hong Kong to open an account first? Then they will send the bank account information over, and then you can call to change the password."

"Okay, what information do you need from me?"

Wang Jiankun wrote the information on paper as Peter said, of course, all in English.

After writing the letter, Peter took Wang Jiankun to the post office to mail it. Of course, in order to save time, they sent it by air express. The small envelope cost Wang Jiankun 80 yuan.

According to the post office staff, it will arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest.

In this way, it will take at most 7 days for the other party to receive the account opening and send it back, which means on the 28th, you can call to confirm the account opening status and change the password.

Because there are often visitors from foreign companies who have the need for communications, the post office here has opened international long-distance services.

At the post office, Wang Jiankun also found the phone number of the Swiss branch in Hong Kong, so he didn't have to worry about Peter giving him a fake phone number to deceive him.

Although he could not access the money if it was kept abroad, Wang Jiankun thought that he would have to go abroad sooner or later, and it would be convenient to withdraw money directly from abroad. If he went out without foreign exchange, he would be unable to move forward.

Wang Jiankun has to find a way to exchange all the RMB he earns in China for gold, so exchanging only a small portion of his export goods for foreign currency will not affect his capital turnover.

Now that we have a clear idea of ​​how to make payment, the subsequent cooperation will be easier to carry out.

Peter will be in charge of customs clearance. His company has long-term cooperation with enterprises here, so it is very convenient to declare customs through this channel.

The two said goodbye at the door of the post office, and Wang Jiankun went to find the middleman Du Weimin.

I found him at the gate of the lead and zinc plant and asked him if he could provide 2 tons of zinc and whether he had any manganese metal resources.

Without saying a word, he took Wang Jiankun to find the person who managed the manganese metal warehouse.

This guy was also a middleman. He used his connections to buy manganese from Leping and built a warehouse here to distribute it, because many metal processing plants here need manganese.

Wang Jiankun bought 1 ton of manganese here, paid a deposit first, and said he would come to pick up the goods in the afternoon.

Du Weimin was also asked to prepare 2 tons of zinc, also to be delivered in the afternoon.

Then go to the rare earth factory to buy rare earths.

This time, Wang Jiankun bought ore that could be used to refine 3 tons of rare earth elements and had it transported to the place where it was unloaded last time. After refining, the ore was packed into wooden boxes and transported to the guesthouse.

Hu Xiyang was already waiting here, so he asked him to make one trip to transport it back in one go, and then ran to the cable factory again to pick up the cables.

I went to the Huaiyang restaurant for lunch at noon. As it was still early, I asked the boss to make two time-consuming dishes.

We ordered three sets of duck and crab meat lion head, white robe shrimp, crystal tenderloin as a cold dish, and the main course was Yangzhou fried rice as usual.

This time, I saw a young man who looked quite similar to the boss. The boss introduced him as his younger brother, who had nothing to do at home and failed the college entrance examination, so he called him to help with odd jobs and learn a skill at the same time.

He is a little too busy to prepare dinner now, and is planning to hire a chef from his hometown to help. Now he is asking his younger brother to come and help out during this period.

From the boss's words, Wang Jiankun learned that the number of bosses coming here to purchase goods is gradually increasing. They all run small workshops and mainly use copper to make washbasins, candlesticks, locks, gongs and drums, mosquito net hooks and other wedding-related products.

Because of the rapid economic development over there, everyone has made some money, so the things used for weddings are becoming more and more exquisite. Some of those who have made a lot of money have even started using gold-plated items.

Thinking of the trend of late marriages in the team due to lack of money, and comparing it with the increasingly sophisticated weddings in coastal areas, Wang Jiankun became increasingly aware of the imbalance in development.

After eating the delicious Huaiyang cuisine, Wang Jiankun took Hu Xiyang to load the metallic zinc and metallic manganese onto the truck.

This time, including the cables, we loaded more than 7 tons of cargo and the cargo box was full.

Wang Jiankun rode his motorcycle home first and asked Hu Xiyang to drive slowly.

After arriving home, Wang Jiankun took a shower and changed his clothes. This is the disadvantage of riding a bike. There are many dirt and gravel roads, and there is a lot of dust.

He took out a pencil case with animals painted on it and gave it to his sister, and asked her to go and find grandpa and bring him home.

Wang Jiankun had just finished washing up when his grandfather came home. Seeing him coming back, his grandfather asked, "Did you buy the cables?"

"Yes, Hu Xiyang's truck will arrive soon. In addition to cables, there are also a lot of raw materials for making lighters. We need someone to unload it and bring it back."

"Then I'll go find someone first, you go wait by the road."

Wang Jiankun did not go to the road immediately. Instead, he used water to wipe the motorcycle. He also used his superpowers to check it and repaired some internal worn parts.

Hearing the sound of a truck coming from afar, Wang Jiankun came to the road and directed everyone to unload the cables to the hydropower station and transport the other boxes back home.

The uncle's homestead next door was already filled with boxes, so Wang Jiankun bought some rainproof cloth to cover them. Although he didn't have to worry about the things inside getting wet, it would not be good if the wooden boxes were broken.

Before Hu Xiyang went back, he got the news that he would be transporting goods to Raozhou on the 24th, so he went to Wangjia Production Team early in the morning to load the goods.

Wang Jiankun remained very busy in the next few days.

When his family was not at home, he used his superpowers to combine the rare earth elements, zinc, manganese, etc. that he brought back into flint and springs.

Two tons of galvanized iron plates and brass were also synthesized, and copper and iron were retrieved from the small mine found last time every day.

On the 23rd, Wang Jiankun went to the county town and found a house with a large yard close to the school and rented it.

He plans to open a waste recycling station here, which will make it much more convenient for him to collect elements during school.

As for the person to help look after the scrap yard, Wang Jiankun planned to ask his grandfather to help find an honest and obedient person in the team.

On the 24th, Wang Jiankun rode a motorcycle to Raozhou and bought 8 tons of scrap iron at the scrap station to make gray iron plates, which he asked Hu Xiyang to transport back to the production team that same day.

This transaction brought together my father and Cheng Yong. He planned to let his father start working in sales and gradually withdraw to do other things.

Wang Jiankun did not go back that day, but instead visited several steel factories near Raozhou to see if he could make gray cast iron and forge it into iron coils.

Because Wang Jiankun plans to have the steel plant produce iron coils in the future and then improve the stamping machines in the team.

This way, I can be freed from the raw material supplier, and the use of iron coils can also speed up the stamping speed without frequently stopping the machine to change iron plates. I looked at the two iron factories in Guangfeng County and Yushan County, talked to the bosses of both, and finally decided to cooperate with the one in Guangfeng County.

Wang Jiankun provided forging equipment and underwrote the iron coils produced.

Based on a monthly production capacity of 20 lighters, 10 tons of iron coils are required every month.

This is a big business for this private steel plant which has just started operating for over a year.

As for Flintstone, Wang Jiankun planned to build the equipment before finishing high school and then find someone in the county to cooperate in production.

The springs were to be produced by Fengshan Commune. After all, springs were small in size and required little material. All they had to do was use a small electric furnace to refine the manganese steel, use small equipment to make thin steel wires, and then use curling equipment to curl and temper them to make them.

These equipments would have to wait until Wuyuan County was stabilized before they could be slowly produced. Grandpa would then be asked to talk to the commune secretary when a suitable opportunity arose.

As the lighter factory earned more and more money, the commune would get wind of it and would come to take advantage of it, and then they would abandon the production of springs.

Firstly, it can shut up the commune cadres, and secondly, the commune has abundant electricity resources and has been connected to the large power grid, so there can be a steady supply of electricity.

From August 8th to 25th, Wang Jiankun stayed in the production team, guiding the installation and commissioning of the hydropower station generators and the installation and commissioning of equipment in the new lighter factory.

This time a super generator is used, and its power generation efficiency will be three times that of the previous one, so the installation requirements are relatively high. Wang Jiankun completed the installation and debugging with great difficulty under the guidance of Chieko.

The line leading to the new factory has been built. After the generator was running stably, Wang Jiankun directed the staff working at the power station to pull up the switch, and the lights in the power station instantly became brighter.

Although the transformer stabilizes the voltage at 220 volts, the current should have increased a lot.

After it stabilized for a while, Wang Jiankun checked the operation of the generator and found no problems, so he went to debug the equipment in the lighter factory.

The factory building here has been built, and the workstations for placing equipment have been flattened, so there is no need to wait for the renovation of other places to be completed. Let's debug the equipment successfully first, and someone will arrange the rest slowly.

This time there were only 3 sets of equipment to be installed and debugged. I was already very familiar with it and did not encounter any abnormal situations. I completed the debugging in most of the day.

After all the renovations are completed, the equipment of the four lines of the old tea factory will also be moved here. Wang Jiankun should no longer need to direct the relocation work, as the operators are already very familiar with the equipment and should be able to do their jobs.

The assembly station requires no technical skills, so the construction of the factory is mostly completed.

The second phase of the factory should wait until the first phase has been officially put into production for a period of time before construction can begin. By then, Wang Jiankun will prepare to start iron coil stamping and add motors to the painting process to make a continuous production line, and then install drying equipment.

On the day the debugging was completed, the team arranged people to start the stamping process in the unfinished factory building. The paint room was still under construction, and the assembly station was also under construction. With construction and production going on at the same time, the team's work enthusiasm was aroused.

Early in the morning on the 28th, Wang Jiankun went to Dexing first, while my father and Hu Xiyang followed behind, transporting 3 lighters to be exported and 4000 lighters to be sent to Raozhou.

In Dexing, Wang Jiankun asked Hu Xiyang and his father to unload three wooden boxes printed with English for export from the car and asked them to go to Raozhou to deliver the goods. He would meet up with them in Raozhou in the evening.

In Dexing, Peter checked the lighter sent by Wang Jiankun, and after confirming that it was correct, he gave the remaining US$38430 to Wang Jiankun.

He used his super powers to check and found that the composition and tissue texture of the US dollars were consistent with those given to him last time, which meant that Peter was reliable and did not give him counterfeit money.

After the transaction was completed, Peter took out an unopened envelope and handed it to Wang Jiankun, saying, "Wang, this is the account information sent by the Hong Kong branch of the Swiss Bank. Take a look. If you want to check or change your password, you can call the bank's contact number inside."

Wang Jiankun opened the envelope, which contained a color-printed paper with a basic introduction to Swiss Bank, Wang Jiankun's account number and initial password, instructions for use and contact information, etc.

Wang Jiankun was a cautious person. He and Peter went to the post office, called to discuss the account opening, and changed the password.

After doing all this, Wang Jiankun breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, the future cooperation with Peter has solved the problem of payment for goods.

After leaving Dexing, Wang Jiankun went to Raozhou without stopping, went directly to the scrap yard, found the person in charge, bought 8 tons of scrap steel, and transported it to a place near Guangfeng intersection to unload.

This is a fork in the road with few people coming and going. Wang Jiankun combined the scrap iron and steel into forging machine parts according to the drawings designed by Zhizi, and then packed them separately in wooden boxes and hid them.

The forging press used more than 3 tons of materials, and Wang Jiankun still synthesized the remaining 4 tons into gray iron plates for packaging. After all, transportation cannot be wasted, right?

I met up with my father and others for dinner in the evening. My father told me about the transaction. The 4 pieces he brought this time were all green-shelled, so the payment was easy to calculate, which was 4.4 yuan. There were exactly 44 pieces, which was a big bag.

Wang Jiankun asked his father to take the goods home and give them to his mother for safekeeping after loading them every day. In the future, he would get money from his mother to buy paint, cotton, kerosene and iron coils. He would no longer be responsible for purchasing iron plates.

His father asked where he could buy iron rolls in the future, and Wang Jiankun asked him to go with him tomorrow.

He has found a new steel plant to cooperate with. Wang Jiankun has found some equipment and will ship it to the steel plant tomorrow. He will help with the debugging there first, and then take some samples home after the debugging is completed.

The next day was the 29th, and there were only three days left in the summer vacation. I had to hurry and debug it successfully. From now on, all the purchases of iron coils would be given to my father.

They arrived at Guangfeng intersection and loaded all the boxes into the car. Wang Jiankun led the way, and soon they arrived at a steel plant covering an area of ​​more than 10 acres.

When the factory director saw Wang Jiankun coming on a motorcycle, he quickly opened the factory gate.

When I saw the truck following behind, I knew that the forging press that Wang Jiankun had promised had arrived.

Several workers from the factory came to help unload the truck. After unloading, Wang Jiankun introduced his father to the factory director Zhang Xiong and said that his father would be responsible for purchasing the goods in the future. This time his father had to rush home and would not stay long. The first batch of goods would probably be delivered in mid-to-late September.

Then Wang Jiankun asked Hu Xiyang to take his father and the goods back to the production team, while he stayed there to help debug the equipment and adjust the ironmaking process and formula.

The equipment is very simple to assemble, and Zhizi designed it based on the convenience of installation and maintenance, as well as durability.

The assembly was completed on the same day and tested with the molten steel that had just been smelted to make steel bars. The forging equipment forged the solidified steel into the required width and thickness.

Early in the morning of August 8, Wang Jiankun directed the iron smelting workers to add materials according to his formula. With the support of Wang Jiankun's superpowers, the required ratio of elements was achieved after two trial furnaces.

Then a 100-kilogram iron bar was forged for trial, which completely met the thickness and width requirements required by Wang Jiankun.

After the formula was finalized, it was handed over to Director Zhang, who was asked to smelt one ton of iron every day and forge it into the iron bars that Wang Jiankun needed. Each 1 kilograms or so would be rolled into a plate, and each 100 plates would be packed into a box. On September 5, my father would be asked to take away 1 tons.

今后3个月每月至少要10吨货，后面会增加到20吨甚至3，40吨。

Boss Zhang said that it was no problem and he would definitely produce according to the formula given by Wang Jiankun.

After explaining all this, Wang Jiankun rushed to the production team carrying 100 kilograms of iron bars and arrived home when it was almost dark.

On the morning of August 8, Wang Jiankun took the iron bars and some makeshift parts to the new factory, and found one of the stamping machines to modify and test the use of iron bars for stamping.

It was found that after replacing the iron bars, the efficiency increased by at least 1 times. The workers only needed to watch from the side and make sure that the iron bars did not get bent or deflected too much, and the equipment could continue stamping.

The machine can work continuously except when changing molds or iron bars.

Wang Jiankun decided to go home after September 9 to convert all six machines into this mode of stamping iron bars, leaving only one for stamping galvanized iron and brass.

Moreover, each of these 6 devices can produce 1 or 2 types of parts, which will save a lot of time in changing molds.

In the afternoon, Wang Jiankun finally found time to rest for half the afternoon. As for his luggage, Wang Jiankun only prepared some personal clothes and money, and would not bring anything else to buy in the county town.

Because he rented a house, Wang Jiankun planned not to live in the dormitory, so that he could have more freedom living outside.

In the evening, the mother did not go to the factory to work overtime, but stayed at home to help Wang Jiankun pack the clothes, shoes and school bag he was going to take.

My younger sister is in elementary school and comes home every day so there is no need to tidy up. I just let her check her summer homework by herself and let her listen to the radio.

While cleaning up, we chatted about the lighter factory. The team decided that from now on, the wages for the previous month should be paid on the 5th of each month. This is because time needs to be left for calculating the data, and the workers also need to know their work situation in the previous month to avoid arguments about how much salary should be paid after the salary is paid. The problem should be resolved as much as possible before the salary is paid.

Wang Jiankun asked his mother to communicate with the team's accountant and the leaders of each group. After the calculation was completed, each worker would sign before preparing the accounts and paying the wages.

Before going to bed at night, Wang Jiankun thought about what he had done throughout the summer vacation and found that he almost never stopped, driving the entire production team forward.

He started by making air guns to accumulate funds and connections, and then helped design and manufacture clocks to lay the foundation for manufacturing pot-carrying machines.

After making the pot-carrying machine and the corresponding supporting machines, we started looking for money-making projects such as lighters.

Now the lighter factory is on the road to rapid development. In the future, I only need to correct the direction occasionally, and the factory will move forward according to its own inertia.

(End of this chapter)