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Chapter 590 Special Treatment! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
With Liu Haizhong's technical support, Wu Aiguo naturally had more confidence in creating a mountain bike with gears.

That's right, he's going to make mountain bikes!

In Wu Aiguo's view, apart from the high production cost, this thing is still very suitable for the current road conditions in China.

Of course, his main purpose in wanting to develop mountain bikes was to earn foreign exchange.

The current era is similar to that of the 1980s; the country is short of foreign exchange!

He was certain that mountain bikes were still a novelty in Europe at that time.

Once a brand is established, it won't be difficult to capture a certain market share in Europe, where the economy is currently experiencing rapid recovery.

He knew all too well how things worked in Europe; even if you had a complete patent, trying to monopolize it wouldn't end well.

Furthermore, at that time, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc did not recognize the so-called patent.

As for the subsequent business development, Wu Aiguo naturally has a complete plan, but right now he needs a good start.

He produced the blueprints for a mountain bike, which included the structure of the components.

"Are you confident you can make this thing?"

Wu Aiguo didn't stand on ceremony with Liu Haizhong and asked him directly.

"The farm is short-handed, both in terms of machinery and manpower!"

Liu Haizhong carefully examined the blueprints for a while, his heart filled with turmoil, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and told the truth.

"The number of machines on the farm will gradually increase!"

Wu Aiguo remained calm and chuckled, "The spring plowing is almost done. Minister Liu can go to the repair shop near Gulou and use their machines and manpower!"

"That's no problem!"

Liu Haizhong said confidently, "I will put the new bicycle on the blueprints into production in the shortest possible time!"

"We must work closely with the technical department!"

Wu Aiguo reminded, "Have the technical department record the entire production process, the troubles encountered, how to solve those troubles, and your thoughts at the time!"

Seeing Liu Haizhong hesitate, he chuckled and said, "If this new type of bicycle can be manufactured smoothly according to plan, it will be of great use!"

"At that time, there might be large-scale production. Will Minister Liu's contribution be insignificant then?"

Liu Haizhong's eyes lit up; he couldn't stand the word "merit."

After careful consideration, I realized that as the head of the farm's repair department, I didn't actually have much of a conflict of interest with the technical department at the main factory.

Wu Aiguo explained to him that the main work of the farm's repair department was agricultural tools and hardware, which was different from the main products of the main factory.

At least in the short term, there will be no technical conflicts.

By the time a real conflict breaks out, his rank will probably have already risen.

At that point, why would he care about the threat from the technical department?
Having easily persuaded Liu Haizhong to cooperate, Wu Aiguo was in a very good mood.

This is also the main reason why he recruited this guy through his own father, Takeshi.

Liu Haizhong's Level 7 worker skills are really quite useful!

When he returned to the repair shop in the city, he told his father, Wuzhi, about the situation and naturally received a positive reply.

"Can Liu Haizhong and those few recent vocational school graduates from the technical department handle this?"

Wu Zhi countered, "Should we send a few more level-five workers to help?"

"No need!" Wu Aiguo waved his hand and laughed, "In fact, Liu Haizhong can handle it all by himself. It's just that we brought in the factory's technical department as an assistant because of the possible mass production issues in the future!"

The repair shop was a legitimate state-owned enterprise, with all the necessary departments in place.

The technical department is no exception!

However, there are very few science and engineering students in China nowadays, and they are all highly skilled. Naturally, they look down on a small company like Gulou Repair Shop.

Similarly, almost all the members assigned from above to form the technical department were graduates of vocational high schools.

Don't underestimate vocational school students these days!

Many vocational school students attend vocational school because of their family's financial situation, and they want to start working and earning money as soon as possible.

In fact, the admission scores for vocational high schools are much higher than those for high schools.

They are definitely intelligent; as long as their expertise is relevant, they can demonstrate considerable skill once they get started.

At least, dealing with the existing technology at the Gulou Repair Shop is not a difficult task at all, so there's absolutely no need to worry about that.

As for arrogance, it will all disappear after spending some time with a level-seven worker like Liu Haizhong.

In addition, they also participate in the production of agricultural machinery and hardware tools, which are the main products of the farm's repair shop.

According to Wu Aiguo, regardless of the technology, the most important thing is to be grounded in reality. Otherwise, if the designs have no market, it's a waste of national resources.

In fact, the use of tools in rural areas at this time was not as advanced as that in farms during the feudal imperial era.

It is not difficult to see from ancient agricultural books that some farms in the feudal imperial era already used a wide variety of agricultural tools for field production.

But now, almost no trace of these abundant agricultural tools passed down from our ancestors can be found.

If it doesn't work, that's fine, but some tools can clearly improve productivity, so I don't know why they're left unused.

Fortunately, the repair shop owns a farm, so Wu Aiguo can conduct experiments on the farm without making too much noise or attracting attention outside.

I had just returned to the security office to catch my breath when Wang Hu showed up at my door.

Lately, this guy has been unusually well-behaved and doesn't usually leave the Deshengmen area unless there's something important to do.

Wu Aiguo has not seen him for several days.

It wasn't that he missed it, but rather that without the various pieces of information about the martial arts world provided by Wang Hu, he was somewhat out of touch with the situation in the capital's martial arts community.

"Section Chief Wu, we've got the wild ginseng you requested!"

After exchanging greetings, the guy deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I wonder when Section Chief Wu will be free? Let's make the deal directly!"

"Oh, the roads around Deshengmen are quite extensive!"

Wu Aiguo perked up, stood up and chuckled, "Let's go, let's go now. We can only feel at ease if we have the good stuff in our hands!"

"That's the truth!"

Wang Hu beamed with joy. He was helping to make connections and was getting a cut of the profits, which was no small sum for him.

Wu Aiguo changed his clothes, said goodbye to his colleagues who stayed in the security office, and rode his bicycle out of the repair shop.

This is the main reason why he was willing to stay at the repair shop as the head of the security department: most of the time he could decide what to do himself.

Otherwise, his frequent trips to the farms outside the city would be very irregular, but so far no one has said anything bad about him.

Even the Party Secretary, who was subtly at odds with his own father, didn't make trouble for Wu Aiguo's actions. Of course, this was a privilege that Wu Aiguo earned through his performance.

(End of this chapter)