In 1992, a small village owner became the richest man in the village by owning a car.

Chapter 149 Helping Brother Duan Go Look at Cars

Slightly tipsy from the wine, Lin Ling unconsciously raised his arrogant head and gave Yu Dawei a heavy-duty ten-kilogram wrench, along with several heavy-duty 21-36 handles.

Lin Ling wasn't a stingy person, so in the end, she also took out the thousand yuan that Zhang Shuangxi had given her and gave it to him.

This completes the transaction between the two individuals.

Having obtained the goods and money, Yu Dawei was about to leave when he heard Lin Ling's voice behind him.

"Wait a minute." Lin Ling called out to Yu Dawei, went behind the shelf on the west side, and took out a large silver toolbox with a diamond-shaped mark nailed to it with the words "Forward" written on it.

"Here's another toolbox for you, the Qianjin toolbox, with three thick sheet metal welding machines, four detachable layers, and four casters at the bottom." Lin Ling kicked the toolbox in front of Yu Dawei. "It'll be very convenient to take it with you wherever you go."

Yu Dawei stretched out his right foot and tapped it on the toolbox, forcing it to stop, then looked down and examined it.

The box is 60 centimeters high and rectangular in shape. Each layer has two extra "ears" on the left and right sides to make it easy to lift. The layers are fixed together with interlocking buckles.

When the clips are removed, they can be divided into four flat rectangular boxes. Once opened, the interior space is quite large. At least the toolbox for the socket ratchet and the gray toolbox for the blade series can be put inside, which is enough to illustrate the interior area.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. I'll definitely come back again if I need anything in the future." Yu Dawei opened the bottom toolbox with pulleys and placed heavy-duty wrenches and sockets on it.

This is mainly because heavy-duty wrenches are used relatively infrequently, unlike ratchet wrenches and box wrenches.

Of the remaining three floors, Yu Dawei left the top floor empty, and put the other two sets of tools into the second and third floors.

"Sure, come over if you need anything. You have good taste; I like doing business with people like you." Lin Ling spoke frankly. Some people come to him to buy tools, don't understand them, and keep haggling, which makes him so angry that he wants to kick them out.

Yu Dawei smiled, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then left with Boss Liang and Brother Duan.

Now that he has the toolbox and the tools, Yu Dawei feels he can open his small repair shop sometime soon.

That's right, it was that sloppy, after all, he didn't really intend to make much money from the repair shop.

In his past life, he spent his whole life repairing cars. Didn't he know the limits of car repair? If car maintenance didn't include repairs, he wouldn't even consider starting a repair business.

"So where are we going next?" Boss Liang drove away from Huizhan Street, turned his head and glanced at Duan Dahai in the passenger seat: "Don't you need to check the car anymore?"

"Why not take a look? Of course we should. Where in the oil city is there a large construction machinery rental market?" Duan Dahai asked.

"Old Duan, you're really cunning. You already promised to think about it, and now you're going to look at other cars." Boss Liang seized the opportunity to make a few sarcastic remarks.

"Hehe, you said you were considering it, so I should at least compare prices from several vendors, right? What if Dawei helps me find one with a better price-performance ratio?" Duan Dahai's face clearly showed his dissatisfaction.

Actually, there's another thing. He's been thinking about whether he could do something like the Hitachi that Yu Dawei bought last year, something that looks like it can't be repaired at all, and then find a bargain, even if it costs more to repair it and buy some good parts.

Sitting in the back of the pickup truck, Yu Dawei understood Brother Duan's thoughts and offered a few words of comfort: "Brother, I think your idea is good, but it's really difficult."

"Finding a bargain excavator on the market is just like finding a bargain antique at the antique market. Unless you really know what you're doing or you're incredibly lucky, you're unlikely to come across one." Yu Dawei said, then looked at Boss Liang and changed the subject, "But since we're already here, it would be a shame not to take a look. Why don't we go check out the oil city rental market?"

"Okay, I'll do as you two say." Boss Liang could just pull over to the far left and make a left turn later. "But you two will have to watch the car yourselves for a bit. I need to go see a parts store owner. I'll come find you two when I'm done."

“No problem!” Duan Dahai said first.

The largest machinery rental market in the oil city is located on the outskirts of the new district and is called Lu Nengda Auto Parts City.

The auto parts market sells all kinds of car parts and construction machinery parts, and its size is similar to that of Jiulongda Auto Parts Market in Longqu District.

However, there is one thing it can't compare to: the open land outside Lu Nengda Auto Parts City can accommodate many vehicles, and the national highway is not far away, making this location very suitable for a rental market.

The so-called machinery rental market is actually mostly organized by the private sector, especially for construction machinery. They find a piece of public land, put any machine, whether it's an excavator or a bulldozer, on it, write "For Rent" on the cab window, and leave their home phone number.

When mobile phones became widespread, all that was left were phone numbers. Later, with the widespread use of WeChat, people started using WeChat accounts along with their phone numbers.

As soon as Yu Dawei and Duan Dahai arrived at the rental market outside Lu Nengda, they were attracted by the various construction machinery and equipment in front of them. The site was as big as four or five basketball courts, but many areas were overgrown with reeds and withered grass, making it unusable. The usable area was about the size of two football fields, and at least that was all bare land, free of weeds, and covered with all kinds of construction machinery.

Not only that, but on the ground, you can occasionally see groups of three or five people chatting. Most of them are drivers. Some of them are idle after maintaining their excavators, while others are waiting for work to be done.

It's almost November now, and many small construction sites have suspended operations. Construction machinery is gradually being brought here, partly for maintenance, and partly in the hope of finding some odd jobs before the end of the year.

"Dawei, this place is really big. Compared to the rental market in front of my house, what is that? It's nothing at all. There are only three or five machines sitting there every day. Only in winter are there slightly more machines than usual." Duan Dahai said, praising one and criticizing the other, feeling extremely disappointed with the small rental market in front of his house.

"Our town is considered good; at least we have a place to park some construction machinery. If it were another town, we probably wouldn't even have a rental market, or people wouldn't even know what a rental market is," Yu Dawei replied casually with a smile.

In fact, if it weren't for the road construction project in Luhe Town, there would be very few construction machines available for rent in Luhe Town today.

"Dawei, what kind of car is that?" Duan Dahai was like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, finding every model of the car new and exciting.

“That’s a bulldozer, actually it’s similar to the one next to it in some ways,” Yu Dawei said, pointing to the bulldozer next door.

What is that?

"That drilling equipment is specifically used for drilling oil wells."

The machinery rental market has a wide variety of items, not just excavators, bulldozers, and road rollers, but also large generators, dismantled tower crane parts, and piles of various scrapped car parts, which dazzled the two of them.

However, the two did not forget their purpose in coming here. Yu Dawei kept looking around at the excavators.

Currently, there are very few domestically produced excavators. Shandong Lingong is one example, Sumitomo's SH series is another, and Yu Dawei also saw some other miscellaneous brands.

The so-called "generic brands" are just assembled vehicles, but not completely assembled like the Yu Dawei wheeled excavator. Instead, they are excavators with modified models and some of their parts are even modified from domestic ones to be imported.

These excavator trucks are mainly used to fool newbies. They can easily deceive them and make a fortune by selling them.

Unfortunately, they encountered a master like Yu Dawei today. His weathered eyes were like an ultrasound machine, able to see clearly even the "underwear" of any excavator he looked at.

The two of them walked around for nearly an hour, stopping and starting, asking around at several places, but they still hadn't finished.

This made Yu Dawei wonder. Although the oil city was a city with a large number of buildings, it didn't seem to need so much engineering equipment.

I asked a shop owner who sells excavators in the market and learned that equipment owners from Qiqihar and Dazhou would put their equipment here in the winter.

Another reason is that I've heard there's some big plan for the oil city in the next two years, so some car maintenance business owners have made plans early on, wanting to come to the oil city and get a share of the pie.

Yu Dawei nodded. It seemed that in a couple of years, the oil city did indeed begin to vigorously develop infrastructure. His second uncle also started to work on projects centered around the oil city at that time. In the end, he stood out among countless construction companies and became a dominant force in the oil city.

This news caught Yu Dawei's attention, and he plans to start preparing to establish a presence in the oil city in the next year or two.

His strategy was straightforward: to acquire a large number of used construction machines and ideally form a fleet of such machines. This way, he could cooperate with any construction company on an equal footing, including his second uncle.

It's essentially a transformation from a small, first-tier car maintenance business owner to a second-tier car maintenance business owner.

However, he is quite worried about used cars. If possible, he would like to get a few new ones from his old construction machinery.

Although the new engineering equipment is expensive and costly, it is stable in performance. In addition, with the help of an axe, it is practically a walking treasure trove.

The two of them looked at the car while asking each other about some true and false rumors.

During this time, Yu Dawei also helped Brother Duan look at a few used cars. From the perspective of market price, they were indeed very cheap, but the modified parts and the wear and tear on the vehicles were obvious to him.

In comparison, it's simply incomparable to Brother Zhang's Kobelco medium excavator. Not to mention it's the best value for money, it's about the same as other models on the market here.

The key point is that Dawei had been in contact with that car, so he knew very well the extent of wear and tear on the parts inside, and therefore knew very clearly whether it was worth the money.

(End of this chapter)