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

Chapter 503 Difficulties
In addition to maintaining his car, he has also secretly sponsored two students over the years. These students were chosen for sponsorship only after Zhang Huaijin had conducted on-site investigations; he did not give money indiscriminately.

Although it may have been a momentary outburst of anger, it wasn't without its benefits for Zhang Huaijin; at least during his matchmaking in Kyoto, it was definitely a plus.

After understanding the whole story, Yu Dawei explained the LiuGong mini excavator to Zhang Huaijin and also asked about the bidding time.

According to Zhang Huaijin, there are still two or three months left.

Yu Dawei felt that there was still enough time, at least there was a period of time to go from bidding to putting into production.

The most important thing in all of this is how to get those small excavators at a low price.

The after-sales service center in Northeast China is in Harbin. Yu Dawei made some preparations and set off alone from his hometown to Harbin the next day, ready to personally talk to Engineer Zhang and the after-sales manager there.

Yu Dawei drove to a very secluded courtyard. The courtyard was surrounded by a wall made of red bricks, and the gate was a large black iron gate with railings.

It's worth mentioning that there are usually not many people here, as LiuGong's current after-sales service scale is not yet up to par, and it doesn't resemble the cooperative franchise model that it plans to develop in the future.

So every time Yu Dawei comes, we have to give him a heads-up in advance, so that he doesn't come all this way only to find that he hasn't come at all.

"Clap clap clap!" Yu Dawei got out of the car. He was wearing a white button-down shirt with an orange vest underneath, and his overall look was quite casual.

He knocked twice on the large black iron gate with his big hand before shouting, "Open the door! Your God of Wealth has arrived!"

Not long after, the sound of slippers came from the courtyard, and then Yu Dawei saw a long-haired, unkempt man slowly walking towards the gate, with half a cigarette in his mouth.

"Why are you calling me 'Dad'? You piece of shit, you always come over when I'm sleeping." The man in the yard rolled his eyes, but still took out his key and unlocked the black three-ring lock, then pushed the two gates open with force.

The location of the gate was originally a slope. When it was pushed open, the two gates swung outwards on their own using the force, and finally fluttered quietly in the air twice.

"Screw you, where's Engineer Zhang? That bastard is really rude. He wanted 50,000 yuan for each of those twenty small excavators. I'm here to teach him a lesson." Yu Dawei didn't stand on ceremony with the man in front of him. He turned around, got into his car, and sped into the yard.

He also stepped on the gas pedal hard to scare the guy in front of him.

Whether it's Master Wang or Engineer Zhang, they are both people who have a relatively deep relationship with Yu Dawei.

The three men had previously participated in a rescue operation at a construction accident site in the Greater Khingan Mountains. They urgently repaired a domestically produced LiuGong excavator and used it to excavate and move the landslide debris, eventually finding three survivors.

After that incident, Yu Dawei became famous at Liugong Company, and the two of them also found recognition at the company, thus forging a deep friendship among the three.

However, because none of the three were willing to concede to the other in terms of skill, it was like having three big roosters in the yard, always fighting whenever they met.

"Old Zhang went to collect the machines. You thought there were only twenty?" The man looked at Yu Dawei getting off the truck, took one hand out of his pocket, and pointed to the row of small yellow excavators to the west. "Count them again."

Yu Dawei glanced at it, quickly checked, and found three more units than Zhang Gong had mentioned before: "What's your company doing? Making toys? Making them and then destroying them and starting over? Are you kidding me?"

Yu Dawei turned his head, shrugged at Lao Wang, and indicated that he could not understand.

"I don't know which idiot got the engine parameters wrong, and the result... hehe." Old Wang didn't want to say anything more, but he silently mourned for Engineer Zhang for three seconds.

Their after-sales service center operates on a two-person team basis, with two teams rotating every six months. Lao Wang is responsible for repairing the equipment that has been specifically brought in, as well as providing on-site repair services.

Engineer Zhang is responsible for dealing with various emergencies in this market. Unfortunately, he encountered such a big problem after only a few days on his rotation here. He's really unlucky.

"Is there anything to eat? I'm hungry." Yu Dawei rubbed his stomach, guessing that he didn't know when Engineer Zhang would be back, and turned around to take out two bundles of loose change from the trunk.

These were all brewed with the help of Yu Dajiu from the village.

"You're so thoughtful, you even brought some wine. There are leftovers from lunch in the house." The man got excited when he saw the wine and reached out to grab Yu Dawei's arm. "Come on, let's go inside. I'll get you a couple of good dishes, and we can eat while we wait for him."

Yu Dawei's purpose in coming here was to build a closer relationship and inquire whether there was still room for operation with these small excavators.

"You're just wasting your time here, why don't you go out and contribute your remaining energy? My old Xu over there is over seventy and he's still working on the front lines." Yu Dawei was, as usual, trying to poach talent. Master Wang was under forty years old, from Heilongjiang Province. He had learned car repair from a very skilled mechanic in the oil city, and was later recruited by Liugong.

Because of their past collaboration, Yu Dawei knew that Master Wang and Engineer Zhang's skills were not inferior to Lao Ji's. Every time he came, he would dig a couple of shovelfuls here to see if he could dig these two away.

"You have the nerve to say that? You're a beast! You don't even spare a seventy-year-old, you just want to squeeze every last drop of value out of him. You're a heartless capitalist."

“If you can speak, then speak more. I’ve told you so many times, they’re doing this voluntarily, don’t you understand?! The old man is very understanding and sometimes he even pays out of his own pocket to buy delicious food for the young men.”

"It's true, one lunatic meets another lunatic, there's no way to explain it."

The two people behind them bickered while talking about their recent lives and the latest developments in the company's market.

Not long after, a red Xiali car drove in from outside the yard, accompanied by a large semi-trailer truck that was more than five meters long.

A tall, thin man wearing plastic glasses got out of the Xiali car. He was all dark-skinned. He turned his head and glanced at the house, then couldn't help but roar, "You bastards! Get out here and do some work! Staying at the station all day, aren't you afraid your limbs will atrophy from lying around?"

The bespectacled man's tone was full of sour grapes, as if he was very resentful.

"What are you yelling about! When I was busy, who was lying in the house all day, not even knowing how to cook? Now the situation has reversed, so what, you're not happy about it?"

Master Wang led Yu Dawei out of the house. He put his hands behind his back and smiled at the thin, dark-skinned man with glasses. His expression was particularly irritating: "If I remember correctly, there are still more than twenty vehicles waiting to be recycled in the province, right? Xiao Zhang, you'd better work hard. Don't be lazy when we need you."

"You *&&%……%#" The bespectacled man with black hands, called Xiao Zhang, couldn't take it anymore and vented all the anger he had been suppressing at Master Wang.

After that, I felt much better.

Watching the flatbed truck drive the excavator down below and then turn and leave, Zhang Gong finally had a chance to look at Yu Dawei, asking with a slightly surprised expression, "What brings you here?"

"It's for your little excavator here," Yu Dawei explained first, then reached out and pulled Zhang Gong into the house for a drink.

At the dinner table, Zhang Gongcai finally revealed his true feelings. This large-scale recall was absolutely a last resort. Many customers had their mini excavators start burning oil in the engine shortly after they bought them.

This is not the first or second incident. In order to prevent the situation from escalating, the company can only return the money it earned to the buyers without any change. Of course, if any buyers are willing to wait for the repairs to be completed, they can continue to wait until the after-sales inspection is finished before starting work.

"Your company really doesn't plan to do a major overhaul? You're just going to dismantle it and put it together with other models?" Yu Dawei put down his wine glass, still somewhat incredulous.

In comparison, repairs are actually more effective at mitigating losses.

"Sigh, this isn't a privately owned business after all; appearances matter." Engineer Zhang picked up his glass, clinked it against Yu Dawei's, and took a deep sip.

"So if I take it, this thing will become a collector's item, right?" Yu Dawei was both amused and exasperated. What kind of situation was this? But he had never heard of such a mechanical accident in China in his previous life.

This shows that the image-building project was done very well.

"I advise you to think it over carefully. The EX210 itself is of average quality, and the engine definitely has problems. Some parts are working now, but we don't know how long they can last. If you want it to keep operating, you have to replace the entire engine set."

Engineer Zhang is more of a theorist than a practitioner, and he is also better than Master Wang and Master Yu because he has a formal education and a very thorough understanding of the structure and application of machinery.

“Brother Dawei, think about it. If we need to replace the engine, it’s fine if we find a suitable one, but I’m afraid you won’t be able to find a suitable EX model engine. After all, the EX series isn’t widely available in the north.” After saying that, Engineer Zhang didn’t forget to add, “Replacing it with an engine from another brand is even worse. It’s easy to end up with a big engine pulling a small car and ruin the car.”

"Don't listen to his nonsense. Any engine from Komatsu's mini excavator series can be installed in the EX." Master Wang next to him had a different opinion. He glanced at the two of them and then said calmly, "As long as the engine assembly is replaced, the problem of the engine parameters not meeting the requirements is basically solved perfectly."

"If you ask me, the company should directly cooperate with Cummins overseas and expedite the production of an engine set."

"That's wishful thinking. Whether they dare to do it is another matter. Besides, we have factories, so why not do it ourselves? It's still time-consuming and laborious, plus we're worried about negative impacts." Engineer Zhang rolled his eyes at the other party.

The atmosphere was becoming increasingly tense, so Yu Dawei quickly clenched his fist into the air: "Stop! Hold on! I came here to ask if the small excavators in the yard can be cheaper?"

(End of this chapter)