The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 285 Kicked to the Iron Plate
"Sell it to us?" Director Yu laughed. "You will be disappointed. All our spare parts are produced by our subsidiary factories. We are self-sufficient and do not need to buy parts from outside."

"Can't we discuss it?"

Secretary Li tried to smooth things over: "Of course we can discuss it. Please tell me first, what are you going to do for us?"

"Engine." Liu Hua said with a smile: "I am going to take some orders for engines from you. The price is lower than yours. I will bear the losses of all the waste products produced."

Without even thinking, the two knew that this order would definitely benefit them. Director Yu asked curiously, "No, with a low price, you will bear the loss yourself. You basically won't make any money. What's the point?"

"To train a team of workers." Liu Hua said with a smile: "If I let them idle here for half a year and then start working again half a year later, the quality of the products produced by then will be worrying. If I let them keep producing products for the past six months, even if I lose money for half a year, after half a year, I will have a mature and tacit team."

Director Yu clapped his hands and said, "Yes, this idea is absolutely correct. A mature technical team is sometimes more important than short-term losses."

Secretary Li looked at Director Yu and said with a smile: "Why don't we squeeze in some engine processing orders to support Engineer Liu."

Director Yu nodded and said, "Sure. We have a friendly relationship with Engineer Liu. We must maintain this precious friendship. Who knows, one day in the future our Jingcheng Jeep may go downhill, and then we will need Engineer Liu to help us."

Secretary Li smiled and said, "Well, our Beijing Jeep already has the task of producing military motorcycles. We can squeeze a part of the order for this engine and give it to you. But I have to make it clear in advance that because it is for military use, the inspection will be particularly strict."

"Don't worry, if a product maker can't do quality control well, it would be a joke."

Director Yu's joke today never occurred to him that Liu Hua would save their Beijing Jeep several times in the next decade or so.

There were not too many orders in the first month, only 100 units, which were specifically given to Liu Hua to run in the team and establish production processes and standards.

The factory's technical team also produced several other new engines within a month, and Liu Hua handed them over to a professional laboratory for testing.

The engineer in charge of engine testing was full of praise for Liu Hua. Previously, he was responsible for testing 125CC small-displacement engines. Who would have thought that this engine would simply drop his jaw.

"Can I know who designed this engine? It's amazing. The power of 125CC is stronger than that of 150CC, and it has such a large torque. The most amazing thing is that the fuel efficiency is so high. This engine is more fuel-efficient than the small Toyo engine."

"I am no talent, it is none other than me."

The testing engineer waved his hand: "Don't be ridiculous, aren't you the boss of that factory?"

"But who says the boss can't be an engineer?"

The testing engineer looked at Liu Hua doubtfully, but finally, seeing Liu Hua's confident expression, he couldn't help but disbelieve it.

So he said admiringly: "You are so amazing. You can design such a classic engine. You are no ordinary person. How can we allow such a talent like you to go into business?"

"Why not?" Liu Hua asked with a smile, "There is no law that stipulates that talented engineers can only do research in the laboratory, right?"

"I can't figure it out." It's not just him who can't figure it out. Now everyone can't figure it out. They can't figure out what a scientist can do by going into business.

In everyone's inherent impression, scientists should invent and create some very powerful things in national laboratories, and then benefit the country and the people.

Liu Hua came to submit the engine for testing for the second time, but was detained by a person in charge of the laboratory.

This guy first flattered Liu Hua and tried to test his background. Liu Hua just told him that he is now the boss of a private enterprise.

After finding out Liu Hua's background, this guy's face immediately changed.

"Do you know that your engine has reached the international advanced level?"

Without waiting for Liu Hua to say anything, he continued, "Then it must be kept strictly confidential. This is not something you, a private enterprise, can control. I advise you to hand it over to the state."

Liu Hua sneered and asked: "Should I hand it over to you, and then you hand it over to the country?"

"Of course." The man said with a smug look, "I am the person in charge of this laboratory. I represent the organization. Of course, we won't let you hand it in for nothing. We will give you a certificate of honor when the time comes."

"Fuck you." Liu Hua was furious. "I've lived forty years, and this is the first time I've seen someone dare to steal my things. And they're keeping it a secret. Who are you keeping it a secret from? Tell me what strategic significance this small-displacement engine has that needs to be kept secret?"

The person in charge felt extremely furious after being contradicted, or simply scolded, by the boss of a private enterprise.

"You are being unreasonable. Do you know what confidentiality means?" He pointed at Liu Hua and threatened, "This represents the most advanced technology in our country. If you easily produce it and sell it on the market, and the West obtains it, it will be a leak of secrets."

"Oh?" Liu Hua sneered, "Really? I didn't know there was such a clause in the confidentiality principle."

"You know nothing about confidentiality."

Liu Hua slammed the table and said, "When I was doing research in the laboratory, the confidentiality of any project was higher than that of your entire laboratory. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? You want to use my inventions as a ladder for you to climb up."

"You are judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart."

Liu Hua looked at the guy who was furious and revealed his trump card: "Do you think I am just an ordinary boss of a private enterprise, an ordinary upstart, and you can manipulate me at will? You are blind. Although I have started a business, I still retain some identities in the system."

Liu Hua gave this guy a stern warning: "I can meet with the leader of the Science Department anytime now. I can report your words to him verbatim. I will ask him to judge whether my 125cc small-displacement engine is also related to state secrets?"

This guy just sat down on the ground. Their laboratory was also under the jurisdiction of the Science Department. He, the so-called person in charge, was usually just an office director in the Science Department.

At first, he thought Liu Hua was an ordinary person, so he wanted to take advantage of him. Now thinking back, he seemed to have taken it for granted and hit a wall. There is no way to end this.

(End of this chapter)