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Chapter 589 No one dares to be negligent! (Seeking monthly votes)
The technical prowess of Liu Hai is beyond question!
Even if he was limited by the repair shop's insufficient hardware and could not make what Wu Aiguo needed, he could seek help from the apprentices at the steel rolling mill.

This is nothing to be ashamed of!

In fact, he did a very good job.

When Wu Aiguo returned to the farm two weeks later, Liu Haizhong brought out a gear plate that satisfied him.

"Minister Liu, you did a great job this time!"

After carefully inspecting the finished product, Wu Aiguo was quite satisfied.

In the repair department manager's office, he asked directly, "Can we make molds to achieve mass production?"

"It's not a big problem!"

Liu Haizhong said confidently, "Although the size of the chainring on the blueprints is somewhat different from that of a normal bicycle chainring, the technique is still quite good!"

Clearly, he did some research while completing the task.

"Good, good, good! If this new type of bicycle is successful, Minister Liu, your contribution will be significant, and you might even advance further!"

Wu Aiguo was all smiles and didn't mind revealing some information.

"It's a new type of bicycle!"

Liu Haizhong suddenly realized, and a hopeful light appeared in his eyes.

He was particularly interested in promotions.

In fact, during his time working on the farm, he did learn about the situation at the repair shop.

Some open secrets are kept from outsiders but not from insiders.

The products in the factory were not originally proposed by the factory director, but by Section Chief Wu of the security department, who then worked on them.

If it were someone else, there would probably be gossip within the factory.

If it's about Wu Aiguo, then all I can do is admire him.

This is the best illustration of the saying "like father, like son."

Who would have thought that the hand-operated coal maker, which forms the foundation of the Gulou Repair Shop, was conceived by a young man like Wu Aiguo?

In fact, honeycomb briquettes have existed for a long time.

In Beijing, there are even factories that specialize in producing honeycomb briquettes.

However, the pursuit of mechanized mass production has resulted in only mediocre output.

They learned a great deal from their northern neighbors' industrial practices, and the coal-making machines they produced were crude and cumbersome, not only inefficient but also consuming an astonishing amount of energy.

Before this, no one had ever imagined that honeycomb briquettes could be made using simple manual machinery; it was simply too impractical.

Of course, it's not enough for Wu Aiguo to have ideas; he needs someone to help him put them into practice before his practicality can be seen.

Unfortunately, his biological father, Wu Zhi, is a level 5 fitter!
Then, the Gulou Repair Shop's first products came into being!
Next, Wu Aiguo proposed a combination of manual and machine methods, and through a repair shop, he tinkered with a small-scale integrated coal generator.

This thing is not suitable for home use, but it is quite suitable for small street workshops to produce honeycomb briquettes.

Once again, they were ahead of the curve, and the repair shop thrived for several months thanks to these two products.

It is said that in the Dongcheng District alone, over a thousand manual coal briquetting machines were sold in the last few months of last year!

Clearly, whether it's a traditional courtyard house, a traditional siheyuan (traditional courtyard house), or a newly built tenement building, there's no shortage of shrewd people. They simply won't miss any legitimate opportunity to make money.

To be honest, during that period, apart from the Gulou Repair Shop, the people who made the most money were the shopkeepers in Beijing.

The sudden appearance of hand-operated coal-making machines led to a surge in the production of honeycomb briquettes, but the previously established production plan remained unchanged.

In addition to factors such as coal supply, ration coupon supply, and slow response from street coal shops, the price of honeycomb briquettes did not fluctuate much.

Under such circumstances, the boss gained a lot of advantages.

You can earn a maximum of one cent from a single honeycomb briquette!

After the New Year, the Beijing planning department formulated a new honeycomb briquette production plan. Coupled with the emergence of at least dozens of small workshops in the Dongcheng District and the increase in coal supply, the price of honeycomb briquettes dropped rapidly.

Even if the coal shops in Gulou were not strict about the requirements for tickets, the profit of a single honeycomb briquette was only 0.15 cents, which was almost ten times less than the profit.

Also after the Spring Festival, not only in Gulou Street, but also in other streets, many small workshops producing honeycomb briquettes were set up.

If each household orders two or three coal generators, that would be an order for hundreds of units.

No wonder the repair shop was so busy before the New Year!
The neighborhood needs to accommodate not only recent junior high school graduates, but also high school graduates.

At least one of them should be arranged to live in courtyard number 95, such as Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Throughout the entire street, there are quite a few residents like this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are still registered as rural residents.

Widows and widowers, who are unemployed, also need to be provided with assistance.

It is said that a small honeycomb briquette production workshop can employ at least ten people, which is ten families.

It's fair to say that the repair shop's products have truly been a great help to the neighborhood!
Wu Aiguo and Wu Zhi, this father and son pair, really have a great teamwork!

It's a mystery how Wu Aiguo's mind works; he has so many ingenious ideas, and they're all quite realistic.

Ironically, Wu Zhi, Wu Aiguo's father, not only did not reprimand him for his wild ideas, but also used his skills to help him realize Wu Aiguo's idea, and as a result, he himself became the director of a factory!
With the previous two products, the repair shop was already doing quite well.

Other factories would definitely increase production and expand their production scale to seize the main market share of these two products.

Little did anyone know, Wu Aiguo's mind did not stop exploring.

Surprisingly, by using honeycomb briquettes, they even managed to create honeycomb briquette stoves with the help of a repair shop, making it another very successful project.

As far as Liu Haizhong knew, in Gulou Street, almost every household that wasn't extremely poor would buy a honeycomb briquette stove if they used honeycomb briquettes, because they were so convenient.

If used sparingly, three honeycomb briquettes can last a whole day!
Rumors within the repair shop suggest that they sold over five thousand honeycomb briquette stoves in the last few months of last year alone.

Even now, while other factories specialize in manufacturing honeycomb briquette stoves, the repair shop can still produce hundreds of honeycomb briquette stoves every month.

The tools they devised solely around honeycomb briquettes propelled the repair shop to new heights, with its upward momentum becoming undeniable.

In fact, these things are not difficult to figure out!
In the past, few people had specifically thought about this, which gave Wu Aiguo and his son Wu Zhi a huge advantage.

The same applies to three-wheeled vehicles and hand-held tractors.

None of them are products with particularly high technical difficulty, yet surprisingly few people have thought of them or had the capability to manufacture them.

And look, the repair shop has added these two new flagship products!
It can be said that Wu Aiguo's brain has been recognized by everyone in the repair shop; it is not only effective but also very down-to-earth.

No one dares to disregard his ideas!

(End of this chapter)