Reborn in 1982: I Became the Richest Man by Repairing Cars

Chapter 150 1984, A Brand New Beginning

"Xiao Jiang, you're running several factories simultaneously now. Relying on just one BJ212 might not be enough, right?"

After the call connected, Ma Jiancheng immediately asked about Jiang Hui.

This immediately piqued Jiang Hui's interest.

"It's definitely not enough, but we haven't found a particularly suitable tool yet."

"Does Director Ma have any good suggestions?"

Jiang Hui wasn't stupid; he could naturally tell that Ma Jiancheng must have some news to share with him.

At this point, we should definitely continue the conversation.

"We have a sidecar motorcycle in our repair shop, a Changjiang 750, which we're going to get rid of."

"Although it has been used for many years and looks a bit worn, the price should be very reasonable."

"It should only cost 1200 yuan to get it done."

"If it weren't for the fact that driving a sidecar motorcycle is too high-profile, I would have taken it over directly."

"If you need it, I can help you think of a solution."

Ma Jiancheng now has a very close working relationship with Jiang Hui.

Otherwise, they wouldn't deliberately create trouble for themselves.

"A sidecar motorcycle, huh? That's a real gem."

Can sole proprietorships be registered? Do they need to be registered under another company?

Jiang Hui will definitely be interested.

Sometimes, a sidecar is just the right tool to carry a passenger or transport some repair tools to a repair shop.

The key is that this car can go almost anywhere.

Even navigating through alleyways is no problem; it's even more convenient than the BJ212.

Furthermore, it has low fuel consumption and low operating costs.

Nowadays, the BJ212s in the factory are mostly used as transport trucks.

"No problem, a sidecar motorcycle can be arranged without affiliation."

"Just leave the rest to me to arrange."

Jiang Hui naturally had no objection to Ma Jiancheng's words.

Soon after, he drove himself there with 1500 yuan to find Ma Jiancheng.

The extra 300 yuan was given to Ma Jiancheng to grease palms.

Jiang Hui didn't care whether he was bribing him or someone else.

A week later, Xiao Jiang's repair shop had an extra sidecar motorcycle.

This sidecar gave Jiang Hui some ideas.

This thing was actually produced by BMW for the German military before World War II.

Decades have passed, and the technology is no longer considered advanced.

Currently, only China is still producing them in large quantities worldwide.

Furthermore, the same product is being produced in different state-owned enterprises all over the country.

The product designs are largely the same, with some special modifications made to certain areas.

It can be said that this thing is not difficult to produce, and the precision requirements for the parts are relatively low.

In other words, the prices of industrial products in China are generally quite high, so the price of a new sidecar tricycle is three to five thousand yuan.

However, this price has not increased for several years.

If I can get this thing to sell overseas in the future, who knows what new business opportunities might arise.

Of course, it's unlikely to be realistic in the short term; we'll see how things go later.

"Master, driving this tricycle is really exhilarating!"

"With this, it will be much more convenient for us to go to their homes for car repairs in the future."

Fan Weimin was the first person besides Jiang Hui to test drive a sidecar tricycle, so he was naturally very excited.

Nowadays, driving a sidecar motorcycle on the street is far more stylish than driving a Ferrari in later generations.

"Sometimes sidecars are indeed more useful than cars; I'd like to get a few more if I have the chance."

Jiang Hui now operates several vest factories, and his business is developing rapidly.

Necessary means of transportation must be expanded.

Jiang Hui allowed everyone in the factory with free time to learn how to drive a tricycle.

In the following period, the atmosphere in the several factories changed noticeably.

Everyone's enthusiasm for work has increased significantly.

For Jiang Hui himself, this also marks the beginning of a new phase in his life.

On a snowy day in December, the two officially held their wedding.

According to current customs, weddings are very simple.

Jiang Hui didn't make it too special; he simply invited close relatives from both sides to a few tables of food in the courtyard.

Of course, there was no marriage certificate.

After all, Jiang Hui is not yet of legal marriage age.

However, in this day and age, people generally don't recognize marriage certificates; they look at the wedding ceremony instead.

Now that the wedding was held, Jiang Hui and Lin Wanqiu naturally moved into the courtyard house like a married couple.

The things that couples should do together are naturally indispensable.

Fortunately, the sandalwood bed was very sturdy, and there were no neighbors in the next room, so there was no worry about it affecting anything.

Even Jiang Yu, who came to stay with them, was arranged to live in a side room.

Tell her not to live next to the couple.

"Master, we have modified a new heating furnace ourselves, just as you instructed."

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"Based on the current test results, the precision and strength of the gears have both improved significantly."

"The key is that the processing time has been greatly shortened, and energy consumption has also been reduced significantly."

"I think we are ready to try it out."

Just after the Spring Festival of 1983, Li Shigui brought Jiang Hui some good news.

Since it went into operation, the Wudaoying Parts Factory has been steadily supplying gearbox gears to Beituo.

Although the daily output is not very large, considering that the factory currently only has a few people.

It can basically be considered to be operating at full capacity.

Of course, this means that the workforce is operating at full capacity, but the equipment is not.

Turn on the equipment that is needed for the specific processing step.

However, heating furnaces and similar equipment are quite special; you can't just turn them on and off frequently.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to guarantee the stability of the quality.

Therefore, for the factory, the heating furnace is the equipment with the highest energy consumption and the highest cost per unit.

This is why Jiang Hui focused his equipment upgrade efforts on this machine.

"Where did you source the parts for the modified equipment?"

The equipment industry is also an industry that Jiang Hui has always wanted to enter.

Compared to other fields, this area actually has greater potential for development.

The key is that equipment is usually sold one or two units at a time, so there's relatively little fanfare.

However, the unit value of the equipment is relatively high, so the profit margin is not necessarily low.

It can be said that this is a field that is quite suitable for Jiang Hui to expand into in the short term.

"Some parts are purchased directly from hardware stores, while others are manufactured by ourselves."

"A small portion is processed with the help of machine factories."

Overall, it all falls within our control.

"The key is that I've calculated that the cost of this kind of modification, or rather, the cost of producing a new machine, is actually about the same as the price of buying a used machine from North Gearbox."

When Li Shigui got to this point, his eyes lit up.

After New Year's Day this year, Jiang Hui began communicating with Beichi about purchasing these second-hand equipment.

I'll just wait for this year's lease to expire and then pay the money directly.

Therefore, the costs of purchasing the relevant equipment should also be clearly stated.

"That's normal. Equipment manufacturers need to make money selling their equipment too."

"The second-hand, obsolete equipment from the North Gearbox is usually valued at about 20% to 30% of its original value."

"This residual value is relative to the purchase price of the equipment, not compared to the production cost."

"It's quite normal for a piece of equipment that costs 10,000 yuan to produce to be sold for 20,000 or 30,000 yuan."

"If it's imported, the selling price could be ten times higher than the cost."

Jiang Hui wasn't surprised by what Li Shigui said.

There are many different models of this kind of equipment.

There is no such thing as a universally applicable price guide.

This is also great news for equipment manufacturers.

This gave Jiang Hui and his team a lot of room to maneuver.

"Yes, I've been specifically looking into the domestic heating furnace equipment industry lately."

"Although many factories in China can produce heating furnaces, their performance is far behind that of international advanced levels."

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"To put it bluntly, the heating furnace modified according to your plan, Master, has already reached international standards in performance."

"It can even be said that it has reached the international advanced level."

"Who knows, we might be able to sell the new equipment to gear manufacturers all over the country, such as Beijing Gearbox."

"There are also many other machine factories that need heating furnaces."

Li Shigui became more and more excited as he spoke.

Although the Wudaoying Parts Factory is doing quite well now, its profits are actually not very high.

After all, the materials were purchased from North Gearbox, and the equipment was leased from them.

That is, they earn a small difference in processing fees.

However, the profit margin is completely different when selling equipment.

It's possible to earn ten or twenty thousand yuan from a single piece of equipment.

"Yes, we'll register a new factory in the next few days, called Wudaoying Equipment Factory."

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"At that time, this equipment factory will be handed over to you for management."

"Initially, we mainly made various kinds of heating furnaces. Later, we can further combine them with our own usage needs to produce some equipment."

"We are also seeking opportunities to sell equipment to external parties."

"I will also invite experts from North Gear to come and exchange ideas, so they can know the advantages of our heating furnaces."

To sell equipment, you need to let users know how capable you are.

Otherwise, people would rather import so-called advanced equipment from abroad than purchase from your small workshop.

Jiang Hui has a very clear understanding of this point.

Without hesitation, Jiang Hui quickly brought the gearbox gears, which had been processed using the modified heating furnace, to Beichi and went directly to Ji Hua.

"Chief Engineer Ji, I'd like to report to you that our factory has recently upgraded the processing technology and equipment for gearbox gears."

"Based on our current assessment, the gears have achieved a higher level of precision and a significant increase in hardness."

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"The key is that production efficiency has increased by almost double, and energy consumption has been reduced by more than half."

When dealing with tech people, it's most effective to start the conversation from a technical perspective.

Jiang Hui and Ji Hua had known each other for a while, so he got straight to the point and started talking about his family situation.

In what specific areas have you made improvements?

Ji Hua curiously accepted the test report handed to him by Jiang Hui, and looking at the before-and-after data, he was very confused.

He was very clear about the situation at the Wudaoying Parts Factory.

Such a big change was achieved in less than a year.

It's really hard to understand.

"We mainly modified the heating furnace to make the temperature change smaller and the heating more uniform during heat treatment."

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"The key is that our heating time has been significantly shortened, and the maximum temperature has been reduced by about 100 degrees Celsius."

"Therefore, there have been significant changes in both efficiency and energy consumption."

"The performance of the parts not only did not decrease, but actually increased."

Upon hearing Jiang Hui's words, Ji Hua was immediately stunned.

Did I hear that right?