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

Chapter 152 Such exorbitant profits, expanding the scale

The North Gear is moving very quickly.

As a large state-owned enterprise at the bureau level with more than 20,000 employees, it can easily squeeze out a budget of tens of thousands of yuan.

Of course, to be on the safe side, they only decided to order one heating furnace for experimental use.

If it works well, it will be quickly rolled out to other production lines.

"Director Jiang, don't worry. Although we're only ordering one unit today, I think all the heating furnaces in the factory will eventually be replaced."

"After all, the production efficiency of your furnaces has increased significantly, which is something anyone can see."

"The key is that after the energy consumption dropped significantly, the electricity savings in a year are almost enough to buy another heating furnace."

Heating furnaces are considered to be relatively energy-intensive equipment.

Jiang Hui arranged for Li Shigui to improve the heating furnace, which reduced the maximum heating temperature by nearly 100 degrees Celsius, resulting in a significant reduction in energy consumption.

It's important to understand that heating to 800 degrees and heating to 900 degrees is not simply a difference of 100 degrees.

Not to mention that after the heating furnace was upgraded, the overall heat treatment time can be significantly shortened.

This energy saving is even more intuitive.

Therefore, any factory that is willing to improve its efficiency and profitability will definitely consider replacing it.

"Yes, basically, by using our heating furnace, you can recoup your investment within a year."

"This is absolutely no problem with the technological upgrading policies of the relevant higher authorities."

Jiang Hui's words struck a chord with Ji Hua.

For state-owned enterprises, responding to the policies and guidelines of higher authorities is a crucial matter.

As long as this condition can be met, spending money is sometimes not a big deal.

Of course, the premise is that the factory has money.

Otherwise, asking higher-level departments for a budget is also a big problem.

"By the way, Chief Engineer Ji, the heating furnace you replaced is basically useless, isn't it?"

When Jiang Hui asked this question, Ji Hua didn't hide anything and said directly, "Yes, those heating furnaces have been in use for more than ten years, or even several decades."

"Once it's phased out, it's basically scrapped; otherwise, not many factories would want it."

Upon hearing Ji Hua's words, Jiang Hui immediately replied, "If you sell it as scrap, you basically won't get a few hundred yuan."

"Why not just leave it to our factory to handle? We'll dismantle and remove the old equipment while we're installing the new one."

"This will save you time in processing your equipment, and we can also offer you double the price of a waste recycling station."

For Jiang Hui, these discarded heating furnaces could not be used directly.

However, if modifications are made based on this, it would save on the cost of parts processing.

In particular, some of the parts are a bit difficult for Jiang Hui to buy.

"This shouldn't be a big problem. You guys can handle everything; it'll save us trouble."

Although I know that Jiang Hui will definitely have a use for bringing the old equipment back.

However, for Ji Hua, as long as there are no problems with the procedures, this matter can be handled.

"Jiang Hui, I never expected that the profit margin for the production and sales of this equipment would be so high."

"I originally thought that refurbishing scrapped gearboxes and vehicles was already very profitable."

As Lin Yuanwu's brother-in-law and a key technical expert, Jiang Hui naturally wouldn't hide information about the equipment factory from him.

"The equipment industry is a sunrise industry, but it is also an industry in which China lags far behind the international advanced level."

"Whether it's common equipment like heating furnaces, various machine tools, or other kinds of production equipment."

"This problem basically exists everywhere."

"Our selling price is already very low."

"If the same heating furnace were to be imported from Japan or the United States by North Gear, the price would probably be more than $3.5."

Jiang Hui didn't feel embarrassed at all that he had earned more than 20,000 yuan from Beichi with just one piece of equipment.

My family has already been overwhelmed with debt.

Otherwise, doubling the profit wouldn't be an exaggeration.

It's possible that North Gear will also make a purchase.

However, if the price is too high, people may not necessarily buy that many at once.

"That's true. There are still too few manufacturers in China that can produce advanced equipment."

"Most equipment manufacturers' technology is basically from the 1960s."

"When it was introduced, it wasn't the most advanced equipment in the world. Twenty years later, it's even further behind the international advanced level."

"Entering the equipment industry at this time is indeed a brilliant move."

Lin Yuanwu is much more confident now.

The key point is that once his income increased, his personal life was no longer an issue.

Just a few months before Jiang Hui and Lin Wanqiu held their wedding banquet, he married a woman from a rural area on the outskirts of the capital.

To be honest, apart from the disadvantage of having a rural household registration, everything else is an advantage.

Her appearance is absolutely stunning; she could even be described as the most beautiful girl in the village.

In rural areas during that era, there was an opportunity to marry into the city.

That's an absolute life-changing opportunity.

It was only because Lin Yuanwu's physical condition was limited that he would not have given the rural girl a chance.

With Jiang Hui around, Lin Yuanwu certainly wouldn't lack money to feed his rural wife who doesn't have a registered household.

Therefore, for other families, the lack of food rations for rural residents is not a problem.

The young couple is living a very comfortable life now.

This made Lin Wanqiu even more satisfied with Jiang Hui.

After all, all the changes in the family were brought about by Jiang Hui.

"Yes, as long as the equipment can be improved or upgraded, there's definitely no need to worry about a lack of market demand."

"Especially as the number of private enterprises increases in the future, the demand for equipment will be even greater."

"If we do it well, Wudaoying Equipment Factory may become the largest equipment manufacturer in the country in the future."

Although Lin Yuanwu had some doubts about Jiang Hui's "boasting," he did not stand up to question it.

At least the equipment factory has had a very good start.

Half a month after Beichi ordered the equipment, Jiang Hui, along with Li Shigui and others, began transporting the various parts of the equipment there.

It took three days to install the equipment and begin debugging.

Of course, equipment debugging cannot be completed in just one or two days.

It takes you several days to process a whole batch of gears.

This time cannot be easily adjusted.

After half a month of this work, the heating furnace was officially put into use at the North Gear plant.

"Director Jiang, our technicians have conducted tests, and the gears after heat treatment in the new heating furnace have indeed achieved a level of improved precision."

"Energy consumption has also decreased significantly, and the factory is now very satisfied with the results of this technological upgrade."

"If there are no unforeseen circumstances, the factory committee meeting tomorrow will discuss the issue of further expanding the application of the new heating furnace."

"This time, we will directly order ten heating furnaces, and strive to achieve large-scale energy-saving effects within this year."

With the matter settled, Ji Hua was in a good mood.

The two ate at a state-run restaurant and chatted as they ate.

"Thanks to Chief Engineer Ji for your hard work during this time."

"Our factory will definitely process all the new heating furnaces as soon as possible and contribute to the technical upgrade project of North Gearbox as quickly as possible."

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Jiang Hui poured Ji Hua a glass of wine, and he was in a very good mood.

Ten heating furnaces would generate a profit of over 200,000 yuan.

This was over two hundred thousand in 1983.

In an era when even households with 10,000 yuan were rare, this was definitely a lot of money.

The money needed to buy out the gear production line from North Gearbox was no longer a problem for me.

"It's mainly because your equipment and technology are advanced enough."

"Our factory manager plans to report on the replacement of the heating furnace as a key project and achievement this year in the next report to the ministry."

"At that time, I estimate that many other gear factories in China will also order new equipment from you."

"You need to prepare in advance."

Ji Hua kindly offered a reminder.

There are quite a few gear manufacturers in China, and several of them are comparable to Beijing Gearbox.

If all these orders were to come to Jiang Hui, it would definitely be difficult to cope with them in the short term.

In particular, it requires sending people to other places to assemble and debug the equipment, which is quite time-consuming.

If you can't handle it, and someone else finds other equipment manufacturers to copy your equipment, you probably won't have any recourse.

"Thank you for the reminder, Chief Engineer Ji. We have officially recruited a group of workers, and now the monthly production capacity of the heating furnace can reach four units."

"If needed, we can further increase it to 8 units in the next step."

"Even further expansion is not a problem."

These days, there are still quite a few rules and regulations for self-employed individuals.

Jiang Hui couldn't possibly go all out.

That would be too risky.

However, the necessary preparations must still be made.

It would be a real shame to see orders pouring in but be unable to fulfill them.

"Yes, just keep that in mind."

"If you are able to research other equipment in the future, please feel free to communicate with me as soon as possible if you have any information."

"Now that the technological upgrading plans of various factories have been submitted, it's unclear when the imported equipment will arrive."

"If we can find usable equipment domestically, there is no need to waste precious foreign exchange importing it from abroad."

"Who knows, your factory's heating furnace might even win some awards from the ministries in the future."

Upon hearing Ji Hua's words, Jiang Hui immediately became interested.

He wasn't concerned with the award itself, but rather with the endorsement it provided, which he felt was very beneficial for sales and promotion.

To some extent, these awards are an endorsement from the ministries and commissions for the Wudaoying Equipment Factory.

"Thank you for the reminder, Chief Engineer Ji. We will definitely not let you down."

At this point, those who need to express their stance should definitely do so.

Whether it's actually possible to do it or not is another matter.

At the very least, confidence is essential!

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