Traveling through 70's wine

Chapter 143 Moving

On Sunday, Wen Qing went to Balizhuang with a gift for Zhuang Xien, which was a set of 56 bone china tableware that could serve 8 people. The pattern was in traditional blue and white style, which she bought in Gangcheng.

Fang Yuan gave a vase and Lin Qingyuan gave an enamel basin.

Zhuang Xien was very happy to receive Wen Qing's gift. Fang Yuan cheered on the side, "Sister Wen, when I move, please give me such beautiful tableware."

“Then you also need a house.”

"It will be there soon. Sister Wen, please prepare the gifts first."

Seeing Zhuang Xien moving, Fang Yuan and Lin Qingyuan also wanted to buy a house. They were both looking for a suitable house. Wen Qing introduced Chief Li of the Housing Management Office to them, and he was sure that they would be able to find a suitable house.

Zhang Yumei also came. She looked at Zhuang Xien's house with envy, secretly thinking about buying a house like this. This competitive mentality gradually caused conflicts between Lin Qingyuan and Fang Yuan and Zhuang Xien.

Zhuang Xien and Wen Qing went to the kitchen to cook. Zhuang Xien stewed soup, while Wen Qing made braised fish, spicy chicken, three fresh vegetables, braised prawns, and fried spare ribs. The five of them had a big meal smelling the delicious dishes and drinking the wine that Wen Qing brought.

Talking about the house, Zhang Yumei said: "Brother Zhuang, your house is so beautiful. I feel that the enamel basin is not worthy of this house."

After saying that, he covered his mouth and laughed. Zhuang Xien said, "Sister-in-law, what you said is too much. No matter what Qingyuan gave, it was his intention, and I will thank him."

Zhang Yumei asked, "I see your store has hired a lot of employees. Can I go and work in your store?"

Fang Yuan glanced at Lin Qingyuan secretly. Lin Qingyuan lowered his head and said nothing.

Fang Yuan said, "We will be hiring people for the cycling competition soon. What is your education level, sister-in-law?"

Zhang Yumei didn't know what education was and didn't answer. Lin Qingyuan came to her rescue: "She only finished elementary school."

Fang Yuan nodded to show that he understood.

Zhuang Xien didn't say anything and cleaned the table. Wen Qing took the others to the living room and made a pot of tea.

Fang Yuan picked up the teacup and took a sip. "Sister Wen, did you bring this tea?"

"what about the taste?"

“It feels no worse than Longjing.”

Wen Qing glanced at Fang Yuan thoughtfully. Although they had known each other for such a long time, Wen Qing had not deliberately inquired about Fang Yuan and Lin Qingyuan's family background. Since he could taste the quality of tea, it seemed that he came from a good family.

She said to Lin Qingyuan, "Brother Lin, when are you going to Jizhong City?" This month it was Lin Qingyuan's turn to go to Jizhong.

"Go tomorrow."

"I have designed a new city bike. Can you take it and make a prototype?"

"Is it difficult?"

"The parts we need can all be made by Schindler Bicycle Factory. It shouldn't be difficult."

Fang Yuan was very interested in the bicycle designed by Wen Qing and suggested, "Brother Lin, you stay at home to look after the store, and Brother Zhuang and I will go."

Lin Qingyuan thought that Fang Yuan did not immediately agree to let Zhang Yumei work in the store. If he was in charge of the store, he would let Zhang Yumei work in the store when he had the chance. With two people having two salaries, he would be closer to buying a house.

So he agreed to let Zhuang Xien and Fang Yuan go to Ji Zhong.

After work, Wen Qing couldn't take leave often, so she could only make the prototype car and then make improvements.

Zhuang Xien called the factory and asked them to make preparations in advance. He took the design draft and went to Jizhong with Fang Yuan. Engineer Wan from the factory picked them up at the train station.

Engineer Wan is also very interested in developing new products. In the past, this factory had a lot of equipment but could not make good products. After being contracted out, it immediately launched new products. He felt that comparison is the thief of frustration and that the factory deserved to go out of business.

When he arrived at the factory, Zhuang Xien opened the blueprint and was surrounded by Engineer Wan and several technicians. Technology always admires stronger technology, and when they heard about the new product, everyone wanted to be the first to see it.

Zhuang Xien introduced the innovations of the product. When Engineer Wan heard that the front fork, frame, and brakes had all been improved, and that there was a three-speed fixed travel mode, he wished he could produce the bicycle immediately and ride it for a ride.

Zhuang Xien handed the drawings to everyone, "The new bicycle frame must be made of aluminum alloy, the disc brake must be made with a new mold, the tread width is 47mm, and the pattern is also specially made."

These designs are all for easier and safer riding.

Engineer Wang looked at the design and said, "Let's split up."

Several people discussed materials and vehicle structure together. Most of the new bicycles use common parts, and only some materials need to be purchased.

Zhuang Xien discussed with the purchasing department which factory's products were more suitable for him. He decided to buy some for trial first, and then purchase in large quantities if they met his requirements.

Because they were eager to make new products, everyone worked separately and the purchasing department prepared all the materials needed for the new products in a week.

Mr. Wan and the workshop workers worked overtime to complete the preliminary preparations for mold opening.

Zhuang Xien and Fang Yuan stayed in the factory the whole time, urging the workshop to work overtime, and it only took two weeks to produce the prototype car.

Fang Yuan rode the new bike through the factory. Although the operation was not as versatile as a mountain bike, it was easier to get started. The newly designed front fork and shock absorber made the ride very stable and comfortable, and the brakes responded promptly, enough to deal with emergencies on the road.

Wang Gong also went out to test drive the new bike. He was very satisfied with the new bike because it was easy to operate and had much better safety performance than current bicycles.

Fang Yuan brought the prototype car back to Pingjing, and Wen Qing made some adjustments to the design in order to make it more reasonable.

Zhuang Xian continued to stay in Ji Zhong to determine the spare parts procurement plan. He wanted to achieve mass production as soon as possible.

Three days later, Fang Yuan returned to Ji Zhong with a new design plan, and the next step was mass production.

It took some effort to find qualified raw materials and spare parts. Zhuang Xien even went to the bicycle tire manufacturer in person and worked with them to make the tire pattern designed by Wen Qing.

The people in the factory were still wondering why we had to make several patterns? Couldn’t we just produce one?

Wangong has rich production experience and played an important role in the production process of new cars. He put forward good suggestions from material selection, mold development to process flow.

After the city bicycles were successfully mass-produced, Zhuang Xien and Fang Yuan invited the members of the research team to a famous local restaurant for dinner, distributed bonuses in the name of the company, and rewarded each person with a new bicycle, which greatly motivated these technicians.

In order to launch new products, Zhuang Xien bought a new production line specifically for the production of new bicycles. The factory discontinued production of the old-style bicycles, and the production line was used to produce bicycles for Jinshi Feiniao.

The mountain bikes and city bikes produced by the factory are now new products and are very popular in the market. He expects the bicycle factory's revenue to double this year.

When he called Wen Qing to talk about this, Zhuang Xien was in a very happy mood. He estimated that if there were dividends this year, he could get back all his investment.

In July, Zhuang Xien returned to the Schindler Bicycle Shop with the first batch of new city bikes, and Wen Qing bought five bikes, one for each of Liu Quan, Wang Jianguo, Tan Yuanfang, Jin Zicong, and Li Xinguo.