Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 504 Purchase threshold
Zhao Changfeng didn't make Duan Yun wait too long, and returned from BJ in only three days.

After getting off the train at 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Changfeng took the bus directly back to the factory regardless of the fatigue of the journey.

Duan Yun was instructing the workers in the workshop to modify the equipment at that time. When he saw Zhao Changfeng approaching, he was taken aback for a moment, and then led him to his office.

"Thank you, you just got off the train, right? Sit down." Seeing that Zhao Changfeng's eye circles were a little dark, Duan Yun was slightly touched and said to him with a smile.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Zhao Changfeng did not sit down, but took out a manual from his purse, put it on Duan Yun's desk, and said, "Manager Duan, this is the computer you want to buy, right?"

"That's right, that's what I'm talking about." Duan Yun picked up the manual on the table, glanced at it, his eyes lit up, and he said to Zhao Changfeng repeatedly: "You found a place to sell computers so quickly? Where is it?" ? What is the selling price?"

What Zhao Changfeng put on the table was the instruction manual of an IBM computer imported from the United States, and it was this kind of computer that Duan Yun wanted to buy.

"I saw this computer in the electrical appliance hall of BJ Department Store. The price is 32 yuan, but..." Zhao Changfeng said with a slight frown.

"But what?"

"I asked the counter clerk, and they said that this kind of computer is not sold to individuals. If you want to buy this computer, you need a letter of introduction. It can only be used for research institutes above the national and municipal level, bureaus and departments, and large state-owned enterprises. "Zhao Changfeng paused, then continued: "I told you about the situation of our factory, and the other party said that a factory-run group like ours is not eligible to buy computer products."

"A bureau-level unit?" Duan Yun frowned upon hearing this.

In fact, Duan Yun had already expected that it would be impossible to sell computers to individuals, but he did not expect that the threshold for purchasing computers was so high that only bureau-level units could purchase them. This obviously completely cut off Duan Yun's channel to buy computers in BJ.

"Yeah, people say that you must have a letter of introduction from your unit. If you have money, you can't buy it personally. In addition, I went to BJ's Friendship Store as you said, and I can buy a computer for me privately there. Where are we going to arrange so many foreign exchange certificates?" Zhao Changfeng said helplessly.

"Yeah." Duan Yun nodded, and said to Zhao Changfeng after a while: "Okay, let's leave it at that, I've worked hard for you these two days, I'll give you a day off tomorrow, you can take a good rest at home, you You can go back now." Duan Yun signaled Zhao Changfeng to leave.

"Manager Duan, if it doesn't work, I'll go to Shanghai and Guangzhou to show you. The economy there is developed and the governance is not as strict as BJ's. Maybe you can find other channels to buy computers..." Zhao Changfeng was about to leave when he thought again What, he said to Duan Yun immediately.

"Are you addicted to business trips? Haha, just kidding, I know you are tired from running back and forth." Duan Yun smiled after hearing this, and then said to him: "Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter, you Go back and rest for a day, I have other tasks to arrange for you later."

Duan Yun also thought that Shanghai, Guangzhou or some cities in the south should have channels for privately buying computers, but Duan Yun did not intend to arrange for Chen Changfeng to do these things.

At the beginning of the reform and opening up, many people in some coastal cities were engaged in smuggling business, especially Xiamen adjacent to Taiwan, Guangzhou and Shenzhen adjacent to Hong Kong. TV sets, tape recorders and other large electrical products are the main products. If Duan Yun wants to buy a computer, it should not be a big problem.

But Duan Yun didn't want Chen Changfeng to help him buy smuggled goods. The main reason was that Chen Changfeng was a regular worker in their factory. Once he was caught buying smuggled goods, he might be involved, so Duan Yun Yun generally only asks him to engage in normal purchasing and sales work in some units, and he will not be allowed to do things that go wrong.

Relatively speaking, Gao Lei is an unemployed youth, and there is no problem in buying some smuggled goods. Even if he is caught, he will be fined and detained for a few days at most, which will not involve Duan Yun's labor service company, and Gao Lei's people Tall and tall, he might still be able to deal with a robber Roadhog. Duan Yun asked him to buy smuggled items, which is relatively much safer.

Everyone has their strengths. Duan Yun wants to make the best use of his talents and resources. It is really inappropriate for Zhao Changfeng to go to a smuggling company in the name of the head of the sales department. At least Duan Yun has not treated him yet. The level of trust is not as good as Gao Lei.

Duan Yun urgently needs a computer now, but it seems that he still needs to wait patiently for a while.

After a busy day in the factory during the day, when it was time to get off work, Duan Yun’s modification of the No. 1 carburizing furnace was nearing completion. The periphery of the furnace body was welded with steel plates and the new lining material was thickened. And other CNC supporting equipment have been connected. Tomorrow, after Duan Yun personally connects the CNC circuit board, he can start the machine for testing.

At present, two carburizing furnaces newly entered the factory, one is being refitted, and the other has been in operation for a period of time.

Compared with the previous preheating furnace, the heat-treated workpiece of this domestic carburizing furnace is indeed stronger than the previous heat-treated gear, surface hardness and other indicators. The gears are indeed more durable than the gears that have not been carburized, and the wear is also smaller. During a week of repeated tests, the gear box treated by the carburizing process has never had any problems, and the same structure, Two of the magnetic wheel gearboxes that have not been carburized have been broken.

Duan Yun is excited by such test results, but Duan Yun also knows that there are still many technological problems that he has to solve. On the one hand, the carburizing performance of this kind of domestic carburizing furnace is not balanced, because the carburizing is done manually. Operation, the concentration of carbon-containing gas in the furnace is difficult to keep accurate, which is an important reason why Duan Yun wants to change it into a numerically controlled carburizing furnace.

Another aspect is the cost issue.

The craftsmanship of the product is of good quality, but if the price is too high compared to similar products, it cannot be sold in the current national conditions, and even if it is sold, the profit margin is very small.

Although the performance of the two new carburizing furnaces is relatively advanced in China, they consume a lot of power compared to preheating furnaces without carburizing function. It is precisely because of this that Duan Yun, in order to save energy, The shell of the carburizing furnace is thickened, which can save part of the power consumption.

All in all, Duan Yun’s product design has been considered a success. The current test drive feels good, and the gearbox feels good during operation. His follow-up work is mainly focused on reducing costs, and strives to improve product quality while reducing costs. Let it go down and make your products more competitive in the country.

(End of this chapter)