If it had been anyone else, I'm afraid everyone would have opened fire on the spot.
Look at Zhan Chenggui's appearance, look at Yuri's appearance. They are all unkempt, with sunken eye sockets, and haggard faces. Even Chen Mingliang, who is in charge of logistics, has lost more than ten kilograms in just a few months.
Yao Yuan is not a boss who is disconnected from the front line. He can see how much effort they put into developing new technologies. In many cases, new technologies cannot be developed without money, and it requires the hard work of scientific researchers.
This point is vividly reflected in Zhan Chenggui.
And under his leadership, so did the Yuri team.
The two teams ran forward with all their strength, day after day, and then the electronic injection technology with relatively simple functions appeared, and the engine was born.
Yao Yuan understood it very well, so he had to convince everyone to accept the decision not to apply EFI technology to mass production for the time being.
He glanced at it and asked, "What is the first product that Directional Machinery will launch? Chen Mingliang, you answer."
Chen Mingliang said quickly, "It's a three-wheeled cargo motorcycle with three wheels at the back. The engine was developed for the first product of Directional Machinery and is their core supporting equipment."
"Um."
Yao Yuan nodded slightly and asked Zhan Chenggui with a smile, "Gong Zhan, when I was in Shancheng, I talked to you that Directional Machinery would first produce three-wheeled cargo motorcycles. What did I say at that time? Why should we choose to produce three-wheeled cargo motorcycles?"
Cargo motorcycles, which group are they targeted at?”
Zhan Chenggui has a very good memory and can memorize thousands of sets of data.
He recalled, "You said you wanted to develop a single-axle three-wheel motorcycle that is suitable for complex roads and can carry people and cargo. You proposed at that time that you would launch two displacements and use a chain drive system for the engine.
The engine uses a fixed shaft transmission system."
Frowning, he said, "It is mainly aimed at urban and rural roads, mainly for self-employed individuals and small and medium-sized enterprises, and even for farmers. The function must be multi-purpose, the potential for improvement must be large, and the price must be close to the people..."
Zhan Chenggui seemed to be thinking about why Yao Yuan wanted to abandon new technologies.
However, others still didn't understand.
Yao Yuan pointed to the engine and said, "First, the engine performance is excessive. The indicators I gave you are 8.2 kilowatts and 9.5 Nm. This indicator is not just mentioned casually, but is obtained after detailed market research and repeated testing.
in conclusion."
"If this indicator is reached, the three-wheeled cargo motorcycles that Directional Machinery will launch will be able to meet the usage conditions of the road conditions in most areas."
In fact, this indicator is in Yao Yuan's memory. If it is less than this parameter, there will be insufficient power. If it is more than this parameter, there will be surplus power. The performance parameters of 8.2 and 9.5 are the best performance obtained after repeatedly weighing all factors.
parameter.
"Second, after using electronic injection technology, the engine's oil requirements are too high. I just asked you whether the gasoline has been purified twice, and your answer is yes. Excuse me, when ordinary people buy cars back, where can they buy them after they have been purified twice?
What about sub-refined gasoline? Do they have the same maintenance conditions?”
As soon as this question was raised, everyone fell into deep thought.
Yes, does Directional Machinery want to launch specially purified special gasoline? Not to mention whether it can be realized, even if it can be realized, the price will not be cheap. It obviously violates Yao Yuan's positioning of this product - high quality, low price, capable and capable.
Hold.
"Third, how much does this engine cost? I don't think it's cheap, right? The consumers we face can't afford it, and we can't provide such expensive products to the general public. Does the market need products with very advanced technology?
No, at least not in the next few years, because the first thing we have to solve is whether there is a problem."
"Some people may say that using EFI technology will improve fuel efficiency and save users a lot of fuel money. Who has calculated the proportion? Is it really true that the fuel money saved is more than the extra money paid to buy a car?
?”
No one answered because no one had done the math.
Yao Yuan said, "I have calculated, what I have to consider is, at what price can a product be launched on the market to accurately capture the ability range of most consumers, the smallest range. Of course, I am a person who has family and country feelings.
, I am willing to provide cheaper and better quality products to the Chinese people without losing money. Therefore, I have a clear target for the price of the first product of Directional Machinery, which is a three-wheeled motorcycle.
."
He did not disclose the price. This information is strictly confidential until the product is launched.
He continued, "Okay, let's move on to the third point. Even if you don't need to consider the two points mentioned above, what about after-sales maintenance? Ordinary people must buy such a car to get rich through hard work, and it will definitely be used very frequently.
, you may have considered this, but have you considered the repair costs after a failure?"
"You know better than me whether the performance of engines using EFI technology is stable. If something goes wrong, how much will it cost the user to repair it? Who will provide this maintenance service? EFI engines are a new thing.
I think, except for us, no one outside has the ability to repair. This will not only increase our maintenance costs, but also greatly increase the user's usage costs."
At this point, everyone completely understood.
In the final analysis, the perspective of thinking about problems when doing research and development is different from that of doing market. And when it comes to this matter, no one really understands what people need now and what kind of three-wheel drive they can afford.
Wheel motorcycle.
Why buy a motorcycle, and why buy a three-wheel motorcycle?
No one else had thought about this issue, but Yao Yuan had thought it over carefully and made the decision after repeated thinking based on the memories of two lifetimes.
It's not like you can just mess around with your eyes closed once the game is turned on.
"In the final analysis, what I want is a strong and durable motorcycle engine that is also cheap. What does it mean? It means that it does not use such high-grade materials. Look, they are all imported from abroad.
Grade steel, if mass-produced, how much will it cost?”
"Too advanced and not suitable for the market."
This was the final conclusion. Everyone pondered Yao Yuan's words over and over again and were convinced.
"What Steering Machinery needs is the most suitable engine, not the most advanced engine." He Xueli took over the words promptly and said, "Mr. Yao rarely reads the daily reports of his companies now, but the weekly reports of Chunfeng Academy of Science and Technology,
Mr. Yao will take it seriously, he cares about everyone very much and attaches great importance to everyone's work."
Everyone has heard the implication. Don’t think that Mr. Yao doesn’t attach great importance to your achievements. On the contrary, he attaches great importance to it. When considering a product from the perspective of actual conditions, Mr. Yao considers it from a comprehensive perspective.
of this question.
Yao Yuan said with a smile, "In three to five years at most, EFI technology will definitely be used in automobile engines, including other new technologies. As long as you have the ability to build a car that can compete with similar foreign products before the first mass-produced sedan of Directional Machinery is released.
Yes, it can definitely be used in mass-produced cars.”