Zhu Gang's Goal

Subsequently, Zhang Yi checked on the other workers. He found that although these individuals were recent graduates from technical schools and the parts they processed weren't exceptionally outstanding, they were at least qualified. This eased the worry that had been weighing on Zhang Yi's mind.

These new employees were basically only doing rough processing. The fine processing was naturally handled by Xiao Hua and the others, but Zhang Yi had been a little uneasy before.

Soon, Zhang Yi and the others finished inspecting all the machines currently in operation. The factory only had about a dozen machine tools at the moment, and even a single workshop was far from being filled. One had to remember that the workshop Zhang Yi and the others were currently in could accommodate at least one or two hundred pieces of equipment, and eventually, the entire workshop would have at least several hundred workers.

Zhang Yi planned to pay attention to these new employees in the workshop during this period. If anyone performed well, Zhang Yi intended to focus on training them. After all, his factory was severely lacking in talent, and recruiting truly skilled individuals was still very difficult, so Zhang Yi could only train them himself.

For example, the Workshop Director, Production Director, etc. Currently, the roles of Workshop Director and Production Director were temporarily held by Xiao Hua and Xiao Xia.

However, Xiao Hua and the others were only temporarily filling these roles. They couldn't do so for long, as placing them here was a complete waste of talent.

One must know that although Xiao Hua and the others were only the lowest-level academic elites in the Academic Elite System, their actual abilities were already comparable to those of senior technicians in the Great Hua Empire of this world. Even when compared to eight or nine-level technicians, their abilities would definitely not be far behind.

Zhang Yi planned to establish a Product Research and Development Department in the factory after a while, sending all the academic elites he had hired to the R&D department. At the same time, he would also have them serve as technical consultants for some workshops.

Of course, this was only in the initial stage. After he could hire higher-level academic elites in the future, these primary-level academic elites could be placed in positions where they were more needed.

After touring the factory, the County Chief, the Director of the Development Zone, the Police Station Chief, and the government staff left. It was impossible for them to stay at Zhang Feng's factory for a long time.

As for Huang Xiru, she immediately rushed back to Hang City right after the opening ceremony ended, not even staying for lunch.

This made Zhang Yi, who had originally wanted Huang Jie to stay for a while so he could fulfill his host duties, feel disappointed, but Huang Jie refused. In Huang Jie's words, Zhang Yi's factory had officially started large-scale production, and her store in Hang City was not yet ready. At the same time, the distributors in Hang City were still in negotiations, so she had to finalize all of these before the large-scale production of the Aerodynamic Bicycle.

Even the original electric bikes in her store had already started being processed. From now on, her stores would only sell the Aerodynamic Bicycles produced by Zhang Yi and the others and would no longer sell electric bikes. The profit from electric bikes was simply too low, far less profitable than the Aerodynamic Bicycle.

After seeing Huang Xiru off, Zhang Yi was about to return to his office, but when he reached the factory gate, he saw someone standing there. Zhang Yi looked closely and realized it was none other than Zhu Gang, the boss of the Xian County Auto Parts Processing Factory.

This made Zhang Yi a little confused. He didn't need to say anything about the current situation; Zhu Gang also knew that Zhang Yi couldn't process parts for him now. As for the previous batch of parts, Zhang Yi had delivered them all yesterday.

Although a little puzzled, Zhang Yi still walked towards Zhu Gang.

Meanwhile, when Zhu Gang saw Zhang Yi walking towards him, he immediately hurried forward to meet him. After reaching his side, he immediately spoke to Zhang Yi, "Boss Zhang, congratulations! Congratulations on the opening of your new factory and becoming the largest machinery factory in our Xian County in one fell swoop, and also having your own flagship product. It's nothing like me, who can only do OEM for others."

"Not at all! Boss Zhu, please don't praise me. Although my factory looks very large, as you know, there are only about a dozen machine tools in the entire factory, and only a few workers. How can it compare to your factory, Boss Zhu? You're too kind," Zhang Yi also replied politely.

"I wonder what brings you here, Boss Zhu? Are you looking for me to process parts for you again?" Zhang Yi didn't know the purpose of Zhu Gang's visit, so he asked.

"No! No! No! Boss Zhang, I know that with the current situation of your factory, it's definitely impossible for you to process parts for me. It's like this, Boss Zhang! I want to expand the production scale of my current machinery factory, but because my annual orders are only so much, if I expand the scale, it's very likely to cause overcapacity.

So I just wanted to ask, Boss Zhang, if your factory can give me some orders in the future?" Zhu Gang asked.

In fact, after Zhu Gang attended the opening ceremony of Zhang Yi's factory in the morning and visited Zhang Yi's factory's products, he understood that the Aerodynamic Bicycles produced by Zhang Yi and the others would definitely sell well.

Although, with the current situation, Zhang Yi's own factory was sufficient and didn't need to recruit external processing factories, this was only temporary. In the future, as this Aerodynamic Bicycle was promoted, Zhang Yi's factory would definitely experience insufficient capacity, so he immediately came to visit.

After hearing this, Zhang Yi was truly speechless about Zhu Gang's foresight. His factory had just started, and Zhu Gang had already come to visit. However, Zhang Yi was not planning to refuse Zhu Gang's proposal. If Zhang Yi's Aerodynamic Bicycle really became popular in the future, he would definitely need his help. After all, in Xian County, they were the only factory capable of taking large orders.

If the price and quality were similar, Zhang Yi would be more willing to give the orders to Zhu Gang. Moreover, since Zhu Gang's factory could make parts for Ji Li Auto, it was likely that the quality of their factory was also guaranteed to some extent. Otherwise, how could a world-renowned automobile manufacturer like Ji Li give orders to Zhu Gang?

So Zhang Yi said, "Okay, since Boss Zhu has said so, I won't say anything more. I can give you an answer, which is that if our factory needs external processing, then under the premise of guaranteed quality and similar prices, I will definitely give the orders to your factory."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yi thought for a moment and said, "Of course, if Boss Zhu doesn't mind, I have some small orders right now."

Because Zhang Yi's factory had just upgraded from a small machinery processing workshop to a real factory, the workers in the factory were all new graduates from school, and the processing speed was not fast. Moreover, the number of machine tools was only about a dozen.

If they relied solely on their own factory personnel to produce a thousand Aerodynamic Bicycles, it would take at least ten days to half a month, or even longer. Furthermore, the factory currently had orders for Hao Chen Pneumatic's Air Motors. If most of the parts were outsourced to Zhu Gang, the speed could be increased by several times. If everything went smoothly, the order for the Air Motors could be completed in about a week.

"Boss Zhang! How could I mind! Even if it's a small order, it's not like I haven't taken one before. As long as Boss Zhang has orders, I, Zhu Gang, have nothing to say. As long as my factory can do it, I will definitely take it," Zhu Gang immediately replied when he heard Zhang Yi's words.

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