The next morning, Wang Ye, who had been on the train all night, finally arrived at Quancheng Railway Station.
Wang Ye had taken the train in Quancheng several times, so he carried his travel bag and arrived at the exit of the station. However, what was surprising was that before he walked out, he heard shouts from outside that he had never heard before. Voice!
"Master! Do you want to sit in the warm sedan chair? Where are you going?"
"Teacher! You want to go to the bus station? Hurry! Get on the bus, it will be full soon. When it is full, we will set off."
"Little girl, where are you going? Sorry, I'm not going there. You can ask them."
"It's full, let's go! Everyone pays, 50 cents each!"
"Why do you want 50 cents? I don't want to sit down anymore. The guy next door only charges 40 cents. I don't want to sit down anymore! I don't want to sit down anymore! I only have 40 cents!"
"Hey? Then get out of the car, I'm not here to serve you anymore!"
Accompanied by a burst of cursing, Wang Ye walked to the exit of the station and saw at least a dozen three-wheeled motorcycles produced by the Red Star Consortium parked on the side of the road not far away. The kind with a carriage. Clearly soliciting customers.
When he saw Wang Ye walking out with two big bags, a middle-aged man wearing a cotton-padded jacket came over and asked with a smile:
"Little brother, where are you going? Take a warm sedan, it's fast and warm."
"Isn't it more comfortable than waiting for the bus or the transfer bus?"
"However, because you have more luggage, you have to pay for one more person. Your luggage is worth carrying one more person!"
"Where are you going? Get in the car?"
Hearing the middle-aged man's voice, Wang Ye waved his hand and was about to say, "I don't want to sit down and someone will pick me up." Suddenly he looked at the person in front of him and felt a little familiar. Wang Ye reacted the next second and couldn't help but smile. said:
"Ouch? Brother, don't you recognize me? You still sell atlases in the summer, but now you buy cars and start recruiting people in the winter?"
"It seems business is good!"
As soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man seemed to take a closer look. After all, people who can grow to the height of Wang Ye in this era are rare even in Luqi Province. The middle-aged man suddenly laughed and said:
"Hey, it's you, little brother? Why are you on a business trip again? You've made a fortune with all this stuff!"
"I did this in cooperation with several other brothers. The six of us worked in three shifts."
"We're already acquaintances. I'll give you a cheaper price. Where are you going? I'll charge you a fee and put your luggage in the roof frame. I'll give it to you as a gift. There's no charge! Let's go!"
At this moment, Wang Ye looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, there was a person guarding the tricycle, helping to move luggage on the roof. It was obvious that these tricycle owners, in order to haul more goods, added the original factory The roll cage of the car is very strong, so they have welded a "storage basket" on the roof so that large luggage can be placed on it and as many people as possible can be pulled into the car.
The behavior of two people going out to work is also very characteristic of this era. After all, if one person is recruiting customers, one person must guard the car, otherwise the tire will be gone in a minute, and even if the tire is gone, the car will be gone!
Not to mention, if you run to the suburbs, you have to worry about whether you will encounter robbery, or even whether the passengers in the car will have evil intentions, so the two of them sit in the front driving position, just enough to move together and get together. It is also easier to buy a car with part of the money.
Looking at these modifications, Wang Ye had mixed feelings in his heart. From the perspective of future generations, this is definitely a hidden danger of safety, but in this era, it is a very normal operation. After all, in Africa decades later, will Ode Biao Don't you want to drive a "Ford Raptor F150" to haul bananas? Doesn’t he know that it’s not safe to pull hundreds of kilograms of bananas on a bicycle? But there is no way! All are helpless ways to make a living.
So what Wang Ye can do is to improve some safety guarantees as much as possible when leaving the factory, such as a roll cage to prevent the car from being crushed after a rollover. In the end, the entire car becomes a two-dimensional person, such as auxiliary support wheels to reduce the risk of rollover. Probability.
"Are you leaving? If not, let's leave!"
"The seats are basically full! He's too tall and can't sit down!"
At this moment, the man guarding the car shouted. Wang Ye smiled and waved to the middle-aged man next to him and said:
"I won't sit down anymore. Someone will pick me up. Let's go!"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, the middle-aged man had a look of regret on his face, as if he didn't get the order. Then he turned around and walked towards the tricycle. At this moment, accompanied by a unique roar of the engine, a familiar voice appeared. Another surprising voice came!
"Director! Director! You are finally back!"
At that moment, many people in the square in front of the station looked in the direction of the sound, and then they instantly became full of astonishment and surprise. Under their gaze, they saw a car with a shiny silver appearance and a unique shape, but A car with four wheels drove over with a roar!
And the most eye-catching thing is the palm-sized red star logo on the front of their car!
"Is it a car from the Red Star Federation? Hiss! It looks too strange!"
"Isn't that true? It feels like it came out without even applying paint. It's still the base color of the steel plate!"
"The key point is, don't you think the appearance is weird? It feels straight, angular, and different from a normal car!"
"Hey? There must be a special reason for this design! Do you know what the experts think?"
"And there is a bucket behind the butt, did you see it? The front can seat two rows of people like a jeep, and the back can actually haul cargo? What kind of car is this?"
"Although it looks a little strange, the more I look at it, the more beautiful it becomes!"
At that moment, when this strange-looking car appeared, it immediately became the focus of everyone in the station square. After all, there are very few cars in this era, and you can usually see the 212 Jeep. Such a strange car, everyone Never seen it!
Then, under Wang Ye's gaze, Li Baojun rushed over with two powerful young men. When he saw Wang Ye, his face was full of enthusiasm and excitement. After all, Wang Ye had been away for more than a month!
"Director! Director! You are finally back!"
"Everyone in the factory misses you. My mother has been talking about you every day lately!"
Li Baojun, who ran over, said breathlessly, and then pointed happily at the strange car behind him and said:
"Our pickup truck was built and was being tested recently, so we drove over here."
"It's quite easy to drive! Factory manager, hurry up and get in the car. It's cold outside, but it's warm inside!"
Hearing what Li Baojun said, Wang Ye nodded with interest. As for the two powerful young men, they had already taken Wang Ye's luggage and put it in the carriage. The four of them got in. The car sped away, leaving only people in the square stunned!
"That person is actually the director of the Red Star Consortium?"
"Hiss, although I heard that he is very young, is he too young?"
"It's amazing! You are so powerful at such a young age!"
"By the way, did you hear that? They said that strange car is called a pickup truck!"
"Of course I heard it, no wonder I haven't seen it before. It turns out it's a new model other than cars and jeeps!"
"Hey, I wonder how much it will cost?"
Hearing the chatter of the crowd coming and going, the middle-aged man standing there was stunned. He didn't expect that the target he encountered twice, this tall young man, was actually a well-known person in Luqi Province. Director of the Red Star Consortium!
At this moment.
The pickup truck was driving on the city streets, turning heads immediately. Everyone's eyes were staring at this car with a strange shape and color. The three young people sitting in the car were all posing in a strange way. Wang Ye was the only one with a cold and unsquinting look, looking left and right like a country bumpkin, as if he had never seen the world or been in a car.
"How's it going? How many kilometers have you driven?"
"How do you think of the pickup truck designed by the factory director? Come on, give it an objective evaluation!"
After a while, Wang Ye, who was sitting in the co-pilot and studying the environment of the car, turned to Li Baojun next to him and asked. Li Baojun looked very excited and happy, and said in an exaggerated tone:
"Director, you are really awesome! This car is so good. To be honest, it is 10,000 times better than the 212!"
"Not to mention anything else, at least there is no air leakage in our car, and the air conditioner is also hot, and there is a heating system under the buttocks. It is very comfortable to drive in winter. If I drove 212 today, I would wear cotton pants, knee pads, windshield, The military coat is so cold that my legs are numb!"
Wang Ye took this problem into consideration when he originally designed this vehicle. The current 212 Jeep is really not meant for people to drive in winter, it would be very cold.
Therefore, Wang Ye directly designed two versions of this car. One is a high-end version with basically full sealing and comfort configurations, and the other is a low-end version with no sealing and comfort configurations. It is considered good if it does not leak. This is a special model produced to be exported to Africa for those warriors who pursue freedom and liberation. As long as it can run, how can we do it if the cost is low?
"What about motivation? How about motivation?"
Then, Wang Ye asked Li Baojun a second question. Li Baojun simply smiled and looked around. At this moment, he had arrived at the outskirts of the city, and there was no one on the road.
"Director, please feel it for a moment! Anyway, I have never driven a car, so I don't know what the power of a high-end car is."
"But it's definitely much better than 212!"
Following his voice, Li Baojun stepped on the accelerator to the bottom. Instantly accompanied by the roar of the engine, the car accelerated violently, and you could even feel a lot of pushing on your back!
Of course, this acceleration is incomparable with later generations of family cars, but in today's era, it's already pretty good!
After all, this pickup truck is currently using a water-cooled version of the same engine as the gyroplane. It is essentially a motorcycle-like engine. The speed is much higher than that of a normal car, and the power performance is quite abundant.
In addition, although the pickup truck looks shiny on the outside, it is made of thin iron sheets and a frame on the inside. The overall weight is not as good as a normal car, so the acceleration performance is naturally good.
"How does it feel to drive?"
Finally, Wang Ye asked another question. This time, Li Baojun was much calmer. He knew that these questions from Wang Ye were not for him to flatter him. He had to say yes when he should say yes, but when he should talk about problems, he had to say it. questionable.
"Overall, it feels like that, not too good, not too bad."
"However, at low speeds, the overall performance is good, and the off-road capability is very strong. During the last rally, we pulled it over and tried it. The passing performance was very good, and it is very suitable for driving in wilderness areas."
"But it's not good at high speeds. As long as I drive a little faster, I feel that the grip of the entire car is rapidly decreasing, and it's very drifting!"
Regarding Li Baojun's statement, Wang Ye nodded in agreement. After all, when designing this car, Wang Ye did not really design it according to car standards, because the consortium did not have the ability to produce real cars, so the car's The design is basically about the size of a big toy!
It adopts a "true" mid-engine layout that is very rare in the field of civilian cars. The engine is located under the buttocks of the second row of the cockpit and the connection between the cabin and then connects the front and rear integral bridges through two drive shafts. , and finally drives the entire car to move. This is a serious full-time four-wheel drive vehicle. In essence, it is the structure of those toy cars decades later.
The benefits of this are obvious. The overall passability is extremely good. The center of gravity of the car body is close to the middle, which makes the car body relatively stable. The utilization rate of the body space is very high. However, the shortcomings are also very obvious. On the one hand, the high-speed performance is extremely stretched. Secondly, the vibration and noise will be stronger when sitting in the back row, and the sound will be more enjoyable. After all, the engine is right under the butt.
The reason for Wang Ye's design is also very simple. This car will be mainly exported in the future. For friends in Africa, vibration should not be a problem, but pulling ability is an important issue. Besides, their situation is that the rainy season and dry season alternate. , it is estimated that there will be no chance of reaching 70 or 80 kilometers per hour. The high-speed controllability is not worth mentioning, and it does not matter whether it is stable or not.
The key is that after a heavy machine gun is installed inside the truck, the engine is close to the middle, the entire vehicle is stable, and the shooting is also stable!
But even just such a thing could make Li Baojun list a long list of things that were much better than the 212 Jeep. Wang Ye suddenly felt that maybe this thing could have good sales in China?
However, if it is sold in China, this thing cannot be completely regarded as a car, and if it is classified as a car, the procedures may be more troublesome. Instead, it can be regarded as an agricultural vehicle. Wang Ye thinks it is a good direction. After all, Luqi Province is Bian, Thirty years later, it will also be an important production area for Laotou Lehe agricultural vehicles. Now, it is not too much to start it in advance, right?
"By the way, is there anything big going on in the factory recently? Tell me about it?"
Then Wang Ye no longer thought about the problem of this car, but asked Li Baojun to report the situation after leaving. Hearing this, Li Baojun gritted his teeth and said with a smile:
"Director, the trial production of our V8 diesel engine prototype has been successful."
"The teachers at the institute are conducting tests recently! And they also have two surprises for you. It's an absolute surprise. Anyway, it's the first time I've seen it, so I'm really surprised! Hahahahaha!"
"But what it is, I can't tell you now! You'll find out when you get back, director!"
As soon as Li Baojun finished speaking, the other two young men nodded wildly in agreement with excitement on their faces. Wang Ye's curiosity was instantly aroused!
