The journey starts from the Titanic

In the summer, the new refrigerator launched by Meihua Electric sold 200 units in Shanghai on the day it went on the market. The wealthy families were eager for it, and their desire was no less than that of a fruit machine. A refrigerator was not too expensive for one thousand or several hundred yuan. .

The hot sale of refrigerators has changed Xu Zhouyang's attitude towards the joint venture compressor project. He feels that He Situ Nan's insistence on introducing Krupp into the room is actually not too inviting.

Seeing the white banknotes waiting to be picked up by myself but unable to pick them up for a while, one can imagine how much Xu Zhouyang is eager to expand the production capacity of the refrigerator.

He will build two more refrigerator production lines in Foshan and Nanhua New Tangshan in the next step, and he has received support from Situ Nan.

Situ Nan lost interest in the iron bumps in front of him, and went to another workshop to check out another special large compressor he cared about, a marine compressor larger than a T-car. This is really stupid. Crude!

“It’s not easy to build a big guy like this. Last month, more than 50 workers on this production line made just five of them. Once they were built, they were sent to Nanhua for testing.”

Xu Zhouyang proudly said.

"Oh? What happened?" Situ Nan asked.

The shipbuilding industry is one of the pillar industries of the US-China Consortium. With the support of the consortium and national policies, the shipbuilding industries of South China and China have flourished, and have successively built 5,000-ton and 7,000-ton civilian ships.In a few years, ocean-going ships of 10,000 tons or more will be developed.

Sixty percent of the small and medium-sized shipbuilding market in Asia is occupied by Nanhua and China’s Meihua shipyards. They have formed strong competition with Japanese shipbuilding giants such as Mitsubishi and Mitsui, and the two sides will inevitably fight a price war.

Nanhua Shipyard has increased its shipbuilding capacity and launched a 10,000-ton shipbuilding project while actively exploring new markets and developing refrigerated ships and oil tankers.

"They cooperated with the South China Ocean Fisheries Company to transform a 3000-ton ocean-going fishing boat, opened several special freezers on it, filled them with fruits and vegetables, and shipped them to Melbourne, and then bought beef from Melbourne and shipped them back to China for sale.

The effect is very good, whether it is a vegetable and fruit freezing cabin or a beef freezing cabin, it successfully withstands the test of high temperature, high humidity and sea waves."

Xu Zhouyang smiled confidently, and couldn't help but look back at the busy production line.

In his plan, after Meihua Electric has cultivated enough technical talents, he will put aside the Germans and invest in a larger-scale wholly-owned compressor factory.

Regardless of civil or industrial refrigeration, he must not accept Siemens or even Cummins Electric to come in and plunder the Asian market.

Meihua Electric has conducted an internal assessment and predicts that in the next five years, the refrigeration industry sector may bring the company at least 2 billion yuan in revenue, which gives Meihua Electric enough confidence to expand into other electrical fields.

However, the irony is that Meihua Electric really cannot do without the Germans. Next month, hundreds of German technicians will come to Shanghai from Europe and become Meihua Electric employees.

"Yeah. I believe that South China’s new freezer ships will replace the old freezer ships and win the favor of the South American tyrants. When we make freezer ships to and from all over the world, sending Australian and South American beef to London, Paris, New York, the Chinese I will also eat beef because of my outstanding performance."

Situ Nan smiled.

Chapter 150

In the 1920s, the reputation of the Argentine tyrants was not lost to that of later Middle Eastern tyrants and later Chinese coal bosses.

In the 1920s, if you want to praise someone for being rich, it is absolutely right to say, "You are more generous than an Argentine."

Of course, the situation in the U.S. has changed. To praise someone for being rich can also be described as'this guy has gone to stocks'.

South China and China’s shipbuilding industry rely on their excellent refrigeration technology to build relationships with Argentine tyrants. It will be a wonderful business.

Refrigerator assembly factory, busy assembly line.

Situ Nan finally saw the finished product. The refrigerator is divided into two types: vertical and horizontal. The size is much larger than that of later generations of the same power. The shell made of tinplate, square head and square brain, is heavy and old-fashioned. Apple products have the beauty of simple and elegant industrial design everywhere.

Situ Nan nodded, very satisfied.Because the refrigerator prototype came from Meihua Laboratory, and the design sketch of the prototype came from Situ Nan.

From scratch, creation is the most difficult.As far as Situ Nan is concerned, it is very simple to redraw things that already exist.

In addition to refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, irons, televisions, and jukeboxes, Situ Nan has designed many drawings and sketches, some of which are specific and some are detailed, most of which are placed in Meihua Laboratories, Cummins Laboratories, and Tesla Laboratories Waiting for scientific research institutions, I believe those great inventions will be repeated one by one.

He designed and invented the shooting machine himself, and the effect is very good, he is very happy to play.

"Seal is very important. It is necessary to use a large number of rubber gaskets on the refrigerator door frame."

Situ Nan opened the door of the refrigerator and checked the inside of the refrigerator. The structure was not much different from that of later refrigerators.The outer shell of the refrigerator is made of thin stainless steel and covered with white paint. No matter the exterior or interior, the refrigerator is mainly in white, clean and bright tones.

"The appearance is off-white instead of the light blue and white that I like. The appearance is a little bit worse. On the whole, it implements my philosophy and the allure of housewives is beyond doubt."

Situ Nanzan said, and then complained about the button of the refrigerator door."Your engineering engineers have no imagination at all. You can actually design such an ugly door button. Don't you know how to use a magnet to close the refrigerator door?"

"magnet?"

Xu Zhouyang's eyes lit up and he immediately realized, "This idea is wonderful! I will use this design on the next refrigerator."

After speaking, he looked at Situ Nan with appreciation.He admired Situ Nan's eyes with great admiration, and he asked, "What else can be improved? Let me talk about it all, I'm listening."

Accompanying Situ Nan on the tour were the high-levels of the refrigerator factory, and naturally there were also refrigerator engineers and others. These'NPCs' were also waiting for Situ Nan at the moment to see what the proud guest said?

At this time, Situ Nan didn't intend to give full play to his harsh eyes. Instead, he talked about it in general. If it can be made like this, Meihua's refrigerator is considered a success. As for the appearance design.Or stay in the future and slowly improve in the market competition.

"The product must not only be practical, but also good-looking, like a lady in Paris at night, she must be well-groomed. In recent years, European and American countries have increasingly formed a trend of process design, which is mainly used in two fields, one is automobile , The second is electrical appliances.

After GM's new president Sloan took office, GM actively catered to this trend, and several new cars were successful.

It’s not a problem to sell this stupid in Asia, because there are no competitors, but to compete in the international market, you have to spend more thoughts."

Xu Zhouyang took the words to heart.He also noticed new trends in the automotive industry.

The refrigerator factory is estimated to be the most stylish factory in Shanghai, and the workers also have style. Similar to the workers in the later generations of automobile factories, the wages should be much higher than those in the textile factory.

The refrigerator assembly line is no more complicated than the automobile assembly line.Situ Nan was used to seeing the busy figures of workers in blue overalls. Most of them were young people in their teens and 20s. Although they were a little curious about Situ Nan’s mysterious visitors, they occasionally glanced at them and immediately turned around. Passed to work.

"Call that kid over and I will ask him." Situ Nan said to the accompanying staff.He pointed to a young man who had just peeked at him.

"Zhang Quandan, come here!"

After Zhang Quandan came off the assembly line, the workshop director arranged for someone to replace Zhang Quandan and brought him to Situ Nan and the others.

Zhang Quandan's hammer-like face was full of anxiety, because he knew the biggest official—the director of their factory was playing an unnamed NPC, and he didn't have much presence in front of Situ Nan and Xu Zhouyang.

And Zhang Quandan himself is even more trivial.

"These are all big shots, I don't know any of them! The director has seen them several times."

"These are the leaders of the head office. I want to ask you something. Do you want to answer well, know?" The factory manager who has never been present stepped forward and said to Zhang Quandan.

Zhang Quandan nodded seriously, looking very cautious.

Seeing his cautious appearance, Situ Nan didn't bother to show his gentleness and closeness, and said directly: "Name? Hometown? Age? What education background? How long has it been in the factory?"

"Zhang... Quandan, 18, a local, graduated from Longhua Vocational and Technical School, and came in as soon as he graduated. It's almost two months." Zhang Quandan replied, a little nervous, not to the point of being slurred.

"Longhua Vocational and Technical School?"

Situ Nan nodded, feeling the name familiar, and quickly remembered that this technical school is one of the several technical schools supported by the Meihua Foundation in Shanghai. It is closely connected with the Meihua Department of enterprises, so the kid in front of him was recruited into the refrigerator after graduation. The factory is not surprising.

"How is the factory treatment? Talk about food, accommodation and clothing? How many hours do I need to work a day? Are there any rests on weekends?"

Situ Nan asked in more detail, and his tone eased. He wanted to know how an ordinary worker on running water was living?