Organic Farm Author: Farmer is flying

Chapter Seventy-Two: Blueprint

Towards noon, the test work was successfully completed. Tagawa invited everyone to the capital to celebrate. Tian Jianyu wanted to stay and urge the workers to continue working, but despite Tian Chuan's strong invitation, he still stayed here in the cotton field. Now the cotton seeds have begun to be soaked, and the seeds will be sown in a few days, and everyone will come to test the on-demand planter at that time.

Back in the capital, after eating, everyone left, leaving only Gong Lihua, Professor Zhao and Jiang Jianbing, and everyone wanted to discuss the development plan of the cotton picker.

Professor Tian Chuan and Professor Zhao informed everyone about the development of John Deere's cotton picker that they saw in Molin City, and finally Tian Chuan put forward his goal for his team to develop cotton pickers: "Now John Deere's cotton picker is very powerful, and its cotton picking efficiency has far exceeded the scope of labor, reaching the level of about two or three minutes per acre, I think it is of little significance to further improve efficiency." At the same time, in addition to seeing the strengths of their cotton pickers, we also noticed their flaws. The biggest drawback of John Deere's current state-of-the-art cotton picker is the need to unload the picked cotton in the open field. Judging from their statistics, it will take about half an hour to 40 minutes for the on-board cotton storage silo to be full, and they need to return to the field to unload the cotton. The round-trip process, the cotton unloading process, the queue process waiting for the cotton truck, and the process of the position of the cotton truck together take more than 20 minutes, which is equivalent to nearly half of the high-end equipment purchased by five million, and a lot of effective working time is wasted. ”

He looked at a few people, and then said: "What are your thoughts on how our cotton picker project will develop in the future, and how to cut in?"

Several people looked at each other, and Jiang Jianbing spoke first: "Although I have picked cotton by hand, I really have no concept of cotton pickers. I can't imagine picking cotton from an acre of land in two or three minutes you just said. I think we should first understand the actual situation of the cotton planting concentration area, understand their needs, and then fully understand the development of the world's advanced cotton pickers, in order to formulate scientific and reasonable development goals. ”

Professor Zhao said: "I just came back from an inspection trip with Mr. Tian in the United States, and at the headquarters of John Deere in the United States, I saw the most advanced cotton picker in the world today. The complexity of its mechanism, the ingenuity of its design, and the precision of its control are really not something that can be achieved in a short period of time. In my opinion, we should start with imitation, and after achieving certain results, we should think about how to surpass. This time he went to the United States, Mr. Tian spent a lot of money to buy two most advanced John Deere 9965 cotton pickers, spending nearly 10 million yuan. With the prototype, our development work is much easier. ”

Gong Lihua disagreed with Professor Zhao's conservative ideas, she said: "Only by daring to dream can we achieve a lot of achievements, and the so-called 'how far the heart is, how big the world is', we should set our goals higher and strive to surpass John Deere as soon as possible." I believe that in order to conduct in-depth research on John Deere's cotton picker, fully understand its advantages and disadvantages, and improve it in the design, we must seize the cotton picker market in our country before John Deere. ”

Tian Chuan finally spoke, saying, "Everyone has different ideas and priorities, and they can all lead us to success. I was the first to have the idea of making a cotton picker, and during this period of time, I thought about how to go on the road of development. As I said earlier, I think there is not much that can be improved purely from the perspective of cotton picking technology, and we can start with the method of unloading cotton to achieve the goal of surpassing John Deere. ”

"Also, strategically, I think we should start in three areas. First, the development of core technology, such as cotton picking heads, or more specific cotton picking spindles, do not consider the overall large system, manufacture small, relatively simple cotton pickers, as soon as possible to the market, with practice to test our design. Our small cotton pickers can be profit-free and their main purpose is to check the reliability of the design and process, as well as to familiarize our design and production staff with market-oriented working methods. At the same time, we will try our best to expand our brand influence. With this idea, I hope to launch a prototype before next year's cotton picking season and reach a certain scale. In this year's cotton picking season, there will be functional verification prototypes put into verification. ”

"Second, the overall design of the large cotton picker had to try to keep up, mimicking the John Deere machine while improving its inefficient unloading, among other flaws. For this work, I hope that before the end of next year, the functional verification prototypes of each major system can start testing, and the first full-featured prototype will be launched before the cotton picking season in the following year, and before the cotton picking season in 1998, the cotton picking efficiency will not be lower than John Deere 9965, the unloading efficiency will be significantly higher than 9965, and the whole machine with a sales price lower than 9965 will be finalized, and at least six tooling prototypes will be launched to put into actual cotton picking operations to prepare for the final finalization. Before 2000, our cotton pickers should occupy a leading position in the domestic market, blocking foreign brands such as John Deere from the country. ”

"Third, it is the development of a new generation of cotton pickers. The new generation of cotton picker should surpass the current cotton picker design in principle, and its core technology should be changed from the current machine machinery manufacturing technology to computer technology or material science and technology, etc., from the cotton picking efficiency, cleanliness, selection and mining technology, etc., should be comprehensively superior to the current technology. My idea is to start early research on basic principles and other aspects next year or the next year, and use ten years to complete the accumulation of theories and basic technologies, and start the development of new machines. ”

After a pause of a few seconds, Professor Zhao first asked: "Mr. Tian, I have heard you say before that you are ready to invest all the profits of the new agricultural machinery in the development of cotton pickers, but the new theory and basic technology research of your new generation of cotton pickers may not be supported by the profits of the new agricultural machinery." What are your thoughts on this?"

Tagawa replied, "As long as it can support the development of the improvement machine." Once the improved machine is put on the market and becomes profitable, it is used to transfuse blood for the new machine. If it really doesn't work, I have some other investment projects, and then I should be profitable, and I should be able to support the funds, so don't worry about this. ”

Tian Chuan finally described the future development blueprint for the three of them: "I have high expectations for the machinery company, and I hope to build it into China's John Deere." The R&D center will eventually develop into a large-scale scientific research institution, which should be able to provide comprehensive technology and development services for agricultural machinery. Hopefully, we will work together to see how many billionaires this small farm machinery company can make in ten years. Let's all work together. ”

The three of them were so excited by the bright prospect depicted by Tagawa that they applauded in unison.

Finally, around the development plan proposed by Tian Chuan, the four agreed on the current work tasks:

First, the R&D center recruits a large number of talents in accordance with the work tasks of the simultaneous development of cotton pickers and new agricultural machinery, and carries out the early talent reserve and department construction.

Second, let Jiang Xiaoguang take a temporary position in the R&D center at the same time to carry out a scientific R&D quality system construction and improve the quality and efficiency of R&D work.

Third, we will transfer technical personnel to enrich the "Agricultural Machinery Service Company" registered in Tagawa, prepare to receive high-grade agricultural machinery from John Deere, and receive technical training from the American side to thoroughly understand the equipment of the American side.

Fourth, immediately send people to the cotton-producing area to understand the needs of cotton farmers, and cotton planting knowledge, and with the cooperation of Mr. An Haijun, prepare for the design and verification of cotton pickers. At the same time, the cotton picking season is only more than one month a year, which is far from meeting the needs of machine development. If necessary, we can use the means of facility agriculture to extend the experimental season of cotton pickers to more than half a year, and then evaluate the specific land area and the cost of investment after having a plan. At this point, it is necessary to actively listen to the opinions of cotton planting experts such as Mr. An. This investment should be made as soon as possible, and it is better to plant a season of cotton than to affect the test of the machine.

Fifth, start to investigate the appropriate factory address, now the machinery company in the capital, too far away from the cotton-producing area, not suitable for production, research and development and sales work. When recruiting personnel, it is also necessary to take into account the issue of working in the new factory.

Sixth, the participation of computers in design and office is a major trend, and the use of computers should first be promoted in R&D centers. At the same time, it is also important to pay attention to security issues, especially cybersecurity. Secrecy is the top priority, and it is necessary to resolutely prevent intentional or unintentional leakage of secrets. While the importance of confidentiality has not yet been shown, the importance of security will gradually become apparent as we move towards the pinnacle of the industry.

After all kinds of things were decided, it was already late, everyone went back, and Tian Chuan sent Professor Zhao back to Agricultural University.

On the way, Tagawa formally asked him about job hiring. Professor Zhao said: "Among the few people who know about your development plan, I am the only one who has not signed a confidentiality agreement with you. I'm a little worried about this. But I've lived in the system all my life, and I don't want to give up my iron job as a public office. You see if this is good, I signed a confidentiality agreement with the company as a part-time technician hired by an external company. It is equivalent to giving you a guarantee, and it is also a constraint for yourself. ”

Tian Chuan said: "I have been cooperating for so long, and I am relieved of Professor Zhao's character. I ask this question because I want to give you an official title in the company, and I ask you to help me drive the research atmosphere of the entire R&D center. As for the confidentiality agreement or something, for a person like you who has taught and educated people all his life, I believe it is not as good as a verbal promise from you. So be it, I respect your choice. ”

After a while, Tagawa said: "I am a wholly-owned shareholder of the current machinery company. I was going to give 5% of the shares to reward employees who contribute to the company. I will not give this 5% of the shares in one go, but in several batches. The first batch of 3% will have 1% of yours. Now the company's market value is estimated to be more than 30 million, and the cotton picker will appreciate a lot in the future. ”

Without waiting for Professor Zhao to resign, he continued: "Don't rush to resign, these shares are limited. It cannot be transferred or left within three years, otherwise I will take it back for free. After three years, once transferred, I have the right of first refusal. For the first three years, you only have the right to pay dividends. However, after knowing my development plan, you should also think that in a short period of time, the possibility of dividends is not very large. ”