Chapter 123: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones

At present, all kinds of domestic motorcycles, design and manufacturing are mainly military, such as Nanchang Hongdu Machinery Factory's Yangtze River 750, Shanghai Bicycle Factory's Happiness 250, they are all designed for military combat and armament.

This kind of motorcycle is characterized by large displacement, large body, has good stability, can be used as a car at a critical time, loading or something is not ambiguous, but at the same time, its fuel consumption rate is also very high, for people who have just become rich, this kind of fuel consumption, I am afraid it is not acceptable to them!

And now, at the end of the 70s, about to step into the door of the 80s, the country has just embarked on the right line of economic construction, people's pockets have not been completely bulged, so if you make a motorcycle, more fuel than a car, the price is not cheap, then I am afraid there is not much sales, right?

Qin Feng didn't know much about this, but he faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart.

This motorcycle is a bit big, isn't it?

Hearing Qin Feng's words, everyone looked at their motorcycles again, is it big? It does seem a bit big, but if it's small, how small can it be?

"Some time ago, yes, Tu Lao, when I went to the capital, the capital coincided with the National Day, I don't know if you have seen it?"

Capital? National? Where do you have that idleness!

At that time, I was negotiating with the people of the Marconi company every day, and I was dim and dizzy, so where did I care that it was already National Day?

"I went back to the test flight yard that day, and I was idle and bored in the car, so I bought a newspaper, which introduced the lively scene of the National Day, and at the same time, I used a whole page to introduce a motorcycle that walked in front of Tiananmen Square at that time, what was it called..."

Qin Feng's brain was very good, and soon, he recalled it thoroughly: "It's called Jialing CJ50 motorcycle." ”

At the time, it was a novelty, and it was a very small motorcycle, unlike any other motorcycle, and it even looked like a bicycle, and it had two pedals, and it could be ridden without gas.

This motorcycle has no girders, the front fuel tank is placed obliquely, a small engine is below, because there is only a displacement of 50 ml, it is naturally quite small, belt drive, when returning to the throttle, the belt drive system will make a crisp "dangdang" sound, like a pleasant ringtone, at that time, many "fans" of this car heard this unique sound, often did not raise their heads and shouted: Jialing is coming!

At the same time, many of the cars are painted in red, and they look like a rooster with a high head, so they got the nickname of the red rooster.

(The red rooster also evokes the memories of East China Zhixiong, I don't know if you know this nickname.) )

Although the newspapers at that time were full of praise for the Jialing Company, believing that it had produced a kind of motorcycle that ordinary people could afford, it was determined to innovate and make great strides on the road of reform.

However, relying on the domestic technical level, how can it be developed by itself, of course, it is imitated.

CJ is the "Yangtze River" J50 was unveiled this year, and the prototype is Honda's PA50. A few years ago, Jialing, who was interested in entering the field of motorcycle manufacturing, purchased three Honda PA50 vehicles, disassembled and mapped, overcame various problems, and copied the "copycat version" of the car one by one.

For example, in the field of military aircraft, the J-7 was first copied by the 112 factory, and the state issued an executive order, and the full set of information was immediately transferred to the 132 factory.

People don't think there's anything wrong with it, because they don't have the awareness at all, and they think that this kind of technical data has any value.

However, soon after the launch of the CJ50, it attracted the attention of Honda, and after buying the car from the market and disassembling it, they believed that Jialing was "infringing" and began to negotiate with this "bold" Chinese company.

However, the devil's head is very flexible, and it is impossible for them to win a lawsuit, and in the process of negotiation, Honda got a glimpse of the potential business opportunities in the Chinese market, and the rights protection negotiation became a cooperation negotiation.

As a result, in 1981, the Jialing plant signed a technical cooperation contract with Honda to jointly produce the CJ50 in the Chinese market, with Honda responsible for the supply of technology and some parts, and Jialing responsible for production and sales.

With Honda's technical investment, the quality of CJ50 has been immediately improved, and it has become a sought-after item in the market, the car is the first car cooperated by Jialing and Honda, and it is also the first "JH" in Jialing's product series.

Relying on this car, Jialing has finally become the leader in the domestic motorcycle market.

In those days, the average urban worker's monthly income was very low, and many of them did not even have 100 yuan. Therefore, the CJ50, which costs two or three thousand yuan, is a veritable luxury product, and not many people can afford it. Owning it is the same as driving a Lamborghini sports car through the market in later generations.

Of course, Qin Feng didn't know about these follow-up things, Qin Feng just felt that if he wanted to produce motorcycles and enter the civilian market, this kind of happiness 250 was too big and too expensive, two or three thousand CJ50, it was difficult for ordinary people to afford it, and the price of happiness 250 was probably tens of thousands, right?

If the price is cheap, in order to have a market, since the 132 factory wants to build motorcycles, it is necessary to find suitable motorcycles that can be sold in batches.

In this era, everyone knows what to do, but how to do it, there is no clear plan in mind, it can be said that everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Factory 132 also wanted to engage in some military-to-civilian projects, and they aimed at motorcycles, and Qin Feng's sudden words provided them with a lot of ideas.

If you build it, you have to sell it, and the cheaper small motorcycles should be more marketable, right?

Qin Feng just made a suggestion, as for what Factory 132 wants to do, it has nothing to do with him, anyway, he is a test pilot, and it is impossible to drive before the end of his flying career.

At this time, the sky was slowly darkening, Tu Lao took Qin Feng and others to the restaurant to eat together, and continued to talk about the introduction of Marconi avionics, Tu Lao now handed over the matter of surveying and mapping the MiG-21MF to Song Lao, and finally had the energy to focus on the avionics improvement of the J-7.

The next day, Qin Feng flew back to the test flight institute.

Qin Feng used the J-8 fighter to shoot down a MiG-25 by jumping tactics, this matter is top secret, so although some leaders of the test flight institute know, they will not say it, after Qin Feng and Wang Yang returned, there were no flowers and applause, it was plain, and the follow-up test flight began again, and the tense and boring test flight finally ended at the end of the year.