Hou Dalin was able to put this cannon here today, and of course it was not for nothing.

He really remembered that there was no product in this era, a household machine tool.

Hou Dalin remembered that this product was very popular abroad in later generations. Many people know that foreigners, especially those in Europe and the United States, are very keen to DIY themselves at home.

Is it because they love to work? Of course not, many people say that people do this and that by themselves, and they also wash their own cars and repair their own roofs, which is the love of life and the joy of life.

But Hou Dalin can tell you responsibly that you have all been deceived by those people. There's only one reason why they do this, and that's that the labor costs here are so expensive!

Many car washes in the United States employ a large number of car washes with a group of people living illegally in the United States, why? Because labor is cheap! But that's it, a large number of people don't go to the car wash shop to wash their cars, because the cost is still too high for them.

This has led to a very interesting phenomenon in Europe and the United States. But anything that can be imported from abroad is still relatively cheap.

But if there are some niche things that are not suitable for import but only for domestic production, then the price is quite beautiful.

As a result, many foreigners are keen to make some gadgets for home use by themselves. And at this time, they are in great need of some specialized tools.

And this kind of thing as a home machine tool came into being.

When Hou Dalin put forward this idea, it simply knocked down many people present. Especially Director Qin, he thought that Hou Dalin wanted them to do some technical research, but he thought that he wanted such a nondescript thing.

Yes, he did. He didn't even need to draw specific drawings, just from Hou Dalin's description, he could hear that this thing was actually simply dying.

Isn't it just to get a low-power machine tool, small in size, as complete as possible in functions, and mainly to process wood and aluminum alloy. It's just such a thing, so it's embarrassing to call it a machine tool?

A few days later, when Hou Dalin came to Beijing No. 2 from Beijing University again with a few students, Director Qin and the others had already designed more than ten models.

Seriously, he really didn't take this too seriously, he just told some people in the technical department about the idea, and then let everyone use their imagination and conceive casually.

But no one expected that Hou Dalin would come over this time and make the whole scene so formal.

Looking at the scene of a few foreigners sitting in front of the conference room, killing all these designs, to tell the truth, Director Qin's face was a little feverish.

Anyway, Beijing Erji is also a dignified machine tool factory, more than a dozen design drafts, none of which passed the test is too exaggerated.

"Mr. Charles, I don't understand, our design fully meets the ideas put forward by the other party, why do you still say that these are so useless?" Without waiting for Director Qin to speak, a young technician whose design draft had been killed stood up unconvinced.

To be honest, Hou Dalin's creativity is definitely good, the ability of the whole machine tool is very powerful, but to say that it is only powerful is a good work, it is still far from enough.

"Designer Lin, I didn't say that this design of yours is not good in function, on the contrary, its function is very perfect, and it is indeed what we need. But that's not enough, we want a product, not just a product! ”

"What's the difference? If my design can meet your requirements, if it can meet the requirements, it will naturally be sold. The technician, surnamed Lin, argued.

Charles is a product director at Hou Dalin, a United States engineer hired specifically by Pacific Rim. His task is also very simple, that is, to judge whether a product can be a qualified product or not. To put it bluntly, this is the kind of thing that is brought to the market of the United States, whether it is good or not.

"Comrade Kobayashi, don't worry. Sit down and let me share some of my thoughts. Hou Dalin did not let Charles continue to find fault, but used Xiaolin's design as an example to tell his own opinion.

"First of all, I like Comrade Kobayashi's design very much, everyone is professional, and I can see that there is a lot of work that can be achieved with this thing. But why did Charles say he wasn't a good commodity? This is to be a commodity, this design, there are still many shortcomings. ”

"Teacher Hou, tell me, what are the shortcomings?" The technician surnamed Lin still said with an unconvinced expression.

"The first point is that the device is too big and too heavy. This is not a machine for you to design and process all kinds of parts, what are you doing with such a large bed frame? Such a big guy, how heavy does he be? I'm afraid it's going to be seven or eight hundred kilograms, right? ”

"Well, I've calculated that it weighs less than a ton."

"You see, that's very unreasonable. Xiaolin, let me ask you, how do you let people buy such a heavy guy? How do I load it in the car? And how to put it in the garage of your own house? ”

"The installation of this machine tool originally needs to be assisted by machinery! How can there be a machine tool that can be lifted by one person! Kobayashi argued unconvinced.

"So, we just want to produce a machine tool that can be fiddled with by one person, so that our products can be turned into commodities. What is the difference between a product and a commodity? A commodity is a product that can be sold, and if the product can't be sold, then he is a waste product! Your design is too good, no matter how powerful the function is, but the other party can't use it, what do you say is not a waste product? ”

After Hou Dalin's words were finished, a room full of people suddenly felt a little understood. Thinking about it, it seems that the same thing is made by them, and the result does not meet the needs of the other party, so they can only let the thing they make lie in the warehouse and eat ashes.

Think about the fact that there are still few such things in their warehouses at this time?

"Mr. Hou, what do you say, what should this machine tool you need look like?"

"Well, it's easy." As he spoke, Hou Dalin casually put a suitcase at his feet on the table.

Then he pointed to the suitcase and said, "The machine you designed can't beat the size of this suitcase at most." Of course, I'm talking about the fact that the maximum size of this machine is that large when it is not deployed. ”

"Huh? This, how is this possible? ”

"That's right, such a small box, if the machine tool is made so big, what can it do?"

"Yes, yes, I think this is whimsical, such a small machine tool, it can't even get a gear out!"

There was a buzz of discussion below.

Hou Dalin also felt that his requirements were too harsh at this time? Glancing at Charles's feet, there was a trolley suitcase, and then put his suitcase on the table, and said: "In this way, you can design a few more, the smallest one, the function can be simpler, mainly for processing wood and aluminum alloy parts." For larger models, the size of the suitcase is the upper limit, and the maximum size cannot exceed this size. ”

A technician immediately took out the ruler he had with him and measured the two boxes.

Director Qin was also interested at this time, to be honest, he understood and understood what Hou Dalin described. It is not difficult to make such a thing, but it is indeed a great test of a designer's imagination.

This is no longer the kind of machine tool in the traditional sense, and it is not only the performance of the machine tool that is considered, but also how to integrate more functions at the same time, but also to ensure the practicability, reliability and stability of these functions.

This is interesting, Director Qin, who has played with machine tools all his life, no longer regards this as a game. That's when he really took it as a challenge.

Not only Director Qin became serious, but the entire technical department also began to get serious.

In less than ten days, when Charles sat here for the second time, the design drafts lined up in front of him had all met his requirements.

Now it has become him who is troubled, and among so many excellent design drafts, he picks out one for production, which is really a test of his vision.

Eventually, after several discussions, Hou Dalin decided on the spot to adopt five of the blueprints.

Why did Hou Dalin decide?

This has to be said to be an event that happened during this time.

After Hou Dalin's bold words that day were issued, they really caused a small sensation in the industrial circles of the capital. Everyone wants to see if this Hou Dalin really has two brushes.

But the superiors of Jing Erji didn't think so. Oh, what you say, what you produce? What if I lose money? What if you can't sell it?

So, in a later negotiation, Hou Dalin signed a contract with Jing Er Machine on the spot, and Jing Er Machine was responsible for designing and producing the machine tools they needed according to Hou Dalin's requirements. Then, according to the price agreed by both parties, Hou Dalin funded the purchase.

In this transaction, to be honest, Jinger Machine did not make much money, and Hou Dalin still paid in RMB.

Hou Dalin ordered 20,000 sets of such machine tools from Beijing Erji. Five models, each of which is four thousand units. In a very short period of time, the Beijing Second Machine produced 20,000 sets of household machine tools.

When the Beijing Second Machine was delivered, Hou Zhen took Hou Dalin's hand and asked, "Mr. Hou, are you really sure that this machine tool can be sold?" ”

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