"Hey, Deputy Director Li, wait a moment!"

As soon as Li Xuewu walked out of the main office building door, Xia Zhongquan caught up with him.

Holding the lunch box in his hand, he walked quickly to Li Xuewu and breathed heavily on purpose, as if the pursuit was hard.

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Sit down and rest for a while. Don't be short of breath. We have to go to your house for dinner."

"No need to——!" Xia Zhongquan pointed his finger at Li Xuewu and said with a smile, "You are so uncouth, I didn't bother you just now!"

"I have to thank you for not bothering me for co-writing? You are so reasonable!"

Li Xuewu felt that the sun was shining on his head at the moment, so he walked to the security building with his lunch box and asked: "What are you looking for me for? Is it because you don't have enough money or people?"

"It's all enough, it's all enough, hahaha——"

Knowing that I had annoyed Li Xuewu quite a few days ago, I felt embarrassed now.

"Oh, thanks to your timely help, you, Deputy Director Li, are quite interesting!"

Of course Li Xuewu was interesting. This old guy didn't dare to ask Li Huaide for money, people, or equipment, so he came to him in a roundabout way.

Every time I left his office, I came back empty-handed. How many times had I paid 30,000 or 50,000 yuan? How many times had the new college students made it?

That is to say, Li Xuewu has great reputation in the management committee, and that means he can speak well with Li Huaide, otherwise who could be so generous.

"Everyone can say nice things, but that's not what I want to hear." Li Xuewu looked at him and asked, "You know what I want to hear, right?"

"Hahaha - I know, I know." Xia Zhongquan laughed, raised his hand to straighten his hair and said, "Isn't that what I want to tell you?"

He gestured in the direction of the laboratory building and introduced: "We have made a test product of the Antelope II engine."

"Oh? Really -" Li Xuewu glanced at him in surprise and asked: "I asked you a few days ago, didn't you say it would take a while?"

"I'm not afraid that you'll rush me—"

Xia Zhongquan scratched his chin and said: "Of course, this test product is also the product of chance, and we are also very surprised."

"Fuck! Is your laboratory engaged in engine research and development or pullet research and development?"

Li Xuewu humorously led him into the security building. As he went up the stairs, he laughed and said: "There are accidents when hatching chickens, and there are accidents when researching engines?"

“Hiss—I don’t know what to say, but it is indeed a technology discovered by accident.”

Xia Zhongquan himself was also vague. He walked half a place behind Li Xuewu and explained: "The engine R&D office got the piston material parameters wrong, but the product they made is exceptionally good!"

He spread his hands and asked helplessly: "Am I going too far now to say that this is God's will?"

"Well, it's okay. I've seen too many bragging people. You are being honest."

Li Xuewu smiled and joked: "I hope your laboratory will have such good luck every time."

"Oh, I am also rectifying this problem. Can't I focus all my energy and attention on research and development?"

Xia Zhongquan said something in his words: "You have to pay attention to management, logistics, and confidentiality. They are as important as R&D."

"Well, if you say that, I'll be relieved. It's better for you to play it safe."

Li Xuewu curled his lips and said, "I was worried that our technology and R&D work progress would be leaked this morning."

"It's fine now. With your words, I don't have to worry anymore, right Lao Xia?"

"Haha...hahaha——"

Xia Zhongquan's laughter gradually became awkward. He never expected that Li Xuewu's mouth had become damaged again. It was too damaged.

"Oh, look at me, I really get dizzy when I get busy. Even for such an important job, I need help from the security department to remind me."

He is not a boss who can suffer losses. He is somewhat thin-faced among Li Xuewu and dares to say ordinary jokes.

When they reached the third floor, Li Xuewu looked back at him, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell the security department later, Director Xia is here to thank me."

"It's unreasonable to say this! We are all a family, there is nothing we can't thank you for!"

Xia Zhongquan laughed and said: "Don't say thank you, I'm just here to apologize. You can really let me say it."

"Oh, Lao Xia, okay, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my spiritual practice has deepened a lot!"

Li Xuewu walked into the office, gestured to the other side of the sofa and said, "I don't see anything else. I'm thick-skinned, my mouth is slippery, and my words are funny!"

"I know how to cook with the chef, and know how to shout with the hawker -!"

Xia Zhongquan sat on the sofa and greeted Peng Xiaoli who came in to help him make tea: "Xiaoli, I want good tea!"

"Hey, I'll just give you a normal drink."

Peng Xiaoli said with a bad smile: "The good tea we lead here is not something ordinary people can enjoy."

"Oh? Your leader has some bad ideas, right?"

Xia Zhongquan tilted his head and looked at Li Xuewu, who was walking over from the desk, and asked, "What's the secret of your good tea?"

"Let's talk about the engine. I'll treat you to some tea when I get the chance."

Li Xuewu looked at the statistical materials in his hand and asked: "In less than four months, 800,000 yuan in scientific research funds have been consumed. This does not include the consumption of this year's management budget."

He raised his head and looked at Xia Zhongquan and asked, "Aren't you raising a little wife?"

"How embarrassing! How old am I? How can I have the energy anymore——!"

Xia Zhongquan took the teacup handed over by Peng Xiaoli and took a sip of the boiling tea.

Li Xuewu put down the document in his hand and reminded: "This is not how to drink hot tea. Don't drink boiling tea, or you may get esophageal cancer."

"Really or not? There is still cancer in the esophagus?"

Xia Zhongquan was startled by his abrupt words. He looked at the tea cup in his hand and said, "I have been drinking boiling water to make tea for most of my life, and I have never heard of you."

"There are so many things you haven't heard of. If it comes to you, it will be too late if you hear about it."

Li Xuewu clicked on the document in his hand and said: "This 800,000 yuan is almost enough to buy a set of engine technology, but I don't care."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Even if I give you another 800,000 or 1.8 million, it's fine, but you have to have the results to make it happen, just like I said."

Li Xuewu pointed in the direction of the main office building and said: "The leader doesn't want to hear how hard you are working, and he doesn't understand technology and design like I do. He just wants to see the car running."

"Yes - I know." Xia Zhongquan nodded and explained: "The initial investment was all in experimental equipment and technical experiments."

He must also maintain a serious attitude when talking about work with Li Xuewu. This is a basic unspoken rule in the workplace.

"We have found the right path for engine research and development, and it will be finalized by the end of the year at the latest."

"We are still developing chassis and transmission structure technologies. With the newly added technical backbone, I believe there will be results soon."

Looking at Li Xuewu's suspicious eyes, Xia Zhongquan nodded seriously and assured: "This is no joke, the Antelope II will definitely be able to put out a test car early next year."

"I'm not forcing you to go all out." Li Xuewu nodded slowly, took a sip from the teacup, and said, "We started late. If we don't run faster, we really won't be able to catch up with them."

He looked at Xia Zhongquan and said earnestly: "The price war won't start soon, let alone win. Sooner or later, the advantage of sales channels will be surpassed."

"We just took shortcuts than them, but shortcuts will eventually come to an end. What enterprises fight for in the end is their potential."

Putting down the teacup, Li Xuewu raised his hand and patted the document on the armrest, saying: "Eight hundred thousand, eight million, if it can be exchanged for Red Star Motors to maintain its industry-leading status forever, 80 million is worth it."

Xia Zhong was sweating all over his head. He didn't know whether it was from the hot tea or because he felt the pressure from Li Xuewu's words.

Vehicle engineering is not as simple as holding a welder and building a car. It is a systematic, engineering, and multi-disciplinary major project.

It can be said that from the beginning, Li Xuewu had no intention of taking Capital Motor's flagship Jeep product, the 212, as a rival.

Why? Because the design ideas are completely in two directions, let alone one track.

What kind of car is 212? It is an industrial vehicle designed to adapt to various terrains, road conditions, and environments.

The reason why it is purchased by various units in the field is entirely because there is currently a lack of this optional vehicle resource in China.

The design of the 212 is rugged, simple, and easy to maintain and drive.

But the Red Star Antelope is not like that. Except for the engineering board that simplifies comfort, other versions are iconic and biased towards driving and riding comfort.

Did you never think of adding a radio to 212 when you first designed it?

It's not that it can't be added, but the current electronic technology is immature. When other uses are given priority, the radio is not so important.

When Li Xuewu designed the Red Star Antelope, he directly split the 212 idea into three.

Engineering technology, urban official business, and extreme mountain off-roading.

The 212 was able to catch up in these three aspects in a balanced manner, but Li Xuewu had to overtake in a curve.

In three directions, Red Star Antelope is like a child who is partial to science. He has whatever you need, and he does it to the extreme.

What Li Xuewu hopes the most for Red Star Antelope is the urban official model.

This is the biggest opportunity for the Red Star Antelope to surpass the 212 car, and it is also the magic weapon to break the dominance of the 212 car in the field of urban official vehicles.

Therefore, Li Xuewu, who was striving for technical excellence, had no choice but to put pressure on Xia Zhongquan and let him pass on this pressure layer by layer.

The Vehicle Engineering Research Institute must establish technological leadership as soon as possible, break through the existing vehicle technology limitations and barriers, and open up the situation in the country.

In this way, ten or twenty years from now, we will be able to face the surging wave of opening up the country.

This is true for the automobile industry, as well as steel rolling, metallurgy, shipbuilding, food and other industries.

Otherwise, do you think that Xia Zhongquan will ask for 30,000 yuan today and 50,000 yuan tomorrow? Why did Li Xuewu persuade Li Huaide to approve the note?
To be continued...