90: Chapter 90 upgrade complete!

The project for the 6th Generation Stealth Bomber was proceeding in an orderly manner according to plan.

At the same time, the collaboration between Xu's Heavy Industry and Tangs Heavy Industry to complement each other's technology was also underway.

Xu's Heavy Industry, general workshop.

Engineer Fang Yuan, wearing the work uniform of Xu's Heavy Industry, was modifying a large harvester alongside technicians from both Xu's Heavy Industry and Tangs Heavy Industry.

"Engineer Fang, this method you proposed is really great!"

A technician from Xu's Heavy Industry looked at the test results and gave Engineer Fang Yuan a thumbs up.

With Engineer Fang Yuan's participation over the past few days, their upgrade and modification tasks had accelerated significantly.

Just today, they had comprehensively upgraded one of the agricultural harvester models.

The test results were ideal, with the harvesting efficiency increasing by more than double.

Hearing the technician's praise, Engineer Fang Yuan waved his hand.

"Actually, the low efficiency of most harvesters is mostly due to the drum consuming too much engine power. Therefore, I removed the drum core and replaced it with a comb-tooth drum core."

"In this way, we can effectively reduce the loss of engine power, and it won't easily clog the machine, thereby greatly improving harvesting efficiency."

Engineer Fang Yuan explained to the technical staff of both companies.

Hearing Engineer Fang Yuan's explanation, these technicians held their breath and stopped to listen carefully.

They furrowed their brows at times, nodded at others, and wore expressions of sudden realization.

They all knew that Engineer Fang Yuan was a researcher from Longdu and possessed great skills.

Having such a talent teaching them knowledge was a very rare opportunity.

"Engineer Fang, impressive! Although this method looks simple, it is very difficult for ordinary people to think of."

"Not only can it effectively improve the harvester's efficiency, but it also reduces costs to the minimum."

After listening to Engineer Fang Yuan, the technicians nodded repeatedly and praised him.

If it were the old Engineer Fang Yuan, he would have been smug and incredibly arrogant by now.

But now, he was reserved, his state of mind was peaceful, and his face did not show the arrogance as before; instead, he humbly replied:

"These little tricks are nothing significant."

Engineer Fang Yuan shook his head gently.

"If we are talking about technology, it has to be Engineer Xu. He is the true talent!"

Engineer Fang Yuan exclaimed sincerely.

Ever since he learned that Xu Hao was the chief designer of the 6th Generation Stealth Bomber, he had been full of admiration for Xu Hao.

In other words, for the relatively young researcher Engineer Fang Yuan, Xu Hao was his idol and the goal he constantly pursued on his scientific research path.

Speaking of Xu Hao, the technicians from both heavy industry companies nodded in succession, agreeing with what Engineer Fang Yuan said.

Thus, under the leadership of Engineer Fang Yuan, the two heavy industry companies worked together to upgrade some of the large agricultural and heavy machinery they were collaborating on.

Compared to before, the performance had improved significantly.

Moreover, the costs had also been reduced quite a bit.

Upon learning this news, Xu Hao made a phone call and invited President Tang Minghui over.

"President Tang, those agricultural and heavy machines have all been upgraded. Come over so we can discuss the next steps for market entry."

Xu Hao got straight to the point and spoke directly on the phone.

"Okay, no problem, I'll head over right now."

President Tang Minghui didn't say another word, hung up the phone, and rushed towards Xu's Heavy Industry.

Nowadays, the cooperation between the two heavy industry companies was becoming increasingly frequent, and the profits of Tangs Heavy Industry were much higher than before.

Therefore, he now unconditionally trusted almost everything Xu Hao said and executed it immediately.

The call was made in the morning, and President Tang Minghui arrived at noon.

He arrived at the door of Xu Hao's office, knocked on the door, and then walked in.

"Engineer Xu!"

President Tang Minghui called out.

"President Tang is here?"

Xu Hao moved his gaze away from the computer screen. Seeing that the person who arrived was President Tang Minghui, he stood up, and the two walked over to the sofa to sit down.

Wang Qian had brewed two cups of tea, brought them in from outside, and placed one in front of Xu Hao and one in front of President Tang Minghui.

Then she exited the office and carefully closed the office door.

"President Tang, several models of machinery have now been upgraded. Here are their completion reports and test results; take a look."

Xu Hao placed a document in front of President Tang Minghui.

This was the test result of several agricultural machinery models after the upgrade and modification conducted by Engineer Fang Yuan and his team, all recorded in this table.

Looking at the clear and distinct data, President Tang Minghui was genuinely a little shocked.

"Hiss... The efficiency of this harvester has increased by a full two times?"

President Tang Minghui looked at one of the data points and said in shock.

He remembered that this harvester model was produced by their Tangs Heavy Industry, its sales in the Northwest region were quite good, and many large-scale farmers were keen on it.

He had originally thought that for this upgrade, there wasn't much room for modification on this harvester model.

But after seeing this data, he was stunned.

Was this what they called having no room for modification?

It completely boosted the performance of this harvester by two times!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, incredible, simply incredible, and the cost was even reduced by 10%!"

President Tang Minghui exclaimed in wonder.

After he had roughly finished reading everything, Xu Hao spoke up:

"Now that the upgrade and modification are complete, we can start selling them in the Long Country market!"

Xu Hao choosing to cooperate with Tangs Heavy Industry to upgrade and modify these machines was naturally not for fun.

He was naturally eyeing the heavy industry market in Long Country.

President Tang Minghui nodded, then he frowned and said:

"Sales are possible, but the current market in Long Country is already nearing saturation."

"The Northwest region is not a big problem; Tangs Heavy Industry has always held the market share there, but other places might not be feasible."

President Tang Minghui's expression became slightly grave.

Although Tangs Heavy Industry had developed rapidly in recent years, it was currently limited to the Northwest region.

If they wanted to develop in other places, it would probably take a few more years.

Xu Hao nodded thoughtfully.

"That is indeed a significant problem, but, President Tang, don't you have any old customers?"

Xu Hao asked.

"Old customers?" President Tang Minghui was taken aback. "I do have some, but not many, and they are very scattered."

"Does Chairman Xu have any specific intention in asking this?"

President Tang Minghui looked puzzled.

"If there are old customers, then it's easy to handle."

Xu Hao smiled lightly and took a sip of tea.

Looking at President Tang Minghui's puzzled expression, he then explained:

"Targeting these old customers, we can launch an old customer appreciation campaign and gift one upgraded heavy machine to each of them!"

"And tell them that there is a lifetime warranty, free replacement of parts, and we will send professional personnel to ensure they learn how to use it!"

"Give them away for free?" President Tang Minghui was dumbfounded.

Why not sell them, but give them away instead?

Although a small piece of heavy machinery only costs a few hundred thousand.

But with so many old customers, that would mean giving away millions!

"Chairman Xu, what is the meaning of this?"

Thinking hard, President Tang Minghui could not figure out the reason.

Xu Hao said:

"President Tang, free things are actually the most expensive."

"You have also seen that the performance of our upgraded machines is significantly improved compared to before."

"After these old customers receive the 'free' machines gifted to them, do you think they will just let them sit there unused? Obviously not!"

"As long as they use them, they will know how good these machines are. By then, you won't even need to advertise; they will naturally come to you to buy more."

"This is called... long-term investment!"