17: Super carburetor appears

At this moment, those few people heard the conversation between Qin Yang and Zhou Bo, and they realized they had kicked an iron plate; after all, even the KTV owner was groveling and apologizing.

"You lot, remember my face. My name is Qin Yang—the Qin of Qin Shi Huang, the Yang of the sun. If you want revenge, you are welcome anytime. But if you fall into my hands again, I will make you suffer even worse than you are now!"

"Boss Zhou, I'll leave this place to you. I'm leaving now, and I don't want any follow-up issues. Do you understand?" Qin Yang then turned his head and said to Zhou Bo.

"Understood, understood. I will definitely put an end to this matter here," Zhou Bo nodded repeatedly.

Immediately after, Qin Yang took his people and left. As they were leaving, Zhou Bo even smiled obsequiously and transferred ten thousand to each of the young girls as compensation.

After waiting for Qin Yang and his group to leave, Zhou Bo finally had his people help those few individuals up.

He asked, "What are your thoughts? Revenge? Calling the police?"

The few men did not answer.

Zhou Bo continued, "That man is named Qin Yang, and he is a true figure in the underworld. Of all the people to provoke, you dared to provoke his sister. I advise you: let this matter end here. Of course, I won't stop you if you want revenge, but I will only provide the surveillance footage of you bullying Master Qin's sister. I don't have any subsequent footage. Also, you should be thankful that you didn't commit any major mistakes. You might not know The Gao Brothers, but you can go and ask around. They were a dominant force in the West District. And now? Heh, they are vegetables and will have to lie in bed for the rest of their lives. If you don't want to end up like them, just go home honestly and forget about what happened today."

"I've said all I can; you choose for yourselves!"

Upon hearing this, the men looked at each other. What choice was there? Call the police? The evidence was all biased in favor of Qin Yang. It was uncertain, but in the end, they might be the ones punished. Seek revenge themselves? He was originally a powerhouse in the West District's underground world; when it came to underhanded methods, they weren't his match combined.

"We won't seek revenge, and we won't call the police. Boss, please send us to the hospital," one of the older men replied.

"Heh, that's right. Otherwise, your troubles would be far more than just this. Alright, I'll have someone send you to the hospital now. However, restrain yourselves when you go out in the future. Don't act like you fear neither heaven nor earth just because you've had a few drinks. There are many people in this society you cannot afford to offend; it's not something that can be smoothed over just with a little money," Zhou Bo laughed.

...

On the way back, Qin Yang first took the girls to a clinic. The clinic doctor took a look and saw it was just some soft tissue contusions, nothing major. He prescribed some ointment for them to apply, and only then did Qin Yang take them back to Hongbin Tower.

Qin Yang didn't say much to the girls; it wasn't their fault to begin with, so there was nothing to say. He only instructed them to protect themselves if they encountered danger in the future, or to seek help from the police uncles, or otherwise do as they did today and seek help from relatives.

The girls nodded repeatedly.

Just as Qin Yang was about to leave, Qin Yue asked in a low voice, "Brother, why did that boss call you Master Qin? And he looked so afraid of you. Did you join a gang?"

"Gang your big head! Your brother here does legitimate business. Kids should ask less about adult matters," Qin Yang gently tapped Qin Yue's forehead and laughed before leaving.

After Qin Yang left, the girls became lively, speculating about what other identity Qin Yang had that made that KTV boss so fearful. Unfortunately, after guessing for a long time, they couldn't figure it out.

"Brother Yang was so cool today. If I had a boyfriend like this, my sense of security would absolutely explode!" Zhang Ya muttered.

Immediately, the eyes of the other girls turned towards Zhang Ya.

Zhang Ya's face instantly turned flushed, but then the other girls all agreed with her thoughts. Especially Qin Yue's classmates, who also wore infatuated expressions. Afterward, the topic the little girls were discussing started to go off the rails, not fit for outsiders to hear.

...

A few days later, the mechanical processing factory that Qin Yang had asked Xie Yu to find was located. It was also a medium-sized processing factory, and it had previously handled orders for automotive parts. Qin Yang was very satisfied with this because these processing machines fit perfectly with what he wanted to produce, so he didn't need to purchase new equipment.

However, the owner of this processing factory quoted a very high price, which made Qin Yang's heart ache uncontrollably. For the sake of his future plans, Qin Yang endured the heartache and spent ten million to acquire the factory.

With the factory, Wang Liguo had a place to put his skills to use. On the very day he arrived at the factory, he upgraded all the machine tool equipment. The equipment that passed through his hands, whether in terms of precision or speed, went up more than just one level. To use a common comparison, if the pre-upgraded machine tools could sell for one million, after the upgrade, the price could basically increase by more than five times. Only then did Qin Yang understand just how awesome a cheated Mechanical Engineer really was!

After the equipment upgrade was successful, in less than an afternoon, Wang Liguo manufactured the finished product of the super carburetor.

Qin Yang looked at the small gadget in front of him and listened to Wang Liguo's introduction.

"Boss, this is the super carburetor I manufactured according to the blueprints. Furthermore, it was manufactured using the equipment I upgraded, so the precision is a step above the original blueprints. According to my estimate, it can already reach the goal of two liters of fuel consumption per hundred kilometers as described in the blueprints, and it might even be more economical. Also, I added a few backdoors to the internal parts. Once manually disassembled, the internal structure will change into a standard version carburetor, so the core technology will absolutely not leak!"

"Good! Well done, Liguo. Then what is the cost price of this gadget?"

"This thing just costs some money for materials. The unit cost is around thirty-three yuan. Once mass production starts, the cost can be controlled to under twenty-five yuan," Wang Liguo thought for a moment and said.

"That's not bad," Qin Yang nodded and said.

Nowadays, most cars use Electronic Fuel Injection. Electronic Fuel Injection is slightly better at saving fuel compared to traditional carburetors and is easier to start, but the disadvantages are also very obvious: the power is weaker than cars that use carburetors, which is what is commonly called "lacking power." Moreover, the higher the vehicle's mileage, the higher the maintenance cost later on. And the advantages and disadvantages of ordinary carburetors are also very clear: the disadvantage is high fuel consumption, while the advantage is strong power and simple maintenance.

Now, the carburetors produced by Qin Yang's factory can be said to be an upgraded version of Electronic Fuel Injection; they are more fuel-efficient than ordinary Electronic Fuel Injection and correct its problem of weak power, and the later maintenance is as simple and cost-effective as ordinary carburetors.

Now that the product had a sample, the next step was to sell it and get people to accept this new product.

However, this was also a headache for Qin Yang. Come to think of it, wanting to persuade an automobile factory to use a carburetor was not a simple matter. This belonged to a type of technological regression. Although the product given by the system was awesome, others didn't know that. Moreover, Qin Yang didn't know any automobile factory bosses.

Over the past few days, Qin Yang thought about it. To promote the product, he still had to go find Wei Liang. Although Wei Liang was in real estate and construction, his connections were not something Qin Yang could compare with. Perhaps he knew some boss of a car company.

If he thought about it, he would do it. Immediately, Qin Yang called Wei Liang.

"Hello, Brother Qin!"

"It's me, General Manager Wei."

"Is it about the money? Those remaining two payments of yours will arrive in the near future, so don't be anxious yet."

"It's not that, General Manager Wei. You misunderstood; I'm not rushing you for money. It's like this: there's a matter I'd like to trouble you with."

"Heh, just say it if you have something. We are partners, after all."

"It's like this: I want to ask you, do you know any bosses of car companies? I'd like to pay them a visit," Qin Yang said directly.

"Car companies? Sorry, Brother Qin, I really don't know any bosses of such enterprises. However, you can look for Zhou Kang for this matter. His family has some shares in our city's Great Wall Automobile Factory. It's not much, but presumably, he can still manage to set up an appointment." Wei Liang thought about it and said.

"Oh! I see. Then thank you very much, General Manager Wei," Qin Yang thanked him upon hearing this.

"Ahem, there's no need to be so polite between us."

After hanging up Wei Liang's call, Qin Yang dialed Zhou Kang.

On Zhou Kang's side, he answered the phone, and there was a lot of noise; presumably, Zhou Kang was out having fun somewhere.

"Hello!"

"General Manager Zhou, it's me, Qin Yang!"

"Oh, General Manager Qin, how do you have time to call me!" Zhou Kang teased.

"I'm calling because I have something to ask of you, General Manager Zhou." Qin Yang knew Zhou Kang's disposition; this kind of person liked saving face. If you flattered the other party, everything would be easy to handle.

Sure enough, Zhou Kang laughed upon hearing this: "General Manager Qin, why be so polite between us? If you have something, just say the word. If I can do it, I will never decline."

Then, Qin Yang told Zhou Kang about wanting to set up an appointment with the boss of the Great Wall Automobile Factory.

Zhou Kang hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Alright, General Manager Qin, I'll ask General Manager Wang when he has time, and then I'll get back to you."

"Alright, thank you!"

Not long after hanging up, Zhou Kang gave a reply. That General Manager Wang gave Zhou Kang some face; he would meet Qin Yang at the company at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and Qin Yang just needed to go directly there.

Qin Yang thanked him again.