Chapter 300: Pretending to be a Pig and Eating a Tiger

Li Weidong is still very confident about whether agricultural tricycles can get special subsidies.

The agricultural tricycle was originally developed for transportation in rural areas, and its practicality is beyond doubt.

In the face of the delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, what Li Weidong showed was not only the practicability of agricultural tricycles, but also the ability of agricultural tricycles to help farmers get rid of poverty and become rich.

No amount of practicability tests are as effective as the big scales money-sharing conference!

The delegation from the Department of Agricultural Machinery came to inspect agricultural machinery in name, but the core of their concern was not the performance and function of the agricultural machinery, but whether the agricultural machinery could help farmers and how effective the help was.

Therefore, Li Weidong directly set up the stage and performed a good show of big scales and gold in front of the inspection team.

In a poverty-stricken mountainous area, there is nothing more touching than direct sharing of money.

If only the delegation could see the ability of agricultural tricycles to transport in mountainous areas, the members of the delegation would probably only think that agricultural tricycles are a very useful product.

However, when the delegation saw farmers in Ganquan Village split the money, agricultural tricycles became a very necessary product.

To be able to bring real wealth to farmers is more convincing than anything, and it is also the most important thing for the delegation.

As long as the delegation can realize that agricultural tricycles can help farmers get rid of poverty and become rich, it is almost a sure thing to get special agricultural machinery subsidies.

Just as Li Weidong had planned, Li Weidong received good news only a week after the delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture returned to the capital.

During the phone call, I only heard Liang Xin say: Director Li, after the leaders held a meeting to study and discuss, they decided to issue a temporary special agricultural machinery subsidy for the Fukang No. 1 agricultural tricycle produced by your factory! The relevant documents will be sent to you today. Your agricultural machinery department, as for the subsidy funds, since the budget for this year has been formulated, it has to wait until next year to distribute it together with other agricultural machinery subsidies!

Thank you Liang Ting! Li Weidong let out a long breath.

Don't thank me, this is what I should do. This kind of product that can bring benefits to farmers and help farmers get rid of poverty and become rich should be promoted with all my strength! Liang Xin paused and continued:

Speaking of promotion, there is one more thing I want to emphasize. This temporary special agricultural machinery subsidy is not given to you for nothing. The money is given to you in the hope that it can play a real role. Tricycles, if you only like them, then this is the first special agricultural machinery subsidy, and it is also the last one!

Leader, please rest assured, the agricultural tricycle is definitely useful. When you came to inspect, you witnessed it with your own eyes. If the leaders of the ministries are still worried, you can come and inspect again. I welcome you anytime! Li Weidong said with a smile.

There must be inspections. This is not a secret. I might as well tell you directly that while the ministries and commissions have allocated special agricultural machinery subsidies, Qinghe City has also been listed as a pilot area for agricultural tricycles.

I estimate that before the end of the year, the ministry will send someone to your Qinghe to inspect the actual use of agricultural tricycles. Liang Xin said.

Hearing this news, Li Weidong was shocked.

It seems that getting the special agricultural machinery subsidy is just the first hurdle for me to pass. There are still exam questions waiting for me later!

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A few days later, Li Weidong received a notice from the Municipal Agricultural Machinery Bureau, asking him to go through the relevant procedures for the special subsidy for agricultural tricycles.

The person responsible for helping Li Weidong to go through the formalities was still Sun Weimin from the Agricultural Machinery Bureau.

As soon as I entered Sun Weimin's office, I found that besides Sun Weimin, there were two men sitting in the room.

Director Li is here! Sun Weimin greeted.

Director Sun, you have guests here, or I'll come back later! Li Weidong replied.

Sun Weimin introduced and said: Hehe, let me introduce you, this is Gao Chongguang, the director of our city tractor factory, and the one next to him is Assistant Chen.

Sun Weimin began to introduce Li Weidong again: Old Gao, this is Director Li Weidong of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory. You must have heard of Director Li's name, but it was often reported two days ago!

Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory? It sounds familiar! Gao Chongguang showed a stunned expression: I remembered that it was the Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory that sold agricultural machinery to the United States! In the newspapers in the agricultural machinery system two days ago, but often Report! I didn't expect the director of Fukang Agricultural Machinery Factory to be so young, so young and promising!

I was lucky, and it happened that American merchants took a fancy to my products. In the field of agricultural machinery, I was still a primary school student, and I had to learn from seniors like Factory Director Gao! Li Weidong said politely.

Director Li is too modest. We seniors are almost out of step with the times. What is lacking in the agricultural machinery system is the terrifying young man like Director Li! Gao Chongguang said with a smile.

This sentence sounds like touting Li Weidong, but it actually shows in disguise that in the field of agricultural machinery, he is a senior, while Li Weidong is only a descendant.

Li Weidong also heard the meaning of Gao Chongguang's words, and he was too lazy to refute it. Since Gao Chongguang wants to rely on the old and sell the old, let him go. Gao Chongguang is indeed much older than Li Weidong, and Li Weidong will not suffer if he is a senior.

Beside him, Sun Weimin said, Old Gao, this time Director Li, like you, is here to handle the agricultural machinery subsidy procedures.

Gao Chongguang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a look of surprise: Do we still need subsidies for the agricultural machinery we export to the United States? The United States is so rich and our country is so poor, why should we pay for subsidies to Americans!

Gao Chongguang thought that Li Weidong was receiving subsidies for lawn mowers.

Director Gao, you misunderstood. What Director Li came to do is not a subsidy for lawn mowers, but a special subsidy for a new type of agricultural machinery called Fukang No. 1 agricultural tricycle! Sun Weimin said.

Agricultural tricycle? What is it for? Gao Chongguang asked subconsciously.

It's mainly used in rural areas to pull goods. Li Weidong replied.

Is it the kind with a cargo box hanging on the back of a motorcycle? Gao Chongguang then asked.

Almost. Li Weidong nodded, he didn't explain things like the rear axle assembly.

It turned out to be that thing! Gao Chongguang nodded suddenly, and then said, Director Li, with all due respect, I'm afraid there is no market for this agricultural tricycle you made!

Why? Li Weidong asked cooperatively.

This thing, our city's light agricultural machinery factory has done a batch of it, it seems that it is still imitating the Dongfeng 021 three-wheeled motorcycle, and as a result, dozens of them have been sold. This kind of three-wheeled motorcycle has insufficient load capacity and can't pull much at all. Goods. In the countryside, if you want to pull goods, you have to rely on tractors! Gao Chongguang said.

Li Weidong still didn't refute, but nodded with a smile: Director Gao said that in terms of the ability to pull goods, my agricultural tricycle is really inferior to a tractor.

The leaders above also saw that our factory exported agricultural machinery to the United States, which was considered a breakthrough for the domestic agricultural machinery industry, so they found an excuse and gave our factory a special agricultural machinery subsidy.

Li Weidong deliberately lied. The biggest competitor of agricultural tricycles is tractors, and Li Weidong still understands the truth that peers are enemies. So in the face of Gao Chongguang, the director of the tractor factory, Li Weidong chose to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Gao Chongguang nodded: So it is. Director Li can sell domestic agricultural machinery to the United States, and the leaders above should also give you some rewards.

Next to it, Sun Weimin introduced: Director Zhou has developed a new small four-wheel tractor, which has just passed the city's acceptance inspection, and also received a special subsidy for new agricultural machinery.

Small four-wheel tractor? As far as I know, the best-selling one on the market is the Dongfanghong small four-wheeler from Yituo Factory. In addition, in our province, the Yellow River brand small four-wheel and the Hongqi brand small four-wheel are also sold. It's pretty good. The competition in this industry is fierce enough! Li Weidong said.

In the first two years, Yituo Factory just launched the Dongfanghong small four-wheeler, which really overwhelmed us. Later, the Yellow River and Hongqi brands began to imitate Dongfanghong, and they sold well. Since other manufacturers can Imitation, then we can imitate!

Speaking of this, Gao Chongguang showed a smug expression: The year before last, our factory had successfully imitated the Dongfanghong small four-wheel, and this year, it has been optimized. And in our local area of ​​Qinghe, our price is much cheaper than Dongfanghong Xiaosi Lun, and the cost advantage is still relatively large.

Now that there are agricultural machinery subsidies in the city, your tractors can be reduced by another 100 yuan! Sun Weimin said from the side.

It's inevitable. We will definitely be able to drive all other brands of tractors out of the Qinghe market! Gao Chongguang said confidently.

Li Weidong next to him had a half-smile expression.

In Li Weidong's impression, when he returned from working in Japan, the municipal tractor factory was already in a state of semi-closure, and the workers had been laid off. Later, the city took over, sold the land, and took the money to compensate the laid-off workers, and the city's tractor factory disappeared in the long river of history.

Obviously, the imitation of the small four-wheel tractor cannot save the city tractor factory!

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The driver drove the car to the door of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau, and Assistant Chen helped Gao Chongguang open the door. After Gao Chongguang was firmly seated, Assistant Chen sat in the co-pilot's seat.

Gaochang, should we pay attention to the agricultural tricycle I mentioned just now? After all, I heard that this thing can also pull goods, and it might steal the market for our tractors. Assistant Chen asked.

No need, the load of agricultural tricycles is four or five hundred kilograms, and it can't even hold ten bags of fertilizer. What do farmers buy? If you want to pull goods in the countryside, you will need more than one ton, and then you will have to Look at our tractor!

Gao Chongguang paused, then said, And didn't that Li Weidong also say that his subsidy is a reward given to him by the leaders above! Why should you care about him!

Then Gao Chongguang curled his lips and continued sourly: Look at this young Li Weidong, how can he understand agricultural machinery! He just got lucky and bought a lawn mower to sell to the United States! If you want to make agricultural machinery, you have to be like us, and it won't take long to do it by chance!