In automobile manufacturing, there are several major and important key points that need to be considered.

For example, engine R&D and production lines, chassis R&D, tuning technology and production lines, and gearbox R&D and production lines.

There are also R&D and production lines for tires, as well as R&D and production lines for other parts.

In short, it is not easy to independently develop and produce a car.

Especially the main raw material for tire manufacturing is rubber.

The main producing areas of rubber are Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, China, India, Brazil, Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, and Cote d'Ivoire.

In later generations, the domestic sources of rubber were in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong.

However, Zhou Wenhua could consider importing rubber from Thailand, or establishing his own private rubber industrial park there, because that country was considered the largest natural rubber producer in the world in later generations, accounting for about one-third of global production.

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The main reason why they are in these places is that rubber trees like to grow in tropical rainforest climates, places with high temperatures and rain, calm winds, and fertile soil. This is also a climate problem that affects the production and planting of rubber.

Rubber is divided into natural rubber and synthetic rubber. Natural rubber is extracted from rubber trees, and synthetic rubber is obtained by polymerization of monomers.

Rubber not only provides people with daily, medical and other light industrial rubber products that are indispensable in daily life, but also provides various rubber production equipment or rubber parts to heavy industries and emerging industries such as mining, transportation, construction, machinery, and electronics.

So rubber is very useful,

To this end, while taking a car on the way to his father's car repair and assembly factory,

Zhou Wenhua also thought a lot about raw materials for automobile development.

Therefore, he must obtain and establish rubber production bases and plantations.

Fortunately, there are places in China where rubber can be grown, so after thinking about it, Zhou Wenhua relaxed and no longer had to worry about rubber being suppressed and embargoed by foreigners.

As for later generations, through the integration of world-leading technology and equipment from Russia, the United States, Canada, Germany and other countries, we will create a world-leading, fully automated system that uses waste tires as raw materials to produce recycled rubber, new rubber compound materials, and rubber and plastic products.

Continuous, green and environmentally friendly full industry chain production demonstration line.

Don't even think about this idea, because in this era with zero industrial base, there is no way to realize it.

The materials used to make cars are divided into metallic materials, non-metallic materials, and composite materials.

Most of the raw materials for automobile body shells are mainly metal materials, steel plates, carbon fibers, aluminum, magnesium alloys, reinforced plastics, etc. Automobile shells for different purposes require different raw materials for R&D and production.

However, the shell of a general car is developed and produced from steel plate, aluminum, carbon fiber or reinforced plastic.

The body of early automobiles followed the carriage body structure, and the entire body was mainly made of wood.

It was not until 1912 that Edward Barth made the first all-metal body, and in 1925, Vincenzo Lancia invented the load-bearing body. The body was composed of metal structural parts stamped from steel plates, and large covering parts.

After that, the raw materials of automobiles began to shift from the carriage body structure mainly made of wood to the all-metal body as the mainstream.

And this mainstream approach has been continued into later generations.

While Zhou Wenhua was in the car, recalling the problems of R&D and production of raw materials for the automobile industry in his previous life,

Before he knew it, he was about to arrive at the gate of his father's automobile factory.

At this time, in the automobile factory,

The number of workers is not very large, just over 30. Except for a few maintenance masters and masters who assemble parts, most of them are automotive apprentices.

Inside the car repair factory,

"Hey! Have you heard? Our new boss will come to our place for inspection and meeting today?"

"I heard that the new boss is the fourth son of the boss. I heard that he is young. He seems to be in his second year of high school. He will soon be in his third year of high school!"

"Hey! So young? It's good to be rich. You can be a boss at such a young age. But we are so exhausted that we can only be an apprentice. At most, we will only have a future as a maintenance master. I'm envious!"

"You can't envy this. Who said you have a bad background? But we can still have apprenticeships, which is already better than those factory workers and those at the bottom. At least we can still be more decent.

Life and income are relatively stable! You don’t have to go hungry!”

"You're right! If we save money and save money, we can still go to the movies once a week!"

"But I'm worried that our car repair factory has fewer customers recently! If this doesn't improve, I'm afraid we will lose our jobs!"

"If you're unemployed, just change jobs! Anyway, it's not like this is the only place where you can find car maintenance jobs. And I know that the reason why our maintenance factory has fewer customers is not because of the new ones that have opened and are backed by foreigners.

Did the repair shop steal a lot of customers?"

"Those damn foreigners are suppressing us everywhere, but it's a pity that we don't have our own domestically produced cars! Otherwise, we wouldn't have to look at the faces of those foreigners, and the faces of those damn Japanese, who have destroyed many areas in our north.

, it’s occupied!”

"Stop talking about these foreigners and Japanese devils. When I talk about them, I feel bad. Let's just work hard! If there are no customers, we should take good care of the hygiene here. Don't let the new boss make irresponsible remarks.

That’ll be great!”

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Just as Zhou Wenhua's car team arrived at the car factory,

The apprentices in the factory were also discussing the arrival of their new boss, the future development of the factory, the suppression of foreigners and Japanese, etc.

However, these discussions were quickly stopped by some conscientious maintenance masters, and all apprentices were asked to return to their jobs and continue working.

Those who repair customers' cars will continue to repair them.

Assembling auto parts ordered by customers also continues to assemble.

As for those who have nothing to do, they start cleaning, or stand at the gate ready to greet people with a smile and receive customers.

Just as normal work and operation resumed in the automobile factory,

Zhou Wenhua's car team has also arrived.

Then, Zhou Wenhua also got out of the car,

Under the protection of his father's bodyguard, he started walking towards the car factory.
Chapter completed!