Chapter 195: Working behind closed doors?

Fan Wubing still has a bit of a preference for cars, and it was natural to react to this news.

In 1992, several domestic automobile companies were basically large state-owned enterprises. As an industry with a very heavy administrative intervention, domestic automobile companies developed very slowly, and the focus was on some production and transportation, and the family car market was basically not considered.

Although there are old brands like Hongqi, it has to be said that ordinary people cannot afford this kind of car. The fuel consumption of models inherited from Russia is too high.

Moreover, as a symbol of status, cars are not available in China. You can’t buy domestic ones with enough levels, and you can’t handle imported ones without quotas. It’s really difficult to deal with them. However, smuggling cars can become popular, which makes people very interesting.

In short, cars can only be luxury goods owned by a few people in China, and the government does not encourage such consumption.

However, the profits of cars are also quite generous. It is said that in some towns in the south, some small factories rely on hand-knocking the car shells and making some accessories to assemble them. As long as you can produce hundreds of cars a year, you can have an output value of over 100 million yuan. This is really an jealous career.

But as a capital-intensive and technology-intensive industry, it is not possible to build a family car without the support of the government. However, according to the current situation in China, it seems that the government has not yet had the idea of ​​loosening the development of the automobile industry. It is probably difficult to build a car in China.

Some things cannot be done with money. If you want to reverse the concepts in others' minds or want to compete with the entire automobile industry, you may encounter unprecedented opposition. Even at the top, you may not have the determination to make a decision immediately.

However, Fan Wubing also knew that relying solely on domestic state-owned automobile companies such as FAW-2F, the gap between the domestic automobile manufacturing industry and foreign countries would only grow bigger and bigger. Finally, after the automobile market opened, a huge country would become a supermarket where others were crazy dumping.

Thinking of the grand occasion of the streets being filled with Japanese, Korean, and European and American cars, Fan Wubing felt that he had to do something. Even if he had a foreign-funded brand, he had to develop the Chinese's own automobile manufacturing industry in advance. Otherwise, it would take until 1997 that the domestic private automobile industry would surface, and the gap between this and abroad would be too big.

Among private car companies, Fan Wubing has the only two that impressed him the most. One is naturally Chery, which produces QQ, and the other is Geely, which produces Free Ship and Panda. Both companies entered the automobile manufacturing market in 1997. However, according to some information, these two companies actually started the development of vehicle design and manufacturing with the acquiescence of the local government before obtaining the permission of the central government.

Take Chery as an example. As early as 1995, they spent more than 20 million US dollars to buy a British Ford automobile production line and poached talents among major domestic state-owned automobile enterprises. However, behind Chery, there is a shadow of the local government, and it is very likely that it has received direct support from the provincial government.

With this background, companies will have to sneak into complete vehicle manufacturing within three years. It can be imagined how much resistance Fan Wubing would encounter if he wanted to build cars in China.

However, the information provided by this from the Ministry of Security is a bit interesting. The Japanese car manufacturing technology is quite good, otherwise it would not be possible to squeeze American car manufacturing companies out of no living space. Although most people immediately think of the word inferior when they mention Japanese cars later, it is because of the marketing policies of Japanese car companies in mainland China. The slogan of Japanese car companies is to buy first-class cars in Europe and the United States, second-rate cars in their own country, and third-rate cars in mainland China.

The same car uses different raw materials and the quality will naturally be different. Therefore, the parameters in the sales manual and technical manual are basically written according to European and American standards. The good performance can only be experienced in cars sold in European and American. As for cars sold in mainland China, they can basically do whatever they can.

To this day, Fan Wubing can still recall the Japanese car bodies that were as fragile as torn paper after being hit.

The Ministry of Safety did not expect that Fan Wubing was indeed very interested in this, so he said, "Now the domestic automobile market in Japan has become saturated, and sales in the European and American markets have been curbed, so the life of research institutions is very difficult. I think this matter is mostly real. Unfortunately, the current automobile market in China is too small, otherwise it would be great to make cars by yourself."

However, some people sneered at his statement, "Auto manufacturing can only be done by the state, how can private people?"

The security department said with dissatisfaction, "Which foreign cars are not made by private people?"

"That's capitalism, we are a socialist country, and the pillar industries cannot be opened to individuals." The other party immediately retorted.

What this person said is true, but the changes in China in the next few years are something that people nowadays do not expect. Fan Wubing felt a little moved. Many opportunities came at this time. He now has funds, management talents, and a foreign capital identity that can be brought over as a cover at any time. It is much easier to do many things.

The Japanese automotive technology research institution still needs to be carefully examined. If they do have complete sets of automotive research and development technology, they can consider bringing all the teams to the mainland. After all, a research institute, which is a scale of 100 people, can be obtained without much money.

"Do you have any information to believe in? I am very interested in this. If it can be done, it will probably make me calm for a while." Fan Wubing said with a smile to the security department.

Several people from the Security Department were overjoyed and thought to themselves that if you could calm down for a while, our mission would be much reduced. This idea is indeed good.

Several colleagues looked at the companions who made this suggestion and were full of admiration. Building cars is not so easy. They can’t figure it out in a few years. This time, Fan Wubing was trapped, so how could he be rotated by himself? You can stay in Shanghai for a few years and go to Beijing and change your work environment. At that time, no matter how Fan Wubing makes trouble? Whoever you love will go!

Therefore, the man agreed to Fan Wubing's request very happily, saying that he would send the detailed information to Fan Wubing. Then these people said goodbye and praised the female employees of Fan Wubing's company as if they were very beautiful.

After these people left, Xia Donghai asked with some doubts, "Wujian, don't you really want to build a car, right?"

"Why not?" Fan Wubing asked instead of a positive answer.

"Don't say whether you can build a car, even if you can build a car, who will buy your car? Americans, Japanese, or Chinese?" Xia Donghai poured cold water on Fan Wubing without hesitation. "They are all car companies that have been around for nearly a hundred years. What are you going to compete with them for the market? Even in China, can you grab a few large state-owned car companies?"

"The market problem has never been what I worry about. When I build a family car that costs 20,000 yuan each, do you think sales will still be a problem?" Fan Wubing replied.

A car worth 20,000 yuan per car?! Xia Donghai immediately curled his lips and said, "I'm afraid that a higher-end motorcycle will be more expensive than this one, right? Why do you have so confidence to make such a cheap car?"

Fan Wubing sighed, stared at the bustling crowd outside the window, and said to Xia Donghai, "What's the hard thing to build for cars? Isn't it just four wheels and two rows of sofas?"

"Are you confident that you can compare with Americans and Japanese? They have the most mature automobile manufacturing industry." When Xia Donghai heard Fan Wubing say such words, he knew that the young rich man must have made up his mind to start the automobile industry, so he asked with concern.

Fan Wubing turned around and said to Xia Donghai with a smile, "No matter what industry, as long as there are Chinese people, others can consider changing careers."

Xia Donghai smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Although your words sound encouraging, they are not that simple. I think it's better to think carefully. After all, you need to invest in the automobile industry, but it's a big deal, so it's better to make some preparations."

Fan Wubing nodded and said, "I know this, so I have to think about it alone."

When Xia Donghai heard this, he shrugged his shoulders and walked out of Fan Wubing's room. When he was about to enter Feng Ping and Chen Jingchu, the two girls asked him, "Mr. Xia, what is Wubing doing?"

"What can he do?" Xia Donghai shook his head and said, "Just work behind closed doors!"
Chapter completed!