Under Secretary He's recommendation and guidance, both sides abandoned their past grudges, sat together, and talked about some issues of technology introduction, absorption and digestion. At the same time, through the introduction of Qiu Ke and others, Lin Johnson also gained a certain understanding of Poussin's progress.

Fang Hong introduced to Lin Johnson: "The reason why the Santana domesticization project is slower than other joint ventures is because the German side has very strict quality requirements. All our parts are required to be certified by Germany, and the Germans have to return to our factory for inspection with our imitation parts. Moreover, this time is quite long. Some parts certification process even lasts for a year. For example, a steering wheel requires 24 inspections. Under such strict conditions, compared with some "joint ventures" that do not require strict certification from abroad, the domesticization process will of course be slow!"

Lin Johnson smiled secretly, and Fang Hong probably implied that several of his car projects do not require foreign certification.

Of course, he would not forget to sarcastically: "Have you produced any spare parts that you can replace?"

Fang Hong's old face turned red and said with a tough bullet: "Now we can produce a few parts such as batteries and antennas, and the others are still working hard to solve the problems according to the requirements of the Germans!"

Lin Johnson did not laugh at him and said, "The German approach is their usual method, using strict testing to delay your localization process!"

Qiu Ke didn't think so: "The quality requirements of the Germans are indeed reasonable. I think if we can really meet the German certification standards, then our car quality will have a higher starting point, which is naturally better than other car companies!"

"Hehe, then wait and see!" Lin Johnson did not comment. He suspected that Qiu Ke and Fang Hong were both sarcastic and sarcastic. In fact, it was meaningless to sarcastic each other. He said to the two: "It seems that my previous plan was a bit unrealistic. If I build a car according to the high requirements of Germans, let alone a transmission, even a simple part on the body of the car will have to be certified for a long time. How can my company be able to wait? Planning factory construction + worker training + product design and production is fast for a year. The Germans spend another year on certification, so it will not be possible to form productivity within two or three years!"

He said to everyone: "The Germans have mastered the production power of Poussan parts with quality certification, and this is the key to the problem!"

"This is not necessarily true. We can't make the German side so badly imagined." General Manager Fang Hong was not very sure, but he could only persist. However, he actually had these ideas in his mind. A steering wheel requires so many tests, not to mention a core accessory system like a transmission. After Lin Johnson said this, he didn't know if the Germans were really deliberately delaying time.

Secretary He was also a little sad at this time. He felt that it was extremely likely that Lin Johnson-Johnson's statement would happen. If the Germans really delayed the time with contracts and technical standards, even if Lin Johnson-Johnson's factory produced key parts, it would not be adopted by the German side in the short term. Santana's localization is unprecedentedly difficult!

"No matter what, we still have to persist. As the saying goes, since the Germans have high requirements, we will chew it bit by bit, and we will succeed in the end!" Qiu Ke played the role of a mainstay at this time and said unswervingly.

Secretary He also nodded and said: "The Poussan project can be said to be the first car production project introduced by my country. We can only succeed but not fail!"

He said to Lin Johnson: "Kobayashi, I know that doing a business is about economic benefits, but the Poussan project is not only about the economy, but also about its contribution and influence to the country!"

Lin Johnson nodded and said, "Yes, in fact, when Mr. Qiu Ke and his team negotiated with the Germans, the contracts reached with the Germans and the laws and regulations issued by the state in the project have indeed helped us. We directly shared their negotiation experience and saved a lot of effort!"

He turned to Qiu Ke and Fang Hong and said, "I would like to thank gentlemen in this regard. You were crossing the river by feeling the stones in front of us, and we took the shortcut!"

Qiu Ke smiled openly and said, "It's all for the good of the country. It's right to let China's car industry start as soon as possible. Poussan also wants to learn from you. Binqi and Harbin Automobile have become domestic car production companies in a short period of time. You have developed and even surpassed us. Poussan is still learning to walk. There is indeed a gap between us, and we admit this!"

Lin Johnson now admires Director Qiu very much. At least his character is respected by him. He pondered for a while, and then asked: "Don't you know that your old SAIC factory is still producing cars now?"

Qiu Ke said: "You are asking about the Shanghai brand sedan, we are still producing it." He looked at him in confusion, wondering why Lin Johnson asked this.

Lin Johnson patted heavily and laughed: "It's good to be still in production. I thought that since the Germans encountered difficulties in localization of the Poussan project, we might as well cooperate on the Shanghai brand sedan. I can still provide you with auto parts and spare parts for you to improve the Shanghai brand sedan, which forces the Germans to pay attention to us!"

Qiu Ke looked at Fang Hong in surprise and said, "This is a good idea, and it can also solve the problem of backward technology of Shanghai brand sedans!"

Fang Hong smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid this is the only way now. In the short term, the domestic production rate of Poussan will be limited. If the old Hai brand sedan is built, the Germans will be really anxious!"

Qiu Ke nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Yes, they must see what's going on."

He Runqing looked at them and said, "If I remember correctly, there are only 1,300 employees left in the old SAIC factory."

Qiu Ke nodded and said, "Yes, Secretary He, the old factory originally had 2,900 employees, of which 1,600 of them arrived at the new joint venture factory. The remaining employees are still struggling to support the company. Haipai sedan is in great difficulty, and the old factory has no capital and technical investment, because SAIC has already had a joint venture, and the competent department no longer supports the company."

Secretary He looked at Lin Qiangsheng, his eyes lit up, and he said to the two again: "If the old factory has the funds and technology, can the Hai brand sedan usher in new development?"

Qiu Ke hesitated: "This, Shanghai brand sedans are mainly old models. Since the establishment of Poussan, both the government and the public have a little disregarded this model. If you want to develop, you must introduce a new model with advanced technology. The old models have no development potential."

Lin Johnson suggested to Secretary He and Qiu Ke: "We can set up another joint venture car factory, and I will be responsible for designing the car model. The 1,300 employees of the old factory can enter the new joint venture if they are willing."

Qiu Ke and Fang Hong were very surprised by his proposal, and Secretary He also asked in confusion: "Two joint ventures in one factory?"

Lin Johnson nodded and said, "Yes, this is very common abroad. Just think it is better to develop two independent brands. I think this is an excellent opportunity for Old SAIC!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!