The large conference room of the Automobile Industry Bureau of the State Economic and Trade Commission was filled with smoke. The "No Smoking" sign was nailed to the wall. The CEOs of the major state-owned automobile companies who came to attend the meeting turned a blind eye and swallowed one by one.
Even the director of the Automobile Industry Bureau, Wu Zhaoyun, who was presiding over the meeting, was spitting smoke. He held a cigarette in his hand, and in front of him were the cigarettes that the leaders of various companies had just thrown to him.
"Everyone, I just informed you of Director Liu's important instructions for the country's very large enterprises to change their business concepts and adapt to the new competitive environment after joining the WTO. According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, if everything goes well, the WTO ministerial meeting will be held within this month.
China's application for WTO accession will be approved, and our automobile industry will undoubtedly be the industry that will be hit the hardest. Let's talk about your thoughts based on the situation of your company." Wu Zhaoyun said.
"Thinking?" Everyone exchanged glances with each other, and they could guess what the other person was thinking from their eyes. In fact, before the meeting, the bosses of each company had already had a brief chat, and the topics they discussed were all different.
It's not Daqin Electric Vehicle's provocation. Just now Wu Zhaoyun talked about facing the new century, welcoming China's accession to the WTO in the first year of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, and so on. No one took these clichés to heart. What they were thinking about was how to face the new century.
The Automobile Industry Bureau filed a severe complaint, asking the state to take action to deal with this unruly Daqin Group.
"Let me say a few words." Wang Kaihua is a senior business leader and has considerable appeal in the industry. At this time, it is natural for him to start the conversation:
"Director Wu just mentioned that the automobile industry will be impacted by the international market after joining the WTO. We at Beidian Group have been prepared for this. We have actively introduced talents, promoted standardized management, and developed five new joint venture models and independent brands.
Models of sedans are also being actively planned. We believe that as long as colleagues in the domestic automobile industry can work together and work together, the impact of the foreign automobile industry on our country can be completely resolved."
"Well, Mr. Wang's determination is commendable. We must have such a spirit, despise the enemy strategically, and pay attention to the enemy tactically..." Wu Zhaoyun made a comment that was neither oily nor salty, which was considered to be in agreement with Wang Kaihua.
"But..." Wang Kaihua changed the subject. "Lenin once said that a fortress is easiest to break from the inside. We are not afraid of external competition. But if there is a black sheep in our country's automobile industry, maliciously
If we disrupt the market order and use various unfair means to suppress our peers and fight against each other, we will have already destroyed ourselves without waiting for the arrival of foreign manufacturers. Lessons like this are not uncommon in recent years."
"Oh, Mr. Wang, can you tell me in detail, which black sheep disrupted the market order?"
A voice sounded nearby. Wang Kaihua looked back, stood up quickly, and greeted with a smile on his face: "It's Director Cui. When did you come..."
It turned out that when Wang Kaihua was making an impassioned speech, Cui Hongchun, the new deputy director of the Economic and Trade Commission, had already walked to him. Others had already seen Cui Hongchun and wanted to say hello, but were stopped by Cui Hongchun. Until Wang Kaihua finished speaking,
Cui Hongchun interrupted with a smile and asked a question.
"Mr. Wang, sit down and talk, sit down and talk." Cui Hongchun patted Wang Kaihua on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down. Then, he himself refused Wu Zhaoyun's invitation to sit on the main seat. Taking advantage of the situation, he sat next to Wang Kaihua, who had just sat down.
Give up the position.
"We engage in a market economy and emphasize free competition, but we have always been firmly opposed to vicious competition by any means. If the things that Mr. Wang mentioned that disrupt the market order are true, the Economic and Trade Commission will definitely take necessary measures to deal with them.
Stop it and deal with it seriously. Can Mr. Wang explain the specific situation in detail?" Cui Hongchun said with a warm spring breeze on his face.
None of the business executives attending the meeting were familiar with Cui Hongchun. They only knew that he had just been transferred from the Ministry of Agriculture and served as the deputy director in charge of the electromechanical and automotive fields. After taking up his new position, the deputy director had participated in many industries.
He rarely expressed his opinions during meetings, and most of the time he just listened to other people's narratives. He seemed to be a person with no sense of existence. However, some people also inquired and learned that Cui Hongchun was mainly responsible for the construction of the agricultural machinery industry when he was at the Ministry of Agriculture.
A man of great achievements, he is clearly not a mediocre person.
"Actually, what I'm about to say is an open secret. We have a large-scale private enterprise group in China that developed an electric car by relying on several patented technologies.
Although widely recognized in the industry, this company has carried out malicious hype and exaggerated the advantages of electric vehicles, which has greatly misled consumers. Under such circumstances, the passenger car sales of various automobile companies across the country have been affected.
Serious impact, if this situation continues, I believe that most companies will not be able to complete this year's production tasks, and may even suffer serious losses." Wang Kaihua said.
"Is there such a thing?" Cui Hongchun's brows furrowed into a knot, which made people feel that he seemed to be extremely worried about the seriousness of the problem. It was a pity that Qin Hai was not at the scene, otherwise he would have lamented the genius of Lao Cui
's acting skills.
Cui Hongchun's precious son Cui Xuezhe has become Qin Hai's eldest brother-in-law a few years ago. Cui Hongchun and Qin Hai are both relatives and close friends. How could he not know about these grievances and grievances about electric vehicles? Wang Kaihua is here
The attack on Daqin Group at the meeting was something Cui Hongchun expected. He came specially to attend the meeting of the Automobile Industry Bureau in order to silence Wang Kaihua and others and prevent them from using the knife of the Economic and Trade Committee to kill people.
"Mr. Wang, can you tell me which company did this and what falsehoods they published?" Cui Hongchun asked pretending to be serious, and opened a small book to make preparations.
The record looks like.
"As for the company, everyone knows that it is Anhe Daqin Industrial Group. As for the cars they produce, they are in cooperation with Hongyuan Automobile Company. Lao Zhu, do you know this situation best?" Wang Kaihua said, asking the person from Hongyuan Automobile Company
Vice President Zhu Bingyan pursed his lips.
Among the people in this room, the most embarrassing and proud person is none other than Zhu Bingyan. In his early years, he was the production director of Anshi Automobile Group. Because he felt that he could not use the negative report, he jumped out and joined Hongyuan, which was just established at that time.
Automobile company. Hongyuan Automobile Company is an enterprise established by Hongyuan Province itself. In the eyes of Beidian, Anshi and other "regular troops", it is nothing more than a district squad or a county brigade.
Hongyuan Automobile Company has taken a path of developing its own brands from the beginning, which is completely different from Beidian, Anshi and other companies that rely on joint venture brands to develop. In the past few years, Hongyuan Automobile basically relied on established enterprises and national policies to
To survive in the cracks, if it were not for the firm support of Hongyuan Province, I am afraid it would have been shut down long ago.
The launch of Daqin Automobile is a turning point for Hongyuan Automobile Company. Although the car is branded with Daqin, Hongyuan Automobile Company also has half of the shares in it. Daqin Group only provides supercapacitors, motors, and controls for the complete vehicle.
Key components such as systems and other parts are all mature components from the original Hongyuan Automobile. The final assembly is also completed in Hongyuan Province, providing a large number of tax revenue and employment opportunities for Hongyuan Province.
In similar meetings in the past, Zhu Pingyan has always been in a marginalized position. Everyone would only circle around Wang Kaihua and others, and would not take a serious look at a "country bumpkin" like him. But since the Daqin electric vehicle was put into production, people who came here to
More and more people are working with him. Although various companies do not yet have clear ideas for the development of electric vehicles, they are very clear about the prospects of electric vehicles. Everyone wants to get familiar with Zhu Bingyan in advance so that they can
Get some help from Hongyuan Auto in the future.
This time Daqin Group started with public opinion and declared war on Beidian, Anshi and other established car companies. Hongyuan Automobile Company adopted an ostrich policy, claiming that this was only a unilateral action of Daqin Group and had nothing to do with Hongyuan Automobile Company.
The original automobile company did not intend to comment on this. Sitting in the venue, seeing everyone's sad or annoyed looks towards him, Zhu Bingyan felt that he was relieved not to mention how angry he was.
Although he thought so in his heart, Zhu Bingyan was not arrogant enough to arouse public anger. When Wang Kaihua called his name, he sneered at everyone and said:
"Well, I know a little bit about this matter... not much, just a little bit. The Daqin electric vehicle is nominally produced by Hongyuan Automobile and Daqin Group. In fact, Daqin Group is the actual controlling party.
We are just an assembly factory, just making some hard-earned money.
This time Daqin Group has placed some advertisements in the media, mainly to cooperate with the sales of electric vehicles. As far as we know, several large foreign automobile manufacturers have begun trial production of electric vehicles. In order to avoid the impact of foreign brands on us, we
It is necessary to speed up the promotion of electric vehicles and seize the market.
As for the exaggerated propaganda mentioned by Mr. Wang, I don’t know much about it. Can Mr. Wang tell you what the exaggeration is? After I go back, I will find an opportunity to report it to Daqin Group. Of course, I will tell you if it is useful.
I can’t guarantee it. As you all know, the Daqin Group is... not very easy to talk to, hehe, hehe."
What Zhu Pingyan said was very correct, very low-key, and very aggrieved, leaving no one with the slightest fault. However, all the participants here knew that he was actually hiding a needle in the thick of things and stabbed Wang Kaihua silently: You are not talking about us
Is it exaggerated propaganda? Well, then you can tell me in public which one is exaggerated, and let Director Cui and Director Wu comment on it. (To be continued.)