Chapter 1342 Gold Medal Automobile Co., Ltd.'s next plan
This coordination meeting had a good result under Liu Lang's strong "aura". Yang Yong was completely convinced and declared on the spot that he would listen to Liu Lang's words. Song Lifeng was relieved, as long as there were no internal problems.
, then Gold Medal Automobile Co., Ltd. will make a smooth transition, and then begin to develop rapidly under the leadership of Liu Lang. Five years later, it will achieve independent research and development of engines. That scene is so wonderful.
The next day, Song Lifeng took Liu Lang to the Gold Medal Car site inspection and visited every workshop.
As a long-established state-owned enterprise, Gold Medal Automobile Co., Ltd. still has a solid foundation. After cooperating with the island country Fengtian Company in the late 1900s, it has made a great turn for the better. Especially in the past two years, it has obtained funds and introduced some advanced equipment. Its product is still a van.
, that is, the gold medal van.
The predecessor of Jinbei Automobile Co., Ltd. is Shencheng Automobile Manufacturing Plant. This company has a very long history.
In the early days of reform and opening up, when the country was in contact with German Volkswagen, it actually also approached Fengtian, hoping that the other party could build a factory in the country and cooperate in the production of car models. However, the Japanese people shrewdly believed that with China’s strength, it would be impossible to build cars that ordinary people would buy.
We couldn't afford it, and we didn't want to build a factory to export technology that would lead to the loss of patented technology, so we rejected it.
It was not until the mid-to-late 1900s when we discovered that the Chinese market was booming and the U.S. market began to slump, and we hoped to form joint ventures with Chinese manufacturers, that Volkswagen Santner in Shanghai was already in full swing, and Jeep Cherokee in the capital also began to travel all over the country.
The island country tried to enter again but was rejected by the people and the country. They had no choice but to save the country through a curveball. They used the high-end commercial vehicle Fengtian Hiace, which was relatively lacking in the Chinese market at the time, as a stepping stone to find the Shencheng Automobile Manufacturing Plant at the time, which was the gold medal car.
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At that time, it was not directly called Shencheng Fengtian, but used a single Fengtian Hiace 100 model for technology transfer.
The early-production Hiace vans produced by Gold Medal were assembled with a complete set of spare parts provided by the island country Fengtian, including the production line of the 2r24-liter engine at that time.
Nowadays, a Gold Medal Hiace Bread costs close to 300,000 yuan. Last year, more than 100 units were sold, with an output value of nearly 50 million yuan.
Obviously, the market does not recognize vans. In the past two years, Yang Yong has been wanting to transform and develop into cars, but he can't find a good partner. Several American companies are interested, but the conditions given are too high.
It is unbearable, and the Fengtian Company of the island country has already reached cooperation with Shenzhen City, so people look down on Liaobei Province.
The current situation of Gold Medal Cars is like this. It cannot be said to be bad. At least there are some capable equipment and production lines. In particular, the 24-liter engine production line still has the characteristics of Fengtian Company. However, this production line is a backward product. Mainly
Targeted at van models.
"Yes, Gold Medal Automobile Co., Ltd. is much better than I thought. I thought you couldn't open the pot, but now it seems there is still soup!"
Liu Lang is still very satisfied. At least now he has products to sell. With products, there is income, and he can be self-sufficient in a short time.
Yang Yong chatted with Liu Lang for a long time after the meeting yesterday. Liu Lang did not hide anything from the other party and told him his future plans. He would first find a Western automobile company to cooperate and introduce the other party's automobile production line, and then
Gradually digest the technology, create an engine with completely independent property rights, and build its own brand based on this engine.
Well, this model is actually the model that the country is developing. For example, FAW and SAIC also want to base their cooperation on cooperation and then gradually digest the technology, but this path is not going well.
Firstly, Volkswagen has a firm grasp of the core technology. The engine components are completely manufactured in-house, leaving you with only the "irrelevant" parts that you can't see even if you want to. Secondly, the technical level of domestic workers is not good and lacks
Regarding related processes, let alone if they don’t give you a production line, you won’t be able to learn it even if they put the production line in front of you and let you dismantle it at will. Of course, there is also the factor of the country’s overall weak industrial base.
The objective factors cannot be solved domestically, but the subjective factors have not yet been reached. In fact, the subjective factors have improved a lot this time. The success of "Exploration One" has improved the country's manufacturing capabilities a lot, but it has also made Western developed countries vigilant.
, they protect their core technology better.
For Norinco, the subjective factors are much better. The quality of workers is well-deserved to be among the best in the country, and it is not even a little bit better than the workers in other factories. It has reached the level of Western developed countries, and is even better in terms of pure technology.
To surpass the opponent, for example, at Andrews Company, Ma Ming and his colleagues competed with German workers to produce certain parts. The result was that the workers of Norinco completely defeated their opponents, leaving them stunned.
The only flaw of the workers of Norinco is that they do not have access to higher technologies. Liu Lang only taught them theory. Theory alone is not enough. They must practice with real objects as the goal. This is the key to self-improvement.
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Of course, if Norinco is given enough time and money, Liu Lang believes that it can be done, but it is hard to say how long it will take. It may take ten or twenty years to accumulate. Liu Lang is not short of time.
But the country is lacking!
The market will not give you time to accumulate slowly, everything must be accelerated, which means that the gap of at least 40 to 50 years between China and Western developed countries must be filled in a short period of time.
We are on the same starting line, and we will be able to compete equally.
Liu Lang wants to build an engine in five years. This goal is very ambitious. Yang Yong was very excited after learning about it. This is also his long-cherished wish. He thought it was impossible before, but now it seems that there is still great hope.
But at the same time, Liu Lang also said that while developing engines, we must also retain the current van business. Not only must we retain it, we must also expand production and reduce costs. At least we must ensure that the company does not lose money and does not hinder the engine business.
In the first three years since its establishment, Norinco did not produce any products and was "burning money" every year. It burned nearly 70 million US dollars in three years. All of this money was transformed into the technical level of workers and various advanced technologies.
Equipment, the final result is the creation of "Exploration No. 1" and "Discovery No. 2" CNC machine tools.
Liu Lang is the one who can burn so much money. Others would have gone bankrupt a long time ago, but Gold Medal Car cannot do this. First of all, Gold Medal Car already has a certain market, so it cannot give up. Not only will it not give up, but it will continue to expand.
In addition, if you spend money, it’s not a matter of tens of millions. If you don’t have more than a billion dollars, you definitely can’t afford it. Liu Lang feels distressed for having so much money, so it must be done while producing and developing. Both the market and technology must be strong.
When the engine is developed, test runs must begin so that it can be put into the market as quickly as possible.
Of course, this also requires money. Liu Lang estimates that he may not be able to afford it if he doesn't have 4 to 5 billion US dollars, but if 4 to 5 billion US dollars is used to achieve independent production of engines, it will be very worthwhile.