Chapter four hundred and eighteenth rich and powerful
"As soon as Assistant Xiao took office, he had to bring in relevant customers. I have no objection, but I want to know how much Assistant Xiao knows about building cars. Although the heat exchange processing system accounts for a very limited proportion of the total vehicle cost, a system
It's just over a thousand points, and it doesn't look like something with much technical content. There are more than ten or twenty companies in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that are capable of producing corresponding equipment and control components. But does Assistant Xiao know that a system needs to be integrated?
Is it not a simple matter to put it into the car body? This is not the home air conditioner that Assistant Xiao imagined. You can drag it home and install the indoor and outdoor air conditioner. The body system and compressor must be driven by the engine, and the control components need to be centralized.
The electronic system of the vehicle and all the components must be laid out in a reasonable manner using the limited space. It can be said that one move affects the whole body. Now, without sufficient discussion, demonstration, and repeated experiments, it will be replaced directly.
How to ensure the safety and stability of a subsystem? If something goes wrong, who will bear the consequences?"
Knowing that pushing the whole thing forward would definitely lead to resistance from the original team, Xiao Jun decided to raise the issue to prevent Xu Bin, Huang Yijiang and the pickup team from having a sharp confrontation without any room for relaxation.
But he didn't expect that the accusation would be so harsh and merciless.
Sun Weigang's continuous accusations were mixed with a lot of professional terminology, revealing undisguised contempt.
Xiao Jun was also caught off guard.
In the past few days, he had read several professional books in a surprise attack, and he was just cramming. Naturally, he was not qualified to discuss technical details with a veteran like Sun Weigang, and he didn't want to move Cao Mo out at every turn. He found that with his status
But it is difficult to fight back effectively against Sun Weigang.
"Mr. Sun, we have called everyone here today to discuss whether it is feasible?" Xu Bin coughed lightly and said.
"Why are we discussing this issue? Is there something wrong with the existing system, or is the existing technology not mature enough? If you just have a temporary idea, you have to give it a try. We don't care, we have been mentally prepared for a long time, but
Should production continue and how should the work be done? I said you are sharpening your knives, are you too impatient?" When he was in Huachen, Sun Weigang was much older than Xu Bin and Xu Lizheng.
At that time, Xu Bin was also questioned with guns and sticks, and even threatened to give up the blame.
Xu Bin looked at the other people present and saw disdain in their eyes, some avoiding his gaze, or some silent indifference. He could also guess that Sun Weigang had worked with all the members of the old team.
It is obvious that even if this proposal to replace the body air conditioning system is just a trial, they have no intention of backing down even half a step.
Xu Bin also learned that Sun Weigang has contacted other car companies and investors near Jiangsu and Zhejiang who are interested in entering the automobile industry. Now that he has such a tough attitude, he doesn’t know if the next car has been negotiated, but he really needs to lead the entire team.
If you leave, the situation will become very difficult.
"..." The door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside. When Cao Mo was seen, he pushed the door open and walked in with a notepad under his arm without any prior notice.
Xu Bin was about to stand up and give up his seat at the end of the conference table to Cao Mo. Cao Mo waved his hand, indicating that he should continue to preside over the meeting, so he pulled a chair from the window and squeezed into an empty seat next to the conference table.
Come down.
Cao Mo did not participate in the negotiations for the acquisition of Huachen Pickup's assets from beginning to end.
Even though he was also the chairman of Tianyue Industrial, he did not attend the ceremony to take over Huachen Pickup, nor did he appear at the pickup truck factory.
Therefore, among the old team members of Huachen Pickup, only Sun Weigang and another vice president named Zhao Yiping had met Cao Mo, but the others were not fools. Seeing this scene, they could all guess what Cao Mo was doing.
identity.
"I originally made an appointment to meet with Mr. Qian of Xinhong in the morning, and I didn't plan to come over to attend your evaluation meeting, but Mr. Qian of Xinhong temporarily let me go. I have time again - Mr. Sun, where have you discussed this?
"Cao Mo had just heard Sun Weigang's aggressive questioning outside the conference room. He opened the record book, bypassed Xu Bin, and directly asked Sun Weigang to introduce the proceedings of the meeting.
In front of Cao Mo, Sun Weigang wanted to restrain himself and said: "Huachen Pickup initially introduced mature technology and production lines. After that, it took five or six years to gradually complete 70 to 80% of the components.
Localization has greatly reduced production costs, which can be said to be quite successful. According to the practice in the manufacturing industry, whether it is from the stability of operation and production, or from the consideration of body reliability and safety, there will be no major mistakes.
Under such circumstances, existing component suppliers will not be replaced at will; if they must be replaced, it will only be done during the development process of new models. Only in this way will there be sufficient time to verify the reliability and safety - Assistant Xiao returned to China
, suddenly made such a suggestion, many people can’t understand it..."
Although Xiao Jun didn't point it out, many people could figure it out, but Cao Mo would not give them a chance to pretend to be confused, and said:
"This unconventional approach was not a sudden idea of Assistant Xiao, but something I suggested for everyone to discuss. Since everyone is not focusing on discussing the feasibility of the plan and are all speculating on the intentions behind it, then I
Just ask, is it impossible for everyone to understand?"
Now that Cao Mo is here, he will no longer limit the issue to discussing the feasibility of replacing the body air conditioning system. And since they all guess that he is going to attack the old team this time, let them directly address the issue.
Cao Mo's eyes slowly glanced at the nine people from Huachen Pica's old team who were attending this meeting.
Sun Weigang and Zhao Yiping were previously the general manager and deputy general manager of the Huachen Pickup Division. They are both young, in their early forties, and are in the prime of life. Whether it is energy, work experience, or technical level, they can
Said to be at their personal best stage.
The other seven people, ranging in age from thirty to forty, three of them are the backbone of Huachen's internal training, and the other four are professional managers that Huachen has brought in from outside in order to revitalize the pickup business in recent years.
Although compared with other domestic manufacturers, Huachen Pickup's business losses are not too serious and are quite satisfactory, but the Huachen Pickup team has not truly integrated into a whole.
They seem to be able to unite now, but it is simply due to the sense of unity that naturally arises after being acquired; they are worried about their future career development, and are not familiar with Tianyue Industrial's existing team, which creates a barrier.
That's why Xu Bin hopes to have a relatively long transition period to solve these problems.
After waiting for a while, Cao Mo saw that no one stood up to answer his question, so he continued: "It has been more than half a month since we acquired Huachen's pickup line. I, the chairman, have not met with you, and the affairs are quite complicated.
On the one hand, on the other hand, we also need everyone to seriously think about the Huachen pickup line and how to develop their respective careers. We need everyone to think about how to integrate into Tianyue Industry. We need everyone to observe and think about Tianyue.
What will be the future of industry? It seems now that everyone has thought a lot about it, but they have basically considered it wrong. You think Tianyue Industry is just a pilot project for the diversification of Tianyue Industry, and it is a willful and impetuous adventure on my part.
I thought that the Huachen pickup truck line would have a decisive impact on the fate of Tianyue Industry, and that Xu Bin would serve everyone here more carefully. I am sitting here today, and I can tell him some answers clearly.
Tianyue Industry is not a pilot project for me to develop industrial diversification, but a determination of mine. When I say this, everyone should rethink and sort out the relationship between the Huachen pickup line and Tianyue Industry, right?"
"..." The conference room was silent.
"Tianyue Industry is indispensable to me. In the future, I will continue to draw blood from the outside to ensure the rapid development of Tianyue Industry in the field of car manufacturing. Therefore, the Huachen pickup line is very important to Tianyue Industry."
Yue Industry is just an experimental product. There is no problem that it cannot afford to lose, let alone indispensable. The Huachen pickup truck line failed to be built and the experiment failed. Tianyue Industry will soon have funds to go there.
Acquire the second and third lines, or even purchase foreign companies, introduce new technologies, and reorganize new lines. Therefore, all of you here are not indispensable to Tianyue Industry. You cannot treat Huachen Pickup as
If all lines achieve the goals I expect, there will be new people and new teams to replace you tomorrow, not just a replacement of suppliers! Therefore, when I came here today, I no longer wanted to listen to you discuss the body air conditioning system.
Replacement is no longer feasible, but you have to discuss it today, what work needs to be done to replace it, whether you can complete it independently, whether you need external technical support, how much additional budget is needed, and how to control the cost unchanged.
, how much performance can be maximized, and how to improve technical standards. Of course, you must also know that what is really being discussed is not the individual subsystem of body air conditioning. I really hope that the goal you achieve is to maintain the current
Under the cost budget, how much room for improvement can Huachen pickup truck have in terms of performance and quality? I hope you will not let yourself become a failed experiment? Your final way out is to integrate into the Tianyue Industrial team. Tianyue Industrial is currently
It has also reserved 10% space for equity increase for the subsequent management team..."
"Old Xu, let's go out and let them discuss it behind closed doors!" Cao Mo asked Xu Bin, Huang Yijiang, and Xiao Jun to follow him out.
Walking back to Xu Bin's office, Cao Mo took out a cigarette and threw it to Xu Bin and the others, saying, "Don't be so gloomy. There are many difficulties in the world, but most of them are no match for the rich and powerful. If you are threatened by them, how can you defeat them?"
Press down your head?"
“The demand for the automobile market has been growing at a rapid rate in recent years. Even during the economic crisis, the domestic automobile market sales have not been able to increase, not to mention that after the latest economic stimulus policy was released, it has become clearer to increase support for the automobile manufacturing industry.
Strength - There is a lot of capital in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that has been ready to move for a long time, and it is expected that there will be projects launched in the near future. It is not surprising that Huachen's car assets have even been negotiated with a seller recently; and according to my information, Sun Weigang and the others have indeed been in contact.
Some investors." Cao Mo could say he didn't mind if the entire Huachen pickup truck production line turned into ruins because of his wealth, but Xu Bin still had to consider various situations that might actually occur and solve the problems one by one.
"I haven't had any contact with Sun Weigang and the others during this period, but it doesn't mean that I, the chairman, haven't done my business," Cao Mo said with a smile, "Several investors who are interested in taking over the assets of Huachen Automobile have approached me in the past few days.
Qian Wenhan had dinner several times, and his intention to test was obvious, and I also confirmed some information from them. Sun Weigang actually has no way out, let alone taking the entire team away, but he has obviously frightened you all..."
"Oh, which capital company did he come into contact with and leaked this key information to you so easily?" Xu Bin asked curiously.
"At present, those who are willing to take over the assets of Huachen Automobile are Xinhu Investment in Zhejiang Province and Sinopec International in Jiangsu Province. Sun Weigang has contacted them, and he should also boast that he has the ability to replace the existing team of Huachen Automobile, but
Xinhu Investment and Sinopec International probably prefer to recruit Sun Weigang personally so that he can play a role in acquiring the assets of Huachen Automobile, but they have no intention of letting him manage the new team..." Cao Mo said.
Everyone is smart.
China National Petroleum Corporation and Xinhu want to recruit Sun Weigang and offer him an annual salary of one million yuan a year. However, as long as he plays a small role in the acquisition of Huachen Automobile assets, it will be hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions in profit gains and losses. However, Sun Weigang's ability to manage the team is
, but did not approve it.
This account is really shrewd.
"Do you think Sun Weigang has the ability to lead the current team well?" Xu Bin asked.
If there was a need to kill chickens and scare monkeys, Xu Bin wouldn't mind starting directly with Sun Weigang.
"To be able to reach this position today, his ability and professionalism must have passed the test. Now it depends on whether he can change and become one with you; give him a chance." Cao Mo said.
Whether an enterprise can develop rapidly depends on internal friction, which is sometimes more fatal than the strength of its capabilities.
Since Cao Mo attaches so much importance to Tianyue Industry, he certainly will not leave all the work of reshaping the team to Xu Bin and others.
The foundation of Tianyue Industrial is still too weak. Even if it only acquires one line of Huachen, the total acquisition value is only 600 million, it is still considered by the industry to be a snake-tonging-like merger. This will naturally complicate many simple problems.
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Sun Weigang's team discussed behind closed doors for two hours and came to the conclusion that it was feasible to replace the body air conditioning system, and there was no need to seek external technical support. However, they did not give up resistance, emphasizing that this replacement would improve the stability of the body.
Security brings unforeseen risks, which requires additional budget to develop a new control system; and Changchuang products must be matched and necessary tests must be conducted, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be an improvement in performance, or this kind of improvement.
is of no value.
In short, they can be forced to work by the boss's power, but if they fail, they will not shoulder the responsibility.
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Cao Mo pushed the whole thing forward with his own will, and Sun Weigang and others were not strong enough to resist him, so the whole thing progressed naturally smoothly.
Changchuang insists on opening up the car air-conditioning market. In addition to the development and production of key components, it also has certain technical strength to develop control systems to match different models.
Changchuang's technical strength in this area cannot be compared with professional companies such as Botian Electronics. However, even if Huachen Pickup has raised the threshold of technology, performance and quality control, it is still better than more sophisticated mid-to-high-end cars.
A little lower.
After internal research, Changchuang took over all the matching work very simply and neatly in order to win this representative order, without asking Huachen Pickup to bear additional costs.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Huachen introduced motorcycle engine and vehicle technology and production lines, and strictly controlled costs. At that time, the sales of domestic motorcycle engines alone were as high as six to seven thousand yuan. Huachen was the first to reduce the manufacturing cost of motorcycle engines.
to less than 1,000 yuan, which brought great success to Huachen in its early days.
Huachen subsequently introduced pickup and sedan production lines. Led by past successful experiences, Huachen has always paid more attention to cost control, and its quality and performance requirements must be acceptable.
Huachen Automobile has just been launched on the market. Like Alto, it has achieved modest success in the central and western markets, but market demand is constantly changing with economic development.
Due to its too low-end positioning, Huachen sedan was quickly excluded from the market. Domestic sales declined year by year, so it could only focus on lower-end overseas markets.
After Huachen Enterprise lost the motivation to make progress, all kinds of corruption sprang up.
Even though the domestic automobile industry chain has become increasingly perfect in recent years, components have become cheaper and better, and the technical level has become higher and higher, the cost of Huachen's various models has not dropped significantly, and the quality has not improved significantly.
Cao Mo does not want to squeeze the existing manufacturing costs of Huachen Pickup, and will even try to reduce expenditures on downstream sales, market development, etc., so that while the selling price of Huachen Pickup remains unchanged, there is still room for a significant increase in manufacturing costs.
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The performance and quality standards of Huachen pickup trucks must be improved to a greater extent; and the original suppliers that cannot meet the new standards in performance and quality control must also be eliminated.
Although the main technical work for improving the performance of Huachen Pickup will be handed over to the carmaker's laboratory, if the old team of Huachen Pickup does not carry out fundamental reshaping, unnecessary internal consumption will make all their efforts in vain.
discount.
Therefore, before Gu Fan and the carmaker's laboratory were ready, Cao Mo had to use the replacement of the body air conditioning subsystem to stir up the water like a fierce catfish.
Even if the production of Huachen pickup trucks is severely stagnant during this period, the losses will be limited, which is better than the transition period being delayed indefinitely.
Cao Mo also did not leave the corresponding matching work to Changchuang.
In addition to the independent operation of the carmaker's laboratory, Tianyue Industrial also immediately established the corresponding pickup application technology laboratory and R&D testing center.
This was originally a move used by Xu Bin and Huang Yijiang to check and balance and spur Sun Weigang and other old teams, and it will naturally come into play at this time.
At the same time, Cao Mo also asked Xu Bin to find Botian Electronics to sign a cooperation agreement on the development of relevant control and matching technologies. The costs should be calculated separately - Tianyue's industrial foundation is too weak. If it wants to add more, it will have to be multi-pronged and additional investment will be required.
The cost is actually not as high as imagined...
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The most difficult thing to endure during this period may not necessarily be the Lu family.
Brothers Lu Jiancheng and Lu Jianchao finally flew to Canada before the end of November. After all, they left themselves tens of millions in pension money, and they also had some other assets at home and abroad that could be liquidated, so they would not end up living on the streets.
Huang Hebin's situation is more bleak.
He believed that overseas projects could be successful. Not only did he invest all his accumulation over the years, but he also found tens of millions from relatives and friends.
Naturally, there is no need to talk about the small amount of shares he personally invested in Xintaihua. In addition to leaving a house for his ex-wife, all other assets were disposed of, and all the debts of relatives and friends were cleared.
However, no matter what, Huang Hebin also feels relaxed and "debt-free".
"This health medicine is really effective. I have been testing it myself for half a month. Every day when I wake up, I feel like I am in the sky. You didn't expect that at my age, I can still be stronger than when I was twenty, right? I think we can temporarily
There is no need to look for other ways out. Take down this brand agent, invest another million in Xinhai, open a health club, find a group of pretty women to provide services, and promote this health medicine by the way. With our personal connections,
In fact, there is no need to worry about this small amount of funds, and there is no need to worry about unblocking the relationships in all aspects. Let us first make ends meet with two to three million a year, and then slowly consider development and expansion - don't frown, we will just play on the sidelines, no
Whatever you do that is harmful to nature, it is very safe and nothing will happen to you..."
Sitting in a noisy teahouse, Yao Haiming mysteriously placed a small packet of Chinese medicine on the tea table and enlightened Huang Hebin.
"What secrets are there in this medicine? Do we still need to deceive ourselves? There is a trading company in Chonghai. It is currently planning to open a processing plant in Africa. It still lacks a deputy director. I had a talk the day before yesterday and we were both satisfied.
I'm ready to agree," Huang Hebin said, "That company still has some vacancies for mid-level positions, you can go over and try to negotiate."
"What company can give you an annual salary? Five hundred thousand?" Yao Haiming asked impatiently.
"Currently, the annual salary of 300,000 yuan is enough." Huang Hebin said.
"What is three hundred thousand a year enough for?" Yao Haiming asked.
Huang Hebin sighed inwardly. The old man had completely lost his temper. He didn't want to argue with Yao Haiming, so he sat there drinking tea and chatting for a while before leaving.
Huang Hebin walked out of the teahouse and had just unlocked the bicycle parked on the street. He looked up and saw a Mercedes-Benz business car next to him opening the back door. Suddenly, he saw Cao Mo looking towards him from the back seat of the car.
"I'm not a person who can't stand a grain of sand in my eyes. Are you interested in getting in the car and taking a seat?" Cao Mo asked.