"Erzhuzi, you are really. My sister's company has just begun, so you come to find cooperation. Isn't this increasing my sister's labor force?" Qin Zhenhua turned his head again, looked at Wang Erzhu, and said to him: "What are you anxious about?"
Hearing Qin Zhenhua's words, Wang Erzhu smiled bitterly: "Director Qin, you are not in a hurry, but I cannot be in a hurry. Our cooperation with Mercedes-Benz has expired. You said, if we continue to sleep in the past technology, we will not be eliminated."
Hearing this, Qin Zhenhua immediately reacted: "The agreement expires? When will it happen?"
At that time, Qin Zhenhua tried his best to introduce advanced heavy trucks in Western Europe. At that time, Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks were high-ranking and ignored the Eastern powers and put forward harsh conditions. So, after Qin Zhenhua's investigation, he decided to go to the unknown Austria and bring Steyer back to China. From that time on, Steyer began to take root in China.
Later, when Mercedes-Benz saw that the Eastern Powers not only did not go to find them, but also cooperated with Steyr. Then they became anxious and came to take the initiative to find the Eastern Powers. They all said that they would not be able to return. However, when Mercedes-Benz saw the market of the Eastern Powers, they felt that the return was also delicious. In this way, they signed a cooperation agreement and cooperated with the first machine factory to produce NG80 heavy trucks.
Now, fifteen years have passed, and the agreement period has passed.
"Now, the agreement period has expired. For us, we have two options at present. Either continue to cooperate with Mercedes-Benz to produce Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks, or we will produce them independently and part ways with Mercedes-Benz." Wang Erzhu said: "After careful consideration, we decided to abandon Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks and do our own. Without the Butcher Wang, would we still have to eat a pig with hair? Our automobile branch is studying this matter. After a complete plan, we will report to the first machine factory. Now that you have said it, I will report it in advance."
The reason why Wang Erzhu came to Qin Baozhen to build an automatic truck transmission is of course for technical reserves and to make the truck technology he produced continue to improve. After all, if he always fails to make progress in the past technology, he will sooner or later be eliminated. This is a big deal. For the automobile branch, it is a matter that determines the future and destiny. Therefore, they must be cautious and plan in detail before reporting to Qin Zhenhua.
"Why don't you cooperate with Mercedes-Benz Heavy Truck? This is how high-end and elegant it is." At this time, Hua Dongjie, who was standing beside him, interrupted. He was obviously knowledgeable, and with the word Mercedes-Benz, people could give people a thumbs up.
"First of all, it is because Mercedes-Benz Heavy Trucks will not hand over the advanced technology to us." Wang Erzhu said: "At the beginning, they had a more advanced NG85 Heavy Truck, and they handed over the NG80 Heavy Trucks to us. We can only eat what they had left. Now, the most advanced Mercedes-Benz Heavy Trucks is Actros Heavy Trucks. However, they do not intend to hand over this heavy truck technology to us, but only to give us the SK series heavy truck technology. These technologies have no breakthrough at all, and they are just repaired and repaired on the original basis, so there is no need for us to introduce them."
1996 was the 100th anniversary of the birth of the truck. In that year, Mercedes-Benz launched a brand new heavy truck, named Actros. This kind of truck has made breakthrough developments in many fields, such as, it introduced electronic control and network (CAN bus). In the past, trucks were all controlled by separate components, and each light bulb needed a special line to control it. Therefore, there were a lot of wire harnesses in the car. After the bus technology was introduced, the wire harness could be greatly reduced. For example, turn signal control means sending signals to the turn signal through the bus and then controlling the light bulb to turn on. In this way, the wire harness is greatly reduced and it can also detect whether the light bulb is faulty. Of course, this is just a small change. The biggest feature of bus technology is that it connects the subsystems of the entire vehicle together, which is definitely a revolutionary change.
Whether it is the engine, transmission, braking system, etc., they all come with brand new electronic control systems, which is leading the trend of the entire era.
Mercedes-Benz will never be able to hand over these technologies to the first machine factory. If they introduce them, they will only introduce backwards and others have leftovers. Wang Erzhu will definitely not want to see such a situation.
So, he doesn't want to continue signing the contract.
"Secondly, we can use Mercedes-Benz heavy truck technology to make our trucks high-end and atmospheric, but the price is not enough. Therefore, our trucks are more expensive than other trucks, which also limits our expansion. In the future, we will do our own technology and reduce the patent fee." Wang Erzhu said: "Over the years, with the help of Germany, we have mastered the most critical things such as quality control. We believe that what we make ourselves is no worse than theirs, so why do we make them extra money?"
When Wang Erzhu said this, he was very proud. Of course, he didn't want foreigners to make his own money. In the past, when he used Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks, many parts needed to be imported, and the price of the truck could not be reduced. Moreover, the quality control was decided by the Germans. Now, there is no problem at all. If you can do it yourself in China, the price can be reduced.
Moreover, I have learned a lot of experience before, and Wang Erzhu believes that this truck will definitely be more advanced.
Qin Zhenhua nodded: "What you are considering makes sense. We cannot always follow others' butts, and we must have our own development. Now, this is just such an opportunity. Let's just throw away our crutches and walk by ourselves. Let's go and do it, and the first machine factory will support you behind you."
Wang Erzhu nodded. Qin Zhenhua's words moved Wang Erzhu very much.
"Since your contract has expired, have you taken off the Mercedes-Benz heavy truck logo?" At this moment, Hua Dongjie asked again.
That big three-pointed logo is very dazzling and is simply a symbol of nobility. However, without authorization, it is not just a random hang.
Wang Erzhu shook his head: "Not yet."
"Then you should take it off quickly. The West considers this very important. If the Germans find out, they may sue." Hua Dongjie said.