At the Jade Lion Group (Taipei) vehicle base construction project site, Li Jianhui learned about the project construction progress in detail.
Overall, it's pretty good. If no major accidents occur, it is expected to be put into production in June next year.
When Li Jianhui asked about the automotive market in Baodao, Liu Xuefeng, the head of the group in Taipei, responded: "Currently, the major Japanese brands dominate Baodao. The local brand Yulon does not have much impact on the market due to its own technical reasons.
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However, the company that is cooperating with Toyota is under rapid construction. It is estimated that the first Yulon Toyota will be launched around the Spring Festival, and it will be our biggest competitor in Baodao."
Without the cooperation between Yulon and Toyota, Jade Lion Group would have a very good chance of winning the purchase of vehicles for the Baodao government. After all, although Yulon had a car brand before, the technical and quality gap was too big. Even if the Baodao government wanted to support local brands, it was powerless.
Now Yulon has a joint venture with Toyota. With Toyota's technical support, there is no big shortcoming in technology. Although it cannot manufacture luxury cars, it can still meet the needs of government official vehicles.
In the future, if Yulon Group wants to compete with Yulon Toyota in this market, it will be at a congenital disadvantage.
Moreover, the production bases of Yulon and Yushi are both in Taipei, and Yushi Group also does not have an advantage geographically.
Jade Lion Group still has a long way to go if it wants to occupy a dominant position in the Baodao automobile market.
"Manager Liu, the current focus is to complete the production base and put it into operation as soon as possible. As for the issue of government purchase orders, we will slowly figure out a solution in the future. How are your contacts with our upstream partners?"
A car requires a lot of parts. Jade Lion Group mainly manufactures engines, chassis, and electrical equipment. Whether it is raw material suppliers or other auto parts suppliers, there is a lot of demand.
Li Jianhui's advantage of placing the entire vehicle in Baodao over Xiangjiang is that the auto parts industry chain here is relatively complete. Except for a very few auto parts that need to be purchased from other regions, most Baodao can satisfy them. In this regard, Xiangjiang is
It can't be done.
"According to Li Sheng's instructions, we have already negotiated with major auto parts suppliers. As long as our vehicle production base is put into use, we will be able to complete the production of Jade Lion sedans and Taurus trucks.
And 8 companies will establish production bases around our production base, mainly to provide us with products."
Li Jianhui was quite satisfied after hearing this. In order to allow Liu Xuefeng to better manage the Jade Lion Group, he was appointed vice president of the group and general manager of the Jade Lion (Taipei) Company.
Even if Liu Xuefeng tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, the expression on his face could not hide it. Even though he had always been confident that he could become the core management of the group, he did not expect that he would be able to do so so early.
Today it can be said that one has reached the sky. In the Xinjian Department, only level 13 and above can be called high-level.
Before, he was just a production base manager. According to the Xinjian hierarchy, he was only at level 10. As a company with a fourteenth-level structure, Jade Lion Group, as the vice president, will be at the thirteenth level of management, even
Upgraded to level three and within the group, which is rare in the growing Xinjian system.
Looking at the excited Liu Xuefeng, Li Jianhui warned: "Although you have not been in the Xinjian department for a long time, you should know that what I value most is product quality. The car brand and market reputation ultimately depend on quality. I don't want to produce it by then."
Is there any quality problem at the base?"
"Don't worry, Li Sheng. After it is officially put into production, I will strictly control the quality. Whether it is purchasing parts or manufacturing them within our group, I will never allow any batch of substandard parts to be installed on the car."
Even if Li Jianhui didn't remind him of this, Liu Xuefeng would still take it seriously. Not one or two managers in the Xinjian Department have been fired or downgraded due to quality issues.
Even though it has been less than half a year since he joined the Jade Lion Group, he is still very clear about some aspects of the new department.
Li Jianhui's treatment for his subordinates is very good, and the annual bonus is high, but the requirements are also high. Many problems are just minor problems in some companies, but they are definitely big problems in Xinjian Department, especially those related to product quality and safety.
Liu Xuefeng has great ambitions. As a former middle-level manager of Jaguar and the one with the most experience in automobile manufacturing management at Yushi Group, he not only wants to be the general manager of a production base, but even vice president is not his goal.
He ultimately wants to take the position of president of the group. The current president was previously the general manager of the Huangpu Group's car sales company and was in charge of three car sales stores.
That is to say, it was good luck. When Jade Lion Group was first established, Xin Jian Department had no talents in this field, so Zhou Mingsheng became the president.
At present, because the car has not been put into production and sales channels have not yet been laid out, and he is mainly responsible for parts cooperation, it is not obvious that Zhou Mingsheng is not qualified for his current position.
But Liu Xuefeng believes that when his side is put into production and the car brand is launched on the market, Zhou Mingsheng's ability will definitely be tested. After all, Zhou Mingsheng is responsible for the sales business.
Once the Jade Lion Group's brand development market suffers a setback, Zhou Mingsheng will inevitably bear the main responsibility. At that time, his opportunity will come.
Li Jianhui didn't know Liu Xuefeng's ambitions and plans, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. It's better to be ambitious, so that his industry can continue to grow.
As long as Liu Xuefeng does not harm the interests of the group, if Zhou Mingsheng is really unable to lead the development of the Jade Lion Group, it is not impossible to let Liu Xuefeng take over.
After returning to the temporary headquarters of Jade Lion Group in Taipei, Li Jianhui specially held a middle- and high-level meeting.
Although the production base is still under construction, other preparations need to be started, especially the design department and R&D department. Although the car appearance design and engine design and R&D are all in Xiangjiang, there are also R&D centers for chassis and electrical equipment here.
Although the engine is the heart of the car, the chassis and electrical equipment cannot be underestimated. They are not first-class in terms of technology. Now if we don't increase R&D and public relations, how can we catch up with the world's first-class level.
At the same time, the production base is also required to speed up the construction progress and allow the Jade Lion Group to put into production as soon as possible.
To put it bluntly, construction started here at about the same time as the Xiangjiang engine R&D and production base. Since Jianye Company, a subsidiary of the Xinjian Department, is not in charge here, the construction speed is much slower than that in Xiangjiang.
Li Jianhui attaches great importance to the Jade Lion Group. Once the company is put into production, he will be the group's first customer, and his own car will be the King Long Motors owned by the Jade Lion Group.
This is the luxury car of the Jade Lion Group, and Li Jianhui wants to build it into the Rolls-Royce and Bentley of the East.
At the same time, it also owns the Kirin sedan, which is the benchmark for Maserati, especially the Quattroporte version. These presidents and vice presidents of the Xinjian series are the spokespersons of this car.