Chapter 384: As soon as it appeared, it retreated
"Xiao Jiang, you are a bit brave. Such a large equipment purchase order was actually signed within a week."
When Jiang Hui returned to China from the United States, he did not go back directly to Shencheng, but went to the capital first.
When we arrived in the capital, we naturally went back to the courtyard to live with my father-in-law and the others.
Knowing what Jiang Hui was doing in America this time, Zhu Jiansheng was also quite surprised.
Does this son-in-law talk business in terms of hundreds of millions of dollars now?
You must know that last year, China's entire foreign exchange reserves were less than 10 billion US dollars.
There should be a substantial increase this year, but it will definitely be at the level of more than 10 billion US dollars.
In this case, BMW Technology has used up almost one percent at a time, and the relevant departments must have objections.
Even if the money itself is earned by BMW Technology itself, there is no way to avoid some things from happening.
"We have started to understand the situation of various machine tools and equipment around the world since last year. When we purchased five-axis CNC machine tools for hot stamping mold processing from Japan at the beginning of the year, we also did a lot of research on the machine tool industries of the United States, Germany, Japan and other countries. A comprehensive investigation and understanding.”
"In addition, this time the three airport manufacturers in the United States have provided a relatively complete list of equipment. These equipments are all products in mass production of each other."
"We just need to make targeted selections."
"The worst case scenario is that you buy the wrong equipment, but you can easily find other manufacturers in China to transfer it."
When Jiang Hui said this, Zhu Jiansheng opened his mouth, but there was really no way to refute.
The demand for advanced imported machine tools and equipment from various domestic manufacturers is a bottomless pit.
Not to mention that BMW Technology has brought back a US$100 million machine tool product. Even if it buys a US$1 billion machine tool product, if they don’t want it themselves, it is easy to transfer it to other domestic manufacturers.
It just costs US dollars to buy it back, and you can only get RMB when you transfer it.
But the loss should not be a loss. The worst thing is to set the selling price of RMB a little higher.
Anyway, for most manufacturers, what they need to worry about when purchasing equipment is not that the RMB price is too high, but that they cannot get the foreign exchange quota.
The production equipment of many domestic factories has not been updated in more than ten years. Many key manufacturers even use equipment provided by Polar Bear back then.
One can imagine how much work the domestic equipment industry owes.
This is one of the reasons why Jiang Hui focuses on supporting the development of Nanshan equipment.
The development of the BMW Group requires a large amount of equipment. These equipment cannot always be in the hands of overseas giants, otherwise they will be left to their own devices.
Various domestic manufacturers also have a huge demand for equipment. If Nanshan Equipment can provide advanced products, there is no need to worry about sales in the next ten years.
It can be said that in China's equipment industry at this time, as long as the products are really good, there is no need to worry about losing money.
"I will take you to communicate with the Administration of Foreign Exchange in person. If you are familiar with the Ministry of Machinery, I will leave it alone."
The matter was settled, and Zhu Jiansheng didn't want to say anything more about Jiang Hui.
For the BMW Group to further develop and grow, it indeed needs a variety of advanced machine tools and equipment.
As an expert in the automotive industry, Zhu Jiansheng knows this very well.
Even for some of the projects he oversees research and development, if high-precision machine tools are available, the performance of some products can be improved to a higher level.
Especially when it comes to the two products of engines and gearboxes, the precision of the parts cannot be overemphasized.
The same two parts may look the same in appearance, but if the accuracy is different, the performance of the assembled product will be very different.
There is a huge difference in terms of service life and product stability.
Like an engine, its structure and working principle are actually no secret at all.
But there are only a few companies that can really make engines well.
Especially for large-displacement engines, it is even more related to the processing accuracy of all aspects of each part.
Without these advanced machine tools, Nanshan Engine has basically obtained the current 3.5LV6 engine, which is basically the top.
If you want to continue to develop engines with larger displacements, the performance will definitely be very unsatisfactory.
Maybe a W8 engine is developed, but the power output is not as good as that of the 3.5LV6 engine.
"No problem, I will visit Bureau Qin and Leader Zheng tomorrow, and then I will report to Leader Zhou in person."
"The First Machinery Department is very clear about the development of the BMW Group in recent years, and the leaders are also very clear about our next plan."
"The foreign exchange spent today can be exchanged for dozens or even hundreds of times in return in the future."
The First Machinery Department is like Jiang Hui's mother-in-law, and several leaders are very fond of the BMW Group.
In recent years, Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory and BMW Group have almost become business cards among enterprises managed by the First Machinery Department.
Especially after the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory and the BMW Group grew, many parts were handed over to factories under the First Machinery Ministry for processing. These supporting factories are now living a good life.
Even some manufacturers that were losing money have now turned around.
This alone gave everyone in the First Machinery Department a very good impression of Jiang Hui.
As long as Jiang Hui doesn't do anything illegal, the leaders' support for him will be huge.
"The Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory has never been very satisfied with the accuracy of parts produced by some supporting factories. I will ask people from the purchasing department to contact Nanshan Technology to see which parts can use your new equipment to achieve a significant improvement in accuracy. Promote.”
“Some parts for our heavy truck project can also be produced by Nanshan Technology and Nanshan Transmission.”
"Even if you can get a high-power oil extraction unit used on a heavy-duty truck, you can leave it to Nanshan Engine."
As the auto parts manufacturer with the highest technical strength in China, Nanshan Technology and other supporting factories, Zhu Jiansheng is not worried about being gossiped about after he places the order with the other party.
The data does not lie. If other supporting factories can do better than Nanshan Technology in all three aspects of QCD, Zhu Jiansheng will naturally let others use it.
"We are already arranging people to start research and development of large-displacement engines and gearboxes used in heavy trucks, especially for gearboxes. We have set up a dedicated R&D team before, and it is estimated that there will be some results next year."
In later generations, engines and gearboxes seemed to have become a sunset industry due to the development of electric vehicles.
But now it definitely belongs to the Chaoyang and cannot Chaoyang.
If the BMW Group wants to develop and grow, the technology of these two core components must make breakthroughs.
After sorting out all aspects of the situation with his father-in-law, Jiang Hui personally went to the First Machinery Department to visit the leaders the next day. Although the BMW Group is considered a Hong Kong-funded enterprise, it is not considered a subsidiary factory of the First Machinery Department.
However, under the current system, the First Machinery Department is still a direct management department of the BMW Group, and there is no harm in having a good relationship with the First Machinery Department.
Anyway, the BMW Group has already laid the label of the First Machinery Department among many ministries and commissions personnel.
"Xiao Jiang, you have given us a difficult problem."
"After this news spreads, it is estimated that many factories' applications for purchasing imported equipment will fly to the ministry like snowflakes."
Zheng Haiming looked at Jiang Hui with a helpless expression on his face.
He can understand Jiang Hui's approach. After all, the BMW Group is developing so fast, and both complete vehicles and parts have achieved large-scale export earnings.
Now there are two new products with great potential waiting for mass production.
In this case, they built new factories and expanded the scale of existing production lines, which was an inevitable choice.
To produce high-end products, it is impossible without supporting equipment.
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Just because the BMW Group purchased more than 100 million US dollars in equipment in one fell swoop, other manufacturers will definitely be stimulated.
In particular, many factories have submitted countless applications for equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but they have never been approved.
As a result, BMW Group's orders of more than 100 million US dollars were quickly jumped in line, and all were approved.
To say that everyone has no ideas would be false.
"Leader, I think this matter is simple. Whoever can earn back their own foreign exchange will have priority in approving their purchase applications."
“This is also in line with some ideas from the Administration of Foreign Exchange.”
When Jiang Hui said this, it was really hard for Zheng Haiming to refute.
After all, when each factory applies to import equipment, it will indeed be affected by these factors.
"That being said, it will still have a relatively large impact in the end. The best thing is that your export scale can be increased as soon as possible."
"Our department will try our best to prevent everyone from discussing this topic, and your factory will not publicize this content."
Handling this matter in a low-key manner was the strategy Zheng Haiming came up with.
As for denying the equipment purchase order, he didn't even think about it.
Top students will always receive attention no matter what time they are.
The BMW Group is a top student among top students, both in terms of earning foreign exchange from exports and in terms of new technological breakthroughs. How could Zheng Haiming stand up on his own to block its development speed?
"No problem, we will definitely handle it in a low-key manner, and these equipment are purchased through BMW Technology in Hong Kong City."
"Even if some factories know about this by then, we can still say that the parent company is helping."
Jiang Hui will definitely not refute Zheng Haiming on the details. The leader must still give him the face he deserves.
After finishing the first machine department, the remaining key is the Administration of Foreign Exchange.
Zhu Jiansheng personally helped in this regard, and Jiang Hui was also a figure in the bureau before, so the matter was resolved relatively smoothly.
It's just that this information cannot be kept completely confidential after all, and some manufacturers still got the news.
"Director, our joint venture with Toyota Motor needs to build a brand new factory and import a complete set of production lines from Japan. Only in this way can the Crown sedan we produce become synonymous with high-end cars."
"The previous plan of purchasing half of the equipment from China and importing half from Japan, I think it can be adjusted?"
Zhao Guangming was in charge of the FAW Beijing Office and immediately learned about the BMW Group's import of a large amount of high-end equipment from the United States.
He also knew more or less about the news that the BMW Group was going to expand various factories.
Combined with the development of the FAW-Toyota joint venture during this period, he immediately felt a little unbalanced.
Why do they have to do whatever they want if they want to use some foreign exchange, cutting here, cutting there, while the BMW Group can do whatever they want?
This is not fair!
As the first automobile manufacturer in China, they have always been the only ones to treat other manufacturers unfairly.
"I'm afraid it's not that easy. The higher-level departments have objections to the production lines we purchased from Japan. They feel that these equipment are purchased from Toyota instead of directly from the equipment manufacturer, which is equivalent to a wave of money being made by Toyota. ”
"If we propose a new plan now, it is estimated that this procurement plan will be affected."
Although Geng Weidong was very unhappy, he had a clear understanding of the current situation.
In particular, he also knew that the BMW Group had specially established Nanshan Equipment to develop equipment used in various production lines.
Only Nanshan equipment or equipment that cannot be purchased domestically will be imported from abroad.
In this regard, what FAW does is not as good as others.
If you go to make a fuss in the ministry at this time, you might be taken out and talked about.
This is not a situation Geng Weidong wants to see.
"The BMW Group is now the largest automobile manufacturer in China. After acquiring so many advanced machine tools, its strength will grow even more rapidly."
"I'm afraid it will be even more difficult for us to surpass them in the future."
Zhao Guangming was used to being the boss, and now that he was surpassed, Zhao Guangming would definitely not be reconciled.
But he still fantasizes about surpassing the BMW Group, but Geng Weidong is clear in his mind.
"Our future goal is to become the number one company in commercial vehicles and the second in passenger cars in China."
"In the field of passenger cars, BMW has sold 20,000 vehicles per month, and there are still two models that have not been launched."
"If we want to surpass it, it will be impossible in a short time."
When you are in a high position, it is obviously very important to correctly understand your own strength.
Geng Weidong has been able to hold the position of FAW plant director for so many years, and he still has this ability.
Just when FAW and other manufacturers were making a fuss over the BMW Group's large-scale import of equipment, another piece of heavy news came out from the BMW Group, which has never disappointed everyone.
At this time, those who were still thinking about how to take this opportunity to find manufacturers who wanted policies and imported equipment from the ministry immediately shrank their heads.
(End of chapter)