Chapter 84 Change of Itinerary
In the capital of 1978, any white or black person walking on the street would be conspicuous and even easily attract onlookers.
Although there are not as many cameras as in later generations, there is absolutely no way to hide the traces of General Motors and his team.
Of course, I didn’t intend to hide it. I went to the liaison office to communicate openly and had dinner there before returning to the Capital Hotel.
“Leader, the people from General Motors must have gone to the liaison office to learn about the situation of our Chinese automobile industry.”
"The more they understand our situation, the easier it will be for us to fall into a passive situation in subsequent negotiations."
Although it was already after get off work time, Zheng Zhengqing was still in the office and did not go home.
He wants to sort out the status of today's negotiations and then report to the relevant leaders.
He naturally reported to Zhou Jian about the news about General Motors.
“It doesn’t matter, General Motors is the first international car company to come to visit, but our choice is not only General Motors.”
"At that time, we will take into account the feedback from all parties and finally see what to do."
"Anyway, we have no way to make a decision on the joint venture method proposed by General Motors at this stage."
< br>Although Zhou Jian hopes that the "Three Automobile Vehicles" project can be implemented as soon as possible, haste makes waste, and he still has this determination.
Not to mention that they didn’t dare to make a decision on General Motors’ plan. Even if they dared to make a decision, they wouldn’t agree so quickly.
It is normal to shop around.
"General Motors is still very strong. It has become the world's largest automobile company for decades in a row. It has a complete range of various types of automobile products."
Zheng Zhengqing actually really wants to cooperate with General Motors. Very optimistic about GM's strength.
What the leader said makes sense. There is a high probability that it will be difficult to achieve an ideal breakthrough in this matter.
“By the way, what is the current progress of the publication of “Automotive Design”?”
Zhou Jian is very clear about the importance of talent training in the automotive industry, and in the process of talent training, Appropriate teaching materials and teachers are also very important.
"The publishing house has arranged several editors and typists to form a special promotion team with the highest priority. It is estimated that a sample book will be available this week."
The thing about this book is Zheng Zhengqing is personally responsible for the coordination and advancement. Even though he is very busy at work, he is very clear about the progress of book publishing.
Now that Zhou Jian asked, he naturally answered immediately.
"That Xiao Jiang is very knowledgeable about car design and automotive expertise. Did you have any results when you invited him to the Automobile Bureau?"
Zhou Jian once had a meal in the cafeteria. , I heard Zheng Zhengqing mention inviting Jiang Hui to the Automobile Bureau.
Zhou Jian is obviously very supportive of this decision.
Especially, he also heard that the book "Desire" was also written by Jiang Hui, which shows that Jiang Hui's writing skills are also very good.
When working in an agency, in addition to mastering professional and technical knowledge, writing skills are also very important.
The drafting of various documents and the submission of various summaries require the use of this level of expertise.
“He hasn’t contacted me yet. I guess the Capital Automobile Factory won’t let him go, and he probably won’t want to come over in a short time.”
Zheng Zhengqing thought for a moment and expressed his opinion.
"The new BJ212 project is indeed very important. It is not impossible to ask him to follow up on this project first and then consider it."
When Zhou Jian said this, Zheng Zhengqing was even more concerned.
Obviously, Jiang Hui is already concerned about his boss.
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While the First Machinery Department was discussing the General Motors delegation, the other party was also discussing matters in the Chinese automobile industry. "Please study carefully the picture of the clay model of Capital Automobile Factory's new BJ212 reported in this newspaper."
"I think their level of car exterior design seems to be Much higher than we thought.”
Back at the hotel, Murphy held a meeting in the suite based on the information obtained from the liaison office.
Don’t think that foreigners really don’t work overtime. That’s all propaganda talk by Yilin and public intellectuals.
When it comes time to work overtime, people can work very hard.
“The BJ212 car is also available in the information on the Chinese automobile market compiled before departure.”
“This car is actually developed on the basis of the Polar Bear Gas 69 , maybe it was not particularly backward more than ten years ago, but now it is completely uncompetitive.”
“I didn’t expect that the other party’s modified BJ212 had such a big change in appearance and looked very technological. It has a sense of style and a sense of ruggedness like a traditional off-road vehicle.”
“This does bring us some surprises.”
Edward knows his stuff.
Although the photos of the new BJ212 in the newspaper are not particularly clear, you can already feel the impact of the appearance of the model that is different from this era.
“The designers responsible for designing the new BJ212 are indeed very high-level. This clay model, even our own design team, cannot do better.”
“Murphy , the Capital Automobile Factory is not very far from where we live. Didn’t the Chinese invite us to inspect it? "
"Can we make a suggestion to inspect the Capital Automobile Factory? "
"At that time, we can have a good communication with the other party's designer, and even invite him to come to the United States to study and work."
As the design director of General Motors, Austin is even more curious about the designer of the new BJ212.
He already has the idea of poaching people.
Although General Motors is still the world's largest automobile company, the market competition environment it faces is not very friendly.
Japanese car companies such as Toyota, Nissan, and Honda are conquering the American market, which has put tremendous pressure on General Motors.
In the field of cars, General Motors is no longer a rival of Japanese car companies.
The traditional pickup truck and large SUV markets are also facing fierce competition from Japanese car companies.
General Motors is now very eager to develop a sedan or large SUV to boost market confidence.
In the past, Austin would never have thought of doing this with China.
But now after seeing the clay model of the new BJ212, he feels that if this car can be slightly modified to make it look more muscular, it should have great prospects in the American market.
"Visiting their car factories can better understand the other party's strength, which should also be helpful to our negotiations."
"Otherwise, given today's situation, we probably won't be able to continue talking tomorrow. Is there any particularly big result?”
Edward obviously also supports visiting the capital automobile manufacturing plant.
The two generals under his command all meant this, so Murphy would naturally not object.
Soon, someone from General Motors contacted the First Machinery Department and expressed their intention to visit and communicate with the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.
And the other party mentioned by name that he wanted to meet Jiang Hui, the exterior designer of the new BJ212.
Although the First Machinery Department successfully received this contact, it was already evening, and if they wanted to visit tomorrow, it would naturally be another hurried arrangement.
Fortunately, the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has been receiving various visiting groups and inspection groups for many years. This time, the people who come are just foreigners, so there is no need to worry.
(End of this chapter)