Chapter 208: Hot sales, my father-in-law takes another step forward
“I’ll contact the people at General Motors first to see if they have any ideas of their own.”
“I heard that Jiang Hui designed the appearance of a car for General Motors. With such talent, General Motors should not have missed it."
Smith felt that it might be better to let General Motors handle this matter.
As long as the situation on China's side is clearly explained to the other party, he doesn't believe that General Motors will be interested.
Especially now that Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui have produced a product that looks classic at first glance, such as the Hummer military vehicle, it deserves even more attention.
Also having similar ideas are the embassy personnel from Japan, Germany and other countries.
The automobile industry is also a pillar industry in both countries, and there is definitely a demand for high-end technical talents.
“I didn’t expect that the performance of China’s military vehicles is so good. It is not difficult to drive up to 100 kilometers per hour.”
“This site is said to be used by the Capital Institute of Technology. It was used for testing tanks, and there was no problem driving the Hummer on it, and the passability was very good.”
"Such a stunning shape, I didn't expect it to come from the hands of the Chinese. This is much more impactful than what I saw in the newspapers."
"I heard that the United States has introduced a complete set of Humvee military vehicles. From the drawings and technical information, it seems that the performance of this car is indeed very good.”
“I think we can recommend it to the country and let them arrange a special inspection team to come over for further exchanges.”
“This military vehicle is said to be very powerful in the south of China. It has shown great power. It is indeed worth considering the introduction of technology.”
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When the test drive event began, people from all over the world got on the bus to experience the power of a Hummer.
Although the comfort is definitely not comparable to that of the cars I usually ride in, the feeling is definitely very different.
Taking this opportunity, Jiang Hui also acted as a translator for some people.
At this time, he must have brought a lot of private goods into it.
There are some things that Zhu Jiansheng is not suitable to say on stage, but he can say them.
For example, how much does the United States value the performance and technology of the Humvee military vehicle? Anyway, I used any exaggeration. Without lying, I created an impression that the Hummer is very awesome.
These actions can not only have an immediate and good publicity effect at the scene, but also surprise the other party and make them pay more attention to Hummer.
At the same time, these words will also be spread among the diplomatic circles through various subsequent channels.
No matter where they are, the spread of these informal messages is very fast.
What made Zhu Jiansheng even more happy was that Persia placed an order for ten Hummer prototypes on the spot, and the price was consistent with the price exported to AMC in the United States.
For today's Persia, the expenditure of 1 million US dollars is completely trivial. There is no need to report it to the country at all. The embassy can make its own decisions.
Persia took the lead, and Baghdad was not to be outdone, and also placed an order of US$1 million.
Some other countries have also expressed their intention to further contact.
This made Zhu Jiansheng overjoyed.
“Dad, this is just the beginning, there will definitely be orders from other countries later on.”
"Instead of the orders from Persia and Baghdad, we need to focus on following up. It is very likely that this is just the beginning."
"Maybe there will be huge orders of 1,000 or even 10,000 vehicles coming later. "
Seeing that the event was finally over and the vehicles of various people left the Capital Institute of Technology one after another, Jiang Hui finally had time to come next to Zhu Jiansheng and say a few words.
"Well, from the smell of gunpowder when the two parties met today, I have already felt that something will definitely happen in these two countries in the future."
"By then we will If the export sales of Hummer military vehicles can really reach tens of thousands, it will definitely become the most watched product in China. ”
"Our Capital University of Technology will definitely become famous by then."
Zhu Jiansheng is full of expectations for this day.
At his current position, the pursuit of personal interests is actually very low, and he considers more things related to honor.
Of course, he must also hope that he can go further, so that he can have a broader platform to implement more ideas.
At the same time, it also provides assistance for the development of his favorite disciple, Chenglong Kuaisheng.
"This day will come soon. The key now is to find ways to increase the production capacity of Humvee military vehicles."
"Don't let the order come by then, but we are still unable to deliver it. Then It’s a pity.”
Although the Capital Institute of Technology has now cooperated with the 618th Factory to build a Hummer assembly line, the production capacity is actually very limited.
No one thought there was any special problem before. After all, the production capacity of the 618 Factory is basically enough to meet China’s domestic needs.
After all, no matter how good the product is, it is impossible to eliminate the current BJ212 in one go and replace them all with new Hummers.
Especially when everything starts to develop in the direction of economic construction, there is even less sufficient funds.
But now the situation has changed, and the export prospects of Hummer military vehicles are becoming increasingly clear.
In order to earn foreign exchange from exports, it is still very necessary to appropriately expand Hummer's production capacity.
“I will report this matter to the school and the Fifth Machinery Department as soon as possible, and strive to purchase a batch of imported equipment to increase the production capacity of some of our bottleneck processes.”
Zhu Jiansheng said this When he spoke, he was also full of confidence.
Not to mention other things, just the US$2 million earned in foreign exchange today can do a lot of things.
Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the Fifth Machinery Department to deny Hummer's production expansion plan.
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"Old Qin, the Fifth Machinery Department has been in the limelight this time. I heard that the leaders are very satisfied with their performance."
"Especially when the various budgets of military industry system manufacturers are generally being reduced, they can take the initiative to produce products such as Hummer military vehicles that can earn foreign exchange for export, which has played a very good leading role."
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"As the most important management department in the machinery industry, our First Machinery Department must be bolder and take a bigger step in reform."
Zhou Jian must be very concerned about Capital Institute of Technology and the Fifth Machinery Department. Conducted test drive activities of Hummer military vehicles.
After all, Hummer is a competitor of BJ212 to a certain extent.
“I never thought that the promotion of military products could be carried out in this way.”
“The most important thing is that the performance of the Hummer is indeed very good. Even the Americans They all fell in love with it.”
"If we want to come up with similar products, it will probably be very difficult."
"Even BJ212 is far ahead in the country and has no special advantages compared with international products. . ”
Qin Hao didn’t dare to brag casually at this time, otherwise, if Zhou Jian just followed his words and arranged a big job for him, it would be very stressful.
“We do not necessarily have to do exactly the same thing as the Fifth Machinery Department. It is also possible to have some other reforms and innovations.”
“For example, the factory operation proposed by the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant before The pilot reform and power expansion is a very good case, which has been affirmed by superior leaders.”
"Nowadays, there are more and more contents about reform in various conferences, and our First Machinery Department must keep up with the pace."
When Zhou Jian said this, Qin Hao didn't know what to do. Done.
Reform is the general direction, and he is very clear about this.
But there are definitely risks in reform. If something goes wrong, someone will definitely have to bear the responsibility.
Don’t lose your current position instead of getting the credit, which would be embarrassing.
Qin Hao is not the only one who has this idea.
In the implementation stage, most of the heads of factories and departments have similar ideas to Qin Hao.
Don’t seek merit, but seek no fault.
This idea is definitely very marketable.
After all, not everyone is so motivated and has so many ideas.
Some people think that the way things are now is fine and there is no need to make any changes.
“In terms of reform, the first eight manufacturers, led by Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, should have some say. I will go to these factories to investigate and have a good exchange with them. Let’s see if we can find some new ideas.”
“Listen to their opinions and see what the factory personnel think.”
Since Zhou Jian has instructions, Qin Hao certainly couldn't do nothing.
Fortunately, he had an idea and thought of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and planned to go and communicate with them tomorrow.
Especially Jiang Hui, this young man has great ideas. Qin Hao feels that maybe he will bring him unexpected surprises.
“This is also a way to first understand the situation at the grassroots level and find the cause of the problem, then we can make some targeted reforms.” “Otherwise, it will be difficult to implement reforms behind closed doors. Done.”
Zhou Jian didn’t push Qin Hao too hard.
Reform is the general direction, but how to reform really requires careful thinking.
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"Robert, this thing is really weird. Many of the design ideas of China's Hummer military vehicles are very consistent with ours."
"For example, they adopted a mid-mounted engine. The plan is different from that of many current military vehicles.”
“Their chassis structure is also highly similar to what we are designing now.”
“It’s even more surprising. What’s surprising is that they have done better than our current plan in some detailed designs, and the comfort has been greatly improved.”
As the design director of AMC, Thomson immediately arranged for engineers to confirm and interpret the data after receiving the first batch of information on the Hummer military vehicles transferred from China.
In addition, China immediately launched a Hummer test drive activity, and more information became known to everyone.
In this way, AMC’s understanding of Hummer will naturally rise to a higher level.
"Thomson, it's not that I have to doubt our own employees. There are so many coincidental projects that it's a bit hard to believe."
"Unless someone passes special channels to advance After understanding the situation of Hummer in China, and then designing based on our situation, there are such high similarities.”
When Robert said this, Thomson's expression changed.
This is definitely a shameful thing for him as a design director.
The key is that he doesn’t know how to refute it yet.
It is difficult to investigate this kind of thing, and he is basically certain that the investigation will not yield any results.
“I am very confident in the professionalism and professional ethics of the company’s engineers.”
"The most critical thing at the moment is to produce our prototype as soon as possible and let the Pentagon pass our prototype review as soon as possible."
Thomson felt that there was no way to continue discussing this topic.
Because this problem is destined to have no solution.
Fortunately, Robert did not continue to dwell on this issue.
“Since the Chinese people have produced cars according to similar ideas as ours, they have achieved very good results.”
"Then we will speed up the preparation of prototypes, and some unnecessary concerns can be put aside."
AMC's situation is becoming more and more severe quarter by quarter.
Robert desperately hopes that there will be some major good news to change this situation.
Otherwise, he feels that his position as president may not be preserved.
Whether AMC, the fourth largest automobile company in the United States, can even survive is a question.
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"Xiao Jiang, today the Pyramid State also officially ordered 10 Humvee military vehicles for testing."
"They said that as long as the test results are good, they will order at least 10 more in the future. 100 Hummers.”
“At the same time, Dashi has also arranged a special inspection team to inspect, and it seems that they are also planning to place a large order for our Hummers.”
After work. After returning home, Zhu Jiansheng happily shared the good news with Jiang Hui.
After the last test drive event, except for a few countries that showed no interest at all, most of them expressed a certain willingness to communicate again.
Some of these countries have already started to take action.
This made Zhu Jiansheng feel very good.
All orders are due to him.
"Dad, now is just the beginning, future performance will be even more worth looking forward to."
Jiang Hui was not surprised at all by what Zhu Jiansheng said.
With the strength of Hummer, some countries regard it as normal.
Although there are many countries in the world, there are actually only a few that are truly capable of producing their own military vehicles.
Especially in the Middle East, almost no country has this strength.
In this case, purchasing military vehicles from outside is inevitable.
In the past, products from the United States and Polar Bear, or products from France and Germany, were definitely the priority for everyone.
This time, even the United States has introduced Hummer technical data from China, which can be regarded as an endorsement of Hummer's performance.
So it is normal for some countries in the Middle East to directly place orders for Hummer military vehicles.
For wealthy people like them, US$1 million is just a splash of water. If it works well, the bulk of the subsequent orders will be.
When the time comes, let alone 100 vehicles, it will be normal to always count them in units of thousands.
"That's what I said, but compared with previous results, many records have been broken now."
"It is no problem to say that the sales of Humvee military vehicles are very hot."
"The school talked to me today and said that they are going to give me an extra burden. After a while, when the process is completed, I will be allowed to join the school committee."
Zhu Jiansheng said this , Jiang Hui became interested.
Capital Institute of Technology is a deputy ministerial level unit. If Zhu Jiansheng can join the school committee, it will be equivalent to being quickly promoted to the department or bureau level.
This level is actually the same as that of a vice principal.
The next step, waiting for Zhu Jiansheng is basically the position of vice principal.
The results of the Humvee military vehicle in the next one or two years are almost foreseeable.
That will definitely exceed the expectations of many people now. It is completely possible for Zhu Jiansheng to move forward by then.
For Jiang Hui, other connections and relationships are definitely not as reliable as those of his father-in-law.
Zhu Jiansheng, who only has two daughters, will definitely use all his resources on Jiang Hui.
So the higher Zhu Jiansheng's position is, the better it will be for Jiang Hui.
No matter where you are, ability alone is definitely not enough, you must also have background and connections.
In this way, we can provide a broader platform to exert our ambitions to the greatest extent.
“Dad, you deserve your reputation.”
"With your contribution to the school, you deserve this position."
"But I think the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering is still very important. In the future, I think you will have a broader platform. If you can Once the college is well run, it may be able to bring you additional contributions.”
Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng came to the study room, and Weng and his son-in-law were ready to have a good exchange.
Normally Fang Zhen and Zhu Lin would not disturb them at this time.
Even the daughter who is a few months old will be taken to a place far away from the study by her aunt to play.
"Well, now the requirements for younger cadres are getting higher and higher."
"Although I am not young, compared with some people, I am still young."
“It is indeed quite obvious that some achievements can be made at the beginning of the reform.”
Zhu Jiansheng no longer pretends to say that the BJ212 and Hummer projects are matters led by Jiang Hui. .
These two projects were led by him and assisted by Jiang Hui and others.
Only this conclusion can maximize the interests of Weng and his son-in-law.
At the same time, this is also in line with many people’s perceptions.
"Yes, everything is difficult at the beginning. If you achieve a breakthrough in something difficult, it will be even more rare."
"In the future, if you leave college and go to ministries or factories, it will also be Or holding some positions at the same time should be a high probability event."
Jiang Hui gave Zhu Jiansheng a thorough explanation of some of his predictions based on some future situations.
Although it seems a bit false, when everyone is a little unclear about the situation, having this directional information is actually very valuable.
(End of this chapter)