Chapter 269 China’s Automobile Industry Changes, Stimulated Opponents
“Some time ago, Polar Bear test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, flying directly from the area near the capital to the islands in the Far East.”
“ This launch picture can be found in many foreign media newspapers. The launch vehicle carrying this missile is an 8-axle missile launch vehicle. "
"A missile launch vehicle like this would be a good choice. If you leave it to FAW, how many years do you have the confidence to do it?"
Seeing Geng Weidong's confident look, Zheng Haiming made a big move.
He knew very well that with FAW's current technological foundation, they would not be able to come up with such a missile launcher even if they were given twenty years.
Not to mention the 12-axis products, which are more complicated than the 8-axis, it is estimated that FAW does not have the courage to connect such a project from top to bottom.
"Leader, your metaphor is really..."
"This is equivalent to asking our aerospace department when the space shuttle will be produced. No one can do anything about it. Give me the answer.”
“Even the Americans can’t build an intercontinental missile launcher. Only the polar bear, a major military country in the world, has such a perverted product.”
"Eight axles means that each axis can be turned. The design of the chassis is definitely super complicated."
"If any part is not designed well, there will be component interference when the vehicle is in a certain state. "
Geng Weidong felt that Zheng Haiming was deliberately trying to embarrass FAW.
How can FAW be able to handle something that Americans cannot handle?
“The Americans finally gave up on missile launch vehicles. That’s because they have a powerful navy and can launch intercontinental ballistic missiles from nuclear submarines. There is no need to choose missile launch vehicles.”
Zheng Haiming directly exposed Geng Weidong's reasons.
Then he went further and said: "If you FAW can't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't do it too. I hope FAW, as the eldest son of China's automobile industry, can move forward bravely and not rest on its laurels." . ”
Generally, leaders will not say harsh words directly during inspections. What Zheng Haiming said is already a relatively severe accusation.
Geng Weidong also realized something was wrong at this time.
Maybe the missile launching vehicle just mentioned is actually being built by a certain factory
Is it Second Automobile?
Impossible, if it was the Second Automobile Works Group, it would be impossible for me to not hear any news at all.
After all, most of the construction personnel of Second Automobile Works were transferred from FAW. Even the first product of Second Automobile Works was designed by FAW and then the other party made slight changes. Used in production in the past.
In this case, not to mention that the other party does not have the strength in this area, even if it does, I can still hear some relevant reports.
If it’s not FAW, then who else?
Shouqi?
It’s not like that. The other party has no experience in producing trucks at all. Jumping directly to an intercontinental missile launch vehicle is completely random.
As the former factory director, Zheng Haiming would not agree to such an unreliable project.
Finally at the welcome dinner in the evening, Geng Weidong knew that the Capital Institute of Technology was building an intercontinental missile launch vehicle, and he also knew that the ministry was not very satisfied with the performance of FAW and IIW.
This made him feel the pressure.
When Zheng Haiming left FAW, he immediately held another high-level meeting internally.
This meeting mainly focuses on two themes. The first is that CA141 must be put into production as soon as possible. It cannot be delayed until 1986, otherwise the day lilies will be cold.
The second theme is to find an international automobile giant, quickly form a cooperation, and launch their own car.
If he can't succeed in the military industry, then Geng Weidong wants to become bigger and stronger in the civilian automobile field.
Everyone will look good by then.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with international automobile giants, the technologies learned will be used in FAW's own sedan products to develop their own sedan products.
By then FAW’s life will definitely not be so sad.
FAW is feeling the pressure, and Second Automobile Works and Shanghai Automobile are certainly no exception.
All of a sudden, everyone accelerated their own reforms and wanted to do something in the automobile industry.
The instigator, Jiang Hui, was staying at the Capital Institute of Technology at this time, discussing the design of an intercontinental missile launch vehicle with professors from the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering.
Although a conceptual diagram of the appearance was provided before, it obviously still requires a lot of work to implement it into every part.
Even if all the colleges of Capital University of Technology fully support this project, the final workload will be very large.
"Director, I heard that FAW has arranged a delegation to Germany next month to inspect and prepare to form a joint venture with Volkswagen to produce cars."
"Shanghai Automobile Co., Ltd. Bian is doing the same thing, and it is very likely that there will be some action within this year."
Wei Shuwu is now the deputy director of the office of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory.
The position of director is currently vacant, which means he is fully responsible for related work.
After taking this position, Wei Shuwu also knew very well how to reflect his value.
Every week he would find an opportunity to have dinner with some old colleagues from the First Machinery Department.
Jiang Hui also specially approved a generous reception fee for him so that he could better inquire about relevant information. For example, if FAW wants to arrange for people to go to Germany to inspect such a major event, it must be reported to the First Machinery Department.
Wei Shuwu's efforts were not in vain, and he soon learned about the relevant news.
“These factories don’t develop their own products properly, so they want to cooperate with international automobile giants and learn each other’s technology through this cooperation. Do they think the other parties are fools?”
“It is not easy to learn other people’s technologies.”
Jiang Hui did not expect that domestic automobile manufacturers such as FAW would choose to accelerate the establishment of joint ventures with international automobile giants at this time company.
Historically, the cooperation between Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and Jeep was the earliest joint venture between automobile companies.
However, due to the emergence of the new BJ212, the Capital Automobile Factory has become less active in cooperating with Jeep.
On the contrary, FAW and Shanghai Automobile were stimulated by the excellent performance of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and began to accelerate various actions.
"The truth is this, but relying on their current technical team to develop new technologies, it is estimated that it will be difficult to see results in a short period of time."
"And choose If they build a joint venture with an international automobile giant such as Volkswagen, they can immediately introduce their mature and best-selling products, and they will have very good sales after production. "
"In this case, they will naturally choose to go. Shortcut.”
"Especially, each factory director does not stay in the same position forever. If the project lasts for too long, he will be transferred out of his position before seeing the results. Not many people are willing to work on such a project. "
Wei Shuwu himself came from the First Machinery Department, and he has a very good understanding of the conditions of each of his subordinate factories.
In his opinion, unless there are super-skilled experts like Jiang Hui in those factories, there will be no big changes at all.
Even if it takes another ten years, many things will still remain unchanged.
“That’s right. This is one of the reasons why the ministry has been actively promoting factory reform in the past two years.”
“Everyone is aware of some of these shortcomings, but it is very difficult to completely change them in a short period of time.”
“It’s just that they take shortcuts, and it is very difficult for them to develop their own brand products in a down-to-earth manner. For manufacturers, the pressure is relatively high.”
Jiang Hui naturally knows that after the joint venture car company’s cars enter the market, they will definitely be welcomed by more people.
Whether it is power performance or comfort performance, they have done very well.
In this case, it is difficult for domestic car manufacturers to compare.
Even the new BJ212 from Capital Automobile Factory can hardly maintain its advantage.
“Yes, this gives people the feeling that bad money drives out good money.”
“Manufacturers that insist on developing their own products obviously have stronger technical strength, but due to the overall technology and The gap between the international automobile giants is that in the end, it is very likely that the cars produced will not be liked by so many people.”
Wei Shuwu is now a little worried about the future of the capital automobile manufacturing plant.
The new BJ212 may not have many good days left.
At the same time, Wei Shuwu was also worried that Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory would face similar problems.
After assuming the position of deputy director of the office, he also had a more direct understanding of the relationship between Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory and BMW Technology.
To put it bluntly, this is a factory that relies entirely on China's own technical strength to develop motorcycle products.
When facing international motorcycle giants such as Honda Motorcycle, Suzuki Motorcycle, and Yamaha Motorcycle, there must be a lot of pressure.
“The situation may not be as bad as you think.”
"China's automobile market is still very different from the international market. Some of the other party's products may have very good sales when there are no competitors."
"But in the face of more competitive products, "
Jiang Hui is not worried that FAW and other manufacturers will completely disrupt his future arrangements after establishing joint ventures with others.
It’s going to rain, and my mother wants to get married.
This development trend is unstoppable.
Even if FAW doesn't find anyone for a joint venture, there are still other car factories that will recruit people for a joint venture.
With the development of China's economy, such a large potential automobile market will definitely attract the attention of international automobile giants.
By then, the entire pattern of China's automobile industry will have undergone tremendous changes.
“Indeed, for example, the products of our Chaoyang factory, whether it is BMW S or BMW X, are products that are very in line with the characteristics of the Chinese market and are segmented products that other motorcycle giants have not paid attention to.”< br>
“Even in the face of competition from Jialing Honda 70 and other products, the advantage is still there.”
Wei Shuwu felt that what he just said was too pessimistic, so he immediately changed his tone of voice.
(End of this chapter)