On the train to Kyoto, Ruiyang sat in front of the window of the empty sleeper, looking at the speeding scenery, his expression a little frozen.

In front of him, there were several internal reference reports.

On the front page of the photo is a row of well-dressed Chinese workers and foreign engineers, with a white sedan with the Volkswagen logo in the center.

The headline of the report reads, "The first Santana sedan is assembled in Shanghai".

This time, Ruiyang is going to Beijing for a meeting, and the internal reference is that this matter about the assembly of Santana cars will also be included in the agenda of the meeting.

Volkswagen of Germany officially built a joint venture factory in China in 1984, but in fact, on April 10, 1983, the assembly of the first Santana sedan was completed in China.

The story about Volkswagen in the Chinese market is full of many interesting and twists and turns.

As early as 1978, when China had just reformed and opened up, the country decided to implement the automobile project in Shanghai, but at that time, China's local car industry foundation was weak, and the car consumption in the market began to release.

In order to introduce technology to produce domestic cars with excellent performance, the country initially adopted the technology for the market, but at the beginning, the negotiation process with foreign automobile manufacturers was not smooth.

In 1978, the country sent a delegation to European countries to inspect the local automobile industry, led by the Minister of Machinery Industry named Zhou Zijian, before Zhou Zijian went to Germany, he had the impression that Germany should be full of Mercedes-Benz cars on the road.

As a result, after arriving in Germany, he found that many of the cars running on the road were Golf, as well as Beetles, etc., all with a brand called Volkswagen, he didn't know what Volkswagen was, so he asked the locals, and the locals said that Volkswagen is a big car company, headquartered in Wolfsburg, so Zhou Zijian came to Wolfsburg.

He was wearing a blue tunic at the time, and after arriving at the door, he made his debut to the company's doorman, I am the Minister of Machinery Industry of the People's Republic of China, my name is Zhou Zijian, and I want to see your factory director.

The doorman was very curious when he saw the situation, and then he called the company, and the person who answered the phone was a vice president in charge of sales, named Dr. Smit, and this Smit had nothing to do at that time, and he said that he should invite him in, and this was the first act of the introduction of Volkswagen in China at that time.

Later, Dr. Smit became the vice chairman of Shanghai Volkswagen.

In fact, at that time, the country also negotiated with Japan and the United States about the joint venture production of automobiles, and the first consideration was Japan, because Japanese products were in China at that time, and the reputation was very good, and most of the imported cars were Japanese cars.

However, Japanese automakers are not interested in joint ventures in China, and their attitude is obvious: they only sell products, not technology.

In the negotiations with American automakers, the United States agreed to set up a joint venture factory in China, but on the condition that the cars produced must import American parts, and at the same time, it will also help domestic manufacturers produce some spare parts and become part of the supply chain of American automobiles.

However, at that time, the country's top leaders were bent on using the automobile industry to enhance the domestic industrial strength, so the conditions of Japan and the United States were too harsh and could not help the growth of the domestic automobile industry, so after several negotiations, nothing was achieved.

In order to show sincerity, Volkswagen of Germany has opened 14 patented technologies to China at one time, but there is no reaction in China, and the German side finally learned that there was no patent law in China at that time, and the relevant legal system was not perfect, so it was impossible to guarantee the interests of foreign manufacturers investing in China.

However, after arduous negotiations, the German Volkswagen joint venture in China finally got the support of the state's top management, and in April 1983, it began to produce the first car in China, and the first model was the famous Santana sedan.

The first batch of 100 Santana sedans were all imported from Germany, and seven workers from the Shanghai Automobile Factory began to assemble the Santana by installing more than 10 meters of hand guide rails in the workshop.

Before China's first assembly of Santana, China only had experience in producing two-ton trucks and Shanghai brand cars, which not only had extremely low production but also had very poor craftsmanship.

Due to lack of experience, the car could have been assembled in two days. The Chinese master used it for more than a week, it took a long time to find parts, and the assembly was not standardized, and the screws were not tightened and smashed with a file to poke the hammer.

Later, through the guidance of German engineers, Chinese workers figured out the correct way to assemble the Santana car, the original car is not produced by the way of naked, but by screwing the way to produce, not only each screw must have its own torque requirements, and even in the installation of complete temperature and cleanliness requirements, once the installation is not suitable or wrong, it means scrapped.

Seeing that a high amount of money was spent to buy imported parts and components completely scrapped, the country is also in line with the style of hard work, simplicity, diligence and thrift, quietly take out the parts from the scrapped parts trash can and continue to use, which makes the German engineer in charge of the supervision of the work almost crazy, several times in a row in the field after the frenzy, the domestic workers obediently in accordance with the rules of the people to work, during the scrap of a lot of parts.

But fortunately, the quality of the Santana car produced at that time was still very good, and a Santana did not need to be overhauled for 10 years, which also made the Chinese people deeply appreciate the superb quality of Germany for the first time.

The successful assembly of the Santana car is only the first step in the country's strategy of developing advanced automobiles, and the localization of the Santana car is the most important step in the layout of the national automobile industry.

This time, Ruiyang went to Beijing for a meeting, mainly discussing the issue of the localization of Santana car parts.

The standard of this meeting is relatively high, and the officials attending are basically cadres of the provincial bureau, and Ruiyang can participate in such a level of meeting because of his background in Kyoto.

In fact, in the past two years, Ruiyang has also been concerned about various trends in the introduction of foreign technology in China.

The domestic industrial industry is undergoing tremendous changes.

Ruiyang wants to be a participant and witness of this change.

He wants to make a difference, he wants to be the winner of this big national chess game, but now, he needs another chance......

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