Chapter 213: The Finale (I)
The speed of the gossip spread as fast as the wind on its wings, and the news of Tesla's joint venture in China was quickly exposed and reported by the media.
In this regard, both the Chunghwa Group and Tesla Inc. were silent in response to reporters' questions.
It wasn't until the elusive reporter obtained the information of the new company established by the two parties for the joint venture from the industrial and commercial registration department that it confirmed from the side that Tesla's entry into China was indeed true.
The joint venture with Tesla is an inevitable strategic step for Han Hao, and it is actually a win-win outcome.
However, Han Shoufu, who is well versed in China's national conditions, also understands that in the context of the country's strong support for the development of new energy vehicles, Tesla will not have a smooth road to build a factory in China.
To support the new forces of domestic car manufacturing and strive to make a difference in the field of new energy, the relevant departments will not let Tesla, which has grown into a giant beast, come to the vegetable garden full of new seedlings at will.
Sure enough, the application materials of the joint venture company were stuck after being submitted, and the national policy needs to be studied and re-studied for new things such as new energy vehicle joint venture projects.
The length of time for research, without three or five years, has to be discounted, and Tesla must go through a generation of domestic new energy models before it can be considered after the successful development of a generation of domestic new energy models.
This was already within Han Hao's expectations, so he didn't care about luring the wolf into the room, but the elated Musk was poured cold water as soon as he left China.
However, the news of Tesla's entry into China has given a stir to those new car-making forces, who have recruited troops to expand their scale, and strive to launch their own products before the domestic Tesla lands, triggering a fierce battle for talent.
This does not have a big impact on Zhonghua Group, but those second- and third-tier domestic auto brand talents have a new place to go, and they have become veritable hardware experts of the new car-making forces.
The news of Tesla's joint venture was just a small wave in the surging Internet era, and it was quickly covered by the focus of the big bull market.
Since its launch in mid-2014 and continued until 2015, the stock market boom has broken through the 5,000-point psychological mark, making the entire Chinese society impetuous, and everyone has become a stock god, making people can't help but shout the slogan of A-shares breaking 10,000 points.
In this wave of bull market, Han's richest man has successfully slimmed down and has more industrial investment blueprints by tossing and turning to allocate assets, and is making great strides towards the goal of Industry 4.0.
Seeing him rise a tall building, watching him collapse a tall building.
The rapid turn of the bull market has knocked many Chinese stock gods into the mortal world like a dream, and also swept trillions of financial assets into ashes.
The market did not believe in tears, and Chinese investors once again collectively paid their tuition.
As a result, Han Hao also caused the market value of his companies to plummet, and in 2015, he stepped down from the throne of the world's richest man, and returned to the fourth position to watch Bill Gates reach the top again.
Net worth shrank, but the funds cashed out in the stock market evolved into the seeds of various startups, and Han Hao became the largest venture capitalist in China.
As for Zhonghua Group, because of Han Hao's strategic contraction, it gave up the Middle East market with one arm and fell from the first place in global automobile sales to the third, but it still maintained the ranks of the first group.
The position of the richest man has been lost, and the throne of the world's No. 1 sales volume is gone, which has made many foreign media have the following questions about Han Hao and even Zhonghua Group.
"Are Chinese cars a flash in the pan?"
As the most influential Chinese product in the world, the cars produced by Zhonghua Group have been covered in all corners of the world, and can represent China's industrial image to a certain extent.
Cheap, durable and very technological, it has become a fixed label for Chinese automobiles, and at the same time, it has also gotten rid of the stereotype that Chinese goods are cheap and inferior.
Now every move of Zhonghua Group affects the hearts of many people, and even makes the company's employees float.
"We have a 17% increase in the number of new employees compared to last year, a 30% increase in our R&D investment compared to last year, and a 60% increase in the number of new and renovated production lines compared to last year, which shows that our business continues to grow.
Correspondingly, the number of new patent applications increased by 22% year-on-year, the number of new models landed increased by 40% year-on-year, and the R&D cycle of our new vehicles decreased by 11%, indicating that Zhonghua Group is still in a period of rapid growth. ”
At the end of the year, Han Hao made a summary report in front of all employees of the company, describing the current situation of Zhonghua Group in detail.
"Our existing reserves are sufficient to keep the company running for more than 36 months, our profit per cycle has increased by 8% year-on-year, and our total bank credit has exceeded 1 trillion yuan.
It can be said that Chung Wah Group is a very healthy company, and extremely dynamic, compared with other international giants, we are 22 years old young men!
Some people feel that it is a pity to lose the false name of the world's number one. In my opinion, we have worn this top hat, and it feels like this, and if we lose it today, sooner or later, we will snatch it back tomorrow.
Chinese love face, but we Chinese want to be more inside!
At present, it is necessary to seize the favorable opportunity, work hard to make up for the shortcomings, and use the wave of Industry 4.0 to carry out self-evolution.
With a strong lizi, you will naturally have face!"
As the helmsman of the super giant ship of the China Group, Han Hao has to grasp the overall situation more from the strategic direction, and he has to find ways to boost morale.
"Two days ago, CCTV sent someone to our company for an interview, which was quite mysterious, which made everyone confused.
Today, I can tell you that it is because the Chunghwa Group completed the National Day task of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China three years ahead of schedule.
A new SUV "Tang", from every screw to every chip, from every code to every program, from the engine to the whole vehicle, whether it is hardware or software is completely 100% domestic.
In other words, our long-cherished wish of the Chinese auto industry has finally come true, creating a car that is 100% owned by Chinese intellectual property, and every component can be designed and manufactured in China.
The most important point is that she can be mass-produced, not a model. ”
Speaking of the car that will be transported to the capital and entered the collection of the National Museum, Han Hao is also full of excitement.
You must know that with the advancement of technology, today a car is probably made up of more than 10,000 non-detachable parts.
All parts can be replaced domestically and have independent intellectual property rights, which reflects a super strong industrial supporting system.
In addition to China, it is estimated that there is no second one in the world, and even the world hegemon the United States cannot do it.
Because under the industrial division of labor and global layout, Western developed countries are accustomed to controlling core technologies and integrating global resources to create products.
As the world's factory, China can be said to be special, with 41 industrial categories, 191 medium categories, and 525 sub-categories, becoming the only country in the world that has all the industrial categories in the United Nations Industrial Classification List.
In the past, in terms of core technologies such as engine and transmission chips and on-board operating systems, Zhonghua Group could not rely on imports independently.
However, the birth of HiSilicon's on-board chips and HarmonyOS has completely broken down industrial barriers and made up for the shortcomings of Zhonghua Group. In one fell swoop, it was announced that China's automobile industry was a latecomer, from a large automobile country with only a market to a top international automobile power with technology and market.
It is with such a powerful symbolism that the legendary "Tang" will be collected by the National Museum and become the historical coordinates of China's automobile industry.
"Bang Bang—"
As a practitioner, everyone knows the importance of a 100% Chinese-made car.
As soon as Han Hao finished speaking, there was warm applause below.
"Build a car for the rise of China!"
This is the motto in the hearts of the vast majority of Chung Wah Group employees, and they are willing to live for it.
The spirit is not omnipotent, but a team built on material foundation and faith is omnipotent. The rapid development of Zhonghua Group and the creation of achievements that exceed expectations one after another are inseparable from the hard work of this team.
"It is precisely because of you that Zhonghua Group can be famous in the world, it is precisely because of you that Chinese cars can run the world, and it is because of you that I have the honor to witness the miracle of China's automobile industry.
So, you're the real heroes!"
Han Hao stood up and bowed heartily to all the employees of Zhonghua Group watching under the rostrum and even outside the screen, thanking them for their hard work over the years.
"Bang Bang—"
The applause rang out again, and it didn't stop for a long time.
Just shouting slogans and feeding chicken soup is just a blank check, of course, the richest man in Han also announced new salary and welfare measures, and the news of the salary increase made everyone cheer.
Since then, Zhonghua Group has become the company with the best salary among domestic car companies, after all, the best talent can build the best car.
In fact, this is a transfer payment performance of Han Hao.
As we all know, a competent government needs to transfer payments through tax policies to distribute the wealth created by the people as fairly as possible.
With the rapid development of Zhonghua Group, Han Hao has enjoyed the dividends of the times and become a super billionaire, although he lost the richest man in the world, his current net worth is still as high as more than 60 billion US dollars.
He is conscious of matching his contributions to all Chung Wah Group employees through stock option plans and large-scale employee enhancements.
Han Hao doesn't want to see himself rich, but the employees under him are living a tight life.
Becoming rich through hard work and choosing the right track, Han Hao's success depends on the course of history in addition to his own efforts.
"Without the founding of New China and the process of reform and opening up, there would be no richest man and China Group today.
I am a lucky man, fortunate enough to stand briefly in the center of the current historical stage, but in reality the real heroes are thousands of people.
They are the loveliest and most respectable people—"
At the end of the interview with CCTV reporters, Han Hao said the above words to the camera.
Although he was radiant at the moment, he knew clearly in his heart where the light came from.