Chapter 67 FAW Sees and Hears
With production qualifications, there are also automobile trademarks, but if you want to really produce cars, there is no one in the bag. www.biquge.info Unlike the motorcycle industry, the automobile industry is more high-end and has higher technical requirements, and Han Hao also has to prepare plants, technologies, suppliers and talents for the production of micro-noodles. Among them, talent is the most critical factor.
At present, there are almost no people with experience in producing automobiles in Huaxia Factory, and it is really difficult to develop the automobile industry out of thin air from poverty and whiteness.
Although the Huayang factory has some staff with experience in the production of micro-noodles, many backbones with real talents and practical learning have already been lost before Han Hao's intervention, and the rest are employees with limited experience. However, something is better than nothing, at least production still depends on them. But to go across the province to work in Zhehai Province, the remaining technical personnel were reduced by half. Many people have already settled in Zhucheng City, both old and young, and are generally reluctant to leave their hometowns. Therefore, many people took the buyout settlement fee to find another job in the local area, and only more than 30 employees followed Han Hao to Hushan.
Under such circumstances, recruiting suitable automobile production talents is one of the strategic focuses of Han Hao's work.
Where is the automotive talent?
Of course, in various domestic automobile production plants, Han Hao only needs to dig up the backbone, and then transfer skilled workers from the motorcycle factory to form a team that produces cars after training.
But the backbone is difficult to dig, people are doing a good job in their own enterprises, who wants to go to a private enterprise that has not yet been built. Before, Han Hao had tried his best to dig motorcycle talents, and now it is even more difficult to dig up automobile talents.
To this end, Han Hao flew to Tianjing, the capital, to thank Director Li of the Trademark Office for getting the "Zhonghua" trademark for himself, and to ask Li Guoan, a senior reporter of Xinhua News Agency who has been immersed in the automobile industry for many years, how to gather a talent team as soon as possible.
"Are you really ready to enter the automotive industry?
Han Hao was the host, and together invited Director Li and Li Guoan to set up a banquet for hospitality. When he heard Han Hao introduce that he was going to enter the automotive industry, Li Guoan asked excitedly.
Li Guoan has always admired Han Hao, but at the moment, in his opinion, Huaxia Factory's entry into the automotive industry is a bad move.
"Yes, if you don't believe it, ask Director Li here, it was with his help that I obtained the coveted 'Zhonghua' automobile trademark. ”
Seeing Director Li of the Trademark Office nodding with a smile and testifying for Han Hao, Li Guoan couldn't help but believe a little, and then he continued to listen to Han Hao.
"If everything goes well, maybe our factory's micro noodles will be on sale by this time next year. As for the production qualifications, I still copied the model of borrowing chickens and eggs from motorcycles, and went to Anhuai Province to find an automobile company called Huayang Factory......"
Han Hao did not hide it, and told him how to obtain the process of automobile production qualification.
After hearing that Han Hao actually bypassed the national policy and entered the field of automobile production, Li Guoan really couldn't laugh or cry, compared with most people with rigid heads, Han Hao had too many ghost ideas.
"You, you, dare to do this in the automobile industry, I guess you are the first in China! I have never heard of a private enterprise daring to build a car, if you look at so many automobile factories in the country, all of them are state-owned enterprises, and the state is standing behind them. Like the Huayang factory you acquired, it also belongs to the collective municipal enterprise. I also wrote an article for it back then, saying that a golden phoenix flew out of the ravine, but I didn't expect it to fall into your hands now. How much money are you going to invest in the micro noodle factory? At present, the competition in China is very fierce. ”
"200 million!"
Seeing that Li Guoan's reaction to hearing 200 million was not very agreeable, Han Hao thought in his heart that he was already going high and said, he estimated that it would be good to invest 100 million.
"200 million, no waves in the automotive industry. Changhe Automobile, in the first two years, borrowed 300 million yuan for the two phases of technical transformation of the production line, and Wuling Automobile also used more than 300 million yuan to introduce Mitsubishi models. To be honest, if you want to enter the automotive industry, I still have an objection to it, for fear that you will throw money into the water in vain. ”
Li Guoan replied with a frown, he has been immersed in the automotive industry for many years and is used to seeing the ups and downs of the industry. On the contrary, Han Hao's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, so he jumped into the big pit, and Li Guoan had to persuade again.
"Director Li, now we are ready to send it, if this more than 100 million is lost, it is equivalent to me paying tuition for the latecomer, and then you can write down my experience of failure. In short, I have to enter the automotive industry, and today I am looking for you to ask you to help me with ideas on how to find the much-needed automotive talents. ”
He has worked hard to get the stepping stone to the automotive industry, and Han Hao will definitely not give up at this time. When I first stepped into the motorcycle industry, many people were not optimistic about the future of Huaxia Factory, and now the factory's products are in short supply.
State-owned enterprises are state-owned enterprises, private enterprises are private enterprises, and the effect of a dollar of state-owned enterprises may be achieved by private enterprises as long as 5 cents. And Han Hao is not like a state-owned enterprise, the scale of construction is 100,000 units as the standard, his concept is rolling development, first launch 10,000 micro surface production line, if the effect is good, and then slowly transform and expand production. In this way, the upfront investment does not need to be much, and the financial pressure is not so great, and it can be fully supported by relying on the free funds of the Huaxia factory. According to his estimates, only 60 million start-up funds can be used to build the factory.
"Alas, there are some things that you know you can't do, whether they are bears or heroes, can only be proven by time. Now that you've made up your mind, I'm going not to mention it. As for you asking me where to find the right talent, I have some clues. Now domestic auto giants are looking for foreign joint ventures, and some older workers have been retired early, because joint venture factories do not need too many personnel. They are old, and their knowledge cannot keep up with the development of the times, so they become victims of joint ventures. After working in the car all their lives, they finally entered into a joint venture with a foreign party and saw the dawn of developing their own automobile industry, but they were retired early. A lot of people have a deep affection for Chinese cars, and I think they can still shine. It just so happens that you need to find a master to lead the door, and it should be a good choice to find them. ”
When the "three big and three small" automobile enterprises entered into joint ventures with foreign parties, many old workers retired early. Many of them are in their early 50s and remain a valuable asset to China's auto industry.
It is a pity that the foreign parties of the joint venture factory directly provided ready-made technology and standards, and the domestic automobile factory was basically reduced to an OEM factory, just like SAIC Volkswagen had to go thousands of miles to Germany to modify even a screw. Although the Chinese technicians repeatedly proved that the German technicians at the scene also felt that the screws were not in the right place, the modification still had to be returned to Germany. Therefore, the team engaged in technology research and development, many elderly senior technicians have been transferred or retired, and there are many useful people among these people.
Sure enough, Li Guoan, with his deep connections in the industry, recommended some old experts from FAW and SAIC to Han Hao, who had participated in the research and development of the "Hongqi" and "Shanghai Ahai" brands.
"I'll help you with everything I can, and the rest depends on your creation, I hope you can give me a big surprise and slap me in the face. ”
Looking at the back of Han Hao's departure, Li Guoan thought silently in his heart. As a senior journalist who has been following China's automotive industry for a long time, he has witnessed the decision-making process and major events in the development of China's automotive industry since the reform and opening up. It is said that a vice premier-level leader called a meeting of auto industry officials to ask him if he was there, and only after learning that he was sitting in the audience did he order the formal meeting. As a senior journalist, Li Guoan enjoys a special position in China's automotive industry.
Han Hao didn't expect that he would return to the Northeast so quickly, and he came to Xinjing, the location of FAW Group, the eldest son of Chinese automobiles.
In 1956, with the technical assistance of the Soviet Union, the first Liberation truck landed. In 1958, through the unremitting efforts of FAW workers, the first Hongqi brand luxury car was born. In 1966, under the arrangement of the state, FAW was responsible for the construction of the Second Automobile and sent a large number of backbones to the Second Automobile. Even in the 80s, SAIC Motor wanted to make a joint venture with Volkswagen of Germany, and SAIC also poached a lot of people from FAW. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that FAW is the cradle of China's automobile industry.
With a worship mentality, Han Hao and his entourage came to the gate of the FAW factory to pay homage to the mother of China's automobile industry.
If Fushun City is built on coal mines, then Xinjing City is built on FAW. The cities in the Northeast are all typical factory-run societies, and a factory director is equivalent to a mayor, and the city is as wide as the factory is.
FAW was aided by the Soviet Union, so the entire factory building is in the Soviet style, solemn and atmospheric. As far as the eye could see, Han Hao saw a large area of brand-new modern factory buildings under construction, with the eye-catching Volkswagen logo printed on them, which should be the joint venture factory of FAW-Volkswagen, which mainly produces Santana's brother Jetta car. It is said that during the joint venture, a large area of old Soviet-style factories was bulldozed and the space was vacated for the construction of the joint venture factory buildings.
As Santana became popular in China, Jetta also began to take the stage and began to perform as a duo between the two brothers.
If FAW is a holy place in the eyes of all car people in China, then of course Han Hao is full of worship for it, but there is not much fear in his heart, but from the bottom of his heart, he is ready to challenge the other party face to face.
I respect you, but I'm not afraid of you, and I'm more looking forward to being your equal.
Standing in front of the FAW Gate Square, looking at the gilded characters of "Commemoration of the Foundation Laying of the First Automobile Factory" written by Chairman Mao, Han Hao felt the expectations of the great man for China's automobile industry.
He took the flowers from his entourage and strode towards a bronze statue with a solemn expression.