Chapter 85 International R&D
Han Hao's smooth career finally ushered in challenges, and the resistance to entering the automobile project was beyond his imagination. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info thought that he would get the catalogue and negotiate the introduction of technology with foreign countries, and the money spent was his own earned capital, and he didn't need a penny from the state, and the car project was not a matter of course.
But when seemingly simple things come to the central level, they will be interpreted with different flavors. Huaxia Factory has become a representative of private capital in the domestic automobile field, and no one dares to express its position on this issue easily. The rumors of controversy within the Ministry of Machinery Industry also reached his ears, and he did not expect the strong opposition forces. The policy threshold is like a red line, firmly blocking the Huaxia plant from the door of the automobile field.
Now it is impossible for Huaxia Plant to launch the project in a low-key manner, and the central government has known that there is a project in cooperation with Mitsubishi Motors through the formal procedure of project submission. Local governments can turn a blind eye to profit-driven, but the central government should consider that the whole country is not easy to fool.
What to do?
It can only be to go to the capital for public relations, and influence the decision-making of the project through formal and informal channels.
This kind of matter involving the policy field cannot be promoted by Huaxia Factory alone, and local governments must join it.
Therefore, Han Hao took the initiative to find the main leaders of Haizhou City and explained the predicament of the current project one by one. In order to develop the automobile industry, Haizhou City has tightened its pants to bring a large area of land to the Huaxia Factory, and is also planning an automobile industrial park on a large scale. Now the Huaxia factory is basically tied to the same rope as the Haizhou municipal government, and one is prosperous and the other is lost.
In terms of relationship with the government, Han Hao can only reach the municipal level, and the relationship between the provincial leaders is not close, so he can only report level by level. To get on the car project, you have to get strong support from the province. Bo Dongfeng, the mayor of Haizhou, took him to Jiangzhou to report on his work urgently, and asked the province to come forward to the central government to dredge up relations.
On the Huaxia Mitsubishi project, Governor Wang Zhaohui had a cold attitude and basically shook his hands and was in charge. Now at least he didn't come forward to object, Han Hao had already burned high incense to celebrate. Therefore, we can only find Executive Vice Governor Zhou Nansheng, who has always supported him, to come forward.
It seems that the prospect of the project was too optimistic before, after all, the micro-surface project is not as strict as the car control, in fact, there are many modification factories around the country are producing the micro-surface. However, due to the involvement of foreign Mitsubishi Motors, there is uncertainty in the policy of Huaxia Plant.
"Director Xiaohan, you can rest assured that the province will strongly support your automobile project. I first explained the situation to the main leaders of the province to see how to deal with such a difficult situation. There are many good things, don't be discouraged, we will have to pick up the burden of cars in the future of our province from your Huaxia factory!"
Zhou Nansheng's attitude gave Han Hao some confidence, as long as the province was willing to help out, then things would definitely take a turn for the better.
It is good to know that the equipment of Mitsubishi Motors will be imported in batches in the name of production line transformation, and do not make a big announcement about the launch of the vehicle project. Too successful in the motorcycle market, so that Han Hao was a little fluttery for a while, instigated by the government department's momentum, the appetite was too big and tried to do it in one step, and directly made a large project of 50,000 vehicles. The review of domestic vehicle projects is too strict, if the engine project is launched first, and then the gearbox is carried out, and finally the vehicle manufacturing is completed, the project will encounter much less resistance.
Making a fortune in silence is really an unbreakable truth in China at the moment.
It's too late to talk about this now, Han Hao can only learn from the current situation and strive not to make the same mistake next time.
Since you are going to the capital for public relations, then the year before the year is a good time for gift public relations.
Unexpectedly, Han Hao's large amount of gift funds did not come in handy, although the gifts were only some shopping cards and souvenirs, many officials heard that it was a call from Huaxia Factory and politely refused to meet on the grounds that they were too busy with work. The Beijing officials are all clear, and whoever can collect things and whose things are not easy to collect, they are all bright. Now Huaxia Factory wants to launch the automobile project, and the resistance is so great that it is no secret in the industry. Behind the polite refusal is that the prospects of Huaxia Factory's car manufacturing are not optimistic, and everyone is unwilling to wade into troubled waters.
Thinking that Ma Xiaotian went to the factory to ask for the car and horse fees, he was still stunned and didn't understand, but now he took the initiative to give gifts to the capital in order to pass the project, Han Hao thought to himself that it was really a world of difference. The ass decides the head, and he begins to become one of the people he hated at the beginning. It is often said that once you enter the rivers and lakes, you can't help yourself, and the longer you enter society, the easier it is to be assimilated by the world.
But if not, how can the car project have a chance to pass?
Those who achieve great things are not informal, and their future goal in life is to build cars, and everything is worth it for this big goal, Han Hao thought to himself.
"You're in the automotive space right now, and it's both the best and the worst. ”
When he came to the capital, Han Hao, of course, took the time to visit Hu Yiming, who worked in the State Planning Commission. After listening to Han Hao's complaints, he slowly said such a sentence.
"The automobile field is monopolized by state-owned capital, if you can squeeze in at this time, the high threshold of protection industry is enough for you to complete the original accumulation of the automobile industry, which is a good aspect. The bad side is that the gun shoots the first bird, and from the perspective of the evolution of our national policy, the first company to eat crabs is often a victim of the industry. Burned itself and illuminated those who came after it. There's nothing wrong with your strategic direction, and there's a history to follow when jumping from motorcycles to the automotive industry. But in terms of timing, there were some problems, and some were too anxious. At present, the reform of state-owned enterprises will soon be rolled out in full, and the central task of the state's economy is to solve the problem of large burdens and profit margins of state-owned enterprises. At that time, it may be a very good opportunity for your private enterprises. ”
Working in the Planning Commission, Hu Yiming knew that the state would soon start to grasp the large and let go of the small, and completely withdraw from the competitive field, and focus on the control of the lifeblood industry of the national economy. In such a turbulent background, Huaxia Factory may be able to take advantage of the chaos to complete the plan to enter the threshold of the automobile industry.
"Alas, I now really understand the meaning of your suggestion to bury your head in the car and look up at the road. Now that the industry is bigger, it is even more important to look up at the road and understand the policy direction of the country. But until it's a foregone conclusion, we're going to do our best to get it. ”
The Zhejiang Provincial Government is in the Ming Dynasty, the Huaxia Factory is in the dark, and everyone is working together to make public relations in the capital before and after the New Year, and try to make the project in cooperation with Mitsubishi Motors land.
Because Zhejiang Hai Institute of Technology sent teachers to help teach and marked the key points of the exam, Han Hao's exam results this semester finally passed all the tests, and he did not repeat the mistake of failing the course. This is a very celebratory thing for him, you must know that since he went to university, he has basically had to retake exams every semester. But he also knew that the low goal of not making up the exam was not glorious, so he had to secretly enjoy it in his heart.
Huaxia Factory has set up Huaxia Scholarship in Zhejiang Hai Institute of Technology to support those college students with outstanding academic performance. Not only to return to the alma mater, but also for the Huaxia factory to advertise, now the factory is still thirsty for college students, the need for high-quality talents to fill the R & D team.
When it comes to R&D, Huaxia Plant finally reached a cooperation agreement with AVL of Austria a few years ago, and AVL will guide Huaxia Plant to carry out forward research and development in the field of motorcycle EFI engines.
In addition to Volkswagen, Toyota and other automobile factories have their own engine research institutes, there are also independent third-party engine research institutions in the world, such as FEV, AVL, Ricardo, SwRI are the world's four well-known research giants. They are multinational enterprises integrating engine research, development, design, consulting, and engine test equipment production.
All engines involved in the internal combustion engine are involved, and in addition to automotive engines, they also undertake cooperation in the field of motorcycle engines.
At present, domestic motorcycles are mainly carburetor engines, and foreign advanced enterprises have begun to popularize EFI engines.
EFI is "electronically controlled fuel injection technology", and the advanced feature of EFI engine compared with carburetor engine is that the computer system is the core of control, so that the engine can obtain the best mixture and produce the maximum power output under various working conditions.
Although the traditional carburetor engine can meet the fuel supply of the vehicle under various working conditions, the control cannot be accurate, which not only causes fuel waste, but also affects the composition of exhaust emissions.
With EFI technology, the power of the engine can be increased by 10%. In the case of the same fuel consumption, the torque can be increased by 20%, the fuel consumption can be reduced by 10%, and the exhaust gas discharge can be reduced by 35% to 50%.
Sooner or later, EFI technology will replace the traditional carburetor, in line with the forward-looking independent research and development, Huaxia plant continues to increase investment in scientific research on the engine. EFI technology involves many data parameters, and it takes a long time to rely on Huaxia Factory to explore it by itself. With AVL's vast database and access to world-class guidance and assistance for just a few dollars, Han Hao believes that this kind of cooperation is well worth it. In exchange for time, time is priceless after all.
In fact, he still has a careful thought, that is, to cooperate in the field of motorcycle engines first, and it is not excluded that the two sides will continue to cooperate in the field of automobile engines in the future. The reason why Huaxia Factory can emerge in the motorcycle industry is that it has mastered its own engine technology, which is one step ahead of its domestic counterparts.
At present, in the field of domestic engines, foreign giants basically control the right to speak, and Volkswagen, Citroen, Cummins, etc. represent the international advanced engine level. China's engines with independent intellectual property rights have long lagged behind this era, and there are almost no products that can be used. Therefore, if Huaxia Factory wants to gain a foothold in the automotive field in the future, it is a necessary step to have its own engine technology.
Imitation and joint research and development are Han Hao's plans in the future, and without his own engine, it means that the lifeline has always been in the hands of others. The cooperation with AVL is enough for Huaxia plant to quickly approach or even catch up with the international advanced level in the engine.
The company was able to connect with AVL thanks to the help of its partner Piaggio in Europe. Although the cost of cooperating with AVL is expensive, Han Hao still thinks it is worth it, because at least others are willing to sell you relatively advanced international technology.