Chapter 129 Building a Domestic Car Brand
Wei Zhongxiang also took a good car, and when he was young in the United States, he often represented the school to attend various wealthy cocktail parties and ask those rich people for scientific research funds. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Chen Xu sent Haoche and the general manager of the group to receive him, and this feeling of attention gave him more confidence in this mathematics promotion plan. What he is most afraid of is that Chen Xu is a group of experts and scholars who have a brain fever for a while, give some money to do things, and forget about it after a while and never allocate funds again.
Even though he knew that this plan was a counter-attack, Mr. Wei still came without hesitation, because he thought that even if it was only a short-term mathematics promotion plan, it would be very beneficial to the growth of the people's mathematical knowledge, and it was worth his efforts.
The car drove into a modern industrial park, Mr. Wei put his head out of the window, excitedly looked at the neat factories outside the window, he was engaged in mathematics at a glance can see that the location of these factories are carefully calculated, the layout is very scientific and reasonable.
The car slowly walked along the asphalt road of the park, and soon came to the middle of a huge football field, on which stood a dozen people in white coats, including two blond foreigners, all watching a car run in circles around the playground, as if they were experimenting.
A young man in a white coat stepped forward to open the car door, stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Teacher Wei! Welcome to the Southern Heavy Industry Group Industrial Park, today's company's automotive endurance test has reached a critical moment, a little inseparable, I couldn't personally greet you, please don't blame me for your old man's lot. ”
"No, no! With such a good car to pick me up, it was too late to be flattered, how could there be an opinion. Wei Zhongxiang heard that this young man was the person who called, shook hands with the other party very enthusiastically and responded, and then pointed to the BMW 3 Series that was spinning not far away, and said curiously: "Is this the car?" It's a good car, although I'm in math but also a little bit of mechanics, if there is a design problem I may be able to help, after all, the bystanders are clear, I can't say I can give some advice. ”
"There is no big problem, the chassis, engine, gearbox three parts are perfect, that is, the body always has an inexplicable small sound after starting, solving one will always appear another, in fact, it is the material and processing problems of the parts, sometimes a small spring compressed too tightly, it will affect the instability of the structure of the surrounding car body, and it will ring non-stop if the spring is not solved." Chen Xu looked at the car that had been renamed the 'Blue Star Three Series' that was running fast in the distance, and his face showed a satisfied expression.
In exchange for a large number of advanced automotive technology, BMW of Germany soon sent two 80-meter-long modern automobile production lines to China, while Southern Heavy Industry has built six 10,000-square-meter workshops to meet the future expansion of production capacity, so the two automobile production lines can be put into production as long as they are installed.
Because Bluestar Automobile is the introduction of complete German technology, the equipment installation of the production line is all responsible for the German side, and the technical drawings are ready-made.
There is no shortage of employees, the original Southern Machinery Factory has a tank and tractor production line, the workers are very experienced, and the elite can be selected to work after simple training.
Supporting parts manufacturers is a little troublesome, if it is still China before the reform and opening up, the whole country may not be able to pick out a few supporting factories out, in the former southern machinery factory under the leading demonstration role, in just one and a half years, modern commercial production has invaded all parts of the country, all local governments and enterprises are obsessed with the introduction of advanced equipment and technology from abroad, that this is a good way to get rich.
A large number of modern factories have been established in China, so that Chen Xu can easily find supporting manufacturers that meet the requirements!
Therefore, in addition to the key parts that need to be imported from Germany, what can be made in China will be made as much as possible in China, and the supporting parts supply line will be cultivated for the future of Bluestar Automobile and refined management. For example, let a small machinery factory specialize in the production of a certain part of the car for Bluestar Automobile, this factory only specializes in this one thing and does nothing else, Bluestar Automobile guarantees that it obtains stable profits, and the small machinery factory ensures that the quality of parts does not have problems, mutual benefit!
It can be said that Panda Group, a domestically based Bluestar Automobile Factory, can at least support more than 500 parts manufacturers across the country after it is fully put into operation, providing a large number of jobs.
At the same time, these factories without R&D capabilities have escaped the fate of bankruptcy after blind expansion.
In order to ensure the reputation of Bluestar Motors, the price of the first Bluestar III Series sedan of the car factory must be very cheap, so as to sell well all over the country, completely dispel the people's superstitious idea of imported cars, and let them realize that domestic cars are the best!
In this era, because the country's civil automobile industry is almost zero, cars are all imported, for example, after the establishment of the 'Modu three-person car', the domestic Santana in this factory actually sold 200,000 units. According to the price level, it is more expensive than Bentley, not to mention Audi and Mercedes-Benz, these pure imported cars, the price is more than 300,000 yuan, which is no different from buying a private helicopter, this situation has lasted until the nineties, and even Alto's small car has to land more than 100,000 yuan.
In order to reduce the price, the Blue Star III series had to reduce the configuration in order to reduce the cost on the premise of ensuring quality, and a large number of domestic parts also reduced the cost. After heated discussions at the top of the company, it was finally decided to set the ex-factory price at 50,000 yuan, which can ensure that wealthy families can buy a good car under the premise of ensuring profits.
You must know that at the end of the 80s, a yellow Dafa van cost more than 50,000 yuan, and such a car, which is better than Santana and Crown, can basically monopolize the domestic car market if it is sold at a price of 50,000 yuan.
In particular, the Blue Star III Series has good handling, strong power configuration, and stylish shape that is very attractive to young people, who can make them want to get one at all costs.
And with the deepening of the reform, business is becoming more and more popular, and the national income level will rise sharply in the next five years, and it will be easier to buy the Blue Star III series at that time. And with the stabilization of the production line of the three series, the more luxurious Blue Star five series will also be put into the market next year, further squeezing the profit margins of those two-devil car companies.
Even if it is a price war, Chen Xu is desperate to lose money and let domestic cars occupy a dominant position in the domestic auto market, and foreign car companies cannot be allowed to treat the Chinese market as leeks and cut profits one by one.
After Chen Xu left the factory for the road test car of the Blue Star III series, he saw the manufacturing cost on his desk, and it was hard for him to believe that the price of such a boutique car plus taxes and fees was not even 30,000 yuan.
A Poussin sells for 200,000, which shows how insatiable the two devil car factories were back then, not to mention that BMW cars sent to China at factory prices are only 130,000 of the ten seven series, and its power performance and interior level are far beyond Santana, these two devil car companies are naked to squeeze the wealth of the Chinese.
Although Bluestar Automobile is a completely imported BMW technology, Chen Xu did not copy everything, but changed all the BMW-style things in the car. Not to mention the trademark, the classic kidney structure has also been changed by him to a big mouth grille with a blue star in the middle, which is also quite beautiful.
The interior has undergone some minor styling and color changes to make it more solid and refined.
Under the requirements of Chen Xu's super high standards, although the Blue Star Three Series has reduced some configurations in order to save costs, the quality has reached 100% military quality, even the technical guidance sent by Germany has been praised again and again, and the materials and quality of this car have surpassed the original German Three Series.
"Chen Dong is really a conscientious entrepreneur who loves the country and the people, even I want to buy such a good car." After listening to Chen Xu's introduction to his car-making concept of Bluestar Depot, Wei Zhongxiang couldn't help but admire.
"You don't have to buy it, I'll give you one when the car is on the market! Now the test car has been running in this test site for ten days and ten nights, in addition to refueling and substitution, basically never stopped, until now there has been no problem, even the annoying abnormal noise has not appeared again, the performance of the car in all aspects is close to perfect, and after the road test is completed, it can really be sold out of the factory. Chen Xu rubbed his hands and said confidently.
Although there is still more than half a year before the Bluestar car is listed, this is the technology introduced by the whole vehicle, and the German side has already done road tests, and he only repeats the road test out of caution. Now that pre-orders have started nationwide, it is possible to set the production volume in advance by pre-ordering the number of cars, and if the sales are too hot, it is necessary to build another production line.
"Absolutely not, no merit is not lost, how can I drive a car at such an old age and dizzy. You'd better leave the promotion of math to me earlier, I'm so old that I have to get this done while my brain can still turn! "Old Man Wei is really in a hurry, standing on the court and watching the car turn around for a while, he can't help but ask Chen Xu for power.
Chen Xu didn't think it was angry, but was very happy that the old man could have such a fighting spirit, and led the old man back to the back seat of the seventh series, and sat on it himself, and waited for the car to restart before he said: "On the phone, I just roughly explained the meaning of promoting mathematics across the country, but the specific operation is extremely complicated, involving the cooperation of many departments." In particular, the Ministry of Education is very dissatisfied with our interference in the education system, believing that the Panda Group is seizing power, and that we are only making plans, and the Ministry of Education has already filed a complaint with the State Council after hearing the news. ”
"Oops! So what should I do, isn't it yellow that the Ministry of Education does not agree to this? Maybe it's because he thinks too much, Old Man Wei is full of smooth white hair, and when he is in a hurry, the silver threads are elegant, and he is happy to watch.
"Haha! Don't worry, Mr. Wei, do you know how much the state invested in education last year? Chen Xu crossed Erlang's legs and said unhurriedly.
"This ...... I don't know very well, there are so many children in our country, how can the annual education expenditure be billions! Old Man Wei frowned and reported a figure that he thought was reasonable.
"No more, no less than 9.5 billion yuan, this is the education expenditure of our whole country last year, not counting junior and senior high school students, we have 146 million primary school students alone, and the funds of less than 10 billion yuan are evenly distributed to each child, and not even 20 yuan is paid, and the conditions for running schools are very simple." Chen Xu said bitterly that when he got the statistical table from the Ministry of Education a while ago, he realized that he was blindly expanding factories to develop the military industry, but he ignored that the country was facing a shortage of education funds, and many children in remote areas could not even guarantee books, and even took classes in dilapidated houses.
"The country is poor and there is no way to invest enough educational resources, but what does it have to do with our promotion of mathematics across the country?" The old man didn't understand the meaning of Chen Xu's change of topic.
"It's a big deal! The Ministry of Education is very short of money, but our Panda Group is very, very rich, especially after our pharmaceutical factory is put into production, a large number of new drugs to treat diseases and save lives are on the market, and the annual net profit is more than tens of billions of dollars. Thinking that the cash cow of the pharmaceutical factory was about to be put into production, Chen Xu couldn't help but feel proud.
"You mean to throw money into the Ministry of Education?" Old Man Wei's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood the meaning inside.
"It's easy to talk to smart people, and I have reached a strategic cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education, and Panda invests 100 billion yuan in national education funding every year, and increases the funding year by year according to the situation. We will strive to replace all the old classrooms in the country within two years, start implementing nine-year compulsory free education next year, and strive to exempt all tuition and miscellaneous fees for rural children in the compulsory education stage within three years, and implement a 12-year compulsory education system after five years! Chen Xu's breathing intensified, and he said his ambitious plan loudly. (To be continued.) )