Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, in June, on Children's Day, Xiao Chen naturally has to carry out some activities that he has to do even if he looks like this. And after the second day, he started to get busy.

After the bank loan was confirmed, Xiaonan Auto Parts Co., Ltd. was formally established. Among the company's shares, Dingqing District accounts for the majority, Xiao Chen is the chairman of the board of directors as the secretary of the district party committee, and Yue Tongyin is the vice chairman and executive deputy general manager. (Note: At this time, "officials and businessmen" are also allowed, and there is a realistic reference to this arrangement, so you don't need to doubt it.) Of course, after some years, the state will restrict this, but at that time...... Cough. Everything unfolded quietly and vigorously. At this time, the second-hand engine production line bought for nearly 30 million US dollars, and the equipment weighing more than 8,000 tons had been transported to Langliu through the Yangtze River-Tingjiang River. The engine is the heart of the car, and the engine production line is very huge, and at this time, Xiao Chen, Yue Tongyin and others found that they didn't have a big enough warehouse!

Xiao Chen urgently contacted Mayor Zhang Pingchang to find a way, Mayor Zhang actually attached great importance to this engine factory, and later the city allocated the equity participation money is what he insisted on, because he received a call from Xiao Chen, Zhang Pingchang personally went to the city's largest enterprise: Langliu Cigarette Factory to borrow a warehouse.

After the mayor personally went out, the cigarette factory couldn't vacate five of its large warehouses, and then Xiao Chen found three large warehouses in Dingqing District by himself, and got a total of eight large warehouses. Then the people of the engine factory dismantled the equipment into 8 parts and stored them in the 8 warehouses that they had managed to get together, and sent 20 people to take turns to remove rust and oil for maintenance, while on the other hand, they stepped up the construction of the factory.

For an automotive project to be successful, the engine production line must be up and running as soon as possible. Because if the installation of the engine production line is stagnant, the equipment will gradually rust into 8,000 tons of scrap iron in the humid Tingjiang River and Yunmeng Lake area! And the money to buy these equipment is the money from the poor Dingqing District "to smash pots and sell iron, and to sell eggs from old ladies in the countryside"! In the face of this money, Xiao Chen didn't say much, but Yue Tongyin knew that he, the general manager, was really responsible for the factory, and only he knew how much courage he had on his shoulders, so he said to Tang Fengwu, who was in charge of the engine: "If the factory fails, you can jump into the 35-meter-deep foundation pit and bury yourself in it." ”

Rise from the ashes. The first pillar on the foundation pit was quickly erected, and the progress of the project was accelerated. Xiao Chen, secretary of the district party committee, Liu Wenjun, deputy secretary, Zheng Zhipeng, executive deputy head of the district, and others led everyone around the wooden table to hold one important meeting after another in the small grass house with four walls leaking. No money, dare not buy air conditioners, at this time in the summer, workers can also ignore the image shirtless, wearing pants, Xiao Chen and a dry factory leaders meeting can not completely ignore the image, although wearing shorts, but can not be shirtless, the sweat on the body is dry and out, out and dry, and finally the back is full of a layer of white fine salt, the technician is so, the factory leader is so, the secretary is the same way. What they don't know is that in the winter, the technician's hands are so cold that they can't even hold the pen steadily...... Under such difficult conditions, the machine is still roaring day after night, the construction site is expanding day by day, more and more manpower is invested, and the skeleton of the plant gradually has a prototype. At this time, Xiao Chen and Yue Tongyin gradually began to be dissatisfied with foreign engineering and technical personnel.

Here's the thing, in order to successfully install and debug the entire equipment, the two sides reached a "turnkey project" agreement, and the foreigner will dismantle the production line, transport it over and then install it, and then hand it over to the Chinese side after commissioning. However, the Chinese gradually discovered that these foreigners were not as capable as they imagined, and they slowly and leisurely had a cup of coffee in the morning, a cup of coffee in the afternoon, basking in the sun at noon, and dancing and singing in the evening. The Chinese people couldn't afford to waste time, so they said with a burning heart: Let's do it together. Foreigners say you can't do it, and we are not responsible for what you do. Later, I found out that they were deliberately delaying time and wanted the Chinese people to add more money.

It's really not going to work, and the whole project is very dangerous to consume any longer. Then, Xiao Chen summoned Yue Tongyin to hold a three-night meeting with the main leaders of the district, with such a big real power, no one dared to make decisions randomly, even Xiao Chen was not sure that the people he had dug up, "Is it okay to leave foreigners?" ”

Another night, in another overtime meeting without overtime pay, Yue Tongyin, who was familiar with the technical situation, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll take responsibility." Let the foreigners go, we will do it ourselves. ”

Xiao Chen's face was expressionless, his eyelids raised, and his eyes stared at him: "What if you can't do it?" ”

Yue Tongyin crossed his heart: "If you can't do it, I'll jump to Tingjiang!" ”

Xiao Chen picked up the teacup...... There is no big red robe here, it is the kind of tea that is rubbed by himself in the countryside for a few yuan a catty, and the tea root may float on it if he doesn't even know anything, but Xiao Chen has long been accustomed to this kind of rotten tea that he felt "like a tree root" before, so he took a sip and took another sip...... The cup of tea has been drunk, Xiao Chen took a deep breath, and said resolutely: "Then do it, fail, you jump your Tingjiang, I will take the blame and resign, and I will take care of the lives of my sister-in-law and nephew." ”

Yue Tongyin burst into tears for a moment.

The foreigner is gone. No matter how hard the bones are, they have to gnaw on themselves. This group of people with the same ideals to carry forward their entrepreneurial spirit to the maximum extent, one is to gamble, the second is to fight, the third is to do it themselves, and the fourth is to take responsibility. Everyone relies on this fighting spirit of self-reliance, innovation and entrepreneurship, and keeps rushing forward day and night. By the beginning of 1996, the line was finally installed.

However, if you are not the people here, who knows, in this short period of half a year, there are endless touching stories.

To install the equipment, the machines had to be transported from eight warehouses to the engine plant. In order not to lose a screw, in the biting cold wind, the workers followed the truck in groups of bicycles, and immediately picked up a screw when they saw it. Because of the lack of one, they all have to use foreign exchange to buy. It's not safe to ride a bicycle and look at the car and the ground. was stopped by the traffic police several times, but they were all moved to let him go.

In order to fully master the engine and production line technology, a young man named Zhao Yulong was on a mission to retrieve the drawings from the United Kingdom. The floppy disk should be held, but the computers on both sides of Huaying are likely to be incompatible and cannot be opened. Yue Tongyin said to him: "This drawing is your life!" ”

After waiting for a month, the drawings weighing 150 or 60 pounds were finally obtained, and he hurried to the airport, but he couldn't pass the security check anyway because he was overweight. He knew that drawings were more important than anything else, and he ruthlessly threw all the valuables and soft items he bought for his relatives and friends, along with his luggage and change of clothes, in England.

In the end, he carried the box of drawings heavier than a human on his back, and returned to the small grass house unkempt and exhausted.

There is also a story of thrift that has never been seen in the whole world. After the production line was installed, it was necessary to use the engine blank to drill holes to position the production line, and the blank was only bought 500 sets, and Xiao Chen and Yue Tongyin ordered that 500 engines must be produced, which means that none of them can be spent during the commissioning process. This is incredible, because under normal circumstances, it would take dozens or hundreds of them to get it right!

But the military order is like a mountain. Lao Cao, a technician, came up with a way, if the drilling position was not right, he would use an aluminum rod of the same size to insert the hole into the hole and use it again. A blank has been reused dozens of times, densely covered with small white dots of aluminum rods. Subsequently, it became the heirloom of Geeterly Rich.

This is the independent innovation that is forced out, because there is no money. Unlike the joint venture automobile factory, the same Huaxia people paid for it, and the investment was nearly 2 billion US dollars, while Geely Rich's total investment was less than 1 billion yuan until the car rolled off the assembly line.

And now, the investment is less than 400 million...... When a fire broke out, they relied on the strength of their team to extinguish the fire and rescue their teammates who fell into the fire; When the flood occurred, one person after another climbed to the roof of the factory dozens of meters high without any protection in the middle of the night in the lightning and thunderous rain to plug the big hole that burst...... All the stories are embarrassing. They dare to even make up their minds to die, and what difficulties can they not overcome!

But Xiao Chen and Yue Tongyin understand better that everyone's car dream is realized by others. From the first day of his decision to Langliu, Yue Tongyin has never stopped soliciting people who can realize his dreams together. He treats each other frankly and "fools" talents everywhere, in Yue Tongyin's own words, "even lure and deceive, and try his best". When he went abroad to inspect and negotiate, Yue Tongyin often took the opportunity to go to the toilet to talk to the talent he fancied, first asking for a mobile phone number, and then letting people go to soft grinding and hard bubbles, and Foton Shinji from Toyota joined this small factory in this way.

And Xiao Chen also relied on his aunt's relationship in the United States, and even did not hesitate to dispatch people from Huahai to poach people in the two major automobile giants of General Motors and Ford, and executives and technical experts such as Kaadis from the United States and Jiang Tianyuan, a Chinese-American, were poached by him by various means.

The reason why Yue Tongyin has been serving as vice president and the position of general manager has been vacant is for one thing: he often says to the "turtle": "You come back and lead me." Yue Tongyin is better at recruiting troops and horses, killing classmates, fellow villagers, and old colleagues: "Come and help me, it's only three months, and you will go back after the project is over." "In fact, the project may not be completed for three years, and many people stay; is familiar and overseas, he scolded with agitation, "The national car is so critical, if you don't come back, are you worthy of the country and your father?!" ”

The banner of independent development of "making Huaxia cars" is the most irresistible force of Huaxia automobiles. Many old engineers' eyes turned red when they heard these words, and they wanted to come to Dingqing regardless of their old lives. More than ten years later, there is an old engineer who is almost 80 years old, and he wrote "The History of Chinese Automobile Engines" in the office when he can't do anything, and at that time, he has become the spiritual symbol of Geeterry.

In this way, as the domestic large automobile groups stopped their independent research and development projects after the joint venture, a large number of heroes who loved the country and felt that they were "useless" were brought under the account by Xiao Chen and Yue Tongyin. In the technical team of Gedeon Rich, there are a large number of technical personnel from the three major domestic automobile groups and joint venture automobile enterprises, more than 20 students from Huaxia University and Huaqing University, and thousands of college students, masters and doctors. They don't know that later, some people give up millions of annual salaries, and some people can't dig up millions of annual salaries. "Richter is a company that wants to do things and can do things. Geesdeon gives us the stage to achieve our unfulfilled dreams. Ten years later, they said.

Many people still remember that Xiao Chen and Yue Tongyin stood in the open space overgrown with wild grass, excitedly pointing to the distance and telling them where the engine factory was, where the R&D center was, and where the automaker was. Then everyone was enthusiastic together...... There are also people who are unmoved, such as a man named Datou, who will not let go of his mouth when he lives or dies. When Yue Tongyin brought him into the shed, when he walked into the shed and saw the model of the Jirui prototype, he only felt that his eyes lit up, and he realized that the meaning of life was nothing more than that. So he joined the team, which at the time was only about 50 people.

Everyone does their best in a position that suits their abilities, and the meaning of life is nothing more than that.

A car has tens of thousands of parts, and its proper operation requires this huge system to work together. This is especially true of the operation of automobile manufacturing plants, where it is not enough to have engines and talents, but also requires the entire collaborative manufacturing system to work together at the same time.

The road is going step by step, but there are greater difficulties ahead: lack of money, lack of people, lack of experience, lack of technology, lack of supporting suppliers, and lack of users. A few years later, in order to get the car off the assembly line, Yue Tongyin took his talents to look for supporting suppliers, in Yue Tongyin's words: "At that time, we called 'kowtow buying' and 'kowtowing to sell', which was completely begging my father to tell my grandmother, and it was almost really kowtow." But no one wants to provide spare parts, because no one wants to invest in molds for the fledgling and weak Gedery. They think that if Gillot can't succeed, even if he invests a penny, it will be in vain. ”

Ten years later, Yue Tongyin told reporters: "At that time, we talked about I don't know how many companies, and many of the conditions they put forward were 'unequal treaties', but in order to make the car, we all agreed." Even so, in the end, many companies said that this violated their product strategy in Huaxia and canceled it. ”

No one knows how many connections Xiao Chen used and how much "face" he wasted in order to accomplish this. Even though he is no longer in Xiaonan in the future, he has always cared for and supported Langliu, Dingqing, and this group of people who are fighting for the revitalization of Huaxia Automobile.

But all this difficulty, in this fashion and just beginning.

At this time, Xiao Chen was in Mayor Zhang's office, reporting to Mayor Zhang about the parts company.

Zhang Pingchang listened quietly, and as soon as Xiao Chen finished speaking, he asked: "In other words, that piece of land was originally negotiated for four million, but now they are asking for fifteen million?" ”

Xiao Chen sighed: "Yes, it's almost quadrupled, in this way, not only is the budget greatly exceeded, but the key is that no one is willing to be hacked." Mayor, you often go to parts companies to provide on-the-spot guidance, and these people are dug up by me from all over the country, what are the pictures? I don't dare to say that they don't look at money, but they don't come for it alone. These people are now in a temperature of a few degrees below zero, not to mention air conditioning, not even a few coal stoves, they are still working hard to do business, just to save some money, but now just a piece of land, we will spend more than 10 million, if they know, I am the secretary...... How do I have the face to see them? ”

Zhang Pingchang's face was also ugly, he sighed, and said: "But that piece of land was indeed bought by the Slov Company before, and the Slov Company is a foreign enterprise, and we can't forcibly requisition it or use any other administrative means...... It's a tough thing to do. ”

Xiao Chen was a little angry: "But they only spent 800,000 yuan on that piece of land!" He took a breath and suppressed his anger: "Now that we have bid four million, we have already made them a lot of money, and they are still not enough to swallow elephants...... Mayor, if we can't talk to them, then let's stop talking, I'll use my means to solve it. ”

Zhang Pingchang suddenly became serious and looked at Xiao Chen: "What means do you want to use?" You are the secretary of the Dingqing District Party Committee, and you must not use any means of violating laws and disciplines! It's a matter of principle! ”

Xiao Chen smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the mayor can rest assured, the means I use are by no means illegal, they are commercial means." ”

Zhang Pingchang frowned slightly: "Commercial means? What business methods can you use? If commercial means can solve this problem, of course, but if that's the case, what are we talking about here? ”

Xiao Chen smiled slightly: "Slov Company is an American company, to be exact, just a small business run by an American, in the United States, they are pitifully small......"

"But what does that have to do with your so-called business practices? Don't you know the current policy of our country? Attract foreign investment! 'Nothing but unpleasant'! Zhang Pingchang said solemnly, he has always admired Xiao Chen, but he doesn't want him to make mistakes on matters of principle.

Xiao Chen smiled: "Mayor, don't worry, I said it, it's a commercial means." I know some friends in the United States who can commercially suppress the Slov company in the United States and force the Slov company to make concessions. ”

Zhang Pingchang was a little unconvinced: "The friends you met in the United States are so generous and willing to do such a bad thing?" ”

Xiao Chen sighed slightly: "Actually, it's my relative." ”

Zhang Pingchang was a little helpless, and shook his head: "In this case, on the premise of not breaking the law, you can do it yourself...... I look at this kind of thing, it's not good, your relatives are willing to lose a sum of money for you? In Zhang Pingchang's view, doing such a thing is naturally mostly a lose-lose situation.

Xiao Chen said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, my relative is very capable in business, and this little thing can't be difficult for her." ”

Zhang Pingchang waved his hand: "Go and go, do it yourself, I have to have a meeting here...... What do you come to me to do when you have an idea, I don't know your style yet? If I don't allow it today, can you still do it privately? Hum. ”

Xiao Chen laughed: "Those who know me, the mayor too!" Then, Mayor, I'll go. ”

Zhang Pingchang turned his head and looked too lazy to pay attention to him. In his heart, he sighed for this young cadre who he was optimistic about, there are not many such cadres.

(To be continued)