Chapter 549: Long-term Plans
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Although SAIC's pricing is very stupid and its sales attitude is also very arrogant, in the car frenzy in the next few years, SAIC's Roewe sales of domestic cars are quite good.
Of course, this is also compared with companies and models of the same level as him!
To be honest, although the pricing of SAIC Roewe is high compared with other domestic cars, the technical content of their cars does have certain advantages compared with other domestic cars.
SAIC and Volkswagen, as well as GM have cooperated for many years, or from their hands to find a lot of good things, although some key parts, still rely on imports from these two companies, but they can also get such parts.
This is very different from other domestic car companies, which have been stuck in the neck by those foreign companies.
So in the next few years, although many car consumers have very tangled feelings about the pricing of SAIC Roewe, but in the end they still chose the model of this brand, for no other reason, the joint venture car can not afford it, but the Roewe with similar technical content as the joint venture car, but the price is one or two thousand yuan lower, they can afford it.
And SAIC is also an old enterprise that has been making cars for many years, although they have no core technology, but the assembly of the whole vehicle is indeed very solid, unlike other domestic cars, before buying, it was boasted of the sky and the earth, but after buying, it is a small problem, and it has to run to PS all day long.
After all, SAIC's brand for many years still has a certain weight in the hearts of consumers.
So this is also the main reason why SAIC Roewe has been able to survive in the automobile market of the Celestial Empire.
"Oh? Is that right? Is SAIC planning to launch a new independent brand? So I don't know, Mr. Chen, you came to me, are you planning to cooperate with us Huayang Power in those aspects? ”
Jin Xiaoqiang seemed to be a little distracted just now, he didn't speak where he sat all the time, he didn't know what he was thinking, and the SAIC negotiator sitting opposite him, Chen Xiaoniu was still a little up and down in his heart.
At this time, Jin Xiaoqiang suddenly spoke, and his attitude didn't seem to see any disgust, it seems that there is not much resistance to SAIC's plan to enter the independent brand market to grab food, and Chen Xiaoniu is relieved.
In fact, before he came, SAIC also had a heated discussion, and there were always two different opinions within the group on whether to come to Huayang Power or not to talk about cooperation.
First of all, SAIC, as the big brother of domestic automobiles, is very dissatisfied with Huayang Power, a strong spoiler who suddenly appeared, for a very simple reason, because Huayang Power continues to attack the city and seize land in the market, and won the throne of the domestic car sales champion in one fell swoop last year, stealing the limelight of SAIC's big brother, and also robbing their market, so that SAIC suffered losses.
But now the state advocates a market economy, so although there is some dissatisfaction, but the technology is not as good as others, and after all, business belongs to business, interests belong to interests, and everyone is not good to say anything.
So after a period of debate, everyone suppressed the opposition in this regard.
On the other hand, I believe that since the reform and opening up, in the economic and technological fields, the Celestial Empire has always been the pattern of the south leading the north, so at this time, to talk about cooperation with Huayang Power, is it a bit cheap?
But soon this kind of face struggle was also suppressed.
However, soon there was a third theory within the group, one is that if SAIC plans to launch its own brand, will it make Huayang Power hostile? …,
You must know the foundation of SAIC, but it is very different from what Liji, BYD, and grassroots-born independent car companies like Ricky. ˇ
Once they have considerable technical capabilities, then Huayang Power's position in the automobile market will definitely be seriously eroded by SAIC, so are they still willing to transfer technology to SAIC?
And this third kind of worry, only within the group, aroused widespread attention, and finally debated for a long time, but did not come to a clear result, and finally several big leaders of the group closed the door together, held a meeting for several days, and finally decided that no matter what, it was necessary to send someone over to try.
After all, although they got quite the technology from the British MG Rover, the British people did not work hard and designed the models, which many people in the group were not optimistic about.
On the other hand, the powertrain that this car says it will be equipped with, the V6 engine of the 251, and the turbocharged engine of the 18T, how to look at it, how it feels awkward.
Needless to say, the V6 of the 251 is very good, but what is the virtue of this engine, as the minds of SAIC are very clear, it can be said that this engine is out of the all-aluminum fuselage, there is nothing commendable at all, otherwise MG Rover would not have been completely defeated in the UK.
As for the 18T engine, it can be said that it is completely a product stolen from Volkswagen's 18T, and Volkswagen has not solved the problem of turbo cooling oil.
What's more, not to mention the current Celestial Empire, even in the entire world's automobile industry, there has been a rumor that buying a car, if you want to buy a model with a turbo, it must be a model of Fei Huayang Power.
After all, when it comes to playing turbocharging, Huayang Power is an expert!
People's turbine is known as maintenance-free for life, mounted on the engine, low energy consumption, strong power, and is definitely the best one in all automobile companies, the turbocharging concept and technology.
So if you want to buy a fuel-efficient car, but you don't want to lose power and the fun of driving, then there is no second option except for the turbocharged model of Huayang Power.
The models of Huayang Power, last year not only in the domestic market in an all-round red, even in the international reputation is also famous, it is said that this year, the sales share of people in the world, seems to be about to double.
Therefore, in such a situation, SAIC, if it wants to launch an independent new car, it cannot but consider how to deal with Huayang Power and handle the relationship well, and it is best to get one or two technical support from them.
After all, SAIC's morale is very high, since they plan to make their own brand, they don't plan to produce those models that are the same as BYD, Ricky, and Liji.
In their own opinion, the models they produce themselves are one or two grades higher than the models produced by these companies, not to mention competing with German cars, but they have to be able to wrestle with car companies like Hyundai, right?
After all, in terms of technology transfer or technical support, Volkswagen and GM are very dead, and they will not transfer it, which also makes SAIC's leaders feel a headache.
As the negotiator this time, Chen Xiaoniu knows how heavy the burden is on his shoulders, in case this negotiation is messed up, then his future in SAIC will be over, so he attaches great importance to Jin Xiaoqiang's attitude and even every move. …,
Now seeing that Jin Xiaoqiang doesn't seem to have much disgust with SAIC and wanting to enter the field of independent brands, of course he has a long sigh in his heart.
"Yes, we are planning to launch a SAIC independent brand in a few years, so this time I will come to Mr. Jin on behalf of SAIC to see if I can get some technical support from you."
Chen Xiaoniu's attitude is very calm, he is not proud of being from a large national enterprise, or embarrassed because he has asked for others, Jin Xiaoqiang still feels very fond of this negotiator's attitude, this person is very pragmatic, he can afford to put it down, very good!
"Oh? So what kind of technical support are you looking for? ”
Jin Xiaoqiang asked again, he didn't mean to be sarcastic.
At present, on the website of Autohome, there are many people scolding state-owned enterprises such as FAW and SAIC, thinking that they occupy the pit and do not shit, occupy so many national resources every year, but help foreigners make money, but they do not invest in research and development at all, and they can't get their own technology at all, and they are completely waste.
Although Jin Xiaoqiang also agrees with these consumers, he did not show it in the negotiations with Chen Xiaoniu.
Because at this time, in his heart, he had another plan.
In his opinion, the reason why Volkswagen and companies like General Motors can make a large number of profits in the Celestial Empire is because of these state-owned enterprises that have joint ventures with them.
You must know that these state-owned enterprises have a very great influence and preferential treatment in terms of the state's policy support for this enterprise.
Of course, Volkswagen and GM also followed a lot of light, and they wanted to exterminate these two companies in the Celestial Empire, but they did not hurt these two state-owned enterprises.
Then it is necessary to make the state-owned enterprises that cooperate with them realize that there is no future in continuing to cooperate with Volkswagen and GM, and they will only make less and less money.
And when they cooperate with Huayang Power, they will make more and more money, so that they will naturally have more suitable choices and partners in their hearts.
As long as we maintain this momentum and develop, it will not be long before our state-owned enterprises will become more and more hardened when they cooperate with companies like Volkswagen or General Motors, and more advanced technology will be transferred from them.
If such a situation can develop in accordance with Jin Xiaoqiang's expectations for ten or twenty years, I am afraid that it is not impossible to completely drive out Volkswagen or GM, and even Japanese car companies in the market of the Celestial Empire.
In this way, the automobile market of the Celestial Empire will become a purely closed market like Japan or South Korea, and the money will be circulated in the country, and it will not be made by foreigners in vain, and the meat will rot in the pot, which is better than being earned by those white-eyed wolf gringos.
Of course, this is just a long-term plan and prediction, as for whether the future situation will develop as he thinks, Jin Xiaoqiang does not dare to guarantee, that is, this time SAIC can come to talk to him about cooperation, then he will never refuse, as long as their technical support requirements are not too excessive, I am afraid they will agree.
"Well, the technical support we need, in fact, is the powertrain field, the engine and the transmission needs. In terms of engine, if Mr. Jin has time, we hope that Mr. Jin can help us redesign a series of engines to match in our new models, as for the transmission, we get the requirements are very simple, at least can match the fourth-gear, fifth-gear, and six-speed manual automatic transmission......"...,
After Chen Xiaoniu said the above requirements, his heart was also up and down, you must know that before he came to Huayang Power to discuss cooperation, he also communicated with other representatives of independent brands who came to Huayang Power to negotiate cooperation, and asked them what kind of technical support they had received from Huayang Power.
However, after asking around, it seems that there is no one with such high requirements as himself, you must know that if Jin Xiaoqiang is asked to help design such a powertrain, this will endanger the low-end models in the mid-level cars currently sold by Huayang Power in the market.
Chen Xiaoniu really didn't know if Jin Xiaoqiang would agree, so of course he was worried about it, he raised his head and glanced at Jin Xiaoqiang, only to see that he actually turned the boss's chair in a different direction at this time, and turned his head to the window of the office, as if looking at the scenery outside the window, Chen Xiaoniu breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Jin Xiaoqiang was considering, whether to agree to his request, it seems that this time the conditions seem to have a door.
"And what are the technical requirements for the engine you asked me to help design?"
Jin Xiaoqiang suddenly turned the boss's chair back, which scared Chen Xiaoniu, but the next question from Jin Xiaoqiang made Chen Xiaoniu overjoyed.
"Uh...... Well...... Preferably this engine series with direct in-cylinder injection technology......"
When Chen Xiaoniu said this, he secretly glanced at Jin Xiaoqiang, and saw that he didn't look annoyed and angry, so he said while the iron was hot.
"Preferably, it can also be ...... with DVVT technology"
In fact, when saying these two technical requirements, Chen Xiaoniu has been beating the drum in his heart, to know that these two technologies, especially the in-cylinder direct injection technology, but the world's top mainstream technology in the automotive engine industry, only a few companies can produce engines with such technology.
There is only one Huayang Power in China...... Volkswagen also has the ability, but they have been holding on to this technology without leaking it, even if they go to Bosch to talk, Volkswagen's dirty ghosts actually put pressure on Bosch to prevent them from opening up their technology to SAIC, which is really angry...... )