Chapter 166: BYD Visits

Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. can produce advanced gearboxes, and can produce bearings comparable to international giants such as wheel bearings and transmission shaft bearings.

It can also produce bolts, nuts, fasteners such as wheel bolts, and even molds used in various automotive parts, which is also an area that Nanshan excels at.

In addition, it is rumored that Nanshan has also carried out research on various control systems such as ECU, ABS, ESP and other key components.

This made Wang Fu, who wanted to build a car, decide to personally lead the team to Nanshan.

Anyway, the two places are only an hour's drive away, which is very convenient.

"Mr. Cao, this BYD is just a battery supplier in the field of consumer electronics, you don't need to adjust your itinerary and stay with them all day, right?"

Zeng Tingting and Cao Yang stood at the gate of Nanshan together, waiting for the arrival of BYD and his party.

This situation obviously made Zeng Tingting a little incomprehensible.

Although BYD only makes batteries, the scale is now larger than that of Nanshan.

But Zeng Tingting felt that if Nanshan was given two more years at most, she would definitely be able to surpass the other party's scale.

Besides, so many customers came to visit Nanshan during this time, and it was nothing at all for a scale like BYD.

The most important thing is that Zeng Tingting thinks that BYD is here to make soy sauce, and your business has nothing to do with Nanshan.

"Although BYD is only making batteries now, how do you know if people will transform to produce cars?"

"Besides, they make batteries, and it's not impossible for us to consider some cooperation with them in the field of batteries."

Cao Yang naturally knew a lot more information than Zeng Tingting.

Not to mention that BYD will mix well in the automotive field in the future, and even become a leader in later generations.

Even in the current battery field, there is no room for cooperation.

Although he can also come up with more advanced battery technology, there must always be a process of accumulation and development that makes outsiders look a little more normal.

Besides, it is indeed necessary for Nanshan to cultivate its own battery technology talents.

Otherwise, if you rely on Cao Yang for everything, you will be tired to death.

"When the people from Chuncheng Automobile Group and Xifeng Automobile Group came over, they didn't see you waiting at the door."

Zeng Tingting directly said the doubts in her heart.

Obviously, in her opinion, the status of Chuncheng Automobile Group and Xifeng Automobile Group in China is much higher than that of BYD.

In terms of the scale of the company and the cooperation with Nanshan, it also has more potential than BYD.

At most, BYD and Nanshan are in the same Pearl River Delta, and they are both private enterprises, and many of the fates faced by everyone are relatively similar.

"As far as those people from Chuncheng Automobile and Xifeng Automobile Group are engaged in automobiles, there will not be much improvement in independent brands."

"They're all starting to focus on joint ventures now, and they feel that the most effective way is to exchange technology from the market."

"In this case, the scale of their cooperation with us, the potential is not very large."

"Even if their joint ventures are developing faster and faster, they don't have much to do with them in terms of the choice of parts."

"For example, Chuncheng Toyota, when they choose a gearbox, will they listen to the opinions of Chuncheng Automobile Group?"

"The market is changed to technology, the market is occupied by others, and the technology should not be counted on."

"In the end, it is possible to master the core technology by relying on independent research and development."

"Otherwise, do you think that other international auto giants are stupid?"

In front of Zeng Tingting, Cao Yang has nothing to hide.

The reason why he gave priority to cooperating with Changan Automobile and Great Wall Motors during this period of time, and the communication with Chery and Geely was relatively smooth, and now he attaches importance to BYD.

This is because these companies are more optimistic about him and feel that they are worth developing together.

Although Nanshan will also consider entering the automobile industry in the future, it has a certain competitive relationship with these companies.

But in the market of 20 or 30 million a year in China, the Nanshan family can't eat it.

When the time comes, everyone will press the international giants together, which is what should be considered.

As for the competition between each other, it is secondary.

"It's also said, it's like a gearbox, before our 6AT came out, it was said that Aisin their 4AT was very expensive, and it wasn't that you wanted to buy someone who was willing to sell it."

"In this case, the big domestic car companies have not seen them invest too much resources in gearboxes."

Zeng Tingting thought about it for a while, and she understood Cao Yang's thoughts.

While this thinking is not yet mainstream in the automotive industry, it will eventually prove to be justified.

"International auto giants and parts giants have gone hundreds of years ahead of us, and they have established a solid patent moat on various core components such as engines and gearboxes."

"If domestic companies really want to break through, they not only need to spend more time than others back then, but also need enough financial investment."

"The most important thing is to develop this kind of thing, and it is often difficult to produce results in a year or two."

"If you invest in it for a long time, the general managers above have been replaced."

"In this case, no one who is the general manager wants to spend too much money on R&D."

"Otherwise, it will become an ugly financial report of the year, but the effect will not be reflected until your successor, or even your successor."

"With the existing incentive system, no one would be stupid enough to do that."

"That is, we are private enterprises, the company is our own, and the starting point for considering the problem is different from theirs."

Cao Yang's words obviously look down on domestic giants such as Chuncheng Automobile and Xifeng Automobile, and Zeng Tingting is not surprised by this.

"Mr. Cao, if I'm not mistaken, Changan Automobile is also a state-owned enterprise, right?"

"How do you feel that you have a better attitude towards them than you do towards Zephyr?"

Anyway, BYD's people haven't come yet, and it's boring to stand at the door, but Zeng Tingting took this opportunity to ask a few more questions.

Only by better grasping the boss's mind can she better grasp the scale of dealing with various customers in the future.

This is actually very crucial.

Otherwise, the direction is wrong, and the harder you work, the more troublesome it will be.

"Changan Automobile entered the automotive field relatively late, although it is also a state-owned enterprise, but people do not enjoy as many resources as Chuncheng Automobile and Xifeng Automobile."

"Even due to geographical location and other reasons, their resources are not as much as that of Modu Automobile Group and Didu Automobile Group."

"In this case, if they want to make achievements, they naturally have to take a different path from the other big brothers."

"Otherwise, it will be impossible to surpass each other in a lifetime."

"In this way, we have a basis for cooperation."

Cao Yang's explanation makes a bit of sense, but it's also a bit far-fetched.

Essentially, it's just a casual reason that comes out after being extrapolated backwards from the results.

It's just that Zeng Tingting doesn't know.

"Mr. Cao, there are two Guangdong B cars coming in front, and it is estimated that someone from BYD is coming."

At this time, Luo Hongxing, the newly hired vice president, reminded him beside him.

"People are the king of batteries, there must be something worth learning from us, and we will pay a little attention to everyone's attitude."

Cao Yang wants to cooperate with BYD, which is a win-win result.

Of course, he's not afraid of people.

After all, among the various domestic automobile companies, none of them can make Cao Yang afraid.

It is nothing more than that cooperation is better than struggle, so I try to push in the direction of cooperation.

……

"Mr. Wang, there seem to be a lot of people standing at the gate of Nanshan in front, and it seems that the other party is greeting us at the door."

On a Santana, Liang Chuanqing saw the scene ahead with sharp eyes.

There is a big banner hanging at the gate that reads "Warmly welcome the BYD expert team to visit and guide", not to mention, everyone has seen a lot of this kind of scene on the supplier's side.

But this time, Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. is not their supplier.

Even this time BYD came over, more of a need for help and cooperation.

That's why Liang Chuanqing attaches great importance to it.

"The car stopped thirty meters in front of the gate, and then we got out of the car and walked briskly over."

In an instant, Wang Fu thought of the next response plan.

The other party attaches so much importance to the visit of his group, and it seems that the next cooperation negotiations will be relatively smooth.

Soon, the driver parked the car dozens of meters in front of Cao Yang and others according to Wang Fu's instructions.

Without waiting for Cao Yang and them to come over, Wang Fu got out of the car by himself and walked over quickly.

He has specially watched the news of Huaxia Station on Nanshan.

In addition, he has done other things about Nanshan in the past few days, so Wang Fu recognized Cao Yang at once.

"Mr. Cao, you are so polite, we came here to chatter, and let you wait here."

Just when he was more than a dozen steps closer to Cao Yang, Wang Fu stretched out his right hand as he spoke.

In a few seconds, the CEOs of both sides shook hands with each other, and the scene was very harmonious.

This made the teams on both sides feel a little better.

"Wang is always a model for my generation, and in just a few years, the battery has become a world-class company, making BYD a private enterprise with core competitiveness."

Cao Yang naturally recognized Wang Fu at a glance.

Although in 2001, Wang Fu's popularity was not very high.

But in 2023, absolutely the entire automotive industry chain will know his name and even know what he looks like.

At that time, he was already a star-level entrepreneur.

"Don't dare to be, we BYD has only made a little achievement in the battery, and there is still a relatively large gap compared with Nanshan."

"I've heard that your 6AT automatic transmission is better than Aisin and ZF's."

"Your PRG press and TRF press have made it hard for even Aida and Schuler."

"In the field of machine tool numerical control, you have cleaned up Siemens and Fanuc."

"Not to mention the performance in subdivisions such as molds and bearings."

"Nanshan's achievements have made me see the hope of China's automobile industry."

"If Huaxia can have a few more auto parts suppliers like Nanshan, why worry about the development of the automobile industry."

When Wang Fu said this, he was not entirely polite.

Nanshan's performance is indeed something that no one can fault with.

In the field of domestic auto parts, manufacturers that can be more admirable than Nanshan can't be illuminated.

Even CITIC Dicastal, which has already begun to be exported, has made achievements in aluminum wheels.

And Wanxiang Group, these manufacturers, are only a little bit of achievements in bearings.

As for Minshi companies, they rely more on cost advantages, and technology is just like that.

"Mr. Wang praised falsely, there are still many things that Nanshan needs to work on."

"The core parts installed on the cars running on the road today are basically from international parts giants."

Cao Yang and Wang Fu exchanged pleasantries at the gate for a while before they began to walk towards the conference room.

"Mr. Cao, Nanshan has now conquered the technology of automatic transmission, which can be regarded as one of the two core parts of the car."

"Being able to make an automatic transmission, as long as Nanshan wants to do it, I feel that it is not impossible for me to develop an engine."

"I wonder if Nanshan plans to enter the vehicle manufacturing industry?"

Wang Fu knew very well what the purpose of his coming here today was.

Before officially entering the topic, he also wanted to see if Nanshan had any ideas for building a car.

If Nanshan also plans to enter the automobile manufacturing industry in the next two years, then his original plan will definitely have to be revised.

"Mr. Wang, in fact, you are not the first person to ask me this question."

"In recent years, the development of domestic passenger cars has been very fast, and various international giants have also accelerated the pace of entering the Chinese market."

"In the first half of this year, Ford Motor officially established a joint venture with Changan Automobile, and Nissan Motor and Xifeng Automobile are also said to be discussing the establishment of a joint venture."

"Even Hyundai Kia in Korea has arranged for personnel to visit China to review the matter of setting up a joint venture factory."

"As for some domestic enterprises, they are naturally considering whether to enter the vehicle manufacturing industry."

"After all, Geely's Mr. Li also said that a car is nothing more than four wheels and a few sofas."

"It's not necessarily as difficult as everyone thinks."

Cao Yang could see that Wang Fu's question was not asked casually.

However, he did not answer Wang Fu directly, but first went around in a circle.

Then he said: "In the next five years, Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. aims to become a parts giant like Bosch, providing first-class parts for domestic and foreign automotive companies." ”

"Whether it's engine parts, gearboxes and other parts, Nanshan is researching."

"And wait until next year, we will have a new batch of parts to be launched, looking for more opportunities for OEMs."

"Huaxia needs more independent brand car manufacturers, but I think Huaxia needs more parts companies that master the core technology."

"Otherwise, even if Huaxia's automobile production is already the world's first, it can only be said to be a big automobile country, not an automobile power."

"So if you ask me if Nanshan will build a car, then my answer is no."

"There are no plans to do so for at least the next five years."

Cao Yang didn't say anything to death.

Otherwise, when Nanshan enters the automobile manufacturing, it will become a slap in the face.

"Mr. Cao, what you said is so reasonable, Huaxia is indeed a parts company that needs more to master the core technology."

"Nanshan's willingness to take root in the field of parts and components is really admirable."

"This is something that many other parts companies, even Chuncheng Automobile and Xifeng Automobile under large groups can't do."

"However, if Nanshan wants to enter more auto parts fields, especially the core parts fields of ECU, I am afraid it will still be very challenging."

"Whether it's Toyota or Honda, these international giants will not easily give Chinese companies opportunities."

"This requires a good platform willing to carry these parts, so that Nanshan has the opportunity to prove its strength."

Wang Fu also knows how to negotiate very well.

It may seem like a casual exchange, but there is a deep meaning behind it.

(End of chapter)