Chapter 272: The Surprise and Wonder Brought by Xingchen Automobile
After all, the car is a thing that concerns everyone's safety.
Therefore, not only does the investment in the construction of an automobile factory need to be approved, but the various models produced by the automobile factory also need to obtain a license before they can be put on sale.
It can be said that the automotive industry is still an industry with a high degree of policy relevance.
So every company has someone who is responsible for dealing with the relevant departments.
As for which car companies' new models have obtained announcements and other news, each car company can often get the news as soon as possible.
Similarly, new car companies have been approved for investment.
This kind of thing will be known by industry peers for the first time.
"Mr. Wang, it's a bit strange that this Xingchen Automobile has obtained investment approval so smoothly."
"I heard some time ago that the requirements of the ministry for each automobile factory to set up an independent legal person factory in another place have been tightened."
"Unless it's a merger or reorganization of a local auto company, it won't be approved at all."
"I didn't expect that in this case, Xingchen Automobile was approved so easily and quickly."
"Could it be that the above wants to promote Xingchen Automobile as a model?"
In BYD's canteen, Wu Huabao grabbed the seat opposite Wang Fu today.
I saw that as soon as he put down the plate, he couldn't help but tell Wang Fu about the latest news he had obtained.
"Xingchen Automobile is backed by Nanshan Group and has its own unique advantages."
"It is not impossible to get the approval of the ministry."
"But their positioning is high-end models, and it stands to reason that the ministry will not feel that its own brands are suitable for high-end models now."
"I haven't even learned how to walk, so I went for a run."
"At the beginning, Toyota also started to engage in luxury cars after decades of economic cars."
"Even so, there is still a gap between Lexus and BMW and Mercedes-Benz's brand influence."
"As soon as Xingchen Automobile came up, it rushed to Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and I seemed to be able to get the key support of the ministry."
Wang Fu's view is a little different from Wu Hua's.
In his opinion, although Xingchen Automobile is indeed worthy of everyone's expectation and admiration, that kind of practice is obviously not worth encouraging.
Follow everyone else to produce economic cars, maybe there will be unexpected results.
But now......
Even if BYD has a close relationship with Nanshan, Wang Fu is not optimistic about the positioning of Xingchen Automobile.
"You have a point, too."
"But it's a little incomprehensible that they were so easily qualified to produce cars."
"At the beginning, we couldn't get approval, so we could only spend money to acquire Qinchuan Automobile, obtain passenger car production qualifications, and move to the field of automobile manufacturing."
Everything is afraid of contrast.
Comparing the process of BYD's passenger car production qualification with Xingchen Automobile, Wu Huabi's heart is a little unbalanced.
"It's a bit weird."
"However, there are not a lot of strange things that have happened to the Nanshan Group, and it is not strange to have such an order."
"Maybe people have relationships we don't know about."
Wang Fu didn't particularly bother with this matter.
Xingchen Automobile must be able to obtain production qualifications, which he is very sure of.
It's nothing more than how you get it.
"That's just as well."
"It's been more than two months since they announced that they were going to build a car, and I don't know if it's going well, but I'm curious!"
Wu Huabi's words are also the truth from the heart.
Although he is not optimistic about Xingchen Automobile, he is very curious about what kind of car Xingchen Automobile will build.
"When we were working on the F6, Mr. Cao specifically suggested that we learn from Honda's Accord."
"That's why we were able to get the F6 out in such a short period of time, and now it's quite successful."
"If Xingchen Auto wants to quickly launch its own models, the most likely thing is to find a reference from the world's major luxury models."
"Mercedes-Benz S-Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Series, BMW 7 Series, BMW 5 Series, or Toyota's Lexus or General Motors' Cadillac."
"When the time comes, Nanshan's own engine and gearbox will be replaced, and maybe the product will be out by the end of next year."
BYD itself is engaged in automobiles.
So Wang Fu knows very well how difficult it is to build a new model from scratch.
It can even be said that it is not a normal practice for a brand new car company to build a car from scratch.
Whether it is "borrowing" or plagiarism, this is the fate of the first model of the vast majority of car companies.
"I'll find a way to inquire and see if I can get some news."
The more unclear the situation, the more curious Wu Huacake became.
Wang Fu naturally would not object to this.
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"Leader, it's a bit unexpected that this trip went smoothly."
"It is estimated that Mr. Cao will be surprised when he learns the news."
Just got off the plane, Luo Yi, who has always been very steady, couldn't help but mention the passenger car production qualification of Xingchen Automobile to Liu Tianwu.
This matter is nominally promoted by Liu Tianwu, but in fact, Luo Yi is tracking a lot of specific work.
Therefore, Luo Yi has more say than Liu Tianwu about the process and the change in the attitude of the relevant staff.
"It's a bit surprising indeed."
"The procedures of Yangcheng Toyota have not been completed, but the results of Xingchen Automobile have already been released."
"Originally, I thought that Yangcheng applied for two companies at the same time this year, and the ministry first gave Yangcheng Toyota a chance, and then delayed until next year before it was possible to consider Xingchen Automobile."
"I didn't expect it to turn out like this."
"It seems that Mr. Cao has also made a few preparations."
Liu Tianwu himself has already used all the relationships that can be used.
But it didn't work out well.
So in the end, this matter suddenly went so smoothly, and it must not be the reason for his relationship.
Or this matter must be that Nanshan Group itself came forward to find a relationship.
Only then does this matter make sense.
"I heard that Xingchen Automobile was able to pass the approval so smoothly, and it was the director who gave instructions internally, so the attitude of the personnel of various departments and departments towards this matter has changed a lot."
"I didn't expect Mr. Cao to have such an influence in the imperial capital quietly."
When Luo Yi said this, Liu Tianwu thought so.
In the past, I thought that Nanshan Group had something to deal with with government departments, so it could only rely on itself.
Now, it seems, that's not the case.
It seems that we should pay more attention to the affairs of Nanshan Group in the future, so as not to be dug up.
"Xiao Luo, you can follow up on the land requisition."
"In recent years, Nanshan Industrial Park has brought heat to the surrounding plots, and many villagers are not so cooperative."
"You can't delay the development of Xingchen Automobile because of these things."
Inexplicably, Liu Tianwu has a little more confidence in the future of Xingchen Automobile.
There is technology, there is money, there are connections.
There's no reason why Xingchen Motors would hit the streets.
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Xingchen Automobile Research Institute, this time can be described as brightly lit.
There will be brave men under the great reward.
Employees are reluctant to work overtime, and that must be because the money is not in place.
Cao Yang obviously has a very clear understanding of this.
Therefore, in the entire research institute, the person with the lowest salary also has 3,000 yuan a month.
In 2004, it was definitely not low.
The overtime pay given by Xingchen Automobile is given in full accordance with the "Labor Law", and it is not a penny.
The most important thing is that Cao Yang said that as long as the drawing design of the product development stage and the first stage of parts verification are completed within this year, the number of bonus months of the research institute will be the same as that of other branches of Nanshan Group.
You must know that Cao Yang promised the people of Nanshan Group that as long as the annual business goals can be achieved, the bonus will be one month more than the previous year.
Starting with a three-month bonus in 1999, by last year, the bonus was equivalent to seven months' salary.
Although the bonus base is only the base salary, it is not the average salary that includes various benefits.
But this month is also very scary.
In the whole of China, there are only a handful of companies that can offer such a high bonus month like Nanshan Group.
Therefore, even if there is still some difference between the basic salary of Nanshan Group and some foreign-funded enterprises, counting the total income of the whole year, the gap is actually not big.
The key is that Nanshan Group is thriving and can provide many development opportunities.
As long as the position is up, then the annual income increase is not just a matter of an extra month of bonuses and a 10% increase in the base salary.
In recent years, the employee turnover rate of Nanshan Group has been unusually low.
As an enterprise that has just been established this year, Xingchen Automobile has not earned a penny back to the group.
Everyone thought that there would be no prize money this year.
Even if there is, the ideal is 3 months.
But Cao Yang raised everyone's psychological expectations all at once.
Originally, the average salary of employees of Xingchen Automobile was higher than that of the group as a whole.
Now that the number of bonus months can be on par again, everyone's enthusiasm is not to mention how high.
"Mr. Cao, the coating standards, electroplating standards and durability test standards for the subframe have been compiled, and today's meeting is mainly to confirm the rationality of these standards."
Huan Yongxiang is obviously a little thinner than when he joined the company, he stays in the company from morning to night every day, and even lives in the company directly many times, and it is normal to lose weight.
"The three major parts of the car, the engine and the gearbox, should not fall off the chain, and the chassis is the focus of our attention."
"Whether it's the subframe, the control arm, the suspension springs, the stabilizer bar and the steering knuckle, if there is a problem with any part in the chassis area, there will be a safety accident."
"No matter how bad it is, there will be problems such as abnormal noise and corrosion, and we must not be negligent."
Although many of the parts on the chassis are parts that consumers don't pay much attention to when buying a car.
However, it has a very big impact on the safety and comfort of the car.
Cao Yang also has a very clear understanding of this.
So after finishing the first and second phases of the design task, he devoted his main time to the chassis field.
"Our SPEC standards are compiled with reference to the standards of Pan Asia, Volkswagen, Toyota and other companies in the industry, combined with some of our own considerations."
"Especially in terms of coating standards, we have divided into two categories of SPEC standards according to the different corrosion protection requirements of the parts."
"Then within these two categories, there are four sub-categories, and each sub-category has several different requirements for several levels."
"It can be regarded as fully considering the corrosion resistance requirements of different parts and different regions."
When it comes to professional things, Huan Yongxiang is still very good at talking.
"As the most important and core work in the product development stage, the SPEC requirements and test conditions and test requirements of each part and process are the cornerstone of the future development of Xingchen Automobile, and it is not too much to pay more attention to it."
"As a brand-new automobile company, there is definitely a gap between our accumulation in this area and that of international auto giants."
"On the one hand, we can comprehensively compare their standards as a reference."
"On the other hand, we can also make some modifications in combination with the positioning of Xingchen Automobile and the characteristics of China."
"In terms of specific content, you are more professional than me, so I won't read them one by one."
The average consumer will never deal with the SPEC requirements and test conditions of auto parts.
But it's really something very important in the car development process.
The tape measure of the independent brand can be borrowed from other people's parts structure, and even the corresponding suppliers can be found to find some common standards.
However, it is very difficult to obtain things such as the test requirements of a specific functional part.
Even if you get one or two parts by chance, most of them still won't be available.
For example, if you want to know the test requirements of Bosch ESP, where can you get it?
Even Volkswagen's customers do not necessarily have complete testing requirements and standards.
These parts are developed by the supplier itself.
The R&D personnel of the main engine factory are definitely not as good as the suppliers.
In a car, parts such as ESP developed by suppliers are much more than ESP.
With the exception of body parts and interior and exterior plastic parts, most of the functional parts are developed by suppliers.
For example, the strength of parts giants such as Magna and Bosch is definitely not lower than that of ordinary automobile manufacturers.
They can even build cars, but car manufacturers can't make some parts.
The doorway is sometimes difficult for a layman to figure out.
"Mr. Cao, don't worry!"
"Our research institute has organized a department dedicated to compiling and confirming the technical requirements of various parts."
"Even for the requirements of the performance, chemical composition and other requirements of various material grades and the technical requirements of various basic processes, we will form a "Xingchen Automotive Technical Standards Manual", and regularly maintain and update these standards in the future."
Huan Yongxiang is also full of energy now.
The stunning shape of Xingchen No. 1 and the rapid research and development progress have made him full of confidence in the future.
(End of chapter)