The food is still delicious in China.

After wandering outside for a month, Cao Yang finally returned to work in the company.

This business trip made him even more convinced that it is okay to travel abroad, and it is okay to settle abroad.

No matter how delicious the bread is, it is not as comfortable as Yangcheng's rice rolls and pork offal soup.

"Mr. Cao, this is your agenda today, a ministerial meeting will be held from 9 to 10 o'clock in the morning, and then the research institute will report to you on the research and development progress of each project."

"From one o'clock in the afternoon, the finance department made an appointment to report the revenue of the first quarter, and at two o'clock, Xingchen Automobile reported on the sales of Ziweixing in China."

"At three o'clock, Nanshan Engine will report on the planning and production capacity of the new plant."

"The fourth point is to go to the Nanshan equipment site to visit the trial production of the laser cutting machine used in the hot stamping production line."

"Then at five o'clock, Nanshan Special Steel made an appointment with the report of the second phase of the special steel mill expansion project."

"After this meeting, I have booked a box on the bank of the Banjiang River, and Mr. Fang will be waiting for you there for dinner."

Early in the morning, Cao Yang had just returned to the company, and Mi Ying, who came to the company in advance, reported to him today's itinerary.

"The minister will postpone the opening for two days, and I will first understand the overall situation of the group during this time."

Although he was overseas, Cao Yang also received various briefings every day.

But after all, it's not in the country, and many things are just a simple understanding.

If we want to hold a ministerial meeting, it is natural to have a clear understanding of the situation before we can do it.

"That's fine, you'll take care of the mail first?"

Scheduling this kind of thing, Mi Ying naturally wouldn't make any suggestions to Cao Yang.

Basically, this kind of thing is what Cao Yang says.

"Call Cheng Tao over, I'll talk to him about the engine first."

On this overseas trip, the engine-related gains were the greatest.

1.0T, 1.5T and 2.0T can export a large number of related parts, and even a part of the whole machine.

This is also an unprecedented thing for the Chinese automobile industry.

For this alone, there is no domestic company that can be compared with Nanshan Group.

Of course, now that there is such a big change, then the next step of Nanshan Engine's planning should be discussed.

"Mr. Cao, the engine development of our W12 has basically been completed."

"Now that's all that's left for the endurance test of the real car."

"However, there is no problem with the bench test, and there should be no major problems with the durability of the actual car."

When Cheng Tao came to Caoyang's office, he first reported a good news.

Both Xingchen 2 and Xingchen 3 need to use W12 engines, and even Ziweixing, which has already been mass-produced, will launch a high-performance version that uses W12 engines.

In this case, Cheng Tao naturally attaches great importance to it.

"The production line planning of the W12 engine should be appropriately bold, and the first phase of the project will be prepared directly according to the scale of 100,000 units per year."

"The V8 engine that is being developed should also be considered in advance about the layout of the production plant."

"Otherwise, there is no way to achieve the highest production efficiency with continuous expansion such as the 1.5T engine."

Cao Yang now feels that the previous planning of the engine plant still lacks some systematization.

In a year or two, the number of engines of various models may not be very large.

However, as various independent brands launch more and more new models equipped with Nanshan engines, the relevant demand will rise.

"Mr. Cao, the previous 1.0T engine used relatively few customers, and now GM has a three-year purchase demand of 500,000 units."

"Our current production capacity can still correspond, and the corresponding expansion plan can also be implemented next year."

"By the end of next year, we can basically form an annual production capacity of 300,000 units for 1.0T, 1 million units for 1.5T, and 200,000 units for 2.0T."

Cheng Tao could probably guess what Cao Yang was going to say when he came over to work as soon as he got to work today.

Therefore, the latest plan of the engine plant, which was originally reported later, was announced.

"However, in terms of engine parts, the situation is a little more complicated."

"In particular, the demand for major related components such as turbochargers, generators, and starters is relatively different."

"In addition to our own needs, other domestic manufacturers also have purchases, and now there is also a relatively large demand for exports."

"Later, I need to discuss it with Mr. Dai of Nanshan Auto Parts."

The engine is important, but the engine parts business is also promising.

The two of them are interdependent.

"Turbochargers and high-pressure oil pumps are the flagship products on our engines right now."

"As the influence of our engines expands, more OEMs will start using turbocharged engines and direct-injection engines."

"As a result, the demand for turbochargers and high-pressure oil pumps will also increase significantly."

In order to provide more timely supply, the main engine parts factories are built near the engine assembly workshop.

And the related management is also Nanshan Engine and Nanshan Auto Parts are both involved.

"Mr. Cao, our current engine technology has cooperated with Great Wall Motors, General Motors and Ford Motors."

"Is it possible to consider more flexible ways of working together in the future?"

"According to my understanding, whether it is Chery, BYD, or Geely Automobile, they have not given up their engine technology research."

"Although in a short period of time, their technology will definitely not be able to compare with us."

"But in the long run, it's a potential competitor."

"So I wondered if I could use a similar cooperation plan with Ford in the future."

"Lock in a part of the engine orders, and then fully start from the parts business, and strive to expand the parts business?"

As the general manager of Nanshan Engine, Cheng Tao is naturally very concerned about the company's future.

Don't look at the Nanshan engine now, but such an important part, other OEMs will definitely not let it go and have been outsourced.

Therefore, while the engine technology of other manufacturers is not good, we will lock in orders for a few years first, and then achieve further development by launching more advanced engine technology and expanding the parts business.

"For those customers who have a strong intention, they can adjust their strategies appropriately according to the changes in their engine technology."

"But don't let go so quickly."

"If you can do the whole engine, you don't have to choose only a part of the parts."

"The situation of Ford and General Motors is different from them, the other party's technical strength is very strong, as long as people tear their faces and copy our engines, they can quickly produce products of a similar level."

"But those domestic manufacturers, even plagiarism, is not so easy to plagiarize."

"The assembly and processing technology of many parts has some unique technology of our own."

Although Cheng Tao's proposal was good, Cao Yang felt that there was no need to let go so quickly.

"So let's arrange some technicians to study the new generation of engines first, and wait until the project is progressing, and then start to loosen up?"

Cheng Tao thought about it and made further confirmations.

"The engine technology has reached our current level, and the room for further improvement is very limited."

"The next step is nothing more than to do some process optimization and adjustment, to see if we can improve the performance slightly, and then further reduce the cost."

"In particular, some parts purchased from the outside were produced by only one supplier before, and now with the increase in production, it is necessary to develop a second or even a third supplier, whether from the perspective of cost reduction or from the perspective of stable supply."

"For example, if you have a valve, you can consider further optimizing it to become a sodium-injected valve."

"There are also water pumps that can also be developed in the direction of electronic water pumps in the future."

"The timing chain can change the structure and become a silent chain."

"More energy should be considered for the development of hybrid engines."

"Due to the existence of batteries, hybrid engines do not have such high performance requirements, but they are more concerned about the improvement of thermal efficiency."

"We can put more effort into this."

"Nanshan gearbox, you can also communicate with Mr. Ji when you go back, and let their gearbox follow you."

As far as the current technology of Nanshan engine is concerned, it is already at the level of 2023 in the future.

It's enough in ten years.

No matter how much you improve, that's it.

So it's better to expand production capacity and make a lot of money.

As for investing a lot of manpower and material resources to develop better engines, in terms of results, there is little hope.

Considering that the era of electrification will definitely come earlier than in previous lives, the research of a new generation of engine technology is even more unnecessary.

"I understand, so after the current W12 and V8 engines are developed, we will impact the W16 engine on the basis of V8, and then we will no longer simply develop pure fuel engines."

Cheng Tao hurriedly took this opportunity to bring out the W16 engine.

"It's not entirely like this, the diesel engine side can still continue to develop in the direction discussed before."

"Even in the future, it is possible to further develop diesel engines with larger displacements."

Cao Yang obviously did not completely abandon the diesel engine.

This piece will be done well in the future in various fields such as engineering equipment, and has a wide range of application prospects.

"I understand, then I'll readjust the plan in this direction, and I'll give you a specific report later."

This result is still acceptable to Cheng Tao.

In the next few years, Nanshan Engine still has a lot of R&D business.

As for the longer future, we will talk about it according to the changes in the market.

After Cao Yang finished chatting with Cheng Tao, Rao Yongxiang soon came over.

As the vice president of research and development of Nanshan Group, and also the vice president of research and development of Xingchen Automobile, Rao Yongxiang is a key person in the implementation of Cao Yang's instructions.

However, this time he came to Cao Yang and first mentioned a matter of R&D system reform.

"Mr. Cao, now the development speed of each branch is very fast, and there are many new projects on the ground."

"I think it's necessary to further decentralize R&D functions to each branch."

"The research institute of the headquarters maintains a role in coordinating the R&D functions of each branch, so the efficiency may be higher."

Rao Yongxiang didn't mean to throw out of his work.

After all, even if the R&D work was divided according to his proposal, it was impossible for him to ignore it.

After all, a lot of R&D business revolves around Xingchen Automobile.

As the R&D leader of Xingchen Automobile, he must understand the R&D work in the fields of engines, gearboxes, molds, equipment, and parts.

There are so many parts in a car, but there is no way to assemble any missing parts.

"It's not impossible to make such adjustments in the general direction."

"However, it is still necessary for the research institute of the headquarters to retain some basic R&D functions in the fields of mathematics, physics, chemistry and other fields."

"R&D personnel in these fields can provide some technical support for each branch."

Cao Yang thought about it for a while, and then agreed to Rao Yongxiang's proposal.

Two years ago, there were not many personnel in the Nanshan Research Institute, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages of concentrating on R&D at the headquarters.

But now there are more than 10,000 people in the Nanshan Research Institute.

And it is still expanding every year, and it is normal for more than 20,000 people in the future.

At this time, it is a bit inappropriate to continue to put it together.

Now the business of each module can be regarded as developing, even if it is a relatively weak Nanshan robot, it can be regarded as on the right track.

Then each branch is responsible for its own research and development, and the efficiency is higher.

"Then there is Nanshan Auto Parts, I think it is possible to further divide the business department internally."

"For example, it is divided into the electronics division, the chassis division and the powertrain division, and each division is responsible for some of its own business."

"Otherwise, the way it is now, it will make customers feel that our management is a bit chaotic."

Rao Yongxiang was very bold and put forward another plan.

The Namsan Group now has a large number of other parts in addition to the engine and gearbox and the parts on them.

In particular, with the increasing number of self-owned brand models equipped with parts from the Nanshan Group, the related business development is also rapid.

For example, air conditioning compressors and air conditioning systems now account for more than half of the share of self-owned brand models.

As for ESP parts, as long as the independent brand is configured, almost all of them are purchased from Nanshan.

Some other instruments and other parts are also developing rapidly.

Different parts and components are also different procurement correspondence in the main engine factory.

There is also a division of labor in R&D.

At this time, it is obviously necessary to do some division of labor within Nanshan Auto Parts in order to adapt to the development of the situation.

Cao Yang quickly figured out these questions.

"No problem, just move forward in this direction."

"How's the progress of our Xingchen-2 and Xingchen-3 R&D progress?"

(End of chapter)