"Mr. Cao, now many places are taking the initiative to invite us to invest in the construction of factories, not only to provide free land, but even the funds for plant construction and equipment investment can also provide interest-free loans for support."

"I think it's a very good opportunity to expand."

"Now that the real estate industry is developing rapidly, land prices are also rising in many places."

"We expect the trend of purchasing goods to continue, so it is something to consider building factories in various places as early as possible to plan ahead for future market demand."

Pan Jinxing is responsible for the Nanshan equipment, and all the factories are placed in Yangcheng.

But in fact, the customers of Nanshan equipment are all over the country, and even all over the world.

Some equipment is laid out in other places, sold nearby, and after-sales service is provided nearby, which actually has a cost advantage.

Scattering the factory layout in several places is also beneficial for reducing the company's operating risks.

After all, when you encounter some sudden natural disasters and other things, you won't be wiped out.

In this regard, Cao Yang is also more recognized.

"Where do you think the solutions are more suitable?"

What Pan Jinxing said makes sense, and Cao Yang naturally has no need to oppose it.

Anyway, in the next ten years of economic development, the demand for equipment is very strong.

It's definitely a sunrise industry.

Therefore, it is naturally no problem to start building some branch factories in advance.

"At present, the industries of our entire group are mainly distributed in Yangcheng, Modu, Imperial Capital and Chang'an, and the layout in other cities is relatively small."

"I think the new factory opened by Nanshan Equipment can also be carried out around these areas."

"At present, the conditions given by Chang'an City and the Demon Capital are more suitable, especially Chang'an City, which has promised many preferential conditions."

"Considering that the person in charge of Chang'an Province is from Yangcheng, I think we can build a branch factory in Chang'an City first."

"In the early stage, it was mainly based on the production of high-end machine tools and equipment, and the aerospace industry was relatively developed, and the demand for various CNC machine tools was relatively strong, especially the kind of large-scale CNC machine tools, which could be sold nearby."

Pan Jinxing explained briefly.

If the general direction is determined in the follow-up, it will definitely be further reported in detail.

"Then let's build a factory in Chang'an City first, and you can arrange someone to connect with that side for the specific content."

Every year, companies in the Namsan Mountains invest in the expansion of factories or new factories.

It is impossible for Cao Yang to follow up on everything in person in every factory, and this time is naturally no exception.

He's more now just grasping the general direction.

Nanshan Equipment finalized the matter of the new factory, and Nanshan Battery also put forward a plan to build a new large-scale battery factory.

"Mr. Cao, according to the current development speed of new energy vehicles, the demand for batteries will increase rapidly."

"Now some other battery manufacturers are also starting to expand production, and in order to maintain our dominant position, it is necessary to build a new large-scale battery factory this year."

Lin Cheng has also been very busy in the past year.

Nanshan Battery has been busy building new factories and developing new customers in the past two years.

The variety of projects is endless.

"Phillips, president of BMW Asia Pacific, called me the day before yesterday and said that they are ready to launch at least three new energy vehicle projects in Huaxia, and these batteries are planned to be handed over to Nanshan Battery for production."

"You should hurry up and implement this matter with the other party."

Although Cao Yang does not have particularly high expectations for the sales of BMW's new energy vehicles, BMW is a luxury brand after all.

Nanshan battery is installed on BMW cars, which is also a good thing to enhance the influence of Nanshan battery.

Although the two sides have cooperated before, that model is too niche for almost no one to know.

This time, BMW's movement is much bigger than before, and it's still worth doing.

"We have already communicated, and BMW's specific development model has been determined, but the specifications of the battery pack have not been determined so quickly."

"We're going to propose to them a standard model."

"In this way, the follow-up development time will be much faster and the cost will be lower, which should also be in their interests."

Lin Cheng also personally talked with Aimoha, and he is also optimistic about this cooperation project.

During this time, not only BMW took the initiative to communicate with Nanshan Battery about the new project, but even Volkswagen also tentatively contacted Nanshan Battery.

This was something that surprised Lin Cheng.

After all, the relationship between Volkswagen and Nanshan Automobile Group is really not friendly.

In this case, the other party actually came to the door to seek cooperation, which is a bit abnormal.

"This project will be finalized as soon as possible, and then we can consider building a battery factory in the north according to the situation."

With the development of the Nanshan system to the present, it is definitely necessary to carry out a national layout.

Of course, in order to make it easier to manage, I won't mess around with a hammer in the east and a stick in the west.

It is necessary to plan well in advance and lay out the factory according to customer needs.

Next, Cao Yang communicated with Nanshan Auto Parts and other companies, and successively finalized the general direction of investment in several new factories.

Obviously, in 2013, Cao Yang is ready to start the mode of throwing money.

After such a big action was spread through various channels, it naturally caused many companies to be very nervous.

"Mr. Li, if we want to compete with Nanshan battery in terms of battery cost, we must expand our production capacity as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, the production efficiency is not high enough, even if we don't make money, we can't meet the cost level of the other party."

"Once our technology is lagging behind, it will be very difficult to catch up in the future."

When he heard the news that Nanshan Battery was going to build a new factory again, Shi Junhui from Guoxuan Hi-Tech immediately came to the office of Li Zhen, the general manager.

He felt that if Guoxuan Hi-Tech didn't work hard, it was estimated that there would be no hope of impacting the first-echelon battery team in the next step.

This is something he can't accept.

"Our customers, the current production capacity does not require us to continue to expand the production line, if we invest in advance, then there will be no customers, we will be under great pressure."

It's not that Li Zhen doesn't support the expansion of production, but the electric vehicle sales of Gotion Hi-Tech's current customers have not gone up.

Therefore, the new battery factory is not marketable at all.

The investment of any production line is hundreds of millions, and if there is no sales after it is built, it will be very troublesome.

Maybe Guoxuan Hi-Tech will be dragged down by the new factory.

That's what he's more worried about.

"Our current production capacity, if it encounters a popular model from a big customer like Changan Automobile or Yangcheng Aion, there is no way to meet the supply."

"Although there are not many models that can sell well in electric vehicles, no matter which customer they are, they all have relatively high expectations for their new cars."

"At this time, if our company's production capacity cannot meet the needs of the other party, it is likely that the opportunity will be lost at the first quotation."

"In the long run, it's even more difficult for us to find new customers."

When Shi Junhui said this, Li Zhen also realized the seriousness of the problem.

If you don't expand production, then the production capacity is not very sufficient, and customers will not consider you if they have other options.

However, if the production capacity is expanded, there are no orders now, and the situation is more embarrassing.

The situation that Gotion Hi-Tech is facing now is also the face of many other battery companies.

At the policy level, the support of relevant departments for electric vehicles is already relatively high.

But in fact, there are only a few electric cars that sell very well.

For companies that sell tens of thousands of vehicles a month, it is very difficult to sell more than 10,000 electric vehicles.

It is no wonder that Nanshan Battery is now dominant in the battery industry.

Because its customers are not only the manufacturers within Nanshan Automobile Group, but also Changan Automobile and Yangcheng Aion, two companies that are far ahead in the industry's electric vehicle sales.

The impact is actually huge.

Nanshan Battery has previously built a factory in Shuangqing City, which has already considered the needs of Changan Automobile.

Otherwise, they would definitely not consider Shuangqing City.

"That's the truth, but it's still a lot of pressure to rely solely on our own funds to build a new battery factory."

Li Zhen sighed, he regretted a little why he didn't continue to develop in the real estate industry in the first place.

According to the current real estate situation, if he has been deeply involved in real estate, his worth will be at least more than double that of now.

However, there are all kinds of medicines in this world, but there is no regret medicine.

"I heard that the land of Nanshan Battery's new factory in Chang'an City is completely free, and even the funds for the construction of the factory and the purchase of equipment are all supported by interest-free loans locally."

"The inflation rate is now around 3% or even higher every year."

"In this case, an interest-free loan is actually equivalent to losing money for your development."

"I think as long as the company is willing to go to some places to build battery factories, there should be places that will refer to the standards of Chang'an City to cooperate with us."

Shi Junhui gave his judgment quite affirmatively.

Although Li Zhen has been worried that the company's cash flow will not be enough to support the large-scale construction of a new factory.

But if the company doesn't have to come up with its own funds, the situation is different.

"It's a good idea, but the big cities probably can't give us such good conditions."

Li Zhen still has a relatively clear understanding of the strength of his company.

He knew that he couldn't completely benchmark the Nanshan battery, otherwise he would be hit by a relatively big blow at that time.

"Most of the production lines in the battery factory are automated production lines, and the number of workers needed is not so many."

"In this case, it doesn't matter so much where the factory is built."

"Even if we build in third- and fourth-tier cities, our labor costs can be much lower."

"At that time, if the cost of our battery is cheaper than that of Nanshan battery, there will definitely be some OEMs willing to cooperate with us."

"If it really doesn't work, we can consider producing battery modules for electric bicycles first, and I think this is also a solution that can consume a lot of our production capacity."

Li Zhen equipped Shi Junhui with company shares, so Shi Junhui's work enthusiasm is very high.

If the company is good, your life can also be better.

This is the biggest motivation for his work.

Unlike some companies, which eat a big pot of rice every day, it is impossible to make employees very motivated in this situation.

After all, human nature is like that.

"Then let's try it first, and finalize the plan as soon as possible."

Li Zhen thought about it and finally agreed to Shi Junhui's plan.

The development of new energy vehicles in Huaxia is quite fast, and many OEMs have begun to deploy electric vehicles, and Guoxuan Hi-Tech is not without opportunities to expand customers.

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At a time when power battery manufacturers such as Guoxuan Hi-Tech began to follow suit and expand production capacity, Nanshan Equipment ushered in a group of special customers.

Pan Jinxing personally participated in the reception, and Pan Jun also accompanied him.

"President Grabar, our CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tool has just won the second prize of the Chinese National Science and Technology Progress Award, and its performance in all aspects is not worse than similar products of Dongying."

"We even have our own unique advantages in terms of control systems."

"The propellers produced with this equipment can at least reduce the noise of the submarine by more than 5 decibels."

"If you combine it with a good propeller design, the noise reduction effect can be further expanded."

Obviously, Grabba, president of Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation, and Prius, vice president of Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation, came to visit Nanshan equipment for high-precision machine tool products.

For polar bears, it is very difficult to import high-precision machine tools from overseas.

In particular, the "CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tool", which is obviously used for military products, is even more restricted.

The polar bear's nuclear submarine technology is already very powerful, and if there are these high-precision machine tools, then the strength can be even higher.

Its opponents are naturally well aware of this, so even if the polar bear pays a high price of several hundred million units, there is no way to buy the same type of product from the international market normally.

Originally, he didn't think about buying it from Huaxia, after all, the technology of polar bears used to be many times better than Huaxia's.

Now if you want to buy high-tech products from your former younger brother, many people can't accept it in their hearts.

After all, until now, Huaxia has continued to purchase some high-end fighter jets and other products from the polar bear.

If it comes to the machine tool but it is going to be reversed, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?

However, after Nanshan Equipment's "CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tool" won the second prize of the Chinese National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation felt that it could no longer turn a blind eye and it was necessary to come to the site for an inspection.

If the machine tool of Nanshan equipment is really so advanced, then they are ready to import one and use it first.

The equipment here in Huaxia, even if it is not cheap, is definitely cheaper than the high-end machine tools in Dongying and Germany.

"What kind of accuracy can this machine achieve, in addition to being able to process large-sized propellers?"

As the vice president in charge of technology, Prius is naturally very concerned about the performance of the machine tools produced by Nanshan equipment.

If you spend a lot of money and buy the wrong equipment, you will lose a lot.

In particular, the propeller of the submarine is a very critical component.

The basic principle of a submarine propeller is that the water propels itself forward by rotating the propeller. In this process, it is inevitable that the water will have an extremely high flow rate, and the higher the flow rate of the water, the lower the pressure, and the lower the liquid pressure, the smaller the boiling point.

When the propeller rotates rapidly, the water driven by it can easily boil, creating a large number of bubbles. When these bubbles are generated and burst, they produce noise, which greatly affects the stealth of the submarine.

The enemy can locate the submarine by looking for these noises.

At this time, the designers of the submarine were in a dilemma, the propeller speed of the submarine is too fast and it is easy to produce noise, but the speed is too slow, which will slow down the speed of the submarine.

So how to drive more water flow when the speed of the submarine propeller is slower has become the key to maintaining the speed of the submarine and still ensuring its stealth.

One of the previous schemes adopted by the Polar Bear was the direct use of the parallel twin propeller design.

In order for the propeller to carry more water in a limited diameter, the surface area of the blades must be large enough, so the blades of the submarine propeller will be designed with a large inclination.

In this case, the propeller is naturally very difficult to process.

If the accuracy of the machine tool is insufficient, the noise of the propeller will be relatively high.

In the early '80s, a company in Dongying sold a five-axis milling machine that could process submarine propellers to polar bears, which made their submarines much quieter and made America angry.

A group of people were also punished for this.

Since then, the polar bear has never had access to a sophisticated machine.

Now that Nanshan equipment has a new situation, they are actually looking forward to it.

"Our machining accuracy can reach 0.1 microns, and to a certain extent, we can achieve the effect of grinding with turning."

"Using it to produce blades for nuclear submarines, the final accuracy will definitely not be lower than that of the propeller blades of any submarine that is now in service with the United States."

As soon as Pan Jinxing said this, Prius's expression immediately changed.

The nuclear submarine is a weapon that the polar bear cares about the most, and how to improve its performance is a matter of great concern within the polar bear.

If their company can really buy a high-precision machine tool like this, it will be of great significance.

"How much does this kind of machine cost?"

Grabba finally asked a question that Pan Jinxing wanted to hear.

If a customer has not asked you about the price, then if you want to say how sincere he is in buying, it must be discounted.

It's time to visit all the places that should be visited, and naturally it's time to negotiate the price.

Of course, there is often not much room for negotiation when negotiating the price of this special equipment.

Because there are too few sellers in the market to choose from.

Even if the polar bear now spends 100 million dollars to buy a similar machine tool from Dongying or a German machine tool company, it will definitely not be able to buy it.

It's not about money at all.

Of course, Nanshan Equipment wants to open the market through the Polar Bear Import and Export Corporation, so it will not quote a sky-high price and directly do one-time business.

"President Grapba, how many 'CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tools' are you going to buy?"

"You know, it's a lot of trouble to produce such a large machine."

"The cost difference between producing one and several at one time is also relatively large."

Pan Jinxing naturally hopes to sell as many machine tools as possible.

It is impossible to have this kind of equipment every year.

At least on the Polar Bears' side, this time they bought the "CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tool", and it is estimated that they will not buy it again for several years.

Of course, other machines are different.

"What is the price if we buy one, and what is the price if we buy four?"

Grabba also knew that what Pan Jinxing said made sense, so he asked again.

"If you just buy one, then the price needs to go up to $30 million."

"If you buy 4 units at one time, then the total price of 100 million US dollars can allow you to have the world's most advanced 'CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tool'."

After Pan Jinxing finished speaking, he looked at Graba expectantly.

Although Nanshan equipment is also a big business, in fact, it is not short of orders for a few machine tools.

But this time the order represents a different meaning.

Once the door to the Polar Bear's machine tools is opened, future orders are worth looking forward to.

I don't know when a few big orders will come.

"Free maintenance within 10 years to ensure that our equipment can always work properly."

"If you can agree to this one clause, then we will buy four machines, and the price is not less than a dollar."

Graba did not choose to cut the price with Pan Jinxing there, but changed his perspective to negotiate a discount with him.

For the equipment industry, after-sales revenue is a relatively important income.

Similarly, for the factory, equipment maintenance is also a cost that must be paid attention to.

The machine tool that the polar bear cannot produce by itself will definitely have a high after-sales cost at that time.

In order to keep this risk to a minimum, Grappa requested a 10-year free after-sales repair.

"Whether the machine needs to be repaired is closely related to the processing situation, and we can only guarantee that there will be no problems under normal use."

"If we need to repair and maintain the damage caused by human causes for free, then we will be under great pressure at that time."

Pan Jinxing will definitely not agree to Graba's request so easily.

He is also counting on making another amount of money in the aftermarket in the future.

"If it's a case of man-made damage, we can pay for the cost of repair parts."

Grabba knew that the request just now was a bit harsh, and it was impossible for the other party to agree.

So he quickly took a step back.

"This is the first time we have worked together, and under normal circumstances, we would not have agreed to such terms."

"But this time, I'll make an exception and follow the conditions you said!"

Pan Jinxing didn't bother anymore.

Anyway, the technology is in the hands of Nanshan Equipment, and when they feel that there is a problem, they can have a good time.

At that time, it will definitely not be Nanshan equipment that will be in a hurry.

The two sides negotiated the price, and Polar Bear purchased a large order of 4 "CNC seven-axis five-linkage propeller processing heavy-duty turning and milling compound machine tools", which was determined.

On the same day, the two sides drafted a cooperation agreement, signed a formal purchase contract later, and then began to enter the stage of paying the first wave of payment.

4 machine tools were sold for a sky-high price of 100 million US dollars, which is definitely the envy of many people!

(End of chapter)