"Austin, last year, the company's global sales were 9.61 million, lagging behind Toyota and Volkswagen, what do you think?"

In the United States, the Christmas and New Year's holidays are generally held consecutively.

So by the time everyone started coming back to work, the global car sales were basically coming out.

General Motors, which has always wanted to regain its position as the world's No. 1 company, is obviously going to be disappointed this time.

Toyota, which ranked first, sold 9.81 million vehicles worldwide, Volkswagen, which ranked second, sold 9.73 million, but General Motors sold only 9.61 million.

The gap between the three is not very big, but the first is the first, and the third is the third.

Because of the difference of 200,000, General Motors lost the world's No. 1 position, and Exxon, as president, must be in a bad mood.

As the general manager of Magic Universal, Austin must be under the most pressure.

Because Modu GM was the sales champion in the Huaxia automobile market in previous years, but in 2013, because the sales in the last quarter were almost cleared, the overall sales plummeted by 35%.

It can be said that many people within General Motors regret that they were involved in the suppression of Nanshan Automobile Group.

But this number one is very important for Exxon.

After all, GM lost its position in the world this year, and the main reason is that the market in China has fallen by hundreds of thousands.

Even if the plummeting sales of the magic capital have nothing to do with his personal efforts, it is useless.

But in the end, he lost the number one position in the world.

Of course, the plan he proposed was not without reason.

"Ford has only 6.15 million and Fiat Chrysler has only 4.35 million, which are sixth and seventh respectively."

"In last year's sales, there are more than 700,000 contributed by Modu GM, and how much sales will be in this part this year, it is not worth looking forward to at all."

Sometimes, people just look at the results, regardless of your process.

At least statistically, it seems logical.

Austin is definitely going to answer Exxon's question now in terms of something that is good for the future of GM.

The loss of the Chinese market will obviously have a much greater impact on GM than everyone thinks.

Edward helped Austin on the side, and the two of them were old acquaintances, figures from the same faction within General Motors.

"Even if a few of us carve up this market, we can eventually make our global sales rise instead of falling."

Obviously, his interests in Huaxia are much greater than those of Nanshan Automobile Group in the United States.

"On the American side, the continued suppression of Dongying car companies and Korean car companies is the content of our consensus with Ford Motor and Chrysler and other car companies."

"I don't think Toyota's position as the world's number one motor is definitely precarious."

When Exxon said this, everyone fell silent.

Although this sales volume can still enter the TOP10, it has nothing to do with the TOP3 position.

"And then Honda also has 4.1 million sales."

This is a situation that exists all over the world.

"From this ranking, it can be seen that Dongying car companies and Korean car companies occupy half of the share in the top 8."

Otherwise, GM could not only surpass Volkswagen, but also Toyota as the global car sales champion in 2013.

"As long as the sales of Dongying car companies and Korean car companies in the American market are cut by half, it will be a market space of two or three million vehicles."

Although it is only a few hundred thousand cars short, in fact, in the face of nearly 10 million sales, it can be said to be insignificant.

Don't think that there are no factions within European and American companies, they are a group of harmony.

Just ignoring this problem, intentionally or unintentionally, does not mean that this problem does not exist.

Otherwise, he would be greeted by a storm of criticism.

How is that possible?

No matter which big company it is, there must be different mountains.

Even if General Motors seized a part of the market share of Dongying and Korea car companies in the United States, the situation did not become so ugly.

"Toyota has received some pressure from us in the American market, and Nanshan Automobile Group will definitely increase its efforts to suppress Dongying car companies in Huaxia."

"Hyundai-Kia sold 7.4 million units, making it the fifth largest car company in the world."

"It can be said that this situation is not brought by Nanshan Automobile Group, but by Dongying car companies and Gaoli car companies."

Austin must have done his best to transfer the contradiction at this time, otherwise he would have become a sinner within GM.

"And our old rivals, Ford Motor and Chrysler, are declining in sales."

"You only saw the unfavorable situation of Toyota this year, and did not take into account ourselves?"

"The market on both sides is under pressure, and Toyota will definitely not have such a good time this year."

"At that time, not to mention that our sales will increase, it is a question whether we can maintain a scale of more than 9 million units."

Why didn't you think that Nanshan Automobile Group's counterattack would be so fierce?

"Last year, Renault Nissan sold 8.2 million vehicles, ranking fourth in the world."

As the world's largest automobile market, the Huaxia market is too important.

"What Austin said also makes sense, Toyota has more than one million sales in China, and if this part of the sales is cut in half, it will be very difficult for them to sit in the first place in the world."

So after hearing this, Exxon and the others really thought about it seriously.

Suppressing Dongying car companies and Goryeo car companies, they are already doing this.

Although it has also achieved certain results, the various products of Dongying and Korea still have a lot of consumer support in the United States.

The fuel consumption is lower than that of GM Ford's similar products, and the price is also lower.

The key is that the failure rate is also lower.

For the American market, where labor costs are high and maintenance costs are high, this impact is still relatively large.

Therefore, it is not so easy for local car companies such as General Motors to make the sales of Dongying car companies and Korea car companies decline significantly.

"I'll communicate with Ford and Chrysler later to see if we can further strengthen some of the policies that were promoted some time ago."

"You can continue to do what you have done before, and you can think about other options."

"The auto industry is very important to the United States, and we can't be ruined by Dongying car companies and Korea car companies."

Exxon didn't have a better way, so it was necessary to agree with Austin's suggestion to find a soft persimmon and pinch it at this time.

As for whether this approach is fair to car companies such as Toyota and Hyundai, no one cares at all.

While the U.S. auto industry was struggling with last year's market performance, Samsung was also holding a meeting for the 2013 market performance.

However, the atmosphere is a bit oppressive.

"Last year, we sold only 390 million mobile phones worldwide, which is a significant decline from the year before."

"Among them, the sales of smartphones are about to be surpassed by Honor mobile phones."

"If it is compared to the overall turnover, it is not much more than the Honor mobile phone."

"Among them, the performance of the Huaxia branch is the worst, almost in a state of total collapse."

When Li Zairong said this, he looked at Li Zailin specifically.

Although he knew that the market performance of the Huaxia branch was very poor, he could not simply blame Li Zailin alone.

Samsung's flagship smartphone exploded and caught fire last year, and it was caught by others, so it collapsed quickly in the Chinese market.

But Samsung's sales in other parts of the world last year generally rose.

On the Huaxia side, it is a cliff-like fall, which is simply miserable.

Now Samsung mobile phones can't even enter the top three in Huaxia.

This situation would have been unimaginable a few years ago.

Samsung mobile phone, the leading enterprise in the global mobile phone industry, actually fell out of the top three in Huaxia.

It's incredible.

No wonder Li Zairong is angry now.

"President, Huaxia is not very friendly to all Korean companies now."

"The entertainment industry is completely banning our stars, and there is a lot of news on the Internet that is not good for us."

"It's not just our Samsung that is facing this dilemma, it's Hyundai Kia Motors, the situation is actually similar."

"Globally, Hyundai-Kia Motors is doing very well, reaching the fifth place in global sales last year."

"But in the Chinese market, the sales of Imperial Capital Hyundai have fallen to more than 300,000 units, and there is no momentum at all."

"The situation on Kia's side is even worse, and even 300,000 can't be saved."

"In terms of this situation, in the next few years, it may be the best year."

"So I think if this situation wants to change, it needs to be solved from a higher-level perspective, otherwise it will be difficult for a single company to deal with it."

Lee Jae-rim definitely can't take the responsibility on himself.

This pot is so big, he can't carry it.

Besides, he felt that the reasons he analyzed were also very reasonable.

I am telling the truth, not just making excuses there.

Even further, he feels that the rapid development of all walks of life in China is impacting Korean enterprises.

Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Steel, Shipbuilding......

Originally, these were the dominant industries of Goryeo, but now Huaxia is also making every effort to develop these industries.

The most troublesome thing is that the development speed of Huaxia is very fast, and the products of the same type are no worse than those of Goryeo.

In such a situation, it is naturally more troublesome.

"This year, the Qing/Wa/Taiwan side should visit the imperial capital, and when the time comes, you can invite the heads of several major large enterprises to follow along to see if you can improve the situation."

Regarding Lee Jae-lim's view, it is not that there is no one within Samsung Electronics who supports it.

The vice president in charge of Huaxia business wanted to say a few words for Li Zailin.

However, Li Zairong's mood did not improve at all, and said: "What is the virtue of Chinese consumers, don't you still know?" ”

"As long as the publicity is good, as long as the product is good, there is no need to worry that no one will buy it."

"Now our mobile phones and other products are not selling well in China, and a large part of the reason is that the competitiveness is not good."

"If the situation in this area does not change, Honor Technology and Huawei will surpass us in the future."

I have to say that as the future heir of Samsung, Li Zairong is somewhat discerning.

He is still relatively clear about the impact that the rise of Chinese competitors such as Honor Technology will have on Samsung.

The rise of Apple in the United States has made Samsung feel huge pressure, and companies such as Honor Technology and Huawei are developing rapidly.

These are all things that will suppress Samsung's living space in the world, and it is obviously a situation that Li Zairong does not want to see.

"What the president said makes sense, our competitiveness really needs to be improved."

"For example, in the field of semiconductors, Nanshan Semiconductor's 14-nanometer process chip factories have been put into production, and we are still debugging equipment."

"When the time comes, if Nanshan Semiconductor begins to make efforts in chips, memory and other aspects, not only the Chinese market will be lost, but the global market will also be greatly affected."

As soon as Lee Jae-lin said this, the atmosphere at the scene became even more depressing.

Compared with Samsung's consumer electronics business, the importance of the semiconductor business is actually a few points higher.

It can be said that Samsung Group gambled on the prospects of future development to promote the development of the semiconductor industry.

Now it is hard to start to make achievements, but it is facing competition from such a newly rising company as Nanshan Semiconductor.

It can be said that the emergence of Nanshan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment has completely changed the pattern of the global semiconductor industry.

And with the investment of more and more chip factories in Huaxia, the impact on the global semiconductor industry will be greater and greater in the future.

However, if this situation wants to break the situation, it is not so easy.

Samsung held a one-day meeting internally, and it didn't end too well.

……

Just when all parties were making a summary of 2013, the 2013 National Science and Technology Award Conference was also held in the imperial capital.

It is no surprise that the enterprises of the Nanshan system have won a lot of awards at this conference.

Kunpeng heavy-duty transport helicopter, NS8155 chip, next-generation lithography machine......

Although the results are not as bright as last year, it is very rare to be able to maintain the same level.

After the meeting, Cao Yang met with Zhao Tianling of AVIC in the imperial capital.

"Mr. Cao, congratulations on once again becoming the company with the largest number of awards."

Zhao Tianling is now a little accustomed to the cattle break of the Nanshan enterprises.

In this regard, AVIC really can't compare.

But for AVIC, it's not a bad thing.

At least many of their subordinate factories want to buy high-precision equipment, which may not be able to be purchased at a high price through various tortuous means in the past.

Now the Nanshan equipment can be produced there.

Many of the equipment that used to be restricted from Huaxia can now be bought at a fair price as long as you are willing to pay money.

Those international equipment giants, after Nanshan Equipment broke through the relevant technology, their attitude can be described as a 180-degree change.

Now there is very little equipment that is not sold to Huaxia enterprises.

These changes are naturally collateral effects of the rise of Nanshan equipment.

"I heard that AVIC has a lot of key projects that are being promoted, and they will definitely be big winners in the future."

Cao Yang and Zhao Tianling are not particularly familiar, so it is inevitable to praise each other first.

Fortunately, everyone is busy, and after a little greeting, they are on the right track.

"I heard that your stealth drone will be tested in a few days, and it is ready to be displayed at the Lion City Air Show in February."

Zhao Tianling, as the person in charge of AVIC, must have talked to Cao Yang about something related to the aviation business.

If he still thought that Daystar Technology was mainly doing better in the aerospace industry, then after their Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter was put into production and several new aviation projects were launched, Zhao Tianling's views began to change dramatically.

Especially during this time, he knew that Daystar Technology had developed a real large stealth unmanned bomber.

This is a project that AVIC has just prepared to set up and has not yet officially started researching.

As a result, Daystar directly began to fly test.

According to his understanding of Daystar Technology, after this test flight, this product can begin to enter mass production and equip relevant departments within this year.

For this situation, Zhao Tianling must have some ideas.

"That's right, if Mr. Zhao has time, he can come and watch the test flight activities together."

Before he didn't know what Zhao Tianling really thought, Cao Yang didn't say much.

Sometimes, it's too much to say wrong.

There's nothing wrong with being cautious.

"The role of large stealth unmanned bombers is very large, but for Huaxia, large bombers similar to B-2 actually have a very strong demand."

"I heard that this unmanned bomber of yours uses a similar layout to the B-2, and the stealth material is similar to the previous twin-tailed scorpion drone."

"Is Daystar interested in working with AVIC to develop our own B-2 bomber?"

Zhao Tianling didn't go around in circles, and directly said his purpose.

Large bombers, for ordinary countries, may not be very useful.

But for the United States, the polar bear, and the Chinese people, the meaning is different.

Until now, Huaxia really lacks such an aircraft.

Daystar Technology can produce stealth unmanned bombers similar to the B-2 shape, which shows that they have a relatively deep research on this type of layout.

Coupled with the rapid development of Daystar Technology in flight control, stealth materials and aero engine technology, it is normal for AVIC to be willing to invite them to enter this project together.

"Development of a bomber similar to the B-2?"

Cao Yang asked in surprise.

He really didn't expect AVIC to invite Daystar Technology to participate in such an important project.

Don't look at the fact that the B-2 was developed by the United States in the seventies of the last century, and many decades have passed.

But this is a stealth bomber that can perform both conventional strike missions and strategic nuclear strike missions.

In order to develop this product, Boeing and Northrop Grumman joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and it took more than a decade to develop it.

The B-2 stealth bomber is 21 meters long, has a wingspan of 52.4 meters, a height of 5.18 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of about 170 tons.

It is powered by four GE F118-110 non-afterburner turbofan engines with a maximum flight speed of Mach 0.95.

The most unique feature of the B-2 stealth bomber is its stealth design, which is also its core combat effectiveness.

The so-called stealth performance, that is, the low detectable ability of the radar.

In order to minimize the reflective area of the radar, the B-2 uses the only flying wing mechanism among the world's bombers.

The so-called flying wing structure is to cancel the vertical tail and rudder, and the whole is similar to a W-shaped dart, which can greatly reduce the probability of radar detection and enhance the ability to maneuver.

As a result, the B-2 looks like an alien spaceship.

In order to minimize the radar reflection area, the B-2 integrated the engine into the fuselage, leaving only two small air intakes at the back of the wings, and the tail of the engine was also stealth, and the engine outlet was wrapped in the fuselage, which greatly reduced the infrared reflection.

Due to various measures to reduce radar reflection, the radar reflection area of the B-2 stealth bomber is only 0.33 square meters.

It is important to know that the lower the radar reflection area, the stronger the penetration ability of the fighter, and the radar reflection area of 0.33 square is about the same size as the Sparrow, so that the B-2 can effectively break through the local air defense fire network of most countries.

In order to match such excellent stealth and penetration capabilities, the B-2 stealth bomber has a maximum range of 11,000 kilometers, and the range can be extended to 18,000 kilometers after takeoff, which can strike any target in the world.

At the beginning, Cao Yang took a fancy to the appearance of the B-2, which was to consider improving the stealth performance to an unprecedented extent.

The stealth paint used by Daystar Technology on the twin-tailed scorpion drone is itself more advanced than the same type of stealth material in the United States.

It's just that because of the shape of the twin-tailed scorpion, in front of the millimeter-wave radar, the stealth effect is not particularly good.

But after switching to the shape of the B-2, combined with a special stealth paint, the situation is completely different.

To put it mildly, when the stealth unmanned bomber of Daystar Technology is dispatched, it will be difficult for the radar of the United States around China to detect it.

"Yes, if it is just by AVIC's own efforts, because we do not have a lot of technology accumulation in this area in the early stage, it is estimated that it will take five or six years, or even seven or eight years, to complete the research and development of this aircraft."

"But if we can develop it together, then it is entirely possible to complete the first flight in the next three to five years."

This is certainly not the time to put on a show.

If you can't admit it, otherwise Daystar Technology will definitely not be willing to cooperate with AVIC on such a difficult project.

The B-2, such a basic bomber, will certainly not be produced in large quantities.

The United States produced a total of more than 20 planes and then did not produce any more, and the Huaxia side survived and produced the same twenty or thirty planes.

After all, the number of various aircraft to be produced by Huaxia is so varied that it is impossible to invest all its resources in strategic bombers.

This kind of thing, more of a deterrent, a certain amount is fine.

The small number of aircraft produced means that the production cost of such aircraft will be high.

However, the purchase price of the relevant departments cannot be unlimitedly high, and the price is within 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

In this way, the project is not necessarily a very good project from a business point of view.

In particular, Daystar Technology already has drones similar to those of the B-2.

It can be said that Zhao Tianling is asking Daystar Technology for help this time.

"The level of confidentiality of this kind of project is very high, is it appropriate for us to participate in Qixing Technology as a private enterprise?"

Cao Yang didn't completely refuse.

He will definitely support the enhancement of Huaxia's national defense strength.

Otherwise, Daystar Technology would not have made so many military projects.

But you can toss how much you develop it yourself, and with AVIC, the situation is different.

Cao Yang is also worried that when the time comes, it will be very uncomfortable to do bad things with good intentions, so it will not be worth it.

"Daystar Technology's status in China is very special, and Mr. Cao, you must be aware of it."

"I will only bring this proposal to you after discussing it within the company, so you don't need to worry about confidentiality at all."

Zhao Tianling said so, and Cao Yang naturally didn't want to dwell on this aspect anymore.

Anyway, with AVIC participating, this project should not be a loss on the side of Daystar Technology in the end.

As for whether you can make a lot of money, it is secondary.

So what's the point of struggling?

Of course, I agreed.

This thing is a treasure of the town!

(End of chapter)