Chapter 460 First ~ Long Hair Question 1
When I arrived at the production workshop of agricultural machinery, I saw the roar of the machines and the workers were working step by step. The chief designer was very satisfied. It's good that this company didn't engage in those vain welcome ceremonies.
"I heard that your company's current agricultural machinery represents the most advanced level in China? Has it even reached the international advanced level?"
"That's right. At present, we have indeed achieved this in tractors, seeding equipment, and land cultivation equipment, but in harvesters, rice transplanters, etc., there are still great shortcomings. We are trying to catch up with the pace of the world." Feng Yu cautiously replied.
The chief designer nodded in satisfaction. He didn't feel self-effacing or boastful. He was seeking truth from facts, which is very good.
The slogan hung by this company is also very interesting. Technology is the primary productive force. These are his original words. But the latter slogan "Be down-to-earth, don't try to gain fame; be fair and honest, don't be infamous behind you" is very fresh to him. It's a reminder to those cadres to work down-to-earth.
When Zhu Tiejian saw this slogan, he couldn't help but nodded, our cadres should be like this.
The chief designer stopped in his tracks: "Are these slogans fresh?"
Li Mingde replied loudly: "These are things that everyone in our company must keep in mind and firmly abide by. Model D members must take the lead!"
"Aren't you a private company now? There is also a branch D?" the chief designer asked curiously. He has learned that many private companies are unwilling to keep these departments, especially those Hong Kong-funded and foreign-funded companies.
"We are a joint venture. The company has many D employees, so we keep the D branch. In fact, the largest department in our company is the labor union. There is a clause in the labor union charter that if more than two-thirds of the workers think that I am unqualified, Then I will be dismissed by the shareholders meeting!" Li Mingde explained.
"The union can remove the general manager? This is something new. Who came up with this?"
"I think the general manager should be someone who can convince the public and lead the workers to a better life. This is also the successful experience of many foreign companies. Let's learn from it." If two-thirds of the workers really want to dismiss the general manager The manager, that means that the general manager really has no prestige and ability, so if he is dismissed, he will be dismissed. Anyway, he, the major shareholder, cannot be dismissed.
Standing beside the chief designer, Zhu Tiejia looked at Feng Yu with great interest. This young man, so young, has made such a big career. It is rare that he is still very thoughtful, and he is a formidable young man.
After inspecting this workshop, the chief designer went to the motorcycle branch with great interest.
Arriving here, the chief designer saw that brand-new motorcycles had been assembled one after another, and each one was being debugged by someone. At least two people had to work on each bike, and even carefully checked whether each screw was screwed properly. The workers work hard and carefully, and he is very satisfied.
"Your motorcycle production line was also imported from the former Soviet Union?"
"Yes, but after our improvement, it is more suitable for our people.
We have also exported a little to Russia, next year we plan to export motorcycles to Taiwan. "
The chief designer asked with interest: "Is our motorcycle better than that of Baodao?" The development of motorcycles in Baodao was much earlier than that in China.
"In terms of shock absorption, lights, appearance, etc., we are indeed better than Baodao, but in terms of fuel economy and light weight, we are still ahead of Baodao. We are also developing light motorcycles with small displacement." Feng Yu explained.
"Well, not bad." The chief designer nodded in satisfaction.
He didn't say what was good about it.
After inspecting the motorcycle branch factory, the chief designer went to the automobile branch factory again.
The provincial leaders and accompanying personnel all advised him that it was getting late, should he take a rest and see in the afternoon.
But the chief designer waved his hand firmly: "It's okay, I want to see what kind of car our Huaxia, the largest private car manufacturer, makes!"
The leaders of the province were also a little happy to see the chief designer's persistence. At the beginning, asking the city to give some policies, helping to run approval documents, and settle the car project, it seems that it was done right!
"Xiao Feng, get in our car and squeeze." The chief designer waved at Feng Yu.
Ga? Sit with the chief designer?
In the car, Feng Yu walked in the middle of the back row, with his hands between his legs, and his arms shrunk, for fear of squeezing the chief designer. Well, it seems that being squeezed into the provincial number 1 is not very good.
"Xiao Feng, some time ago, I read an article in the "People's Daily", which said that engaging in a joint venture car is to drink poison to quench thirst. What do you think of this?"
Sweat dripped off Feng Yu's head instantly.
How did I know that the person who wrote it would also write this sentence. The joint venture car was proposed by the chief designer as a solution to the backwardness of China's auto industry. But this method was rejected by that article, not to mention, even criticized!
The chief designer, isn't he trying to settle accounts with me after Qiuhou?
But it's not right, if it's really after the fall, why did you come to the machinery company to inspect? You must really want to hear what I have to say.
"Many of the points in that article were put forward by me. If it was a few years ago, joint ventures seemed to be the fastest way to improve the technology of our auto industry. Everyone would take this path, but it was because of helplessness. , In fact, joint ventures do more harm than good! Why is the selling price of a car so different from the cost? The most valuable thing in it is the technology. Our country has many industrial talents, but because our starting point is too low, the capital is too low. Nervousness makes it difficult for us to develop quickly. By adopting a joint venture, we can obtain technologies that we do not have as quickly as possible, but the cooperation time is too long. After a long time, our technology will still lag behind Western developed countries and Island nation."
"As far as I know, Toyota has set up two technology research and development centers in our country, but none of the research and development centers are core technologies. On the surface, it is technical assistance to us, but in fact, it is to take advantage of the low salary of our technicians. characteristics, to do some auxiliary research for them. Have you really cultivated some talents? Yes, but what about those talents? Resign and go to work in the island country to earn a high salary, right?"
"One of the biggest problems with joint ventures is the brand issue. Why do foreign manufacturers insist on using their brands for joint venture vehicles, even at the expense of part of their profits? It is because, after more than ten or twenty years, the brand will penetrate into the hearts of our people. We no longer continue to cooperate, and they have successfully entered our Chinese market. So we must retain our own brand and strive to grow bigger."
"Our machinery company paid a very high price to invite experts from the automotive industry from Russia and Germany, and at the same time cultivated the company's own technical personnel. Only in this way can we avoid being monopolized by developed countries, but only imported at high prices. Technologies that are about to be eliminated by others, because of our country, we have better technologies.”
"You mean, your technology is better than those introduced by FAW and SAIC?"
"In some aspects, it is indeed better, and in some aspects, it is almost the same, but in any point, we are no worse than those joint venture cars! Moreover, the relevant national support policies and those joint venture factories are much better than ours. Our Bingcheng Machinery The reason why the company wants to launch a car project is because it doesn’t want one day, all the foreign brands will run on the land of our country, while our own brands will disappear!”
The chief designer closed his eyes and leaned back on the seat. Recalling these words Feng Yu said in his mind, recalling the article he read.
It seems that the road of joint venture cannot go on forever. Those car companies that still want to make a joint venture should wake them up. Why is it that a private enterprise can make good cars, but they have so much money invested by the state, but they are always lagging behind in technology?
Is it the problem of the technicians, or the problem of those leaders? Although Feng Yu's consideration of the problem is not comprehensive enough, and it involves many aspects that Feng Yu doesn't understand, but some things Feng Yu said are very reasonable, such as the brand, it seems that he needs to study it carefully when he goes back. Huaxia's automobile industry, How to go in the future.
"Chief, the automobile branch has arrived." The staff in the front row turned around and said.
"Get out of the car and see how the Songjiang brand car looks!" (To be continued.