BMW's final assembly line is exactly the same as that used by Mitsubishi Motors, both manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Based on the good cooperation basis that Mitsubishi Corporation regards Yao Yuan as a strategic partner, Southern Industrial can relatively easily obtain some of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' technologies.
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Li Yaowen, who moved from General Motors to serve as general manager of BMW, reported on the recent situation. He said, "The production of three configurations of models has begun, among which the winch customized by Karamay Oilfield and the V33 model using off-road tires have also passed the qualification
test."
He reported briefly and concisely for about ten minutes, and then said, "Mr. Yao, our biggest problem right now is that we do not have automobile production qualifications. If we cannot enter the automobile production catalog, our cars can only be sold through internal channels."
Even though Yao Yuan has already earned billions of dollars in foreign exchange for the country, it is not easy to get BMW cars into the automobile production catalog.
The key is that Yao Yuan is not very willing to use his special relationship with national ministries and commissions to solve this problem.
He is an idealist. When considering problems, he always thinks, if it were other companies with no special relationship, how difficult would it be to apply according to the regular process?
It turns out that it's really difficult.
Many people say that Li Jili's ability to finally obtain a car birth certificate is a manifestation of the change in national policy and a victory for the people.
The real situation is rarely known.
Look at the later example of Geely swallowing up Volvo, look at who was in charge of the location of the Geely factory at that time, and look at the source of funds for Geely’s acquisition of Volvo.
Reality always makes ordinary people depressed, but it is also full of hope. Life is moving forward in such a contradiction.
Yao Yuan had no choice but to compromise. He took the mobile phone and walked aside to dial Xia Honghua's office number. He said straight to the point, "Lao Xia, this is Yao Yuan."
"Xiao Yao, what's going on?" Xia Honghua checked the number and was sure it was Yao Yuan himself, so he picked up a pen and prepared to record it.
If nothing happened, Yao Yuan would not take the initiative to call.
Yao Yuan said, "It has been more than half a year since I submitted the application for BMW to enter the automobile production catalog. Please do me a favor and hurry up."
"That's it?" Xia Honghua smiled and put down his pen.
Yao Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "To you it's a matter of words, but to me it's a big deal. Thousands of employees at BMW have worked hard for more than half a year. Now everything is ready and all we need is the east wind.
If the birth certificate cannot be issued, our cars will not be available for sale, and food and drink for thousands of people will be a problem."
"Chairman Yao, please don't cry poverty to me. Lao Zheng from the Administration of Foreign Exchange joked yesterday that they are almost working for you, and most of the total foreign exchange reserves belong to your Southern Industrial Group." Xia Honghua said with a smile.
The first-tier companies that have not yet been merged or reorganized include Hua Xia United Bank, Shenzhen Development Bank and Yuanda Investment. These companies belong to the financial sector and have not yet reached the stage of merger and reorganization to form group companies.
Xia Honghua knows the situation of United Bank best. It is not making billions of dollars every day, but making tons of gold every day. The profits in the Moscow area alone are as high as more than 20 million US dollars every month, which is simply crazy. Therefore, Yao Yuan is the least likely person.
You should cry for poverty.
He smiled and said, "You still have a car factory? Why have you never said that? The state strongly supports the development of the automobile industry. The five-year plan clearly states that by the end of this century, an annual production of 1.5 million cars will be achieved."
"By 2000, the annual automobile output will easily exceed 2 million units. Lao Xia, your overall plan is too conservative." Yao Yuan said with a smile, "I am planning to build a passenger car production base with an annual output of 500,000 units. Don't you think so?
Give me the birth certificate and I won’t be able to move forward with a series of plans later.”
Xia Honghua stood up suddenly, "Wait a minute, what did you say? How much is the annual output?"
The automobile industry is one of the industries with the highest economic added value, and it is one of the industrial categories closely related to people's livelihood. It is also an important category to measure the industrial level of a country. Finally, for China, which has a population of 1 billion, the automobile market
It is an extremely huge market.
By 2020, China Automobile's annual production and sales will reach 25 million vehicles, and its car ownership will reach 280 million, basically the same as the United States.
Counting from the beginning of the automobile industry's development in 1993, it only lasted 27 years.
"The design production capacity is 500,000 units, which only refers to passenger cars. We also plan to build two production bases with an annual output of 100,000 heavy-duty trucks." Yao Yuan said.
Xia Honghua was stunned. He suddenly came to his senses and said, "Xiao Yao, are you in Nangang?"
"Yes." Yao Yuan said.
Xia Honghua said decisively, "I will coordinate the production catalog. In a few days, I will go to Nangang. It has been a while since I returned to China. Let's have a good chat."
"I may not have time recently, there are a lot of things going on in my hometown." Yao Yuan said with a smile.
Xia Honghua was not willing to let Yao Yuan go, and immediately said, "It's okay, you're busy with your business, I'll come over to you, just for a casual chat, that's it, I'll hang up now, and we'll talk again after we meet in two days!"
After hanging up the phone, Xia Honghua picked up his notebook and went out to report the situation to the deputy director.
After listening to the report, Deputy Director Zhu asked seriously, "He is talking about a production base with an annual output of 500,000 cars and 200,000 trucks?"
Xia Honghua said, "One production base with an annual output of 500,000 passenger cars and two production bases with an annual output of 100,000 heavy-duty trucks."
"Is there any difference?" Deputy Director Zhu took off his glasses and asked.
Xia Honghua nodded affirmatively, "Yes. Passenger cars refer to cars, minibuses and light buses with no more than 9 seats. In terms of subdivided types, they include basic passenger cars, that is, sedans and multi-purpose vehicles. The English abbreviation is
MPV, sports utility vehicle, abbreviated as SUV in English, as well as special passenger cars and crossover passenger cars. Heavy-duty trucks generally refer to trucks, including commercial trucks and engineering trucks."
Deputy Director Zhu was very surprised and said, "Did you check the information specifically?"
"Yes, Director, Yao Yuan is a student at Xihai University of Technology. He is a proud disciple of Academician Mo Sen. There must be a reason why he specifically emphasizes the general term "passenger car production base" instead of "automobile production base"." Xia Honghua
explained.
Deputy Director Zhu was even more surprised, "I didn't expect that after our young entrepreneur is also a famous teacher, Academician Mo is an authority in the field of industrial machinery. No wonder he would regard the development of industrial machinery as the core of his company's business."
"Yes, when we were chatting in Moscow, Yao Yuan mentioned that he had set up a science and technology research institute, and the stepping stone was a technical consultant." Xia Honghua said with a smile, "Yao Yuan said that he would hire and train 1,000 mathematicians.
, 3,000 physicists, 10,000 researchers, 300 million engineers, saying yes, saying that this is the 1313 plan of the Chunfeng Group to build the Chunfeng Academy of Sciences into the largest corporate research institution in the world."
Deputy Director Zhu couldn't help but laugh, "Young man is very idealistic."
No one believed Yao Yuan's arrogant words.
Xia Honghua got to the point and said, "Director, the annual output value of a car production base with an annual output of 500,000 vehicles can reach 50 billion. This is the most conservative estimate. Two 100,000 truck production bases, each of which can produce 500,000 trucks each year, can
Bringing an annual output value of more than 5 billion."
After swallowing his saliva, Xia Honghua said in a deep voice, "After the three automobile production bases are completed, when the maximum production capacity is reached, my country's annual automobile output will exceed 1.5 million vehicles..."
Deputy Director Zhu realized the great significance. He said, "The Shenlong Automobile joint venture with France in May is designed to have an annual output of 500,000 vehicles. It is the largest automobile factory in China. Adding in the 700,000 vehicles of Nanfang Industrial, this is 1.2 million vehicles.
Well... when will the Yao Yuan plan be completed?"
Xia Honghua quickly said, "Southern Industrial does not even have the qualification to produce automobiles. Its subsidiary BMW can only sell their assembled Pajero off-road vehicles in the name of construction machinery."
"Production qualification is not a problem." Deputy Director Zhu shook his head and said.
With an annual output of 700,000 vehicles, ten production qualifications are not a problem.
Xia Honghua said cautiously, "It's not convenient to discuss this in detail on the phone. I plan to go to Nangang as soon as possible to meet with him to discuss this matter."
"When he was in Moscow, he didn't reveal anything at all?" Deputy Director Zhu asked.
Xia Honghua said with a wry smile, "At that time, everyone was focused on the bank. He had mentioned the car factory. He also acquired a lot of Russian car technology and bought several car factories. When the equipment was shipped back to China,
I also helped coordinate and contact the customs department. At the time, I really didn’t expect that he would have such a big hand. I have learned about BMW’s situation. The scale is very small, and the current annual output is 50,000 vehicles.”
Nodding slowly, Deputy Director Zhu said, "Go to Nangang to find out this situation."
"About the location selection of the production base..." Xia Honghua asked for instructions.
Undoubtedly, wherever the automobile production base is located, it can greatly stimulate the economic development of that area, and it can transform a prefecture-level city from an industrially backward area to an industrially developed area in a short period of time.
Deputy Director Zhu waved his hand and said, "We fully respect the opinions of the enterprise. We can guide and provide reference opinions, but we cannot make decisions for the enterprise, let alone interfere with the development of the enterprise with administrative orders."
With these words, Xia Honghua felt confident. He understood Yao Yuan's character and had to follow him, otherwise he would be able to do anything.
"Don't go empty-handed." Deputy Director Zhu smiled.
Xia Honghua smiled and said, "I understand, don't worry, director, I will go and handle the production qualifications of Southern Industrial right now."
The Planning Commission came forward, and the process was like clockwork. The relevant departments immediately held a special meeting for approval. Before getting off work in the afternoon, Southern Industrial had already entered the automobile production catalog, and the submitted models were also approved. That night, Xia Honghua added
The next day, I took a flight to Guangdong City with gifts and relevant information, and then transferred to a car arranged by the provincial government to go straight to Nangang.