Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2203 Cut corners
In any city in China, if Duan Yun wants to invest a huge amount of money to build a heavy truck production base, I am afraid that it will not be approved within 3 to 5 years, because there are too many things involved, and the local government has invested a lot of resources. , so it takes a lot of time just to go through the internal discussion and procedures, and no leader dares to promise that the approval will be passed.

But in Shenyang, Duan Yun and Tianyin Group actually have some invisible privileges, because Duan Yun’s previous investment in Shenyang brought huge economic and social benefits, and when it came to the LN provincial government, Duan Yun and Tianyin The group is also very fond of it, so Duan Yun only needs to come up with a practical and relatively complete business plan, and the possibility of quick approval is still very high.

Compared with a few years ago, the Shenyang Economic Development Zone is now less rich in land and hydropower resources because more and more companies are staying in it.But for Duan Yun's business plan, Shenyang's first and second leaders almost quickly approved it.

"You need to wait a little longer. It may take up to half a year. Of course, we will complete all the procedures as soon as possible and give you a satisfactory answer then." After a while, Mayor Zhang Rongmao said to Duan Yun.

"No problem." Duan Yun nodded, and continued: "In fact, our group company has already started the development of a new type of heavy-duty truck. Now everything is ready, and we only owe Dongfeng. If the SY city government agrees to our plan, Then we will immediately start plant construction and equipment installation, and strive to achieve mass production of heavy-duty trucks within one to two years."

Duan Yun was very confident when he said this, because a few years ago, Duan Yun’s Tianyin Group participated in the research and development of China’s third-generation heavy-duty trucks. Although it did not win the bid due to special reasons, that At that time, Tianyin Group had successfully developed a new generation of domestic heavy-duty trucks and firmly grasped the key technologies. Now it only needs further improvements to put this brand new model into mass production.

If Duan Yu did not participate in the research and development project of military heavy trucks in the early stage, it would be unimaginable for Duan Yu to complete the research and development and production of domestic heavy trucks in one to two years.

"Very good." Zhang Rongmao nodded with satisfaction, and said to Duan Yun: "We will speed up the approval process as soon as possible, and strive to start construction before the end of the year. I hope that our heavy truck project will be successful and let Shenyang become the largest in the country. heavy truck production base."

"Okay, I will definitely live up to the expectations of the leaders on me and our Tianyin Group." Duan Yun said with a smile.

Afterwards, the three chatted while eating, and Duan Yun also discussed some details about the establishment of a heavy truck base with the two.

Speaking of this point, even if this matter has been settled, according to Mayor Zhang Rongmao, there is a great chance that construction will start by the end of this year, and it will take at least a year to build factories and install related equipment. If it goes well, it will not be mass-produced until 1998.

Although Duan Yun also hopes that the heavy truck base in Shenyang can be built overnight, this is definitely possible, and the automobile industry is an industry that requires technology and experience accumulation. Ask your own R&D department to redesign the model, and strive to achieve a perfect balance in terms of performance, cost and durability, and also consider the actual situation of domestic industrial and mining enterprises to improve some functional performance of the car.

Early the next morning, Duan Yun went to the Shenyang High-tech Economic Development Zone to inspect his own automobile research and development center.

Seeing Duan Yun's arrival, Chen Qiao, the supervisor of the automobile research and development center, was all smiles and greeted him immediately.

Just in March of this year, Chen Qiao received a very generous bonus. Because the Shenxing sedan was successfully developed and mass-produced, Duan Yun commended the Shenyang Automobile R&D Center within the group and gave all R&D The technicians of Shenxing Car received a large amount of cash rewards, with a total bonus of 3 million yuan, while Chen Qiao himself, as the director of Shenyang Automobile R&D Center, received the highest reward of 2000 million yuan. The first Shenxing sedan was given to Chen Qiao as a token of encouragement to him.

Almost overnight, Chen Qiao became a veritable millionaire. A few days before receiving the reward, he was so excited that he stayed up all night. After he calmed down, he felt more pressure on his body.

Duan Yun's reward this time has greatly encouraged the morale of the entire Shenyang Automobile R&D Center. The company has unprecedented unity from top to bottom, and overtime has become commonplace. All technicians work more than ten hours a day. The most important thing is to reduce the cost of the whole vehicle while improving the performance of the automobile product to the greatest extent.

Cost reduction in the automobile industry has always been a deep knowledge. Every component, every screw, and even every piece of iron can reduce the cost of the entire vehicle, but while reducing the cost, it is also necessary to improve the durability of the car. This is actually more difficult than developing a new car.

From the first Shenxing brand three-box sedan to the factory in March this year, to the end of last month, the entire model has undergone hundreds of technical improvements. After a lot of testing and research, the current Shenxing brand sedan and the previously produced Kang Yun The cost of the brand car has dropped by 3% and 11% respectively, and the fuel consumption has also been reduced by 13% to 3%. This result makes Duan Yun quite satisfied.

In fact, the main reason why Shenyang Auto R&D Center can achieve such good improvement results is to "cut corners and materials", reduce the size of some parts, or simply replace them with cheaper parts solutions. It sounds like some unscrupulous merchants way of doing.

But in fact, the technical content inside is very high, and it is not simply cutting corners. Almost every improvement of automobile technology, Shenyang Automobile R&D Center will conduct a large number of experiments. The first thing to ensure is the rigidity and safety of the vehicle. In this regard, Tianyin The group has always had a set of very strict standards. If the standards are not met, the improvement plan will fail.

In fact, the current national standards for automobile safety performance are still very low compared to developed countries. Although the standards have been raised later, overall, compared with the United States, Europe and Japan, the overall standards are still relatively low.

It is precisely because of this that there are many differences between the models produced by joint venture cars in China and foreign countries. In order to keep costs down, domestic joint venture cars are often very simplified. Under the circumstances, no car company is willing to spend more technology and cost, and strive to score 60 or 80 points in the test, and for ordinary consumers, it is difficult for them to feel the nuances brought about by the reduction of car configuration.

(End of this chapter)