That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1083 What? Are you going to ignore the overall situation?
"I'm afraid this is not appropriate. Our Sea Lion is a complete set of imported Japanese technology, and all parts are required to meet international standards.

Moreover, we have already started the research of domestic production with the help of Japanese experts. If we were to conduct cooperative research with other units now, we would not have enough researchers and it would cause duplication and waste.

Director Hua of the Fengtian Automobile Factory finally expressed his opinion tactfully and did not intend to accept the "good intentions" of several automobile parts factories.

His reasons were quite convincing. We have already started our own domestic imitation research, so why do we still need your help?
Most car factories these days want to be "big and complete", and try to produce all the parts they need, such as engines, gearboxes, rear axles, etc., by themselves. The first is to keep the profits from the parts in their hands, and the second is to avoid being strangled by others.

When large and comprehensive "big factories" look down on small factories, they usually say "They don't have anything of their own", which completely labels the other party as a "small workshop".

Neither the Fengtian Automobile Factory nor the Light Automobile Company has the ability to be "big and comprehensive", but that does not prevent them from having the dream of becoming a "big factory".

However, since Changbei and Laidong were here today, they were naturally prepared. Not only did they communicate through the controlling shareholder China New Company, they also demonstrated their "strength".

The people from Kechuang Electric Appliances took out several electrical appliances including generators and starters, and then showed them a few pages of information.

"Director Hua, please don't misunderstand me. We don't need to occupy your researchers, nor will we delay your localization process.

We just found that our products are just suitable for your Hiace brand cars, so we hope to cooperate with you. After your own parts are mass-produced, we can withdraw! "

"It's the same for us. Here are our product samples and information. Director Hua can take them back and experiment with them. If there are any areas where the adaptation is not ideal, please give us some suggestions."

"Our car window glass can also meet the imported standards, but the price is only one-third of theirs."

"The car seats we produce are only one-third of the price of imported ones, but our products are better than theirs."

Director Hua and several of his colleagues watched helplessly as several supply chain manufacturers in the first branch factory came up with products suitable for Hiace cars. Some of them might still need some adaptation and improvement, while others were exactly the same as the original car parts.

After Director Hua received the quotation sheets from several companies, he was so shocked that his back went cold.

It’s not because the quote is too low, but because the quote is “too accurate”.

Those manufacturers said that only one-third of the parts are imported, and it really is one-third. So how do they know the specific price of the imported parts of Fengtian Automobile Factory?
Director Hua looked at the two representatives from Changbei and Laidong with a somewhat unfriendly look.

These two units are currently supplying Jinbei 130. Using their connections, they stole their own units' purchasing secrets?

However, no matter how angry Director Hua was, he couldn't just act out. If there wasn't a traitor in his family, how could the two suppliers get the price?

Another deputy factory manager Wang from Fengtian was even more surprised after checking a few samples: "When did you start copying our products?"

"We are imitating the original overseas parts of the Japanese Hiace and are preparing to export them to earn foreign exchange. Don't worry, the quality is absolutely up to standard. If it is not up to standard, we will definitely not supply you with the goods."

Deputy Director Wang: “.”

I don't believe you! We introduced their production line, and when we want to copy the accessories, it's not allowed. With the stingy style of the Japanese, will they allow you to copy without paying the patent fee?

A copycat is a copycat, just say it directly, we don’t mind you being embarrassed.

In the 130s and s, there was no concept of intellectual property rights in the mainland from top to bottom. Many companies and institutions believed that it was an honor to be able to imitate imported products. As a result, many manufacturers used the chassis to produce various "Toyota" and "Sea Lion" products.

However, the technology of hammering sheet metal is too backward, and one can tell which is the "Li Kui" and which is the "Li Gui" from a hundred meters away.

The overall backwardness of the industry made it very difficult for the mainland's domestically produced cars to get off the ground. It was impossible to produce Porsche and Porsche Mitsubishi that were indistinguishable from the real thing decades later.

When Deputy Director Ning of the department saw that Director Hua was silent, he said in a deep voice: "We gathered together today to solve the problem. The contradiction now is the price.

Fengtian's opinion is to raise the sales price uniformly to ensure the production profit of the enterprise, but a car costs nearly 300,000 yuan.
At present, the annual profit of many collective small factories in my country is less than 300,000 yuan, so should we consider whether the price should be raised or lowered? Can we ensure production profits and benefit the people at the same time?

The country has repeatedly stressed the need to exchange market for technology, to increase the domestic production rate of imported products as soon as possible, and to develop our own automobile industry. We should all pay attention to this, have a big picture view, and not always think about our own small accounts.

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Niu Hongzhang was a little confused, because he was very familiar with what Deputy Director Ning said. He had often used them to reprimand Li Ye and some backward elements with low awareness.

But now that it falls into my ears, why does it feel so awkward?

A miser despises others for being "stingy" all day long, but he will not allow others to say that he is stingy, otherwise he will suffer a great loss.

If we follow Deputy Director Ning's opinion today, wouldn't that let Li Ye's "relatives" take advantage? This was hard for Niu Hongzhang to accept.

Director Hua felt even worse than Niu Hongzhang.

Deputy Director Ning would not directly order them to purchase products from these parts suppliers, but he obviously did not support their original opinion. By forcing a branch factory to raise prices, he made his own Sea Lion cars sell well at high prices.

Director Hua thought for a moment and had to say: "We need to report to the factory first, and also check the specifications and quality of these products. After all, we lack mutual understanding and trust."

"Okay, then I'll take a half-hour break and you can discuss it among yourselves first."

Deputy Director Ning adjourned the meeting and asked Director Hua to find a phone to communicate with Fengtian. His task today was to smooth things over, but smoothing things over was also difficult because it involved their own interests and no one was willing to give in. There were even fights on the scene.
But today, as long as he has the cooperation of these parts manufacturers, Deputy Director Ning can fully grasp the initiative and favor whoever he wants.

You said you have no profit? Then I help you reduce costs, but you say you don't want to?
Increasing the domestic production rate is the overall situation. What? Do you want to ignore the overall situation?
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Director Hua and Director Wang first went next door to call Fengtian, and then started to discuss the matter on their own.

Director Wang said: "I don't know about other things, but Changbei's gearbox is relatively reliable. If this new gearbox can reach the level they said, it can really replace our imported Japanese gearbox."

Director Hua said in a deep voice: "This is impossible. We have an import contract with the Japanese. If we purchase their engines, we must buy their gearboxes."

Director Wang was also scratching his head: "Why don't we do the same as Jingcheng and adopt two configuration schemes, one with all imported parts and one with as much localization as possible?"

"Then what? Will you also reduce the price by 70,000 or 80,000 like them?"

Director Hua threw away his cigarette butt in annoyance and whispered, "Lao Wang, you spend all day thinking about technology and production, and you don't care about management at all. How can you know how difficult it is to make a little money?
We can't make much money from selling a car now, so we have to rely on localization to make back the loss.

If we lower the price of the whole vehicle now, what will happen when our localization rate increases? Can we still sell at a high price? Will our profits be lost in vain? "

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Factory Director Wang was stunned.

It turned out that Director Hua’s plan was that even if the production cost dropped in the future, he would not lower the selling price, nor would he allow ordinary people to buy cheap cars.

This is different from what they said in their reports.

It turns out that localization is an achievement of work and must be gradually conquered, but what does the needs of the people have to do with me?

"That"

Director Wang opened his mouth and said helplessly: "What should we do now? If we don't purchase domestic parts and don't follow their price reduction, we won't be able to sell the new car at all!"

Director Hua lit up another cigarette and made a decision halfway through smoking it.

"Let's make a concession and reduce the price by 20,000 yuan, but their Jingcheng brand will also increase the price by 20,000 yuan, and then purchase their domestic parts, but you have to find faults with them, find all kinds of faults, and then pressure them to pay the money.
Since they have sent the girl to our door, we should marry her and treat her like a donkey."

After deciding on the strategy, Director Hua then had friendly yet intense consultations with Lu Zhizhang.

"Raise the price by 20,000? We have been selling for almost two months. Are you raising the price now? Will the people curse us to death? We can't do such a thing."

"Then you are engaging in unfair competition. Is it interesting to lose money and gain publicity?"

"How are we not competing fairly? We are all state-owned enterprises. What's yours and mine? They are all state-owned. Giving profits to domestic consumers is also a way to keep the money within the family. And we have never made a loss. We benefit the country and the people, and no one has been wronged."

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Seeing Lu Zhizhang not giving in at all, Director Hua felt so angry that his teeth were itching.

Lu Zhizhang had been arguing with him for several days. Today, he had already given in and saved face for both sides, but Lu Zhizhang still got angry.

Moreover, Niu Hongzhang, who had agreed to cooperate with the outside forces, remained silent today, which made Director Hua even more angry.

[Do you want to sit back and relax like the Director General? ]

Deputy Director Ning acted as a peacemaker and looked very relaxed and smiling today. Niu Hongzhang looked similar to him and indeed seemed a bit mysterious and profound.

But Director Hua had no idea that Niu Hongzhang was even more confused than him at this moment!
Li Ye, who has always been outspoken, was unusually quiet today. He watched Lu Zhizhang and Director Hua arguing heatedly, but he didn't say a word from beginning to end.

[Why is he so quiet today? Is he mute? ]

Of course Li Ye is not mute.

He actually knew very well that even if he quarreled to the sky today, there would be no result.

Mediation is mediation, and both parties have to make concessions. But the first branch has no intention of backing down. How could Fengtian accept this?

But Li Ye knew very well that in a few days, there would be no need for any fuss, and Fengtian would obediently purchase domestic parts.

[It’s already mid-May! ]

Li Ye looked up at the ceiling of the conference room and sighed softly.

(End of this chapter)