We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Chapter 358 Speeding up domestic cars

Luo Nianzhong and Vice Minister Yao are visiting the SAIC-Nissan inspection center at the moment.

The personnel on this trip are very simple. Apart from Zhang Qingyun and Wang Rongjun, only the director of this inspection center, Lin Banqiao, an island native, is accompanying us here.

Even though Deputy Minister Yao was in charge of the joint venture between domestic car companies and foreign car companies, this was his first time entering SAIC-Nissan's inspection workshop.

Quality inspection is labor-intensive, but many things are actually very simple.

Caliper measurement and visual inspection. Except for machines used in some processes, many parts require manual inspection.

The people in this inspection center are all from the island country. Although the work is not difficult, their wages are not low, especially compared to the current salary level in Shanghai, it is infinitely lower.

This money is generated by SAIC's daily output, which invisibly increases a large amount of expenses. This is what Wang Rongjun, the vice president, complains about.

He feels that many jobs here can be done by SAIC employees, and there is no need to spend high wages to support these islanders.

In his opinion, there is no difference between these people and old people.

Even though these island workers are meticulously doing the work at hand, Wang Rongjun's face is gloomy and he doesn't have a good look.

"What do you think of Minister Yao here?"

Luo Nianzhong didn't care what Wang Rongjun's opinion was, and didn't care what he thought.

When this inspection center was established, Nissan had no intention of arranging so many people to come here. It was all Nissan personnel requested by Luo Nianzhong.

The reason is very simple: they are afraid that people who switch to SAIC will not be able to bear the pressure and become negligent.

To put it mildly, it was a matter of worldliness, but to say otherwise was a dereliction of duty in Luo Nianzhong's opinion.

Who is Vice Minister Yao to think of this? Don’t understand the meaning of Luo Nianzhong’s words?
"It's very good. Nissan employees are very responsible. This is also a guarantee for every future customer of SAIC Nissan."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Rongjun's expression changed.

This shows that Vice Minister Yao sided with Nissan and denied his actions.

This is nothing, what is serious is my future.

After a simple two-sentence conversation, both parties understood the other's attitude towards this matter and said nothing more.

Some things are not suitable to be said here. There will be plenty of opportunities to talk about these things when the two of them are alone.

Luo Nianzhong and Vice Minister Yao basically spent the whole morning visiting. What’s interesting is that neither of them said much or asked anything. Occasionally they said a few words to care about the employees’ problems with the working environment, such as what Suggestions, whether the food in the canteen is satisfactory, etc.

Luo Nianzhong and Vice Minister Yao both ate in the staff canteen at noon. I don't know if it was because they were a joint venture, but the food was very good.

There are two vegetarian dishes, a large chicken drumstick and a bowl of soup, and there is also a fruit section, which is quite a high standard in this era.

"The food is good. When all factories across the country meet this standard, it will mean we are rich."

Luo Nianzhong knew that he was talking about small factories in remote areas. In Guangdong and Fujian provinces, especially Pengcheng, there were factory owners who had better food than this in order to retain skilled technicians and retain talents.

For foreign and Hong Kong investors, the food standards are even more impressive.

Take the several factories established by Watsons Beverage Food Company and Mead Johnson, for example. The food standard is two meats, two vegetables and one soup every day, as well as small fruits after meals.

"In twenty years, at most twenty years, I believe that all factories across the country will be able to meet such standards."

I don’t know if Deputy Minister Yao believed Luo Nianzhong’s confident words. Anyway, he laughed and said, “Then let’s borrow Mr. Luo’s good words. As long as there are more patriotic businessmen like Mr. Luo, our country’s economy will become stronger sooner or later.” of".

After the meal, the two came to the reception room. Vice Minister Yao first apologized to Luo Nianzhong.

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Luo. I made you rush over from France in such a busy schedule without fully understanding the matter. I'm really sorry."

Luo Nianzhong waved his hand nonchalantly, saying it didn't matter very casually.

"Minister Yao is too polite. I have always said that Rabbit is the main area for the Far East Group's next development, and nothing that happens here is trivial.

Besides, didn’t we find many problems when we came here this time? As long as problems are discovered, it means that my trip here is valuable. I think Minister Yao thinks so too."

Vice Minister Yao nodded and agreed very much with Luo Nianzhong's statement.

"It was my problem. I thought that by promoting the cooperation between SAIC and Nissan, related supporting manufacturers would naturally develop and their technology would improve. Now it seems that I have made things simple." "It is understandable. SAIC is a company in Shanghai after all. It is reasonable for the Shanghai government to want relevant manufacturers in its own territory to develop."

It's okay if I don't say it, but Vice Minister Yao becomes even more angry when he mentions these things.

"Then they can't lose the country's interests in order to develop their own industries. It's been a year. Have the processes of their parts factories improved? They have been dreaming of pie-in-the-sky dreams all day long."

Rabbit owns the entire industry chain, and it is understandable that there is a gap in technology. However, it has been a year, and except for radios and antennas, none of the parts meet Nissan's inspection standards. Is this possible?

The reason is that those who provide accessories to SAIC-Nissan are basically small local factories in Shanghai, and many of the equipment used were donated by polar bears during the founding of the People's Republic of China.

If these equipments are available, why spend so much foreign exchange every year to introduce technical equipments? Don’t you just hope that product upgrades can be exported to earn more foreign exchange?
Nowadays, some qualified products from these large factories are not used. To support these small factories, are they waiting for senior technicians to take advantage of them?

One of the purposes of joint venture car brands is to earn foreign exchange. The higher the localization level, the more foreign exchange will be earned.

Thinking again about the scene when he visited the assembly workshop in the morning, although Vice Minister Yao had a smile on his face and expressed condolences and praise to many workers, he was ashamed in his heart.

Workers in a workshop assemble around two cars. Basically, one person is working alone and surrounded by a group of people watching and singing.

Although there are some other problems, the most critical one is caused by substandard accessories.

The number of imported parts is small, and SAIC is willing to give its own parts a chance from top to bottom. The result is that they are tested over and over again and fail to pass the inspection again and again.

A Nissan factory in the island country can assemble at least a thousand cars a day, but SAIC can only assemble two cars a day. Vice Minister Yao felt that he had lost his shame to his grandma's house.

“There are only a handful of our country’s industrial products that have truly achieved internationalization, and now SAIC-Nissan can be counted as one of them, it is the hope of this city.

Therefore, we must implement high-standard localization and meet all Nissan standards. Otherwise, what is the meaning of our joint venture? "

Vice Minister Yao's heartfelt words made Luo Nianzhong extremely happy, which was also his purpose.

When Zhang Qingyun came to SAIC, Luo Nianzhong told him that he only focused on administration and not technology. He wanted to make the conflict between SAIC and Nissan break out in advance.

Just at the beginning of this year, the government canceled the requirement that county and regiment-level cadres can only be equipped with jeeps, and Hongqi has ceased production due to various problems.

Under this calm appearance, the supply and demand of cars are about to become extremely imbalanced. This is an opportunity for SAIC-Nissan.

In addition to making money, he is also forcing parts factories to promote technology upgrades and research and development.

Historically, this incident only broke out two years later. Luo Nianzhong did not want to waste time. He wanted to speed up the automobile industry of his motherland.

"Vice Minister Yao, do you know the Far East's global supply chain strategy?".

“Of course, I have to say that this strategy of your group surprised the whole world.

Others have developed technologies and want to hide them for fear of being stolen, but your group is looking for cooperative manufacturers around the world to provide authorization or technical support to help production, and even many core technologies are willing to share them."

The supply chain system is no stranger to future generations of technology companies. Many technology giants and manufacturing giants choose foundries rather than produce by themselves.

But in the current period, as Vice Minister Yao said, this is a strategy that shocks everyone.

Whether it is a wholly owned factory or a joint venture, the manufacturing industries all over the world firmly hold the factory in their own hands, and the Far East is an alien in their eyes.

Alien? The output of those core technologies is not simply given away for free, these companies all have to accept Far East's equity participation.

Enterprises have received orders from Far East and their stocks have soared. Far East can completely make up for its losses in research and development by relying on the gains in the stock market. The most important thing is that Far East will not bear the risks and investments caused by technological upgrading.

And where does this go? The current global supply chain in the Far East is a 2+1 system, which means that each part has at least two suppliers and one backup supplier.

But Luo Nianzhong's goal is 3+2, so finding a relevant professional to be responsible for this area has been put on the agenda.

At that time, not only this part, but also the entire Far East Group will usher in major reforms.

“I think SAIC can also choose this model and find suitable suppliers across the country.

This may cause an increase in cost, but after all, the meat will rot in the pot, right? "

The words "rotten in the pot" made Deputy Minister Yao's eyes light up. He felt that Luo Nianzhong had provided him with a new idea.

(End of this chapter)