Coquettish Rebirth

Here, after Huaxia Automobile took over Saab, it immediately remodeled Saab.This kind of transformation does not mean hardware, it does not mean that the production line will be modified immediately, and completely different products will be produced immediately, and it does not mean that various decorations and modifications will be made to Saab's Swedish headquarters immediately.After all, to be honest, we have accepted Saab now, but we only accepted it when everyone turned a blind eye. In theory, the property rights of Saab have not yet been in our hands.It’s like buying a second-hand house. Although it’s said that an agreement has been signed and most of the money has been paid, the owner of the house is quite straightforward and handed over the keys to us, but let’s move in and start decorating right away. It's better not to do anything, after all, the ownership has not been transferred yet, so it's not easy to explain to the property later, isn't it?The property owner still has to deal with construction waste, and when I found out that the renovation was not done by the owner, it was troublesome.

So what kind of transformation did Huaxia Automobile carry out after taking over Saab?That was the transformation that Jia Hongjian had promised before—software transformation, certain changes in Saab's internal staffing and so on.how to change?This change does not mean dismissing a group of people or recruiting a group of people in a hurry. Such a modification actually breaks the rules-after all, the property rights of this company have not yet been handed over to us, have they?So what kind of change did Jia Hongjian carry out?In fact, it is also very simple, that is, some departments within Saab can only be changed!

For example, the R&D department in Saab used to conduct technical research and development for Saab itself.Then such a research and development department is really a state of being small and well-equipped. A research and development team with a total of [-] people is actually divided into powertrain technology research and development departments, architecture safety research and development departments, and driving safety research and development departments. Departments and other departments can be said to have research on everything from the engine to the gearbox, to the vehicle dynamic stability system, to the safety architecture of the car body itself.To be honest, seeing the distribution of tasks of this kind of R&D team, Jia Hongjian felt that it was simply unreasonable for such a company to not lose money!

Why do you say that?Because although a sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs.Although it usually sounds like a compliment, but in fact, it is really not a compliment when it is placed on the company!why?Because of the size and scale of an enterprise.Then how many things to do, there is a relationship between body size and what can be done.If you want to use an analogy, this is like the industrial category in the country. With the size and basic presence of superpowers such as China, the United States, and the Soviet Union, it has the potential to develop the most comprehensive industrial system.These three countries are capable of playing the most comprehensive industrial system, that is, everything can be manufactured in the country, and there is no need to deal with other countries!

But small countries are different, such as Britain, France and Germany, even if they were once extremely powerful, but it is really impossible for them to develop a comprehensive industrial system that is completely independently funded like China, the United States and the Soviet Union!Even if France, under the leadership of Charles de Gaulle, decided to fully revive the glory of France as a great power, and adopted a free relationship with NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and maintained its independent status between the United States and the Soviet Union.At the same time, there is no stalemate with the two.In such a case, France is going to develop various military equipment of its own, instead of relying on buying from other countries such as the United States.So the French have to invest in the development of their own tanks, they have to invest in the development of their own fighter jets, and they even have to invest in the development of nuclear bombs!Then when the United States and the Soviet Union had super-large strategic bombers that could deliver nuclear bombs remotely, France really couldn't develop a strategic bomber. They could only develop fighter bombers by themselves, and then put nuclear bombs on the fighter bombers and throw them away!This is still an eye-opener for France, and it is smart, if the Frenchman can't change his mind.If you want to develop your own strategic bomber, let alone whether it can be developed, how much pressure will it put on the French economy just by investing in research and development?

At the same time, there are things like spaceflight and rockets, and it really comes to the present.Those in the world capable of conducting commercial rocket launches are countries such as Europe, China, Russia, and the United States!All other countries do not have this ability!Even Japan and South Korea do not have such strength, and even the United Kingdom must rely on Europe and the United States!If these countries that are not big enough insist on developing their own rockets, they will really have to spend an unknown amount of money on them, and it will really have an incalculable impact on their economy!

same.All kinds of large car companies can set up research and development departments for various equipment, and they can research and develop the technology of every part of the car, so they can afford it!But for a small company like Saab, whose highest production and sales volume in history is only 15 vehicles, if it really wants to develop all technologies, it will really greatly increase their R&D costs and greatly increase their Corporate pressure!It's hard to say, just for the research and development of these technologies, if their company can make money, maybe half of the annual profit will be invested in it!What's more, this company can't make money!This kind of research and development of science and technology has always cost money, and it has never been said that you can do more with less money!

Therefore, no matter who is Saab's father, no matter who buys a company like Saab, as long as Saab is allowed to conduct such a comprehensive research and development after the purchase, Saab must continue to lose money!As for a company like Saab, it’s all kinds of stubborn, and it also pays attention to its own company’s traditions. The Swedish R&D personnel in each company are as hard as the permafrost under the Swedish road. Stop using the group's order to stop their research and development!So how would Jia Hongjian improve Saab's problems?In the previous communication with Saab white-collar workers, Jia Hongjian has promised not to weaken Saab's self-development ability, nor will it weaken Saab's R&D investment.Although Jia Hongjian did not agree to let Saab become an independently operated sub-brand, a sub-brand that has nothing to do with Huaxia Automobile except that the owner is Huaxia Automobile, but Jia Hongjian persuaded Saab with the following design. Such a group of picky designers and engineers from Sweden - turned Saab's R&D center into the R&D center of Huaxia Automobile!

That's right, since Saab's R&D center does not match the size of their own company, there are naturally two solutions, one is to simply close or weaken Saab's R&D center, and the other is to simply strengthen it!After strengthening Saab's R&D center, the Saab brand will be decoupled from the R&D center, and the R&D center will become the European R&D base of Huaxia Automobile. Wouldn't that be great?In this way, the funds needed for this research and development center are directly allocated by the head office, that is, Huaxia Automobile, and there is no problem at all for Huaxia Automobile to undertake such a research and development center!At the same time, after the Saab brand is decoupled from such a research and development center, it can concentrate on manufacturing and sales without having to invest in research and development by themselves. At least in this way, the books will look much better, right?It might even be possible to turn losses into profits in the first quarter after such a separation. Even if they can't turn losses into profits, the amount of losses will be greatly reduced!

At the same time, the various achievements developed by this European R&D center, of course, do not mean that they have nothing to do with Saab. Of course, Saab will give priority to the various developed technologies-after all, Saab will be a high-end car under Huaxia Automobile at that time. Brands, of course, have the qualifications to give priority to adopting various high-tech!Just like Tesla, as the electric high-end car brand of Huaxia Motors, it is naturally eligible to obtain priority use rights of various high-tech!In this way, Saab itself will not be affected. Isn't this a change that is good for everyone?

In fact, this means that Saab and Huaxia Automobile just complement each other, so that a slight change can benefit both parties.With GM, it can't achieve this effect - GM itself is a world auto giant, and its own research and development capabilities are very strong, so why does it need Saab to do research and development?It may even be seen by others that Saab's research and development achievements over the past few decades may only be a few that GM finds interesting and can be used for reference. Most of the other technologies are not as good as GM.On such a basis, let GM still accept Saab's own investment in research and development every year, resulting in various losses, they must not be happy!It's like a small noble fell down and married a big noble.The daughter of this little nobleman married into a big nobleman's family, and then the daughter of this little nobleman felt that her mother's family was a nobleman, so she had to get some money from her husband's family every year to go back to subsidize her mother's family, so that her mother's family could show off and maintain her noble status.But in the eyes of her husband's family, she may not be very fond of it. They may still think that you are a small nobleman who has settled down and lived an honest life.Even for the nobles, it's a little bit too much, spending money every year is not the grade of the little nobles at all, what does this mean?

But this Saab is completely different with Huaxia Automobile. This Huaxia Automobile is equivalent to a rising star capitalist family. It has made a lot of money, but it has no background.Married to such a girl from a small noble family, she is willing to make a show for the other family, so that she can bring her side into the aristocratic circle, and also improve her background, let her side Wouldn't it be nice not to look like an upstart anymore?

Originally, Huaxia Automobile relied on marketing to grow in the Chinese market. Originally, Huaxia Automobile did not have any technical reserves. The main reason was that foreign automakers did not pay attention to the gap in the Chinese market, and seized the opportunity to soar into the sky. .But now, foreign car companies are paying more and more attention to the Chinese market, and there will be more and more competition with Huaxia Automobile. It is time for Huaxia Automobile to set its sights overseas and develop overseas markets.Under such circumstances, Saab's small and well-equipped R&D system is just right for Huaxia Automobile's appetite, isn't it? (~^~)