The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 156 If You Don’t Listen, I Will Not Be Courteous
On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Zheng Haiming made arrangements for the new BJ212 at a small-scale meeting.

Soon, the entire Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant was centered around these tasks.

Various supporting factories have accelerated preparations for large-scale mass production of parts.

Jiang Hui also became busier.

On the one hand, he needs to go to various supporting factories to confirm the preparation of parts. On the other hand, he needs to stay in the design department frequently to cooperate in the modification and confirmation of some parts drawings.

During this period, the chief designer also completed his first visit to the United States.

Many people may think that this is just an ordinary state visit, which happens several times a year.

But this time the meaning is very different.

The polar bear is now at its peak, bringing tremendous pressure to both the United States and China.

This visit means the arrival of the honeymoon period between China and the United States. In the future, many equipment, raw materials and other items can be imported from the international market.

Even some high-end weapons can be imported directly from the United States.

Advanced products such as the Black Hawk helicopter were introduced to China during this period.

China's military industry has begun to shift from completely following the footsteps of the polar bear to developing in multiple directions.

And then, accompanied by an article in the "XX Daily", formal action began in the south of China.

If the little brat doesn't listen, I won't be polite.

"Assistant Jiang, the new BJ212s have received very good feedback in the south. After the second batch of prototypes are produced, we will immediately arrange a special train to transport them there."

Huang Wenbin came to Jiang Hui's office specifically to talk to him about the performance of the new BJ212 in the south.

Everyone knows the situation of the existing BJ212 and there is nothing much to say.

However, the new BJ212 has undergone significant upgrades in terms of power performance, chassis and interior design.

This made the user department very satisfied, and they even requested that a few more vehicles be produced and sent over.

Even if the cars produced nowadays may not be used when they are transported, they can still be used normally for daily training in the future.

"It's a pity that the Hummer military vehicle project at the Capital Institute of Technology has not yet produced a prototype, otherwise it would have played a very important role in the south."

Jiang Hui thought of the Hummer that Zhu Jiansheng was designing, and an expression of regret appeared on his face.

Although the Hummer is a bit vulnerable to things like anti-tank mines.

But against Annan soldiers armed with rifles, it is definitely a powerful weapon on the battlefield.

With a heavy machine gun mounted on it, it is simply a mobile battle fortress.

In Annan, it can be used as a charging weapon during a rapid march.

"I have heard some news about the Hummer military vehicle project, but I don't know the details."

“Are you really that optimistic about this product?”

As the military representative stationed at the factory, Huang Wenbin is definitely interested in Hummer.

He is also very confident in Jiang Hui's vision.

It was rare to see Jiang Hui being praised so highly, so he was naturally very curious.

“Although the Hummer has some flaws, it can definitely be called a classic.”

"As long as it goes into mass production smoothly, it will be our most important military vehicle project in the next decade or so, and it is likely to enter the international market."

"In the future, we can develop a series of products based on the Hummer, which can fully meet most battlefield military vehicle needs."

Although Huang Wenbin has no direct relationship with the Hummer project now, as a representative arranged by the relevant departments at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, he must have certain connections with representatives stationed at other institutions such as the Capital Industrial College.

Promoting the excellent performance of Hummer through various channels is something Jiang Hui will need to do frequently in the future.

Even the Ministry of First Machine Industry could recommend, at an appropriate time, that a civilian version of the Hummer be produced in the future.

As long as it becomes famous in the military vehicle market, it will definitely have a certain market share in the civilian market.

"Now that you mention it, I'm really curious. I'll find a chance to visit Director Zhu."

Huang Wenbin naturally knew Zhu Jiansheng. After all, Zhu Jiansheng was the deputy chief engineer of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.

"The Capital Institute of Technology already has a clay model of the Hummer military vehicle. When the experts from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building reviewed it, they gave it very high praise. Representative Huang, if you are interested, I can take you to take a look at it someday."

"Now I basically go to Capital Institute of Technology once a week to discuss some issues about the new BJ212 with Director Zhu."

Jiang Hui followed Huang Wenbin's words and put forward his own suggestions.

"Are you free today?"

"Why don't we go there today?"

Huang Wenbin also has a car, but he doesn’t have any very specific work to do in the factory.

Since everyone said so, Jiang Hui naturally had no objection.

Soon, he and Huang Wenbin headed towards the Capital Institute of Technology.

Because it was not easy to make a phone call, the two did not even communicate with each other in advance.

Anyway, Jiang Hui is a regular customer of the Vehicle Engineering Department, so there is nothing to worry about.

"Director Zhu, I heard from Assistant Jiang that you are working on a big project, so I came here today to pay my respects to you."

When they met, Huang Wenbin and Zhu Jiansheng started chatting on their own without Jiang Hui introducing them.

After all, everyone knew each other before, they were just not familiar with each other.

"Thank you, Representative Huang. This project has not even produced prototypes yet. I am not sure whether all the designed functions can be realized by then."

"After all, many of the designs in it are indeed very different and advanced than those in the current industry, and it is difficult to realize them."

Zhu Jiansheng did not deny the superiority of the Hummer's design, but he did not brag too much about it either.

The project has already been approved. Huang Wenbin is neither from the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building nor a representative of the Capital Institute of Technology. In this case, there is naturally no need to make it too exaggerated.

"Advanced products must be difficult to make, otherwise how can they reflect their advanced nature?"

After Zhu Jiansheng said this, Huang Wenbin became even more interested.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the two went directly to visit the clay model, and Zhu Jiansheng also gave a detailed introduction to the performance of the Hummer.

As the military representative of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Huang Wenbin is very familiar with the situation of military vehicles.

After listening to Zhu Jiansheng's introduction, Huang Wenbin knew that the Hummer was definitely a military vehicle that was very suitable for the battlefield.

And this is a military vehicle that takes into account both transportation needs and combat needs.

It can be said that it has some functions of BJ212, tanks and armored vehicles.

In particular, it has high maneuverability while having certain bulletproof performance.

This is something that armored vehicles and tanks do not have, but it is very important on the battlefield.

There must be a place on battlefields around the world where the Hummer can unleash its power.

"I will also give feedback to the user departments when I go back, and ask them to put pressure on the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to make it more supportive of this project." "Similarly, given the limited military budget, I will also see if the relevant departments can appropriately free up some funds to support the development of the Hummer."

"The sooner we can put the Hummer into production, the more meaningful it will be for China."

Huang Wenbin is a man who knows what he is talking about.

The design of the Hummer completely subverts any previous Chinese car model and any military vehicle around the world.

By then, you will definitely become a shining star and make great contributions to China.

This kind of product is naturally worth his vigorous promotion.

Even though the Hummer project didn't have much direct connection with him, he still wanted to get involved and contribute to it.

In the future, this job may also be a very eye-catching feature on your resume.

Naturally, both Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui were happy to see this happen.

Huang Wenbin even hoped that Jiang Hui could participate appropriately in the Hummer project and help solve some problems with parts design.

After all, Huang Wenbin was very clear about Jiang Hui's technical level.

If Jiang Hui could help, it would definitely be a great help.

Jiang Hui naturally had no objection to this.

Anyway, he has actually been helping to design various parts and comes over every week to communicate. In fact, what they discuss is almost never about the new BJ212, but about the Hummer.

It can be said that agreeing to Huang Wenbin’s request will not add any extra effort to Jiang Hui.

With Huang Wenbin's further promotion, the Hummer project naturally developed faster.

Over at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, the second batch of prototypes of the new BJ212 were also being assembled overtime due to special needs in Annan, and were successfully delivered to the users before the end of the conflict.

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"Yu Jiang, I heard that the Capital Institute of Technology has developed a new military vehicle, and the relevant departments have given it very high praise."

"When the leaders came to inspect yesterday, they also mentioned this matter."

"Have you heard anything specific?"

Whether it is the new BJ212 or the Hummer military vehicle, they are both major events in China's automobile industry.

Naturally, FAW also received various related news very quickly.

However, after seeing the news, Geng Weidong felt very bad.

Normally, these star projects should be closely related to FAW.

But now, no project has anything to do with them.

This is hard to say.

When the leaders came to inspect, their words and deeds all urged FAW to learn from others and develop some new products as soon as possible, and not to rest on its laurels.

"The Hummer project was approved by the Capital Institute of Technology and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. The project leader, Professor Zhu Jiansheng, is the director of their vehicle engineering department. He was also the nominal director of the new BJ212 of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant."

"However, Jiang Hui should have been deeply involved in both projects. I even suspect that Jiang Hui was doing a lot of the work, but it was just under Zhu Jiansheng's name."

After Yu Jiang said this, Geng Weidong felt even more uncomfortable.

Years ago, he specially arranged for Yu Jiang to go on a business trip to the capital with the purpose of recruiting Jiang Hui to FAW.

The result was not successful.

If Jiang Hui doesn't achieve any new results in the future, Geng Weidong might slowly forget about this matter.

But not long after, Jiang Hui's name appeared again.

“We have an office in the capital. Is it possible to set up a research and development center there and recruit some talents from the capital region?”

Geng Weidong suddenly had an idea and thought that he could expand FAW's business.

This practice became very popular in later generations, and almost every large automobile company has R&D institutions in more than one place.

Basically, there are branches in big cities such as the capital and Shanghai.

But in 1979, this practice was definitely not popular.

Each factory is developed locally, and the local government does not want you to build an institution elsewhere.

"In theory, it's possible, but this move is a bit too big."

"But if this plan is really implemented, then we may actually be able to recruit Jiang Hui to our capital research and development center."

Yu Jiang was naturally well aware of the purpose of Geng Weidong's specific mention of building a research and development center in the capital at this time.

From this incident, we can also see that Geng Weidong really attaches great importance to Jiang Hui.

"Next time you go on a business trip to the capital, go find Jiang Hui and see if he's willing to come out."

If he fails to poach Jiang Hui, Geng Weidong will be much less interested in building a branch in the capital area.

Communication is very inconvenient in this era. When building a R&D center in another place, it is very inconvenient to see people or even make a phone call.

There is no way to manage effectively that way.

Unless the R&D center is very strong and can independently carry out many projects in combination with some instructions from the headquarters.

But generally speaking, this possibility is obviously low, especially when the R&D center is just beginning to be built, it is even more impossible.

"Well, I'll try my best."

"But Jiang Hui's ideas are very different from those of ordinary young people."

"I heard that the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has appointed him as the assistant director of the design department and concurrently the assistant director of the technical department. This is an important task."

"At the First Ministry of Machine Building, Jiang Hui has also caught the eye of the leaders."

Yu Jiang no longer has the confidence he had last time.

Even if FAW sets up a research and development branch in the capital area, the other party may not be willing to come.

After all, everyone knows that the scale of this branch cannot be very large, and its initial level of perfection may not even be as good as that of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.

In this case, Jiang Hui will definitely weigh the pros and cons.

Besides, he is already an assistant director at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant. What kind of position should FAW offer to attract him?
You can't just let him be the head of the design department, right?

The larger the enterprise, the more rules and regulations it has. FAW does not have the courage to make this decision.

Unless Jiang Hui becomes very famous in the country in a few years, that would be a different matter.

"I've heard a little bit about it. He is proficient in professional skills and three foreign languages. This alone makes him a rare talent in all fields across the country."

"Even if he only relies on his three foreign languages, he will be welcomed in many departments."

As the general manager of FAW, Geng Weidong naturally has both vision and ability.

It was precisely because he saw these that he actively arranged for Yu Jiang to recruit people.

(End of this chapter)