The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 167: The big guys gather and Jiang Hui makes his official debut

The design of the new BJ212 that Jiang Hui came up with was originally a relatively mature product.

We have already carried out two prototype production runs before, and now we have moved to the mass production line for assembly. Although the workers were a little flustered and uncomfortable on the first day of small-scale mass production, they quickly adapted.

After all, although many parts of these two products have been upgraded, some basic assembly processes have not changed.

Once you get used to the initial rhythm, it will be much easier to get used to it later.

In just three days, 100 new BJ212s produced on a small scale officially rolled off the production line.

The parking lot is filled with several rows of cars, which looks very eye-catching.

Both Zheng Haiming and Chen Qi were very ambitious at this time and were ready to work hard in the coming year and get further upgrades in their positions.

"Xiao Jiang, this time, there are more leaders attending the launch ceremony than we thought. In addition to leaders from ministries and local governments, managers from FAW, Second Automobile and other automobile factories will also be present."

"By then, there must be someone to introduce our products to everyone."

"The factory committee discussed it and decided that it would be most appropriate to let a young person like you take charge."

Seeing that the new BJ212 would be launched in a few days, Zheng Haiming called Jiang Hui to his office and told him a rather surprising decision.

Normally, the organizational procedures for such activities are very sophisticated.

Generally, related work is arranged according to the level of position.

Now Zheng Haiming directly arranged for me to go, which is really a care.

"Director, are people from FAW, Second FAW and other automobile factories coming here too?"

When mentioning this matter, Jiang Hui thought of the fact that FAW and Second FAW wanted to compete for the Hummer project.

This time, the other party’s factory director came to the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant in person to participate in the event. Will he talk about something else?
This is an issue that Jiang Hui has to consider.

If there is no preparation, some mistakes are inevitable.

"Yes, this was arranged by the First Ministry of Machine Building. Director Qin called me directly and said that it was the ministry leader's intention, so we had no choice but to follow his instructions."

"But we will definitely not let them see the confidential information of our factory easily."

Zheng Haiming briefly explained it to Jiang Hui.

To be honest, if it weren't for the invitation from the First Ministry of Machine Building, Zheng Haiming himself would not want to let people from First and Second Automobile Works to come and participate in the activities of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant.

The other party's administrative level is higher than his, and they are in the same industry. In Zheng Haiming's opinion, such a guest is a completely bad guest.

However, the Ministry of First Machine Industry, the competent department, wanted to invite the other party over, so he couldn't refuse even if he was unhappy.

“It wouldn’t be a bad idea to have them come over and experience the mass production of our new BJ212.”

"Maybe they won't dare to look down on us so easily in the future."

Jiang Hui was not surprised by this matter at all. After all, the Ministry of First Machine Industry must have some considerations of their own.

The Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant was just an automobile factory under the Ministry of Machine Building.

There are actually quite a few automobile companies across the country that are not operating very well.

"You're right. I'll leave the job of host to you."

Zheng Haiming has no shortage of such an opportunity to show up.

For him, getting the new BJ212 off the production line smoothly and quickly expanding its influence are more important than anything else.

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While the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant was making all-out preparations for the mass production ceremony of the new BJ212, Geng Weidong, Yu Jiang, Wang Le and others were also discussing this car in a sleeper car on a train from Chuncheng to the capital.

"Last year, the country produced 14.9 vehicles. FAW completed its annual production plan of 15 vehicles 58000 days ahead of schedule, producing 58227 vehicles throughout the year, creating the highest daily output and the best average daily output."

"But we mostly produce trucks. Since the Hongqi sedan went into production in 1965, we have only produced about 1000 units."

"Under the current environment of reform and opening up, the future of vehicles will definitely shift more towards civilian vehicles and the production of passenger cars such as sedans."

"In this regard, Capital Automobile Manufacturing has an advantage over us."

Geng Weidong has read a lot of information related to Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and BJ212 in the past two days.

In the past, Geng Weidong felt that only Second Automobile Works would pose a threat to First Automobile Works in the future.

However, the other party has only been in production for a few years, and due to product planning issues, it only produced a few thousand trucks last year, so there is still a big gap between them and FAW.

He originally thought that FAW would face some challenges in the country in a few years.

I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly.

This time, the Ministry of First Machinery Industry called and asked FAW to arrange personnel to participate in the offline mass production ceremony of the new BJ212. After a little thought, Geng Weidong decided to lead the team to participate.

He wanted to take a good look at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and find out what aspects of FAW's rivals were worth learning from. "Director Geng, I heard that AMC in the United States is discussing the establishment of a joint venture factory with the First Ministry of Machinery Industry, and the first target of the inspection is the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant."

"Can we also communicate with the First Ministry of Machinery Industry to see if it is possible to hand this project over to FAW for negotiation?"

Wang Leping, director of the design department, rarely has the opportunity to report directly to Geng Weidong.

Now we must seize the opportunity to perform well.

Regarding the joint venture to build a factory, the chief engineer has already personally given his opinions and there is no problem with the direction.

It is entirely possible for FAW to take this opportunity to develop passenger cars well and achieve the parallel development of commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

As for whether this would make the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant unhappy, or put the First Ministry of Machine Building into a passive situation in the negotiations with AMC, Wang Leke didn't care.

"FAW is the first automobile manufacturer in China. I think we should also have the honor of establishing the first joint venture with an international automobile giant."

"I think Director Wang's idea makes sense."

Yu Jiang also expressed his opinion there.

He felt Geng Weidong's determination to achieve some results within FAW.

Currently, Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has become the first batch of pilot factories for factory power expansion reform. Its geographical location in the capital gives it many policy advantages that other factories cannot match.

Now that the new BJ212 is gaining so much momentum, it may really pose a huge threat to FAW's position in the domestic market in the future.

This is a situation that Yu Jiang is very reluctant to see.

"Although the higher authorities have approved the joint venture factory operation, it is definitely not that easy to implement in practice."

"I don't think there will be any results from the First Ministry of Machine Building in the short term. We can't wait!"

It has to be said that Geng Weidong, as the head of FAW, has a very good vision.

He immediately realized that the negotiation between the Ministry of First Machine Industry and AMC was destined to be a protracted one.

Both sides have many concerns that need to be addressed.

If we don't talk about it for a few years, there will probably be no results.

"I heard that SAIC is also in contact with some international auto giants, hoping to leverage their advantages in sedans and take advantage of the reform to achieve rapid development of the sedan industry."

"Now the First Ministry of Machine Building has also begun to strongly support the development of the car industry. The trend is completely different from before."

"Or we can go overseas to investigate without contacting AMC to see if international auto giants such as Volkswagen, Toyota or General Motors can cooperate with us in the field of sedans?"

Seeing that Geng Weidong did not seem to be so enthusiastic about the cooperation project with AMC, Wang Le immediately proposed another plan.

Anyway, he had no confidence in letting the design department develop new products on their own.

In order to avoid this task falling on ourselves, it is necessary to shift the focus of the factory's development to cooperating with international automobile giants and learning their advanced product technologies as soon as possible.

"The First Ministry of Machine Building has been visiting various parts of the world since last year, and has met with many auto giants and invited some auto company executives to come for inspection."

"As a leader in the domestic auto industry, FAW has taken the initiative to go global and seek more opportunities for cooperation and development. I think this is in line with the trend of reform and development."

Yu Jiang once again stood on Wang Le's side, endorsing his opinion.

This time, Geng Weidong was finally a little moved. "When we return from our business trip to the capital, we will discuss it in detail and see what to do!"

With representatives from various automobile manufacturers such as FAW and Second FAW coming to the capital, the mass production of the new BJ212, which has attracted much attention from the Chinese automobile industry, has officially kicked off.

"Xiao Jiang, don't be nervous later, just play your best."

Today's important occasion would definitely have Zhu Jiansheng, the nominal designer of the new BJ212, to attend.

He had seen the list of leaders and guests attending today's offline ceremony, and knew that this event would be attended by many bigwigs from the Chinese automobile industry, including heads of competent departments and major industry manufacturers.

In his opinion, Jiang Hui's appearance on such an occasion was not for merit but to avoid fault.

that's enough!
"Dad, don't worry, I know what's going on!"

Jiang Hui had already received the chief designer the last time he came to inspect, so there was nothing to be nervous about now.

All he had was excitement!
Jiang Hui is not simply pursuing fame, but fame can make a great contribution to his future plans.

In particular, many future policies are not particularly stable, nor are there very standardized systems.

In this case, the added effect of fame is very important.

Ministries and commissions do not dare to give general policies casually, but if they give it to a celebrity in an industry, it is easier to find reasons.

It's always possible to demonstrate, right?

(End of this chapter)