The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 196 The little brother is too powerful, the big brother is anxious
There is no airtight wall in the world.

Although the BJ212 aid to Argentina between China and the United States was kept confidential, neither side publicized it in the newspapers.

But this kind of information cannot be kept completely confidential.

For example, directors of relevant ministries such as the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and some of their subordinate factories soon heard the news.

"Xiao Zhao, the new BJ212 produced by Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant can now be exported to earn foreign exchange, and it is still being sold at an exaggerated price of 5 US dollars per car."

"We also need to think of ways to make our products famous."

At Second Automobile Works, the factory director Chen Liangrong called the sales director Zhao Bufan to his office.

Yesterday when he went to the capital to attend a meeting, he unexpectedly learned that the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant's BJ212, a product of China's cooperation with the United States to aid the opposition forces in Afghanistan, was actually exported to earn foreign exchange!
And the price of each car was as high as 5 US dollars, which definitely refreshed his cognition.

When will China's cars be able to be exported and earn foreign exchange?

As the director of Second Automobile Works, he is very aware of the gap between the domestic automobile industry and the international advanced level.

The gap was so big that he had no confidence at all that he could catch up.

Over the past decade or so, it's not that China has not exported any cars, but those that have been exported were all given free of charge to countries in Africa and other regions.

This kind of export, let alone earning foreign exchange, can't even recover the cost, it's just a waste of time.

But the situation at Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant is different this time.

They really did receive a huge amount of foreign exchange from the United States.

Today, the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has become the star factory of the First Ministry of Machine Building.

The amount of foreign exchange earned from exports by a factory in one month is almost as much as several percent of last year's foreign exchange reserves.

It’s a bit exaggerated if you think about it.

"Director, I admit that the new BJ212 produced by the Capital Automobile Factory is excellent. There are two prices on the market, one is planned and the other is unplanned. It is a very popular product."

"But I don't believe that it was shipped overseas on a large scale at a super high price of US$50,000. Is there any special reason for this?"

Zhao Bufan gave his own judgment quite confidently.

In his opinion, what Chen Liangrong said was simply impossible to happen.

"I didn't believe it at first, but it's the truth."

Chen Liangrong sighed and felt a little uncomfortable all over.

"The fact that the BJ212 produced by Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has achieved such a great result is beyond everyone's expectation. Not only you, but many others also don't believe it."

"The more this happens, the more powerful they appear."

After hearing what Chen Liangrong said, Zhao Bufan's expression also changed.

How could the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant be in such a situation?
"Director, I will go and find out how Capital Automobile Manufacturing sells the BJ212 overseas."

Zhao Bufan knew that he had to be more proactive at this time, otherwise Chen Liangrong would definitely be very unhappy.

"Don't ask, I already know it."

"They directly proposed an incredible plan to the First Ministry of Machine Building and other ministries. The most important thing is that after they communicated with the American Embassy, ​​they finally implemented this plan."

"Through cooperation with the United States, with one side providing funds and the other side providing materials, both sides jointly provided guns, ammunition and other materials to the resistance forces in Afghanistan. The Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant chose BJ212 as the first project of cooperation."

"If this kind of thing hadn't really happened, I would have found it hard to believe even if you reported it to me in advance."

Chen Liangrong told everyone what he had found out.

This made Zhao Bufan even more surprised.

Can there be such an operation?
Everyone's products are distributed uniformly by the State Planning Commission, so the sales department doesn't need to do any special work.

So in the past few years, Zhao Bufan's life has been relatively easy.

But the situation is different after the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant did this.

Judging from Chen Liangrong's expression, it seems that he wants Second Automobile Works to do this, and this matter should be handed over to the sales department.

How can that be possible!

Without waiting for Chen Liangrong to make a specific request, Zhao Bufan said directly: "Chen, Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant has obtained the first batch of cooperative materials projects, so should we give the opportunity for the second batch of projects to other manufacturers?"

"Can the factory consider negotiating with the First Ministry of Machine Building to allow the ministry to use our products as aid materials?"

"As for the price, we can make some appropriate concessions. As long as we keep it consistent with Capital Motors, $5 per car will be fine."

After hearing what Zhao Bufan said, Chen Liangrong was stunned for a moment.

How could Xiao Zhao have such an idea?
I called him over not because I expected Second Automobile Works to have a chance to gain some credit in this cooperation project between China and America, but because I thought the sales department could be bolder and find more ways to sell the vehicles in the factory, and not always rely on allocations from higher authorities.

As a factory director, Chen Liangrong is well-informed.

He knew that the sales model allocated according to the plan would have more and more changes in the future. Moreover, if he wanted to achieve extra results, he couldn't rely on his superiors for everything.

Otherwise, how can this score be yours?
Who knew that before he put forward any requests, Zhao Bufan started to make requests to the factory first.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Bufan's father was the deputy director of FAW and his former leader, he would have lost his temper.

"Your idea is quite bold, but our trucks are not very suitable as products to aid Afghanistan. It will be useless even if we find the Ministry of First Machinery Industry."

"Even the BJ212 produced by the Capital Automobile Factory is not particularly suitable for aid. It is just that because the project was initiated by others, the first batch of cooperative products was symbolically made into BJ212."

"As for subsequent products, it is estimated that more will be concentrated in the factories under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building."

The first thing Chen Liangrong thought of when he heard the news was whether Second Automobile Works could possibly gain some results from it.

However, after asking around, he realized that there was no hope at all.

However, Capital Automobile Works has launched such a large satellite. As the second largest in China's automobile industry, Second Automobile Works naturally hopes to make some noise.

That's why Chen Liangrong called Zhao Bufan over and wanted to discuss with him the possibility of exporting Second Automobile's trucks to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, so as to generate some foreign exchange for the country.

"Is that so? That's such a pity."

"But I think it's okay to give it a try. What if the Americans have enough money and want to send a batch of trucks to Argentina?"

"Director Chen, I will go to the capital in a few days to see if I can push this matter forward."

Zhao Bufan felt that it would be appropriate for him to leave Second Automobile Works and go on a business trip during this period.

On the one hand, it shows your positivity, and on the other hand, it is a way to avoid the limelight.

Otherwise, everyone would be discussing the great achievements of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and I, as the director of the sales department, would easily become the target of public criticism.

……

The same scene is happening at FAW.

"Old Zhao, everyone in each department of our factory must liberate their minds and take positive actions."

"Otherwise, the position of the leader of China's automobile industry will have to be abdicated in the future."

Geng Weidong took a puff of his cigarette, exhaled slowly, and discussed some ideas about the factory with Zhao Guangming who was sitting opposite him.

FAW’s halo is very bright, but its performance in recent years has been very average.

If other factories were like this, it wouldn't matter.

Anyway, if we compare the worst, Geng Weidong thinks FAW is not the worst.

However, other factories were not worry-free, especially the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, which had to churn out some products every now and then, which made Geng Weidong very uncomfortable.

"We really need to change. The Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant can come up with so many things. If we work hard, there are actually some possibilities."

"But I heard that the reason why Capital Automobile Manufacturing was able to achieve such a great success this time was because of the bold plan proposed by Jiang Hui."

"I remember that the factory specially offered a position and asked Yu Jiang to go to the capital to recruit people, right?"

"Why haven't they dug it up yet?"

Zhao Guangming immediately changed the focus of the topic.

In his opinion, if Yu Jiang had not performed his job poorly and failed to poach Jiang Hui, this honor might have belonged to FAW.

"Young people have their own ideas. Even if we set up a research and development branch in the capital, they are not interested."

"He is now the deputy director of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and a popular figure in the First Ministry of Machine Building. He will probably become the director soon."

"If we want to poach people, I'm afraid it won't be that easy."

"Unless the superiors can directly transfer people to us."

When Geng Weidong said this, his eyes immediately lit up.

This matter does not seem to be completely impossible.

"Director Geng, I'm familiar with Director Qin of the Automobile Bureau. Why don't we ask him to do Jiang Hui's work and see if we can transfer him directly to FAW?"

After Zhao Guangming said this, Geng Weidong agreed after a slight hesitation.

There's no harm in giving it a try. If you can really get it done, it will definitely be a great joy.

"Okay, but when you communicate with Director Qin, you need to make our difficulties at FAW more serious and express our determination to reform and forge ahead more strongly."

"Let the Motor Vehicles Bureau help us with this matter as much as possible."

After Geng Weidong said this, he inexplicably felt a sense of anticipation in his heart.

If this thing really succeeds, it will be a pleasant surprise.

(End of this chapter)