The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 208 Hot Sales, Father-in-law Goes Further

"I'll contact the people at General Motors first to see if they have any ideas of their own."

"I heard that Jiang Hui designed the exterior of a car for General Motors. General Motors should not have missed such a talent."

Smith thought it might be better for General Motors to handle this matter.

As long as he explained the situation in China clearly to the other party, he didn't believe that General Motors would not be interested.

Especially now that Zhu Jiansheng and Jiang Hui have come up with the Hummer military vehicle, a product that looks classic at first glance, it deserves even more attention.

Embassy staff from countries such as Japan and Germany had similar ideas.

The automobile industry is also a pillar industry in these two countries, and there is definitely a great demand for high-end technical talents.

"I didn't expect that China's military vehicles would perform so well. They can drive at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour without any difficulty."

"It is said that this area is used by the Capital University of Technology to test tanks. The Hummer has no problem driving on it. The passability is very good."

"I didn't expect such a stunning design to be created by a Chinese. This is much more shocking than what I saw in the newspaper."

"I heard that the United States has already imported a complete set of drawings and technical data of the Hummer military vehicle. It seems that the performance of this vehicle is indeed very good."

"I think we can consider recommending it to the country and ask them to arrange a special inspection team to come for further exchanges."

"This military vehicle is said to be very powerful in southern China, and it has demonstrated tremendous power. It is indeed worth considering the introduction of technology."

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When the test ride and test drive event started, people from various countries got on board to experience the power of the Hummer.

Although the comfort is definitely not comparable to the cars you usually ride in, the feeling is definitely very different.

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Hui also acted as a translator for some people.

At this time, he must have smuggled a lot of private goods into it.

There are some things that Zhu Jiansheng is not suitable to say on the stage, but he can say them.

For example, how America values ​​the performance and technology of the Hummer military vehicle. Anyway, they exaggerate as much as possible without lying to create an impression that the Hummer is very awesome.

These actions not only have an immediate and effective publicity effect on the spot, but also surprise the other party and make them pay more attention to Hummer.

At the same time, these words will also be spread in the diplomatic circle through various subsequent channels.

No matter where they are, the speed at which these informal news spread is very fast.

What made Zhu Jiansheng even happier was that Persia placed an order for ten Hummer prototypes on the spot, and the price was the same as that exported to AMC in the United States.

For Persia today, spending 100 million US dollars is nothing. There is no need to report it specifically to the country. The embassy can make the decision on its own.

Persia took the lead, and Baghdad was not willing to lag behind and also placed an order of 100 million US dollars.

Some other countries have also expressed their intention to further engage.

This made Zhu Jiansheng overjoyed.

"Dad, this is just the beginning. There will definitely be other countries that will place orders with us later."

"We have received orders from Persia and Baghdad. We need to focus on following up. This is probably just the beginning."

“Who knows, there may be huge orders for 1000 or even 10000 vehicles coming in.”

As the event was finally coming to an end and vehicles of various people were leaving Capital University of Technology, Jiang Hui finally had time to get close to Zhu Jiansheng and say a few words.

"Well, from the tension between the two sides when they met today, I can already sense that something is bound to happen between the two countries in the future."

"If the export sales of our Hummer military vehicles can really reach thousands or tens of thousands by then, it will definitely become the most popular product in China."

"By then, our Capital University of Technology will definitely become famous."

Zhu Jiansheng is full of anticipation for the arrival of this day.

At his level, his pursuit of personal interests is actually very low, and he is more concerned about things related to honor.

Of course, he certainly hopes that he can go further so that he can have a broader platform to implement more ideas.

At the same time, he also provides support for the development of his favorite students and sons-in-law.

"This day will come soon. The key now is to find a way to increase the production capacity of Hummer military vehicles."

"Don't let the orders come in and we are unable to deliver them. That would be a pity."

Although Capital University of Technology has now cooperated with Factory No. 618 to build a Hummer assembly line, the production capacity is actually very limited.

Before, no one thought there was any special problem. After all, the production capacity of the 618th Factory was basically enough to meet China's own needs.

After all, no matter how good the product is, it is impossible to eliminate the current BJ212s and replace them all with new Hummers in one go.

Especially when everything started to develop in the direction of economic development, there was even less sufficient funding.

But now the situation has changed, and the export prospects of Hummer military vehicles are becoming increasingly bright.

In order to export and earn foreign exchange, it is very necessary to appropriately expand Hummer's production capacity.

"I will report this matter to the school and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building as soon as possible, and strive to purchase a batch of imported equipment to increase the production capacity of some of our bottleneck processes."

Zhu Jiansheng was full of confidence when he said this.

Not to mention other things, just the 200 million US dollars earned today can do a lot of things.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building to reject the plan to expand Hummer's production.

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"Old Qin, the Fifth Machine Department has made a big splash this time. I heard that the leaders are very satisfied with their performance."

"Especially when the budgets of manufacturers in the military industry are generally being cut, they are able to take the initiative to produce export-oriented products such as the Hummer military vehicle, playing a very good leading role."

"As the most important management department of the machinery industry, our First Machinery Industry Ministry needs to be bolder and take bigger steps in reform."

Zhou Jian must have paid close attention to the Hummer military vehicle test ride and drive event organized by Capital University of Technology and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.

After all, Hummer is, to a certain extent, a competitor of BJ212.

"I really didn't expect that the promotion of military products could be carried out in this way."

"The most important thing is that the performance of the Hummer is indeed very good. Even Americans are interested in it."

"It will probably be very difficult for us to come up with similar products."

"Even the BJ212 is only far ahead in China, and has no special advantages compared with international products."

Qin Hao didn't dare to brag at this time, otherwise, Zhou Jian would directly follow his words and assign him a big job, which would be very stressful.

"We don't have to do exactly the same as the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building. We can have some other reforms and innovations."

"For example, the pilot project of factory management reform and power expansion proposed by Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant is a very good case and has been recognized by the superiors."

"Nowadays, there are more and more contents about reform in various conferences, and our Ministry of First Machine Building must keep up with the pace."

After Zhou Jian said this, Qin Hao didn't know what to do.

Reform is the general direction, and he is very clear about this.

But reforms certainly involve risks. If something goes wrong, someone will have to take responsibility.

Don’t let yourself get no credit and lose your current position, that would be embarrassing.

Qin Hao is not the only one who thinks this way.

In fact, at this stage, most of the factory and department heads have similar ideas to Qin Hao.

Don’t seek merit, but seek no faults.

This idea is definitely very marketable.

After all, not everyone is so motivated and has so many ideas.

Some people think that the current situation is fine and there is no need to make any changes.

"In terms of reform, the first batch of eight manufacturers, led by Capital Automobile Manufacturing, should have some say. I will go to these factories to conduct research and have a good exchange with them to see if I can find some new ideas."

"Also listen to their opinions and see what the factory staff think."

Since Zhou Jian has given instructions, Qin Hao certainly cannot just do nothing.

Fortunately, he suddenly had an idea and thought of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and planned to go to them to discuss it tomorrow.

Especially Jiang Hui, this young man is full of ideas, Qin Hao feels that maybe he will bring him an unexpected surprise.

"This is also a solution. We should first clarify the situation at the grassroots level and find out the causes of the problems, so that we can make some targeted reforms." "Otherwise, if we work behind closed doors, it will be difficult to carry out reforms well."

Zhou Jian didn't push Qin Hao too hard.

Reform is the general direction, but how to reform requires careful consideration.

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"Robert, this is really a bit too weird. Many of the design ideas of China's Hummer military vehicles are consistent with ours."

"For example, they adopted a mid-engine design, which is different from the designs of many current military vehicles."

"For example, their chassis structure is highly similar to what we are designing now."

"What's even more surprising is that they have done better than our current solution in some details of design, and the comfort has been greatly improved."

As the design director of AMC, Thomson immediately arranged for engineers to confirm and interpret the first batch of information on Hummer military vehicles transferred from China.

In addition, China immediately launched a Hummer test ride and test drive event, and more information became known to everyone.

In this way, AMC's understanding of Hummer has naturally risen to a higher level.

"Thomson, I don't mean to doubt our own employees. There are so many coincidences that it's hard to believe."

"Unless someone learned about the Hummer situation in China through special channels in advance, and then designed it based on our situation, there would be such a high degree of similarity."

When Robert said this, Thomson's face changed.

This is absolutely a shameful thing for him as a design director.

The key is that he doesn't know how to refute it.

It is very difficult to investigate this kind of thing, and he is basically certain that the investigation will not produce any results.

"I still have great confidence in the professionalism and work ethics of the company's engineers."

"The most important thing right now is to produce our prototype as quickly as possible and have the Pentagon approve our prototype as soon as possible."

Thomson felt there was no way to continue the discussion on this topic.

Because this question is destined to have no answer.

Fortunately, Robert did not continue to dwell on this issue.

"Since the Chinese have already produced cars based on similar ideas to ours, and they have achieved very good results."

"Then we will speed up the preparation of samples and put aside some unnecessary concerns."

AMC's situation becomes more severe with each quarter.

Robert was eagerly hoping that there would be some major good news to change the situation.

Otherwise, he felt that he would probably lose his position as president.

Even AMC, the fourth largest automobile company in the United States, is facing the question of whether it can survive.

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"Xiao Jiang, today the Pyramid Country has officially ordered 10 Hummer military vehicles for testing."

"They said that if the test results are good, they will order at least 100 Hummers in the future."

"At the same time, the Arabs have also arranged a special inspection team to come and inspect our business. It seems that they are also going to place a large order for our Hummers."

As soon as he got home from work, Zhu Jiansheng happily shared the good news with Jiang Hui.

After the last test ride and test drive event, except for a few countries that had no interest at all, most of them expressed a certain willingness to communicate again.

Some of these countries have already started taking action.

This made Zhu Jiansheng feel very good.

All the orders are his achievements.

"Dad, this is just the beginning. The future performance will be even more worth looking forward to."

Jiang Hui was not surprised at all by what Zhu Jiansheng said.

Given the strength of Hummer, it is normal that some countries are interested in it.

Although there are many countries in the world, there are actually only a few countries that have the real ability to produce military vehicles themselves.

Especially in the Middle East, almost no country has such strength.

In this case, purchasing military vehicles from outside is inevitable.

In the past, products from America and polar bears, or products from France and Germany were definitely everyone’s first choice.

This time, even America introduced Hummer's technical information from China, which invisibly endorsed Hummer's performance.

Therefore, it is normal for some countries in the Middle East to directly place orders to purchase Hummer military vehicles.

For these rich people, $100 million is just a drop in the bucket. If it works well, the subsequent orders will be the big money.

By then, it would be normal to have thousands of vehicles, let alone 100.

"That being said, compared to previous achievements, this has broken many records."

"It's absolutely true that the sales of Hummer military vehicles are very hot."

"The school talked to me today and said they were going to give me more responsibilities. After a while, once the process is completed, they will let me join the school committee."

After Zhu Jiansheng said this, Jiang Hui became interested.

Capital University of Technology is a vice-ministerial institution. If Zhu Jiansheng can enter the school committee, it will be equivalent to a quick promotion to the departmental level.

This level is actually the same as that of vice-president.

The next step waiting for Zhu Jiansheng is basically the position of vice-president.

The performance of the Hummer military vehicle in the next one or two years is almost foreseeable.

That will definitely exceed the expectations of many people now. It will be entirely possible to let Zhu Jiansheng move forward at that time.

For Jiang Hui, other connections and relationships are definitely not as reliable as his father-in-law.

Zhu Jiansheng, who has only two daughters, will definitely use all his resources on Jiang Hui.

Therefore, the higher Zhu Jiansheng's position, the better it will be for Jiang Hui.

No matter where you are, having ability alone is not enough; you also need background and connections.

Only in this way can we provide a broader platform to realize our ambitions to the greatest extent.

"Dad, you really deserve this."

"For your contribution to the school, you deserve this position."

"But I think the School of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering is still very important. I think you will have a broader platform in the future. If you manage the school well, it may bring you additional contributions."

Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng came to the study, and the father-in-law and son-in-law were ready to have a good communication.

Generally, Fang Zhen and Zhu Lin would not disturb them at this time.

Even my daughter, who was only a few months old, would be taken by her aunt to play at a place far away from the study.

"Well, the requirements for younger cadres are getting higher and higher now."

"Although I am not young, compared to some people, I am still young."

"It is quite obvious that some achievements have been made at the very beginning of the reform."

Zhu Jiansheng no longer says hypocritically that the BJ212 and Hummer projects were led by Jiang Hui.

These two projects were led by him and assisted by Jiang Hui and others.

Only this conclusion can maximize the interests of both the father-in-law and the son-in-law.

This is also consistent with the perception of many people.

"Yes, everything is difficult at the beginning. It is even more difficult to achieve a breakthrough in a difficult thing in your hands."

"In the future, it is likely that people will leave colleges and universities to work in ministries or factories, or hold several positions at the same time."

Jiang Hui discussed his predictions with Zhu Jiansheng based on some future situations.

Although it seems a bit vague, when everyone is a little unclear about the situation, having this directional information is actually very valuable.

(End of this chapter)