The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 233: All-out sprint, one month at a time
Although many workers expressed their desire to continue working hard in the factory and voluntarily gave up their holidays.

However, Jiang Hui still asked everyone to go home to celebrate the New Year on New Year’s Eve, and the next day, New Year’s Day, was also a day off.

We will wait until the second day of the Chinese New Year to continue producing subsequent prototypes, and carry out various tests on the prototypes that have already rolled off the production line.

After all, everyone lives not far from the factory, and it is really unacceptable not to take a holiday at this time.

Of course, as long as the military’s morale is high, Jiang Hui will not miss such a good opportunity.

A series of relevant rules and regulations were also officially promulgated after the new year.

In order to allow on-site workers the opportunity to upgrade their levels and even transfer to technical positions, the R&D center even opened training classes after the New Year.

After get off work, many workers take time out to learn two hours of professional and technical knowledge related to motorcycles.

For example, workers responsible for installing bolts not only need to simply learn how to assemble parts according to the operating manuals, but also learn some knowledge about bolt processing and various knowledge related to torque.

Anyway, the factory has not yet started large-scale production, so the workers generally have more time.

During this process, the situation inside the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant changed very quickly and every day.

A goal that many factories have been unable to achieve after years of hard work was achieved here in just a few months.

If outsiders come to visit, they may even feel that the factory's on-site management is a bit out of tune with other factories in China.

"Xiao Jiang, is this your BMW 70? It looks pretty good."

Just after the Spring Festival holiday, Qin Hao came to inspect as a representative of the First Ministry of Machine Building.

Later, the new deputy minister Zheng Haiming and Zhou Jian will also come to inspect.

It can be said that the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant is now a typical example of the Ministry of First Machine Industry's reform of poorly managed factories, and everyone takes it very seriously.

"Our BMW 70 is a combination of BMW technology, internationally advanced motorcycle technology and classic design introduced from overseas."

"Although we cannot say that its performance has reached the most advanced international level, it is not much worse than the international mainstream level."

"The most important thing is that by promoting the production of the BMW 70, our factory has gradually formed a complete system, which is ready for the introduction of more new products in the future."

Jiang Hui personally introduced the BMW 70 to Qin Hao, and Jiang Hui even drove Qin Hao around the factory as a driver to fully experience the riding feeling of this motorcycle.

"During a meeting last year, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building boasted to us that the Jialing Factory had produced the first civilian motorcycle in China."

"But their products were later confirmed to have many problems that needed to be improved, and the cost was very high, so they were never put into large-scale production."

"Now our First Machine-Building Ministry has successfully surpassed others as a latecomer, which is definitely something to celebrate."

Naturally, there was competition between the First Ministry of Machine Building, the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building and some other departments.

Especially as the factories under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building began to convert from military to civilian use, competition and comparison between the factories under the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building began to increase.

In the past, factories of the same type were all under the management of the same department, and whether they were good or bad was the responsibility of this department.

Now they are in different departments, if the difference is big, the contrast effect will come out.

The superiors can naturally see this.

So Qin Hao is actually under pressure as well.

Especially in the field of automobiles and motorcycles, and even related products such as televisions, many military-to-civilian factories have set their sights on products in this area.

If the factories under the First Ministry of Machine Building do not perform up to expectations, Qin Hao and his colleagues will absolutely lose face, and even their future prospects will become bleak.

Especially now that the top leaders are emphasizing economic development, the impact in this area is even greater.

"At present, our BMW 70 is still in the leading position."

"But I heard that Jialing Factory is negotiating with Honda R&D in Japan and is planning to introduce some motorcycle technology from them. By then, the quality of their products should change significantly. Even if they directly introduce Honda's motorcycle products, the competition between us will be more intense."

Although Jiang Hui is confident that he can surpass Jialing Honda's market performance, there is no need to be so confident at this time.

In the field of motorcycles, Honda is still very strong.

At least the current BMW 70, if compared with the imported Honda 70, cannot be said to be better in quality.

Especially the finishing of some parts, this aspect is closely related to the accuracy of the equipment.

Without advanced machine tools, even if you design the parts perfectly, the final production will still not achieve the desired results.

It will take some time to catch up with this gap.

"I've also heard about this. There are many factories in the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building that want to make motorcycles and cars. Jialing Factory is not the first, and it won't be the last."

"But I have confidence in you."

Qin Hao was not joking.

Through the past two years of understanding, he has a very deep understanding of Jiang Hui's strength.

The Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory, which was originally stagnant and in a dead end, underwent such a huge change in just half a year after it was contracted to Jiang Hui.

Now it has become the focus of attention of the Ministry of First Machine Industry.

According to the information reported by Jiang Hui to the First Ministry of Machine Building, once the BMW 70 is officially put into mass production, their number of employees will quickly expand to 500, and is expected to exceed 1000 by the end of this year.

Qin Hao felt that this number was still conservative.

Even the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant only requires 1000 people, taking into account various overtime production conditions.

Otherwise, if the production this year exceeds 1 vehicles, it would be normal for the number of employees to reach .

"Thank you, Director Qin. This time the ministry has given our factory the opportunity to participate in the National Machinery Industry Exhibition. We will definitely not embarrass you then." "The five motorcycles you saw today are our first batch of prototypes. There are still some problems that need to be further improved."

"We will make rapid improvements this month, continue to produce the second batch of prototypes next month, and then send them to the exhibition."

"At the same time, our shareholder BMW Technology will also purchase the first batch of 100 BMW 70s from the factory and sell them in Hong Kong City, and even further sell them to Southeast Asian countries in the future."

Bringing the BMW 70 to more countries will have special significance even if only a small number of units are sold in each country.

When the time comes, we can cooperate in taking some photos and bring them back for use in domestic publicity, which will definitely have a very good effect.

Jiang Hui has already thought about this aspect of the work.

Although BMW Technology is still a shell company, there are now more than a dozen people under the company.

It is worth giving it a try to let everyone try selling motorcycles.

At the very least, it is necessary to clarify all customs clearance procedures and make some preparations for further market expansion in the future.

“Can we achieve export earnings this year?”

Qin Hao's eyes immediately lit up when he heard Jiang Hui's words.

Exports earn foreign exchange. Which leader doesn’t like this in this era?
Especially when exporting industrial products such as motorcycles.

"Yes, we can definitely export and earn foreign exchange."

Looking at Qin Hao's expectant eyes, Jiang Hui gave a very affirmative answer.

"That's great. If there's anything that needs to be coordinated within the department, just tell me boldly. No need to be polite."

Qin Hao walked around the BMW 70 several times and liked it more and more.

"Not yet. If there are any difficulties later, I will report to the leader as soon as possible."

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Less than a week after Qin Hao's visit, Zheng Haiming, the newly appointed deputy minister, also came to inspect.

"Xiao Jiang, after Leader Zheng took office, your Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory was the first one he visited."

Qin Hao and Jiang Hui accompanied Zheng Haiming on his left and right as they toured the workshop.

In order for Zheng Haiming to have a clearer understanding of the production of the BMW 70, Jiang Hui specially had a prototype disassembled today and the various parts were redistributed to the workshop for assembly.

This also gives the workers more opportunities to practice.

"Xiao Jiang, I've wanted to come and take a look for a long time. When I was at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, I heard a lot of news about your factory."

“Now I’m not disappointed.”

As the former director of the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, Zheng Haiming had visited many supporting factories before.

But what is the on-site management of those factories like? And what is the on-site management of Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory like now? A comparison...

No wonder Zheng Haiming was so emotional.

Although the cleanliness and tidiness of a site cannot be directly equated with the quality and performance of the products, a large international company must have very good on-site management in their factories.

Otherwise, there is no way to support the company's continued expansion of production.

"We also combined the various experiences accumulated when we worked at the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant before, and the on-site management we saw during our last visit to the United States. We also had some exchanges with the Capital Internal Combustion Engine Plant, and finally combined with some suggestions from BMW Technology to achieve the current situation."

Jiang Hui is quite satisfied with the current condition of the workshop of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant.

Except for the fact that there are fewer automated equipment, the overall feeling is at least somewhat like that of a modern factory in later times.

This is actually very rare.

People who have worked in the automotive industry may have the experience that the feeling of visiting the production sites of Japanese parts manufacturers or European and American parts manufacturers in the early years was completely different from that of visiting private parts factories.

Although we don’t know how to describe some of the differences in words, those differences are visible to the naked eye.

"The spirit of the workers in your factory is the best among all the factories I have visited. It seems that you have put in a lot of effort in the past few months."

Zheng Haiming visited the entire production line very carefully and talked to some workers during the visit.

Overall, he felt very good.

"The future of the workers and the future of the factory are organically combined. Everyone is optimistic about the new product BMW 70. In addition, the relevant incentive plan has been officially announced, so that every worker can clearly know that everything they do is closely related to the future of the factory and themselves. The overall situation has gradually changed significantly."

In fact, in Jiang Hui's opinion, the most crucial reason for the change in the workers' mental outlook is whether they have been paid in place.

But this reason is naturally not acceptable, so I can only talk about other opinions.

Anyway, Zheng Haiming has been the factory director for so many years, and he actually knows some things very well, but it is very difficult to change them.

"You should work hard and strive to become a model of reform in the ministry this year."

“As long as you do a good job, the ministry can be more bold in promoting some reform measures.”

Zheng Haiming obviously also supports Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant.

These speeches were heard by many workers, and everyone was full of confidence in the future of the factory.

Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant, a factory that is about to bring a huge impact to the entire Chinese industrial sector, will soon spread its wings and take off.

(End of this chapter)