The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 262: Past 1981, Looking Forward to 1982
Looking back at the whole year of 1981, China has undergone tremendous changes.

The situation in the factories under the First Ministry of Machine Building began to turn around quickly because they had adopted the reform plan of contracting out loss-making factories in advance.

More factories have also begun to join the scope of this reform.

The success of Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant and Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant has also driven the healthy development of other factories in the entire industrial chain.

This has led to much better operating conditions for many factories throughout the capital region.

As for the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building, due to the excellent performance of the Hummer military vehicles produced by the Capital University of Technology and the No. 618 Factory, they had already started a project to aid Afghanistan with the United States in advance, and their lives became much better.

Although the funds allocated by relevant departments have decreased, the military factories under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building are actually living better than in 1980.

In particular, the factories involved in providing material aid to Afghanistan suddenly became major exporters and foreign exchange earners, and the situation naturally changed greatly.

We also have the money to import some equipment from overseas to transform the production line, so that the overall technological level can be further improved.

In order to jointly fight against polar bears, the United States has also relaxed controls on the export of many high-end equipment.

This trend became even more obvious after the polar bears conducted an exercise that was beyond everyone's imagination.

"Director, last year our factory produced a total of 70 motorcycles. The BMW produced the most, reaching units. The BMW S reached more than units, and the BMW X also produced nearly units."

"This output can already firmly occupy the number one position in China."

After New Year’s Day, a high-level summary meeting was quickly held at the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant.

Each department reviewed last year’s achievements and looked forward to this year’s work.

Chen Chenxing, as the sales manager and also the director of the production management department, was the first to report the sales data of BMW motorcycles to everyone.

As for sales, basically there is no need to explain, everyone can calculate it.

In just over a year, the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant went from being on the verge of bankruptcy to becoming a major taxpayer and exporter, and is now a model factory of the First Ministry of Machine Building.

The production line, which was put into operation just last December, has a special visiting passage for leaders from all walks of life to use when they visit.

"Director, the profits contributed by export orders to the factory far exceed those from domestic orders. I think in the new year, the sales focus should still be on export earnings."

"Even if we settle at the official exchange rate, our earnings will still be very good."

Finance Minister Wu Ying does not plan to present the specific financial statements to everyone today. She will just show them to Jiang Hui in private.

However, she would definitely bring up the issue of further increasing profits during this important meeting.

"I heard that the development of the opposition forces in Argentina is quite good. We will strive to obtain some orders for BMW 70 to assist Argentina this year."

"Other than that, we mainly rely on the BMW S to develop in the Southeast Asian market."

Chen Chenxing naturally also wants to expand the scale of export earnings, which will be very beneficial to both individuals and factories.

"Products like the BMW X are probably rare abroad. I think we can try it out to see if there is demand in the American and Southeast Asian markets."

Jiang Hui knew that three-wheeled motorcycles would also have a large market in America.

Especially the three-wheeled motorcycle that their factory is currently producing, no other motorcycle company has a similar product yet.

If we can sell a few thousand units in the American market, it will definitely be very beneficial for enhancing the influence of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory.

If Jiang Hui hadn't brought up this kind of thing himself, no one else would have dared to even think about it.

After all, in everyone's understanding, America is such a developed country that it can produce all kinds of motorcycle products, so why would it import BMW X from China?

"To sell the BMW X to Southeast Asia, there is no particular difficulty in terms of sales channels. We can just share it with the BMW S."

"But we don't have any clues about America yet. We may need to consider finding some distributors to cooperate with."

Chen Chenxing suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed.

He felt that he had no confidence in selling the BMW X to America.

But since Jiang Hui said so, this must be done.

"America is vast and sparsely populated. Although the per capita car ownership is high, pickup trucks, which can carry both people and goods, are very popular."

"But in some special occasions, tricycles like the BMW X can actually be used in a good way."

"The most important thing is that you don't need to spend money on regular maintenance like a car, you don't need to buy insurance, and the fuel consumption is much lower."

"For some low-income people in America, it is still very friendly."

Jiang Hui naturally knew that it was not easy to sell the BMW X to America.

In particular, the various sales channels nowadays cannot be developed through the Internet like in later generations.

However, everyone still needs to be aware of the situation in the American market.

Only when everyone fully realizes the attractiveness of the American market will they be more proactive in doing it, rather than just pushing forward to fulfill their own instructions or tasks.

The effect is definitely far from perfect.

"Our BMW X is indeed an excellent tricycle. I will contact my overseas relatives later to see if they are interested in becoming BMW motorcycle dealers, or if any of their friends are engaged in this business."

Hou Guoming is no longer afraid of letting anyone know about his future overseas relationships.

After several years of reform, having overseas connections is no longer a bad thing, but rather something that everyone envies.

"Let's all think of various ways together. I will also contact the people at General Motors to see if they know any dealers who are willing to sell motorcycles."

Jiang Hui felt that he could make good use of his resources in the United States and use various means at the same time.

He won't give up until the BMW X is sold to America.

"Director, we currently have the production capacity of 15 motorcycles. If we recruit and train workers in advance and produce in three shifts without interruption, we will have no problem producing motorcycles per year. We can even try to achieve a higher output."

"Given the current sales momentum of the BMW 70, BMW S and BMW X, it is entirely possible to sell a total of units a month."

"I think we can also start considering building a new factory at the same time. At that time, we can even build a production line specifically for the BMW X based on its production characteristics, so as to further improve our overall production efficiency."

"At the same time, the First Ministry of Machine Building is already assisting us in purchasing the land next door. The relevant procedures are already underway, and it should be almost done by the beginning of spring."

"When we start building the family housing, we will also start building the new factory building."

"After we have the factory, if we want to continue to expand the production line in the future, the time can be greatly shortened."

Li Zifu is now full of energy.

He used to be the deputy factory director, but he was not taken seriously wherever he went. After all, he was the director of a small factory on the verge of bankruptcy, and his influence was very limited.

But now it's completely different.

Not to mention his different status in front of relatives and friends, even within the street and district, and even in the First Ministry of Machine Building, he can speak in front of many people.

That sense of accomplishment is hard to describe in a few simple words.

Therefore, he is very positive about continuously expanding the scale of the factory and expanding its influence.

"The factory can indeed be built, and 100,000 vehicles is not our upper limit."

“But since we are going to build a brand new factory and production line, we need to consider it more fully.”

"In the future, our production capacity will definitely be towards 100 million, and we will strive to achieve this goal within the next three years."

“So we need to be more bold when planning factories and arranging production lines, so that we don’t have to make constant adjustments every year.”

Jiang Hui knew that in a few years, China's motorcycle industry would usher in a period of rapid development.

Many factories are not well prepared and will certainly not be able to fully enjoy this benefit.

If Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory takes more proactive actions, it will be able to reap rich rewards in due time.

"Should we find an opportunity to go abroad and see how motorcycle giants like Honda and Suzuki plan their production lines?"

"As the largest motorcycle factory in China, I think they should also be interested in discussing cooperation with us."

Hou Guoming boldly proposed a plan.

Instead of working in isolation, it is better to go out and take a look.

Although Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant is now the largest motorcycle factory in China, there is still a big gap compared with international giants.

This point must also be faced squarely.

"You can try to contact them. It just so happens that those motorcycle giants have recently started to inspect and communicate with some other domestic factories."

"If we take the initiative to contact them, some companies may still be interested."

Jiang Hui agreed after a little thought.

It's just a visit to someone's production line, which is not that sensitive, and the other party will most likely agree.

After all, Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant is also their potential partner.

At the same time, Jiang Hui had an idea in his mind and planned to arrange for BMW Technology to register some patents internationally.

By then, the motorcycles exported from the Chaoyang factory may infringe on other people's patents, but if other people's motorcycles also infringe on BMW technology, the lawsuit can be dragged on slowly.

Everyone even compromised with each other to avoid affecting BMW motorcycle export earnings.

(End of this chapter)