The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 293: Old products and new products? The “electric chicken” arrives early

"Xiao Jiang, why are you suddenly interested in the Beiping Battery Factory?"

“I’ve had contact with this factory before, but it has a lot of problems and a heavy historical baggage.”

BMW Technology is going to acquire a factory in China. This is a very special matter and will definitely cause considerable discussion among relevant departments.

So Jiang Hui told Zhu Jiansheng directly in advance.

“There are indeed many problems, but they can all be solved with money.”

"Among the technicians at the Beiping Battery Factory, more than 20 of them were college graduates from the 1950s and 1960s, and there are even a few who were college graduates during the Republic of China period."

"The technical level of these people is very good, but due to limited funding, there is no stage for their talents to be fully utilized."

"For me, it's not so much about acquiring the Beiping Battery Factory as it is about being attracted by their technical team and existing production capacity."

"Both BMW and Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory have a relatively large demand for batteries."

It is normal for the father-in-law to have questions, Jiang Hui just needs to explain them to him slowly.

Anyway, if we want to enter the battery industry, we must start early.

The Peking Battery Factory has a long history, which may seem like a burden now, but as it grows and develops in the future, it will become another advantage.

When promoting to the outside world, you can just talk about how long your development history is and how many years of technological accumulation you have, which will give people a completely different impression.

"There are dozens, if not 100, of factories that can make car batteries and motorcycle batteries."

"You don't have to buy from the Beiping Battery Factory."

"Besides, among the batteries on BMW motorcycles today, only the ones on the BMW S use products from the Beiping Battery Factory, right?"

Zhu Jiansheng was not so easy to convince.

In particular, what Jiang Hui wants to do is unprecedented in the country.

It would definitely be more sensitive for foreign capital to acquire state-owned factories.

You should know that when the General Motors delegation came to China for inspection, no one dared to make a judgment on the joint ventures they mentioned. It was only after the chief engineer gave his approval that the path of joint ventures became an option.

Now Jiang Hui wants to go a step further and directly acquire domestic factories, which is bound to cause some twists and turns.

Zhu Jiansheng undoubtedly didn't want this to happen.

Especially since Zhu Lin is pregnant again recently, Jiang Hui will be the father of two children by then, so there is no need for him to do so many risky things.

"The domestic battery industry is really flourishing now, with all kinds of factories."

"I want to make the battery industry an important development direction for BMW technology in the future. Lead-acid batteries, lithium batteries and other battery products can all be key research directions in the future."

"Especially lithium batteries, there are many experts in the United States, England and Japan who are researching them. Everyone generally believes that this will be the future development direction, but domestic research in this area is still relatively weak."

Jiang Hui felt it necessary to mention the issue of lithium batteries to Zhu Jiansheng.

This is the trump card product of the future.

As long as it is done well, it will affect the national economy and people's livelihood.

"If BMW Technology wants to get involved in the battery industry, it doesn't necessarily need to acquire factories in China."

Zhu Jiansheng still didn't quite understand.

There is no way. It is too troublesome for foreign capital to acquire domestic factories these days.

"Although BMW Technology is a Hong Kong-based company, our various factories will definitely be rooted in the mainland and will be located in the capital, Shanghai, and Shenzhen."

"Acquiring a domestic factory with high-tech content is the most convenient way."

"Especially since I plan to launch electric bicycles at the Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory, the importance of batteries will be greatly increased."

"If we don't have our own battery factory, our core components will be in the hands of others, which is unacceptable."

After Jiang Hui said this, Zhu Jiansheng's attention was indeed diverted.

“Electric bike?”

Zhu Jiansheng is a veteran in the automotive industry.

Since electric cars are closely related to bicycles, he immediately thought of electric cars.

In 1881, Frenchman Gustave Truff built the world's first electric tricycle, which is regarded as the starting point of electric vehicles.

It can be said that using batteries to drive machinery is not a very innovative idea.

Many people abroad were doing this 100 years ago.

Even in the early days of cars, most were electric vehicles, and fuel-powered vehicles were just a latecomer.

This is probably something that many people don’t know.

"Yes, I think electric bicycles are very promising. As long as they are well made, they can be compared with motorcycles in the future." Jiang Hui has a lot to say about the "electric chickens" that are all over the streets in later generations.

Regardless of whether this product is good or not, the production scale is really large and the number of people using it is really large.

Historically, in 1983, China's first recorded and mass-produced two-wheeled electric bicycle was successfully developed by Shanghai Bicycle Factory No. .

This car is equipped with a 150w column motor and a 24v ordinary lead-acid battery for cars.

Although limited by the technical conditions at the time, this two-wheeled electric vehicle had a range of less than 30 kilometers and poor climbing ability, making it difficult to completely replace mainstream bicycles, it marked the beginning of China's two-wheeled electric vehicle industry.

Calculating the time, it is very likely that Shanghai Bicycle Factory No. 2 has already started researching electric bicycles.

If Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant wants to seize the title of China's first electric bicycle, it must speed up.

"With current battery and motor technology, even if you produce an electric bicycle, its performance will definitely not be very good."

“By then, it might become a product that is criticized.”

I have to say that what Zhu Jiansheng said is very reasonable.

Electric bicycles have existed in China since 1983, but they did not become widely used until after 2010.

A big reason for this is that the battery and motor technology is not sufficient to support the performance improvement of electric bicycles.

The situation is similar for electric vehicles.

Electric cars were produced in large quantities a hundred years ago, but before 2000, there were only a few auto giants in the world that were producing electric cars on a large scale.

It was not until after 2010, or even after 2020, that electric vehicles began to become popular on a large scale.

The key reason here is naturally the influence of battery and motor technology.

"Because battery and motor technology are not good enough, I want to take this opportunity to enable BMW Technology to make efforts in these two areas."

"We will start with batteries and motors for electric bicycles, and then further produce products such as engine starter motors. In the future, we will make motors a flagship product of BMW technology, and make BMW motors a famous brand."

Jiang Hui was so persistent that Zhu Jiansheng could naturally feel his attitude.

Since her son-in-law is optimistic about the battery and motor industry, there is no need for her to continue to oppose it. "Okay, then you can communicate with the First Ministry of Machine Building first. If it is difficult to acquire the Beiping Battery Factory, you can consider changing to another one."

After communicating with his family about the acquisition of the Peking Battery Factory, Jiang Hui quickly took Fang Huihui, the deputy general manager of BMW Technology, to visit Qin Hao.

"You are not responsible for all the retired personnel?"

Qin Hao looked at BMW Technology's plan very seriously, with a hint of worry on his face.

"Director Qin, I don't think any foreign company will be willing to continue to support retired personnel in the future. This should be the responsibility of the relevant departments."

"BMW Technology's plan, except for not taking responsibility for retired employees, is fully accepted by existing factory staff. They are older engineers with higher salaries, and we can promise that none of them will be fired and they will work until retirement. All of this can be written into the contract."

"In addition, BMW Technology can also promise that after the acquisition, the turnover of the Beiping Battery Factory can be immediately increased, making some contribution to local tax revenue."

"They will also purchase advanced equipment from the United States and Japan to improve the technological level of China's battery industry."

"To be frank, with the price BMW Technology has paid, it can actually consider building a new battery factory in Hong Kong."

Today is a report and also a negotiation.

Jiang Hui certainly cannot look at this acquisition plan completely from Qin Hao's perspective, otherwise he will probably have to make many unacceptable compromises.

"I understand what you said, but you only promised that the engineers can work until retirement. What about the workers?"

Qin Hao knew that the biggest concern after foreign capital acquired the factory was whether the workers would cause trouble.

No matter what era it is, thousands of people showing up to cause trouble is definitely a headache for leaders.

Especially since this kind of thing involves the sale of a factory, the relevant personnel in charge will be accused of something if they are not careful. This is a situation that Qin Hao does not want to see.

"As long as the worker is determined to be competent for the job after being assessed, we can keep him in the Beiping Battery Factory."

"But for those who don't have any skills, don't listen to orders, and are unwilling to learn, if they still can't do it after being given a certain opportunity to improve, we will return them to the First Ministry of Machine Building."

Jiang Hui knew that directly firing workers and causing them to lose their iron rice bowls would definitely not be accepted by everyone in 1982.

Therefore, when signing the contract, it is necessary to let the Ministry of First Machine Building provide a guarantee for the work of the relevant workers.

But the First Ministry of Machine Building certainly doesn't want to bury a big bomb for itself.

If the Peking Battery Factory laid off hundreds of workers, where would they find jobs for them?

"I need to report your plan to the leaders."

"Some details still need to be discussed further."

Qin Hao knew that Jiang Hui's plan was actually sincere.

From the estimated acquisition amount, it can be seen that BMW Technology is not trying to take advantage.

(End of this chapter)