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Chapter 312 Angry FAW

There is a widely circulated saying in later generations: "First-rate companies set standards, second-rate companies create brands, and third-rate companies make products."

The standards here refer to the technical standards of similar products. That is, enterprises with advanced production technologies and processes use their own technological advantages to raise the official and semi-official product technical standards to a level that they can achieve but their competitors can hardly achieve, thereby blocking their competitors from the product production field, or at least leading their competitors by the nose, making them run around in a hurry and facing crises.

Chinese standards are divided into national standards, industry standards, local standards and enterprise standards, and standards are divided into mandatory standards and recommended standards.

Among them, there are mandatory national standards (GB), recommended national standards (GB/T), national standard guiding technical documents (GB/Z), and national military standard code (GJB).

If BMW can turn its corporate standards into mandatory national standards or even recommended national standards, that would definitely be an amazing practice.

Hou Guoming obviously knew what was good. After listening to Jiang Hui's ideas, he became even more enthusiastic about this matter.

And through the communication during this period, it was found that the Ministry of First Machine Industry was very enthusiastic about promoting the establishment of the "Automotive Industry Standards Committee".

Soon, a formal preparatory group was established.

Zheng Haiming, the leader of the First Ministry of Machine Building, personally served as the leader of the preparatory group, and Qin Hao, Zhu Jiansheng and Chen Qi served as deputy leaders respectively.

There was an office under this preparatory group. Jiang Hui directly served as the director of the office and brought in Hou Guoming and several professors from Capital University of Technology to serve as deputy directors.

At the same time, in order to allow more automobile manufacturers to participate in this committee, Jiang Hui, in the name of the preparatory group, appointed the contacts previously reported by FAW, Second Automobile, Shanghai Automobile and other automobile manufacturers as office members.

With the establishment of the preparatory group, the responsibilities and objectives of this automotive industry standards technical committee have gradually become clear.

Other manufacturers have also begun to realize the importance of this.

"Deputy Director Zhao, I'm sorry, but the list of personnel for the preparatory team has been finalized. This has all been discussed within the department."

"If FAW wants to arrange for higher-level personnel to participate, they can wait until the official election in the future."

Qin Hao received a call from FAW early in the morning.

His rank is the same as that of the deputy factory director Zhao Guangming, so FAW asked Zhao Guangming to contact him, while the factory director Geng Weidong has not taken any action yet.

However, Zhao Guangming would be so excited about such things. He must have been criticized by Geng Weidong. And letting higher-level personnel join the preparatory group of this committee must have been Geng Weidong's intention.

Regardless of whether the factory director Geng Weidong will serve as a deputy team leader or something like that, at least the chief engineer of FAW must be on the committee.

In the past, FAW did not fully realize the significance of this automotive industry standards committee, and by the time it reacted, it was already too late.

That's why Zhao Guangming called Qin Hao in a hurry.

"None of the people in the preparatory group are from FAW. Who will vote for our FAW representative in the election?"

Zhao Guangming was not stupid and he immediately saw through Qin Hao's delaying tactics.

He is also an old hand and can see clearly the twists and turns behind various things.

FAW has no influence in the preparatory group, so it will not be able to suddenly become powerful in the formal organization in the future.

"Lao Zhao, the Automobile Bureau has notified all automobile factories about the Automobile Industry Standards Committee. Some factories attach more importance to and cooperate with the work of the Ministry, while some factories do not care. This is everyone's choice."

“I hope that FAW can provide more support to the work of the ministry in the future.”

Qin Hao was too lazy to argue with Zhao Guangming. The arrangements for the main leaders of the preparatory group had already been determined. How could he change it just because of a phone call from Zhao Guangming?
Not to mention whether he can change it, even if he can, he won’t do it.

FAW had not been very obedient in the past, and he thought this was a good opportunity to give them a good lesson so that they would not be dishonest in the future.

"When it comes to understanding the automotive industry, no other domestic company can compare to FAW."

"Isn't it a waste if so many professional engineers are not put to good use?"

"The various standards formulated by then will not be in line with the actual conditions of the factories, which will bring huge waste and trouble to the entire industry."

Zhao Guangming still wanted to fight for it again, but Qin Hao no longer had the patience to listen to him.

One of them had a meeting later, so he just hung up the phone.

This made Zhao Guangming very angry.

When did the Automobile Bureau become so bad in its attitude towards FAW?
"Director, I have done some research and found that the members of the preparatory group of the Automobile Industry Standards Committee, in addition to the leaders from the First Ministry of Machine Building, are mainly from Capital University of Technology, Capital Automobile Manufacturing Plant, and BMW."

"There is definitely something shady going on here. Someone is manipulating things behind the scenes and wants to take advantage of this opportunity to replace our factory's special position in China's automobile industry."

Since Zhao Guangming didn't get the job done, he must be finding some excuse.

This is also a very common operation method in the workplace.

Geng Weidong looked unhappy after hearing this.

He has worked at FAW for several years, but he hopes to go further in the future.

If FAW's position in China's automobile industry continues to decline, its future will certainly be a bit worrying.

This is unacceptable.

“Capital University of Technology?”

Geng Weidong is very familiar with it.

Most of the major events in China’s automobile industry in recent years are related to Capital University of Technology.

4MT gearbox, new generation 2.5L naturally aspirated engine, new BJ212, Hummer military vehicle...

These projects all involve professors or students from Capital University of Technology, and have become some of the few projects that the Chinese automobile industry can boast of.

"Yes, Zhu Jiansheng, the vice president of Capital University of Technology, directly served as the deputy team leader this time. He has a good relationship with another deputy team leader, Chen Qi, and he also had close contact with team leader Zheng Haiming when they were developing the new BJ212."

"Plus, there are quite a few professors and associate professors from their school in the preparatory group. From now on, the standards committee will basically be decided by people from Capital University of Technology."

"And Zhu Jiansheng's son-in-law and favorite student Jiang Hui is now the factory director of BMW."

In fact, Geng Weidong already knew all this information, Zhao Guangming just brought it up again.

There was no way. If he didn't talk about these things, he didn't know what to say.

He has no solution and can only take one step at a time.

"That Jiang Hui is still the director of Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory, right?"

"He is considered a member of the system, but he went to work as a factory director at a foreign-funded enterprise, BMW. This kind of thing is definitely problematic."

"We have to report this to the First Ministry of Machine Building. We can't let a single bad apple spoil the whole barrel."

Geng Weidong had always hoped to recruit Jiang Hui to FAW, but he had never succeeded.

Now with the emergence of BMW cars, it is even more impossible for Jiang Hui to join FAW.

In this case, if you can't get something, you have to find a way to destroy it.

Otherwise, the competitors will be too strong and pose a great threat to FAW.

"Well, there is indeed something to be said for this."

"It's not just a question of Jiang Hui's identity. It's also a question of many technicians from Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory joining BMW directly after leaving the factory. This is very problematic." "As long as we focus on this issue, we can definitely make Jiang Hui feel very uncomfortable."

Zhao Guangming had just been offended by Qin Hao, and now he wanted to find someone to vent his anger on.

The Automotive Industry Standards Committee was established at the suggestion of Jiang Hui, and many of the relevant personnel have very close relationships with Jiang Hui.

This naturally made Zhao Guangming hate Jiang Hui.

As soon as FAW took action, Jiang Hui quickly got the news.

"Xiao Jiang, how is your relationship with Li Zifu from Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory?"

Qin Hao called Jiang Hui personally, obviously standing on Jiang Hui's side and wanting to help.

He could tell what the other party was thinking without any evidence based on the complaints against FAW and some rumors that suddenly popped up in the past few days.

"It's OK. He has been quite cooperative with my work over the past two years and doesn't have any other messy thoughts."

Jiang Hui didn't understand Qin Hao's purpose at first, so he was cautious in his choice of words.

"You now spend most of your time in Shenzhen, focusing on BMW cars."

"How about letting Li Zifu take charge of Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory?"

"Anyway, as the deputy factory director, Fang Huihui can supervise Li Zifu at any time. There must be some people in the factory who are willing to follow your instructions."

Qin Hao didn't beat around the bush with Jiang Hui and directly stated his purpose.

Jiang Hui works in two special factories at the same time, and now FAW has brought this to the surface. It would be a bit awkward for him to continue like this.

Making Jiang Hui choose between the two is an issue that must be considered.

"No problem. Chaoyang Factory's development strategy has already been formulated. Li Zifu just needs to implement it well."

"But the ministry suddenly made this decision. Did something happen?"

Jiang Hui is not stupid. There must be a reason why Qin Hao told him this matter for no apparent reason.

If you don't make the situation clear, you never know when someone might attack you.

"We specifically complained about this issue to FAW and wanted to escalate the issue, but we were suppressed by Leader Zheng, who thought the other party was just making a fuss."

"But as for the Chaoyang Motorcycle Factory, you should temporarily decline the position of factory director. This can be regarded as a way to reduce the heat of this matter."

"I'm worried that if FAW continues to mess around, they will mess up some of BMW's technology and bring unnecessary trouble to everyone."

Qin Hao naturally knew the relationship between BMW Technology and Jiang Hui, although this situation did not violate anything.

But it is easy for people to make a fuss about it.

By then, both the Ministry of First Machine Industry and Jiang Hui himself will be disgusted.

"BMW is also producing trucks, which is not in direct competition with FAW. Why are they so excited now?"

Jiang Hui can't be said to have any good or bad feelings towards FAW.

Many factories of this era are not very technologically advanced, and FAW is not the only one.

But now that the other party has taken the initiative to provoke me, the situation has become a little different.

"It's because of the matter of the Automobile Industry Standards Committee. After realizing the importance of this committee, FAW hopes that its chief engineer can become the deputy leader of the preparatory group, or even directly serve as the leader."

"This is obviously picking peaches."

Qin Hao was somewhat dissatisfied with FAW's relatively aggressive approach.

That was like a slap in his face.

He also wants to save face.

"As the industry's big brother, if they wanted to do a good job of standardization, they could have taken the lead in this matter in the early years."

"But they have never done any work in this regard, fearing that if some things in the factory are made public, it will bring bad influence to themselves."

"Since you have made this choice, just keep going with it."

"What do they want to do now?"

After hearing what Qin Hao said, Jiang Hui felt a little speechless.

Although there are some special purposes for setting up the automotive industry standards committee, it is normal that it has aroused the vigilance of other car manufacturers such as FAW.

But it really makes people feel uncomfortable when they don't do it themselves but can't stand seeing others do it.

"That's true, but I don't want to reason with you."

"If they pop up every now and then to disgust you, that's really annoying."

After Qin Hao said this, Jiang Hui naturally understood the situation very clearly.

If FAW wants to make things difficult for me, then I don't need to be polite.

Although it is impossible to knock down or destroy the other party, it is normal to make the other party feel uncomfortable.

"Dad, based on the strategic missile launcher, the school can definitely develop a heavy truck. Then we can directly vacate a factory in the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory to specialize in the production of heavy trucks."

"The Ministry of First Machinery Industry previously shelved the Sanqi project in order to introduce the heavy truck project."

"This shows that the higher-ups are still dissatisfied with the current products of FAW and Second Automobile Works."

FAW's main product now is the Jiefang truck.

As long as a substitute appears in this market, FAW's days will immediately become difficult.

Of course, it is not very realistic to want to bring down the other party.

Blocking their future development path first will definitely be enough to make them suffer.

Competition in the truck market will become fierce in the future, and only heavy trucks will be able to maintain a relatively good profit.

Once the Polytechnic Special Vehicle Factory occupies this track, it will not be easy for other manufacturers to enter.

"Our school can indeed develop the heavy-duty truck market, but it will take a long time and will also cause some backlash from FAW and Second Automobile Works."

Zhu Jiansheng immediately hit the crux of the matter, but Jiang Hui was obviously not worried about this at all. "FAW has already complained to the First Machinery Ministry about me. Do I still need to consider their opinions?"

Originally, Zhu Jiansheng wanted to objectively and rationally analyze the pros and cons of this matter before making a decision.

But after hearing what Jiang Hui said, his attitude immediately changed, "Then let's start the heavy truck project as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)