Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 311 New Standards (6000+ words)

"We can form a joint venture or license the patents at that time!"

"Do whatever suits you best!"

"Anyway, we're all family!"

"Anyway, there are international practices!" Li Song from the automotive industry didn't mention lowering patent licensing fees.

The main reason is that in China, those who can afford to buy cars are mostly government employees.

Only a very small number of people can afford cars, and these people are also rich, so why not take them if we can?

In a few more years, when people have more money, they can license their patents to more manufacturers for low-end vans and cars, thus creating competition and lowering the overall price.

As for mid-to-high-end models, their prices cannot be reduced.

People care about their image; if mid-to-high-end car dealerships lower their prices, they lose their prestige.

For mid-to-high-end models, the brand and logo themselves add a lot of value!
It's the same whether it's in China or abroad!
Why do wealthy people buy mid-to-high-end cars? Luxury cars are all about prestige!

“Okay!” Ma Shengli was well aware that the national government was also in contact with foreign car manufacturers!
There are mainly two countries, one is Japan and the other is Japan.

Of course, the conditions offered by the car manufacturers in these two countries were certainly not as generous as those offered by Li Song!
Although the government already knew that BMW had ten models covering low-end, mid-range, high-end, and luxury sports cars.

Li Song had also raised the issue of authorization, but he hadn't explained it clearly.

Of course, there is also an advantage to negotiating with foreign countries, which is that you can find out the prices they are asking for in this regard!

Because there's no comparison, directly cooperating with Li Song's side might lead to some people making comments and criticisms.

Although these gossiping people knew in their hearts that cooperating with Li Song would be much cheaper.

However, some people have their own interests involved.

Because some of these people have connections with these countries.

Some of these people's children, relatives, or even themselves have lived or studied in these countries!

These people are naturally able to gain some extra benefits in certain events.

Ma Shengli himself knew that he had gained so many benefits by contacting Li Song!
Of course, higher-level departments are aware of this and are sometimes willing to take advantage of this relationship.

Because it's unavoidable to want to acquire other people's technology.

Rather than letting others take the benefits, it's better to let our own people take them!

Foreign public relations firms also want to take a cut.

In fact, the whole world is pretty much the same!

Westerners also value relationships when doing business!
Moreover, Westerners have most likely already reached an agreement during cocktail parties or charity auctions!

It's the same principle as reaching an agreement with the mainland over a meal.

Look at the US, spending so much military money in Tokharistan, and then using military transport planes to deliver bottled water from US soil!

This is not a business that ordinary people can get.

Finally, some people on America's side came to power and wanted to investigate the military expenditures of the Tokharistan Kingdom!
The people we sent out boarded the helicopter, but it was shot down by local militants!

In the end, it still came to nothing.

"Mr. Ma, we'd appreciate it if you could urge us to expedite the process of setting standards for single-engine, propeller-driven small aircraft like the Panda!"

"Because this aircraft will soon enter the mass production stage."

"And related materials and such!"

"Everything will be paid for in US dollars."

"Another thing is that I'd like to order a 10,000-ton vehicle transport ship!"

"To prepare for future exports of motorcycles, cars, and airplanes!" Li Song is determined to build his own logistics system!

Especially when it comes to developing new energy vehicles, the transportation of new energy vehicles carries certain risks!
Therefore, in the end, all new energy vehicles and new energy equipment were transported by special cargo ships!

These special cargo ships have emergency plans for quickly handling dangers.

There's simply no way a regular cargo ship could have contingency plans for transporting these items.

Moreover, the shipping industry will experience explosive growth in the next few decades.

Even in 2080, maritime transport remained the mainstream mode of transportation.

However, at that time, all maritime transport was nuclear-powered.

Lower shipping costs, larger shipping capacity, and increasingly higher levels of intelligence.

Goods start at the factory, then travel through intermediate transportation, and finally arrive at the port for loading and unloading!

Almost all of them use unmanned intelligent systems.

The customer is on the other side of the world and has just placed an order.

The smart factory then begins planning production and generating orders.

Logistics orders and plans have also begun to be generated, and overseas customers can see how long it will take for their goods to arrive at the port in a very short time!
The reason it only arrives at the port is because the infrastructure of each country is different!
Intelligent systems and intelligent devices are things that most small countries cannot afford to play with.

Some people may ask, what is the most crucial element of a smart device or smart system?
That is a stable and abundant power supply.

Leaving aside the price of the smart system and the smart devices themselves.

Take, for example, the electricity needed for intelligent systems and intelligent devices.

This applies to both the computation of the intelligent system itself and the communication network that supports the intelligent system.

Everything depends on the most basic thing: electricity!
The amount of electricity required for an intelligent program to grow from training to maturity is terrifying.

Even if smart devices themselves are charging devices, a huge number of charging stations are still needed!
Whether it's wireless charging or wired charging.

They all rely on massive power equipment!
By 2080, drones equipped with wireless charging devices will be able to undertake ultra-long-distance flights around the world.

Of course, this type of freight demand is very expensive.

This wireless charging device mainly relies on satellites in space.

Satellites in space convert energy into power through their onboard solar panels and then remotely transmit that energy to drones.

Therefore, this wireless charging method is too expensive because the satellite needs to change its orbit to follow the drone.

Of course, the technical requirements are also very high. One reason is the influence of the weather, and another is that the accuracy requirements for both the WeChat transmission and the drone reception are very high.

Furthermore, drones also need to plan their flight routes based on their own calculations, satellite cloud images provided by satellites, and airflow and temperature changes detected by satellites along their flight paths!
The flight path also needs to be synchronized with the satellite.

“Okay!” Ma Shengli knew, of course, the urgency of the matter Li Song was referring to.

Ma Shengli stopped watching over things and hurried off to report on his work.

Otherwise, if our country exports these aircraft without meeting domestic standards, we will be laughed at by others!
Li Song strolled around for a while without urging anyone.

Because money is a great motivator.

The next day, Li Song arrived at Qiansheng Electronics Research Institute.

We've finally obtained all the technology for the complete RISC and chip!
This includes technical information on wafer fabs and projection lithography machines.

In the chip industry, chip design is only one part.

It still relies more on high-end manufacturing!

Although Li Song has handed over the task of lobbying higher authorities to handle the wafer fabs and lithography machines, the research institute also needs to understand these technologies!

Because only by having it in our own hands can we control the direction of our research!

Currently, the higher-level departments rely on these domestic research institutes.

Li Song could not possibly direct the subsequent research direction of these research institutes.

Because these research institutes don't belong to them at all.

Entrusting them with technical research is simply a form of transaction!
It was just a simple client-vendor relationship. Li Song never thought of investing in these research institutes because they were the foundation of the country!

Besides, Li Song didn't have the energy to deal with these research institutes.

There's no energy to persuade each of these research institutes to develop in their own direction!
To put it bluntly, what level are they at? What kind of influence do they have within the entire system?

Moreover, Li Song himself doesn't understand professional matters.

The research institute also has these research projects, and will receive research results from other research institutes in the future.

This way, the research direction within the institute will be determined by the researchers themselves.

The development of semiconductors has been too rapid since then.

Whether it's chip manufacturing or chip design.

During this period, there was a famous saying called Moore's Law.

Of course, Moore's Law also became less effective later on, especially as precision increased.

This time, Li Song set performance targets for each project.

From mastering the technology to production to mass production!
Li Song then distributed the corresponding performance bonus.

The entire electronics laboratory now has several major departments.

Chip design, wafer manufacturing.

The manufacturing of lithography machines is divided into light source system, optical system, stage system, immersion system, alignment and measurement system, and environmental and control system.

Chip packaging system!

The lithography machine system accounts for the largest proportion of the projects.

Because it uses the most advanced projection lithography machine, it has reached the world's advanced level and is leading the world!

Although wafer manufacturing and lithography machine manufacturing are researched by other research institutes in mainland China, this does not prevent the people at the Electronics Research Institute from conducting research themselves.

Once other domestic research institutes have fully grasped the application of the technology, it will be much easier for the Electronics Research Institute to take over.

Because these projects are all part of a whole, after these performance bonuses are distributed among the various departments, there is an additional one million in performance bonuses!
In other words, the department that makes the greatest contribution among all departments will receive an extra reward!

For departments that lag behind, their performance ratings will be lowered.

The performance bonus will be reduced for the next task.

Because Li Song, as a private boss, wanted to make his subordinates work in circles.

And it's impossible not to compete!

Of course, Li Song only discussed this with the department heads. He didn't tell the other interns in the Electronics Research Institute about these things.

As for how the department head supervises these interns...

That's the business of the department heads. Li Song himself doesn't care about it at all. If he had to care about that, why would he need these department heads?

As a boss, if he had to manage the affairs of every department, Li Song felt that he would probably have no personal time left!

When Li Song was at the Electronics Research Institute, the higher authorities also held a multi-department meeting.

The main topic of this multi-departmental meeting was industrial product standards.

To be honest, there are no standards for industrial products in China right now.

Nowadays, industrial products, whether flawed or not, can be sold as long as they are produced!

As for the screws being turned crooked, the user can simply re-tighten them themselves!
If the screw is stripped, then re-drill the hole, use a larger screw, or wrap some cotton thread around it, or even just weld it in place!

Many components currently lack universal standards.

For example, the length and thickness of a screw of a certain type, the depth of the thread, the width of the thread, etc.!

This led to a situation where, a few years later, the relationship with Amei was good.

The domestic company sent the Eighth Master there for technical upgrades.

As a result, the parts on the two J-8s were not interchangeable at all, and the tolerances were so large that the people on the American side questioned their existence.

While China's industrial sectors are indeed comprehensive, the technology and standards are less than impressive.

Even so, it's still among the top in the world.

At least the aircraft and other components produced in mainland China generally do not have any major problems in use!
Unlike some people next door, Amei had Fat Bear teaching her step by step, but the things she produced were unwanted even by her own army.

It took decades to develop one aircraft!
Let alone things we manufacture ourselves, even if we buy other people's planes, repair them, and then fly them again, we can crash thousands of them!
While it is true that China lags behind the West and other developed countries in terms of standardization and technology when compared longitudinally.

However, it is still excellent when compared to other products!
Of course, there's no other way to change things in China right now, because there are so many companies and factories in the country, and it would be impossible to standardize everything.

So businesses have to stop production, and workers have to be trained, but the domestic market still needs industrial products.

So after the mainland acquired Li Songge's technology last year, all the factories in the upstream and downstream motorcycle industry chain introduced production standards while learning new technologies!
Therefore, a large number of factories in China have already begun standardized production.

Of course, the benefits of standardized production are also obvious. There are currently eight motorcycle manufacturing companies in China.

The parts produced by all manufacturers in the supply chains of these eight motorcycle manufacturers are completely interchangeable.

Unlike before, when you had to buy the screws from a specific manufacturer and model for the machine, and if you bought them from a different manufacturer, they might not work!
And home appliance companies too!

There are also mining machinery and equipment companies!

The standards currently being implemented in the factory are much higher than the national standards.

The reason why several departments joined forces to promote this matter is that...

The main point is that BMW is about to start mass production and will set a standard for the automotive industry!
Because the automotive industry involves more upstream and downstream companies.

In addition, there are aircraft-related standards!
The Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant's Xinghui passenger plane will soon begin mass production, and there are currently no standards for this type of small passenger plane in China!

Not to mention Li Song's crowdfunding project for a single-engine, low-altitude fixed-wing aircraft, which is about to enter mass production and be exported to Aramco.

If China can't come up with standards, won't it be laughed at by people abroad?
In addition, the assembly of medium- and long-range passenger aircraft at Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant has also begun.

Because automobiles and airplanes, these industrial chains basically involve the entire industrial system!

Therefore, all departments need to work together to promote the relevant standards.

Of course, this standard has a limited timeframe!

In other words, there are now two sets of standards. If the new standard is met, it will be implemented directly.

Those that do not meet the new standards will not be implemented for five years or several years!
"I think we should use an order-based model to promote the implementation of standardization!"

"In the future, when companies in China make purchases, we should gradually increase the proportion of standardized products!"

"Then gradually reduce non-standard products!" Everyone spoke enthusiastically during departmental meetings.

"I agree!"

"Our company's fleet."

“Each vehicle has a designated driver, because if you change drivers, you simply won’t know what’s wrong with the vehicle!”

"It also depends on the technology at BMW's car factory!"

"Just look at the failure rate of BMW motorcycles."

"that is!"

"The standardization of our motorcycle industry's upstream and downstream supply chains is very good!"

"Currently, there's no internal component procurement available across the entire industry; we need to designate specific manufacturers for production!"

"BMW has agreed to license their automotive-related technologies!"

“I think this is a great opportunity.”

"BMW's production technology is far more advanced than our current production technology!"

"When it comes to technology licensing, we'll take a two-pronged approach: some workshops in the car factory will still use the existing technology for production!"

"The other part of the workshop will learn new technologies and implement new standards!"

"Once the new workshop starts mass production, the original workshop will stop using the original technology!"

"I think the performance management system used by foreign companies is very good."

"I disagree with that, after all, our factory belongs to all the workers."

"Heh, do you believe that?"

"The factory does belong to all the workers, but the power to allocate resources is in the hands of the factory manager. The worst performers in every factory are the workers, and I've never seen a factory manager living in poor conditions."

"Alright, alright, the main focus this time is on implementing the new standards!"

"As for the factory, we'll talk about it later." The leaders are aware of some of the issues, but they are all interconnected.

I also know what the situation is like in most factories now.

"The chemical, machinery, manufacturing, and textile sectors need to work together to develop new standards!"

"Here, we would like to emphasize that the aviation sector must update its standards for aircraft!"

"Li Song's progress is incredibly fast. What if Li Song builds the plane before our domestic standards are even ready?"

"If overseas users see that there's no standard in the instruction manuals from China, where will we put our faces!" The leader said this to push for the implementation of standards!
Because some people oppose the implementation of the standards!

Moreover, some people have directly shouted slogans, saying that this is the standard of capitalists!
Because no matter what political system it is, there will always be a group of people who oppose for the sake of opposing.

Furthermore, the leadership intends to reorganize the various departments because there is currently a lot of repetitive management in each department.

The leader felt that since Li Song appeared, the resistance he encountered had been much less.

Whether it's domestically or internationally.

Of course, the leaders also know this.
Aside from the technology that Li Song publicly presented, there were also the things he secretly transported over.

Li Song himself also promoted the process of domestic industrialization.

On the one hand, there is no longer a need to beg and plead to import foreign technology.

Before Li Song appeared, those foreign manufacturers were asking for exorbitant prices, and you could say we were practically begging on our knees.

In this way, you won't get other people's new technologies; you'll only get outdated technologies.

Even after being given outdated technology, you still praise others for it.

Leaders naturally understand this frustration!
Because within the coalition forces, apart from Ami's, the other dozen or so gangs were decimated, and some were even wiped out in a single encounter!
Back then, these gangs followed Amei hoping to gain some credit.

Unexpectedly, their entire army was wiped out!
It can be said that it was because of this incident that Chinese people truly gained some international standing.

You have to understand that back then, Amei was full of vigor and ambition.

Of course, Amei also suffered losses in the south later!
This is why, later on, Ami never personally got involved in any trouble in East Asia!
Because in East Asia, the US has suffered losses.

Later, they discovered that the Middle East was an easy target, so they kept focusing on that area!
Just like the implementation and realization of such a large-scale new standard.

If no one below pushes it, it's just something done from above.

The resistance is considerable!
And now so many factories are implementing the new standards!
If the new standard is implemented now, there will be much less resistance.

If no one at the bottom does it, there's no way for the top to set standards.

We can't just come up with a standard out of thin air.

Now that someone has already done it and done it very well, then there can be a new standard.

This is why we later saw some industries start out very chaotically.

However, the national level failed to formulate corresponding standards earlier.

It is precisely because an industry needs to be chaotic enough that we can discover where rules need to be established.

The purpose of setting rules is to close loopholes.

If rules are established at the very beginning of an industry, then those rules will fail to plug the loopholes!

These vulnerabilities will then be exploited by some people!

Therefore, policies are often delayed!
There's nothing we can do about it!
Moreover, many things are better if the rules are established early on.

Then many people won't have the opportunity to enter!
It will be monopolized by certain people using the rules.

Li Song saw the related report on television news that evening.

The main problem is that Li Song's speed is too fast!
How long has it been since Li Song started contacting the mainland and bringing his technology last year?
This reaction speed is already very fast!
Li Song felt a sense of accomplishment when he saw this.

Because these standards can be said to have been driven by their own efforts!

The implementation of the new standard represents progress in overall industrialization.

This is very necessary!
Only overall progress can create sufficient competitiveness.

Moreover, there are relevant enforcement standards in place to address any disputes.

Then Li Song saw on the news that the Starship aircraft was undergoing a landing test in icy and snowy conditions.

"It's probably meant for certain people." Li Song knew that news doesn't happen for no reason; every news story has a deeper meaning behind it!

(End of this chapter)