Material Empire

As early as the early 1960s, the Pujiang Automobile Factory developed the Pujiang sedan by imitating the former Soviet Volga. In the course of 20 years, Pujiang sedan has produced a total of 40,000 vehicles, equipped with many government agencies and large enterprises, and has become a symbol of official status.

末 At the end of the 1970s, China reopened the country. High-level officials visited Europe, the United States, Japan, and other countries intensively, and saw the dazzling array of new cars on foreign streets, which was greatly impacted. Especially when the central leaders visited the Toyota plant in Japan, I heard that Toyota ’s car production in one day was equivalent to two years of production at Pujiang Automobile Factory. They were shocked and silent. After returning to China, they instructed to carry out a Sino-foreign joint venture in the car industry.

As the most important domestic car manufacturer, Pujiang Automobile Factory was naturally selected as the first joint venture with foreign countries. After careful consideration, the Pujiang Automobile Plant found the German Wolfsburg Company, and discussed the establishment of a joint venture to introduce the technology and models of Wolfsburg Company for production and sales in China.

At the beginning, Wolfsburg had strong confidence in its cooperation with China and sent a huge technical and management team to China to inspect the production strength of the joint venture partner. When entering the production workshop of Pujiang Automobile Factory, the Germans were all stunned. They found that in this automobile factory, there was no automatic production line. Instead, benches, manual hoist cranes and rubber hammers were used instead.

The standardized management system required for modern large-scale production is not here at all. After the same type of screw was produced, it was actually not universal. Workers had to use a file to trim it when assembling the screw. Some screws can only be repaired. Smash into the undersized mounting hole with a hammer.

"The cooperation project between Wolfsburg and the Chinese is like producing a car on a run-down, helpless island, which will be a failed experiment", which was a German media assertion about the Pusang project at that time.

The joint venture project was launched under a difficult background. The workers of the Pujiang plant were learning the automobile assembly technology bit by bit, while also learning the concept of modern large-scale production. The first phase of the domestic assembly of imported parts was successfully completed. China requested the German side to start the localization process of Pusang in due course.

The engineers of Howling Fort took out a full set of technical data of Pusang Automobile, and put forward precise requirements for each part. After a thorough review of the parts of the old Pujiang car by the technical staff of both sides, we have concluded that China can only provide four types of parts: tires, horns, antennas, and signs, with a total value of 2.7% of the value of the car.

"Recruit supporting enterprises for the whole country, gather the strength of the whole country, and realize the localization of Pusang Motors!" The Pujiang Municipal Government made a grand decision.

In this way, the Ministry of Machinery and Pujiang Municipal Government jointly established a Pusang Automobile Nationalization Office, and began to bid for auto parts nationwide. The Pujiang Municipal Government promised that for the successful bidders, a series of supportive policies such as tax exemption and loan provision could be granted. The goal is only one, which is to increase the localization rate of Pusang Automobile to more than 70% within three years.

In China at the time, it was not entirely a company that did not reach a certain level of technology, but some of these companies were affiliated with the military and had heavy production tasks themselves; others also had their own supporting production tasks, which were not worthy of Pusang Automobile has developed another production system.

Leaving these large technologically powerful enterprises, the rest are small and medium-sized enterprises in various places. Pujiang City has been a leader in domestic industry for a long time. Providing technical and equipment support to many provinces and cities can also be regarded as "a lot of help." A notice was issued, and the provinces responded, calling on provincial enterprises to go to Pujiang to participate in bids for the localization of parts.

The huge bidding session lasted for a week, and a large group of companies came along and failed. The prototype drawings entrusted to them by the China Office make every enterprise discouraged. These dazzling technical requirements far exceed the imagination of various companies, making them feel that this is simply a shame.

"Who proposed this standard?" Someone asked indignantly.

"This is the German standard, and Wolfsburg has been purchasing accessories according to this standard." The staff of the China Office responded.

"We are not Germany. Our country is poor and the road conditions are poor. Can we not proceed from the actual situation and set a transition standard?" Someone suggested.

"No, we must meet the standard 100%, not 0.1% lower!" Pujiang Municipal Government's response was ground-breaking.

"To meet such a standard, we must invest funds for equipment renovation. When we produce the product, what should you do? Can you guarantee that as long as we build it, you will definitely buy it?" Someone gently proposed the conditions.

"As long as the accessories are qualified, we will definitely purchase them. But if they are not qualified, we will never compromise." This is the answer of the China Office.

"Mother, this is a bunch of traitors! What a Chinese-foreign joint venture is completely foreigners!" The leaders of the companies who came to participate in the bidding began to yell, and then led their team to leave angrily, "You play by yourself Come on, I won't wait! "

What Qin Hai met was exactly such an enterprise that was frustrated at the tender. The full name of Director Zhao is Zhao Ziran, who is the director of Jiangdong Machinery Plant in Haidong Province. Jia Kechang is called Jia Yangao and is the head of the production department in the factory. The middle-aged man sitting next to Zhao Ziran was the technical chief of the factory, named Ma Changfeng.

"My name is Qin Hai, and this is the Ning director of our Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory." Qin Hai also introduced himself to the other party, listening to him chatting with Zhao Ziran and others, and Ning Zhongying also came over from the table. Qin Hai quickly introduced Ning Zhongying to each other.

"My name is Ning Zhongying." Ning Zhongying said.

"Director Ning, I have heard of your name." Zhao Ziran finally stood up this time, enthusiastically came forward, and shook hands with Ning Zhongying: "I am the director of the Guanbei Agricultural Machinery Plant in our province. That said, saying that you fight for justice is Song Gongming who is anxious and righteous. "

"Oh, it's an old grandson, remember that when he had a meeting in Guangzhou one year, he had appendicitis, and I carried him to the hospital." Ning Zhongying said with a smile.

"Yes, that's what he said." Zhao Ziran said, and he quickly urged his opponent to command, "Lao Jia, go and bring all the dishes and chopsticks of the factory manager Ning, now that they have come across, Just eat it together. "

The business circle is not big. Everyone said casually that they could find a few acquaintances whom they knew each other, so the relationship was immediately closed. Ning Zhongying and Qin Hai brought their dishes to Zhao Ziran's table and joined them together. It happened that Zhao Ziran had ordered the dishes. Everyone poured beer in the wine glasses, and then they drank alternately. opened.

After the people talked some gossip, Zhao Ziran asked about the purpose of Ning Zhongying's visit to Pujiang. After hearing that they were looking for product sales, Zhao Ziran pointed to Qin Hai and said, "Xiao Qin, you just asked Do you want to try the bidding process? Listen to me. Do n’t touch this business. The China Office has no sincerity at all. It is purely to coax the leaders above. ”

Qin Hai smiled and said, "In fact, foreign companies have strict requirements on product quality standards, and they are consistent, not just for Chinese companies. By the way, Director Zhao, what products are your plants bidding for? Can you tell us? ? "

Zhao Zhao naturally nodded to Ma Changfeng. Ma Changfeng turned back and took out a drawing from the bag and handed it to Qin Hai, saying, "This is the drawing, can you understand?"

"He still has two technical hits, a bit of a ghost idea." Ning Zhongying saw the contempt of Qin Hai by his party and quickly explained. Qin Hai's age is indeed bruised. His chin is slippery. At a glance, one can think of the ancient teachings of "no hair on the mouth and infirmity."

Qin Hai thanked Ma Changfeng, took a look at the drawings, and then asked Ma Changfeng: "This bevel gear should be manufactured using powder metallurgy technology according to customer requirements. Does your factory have a powder forming press? ? "

As soon as this remark came out, except for Ning Zhongying, a group of people's views on Qin Hai suddenly changed. Powder metallurgy is not a new technology in China, but its application range is not wide ~ www.readwn.com ~ Most people don't know this concept. Qin Hai just looked at the drawings and was able to guess the process requirements of the accessories, and directly asked about the relevant equipment, anyway, at least a knowledgeable person.

"We have a hydraulic powder forming press imported from the United States," Ma Changfeng replied in a serious tone.

"Alfa's?"

"Yes, it's Alpha Company." Ma Changfeng's eyes clearly had some surprise.

"What about sintered electric furnaces?"

"Yes, German."

"Kremer's?"

"Yes, it's Kramer's!"

Hearing Qin Hai and Ma Changfeng's question and answer, Zhao Ziran's disdain for Qin Hai had disappeared. He turned to look at Ning Zhongying and got a proud look from the other side.

"Where are you guys, graduate?" Zhao Ziran asked softly.

"Agricultural machinery technical school in our province." Ning Zhongying replied.

"No, right? Graduated from Agricultural Machinery Technical School, know so many things? This is talent." Zhao Ziran said.

Su Ning Zhongying chuckled and said, "Of course it is talent. Otherwise, if I come to Pujiang for a business trip, no one will bring it, so I will bring such a gimmick?"

"According to the equipment level of your factory, there is no problem in taking over the production of this bevel gear. Why would you give up?"

Over there, Qin Hai's voice suddenly became louder, and his eyes also carried a bit of regret that he hated iron and steel.