King of Industry

Director Wang invited Zhao Guoyang to have dinner in the canteen of the Machine Works Committee, and he left after arranging accommodation for him.

The hotel arranged by Director Wang was not far from the Provincial Machine Works Committee. He made an appointment with Zhao Guoyang to pick him up on time at 8 o'clock the next morning.

After tidying up in the hotel, seeing that it was still early, Zhao Guoyang went out for a stroll in the street, bought two cigarettes and two bottles of wine, and planned to go back to school to visit his mentor, Dean Mao, in these two days.

Although Zhao Guoyang's knowledge and level must be higher than the teacher's now, but he is a person who respects the teacher and respects the way. He is still very grateful to Dean Mao for his careful teaching.

The next morning, Zhao Guoyang finished washing early, had breakfast, and waited in the lobby of the hotel.

At eight o'clock, Director Wang's car arrived on time, with the window down, Zhao Guoyang saw Director Wang waving to him, and trotted over to get into the car.

There were three people in the car. Besides the driver and Wang Ziqing, there was another acquaintance, none other than Liu Renhe, director of the Equipment Industry Department who went to Songjiang with him.

Director Liu sat in the co-pilot seat, and the back row was specially reserved for Director Wang and Zhao Guoyang to chat.

After Zhao Guoyang got into the car, he naturally exchanged pleasantries with the two leaders.

"Guoyang, in today's seminar, you have to show your skills for our machinery industry committee, and don't let people look down on our comrades from the machinery industry committee." After the greetings, Liu Renhe said with a half-smile , Zhao Guoyang felt a little inexplicable.

Liu Renhe then turned his head, looked at Zhao Guoyang and explained: "Don't you know that the establishment of our Jinling Automobile Group Company this time is led by the provincial government and our Mechanical Engineering Committee..."

After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang probably understood the meaning.

Needless to say, it must be these leaders of the Provincial Machinery Industry Committee who were resisted by the original Jinling Automobile Factory cadres during the preparation process of Jinling Automobile Group Company.

In fact, this is no wonder. After all, the main body of this group company is the Jinling Automobile Factory.

Now that he is being managed by the people from the Provincial Machine Works Committee, it is equivalent to an outsider leading an expert, so of course he will complain.

Zhao Guoyang noticed that Director Wang didn't shy away from mentioning these things to Liu Renhe, so he knew it in his heart. It seemed that Director Wang also had opinions on some leaders of Jinling Automobile Factory.

Seeing Zhao Guoyang nodded understandingly, Liu Renhe smiled and did not continue to mention this, but briefly introduced the process of today's technical seminar to Zhao Guoyang.

Jinling Automobile Group Co., Ltd. has just been established. The importance of this first technical seminar is needless to say. Its main purpose is to unify thinking, reach consensus, and strive to produce a blockbuster product that is a good start.

According to Liu Renhe's introduction, Lu Zhixing, the current boss of the former Jinling Automobile Factory and the current vice chairman of Jinling Automobile Group, proposed a new product, which is the Iveco commercial vehicle.

Five years ago, Zhuo Qingfeng, a senior official of Jiangnan Province, took Jia Yun, the mayor of Jinling City, and Lu Zhixing, the boss of Jinling Automobile Factory, to Apennines for inspection. They were warmly welcomed by Fiat Automobile Company.

After a series of talks between the two sides, Jinling Automobile Factory decided to use Fiat Group's Iveco as a partner to introduce manufacturing technology to it.

It should be said that choosing the Fiat Group as the partner was a very wise choice at the beginning.

Compared with the other major car groups in Germany, Fiat may be slightly inferior in terms of low- and mid-level cars, but they are not inferior in terms of high-end cars, sports cars, and commercial vehicles.

Among them, Iveco's "Proud" series. With advanced technology and moderate price, it is very suitable for China's auto market.

It is extremely beneficial for Jinling Automobile Factory to choose Iveco for cooperation. Among them, Lu Zhixing, a professional, naturally made a lot of contributions.

Now that the new Jinling Automobile Group Co., Ltd. is established, it is normal for Vice Chairman Lu Zhixing to want to get a good start with his favorite work.

After telling Zhao Guoyang about the general situation, Liu Renhe looked at Director Wang's face, and continued to say, "Brother Guoyang, if we say that our new company is going to start this joint venture Iveco commercial vehicle, I personally don't agree with it." of."

"Foreign Iveco commercial vehicles, I have also seen it in newspapers. The level of the production line is not comparable to that of our Jinling Automobile Group Company. If we forcefully launch this unsure product, will we encounter Waterloo? , but it’s hard to say.”

"In my opinion, it is reasonable for this new product to be in our old business - trucks. As long as the original model is slightly modified, it can be introduced to the market, and the sales volume is guaranteed. Why not Why not?" Liu Renhe said with some complaints.

Hearing what Liu Renhe said, Zhao Guoyang couldn't agree more.

In his opinion, regardless of whether Mr. Lu's thinking is too aggressive or not, at least Director Liu's thinking is more conservative.

If the first flagship product of Jinling Automobile Group Company after its establishment is a series of trucks that have not been changed, it is almost impossible to become a hit in the market and gain a great reputation.

Of course, in the case of a backward production line, it must be very difficult to engage in the production of the joint venture Iveco, so it goes without saying.

However, precisely because of the difficulty, the shock it brought to people was even stronger after it was successfully implemented.

From this point of view, Zhao Guoyang really appreciates the pioneering vice chairman Lu Zhixing.

Wang Ziqing, who was next to him, noticed the expression on Zhao Guoyang's face, and couldn't help asking: "Guoyang, from your appearance, you probably agree with the development of Iveco commercial vehicles, right? There are no outsiders here, tell me your opinion!"

Director Wang said so, Zhao Guoyang knew he had to say something.

He pondered for a moment, and then slowly said: "Director Wang, regarding the selection of the first product of Jinling Automobile Group, I am more inclined to the suggestion of Mr. Lu."

"My reason is very simple. Isn't the reason why our Jinling Automobile Group was established just to cheer up the spirit and restore the glory of the Jinling Automobile Factory?"

"If we continue to make trucks, even if we don't fail, we will never be able to talk about success. After all, there is only so much demand in the domestic small and medium-sized truck market at this stage; one more thing, in this market, we face many competitors..."

Zhao Guoyang paused and continued: "But this first new product, if it is a commercial vehicle, the situation is completely different. Small and medium-sized commercial vehicles like Iveco are still rare in China, especially on November 1. The medium-sized car "Ziyi" I sit in, and there is no domestic company that produces a similar model."

"I think that as long as Jinling Automobile Group can make up its mind, overcome difficulties, and spare no effort to invest in this project of Iveco, it must have a bright future."