King of Industry

A group of people arrived at the meeting room upstairs, where the guests and hosts were seated.

The oval conference table is divided into three areas.

The high-level side above, the side of SJ City, and the side of ** Province are clearly separated, but they merge together at the edge.

Zhao Guoyang's position is quite special. He is placed on the edge of the upper leadership and SJ city leaders, and in the middle between Mayor Huang Zhigang and Minister Fang Xuesen.

Although Gaoguan Zhu in ** Province had some opinions on such a seating arrangement, after frowning, he finally didn't speak up.

Being sandwiched between two big bosses, Zhao Guoyang didn't show any uneasiness, just lowered his head silently, thinking about the questions that might be asked by the big bosses later.

Sure enough, as soon as the meeting started, Zhu Yiming from ** Province spoke out first.

The first question this guy came up with was directed at Zhao Guoyang.

"Researcher Zhao, have you considered the specific implementation plan for our FAW Group and Songqi Group to acquire 'Skoda Automobile Company'? Is there anything we need to do?"

As soon as Zhu Yiming said this, several leaders in SJ City looked a little unhappy.

The reason is very simple. This senior official Zhu took the commanding heights as soon as he came up, and directly described the acquisition plan as a matter between FAW and Songqi.

Moreover, the accent still faintly puts FAW in the dominant position, how can this be convincing?

So before Zhao Guoyang had time to answer, Mayor Huang immediately spoke up.

"Hehe, Lao Zhu, it's hard for Guoyang to answer this question for you. After all, he just proposed the plan of 'small fish swallowing big fish' just yesterday, so it's impossible to think up the implementation plan overnight, right? "

"Besides, Guoyang also communicated with us yesterday. Some details of his plan are still debatable. It is not certain whether he will cooperate with other car companies in the country!"

After Huang Zhigang said this, Zhu Yiming and Lu Xinmin glanced at each other, with resentment and shock on their faces.

Although Lu Xinmin is not as good as Huang Zhigang, he is very strong and tough.

When Mayor Huang smiled and looked at him, he said in a low voice: "Mayor Huang, all the leaders above are here, what you said is a bit disunity."

"That's right!" Zhu Yiming also echoed repeatedly, "Yesterday, Chairman Mao of your Songqi Group called Jianlong, that's not what he said! Why did you change your mind just after one night?"

"Hehe, senior official Zhu, Comrade Zhichun couldn't make up his mind for a while yesterday, so he just discussed with Chairman Wu. How to implement this plan must be discussed in a long-term way."

"This has nothing to do with changing one's mind and not changing one's mind." It was undoubtedly Gao Tongzhou who said this.

Listening to the verbal confrontation of the bosses, Liang Xiaofeng, who was sitting next to Mao Zhichun, felt a little nervous.

He, the director of the city's Machinery and Electronics Industry Bureau, only got the news from Deputy Mayor Gao last night.

After getting the letter of approval this morning, Liang Xiaofeng was pulled over by Ma Jiang to meet the superiors together before he had time to think about this issue.

Now attending the meeting as a nonvoting delegate, Liang Xiaofeng's mind was in a mess looking at these big bosses who were rarely seen around him.

Seeing that the SJ city government and several bigwigs from the ** province were about to clash, Fang Xuesen smiled and waved his hands.

"Okay, okay, Mayor Huang, senior official Zhu, let's not worry so much, let's first listen to Guoyang's consideration of this acquisition plan."

After Fang Xuesen finished speaking, Hong Wenqing, the leader of the National Taxation Bureau, nodded slightly to express his agreement.

Speaking of which, Hong Wenqing and Zhao Guoyang had never dealt with each other before. Yao Gang forced him to come here this time.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and the National Taxation Bureau have always had a close relationship, and Yao Gang and Hong Wenqing often discuss and communicate on some issues.

It happened that this incident had a lot to do with SJ City, the frontier of reform and opening up. Under Yao Gang's instigation, Hong Wenqing readily accepted his invitation.

For Zhao Guoyang, a young man highly respected by Yao Gang, Hong Wenqing really wanted to see what he was capable of.

In the conference room, after Minister Fang spoke, everyone naturally had no objections.

After a group of people looked at him with concern, Zhao Guoyang spoke up.

Facing these big shots around him, Zhao Guoyang was extremely calm.

He said softly: "As for our domestic automobile company, whether we want to acquire 'Skoda Automobile', I would like to explain..."

"The automobile industry in our country has been vigorously developed since the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, the domestic automobile manufacturing industry, which has been developed for 30 years, is far behind the level of foreign advanced automobile production countries."

"For a while, and there is no way to quickly catch up with the world's advanced level, then there is only one way left - joint venture!"

"In this regard, our neighbor South Korea can be said to be a role model. In the 1950s and 1960s, South Korea exchanged markets for technology, attracting investment from multinational automobile companies."

"In just ten or twenty years, South Korea's auto industry has made great progress. It can even compete with developed countries in Europe and the United States. It has to be said that it is a miracle."

"There is such an example in the front. Our domestic auto companies have developed rapidly through joint ventures, so they are naturally favored by everyone."

When Zhao Guoyang said this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all nodded in agreement.

Zhao Guoyang took a breath and continued: "From 1984, our first domestic joint venture car company was formally established in Beijing Jeep."

"Today, there are already more than ten joint venture automobile companies in China. Moreover, this number is still increasing."

"It is no exaggeration to say that the joint venture with a major international auto company has greatly enhanced the overall strength of our domestic auto industry."

"The capital, technology, and management experience introduced from abroad not only developed the domestic market and expanded the scale of the domestic automobile industry, but also made it possible for our domestic automobile manufacturing level to be in line with international standards."

When Zhao Guoyang spoke up to this point, the audience's attention was completely focused on him.

Whether it was Fang Xuesen, Yao Gang, or Jia Mingyuan, they all knew Zhao Guoyang's strength early on.

They were not too surprised when they heard Zhao Guoyang's review of the road to joint ventures in domestic automobiles, and they just regarded it as a very common thing.

Of course, several bigwigs secretly admired that it was indispensable.

However, there are not a few people who have not dealt with Zhao Guoyang at the scene.

Except for Hong Wenqing, Zhu Gaoguan, Lu Xinmin and others in ** Province have never had contact with Zhao Guoyang.

At this time, listening to this man's eloquent talk about the domestic auto industry, the three bigwigs all sighed secretly.

Zhu Yiming glanced at Wu Jianlong, who was a distance away from him, with admiration in his eyes.

Needless to say, the boss was naturally telling Chairman Wu that the young man he highly admired really did not disappoint.

Zhao Guoyang naturally didn't know that he had been targeted by Zhu Gaoguan, and he continued to express his views on the domestic automobile industry.

"On the surface, you may think that our domestic auto industry is booming."

"Indeed, both Songqi Group and FAW Group have achieved good economic benefits in the past few years. The momentum of development is also very promising. But..."

Zhao Guoyang changed the subject: "These developments can't cover up several stubborn diseases in our domestic auto industry! The situation we are facing is still very serious!"

Hearing this, Hong Wenqing showed disapproval for the first time.

Seeing that the other bosses didn't intend to speak, he frowned, and interjected: "Researcher Zhao, what you said is a bit alarmist, right?"

"The development of our domestic automobile industry is very good, and the profits and taxes paid to the country are also increasing year by year... You don't know these things, do you?"

As the leader of the National Taxation Bureau, Hong Wenqing is naturally well aware of the profits and taxes of the automobile industry.

After he opened his mouth like this, he naturally felt that he would be shocked by the "outrageous words" of a young man like Zhao Guoyang.

Speaking of which, Hong Wenqing didn't have any bad feelings towards Zhao Guoyang.

On the contrary, after listening to some of his expositions before, he felt that this young man was really capable, not the kind of boastful airs.

But at this moment, Hong Wenqing disagreed with what the other party said.

In his view, the level of the domestic automobile industry may still need to be improved, but the overall development of the industry is still very good.

Zhao Guoyang's explanation is somewhat exaggerated.

Faced with Hong Wenqing's doubts, Zhao Guoyang just smiled, and then said: "I can fully understand your doubts."

"In fact, because of China's large population, the production and consumption of automobiles will definitely maintain a relatively high growth rate in the future."

"Even in terms of production and sales, it is not difficult to surpass the traditional Western auto powers."

"However, just the increase in sales and profits and taxes means that our auto industry has achieved a national brand? Has it caught up with the international advanced production level?"

After Zhao Guoyang asked this question, he explained without waiting for Hong Wenqing's answer: "The answer must be no!"

"In fact, whether we can have independent intellectual property rights, core technologies and independent brands; whether we can form our own core competitiveness is the key to the rise and fall of our country's national auto industry."

"One thing we car manufacturers must keep in mind is that our joint venture with foreign auto giants is not only for money and market, but more importantly, to obtain core technology, and then realize the revitalization of national brands through independent research and development. "

"This is what we should focus on!" After Zhao Guoyang's eloquent words, there was a burst of silence in the meeting room.