Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

"Austin, the company's global sales last year were 9.61 million, lagging behind Toyota and Volkswagen. What do you think?"

In the United States, Christmas and New Year's Day holidays are usually held consecutively.

So when everyone starts to go back to work, global car sales will basically come out.

General Motors, which has always wanted to regain its No. 1 position in the world, is obviously going to be disappointed this time.

Toyota, which ranked first, sold 9.81 million vehicles worldwide, Volkswagen, which ranked second, sold 9.73 million vehicles, but General Motors only sold 9.61 million vehicles.

The gap between the three companies is not very big, but the first is the first, and the third is the third.

Because of the difference of 200,000, General Motors lost its No. 1 position in the world. As president, Exxon must be in a bad mood.

As the general manager of Magic City GM, Austin must be under the greatest pressure.

Because Modu GM has been the sales champion in China's automobile market in the past few years, but in 2013, because its sales in the last quarter were almost zero, the overall sales plummeted by 35%.

Although this sales volume can still enter the TOP10, it has nothing to do with the TOP3 position.

Even if General Motors has seized part of the market share of Japanese and Korean car companies in the United States, the situation has not become so ugly.

But in the end, it still lost its No. 1 position in the world.

"Toyota has received some pressure from us in the American market, and Nanshan Automobile Group in China will definitely increase its efforts to suppress Japanese car companies."

"I think Toyota's position as the world's No. 1 company is definitely not secure."

Austin must now answer Exxon's questions in some light that's good for GM's future.

Otherwise, he would be greeted with a storm of criticism.

After all, this year General Motors lost its No. 1 position in the world. The main reason was that the market in China dropped by hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

Otherwise, General Motors can not only surpass Volkswagen, but also surpass Toyota to become the global car sales champion in 2013.

Although the difference is only a few hundred thousand cars, it can be said to be insignificant in the face of nearly 10 million sales.

But this first place is very important to Exxon.

"What Austin said makes sense. Toyota has sales of more than one million cars in China. If the sales of this part are cut in half, it will be very difficult for them to maintain their number one position in the world."

"On the American side, we have reached a consensus with Ford, Chrysler and other car companies to continue to suppress Japanese and Korean car companies."

"The markets on both sides are under pressure, and Toyota is definitely not having an easy time this year."

Edward was there to help Austin. The two of them were old acquaintances and members of the same faction within General Motors.

Don’t think that there are no factions within European and American companies and that they are all harmonious.

How is that possible?

No matter which big company you are in, there are definitely different challenges.

This is the case all over the world.

"You only saw Toyota's unfavorable situation this year, and didn't you take us into consideration?"

"Among last year's sales, more than 700,000 were contributed by Modu General Motors. It is not worth looking forward to how much this part of the sales will be this year."

"By then, let alone an increase in sales, whether we can maintain a scale of more than 9 million vehicles is a question."

When Exxon said this, everyone fell silent.

Just now, everyone ignored this issue intentionally or unintentionally, but it does not mean that this issue does not exist.

As the world's largest automobile market, the Chinese market is really important.

The loss of the Chinese market will obviously have a greater impact on General Motors than everyone imagined.

It can be said that many people within General Motors regret their involvement in suppressing Nanshan Automobile Group.

Obviously, his interests in China are much greater than Nanshan Automobile Group's interests in the United States.

Why didn't you expect Nanshan Automobile Group's counterattack to be so fierce?

"Last year, Renault-Nissan sold 8.2 million vehicles, ranking fourth in the world."

"Hyundai and Kia sold 7.4 million units, becoming the fifth largest car company in the world."

"Ford only has 6.15 million, and Fiat Chrysler has only 4.35 million, ranking sixth and seventh respectively."

"Then Honda also had sales of 4.1 million."

"It can be seen from this ranking that Japanese car companies and Korean car companies account for half of the top eight."

"And our old rivals Ford and Chrysler are seeing declining sales."

"It can be said that this situation was not brought about by Nanshan Automobile Group, but by Japanese car companies and Korean car companies."

"As long as the sales of Japanese car companies and Korean car companies in the American market are cut in half, there will be a market space of two to three million vehicles."

"Even if a few of us try to divide this market, our global sales will eventually rise instead of falling."

Austin must try his best to divert the contradiction at this time, otherwise he will become a sinner within General Motors.

Even if the sudden drop in sales in Magic City had nothing to do with his personal efforts, it would be of no use.

Sometimes, everyone only looks at the results and doesn’t care about your process.

Of course, the plan he proposed is not completely unreasonable.

At least from a data point of view, it seems very logical.

So after hearing this, Exxon and others really thought about it seriously.

They are already doing this to suppress Japanese car companies and Korean car companies.

Although certain results have been achieved, the products of Japanese car companies and Korean car companies are still supported by many consumers in the United States.

The fuel consumption is lower than similar products from GM and Ford, and the price is also lower.

The key is that the failure rate is also lower.

For the American market with high labor costs and high maintenance costs, this impact is still relatively large.

Therefore, it is not easy for local car companies such as General Motors to significantly reduce the sales of Japanese car companies and Korean car companies.

"I will communicate with Ford and Chrysler later to see if some of the policies promoted some time ago can be further strengthened."

“You can continue to do what you have done before, or you can think of other options.”

"The automobile industry is very important to the United States. We cannot let Japanese and Korean car companies lose our jobs."

Exxon has no other better way, so at this time it is necessary to agree to Austin's suggestion to find a soft persimmon.

As for whether this approach is fair to car companies such as Toyota and Hyundai, no one cares at all.

While the American auto industry is struggling with last year's market performance, Samsung is also having a meeting about its market performance in 2013.

However, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

"Last year, our global mobile phone sales totaled only 390 million units, which was a sharp decline from the year before."

"The sales volume of smartphones has almost been surpassed by Honor phones."

"If compared to the overall turnover, it is not much more than that of Honor mobile phones."

"Among them, the performance of the Huaxia branch is the worst, almost in a state of total collapse."

When Li Zairong said this, he looked at Li Zailin specifically.

Although he knew that the market performance of Huaxia Branch was very poor, he could not simply blame Li Zailin alone.

Samsung's flagship smartphone exploded and caught fire last year, and people took advantage of it, which is why it quickly collapsed in the Chinese market.

However, Samsung's sales in other parts of the world last year generally increased.

On China's side, it's a cliff-like decline, which is simply terrible.

Nowadays, Samsung mobile phones can no longer even enter the top three in China.

This situation was unimaginable a few years ago.

Samsung mobile phones, the leading company in the global mobile phone industry, actually fell out of the top three in China.

It's really incredible.

No wonder Li Zairong is very angry now.

"President, China is not very friendly to all Korean companies now."

"The entertainment industry is completely blocking our celebrities, and there are also many unfavorable news about us on the Internet."

"Not only are we at Samsung facing this dilemma, but also Hyundai and Kia Motors. The situation is actually similar."

"Globally, Hyundai and Kia Motors are performing very well, reaching the fifth position in global sales last year."

"But in the Chinese market, Didu Hyundai's sales have dropped to more than 300,000 vehicles, and it has completely lost its original momentum."

"The situation at Kia is even worse. They can't even save 300,000 yuan."

"Based on this situation, looking at the next few years, it may still be the best year."

"So I think if this situation wants to change, it needs to be solved from a higher-level perspective, otherwise it will be difficult for one company to handle it alone."

Li Zailin definitely cannot take the responsibility on himself.

The pot was so big that he couldn't carry it.

Besides, he felt that the reasons he analyzed were also very reasonable.

What I said was the truth, not just making excuses.

Even further, he felt that the rapid development of all walks of life in China was impacting Korean enterprises.

Consumer electronics, automobiles, steel, shipbuilding...

These were originally the advantageous industries of Goryeo, but now China is also making every effort to develop these industries.

The most troublesome thing is that China's development speed is very fast, and the same type of products is no worse than Korea.

Such a situation is naturally more troublesome.

"This year Qing/W/Taiwan should be visiting the imperial capital. At that time, we can ask the heads of several major large companies to follow us to see if we can improve the situation."

Regarding Li Zailin’s view, it is not that there is no support from anyone within Samsung Electronics.

The vice president in charge of China business wanted to say a few words for Li Zailin.

However, Li Zairong's mood did not improve at all, and said: "Don't you still know what the virtues of Chinese consumers are?"

“As long as you promote it well and the product is good, you don’t have to worry about no one buying it.”

"Now our mobile phones and other products are not selling well in China, and a large part of the reason is that our competitiveness has not improved."

"If the situation in this area does not change, Honor Technology and Huawei's companies will surpass us in the future."

It has to be said that as the future heir of Samsung, Li Zairong has some vision.

He is quite clear about the impact that the rise of Chinese competitors such as Honor Technology will have on Samsung.

The rise of Apple in the United States has put Samsung under tremendous pressure. In China, companies such as Honor Technology and Warwick are developing rapidly.

All these will suppress Samsung’s global survival space, which is obviously a situation that Li Zairong does not want to see.

"What the president said makes sense. We really need to improve our competitiveness."

"For example, in the semiconductor field, Nanshan Semiconductor's 14nm process chip factory has been put into production, and ours is still debugging equipment."

"When Nanshan Semiconductor starts to develop its efforts in chips, memory and other aspects, not only will the Chinese market be lost, but the global market will also be greatly affected."

When Li Zailin said this, the atmosphere at the scene became even more depressing.

Compared with Samsung's consumer electronics business, the importance of the semiconductor business is actually higher.

It can be said that Samsung Group gambled on its future development prospects to promote the development of the semiconductor industry.

Now that it has finally started to achieve results, it faces competition from a newly emerging company like Nanshan Semiconductor.

It can be said that the emergence of Nanshan Semiconductor and Nanshan Equipment has completely changed the pattern of the global semiconductor industry.

And as China invests more and more chip factories, its impact on the global semiconductor industry will be greater in the future.

However, it is not that easy to break this situation.

Samsung held an internal meeting for a day, but there was no good result.

…

Just as all parties were summarizing 2013, the 2013 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was also held in the Imperial Capital.

Not surprisingly, companies from the Nanshan Group won many awards at this conference.

Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter, NS8155 chip, new generation photolithography machine...

Although the results are not as impressive as last year, it is very rare to be able to maintain the same level.

After the meeting, Cao Yang met with Zhao Tianling from AVIC in the imperial capital.

"Mr. Cao, congratulations on once again becoming the company with the most awards."

Zhao Tianling is now somewhat accustomed to the reputation of Nanshan Group companies.

In this regard, AVIC is really unmatched.

But for AVIC, it’s not a bad thing.

At least many of the high-precision equipment that their subordinate factories want to purchase could not necessarily be purchased through various tortuous means at high prices.

Now Nanshan equipment can produce it.

Many equipment that were once restricted to China can now be purchased at a fairly reasonable price as long as they are willing to pay.

The attitude of those international equipment giants has undergone a 180-degree change after Nanshan Equipment made breakthroughs in related technologies.

Nowadays, there is very little equipment that is not sold to Chinese companies.

These changes are naturally a side effect of the rise of Nanshan Equipment.

"I heard that AVIC has many key projects in progress, and they will all be big winners in the future."

Cao Yang and Zhao Tianling are not particularly familiar with each other, so it is inevitable to compliment each other on business first.

Fortunately, everyone was busy, and after chatting for a while, we got back on track.

"I heard that your stealth drone will be tested in a few days, and it is also planned to be displayed at the Lion City Air Show in February."

As the person in charge of AVIC, Zhao Tianling must have discussed with Cao Yang something related to the aviation business.

If he had thought that Venus Technology was mainly doing better in the aerospace industry before, then after their Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter was put into production and several new aviation projects were launched, Zhao Tianling's view began to change dramatically.

Especially during this time, he knew that Daystar Technology had developed a truly large stealth unmanned bomber.

This is a project that AVIC has just prepared to initiate and has not yet officially started research.

As a result, Daystar immediately began test flights.

According to his understanding of Venus Technology, after this test flight, this product can begin mass production within this year and be equipped with relevant departments.

Zhao Tianling must have some ideas about this situation.

"Yes, if Mr. Zhao has time then, you can come and watch the test flight together."

Cao Yang didn't say much until he didn't know Zhao Tianling's true thoughts.

Sometimes, there are too many mistakes to make.

There is nothing wrong with being cautious.

"The role of large stealth unmanned bombers is very great, but for China, there is actually a very strong demand for large bombers similar to the B-2."

"I heard that your unmanned bomber uses a layout similar to the B-2, and the stealth material is similar to the previous Scorpion drone."

"Is Daystar Technology interested in working with AVIC to develop our own B-2 bomber?"

Zhao Tianling did not beat around the bush and stated his purpose directly.

Large bombers may not be very useful to ordinary countries.

But for the United States, polar bears and China, the meaning is different.

Until now, China really lacks such an aircraft.

Venus Technology can produce a stealth unmanned bomber similar to the B-2 shape, which shows that they have conducted relatively in-depth research on this type of layout.

Coupled with the rapid development of Venus Technology in flight control, stealth materials and aero-engine technology, it is normal that AVIC is willing to invite them to participate in this project.

"Developing a bomber similar to the B-2?"

Cao Yang asked in surprise.

He really didn't expect that AVIC would invite Daystar Technology to participate in such an important project.

Even though B-2 is a product developed by the United States in the 1970s, several decades have passed.

But this is a stealth bomber that can perform both conventional strike missions and strategic nuclear strike missions.

In order to develop this product, Boeing and Northrop Grumman teamed up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With the joint efforts of everyone, it took more than ten years to finally develop it.

The B-2 stealth bomber is 21 meters long, has a wingspan of 52.4 meters, a height of 5.18 meters, and a maximum take-off weight of about 170 tons.

It uses four GE F118-110 non-afterburning turbofan engines and has a maximum flight speed of Mach 0.95.

The most unique feature of the B-2 stealth bomber is its stealth appearance design, which is also its core combat capability.

The so-called stealth performance refers to the low detectability of radar.

In order to minimize the radar reflection area, the B-2 adopts the only flying wing mechanism among bombers in the world.

The so-called flying wing structure means that the vertical tail and rudder are eliminated, and the overall structure is similar to a W-shaped dart, which can greatly reduce the probability of radar detection and enhance maneuverability.

Therefore, the appearance of B-2 looks extremely sci-fi, like an alien spacecraft.

In order to minimize the radar reflection area, the B-2 integrated the engine into the fuselage, leaving only two small air inlets on the back of the wings. The engine tail was also made invisible, and the engine outlet was wrapped in the fuselage. Greatly reduces infrared reflection.

Due to various measures to reduce radar reflection, the radar reflection area of ​​the B-2 stealth bomber is only 0.33 square meters.

You must know that the lower the radar reflection area, the stronger the fighter's penetration capability. The radar reflection area of ​​0.33 square meters is about the same size as a sparrow, allowing the B-2 to effectively break through the local air defense firepower network of most countries.

In order to cooperate with such excellent stealth and defense penetration capabilities, the B-2 stealth bomber has a maximum range of 11,000 kilometers. With an in-flight refueling after takeoff, the range can be extended to 18,000 kilometers, which can target any target around the world. Goal achievement blow.

At the beginning, Cao Yang would like the appearance of the B-2 because he considered improving the stealth performance to an unprecedented level.

The stealth paint used by Daystar Technology on the Scorpion drone is itself more advanced than the same type of stealth materials in the United States.

However, due to the shape of the double-tailed scorpion, the stealth effect is not particularly good in front of millimeter wave radar.

But after switching to the B-2 shape and using special stealth paint, the situation is completely different.

To put it bluntly, when Daystar Technology’s stealth drone bombers are dispatched, it will be difficult for American radars around China to detect them.

"Yes, if we only rely on AVIC's own efforts, since we do not have a lot of technology accumulation in this area in the early stage, it is estimated that it will take five to six years, or even seven or eight years to complete the research and development of this aircraft."

"But if we can jointly develop it, it is entirely possible to complete the first flight in the next three to five years."

This is definitely not the time to put on airs.

Just admit it if you can't do it, otherwise Daystar Technology will definitely not be willing to cooperate with AVIC on such a difficult project.

A basic bomber like the B-2 will certainly not be produced in large quantities.

The United States only produced a total of twenty or so aircraft and then stopped producing them. The Chinese side was struggling to produce just twenty or thirty aircraft.

After all, China has a wide variety of aircraft to produce, and it is impossible to devote all its resources to strategic bombers.

This kind of thing is more of a deterrent, and a certain amount is enough.

The small number produced means that the production cost of this aircraft will be high.

However, the purchase price of relevant departments cannot be unlimitedly high, and the top price is within 1 billion.

As a result, this project may not be a very good project from a business perspective.

Especially since Daystar Technology already has a drone similar in style to the B-2.

It can be said that Zhao Tianling is asking Venus Technology for help this time.

"The confidentiality level of this kind of project is very high, right? Is it appropriate for us, Venus Technology, as a private enterprise, to participate?"

Cao Yang did not completely refuse.

He will definitely support improving China's national defense strength.

Otherwise, Daystar Technology would not have launched so many military projects.

But you can do whatever you want to develop yourself, but when you cooperate with AVIC, the situation is different.

Cao Yang is also worried that if he does bad things with good intentions and makes himself miserable, it will not be worth it.

"Daystar Technology has a very special position in China, and Mr. Cao must be aware of it."

"I made this proposal to you after discussing it within the company, so you don't need to worry about confidentiality issues at all."

Zhao Tianling said so, so it was natural for Cao Yang not to worry about this anymore.

Anyway, with the participation of AVIC, Venus Technology should not lose money in the end of this project.

As for whether you can make a lot of money, it is secondary.

So what are you still worried about?

Of course I agreed.

This thing is a national treasure!