Chapter 1278 Respecting the Opponent

The day after Li Ye arrived in Shanghai, the sky was still not clear and there was a drizzle from time to time. The sound of the dripping rain fell into his ears. It was really a good day for sleeping.

Unfortunately, today is the opening day of the exhibition, so it is impossible to sleep in.

The people in the first branch are very disciplined. At eight o'clock in the morning, they all finish their breakfast and gather to prepare to go.

Quite a few people came to the first branch this time, with about sixteen or seventeen people from the marketing and technical departments in total.

Because it is said that not only dozens of domestic companies will participate in this exhibition, but also many foreign manufacturers will come, so everyone attaches great importance to it, because in this era, this is a rare and precious opportunity to learn about industry technology.

When we arrived at the venue, there were quite a few people visiting, but the incessant drizzle was a bit annoying.

So this group of technical guys never stopped complaining out of habit.

"Hey, what do you think the leaders of Shanghai are thinking? Why don't they use artificial rain removal for such an important exhibition?"

"Tsk, we think this exhibition is important, but others may not think so. We even need to artificially remove the rain? What a grand occasion."

"Why is it not important? I heard that many foreigners will be coming later, and the leader will give a speech. If we get soaked, won't they laugh at us?"

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But when the exhibition started, Li Ye and his group of people from Beijing realized that the style in Shanghai was indeed different.

Several leaders came to the stage holding umbrellas to deliver speeches. They hardly said any nonsense and it was over in just a few minutes in total. The main theme was "Practicality comes first, for your consideration."

Li Ye liked this very much. People come to the exhibition to exchange information and share what they have. I sell goods and you buy goods. We hit it off and then part ways. Who wants to listen to your long-winded speech? Just show your face and take a photo.

After completing the previous process, visitors to the exhibition can move freely.

Li Ye looked around. Although it was raining today, there were still quite a few people attending the exhibition. However, most of them went to the exhibition area in the east, while the exhibition area of ​​the first branch was in the west.

Li Ye led Xiao Zhu and others to the west exhibition area. The further they walked, the fewer people there were. When they arrived at the exhibition area of ​​a branch factory, there were few people left.

We arrived at the exhibition area of ​​the first branch and were ready to receive guests, but after a long time, the number of visitors was less than the number of staff members of the first branch, and most of them were there to sell tires, glass and other auto parts.

Li Ye smiled and asked the sales department: "Wang Siyu, I saw in your report that our factory's products are in short supply in the Shanghai area. Why doesn't it look like that?"

Wang Siyu is a key member of the sales department, and Li Ye thinks highly of him. According to the report he gave to Li Ye, Beijing's light trucks and business buses are very popular in the Yangtze River Delta region. But looking at the current situation, even if the weather is bad, it's a bit too miserable, right?

Wang Siyu said puzzledly: "Director, I don't know either, but the sales volume in Shanghai has always ranked first, especially our commercial buses, which account for 35% of the total output of the factory, and the number of deposits has increased month by month, so I dare to write a good reputation in the report."

Xiao Zhu also laughed and said, "Director, look at the other companies around us, they are not as good as us! At least we have people coming to ask questions, but they are ignored. Look, they all left work early. The weather today is too bad."

Li Ye took a look at the situation around him and found that it was just as Xiao Zhu said, many companies' exhibits looked even worse than his own.

But their business was not good. Li Ye did not think it was entirely due to the weather, because most of the car factories' products still retained a strong 1970s flavor.

Take passenger buses for example. Most of them are developed based on truck chassis, and some are long two-section buses.

The 1990s was an era of rapid development of passenger vehicles, and if these companies that rely on their old capital do not wake up soon, they will inevitably disappear in the long river of history in a short time.

Moreover, their attitude was not good either. Staff from a light bus manufacturer next to the first branch came over to chat with the people from the first branch and made all kinds of sarcastic remarks about some manufacturers that were actively seeking change.

"You are a big company with a solid foundation, so whatever you do is right, but we can't do that.

Look at Xiamen Jinlong over there. It was originally a newly built small factory, but they were still trying to make luxury buses. Halfway through, they ran out of money and had to sell shares. There were four shareholders in the factory, and each shareholder held 25%."

"Second Automobile, the enterprise, and a company in Beijing, four shareholders together, who has the final say..."

Li Ye was surprised and said: "Is Jinlong's shares so complicated? We really don't know, but I did go to the exhibition in Beijing last year, and Jinlong's car is really good."

"It's not bad! You don't know the inside story. They just made the product last year and wanted to send it to Beijing for exhibition, but it broke right after leaving Xiamen. They had to transport it to Beijing by train. This is really embarrassing for D Central."

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Li Ye was very surprised, because Xiamen Kinglong was a very powerful presence in the bus market decades later. Who would have thought that it would be so difficult in its early days.

"If we talk about old companies, your Jingcheng brand commercial vehicles are really good, but you have to be careful. I just went to see Nanjing Automobile's new passenger cars. They are bigger than your Jingcheng brand, have better engines, and seem to be not expensive."

"Um?"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction the other party pointed, and then he found the classic light passenger car in his memory.

However, Xiao Zhu and the others did not know what "classic" meant, and immediately started arguing with the other party: "What do you mean by bigger and better than ours? Our Jingcheng brand is a passenger car chassis and a world-class engine."

"Yes, yes, it's almost the same. I didn't express it clearly."

"Okay, Xiao Zhu, why don't we just go over and take a look?"

Li Ye stopped Xiao Zhu from arguing with others and walked towards the exhibition area of ​​Nanjing Automobile.

Xiao Zhu and the others hurriedly followed, whispering: "Director, we have inquired about the new bus that Nanjing Automobile has put into production. It has more seats than ours, but it is not of the same level as ours."

Li Ye interrupted, "Chief Zhu, as a technical cadre of our factory, you must respect your opponents. It's a good thing to be unconvinced, but don't belittle others without a clear analysis."

"Yes, I remember the factory director, but they are not very friendly to us. Look at their eyes."

Xiao Zhu didn't understand why Li Ye suddenly became serious, so he had to accept Li Ye's criticism obediently, but in the end he still "instigated" him a few words.

Li Ye looked over and saw that the people from NAC had indeed looked over. It was hard to say whether they had any hostility or not, but it was certain that they took him very seriously.

Over the past few decades, Nanjing Automobile and Beijing Automobile have always been the most important light truck manufacturers in the mainland, and they are definitely not convinced of each other.

Li Ye believes that it is a good thing for technical personnel to be "unconvinced", but they must respect their opponents.

After all, this light bus will almost monopolize the "high-end business" of medium and short-distance passenger transport in the mainland in the next few years.

"Xiao Zhu! Don't resent others because of competition. Competition leads to progress. If you always have a strong competitor, you should feel lucky."

"Yes, yes, hehehe~"

Xiao Zhu laughed, but from the sound of his laughter, Li Ye knew that the boy still disagreed.

(End of this chapter)