Chapter 1495: Killing Three Birds at Once
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when Li Ye's plane landed in Beijing, but Ma Zhaoxian called him.
"Li Ye, have you gotten off the plane? If you have time, come to the group headquarters! I'll be waiting for you here."
Li Ye was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "What's wrong, Uncle Ma? You are still working overtime at the company so late. Is there something serious going on?"
Ma Zhaoxian said: "It's not a big deal. It's just that today, several company leaders suddenly called me and said they wanted to visit our group in the next few days, so I wanted to discuss it with you."
"Visiting our group? Okay, I'll be right there."
Li Ye thought about it and seemed to have guessed something, so he called home and asked the driver to go straight to Jingnan Group.
After arriving at Jingnan Group, Li Ye's guess was indeed verified.
"This morning, the Shanghai Gear Company officially sent us a letter listing the performance standards and prices of their eight-speed gearbox.
That afternoon, Dongshan Jicheng Heavy Duty Truck called me and wanted to schedule a visit as soon as possible. I felt their intentions and it seemed they wanted to provide us with ready-made engines, rear axles, and even chassis components.
What’s even funnier is that not long after, someone from Weixian Diesel Engine Company contacted me again and said they could also provide us with engines.
I was thinking that one engine has two mothers! So I wanted to discuss it with you. Aren’t you from Dongshan? Can you find out about their background? "
Li Ye smiled lightly, then said: "Uncle Ma, we don't need to ask about this kind of thing, we can guess it roughly. The two prototypes that Shang Bin secretly made are almost just re-skinned heavy trucks of Jicheng. It's just a joke like playing house.
But today, Qusi visited the southwest, which may have given some people the wrong signal, thinking that we will also adopt the technical route of changing the skin, so of course they hope that we will buy engines and chassis parts from them.
As for Weixian Diesel, they also contacted us. It’s nothing more than the people in Jicheng thinking they can control Weixian Diesel, while Weixian Diesel thinks they can make the decision themselves.”
In 1983, in order to solve the actual situation of the low level of development of the mainland's heavy-duty truck industry, the mainland established the state-owned enterprise National Heavy Duty Truck Group based on Jicheng Heavy Duty Truck. Among them, Weixian Diesel Engine Company is affiliated to the National Heavy Duty Truck Group and has obtained a full set of imported diesel engine technology.
Then Jicheng naturally thinks that Weixian Diesel Engine is his own son. According to the inertial thinking of "If the king wants his minister to die, the minister must die; if the father wants his son to die, the son must die", he will definitely do whatever he wants.
But later on, a talented person emerged from Weixian Diesel Engine, who had his own ideas and a bit of a rebellious spirit of "obeying orders but not propaganda".
But a talented person is a talented person. Later, through a series of operations by him, he sought development and breakthroughs, and increased the total assets of Weixian Diesel Engine to a level far exceeding that of Sinotruk Group.
At this time in 1993, Weixian Diesel Engine was in an important period of development. At this time, they contacted Ma Zhaoxian, of course, wanting to skip Jicheng and supply the capital alone.
All these manufacturers contacted Ma Zhaoxian within one day, and it was obvious that Shangbin was behind it.
Southwest Heavy Duty Truck purchased parts and assembled two prototype vehicles, but Jicheng may not care. After all, Southwest Heavy Duty Truck has been playing with labeling many times in recent years. At most, the quantity is a few hundred units, which is not something a sales section chief would even pay attention to.
But now Qu Si has brought a visiting group over, and Shang Bin boasted again, saying that Jingnan Group will adopt the "computer assembly" technology route as a whole. Then both the purchase volume and the significance are completely different.
In recent years, young car companies have been thriving, dominating the light truck and light bus sectors, forcing a number of established car companies to retreat.
Therefore, when the Light Automobile Company introduced the KAMAZ heavy-duty truck technology, Jicheng must have been on high alert. After all, Li Ye's bold and decisive style frightened all competitors in the industry.
But now Shangbin actually came to the door himself, how could people not be happy?
You clearly have the technology of Kamaz, but you insist on relying on Jicheng for development. You really are someone's grandson!
After Li Ye finished speaking, he saw that Ma Zhaoxian's face was a little gloomy, so he smiled and said, "What's wrong, Uncle Ma? So many people treat me like a hot cake, and you are not happy? If you don't want to pay attention to them, then we can just ignore them, right?"
“It won’t be that simple.”
Ma Zhaoxian said in a deep voice: "If we accept and follow Shang Bin's path, these people will certainly treat us as popular favors, but if not, then we will become enemies. Shang Bin is going to use the power of outsiders to deal with us!"
Li Ye was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "You said Shang Bin wants to betray his own people?"
Ma Zhaoxian sneered and said, "Humph, people like him never care about the lives of others for their own interests. It's not surprising that they do anything."
Li Ye shook his head and said, "I'm not overestimating Shang Bin's character. I just think he doesn't have the final say in Jingnan Group. Why do you think outsiders can make decisions for us?"
“Because we can produce results faster.”
Ma Zhaoxian said seriously: "Shangbin has chosen the technology route of computer assembly, which will not only allow the new car to be launched in a short time, but also benefit other domestic auto parts companies.
Now Shanghai Gear Factory and Weixian Diesel Engine are facing the pressure of expanding production capacity and both need the support of the country. They are the sons of the country just like us.
If we adopt Shangbin's technology, it will be a win-win situation for many people above us."
Li Ye looked at Ma Zhaoxian silently, and after a moment asked, "Uncle Ma, do you agree with Shangbin's technical approach?"
Shangbin's "skin-changing" plan is a win-win situation for many people, but it is inconsistent with Li Ye's philosophy of insisting on self-research and development. So at this time, if Ma Zhaoxian can't stand the pressure and wants to get quick success, then Li Ye will be in a passive position.
"Of course not. I figured out the truth that a good blacksmith must be strong himself when I was twenty."
Ma Zhaoxian said confidently: "When I first came to the Light Vehicle Company, it was just a small company in the industry. During industry conferences, it was not even taken seriously by the big companies.
But now when their top leader calls me, he's so polite. Why is that? Isn't it because we have our own things in our hands?
It's easy to build a car with off-the-shelf parts, but we're not some small factory without technology or capital, so why should we be controlled by others?
Li Ye smiled somewhat ashamedly. Just now he thought that Ma Zhaoxian had sensed the impending pressure and was forced to find Li Ye to discuss a compromise!
But now it seems that after all these years of cooperation with Li Ye, Ma Zhaoxian has developed his own ambitions.
Nowadays, there are many small factories that hand-make "re-skinned cars" in exchange for praise from their superiors and promotions. However, such achievements cannot stand the test of history and will all be lost in the long river of time.
The Light Automobile Company is no longer a small factory.
However, Ma Zhaoxian suddenly changed the subject and said to Li Ye with a wry smile, "But Li Ye! It's not a big deal that our R&D progress is so far behind Shangbin. Can we make a few prototypes first to relieve some of the pressure?"
(End of this chapter)
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