Material Empire

Three points of Yang Xinyu's words were ridicule, and the other seven points came from sincerity. He is also a technical cadre, but in terms of sensitivity and foresight to technological development, he is far inferior to Qin Hai. As early as the localization of Pusang Automobile, Yang Xinyu often asked Qin Hai for advice. Over the years, he had asked Qin Hai for advice dozens of times, and he could get some useful inspiration from Qin Hai every time, so The dependence on Qin Hai became stronger and stronger.

Hearing what Yang Xinyu said, Qin Hai made a modest statement, then went straight to the point and asked, "Director Yang, what is it that worries you so much? Tell me, and see if I can help you share some of it."

"Speaking of it, it's my old profession, and it's about cars." Yang Xinyu said.

"Cars?" Qin Hai nodded, "No wonder, now the whole country is engaged in the production of cars, and it really makes you, the chief executive, worry about it."

The Chinese auto market in the mid-1990s was not too much to describe as "there are many princes". Following the success of the Pusang Automobile Import Project, several large automobile companies have introduced automobile production technology from abroad through joint ventures, forming several joint venture automobile production bases. With the further liberalization of the market, all provinces and cities have taken a fancy to the broad prospects of the automobile industry, and have applied to establish their own automobile enterprises, and there has been a scene of thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge.

According to the original vision of the Planning Commission and the Machinery Commission, there is no need to build too many automobile enterprises in China, but the limited funds should be concentrated in a few enterprises to make them bigger and stronger. However, the determination of the provinces and cities in the automobile industry is irresistible. They have used all their lobbying power to put pressure on the Planning Commission, forcing the Planning Commission to issue one after another automobile production licenses, starting a revolution in the automobile industry. leap forward.

China's auto industry didn't start too late, but because it was isolated from foreign countries for a period of time, there were technical faults. The introduction project of Pusang Automobile is a very obvious example. Pujiang Automobile Factory has manufactured Pujiang brand cars for 20 years. Make up classes again.

Thanks to the foundation laid by the Pusang Automobile Localization Project, the domestic automobile supporting industry has begun to take shape and can provide a considerable amount of auto parts and materials. This is also an important reason why various places dare to launch automobile projects. However, automobile technology is not that simple after all. The appearance and structural design of automobiles, as well as the production of core components including engines and gearboxes, are still the shortcomings of the domestic automobile industry. As an official of the Machinery Committee, Yang Xinyu had to worry about these things.

"The problem of automobile engines is now the biggest difficulty before us. If we don't break through this difficulty, China's automobile industry will always have to follow others." Yang Xinyu said to Qin Hai.

"I remember that Pujiang Automobile Company introduced the engine technology of German Wolfsburg Company and built a production base with an annual output of 100,000 engines?" Qin Hai asked.

"It has now expanded to an annual output of 200,000 units." Yang Xinyu corrected, "In addition to Pujiang Automobile Company, Beidian and Anshi Automobile Company have also established their own engine production bases, each with an annual output of 200,000 units. The production capacity of more than 10,000 units."

Both Beidian Automobile Company and Anshi Automobile Company are old domestic automobile companies. In the past two years, they have introduced automobile technology from the United States and Japan respectively to produce cars of joint venture brands. Qin Hai had only heard about the establishment of engine bases by these two companies, but didn't know much about them. Hearing what Yang Xinyu said, he responded casually: "Since that's the case, what else is Director Yang worrying about? Isn't it enough to let these companies increase their investment and increase their production capacity?"

"The problem is that the engine technologies of these companies are all imported from abroad, not their own technology." Yang Xinyu explained the secret.

"So it's like this..." Qin Hai finally understood what Yang Xinyu meant. As a traveler, Qin Hai should actually be able to think of this point, but because his own major is materials, he doesn't have much research on cars, so he ignores this important issue. He remembered that until the beginning of the 21st century, more than half of the cars running on the land of China used imported technology engines, especially in high-end cars, which were almost completely monopolized by foreign brand engines.

"So, the Machinery Committee is planning to do something in the independent research and development of the engine?" Qin Hai asked tentatively.

Yang Xinyu said: "It is true that there is such a plan, but this matter was not initiated by the Machinery Committee, but jointly initiated by several large automobile companies such as Beidian, Pujiang, and Anshi. They put forward a slogan that at the end of this century It has developed a world-class self-owned brand engine, which has been appreciated by the relevant leaders of the central government.”

Qin Haidao: "This is a good thing. Isn't the country always advocating independent innovation? These large car companies can spontaneously propose innovation, and the country should strongly support it."

Yang Xinyu nodded, but his expression was not relaxed. He said: "Independent innovation is a good thing, but there are many difficulties in front of us. The technology involved in the engine is intricate, and our country lacks foundation in many aspects. It is not easy to create a world-class engine in a few years."

Qin Hai said disdainfully: "Whether it can be done is another matter. Car companies have this determination, and they should support it. We can do what foreigners can do. It's nothing more than investing enough funds." .”

Yang Xinyu smiled wryly: "Chairman Qin's words are really grand, it's nothing more than..., do you know how much money is needed for this?"

"How much?" Qin Hai asked.

"The initial investment is no less than 2 billion." Yang Xinyu stretched out a slap, flipped it back and forth four times, and indicated a number of "20".

"Hiss..." Qin Hai took a light breath, he really didn't expect to invest so much money in developing an engine technology. To put it bluntly, Daqin Group can be regarded as an enterprise that is willing to invest huge sums of money in scientific research. For several key technologies in the 800,000-ton ethylene project, Daqin Group has also invested 100 to 200 million yuan. What he didn't expect was that the technology of automobile engines would be more difficult than the core technology of 800,000 tons of ethylene, and the investment of 2 billion yuan was only an initial investment in Yang Xinyu's mouth.

"Why do you need to invest so much money?" Qin Hai had to ask.

Yang Xinyu got up, took a document from his desk, and handed it to Qin Hai. Qin Hai took it over and took a look, only to see that on the cover it read: "A request for instructions on the technical research of high-end cars with independent intellectual property rights", and then looked at the inscription below, and there were the Beidian, Pujiang, Anshi, etc. The names of several large auto companies, in addition to the signatures of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and several other smaller auto companies.

"This spirit of collective research is worth advocating." Qin Hai opened the report as he spoke, and began to read ten lines at a glance.

At the beginning of the report, as usual, there are some bureaucratic clichés, which are nothing more than praising the excellent situation of the domestic auto industry and the great achievements of various auto companies, and then changing the subject, pointing out that the level of China's auto industry is not as good as that of foreign countries. There is a huge gap, which is extremely disproportionate to the status of China, a country with a large population and a large industry. Then, it is necessary to quote the spirit of important documents of the central government and the speeches of different central leaders to prove the necessity of independent innovation. A number of domestic enterprises and scientific research institutes have launched research on domestically produced engines.

The second part of the report is a detailed description of the engine research work, which lists the top ten difficulties in engine technology, including theories, materials, processes, equipment, etc. . Qin Hai didn't know much about engine technology, and he couldn't tell the authenticity of some content, but he knew a little about the parts related to engine materials. After careful reading, he found that the technical issues involved were indeed complicated. Judging from the knowledge system 20 years ahead, I feel quite a bit scratching my head.

"Do all these technologies need to be broken through?" Qin Hai pointed to the report and asked Yang Xinyu.

"Yes." Yang Xinyu said, "This is a list made after several major car companies organized hundreds of experts to conduct research. Some of these technical difficulties can be solved by introducing technology, but most of them need to be based on autonomous."

"To break through these technologies, an investment of 2 billion can only be regarded as an initial investment." Qin Hai reluctantly admitted that he can use his golden fingers to help cheat in terms of materials, which may save some research and development investment, but other aspects If the difficulty of the material is the same as the difficulty of the material, then the funds needed will be incalculable, unless Yang Xinyu has the ability to find several traversers from different fields, and everyone will cheat together.

"You came at the right time. We are going to hold a seminar in two days to discuss this matter. The leaders and technical executives of various car companies will be present at the seminar, as well as the authorities of several scientific research institutes. When you arrive Participate as a material expert and help me check it out." Yang Xinyu said to Qin Hai.

Qin Haidao: "Okay, but what I know is limited to the field of materials. I'm an amateur in other aspects, so I'm afraid I can't help you much."

Yang Xinyu shook his head and said, "No, I believe that with your technical vision, Xiao Qin, you can hear some problems even in fields you are not familiar with, and you can provide us with some enlightenment then."

"Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient." Qin Hai smiled and agreed to Yang Xinyu's invitation. In fact, he also wanted to hear about the situation and gain some understanding of this field. (It’s a great event to drop pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you! Follow up~click/Chinese website official account (add friends on WeChat-add official account-enter qdread), and participate immediately! Everyone has a prize, now immediately Pay attention to qdread WeChat official account!)