Material Empire

"Qin Hai... who is this?"

"I seem to have heard that it is the chairman or general manager of a private enterprise."

"Why are you sitting next to Director Yang? It seems quite familiar."

"You are very young...do you have any background..."

Seeing that Qin Hai was so close to Yang Xinyu, and Qin Hai looked so young, the representatives of the companies in the room murmured softly. It's not that there are young people in this venue, but they are either the staff of the Machinery Committee, or the secretaries and technicians brought by the heads of various enterprises, and they are not qualified to sit in the first row at all. And this Qin Hai, whom most people don't know, was able to sit next to Yang Xinyu generously, and when he sat down, Yang Xinyu obviously greeted him politely, which can't help but make people feel all sorts of things. Guessed.

Among the local government and private entrepreneurs, Qin Hai already has enough reputation. The former values ​​his investment, while the latter regards him as a role model. But at this moment in this conference room, all the bosses of major state-owned automobile companies are sitting. In their eyes, all private entrepreneurs are nothing but guerrillas, and they are not qualified to talk to regular troops like them. As for the scale of Qin Hai's enterprises and how much assets Qin Hai owns, they haven't paid attention to them, otherwise they might look at Qin Hai differently.

"This Mr. Qin is the chairman of the Daqin Industrial Group. Their group is very good at materials. When our Pusang Automobile was localized, Mr. Qin often went to our factory. At that time, Director Yang was still the deputy director of the localization office. Qin is always his capable general."

Yuan Longsheng, the vice president of technology of Pujiang Automobile Group, gave an introduction to his colleagues below. He is the one who knows Qin Hai best among this group of people. Back then, he was the technical director of Pujiang Automobile Company, and he had a lot of contacts with Qin Hai. The two had some personal friendships. He still admired Qin Hai's ability.

"I see." Everyone nodded slightly. Since Qin Hai used to be Yang Xinyu's subordinate, it was understandable for him to appear at the conference table at this time. Maybe Yang Xinyu used him as a secretary. As for the pleasantries between the two, it could also be explained that Yang Xinyu was approachable.

The meeting started on time, and Yang Xinyu, as the moderator, introduced the representatives attending the meeting. Sitting at the front are the vice president-level leaders and chief engineers of several major automobile groups, as well as academic-level experts from several scientific research institutes, and several officials sent by relevant departments to participate in the meeting. The chief director of the Machinery Committee also showed up in a friendly manner, and after telling everyone a few clichés, he left, and then the meeting got to the point.

"Since the reform and opening up, under the wise leadership of the central government, my country's auto industry has been determined to forge ahead, be brave in innovation, and actively absorb and learn from foreign advanced technologies. The production situation of cars has been excellent, providing strong support for the development of the national economy and the improvement of people's lives... "

Wang Kaihua, vice president of Beidian Automobile Group, spoke first. He praised the entire automobile industry in a long paragraph of red tape. Of course, he did not forget to praise the wisdom and martial arts of his superiors, including Yang Xinyu. Then he changed the subject, Begins the long-awaited "however" sentence pattern:

"However, on the whole, due to the limitations of various historical reasons, the level of my country's automobile industry lags far behind the level of the world's automobile industry, and the level of automobile engines lags behind the level of the automobile industry. Specifically, as far as gasoline engines for cars are concerned. , although we have introduced some foreign technologies in the past ten years, these technologies are at the level of foreign countries more than ten years ago, and many technical indicators have fallen behind. Or overhead valve, carburetor type, and the compression ratio has also been reduced after the introduction, and these technologies have been completely eliminated abroad..."

Qin Hai spread out a notebook and kept recording Wang Kaihua's speech. Because he had done enough homework beforehand, he knew that what Wang Kaihua said was correct. Although there were some habitual clichés, the questions he raised were real.

Everyone present obviously agreed with Wang Kaihua's analysis. After his half-hour-long speech, everyone gave him warm applause without hesitation, and some people who were more familiar with him nodded and praised him:

"Old Wang, well said!"

"Mr. Wang is insightful, as expected of an old car guy!"

The next speaker was a professor named Jiang Hailin from the Automobile Department of Huaqing University. He talked about the development trend of foreign automobile engines, and said that the development of new car engines facing the 21st century should focus on solving such problems: the number and arrangement of cylinders, ventilation methods, structure and weight, fuel economy, emission control, and reliability. sex and so on. The level of experts speaking is higher than that of business leaders. When Jiang Hailin was speaking, not only Qin Hai was busy recording, but the engineers and technicians sitting in the back row were also rustling and recording with their notebooks, for fear of missing something important. Content.

"Currently, the loading rate of the electronically controlled fuel injection system in the United States has reached 100%, that of Germany has exceeded 70%, and that of Japan has exceeded 60%, while our country has just started. To solve the electronic fuel injection technology, it involves electronics, materials, In all aspects such as processing technology, it is impossible for one company to do it alone, and it must be led by the state, and enterprises and institutions must cooperate fully to achieve effective progress." Jiang Hailin said in a straight voice.

"I'll interrupt Professor Jiang. Does the Huaqing Automotive Department have any research on EFI technology?" Yang Xinyu interjected.

"Of course, we have been tracking international advanced technology." Jiang Hailin replied.

"If these researches are to be transformed into technologies that can be applied in practice, what conditions are needed?" Yang Xinyu asked again.

"Funds!" Jiang Hailin replied without hesitation, "Our current research is only in theoretical research. We hope to build an EFI technology laboratory. When the report was sent to the school, it was rejected, saying that there is not enough funding. Mr. Wang and Mr. Yuan have expressed their willingness to provide some funds to support our research, but the salary is a drop in the bucket and far from meeting our needs."

Having said that, he nodded slightly to Wang Kaihua, Yuan Longsheng and others, indicating that he was talking about them. Yang Xinyu looked at several people following Jiang Hailin's gaze, and then asked with a smile: "Mr. Wang, Mr. Yuan, how much money have you provided to Professor Jiang and the others?"

"We provided it three times, and it was 350,000 or 450,000 in total. I can't remember exactly."

"Ours is 720,000 yuan, and it is also provided in three projects, not entirely for EFI technology."

The two replied separately.

Hearing the numbers answered by the two people, Qin Hai frowned slightly. The other people in the meeting room didn't pay attention to Qin Hai's little action, but Yang Xinyu had a good understanding, and cast a knowing look at Qin Hai, and then didn't move. Said to Jiang Hailin sternly: "Professor Jiang, please continue."

Jiang Hailin was not affected by this episode, he continued to introduce the frontier of foreign engine technology, and put forward various good prospects for domestic engine research. Qin Hai didn't have much feeling at the beginning, but after listening, he gradually felt something wrong: the old man's goal was too lofty, and he basically planned to surpass Britain and catch up with the United States before 2010.

Based on the memory of later generations, Qin Hai knows that even in the new century, China's car engines are still relatively backward in the world. He doesn't know the specific reasons, but compared with Jiang Hailin's goal, the gap is quite big. He didn't know whether it was because China's auto industry chose the wrong way that led to such a result, or it was indeed so difficult to catch up with the world's advanced level. All in all, he doubted whether this goal was realistic.

After Jiang Hailin, several business leaders and scholars spoke one after another. Some of them elaborated on a specific technology, and some put forward ideas from the perspective of national macro-management. The gap between China's car engine and foreign countries is too large, so we must catch up. But to catch up with the footsteps of foreign countries, we can only rely on the support of the country. As for what support is, everyone has tacitly understood that it is funds.

"In the report jointly submitted by several of your auto companies and industry associations, the state was requested to allocate 2 billion yuan to carry out the research and development of advanced car engines. The leaders of the Machinery Committee met and entrusted me to ask everyone. With the allocation of 2 billion yuan, when can you come up with an engine of what level?" Yang Xinyu put a report on the table, then looked at everyone, and asked calmly.

Several car company leaders exchanged glances with each other, and Wang Kaihua expressed his opinion on behalf of everyone: "In 2005, no later than 2010, we will be able to produce a world-class engine."

"How sure are you?" Yang Xinyu asked.

"Eighty percent." Wang Kaihua replied firmly.

"Mr. Wang, I'm in materials, and I'm a layman in cars. I want to ask you a question about materials. Is it okay?" Qin Hai spoke. hint. Yang Xinyu invited him to the meeting because he was asked to be a villain who picks thorns. Anyway, he doesn't care about offending this group of leaders. If he really said something wrong, Yang Xinyu can make things right for him.

Wang Kaihua was a little surprised by Qin Hai's sudden words. He was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "If Mr. Qin has any questions, feel free to ask them, but I'm a layman, and I may not be able to answer some questions."

"Mr. Wang is polite." Qin Hai also smiled and said, "I have also read the report in the hands of Director Yang. I have a question: Can the R\u0026D investment of engine-related materials in the report be guaranteed? been developed."