Material Empire

As early as when he was still in Qingfeng Agricultural Machinery Factory, Qin Hai had been in contact with the research and production of automotive materials, and had a little understanding of the current situation of domestic automotive materials. In the past few days, with the task assigned by Yang Xinyu, he asked people to collect some data on automobile engine materials for research, and did some analysis based on the reports submitted by several major automobile companies to the Machinery Committee.

As the core component of a car, the car engine can be said to be small and complete, and the technology involved is very comprehensive. As far as materials are concerned, foreign advanced engines can be described as the integration of various new material technologies. For example, the engine cylinder adopts high-strength thin-wall casting technology, and the thinnest part is only 3 mm, which requires very high strength of cast iron materials; engine oil seal Fluorine-containing rubber and other composite materials are used; valves need to use new materials that are resistant to high temperature and wear; and piston rings, bearing bushes, etc., all of which correspond to some of the most advanced material technologies.

Qin Hai is well-informed and knows the essence of these technologies and the difficulty of development, as well as the gap between domestic material technology and these material requirements. For some technologies, relying on Qin Hai's foresight, it may be possible to avoid detours and complete development at a relatively low cost. However, there are still some technologies that Qin Hai is not familiar with. Even after 30 years, they are still the core technologies kept secret by major car companies. To develop even one such material, the investment will cost tens of millions. There are dozens of items in all kinds of technologies.

There are such difficulties in material technology alone. The same is true for other aspects, such as electronic control, structure, processing technology, etc. With so many technologies, it is far from enough to solve them with 2 billion yuan. Previously, Jiang Hailin claimed that he had received one million yuan in funding from companies such as Beidian and Pujiang. This figure was enough to make Qin Hai feel cold-hearted, and Yang Xinyu also felt helpless about this.

Hearing Qin Hai's question, Wang Kaihua was a little dazed for a while. After hesitating for a moment, he turned his head and shouted to a man with glasses sitting in the back row: "Old Dong, come and answer President Qin's question."

Dong Linsheng, director of the Technical Department of Beidian Automobile Group, stood up bravely and said to Qin Hai hesitantly: "Boss Qin, I don't quite understand your question, can you repeat it?"

I can't explain it, it's a lie. The report to the Machinery Committee was jointly drafted by several car companies, and Dong Linsheng was also one of the important participants. As for the amount of investment in various technologies in the report, everyone has calculated and even quarreled. How can Dong Linsheng not know the mystery?

It is a beautiful story to develop a world-class engine with 2 billion yuan, but it is only a story. 2 billion yuan is a huge sum of money for Chinese companies, but it is not a big deal for those international auto giants.

If the output value of a car is calculated at 30,000 US dollars, the annual output value of a company with an annual output of 1 million cars is 30 billion US dollars, equivalent to more than 150 billion yuan. How difficult is it to spend 2 billion yuan for research and development in several years? In fact, many car companies spend more than US$1 billion a year on research and development, and 2 billion yuan is relatively not a big amount.

The industrial base of foreign countries is much better than that of China. These established car companies also have mature experience in engine research and development. In addition, money is not a problem, but why are first-class engines still scarce?

Or to put it another way, if the Chinese can develop a world-class engine with an investment of 2 billion yuan, foreign car companies with stronger technical strength, better foundation, richer experience, and investment of 20 billion yuan will Couldn't the engine they produced be first-class in the universe?

How bold people are and how productive they are, such slogans are nothing more than obscure officials. Who at the grassroots level does not know the fragility of such slogans?

Dong Linsheng's current state is pretending to be confused while pretending to be clear. He hopes that Qin Hai can change a simpler question and let him prevaricate it, that's all. In fact, he never thought that there would be such a freak as Qin Hai in today's venue. If it wasn't for Qin Hai, others would not have raised such tricky questions. Isn't everything in China always carried by everyone in a sedan chair? Who would ask such a terrible question face to face.

Qin Hai, however, seemed to be ignorant of Dong Linsheng's full of resentment. He smiled and said, "Director Dong, what I mean is that in your report, the proportion of the cost for material research seems to be too low. For example Say, you mentioned the development of thin-walled cylinder material in your report, and plan to spend 1 million yuan to complete this development, do you think it can be done?"

"Cylinder thin-wall material..." Dong Linsheng muttered in a low voice, his eyes lit up, he turned his head and said to a young man sitting in the last row: "Xiao Zhang, Zhang Daiwei, you can answer this question, Mr. Qin, Please explain why we can solve the problem of thin-walled cylinder materials with an investment of 1 million yuan."

This young man named Zhang Daiwei is an engineer in the Beidian Automobile Technology Department. He is usually quite clever and can often solve some technical problems creatively, but he often creates embarrassment for the leaders. This time, Dong Linsheng originally didn't plan to bring him to the meeting, but unexpectedly, he, who was not very keen on meetings, offered to come to the capital to attend the meeting, and Dong Linsheng brought him along.

Going to the capital for a meeting is considered a benefit in the technical department. Except for some important people who must attend the meeting, other people also have the opportunity to take turns to attend. From Dong Linsheng's point of view, Zhang Daiwei probably wants to take the opportunity to travel to the capital and buy some cheap goods. He is purely playing a soy sauce role. Unexpectedly, now Qin Hai raised a specific technical problem, and this problem happened to be something that Zhang Daiwei had been involved in before, so he took advantage of the opportunity to push Zhang Daiwei out. Regardless of whether Qin Hai's question can be answered or not, at least there is an explanation. As Zhang Daiwei, even if he didn't answer well, how could Qin Hai or Yang Xinyu make things difficult for him?

Hearing Dong Linsheng's greeting, Zhang Daiwei stood up, looked at Qin Hai, and replied in a clear tone: "Mr. Qin, our technical department has studied the problem of thin-walled cylinders, and our idea is to use HT25-47 cast iron As a basis, to develop new thin-walled materials."

"Do you know this cast iron material?" Qin Hai asked lightly.

The cast iron that Zhang Daiwei mentioned was also studied by Qin Hai. When he was a consultant to the Ministry of Agriculture, he discussed with the technicians of a diesel engine factory the feasibility of using this cast iron as a diesel engine cylinder material. He knew that the idea of ​​developing thin-walled gasoline engine cylinder materials based on this cast iron material was correct and could effectively save investment. But even so, 1 million funding is still far from enough.

"I've done some research on this material." Zhang Daiwei replied, unlike Dong Linsheng, he didn't show any timidity towards Qin Hai, and his words were more straightforward.

Qin Haidao: "Since you have done research, then tell me, with an investment of 1 million, can you develop thin-walled materials that reach the advanced level of foreign countries."

"Of course not." Without even thinking about it, Zhang Daiwei directly gave a negative answer.

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the audience. Especially Wang Kaihua and Dong Linsheng turned their heads in unison, glared at Zhang Daiwei, and a murderous aura rose into the air.

Nima! Have you ever dismantled yourself like this? What occasion is this, even if you are telling the truth, can you tell it here? Although Qin Hai only asked a question about thin-walled materials, he could tell the whole story at a glance, and a flaw in a detail could reflect the impreciseness of the entire report. Isn't this directly handing the handle to someone else?

"So, do you think this report is flawed?" Of course, Yang Xinyu would not miss such an opportunity to use the opponent's artillery to attack the opponent. What a good opportunity this is. Strictly speaking, he didn't completely disapprove of the report in his heart, he just hoped to find faults in it by picking thorns. Now that the internal staff of the Beidian Group can take the initiative to point out the flaws in the report, it is of course better than him, the deputy director of the Machinery Committee, speaking directly.

Zhang Daiwei glanced at Wang Kaihua and Dong Linsheng, then raised his head to face Yang Xinyu, and said solemnly: "I not only think that this report is flawed, but I am totally opposed to the goals proposed in this report. I think that independent research and development The goal of a world-class gasoline engine is completely unhelpful and unrealistic."

This time, far from being an uproar, it was like pouring water into a frying pan, and it exploded all at once. Even Yang Xinyu and Qin Hai, everyone couldn't believe their ears for a while. Wang Kaihua's face suddenly turned black, and with a crescent moon attached, he could directly play Bao Qingtian as a cameo.

"Zhang Daiwei! You bastard!" Wang Kaihua cursed loudly, and in a hurry, he couldn't care less about being gentle. You know, this is in the Machinery Committee, and he still pays attention to his sense of propriety. When he returns to Beidian Automobile Group, besides the general manager, who else is he afraid of? When is it not so exported as dirty.

"Get the hell out of here now! Buy a ticket and go back to the North Store immediately, and prepare to be punished!" Wang Kaihua yelled, spitting all over the place.

"Since I'm here, I don't plan to go back to Beidian!"

In the midst of the turbulent rage, Zhang Daiwei showed an astonishing calmness. Only the most careful people could notice that the muscles on his face were twitching slightly, obviously under great psychological pressure.

"Dear Director Yang, I hope to give me a chance to make a statement. As an automaker, I can't watch the country's auto industry go astray, nor can I see the country miss the next opportunity for development. My personal honor and disgrace are nothing What, I just hope that the leaders of the Machinery Committee can listen to my opinion." Zhang Daiwei said to Yang Xinyu with a firm expression.