Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1568 Visit Shanghai Volkswagen
Looking out of the window at the factories and buildings springing up like mushrooms in the Minhang Industrial Zone, Duan Yun felt a little emotional.

If the development of Shanghai's industry entered the fast lane in the 80s, then today's Shanghai has a momentum of rapid development.

A large amount of capital and technology has been poured into various development zones continuously, including key projects supported by the state and joint ventures of multinational giants, which have made this city develop at an unprecedented speed. Compared with Shenzhen, it seems to be even more majestic.

In general, Shanghai is also more developed than Shenzhen. Although Shenzhen has the advantages of a special zone, it can only surpass Shanghai in certain aspects. Shanghai is international and involves a wider range of industries, whether in culture, economy, or area. Fields are also better than Shenzhen.

For Duan Yun, the most important point is that the Shenzhen area is not suitable for the development of heavy industries related to automobiles. Before the reform and opening up, Shanghai already had a very good foundation for heavy industries, and the related supporting enterprises are also very complete. Moreover, Shanghai Volkswagen, the largest joint venture automobile factory in China, is here, and Duan Yun must rely on Shanghai Volkswagen if he wants to become a link in the automobile industry chain.

So Duan Yun suddenly had an idea at this time, that is to restart the Longteng machine processing plant, transfer the main production base to Shanghai, and also set up a research and development center here, specializing in the research and development of auto parts.

For a whole morning, Duan Yun took a car to visit the two newly developed industrial zones in Shanghai, Minhang and Caohejing, and got a general understanding of the development of these two industrial zones.

At noon, I went back to the municipal government guest house for a meal. At 2:[-] p.m., Duan Yun and the others were arranged to visit the Shanghai Volkswagen Headquarters.

Most of the more than 100 representatives who participated in this auto industry development seminar with Duan Yun had visited Shanghai Volkswagen before, and Duan Yun, as a representative of a private enterprise, had the opportunity to visit Shanghai Volkswagen for the first time. Head office visit.

Shanghai Volkswagen is located in Auto City, Anting Town, Jiading District, SH City. It covers an area of ​​333 million square meters, or about 5000 acres of land. , less than 400 mu of land, so the area of ​​Shanghai Volkswagen's factory area is more than 10 times that of Tianyin Group. In terms of basic hardware, Shenzhen cannot be compared with Shanghai.

In the workshop of Shanghai Volkswagen, Duan Yun saw another scene.

At this time, Shanghai Volkswagen’s workshop did not have the well-developed assembly lines in countries such as Europe, America, and Japan. The vehicles were mainly hoisted and assembled. However, now Shanghai Volkswagen can achieve a stable output of 250 cars per day, which is already a pretty good production capacity. .

In addition, in the workshop, Duan Yun also saw a few German technical engineers who were inspecting the assembled cars with a meticulous look.

Because last year, Shanghai Volkswagen completed the global profit target of German Volkswagen in one year. It is precisely because of this that German Volkswagen attaches more and more importance to Shanghai Volkswagen. , has become nearly a hundred people today, and since the end of last year, these engineers and technicians have begun to develop and produce a new generation of Santana 2000 cars.

Until now, the localization rate of Santana cars has not exceeded 25%, because most of the parts have to be imported from abroad, so it costs a lot of foreign exchange from the SH city government. The government has been sparing no effort to promote the localization of Shangda sedans.

Now the demand for domestic cars is increasing, but for ordinary people, a Santana sedan with a price of more than 20 yuan is beyond their reach, and a large part of the sales comes from governments all over the country. Santana sedans have become the standard vehicles for some government departments. In the next few years, governments around the country will start a new round of official car replacement, which will ensure the strong sales of Santana sedans.

At the end of the visit on the first day, Duan Yun was touched a lot. In his mind, he already had the idea of ​​investing and setting up a factory in Shanghai.

Over the years, although Duan Yun has mainly devoted his time, energy and financial resources to the research and development of microelectronic products, he has always maintained continuous investment in research and development of auto parts, especially automotive gearboxes, and has not put his old business It was completely put on hold, and it is precisely because of this that even though it is the first time it has been approved to enter the automotive industry, it still has a good technical accumulation.

However, setting up a factory in Shanghai is not an easy task. At present, China's auto industry is still under a planned system. The country has regulations on what kind of parts and components are developed by manufacturers, and there is a lack of effective competition. Duan Yun wants to To get a share of it, in addition to leading technology and production capacity, you must also obey the government's arrangements.

Therefore, if Duan Yun wants to set up a factory in Shanghai, he must negotiate with the SH municipal government. After all the details are discussed, he can proceed to the next step of investment and set up a factory.

On the morning of the second day in Shanghai, the auto industry development seminar sponsored by the SH municipal government officially started. Representatives of more than 2 manufacturers began to introduce their achievements in research and development last year one by one, and put forward their own opinions on the current industrial development. .

The meeting lasted for two full days. Duan Yun, as a representative of the manufacturer, was the last one to speak, because he has not been engaged in the automobile industry in any way, so he just expressed that starting this year, he is willing to invest funds and technical personnel to assist The SH municipal government has completed the localization of the Santana sedan.

Although Duan Yun's speech was relatively brief, it received very warm applause at the scene, because in the eyes of many people, this is a historic moment, and Duan Yun himself is a legendary private entrepreneur. It is normal to be warmly welcomed on such occasions.

After the seminar ended, representatives of other manufacturers were already preparing to leave Shanghai for their return journey, but Duan Yun was told to stay in Shanghai for the time being, as the SH city government had other matters to discuss with him.

Duan Yun immediately understood that this should be arranged by Ruiyang. Although the two talked on the phone occasionally, they hadn't seen each other for two or three years.

Sure enough, on the afternoon of the second day, the staff of the guest house invited Duan Yun into a car, and then took him to a villa on Huaihai Road in Shanghai.

(End of this chapter)