Set sail1992

"Um……"

Mr. Zhu responded, nodded slowly, and felt that what Lei Zhiping said was also reasonable: yes, the F-series engine that Huateng Industrial Group is using now obtained from Honda is technically Honda's technology in the late 80s. The level, of course, is not considered backward at present, but to be honest, it is indeed not advanced. I didn’t even see that Honda has eliminated the F series and fully upgraded to the K series.

Although this engine is far from being eliminated, if conditions permit, technical upgrades can indeed be used to improve engine performance, reduce fuel consumption and noise.With the scientific research level demonstrated by Huateng Industrial Group, they can indeed do this.

If FAW also participates in the name of "joint research and development" at this time, after the technology is upgraded, it will naturally be able to enjoy this achievement...

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhu said: "This is indeed an opportunity for us FAW, but what is the request of Huateng Group? They can't give us benefits for nothing, can they?"

"There are still requirements," Lei Zhiping quickly responded: "Their request is that they can give us the name of 'joint development', but in the future, the engines and gearboxes we need for Hongqi will be purchased from their Huateng Group. Oh , By the way, there are also things like ABS+EBD, ESP, ECU and TCU, which must also be purchased from them.”

"These things have to be purchased from their Huateng Group? This requirement... is a bit too much?"

When Mr. Zhu heard this, he frowned immediately, thinking that this request was a little too much: We, FAW, purchase engines and automotive electronic equipment from world-class auto industry giants and auto parts giants such as Nissan and Ph.D. That's all, scolding is scolding, no one can deny the quality and quality of the products provided by these companies, but what is it to buy these things from your Huateng Group?

"It's a bit too much," Lei Zhiping responded, he knew exactly what Mr. Zhu was thinking at the moment, and said quickly: "But I talked to Mr. Zhang about this issue, and after hearing Mr. Zhang's reasons, I think what Mr. Zhang said makes sense."

Hearing Lei Zhiping's words, Mr. Zhu became curious: "Huh? How should I say it?"

Lei Zhiping said: "Huateng Group's cars, regardless of the engine, gearbox or automotive electronics, are basically produced by themselves, and they have never heard of any large-scale production of their spare parts over the years. Quality issues, this shows that, at least in terms of reliability, these products of Huateng Group are no weaker than world-class auto parts suppliers such as Bosch, and under the premise of ensuring reliability, Mr. Zhang also gave me Promise, the supply price they give us is definitely cheaper than that of European and Japanese auto parts suppliers such as Bosch, Denso, and Mitsubishi.”

"That's it...it's true..."

Mr. Zhu's attitude has quietly changed a little: if the quality of the product can be guaranteed, and at the same time it has an advantage in terms of price, then... it seems that it can't be considered?

"Well, I think so too," Lei Zhiping continued: "In addition, Mr. Zhang also told me that their production capacity of engines and gearboxes can't keep up with it now, and they need to expand their production capacity.

If our side intends to cooperate, they can build a new engine factory. This factory can be jointly built by the two parties. In this way, the engine is jointly developed by us and Huateng Group. The factory is jointly invested and built by the two parties. Publicity Sometimes we say it is our own thing, but no one says it is not. "

Can we cooperate to build an engine factory?
As soon as he heard that an engine factory could be jointly built, Mr. Zhu was immediately moved: If you can "cooperate in research and development" of new engines, and at the same time "cooperate in building a factory to produce new engines", it means that the troubles Hongqi faced before have been completely solved. , what a great thing!
Thinking of this, Zhu Zongqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart, and replied: "That's it... If this is the case, then it can be considered. By the way, what about the ownership of the improved engine? It is jointly owned by both parties. Or what?"

Lei Zhiping was a little embarrassed.

He naturally understood what Mr. Zhu meant, but of course he didn't dare to hide this kind of thing, and said honestly: "I haven't communicated with Mr. Zhang about this issue, mainly because I don't know your side, And what does our group really mean, but Mr. Zhang made it clear that if our group is willing to cooperate, everyone can sit down and discuss..."

Mr. Zhu regretted Lei Zhiping's words, but he also understood Lei Zhiping's concerns: Although in Lei Zhiping's heart, he thought that he had a [-]% chance of agreeing to Huateng Group's conditions, but he didn't hear the answer from himself. Before, he definitely couldn't give Zhang Qihang a clear answer.

So he was not unhappy, but nodded slightly, and said: "This is a good thing, and it is a good thing to be able to sit down and talk.

In this way, you reply to Mr. Zhang and say that our group is very interested in his proposal, but I still need to communicate with other comrades, hoping that he can provide a framework for cooperation, which can also be used for our group to negotiate and discuss. "

Upon hearing this, Lei Zhiping knew something was going on, nodded quickly and said, "I'll notify Mr. Zhang right away."

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Here, Mr. Zhu hung up the phone, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up the phone and called Old Secretary Geng. As soon as the call was connected, he exchanged a few simple greetings, and Mr. Zhu said politely: "Old Secretary, Now that there is such a situation, I am a little undecided, and I want to ask you for advice..."

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The reason why Zhang Qihang dared to make such a suggestion was because he knew the predicament Big Brother was facing at the moment, but what he never expected was that Big Brother paid so much attention to the joint research and development of new engines, only two days later , Mr. Zhu called himself, and after a few polite greetings, Mr. Zhu said clearly: "Mr. Zhang, both Secretary Geng and I are very interested in your previous proposal. What the old secretary means is , it is best to send a delegation to have a comprehensive understanding of our Huateng Group's achievements in engines, gearboxes and automotive electronics, but I don't know if it is convenient for our Huateng Group?"

Hearing this, Zhang Qihang didn't understand the meaning of Mr. Zhu's words?
We at FAW are very interested in your previous proposal, and we do have the willingness to cooperate, but we have to wait until the end of this visit to discuss whether it will work.He said happily: "Of course! Welcome! We welcome Big Brother to guide our work at any time!"

"Then don't bother me," Mr. Zhu on the other end of the phone was also very happy, and he said with a smile: "By the way, our Mr. Geng said that we also want to come and see, you see..."

Old Secretary Geng is coming too?

Hearing this, Zhang Qihang was quite surprised, not to mention that he was taken aback or flattered. Mr. Geng's status and influence in FAW is unmatched. It can be said that the FAW can have today's status and influence, the old secretary Geng is the biggest contributor - when the brothers hear this, they will probably think "the author, you are Is it wrong? When did FAW cooperate with Mercedes-Benz?", but in fact FAW really cooperated with Mercedes-Benz, and it was in the 80s that FAW introduced a batch of Mercedes-Benz E-Class from Mercedes-Benz in the form of CKD. The number is more than 800 vehicles, but after the assembly of this batch of W123s was completed, the cooperation between the two parties stopped immediately. As for the reasons, there are different opinions, so we will not start.

However, after entering the new century, on the one hand, he is getting older, and on the other hand, because of the need to train successors, the old secretary Geng has retreated to the second line, and the main work is handed over to Mr. Zhu for handling, and he will not show up in time , I didn't expect that this incident would even alarm Old Secretary Geng.

It can be seen how much FAW attaches importance to this cooperation!
"Old Secretary Geng is coming to guide our work? Oh, that's great, of course we warmly welcome you!" Zhang Qihang said happily, half-truthfully, "We didn't even dare to think about such a good thing before... Zhu In general, what preparations do we need to make here?"

Hearing Zhang Qihang's heartfelt happiness, Mr. Zhu was also very happy: "There is no need to prepare anything specially, the old secretary is in good health, and he doesn't want to trouble everyone... Well, but the old secretary's age is here after all, When eating, let the masters prepare some easy-to-digest meals."

"Understood," Zhang Qihang responded happily: "President Zhu, don't worry, our side must be well prepared."

Old secretary Geng was coming, Zhang Qihang really didn't dare to be careless.

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This visit to Huateng Industrial Group was shocking to many people in FAW.

Although Huateng Industrial Group has conquered the passenger car market in the past few years and has become the most popular national car in the domestic passenger car market, many comrades from the Big Brother family are actually more or less satisfied with the achievements of Huateng Group. Unconvinced, I feel that Huateng Industrial Group is actually not as powerful as the media boasted, and Zhang Qihang is not as powerful as boasted. Although they are indeed a bit Mercedes-Benz, they are more lucky—if Zhang Qihang hadn’t hit the cat blindly to death What kind of parallel-shaft gearbox did Mouse make, and this gearbox was favored by Honda again. The two sides made a technical exchange. Will Huateng Industrial Group become today's "glory of national automobile companies"?
Bullshit!

So for Zhang Qihang's previous proposal, although under the insistence of Mr. Zhu and Mr. Geng, Big Brother has reached an internal consensus, but there are still many people who are not convinced, but after a week-long visit, they saw Huateng Industry The group's achievements in various fields, especially the fact that it "doesn't do business properly" started mobile phone RF chips and received a large number of orders. These situations have had a huge impact and shock on the leaders of Big Brother's family and engineering and technical personnel: Hua Can Teng Industrial Group independently develop chips?

Especially when they heard that the engineers of Huateng Industrial Group's Integrated Circuit Design and R&D Center said with pride and pride that the center would develop special chips for the ABS+EBD system and ESP system next, many people were very excited. Silent: Huateng Industrial Group is much more powerful than I thought before...

Under such circumstances, the cooperation between the two parties naturally became a matter of course and a matter of course. In the talks after the visit, Shuangfang quickly reached an agreement on several cooperation items:
Based on Huateng Group's current gasoline engine, Huateng Industrial Group and FAW will jointly develop a "new generation" gasoline engine, and the two parties will jointly invest in the construction of a new engine factory;
Based on the current 4AT automatic transmission of Huateng Industrial Group, the two parties "jointly researched and developed" a more fuel-efficient and energy-saving 5AT parallel shaft automatic transmission;

The two sides deepen cooperation in the field of automotive electronics;

FAW specially invited Mr. Zhang Qihang to be the special chief designer of FAW-Hongqi Automobile, responsible for the design of the new generation of Hongqi Century Star sedan. With a third identity: FAW-Hongqi Automobile's special chief designer, although it is only "specially hired", which is similar in nature to the so-called "specially hired professors" in universities, but after Zhang Qihang accepted the job , FAW said that Zhang Qihang is from their FAW, and no one can refute it, and as the chief designer of FAW-Hongqi, designing a new generation of Hongqi Century Star, then the new generation of Hongqi Century Star will naturally become "genuine and authentic" "Miao Hong" is completely a product from FAW.

It was also at this time that Zhang Qihang presented the new generation of Hongqi Century Star designed by himself and based on the 2012 Buick LaCrosse to the comrades of FAW. It's a little too early.

Seeing this design, Old Secretary Geng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he repeatedly praised: "This design is great."

"It's really good," Mr. Zhu nodded again and again: "This car looks graceful and grand, which fits the temperament of our Hongqi."

At this moment, both Mr. Zhu and Mr. Geng felt that it was the right step to hire Zhang Qihang as the chief designer of the Red Flag Century Star this time.

Zhang Qihang was very modest, he said politely: "Secretary Geng, Mr. Zhu, what do you two think needs to be revised?"

Zhang Qihang said it politely, but Old Secretary Geng and Mr. Zhu are naturally not people who don't know how to advance and retreat. Old Secretary Geng waved his hands again and again, and said humorously: "I don't understand design, so I won't meddle indiscriminately. That's it, I think Looks like it."

"That's right," Mr. Zhu followed suit and nodded again and again: "Mr. Zhang, stop joking. How can such an excellent design be changed? Anyway, I don't think there is anything that can be modified."

Both of them were extremely satisfied with Zhang Qihang's design.