The Age of Rebirth

Chapter 357
Li Weidong called Liu Jinhui and knew that she was fine, and the results of the examination in the hospital were very normal, so he was relieved. He would have to stay in the country for a while before going back.

"You can just do your own thing. We are very good here. If you have something to do in the country, you can go and do it. Wei Hong also started to go to school today. She works very hard, so you don't have to worry about it!"

"How old is she, and others have to worry about her studies, so what can she do!" Li Weihong and Zheng Sijing went to Hong Kong Island together, and with Zheng Sijing's care, Li Weidong didn't worry at all.

Li Weidong held a document in his hand and drew on it. This is the "Industrial Policy for the Automobile Industry" promulgated this year. After seeing this document, Li Weidong realized how precious the car license placed on his desk was. .

So far, this is the first company to obtain a license as a private enterprise. The automobile industry is different from other industries, especially when the Eighth Five-Year Plan called for the automobile industry to be a pillar industry.

To build a car, it must be included in the national catalogue, which needs to be approved by the state. It is said that Geely, which has not yet started to build a car, has been running for two years without any results. Finally, it borrowed a license. The key is that the license is for the production of passenger cars.

Moreover, Geely did not obtain the formal qualification until before joining the WTO, and he was seven years earlier, and seven years happens to be the average life expectancy of small and medium-sized enterprises in developed countries.

Another file placed on Li Weidong's desk is the latest catalog of automobile manufacturers and products obtained by Li Weidong through his contacts, as well as their output last year.

There are more than 130 complete vehicle manufacturers across the country, which are licensed, but the total production of these many automobile factories is only 135 million vehicles, of which only 25 are cars.

Of these 25 cars, half of the country is occupied by the two Volkswagens in the north and the south, and only a fraction of them are domestically produced cars. The current policy is even more dramatic.

The domestic market is too big, the temptation is too big, and China wants to rely on the market for technology. The major auto companies will naturally take the bait, but the final result is that the bait is gone and the fish are gone.

And there is a fatal problem, the imported technology is too low-grade, and has suffered a lot on this issue. The currently imported technology is all models that have been eliminated from abroad.

He has given this license for nothing now, and he is also one of the more than 130 companies, and he has pulled down the number of cars produced by each company.

Starting from scratch, not to mention how much it costs, how to support this stall is a big problem. He urgently needs to find some helpers. If there is a suitable factory, it is best to buy it directly. This is what he has always done technique.

But fortunately, there are now more car supporting companies, and it can't be regarded as starting from scratch. At least he doesn't need to produce tires or window glass.

A car is a car with four wheels, an engine and an iron shell. No one else can make it. Why can't Li Weidong do it? Compared with Geely, his advantage is very obvious.

Li Weidong took a sip of water from his teacup, and then picked up a stack of documents to read. These are some of the situations in which Northern Volkswagen invests in building factories, and Li Weidong needs to learn.

After a few glances, Li Weidong sighed. At first he thought he was quite rich, but now he suddenly found out that he didn't have much money. A car factory with an annual output of 15 vehicles would need to invest 30 billion yuan.

Li Weidong originally thought that the annual production capacity of 15 complete vehicles, 27 engines, and 18 transmissions was too low, and that would be the only one-month sales for later generations, so how could it be possible.

It still feels a little small, but Li Weidong was dumbfounded when he saw this investment amount. He had a budget at the beginning, about five or six billion, and then invested part of it in the name of Skoda, but the total budget was around one billion. .

Of course, this budget is just the data he said casually, without the construction drawing budget of the design unit. It is a detailed process, and the final error is only about [-]%.

He has 30 billion. It's just a little difficult for several companies under the name of Ruibosi Holdings to spend so much money, but the money has many uses!
According to Li Weidong's plan, the money is going to be invested in the US technology market and the Internet market. Isn't it good for him to earn US dollars while the bubble is taking off?

The investment and construction period is too long. Northern Volkswagen started construction in [-], and it has not been completed yet. According to the plan, it will take two or three years. By then, he had already returned from the United States.

Investing in building a factory is different from investing in Skoda. What Skoda lacks is money and management. The production plants are all there. It has been less than a year since he invested in it, and now it has improved.

Of course, his investment in Skoda was the foundation. He originally thought that Skoda would enter the domestic market ahead of schedule and make a lot of money, but he never thought that he would be able to get a car license.

Now starting from scratch, even the construction period will take several years, but the money does not need to be spent all at once, and slow investment may allow the capital to turn around.

Li Weidong continued to watch, only to realize that it was true that so much money was not used in the early stage. Up to now, it has been more than three years since the construction, and more than half of the investment money has been used.

Moreover, with the style of state-owned enterprises, everything must be compliant, the overall situation must be taken into account, and all kinds of relationships must be taken care of. Naturally, it costs a lot of money. If Li Weidong does it, it can save at least [-]%!

There is also the problem of human beings. The preliminary infrastructure construction work is entrusted to the design institute, and it is still ready-made. The northern public is used as a model, and only needs to be deleted, deleted, and deleted.

But the production R&D after construction is the most important. Of course, he can cooperate with Skoda, but he must have his own R&D personnel. The purpose of cooperation is to learn technology, not to become a Skoda Chinese factory.

Li Weidong has already entrusted others to dig people everywhere, it is best to find someone at the chief engineer level of a large automobile factory. As for the heavy truck factory next to the operator, there are still some.

Moreover, the current Sinotruk factory has a great reputation and many employees, but its efficiency is very poor, but it has not yet reached the worst time, and it will be really bad in a few years, and it almost went bankrupt.

There are tens of thousands of employees and an output value of [-] to [-] million. Li Weidong solves the reemployment problem of their employees. The factory can only be happy, and there will be absolutely no anger at poaching.

Of course, the first problem to be solved now is the land. The original machine repair factory is only so big, and it is still opposite the management committee. It is impossible to build an automobile factory for Li Weidong.

The land given by the government is too far away, and Li Weidong is somewhat displeased. Although the land will be a treasure land of geomantic omen after more than ten years, and many central enterprises have settled down, it is still a barren land.

There are no well-connected roads, not to mention four-way connections and leveling, and even basic electricity consumption is a problem. These have to be reconsidered. Firstly, the construction period will be delayed, and secondly, traffic is a big problem that will hinder the progress of the project.

Of course, the ultimate goal is still a matter of money. Li Weidong proposed that he can build the road to the national and provincial highways, but the price of the land will be cheaper accordingly.

Two thousand acres of land is not a small area, and it even involves the issue of demolition. This cannot be a small matter, and the negotiation will not be so easy. Li Weidong will not go after participating once.

Every time it is advancing, in fact it is still testing. The city will not give up on Li Weidong, a fat sheep. First, it cannot let Li Weidong go, and second, it has to eat meat.

Even if he wants to invest in land, Li Weidong can agree. The premise is naturally a win-win cooperation, and Li Weidong is not short of money, so he naturally doesn't want to let others bite this piece of fat.

Li Weidong got this permit, but it has nothing to do with the city's dime, and he has no idea of ​​rewarding credit, and of course he won't make too much trouble with the city.

So in the end Xia Guoqiang took over the job, and Xia Guoqiang was very excited. If he didn't know too little about cars, he would even want to recommend himself. This is a big project.

After Li Weidong looked at it for a while, he put down the document, looked at the other documents on the table, they were all sent by several companies under his name, and signed his name after reading it.

After finishing, he patted the document and shouted: "Secretary Zhang!"

Zhang Dongshuo on the opposite side heard the movement and hurried over. He has been listening with his ears open!
"Send these out, Mr. Xia is back?"

"Okay, Chairman, not yet, I'm going to check the site of the plot today, it shouldn't be so soon!"

"I see, you go out, turn up the air conditioner, the temperature is too low, some are too cold, and it's a waste of money, and I can't stand it after going out for a while!"

Zhang Dongshuo doesn't know what's wrong with the boss, this is the most suitable temperature, and it has been blowing for several days, why is it so low today, but the leader's words are orders.

"Okay, I'll adjust right away. Are you going back to eat later, or in the company cafeteria?" Zhang Dongshuo said hastily, as if he remembered something, and then asked.

"I won't go back, let's eat at the company, go back and waste gas money!" Li Weidong said after thinking about it.

Zhang Dongshuo was slandering in his heart, he didn't know what to say, and only two of these three sentences mentioned money. Is this a sign of bankruptcy?
"Okay, then I'll tell Aunt Yan!" After Zhang Dongshuo finished speaking, he went out with the documents, closed the door, and went back to his office to think about turning up the temperature of the air conditioner.

When Xia Guoqiang came back, it was already afternoon, Li Weidong was daring to wake up, he wanted to knock on the door, but was stopped by Zhang Dongshuo.

"Mr. Xia, the chairman is taking a lunch break. How about I call you later?"

"Oh, that's fine, I'll come back later!"

"Old Xia, come in!" Li Weidong was sitting on the recliner looking at the scenery outside the window, and when he heard the movement outside, he yelled to let Xia Guoqiang come in.

After he woke up, he sat here looking at the scenery and thinking about things. Although this office is big, it is much worse than the one on Hong Kong Island. It is very inconvenient for him to rest without a bed.

He wanted to redecorate it. He thought that the three-story office would be demolished and rebuilt in at most two or three years, so he didn't want to think about it. The three-story building of the company headquarters was a bit too shabby.

"Chairman, you're awake!" Zhang Dongshuo opened the door and came in, busy pouring tea for Li Weidong's water.

"Chairman, today is the bottom line for them. Mayor Xie told me that they are more optimistic about buying shares, but they don't want to spend money, but the land can be bigger!"

"Why do I need so much land, and what price?" Li Weidong doesn't care much about the price now, but is waiting, waiting for the opportunity, waiting for the opportunity.

"The price of the land they give is relatively cheap, less than [-] yuan per mu. We can save it for the second and third phases!"

Li Weidong glanced at Xia Guoqiang, "I took a look at the investment plan of Northern Volkswagen. The total investment is more than one billion yuan. How much do you think is appropriate for the city?"

Xia Guoqiang was taken aback when he heard that it was more than a billion yuan. When they talked with the city, they only said to invest [-] million yuan. According to Li Weidong, it was low-key and low-key.

But I also understood Li Weidong's meaning, how much is [-] acres of land worth, how many shares can be occupied, if such a small share is dispensable, what's the point.

"Well, shall I continue talking to them?"

"No, just wait, so you can let the wind out and say that we plan to invest more, and plan to invest 20 billion to build the largest automobile production base in the north!"

"Two billion?" Xia Guoqiang was stunned for a moment. He was a little numb. Just now he said more than one billion.
"Couldn't we raise some money and take out some loans? Just say so!" Li Weidong looked at Xia Guoqiang and said, he was very satisfied with Xia Guoqiang's performance. thought about it.

"Chairman, if I tell the money out, I'm afraid the mayor won't accompany me around every day. This time I'm going to change the secretary, and he should block our door directly!"

Xia Guoqiang said excitedly, there is absolutely nothing wrong with this statement. When he found the city and said that it would invest [-] million yuan to build a car production plant, the city asked a leader to be responsible for this matter, and someone followed him around the clock.

Xia Guoqiang's words came true the next day. Li Weidong just arrived at the company and before he went upstairs, he saw a convoy driving to the door of the company. The security guard asked and hurried over to lift the pole.

Li Weidong was startled when he saw the face of the man who got off the car. This is not the secretary of the city, but the parent officer of the province, and he is the kind with a bright future.

Li Weidong was shocked immediately, and hurried over, "Secretary Wu, why are you here?"

"You are Comrade Weidong. Why, I'm not welcome!" Secretary Wu was not surprised that Li Weidong recognized him. His face was that of Handong.

However, Li Weidong was a little surprised that Secretary Wu could recognize him, and hurriedly said, "Secretary Wu, I am Li Weidong. Secretary Wu is welcome to inspect the work. Please come inside!"

"Hehe, I'm not here today to inspect the work. I'm an uninvited guest. I have to ask your master to forgive me!"

"No, no, your coming is the best affirmation of our work, and it is part of the inspection work. Please come in quickly, leaders, please come in!"

The approval of the largest local official at least shows that as long as Li Weidong does not make mistakes in the province, no one can bully him, including those "after eunuchs".

For the first time, Li Weidong felt that the three-story office building was too shabby. There was no place to arrange the company's plan and reception room. When the leaders came, they could only go to the conference room.

After tossing and tossing for several days with no results, it was settled within half an hour. The leader came and left, and the matter of Qizhou Automobile Factory was also handled easily, without the slightest suspense.

This is the point where it is meaningless to compete with masters. When the two stand there, they will know whether they will win or lose as soon as they shake hands. Of course, neither Li Weidong nor Handong will win or lose. This is a win-win situation.

The Qizhou Automobile Factory set the tone, and Li Weidong's matter of finding a few helpers has also taken shape.

When Li Weidong told Secretary Wu that he needed talents, he didn't express his opinion, but after a few days, he asked the secretary to recommend a few people.

And the original positions are not low, these are the middle and above leaders of the original Sinotruk factory.

Now everything is ready and only Dongfeng is owed. When Li Weidong's money is in place, work can start.

"Lao Xia, I want you to be the leader of these people. I will be the executive director myself. There is too much money involved, so I don't worry about others!" After sending the few people away, Li Weidong said to Xia Guoqiang next to him.

(End of this chapter)