Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 839 The real breakthrough, CATIA lying and shot
DJI will definitely not publicize the matter of American White Gloves, and will treat it as if it doesn’t know anything.

Cao Yang would not do that kind of thankless thing, so after talking to Wang Tao, he pretended that nothing happened.

At this time, for companies in the Nanshan Group, something happened that ordinary people paid little attention to, but had a huge impact on the industry.

That is, after several months of trial operation, Yangcheng Zhongwang officially announced that it has successfully developed China's own CAD software NSCAD.

The performance of this software in all aspects is highly similar to Dassault's CATIA, and it is the most valued among a series of software developed by Yangcheng Zhongwang.

"Mr. Cao, we have conducted tests with various companies in the group, and have also conducted trials with other companies such as Aerospace Technology. Although we cannot say that we have completely surpassed traditional CAD giants such as CATIA and UG, there is no qualitative difference with their products. There’s a difference.”

"With the support of relevant departments, we can first promote this universal CAD software on a large scale to gain influence in the industry. It will be much easier to promote other professional software later."

Du Yulin's current mood can be said to be different from the past.

Before Nanshan Group acquired Yangcheng Zhongwang, he was already engaged in the development of CAD software.

However, the scale it did before is definitely not comparable to what it is now, but it is already considered a very remarkable existence in China.

Because they were the first to make these things, and they had already formed a certain monopoly.

"Some other companies can also work hard."

Even Warwick employees had no choice but to bite the bullet and buy Little Genius watches for their children.

Has anyone bought this?
No!

But it makes no sense to discuss cost-effectiveness at this time.

This is especially true in the industrial software market.

And large companies will not choose to use it, which means that their suppliers will not choose to use it either.

The field of industrial software is a winner-take-all field.

Of course, the situation in the Chinese market will definitely be much better.

For example, in the children's watches of later generations, the little genius is the leader. The performance of the product is obviously not better than that of competitors such as Warwick and Xiaomi, and the price is also more expensive, but they still sell better.

It is very difficult for latecomers to surpass their predecessors.

This is already a very exaggerated figure for many countries.

In the entire China, except for Nanshan Group, no other company could develop similar products with such results and speed.

"Starting next week, the CAD software of all companies in the group will officially switch to NSCAD. At the same time, we also require relevant suppliers to use NSCAD."

Even if the price is much cheaper than its predecessors such as CATIA and UG, those big companies will not choose it.

If it weren't for such a good platform as Nanshan Group, hundreds of thousands of engineers would be using NSCAD at the same time to help put forward various suggestions for improvement and find defects.

"But I think as long as we can capture most of the domestic market, it will actually be very successful."

Not to mention that the employee price of Warwick Watches is more than half cheaper than the market price. Even the original price is more cost-effective.

At the same time, there are a large number of engineers who understand IT and technology to help with development. It is absolutely impossible to develop CAD software comparable to CATIA in two years.

"This is indeed true. It is estimated that those companies will not easily believe in our level, and their shareholders will not dare to use China's industrial software easily."

Sometimes, just because your product is good doesn’t mean it will sell well.

Similar principles exist even in some markets that everyone thinks are inconspicuous.

Because if you don’t use the little genius, you won’t have any friends.

Industrial software is not so much an IT product as it is an industrial product.

Now after two years of development, NSCAD, which is comparable to CATIA, has been released. This is definitely a product that can leave a mark on the history of China's industrial software development.

Not to mention others, if companies in the Nanshan Group take the lead in using it and then "force" suppliers to use it too, millions of users can emerge at once.

"The only ones that are more difficult to open up are the international parts giants and car companies and other foreign-funded companies."

"They simply won't use our NSCAD. Even if it is compatible with it, many people are unwilling to do so."

This is something that ordinary APP software cannot compare to.

In fact, this is true in many markets.

No one will choose a cheap 1 yuan product!
This will be the case for NSCAD in the international market now or for a long time to come.

"Our NSCAD is highly compatible with CATIA. It can completely convert drawing data in NSACD format into CATIA format. Even if some companies do not accept our NSCAD, they can still respond flexibly."

How many children can accept this situation?

You can only add friends between Xiaotiantian Watch and Xiaotiantian Watch, but not between Warwick and Xiaomi Watch.

Just like industrial software, others sell a set of 10, but you say I only need 1.

Cao Yang had heard of several cases in his previous life. The child of a colleague next to him used Warwick, but within two weeks he clamored for a replacement for a little genius.

As a result, the suppliers of suppliers will not use it, and ultimately the entire market will hardly use it.

When most primary school students are using Little Genius, no matter how good the performance of the Warwick watch you buy is, other children will not want to use it.

The requirements for software engineers here are not that high, but the requirements for technology and mathematics are higher.

Although Yangcheng Zhongwang's current results are very good, Cao Yang is not disappointed.

"As for the promotion of other companies, as long as they participate in the development of the trial version, I don't think it is a big problem."

Coupled with the promotion of relevant departments, a group of central and state-owned enterprises have also taken the lead in using part of NSCAD. It can be said that as long as the final user experience is not too bad, this product will be considered a complete success.

In the future, we can support ourselves solely by relying on the Huaxia market.

Cao Yang didn't think about making big money when he was engaged in industrial software.

Many times, if an industrial software can continue to operate, it is actually a great success.

"I'll make a few phone calls later to personally promote NSCAD."

Compared with other industrial software developed by Yangcheng Zhongwang, Cao Yang attaches great importance to NSCAD.

This highly versatile CAD software is the most effective in building a reputation for Yangcheng Zhongwang.

Just like Dassault, everyone has only heard about CATIA they developed, but they don't know that they actually have other industrial software.

"If Mr. Cao takes action personally, then our NSCAD promotion speed will definitely be faster."

Du Yulin is now very happy that he sold the company to Nanshan Group.

Otherwise, there would be no possibility of the current situation.

Without the support of mountains, it is impossible to develop industrial software.

For example, behind CATIA is the Dassault Group.

Many people may not know that Dassault Systèmes was founded in 1981 and originated from the technical department of Dassault Aviation, originally developed to design aircraft.

Dassault Systèmes is now a sister company of Dassault Aviation and part of the Dassault Group.

They also rely on large-scale industrial enterprises in France to develop to their current scale.

Similarly, behind UG is also the Siemens Group. Everyone has heard of this giant more or less, and it is definitely not an ordinary industrial enterprise.

Now that NSCAD is backed by Nanshan Group, its advantages are naturally not comparable to those of ordinary small companies.

Soon, Cao Yang personally called Zhu Zhengfeng.

When it comes to the scope of use of NSCAD, the automotive industry is definitely an unavoidable presence.

Moreover, the upstream and downstream industrial chain of this industry is relatively long, and the derivative effect is very good.

"Mr. Cao, Nanshan Automobile Group has fully used NSCAD. Naturally, our Spring City Automobile Group will not have any problems."

"Whether it is Nanshan Hongqi or Spring City Jiefang, they will all use NSCAD to replace CATIA and UG. We will also require supporting suppliers to also use NSCAD."

"As for Spring City Volkswagen and Spring City Toyota, I will also promote them within the group, but their models are all designed by Volkswagen and Toyota headquarters."

"If there is no movement from the other party, it will probably be more difficult to promote it."

Zhu Zhengfeng spoke very frankly.

If you can do it by yourself, then you must do it.

If you can't do it yourself, don't brag.

Anyway, dealing with Volkswagen and Toyota is definitely not within his ability.

Cao Yang is also very clear about this.

It is even impossible for Volkswagen and Toyota to use NSCAD developed by Huaxia Enterprises.

This has nothing to do with whether NSCAD's performance is excellent or not.

"Thank you Mr. Zhu for your support. As long as we can switch our own brand software to NSCAD, it will be the greatest support for us."

"For international automobile giants such as Volkswagen and Toyota, we have no ideas yet."

The big pie in the global CAD market cannot be eaten by Yangcheng Zhongwang. Being able to capture more than half of China's share is already very successful.

As long as the market share in China is even 30%, it can be said to have been successful.

"Industrial software has always been a relatively weak area in China."

"Most companies don't have the courage to develop such difficult products as NSCAD."

"Yangcheng Zhongwang can stand up and break this situation. This is a huge support for the development of the entire Chinese industry."

As the general manager of Spring City Automobile Group, Zhu Zhengfeng still holds a very high position.

Naturally, he can also realize the importance of industrial software to China.

Although there are already many pirated versions of this kind of thing available on the market, even if the other party blocks it, it will not have such a big impact in a short period of time.

But as long as you want to do business in the international market, you can't always use piracy.

Especially for large companies, doing this will hurt their own image.

"We are also forced. The United States wants to stifle the development of our group. It is no longer a matter of one or two days."

"Everyone has seen the previous actions of relevant US departments against Daystar Technology." "I guess this is just the beginning and will not be the final result."

"In the future, domestic companies related to the military industry will definitely be targeted by the United States to a greater or lesser extent."

"Even some colleges and universities will be affected."

Cao Yang's words are really not nonsense, they are all things that will inevitably happen in the future.

As the boss, you will never allow the second child to develop too fast.

That would threaten your position.

Therefore, as China's economic strength continues to improve, its relationship with the United States will naturally become more complicated.

This is almost inevitable.

"The food scene in the United States is indeed getting uglier and uglier."

"It's hard for you, Mr. Cao."

Zhu Zhengfeng felt that if those actions of the United States were placed on Spring City Automobile Group, their group would probably have lost money long ago.

He couldn't stand any big move.

However, the Nanshan Group has withstood the opponent's big moves every now and then. Now, not only is it not losing money, but its life is getting better and better.

I have to say that this alone is already very difficult.

……

After settling the Spring City Automobile Group, Cao Yang called the CEOs of Xifeng Automobile Group, Modu Automobile Group, Didu Automobile Group, Changan Automobile Group and other companies step by step.

He didn't beat around the bush and directly asked the other party to use NSCAD.

And also released a big trick, this software can use 90% of its functions for free in the first three years.

Even if there are some special functions that require payment, the price is half cheaper than similar functions in CATIA.

Calculated this way, after these groups switched industrial software from CATIA to NSCAD, they saved a lot of money every year.

Of course, these actions of Cao Yang naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Among them, Dassault, the owner of CATIA, is naturally the most nervous.

"Mr. Lei, Yangcheng Zhongwang's NSCAD is now officially sold to the outside world. They have officially announced dozens of large enterprise users in China."

“These users are almost all our previous customers.”

As the sales director of Dassault China, Shangguan Jin is now like an ant on a hot pot, very anxious.

The Chinese market has developed rapidly in recent years, and Shangguanjin's income has also grown rapidly.

Now that this market is going to be broken by NSCAD from Yangcheng Zhongwang, he is naturally very anxious.

"I have noticed that Yangcheng Zhongwang is backed by Nanshan Group, the largest industrial enterprise in China, and its influence in the industry is very amazing."

"Now the relevant departments in China are fully committed to promoting the localization of industrial software, which is even more unfavorable for us."

"I think what the United States did some time ago was a disservice."

"If they don't use industrial software as a weapon against Daystar Technology, maybe the relevant departments in China will not pay so much attention to the localized development of industrial software."

As the general manager of Dassault China, Leo has opinions on relevant departments in the United States.

Although at that time, the main requirement was that domestic industrial software manufacturers in the United States not cooperate with Daystar Technology, it was further expanded to the point that they could not cooperate with enterprises of Nanshan Group.

However, given the influence of Nanshan Group in China, this matter has undoubtedly attracted great attention in China.

However, Nanshan Group was not unprepared at all. It had already arranged for a company like Yangcheng Zhongwang to develop industrial software.

With the Nanshan Group as its backing and no shortage of money, people, and process experience, Yangcheng Zhongwang’s industrial software development speed is naturally accelerating.

Some niche and small-scale industrial software can even be developed in two or three months, completely replacing the original imported software.

This kind of thing was completely unimaginable a few years ago.

In particular, partial industrial software often involves specific industry fields and requires an in-depth understanding of the technical knowledge, business logic and industry standards in this field.

At the same time, these software may use specific algorithms, data structures and development frameworks, requiring developers to have deep programming skills and industry background.

Most Chinese software companies have never thought of touching these industrial software markets.

As for Chinese industrial companies, it is difficult for them to have the motivation to develop related products themselves even if they have mature and easy-to-use industrial software.

As a result, over time, the gap between China's industrial software technology level and that of foreign countries has become wider and wider.

Now this situation has been broken by Yangcheng Zhongwang, which has definitely subverted everyone's perception.

"Yes, the United States shot itself in the foot this time and messed up the matter."

"NSCAD in Yangcheng Zhongwang suddenly emerged and made a huge breakthrough. We were simply shot while lying down."

Shangguan Jin's words really touched Leo's heart.

She also felt that Dassault was shot while lying down this time.

But if Cao Yang knew what they were thinking, he would definitely not think so.

At the beginning, some employees of Nanshan Automobile Group used pirated CATIA, and they were directly sued by Dassault China.

Seeing that there was no hope of winning the lawsuit, Nanshan Automobile Group rarely chose to settle out of court and pay money to settle the matter.

This is one of the few times when "Nanshan Pizza Hut" failed to win a lawsuit.

Although the money lost was not a lot for Nanshan Automobile Group, it was a wake-up call for Cao Yang and asked him to prepare to do something good in industrial software.

After all, CATIA just wants you to pay some money now, and other software such as MATLAB may not be available to you in the future.

Later, the United States' method of dealing with Daystar Technology also proved that Cao Yang's original worries were not unnecessary.

"I have already reported the situation in China to the headquarters. The top priority now is for the headquarters to communicate well with the major automobile giants to prevent these fundamentals from being taken over."

Huaxia's own brands are now almost completely switching to NSCAD.

Although this will not have a big impact on Dassault China's performance this year, the situation starting next year will be completely different.

Once these companies move from small-scale use of NSCAD to large-scale use, it is almost inevitable to eventually abandon CATIA.

After all, no one wants to use a CAD software that costs hundreds of thousands of yuan to purchase and requires additional payment every year.

"Yangcheng Zhongwang went crazy this time in order to seize the market and directly offered preferential conditions for three years of free use of 90% of the functions."

"Based on this condition, it is simply impossible for Yangcheng Zhongwang to achieve profitability in the next three years."

"Considering the various manpower investments made by the other party in the past two years, they have spent a lot of money."

Shangguan Jin is very clear about the situation of the industrial software market.

We also have a general idea of ​​how to develop such a software and the cost.

He also went to inquire about the size of Yangcheng Zhongwang. Now it is a large software company with thousands of full-time employees.

Not to mention that various companies under the Nanshan Group have a group of people who work part-time to cooperate with Yangcheng Zhongwang in developing related software.

If these people are included, at least tens of thousands of people in the entire Nanshan Group are directly involved in the development of industrial software.

This artificial scale is absolutely terrifying.

Ordinary companies simply cannot afford such high labor costs, especially when there is little revenue and the company does not go public for financing, it is simply unimaginable.

"Yangcheng Zhongwang is backed by the big mountain of Nanshan Group. Honor Technology and Nanshan Automobile Group are very profitable. This expenditure can be fully supported."

Leo naturally has a very deep understanding of China's largest industrial enterprise.

Nanshan Group used to be Dassault China's largest customer.

Now not only is this customer gone, but a large number of other customers have also been taken away.

It is absolutely impossible to say that Leo is not sad or nervous.

"Mr. Lei, this situation is out of our control. We can't even think of any way to prevent the situation from deteriorating."

"Would you like to make an appointment with UG's people and discuss strategies?"

Shangguan Jin has no clue now.

He even felt that Dassault China's business was basically finished.

Except for those foreign companies and joint ventures that will continue to use it, most local companies are expected to use NSCAD in the future.

He is very self-aware of this.

Especially after he went to learn more about NSCAD, he became even less confident.

“UG’s situation is similar to ours.”

"At this time, we may still have to ask the headquarters to agree to our use of a special pricing strategy in China."

"We would rather not make money than completely lose the Chinese market, otherwise we will never have the chance to get it back in the future."

Leo thought of a tried and tested price war strategy.

Anyway, the development cost of software is relatively fixed.

Whether you sell 100 million units or 200 million units, it won't have a big impact on development costs.

The Chinese market was about to be lost, and he didn't believe that the people at the headquarters still insisted on the original price strategy.

"As long as the people at the headquarters are fully aware of the situation here, I believe they will agree to use a special pricing strategy in China."

Shangguan Jin thought for a while and felt that there seemed to be no better countermeasure than Leo's plan at this time.

No matter what, try your best first, otherwise it will be completely lost.

At that time, they will have no way to communicate with the headquarters, and there is a high probability that they will not be able to keep their jobs.

(End of this chapter)