Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 54 Daily Projects
4 month 15 day.

Zhong Cheng received the news that Mr. Deng and Mr. Wan returned from the capital, and the electric car project was approved by the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of National Defense.

Mr. Deng and Mr. Wan heard the news that Gonggong's manufacturing system was successfully piloted in the machine tool factory, and rushed to the machine tool factory with relevant company personnel immediately.

They were also shocked by the powerful functions of the Gonggong system and the changes in the machine tool assembly workshop. They claimed that the factories of the Orientals and Westerners they had visited were nothing more than that.

The design concept of the Gonggong system has surpassed the level of the Orientals and Westerners.

The manufacturing level of the machine tool factory has reached the forefront of the world.

Manager Li claimed that this is already at the level of Industry 4.0.

The concept of Industry 4.0 surprised the leaders of the company. We Chinese people have also reached the era of leading the world's industrial development trend?

After Zhong Cheng made a summary report on the Gonggong system development project, Mr. Deng said on the spot that the Gonggong system will be promoted throughout the company immediately, and it will be completed before the end of the year.

After seeing the pilot results of the machine tool factory, Mr. Deng could no longer tolerate the backward management status in the company.

Zhong Cheng smiled bitterly. The leaders were more anxious than the other, but he could understand their feelings. Wasn't he frightened by the backward management?
However, no matter how hard or tiring this project is, it has nothing to do with him. His focus will be transferred to the electric car project.

Sure enough, in the large conference room on the first floor of the company's headquarters building in the afternoon, the company held an electric car project launch meeting with the participation of middle-level and above leaders and technical backbones.

More than 200 people participated in the kick-off meeting, covering all aspects of management and technical personnel involved in the construction of electric car projects in the future.

At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Wan described the background, objectives and application status of the project.

The company decided to establish a brand new electric car company. The original plan was to build a production line with an annual output of 10 vehicles, apply for a fund of 10 billion, and then collect some by itself. It should be no problem.

However, after the project application materials were handed over to the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of National Defense, it attracted the attention of the relevant leaders, who believed that Red Star Company was too stingy. If it wanted to be built, it would directly build 10 production lines with an annual output of 100 million units.

The electric car project is in line with the country's strategic development plan, and the rectification of vehicle exhaust emissions has to be done without delay. There is no need to worry about selling electric cars with such a cost-effective ratio.

But this year's budget expenditure has been set years ago. If you want to start the project this year, you must either introduce funds or seek a bank loan.

The Ministry of Automobile Industry and the Ministry of Energy are willing to invest and take shares, but after all, Red Star is an enterprise directly under the Ministry of National Defense, and there seems to be no precedent for other national departments to take shares.

In the end, Mr. Deng made a decision to directly ask Huaxia Industrial and Commercial Bank for a loan of 100 billion yuan, using Red Star Company as collateral.

Zhong Cheng was dumbfounded. The investment of 100 billion is a big deal. This is a figure he had never imagined.

But the 100 billion was borrowed. Not to mention the repayment of the principal, even the interest is scary!

The interest is calculated based on the current lowest loan interest rate of 100%, and the annual interest of 4 billion is more than [-] million. If the construction period is two or three years, plus the capital return period of several years.

Zhong Cheng couldn't imagine how much it would cost.

He felt that the pressure was too great. If the project was not successful, what consequences would it bring to Red Star Company, he also did not dare to imagine.

And all this started from his whimsical idea, but he just wanted to find a solution for his military drone power battery.

When things got to this point, he began to worry about gains and losses.

The scheme of this electric car project was designed by him, and there is no problem in theoretical deduction.

But one or two years of work experience told him that there are huge variables before anything on paper is implemented, and there is no 100% successful plan.

He listened to Mr. Wan's speech in a trance, without the initial excitement.

After Mr. Wan introduced the situation, Mr. Deng took the stage to speak.

Mr. Deng first said that the company will gradually reduce and eliminate the original truck and van production lines, and the personnel will be transferred to the production of electric cars.

The company's future business operations will also transition to electric cars.

Subsequently, Mr. Deng loudly announced that an electric car construction project promotion committee will be established from now on, and he will personally serve as the chairman of the promotion committee.

There are eight special groups under the promotion committee, infrastructure group, logistics group, power battery group, motor drive assembly group, body frame group, car interior group, vehicle control system group, and vehicle final assembly group.

He also announced the relevant heads of the promotion committee and various special groups. Zhong Cheng was exceptionally appointed as one of the technical advisors of the promotion committee and the chief engineer of the power battery pack.

Next, Mr. Deng announced that the internal code name of this project was "415 Project", and the external name was "Daily Project".

He hoped that all members involved in the project could carry forward the spirit of Huaxia military workers who are not afraid of hardships and struggle hard.

Finally Mr. Deng ended his speech with eight words:

"Kua Fu goes by day, time waits for no one!"

Everyone in the venue stood up excitedly and clapped vigorously. Zhong Cheng also cheered up, applauding and expressing emotion at the same time.

What happened to me, this little difficulty frightened me.

How can you do great things if you worry about failure before things start?
Who else is clearer and more sure of this plan than myself?
No matter how big the difficulty is, it will definitely be resolved.

This time, I will also succeed!

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On the second day, Zhong Cheng inspected the project site of "Daily Engineering" together with Mr. Deng and other company leaders.

People from the company's planning department have been contacting the Beishan City Government to purchase land for a new factory building after the Spring Festival.

The Beishan Municipal Government has always strongly supported the military industry. The 20 mu of industrial land was sold to the Red Star Company at a very low price of [-] per mu, and the payment was made in five years.

The project site of Daily Engineering is just to the northeast of the new factory of Hongxing Company in Xinkai District. One-third of it is already in the mountainous area. This area is far from the main river Longjiang in the North Valley. Irrigation is inconvenient. few.

Standing on a bare sedimentary rock hill in the center of the newly requisitioned land, everyone looked at this large piece of grassy land, not feeling sad, but excited.

Minister Wu of the company's planning department introduced the general plan to everyone.

All the hills in front of us will be flattened, and three links will be realized first: water, electricity, and roads.

The road in the factory area will directly connect to the main road in the Xinkai District, and it is only five kilometers away from the Beishan Freight Railway Station, so the traffic will be very convenient.

Except for the power battery production plant in the mountainous area, other plants will be built on this flat land.

Because the mountains on the other side of the mountain are hundreds of meters high, it is really difficult to level them, the cost is too high, and it is also suitable for the confidentiality of the power battery factory.

Minister Wu then introduced the location and construction plan of each production plant, warehouse, office building, and logistics facilities in detail.

Zhong Cheng seems to have seen modern factories rising from the ground, and electric cars driving out of the factories one after another.

This barren mountain and wild ridge will become the place where Red Star Company takes off!
(End of this chapter)