Rebirth 76: Industrial Internet Empire

Normally, Yang Mo would do this kind of thing to win people's hearts. He would not be stupid enough to use his own money to let August and Juliet win people's hearts.

After winning over the hearts and minds of the technical backbone, Yang Mo followed the usual practice and also offered Yuliye a pie of option incentive.

Luckily for Juliet, she knew very well that whether or not the word "dai" could be removed from the acting general manager's name depended entirely on her management level and loyalty.

August is different. He has the innate rigidity and arrogance of the Germans. It is not easy for him to be loyal to an Easterner, and using equity incentives to tie him into Zhiyuan International's war effort Che, and then promising to give him a platform that can display his talents, is a last resort choice.

Yang Mo spent time in the technical department almost every day during this period. Fortunately, most of the technicians were able to converse in English proficiently. By communicating with these technicians, Yang Mo had a rough understanding of the overall technical level of Xima machine tools and metal cutting equipment. international cutting-edge technology.

After a few days of understanding, Yang Mo already had a complete idea in his mind and put forward his own idea at the regular meeting of the technical department: "Through this period of communication with everyone, I also have a rough idea of ​​the technical characteristics of Xima machine tools. Understand that our main products are concentrated in small and medium-sized high-precision machine tools. Of course, this is very good and has clear main features. However, judging from the overall development trend of global machine tools, the machine tool industry is developing towards large-scale and digitalization. trend, and we have almost no technical blank in large-scale CNC machining centers. In the next few years, we need to increase R&D investment in CNC technology!"

But what Yang Mo didn't expect was that despite his good intentions, this stubborn old Germanic man would not give him face at all.

August was the first to stand up and object: "Mr. Yang, Cima machine tools have always been famous for their high precision. Over the years, we have also invested some manpower and material resources in digital control systems, but we have not made much technological breakthroughs." , and the United States has specialized electronics companies engaged in research on industrial automation and digital control systems. Xima Machine Tools does not need to develop CNC technology by itself. We can purchase the most advanced control system chips. Many of our German machine tool companies have There is no need to research the CNC system yourself, even many mechanical parts are produced by downstream supporting companies in the industry chain."

Yang Mo secretly cursed in his heart: Why do you think I spent so much effort to acquire a machine tool company that was on the verge of bankruptcy?Can we still count on Americans for critical CNC systems?That's not waiting for Texas Instruments to get stuck in our necks!

This old German man really doesn't understand the style. I traveled thousands of miles to Coburg not to act as an "internationalist warrior" like Bethune and to raise the salary of the entire technical team, nor to turn the Cima machine tool into a "meter" "Thinking about" an assembly company like that, a five-axis CNC machining center with independent intellectual property rights is my ultimate goal...

Yang Mo's heart was filled with ten thousand alpacas, but he nodded calmly and said: "Mr. August, what you said is very reasonable, but a truly top metal cutting equipment company in the world does not recognize key components. You can't rely on others, especially the control system known as the "brain of CNC machine tools", let alone rely on a foreign company!"

Heynckes, the engineer who had been responsible for the research on the control system, stood up and said excitedly as if he had met a close friend: "Yes! The control system is the brain of the CNC machine tool. The core design concept of the large CNC machining center is nothing more than an automatic machine. The tool changer is just a CNC machine tool. Through the settings of the control system, the workpiece can be loaded and processed simultaneously in multiple processes at one time!"

Yang Mo glanced at Heynckes with interest and encouraged him to continue.

Heynckes continued: "We are fully equipped for the production of large-scale CNC machining centers. The CNC machining center is nothing more than a machine tool magazine equipped with taps, drills, reamers, milling cutters and other cutting tools. The control system provides perforation belts." Implant instructions, automatically select the tool, and install the tool on the spindle through the robot to perform multi-process processing on the workpiece."

August couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up and retorted: "The current priority of Cima Machine Tools is to resume production as soon as possible and develop competitive metal cutting equipment. As for small and medium-sized high-precision machine tools, Cima has deep knowledge On this basis, we will build our flagship product instead of aiming too high and focusing our research and development on large-scale CNC machining centers. Of course, we will wait until our flagship product has a firm foothold in the market and then add more products at that time. Huge investment in research and development of control systems!”

Heynckes, who had always been frustrated at Cima Machine Tools because the control system had not been taken seriously, met a new boss like Yang Mo who valued control system research. He was like a drowning man grabbing a life-saving straw. How could he give up so easily? , quickly argued: "Industrial automation is the future development trend. The shortcomings of Xima machine tools are product limitations. For so many years, they have only focused on the production of small and medium-sized high-precision machine tools, ignoring customers' needs for large CNC centers. It’s time to increase investment in digital control systems…”

August said disdainfully: "What results have you achieved in your research on control systems over the years?"

"That's because the investment is far from enough. From design to manufacturing of integrated circuits, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources!" Heynckes argued unconvinced.

"Then how much do you think we need to invest to complete the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits?" Yang Mo took the opportunity to join Heynckes.

Heynckes pondered for a moment and then said: "With 300 million marks! We can set up a platform for the development, design and manufacturing of CNC systems..."

"Three million marks?" Yang Mo asked in surprise.

"If we save a little, we might be able to build an integrated circuit production line with 200 million marks. With a R&D investment of 50 marks, I think 250 million is also possible..." Heynckes hesitated for a moment and then changed his words. .

Yang Mo shook his head and smiled and said: "Mr. Heynckes, I will give you 500 million marks to establish the electronics department of Cima Machine Tool Company. I will continue to invest more according to the research and development needs. I have only one request. I need the best integrated circuits." chip!"

Yang Mo looked at the stunned people and continued: "Let me correct you, I don't just need the best chip now, but I need your team to always be at the forefront of integrated circuit technology research and development. Mr. Gordon Moore once It has been said: When the price remains unchanged, the number of electronic components that can be accommodated on an integrated circuit will double approximately every 18-24 months, and the performance will also double..."