Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 17 Factory Director, we can’t do it

1999 12 Month 12 Day.

For posterity, this is a special day.

But for Nanshan Auto Parts Factory, or for Cao Yang, this is also a special day.

The reinforcement plates provided by Nanshan Auto Parts Factory to Yangcheng Honda have also officially begun mass production and supply.

Although the supply volume cannot be compared with Volkswagen, the number of customers of Nanshan Auto Parts Factory has finally increased, and this meaning is also very different.

Eggs cannot be put in one basket.

The world's mainstream automobile companies are all potential customers in Cao Yang's eyes.

He felt that it was necessary to speed up the progress.

Because with the arrival of the latest payment, Cao Yang found that his points finally exceeded 100.

This means that the nut plates produced by Nanshan Auto Parts Factory have contributed more than 1000 million yuan in turnover.

It’s not easy. It took several months to break through 1000 million in sales for small parts.

However, the things that 100 points can be exchanged for are very limited.

Cao Yang took a look and found that none of the key parts such as VSA and ECU had less than 1000 points, and the assembly parts of the gearbox required more than 10000 points.

What’s even more exaggerated is that the chip actually requires 100000 points, which means it requires a turnover of 100 billion to redeem it.

When did this get?

Fortunately, Cao Yang didn't have too high aspirations. He directly chose the bolt and nut technology that could be exchanged for 100 points.

He had already had the experience of exchanging nut plates once, but this time Cao Yang didn't feel any particular discomfort, and he naturally accepted the extra information about bolts and nuts in his mind.

"Minister Zhang, please do some research and see which bolts and nuts are imported from abroad for the domestically produced models of Volkswagen, Honda, General Motors, Peugeot Citroen and other car companies."

Although the parts technology he masters now are relatively small, relatively inconspicuous, and even dismissed by many big manufacturers, Cao Yang is not discouraged.

Whether it’s nut plates or bolts and nuts, once they’re done, there’s a lot to be done.

If I could get orders for nut plates and bolts and nuts from major manufacturers such as Volkswagen, General Motors, and Ford, I would be a large parts company with an output worth billions.

At that time, I can enter the more critical parts technology in minutes.

Just started, struggling to develop.

Starting from the inconspicuous parts first is Cao Yang's last resort.

"Director, this is quite a lot. As far as I know, except for some less important parts, most of the bolts and nuts of domestic joint ventures are imported from abroad."

"A small number of domestic products are also purchased from foreign suppliers' factories in China. The actual bolts and nuts purchased from domestic manufacturers are estimated to be less than [-]%."

Although Zhang Fugui didn't know much about the specific situation of bolts and nuts before, he still knows some basic information after working in this industry for many years.

In 1999, China's passenger car parts industry was still extremely weak.

Many later generations can easily find parts from several domestic manufacturers, but now they are all imported.

"If we want to enter the bolt and nut industry, where do you think it would be better to start? Or which part of the bolt and nut do you think is the most worthy of our work?"

When Cao Yang asked, Zhang Fugui said without even thinking about it: "Director, bolts and nuts seem very simple, but there are actually a lot of things that need to be paid attention to."

"For example, the selection of raw materials, the control of processing technology, heat treatment technology and surface treatment technology. There are many more ways to do this than we imagined, and I think we need to consider it carefully."

Obviously, Zhang Fugui does not support Nanshan Auto Parts Factory entering this industry.

In his opinion, just make the nut plate properly.

Then extending it a little further onto the body stampings is enough.

There is absolutely no need to choose small and delicate parts like bolts and nuts.

"Don't worry about these questions for now. You can answer my questions first."

Hearing what Cao Yang said, Zhang Fugui was a little helpless and said: "From a technical perspective, the simpler the bolts and nuts, the more suitable they are for us. For example, some bolts and nuts in the interior of the car that do not have high anti-corrosion requirements and have relatively low strength levels, The probability that we can make it is relatively high.”

"But to say which part of the bolts and nuts is most worth making, that is another result. Engine-related bolts and nuts, those on the chassis, and wheel mounting bolts are generally of relatively high value and are currently imported from abroad. , is the most worthy of domestic manufacturers to do.”

“But for parts like this, domestic manufacturers simply can’t make products that meet the requirements.”

Zhang Fugui said this, combined with Cao Yang's later understanding of auto parts, and he almost had an idea in his mind.

"The difficulty must be high, the value must be great, and everyone must be able to see it clearly. It seems that wheel bolts are the most suitable for this requirement."

"Ah? Director, these wheel bolts, whether they are Volkswagen, General Motors, Honda, or Peugeot Citroën, are imported from overseas. They are a very difficult type of parts and we cannot make them."

It wasn’t that he wanted to destroy his prestige, but Zhang Fugui really felt that Nanshan Auto Parts Factory couldn’t make wheel bolts.

"What can't be done? The wheel bolts just require higher material requirements, more difficult processing, and more complicated heat treatment control."

Zhang Fugui: ...

Is this all?

There are generally about 5 wheel bolts on a wheel, and there are 20 on a car. The price of each bolt is estimated to be about 10 yuan if imported from abroad. This is definitely a luxury in the fastener industry. cake.

If it was so easy to do, would it be Nanshan Auto Parts Factory's turn?

The fastener factories affiliated to Modu Automobile Group and Spring City Automobile Group must have done this a long time ago.

Even companies like Modu Volkswagen, which has great pressure for localization, will not choose this type of parts as a breakthrough point to increase the localization rate.

Even in later generations, most parts of a car have been domestically produced, and many of the remaining imported parts are bolts and nuts of special specifications.

Of course, electronic components such as chips, resistors, and capacitors are discussed separately.

"Director, are you serious?"

Seeing that Cao Yang didn't look like he was joking at all, Zhang Fugui was a little flustered.

Nanshan Auto Parts Factory, which has finally got on the right track, will not fall into trouble again, right?

Isn’t it great to make nut plates and other stamped parts?

Why bother?

"I will give you a list of the equipment that needs to be purchased later, and we will immediately start preparing for the production of bolts and nuts."

Cao Yang's answer was more direct than any explanation.

The factory belongs to him, and its resurrection this year is also the result of his efforts.

Zhang Fugui really didn't know how to refute for a moment, so he could only do it first and then talk.