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With the large amount of funds and dividends brought by Lin Kaifeng, the city government formulated a package of urban development plans.

Fang Boyan and Chen took separate actions, one responsible for improving the power supply.

Another organized engineers to renovate the road surface.

A cement road was built directly from the county to the city railway station.

It is convenient for Northern Machinery Company's export goods to be transported to the station and loaded smoothly.

By exporting electrical appliances and selling agricultural vehicles domestically, the machinery company has become a national model for earning foreign exchange.

The local people also benefited from it.

During this period, many provincial and municipal departments came in groups to learn from them, which made Leader Chen and Fang Boyan very popular.

"Building cars?!"

When Fang Boyan told Lin Kaifeng the purpose of his visit, Leader Chen was shocked.

Fang Bainian smiled bitterly and said, "Leader, I have reported to you before that Comrade Lin Kaifeng has always had a dream of building a car."

"Now everything is ready, all we need is this favorable wind from our side."

"Comrade Lin Kaifeng hopes to receive support from the city and the ministry."

After confirming that Lin Kaifeng really intended to manufacture cars, Leader Chen's expression became extremely solemn.

"From the perspective of local development, as long as it is conducive to improving local living standards and economic construction, we will support you with all our strength."

"But making cars..."

Leader Chen said tactfully: "Jiangcheng is a city of automobiles. If we vigorously develop the automobile industry, will it give people the illusion that we are competing with Jiangcheng?"

"What if it leaves a negative impression on the leaders above and destroys unity?"

Lin Kaifeng said: "I think that our development of the automobile industry, far from destroying unity, is helping the Jiangcheng Automobile Factory and making us more competitive."

"Without competition, there is no development. Jiangcheng Automobile Factory previously took the path of planned production. Whether it was trucks or other types of vehicles, the annual production quantity was extremely limited."

"Back then, planned production would not have had any impact, but nowadays, all aspects of construction cannot be built without the support of trucks."

"If the Jiangcheng Automobile Factory continues to follow the path of planned production, it will gradually lose its competitiveness and the trust of the people in front of foreign automobile companies."

"Leader, what Comrade Lin Kaifeng said makes sense. Today is different from the past. A large number of state-owned enterprises are taking the path of self-reliance and self-financing. Without competition, there is no driving force for development."

Fang Boyan chimed in, "Comrade Lin Kaifeng will not lead the machinery company to manufacture trucks from the beginning. He will first enter the small car industry and will not cause a direct impact on the Jiangcheng Automobile Factory for the time being."

"If that's the case, you can give it a try."

Leader Chen was relieved to learn that the machinery company would not manufacture trucks right away.

Jiangcheng Automobile Factory is not only the darling of the Ministry of First Machine Industry, but also the apple of the eye of the country.

If it causes an impact on them, it will be a big trouble.

As long as Lin Kaifeng's ideas are beneficial to the development of the local economy and the construction of the entire city, let alone building cars, even if it is building rockets, Fang Boyan and Leader Chen will give strong support.

But everything needs to be analyzed specifically.

In 53, the state invested heavily and used all its national strength to support Jiangcheng Automobile Factory.

Three years later, Jiangcheng Automobile Factory produced Longguo's first transport truck.

Two years later, Longguo's first small family car rolled out of the Jiangcheng Automobile Factory.

From that day on, Jiangcheng Automobile Factory became the big brother and vanguard of the national automobile industry.

It has also become the first-class state-owned enterprise in the province and the country.

There are dozens of supporting enterprises that rely on Jiangcheng Automobile Factory for their survival, and the entire Jiangcheng Automobile Factory has more than 100,000 employees.

There is a saying circulating internally that the children of factory employees are not allowed to marry outside the factory.

In the late 1970s, Jiangcheng Automobile Factory, like many state-owned enterprises, suffered from capital shortages and its technology was seriously out of touch with international standards.

You won’t know unless you open your country.

The development of foreign automobile industry has reached a rapid and earth-shaking level. Various types of vehicles are not only cheap but also have extremely superior performance.

The Jiangcheng Automobile Factory was in a downward trend.

If the local government supports Northern Machinery Company to enter the automobile industry and its truck performance surpasses that of Jiangcheng Automobile Factory, the First Ministry of Machine Building will probably be furious.

I think so, and we should be cautious in everything.

Leader Chen said calmly: "Comrade Lin Kaifeng, the city government agrees in principle to support your company's entry into the automotive industry, but from my personal point of view, I hope you can tell us the truth."

"How long will it take for Northern Machinery Company to complete the construction of the production line? How long will it take for the small car you mentioned to be manufactured?"

"In terms of performance, how much difference is there compared to the sedans produced by Jiangcheng Automobile Factory?"

Leader Chen has never worked in any industry-related job, but he has been in a high position for many years and has some understanding of the automotive industry.

Producing cars is different from producing agricultural vehicles.

There are many issues to consider.

Technology, sales channels, and production line construction during the manufacturing process.

Lin Kaifeng said: "If I didn't have enough confidence, I wouldn't have come to trouble the two leaders."

“It is true that Northern Machinery will face many problems when it enters the automotive industry, but overall, the possibility of success is far greater than failure.”

Nothing is perfect, so Lin Kaifeng would not make any promises.

Frankly expressed some of the current problems.

Although problems exist, Lin Kaifeng is confident that he can solve all of them.

In the previous production of agricultural tricycles and agricultural four-wheeled vehicles, the front-line production workers and technicians of Northern Machinery Company have accumulated a lot of valuable experience.

In addition, through cooperation with a large number of automobile supporting factories, the car manufacturing experience has been further enhanced.

Lin Kaifeng seconded hundreds of retired key personnel with rich technical skills to the Shenyang Diesel Engine Factory.

The latest motorcycle engines were born in the hands of these people.

If you need money, you have money; if you need people, you have people.

As long as it gets support from the local government and the First Ministry of Machine Building, the automobile manufacturing plant under the Machinery Company will soon be built.

Officially put into the production and manufacturing of automobiles.

Time is running out and there are some things Lin Kaifeng cannot avoid.

And it must be implemented as soon as possible

All in all, Lin Kaifeng only has three years left to make his mark in the automotive industry.

Last year, Ford, an American automobile manufacturer, began exporting trucks to China.

Ford trucks from the United States have had an unimaginable impact on domestic trucks.

Soon, the first joint venture automobile company will be born in Longguo.

With the emergence of this company, foreign automobile companies and their cars will flood into the Dragon Country like a tide.

The development of the domestic automobile industry has fallen into an unprecedented cold winter.

Entering the 21st century, global automobile competition has become fierce.

It turned into a close combat where the strong prey on the weak.