Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai's words almost choked Jiao Hua to death.

Zeng Wangcai and Jiaohua were already familiar with each other, so he continued without any hesitation: "Brother Jiao, you know our current situation better than me. Urban construction, mobile communication base station laying, not to mention the Asian Games... All walks of life are running at full capacity, especially the real estate boom, steel is needed everywhere. You are talking about exporting products now, which is of course a good thing, but we can't even meet domestic demand, so what can we export?

"Also, the most important thing is, besides mobile phones, what else can we export in large quantities?"

Coking is responsible for foreign trade and cares about this the most.

Since the tickets were cancelled, part of the grain had to be imported. This put him under great pressure and he needed to get more foreign exchange.

Part of the foreign exchange earned from mobile phone exports was allocated and suddenly it was not enough, so Jiaohua was very anxious.

"Exporting cars." Jiao Hua pointed at Zhou Bo and said, "You don't know this. Zhou Bo brought back news and was planning to find time to tell you in the next few days that FAW's cars will be exported."

"What the hell?" Zeng Wangcai was shocked.

In the 1980s, our car exports?

Our automobile industry has just started, and the cars it produces... are exported?

I got here in 1959, even if I had gotten here ten years earlier, I still wouldn't have been able to do it...

"Don't believe it?" Jiao Hua said cheerfully, "I didn't believe it at first, but I met Kazuo Kameda. He said it himself. On behalf of Toyota, he spoke highly of the Daihatsu produced by FAW, saying that this car can be exported."

The Japs' idea?

Zeng Wangcai’s first reaction was that the Japanese had a conspiracy, but he couldn’t figure out what the conspiracy was.

There is no doubt that exporting cars is a good thing, but the Japanese asked us to export them, which is worth careful consideration.

Toyota is trying to sell its own cars, so would it be so kind as to help us export them?

Grandma!

"Where to sell it?" Zeng Wangcai asked a key question.

"We haven't discussed it yet!" Jiao Hua said with a smile, "But don't worry, we will definitely sign the agreement before we start the project."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll talk to Lao Zhou!" Zeng Wangcai went over and interrupted Zhou Bo's flattery without any hesitation, and grabbed him away from the director.

Zeng Wangcai feels more at ease here than in the Siheyuan, because all the bigwigs here know Zeng Wangcai's identity.

"What are you doing? You have no manners at all!" Zhou Bo was grabbed by Zeng Wangcai's hand and said unhappily, "It's not easy for me to come to the city, and I haven't seen you treat me to a drink, but you are so disrespectful when we meet..."

"Don't waste time. We have something to talk about. After we're done, you can drink as much as you want." Zeng Wangcai pressed Zhou Bo next to Jiao Hua, and went out to bring Sun Tao in.

When the four of them met, Zeng Wangcai quickly said, "Director Zhou, Director Sun, do you know about your car exports?"

"Export, what exit?" Sun Tao looked confused.

"Well..." Zhou Bo was a little embarrassed, "I didn't have time to say it, so let's just talk about it."

"You son of a bitch, Zhou Bo!" Sun Tao was furious when he heard this. "You're playing dirty tricks on me, aren't you? We agreed to focus on the domestic front first, but you ended up expanding, right?"

"No, we didn't say before that we couldn't export it."

"Catch the words, right?"

"Stop arguing!" Zeng Wangcai was in a panic, "What kind of occasion is this, brother? There's a time for quarrels. We're about to have a meeting, let's talk business.

"Director Zhou, were there any signs of export before?"

"Signs? Oh oh oh..." Zhou Bo understood what Zeng Wangcai meant and replied, "No, Kameda talked to me a few days before the meeting. He asked for two cars to be shipped back for inspection. I didn't pay much attention to it because the technology was theirs. Later, the inspection results came out and Kameda said that Toyota headquarters was very satisfied with the quality of the cars and that our Daihatsu was fully qualified for export. Kameda told me to expand production and export."

"Have you asked about the channels? Where are they selling to?"

"I asked, but Kameda didn't tell me, but he said he could underwrite it."

"What about the price?"

"We haven't had time to talk yet. It can't be cheaper than what we sell..."

Regarding the price of cars, the cars that BAIC supplies to various companies are basically very cheap, so BAIC only makes a little money.

Under this influence, the price of Daihatsu's listed cars is not expensive, and the price of the first generation is 32,000.

This price is several thousand yuan cheaper than the price Zeng Wangcai remembers.

Zeng Wangcai thinks this is a good thing. Only when the prices of automobile industrial products are low can the transportation industry be boosted. Vans are used to transport goods and cannot be too expensive.

Like the car brands that came in the early years of later generations, a Santana cost 20 yuan, a Crown cost 48 yuan, and a Mercedes-Benz 600 cost million yuan.

It's simply robbery!

Because Zeng Wangcai owns BAIC, he is very clear about how much profit the van can make at this time.

The profit is 32,000, which is quite a lot, but when it is distributed to each link, it's just that.

If the export price is 32,000, haha...it's a loss.

What's more, it takes up scarce material space.

Zeng Wangcai vaguely grasped the clues of the Japanese conspiracy. Although it might not be accurate, it was still necessary to be on guard.

"I have a suggestion!" Zeng Wangcai said, "Both bosses should take this opportunity to cooperate. Director Sun will give our factory's air-conditioning molding technology to Director Zhou. Director Zhou can take advantage of this opportunity to expand production and make a small change to the production line to produce large vehicles with air conditioners..."

"Air conditioning, air conditioning in the car? Is it necessary?"

"Whether it is necessary or not is up to you to decide. Anyway, if you add air conditioning, the price can be raised a lot."

"I add..."

Installing air conditioners in cars is absolutely a luxury in China. Ordinary people don’t have air conditioners at home and still use electric fans even on hot days.

But in developed countries abroad, this is already very common.

Subsequently, Zeng Wangcai supported Sun Tao's decision to expand production.

The meeting lasted a whole day and finally came to the small matter that Jiaohua mentioned - the supply of raw materials.

The leaders of the coking and other working groups called related companies to small conference rooms for meetings.

When it was Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi's turn to go in, there were more than ten or twenty factory managers in this group.

This was a small meeting for the automobile, tractor and other industries. Zeng Wangcai was able to join in with the help of Sun Tao. Zhang Xiuzhi was just there to keep them company. Her meeting had already ended.

"Okay." Jiao Hua was the team leader, and he presided over the speech. "Everyone, be quiet. This is not a formal meeting, just a discussion. Everyone has received the production tasks given to you before, and everyone has promised that the tasks must be completed. Now we just want to talk about issues such as smooth supply. If you have anything to say, you can say it here."

Sun Tao immediately raised his hand: "We at BAIC will expand production next year and enter the civilian vehicle market, so our share of materials must increase by at least 20%."

"Director Sun, you are going too far." Zhou Bo immediately jumped out, "We are expanding production, and you are also expanding production. Are you going against us? We are exporting. I want to increase supply by 30%, and you want 20%..."

Other factories, such as those making tractors, were immediately panicked. Damn, they’re already snatching away the goods before they even start producing. How about we expand production as well?

If both of your two companies grow by 20 or 30 years, what are we going to do?

Zeng Wangcai suddenly raised his hand: "Well, BAIC doesn't need to increase...but we have a condition..."

No one is allowed to steal the scrap steel I brought back.