Siheyuan: Heavy Industry Revitalizes the Country

“Junior brother, off-road vehicles are selling so well right now that people are lining up to pick up the cars.

Not many people buy sedans, what should we do? "

After Huo Zhenting left, Fang Xiang also transferred the foreign exchange order to the department.

When I was calculating how many days were left until the holiday, Cao Tianwei suddenly called me.

"Speak slowly, why don't many people buy sedans?

Didn’t you queue up to buy it before?”

When Fang Xiang heard this, he was stunned. Not only is a BMW hard to come by abroad, but it is also hard to come by in China.

The two had just discussed how to sell the car two months ago, so how come the situation suddenly changed?

“You gave me the X5 and X7 drawings earlier. Since the factory also has the Series and Series production lines, I produced a batch and started testing.

After the test, I found that the off-road performance is quite good. It is not like what you said, that it can only be used on urban roads or for light off-road.

Even its off-road performance is better than that of Jeep 213.

So when I was selling it, I just said it was an off-road vehicle.

At the beginning, many units only bought a few cars in small quantities with a skeptical attitude, and most of them were used to buy sedans.

But just a few days ago, a large number of customers from all over the country suddenly came to our door and asked specifically to buy off-road vehicles.

Didn't you ask me to limit the sales? I released a batch first, thinking they would just try it out for fun and come back to buy the sedan.

As a result, they were determined to buy the off-road vehicle, even if they had to queue up and pay a higher price.

Even if we give them discounts on cars, it won’t work.”

Cao Tianwei seemed to know that Fang Xiang was confused about the situation, so he slowly told him what had happened recently.

"Did they say why they had to have the X series?"

After Fang Xiang pondered for a while, he guessed something, but he still asked.

“It’s not because of the road conditions.

You know the road conditions in our country. Well-maintained roads are just like flat ground.

Poorly maintained roads with potholes everywhere.

Especially in the countryside, there are no cement roads, they are basically dirt roads.

Compared to sedans, off-road vehicles meet their requirements!"

Seeing Fang wanted to ask, Cao Tianwei just said it directly.

"So that's how it is. Didn't I just bring a few production lines to you last month? How are they going now?"

After listening to Cao Tianwei's words, it turned out to be exactly as he had just guessed.

On second thought, it was a good thing that I had ordered a production line of X-series off-road vehicles for him before.

It has been more than half a month since the unloading, and I don’t know whether it has been loaded yet.

"It is still under installation. Once it is debugged and officially put into production, it will probably be after the New Year.

No, I want to ask you, what about the off-road vehicle?

Should we continue to limit supply or release it?

Can you give me some advice?!"

Seeing that Fang wanted to change the subject, Cao Tianwei was unwilling to do so and immediately turned back.

“It depends on your production.

Your old production line is still in the ramp-up phase, right? Even if you release it, you won’t have much to sell, right?

Besides, it's useless to ask me about this kind of thing, why don't you ask Mr. Yang?"

Fang Xiang laughed when he heard this. Cao Tianwei is already in his forties and is now the chief engineer. Why does he need to ask me this question? Can't he make the decision himself?

“I would like to ask, isn’t there a foreign exchange mission?

I have also found a few accountants from the factories who are good at math, so I asked them to do the calculation for me.

Let’s see what ratio can be maintained to meet both foreign exchange requirements and domestic demand.”

Faced with Fang Xiang's ridicule, Cao Tianwei didn't care, but told him the foreign exchange task.

“It’s all right. Even if you sell all your off-road vehicles domestically, the sedan export mission will not be affected.

Since you asked, it means you still want to sell it, earn foreign exchange, and exceed the task, right?"

Fang Xiang could taste the flavor immediately.

"You are still smart, hehe.

In fact, I calculated that after the installation and production of these three new off-road production lines began, the increase in output would be just that much.

Or, can you arrange another one for me?"

Cao Tianwei chuckled and finally expressed his true intention.

"Ha ha ha ha.

Sure, 30 million per set, pay the money and I’ll give it to you.”

Fang wanted to laugh out loud.

It turned out that Cao Tianwei was waiting for him here.

The production lines previously given to him were all billed to GAC, and Second Automobile Works did not pay a penny.

The reason is to express gratitude to Second Automobile Works for donating its old production line for free.

But the favor has been paid off, and if you still want it now, don’t you have to pay for it?

Besides, Second Automobile Works has foreign exchange tasks, but doesn’t GAC have one?

The 200 million US dollars in foreign exchange that we just handed in is our mission for this year!

"Hey, my dear little junior brother, what is our relationship? It's so vulgar to talk about money!

Look at GAC, how many production lines have you added this year alone?

Can you also give me two?"

When Cao Tianwei heard about the money, he immediately started to act like a rogue.

Look, you are already in your forties, but you are still like a child.

“Stop talking nonsense, the additional production lines were bought with real money.

That is to say, this year is the first year and there are not many foreign exchange tasks, so I have extra money to purchase.

Otherwise, where do you think your free production line came from?

Not all of it was earned by me.

Next year, GAC’s foreign exchange mission is 2 billion!

I've given you the money to buy the production line, but who will help me complete the foreign exchange task?"

Fang Xiang was straightforward and refused without even thinking.

No matter how good the relationship is, you still have to be able to help, right?

This year was originally the first year of Second Automobile Works’ operation. The government was thinking about the new factory, and no one knew whether the cars would sell well.

So the foreign exchange task is pitifully small, just 200 million.

But who would have thought that, apart from those few models that were not very popular.

Any larger car is a best-seller.

The money I earned flowed into my account like a waterfall.

Since there is not much foreign exchange mission, and there is so much money left, why not buy a production line instead?

That's why Fang Xiang made a big investment and bought more than a dozen of them.

But now this year is over and next year's task has been officially issued. If I spend money to buy it again, it will have to use the money in the foreign exchange task.

Waste money to Second Automobile? Fang Xiang, the sucker, is not willing to do that.

Unless... GAC's foreign exchange next year far exceeds the 20 billion target.

“Besides, you already have two off-road production lines.

The output must be more than 50,000 units. If you include sedans, the annual output will definitely be over 100,000.

With such a large output, there must be foreign exchange.

But have you ever thought about this: you have already approved the land once, and if you want to add a production line, you will have to approve the land again.

Just a little nakedness will keep you busy."

Before Cao Tianwei could even open his mouth, Fang Xiang blocked his way.

That’s right, last month Fang wanted to move the production line to Cao Tianwei, and they had to approve an extra piece of land to accommodate it.

If you buy another production line, you have to see if there is space for it in the factory, right?

Moreover, in the future, it will not just be a matter of expanding production and adding production lines.

The number of workers is not enough. Even if we put aside the capacity of hospitals and schools, we have to consider whether the family buildings are large enough to accommodate them, right?

You know, in this area, Second Automobile Works is far inferior to GAC.

After all, GAC left room for error from the very beginning of the design.

"What should I do? I can't just watch the meat without eating it, right?"

When Cao Tianwei heard this, he immediately became discouraged.

"How about changing your mindset and going to Shanghai Auto?"

Fang Xiang's eyes turned and he came up with an idea.

"Go to Shanghai Auto? How do you say that?"

Cao Tianwei on the other end of the phone immediately became interested.

It’s no secret that unlike Fang Xiang who has been running around all year round, Cao Tianwei has been staying firmly in Luoyi for more than ten years.

Although Shanghai Automobile is not as good as Second Automobile Works in all aspects, the conditions in the Shanghai market are good!

Moreover, judging from what Fang Xiang meant, it might not be as simple as simply swapping positions between Second Automobile Works and Shanghai Automobile Works, right?

And it is indeed true. Now Great Wall Industries in Hong Kong is experiencing unprecedented wealth... No, disaster.

PS: I am on leave today, only one update