I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

Jingyi had just entered the office in the morning when she was called to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry. Minister Lu told her the good news that after repeated research by the higher authorities, the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill would take out a part of its workshops and form a joint venture with foreign investors from Hong Kong to form a large automobile manufacturing group.

Unexpectedly, this tempting piece of cake would fall on the head of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Jingyi was also overjoyed!

The decision to choose Red Star Steel Rolling Mill was made after repeated research by the leaders above.

The rolling mill has its own steelmaking and rolling equipment, and can produce cold-rolled thin plates for automobile chassis, vehicle frames, and shells. The rolling mill's machinery and equipment technology can handle the processing of various automobile parts.

Then they merged an engine plant, and then a foreign investor introduced an automobile assembly line from abroad. This automobile manufacturing company now has a complete range of products.

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill covers a vast area, and with reasonable planning, it would be enough to build a dozen new factory buildings.

"Minister Lu, the change from a steel rolling company to an automobile manufacturing company is a big one. I need the support of some technical experts who understand automobile manufacturing."

Jingyi was not blind. After thinking for a while, she made a request to Minister Lu. If we rely on the technicians of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, manufacturing cars is a cross-industry project, and production will definitely be very difficult.

"The higher-ups have also taken this into consideration! A group of experts and technicians from this city will come to support us. Mr. Lou from Hong Kong will also bring a technical team here." Minister Lu introduced to her.

"The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill will be changed to the Red Star Group Corporation from today on, and Comrade Xu Yueling has been appointed as the general manager of the group corporation. The group corporation consists of two major parts: Red Star Steel and Red Star Automobile Manufacturing. Red Star Steel will still be directly under the ministry, while Red Star Automobile will be a joint venture." Minister Lu began to read out the issued documents.

Jingyi accepted the new appointment. The Red Star Group will expand to have more than 20,000 employees and be a vice-ministerial heavy enterprise. The higher-ups have assigned an engine manufacturing plant in Sijiu City to the Red Star Group. A group of technical talents have been transferred from automobile manufacturing companies across the country.

A large number of factories were built in the factory area of ​​the group company. Red Star Automobile Manufacturing was also established, and Lou Zhenhua took over the newly established enterprise with a team of management and technical experts recruited from Hong Kong.

The Lou Group brought the most advanced corporate management model from the West. Jingyi was very relieved to hand over the management of Red Star Automobile Manufacturing to him.

"I have deep feelings for this steel mill, so when I negotiated with the higher-ups, I asked for a joint venture with the steel mill. This can be regarded as the fulfillment of my long-cherished wish."

When the two inspected the newly built factory, Lou Zhenhua was filled with emotion. He finally returned to this place, where he realized his dream when he was young.

Now, the business of his Lou family in Hong Kong has been completely handed over to his younger brother Lou Zhenguo, who has devoted himself to this automobile manufacturing company.

Now in the new factory, under the guidance of technical experts, workers are installing and debugging the automobile assembly production line in an orderly manner. This production line is the most advanced equipment in the country, and Lou Zhenhua is determined to create an advanced automobile brand.

After the two inspected the new factory, they returned to Jingyi's general manager's office. Jingyi took out a stack of drawings from the drawer of her desk and handed them to Lou Zhenhua.

This is the drawing of the Mazda Angkesaila that Jingyi carefully selected on the car purchasing platform. This model is cheap and good quality, and it is not difficult to manufacture. The appearance is simple and fashionable, far surpassing the appearance of all current models.

It is only 760 now, and most of the cars on the road are Shanghai SH212 cars or jeeps made in Beijing. Red Flag cars are rare on the road.

The earliest joint venture models were the Cherokee in 505, the Santana in , and the Peugeot in .

Now, Red Star Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has become the first joint venture automobile company in China, which will surely go down in history.

Lou Zhenhua had already hired a car designer in Hong Kong to design a car model, but when he saw the design drawings that Jingyi handed him, the first streamlined appearance of the sedan already attracted his attention deeply.

The mainstream design of cars nowadays is still the square shape. Even luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz and Crown are square.

"This type of car belongs to the future. You and those technical experts should study it and see what difficulties need to be overcome in order to manufacture this type of car. If it is difficult, then we can make a technical reserve." Jingyi introduced to Lou Zhenhua.

"With your model, the model I asked someone to design is a bit embarrassing. The 2.0L naturally aspirated engine and 6-speed manual transmission you equipped are probably a bit difficult to manufacture." Lou Zhenhua flipped through the drawings and expressed his own views.

"If it is difficult to manufacture, we will discuss with the expert team to see if there are any alternative solutions and try using the existing engines."

When it comes to the field of automobile manufacturing, Jingyi is completely in the dark and can only rely on the expert team below.

After research and discussion by the expert team, it was decided that this model would first use the 1.8L inline four-cylinder engine from Volkswagen, and then upgrade this model by developing a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine from its own engine factory.

Jingyi was very busy this year. By the time the first Red Star brand car rolled off the assembly line, it was already the end of the year.

Once the Red Star Shining was launched on the market, its avant-garde appearance immediately triggered a sales boom. The Lou Group even introduced it to Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia, and this model was also very popular for export.

Jingyi was very relieved! She had no idea about making cars, but now she finally got the upper hand in the market.

Lou Zhenhua and Tan Yali had already moved into the Lou Mansion in Dongdan. When he gave Jingyi the newly obtained property ownership certificate, she was shocked.

She couldn't accept this big villa now. If someone reported her, she, a senior government official, would be suspected of accepting bribes from foreign businessmen.

Fortunately, the name on the property certificate is Lou Jingyi, not her current name Xu Yueling. Otherwise, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would have invited her in for tea.

Since Jingyi couldn't accept it now, Lou Zhenhua had to move in by himself. According to Jingyi's current status, a small western-style building would be more than enough. But she was single, why did she need to live in such a big house?

She still lives in the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. Every time her superiors want to allocate her a house, she politely declines. She has gotten used to the life in the city, and the neighbors are very welcoming to her.

After the Spring Festival of 1982, Jingyi went to find Shazhu and talked to him about her idea. She planned to let Shazhu take a leave of absence from work and go out to open a big restaurant.

Sha Zhu didn't even have to pay for the capital, and he was given a 20% stake. Sha Zhu naturally agreed to such a good thing. Now the national policy also advocates individual private ownership, and he also wants to open a shop and be a boss.