Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

Time passed quickly, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

At the end of April, in the production workshop of Shanhai Automobile, two production lines were working in three shifts, and one Xuanwu Land Cruiser after another rolled off the production line.

In the factory area, professional flatbed trucks purchased by Shanhai Automobile were waiting. After these cars rolled off the production line, they would be immediately pulled to direct stores across the country by these flatbed trucks.

Now the daily production capacity of these two production lines has reached 600 units, and this capacity is still increasing. By the end of May, the daily production capacity of these two production lines will reach 800 units, and the monthly production capacity will reach 24,000 units.

If the monthly production capacity of 24,000 units is placed in China decades later, this production capacity must be pitifully low. But in 1992, this production capacity was very exaggerated.

You should know that the most popular Shanghai Volkswagen now has an annual production capacity of only tens of thousands of vehicles. Next year, Shanghai Volkswagen's annual production capacity will reach 100,000 vehicles.

Now, Shanhai Automobile has only these two production lines, and its monthly production capacity can reach 24,000 units, and its annual production capacity can reach 288,000 units, which is three times that of Shanghai Volkswagen.

This is the current production capacity. Shanhai Automobile's production line is still under rapid construction, and various models are already being tested.

According to the plan, by the end of this year, the seven cars that Shanhai Automobile is testing will also be finalized and put into mass production. By then, Shanhai Automobile will have as many as eight finalized models.

And by next year, Shanhai Automobile will have more models. Because among the seven models currently tested, six are Baihu brand models, and their competitors are luxury brands such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi.

Next year, their re-shelled cars will also be finalized, and the re-shelled cars will be directly transferred to the Suzaku brand. At that time, the prices of these models will drop, so there will be more models. Moreover, Shanhai Automobile has several relatively cheap cars under development, which are expected to be launched in the second half of next year. At that time, the low prices will allow more Chinese people to afford cars.

More models mean more choices for consumers. Although China is poor now, cars are in short supply. The price of Santana in Shanghai is over 200,000 yuan, but it is still in short supply. It can be seen that there are still many rich people in China.

Therefore, Shanhai Automobile's production capacity planning is also very aggressive. Before the end of this year, five more production lines will be added. In this way, by the end of this year, Shanhai Automobile will have seven production lines, with a maximum monthly production capacity of 12,000 units for each production line, and a monthly production capacity of 84,000 units for seven production lines, with an annual production capacity of up to 1 million units.

This production capacity is quite terrifying. In the original time and space, the total production volume of China's automobiles in 1992 just exceeded 1 million units.

The employment brought by the production capacity of 1 million vehicles is very considerable. If the upstream and downstream are counted, one car can drive almost three jobs.

The production capacity of 1 million vehicles can directly drive 3 million jobs. Of course, these 3 million jobs are not all direct jobs, but involve the entire upstream and downstream.

Including upstream industries such as steel, metallurgy, chemicals, coal, and electricity. Downstream industries include auto repair, insurance, and petroleum.

If we talk about direct jobs, Shanhai Automobile can provide about 500,000 jobs with a production capacity of 1 million vehicles due to the development of the entire industrial chain.

These jobs include research and development, production, assembly, etc. This is not limited to the whole vehicle, but also various parts, such as various sensors, various wiring harnesses, even tires, glass, etc. Shanhai Automobile now produces them by itself.

There are tens of thousands of parts on a car, and there are too many things needed. There are now thousands of parts and components factories under Shanhai Automobile.

500,000 employees, behind which are 500,000 families. It can be seen how important the automobile industry is. This is also why developed countries vigorously develop the automobile industry, which is really too strong to drive the economy and employment.

China is a supermarket, with an annual sales volume of more than 20 million vehicles in the future. If this market can be eaten by Huaxia Automobile, it can bring 60 to 70 million jobs to the upstream and downstream. 60 to 70 million jobs means 60 to 70 million families, which is so important.

It is not only about employment, but also can greatly boost the economy and tax revenue. This effect is too great. This is why China also wants to vigorously develop the automobile industry and why it proposes the route of exchanging market for technology.

Now, the beast of Shanhai Automobile has been released. Now one company is going to do all the other automobile companies in China. This courage and guts are unmatched.

Such a radical production capacity planning, even the world giants dare not, because the risk is too great. But Shanhai Automobile dares to expand its production capacity so radically. The reason isIt's very simple, that is, they are extremely confident in their products.

Workers are busy, cars are rolling off the assembly line, and the Land Cruiser is about to be launched.

May 1, 1992, another Labor Day.

Shanghai, the headquarters of Shanghai Volkswagen.

Shanghai Automobile Factory is the pride of many Shanghai people. When talking about Shanghai Volkswagen, many Shanghai people are so proud.

Early in the morning, dozens of staff members came to the Shanhai Automobile Shanghai flagship store early in the morning.

Everyone was wearing a tailor-made uniform, and the whole person was meticulously dressed with a smile on their face.

They have been training for a long time, and today they are finally going to start a new journey with high morale. Xuanwu Land Cruiser will be officially launched this year.

In this store, there are already hundreds of cars in stock. Now all the hundreds of cars have been wiped clean and look very domineering.

At present, there are two versions of Xuanwu Land Cruiser.

One is Land Cruiser 430 and the other is Land Cruiser 480.

The power configuration of the two cars is the same. Both are equipped with Kuiniu V01 gasoline engine, which is a 4.0-liter V8 naturally aspirated engine with a maximum of 295 horsepower.

Such power parameters are very awesome. Compare it with the power of Santana 2000 of Volkswagen in Shanghai. Santana 2000 uses a 1.8-liter engine with a power of only 95 horsepower.

The 2016 Land Cruiser of Toyota in the original time and space, with a 4.0-liter V8, has only 275 horsepower. You can imagine the abnormality of Shanhai Automobile's Kuiniu engine.

To put it bluntly, this Kuiniu engine does not need to be replaced for 30 years, and its technical content kills all models on the market now.

This engine is not only powerful, but also extremely durable. It is still very vivid to describe the degree of durability as 300,000 kilometers before the running-in period.

Shanhai Automobile puts quality requirements first and has extremely high requirements for quality control. As Shanhai Automobile's first car, quality is its best reputation. Xu Huasheng's requirement is very simple, that is, the impression that Shanhai Automobile will give people in the future must be that of a model of good quality, and it must be better than Toyota. Only in this way can Shanhai Automobile become a super giant.