When the pickup truck arrived at the office building, everyone led by Commander Song was already waiting downstairs.
At that moment, when they saw this unique car approaching and the red star on the front, there was a burst of surprised discussion:
"Oh, this car looks really weird!"
"Isn't it? Everything looks horizontal and vertical."
"The key point is that it doesn't even have paint, it's just the original silver-gray color of the metal!"
"Huh? Maybe it's still in the testing stage, so it's not painted!"
"To be honest, it's unbelievable that the Red Star Factory can actually build cars?"
"But I like it, especially the logo on the front of the car!"
Amidst the chatter among a group of officers, the pickup truck finally drove over. As Director Liang and Wang Ye got out of the car, Commander Song's voice suddenly sounded:
"Okay, Wang Ye, the expansion effect in Xia Tian is remarkable!"
"You've been out for more than a month and you actually built a car? Not bad! Not bad!"
Commander Song already knew about the 900 million, so after the guard reported the news of Wang Ye and Director Liang's arrival, so many people came downstairs. On the one hand, it was because of the 900 million. Excited, after all, it has been confirmed by the above that this time the consortium and the war zone will have a cooperation, which will give the war zone a big surprise. The other reason is, of course, to take a look at this strange-looking car!
"Hey, how's it going? Commander Song? Our pickup truck is pretty good, right?"
"How about you come and try it out for a spin to get a feel for it? Our vehicle's off-road performance is quite good. Wouldn't the army consider purchasing a thousand of them to Taiwan to continue to promote the development of motorization in our army?"
"By the way, do you also support the development of our consortium?"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Commander Song couldn't help laughing and said:
"I do think so! The key is that we don't have money! If you are willing to give me credit, then I will definitely have no objection. Why not give me two thousand units on credit first?"
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of echoing laughter. After the laughter ended, Commander Song looked at Director Liang and said:
"Wang Po is selling melons to brag about herself. I can't listen to you, Wang Ye, bragging."
"Lao Liang, you are sitting here. How do you feel?"
Under the gaze of everyone, Director Liang nodded and said with certainty:
"It's pretty good, it feels very energetic, and it's good off-road."
"Old Song, why don't you give it a try?"
Hearing this, Commander Song also felt a little itchy and could not help but nodded and said:
"Come on, let me drive around and give it a try. Whoever is brave can come up and sit down!"
"Hurry, hurry, hurry up, let's go eat quickly after driving!"
Then Commander Song got into the main driver's seat, squeezed four more people into the front and back rows, and then kicked off the accelerator with a rumble. After driving around the square for a few times, Commander Song couldn't help but smile a little when he came back. It was an unexpected feeling, and he exclaimed loudly:
"It's really good! Wang Ye, you really have a lot of skills!"
"You can actually make a car! What kind of car is this? I've never seen it look weird. How much do you plan to sell it for?"
Faced with these questions from Commander Song, Wang Ye explained with a smile:
"This is called a pickup truck, and it's also called a passenger and cargo vehicle, but ours is just a junior version. Calling it a car is actually overestimating it. In my opinion, it's at most a high-end motorcycle with four wheels. As for a real car, We will continue to develop and launch it later.”
Hearing Wang Ye say this, everyone present suddenly showed surprised expressions, especially those who got off the car. The experience they took during the few laps was obviously much better than that of the 212 Jeep, but Wang Ye actually said that this was just a ride. A four-wheeled motorcycle?
So according to him, what should a real car look like?
"You kid, I think you've put it on again!"
"But I admit you're pretending, so let's just wait and see. I want to see how far you can go with the real car you're talking about!"
"What about the price? You haven't said the price yet!"
Then another group of officers were replaced in the car. Under everyone's curious eyes, Wang Ye coughed lightly and said:
"We're going to sell it for 28,000!"
Suddenly Commander Song and others had astonished expressions on their faces, and then Commander Song couldn't help but ask:
"Exports? U.S. dollars?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ye quickly waved his hand and said:
"How is that possible? Of course it is domestic sales."
"We have two different versions of this car. This one is a high-end version with better sealing and comfort. It is going to be sold in China. The price is only 28,000 yuan. There is also a version that is relatively simple overall, but The rear bucket has been strengthened and can directly mount machine guns and cannons, such as 23mm double-barreled cannons."
"When it is ready for export, the price should be between two and three thousand US dollars. No matter how high it is, it will not be competitive." (Note 1)
"Generally speaking, civilian products are not as profitable as military products. To put it bluntly, they mean small profits but quick turnover! But the advantage is that they can drive the upstream and downstream industrial chains, promote the development and iteration of the overall industry, increase social employment rates, etc. "
In fact, cars, especially mid- to low-end cars, are not an industry with high profit margins at all. However, the advantage is that the industry chain is long enough and there are many people who can make money. However, when it comes to the final manufacturer, the gross profit margin is probably about About ten percent.
As for Toyota, which is known for its habit of cutting costs, its gross profit margin has remained at around 20%, while Volkswagen's is around 15%. Currently, in the U.S. market, due to oil prices, The large-displacement cars that used to be no longer popular, and the gross profit margins of local car companies have dropped to less than 10%, and many have even dropped to around 5%.
A gross profit margin of 5% is already a very dangerous situation. If the market cannot pick up and car companies cannot find a solution, then they will enter a corporate winter and losing money is inevitable.
Just like Lamborghini, although it is a super luxury car and the brand is very good, it loses money every year due to shipment problems and has to sell it every three to five years. In the end, the owner cannot bear the loss and continues to sell it.
Therefore, in the automobile industry, shipment volume is a key factor. Take the "Camry" model launched by Honda in 1982, with sales of approximately 600,000 units per year, and a single unit price of US$6,000. According to 2% A gross profit margin of 10 would bring Toyota a gross profit of US$720 million a year, and this does not include Japan's income from the entire automobile industry chain, such as making a fortune from tire production, Those who make instruments earn a fortune, those who produce wipers earn a fortune, and even the "Screw Fairy" earns a fortune. It's just that the final assembly company makes a lot of profits, and this is just a model.
"The pattern! This is the pattern!"
"You kid, do your best! I support you! Hahaha!"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Commander Song couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said this, while other officers present also nodded frequently, with expressions of appreciation and emotion on their faces.
At this moment, Wang Ye suddenly thought of something and said to Director Liang next to him:
"By the way, Director Liang, you need to help me get some experience in the province."
"As for my province's industrial chain, if possible, I hope to hold a province-wide conference in mid-December. We will take the lead to survey the province's factories, integrate the industrial chain, and provide We develop some supporting facilities and can also help other factories create supporting facilities.”
"Ask the province what their opinion is and whether they are willing to help us."
Regarding the province's industrial chain, when motorcycles were launched on the National Day, Wang Ye talked about this issue when he met two leaders from Luqi Province and Quancheng City, and received verbal support from both parties. Now it's time to actually do it. You still have to test your feelings and write formal applications and documents.
"Okay, I'll ask you when I get back. There should be no problem."
"As we said last time, and the leaders are still talking about it recently, we can't wait for you to come back."
Director Liang nodded and said this, while Commander Song next to him chuckled and said:
"If they don't fight with you, I will fight with you."
"We in Luqi Province also have quite a few third-tier munitions factories. In addition, our troops have a lot of people. We can do it ourselves to make our own people rich, but they don't like it. We don't even let them play with us! Haha! Ha ha!"
At this point, Commander Song remembered the business. Another group of people changed in the pickup truck over there. At the same time, Commander Song asked:
"By the way, it said you were going to give me a surprise. What kind of surprise is it?"
"Hurry up and tell me!"
Suddenly Wang Ye felt that the eyes of the officers present were burning. Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Ye explained:
"That's it, Commander Song."
"Currently, our factory has a variety of products waiting to expand production, such as televisions, pickup trucks, four-wheel light trucks, six-wheel all-terrain off-road vehicles, and our heavy-duty trucks, as well as refrigerators and air conditioners in the spring and summer of next year."
Hearing this, everyone present showed expressions of surprise again, and Commander Song couldn't help but ask:
"Have you made all the TVs, refrigerators and air conditioners?"
"I heard that these products are still a bit difficult, right? Compressors have to be imported, right? Has the higher authority granted you foreign exchange for import?"
Seeing the surprised look of Commander Song and everyone else, Wang Ye smiled and waved his hands and said:
"How can it be possible? The leaders of the Ministry of Finance are simply incompetent."
"How could we be given foreign exchange to do this? We worked together and after several months of research, we came up with it ourselves. Although there is still a gap with the world's advanced level, the advantage is that we produce it ourselves and do not need foreign exchange. , the price is much cheaper.”
"By next year, we are planning to develop our own brand while selling compressors to other domestic factories that are willing to develop it."
In the past, Qindao Refrigerator General Factory will be established in Qindao City in 1994. One year after the production of imported compressors, Qindao Refrigerator General Factory will obtain the goods from the West German "Liebherr" company. With full technical support, Qindao Refrigerator Factory began to produce refrigerators named "Haier" brand, and their logo was two children, one with yellow skin and black hair, and the other with white skin and blond hair, representing China and West Germany.
At this moment, when Wang Ye said this, Commander Song and others suddenly realized, and Wang Ye said to himself:
“In addition to these civilian products, orders from the Canton Fair and orders from Tanzania are still being produced. Coupled with the large order I brought back this time, we currently have a shortage of manpower in our consortium and cannot deliver on time. "
"Under such circumstances, shouldn't I ask you for help?"
Hearing this, Commander Song suddenly showed an expression of interest on his face, and asked with a smile:
"Tell me, how are you going to cooperate with us?"
"We won't do it without sincerity!"
In response, Wang Ye chuckled and said:
"Then you have to listen to see if I have the sincerity to cooperate with this plan."
"As far as I know, there is a military base in our theater about 60 kilometers away from our factory. We are prepared to cooperate one-on-one with this base, and the method is this."
"Our consortium will set up a dismantling plant. Before the real factory area of the dismantling plant is completed, we will borrow some of the equipment in this base, such as armored vehicle maintenance workshops, spare warehouses, redundant barracks, and even useless Air-raid shelters and other places, this is the first step for our cooperation.”
"When the time comes, we will pay according to the floor area. What do you think?"
"Then we may transport some equipment and dispatch some technical engineers. Finally, we hope to recruit at least 5,000 related warriors from the entire base, such as those in armor systems, automotive systems, maintenance systems, or those with dexterity. You can come and work part-time in our dismantling plant.”
"We give these soldiers a part-time subsidy of fifteen yuan per month, which does not conflict with their allowances, and they are in charge of their meals."
"And because we recruited them, the number of people in daily training at the base was reduced, which brought some inconvenience to the base. So we subsidized the base according to the number of people recruited, one hundred yuan a month for each person. What do you think? ?”
"In short, including the land occupied, we will pay one million yuan to the war zone every month. Are you satisfied with this price?"
Wang Ye's voice was like the sound of nature to Commander Song. After all, the war zone was poor now! One million is still one million, which is already a big number. Not to mention too far, at least this New Year dinner can be decent, right?
Not to mention, Wang Ye has to pay extra subsidies to those soldiers who are deployed there, and they also have to take care of their food. This is a great thing for the war zone! And it can be seen with the naked eye that this business can last for a long time!
And even if their factory is built in the summer, they will still be short of people by then, so they can still continue to cooperate! In the future, there will be an increasing shortage of people, so the scale of cooperation can also become larger and larger! After all, the rich people in the army are not available now, so if they are sent out to earn something and subsidize the construction of the army, it is perfect!
"OK, no problem!"
"I think that's what we'll do. Let's go have dinner first. After dinner, I'll approve the documents for you. I'll go with you to the base over there tomorrow."
"It happens to be an armored force, it happens to be a division."
"No wonder Wang Ye and you will go to express condolences every now and then in the second half of this year. It turns out you had a plan for it!"
In the end, Commander Song just waved his hand and took over the business without bargaining at all. At the same time, he happily joked a few words, which made everyone burst into laughter.
After all, in his opinion, Wang Ye must be supporting the troops by doing this. To put it bluntly, the brothers who were once poor together suddenly became rich and came to help these old brothers who were still in poverty!
What's more important is that this money basically costs nothing to the troops, and it is purely free. Except for Wang Ye, where else in the world can there be such a good thing like pie in the sky!
"Go quickly! Make arrangements to kill a chicken for us, ah no! Kill two!"
"We must entertain our Factory Director Wang well tonight! Hahahahaha!"
Following the voice of Commander Song, the orderlies next to him rushed to make arrangements excitedly, while Wang Ye bared his white teeth and smiled, thinking that the five thousand-inch-headed young man was about to be taken into his pocket, he was so happy!
