King of Industry

  Chapter 493 The pressure on the face

  First of all, of course, Jia Mingyuan, the head of the Management Bureau of Inherent Assets, gave a speech.

   Director Jia welcomed everyone and thanked all companies for their strong support for this "competition meeting".

  Next, Director Jia began to talk about the "all-terrain vehicle" project in simple terms.

   "Since everyone can come to participate in this competition, I think the concept of 'all-terrain vehicle' should be very clear."

   "That's right, it refers to a model that can walk freely on any terrain, with flexibility and versatility that ordinary vehicles cannot match. Next, let me show you a few pictures for a brief understanding..."

  Projectors have not been widely used in this era. After Director Jia's signal, the staff hung several enlarged pictures that had been prepared long ago behind the rostrum.

Jia Mingyuan picked up a baton, pointed to several different types of "all-terrain vehicles" in the pictures, and continued to explain: "Let's take a look at these pictures. Obviously, from rivers to forests, from snow to grasslands, Almost every road condition is covered."

   "If it is an ordinary off-road vehicle, I believe that there is absolutely no way to unimpeded in such a bad road condition. Even if such an off-road vehicle can be found, the price must be an astronomical figure."

  Listening to Mr. Jia's explanation, everyone's eyes were focused on the picture of "driving on the snow".

   Indeed, this picture is quite stunning.

  On the uneven snow field, an "all-terrain vehicle" took off in mid-air when it crossed a bump in the snow field, giving people a feeling of looking down on the world.

   This moment was captured really well.

  The people sitting in the meeting room today, apart from some corporate bosses, the most frequent visitors from each factory are the technical directors.

  Before everyone came, although they had already made some understanding of "all-terrain vehicles".

   But these pictures like those displayed in the conference room, almost no one has seen them.

   Mu Aijun, who was sitting next to Zhao Guoyang, was the first to see an "all-terrain vehicle" with such a demeanor, and was a little speechless at the moment.

   "Guoyang, are these 'all-terrain vehicles'? It's amazing! Tell me, can our Hongda Machinery Factory manufacture such a vehicle?"

  Noticing Zhao Guoyang's suspicious gaze, Director Mu smiled awkwardly and said, "Guoyang, I don't doubt your technical ability, but after seeing these pictures, I really don't know what to do..."

   "Well, Director Mu, don't worry!"

Zhao Guoyang said nonchalantly, "The pictures shown by Director Jia are just common models of the 'all-terrain vehicle' industry—Yamaha, Johndeere, or the models of the previous two years. .”

   "If we are committed to this project, it will not be difficult to come up with comparable products within a year or two..."

  Listening to Zhao Guoyang's confident words, Mu Aijun could not restrain his joy.

  He opened his mouth, eager to ask something, but he could barely suppress his thirst for knowledge when he saw the eyes of several big men on the stage shooting at Zhao Guoyang.

  On the stage, Director Jia's speech has come to an end.

   After introducing a few pictures, the boss turned his gaze back to the audience.

   "Comrades, through the pictures just now, I think everyone should have a more intuitive understanding of the new thing 'all-terrain vehicle'."

   "I would like to remind everyone that the development of 'all-terrain vehicles' is very rapid now, and it should be more and more widespread. Whether it is in North America or Europe, its sales are showing an upward trend year by year."

   "Once we want to start this project in China, we will inevitably compete with some international giants..."

Director Jia looked around for a week, and slowly said: "The main purpose of calling everyone for this competition today is to select the machinery manufacturing enterprises with the strongest production capacity and the highest technical level. Meet the fierce international competition in the future."

  After Director Jia finished speaking, all the members in the audience nodded in agreement.

  Indeed, just from the "tip of the iceberg" shown in the picture, everyone can feel the pressure that hits our faces.

  Based on the current technical level of the 18 companies present, none of them dared to pat their chests to guarantee that they could produce products of sufficient standard to compete with these "all-terrain vehicles" of others within one or two years.

   "Okay, that's all I want to talk about. Next, let's invite Vice Minister of Foreign Trade Yao Gang to analyze the prospect of the 'All Terrain Vehicle' project from another angle. Welcome!"

  Amidst the warm applause, Jia Mingyuan smiled and made a "please" gesture to Yao Gang beside him.

  Minister Yao nodded slightly to the host "Director Jia", then moved the microphone to his side.

   "Just now Director Jia told everyone about the 'all-terrain vehicle' project, the competitive pressure we may face in terms of technology and production. I saw that many company cadres showed embarrassment on their faces!"

  Yao Gang glanced around the audience with sharp eyes, then smiled and said: "Seeing that everyone's confidence is a little lacking, I'll give you two shots of boosters!"

   "Stimulus?" Li Qinan, who was sitting upright in the audience, regained his energy after hearing this.

   When Director Jia spoke just now, Li Qinan actually felt sorry for him.

Although his heavy riding group is considered to be the leader in the domestic motorcycle industry, but judging from the manufacturing process level of several motorcycles shown in the pictures just now, Li Qinan knows that his factory is still inferior to others. Not far off.

  Li Qinan secretly calculated that if his heavy riding group really starts to start the "all-terrain vehicle" project, it will take at least two or three years before it can catch up with the level of the vehicles that were just exhibited.

  However, when you are trying to catch up, it is impossible for others to stagnate, right?

  After two or three years, it is hard to say what other people's level will be like.

   Therefore, after Jia Mingyuan finished speaking just now, Li Qinan was actually a little bit shocked.

  Of course, this Mr. Li is still relatively calm, although he is uneasy in his heart, but on the surface. Others don't quite see it.

  However, after hearing the speech of the boss of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Li Qinan couldn't help showing some emotions.

Zhu Fanxin, who was sitting next to him, also noticed his strangeness, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Mr. Li, why do you care about what Minister Yao said? What is he trying to say? "

  Li Qinan squinted at this guy, secretly cursing in his heart: This old Zhu's reaction is really slow enough.

   Who is Minister Yao? The boss of the Ministry of Foreign Trade! What he wants to say is of course related to the current trade situation of "all-terrain vehicles".

  Although Zhu Fanxin didn't like Zhu Fanxin very much, after all, everyone was a state-owned enterprise cadre from Shandong Province, and Li Qinan couldn't be too alienated from him.

   After pondering for a while, Li Qinan patted Zhu Fanxin's hand in fear and said, "Old Zhu, listen to Minister Yao carefully. I believe that after listening, you will also be deeply touched..."

   Just when Zhu Fanxin felt in the fog, Minister Yao on the stage had already started to speak.

   "Bosses, the Ministry of Foreign Trade has been paying attention to the emerging industry of 'all-terrain vehicles' since two or three years ago. The Ministry also has relevant data on its global sales and trade volume."

"According to the statistics I got, the two major developed countries in North America alone purchased more than 50,000 all-terrain vehicles last year. Among them, 41,000 ATVs and 8,000 UTVs... As for Europe For countries, because it is difficult to count, our Ministry of Foreign Trade only has a rough estimate.”

   "We estimate that the combined purchase figures of the sixteen countries in Europe are about twice that of North America. This does not include our Big Mac neighbors in the north..."

  Yao Gang said excitedly: "That is to say, the global sales of 'all-terrain vehicles' last year was conservatively estimated to be 150,000."

   "What a huge user market this is, I don't think I need to say more?"

   Indeed, the number of 150,000 vehicles is indeed scary enough.

   You know, in the early 1990s, the sales volume in the global auto market was only about two million vehicles.

  "All-terrain vehicles" can account for five percent of global car sales, which is a very large number.

  Of course, the price of an "all-terrain vehicle" is much lower than that of a car.

  But no one can deny that this market is a very large and dynamic supermarket.

  On the rostrum, Yao Gang paused for a moment, letting the business leaders in the audience digest the figures he just told.

  Looking at the shocked eyes of the audience, Minister Yao naturally turned his gaze to the young man in the middle.

  Yes, since the last time he and Zhao Guoyang went to Samba on the same plane, Yao Gang has been paying close attention to this extremely powerful young man.

  This time, the Ministry of Foreign Trade only needs to send a director to participate in the "All Terrain Vehicle" project competition organized by the Management Bureau of Inherent Assets, and just talk about the numbers.

  But after Yao Gang saw the list of 18 company participants, he immediately stated that he would attend the meeting in person.

   To put it bluntly, he just wanted to meet the young man Zhao Guoyang and catch up with him.

   More importantly, Yao Gang wanted to see how wonderful Zhao Guoyang could perform in such a national meeting.

  As Yao Gang guessed, Zhao Guoyang didn't have much surprise or shock on his face at this time.

  He just looked at himself calmly and respectfully, with a calm expression on his face.

  Good boy, can you hold on like this? Yao Gang muttered in his heart, well, let me give you another shocking news..."

  (end of this chapter)