King of Industry

  Chapter 550 The situation is very serious

  A group of people went to the meeting room upstairs, and the guests and hosts were seated.

  The oval conference table is divided into three areas.

  The high-rise side above, the SJ city side, and the ** province side are clearly distinct, but they merge together at the edge.

  Zhao Guoyang's position is quite special. He is placed on the edge of the upper leadership and SJ city leaders, and in the middle between Mayor Huang Zhigang and Minister Fang Xuesen.

   Although Senior Official Zhu from ** Province had some opinions on the seating arrangement, after frowning, he finally didn't speak up.

   Being sandwiched between two big bosses, Zhao Guoyang didn't show any uneasiness, but just lowered his head silently, thinking about the questions that might be asked by the big bosses later.

   Sure enough, as soon as the meeting started, Zhu Yiming from ** Province spoke out first.

  The first question this guy came up with was directed at Zhao Guoyang.

   "Researcher Zhao, have you considered the specific implementation plan for our FAW Group and Songqi Group to acquire 'Skoda Automobile Company'? Is there anything we need to do?"

  As soon as Zhu Yiming said this, several leaders in SJ City looked a little unhappy.

  The reason is very simple. This senior official Zhu took the commanding heights as soon as he came up, and directly described the acquisition plan as a matter of FAW and Songqi.

   Moreover, the accent still vaguely puts FAW in the dominant position. How can this be convincing?

  So before Zhao Guoyang had time to answer, Mayor Huang immediately spoke up.

"Hehe, Lao Zhu, it's hard for Guoyang to answer this question for you. After all, he just proposed the plan of 'small fish swallowing big fish' just yesterday, so it's impossible to think up the implementation plan overnight, right? "

   "Besides, Guoyang also communicated with us yesterday. Some details of his plan are still debatable. It is not certain whether he will cooperate with other car companies in the country!"

  After Huang Zhigang said this, Zhu Yiming and Lu Xinmin looked at each other, and their faces showed resentment and shock.

  Although Lu Xinmin is not as good as Huang Zhigang, he is very strong and tough.

  When Mayor Huang smiled and looked at him, he said in a low voice: "Mayor Huang, all the leaders above are here, what you said is a bit disunity."

   "Yes!" Zhu Yiming also echoed repeatedly, "Yesterday, Chairman Mao of your Songqi Group called Jianlong, that's not what he said! Why did you change your mind just after one night?"

   "Hehe, senior official Zhu, Comrade Zhichun was hesitant to make up his mind yesterday. He just discussed with Chairman Wu. How to implement this plan must be discussed in a long-term way."

   "This has nothing to do with changing one's mind and not changing one's mind." It was undoubtedly Gao Tongzhou who said this.

  Listening to the verbal battle between the bosses, Liang Xiaofeng, who was sitting next to Mao Zhichun, felt a little nervous.

  He, the director of the Municipal Machinery and Electronics Industry Bureau, only got the news from Vice Mayor Gao last night.

  After getting the letter of approval this morning, Liang Xiaofeng was dragged by Ma Jiang to meet the superiors together before he had time to think about this issue.

   Now attending the meeting as a non-voting delegate, Liang Xiaofeng's mind is in a mess looking at these big bosses who are rarely seen around him.

   Seeing that the SJ city government and several bigwigs from the ** province were about to clash, Fang Xuesen smiled and waved his hands.

   "Okay, okay, Mayor Huang, Senior Official Zhu, let's not worry so much, let's first listen to Guoyang's consideration of this acquisition plan."

  After Fang Xuesen finished speaking, Hong Wenqing, the leader of the National Taxation Bureau, nodded slightly to express his agreement.

  Speaking of which, Hong Wenqing and Zhao Guoyang had never dealt with each other before. Yao Gang forced him to come here this time.

  The Ministry of Foreign Trade and the State Taxation Bureau have always had a close relationship, and Yao Gang and Hong Wenqing often discuss and communicate on some issues.

   It happened that this incident had a lot to do with SJ City, the frontier of reform and opening up. Under Yao Gang's instigation, Hong Wenqing readily accepted his invitation.

  For Zhao Guoyang, a young man highly respected by Yao Gang, Hong Wenqing really wanted to see what he was capable of.

  In the conference room, after Minister Fang spoke, everyone naturally had no objections.

  After the attention of a group of people shot over, Zhao Guoyang spoke up.

   Facing these big shots around him, Zhao Guoyang was extremely calm.

  He said softly: "As for our domestic automobile company, whether to acquire 'Skoda Automobile', I would like to explain..."

   "The automobile industry in our country has been vigorously developed since the founding of the People's Republic of China. However, the domestic automobile manufacturing industry, which has been developed for 30 years, is far behind the level of foreign advanced automobile production countries."

   "For a while, and there is no way to quickly catch up with the world's advanced level, then there is only one way left—joint venture!"

   "In this regard, our neighboring country South Korea can be said to be a model. In the 1950s and 1960s, South Korea exchanged markets for technology, attracting multinational automobile companies to invest."

   "In just ten or twenty years, South Korea's auto industry has made great progress. It can even compete with developed countries in Europe and the United States. It has to be said that it is a miracle."

   "There is such an example in front of us. Our domestic auto company has developed rapidly through joint ventures, so it is naturally favored by everyone."

   Zhao Guoyang said this, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all nodded in agreement.

  Zhao Guoyang took a breath and continued: "From 1984, our first domestic joint venture car company was officially established in Beijing Jeep."

   "Today, there are more than ten joint venture automobile companies in China. Moreover, this number is still increasing."

   "It is no exaggeration to say that the joint venture with a major international automobile company has greatly enhanced the overall strength of our domestic automobile industry."

  "The capital, technology, and management experience introduced from abroad not only developed the domestic market and expanded the scale of the domestic automobile industry, but also made it possible for our domestic automobile manufacturing level to be in line with international standards."

  When Zhao Guoyang spoke up to this point, the audience's attention was completely focused on him.

  Whether it is Fang Xuesen, Yao Gang, or Jia Mingyuan, they all knew Zhao Guoyang's strength early on.

  After hearing Zhao Guoyang's review of the road to domestic automobile joint ventures, they were not too surprised, they just regarded it as a very common thing.

  Of course, several bigwigs secretly admired that it was indispensable.

  However, there are not a few people who have not dealt with Zhao Guoyang at the scene.

  Except for Hong Wenqing, Zhu Gaoguan, Lu Xinmin and others in ** Province have never had contact with Zhao Guoyang.

   At this time, listening to this man's eloquent talk about the domestic auto industry, the three bigwigs all sighed secretly.

  Zhu Yiming glanced at Wu Jianlong, who was a distance away from him, with admiration in his eyes.

   Needless to say, this boss was naturally telling Chairman Wu that the young man he highly admired really did not disappoint.

   Zhao Guoyang naturally didn't know that he had been targeted by Zhu Gaoguan, and he continued to express his views on the domestic automobile industry.

   "On the surface, you may think that our domestic auto industry is booming."

   "Indeed, both Songqi Group and FAW Group have achieved good economic benefits in the past few years. The momentum of development is also very promising. But..."

  Zhao Guoyang changed the subject: "These developments cannot cover up several stubborn diseases in our domestic auto industry! The situation we are facing is still very severe!"

  Hearing this, Hong Wenqing showed disapproval for the first time.

   Seeing that none of the other bosses had any intention of speaking, he frowned and interjected, "Researcher Zhao, what you said is a bit alarmist, right?"

   "The development of our domestic automobile industry is very good, and the profits and taxes paid to the country every year are also increasing year by year... You don't know these things, do you?"

  As the leader of the National Taxation Bureau, Hong Wenqing is naturally well aware of the profits and taxes of the automobile industry.

  After he opened his mouth like this, he naturally felt that he would be shocked by the "outrageous words" of a young man like Zhao Guoyang.

  Speaking of which, Hong Wenqing didn't have any bad feelings towards Zhao Guoyang.

   On the contrary, after listening to some of his previous discussions, he felt that this young man really had some skills, not the kind of boastful airs.

  But now Hong Wenqing disagrees with what the other party said.

  In his view, the level of the domestic automobile industry may still need to be improved, but the overall development of the industry is still very good.

   Zhao Guoyang's explanation is somewhat exaggerated.

   Facing Hong Wenqing's doubts, Zhao Guoyang just smiled slightly, and then said: "I can fully understand your doubts."

   "In fact, due to our large population in China, the production and consumption of automobiles will definitely maintain a relatively high growth rate in the future."

   "Even in terms of production and sales, it is not difficult to surpass the traditional Western auto powers."

   "However, just the growth of sales and profits and taxes means that our auto industry has achieved a national brand? Has it caught up with the international advanced production level?"

  After Zhao Guoyang asked this question, he explained without waiting for Hong Wenqing's answer: "The answer must be no!"

   "In fact, whether we can have independent intellectual property rights, core technologies and independent brands; whether we can form our own core competitiveness is the key to the rise and fall of our country's national automobile industry."

"One thing we car manufacturers must keep in mind is that our joint venture with foreign auto giants is not only for money and market, but more importantly, to obtain core technology, and then realize the revitalization of national brands through independent research and development. "

   "This is what we should focus on!" After Zhao Guoyang's eloquent words, there was a burst of silence in the conference room.

  (end of this chapter)