Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 67 The Huge Auto Market

While Zhong Cheng was still busy with the design of Gonggong's car control system, the new electric car of Red Star Company was launched on the May Day.

Under the momentum of public opinion and publicity, the first batch of [-] vehicles put into Beijing, Haicheng, and Guangcheng sold out on the same day, and the sales calls of major dealers blew up the sales department of Red Star Company.

Under the pressure of the market, the newly established Hongxing Electric Car Company is producing at full capacity while speeding up the construction of new production lines.

In May, 5 Sunny Stars, [-] Sunny Warriors, and [-] Sunny Flying Sky were put on the market.

In June, 6 Sunny Stars, [-] Sunny Titans, and [-] Sunny Flying Sky were put on the market.

In July, 7 Sunrise Stars, [-] Sunrise Titans, and [-] Sunrise Flying Sky were put on the market.

In July, 8 Sunrise Stars, [-] Sunrise Titans, and [-] Sunrise Flying Sky were put on the market.

There is no way, the increase in production capacity has reached the bottleneck, and the annual production target of 50 yuan has been reached a year ahead of schedule. To increase production capacity, new factories will be built, and it will be after the Spring Festival next year at the latest.

And it is expected that the market demand will not be relieved within a few years.

Red Star's long-term goal of producing 300 million electric cars per year is still too small, and it is far from enough to meet the annual demand of nearly [-] million in the domestic market, let alone enter the international market, which is nearly [-] million a year Huge market.

(PS: According to authoritative statistics, the total global car sales in 2020 will be 7803 million, and the Chinese market will account for 32%. This market is really too big, and it is scary to think about it!)

Although Red Star has once again considered adjusting its long-term goals, there is a limit. When the scale reaches a certain level, the constraints such as raw material supply and after-sales service will become more and more severe.

Therefore, under the request of relevant state departments, Red Star Company began to negotiate with several large domestic automobile manufacturing companies to directly sell Kuafu power batteries.

It is impossible to sell to joint venture companies, let alone foreign companies, but the target is only limited to large state-owned automobile manufacturers, just to rectify the chaos in the automobile industry.

At present, the manufacturing capacity of Kuafu Power Battery Factory has been increased to 15 sets per month, far exceeding Red Star's own needs.

Moreover, the subsequent expansion of production capacity is much more convenient than the expansion of vehicle production capacity. Zhong Chengcheng estimated that under the conditions of the existing plant and equipment, there is no problem in producing 500 million sets of power batteries per year.

It is no problem to build three similar factories in the existing factory area. It is just a matter of "copying and pasting". It is entirely possible to reach an annual output of 2000 million sets of power batteries in a few years.

Even finally bulldozed a big mountain and built another seven or eight factories...

Of course, this kind of thing is not something Zhong Cheng can worry about, and he has no time to worry about it, because his attention has already shifted to the research and development of military drones.

After several months of hard work, the Gonggong vehicle control system has been roughly completed, but there is still a process to be added to the electric car. At present, the three models are still selling well, so there is no need to add new functions.

Zhong Cheng didn't want to ask about these marketing methods.

He left the follow-up improvement work to Zhou Hu and Gui Bin, and returned to the power battery project team with Zhao Wei and Liu Yuzhu.

At this time, the office building of the power battery factory has been completed and delivered for use. There are offices, laboratories, testing centers, canteens and accommodation rooms. It is a comprehensive five-story building.

The building is built in the factory area, and it is very convenient for employees to commute to and from get off work. There are also special factory cars for employees with families.

Zhong Cheng and the others moved out of the temporary work shed where they lived for a year and a half, and moved into this modern building.

There is a dedicated staff canteen on the first floor of the building, and professional chefs are responsible for delicious meals.

On the fifth floor of the building, there are fifty one-bedroom, one-living single apartments with complete facilities, which are better than Zhong Cheng's dormitory in the research and development institute.

On the top floor of the building there are roof gardens and sports and fitness areas, leisure areas, and even a heated swimming pool.

These are the benefits that the company licenses to the power battery factory, which makes the employees who are used to living in the shed and eating bread and instant noodles feel that they are living in "paradise".

Under Zhong Cheng's suggestion, after the demolition of the temporary work shed, the company will build a monument at the original location to commemorate the martyrs who died for the daily engineering project, so that future generations will remember this hard-won success.

The three of Zhong Cheng are in the R&D Institute, but they can’t go back yet, at least they will accompany the production here for about a year to ensure that Zheng Yilun, Chen Qiang and other full-time personnel can all take over the technical process management of the power battery factory.

The power battery factory is the core factory of the electric car company. All the technical processes here are state-level secrets and are only allowed to be in the hands of a few trustworthy people.

With the completion of this modern building, Zhong Cheng's long-awaited adjustment of the Red Star company's security team has also been approved.

The Ministry of National Defense decided to use the Red Star Company Guard Corps as a pilot to try to adjust and transform functions.

The country also has a large number of military industry units, research units, important departments and important building facilities with security forces, and their responsibilities are security work rather than war.

Security work is far from the requirements of war in terms of equipment and skills, and should be treated differently.

Red Star Company's application for the adjustment of the functions of the guard regiment has attracted the attention of the Ministry of National Defense. The sacrifice of a large number of officers and soldiers in the "1212 Incident" has triggered reflections from the top military.

The research on the professionalization of the security force has already been going on, but this kind of thing cannot be decided by a single plan. It involves the country's national defense and security policy, and it must go through a lot of research and demonstration before it can be implemented.

There was no big change in the organization and clothing of the Red Star Company Guard Corps, but a red armband with the words "Red Star Security" printed on the left arm was added.

A large number of adjustments have been made in equipment, and weapons and equipment used in regular warfare such as heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, grenades, individual rocket launchers, and recoilless guns have been cancelled.

A series of security equipment such as miniature submachine guns, bulletproof vests, riot arm shields, tear gas, and monitoring equipment have been added.

At present, these equipments are definitely not enough to deal with enemy agents, but there are already relevant units conducting research and development to ensure that they will have an overwhelming advantage in weapons and equipment against terrorists, mercenaries, and secret agents in the future.

Zhong Chengcheng is considering whether to develop some small military drones for security work first, so as to minimize casualties.

The biggest change is that the soldiers of the guard regiment have become professional soldiers, and they no longer accept recruits. The sources are all selected from the soldiers who are preparing to retire from the frontline troops.

Their training has also been changed to security professional skills training, paying more attention to the improvement of individual combat ability and team cooperative combat ability.

The service period has been changed to 40-50 years old, and ordinary soldiers can enjoy the retirement benefits of regiment-level cadres when they retire.

During the service period, it is no longer an allowance, but a salary and bonus. The treatment should not be lower than the average income level of the unit, and the unit should bear and be responsible for the five social insurances and one housing fund.

The income level of soldiers has risen sharply, and they have no worries about the future, and they are also allowed to marry and have children during their service, all of which allow soldiers fighting on the security front to perform their duties with more peace of mind.

Zhong Cheng is very happy to see these changes.

Zhang Jiaxing and other martyrs will also feel relieved under Jiuquan!
(PS: This plot is inspired by the country’s professional adaptation of firefighting officers and soldiers after the death of 99 firefighters in the “Explosion Accident in Tiangang City BHX District”.)
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