Australian Storm 1876

  Does Chapter 805 follow up?

  The owner of the BMW factory, Mr. Frederick Schmidt, was not wrong. After the BMW 1.5-ton special truck turned out, it immediately attracted the attention of the industry and turned its attention to this originally blank area.

  Ocean Empire’s financial institutions and enterprises are all privately owned. Capitalists are undoubtedly sensitive. The BMW factory took the lead in unveiling this veil, allowing them to see the untapped potential of the freight market.

  After more than 20 years of development

  Australia has built large-scale backbone traffic projects such as the Ring-Australia Highway, the Eastern Seaside Boulevard and the Desert Highway. The roads to various cities extend in all directions, and the level of transportation network is among the top in the world.

  The developed transportation system has promoted the development of the machinery industry. The number of domestic vehicles and tractors in Australia has soared year after year. Agricultural tractors are widely used in pastures and farms, and automobiles have begun to spread among the urban middle class.

  The prosperity of the economy has brought a huge amount of material transportation demand. At this time, the BMW factory developed a special freight car, which just adapted to the market demand and stood at the forefront of the freight car segment.

  For this competitor that was killed off the road, the original passenger car and automobile factories have attracted great attention, and they have started research on this.

  Futian Automobile Factory

Hu Chaolin, the owner of the car factory, surrounded by the crowd, was watching two BMW 1.5-ton freight cars that he had managed to get. The two cars had been dismantled and exposed all the equipment inside, listening to the crowd around him. The engineer was discussing, his brow furrowed in silence.

“The truck’s tires are enlarged, and the four wheels are of the same model. It runs faster and more smoothly. According to the data obtained from actual measurements, the truck can maintain a speed of 45-50 kilometers for a long time, with a maximum speed of 62. Kilometers are almost double that of tractors."

  "Fast speed means that more goods can be turned in the same time, and the efficiency is higher."

   "Yes, in actual applications, this car can run 400 kilometers a day, and the most can even reach 500 kilometers. This is unimaginable for a tractor. Of course, I mean a driver."

  "The leaf spring adopts a heavier design. In the actual test, the limit can carry three tons of cargo. There is no problem in the 1,000-kilometer test. A longer actual test is needed to get the first-hand data."

   "Well, this car has a strong overload capacity, and it should be a product that cargo owners like."

"The Germans have made many improvements to this car suitable for long-distance transportation. It may be important to cool the engine through the water pump, which is conducive to keeping the engine at a suitable temperature for a long time. There is also the whole engine sitting on the rubber In terms of software, vibration transmission is greatly reduced. I think it is a very good design."

  "Not bad, and the front cover can block sand and dust from entering. Our tractor should also adopt this design."

  "Don't forget...there is also a shock absorption design."

   "Ashamed of speaking, why didn't we pay attention to this market before?"

"It's not too late. I think we should act now to formulate our truck development plan and apply for the support of the scientific research project support fund. It is estimated that other auto factories are also making the same idea, so we must move fast. "

   "I'm afraid that repeated research projects won't be approved?"

"What's the matter? BMW Motor Company developed a 1.5-ton truck. We can declare a truck with two tons or three tons or more. Now that the thinking is open, the following is the technical problem. The 20,000-ton battleship has been launched. , What is this little thing?"

   "Yes, it makes sense."

   Listening to the discussions between the engineers and the top of the factory, Hu Chaolin, the owner of the car factory, did not have that optimistic expression on his face, revealing a cautious look.

  He is the cousin of Viscount Hu Chaoshan, and he had a close relationship with the former Minister of Transportation, Viscount Jia Donghe. It is natural that the Foton Automobile Manufacturing Plant has the capital of these two big brothers to invest in shares. He is a typical large enterprise with a background.

  By the way, without a background, it is difficult for companies to grow bigger in the fierce market competition.

For example, the BMW car factory, without the German community background and royal family fund investment, it is difficult to make a **** road in the current fierce auto market. Banking, taxation and local support are empty words, at least it is difficult to grow bigger. .

  With the development of Ocean Empire society gradually entering the deep water zone, China’s traditional human relations and social influences are everywhere. Under the impact of the modern social system, although it is faltering, no one can deny the role of the network.

  The collision and interweaving of new ideas and old ideas, each looking for a position under the new social system, Foton Motor Factory can be seen as a new attempt of similar practice, and similar traces can also be seen behind other large companies.

  Wealthy nobles and large ranchers through investment and shareholding, penetrate power into industrial manufacturing, commercial trade, finance, medical care, and education, and realize their own interests, thereby gaining money and social reputation.

  But collusion between power and money is a severely prohibited crime. Those in power are also not allowed to run enterprises, and they are not allowed to use their power to convey benefits to the enterprise. Once evidence is found, they must be invited to the Independent Commission Against Corruption to drink tea.

There are policies and measures to counter.

  Holding shares on behalf of wives, sons, daughters, or other family members, or setting up funds, just investing and not participating in corporate management, and enjoying corporate development dividends has become the norm, and it is also the most common way for the powerful.

  Hu Chaolin considers how big the freight car market can be in the future?

  Is it worth investing heavily in development?

  From the current point of view

  BMW’s 1.5-ton freight car products are divided into high, medium and low grades. Among them, low-end cars account for more than 90% of all orders. There are only a few orders for mid-range cars, while high-end cars do not have one.

  Low-end freight cars have all the basic functions, but the interior decoration is not visible. The welded rivets are exposed, and the cab seat is a wooden board with a piece of rubber and a layer of cloth.

  Of course, the price is also the cheapest.

A mid-range freight car is much better. The interior of the cab is covered with leather sewn into a diamond shape. The steering wheel is no longer an iron ring, but wrapped in walnut, replaced with soft and comfortable seats. A series of comfortable equipment.

  To and high-end freight cars, cough cough... then don’t mention it.

  In this market situation

  It can be imagined that the main sales force of freight cars is low-end cars, as long as they can transport goods, and comfortable equipment is not required to reduce costs as much as possible.

  This leads to low profit margins of manufacturers. Judging from the current hot sales orders of BMW Automobile Factory, the profit margin is only slightly higher than that of cars produced by Foton Automobile Factory.

  Wait until other car manufacturers participate, and after the market is fully competitive, price reduction is a high probability thing, so how can the profit rate be guaranteed?

  Factory executives and engineers may not consider this issue, but as business operators, they must be responsible to the board of directors and responsible for the funds invested by major shareholders, otherwise they cannot be called qualified corporate managers.

  Not to mention, Hu Chaolin himself owns 1.7% of Futian Automobile Factory, and he must be responsible for his property.

  So far, Foton Automobile Plant is a large enterprise with more than 20,000 employees. The newly developed car products with streamlined bodies are exported to Europe and the United States, especially in the Citi market, and orders are also soft.

  In this case, is it necessary to intervene in the field of freight cars, which has to put a big question mark?

From the disassembled BMW 1.5-ton car, it can be seen that many parts of freight cars and cars are completely uncommon. Frame beams, shock absorption systems, transmission systems, wheel driving systems, power drive systems and cooling systems are different. , In order to adapt to the heavy load of freight, an enhanced design has been carried out.

  If you want to launch a new project of freight trucks, from development to production to personnel training to equipment, this whole set must be started all over again, and huge investment is definitely unavoidable.

  And how big the freight market can be in the future requires careful observation before deciding.

  The application for science and technology research and development projects can be carried out first. With the support of government science and technology support funds, the pressure on the factory is also less.

  As for whether to start production, the board of directors has to decide.

  Want to understand this, Hu Chaolin said, “Well... the external liaison department should pay attention to the movements of other factories recently, and try to find out through various methods. Has their truck project been approved?”

   "After knowing the boss, we will immediately arrange a competent man to do this."

"Well, the technical department will study and study carefully, and understand the technical details of this BMW car factory truck. If you want to understand why people do this, what are the benefits of doing this? What can be improved? Finally, To form a complete technical analysis report, take it to the board of directors for discussion."

   "No problem boss, give me another week, and the detailed technical analysis report will be on your desk."

  "Well, that’s good, then the executives go to the meeting. We have to analyze the market prospects in detail. This kind of major investment decision must be made cautiously. I hope everyone can speak freely at the meeting."

   "Understand the boss, I will notify the staff of each department to participate."

   "Well, go ahead."

  The people surrounding the scene dispersed in a rush. Only the engineers from the technical department were still climbing on the car, deliberating and analyzing the technical details little by little.

  The two cars aroused their great interest. The process of examining the technical details is like decrypting. The process is full of fun that is hard for ordinary people to know, and they will not tire of it.

  Freight trucks caused an uproar among Australian car manufacturers. Many manufacturers keenly sensed the business opportunities and immediately began to prepare to enter the market to share a piece of the pie.

  In view of the huge investment, some manufacturers are more cautious, choosing to watch for a period of time to find out the changes in the market.

  The ocean empire, which is in a corner, is surging from top to bottom. It is completely unaffected by the mainstream wars and social unrest in the world. It is in the golden age of development, the national economy is booming, and new changes will be ushered in every day.

  (End of this chapter)