Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 142 The fate of the new giant will be shameless (two-in-one)

As a state-owned enterprise, Ji'er Machine Tool Factory is the best at following policy matters.

In the past, when Zhang Sheng went to the imperial capital, he wanted more policy support funds.

In particular, there are some projects related to the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the 863 Program every year.

Anyway, if you can get [-] yuan in funding, it will save the factory [-] yuan in research funds.

Having traveled a lot, he is naturally familiar with all kinds of things and knows who to look for and which department to look for.

Since Nanshan and Jier have performed very well in the press industry this year, they have caught up with or even surpassed their international counterparts in terms of large-ton TRF presses and PRG presses.

In addition, the tariff increase in the press industry was only promoted in the name of a pilot project, so Zhang Sheng's plan was quickly passed.

Then it was announced as a provisional regulation.

As a result, it immediately caused a lot of noise in the press industry.

"We just started to unite Tiantian to deal with Nanshan this month, and China has already raised the tariff rate on stamping equipment."

"This is definitely done by Nanshan."

Lucas has become quite haggard during this time.

The loss of the Changan Ford press order almost made him fired.

If he hadn't made some achievements over the years and had his own background in the company, he would have been kicked out.

Even so, his life was more difficult than before.

"Lucas, Nanshan is just a local private enterprise in Yangcheng. I don't think they have the power to influence China's policies."

Xu Dacheng thought this was just a coincidence.

And he felt that the impact of this incident on Schuler might not be that big.

Because he found a loophole.

This tariff increase actually only targets stamping machine equipment and does not include related parts.

"No, it must have something to do with Nanshan."

"They may not have that much ability, but Ji Er Machine Tool Factory has this strength."

"Now the relationship between the two factories is very close."

Lucas stood by his judgment.

To this end, Xu Dacheng also added: "We have already set up a factory in China. Using the purchased equipment factory buildings and part of the equipment, we will soon be able to start producing domestic presses."

"China's policy this time has a relatively limited impact on us."

"At most, we can just import the components and assemble them in China."

"Don't they want to protect local equipment manufacturers? Let me see how they protect them."

"And China can use industrial policies to protect local companies, and we can also find ways to let them shoot themselves in the foot."

As Xu Dacheng spoke, a bold idea came to his mind.

"any solution?"

"We can't possibly let Germany also raise import tariffs on stamping machines, right?"

"That doesn't make any sense."

Lucas felt like he didn't know what to do now.

Basically all the cards that can be played have been played, and there is only one hand of three, four, six and seven left. How to play the cards?

"The policy of increasing tariffs does not make much sense for low-end machine tools, because as long as there are orders for these machine tools, we can produce them in China."

"That is to say, most Chinese press equipment manufacturers cannot enjoy the benefits of this policy."

"That is, industry leaders such as Nanshan and Jier can feel the benefits."

"In this case, if we can allow them to have internal conflicts, let other press equipment manufacturers in China, and even other machine tool equipment manufacturers, jump out to oppose this plan, or even oppose the promoters of this plan."

"Then things are definitely going to get interesting."

"At that time, we will see that China's equipment manufacturers are dog-eat-dog."

When Xu Dacheng said this, Lucas's eyes lit up.

This idea is very good.

Just how should it be implemented?

"Xu, how can we get those equipment manufacturers in China to jump out and target Nanshan?"

"It's actually very simple. Let's look at China's machine tool companies and see which components they import the most."

"Look at those things that can jam them."

"Then we work hard on this component, whether it is restricting supply, raising prices, or other methods, so that other machine tool manufacturers can jump in and take advantage of Nanshan."

"Of course, before we do this, we must first let everyone know that Nanshan is behind this policy."

"Even if it is not actually the Nanshan family who did it, we still have to put Nanshan Mountain in front."

"At that time, all the pressure will be concentrated on Nanshan."

Xu Dacheng has a very good understanding of China's national conditions.

Although China imports a large number of machine tools every year, there are actually not many domestic machine tool companies.

But most of them can only make low-end products.

At that time, if everyone feels that Nanshan has suffered losses for their own interests, many manufacturers will definitely jump out and cause trouble.

"That idea sounds like a great idea."

Lucas quickly weighed the pros and cons and found that Xu Dacheng's plan was completely feasible.

"China imports a wide variety of machine tool spare parts. All kinds of cutting tools, special steels, and CNC systems are basically imported."

"Xu, I think the CNC system is a very good entry point."

"What do you think?"

Obviously, Lucas immediately grasped the weak point of China's machine tool industry.

Whether it is a drilling machine, milling machine or lathe, a variety of cutting tools are needed.

These knives look very simple, but Chinese domestic manufacturers just can't make products of the same level as others.

Even in later generations, high-end knives will still need to be imported in large quantities.

The same knife may be used by others for three months without any problem, but yours will be broken after one month.

Although the price of other people's knives is ten times that of Qi, after all considerations, you may still have to buy other people's knives.

The situation with special steel is similar.

As for the CNC system, it goes without saying.

This is China's traditional weakness.

Whether it is the CNC system of machine tools or the control systems in various other fields, there is a big gap between China and the international advanced level.

"CNC system?"

"If I remember correctly, Japan's Fanuc and Germany's Siemens account for 50% and 25% of the world market share of airport CNC systems respectively."

"More than [-]% of the CNC systems in China are from these two companies."

Seeing that Lucas recognized his idea, Xu Dacheng was in a good mood.

A sense of accomplishment arose in my heart.

"You are right, the CNC systems we use at Schuler are all from Siemens."

"Both are old German industrial companies, and the two founding families knew each other more than 100 years ago."

"As long as we convince the headquarters to help, we can get Siemens to cooperate with us."

"After all, although Siemens does not produce presses, it also has a lot of industrial equipment."

"If China extends its tariff policy on stamping machines to other industrial equipment, the impact on Siemens will be great."

As a German company, Lucas is still very confident in persuading Siemens to cooperate with Schuler in the CNC system of machine tools to deal with China.

"It just so happens that FANUC is a Japanese company, and Aida's CNC system basically uses their products."

"Aida must have a strong opinion on this policy."

"When the time comes, let them convince Fanuc and we convince Siemens. Find a reason and let us all raise prices on CNC systems. This will definitely cause infighting in China's machine tool industry."

Thinking that Nanshan will face the siege of many machine tool manufacturers in the future, Xu Dacheng couldn't help but smile.

The Nanshan family has only been established for a few years, but it dares to easily challenge an established equipment giant like Schuler.

When the time comes, Nanshan must let Nanshan know how profound Schuler’s heritage is.

"What are you waiting for?"

"Hurry and split up!"

Lucas couldn't help but laugh too.

He finally had a chance to take revenge.

……

China's increase in import tariffs on stamping equipment will lead to a decline in sales of international stamping equipment manufacturers, which will lead to a decline in sales of CNC systems and ultimately affect the cost of CNC systems.

In addition, due to a gap in the production capacity of a certain chip in the CNC system, the price has skyrocketed, so the price of the CNC system has also had to increase.

Well, Siemens and Fanuc didn't care whether there were logical loopholes in the reasons Schuler and Aida found for them, and they happily agreed to help.

After all, they all have their own equipment business, and they are really worried that China will increase import tariffs on equipment in the future.

Although protecting their own industries is what every country is doing, they definitely hope that China can open its doors for business.

This way they can make more money.

"Mr. Zhang, FANUC just sent us a price increase letter, requiring us to agree to the price increase and make payment before we are willing to ship the goods."

"Almost at the same time, Siemens also sent us another price increase letter, which had the same meaning as FANUC's."

"I think there may not be that simple behind this matter."

At Ji Er Machine Tool Factory, Liu Yongzhe, the director of the purchasing department, came to report to Zhang Sheng immediately.

Now the entire factory is working hard on Changan Ford's press equipment. If the purchasing department fails, it will definitely be enough to make him drink.

"Price increase letter?"

Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't heard of this stuff in years.

Ji'er Machine Tool Factory has always sent price reduction letters to suppliers.

When did suppliers start sending price increase letters to Jier?

Is the sun coming out from the west today?

"Yes, it's a price increase letter, and the price increase is very outrageous. It's completely like extortion."

"A CNC system that originally cost 30 yuan now costs 100 million."

"The price of some low-end CNC systems has increased from 10 to 50."

"With this, many of our machine tools will no longer be profitable."

When Liu Yongzhe said this, Zhang Sheng frowned.

It is absolutely abnormal to see an increase of several times at every turn.

What the hell is going on?

Before Liu Yongzhe could say anything else, he grabbed the printed letter from the other party's hand.

"Can a chip's production capacity gap increase prices so much?"

"Is this chip made of diamond or gold?"

"There is also the increase in import tariffs, which has led to a decline in customer sales and affected the cost sharing of the control system."

"What are the reasons for this?"

Zhang Sheng became angrier as he watched.

This is really outrageous.

"Mr. Zhang, I feel that these reasons are made up casually by Siemens and FANUC."

"The reason behind this is that the import tariff on stamping machines has increased."

"Otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence."

Liu Yongzhe said with great certainty.

In fact, from the far-fetched mention of the stamping machine tariff increase in the price increase letter, he knew the real reason behind this matter.

Although he was a little unclear, since Siemens and Fanuc did not make stamping machines, why the reaction was so big.

"Siemens is a German company, and Fanuc is a Japanese company."

"This year, we and Nanshan were in the press industry, and we greatly offended Germany's Schuler and Japan's Aida."

"They probably even tore our hearts out."

"What a coincidence now is that the prices of CNC systems from German and Japanese manufacturers have increased."

"I probably understand what's going on."

"In this case, you can call and ask about other manufacturers' CNC systems and see if the prices have changed."

"I'll call Mr. Cao from Nanshan to discuss how to deal with it."

Zhang Sheng has been working in the machine tool industry for more than 20 years.

It is clear that Siemens and Fanuc have a monopoly on machine tool CNC systems.

Originally, their prices were relatively high, so a large part of the procurement costs of domestic machine tool manufacturers was spent on purchasing CNC systems.

Especially for low-end machine tools, the impact in this regard is even greater.

Now the price has been increased significantly, and the increase is so large that even giants like Ji Er cannot bear it, let alone other machine tool companies.

If this matter was not handled well, he felt that he would be in big trouble.

……

"Mr. Cao, there are some very strange reports on the Internet today."

"I feel like there's someone behind this."

Inside Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd., Cao Yang was watering the evergreens by the window, when Zeng Tingting brought bad news.

"What's been reported?"

As Nanshan grows, relevant reports in the media are definitely increasing.

Cao Yang is also slowly getting used to this change.

"These articles are criticizing the increase in import tariffs on stamping equipment announced some time ago, and they also say that this is a policy promoted by Nanshan for its own selfish interests and using its own influence."

Zeng Tingting said angrily.

In her opinion, these media outlets are talking absolute nonsense.

"Apart from this?"

"Anything else?"

Cao Yang's mood was very stable and he was not angry at all because of Zeng Tingting's words.

As he is in a high position, his Qi nourishing skills are also constantly increasing.

"They also said that Nanshan was holding back China by doing this. Now everyone is working hard to join the WTO."

"If this incident affects China's accession to the WTO, then Nanshan will be a sinner through the ages!"

After Zeng Tingting said this, Cao Yang's expression finally changed a little.