Li Mingde's words were a bit heartbreaking. But Li Mingde is qualified to say this, and others can't refute it. We earn foreign exchange every year and make money back, but you make money every year and distribute it to outsiders. How can we compare
Everyone looked at each other, and no one said anything.
Slightly larger car companies such as Yiqi want to wait for the other party to speak first, while smaller companies are prepared to follow the crowd. They have never done any crash tests in the first place. As for those who produce spare parts, they look at each other. Will their spare parts also be sent to the spare parts laboratory of Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group for testing and evaluation in the future
And what does a wind tunnel laboratory do? What does the measurement center do
Seeing that everyone was silent, Wang Donghui said: "I think this idea is very good. Our goal is to break out of Asia and go to the world. If we can't even meet the world's basic standards, how can we go to the world? In this regard, Bingcheng The machinery manufacturing group has the most experience and we should learn from it."
"President Wang, I would like to ask, does this laboratory belong to their company? How can we maintain fairness in our evaluation?" asked Mr. Zhou from Shanghai Magic City.
Li Mingde said seriously: "I said that the new laboratory to be built will have staff from each laboratory. The evaluation results will be jointly supervised by everyone to ensure the greatest fairness. The laboratory is a non-profit organization, so the fees are also It will not be collected based on cost. If you want to sell cars overseas in the future, you must go through evaluation. The laboratories I just mentioned are all necessary for large foreign car companies."
"Non-profit? Then you didn't invest? How do you get your investment back? Is your company just doing good things?" Mr. Zhao mocked.
"Of course we are not doing good deeds entirely. What I mean by non-profit is that our company will not withdraw any funds from these laboratories that exceed the cost. If there is a surplus in the future, it will be used to update experimental equipment. In fact, even if we will Even if the cost is withdrawn, there will be a loss. Don’t forget that money deposited in the bank also earns interest." Li Mingde replied.
"Does your company also have to pay for testing?"
"We will not pay for it for now, but when the cost is recovered, we will still pay for the testing."
Li Mingde played a trick here, that is to say, the cost of this laboratory was borne by other car companies. They just paid a sum of money first and then slowly recovered it. The interest means that they can use it for free. A long time in the lab.
"Mr. Li, aren't you taking advantage of this?"
"Then you come and invest. Let me calculate. One impact test chamber costs 200 million US dollars. There are other laboratories with different prices. The total investment is not large, around 1.5 billion US dollars. That's not all. Which of you will pay for the land?" Li Mingde glanced around, but no one dared to look at him.
It's 1.5 billion in U.S. dollars, and none of their companies can come up with it. Only Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group has such deep pockets that it can take it out.
In fact, Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group cannot provide it all at once, but the establishment of this laboratory can be divided into two or three phases, so the funds can be disbursed in two or three years.
If Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group hadn't invested too much in technology in recent years, they would really be able to come up with this money. But they know very well that only by truly reaching the world's first-class technology can they truly have first-class competitiveness, otherwise all other conditions will be in vain.
Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group originally had plans to invest in new large-scale laboratories. The previous small laboratories were too backward. But they always felt that their use was too wasteful. After Feng Yu's reminder, they discovered that they could also bring other car companies in.
They are already being held hostage at this time, and they don't have to join if they don't want to. In the future, Songjiang Automobile will promote that their cars have been tested according to international advanced safety standards and have excellent reviews, but other cars have not even been tested, so how can they be sold
You said yours is a joint venture car. The original model has been tested, so the Chinese people have to believe it.
As for the CEOs of car companies, who doesn’t want to sell their cars abroad? What an honor that is! But if it has not passed safety testing, according to Li Mingde, foreign countries will not recognize it at all. If it is sent abroad for testing, the cost will be higher. How much is the shipping fee alone
Others, Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group, can test abroad because they have joint venture factories abroad and can easily send cars there for testing, but they cannot.
At this time, Wang Donghui began to smooth things over: "I think this proposal is very good. I will ask for instructions from above to establish our NCAP evaluation system as soon as possible. In this regard, since Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group is more experienced, I think Mr. Li will work hard. Let’s take the lead in making a plan. Other companies must cooperate.”
The CEOs of other car companies looked angry and helpless. To put it bluntly, they just lacked money. If they were rich, they would have to let Li Mingde play! Unfortunately, Li Mingde has made it clear that if Bingcheng Machinery Manufacturing Group comes to invest, they will definitely not give it if they ask for money from above.
Repeated construction is an obvious waste. What's more, President Wang is here and they can't fool them even if they want to!
Li Mingde suddenly said at this time: "President Wang, we still have a difficulty in building the largest automotive engineering laboratory in Asia. I hope the leader can help solve it."
"If you have any difficulties, just ask, the country will definitely support you." Wang Donghui said heartily, you have already paid for the money, what other difficulties can you face? It's nothing more than some formalities. Is there anything we can't agree to
"We need a piece of land, about 300,000 square meters. We also hope that the leaders can help solve this problem. This laboratory is non-profit, so we hope that we can give some discounts for this land, otherwise our money may not be It’s enough.”
Wang Donghui was stunned. He didn't expect Li Mingde to be waiting for him here. Originally, he thought that after what Li Mingde said just now, the laboratory was already under construction or even completed, and it would be enough to expand it. But what's going on? It sounds like a new piece of land is needed!
300,000 square meters, this is not a small place.
"Lao Li, why does it need to be so big? Isn't 10,000 square meters enough for a laboratory? Of the laboratories you mentioned, if I count you fifteen, only 150,000 square meters is enough, right?"
"In the impact test alone, 10,000 square meters may not be enough. It needs enough distance to accelerate, and large equipment needs to be installed, as well as wind tunnel laboratories, materials laboratories, etc. The space required is very large, and there are still many gaps between them. No interference. So, President Wang, I hope you can find a way to solve it. What we want to build is a laboratory park, the largest automotive engineering laboratory park in Asia!"
Li Mingde specifically emphasized that Asia is the largest, which is a political achievement for leaders.
Wang Donghui gritted his teeth: "I will report to the leader and I will definitely give you an answer as soon as possible!"
(End of chapter)