The technological flood of rebirth

Chapter 467: The military-industrial complex and the market environment are complex

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The delivery test of air force equipment was very grand. All the prominent figures from the military came to participate in the delivery test ceremony. It can be regarded as a grand event in the field of domestic armaments.

However, the impact of this delivery test ceremony goes far beyond the military. Its influence in the field of domestic armaments R&D and production is even more profound, leading to a series of subsequent changes in the field of domestic armaments production, R&D.

Previously, the more well-known domestic air force equipment fields were mainly Chengdu Air Force, Shenyang Aircraft and XAC. They all made achievements in their respective fields and focused on the research and development of air force equipment in their areas of expertise.

However, this Air Force equipment delivery test has completely changed the original R&D and production pattern, forcing them to make some changes to cope with the current complex changes in the domestic armaments field.

In fact, when Huaxia Military Industrial Company was first established, it attracted great attention from its peers. This was not because Huaxia Military Industrial Company was so great, but because the source of the employees of this company was relatively concerning.

Because when Huaxia Military Industrial Company was established, personnel were transferred from several large enterprises under Zhao Yi, and these personnel had previously come from several domestic military aviation research and development units.

In fact, these are nothing. What they are more concerned about are the reasons of these original companies. You know, whether it is Star Express Company, Star Power Company, Shenlong Automobile Company, or even Cornerstone Materials Company and Tiangong Confidential Instrument Company.

All of these companies are giant companies, and they are all companies ranked high in the world's top 500 companies. How could a military industrial company formed by drawing key military research and development personnel from these companies not attract attention

It's just that China Military Industrial Company has done a very good job of keeping secrets. During the equipment development and production process, it did not disclose too much information to the outside world.

In addition, since it is a private company, there is no need to report everything to the superiors, which makes it more difficult to find out information, thus causing other peers to have an information gap about this company.

Moreover, although Huaxia Military Industrial Company has attracted a lot of attention, it has just been established after all. In the field of normal people's thinking, it will take a long time to produce results, which is often measured in units of 10 years.

Under such expectations and unable to obtain enough useful information in a short period of time, these peers slowly relaxed their attention to this company.

It was not until the air force equipment was delivered that their thinking inertia was completely broken. It turned out that this company was nothing more than a blockbuster, and the impact and shock it produced will not be eliminated for a long time.

For the military, as long as the equipment is advanced enough and can improve its war capabilities, they don't really care where the equipment comes from, so they won't have much prejudice against state-owned and private enterprises.

But after all, these colleagues are state-owned enterprises. They were also the leaders in this field in the country before and have made outstanding contributions to the cause of the Republic. The government cannot ignore their interests and let them disappear in the fierce competition.

Therefore, after this ceremony, these companies have a strong sense of crisis, and in the field of arms research and development, being monopolized by one company is very detrimental to national defense construction.

However, in the face of technological leadership, the military equipment of China Military Industrial Corporation appears to be invincible and cannot be rejected by the military and even the government. After all, improving national defense capabilities is the top priority.

Therefore, in order to strengthen the R&D strength and ability to withstand risks of these state-owned enterprises, with the coordination of the government and the strong will of these enterprises, integration began to form the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

In this case, several military aviation R&D units under the umbrella of a group company can concentrate their R&D efforts to conduct key research on blank areas in the country, hoping to gain greater chances of survival.

Just like in this Air Force equipment delivery test ceremony, there are still many Air Force equipment that are not available. There are many reasons for this situation.

The existing Huaxia Military Industrial Company has insufficient talents and cannot cover everything. It can only conduct research, development and production of key areas and key equipment, so that it can give full play to its technical advantages.

They also have thinking based on reality. Although their technical strength is very strong, they are not invincible. They have just entered many things and are still improving in many aspects. They cannot take everything into consideration and must make choices.

More importantly, Huaxia Military Industrial Company also knows that it is very dangerous for a dominant player in this field to be in a monopoly position. It must leave a certain space for competitors to survive and form a healthy competition situation.

Although Huaxia Military Industrial Company feels that it is very difficult for it to spit out the fields it has entered, there are also many lower-end, not so sensitive and critical military equipment fields where it is not necessary to get involved.

In addition, in many key parts and components fields, the domestic foundation is now relatively solid, and it is not exclusively owned by China Military Industrial Corporation. These basic key fields can also be utilized by these companies.

Take Star Power Company's military aircraft engines as an example. Since it can be sold to China Military Industrial Company, it can certainly be sold to other domestic air force equipment research and development units, and it is not easy to refuse.

Similar situations will also occur in other companies, such as Cornerstone Materials Company. Can they refuse to provide relevant materials? Of course, Tiangong Precision Instrument Company cannot refuse such a cooperation request because there is no reason to refuse.

This provides a good foundation for other domestic armament research and development units. They can focus on the design and research and development of the entire machine. Key components can be entrusted to these companies to complete the research and development.

This will not only greatly shorten the research and development cycle, but also greatly reduce the overall research and development costs. At the same time, the overall quality will also be greatly improved. Although it may not be able to compete head-on with China Military Industrial Company, it can still be regarded as a fighting force.

Why didn't we think of cooperation before? The biggest obstacle is the gap between state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. Although the reform of state-owned enterprises is in full swing, it has not yet involved the military industry.

Moreover, Zhao Yi's companies previously conducted research and development of military parts and components in a secretive manner, and the outside world was unable to obtain relevant information at all.

Although they have made a big name in the civilian field before, and their strength in the civilian field is second to none, there is still a huge difference between civilian and military use.

For example, the aircraft engine of Star Power Company is indeed the world's top in the field of civilian turbofan engines, but it is still not compatible with military jet engines. The two belong to different fields.

What's more, in the field of helicopter engines, their achievements in the field of fixed-wing aircraft engines were not as great as theirs. After all, Tianshu Machinery Company previously developed agricultural helicopters, which did not have high technical content, and there was a huge gap between them and the military.

Similar situations also exist in other companies. For example, the most advanced machining center of Tiangong Precision Instrument Company is used by Zhao Yi's own companies. It has never been sold out. Even the outside world does not know that more advanced machining center equipment exists. .

However, these situations can no longer be concealed with the delivery and test ceremony of China Military Industrial Company. These state-owned military industrial units are cooperating with the integration work of the government and the military while also actively seeking cooperation.

The balance is now leaning towards China Military Industrial Corporation, and the tilt angle is still very large. If we do not actively seek cooperation and obtain more breakthroughs, the future situation will really not be optimistic.

Although Zhao Yi is still nestled in his laboratory, relevant information is constantly being reported to him. Especially these military cooperations have not only attracted the attention of his companies, but also attracted the attention of Zhao Yi himself. .

Zhao Yi had previously thought about separating the military industry departments of these companies and establishing specialized military equipment research and development companies. This way, other countries would not be left with an excuse to impose sanctions in the future.

You must know that the biggest source of profits for these companies is still in the civilian field, and most of them come from overseas markets. If they are really sanctioned by others looking for excuses, their strength will be greatly weakened.

Although this situation seems very useless, before you have enough strength, you must do things in a low profile and try not to leave excuses to others. When you have enough strength, it is not too late to do things in a high profile.

With the subsequent delivery and testing of relevant military equipment from China Military Industrial Company, it will become increasingly difficult to completely conceal it from the outside world. Even if there is no state-owned military industrial unit to cooperate, he must make arrangements in advance.

If it were before, he would definitely set up a special group company to merge the military departments of his companies, but as the number of his companies increases, he is now more and more inclined to set up large group companies.

Therefore, this time he directly placed the military industry departments of these companies under the name of Huaxia Military Industrial Company and became its second-level subsidiaries. In this case, Huaxia Military Industrial Company will be upgraded to a group enterprise and become a military-industrial complex.

The reason for doing this is that firstly, it can reduce the number of management personnel and reduce corporate expenses; secondly, it is more convenient for management and does not require him to expend more energy; thirdly, it can bring the strength of Huaxia Military Industrial Company to a higher level.

Since the government and the military intend to integrate all state-owned military industrial units to form China Military Industrial Group, it is imperative to strengthen the strength of China Military Industrial Corporation in order to respond to market changes and improve competitiveness.

Although the parts and components of these subsidiaries will still be available for sale to state-owned military industrial units in the future, these sales results will also be counted on China Military Industrial Company. Even if the entire machine business is lost in the future, it will still be able to survive well.

Of course, this is the worst result. More importantly, as a second-level subsidiary, the cooperation with the head office's R&D and production of complete equipment must be much smoother than that of the outside world. This can speed up the upgrading of equipment and improve the quality of equipment. Competitiveness.

Moreover, this kind of division completely cuts off the connection with the original company in terms of management and income, but privately, technology sharing will still exist.

Because only technology sharing can reduce the cost of R&D investment in military and civilian-related fields at the same time, and produce greater benefits. Anyway, it is very convenient to do so under the same boss.

According to Zhao Yi's plan, Nanchang will be built into a future military industry center, so taking advantage of this management allocation, Zhao Yi asked these enterprises' military industry departments to move to Nanchang one after another in the next one to two years.

First, continue to strengthen Nanchang’s R&D and production capabilities in the military industry to provide a stronger impetus for Nanchang’s economic development.

Although the output value of state-owned military industrial units is not included in the statistics, as a private enterprise, it is also a military industrial enterprise, it will still be included in the government statistics, and it must also pay taxes legally like ordinary civilian enterprises.

The second is that the distance is closer, which is conducive to the mutual cooperation between these subsidiaries, forming an industrial cluster, speeding up R&D and production, and improving overall efficiency. This should be well understood.

Although Zhao Yi previously planned the economic development strategy of the central Yangtze River, he arranged a large number of machinery and daily chemical industries in Changsha, the cosmetics industry in Wuhan, and the software and Internet industries in Jiujiang.

However, there are not many industries arranged in Nanchang. The most important ones are China Military Industrial Company and Tianwen University. The former is restricted by the national defense budget and its output value cannot be expanded infinitely. The economic benefits generated by the latter are very limited.

Of course, these are the main large-scale enterprises that focus on. As for many small businesses or less important enterprises, Zhao Yi still has a lot of them arranged in these places, but these are not in Zhao Yi's eyes.

What Zhao Yi pays attention to is the potential to become a company worth more than 100 billion in the future. Daily chemicals, personal care, software and the Internet all have such potential.

This time, all his military industrial units are gathered in Nanchang, which can be regarded as creating a 100-billion-level industry for Nanchang, and it may develop into a trillion-level industry in the future.

However, it is very difficult to reach the trillion level. Unless the field of space equipment is opened in the future, this possibility will be possible. Otherwise, it is basically impossible to rely on the current military industrial output value.

However, many military technologies can actually be converted into civilian technologies. In the future, many technologies of China Military Industrial Company will be derived from civilian versions, and these derived technologies will also have a huge role in promoting the development of the local economy.

To give a very simple example, military radar technology can be used in the civilian field. For example, automotive radar imaging technology can be used in the field of autonomous driving, and the scale of this field is not small.

Another example is the individual soldier uniform currently developed by Zhao Yi. If the requirements for military use are removed, intelligent constant-temperature underwear and apparel can be developed, which will also have broad market prospects.

Smart glasses, with simplified configuration, can also be used in the civilian field and exist as smart terminals. Moreover, when combined with AR or VR, many products can be produced, and the output value is certainly not small.

Therefore, it is not impossible for the scale of the industry derived from Huaxia Military Industrial Corporation to reach trillions of yuan. Who can say clearly about the future situation? Maybe a giant company will be born without Zhao Yi even paying attention.

In addition, Tianwen University's school-run enterprises have performed well over the years, because the school is private and does not have so much bureaucracy. As a result, school-run enterprises also have the advantages of private enterprises and develop very quickly. .

However, these are all compared with normal enterprise development, because Zhao Yiyi did not interfere much in these and completely allowed them to develop on their own. The development speed is definitely incomparable with the enterprises he focuses on.

According to relevant materials from Tianwen University, the overall scale of Tianwen University's school-run enterprises has reached several billion yuan, and it will be able to grow to tens of billions of yuan in the next one or two years.

Although it is nothing in Zhao Yi's opinion, it is unique among the many school-run enterprises in the country. It is currently the most successful school-run enterprise model in the country, and has even caused imitation by other universities.

The reason why colleges and universities attach so much importance to their ability to generate income is mainly because of insufficient funds. Of course, this shortage is relative. All basic operating expenses are borne by Chinese education companies.

But if universities want to go further, they must find more financial resources so that they can launch more scientific research projects and recruit more senior intellectuals to serve. Therefore, the finances of major universities will never be generous.

In the past, everyone was the same and didn't have much ambition. However, Tianwen University can be regarded as a catfish among domestic universities, and it has completely opened up a fierce competition.

Tianwen University relies on its strong financial resources, but it often recruits talents from other domestic universities, making it difficult for domestic universities to retain valuable talents with previous salary packages.

Especially after the astronomical telescope independently developed by Tianwen University was launched into space, it completely created a sense of crisis in domestic universities. It turns out that universities can independently undertake major scientific research projects without waiting or relying on them.

However, the establishment of scientific research projects is accompanied by huge investment of funds. If it only relies on the allocation of funds from Chinese education companies, it will not be sustainable at all.

So their attention turned to internal revenue generation. Tianwen University's school-run enterprises were also in full swing. This model suitable for universities to develop enterprises completely attracted their attention.

It is very difficult for unknown universities to keep up with this trend due to their weak technical and capital strength, and they are basically unable to follow.

However, there are still many domestic universities with good reputation and good technical strength, but they immediately took action and even looked up their own old materials to see if those technologies could be transformed into actual products.

This situation is something Zhao Yili is happy to see. This requires universities to no longer conduct project research behind closed doors. Many projects must be integrated with the actual market and the issue of technology transformation needs to be considered.

Of course, this trend has also brought certain troubles to Zhao Yi's industries. For example, some universities have entered the field of personal computer production and competed with Polaris for domestic market share.

Moreover, there are many school-run companies that want to enter the field of personal computers, because personal computers are generally considered high-tech products, but now they are basically in the modular assembly industry. For complete machine manufacturers, the difficulty is not high.

In order to cope with the upcoming fierce market competition, Polaris must make changes. A new personal computer department has been established within Polaris, and everything from complete machine research and development to operating systems is ready to use its own exclusive technology.

Although this seems to be going against the trend, Apple has proved in its previous life that this road can also be followed. In the future, this product line will embark on a closed development path to provide personalized products for personalized users.

In addition, Polaris Company has begun drastic reforms in its original personal computer business and proposed a personalized customized production model. Users can place personalized customized orders on their official website or by phone.

This path is the Dell model in the previous life, which has been proven to have development potential in the previous life. Because this model is simple to operate, it has been running for a period of time, and the effect is also very good.

The domestic effect is not particularly obvious, and consumers do not yet have such high demand for customization. However, abroad, it has indeed developed very well, and has grabbed a lot of the personal computer market for Polaris.

In addition, Polaris Company pays more attention to refinement in product positioning. For example, office computers are required to be thin and light. Desktops have launched integrated products, and notebooks are even thinner and more convenient.

On the other hand, for the gaming market, gaming PCs have been specially developed, and a special computer sub-brand has been established to specialize in this field, and the development situation is also very good.

In fact, similar situations to Polaris Company will exist to some extent in other companies, but it is just not as serious as Polaris Company.

As a giant in the field of consumer electronics, Polaris not only has many product lines, but also has varying levels of technical content. Some are very high-tech, while others are mass technology products.

Those with high technical content, such as LCD screens and high-end LED screens, cannot be entered by just any company. This belongs to the traditional high-tech field of Polaris Company.

Those with lower technical content, such as home appliances, will definitely usher in more competitors in the future. Although they may not be as good as Polaris on the whole, the quality is inferior, but the price is cheap, and they can still win the favor of some consumers.

As for other companies under Zhao Yi, the technical threshold is generally high. If you want to come in and grab food, you need a higher technical level. Moreover, most of them focus on enterprise-level customers, making market development more difficult.

For example, in the communications industry, when a newcomer comes in, not only will he face many technical patent issues, but the market will also be basically robbed. Unless he has an overwhelming technological advantage, there is basically no possibility of success.

Another example is the high-end machinery industry and the precision instrument industry. They are not only technology-intensive industries, but also capital-intensive industries. If the country wants to enter these industries, it must weigh its own strength.

In fact, Zhao Yi never thought that he could always monopolize the market, but the order he gave to his companies was that they must have absolute market advantages in the mid-to-high-end field.

If they cannot achieve absolute market advantage in the mid- to high-end market, it means that these corporate managers and R&D personnel are lazy and must accept the company's relevant punitive measures.

You must know that Zhao Yi has provided a lot of high-end technology, and at the same time provided sufficient capital support, and has allowed them to develop for so many years, and their market position has been established.

If you can't succeed as a newcomer despite having so many advantages, then there must be something wrong with the company itself, and it will be inevitable to hold the relevant personnel accountable. (End of chapter)