Roll up your sleeves and work hard, achieve results through retreat and research

Author: Rabbit who loves drinking black tea

Roll up your sleeves and work hard, achieve results through retreat and research

In China, the word retreat is also often used in martial arts novels to describe martial arts masters who close their doors and practice quietly in order to improve their martial arts.

Throughout the first half of 2003, Cao Yang was basically in seclusion.

His trajectory is mostly within the industrial park.

Of course, at this special time, running around would be frowned upon, so I might as well stay in seclusion.

Based on Nanshan's turnover last year, Cao Yang naturally had no pressure at all if he wanted to "research and develop" some new technologies.

As long as he is not engaged in chips or photolithography machines, which consume huge amounts of points, his inventory points are completely sufficient.

As a result, the most direct manifestation is the rapid increase in the number of patents.

In 2003 alone, Nanshan applied for 239 patents.

This number is definitely extremely exaggerated.

At this time, Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. has entered a period of rapid growth in patent applications, and the number of patent applications continues to increase.

"Mr. Cao, formal mold opening instructions have been issued for all parts of the 1.5T engine."

"According to this pace, we can assemble an engine that can be mass-produced in August, and then enter large-scale mass production by the end of the year."

As the director of the mold center, He Qingquan, the mold center is responsible for all the related parts of the 1.5T engine, as long as they are made in Nanshan.

So he is naturally also a member of the 1.5 engine research and development project team.

"The layout of the engine production line has also been determined. Now the equipment for outsourcing processing has been ordered, and the infrastructure at the factory has been completed. We are just waiting for the equipment to arrive one after another."

Luo Hongxing also reported on the preparation status of the engine factory.

"According to the prototype data in the current DV development stage, the compression ratio reaches 10.5:1, and the maximum power of the engine reaches 136kw when the engine speed reaches 6,000."

"The maximum torque can also reach 255 Nm. With BYD's F6 model, the comprehensive fuel consumption under WLTC operating conditions can reach 6.8 L/100km, and the maximum speed can reach 180km/h."

"This performance is basically a level that beats cars in the same class instantly. Even Honda's latest 2003 Accord cannot match us in terms of power."

"BYD is very satisfied with our current parameter level, and it even exceeds their expectations."

Cheng Tao is an engine expert hired by Nanshan from Aerospace Mitsubishi. He once worked in engine research and development at Japan Mitsubishi for more than ten years, and then came to Aerospace Mitsubishi as the director of the technical department.

This time Nanshan spent a lot of money to let him come as the director of the engine division.

Although Cao Yang "proposed" many things about Nanshan's 1.5T turbocharged engine and personally participated in the design, Cheng Tao is responsible for daily project management and tracking.

"This power output level will not lag behind in the next ten years."

"In the future, we only need to further improve the fuel-saving effect and the durability of parts, and promote some VA proposals to reduce costs."

"Of course, how to make our engines as durable as Japanese engines will be the focus of our efforts in the next period of time."

Cao Yang had no intention of putting all Nanshan's energy into the engine.

The future is destined to be the era of electric vehicles. If Nanshan develops an engine now, there will be no problem in using it for 10 years.

Originally, in this era, most OEMs' engines took about ten years to produce one generation of products.

The engine, a product with a history of more than a hundred years, has become relatively mature in all aspects.

If you want to make rapid changes, it is more difficult.

Especially this generation of Nanshan's products has been developed based on the 1.5T engine of later generations of Honda.

It can be said that it is completely sufficient.

Even in the hybrid era, this engine is no problem.

"Of course, the development of engines with other displacements based on the 1.5T platform can also be promoted based on customer needs."

Cao Yang felt that everyone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and immediately added some additional requirements.

It's already June 2003.

Nanshan no longer needs to engage in closed-door R&D work, but this does not mean that R&D work can stop.

"Mr. Cao, although our engine has not yet been officially mass-produced, a prototype has been released."

"I think in addition to contacting BYD, we can now also talk to customers such as Changan Automobile, Great Wall Motors, Geely, and Chery."

"In the past few months, it was inconvenient for us to travel on business, but now it should be fine."

"Otherwise, after our engine production line is put into mass production, if only BYD F6 is in use, the capacity utilization rate will be relatively low."

As the head of the sales department, Zeng Tingting naturally wants to develop more customers for the company.

Today's project will be regarded as an important milestone in the engine development work. She feels that it is time to shift the focus to obtaining external orders.

"I agree with Minister Zeng's opinion. In order to fully consider future needs, our engine production line is designed with an annual output of 300,000 units."

"If we implement three shifts and add some bottleneck equipment, the production capacity can even exceed 400,000 units."

"As for BYD's F6, even if the sales situation is relatively good, I estimate that it will only reach the level of 100,000 units a year."

"In this case, we really need to consider exploring new customers."

"Especially for such an important component as the engine, even if customers want to adopt it, they need to conduct various verifications for at least half a year."

"If we act too late, the engine plant's production capacity will remain in a state of surplus."

As the vice president in charge of production, Luo Hongxing is naturally very concerned about production capacity utilization.

In the era of industrial production, if the capacity utilization rate is very low, there is no way to reduce production costs.

Amortization expenses of various plant and equipment, expenses of various personnel, many items are fixed expenses.

That is to say, whether you produce 100,000 engines or 200,000 engines, some costs remain unchanged.

"In fact, I think that with the high performance and reasonable cost of this engine, as long as more customers know that we have developed a qualified engine."

"It is estimated that many customers will take the initiative to contact us, so at this time, can we hold a press conference and make the action bigger?"

"It just so happens that the situation in Yangcheng has not been so good in the past six months, so we can take this opportunity to make a fresh start?"

Pan Jinxing put forward a quite constructive idea.

When your OEM launches a new model, there will be various test drives, offline activities, and launch activities.

Then when we develop a brand new engine in Nanshan, can we also hold a technology exhibition or a roll-out ceremony or other activities?

Let various domestic OEMs also understand the strength of Nanshan.

Of course, joint ventures such as Yangcheng Honda, Spring City Toyota, Modu Volkswagen, and Modu GM are unlikely to use Nanshan engines, so there is no need to invite them.

But domestic independent brands, one after another, are all potential customers of Nanshan.

Until now, there are only a few independent brands that research and produce all engines by themselves.

Unlike in 2023, most of the engines of independent brands have been made in-house.

"Mr. Pan's suggestion is a good one. It just so happens that our brand new 4MT, 6MT and 4AT gearboxes have also been successfully rolled off the production line."

"At that time, we will hold a powertrain technology exhibition based on the situation of engines and gearboxes. I believe all customers will be very interested."

Cao Yang thought for a moment and realized the benefits of Pan Jinxing's proposal.

The aroma of wine is also afraid of deep alleys.

If a company wants to develop, it naturally needs to be able to publicize it.

"At that time, we can also ask Autohome to arrange more personnel to come over and conduct relevant reports properly."

Zeng Tingting also added some suggestions.

Autohome is now on the right track, and its influence in the automotive industry is still relatively large.

In addition to domestic consumers and some consumers, employees of various automobile manufacturers also often log in to Autohome to learn about the status of various models.

"Mr. Cao, why don't we just call it Nanshan Science and Technology Day? From now on, it will become a convention to hold Nanshan Science and Technology Day on a certain day every year."

"At that time, all our company's products will be put on display to expand the influence of this event."

"We promote everything from auto parts to equipment."

"Perhaps they can promote each other and allow each customer to better understand Nanshan's profound strength."

When Pan Jinxing saw that Cao Yang had approved the suggestion he had just made, he couldn't help but expand the plan again.

These days, it is relatively rare for a company to hold a Technology Day event.

It's not like in later generations, any big company will have similar activities.

Whether it is considered from the perspective of brand building or product promotion, the effect of this approach is very worth looking forward to.

"Nanshan Science and Technology Day?"

Cao Yang touched it and felt that it was feasible.

"no problem!"

"The time is set for the last day of June. We will make the event bigger and invite all customers and potential customers over so that everyone can have a good visit."

"Taking this opportunity, we officially launch the 1.5T turbocharged engine and related powertrain combinations."

"And we can discuss with customers the supporting development of other displacement engines."

One advantage of private enterprises is that many decisions can be started immediately as soon as the boss makes the decision.

There is no need to report to report.

Soon, Nanshan internally determined the general arrangement of the "Nanshan Science and Technology Day", and then began to prepare the relevant exhibition hall layout and invite customers.

A seemingly ordinary exhibition will soon spark a new discussion in the automotive industry.

He even got into trouble.
Chapter completed!