There is no airtight wall in the world.

Not to mention that Nanshan itself did not want to keep it secret. Even if it wanted to keep it secret, it would be impossible to keep the organizational structure adjustment a secret.

Although it is not a listed company, it does not need to make public announcements.

But customers and related manufacturers must also be very concerned about the changes in Nanshan.

"Brother, will this big change in Nanshan have any impact on the construction of our hot stamping production line?"

"If Nanshan Auto Parts directly invests in production lines, we will lose a good opportunity."

Inside the Yangcheng Huaqiang Factory, Guo Shufu came to his elder brother's office with some worry.

At the beginning, he gave up 30% of the company's shares to Nanshan and spent a sum of money to purchase various advanced presses. This business played a very important role in the development of Huaqiang Factory.

Today's Huaqiang Factory is also quite famous in the field of domestic auto parts stamping.

In addition to supplying parts to Yangcheng Honda, it also supplies a large number of parts to BYD.

We even got an order from Zephyr Nissan.

Considering that stamped parts are large in size and prone to deformation during long-distance transportation, if we want to continue to expand the scale in the next step, we will definitely need to go out of Yangcheng.

The hot stamping production line is the first production line they invested out of Yangcheng.

After Cao Yang made the suggestion to people from Great Wall Motors, the other party quickly took action and began to proactively contact Huaqiang Factory to discuss the production of hot stamped parts.

"It shouldn't be the case. Nanshan has always focused on the production of functional parts with relatively high technical difficulties. If they wanted to do stamping parts, they would have done it long ago."

"Although the technical threshold of hot stamping is much higher than that of cold stamping, our equipment and molds are all produced in Nanshan, and they have already made a lot of money here."

"Then in terms of hot stamping technology, Nanshan also received a technology commission fee of 5% of sales from Huaqiang Factory."

"In the end, from 30% of the shares, we can further obtain dividends from the net profit."

"In this case, there is no need for them to cast the line themselves."

"Besides, the investment in a hot stamping production line is quite large, and you need to find a bank loan. Nanshan definitely doesn't want to make such an asset-heavy investment."

Guo Shuyin was not panicked at all.

In the past few years, his research on Nanshan has been relatively in-depth.

It is also very clear what the positioning of Huaqiang Factory is within the Nanshan system.

They just need to make the stamping parts well.

"What you said makes sense, but if their organizational structure has just been changed, it is estimated that it will take some time for personnel in each department to adapt."

"Will it affect the speed of our factory construction then?"

Guo Shufu raised another concern.

Huaqiang Factory itself has no R&D capabilities, at least not now.

More often than not, they are like a factory.

For things like hot stamping production lines, Nanshan still needs help in building and debugging them.

"Although the organizational structure has been adjusted, the specific positions and specific work of most people have not changed."

"Mr. Cao also wanted to maximize the impact of this change on the company's operations, so he cut the knot quickly and directly announced the reform plan and the general managers of each company."

"There is no need to discuss and discuss, it will mess up everyone's thoughts."

"Next step, we will directly find the relevant personnel, finalize the production line plan as soon as possible, and then start producing the equipment, so as not to waste too much time in the middle."

"The production efficiency of hot stamping is relatively low. We have to consider the demand of Great Wall Motors to see whether we need to invest in two production lines at once."

Guo Shuyin’s thinking is relatively clear.

Hot stamping is the most important development direction of the company in the next few years.

Compared with the fierce competition in cold stamping, there is still no competition in hot stamping.

Even if international hot stamping parts giants such as Benteler, Gestamp, and Cosma come to invest in and build factories in the future, he is confident that they will give it a try.

As for comparing with domestic manufacturers, you need to wait at least five or six years before considering it.

"Well, I'll make an appointment with the technicians from Nanshan Equipment to go over and start the project first!"

After listening to his elder brother's words, Guo Shufu's worries eased a lot.

The next step is to roll up your sleeves and get to work.

…

"Gong Zhang, this time the company directly hired Mr. Xie from Shaogang to serve as the general manager of the special steel plant. It seems that he will be able to flex his muscles in the field of special steel in the future."

Zheng Dong only joined Nanshan Special Steel in 2003, but he witnessed with his own eyes the Nanshan Special Steel Plant's rapid ramp-up in production capacity and rising sales from the start of production.

Now I am full of expectations for the company.

Although the entire steel industry is still sluggish, all prices are at low levels.

But what Nanshan Special Steel makes are not ordinary low-end steels, but special steels such as mold steel, bearing steel, and gear steel.

To put it bluntly, Nanshan Special Steel has never produced steel products priced below 10,000 yuan per ton.

Even the price of some mold steel can reach tens of thousands of yuan per ton, and the profit margin is definitely very considerable.

"Mr. Xie used to be the deputy chief engineer of Shaogang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., and his skills are very good. The company hired him, which is considered the right person."

"However, I feel that the current production capacity of 300,000 tons will soon be insufficient as long as the company appropriately produces more mid- to low-end special steel."

“I just don’t know if there are any plans to expand production in the future.”

As a veteran of the company, Zhang Hui naturally hopes to have more opportunities.

Every expansion of production will be accompanied by a promotion of personnel.

"The group's positioning of Nanshan Special Steel is to produce special steel with high technical content and high added value. Some low-end and mid-range products have to compete with others on price. There is no way to fully utilize the technical advantages, so we probably won't produce them."

"I wonder if Mr. Xie can persuade the company to adjust this direction in the future."

Zheng Dong hopes that special steel plants will develop rapidly, but he also knows the positioning of special steel plants.

So I feel quite conflicted.

"Of course it would be best to be able to change the positioning, but I'm worried that the company will face some new troubles before it has thought through this aspect."

Zhang Hui has been working in this industry for more than ten years, and his horizons are naturally wider than Zheng Dong's.

"What trouble?"

"Is there any trouble with insufficient production capacity?"

Zheng Dong asked with a smile.

"The special steel we make now are basically relatively high-end products, and they are competing for the market of imported manufacturers such as Kobe Steel."

"Not to mention other things, Longji Special Steel has already started to cut prices against us in terms of mold steel alone, and there may be other moves in the next step."

"Compared with ordinary steel, special steel is more profitable. No steel factory will give up this market easily."

"But these companies have such deep foundations that you don't even know what their next move will be."

When Zhang Hui said this, Zheng Dong immediately felt the problem.

In any industry, new entrants will face pressure from the previous giants.

After all, no one wants to see someone coming to grab the cake.

"The company just entered into a huge lawsuit with SKF and other manufacturers last year. Do those steel giants still dare to easily challenge us?"

"You said they are steel giants, why don't you dare? Even though companies like SKF and Aisin are very large and influential, they are still inferior compared to steel giants."

"We are playing at home now. Even if they make any moves, there is nothing to be afraid of. At worst, our special steel will be given priority to companies in the group."

Although Zheng Dong knew what Zhang Hui said was reasonable, he didn't think the problem was that serious.

"Although our special steel can be supplied to group companies, the parts produced by the group using these special steels will eventually be sold around the world."

"Maybe someone will cause something bad in this place by then."

Zhang Hui and Zheng Dong kept talking to each other, but they were very concerned about the company's development prospects.

This is also one of the characteristics of entrepreneurial companies.

Employees are more concerned about the company's development and do not feel that the company's success or failure has nothing to do with them.

…

"Mr. Cao, with this reform of yours, the company's momentum has come out."

"A group, eight subsidiaries, and an investment company can give people a very different feeling when they make promotional videos."

In a private restaurant on the edge of the Pearl River in Yangcheng City, Cao Yang and Fang Sisi were chatting casually while tasting delicious food.

The Spring Festival is coming soon, and Fang Sisi will return to the Imperial Capital tomorrow, so this meal can be considered a practice.

However, for Nanshan, since a large number of parts are exported, not all employees can go home for the Spring Festival.

Cao Yang, the general manager, is even more inseparable.
To be continued...