Chapter 321 Advice
Chapter 321 Advice
Lingang is willing to provide more systematic policies rather than policies targeting a specific project, which is a great benefit to Silicon Carbon Group.
Yu Xing shared the news with Guo Chuan immediately, and the person on the other end of the phone was very calm.
"Shencheng." Guo Chuan said, "If Carbon Silicon Group can produce good products, I believe there will be more support. President Yu, we are counting on you."
Yu Xing smiled and said, "I'll count on you guys."
When we are close, we all prosper together and suffer together.
Only with suppliers can you produce half of the good products. If the products don’t get good feedback, the suppliers are half done.
Yu Xing ended his heated conversation with Guo Chuan. Although he had not received any confirmed news from Lingang, he felt that since Director Zhu said so, he must be sure of it, so he thought about selecting a few alternative experts from within the company.
The old factory manager Pang Ruiyang was a little surprised that he was selected, but he was the kind of person who liked to make himself uncomfortable.
"Mr. Yu, whether it's air suspension or millimeter-wave radar, it's definitely good to invest and cooperate in these things, but we can't just rely on them. Whether it's Bosch or Delphi, these world-renowned suppliers can provide parts with proven quality and stability."
"I definitely hope to see a group of outstanding suppliers in China. If I were a supplier like Mr. Guo, I would wish there were more car companies like you, Mr. Yu. But we are the ones making the cars, and our first goal is to eventually make a car that can be sold!"
Pang Ruiyang was born with a loud voice. When he said this, he noticed that the expression of the secretary Zhang Yangxu next to him changed. Although President Yu's expression did not change, he did not say anything.
He made up his mind and continued, "Boss Yu, if the superior likes something, the subordinates will like it even more. If you consider the cooperation of these domestic projects, then the people around you will definitely work hard in this direction, including Lingang. The people in Lingang will definitely hope that you will do the same. Enterprises will move in, invest in factories, increase production value, get promoted and make money. Can they really control whether it can be accomplished?!"
When Yu Xing heard this, he waved his hand, indicating that he fully understood what he meant.
Since Pang Ruiyang had spoken, and he didn't know what Mr. Yu's attitude would be, he had to finish what he said: "Also, Mr. Yu, I don't know how the company budgets its money. We need to build cars, invest, cooperate, and spend a lot of money to recruit people. We have to have a budget for this money!!"
He took a breath and finally said, "I'm done!"
"Xiao Zhang, didn't you see that our old consultant has finished speaking? Go give him some tea." Yu Xing glanced at the stunned Zhang Yangxu.
Zhang Yangxu woke up as if from a dream and quickly poured tea.
Yu Xing smiled and said, "You speak your mind so frankly, you are worthy of being the old deputy director."
Pang Ruiyang always felt something was wrong when listening to this particularly realistic praise.
"Old Director, I agree with a lot of what you said just now, but as for poaching people, if we don't pay to poach them, they won't come on their own. Lingang spends a lot of money to buy horse bones, and we also spend a lot of money to buy horse bones." Yu Xing continued with a smile, "Regarding domestic suppliers, you are right. We don't expect all projects to succeed. For example, they don't sell millimeter-wave radars, and they don't open up data for air suspensions. I just hope that we can develop this kind of thing ourselves."
"But I also told Mr. Guo that if he doesn't do well, I won't force myself to do it just for the sake of cooperation."
"On the contrary, I am here today to express my opinion on the principle of cooperation. The standards of domestic manufacturers must be higher than those of foreign manufacturers. As you said, international suppliers already have a reputation for quality and stability. If we want to replace them, we can only strive for excellence."
"As for funding, this is something we have always attached great importance to. We have recently had preliminary discussions with a company about our intentions and will see how to proceed later."
Yu Xing responded to the old factory director's concerns and added, "Carbon Silicon Group is going to set up an executive office with about ten people. Do you think you can do it?"
Pang Ruiyang's easily irritable heart had been calmed down by this statement. Hearing this invitation, he asked, "What is this for?"
"It's about communicating information up and down and studying internal and external situations," Yu Xing said. "In addition, some people may be transferred to more important positions in the future. Once the company starts in full force, its scale will actually expand very quickly."
Pang Ruiyang felt that this position was at least better than his current position as consultant, so he said with a little reserve: "Then my old bones will shine again."
Yu Xing said with a smile: "The company needs old people like you who don't know how to be interesting."
Pang Ruiyang glanced at the young man in front of him and said sarcastically, "Do you think you are likable? People like you will only be an old bone a hundred times more ignorant than me when you get old."
Yu Xing laughed out loud.
Although the work the company has done around the supply chain is not as serious as the old factory manager said, it is good to have someone like this who is willing to give advice. As he said, excellent foreign suppliers are also worthy of inclusion. However, due to the requirements of electrification and the stability of foreign suppliers, they can be pushed back a little.
Whether it is investment, cooperation, or local policies, it will take time to see the results.
However, the result of spending a lot of money to recruit people soon came out.
Hu Zhengnan met with Yu Xing once, took a tour of Lingang, and finally decided to join Carbon Silicon Group. He was also accompanied by a small team from his own startup company.
This person already has extensive experience in automobile design and development. Yu Xing does not doubt his talent, but considering that Geely's career must have played a great role in his growth, and he is not going to Geely now, then... he will be one of the deputies in overall research and development for the time being.
Hu Zhengnan's role is to control the technical direction, organize team collaboration, and bring everyone's abilities into play in engineering practice. The difficulty of this aspect is actually no less than that of pure research and development, and this is exactly the function he has undertaken in the past.
Carbon Silicon Group is actively recruiting mid- to high-end talents in various fields related to electric vehicles. With the addition of people like Hu Zhengnan, the company will integrate and consider how to further deploy engineers according to their opinions.
On the last day of September, Yu Xing welcomed Thomas, former senior vice president of Volvo, to Shuohe International.
Compared to the last time when he was more concerned about salary and benefits, Thomas showed enough professionalism this time and mentioned the issues of tram safety based on the materials he obtained from the Silicon Carbon Group.
He did not stand still and had been paying attention to Tesla's progress in the electric vehicle field for a long time. Since returning to Gothenburg, he has shifted his focus to thinking in this field.
Thomas mentioned a direction that Yu Xing did not expect, asking whether there were any battery alternative manufacturers similar to Panasonic in China.
When Yu Xing heard the translated question, he almost immediately thought of what the old factory director said, "Everyone around you will definitely work hard in this direction," but he didn't think that Thomas, a foreign expert, would be "contaminated" so quickly.
"There is a project in this regard that is close to being approved. Can't we use Panasonic batteries?" Yu Xing answered the question, probing a little.
"You can't get the best batteries from Panasonic. I asked my friends at Tesla, and they should have a separate supply contract with Panasonic." The friend Thomas mentioned is his former colleague who is the head of safety at Tesla. "If you purchase ordinary batteries from Panasonic, it will only provide standard batteries with large cells for cost reasons. For safety reasons, small cells will definitely be better when problems occur."
Thomas stretched out his left hand and made a fist, then stretched out a single finger of his right hand to simulate the size of the cells in the entire battery.
Seeing that Mr. Yu had digested his words, he touched his left and right hands together and continued, "The single cells in the battery pack must be made into a high-strength shell. Once a problem occurs, the small cells will undoubtedly have better safety properties, but this requires the cooperation of the manufacturer. I'm afraid Panasonic will not easily agree to such a request, so I want to know if there are any alternative manufacturers in China."
Yu Xing felt that this kind of connection made Thomas' worth begin to reflect his value.
Before he could say anything, there was a knock on the office door.
"Boss Yu, I'm... Shi Tianqi." Shi Tianqi from Carbon Silicon Supply Chain Management Company walked in. He had not competed for the position of deputy director, and he had been feeling suffocated for a while, so he simply came directly to see the big boss. However, after seeing Boss Yu for the first time, he saw the foreigner next to him and hesitated for two seconds, "Mr. Buborg, why are you here?"
Yu Xing wondered, "Shi Tianqi from the supply chain? Do you know him?"
Shi Tianqi greeted Thomas in English and explained to the big boss: "I once interned at Volvo, and Mr. Buberg gave me a lot of guidance."
Yu Xing smiled and nodded, then looked at Thomas and said, "Your former intern, in our words, this is called fate."
Thomas looked at Shi Tianqi, recalled blankly for a while, and roughly remembered this foreign student. He said calmly: "Well, yes, his internship at Volvo was average. Has he improved now? What job is he responsible for?"
The translator saw that the real owner was present and couldn't bear it, so he translated it as "okay".
"I'm responsible for supply chain management." Yu Xing answered, then looked at Shi Tianqi and asked, "Shi Tianqi, why did you come from Lingang? What's the matter?"
Shi Tianqi's face flushed, and he answered timidly: "Boss Yu, I just happened to pass by, and I just wanted to ask when our new headquarters will be built. I think, I think..."
Seeing that he didn't realize it for a while, Yu Xing looked at him curiously for a few more seconds: "It will probably take more than a year. Is there anything else?"
Shi Tianqi shook his head: "No, no, Mr. Yu, I'm sorry to bother you."
He greeted Thomas again and turned away silently.
At this time, the translator added a more accurate description: "Mr. Yu, Thomas just said that his internship was 'average'."
Yu Xing glanced at the translator, and thought of Shi Tianqi's inability to finish his words: "Well, his eloquence is average, and he looks quite nervous."
He put the matter aside, smiled and stood up: "Thomas, let's eat and talk."
Thomas readily agreed, and used the Chinese he had learned temporarily to speak lamely, "Oh my god."
Yu Xing didn't understand and looked at the translator.
The translator understood: "Mr. Yu, he said he wants to toast you. I don't know who taught him, this... this..."
Yu Xing finally understood and couldn't help but smile: "It's okay, the sun will rise in the west, next time we go back to Detroit to drink fish head wine."
(End of this chapter)