Chapter 2764
Lee Seung-ri's Second Effect
Chapter 2764 Lee Seung-ri's Second Effect
Department Nine, Conference Room.
Although it was May Day, the atmosphere in Department Nine thoroughly embodied the essence of 'Labor Day': labor.
If the leaders above are voluntarily working overtime, who among the subordinates would dare not work overtime?
Do you still want to make progress?
Do you still want to make a name for yourself?
As a result, under the successful leadership of Li Hongfeng, Zhao Gang and others, the work atmosphere of the Ninth Department became more and more "righteous" every day. Even after Old Chen learned about this, he repeatedly praised the Ninth Department by name at work meetings.
This left the leaders of the other departments speechless.
In the past, when we had meetings, we would talk about the achievements of the Ninth Division, and no one would say anything about it, since the Ninth Division relied on these achievements for its livelihood.
Moreover, they can't even envy it; the gap is just too big, they can't compare.
But now, instead of praising the achievements of the Ninth Division, they are praising how hard the Ninth Division has worked and how much effort it has put in.
Is it possible that all nine parts are so complicated?
How are they supposed to survive?
If you can't compare in terms of grades, you can still say it's a matter of ability.
But now they can't even match hard work, which is a matter of attitude.
In any case, this infighting that started in the ninth department has successfully spread to other departments.
Even within the Ministry of Machine Building, Liu Huaimin initiated a period of intense competition after gradually taking over.
Leaving all that aside, Yang Xiaotao instructed Liu Lixue to call a meeting in the conference room, and within ten minutes, all the main leaders of the nine departments had arrived.
Even Yang Youning, who was in charge of the May Day celebration, appeared in the conference room.
"I called everyone here in such a hurry because there's something I want to tell you."
Yang Xiaotao spoke first, without any preamble.
After recounting what had happened, Li Shengli added further explanations, and the meeting room fell silent.
They never imagined that a car, a joint venture with little hope, could come to this point.
Even Zhao Gang, who had been investigated previously, was completely bewildered at this moment.
"Director Yang, Manager Li."
Zhao Gang broke the silence, took a deep breath, and asked, "Are you sure it's one million vehicles?"
"Not 100,000?"
When Zhao Gang said this, everyone doubted the number.
The truth is, there aren't that many cars in China.
Even tractors and tricycles are few and far between.
The Red Star tractors of the Ninth Division are the most produced in China, but even that doesn't amount to a million units a year.
It's not that we can't produce it, but that the rural areas below can't use it.
They found it hard to believe that cars abroad were like bicycles in China.
so crazy?
They couldn't understand it, but Lee Seung-ri had been abroad and even worked in the league, so he naturally knew what the outside world was like.
After Yang Xiaotao nodded, he said, "Minister Yang, Secretary Li, and everyone else."
"I have a set of data here from Ford Motor Company of the United States."
"Back in 1965, five years ago, Ford's annual production had already exceeded 2.5 million vehicles."
hiss~~~
Everyone present took a breath.
"And at the end of last year, Ford's annual production had exceeded three million vehicles."
"And this is still increasing."
After Li Shengli finished speaking, the meeting room remained silent for a long time.
"Has it developed to this level overseas?"
Li Hongfeng asked somewhat listlessly, and Li Shengli nodded, "Although I don't want to admit it, it's true."
"The economy is developing rapidly abroad, and there are great opportunities, which is why we must seize these opportunities."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang flexed his wrists and then said to Xu Yuanshan and the others beside him, "Our internal audit department just finished auditing the car factory."
"The net profit has exceeded 30 million."
"This is definitely a highly profitable industry."
At this point, Li Shengli, Lao Hong, and the others all looked over. Zhao Gang quickly explained, "This is just what we calculated during the review process; we still need cooperation from the Persians for the specifics."
Li Shengli then spoke up, "What Director Zhao said is basically correct."
"The cars we are producing now will be sold in different tiers, as Yang previously mentioned."
"Even the lowest-end ones cost two thousand US dollars."
"And mid- to high-end ones cost around three thousand US dollars."
"In addition, we have also launched a limited edition, with each car costing $100,000."
"So far, we have sold more than 30,000 ordinary low-end cars, more than 10,000 mid- and high-end cars, and only 99 limited edition cars, all of which have been sold."
Li Shengli recounted the situation he had reported to Yang Xiaotao, and immediately the sound of pencils swishing filled the conference room.
Old Hong calculated the fastest among them, but his expression also changed the most.
Then Yang Youning, who was standing next to him and hadn't figured out the result, turned his head to look and immediately opened his mouth wide.
"This"
"This"
All that could be seen in Old Hong's notebook were three numbers: sixty million, thirty million, and ten million.
Added together, it's exactly one hundred million.
I go.
One hundred million?
Moreover, Lao Hong also wrote "US dollar" at the end.
I.
Breathing was rapid, and there was an inexplicable sense of oppression in the entire office.
Now they finally understood why Yang Xiaotao had called them all to the meeting.
"No, no."
Suddenly, Lao Hong slapped the table with a joyful tone, then looked at everyone present, especially Zhao Gang, and said, "Lao Zhao, your calculation is wrong."
"The profit is definitely more than 30 million."
“At the very least, we shouldn’t be calculating costs in our domestic sector. Your figures are wrong, they’re wrong.”
Zhao Gang opened his mouth, then looked at Yang Xiaotao and asked, "Minister Yang, don't we need to include our domestic cases?"
Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "Old Zhao, you don't need to calculate the costs of this kind of foreign exchange income."
Everyone here has experience managing factories, except for Zhao Gang, who is a complete novice and doesn't understand the situation.
Yang Youning, who was standing to the side, lowered his head and began to explain the science to Zhao Gang.
"Foreign exchange is calculated separately."
"Think about it, if you take ten dollars to buy matches abroad, people will accept those ten dollars."
"But if you ask for that ten yuan, people might just treat it as waste paper."
Zhao Gang suddenly realized, then took a deep breath, "If that's the case, then the net profit might exceed forty million."
"Beautiful knife!"
Everyone in the room immediately burst into laughter, and then into loud, hearty laughter.
You made money! You made money again!
However, Yang Xiaotao quickly poured cold water on everyone's enthusiasm, saying, "Alright, we're lucky if we get four million. Why think so much?"
Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter again.
"Four million isn't a small amount. Think of how much we can do with it; it can add more matches to my volleyball league."
"Our logistics team was planning to buy more fruit to give the workers extra lunch, and now we have to make arrangements for that."
"Our security department is planning to purchase three helicopters."
Liang Zuoxin, who had been sitting quietly in his chair, suddenly spoke up. Everyone looked at him strangely, then changed the subject and continued laughing.
The security department, that's a fucking monster.
If the headquarters didn't lack an airstrip, these guys would probably be equipped with both Blue Horse and White Horse.
Yang Xiaotao shook his head and tapped the table again, "Let's put the money issue aside for now and talk about how to proceed."
"One million vehicles, which averages out to 100,000 vehicles per month."
"Production cannot be expanded in Persia for the time being, which means that we still need to do the main production ourselves."
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Xu Yuanshan immediately asked, "How much does the Quancheng Automobile Factory produce?"
"A monthly output of 5,000 is already the limit."
"Unless we increase manpower, but even that won't be the limit."
"A monthly output of over 10,000 is already remarkable."
After Li Shengli finished speaking, Xu Yuanshan frowned. Yang Xiaotao tapped the table, "It's ten thousand a month, plus what's from Persia, it'll probably be fifteen thousand."
"We're still short over 80,000, what do we do?"
The people in the meeting room remained silent.
"Damn it, there's gold everywhere, right in front of us, we could grab it if we just looked down, but we only have two hands."
"That's right. If we had more skilled people, we could earn more."
Chen Gong and Wang Guodong were complaining there, and the others around them were also somewhat dejected.
Watching money slip through your fingers like water, without being able to grab a handful, is heartbreaking.
boom!
"What nonsense."
Li Hongfeng suddenly spoke, his expression very serious.
"We may not be able to earn it, but as long as the country can earn it, that's fine."
"Just because our nine ministries can't do it doesn't mean our country can't."
"We are a whole!"
After Li Shengli finished speaking, Zhao Gang immediately nodded in agreement, "Secretary Li is right. We need to break out of the mindset of the Ninth Department and look at the whole country. Aren't 100,000 vehicles easy to achieve?"
Xu Yuanshan nodded. "Nowadays, in China, besides Quancheng Automobile Factory, there are Shanghai in the south, Jiefang in the north, and two others in the west that can produce cars."
"If this is put into operation, it should be possible to make it."
Upon hearing this, Wang Guodong immediately scratched his head, "This really requires the entire nation's resources."
"So they'll listen to us?"
"Besides, what they do might not meet our requirements."
Li Hongfeng, Zhao Gang, and the others frowned upon hearing this; what he said made perfect sense.
"Okay, let's report the situation to our superiors and see what arrangements they make."
"Also, we need to increase our efforts in Quancheng. A monthly output of over 10,000 is still a bit small. We should have Liu Dehui and his team expand it again, and headquarters can increase its support."
Yang Xiaotao made the final decision, and everyone nodded in agreement.
The meeting then adjourned, and Yang Xiaotao returned to his office and called Mr. Chen. Secretary Guo answered the phone, and Yang Xiaotao said he had something to report. After confirming with Secretary Guo that it would be 3 p.m., he hung up.
At noon, Yang Xiaotao took Li Shengli and Alfate to the cafeteria for lunch.
The three sat together and started talking about car production again.
Alphat still had some complaints about his father, especially since this was his business.
As a result, he was ambitious and determined to make a name for himself, but his father stabbed him in the back.
However, he also knew that without the skin, where would the hair attach?
Given the current situation in Persia, he couldn't be sure if they could win. If his father failed, he would have to spend the rest of his life in China.
As for that car factory, it'll probably just end up benefiting someone else.
The three of them sat down in the cafeteria and each held a plate to eat.
Lee Seungri was already used to this.
Since Zhao Gang came to headquarters, he has mentioned the matter of giving special treatment to leaders several times. Yang Xiaotao could only comply and agree that the Ninth Department would not allow special treatment to be given to leaders unless they came to visit.
For meals, go to the cafeteria.
As for Alphat, he can be considered one of the Ninth Division's own people.
So the three of them started eating their lunchboxes, and the cafeteria staff didn't stand on ceremony.
"Car production will continue as before; you need to keep up."
"Furthermore, quality cannot be compromised, especially now. If a quality problem occurs, it will be devastating."
As Yang Xiaotao casually remarked, Albert immediately nodded, "Don't worry, I've already spoken to them. Everything needs to be strictly inspected before it leaves the factory."
Yang Xiaotao nodded, "From now on, your area will focus on high-end brands. You can try any good ideas you have on the car."
Then he said to Li Shengli, "We need to make a good deal out of this matter concerning Britain."
"We need to let this matter continue to escalate."
Lee Seung-ri put down his chopsticks. "I have already asked people to keep reporting on this matter, so that more people can understand and become familiar with it."
Yang Xiaotao shook his head, "This isn't enough."
Lee Seungri and Alfat were taken aback. Wasn't this continuous reporting enough?
Then Yang Xiaotao said, "Here's what you do: try organizing some competitions, for example, select some cars of different brands and have a collision race."
"You can figure out the specifics of the plan yourselves."
"The goal is to constantly generate buzz. As long as our cars are of good quality, we'll never lack topics to discuss."
As Yang Xiaotao spoke from the side, Li Shengli's face was filled with admiration and respect.
He felt that Yang Xiaotao would be a better fit for this position.
Unfortunately, the other party didn't want this position.
Alphat, standing to the side, suddenly brightened up. He had been to the West and knew that the people there were a bunch of idle busybodies. He was sure that many people would come to this event.
Even car manufacturers have to provide funding to the organizers of these events in order not to fall behind.
For no other reason than to avoid taking special care of them.
As long as it's fair and just, that's fine.
Moreover, such an event is sure to attract more attention.
"We could also organize an off-road race or a rally to compete in the power and speed of the cars. This event has great potential."
Alphat was already waving his chopsticks excitedly, saying, "As long as we are fair and just, we will definitely become the most authoritative event in the world."
Li Shengli opened his mouth, then looked at Yang Xiaotao. Was this what Director Yang meant?
As if understanding Li Shengli's question, Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and ate his food, appearing completely calm and collected.
That's right, that's exactly what I mean.
"Brother Tao, I'd like to send a group of people to our technical school to study."
After Alphat finished being happy, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating cabbage again before saying something to Yang Xiaotao.
"Sure, are thirty spots enough for you?"
"Enough is enough!"
Alphat immediately nodded; in fact, this was also Mosidov's opinion.
Now, Mosidov has no shortage of soldiers and resources, but he lacks technical talent.
These talents weren't cultivated by us; there's no guarantee they won't betray us later.
Therefore, we wanted Huaxia to help train a group of technical personnel.
Yang Xiaotao did not refuse, and this was also a consideration in the earlier discussion about supporting Persia.
"By the way, you need to be prepared in the automotive sector. Once our new model is released, there's no guarantee that other car manufacturers won't copy it."
Yang Xiaotao reminded him again, and Alpha nodded, "We know that, but currently, no car manufacturer has made any changes in this regard."
"Moreover, they already have a mature model, and changing it is not an easy task."
Li Shengli chuckled, "Minister Yang, the various parts and accessories we use in our cars are all part of our own system. Even if they are ahead of us in some areas of supporting components, they certainly can't match our overall coordination."
"If they want to change, they have to get rid of this lead first in order to maintain balance."
"But will they give up the advantages they've worked so hard to build?"
"impossible!"
Li Shengli said confidently and affirmatively, "Our Velociraptors rely on their overall advantage."
"We can't compete with Ford on steel plates, we can't compete with Ferrari on paint, and we can't compete with GM on tires."
"Each individual component may only rank second in its own field, but if all the components rank second, then as a whole, we are definitely number one."
"Therefore, I call this the 'second-best effect,' which means not pursuing the best of the individual, but pursuing the best of the whole."
Just as Li Shengli finished speaking smugly, he noticed that Yang, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly put down his chopsticks, picked up his lunchbox, and walked out of the cafeteria.
Li Shengli was stunned, and Alphat, who was standing next to him, was also stunned.
"Did I say something wrong?"
Li Shengli said somewhat blankly, and Alphat nodded as if he understood, "Li, you, this, second brother, may have used some inappropriate words."
Upon hearing this, Li Shengli clapped his hands abruptly, then cried out in regret, "Minister Yang, Minister Yang!"
"It's not the second, it's the second-best, the second-best effect."
In the cafeteria, a group of people all looked over.
The next second, Alphat immediately ran to the next table with his rice bowl, leaving Lee Seungri alone to face the gazes of countless people, awkwardly lowering his head.