Chapter 341 Jiangcheng Dilemma
"Yuan Guang, you said it very well."

After the opening ceremony, Chen Yuanguang was invited to Principal Shu's office for tea. Compared with a few years ago, his office had moved from the building of the School of Life Sciences to the principal's office opposite the Olympic Stadium.

Apart from the change of location, Chen Yuanguang couldn't see any other difference.

"Principal, you don't have to flatter me. I didn't think about what I was going to talk about before I got on the plane to Jiangcheng. I didn't think of the topic until I was on the plane looking at the white clouds outside the window.

The reason why the students from Jiangda University showed such support for such a hasty content was entirely because I was their senior. "Chen Yuanguang waved his hand.

Many times, people in high positions are always faced with praise, and it is difficult to judge who is telling the truth and who is lying.

At times like this, floating is the norm, and not floating would be strange.

Chen Yuanguang knew very well that even if he spoke about the history of dogs, the other party would definitely applaud and say that he spoke very well.

This is the reality, because Dean Shu and he have the same interests. Chen Yuanguang’s wonderful speech means that Chen Yuanguang attaches great importance to Jiangnan University. He made special preparations before coming and did not do it perfunctorily, which indirectly proves that Jiangnan University still has weight in his mind.

When the interests of both parties are aligned, the other party’s responses are highly predictable.

Principal Shu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea before saying, "This is not a compliment to you.

You also know that Jiang University students still have their own personalities. If you didn’t speak well, they wouldn’t have given you such warm applause at the end.

I was also deeply moved when I was listening to it. Having come to this stage today, it is really like what you said, a wilderness.

It is precisely because of this that the music is so highbrow that few people can appreciate it and it is hard to find a soulmate who understands it.”

Because Chen Yuanguang's speech was live broadcast, quite a lot of people watched it. The speech lasted more than 40 minutes, and quite a few viewers watched it from start to finish.

Chen Yuanguang's speech sparked heated discussions on Zhihu.

"Thanks for the invitation. The God of Light is still too low-key. If it were me, I would come back to give a speech right after I won the Nobel Prize. My life has been smooth sailing. I published a Nature article in college, solved a global problem with my PhD, was invited by the Gates Foundation to be the chief scientist, founded a company of the same level as SpaceX after graduation, and won the Nobel Prize for inventing room-temperature superconductivity.

If I were to return to my alma mater to give a speech with these achievements, I would either shout "I am the king of the world" like Cameron, or criticize the domestic talent training system one by one like Jack Ma.

Let’s compare it with a similar case to Chen Yuanguang. Like Chen Yuanguang, Lei Jun is also an alumnus of Jiangnan University. I was still studying at Jiangnan University in 23. That year was the 130th anniversary of Jiangnan University. The school specially invited him back to give a speech. It is said that they also wanted to invite Guangshen that year but failed.

Speaking of Lei Jun’s 130th anniversary speech, he also talked a lot about his achievements. The theme of his speech was "My journey of scientific and technological exploration."

He said that when he was at Kingsoft, he took up the banner of national general software. Later, when he founded Xiaomi, he had the courage to directly manage hardware development. Fortunately, Lei Jun did not get carried away. He did not say that he dared to directly manage hardware development, but added the verb "manage" in front. Xiaomi's management of suppliers' hardware development is also a capability.

Xiaomi will invest heavily in underlying core technologies and become a new generation of global hard-core technology leader in the future. This is what Lei Jun talked about in his speech at the 130th anniversary of Jiangnan University.

If Lei Jun was the God of Light, we would be the global leader in hard-core technology now, and hard-core technology would have to be changed to black technology. Five years ago, room-temperature superconductors, composite rockets, photolithography plants, and perovskite batteries were not pure black technologies.

Then he talked about how great he was and how he had been committed to helping Todai achieve technological transformation and industrial upgrading.

Compared with these people, Guang Shen is too humble. When he talks about his achievements, he uses a postmodern deconstructionist way to make self-deprecating remarks, and is even booed by his junior fellow students in the audience.

Talking about my own insights into life, I also said that after growing up, I found myself walking in the wilderness, and I urge everyone to cherish the time with fellow travelers.

There was no inspirational talk about the fact that you should study hard and cherish your time in college.

Guang Shen's speeches are very personal, sharing his insights into life with you. How far you can read depends on your personal understanding. He does not preach, nor does he give you inspirational speeches, nor does he brag or pretend to be cool. "

"After watching it, I simply felt that this speech was very advanced, with a bit of stream of consciousness in it. If all the new generation of technology tycoons at the University of Tokyo were at this level, I think it would not be long before the University of Tokyo surpassed the University of Tokyo in all aspects of technology."

In communities like Zhihu, it is normal to promote Chen Yuanguang, which is determined by the spectrum of community users.

After finishing his speech at Jiangda University, Chen Yuanguang had to fly back to Shenhai that evening as he didn’t want to waste even a single day.

Therefore, Jiangcheng needed to seize every minute and specially arranged a dinner party in the evening.

Jiangcheng will definitely want to compete for the super car factory that Volkswagen and Space are going to build. To be more precise, all cities that have the ability want to compete for it.

Compared with places like Shenhai and Yudu, Jiangcheng's only advantage is playing the emotional card.

"Yuan Guang, there is nothing we can't discuss, and there is nothing difficult to discuss.

I am very frank. Automobile is the largest pillar industry in Jiangcheng and also the largest pillar industry in the entire Hubei Province.

In Jiangcheng alone, there are 38 complete vehicle manufacturers and parts manufacturers.

But in the past few years, Jiangcheng's automobile industry has had a hard time.

Because there is a problem with our core, Dongfeng Motor.

You should have heard of Dongfeng Motor, right? "

The top leader from Jiangcheng came in person. Everyone knew that this was a rare opportunity and that a face-to-face meeting with Chen Yuanguang would be more useful than talking with Lin Jia.

After dealing with Lin Jia, we have to deal with Chen Yuanguang. If we want to deal with Chen Yuanguang by bypassing Lin Jia, we can just notify Lin Jia directly.

The flight is at 9pm, so Jiangcheng only has two hours at most from now until the plane takes off, and this is based on the premise that the dinner is arranged near the airport.

There really isn't much time to beat around the bush.

Of course, based on my understanding of Chen Yuanguang, he definitely likes you to be direct and honest.

Sincerity has always been a killer move.

"Yes, I did. When I graduated, some of my classmates went to work for Dongfeng Group."

"That's good, I went on to say that until 24, Dongfeng Group was our company with the highest operating income, even higher than Baowu after the merger of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau and Baosteel and Wuhan Iron and Steel.

This has been impossible since 25, because Dongfeng Motor is composed of joint ventures and independent companies. The joint ventures are Dongfeng Honda and Dongfeng Nissan, which mainly produce gasoline vehicles.

The profits mainly come from joint venture brands. The situation in the past few years has been that the survival space of joint venture brands has been continuously squeezed.

New energy vehicles are constantly squeezing the living space of joint venture brands, and oil vehicle brands such as Honda and Nissan, which are not strong in themselves, are facing even more severe squeeze.

I can even say that the only reason these gasoline vehicles under Dongfeng can still survive is government subsidies.

The government subsidies are not given to enterprises, but to consumers. We have been subsidizing Dongfeng's cars since 23, with the maximum subsidy for each car being 9 yuan. Obviously, it is difficult to continue the subsidies in recent years. Land fiscal revenue continues to decline, the scale of subsidies is decreasing year by year, and consumer enthusiasm is also declining rapidly.

Dongfeng's best-selling model has become Fengshen, and Dongfeng Motor's sales are supported by online ride-hailing.

With the impact of driverless taxis on the online ride-hailing industry, this may very well be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

We can give up protecting Dongfeng. We can force it to undergo market-oriented transformation and lay off employees. Joint venture brands have been laying off employees and we can reduce their scale. It is no longer our number one company in terms of revenue, but we have no way of giving up protecting the automotive industry chain.

This involves 17,000 companies and millions of employees.”

This is all too easy to understand.

The plight of Jiangcheng's automobile industry is essentially the plight of joint venture brands. When consumers in Dongda collectively abandon joint venture brands, it is easy to understand why Dongfeng cannot survive.

Dongda's automobile industry has actually been on the rise in recent years, and the Southeast Asian and parts of South America and Africa markets are being conquered by Dongda's cars.

The reason why Jiangcheng's automobile industry has fallen into its current state and failed to enjoy the dividends is that the dividends were eaten up by Hefei, Yudu, Shenhai and Liuzhou. It and Yangcheng are both cities that were forced to the brink of elimination in this round of reshuffle.

It is obvious that at the beginning, Jiangcheng's industrial foundation was much stronger than Hefei.

But in the subsequent development process, Hefei left Jiangcheng far behind in industry.

This is not only because Hefei has invested in brands like NIO. Even in the traditional fuel vehicle industry, Chery's development far exceeds that of Dongfeng.

In 10, there were only six automobile companies in China with a scale of over billion yuan, namely SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng, BAIC, GAC and Changan.

Dongfeng ranks third with total revenue of 3658 billion yuan. It is a veritable giant with three joint venture brands: Citroen, Nissan and Honda.

By 23, Dongfeng's revenue was 4000 billion yuan, which was basically the same as 10 years ago, while Chery's revenue quickly climbed to 3150 billion yuan. In terms of profit alone, Chery made a profit of 47.16 billion yuan, while Dongfeng suffered a loss of 27.72 billion yuan.

Putting aside the success of Hefei's investment in NIO, just looking at some of the companies in the past, we can clearly see the gap between the two sides.

If we take into account Hefei's achievements in investment in emerging industries in recent years, the gap between the two sides will be even more obvious.

Jiangcheng has a profound foundation, and Hefei is catching up behind.

It is obvious that at this point, Jiangcheng's automobile industry has been surpassed by Hefei, and this surpassing is likely to be long-term in nature.

“Yuan Guang, I am not afraid of being embarrassed, I make no secret of the backwardness of Jiangcheng’s automobile industry in the current situation.

It can be said that Jiangcheng's automobile industry has lost the market of 20 to 30 yuan, and is even gradually losing the market of 10 to 20 yuan. Our competitiveness is limited to the online car-hailing market below 10 yuan.

In the online ride-hailing industry, it is difficult for us to compete with manufacturers such as BYD and SAIC-MG.

Jiangcheng's automobile industry is deteriorating.

Last year, I visited the smart factory built by NIO in Hefei. Their super factory is very advanced.

The latest factory only takes 10 days from receiving an order to the vehicle rolling off the assembly line, which is unimaginable for us.

At that time, I made up my mind that Jiangcheng should also have a super factory of the same level.

Of course, I believe that the super factory you and Volkswagen are building together will only get better, not worse.

If there is anything Jiangcheng can do, just let me know. "

What is industry? The essence of industry is productivity, production efficiency and production cost.

在2023年的时候徽省的汽车产量就已经跃居全国第二了，规上工业营业收入跃居中西部第一。全国1/5的光伏组件、1/7的锂电池、1/8的新能源汽车是徽省制造。

The market growth is limited. If your growth exceeds the market growth, then where does this growth come from? It must be that you have taken away someone's cake.

"Secretary, to be frank, I don't interfere with the specific operations of Space. I don't have much knowledge of the automotive industry.

But because I have done some relevant homework and read their reports every time, I still know a lot of the things you just mentioned.

The reason why their factory can achieve such high efficiency is not only because of the smart factory. Many domestic automobile manufacturers have built their own smart factories.

A large part of the reason is the industrial park jointly built by Hefei and NIO.

NIO has gathered its own factories and upstream and downstream companies in the supply chain in this industrial park, and they transport these parts through skywalks.

For example, seats can be transported from suppliers to Weilai's vehicle assembly plant in 30 minutes. The gathering of upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain, the construction of supporting facilities in the park, and the entire intelligent system connecting all these together can make it only take ten days from receiving an order to rolling off the assembly line for the vehicle.

Smart factories are just one part of the equation.”

Chen Yuanguang went on to say: "From my personal point of view, I have feelings for Jiangcheng, but from an objective point of view, Jiangcheng does not have any advantages.

Compared with Shenhai, Yudu and Hefei, Jiangcheng's advantages are very small.

Even Yangcheng is better than Jiangcheng in objective conditions because it is close to Yangcheng Port. "

If we only consider the domestic market, then Jiangcheng, as a thoroughfare connecting nine provinces, is fine; Jiangcheng is sufficient as an inland port.

But if you look at the world, inland ports have natural disadvantages. It takes longer to transport goods from inland to sea.

Of course the port is only a small part of many factors.

What Chen Yuanguang said was actually a polite refusal, as his feelings for Jiang Cheng had not reached that level.

It’s quite nice of Guangjia Aerospace to set up a research and development center in Jiangcheng.

If the other party gave up so easily, he would not be able to sit in the position he is in today.

"If Jiangcheng is willing to build an industrial park for you similar to Hefei, help Space to deal with all the upstream and downstream supporting enterprises in the industry, and bring them all to Jiangcheng to build supporting factories.

In terms of funding, Jiangcheng can provide Space with a maximum of 20 billion interest-free loans, but the 20 billion must be converted into debt-for-equity. However, the contract can stipulate that Space can unconditionally redeem this part of the shares. "

(End of this chapter)