Chapter 922: Gorgeous Semi-Annual Report, Carnival All the Way

The first half of 2014 went by a little faster than in previous years.

Nanshan-based companies have done a lot in the past six months.

Although various companies will give Cao Yang special reports every month to see if the key projects are progressing as planned.

But the reports in early July and early January each year are still a little different.

"Mr. Cao, Venustech completed 66 rocket launches in the first half of this year, and the target achievement rate has exceeded 50%."

"With more and more satellites launched, our Starlink satellite system has become more user-friendly."

"At the same time, the construction speed of the space station is also very fast. It will be successfully completed with two more launches."

Venustech is now a hotshot, and the first report Cao Yang listened to was Zhao Siyu's.

After all, whether it is the Starlink satellite system or the research on various aircraft, they are all very concerned by all parties.

In particular, many people are paying close attention to the H-20 project in cooperation with AVIC and the fast-progressing Eagle heavy transport helicopter.

Not to mention the storm they created in the radar market after combining diamonds with gallium nitride power components.

To be frank, Venusstar Technology is now a big company.

Although its size cannot be compared with giants like Boeing, it is only a matter of time.

"The upgrade of Starlink satellites must also be done synchronously, so that multiple types of satellites can cooperate with each other to achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two."

Venusstar Technology's satellite technology is already very mature.

There are even large-scale satellite assembly lines.

But Cao Yang obviously does not intend to let one type of satellite completely dominate the Starlink satellite system.

With the continuous improvement of the technical level of Nanshan-based enterprises and the increasing number of projects involved, satellite technology is actually constantly changing.

For example, at the beginning, the main function of Starlink satellites was communication.

Slowly, some high-altitude reconnaissance tasks have been incorporated.

Even in each batch of launch missions, there is a satellite whose main task is reconnaissance, and even interference in special circumstances.

Although up to now, humans have not really launched a space war.

But who knows what will happen in the future.

Venusstar Technology has so many satellites distributed in space, so naturally it needs to consider the safety of these satellites.

"We have been doing this work all the time, and our satellites are manufactured in a modular way. When the technology matures in the future, we can also use special equipment to upgrade satellites, or directly repair and upgrade some satellites in space."

"We are also developing some equipment to capture satellites, so that it can play a good role when satellites need to be recycled in the future."

Zhao Siyu spent a lot of time introducing the Starlink satellite system to Cao Yang, and then began to talk about the progress of various aircraft projects.

"The Kunpeng heavy transport helicopter has begun to be equipped in many departments, and the response from all sides is very good."

"However, this type of aircraft is not so practical on warships. The relevant departments are now eager to put the Eagle heavy transport helicopter into production."

"Especially in the southern waters, the reclamation work is still going on, and the demand for heavy transport helicopters is still relatively strong."

"Starting from Qiongzhou, you can directly reach many specific islands and reefs by taking the Eagle, which will provide great help to the relevant departments at critical moments."

The joint exercise between the United States and Luzon ended hastily some time ago.

The United States also makes a fuss every now and then, so all kinds of things will come up.

Although China has been building various warships like dumplings in recent years, the development time is still relatively short. If it wants to completely compete with the strength of the United States, it is obviously still beyond its ability.

The most important thing is that the speed of warships is far less than that of airplanes.

Once there is any movement, the airplane can appear above the target islands and reefs in a few hours.

But warships may take several days.

"At present, all aspects of the work are progressing as planned, and a prototype will be produced in the second half of this year."

"If the demand of relevant departments is strong, we can combine the testing work with some tasks, so that relevant departments can use this product in advance."

Zhao Siyu naturally understands the urgent needs of the southern waters.

Although the reclamation work is still in full swing, airports will be built in some places in the future.

But at this stage, heavy transport helicopters are obviously the most convenient.

Of course, if it can be matched with some armed helicopters, the effect will naturally be better.

After all, the self-protection ability of transport aircraft is relatively weak and does not have much deterrence.

But if the armed helicopters are dispatched directly with missiles and rocket launchers, the situation will be different.

Some fishing boats or coast guard ships below must carefully consider whether they can withstand the wrath of armed helicopters when making some inappropriate actions.

It is obviously not a task that ordinary armed helicopters can accomplish just to achieve long-distance deterrence.

Venustech is also working on projects in this area.

It's just that the priority is not as high as that of the Eagle and the H-20.

"By the way, how is the project of the drone mothership that we cooperated with Wenchong Shipyard to produce going?"

Venustech will definitely not touch things like aircraft carriers.

At most, it will participate in some sub-projects.

But Cao Yang is very interested in various projects related to drones.

So far, various drones have obtained a lot of development resources within Venustech.

Whether it is the double-tailed scorpion drone, unmanned helicopter, or Skyhawk drone that has been mass-produced and equipped with relevant departments, they are all very popular.

In addition, several drones with special functions are also under development.

According to Cao Yang's idea, the relevant departments of China can deploy one or several drone motherships in the southern waters.

As long as the performance of various drones is outstanding enough, the influence will definitely not be much worse than that of an aircraft carrier.

Even people can integrate various tasks such as air defense, anti-submarine, electronic interference, electrical reconnaissance, ground strikes, and anti-ship strikes into the drone formation.

An aircraft carrier may only carry a hundred fighters, but a drone mothership is much more flexible.

People can completely place more drones in the cabin and take them out when they are needed.

In this way, a drone mothership may be able to meet the use needs of hundreds or even thousands of drones.

In particular, Venusstar Technology is also studying runway-free take-off methods for various types of drones, which greatly improves the loading rate of drones.

"This project will basically be completed next year. At that time, the relevant departments will prepare to conduct an exercise with our technical team to confirm the combat effectiveness of this product."

"As long as this product is easy to use, the relevant departments will place at least five orders at that time."

Zhao Siyu is obviously very familiar with the various projects that the company is developing.

Especially since Cao Yang is now more concerned about the development of Venusstar Technology, he is more concerned.

Next, Cao Yang continued to confirm the progress of other projects with Zhao Siyu before listening to the reports from Honor Technology and Nanshan Automobile Group.

"Mr. Cao, the market share of independent brands this year has increased significantly compared with last year."

"The sales of American car companies in China have basically returned to zero. Due to the endless problems of GM and Changan Ford, it has become a long way to go to resume production."

"They are also going to give up these two factories within their own company."

Zeng Tingting reported the overall situation of Nanshan Automobile Group to Cao Yang.

Although Cao Yang concurrently serves as the general manager of Nanshan Automobile Group, the actual daily work is handled by the two deputy general managers, Rao Yongxiang and Zeng Tingting.

The situation of some other groups is similar.

To some extent, Cao Yang is more like a firefighter. He goes wherever he is needed to help.

"It is unrealistic to completely kill joint venture car companies. There are always some people who have feelings for joint venture cars and think that the models produced by international automobile giants must have advantages in quality."

"But it is completely feasible to reduce their market share to a relatively low level."

"From the current situation, everyone's understanding in this regard is relatively unified."

"The increase in the market share of independent brands should also be the result of the joint efforts of various car companies such as Chery, Geely, and Changan."

Although Nanshan Automobile Group, as the leader, has done a lot of things to target joint venture giants such as Japanese car companies, Korean car companies, and American car companies.

But other teammates must keep up.

"I think so too. Although the semi-annual reports of various domestic brands in the first half of the year have performed very well and sales have continued to increase, companies like BYD and Chery have actually reached a bottleneck in terms of sales growth."

"I feel that in the next two or three years, their sales will probably remain at a similar level to this year."

"On the contrary, the performance of luxury car companies such as Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi in the next few years is more worth looking forward to."

Zeng Tingting's vision is not bad.

Most joint venture car companies have been suppressed in recent years.

A look at the sales TOP10 list shows a lot of things.

However, the diversified demands of the automobile market are quite obvious, and not every domestic brand can launch various new technologies and new products like Nanshan Automobile Group to attract consumers.

So after the sales volume has increased to a certain extent, it becomes very difficult to continue to increase.

Even with the sales volume reaching nearly 1 million per year, these domestic brands use their own engines and other methods to improve their control, which also leads to an increase in quality problems compared with before.

This is definitely not good for the reputation of domestic brand car companies.

From the perspective of these domestic brand car companies, there is definitely no problem in improving their own technical level.

After all, we can't always hand over such core components as engines and gearboxes to external suppliers for production.

Then what are these OEMs?

In the past, when there was no way, we just endured it.

Now everyone has some funds in their hands, and naturally there are more ideas.

But from the final result, the situation is not so optimistic.

Cao Yang also knows this.

"In this wave of overall growth this year, the growth rates of Nanshan Hongqi and Changan Automobile, which are companies that are closer to us, should be higher than other manufacturers, right?"

"I think we can continue to tilt resources appropriately."

"BYD, Yangcheng Trumpchi, Chery, Geely and Great Wall, which are already making some engines and even preparing to make some gearboxes themselves, we treat them as ordinary customers."

"For example, Changan Automobile and Nanshan Hongqi, which supply engines, gearboxes and other core components, can be vigorously supported and developed."

"I think the sales champion of China in the future can be competed for by Changan Automobile and Nanshan Hongqi."

Cao Yang's help for the development of various Chinese independent brand car companies is naturally not for selfless purposes.

The route that is in line with the interests of Nanshan Automobile Group is the route he supports most.

Now the sales of major joint venture car companies have been suppressed.

It will not be so easy for them to rebound quickly in the future.

Then it is very important to selectively support various domestic independent brand car companies.

As long as we can gain a firm foothold in the next three years, the overall pattern of the Chinese automobile market will be almost formed.

Of course, there may be some variables in electric vehicle-related projects.

But Cao Yang thinks that with the participation of Nanshan Battery and Nanshan Auto Parts, the development of all aspects will develop in the direction Cao Yang expected.

After all, no matter whether it is competing in technology, cost, or policy, the advantages of Nanshan Automobile Group are unmatched.

Zeng Tingting naturally fully understands Cao Yang's arrangement.

Even in the past year, she did almost the same thing.

The development and changes in sales of various car companies, as well as some changes in hot searches on Autohome and Weibo, can more or less feel this.

"Mr. Zhu, Nanshan Hongqi's sales in the first half of this year have exceeded 360,000 units. According to past experience, the sales in the second half of the year will definitely be higher than the first half."

"In the end, our sales this year exceeded 800,000 units. I don't think it's a big problem."

Tao Wen is now similar to Zhu Zhengfeng, and both focus on the independent project of Nanshan Hongqi.

As for the development of Spring City Volkswagen and Spring City Toyota, it is just the icing on the cake.

Even thanks to the positioning of Nanshan Hongqi's models, Nanshan Hongqi's overall profit this year will be higher than Spring City Toyota, and will not be far behind Spring City Volkswagen.

In this case, the views of many people in Spring City Automobile Group will naturally change.

After all, everyone knows that if the independent project develops well, the credit that can be obtained is definitely much more than that of the joint venture project.

"Nanshan Automobile Group now seems to attach much more importance to our joint venture project."

"Now, whether it is the speed of launching new models or the cooperation in various publicity, the other party has given a lot of support."

"It seems that Mr. Cao's previous statement that he would support Nanshan Hongqi to become the car company with the highest sales in China was not just a casual comfort."

Zhu Zhengfeng felt that he had finally come to an end.

Nanshan Hongqi was not established just now.

In the first few years, the development of Nanshan Hongqi was obviously several levels behind that of Chery, Geely and other independent brand car companies.

But now that the latecomers have surpassed them, the situation is obviously different.

Nanshan Hongqi will have two new models to be launched in the second half of this year. By then, Zhu Zhengfeng thinks it is possible to achieve a sales target of 800,000 units for the whole year, or even tens of thousands more.

By then, it will be completely possible to break through the sales target of 1 million units next year.

This is definitely the situation that Zhu Zhengfeng hopes to see.

"Although Nanshan Hongqi's share of our project is not as high as ours, from the perspective of the entire industry chain, they will definitely get more profit than us in the end."

"Nanshan Automobile Group must be very clear about this."

"Nowadays, companies such as Chery, Great Wall, and BYD are slowly reducing the proportion of Nanshan engines installed, and even some manual transmissions have begun to abandon Nanshan transmissions."

"Although Mr. Cao has never expressed any dissatisfaction, the other party must be concerned."

"I heard that Nanshan Engine is not going to give Chery, Geely and other manufacturers an annual price reduction this year. The reason is that these engines have been mass-produced for many years and have been continuously reduced in price for many years. There is no room for price reduction."

"Even because of the fluctuation of some material prices, the cost has risen a bit."

Tao Wen obviously has a clear understanding of the situation in the industry.

After all, this is closely related to Chuncheng Automobile Group.

"This is also normal. If I were Mr. Cao, it would not be surprising if I did more."

"Whether it is Chery, Geely, or Great Wall and BYD, their initial rapid development is inseparable from the contribution of Nanshan Automobile Group."

"In the past, when consumers mentioned independent brand car companies, they always felt that the engines, gearboxes and chassis were not very good, but with the efforts of Nanshan Automobile Group, this reputation has changed a lot."

"It is in the past two years that the reputation has stagnated or even declined because everyone has increased the proportion of engines produced by themselves."

"This is definitely a damage to the interests of Nanshan Automobile Group."

Zhu Zhengfeng sees the problem very clearly.

So Chuncheng Automobile Group has not been tossing about its own engine projects in recent years.

All the engines and gearboxes of Nanshan Hongqi are purchased from Nanshan Automobile Group.

No one is prepared to make any changes in this regard.

And because of this persistence, Nanshan Hongqi has a good reputation in the market.

This makes the opinions within Nanshan Hongqi more unified.

Changan Automobile has the same feeling as Zhu Zhengfeng.

Although Changan Automobile was somewhat dissatisfied with the price increase of Nanshan Battery before.

However, considering that Nanshan Battery not only raised prices for itself, but also for other customers.

Even when raising prices for other customers, the annual price reduction on its side was also relatively high.

It is equivalent to the overall price increase for Changan Automobile being lower than that for other customers.

In this way, there are naturally fewer opinions within Changan Automobile.

"Mr. Yi, according to the current development rhythm, the sales volume of our group's independent brand projects will definitely exceed 1 million vehicles."

"It is completely worth looking forward to becoming the car company with the highest sales volume in the country by then."

After Zhang Lin got various data, he came to Yi Jia's office as soon as possible to exchange relevant views.

Changan Automobile is a latecomer in the field of passenger cars.

Although their model projects are not as many as Chery and Geely, the sales volume of each product is relatively good.

When launching some new products, they are also very willing to communicate with Nanshan Automobile Group and listen to each other's opinions.

For example, their main products for electric cars are Changan MINI and Changan Star, and the rest are an electric SUV.

The others are still under development.

Although they only have three electric cars on sale, their sales are more than any other car company.

According to this year's situation, the sales of electric cars alone can exceed 300,000.

This is definitely a remarkable achievement, the first in the country, and even the first in the world.

For these firsts, Yijia is willing to make many compromises with Nanshan Automobile Group.

After all, these are solid political achievements.

"GM Shanghai has been scrapped, and the sales of Shanghai Volkswagen and Spring City Volkswagen are just like that now."

"Chery, Geely, Great Wall and BYD were very aggressive in the past few years, and their sales were higher than ours, but now their growth rate is obviously not as good as ours."

"Even if their growth rate is higher than the industry average, there is still a big gap compared with us."

"As long as we stabilize the situation, the top sales position in the country will really be ours."

Yi Jia will analyze the sales of various car companies every month.

So he is more familiar with the changes in the industry.

The more so, the more he hopes that Changan Automobile can continue to revel all the way.

Even if 60% to 70% of the profit in a car is taken away by the supplier, it doesn't matter.

What he cares most about is sales and output value, and other things can stand aside as long as they don't lose money.