Runhua Industrial successively acquired two copper mines with a total reserve of more than 200 million tons from Zambia, one of which was a super rich mine with a grade of more than 3.8%. Once this news came out, it would be better to mention how much shock it caused in China. The non-ferrous metals company that retreated before was regretful!

Although withdrawing from Zambia was the decision of the leadership of the real group, facing the 200 million tons super copper mine, it was not a problem to slap yourself in the mouth. After confirming the authenticity of the news, the Nonferrous Metals Corporation held an emergency meeting as soon as possible.

Ye Yun said in a deep voice with a gloomy face: "Comrades, I believe you have already understood the situation, so I won't say much. All I want to say is: Lumvana Copper Mine and Kangkra Copper Mine have great strategic significance for my country's economic development and reform and opening up. As a central enterprise, we not only have the responsibility to shoulder the responsibilities we should bear!"

In a word, Ye Yun overturned his previous decision lightly.

But no one thinks there is anything wrong with this. Central enterprises are central enterprises. Since they are central enterprises, how can they do without the domineering nature of central enterprises?

"But... Chen Geng's attitude in this matter seems to be very stubborn," Feng Chao said carefully: "The leaders have also said before that the matters about Zambia will be left to Runhua Industrial to be responsible..."

"It's right to leave Runhua Industrial to be responsible, but does Runhua Industrial have experience in copper mining? Do you have experience in smelting? No! As an industrial company, they seriously lack these experiences," Feng Chao was interrupted before he finished speaking: "Since they have no experience, we big brothers have the responsibility and obligation to help these little brothers."

Right!

Hearing this, the senior executives did not feel ashamed, but instead took it for granted: We are experienced big brothers, and it is natural to help the little brothers.

Feng Chao had a bitter face: What's the use of talking to me? Don't worry about how righteous and ruthless you are now. If you have the ability, please let Chen Geng listen to your greetings first.

Ye Yun was very satisfied with this statement and nodded, "That's the reason. We don't want to do anything. Runhua Industrial took over the Kangkla Copper Mine and the Lumvana Copper Mine. This is a good thing, but they have no experience. As big brothers, we have the responsibility and obligation to help them. Who made us a state-owned enterprise?"

After saying that, he shook his head, as if he had suffered a great loss.

Feng Chao lowered his head and said nothing: Yes, you are all great gods, but no matter what you say, find a way to convince Chen Geng first before talking about other things.

Not saying anything does not mean that no one pays attention to him. He glanced at Feng Chao, who lowered his head and didn't speak. Ye Yun said, "Director Feng, hasn't Chen Geng returned from Zambia? Help me contact Runhua Industrial and said I want to visit their company."

Listen, this is so domineering! It’s not about discussing, but when will the word “inspection” and “inspection” be used with superiority? It’s basically when the superior leaders go to the lower unit.

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"It feels pretty good," Jumped out of the car. Chen Geng jumped out of the A6L equipped with the last batch of trial production of the 4-speed automatic transmission in front of him. He gave a high evaluation of the adjustment of the car and the matching between the engine and the transmission: "Although the gear connection is not very smooth, and there are also some stuttering when traveling at low speeds, it is very good. In terms of adjustment and matching, the performance of this transmission can reach the mainstream level of today's 4at gearbox. I agree that it can be mass-produced."

When Chen Geng got off the car, he kept looking at Chen Geng's engineers and cheered: Has it reached the mainstream level in the world? God, they didn't dare to think about this evaluation before!

What does the world's mainstream level mean? You should know that the mainstream of luxury cars today is 4at. Not to mention Japanese luxury cars, even the mid- and low-end versions of Mercedes-Benz S-Class are equipped with 4at automatic transmissions. The boss's evaluation of "mainstream level" has exceeded many people's thoughts. Some engineers with rich feelings even cried out loud. From the beginning of research and development to the present, it has been too difficult. Countless people have paid too much for this Chinese 4at automatic transmission.

Everyone was very happy, but Comrade Lao Pa, the highest person in charge of the automatic transmission project, never let go of his brows. While everyone was happy, he came to Chen Geng and whispered: "Boss, our cost is too high. Compared with our competitors, we have no advantage at all..."

"Isn't this normal?" Chen Geng's smile on his face did not change, and he whispered in a low voice: "If our cost can be compared with companies like Z, Aisin Seiki, General Motors, who have been engaged in automatic transmissions for many years, I would rather doubt whether you have done something... How much more cost is than products of the same specification in the industry?"

I thought you didn't care about this, Pascal Schultz looked at Chen Geng with annoyance and said, "2.5 times."

"Damn, so many?" Chen Geng was startled.

He was really scared by this number. The annual production capacity of the first phase of automatic transmission planned by Runhua Industrial is only 2,000 units, that's right, the poor 2,000 units cost more than general-purpose, Ford, Aixin Seiki and z manufacturers, which is normal and should be the case. But Chen Geng's previous estimate should be 1.8 to 1.9 times, but who would have expected that it would reach 2.5 times?!

The cost of an automatic transmission is already high. Even if the Aisin Seiki, which is known for its stability and cost advantages, the cost of a 4at automatic transmission used in an intermediate car with a maximum input torque of 200 Nm is approximately US$5,000. If your automatic transmission is 2.5 times the industry standard, wouldn’t it be equivalent to US$12,500? Damn! You can buy a pretty good new car in the United States.

"There's no way," Pascal Schultz smiled bitterly: "We can't form a scale advantage, so the cost will naturally not be reduced. In addition, the electronic control system is not possible. Your country cannot produce various industrial control chips dedicated to automatic transmissions, so it can only be imported from abroad. The early trial production stage is fine, but if it is large-scale production, we can only find suppliers like Siemens. Because the purchase volume is too low, people are unwilling to sell them to us at the beginning..."

Chen Geng understood: As an automatic transmission electronic control chip supplier like Siemens, the demand for thousands of chips a year is simply seen by others. Even if he finally persuaded it to sell it to Runhua Industrial, the price will be so high that it will be so high. The price is even several times that it is supplied to other automatic transmission manufacturers, and I will sell it for a high price of more than ten times or even dozens of times. What? If you have the ability, don’t ask for it.

Runhua Industrial really can't do it. Even if there is only a supply of 2,000 automatic transmissions a year, it has the ability to produce automatic transmission models. It is of great significance to Runhua Industrial, but this also means that the cost is rising.

The smile on Chen Geng's face did not change, but the blue veins on his fists were jumping non-stop: It's cowardly, it's so bullying!

Pascal Schultz saw Chen Geng's expression in his eyes, and he lowered his head: "boss, I'm sorry, I..."

"It has nothing to do with you," Chen Geng waved his hand and forced a smile: "Anyway, our production capacity is not very high. Even if the cost is a little higher than others, at worst we can just increase the selling price a little. Although the whole vehicle makes a little less profit, it is not without profit."

What Chen Geng said seemed to make some sense, but Pascal Schultz smiled bitterly in his heart: How can things be that simple!

The cost of an automatic transmission is much higher than that of a manual transmission. Now the cost of this 4AT automatic transmission produced by Runhua Industrial is 2.5 times that of similar products in the industry. If loaded, even if the price of the At version of the model is 50,000 yuan higher than that of the MT version, the profit of this car is much lower than that of the MT model, and it may even lose money.

As for why Chen Geng didn't persuade Chen Geng to give up the development of independent automatic transmissions and switch to external procurement, it was because Pascal Schultz, who had Z's work experience, knew very well which world-class large-scale OEMs did not have their own automatic transmission business? The three major American auto giants, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, all have their own automatic transmission business. Toyota, Japan, is a shareholder of Aisin Seiki, and Honda Motor also has its own gearbox business. Although Germany z claims to be an independent automatic transmission supplier, Z's major shareholder Quant family is also a major shareholder of BM... To be honest, all world-class OEMs will cultivate their own powertrain manufacturing capabilities. Even the French PSA Group, which has always purchased automatic transmissions, is now actively contacting Siemens Group to develop its own automatic transmissions.

It would be fine if Runhua Industrial only had a stable place, but since Chen Geng planned to carry forward Runhua Industrial, he had to develop his own automatic transmission.

However, no matter how bitterly smiled, Pascal Schultz was more grateful that Chen Geng did not give up his automatic transmission business under such high cost pressure. That's good. This shows that his ambition is not enough. He really intends to train Runhua Industrial into a world-class automobile company, but...

"Boss," Pascal Schultz whispered: "Now we only have an annual production capacity of 2,000 units, which is enough to absorb the increased costs, but if the market demand increases... we will start to make plans now."
Chapter completed!