Chapter 372 Thousands of Bearing Companies Are Unable to Produce the Bearings Needed for High-Speed Rail

The summary meeting of Nanshan Group lasted for two days.

Everyone not only reviewed the achievements of the past year, but also determined the development direction for 2007.

Although Cao Yang has set some goals for each branch, no goal is more impactful and impressive than the group's turnover exceeding 100 billion.

With the determination of this goal, Liu Tianwu, as the person in charge of the district, naturally knew it immediately.

"Mr. Cao, thanks to the rapid development of the automobile industry, Yangcheng's GDP successfully exceeded the 700 billion mark last year."

"Our district has contributed more than 100 billion, and your Nanshan Group is indispensable."

"This year Yangcheng has set a big goal of GDP exceeding 800 billion. Whether our district can complete the decomposed tasks depends on the performance of Nanshan Group."

"If you need my help in the development of your company, just ask, you're welcome."

2007 is also a very critical year for Liu Tianwu.

He is now the top leader in the district. Whether he can quickly take a step up in the future, the performance of Nanshan Group is also critical.

In this era, the importance of GDP is unquestionable.

Although sometimes this view may not be recognized by everyone in later generations.

But I have to say that only when the economy develops, and there are more job opportunities for everyone, and more opportunities to make money, can we talk about other possibilities.

Otherwise, we will be deceived by others, saying that we should pay attention to this thing and that thing, but they will not say that we should pay attention to economic development, and eventually we will become the dishes on other people's plates.

"Leader, if you don't tell me, I'm going to give you a report."

Cao Yang naturally knew how much influence the Nanshan Group had on the district, and Liu Tianwu really needed help in coordinating some things.

Issues such as household registration, education, housing, transportation, etc., if you let Nanshan Group handle them all by themselves, it is not impossible. However, if the company engages in too many things other than its main business, it will be in trouble in the future.

It would be better to leave these matters to the district to handle from the beginning.

"Our company has more and more employees now, and many of them have settled near the industrial park."

"Of course, more are employees who rent houses nearby."

"In order for these people to be determined to work at Nanshan Group, all aspects need to be taken into consideration."

"The district has helped arrange and solve some problems such as kindergarten attendance, but high-quality primary school places and middle school places have always been in short supply."

"I wonder if the district can set up a special school in Nanshan Industrial Park to solve the education problems of primary and secondary schools at the same time."

"Of course, I also know about schooling. There must be a unified plan in the district."

"Education funds are also relatively tight. In this regard, Nanshan Group can cooperate with the district, or directly cooperate with some provincial primary schools and middle schools in running schools. We provide venues and funds, and they provide teacher education."

Cao Yang is very clear about the importance of education in the hearts of Chinese parents.

To put it a bit exaggeratedly, as long as you work in Nanshan Group and have access to high-quality schools, it will not be so easy for other companies to poach people.

After all, degree housing in high-quality schools is very expensive.

Now as long as you work at Nanshan Group, you will have the opportunity to enter a high-quality school.

This potential attraction is very huge.

"As long as Nanshan Group can solve the problems of space and funds, cooperative education will not be a problem at all."

"Which school you have chosen, I can directly coordinate with you."

"I don't dare to vouch for other things, but I will definitely help you handle this matter properly."

Nanshan Group is now Liu Tianwu's treasure, and the matter of a mere school is not a problem at all.

He was even prepared to offer further preferential conditions.

"Mr. Cao, I heard that your group also introduced a support policy for interest-free loans to purchase houses some time ago. We hope that more employees can buy houses and settle down in Yangcheng."

"In our district, we can provide a commercial housing plot next to Nanshan Industrial Park. After we find a real estate company to develop it, we can sell it to the employees of Nanshan Group as a house purchase benefit for your group."

“By then, the price of these houses will be 20 to 30% cheaper than other houses on the market, or even more.”

“But you can also further improve employee stability by limiting the time for sales.”

“Both primary schools and junior high schools can be arranged in this community.”

When Liu Tianwu said this, Cao Yang became interested immediately.

Welfare housing seems like a throwback to history.

But there is no employee of any company who does not want his company to have this welfare policy.

For example, in state-owned enterprises, doing this can easily cause various negative effects.

But for Nanshan Group, there is no such concern at all.

When some places attract investment, they will also provide some land for commercial housing to the other party to build some welfare housing.

Therefore, for Liu Tianwu, this plan has no policy resistance.

"Leader, I was just thinking about how to mention this matter to you, but I didn't expect you to worry about our urgent needs."

"For the welfare housing, I would like to thank you on behalf of the tens of thousands of Nanshan Group employees."

"The housing and education issues have been solved, which is really important for us to maintain employee stability."

Cao Yang's words were not false.

For the Chinese people, these two issues are really important.

Many people spend their entire lives struggling with this theme.

""Some time ago, we also held a special meeting in our district, focusing on how to protect the development of enterprises.

“Among them, supporting the development of Nanshan Group is the most important issue.”

"Housing, education and medical care are the issues that people are most concerned about, and our district naturally attaches great importance to them."

"This year we also plan to free up a piece of land near Nanshan Industrial Park to build a tertiary A hospital."

"We have even contacted some real estate companies and are preparing to build a large shopping mall nearby."

"By then, employees in Nanshan Industrial Park will be able to meet most of their daily needs without leaving the area."

Liu Tianwu knew very well that Nanshan Group now receives some inspection teams from various places every week.

The main task of these teams coming to inspect and study is actually not to learn, but to poach.

As the Nanshan Group has developed to its current scale, Liu Tianwu also knows that sooner or later they will need to invest and set up factories elsewhere.

So one thing before him is how to delay the pace of Nanshan Group's external development as much as possible.

It is the most important task for the district to have Nanshan Group set up various new factories here in Panyu as much as possible.

Otherwise, if a large number of Nanshan Group's new factories go to other provinces, there will be pressure not only in the district, but also in Yangcheng City and even Lingnan Province.

"The number of employees in our group is expected to exceed 50,000 this year."

"There are almost 50,000 families behind this, and their housing, education and medical problems can be properly solved. This is really a big deal for our group."

"Leader, I think the business environment in the district is getting better and better. We can take this opportunity to further develop and make it a banner for the district."

Liu Tianwu took the initiative to provide help to Nanshan Group, and Cao Yang was ready to reciprocate.

Cao Yang also knew what was most important to a person of Liu Tianwu's level.

And the other party is also very smart. As soon as he heard Cao Yang's words, he knew that Cao Yang must have something on his mind.

"Mr. Cao, if you have any suggestions, just tell me."

"To be honest, I went to Nanyang for inspection some time ago. I visited many places and realized some gaps."

"Although we have some advantages compared with the Neili area, it is sometimes difficult for enterprises to do some things, and some problems at the grassroots level cannot be completely solved in a day or two."

"I have already realized this."

Liu Tianwu directly handed a ladder to Cao Yang, wanting to see what Cao Yang could tell by following the ladder.

This time, Cao Yang was not polite and directly threw out a very common thing in later generations.

"Leader, many new companies are being established every day, and there are many things that need to be handled by each company throughout the year."

"But sometimes it's quite troublesome to do something."

"The simplest thing is to open a new company, and there are many departments to run."

"If we can build a government service center and bring together clerks from various bureaus to work together, and companies only need to go to the government service center to handle any matter, then efficiency will definitely be greatly improved."

"If we can further simplify some certification materials and allow each bureau to communicate on their own, then the satisfaction of enterprises and people will be higher."

When Cao Yang said this, Liu Tianwu's eyes immediately lit up.

Government Service Center!

To him, this name is so meaningful.

Although Cao Yang only said a few simple words, Liu Tianwu was able to realize the meaning behind these words.

The key is that this thing doesn't seem to be that difficult to do.

If done well, maybe it can be promoted throughout Yangcheng or even the entire Lingnan Province.

If it can be promoted nationwide in the future, Liu Tianwu feels that the position under his butt must be moved.

He has no reason not to support this kind of thing that has great public and private benefits.

"Mr. Cao, can you elaborate on the operational ideas of the Government Service Center?"

"Judging from what you said, I think this matter is completely caused by something."

"It is a very good thing for each bureau, as well as for enterprises and people."

“This is also very meaningful to promote the rapid development of our economy.”

"I even think it is very meaningful to cooperate with Lingnan University of Technology and advance this matter as a large research group."

Liu Tianwu also knew that Cao Yang had a very good relationship with Lingnan University of Technology.

He couldn't eat such a big fruit by himself.

Including Lingnan University of Technology will only bring benefits to this matter, but no harm.

Although colleges and universities are relatively independent, because they are relatively independent, they can sometimes enjoy the benefits of having outside monks who can chant sutras.

Although some reforms could be accomplished if Liu Tianwu arranged them directly, the persuasiveness would not be that strong.

Some opponents may even think that he is making a fool of himself.

But if we can cooperate with universities, the situation will be different.

This is just like how some large companies like to ask consulting companies to help optimize some of their organizational structures and work processes.

Sometimes it's not because these consulting companies are really powerful and they can understand organizational structure and work process issues better than internal employees.

It's because if something is pushed from within, the resistance will be very high.

But if it can be said through the mouth of the consulting company, then it will be difficult for various departments to oppose it.

Otherwise, why do you think the bigger the company, the more it hopes to find a consulting firm to work?

That's because the larger the company, the greater the resistance to promoting some internal reforms.

"This proposal from your leader is very good. I just have some simple ideas, which may not be correct or suitable for the district."

"If we can ask professors from Lingnan University of Technology to help us and fill in the gaps, the probability of problems will be even lower."

Liu Tianwu could realize the value of his proposal, and Cao Yang was naturally willing to share it.

After all, if this matter is done well, it will also be beneficial to the development of Nanshan Group.

Although we will definitely develop outward in the future and not put all our eggs in one basket.

But the base camp must be in Yangcheng.

That night, when Cao Yang and Fang Sisi had dinner together, they briefly talked about what they had discussed with Liu Tianwu.

"Ayang, it's actually quite normal for people to do these things here in Panyu."

“With the size of Nanshan Group, you can enjoy these discounts no matter where you go.”

"During this period, many people came to me in a roundabout way and wanted to ask Nanshan Group to invest in other places."

"2007 is a very critical year for Nanshan Group. I think you can also consider where you need to go when you go abroad in the future."

"It just so happens that you are now considering starting to acquire and merge some companies. In the future, it will be logical to set up factories in other places."

"Of course, when developing outward, there is no need to stop the layout of Yangcheng. The relationship with the district also needs to be maintained simultaneously."

"As long as it makes sense, it's not impossible for me and Liu Tianwu to accept it."

"After all, you can shift the responsibility to the customer then."

"For example, Chery Automobile or Geely Automobile require you to build a factory nearby to supply parts to reduce logistics costs and supply risks."

"It's also something that's easy to understand."

Fang Sisi's perspective on the problem is obviously relatively high.

She feels that Nanshan Group will exceed 100 billion in turnover this year. Under such circumstances, if foreign investment is not considered, it may not be a good thing for the development of the enterprise.

At that time, the Yangcheng side will take it for granted that Nanshan Group can only develop here, and some preferential treatment may not be considered for Nanshan Group.

Competition leads to better conditions.

This principle is applicable at any time.

"Well, what you said makes sense."

"It is indeed necessary to establish a stronghold in the Yangtze River Delta."

"Whether it is from the perspective of nearby supporting facilities or better attracting local talents, it is necessary."

"Especially in the future, we will be tilted in the semiconductor, battery business, and electronics-related businesses, so we will need more diversified talents."

"Compared to the Magic City and the Imperial City, Yangcheng is still slightly less attractive to talents."

Naturally, Cao Yang could understand what Fang Sisi said.

It's just that in the past few years, Nanshan Group has been advancing a large number of projects every year. If many businesses are moved to other places prematurely, it will not be so convenient to manage.

Now that everything is slowly getting on the right track, it's time to think about it carefully.

Especially the battery industry is still very dependent on materials such as lithium ore.

And during the processing and production process, there is still some pollution, so keeping it in Yangcheng is not necessarily a good choice.

At that time, it will be most suitable if there are layouts in the west, central, east and north.

Even in a few years, after the domestic layout is completed, it will be necessary to properly consider the foreign layout.

Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for Nanshan Group to say that it is an international company every day, but it does not have any factories abroad.

Sometimes, building a factory locally is also a way to obtain local orders.

"Yes, the Magic City and the Imperial City still have the most high-end talents in the country. If Nanshan Group wants to make a big breakthrough in the semiconductor and electronics industry, it will definitely be necessary to set up some research institutions in these two places in the future."

"Start planning this matter now. When there is a good opportunity later, you don't need to be so entangled and can make a decision directly."

Fang Sisi did not directly urge Cao Yang to make a decision now.

After all, there is no very suitable opportunity now, and there is no benefit in urging it.

"By the way, how has Weibo's overseas development been since it went public?"

As the star company of China Internet, Weibo is now at its peak and is the darling of all kinds of capital.

Its every move has also attracted the attention of many people.

"Similar to what you said before, Weibo's business development overseas is not that easy."

"There was no resistance at the beginning. After a little development, various problems emerged."

"In this case, I followed your previous tips and started investing in some local follow-up companies, intending to indirectly affect the markets in these places through equity investment."

"Especially in the United States, there is a rising star that is developing very fast."

"Obviously they are not doing better than us in all aspects, but their number of users is increasing faster."

When it comes to Weibo's business, Fang Sisi is both happy and worried.

She can naturally settle domestic matters.

But many things abroad are not that simple.

In particular, Weibo has already exerted its power in China, but its development abroad has become even greater.

"While overseas branches still have a relatively high value, it may be a more practical plan to sell some shares in a timely manner, cash out funds, and then invest in saving the country through curves."

"At the same time, using these funds, Weibo can also consider investing in some domestic Internet companies."

"Revolving around Weibo, some entrepreneurial companies can be given corresponding support policies."

"In this regard, you can learn from Penguin. I think some of their ideas are very good."

Cao Yang naturally knew that Weibo would develop overseas to the same scale as domestically, and that was something he would not show off.

Few countries can accept an enterprise like Weibo, which is a Chinese enterprise.

It's better to take this opportunity, sell it for a sum of money, and then take the limelight route to make some less eye-catching money.

"After I return, I will arrange to set up an investment department within Weibo and poach a few people from venture capital institutions such as Sequoia to start Weibo's investment business."

Fang Sisi was very confident in Cao Yang's vision.

Considering the resistance she encountered during her overseas development in the past year, she accepted Cao Yang's suggestion without any hesitation.

After figuring out the next development direction of Weibo, Cao Yang also began to worry about Nanshan Investment.

This company's statements are now independent of the group's finance department.

General manager Zhang Fugui did not even attend the group's summary meeting.

This is also Cao Yang's conscious consideration to make Nanshan Investment independent.

"Mr. Cao, our investment in the Chinese stock market has been withdrawn one after another."

"According to your previous arrangements, our funds have also begun to prepare to enter the American market."

Zhang Fugui's ability is average, but his ability to execute is relatively strong, and he is Cao Yang's uncle, so Cao Yang is relatively relieved to let him be in charge of Nanshan Investment.

"We need to withdraw all funds before the Spring Festival. The next step is to start shorting Citibank."

Zhang Fugui was shocked when Cao Yang said this.

Nanshan Investment has been busy in the stock market in the past two years, and Zhang Fugui himself is also actively learning this knowledge.

Although he doesn't need to do the specific trading, he can't even understand the K-line chart, right?

If your subordinates report a lot of professional vocabulary to you, but you can't understand it, it will definitely affect your authority.

He didn't even know he was being sold.

This point does not need to be reminded by Cao Yang, Zhang Fugui himself cannot accept it.

"The American stock market is also rising rapidly. Although some people think that the bubble is quite serious, no one knows when this bubble will burst."

"It's very risky for us to go short rashly."

Zhang Fugui's words are not nonsense.

At this time, no matter who said that the American economic bubble was about to burst, probably no one believed it.

Judging from various data, they are all very good, and there is no sign of collapse at all.

Even Lehman, the company that triggered the financial crisis, is performing very well now.

Even long before its bubble burst, investors had full confidence in him.

Therefore, Cao Yang did not dare to easily arrange for people to short Lehman stock.

Don't be embarrassed if your short selling fails and you lose all your money.

On the contrary, the story of Citibank, a giant, is not as rich as that of Lehman, and its stock price will not fluctuate as much.

Relatively speaking, the risk will be much smaller.

As long as you don't blow up your position, you can definitely make a lot of money.

"You are right, but wealth is gained through risk, and investment must be risky."

“Higher risks often mean greater returns.”

"Whether it's the Chinese stock market or the American stock market, do you think it can keep rising?"

When Cao Yang asked this question, Zhang Fugui didn't know how to refute it.

Everyone knows that the stock market cannot keep rising.

But in the current situation, there is really no sign of a decline.

Even the sweepers have begun to take action, and the prices of many stocks are simply changing every day.

"Then I will really arrange for people to clear the warehouse completely."

Although Zhang Fugui was reluctant to give up, he did not dwell on it any longer.

Although Zhang Fugui is the person in charge of Nanshan Investment, his main business now is financial investment.

In terms of venture capital, Cao Yang actually handles it himself most of the time.

Or to put it another way, Nanshan Investment still participates in relatively few venture capital investments.

Except for some video websites, there are not many others involved.

As for Nanshan Film and Television and Autohome, they are relatively independent entities.

Cao Yang went directly to Yu Yu and Zhang Songwen to understand the situation.

"Mr. Cao, CSR Group suddenly contacted us and wanted to invite us to participate in the localization project of high-speed rail bearings."

"What do you think we should do better to answer?"

Just after Cao Yang saw Zhang Fugui, Dai Hanbiao came over.

The bearing business of Nanshan Group is placed in the Nanshan Auto Parts branch.

Although many of the bearings are used in machine tools and robots, they have nothing to do with automobile parts.

But many things are similar, and it doesn’t make much sense to split them into several companies, so I just didn’t split them up.

At most, the bearing business can be separated from Nanshan Auto Parts in the future.

"CSRC Group?"

"High-speed rail bearings?"

Cao Yang's interest immediately rose.

In the field of automobile bearings and machine tool bearings, Nanshan Group is already one of the leaders in the industry.

In China, there are almost no opponents.

The issue of high-speed rail bearings is really not covered.

China's current high-speed railway is the longest in the world and will continue to develop rapidly in the next decade or so.

But for high-speed rail that seems to have been domestically produced, it is inevitable that some parts are imported from abroad.

Shaft, hub and bearing, these three parts are very inconspicuous parts, but they are very critical parts.

Among them, after more than ten years of hard work, the problem of localization of parts such as shafts and wheel hubs has been solved to a certain extent, and the stuck neck situation is not so obvious.

But in terms of high-speed rail bearings, they almost all rely on imports.

Schaeffler and SKF in Europe, NTT in Japan, and Timken in the United States are all major high-speed rail bearing suppliers.

It is said that the price of bearings sold by these manufacturers to Chinese high-speed rail companies is ten times the normal market price!

It is absolutely not an exaggeration to say that it is a huge profit!

"Yes, although this thing is a part in a niche field, the demand is very strong every year."

"If we successfully conquer the high-speed rail bearing business, I think there is no problem in contributing billions of revenue a year from this alone."

"This part is a consumable part on high-speed rail. After traveling a certain distance, the bearing needs to be replaced."

"As the mileage of high-speed rail increases, the market will continue to expand."

“Even if high-speed rail is saturated in the future, there is no need to worry about running out of orders.”

Dai Hanbiao is obviously very interested in high-speed rail bearings.

However, this is an area that Nanshan Group has not been involved in before, so he must report to Cao Yang and then see how to move forward.

"I'll go with you to meet the people from CSR and see what their attitude is."

"There are many domestic bearing companies with national prefixes, such as Luozhou, and their standards are acceptable."

"This time they will take the initiative to find us. What exactly does that mean? We need to figure it out first."

Do you really care about Nanshan Group and value the technical level of Nanshan Group, or are you just accompanying him?

Cao Yang must figure this out.

Otherwise, in order to study high-speed rail bearings, a large number of testing equipment and so on will be launched, which will be completely wasted.

"No problem. I'll make an appointment with the CSR people later and see if I can communicate with them tomorrow afternoon."

After Dai Hanbiao finished speaking, he immediately started making phone calls.

Regarding the visit of Nanshan Group, CSRC was also very positive.

After all, no one wants to be stuck by imported manufacturers such as Schaeffler.

"Mr. Cao, I am very happy to hear that Nanshan Bearing has lost its battle with foreign bearing giants such as SKF and NTT in the field of auto parts and machine tools."

The person who received Cao Yang was Nie Jian, the chief engineer of CSR.

This old man in his fifties looked very elegant.

"Ashamedly, so far, we have only occupied less than half of the domestic automotive bearing market share. We still have a long way to go before we can really defeat the foreign giants."

In this situation, it is natural to be modest.

Cao Yang's grasp of this scale is also very clear.

"It's not easy anymore. The bearings used in gearboxes, engines, wheel hubs, etc. are all very critical."

"Nanshan Bearing is able to force manufacturers such as SKF to retreat in these fields, and its technical level is unmatched in the country."

"In fact, in order to build a modern industry, we in China can be said to have made great efforts in bearing manufacturing."

"The result was that in the 1950s, the bearing industry developed by leaps and bounds."

"In one fell swoop, we have broken the previous reliance on imported bearings, and have achieved considerable results in many fields such as design and materials."

"But objectively speaking, there is still a big gap between us and international bearing giants."

"This is especially true in the field of high-end bearings."

"Before the emergence of Nanshan Bearings, our main focus was the production of mid- to low-end bearings."

"The number of bearings exported every year is not small, but in the high-end field, the number of imported bearings is far less than that of exports, but the value of imports is much higher than exports."

"High-speed rail bearings are a typical representative of them."

Nie Jian went around a circle and officially turned the topic to high-speed rail bearings.

He also knows that Nanshan Group is different from ordinary suppliers, so Party A's awareness is not that strong.

This made both Cao Yang and Dai Hanbiao feel their sincerity.

"In 1991, during the operation of train 1479 of the Lanzhou/Prefecture/Railway Bureau, the bearing jammed and caused heat, causing the cage to rupture, causing a serious derailment accident."

"Many other railway companies at home and abroad have also encountered accidents caused by bearing problems."

"This makes us pay more and more attention to railway bearings."

"However, we have also encountered setbacks in the development of railway bearings."

"Before 2001, the large state-owned enterprise Northwest Bearing Railway Bearing accounted for 40% of the country's supply. NXZ was a well-known national trademark, and profits and taxes were the mainstay of the local industry."

"On December 18, 2001, Northwest Bearing signed an agreement with Schaeffler to jointly establish Northwest Fu'anjie Railway Bearing Co., Ltd."

"Shaeffler contributed 4.3452 million euros in cash, accounting for 51% of the registered capital."

"Northwest Bearing has the NXZ brand, a license from the General Administration, and an investment of 4.1748 million euros in equipment and workshops, accounting for 49% of the registered capital."

"When the joint venture was put into operation, we soon discovered that Schaeffler had not carried out technical transformation and effective management in the first two years, and at the same time, it had neglected Chinese managers."

"In the first year, the joint venture company suffered a loss of 9.8 million yuan, and in the second year, it suffered a loss of 13 million yuan."

"The joint venture has suffered losses for two consecutive years and the market has shrunk significantly. The joint venture is faced with either being taken back by Northwest Bearing or being wholly owned by Schaeffler."

"Northwest Bearing has financial difficulties, and there is actually only one possibility."

Nie Jian continued to introduce some background related to high-speed rail bearings, which gave Cao Yang a more direct understanding of the story behind this part.

"On December 17, 2003, Northwest Bearing transferred 49% of its equity to Schaeffler at a price of RMB 27.87 million."

"Scheffler has the exclusive legal qualification to produce railway bearings."

"Northwest Bearing has lost its NXZ railway bearing brand."

“What’s even more depressing is that after Schaeffler became the sole proprietor, Fu Anjie, which has China Railway Bearing Production Qualification, quickly turned its losses into profits.”

"So the current situation has become that of ordinary railway bearings. Many markets are occupied by international bearing giants, and there is no progress in the localization of high-speed rail bearings." "There are thousands of bearing companies in China, but they cannot produce the bearings needed for high-speed rail. It is really It’s heartbreaking.”

When Nie Jian said this, he even rubbed his chest.

Obviously, as the chief engineer of CSR, he has experienced many of these things and has deep feelings about this matter.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to help but rub my chest there.

"I have gone to learn about the bearing steel produced by Nanshan Special Steel before. Its performance is not that of most imported bearing steels."

“Many parameters are even much better than imported high-end bearing steel.”

"Bearing steel, as an important raw material in bearing manufacturing, can be specially named, which shows that it is different from ordinary steel in terms of overall material properties."

"But this top-level bearing steel manufacturing technology has long been monopolized by developed countries. It is difficult to break through in a short time."

"What's even more ironic about this is that many of the base materials for imported bearing steel are exported domestically."

"After these materials are processed by others, they are sold to domestic manufacturers at more than ten times the price."

"I admire Nanshan Special Steel's ability to develop its own high-end bearing steel under such circumstances, which has broken the jobs of many imported manufacturers."

"This time the General Administration is preparing to promote the localization of high-speed rail in all aspects and win over the hard core of high-speed rail bearings. I first thought of Nanshan Bearings."

"Of course, some other domestic companies are also involved."

As the chief engineer of CSR Group, Nie Jian naturally has a very high technical level.

Because of this, he has a clearer understanding of the difficulty of high-speed rail bearings.

"Before, Luozhuan also tried to produce some high-speed rail bearings in small batches, but compared with imported bearings, we found that there were many gaps."

"For example, in various aspects such as bearing vibration, noise during operation, and service life, they are inferior."

"In terms of average service life, Schaeffler bearings are about three times longer than Luo Shaft."

"In terms of noise, imported bearings are on average 10 decibels lower than domestic bearings."

"On the one hand, these data show that our country's bearings are indeed inferior to others. On the other hand, they also point out the direction for the future development of our bearings."

"Nanshan Group is a private enterprise with the most advanced technology in domestic auto parts and industrial equipment. I personally have very high expectations for you."

"In particular, your equipment business is doing very well, which is of great significance to the research and development of high-speed rail bearings."

"So far, we don't even have a high-speed test stand for high-speed rail bearings, and no one is willing to sell it if we want to import it."

"In this case, in order to produce qualified high-speed rail bearings, we need to simultaneously study some related testing equipment."

"Nanshan Group has advantages in this aspect."

"I just don't know if you are willing to accept the challenge!"

After Nie Jian said this, he looked at Cao Yang expectantly.

Although without the participation of Nanshan Group, Nie Jian also believes that domestic bearing manufacturers will be able to overcome this technical difficulty sooner or later.

But I don’t know how long this time will be.

Even in the most ideal situation, it will be three to five years later.

If there are some problems in the middle, it may not be surprising that it will take ten years to succeed.

But if Nanshan Group participates and goes all out, he is confident that high-speed rail bearings will be localized within the next three years.

Of course, his confidence is also based on Nanshan Group's strong record in the past few years.

This is the enterprise that has won the most National Science and Technology Progress Awards among domestic private enterprises.

It is also the one with the highest technical level in the domestic equipment and auto parts industry.

In particular, automatic transmission products have already gained a reputation internationally.

All these make Nie Jian full of expectations for Nanshan Group.

Even though Nanshan Group has never been involved in railway bearings before.

But what does it matter?

Regardless of where they are installed, some basic principles of bearings remain the same.

"Mr. Nie, if Nanshan Group successfully develops high-speed rail bearings with the same performance as imported bearings, can all our orders be handed over to Nanshan Group?"

Before answering Nie Jian's question, Cao Yang asked a question.

First the villain, then the gentleman.

To avoid unpleasant cooperation in the future!

Some things should be asked clearly before talking about them.