King of Industry

  Chapter 551 The gold content of car companies' benefits

  In the large conference room on the top floor of the SJ City Hall, leaders from the national level and Liaodong Province, after hearing Zhao Guoyang's remarks, all looked sideways at him.

  The office was quiet for a while, and Jia Mingyuan from the Management Bureau of Inherent Assets spoke first: "Researcher Zhao just said a question, and it really deserves our deep thinking."

  “Since our country began to cooperate with world-renowned automobile companies in the 1980s, exchanging the market for technology has become a basic policy.”

   "Coupled with a series of measures to reduce and exempt tariffs, our country has always had great expectations for the technology transfer of international car giants."

   "It's just a pity. It's been seven or eight years. Although our market has been opened up a lot, the core technologies that have been exchanged are pitifully small. I have to say that this is a big hidden danger!"

  Jia Mingyuan's Bureau of Inherent Assets, although it has only a nominal supervisory authority over large domestic car companies such as Songqi Group and FAW Group, but Jia Mingyuan himself is undoubtedly still very concerned about this issue.

  At this time, his remarks were very pertinent, and several big shots present all nodded in agreement.

  As the head of the National Taxation Bureau, Hong Wenqing is opposed to the series of views of Zhao Guoyang and Jia Mingyuan.

  At this time, after hearing Jia Mingyuan echoing Zhao Guoyang's point of view, he couldn't help but said: "I said Jia Ju, the issue of the development of the automobile industry, we still can't separate it and look at it?"

   "Although our domestic joint venture car companies are still a little behind in technology, they have made great contributions to the development of the country."

   "For example, the FAW Group, in the first quarter alone, achieved billions in sales, bringing huge profits and taxes to the country."

   "These are all factors we have to consider!"

   Hearing that Hong Ju repeatedly interrupted the profit and tax issues of domestic car companies, Zhao Guoyang felt a little disapproving.

  He frowned slightly, and then said: "Leader, I think you have misunderstood me."

  “I never said that the economic benefits brought to us by joint venture car companies are not important, but I think we still need to look at this economic benefit more objectively and calmly.”

"Actually, to put it bluntly, I don't need to talk about how the domestic car giants such as FAW Group and Songqi Group get their economic benefits and how much gold they have. Everyone should understand that... "

  When Zhao Guoyang said this, Hong Wenqing's expression changed instantly.

He frowned deeply, looked at Zhao Guoyang with an unfriendly expression, and asked in a deep voice: "Researcher Zhao, I would like to hear your high opinion, how come the economic benefits of car companies such as FAW Group and Songqi Group are not enough gold?" gone?"

  Hearing Hong Wenqing's doubts, Vice Mayor Gao and Chairman Mao of SJ City were a little worried.

  The two of them cast concerned glances at Zhao Guoyang at the same time, wondering how he would respond.

  As for the three bigwigs in Liaodong Province, they set their eyes on Zhao Guoyang with great interest, wondering what "amazing words" he had next.

   On the contrary, Huang Zhigang and Fang Xuesen, who were sitting on both sides of Zhao Guoyang, seemed not at all worried that Zhao Guoyang would not be able to answer Director Hong's question, but just smiled and looked at this courageous young man silently, looking calm and breezy.

  Under the attention of everyone, Zhao Guoyang finally began to express his point of view.

  He said in a calm tone: "Leader, don't worry, just listen to me explain slowly."

  “Due to the weak foundation and low technology accumulation of my country’s automobile industry, coupled with the relevant policies formulated in the past, the guidance of the national high-accumulation industrial policy, and the national policy orientation that does not pay attention to people’s livelihood technology.”

   "As a result, before the 1980s, the low-quality cars produced in our country were abnormally sold at prices far exceeding their actual prices."

   "According to the general situation of our ordinary workers' average monthly salary of 20-50 yuan at that time, the price of domestically-produced cars often reached about 500-1,500 times that of ordinary people's wages."

   Having said that, Zhao Guoyang cast a questioning look at Hong Wenqing and said, "Ju Hong, my data shouldn't be exaggerated, right?"

  Hong Wenqing had faintly sensed what the young man was going to say at this time, so he nodded awkwardly.

  Zhao Guoyang let out a disapproving "Yes" and continued: "It is no exaggeration to say that before the introduction of cooperation with international car companies, the reason why our domestic car companies were able to maintain high profits was entirely due to national policies."

   "I guess you won't deny this, right?"

  Hong Wenqing's face was slightly red, and he opened his mouth to refute something, but in the end he didn't say anything, but acquiesced to Zhao Guoyang's remarks.

Zhao Guoyang continued to speak unhurriedly: "After the country began to implement the reform and opening up policy in the mid-1980s, in order not to cause a great impact on domestic cars, the country imposed high tariffs of more than 300% on imported cars. .”

   "In this way, cheaper models abroad can be bought at a sky-high price in China."

"It's like the "Santana" model of Songqi Group. Its actual cost should be between 50,000 and 60,000 yuan. If the parts are further localized, there may be room for further reduction in this price. "

   "However, what is the price of a 'Santana' in the domestic market? It seems that there is no price lower than 180,000 yuan!"

   Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang cast a questioning look at Mao Zhichun.

   Seeing the fire burning on his head, Mao Zhichun was at a loss.

  However, the price mentioned by Zhao Guoyang is indeed very close to the market price. Mao Zhichun is a down-to-earth person, so naturally he could only nod his head in approval of his words.

   Zhao Guoyang nodded slightly to Chairman Mao, thanking the boss for his honesty.

   Then, he continued to express his point of view: "Just like what you said just now, Director Hong, our domestic auto companies have indeed handed over a lot of profits and taxes."

   "But the gold content of these profits and taxes, I personally think it should be discounted."

   Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang lingered on Mayor Huang and Gaoguan Zhu for a moment, and sighed: "Actually, when it comes to this, the leaders should understand what I'm going to say."

   "Our domestic joint venture car company, because it produces cars in the country, avoids paying huge import duties to the country."

   "However, the pricing of its cars is on par with those directly imported from abroad with huge tariffs. At most, it is slightly lower."

   "In other words, the tariffs that should be levied by the country have become the income of joint venture auto manufacturers, making them generate huge profits."

   "Many times, although the quality of the cars produced by our domestic joint venture car companies is not as good as that of foreign imported cars, the price exceeds the price in the country of origin."

   "In addition, the income of our common people is generally relatively low, making the profits of the auto industry invisible, and the growth rate seems to be a little faster."

   "Although our domestic car companies have taken part of the huge profits. But the big ones are actually taken by international car giants..."

   Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang's eyes showed a trace of worry.

  He cast his eyes on Hong Wenqing, and said slowly: "Hong Ju, I know that the country has set up high tax rates and some non-tariff trade barriers for the auto industry to protect the domestic auto industry."

   "But we also have to admit that at this stage, a large part of the profits and taxes paid by automobile companies are contributed by our common people..."

   "For such profits, those of us who are committed to the development of the national automobile industry can take it lightly. After all, we are not yet capable of changing the backwardness of domestic automobile technology."

   "However, if we blindly applaud such a profit and tax revenue, I think it is a bit inappropriate..."

  After Zhao Guoyang finished speaking, Hong Wenqing also frowned, and his face became a little ugly.

   Indeed, what Zhao Guoyang said just now hit the point.

  After the country's reform and opening up, although there has been obvious progress in economic data. But some issues also need to be taken seriously.

  It seems that the development of the domestic automobile industry has entered a rather embarrassing situation at this stage.

   In terms of money, whether it is Songqi Group or FAW Group, these domestic car giants have made a lot of money.

  However, how much progress has everyone made in terms of core technology and manufacturing capabilities?

Seeing that Hong Wenqing was speechless, Fang Xuesen quickly collected himself, waved to Zhao Guoyang and said, "Guoyang, what you said is very reasonable, and then let us analyze the current problems faced by domestic car companies in detail. , and the solution!"

  Zhao Guoyang nodded, and then said: "My meaning is very clear. The reason for the high price of our domestic automobiles is, in the final analysis, caused by the backwardness of the domestic independent automobile manufacturing industry!"

   "Suppose, if we open up the auto market and allow foreign cars to be sold in China according to their prices in China, or in the European and American markets, then our domestic auto industry is likely to disappear completely."

   "To put it bluntly, when we buy foreign brand cars at high prices, we are paying for the backwardness of the domestic auto industry."

   "Of course, such a situation is unavoidable. There is absolutely nothing wrong with protecting national industries!"

  Zhao Guoyang paused for a moment, then continued: "However, after our people have paid such a high price for the country's auto industry, how has our country's auto industry progressed?"

   Speaking of this, Zhao Guoyang's eyes gradually fell on Chairman Mao and Chairman Wu, the two big car companies.

  (end of this chapter)