Chapter 205 New Motorcycle
The development of Europe's industrial development has been accumulated over hundreds of years, and the path that China's industrial development has taken in one year is equivalent to their ten years of effectiveness. Europe's development has also experienced many stagnation or even regression, so their development speed is obviously much slower than that of China.
This development speed is more than twice as fast as Japan after World War II and China after the reform and opening up. This is also the rapid development effect brought about by the emergence of new technologies. It is also because China's foundation is too thin, its base is too small, and its total industrial volume is insufficient.
In the first year's government work report, Sun Yat-sen released specific data on industrial and agricultural development. After the data was released by the media, the whole country was immediately excited. Such a high development speed made the Chinese people see the hope of a new China. People were full of longing. They seemed to see the prosperity of China in the next ten years, and the whole country was filled with joy.
With such rapid development, the total industrial output value of China will double in three years. Ten years later, China's industrial output value will exceed 5 billion US dollars, gradually approaching the pace of development of the United States, far exceeding Japan and the European powers. Of course, Europe, the United States and Japan are also developing at a low speed. At that time, their industrial development will also improve a lot, but they are affected by the technology of New China. The development of certain industrial fields will be greatly restricted and their industrial structure has to be adjusted.
Compared with a slow industrial growth rate between five and ten percent in Japan and Europe, China's growth data has once again shaken the world, and they have already felt the strong growth pace of this emerging country.
Some European prophets have publicly predicted that the 20th century will no longer be the century for Europeans, and that the focus of the world will soon shift to the East. A powerful ancient Eastern civilization will start to revive in this century. The Chinese have maintained their position as the world's largest economic power for two thousand years and will return to their hands again. This remark is no longer considered alarmist, but a rough estimate of the world's changing pattern in the next few decades.
"If it continues to develop at a rate of more than 50% every year, by 1914, my country's total industrial output value will exceed more than 300 million US dollars, and my country's industrial profit margin is much higher than that of foreign countries. The average profit margin is currently reaching 50%, which is a very high number." Li Tiancheng was drinking refreshing coke comfortably in the Presidential Palace, while tasting the delicious food, while holding a copy of the China Daily, commenting on the content of one of the reports.
"How much is our military-industrial enterprise profit this year?" Li Tiancheng then asked Hu Ruping, the Minister of Industry sitting opposite him. He was specially summoned by Li Tiancheng to learn more.
"The total output value of my country's military-industrial enterprises has accounted for about 30% of the national economy, and the total output value has reached 50 million US dollars, that is, 5 billion dragon coins. The profit margin remains at about 15%, reaching 7.5 million US dollars, which is the lowest profit margin among all enterprises." Hu Ruping took a statistical report from the National Bureau of Statistics, one of which was a report on military industry and reported to Li Tiancheng.
Since military products are basically sold to the state for use, they adopt a low-profit sales method, with a much lower profit margin than civilian products.
"In the long run, our military products can be considered to go abroad. We now have a variety of series of artillery that can be considered to produce some export models. While maintaining our technological leadership, we will sell some mid- and low-end products abroad to expand the profits of military enterprises." Li Tiancheng then suggested.
"I will go back and plan this in detail, but for the time being, the foreign arms market cannot open up yet. All countries have restrictions on arms trade, mainly purchasing their own arms products. Unless large-scale regional conflicts break out, they do not have the desire to purchase arms in large quantities. This can only be treated as a long-term development strategy." Hu Ruping pondered a little and responded seriously.
"Military-industrial enterprises must first develop. In the case of insufficient domestic military demand, we can also develop civilian products to expand the market and accumulate capital and technical strength. The key is that the number of technical talents and skilled workers in military-industrial enterprises must maintain a certain scale, and the sustainable development capabilities will be enhanced. In this way, we can have the ability to expand production capacity on a large scale and meet the needs of war in war." Li Tiancheng nodded slightly and continued.
"Our military factory has begun to produce military personnel carriers and military tricycles. With these new equipment, the marching speed of the troops will be greatly improved. The traditional infantry marching mode will have a historic leap. Our army's logistics supply and mobility will be greatly improved." Hu Ruping said with a little excitement. "At the same time, our civilian two-wheeled motorcycles will be put into the market soon. Although motorcycles are already on the market in Europe, the diversification of our product design will meet the needs of more different types of consumers. I will have an optimistic view of market share."
"Our civilian motorcycles include straddle-type and pedal-type. From a moped with a displacement of 50 to a large motorcycle with a displacement of 250, it can meet the different needs of all classes of society. The product specifications are as many as a dozen. The competitive advantage lies in the variety of varieties, novel styles, comfortable riding, and better quality than foreign products of the same period." Hu Ruping continued to add.
"This road is right. In peacetime, the production of military-industrial enterprises cannot be lagging behind. We are fully prepared for the future war. We hope that our Zhenhua brand motorcycles can sell well and once again deliver a good answer." Li Tiancheng said understandingly.
While the two were discussing the development of military industry, a brand new and novel Zhenhua brand motorcycle had appeared on the streets of Nanjing.
A rich child in leather armor was bringing back his beautiful girlfriend, wearing fashionable modern clothes, riding a Zhenhua blue motorcycle with one, two or five displacement, and taking a ride on the street. The two eye-catching big characters of Zhenhua were shining on the engine case cover on one side of the motorcycle. When the rumbling motor sound of the motorcycle resounded throughout the streets and alleys, it immediately attracted people's attention.
The people on the road began to point fingers at the young men and women in their early twenties. The woman was sitting behind the motorcycle, holding her waist tightly with her hands tightly. This action seemed to be injustice in this era, but people could also see that it would be very dangerous if a woman did not do this, so she did not blame her too much, but just paid attention to the two young people as an appreciation attitude.
The two of them had youthful and complacent joy on their faces. They walked around Nanjing for several days with a proud look on their faces, showing off everywhere, which could be regarded as an advertisement for motorcycles for Zhenhua for free.
"This is another new product of our country. What's this? It's so fresh when two wheels run so happily."
"You're ignorant. Didn't someone in our country have been wandering around the streets on two-wheeled bicycles made by foreigners? This thing is the same as a bicycle, and two wheels can still run."
"What's the name of this thing?"
"I heard that this is a new product produced by Zhenhua Group under President Li's name, called a motorcycle. This kind of car has the same truth as a car, but the motorcycle only has two wheels and the car has four wheels."
"Oh, these two people are riding their bikes faster than rabbits. When will we buy one of these things to play with, it's so exciting."
"Just you, this is something that only rich people can afford. We may not even be able to buy a wheel. Let's go to work quickly to avoid being jealous."
Soon, motorcycles began to appear on the streets of Nanjing and in big cities across the country, and various models appeared one after another, and a national modern atmosphere gradually kicked off.
Of course, their quantity is still very limited, and except for the rich children, ordinary people cannot afford it. Sales in the European market are gradually expanding, and their advantages over European products are very obvious in terms of appearance and quality. However, due to the barriers of tariffs, the price is more than twice as expensive as similar products, so it is not something that ordinary people can enjoy.
Soon people saw Zhenhua brand military trucks appear on suburban roads for the first time, and the troops used military trucks to transport supplies and soldiers for the first time. However, there were only three cars that were taken off the line, which were still symbolic. From then on, a large number of cars and three-wheeled motorcycles will appear in the troops.
As soon as the novel shape of this transport vehicle appeared, it attracted the attention of countless people, and naturally it could not escape the attention of foreigners. They later learned that a new type of car appeared within the Zhenguo Army. This car looked much more pleasing and trendy than European trucks, and the volume was very atmospheric.
The military forces of various countries then learned that the Zhenguo Army had new equipment in place, and the pace of the Zhenguo Army's military leapfrog development was already unstoppable, which aroused the widespread interest of the majority of spies. They attempted to steal the technical performance indicators of such military vehicles, but the confidentiality work of the military factory was more stringent and for a time, it was impossible to succeed.
The Zhenguo Army installed new equipment this time, and it was also carried out in secret, but the car had to run on the road, and sooner or later it could not be hidden. Countries around the world seemed to be used to the Zhenguo Army's frequent installation of new equipment, but they could only look at it and had no choice but to be more interested and worried about the technological development of China. They speculated that the true high technology of China was only unveiled at this time, and more technologies would be launched in the future. The most worrying thing was Japan, and Japan's espionage activities became extremely frequent.
Due to its small size, motorcycles are more suitable for domestic narrow roads and rugged road surfaces, and immediately become the key equipment for the development of the troops...
Chapter completed!