In the industrial field, machine tools are the crown jewels. If there were no CNC machine tools, the workers would have to use files to make products.
However, the mainland has been lagging behind other countries in terms of CNC machine tools. It was not until recent years that the rise of a machine tool company in Shenyang made domestic machine tools proud. It's a pity that the final outcome of the company is embarrassing. What was the situation like?
How difficult is China's machine tool? Others use machine tools, we use files
Before answering this question, let's introduce a person, and he is Guan Xiyou.
In 1988, after graduating from Tongji University, Guan Xiyou immediately entered the Zhongjie factory to work. Due to his hard work and serious attitude, he was soon sent to Japan for exchange and study.
When he first arrived, Guan Xiyou was stunned by the gap between China and Japan. The hotel they were staying in at the time was 640 yuan a day, which was equivalent to a year's salary. There is also breakfast, and after one meal, their month's salary will be wasted.
In this case, Guan Xiyou and others could only give up breakfast, and returned the extra room, and everyone was crammed into one room for the night.
Of course, regarding the gap in food, clothing, housing and transportation, Guan Xiyou did not pay much attention to it. He was most concerned with the technology of industrial production between the two countries. You know, at that time, the Japanese had already used gantry five-axis machining machine tool technology, and our workers were still using files.
In this comparison, we are not industrialized at all. The slogans shouted for so many years are all false.
After returning to China, Guan Xiyou fell into deep contemplation. Where should China's industry go? How should China's machine tool technology rise? With such doubts, Guan Xiyou worked in the factory for several years.
By 1997, Guan Xiyou at this time had been promoted to the director of Zhongjie Factory. However, when he took office, he soon faced a series of crises. He checked the factory's funds and found that all the funds in the 22 accounts added up to less than 5,000 yuan.
In addition to the lack of funds, Zhongjie Factory is also facing a serious problem of brain drain. Due to the long-term inability to pay wages, the number of employees has dropped by 16,000. The college students inside have left 90% one after another, and no one has come to the back, and the factory has fallen into a talent fault.
In order to survive, Guan Xiyou at that time could be said to be racking his brains and doing almost any business. For example, selling pure water, selling cordyceps, engaging in real estate, filming TV series, etc., in short, what to do with money. In the end, after Guan Xiyou's crazy operation, the factory's balance of payments was finally stabilized.
After becoming the leader, the Shenyang Machine Tool Factory carried out drastic reforms
Since you don't have to worry about the factory closing, then you are ready to start fighting a tough battle. In 2001, Guan Xiyou relied on his three-inch tongue and won a contract of 63 million.
At that time, Shanghai wanted to build a maglev train, and its core component was a concrete track beam, which needed CNC machine tools. For such a need, a German company at the time said that it could complete the task in two and a half years.
However, Party A can't wait that long. If a track beam has to be made for two and a half years, then the other parts add up to more than ten years? After Guan Xiyou saw Party A's concerns, he directly said that he could complete it within one year.
And the final result is indeed as Guan Xiyou said. In just 8 months, the Zhongjie factory produced all the rail beams. The factory not only completed the task ahead of schedule, but also produced the quality of the products. Party A randomly checked and accepted 10 track beams and found that the error was 0. After this battle, Guan Xiyou became famous.
Soon, with the reorganization of the state of major heavy industry enterprises. Zhongjie Factory, Shenyang No. 1 Factory, Shenyang No. 3 Factory and Liaoning Precision Instrument Factory were merged one after another, and they were named Shenyang Machine Tool Factory. Guan Xiyou, as a fierce general of the former Zhongjie Factory, directly took over the Shenyang Machine Tool Factory in 2002 and became the leader in it.
After becoming the captain, Guan Xiyou began to lay out in various fields. First of all, in terms of sales, this is the most important. After all, the company can only survive if it sells something. Therefore, Guan Xiyou drove 80% of the employees to the sales post. Let them show the vigor of selling Cordyceps sinensis back then, and make every effort to promote the company's new products.
In terms of production, Guan Xiyou directly changed the daily wage system to a piecework system, which instantly improved the production enthusiasm of the workers. In terms of low-end technology, Guan Xiyou did not say a word, and directly imitated European and American countries. Follow the steps of your predecessors, so as to avoid fewer detours.
Only the core technology of CNC system, Guan Xiyou really has no choice but to import products from European and American countries. After all, our brain drain in the early stage was too serious to overcome the technical difficulties in a short period of time.
Faced with such a situation, Guan Xiyou meditated hard and directly found his old classmate Zhu Zhihao. Guan Xiyou asked him to set up a team in Shanghai, start from the source code, and gnaw down the technology of the CNC system little by little.
From the peak to more than 70 billion debts, Shenyang Machine Tool Factory should go from here
Of course, since it is starting from scratch, it is naturally a gold-swallowing beast in terms of research and development. According to Guan Xiyou, the team in Shanghai at that time had to ask him for tens of millions every time. Once when he was on a business trip to Germany, he wanted to jump from the building in a hurry because the capital chain was almost broken. In desperation, Guan Xiyou could only start the process of crazy borrowing.
In the end, after investing more than 300000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Now that you have the product, it's time to promote it. Soon, Guan Xiyou borrowed another foreign debt to build a 5D industrial park for the i5 CNC machine, which was specially used to demonstrate the performance of the i5.
Relying on this set of combination punches, the i5 CNC machine tool has finally been unanimously recognized by customers at home and abroad. In 2011, Shenyang Machine Tool Factory sold a total of 115,000 pieces of equipment, with sales of more than 18 billion, ranking first in the world. Even Japanese and German companies, which were once high-minded, have to look at it with admiration.
However, as the old saying goes, behind the scenery is a cramped landscape. Although the i5 equipment of the Shenyang Machine Tool Factory sold particularly well, this set of equipment did not make them much money.
Because the payment cycle of this large-scale production equipment is too long, it can often take several years. Sometimes the client's business goes out of business, and they don't even settle the final payment.
In desperation, Guan Xiyou had no choice but to find another way and began to engage in equipment leasing, so that customers could pay rent every month. Even so, it is still insolvent, after all, the flow of funds from rent is too small.
Later, Guan Xiyou estimated that the net profit of the more than 18 billion sales was less than 100 million. After seeing this data, Guan Xiyou's face turned green.
At the same time, the subsidiary in Kunming was exposed to a scandal of financial fraud. At this moment, Guan Xiyou can be said to be very difficult. So, in 2017, Guan Xiyou directly chose to resign and quit.
After Guan Xiyou left, the Shenyang Machine Tool Factory began to stumble forward like a big ship that had lost its captain. In 2019, the liabilities of Shenyang Machine Tool Factory directly reached 78.9 billion. You know, at this time, the total assets of the plant are only 18.5 billion. In this case, it is even more difficult for Shenyang Machine Tool Factory to make a turnaround.
Today's Shenyang Machine Tool Factory is still in the process of difficulty. As for the road ahead and what the future holds, no one knows. Everyone only knows that the glory of the past seems to be gone forever.