"Brother Li, to be honest, we've spent the past few months studying what exactly our unit lacks. After going round and round, we concluded that what we lack is technology—not only product manufacturing technology, but also enterprise management technology.
"I heard that your management model, Brother Li, was established with help from Hong Kong people. It's highly efficient and advanced. Frankly speaking, that know-how is even more precious than product manufacturing technology.
"So your First Branch Factory and the Light Vehicle Company are following completely different paths. I think only by joining your First Branch Factory can we learn the real skills. If we join the Light Vehicle Company, I'm afraid we'll end up doing twice the work for half the result."
"..."
Wang Jinyu very frankly explained why "one must not worship at the wrong temple gate." He even bluntly criticized the outdated management model of the main factory, saying he feared "marrying the wrong man." Even if they were not swallowed whole, he feared they would fall into severe internal strife.
Wang Jinyu had become the top leader of the City Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Plant at just twenty-six, handling both production and ideology. Without real ability, that would have been impossible.
If he lacked money, he could go to the bank. But if he lacked technology, there was truly nothing he could do.
The First Branch Factory could raise funds through Li Ye and then purchase advanced overseas technology. Wang Jinyu had no way of acquiring foreign exchange. And the First Branch Factory received dozens of College and Technical School Students every year—how many could they get?
Looking for outside help?
Major factories like First Auto Works and Second Auto Works would not even spare a glance for a little workshop like theirs. Other small workshops had limited