Chapter 399 Crazy, Mo Ya wants to launch a satellite by himself?!
After Mango Automobile was upgraded to Mango Group, as the president of the group subsidiary, Tang Xiang was able to bypass Gu Mingzhang and report directly to the big boss Zhang Shuo.
"Chairman, the number of reservations for Mango M1 has reached 6,572 units."
Upon arriving, Tang Xiang announced the good news first.
In fact, it is not a big surprise, which means that in addition to the pre-sales of 5,000 units on the first day, the total number of pre-sales in the following six days was less than 1,600 units.
Confirming Zhang Shuo’s previous judgment, the first day will be much higher than other periods.
But overall it's not bad.
"In the past week, Mango Charging Equipment Co., Ltd. has signed memorandums of cooperation on the construction of charging piles with more than a dozen cities including Modu, Jingshi, Yangcheng, Binhai City, Jiangxia, and Lin'an."
It can be seen that the more economically developed cities are, the more willing they are to embrace new energy vehicles.
Mango Charging Equipment Co., Ltd. is a newly registered secondary subsidiary of Mango Group. It is mainly responsible for the planning, design, construction and later operation and maintenance of charging piles.
besides.
After being upgraded to a group subsidiary, Mango Group also successively registered and established Mango Car Sales Co., Ltd., which is mainly responsible for the sales of Mango cars, including the operation and maintenance of offline experience centers.
Mango Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is mainly responsible for the assembly, production and manufacturing of Mango automobiles.
There are also a series of wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Mango Battery Co., Ltd., Mango Vision Co., Ltd., Mango Mold Co., Ltd., and Mango Power Co., Ltd.
Some are already in operation, some are still in preparation, and some are just to avoid being registered.
All in all, after the initial success of Mango M1, Mango Group is bound to use Mango M1 to make rapid progress in the field of new energy vehicles and strive to rebuild an automobile business empire in three to five years.
It's a big move, and naturally it costs a lot of money.
Before Mango M1 can actually achieve mass production, in order to maintain operations, R&D, production and other expenses, Mango Group estimates that it will need more than ten to two billion blood transfusions from the parent company every month.
It is far from as beautiful as described by the outside world.
After listening to Tang Xiang's report, Zhang Shuo also got down to the topic and said with a smile: "I have some ideas about the improved version of Mango M1, that is, the design of Mango M2."
According to plan, Mango Auto will launch the Mango M2 next year.
"You say!"
Tang Xiang immediately took out his small notebook.
"The first is the exterior design and interior of the vehicle. This does not need to be changed much. Just keep it as it is. Just make some improvements in the details based on the feedback from car owners."
Cars are different from mobile phones. Every time a new product is launched, the appearance needs to be completely changed.
For many old-brand cars, the classic front styling design can be used for more than ten years, or even longer, including the interior style, and classic models will be launched.
There is no need to change it frequently.
Specific to the field of new energy vehicles, Tessla is implementing a three-step strategy. After launching several models one after another, it finally launched the best-selling model 3.
Mango Auto is different, just skip the previous steps and get it right in one step.
The Mango Automobile M series itself is benchmarked against the original model 3. What needs to be done is to approach or even surpass the level of model 3 step by step through step-by-step improvements and technological innovation.
The key lies in cultivating internal strength.
"If there are really any big changes to the exterior design, we can consider introducing a panoramic sunroof, but it is not mandatory, but just gives consumers one more choice."
future.
In the field of new energy vehicles, panoramic window design is standard.
But this thing, if it is a sunny and windy day, it is naturally excellent. Not only does it have a wide field of vision, but you can also see the blue sky and white clouds when you look up, which is very comfortable.
But if you encounter sustained high temperature weather, you will suffer a lot.
No wonder.
The panoramic sunroof design will be criticized by netizens as the most ridiculous design.
That's why Zhang Shuo emphasized that the panoramic sunroof just gives consumers one more choice. The panoramic sunroof you choose has to endure no matter how stuffy or hot it is in order to beep, right?
"Aside from the appearance, the most important thing is to upgrade the configuration, such as the mango operating system."
Mango M1 is equipped with the mango2.0 assisted driving system. Because it is the first test model, due to safety considerations, many functions have been reduced and only the most mature modules are equipped.
Nor can it truly realize autonomous driving.
The intelligent driving system itself is the most difficult part to deal with. Think about the thunder that exploded in the original space-time special humidity, and you will know how pitiful it is. Is it okay if the brakes fail in minutes?
That's why the mango system takes safety as its top priority and would rather give up some functions temporarily.
But we can’t stand still.
Autonomous driving is not necessarily a future trend, but it at least represents a certain direction.
Moreover, as a major country in the Internet industry, apart from some underlying R&D in the Internet field, China is actually world-class at the application level in terms of technological innovation and talent pool.
This can also be regarded as Mango Auto’s local advantage.
In addition to the research and development of software platforms, the research and development of other hardware sensing devices such as cameras and lidar must also be kept up and not be stuck.
In my impression, only a few companies in China, such as Warwick, can independently produce lidar.
Like Tehula.
But it is a combination of multiple cameras and artificial intelligence.
Very stubborn!
Another example is the car chip that is matched with the operating system. Strictly speaking, the design of the Chitu Z1 chip is actually a bit hasty. In terms of performance indicators, it can only be considered unsatisfactory at best.
The main reason is that time is too tight.
After launching the Chitu Z1 chip, Zhulong Technology has simultaneously started the design work of the Chitu Z2 chip, and is bound to come up with more excellent works within a year.
Unlike mobile phone chips, automotive chips can be used between 14 and 40 nanometers.
Chitu chips will all be 40nm chips. After the Luzhou factory of Weijing Semiconductor is completed and put into production, it can be transferred to Weijing Semiconductor for foundry.
Thus achieving 100% self-sufficiency in vehicle chips.
"The most important thing is to increase the cruising range of the battery. The maximum cruising range of the Mango M2 must be increased from kilometers to at least 325 kilometers."
The range anxiety of new energy vehicles has not been truly resolved in 22 years.
In order to increase battery life, car companies such as BYD focus on hybrid power, that is, oil-burning engine and pure electric motor dual drive. The system will automatically switch between engine drive, electric drive, or engine power supply according to different road conditions and driving speeds.
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There is also a category like Warwick, which adopts the extended-range model.
The so-called extended range means to increase the mileage and install an engine on the vehicle - but the engine does not participate in driving and is only used to generate electricity. The power of the vehicle is completely provided by the battery and motor.
It's a bit of a rush to take off your pants and show off your skin.
The technical path chosen by Zhang Shuo for Mango Automobile is because it is taking the mid-to-high-end route and insists on making pure electric vehicles like Tesla. We cannot just do three or four because of temporary technical barriers.
Pure electricity——
He has always been at the top of the contempt chain for new energy vehicles.
For example, BYAT of the original time and space has indeed made great achievements in the mid-to-low-end market by relying on hybrid power. Its global sales even reached the top for a time, surpassing the arrogant Teshila.
But in terms of brand recognition and profits, it is still unable to compete with Tessila.
It is somewhat similar to Xiaomi and Pingguo in the mobile phone industry.
Of course.
Because BYD has mastered core technologies such as batteries, it is much better than Xiaomi.
It’s just that the brand marketing is not good enough.
Compared with Tesla, the advantage of Mango Group is that it has reached strategic cooperation with Linde New Energy from the beginning. The main purpose of establishing Mango Battery Co., Ltd. is also to conduct joint research and development with Linde New Energy.
Ensure that Linde New Energy conducts targeted battery research and development based on the characteristics of Mango cars.
This confidence is not only because Germinal Group is the largest shareholder of Linde New Energy, but also because Mango Group is Linde New Energy's largest customer.
Naturally, they will receive special treatment.
In addition to these major improvements, there are others such as the research and development of fast charging piles, the equipment research and development of super factories, the research and development and innovation of key components such as motors, etc.
In a word.
Although Mango Motors acquired more than a dozen related R&D institutions at the beginning of its establishment, it still has major shortcomings in technology accumulation and needs to continue to make breakthroughs.
You can’t slack off even for a moment!
In the future, we will continue to expand the size of the R&D team through acquisitions, recruitment, etc.
"Don't worry, Chairman. After I get back, I will hold a senior management meeting to convey the spirit of your instructions." With the instructions from the big boss, Tang Xiang was half relieved.
Although the task is arduous, the path is clear and you are full of motivation in an instant, right?
"Do your best, I believe in you!"
Zhang Shuo has a very good eye for people. Tang Xiang may not be a very qualified entrepreneur, but he is definitely a qualified or even excellent professional manager.
………
Monday, June 10th.
This past weekend, a lot of new things happened.
For example, Ahri officially invested in Meiyuan and became one of its major shareholders. It announced that it would join forces with Hongyi Capital to promote the brand upgrade of Meiyang.
For another example, Alibaba-Dianping and Nomidianping have successively announced the test of the new "bike sharing" business. Ali-Dianping selected Lin'an as the pilot city, while Nomidianping chose Jingshi.
The latter somewhat means to avoid the Qingcheng Group.
Unlike Qingcheng Bicycle, which uses battery bicycles, Alibaba-Dianping and Nomi Dianping’s shared bicycles all refer to Meow Meow Bicycle, and offer lower-cost bicycles.
A shared bicycle war seems to have revealed a corner of its haze.
A major event related to Germination is that Tai Electromechanical registered and established Tai Rui Semiconductor in Jiangxia as the operating entity responsible for preparing to build a 28-nanometer wafer foundry.
Terui Semiconductor estimates a total investment of 18 billion, of which——
As the main investment entity, Tai Electromechanical invested 8 billion, plus technology and management shares, holding 55% of the shares. It is the largest shareholder and controlling shareholder of Tai Rui Semiconductor.
Other shareholders include Daosui Group, which invested 5.56 billion, holding 25% of the shares; Changchang Storage, which invested 3.33 billion, holding 15%; Jiangxia Cheng Investment, which invested 1.11 billion, holding 5%.
In order to share the risks of building a factory, Tai Electromechanical has made full use of its own advantages.
This is also something that can't be helped.
A wafer foundry, especially one with advanced manufacturing processes, has high investment and construction costs, as well as high profit risks. It is really not suitable to work alone.
Not to mention, today’s Tai Electromechanical is not the same as it was seven or eight years ago. It has not taken off with the help of its mobile phone chip foundry business. Although it is now a giant, its financial strength is not very strong.
It is unlikely that the cost of building the factory will be fully borne.
Even if the risk is shared, among the 8 billion funds invested by Tai Mechanical and Electric this time, there is still 3.5 billion funds, which come from low-interest loans provided by major banks in Jiangxia.
It's equivalent to saying——
Tai Electromechanical only needs to put out 4.5 billion in cash, which is not even as good as Daosui Group, to control a semiconductor company with a registered capital of 18 billion.
It’s definitely a huge profit!
In order to introduce the 28nm advanced process, Jiangxia is also working hard.
As the first 28nm advanced process production line in mainland China, the establishment of Terui Semiconductor indeed has an irreplaceable historical role.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately made the front pages of major financial media.
There is also a lot of discussion online.
“28nm is currently the most advanced foundry process in the world, awesome!!!”
Not only is it the most advanced, but in the next ten years or even longer, the 28-nanometer process will be the mainstream in the chip field, and there will never be a shortage of markets and customers.
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otherwise.
The Zhulong Z1 chip order from Zhulong Technology alone cannot impress Tai Electromechanical.
It's a bad thing to say.
Just relying on the OEM profit of Zhulong Chip Z1 chip, Taimei Electric cannot even recover the investment cost, and it hopes to transform into the OEM of other types of chips in the future, such as memory chips.
"Zhongxin is trembling..."
"Don't mention Zhongxin, let alone Tai Electromechanical. Even Weijing Semiconductor can crush Zhongxin."
In a sense, the establishment of Weijing Semiconductor, especially the joining of the boss Liang Song, has indeed made Weijing Semiconductor's limelight overshadowed the previous Zhongxin.
"Jiangxia finally rises to prominence this time, it's going to win!!!"
"Cry to death, the cute king still loves Jiang Xia."
"I heard that the establishment of Terui Semiconductor was brokered by Moyao behind the scenes. I admire Mengwang's structure very much. You know, Weijing Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Daosui Group, is also a wafer foundry."
"To be honest, there is still a big gap between Weijing Semiconductor and Tai Electromechanical."
"It's not shameful to admit the gap and catch up. Don't forget, the current person in charge of Weijing Semiconductor is Liang Song, so he may not be able to catch up from behind in the future."
"I can only say that Su Ya's style is very pragmatic. While catching up, he can also cooperate with Tai Mechanical and Electrical."
"A zero-sum game is inherently unacceptable."
"Comparing the layout of Sprout in the semiconductor industry, look at what Ali, Tenda, and Qiandu are doing? They are shamelessly copying the bicycle sharing service launched by Qingcheng Group!"
It seems that it has become the norm for the Big Three to be dissed by netizens.
no way.
There is no harm without comparison.
Before the emergence of Germination, although the Big Three had their flaws, they were already top-notch existences. We could only hope that the Big Three could gain some momentum.
It's different now.
With Mo Yao as a "rooster", what else do we need from the Big Three?
"Forget about the Big Three, they are not even worthy of carrying your shoes now."
"Don't praise the sprouts upstairs, and don't underestimate the Big Three. In addition to their own energy, they also have countless capital predators standing behind them. Who knows what commotion they will cause in the future."
"Huh, no matter how much trouble they make, they are still a bunch of quarrelsome guys!"
"I still hope that the Internet industry can flourish. In addition to the sprouts and the three giants, new trendsetters can be born taking advantage of the mobile Internet wave."
"What, isn't that the sprout?"
"Uh, I almost forgot, it's only been three years since the establishment of Sprout (Goutou)..."
In fact, due to the sudden emergence of Germination, with the blessing of Zhang Shuo's plug-in, the new Internet forces of the original time and space, such as Tick Tock, Douyin, and Pinxixi, were almost killed in Germination.
Complete the glory of Germination in this life!
Of course, netizens don’t need to feel sad. In terms of the ability of the original time and space moldy group to eat and involve, they are actually on par with the Big Three.
On the contrary, if you let Germination do it, there will be a new atmosphere.
………
Tuesday, June 11th.
Zhang Shuo watched the live broadcast of the successful launch of "Shen Shi" in the lounge. He turned to look at the rotating president Lu Kai who was also watching the live broadcast: "Mr. Ya, can you launch your own satellite?"
"Ah, ah?"
Lu Kai was a little confused and didn't recover for a while. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "The group's Internet business, especially map navigation, cloud computing, game map generation, live broadcast and other businesses, does require satellite assistance. But
There’s no need for us to do it ourselves, right? Just cooperate with the authorities.”
Original time and space.
Tengda and Xiaopo stations have "named" satellites, but launching satellites by themselves is indeed a fantasy.
"I don't think so."
Zhang Shuo mainly thought of Lao Ma's Space Exploration Technology Company. Although it mainly focused on gimmicks, it did create some tricks and even caused a lot of trouble.
In this case, Germination may not be able to enter the commercial aerospace field.
This is also officially supported.
Especially after 15 years, China's commercial aerospace field will enter the fast lane of development. In 2022, the construction of the first commercial space launch site began.
It can be seen that there is something going on.
Zhang Shuo's purpose in entering the commercial aerospace field is of course not to make money, but to support China's technological exploration and research and development in the aerospace field in an indirect way.
This includes occupying a niche in the commercial aerospace field and preventing one company from being too arrogant in space exploration.
"Let's do this. You take the lead first and come up with a project feasibility study report, and then we discuss the rest." Zhang Shuo did not put Lu Kai in a difficult position.
"All right!"
Lu Kai understands the big boss's thoughts very well, and he estimates that this matter will most likely be taken seriously.
It's really a bit of a headache.
After investing in Terui Semiconductor, the funds in Sprout's account dried up again. It really couldn't withstand the big trouble anymore. I just hope that the big boss can take a smaller step this time.
"By the way, Chairman."
Lu Kai took advantage of the situation and mentioned another matter, "I just got the news that after Samsung lost ground in the Chinese market, it intends to increase its investment in Annan. Is it also betting on the Southeast Asian market?"
If so, it would conflict with the budding overseas strategy.
It's no wonder that Lu Kai was so solemn, acknowledging that it was Sanxing's provocation against Mo Ya again.
"This, we can't rush to a conclusion yet."
Three Stars bet on Annan. This was something that happened in the original time and space. It was mainly based on Annan's cheap land, labor costs, and Annan's coastal port advantages.
It is a normal industrial transfer.
Moreover, more than 90% of the products produced by Three Stars in Annan are exported overseas.
Annan’s local market is actually not big.
The most outrageous thing is that around 2021, the revenue of Sanxing alone accounted for about a quarter of Annan's entire country's gross national product.
It's really off the mark.
It can be seen that Annan's potential has its own limit, so there is no need to worry too much.
only.
In my impression, Sanxing accelerated its investment layout in Annan after 2016, and now it is only in 2013 that it intends to move to Annan. It can be seen that it has endured additional pressure in the Chinese market.
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"Even if Three Stars wants to bet on the Southeast Asian market, are we still afraid?"
Zhang Shuo is very domineering.
When it comes to deep cultivation in Southeast Asia, Japanese companies naturally have an advantage. In contrast, Three Star's roots in Southeast Asia are not as deep as imagined.
And with the strong backing of China, how can Germination be afraid of a three-star?
"Understood."
After hearing what the big boss said, Lu Kai, who was worried at first, suddenly became less worried.
certainly.
We should pay attention to the three stars and not relax at all.
At least for now, the huge Sanxing is still a stumbling block in front of the Germination Group, and it needs extra attention anytime and anywhere to prevent sneak attacks.
That was his dereliction of duty as the rotating president.
"By the way, do you have any idea about the selection of candidates for the Asia President?"
When it comes to Southeast Asia, Zhang Shuo thinks of this.
"Well, with the cooperation of Director Wu, the preliminary screening has been reduced to four candidates. One is from Xiangjiang, one is from Xingcheng, one is from Tianzhu, and one is from Java." Lu Kai reported with a smile.
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"Forget about the people from Tianzhu, let's rule them out first."
One thing we have to admit is that some genes of Tianzhu people are indeed very powerful, and they also have strong influence in many global multinational companies, and even reach the top of the CEO throne.
But...
From a personal perspective, Zhang Shuo still doesn't want to say that there are people from Tianzhu mixed in the sprout management team.
Especially at the top management level.
Will be infected...
"Okay." Lu Kai had no objection and said with a smile: "I will send the detailed information of the remaining three candidates directly to your email later."
Although Zhang Shuo had previously let Lu Kai choose people, Lu Kai obviously knew how to measure.
He is only responsible for screening, and the final decision-making power is still left to the big boss Zhang Shuo. After all, it is an executive appointment at the vice president level of the group. With Lu Kai's current position in the company, it is not appropriate for Qiankun to be arbitrary.
"good!"
Regarding the important task of developing the Southeast Asian market, Zhang Shuo is also very cautious.