Zhou Yan paid great attention to FAW's invitation. It was only after he led his team to attend FAW's Hongqi brand strategy seminar that he discovered that he seemed to have made the wrong payment.
Zhengxin was not the only one attending the meeting, people from FAW-Volkswagen, Beyond, Geely and other car companies were also present.
However, when discussing research, Zhou Yan discovered that several other car companies were not very interested in Hongqi's "comeback."
It is also understandable that no one wants to do the job of making wedding dresses for others. After all, it is difficult for suppliers to borrow the "light" of the brand; even FAW-Volkswagen is not interested.
The former FAW general manager who presided over the meeting, Vice Minister Wang who had been promoted to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, looked a little ugly. He looked at Chu Xinyang sitting in the opposite corner: "What does Zhengxin mean here, Mr. Chu?"
Chu Xinyang turned to look at Zhou Yan, saw him nodding, and then opened the PPT.
"Hongqi Motors is the pride of the national automobile brand..."
Then, Chu Xinyang began to "recall" the glorious history of Hongqi according to the PPT; after reviewing the history, he took stock of FAW's family fortune.
"I believe that under the leadership of the party, FAW has the ability and confidence to complete the revival of Hongqi, a great brand."
After talking for a long time, it was all wasted words and not a single useful word was mentioned.
"Mr. Chu..." Minister Wang waved his hand, "Can you come up with something practical?"
"Minister Wang, we are confident that our first batch of cars have not yet completed the 100,000-kilometer limit test!"
As soon as he heard Chu Xinyang say this, Minister Wang knew that Zhengxin was in trouble, and he was planning to bargain with him!
He turned and glanced at General Manager Hongqi on the side: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think?"
Zhang Xincheng, Hongqi's top leader, then looked at the FAW president on the side: "Minister Wang, in terms of workshop software and hardware, we are no worse than Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but we have top-notch power systems..."
On Zhengxin's side, Xu Chongsheng saw that he had almost figured it out and nodded towards Chu Xinyang.
"When we are making preparations, we still have some technical reserves..." As he said that, Chu Xinyang clicked on another PPT...
The heads of other car companies sitting here were a little confused: Damn it, how come you guys are so rich and don’t even have the technology for mass production?
When I saw the last part, the responsible people of the car companies were jealous: not to mention the large-displacement engines of V6, V8 and V12 with in-cylinder direct injection, just the supporting 6AT, 8AT, 9AT and DSG dual-clutch gearboxes.
That's scary enough.
After showing the PPT, Chu Xinyang added another sentence, which scared the responsible car companies sitting here: "This batch of engines and gearboxes have already begun trial production. If some tests are not considered, matching will begin at the end of the year...
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After writing this, not only Zhang Xincheng, the president of Hongqi across the street, was confused, but also the deputy minister Zhang who took the lead: How could there be such a thing in Landlord?
"Um..." Minister Wang has seen big scenes after all, "Mr. Chu, do you have any requirements?"
Chu Xinyang was not polite and stared at Zhang Xincheng with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, your company has rich experience in luxury cars. We hope that Hongqi can provide some help in this regard..."
Zhang Xincheng breathed a sigh of relief: Even if Zhengxin gets involved in high-end car brands, it will not compete with Hongqi; and after building the company's brand, it is estimated that it can move up...
However, Zhang Xincheng couldn't make any promises, so he could only turn his head and look at Minister Wang eagerly: Leader, I'm greedy for other people's things, what do you think I should do?
Minister Wang thought for a while: "Let's do this. The two companies can sign a letter of intent first, and wait until Hongqi expands its production capacity and allows Zhengxin to participate in the investment in the final assembly and interior decoration workshops..."
"This is a good idea..."
After solving a major problem of Hongqi's revival, Zhang Xincheng's heart dropped to the ground, and he looked at Chu Xinyang who looked comfortable no matter how he looked at it with a smile: "Mr. Chu, you just said that the first batch of your Zhengxin cars are undergoing a 100,000-kilometer road test.
Do you need help with anything?"
"We've basically reached the final stage..."
The road test of Zhengxin's first batch of cars started in the summer. The fleet set off from the assembly plant in Yangcheng, first went to Qiong Province, made a circle, and after returning to Yangcheng, split up and traveled to the southern provinces.
After that, they went north along the established routes, with three final destinations: the western line ended in Altay, and needed to cross the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the middle; the middle line, with slightly better conditions, ended in Erenhot; and the eastern line ended in Mohe.
At present, the middle line fleet has returned to Zhengxin's vehicle research and development center in the cloud, while the vehicles on the east and west lines are experiencing the harshest winter test in the northwest and northeast regions.
Although the test seems a bit cruel for cars, for Zhengxin, which has just been established, only through rigorous tests can it maintain its reputation and expand its influence.
The heads of several other car companies frowned when they heard that Zhengxin's 100,000-kilometer test was coming to an end: The family car market is so big, and another dragon has entered the river. The days ahead will not be very good.
It's better...
Chu Xinyang also saw the expressions of many of his colleagues sitting there, and secretly felt funny: The wolf is really coming, what are you thinking?
The rest of the meeting was basically business talk.
There were several times when people from Beyond wanted to chat with Chu Xinyang, but seeing that he and Hong Qizhang Xincheng never stopped chatting, they could only stop thinking temporarily.
At around 11 o'clock in the morning, the meeting ended, and Minister Wang invited everyone to eat in the agency canteen.
Zhou Yan, Xu Chongsheng and Chu Xinyang naturally sat together, but as soon as the three of them sat down, they found that three representatives from Beyond came over with plates.
"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Xu, and Mr. Chu, want to share a seat?"
Is this something wrong?
Zhou Yan, Xu Chongsheng, and Chu Xinyang looked at each other.
"Welcome, you three can sit down wherever you like..." Chu Xinyang often participates in research, inspections and meetings involving car companies, and is no stranger to the management of Beyond Group.
After sitting down, Wang Changfeng, CEO of Beyond, smiled broadly: "You three, I heard a while ago that the wind tunnel of Qingyan Group has started construction. I wonder if your company's wind tunnel is open to the public?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "The low-speed wind tunnel will definitely be opened to the outside world," Xu Chongsheng said with a wry smile, "The investment in this thing is very high. If it is not operated by the outside world, it will be difficult to recover the money."
"That's true..." Wang Changfeng looked at Chu Xinyang with envy on his face, "We are not as rich and generous as Qingyan, so we can only seek help from the outside world..."
"Old Wang, please stop hiding it," Chu Xinyang looked at the other party with a smile, "You should have started to make hybrids or pure electrics, right?"
"Where can I find pure electricity?" Wang Changfeng said with a confused look on his face.
"Who are you fooling?" Chu Xinyang was not polite, "Only pure electric or hybrid vehicles with impressive cruising range will consider reducing the drag coefficient. Otherwise, why haven't you improved the appearance of pure fuel vehicles?"
"Hehe..." Wang Changfeng sneered, "You are serious about making hybrids or pure electric vehicles, right?"
"That's for sure," Chu Xinyang nodded, "among the first batch of cars launched by Zhengxin, there are hybrid ones..."
"I really envy you. With your wealth and wealth, you can do all the preparations well..."
"Is there something behind your words?" Chu Xinyang naturally knew that Wang Changfeng was not interested in drinking.
"Um, is Cosworth taken under your banner by Zhengxin?"
"No..." Chu Xinyang smiled and shook his head. Seeing that Wang Changfeng was a little frustrated, he turned back and looked at Zhou Yan, "To be precise, the current controlling stake in Cosworth is in the hands of our Mr. Zhou..."
"Then..." Wang Changfeng looked confused.
"Mr. Wang, are there any problems or problems that Cosworth needs to solve?"
"We have newly designed a V6 engine, but the situation is not ideal..." Wang Changfeng said with a bitter look on his face.
"Okay, I'll ask Cosworth to contact you later, and you can negotiate the cost yourself..."
