The gentle slope on the west side of the main peak of Nanda Mountain has been flattened into a flat land, and three floors of a large four-story building have been built.

Dozens of various engineering vehicles and hundreds of people are busy working here.

This will be the future production building of Huaguang Technology.

A new cement road connects to the foot of the mountain and connects to the highway in Wohu Village. Several small dump trucks are delivering materials to the construction site.

Wan Feng did not enter the construction site, but looked at it from a distance.

He only needed to take a look to know when these buildings would be available for use, and there was no need to verify with Tan Chun.

According to the current construction situation at the site, the production building is estimated to be topped out in October, and it is expected to be fully cleaned up and ready for use by the end of November.

This means that the factory building can be put into use in March next year.

Production can proceed, but other supporting facilities may be delayed, but these will not delay production.

With a clear idea in mind, Wan Feng returned to Nandawan.

As soon as I returned to Nandawan, I received some bad news. The application for the microcar was not approved and was stuck.

This is really bad news, and it is also quite tricky news.

Wan Feng didn't expect that he had completed the sixty-four bows, but was still short of the last one.

This microcar cost him tens of millions in research and development and testing, so he was naturally unwilling to be stuck like this.

He calmed down and thought carefully and figured out where the problem lay.

It’s not a problem of car quality, but a policy problem.

The sedans produced by domestic joint ventures are still the same three: Peugeot, Jetta and Santana.

They are all brands imported from foreign countries.

These junks in Wan Feng's eyes cost more than 200,000 yuan, which he thought was a ridiculous price.

But no matter what, behind these cars are state-owned enterprises, while his is a private enterprise.

This reflects from one aspect that the country is still in a cautious wait-and-see attitude towards private enterprises making cars, and this door has not yet been opened to private enterprises.

Once the state approves Nanwan to produce cars, it also means that the door to the car industry is open to private enterprises.

As long as these private enterprises can get the catalog, they can produce cars.

Wan Feng has no control over whether other private enterprises produce cars or not, but he must produce them.

Wan Feng has to personally resolve this matter. If he doesn't take action, this problem may be shelved indefinitely.

He couldn't wait, and he couldn't afford to argue with the government departments.

Wan Feng held an impromptu meeting of the logistics and public relations departments, and then rushed to Beijing with Zhu Yong and Zhou Liming.

In recent years, it was Zhu Yong who was in charge of Nanwan Group's awards and dealings with higher-ups. In the past two years, he has not been in public much, and Zhou Liming has taken over his position.

Therefore, Wan Feng took these two people to Beijing.

Although Wan Feng has little contact with people in this field, Zhu Yong and Zhou Liming do.

Usually, Wan Feng also instructs them to make friends with some powerful people, and he spends a lot of money in this regard.

Now is the time for these people to shine.

After some operations, the Ministry of Machinery Industry held a special meeting to solve the problem of Nanwan micro cars.

Of course, it is not that a small private enterprise in Nanwan can afford to ask the Ministry of Machinery Industry to hold a meeting specifically for them to discuss issues. There are some other reasons involved.

"The state has invested heavily in the auto industry, but due to capacity issues, the pressure to recoup these investments is equally immense. I think we should protect the interests of these state-owned enterprises and not open up the auto sector."

A director of the Ministry of Machinery Industry stated his opinion directly. He believed that in order to ensure the profitability of state-owned enterprises, it was impossible to open up to private capital like in other competitive fields.

What he said was reasonable.

The country has indeed invested heavily in the passenger car industry. For example, the Peugeot that rolled off the production line in 1991 and the Jetta that was introduced in 1992 both saw state investments of 80 to 90 billion yuan.

The annual output of these two types of vehicles is only 20,000 units, and the annual profit they can generate is only 700 to 800 million yuan. It will take more than ten years for these investments to pay off.

What the director meant was that if the passenger car sector is to be opened up, we have to wait until these state-owned enterprises have made a profit.

When Wan Feng heard this, he thought, this is a disaster!

If state-owned enterprises maintain this level of output, what will they do when they open up again in ten years?

By then, not only would China's automobile industry have lagged far behind that of foreign countries, but any spark of automobile manufacturing among private enterprises would have been extinguished by this process.

But Wan Feng was not in a hurry. He knew that this would not happen. Even if their microcar project did not pass this meeting, they would still be able to produce it in two or three years at most.

After all, Nanwan Group has a proper catalog, not one obtained through roundabout means, and this is their confidence.

Unless their catalog is taken down.

"Let me say a few words. Our country is about to start WTO negotiations. Once the negotiations are successful, the automotive sector will inevitably be opened to foreign countries. Faced with the influx of advanced foreign automobile companies, can our state-owned car industry withstand the offensive of foreign cars? Through our data analysis, the answer is no. We are lagging behind in all aspects of cars. If foreign cars enter, our newly started state-owned enterprises will suffer a devastating disaster. From the start of WTO negotiations to China's formal accession to this organization, I personally believe that the opportunity is seven to eight years. During this period, we must increase our efforts to protect and support the development of state-owned enterprises in the car field. Even if we cannot lead our competitors, when competitors enter the Chinese car market, our state-owned enterprises must have the ability to protect themselves. Therefore, I also do not agree with opening the car field to private enterprises. This loophole cannot be opened." Another director also expressed his opinion.

"What Directors Zhang and Liu just said is correct. If this loophole is opened, and private enterprises rush in and mess around, destroying the market, the impact on state-owned enterprises will be enormous. The state's investment may be completely lost. My suggestion is that even if the sedan sector is opened to private enterprises, it will take several years."

Another director who is not sure what he is talking about also expressed his opinion.

Wan Feng was dismayed by this. Why do private companies always mess around when they come in? We're serious car manufacturers, right? And we have a serious catalog.

To take a step back, it seems as if state-owned enterprises have never done anything wrong.

The opposing side has almost expressed its opinions, and now it is the turn of the pro-side representatives to speak.

But will anyone express the demands of the Nanwan Group?

This is the time when someone who is in charge of the overall situation needs to say a few words.

A senior Party official from the Ministry of Machinery Industry said with a smile, "Several comrades have just expressed their opposition to opening up the passenger car sector to private enterprises. We believe in democracy, and we also want to offer some feedback to those who support opening up this sector. Are there any comrades who agree with the view of opening up this sector to private enterprises who would like to speak?"

The voice of the senior party official faded away, and the conference room was silent, with no one appearing to speak.