There was silence for nearly a minute.

"Let me say a few words." After a silence of nearly a minute, a young man in his thirties sitting in the corner spoke.

The reason why I say he is young is that in this room, except for Wan Feng and Zhou Liming, he is the youngest, and the rest are around fifty years old or even older.

"Legally, Chinese law doesn't explicitly prohibit private companies from manufacturing cars, and higher authorities and officials don't hold such a view. Therefore, from a legal perspective, there are no obstacles to private companies manufacturing cars." Since there's no explicit legal provision, why should we prevent private companies from entering the car market? As far as I know, all well-known car companies abroad started out as private enterprises. Perhaps even our Fords and Volkswagens were hidden in the private sector. Even if we support state-owned enterprises, we shouldn't block the path for private companies. Before this meeting, I researched Nanwan Motors, a private company. They've made significant achievements not only in trucks but also in minivans. Their "Happiness Light" minivan and pickup trucks have both achieved excellent results domestically."

The old young man's words made everyone in the conference room look at each other in confusion.

Although they are the leaders in charge of this industry, they may not have an in-depth understanding of this industry. There are several people in this conference room who don’t know which company manufactured the Light of Happiness and Nanwan Pickup Trucks, and some don’t even know about these two models at all.

"What I admire even more is that this company didn't ask the government for a single cent, nor did they acquire or purchase any personnel or technology from domestic automakers. They actually used their own technology and funds. To be frank, even state-owned enterprises couldn't do as well as they did under their conditions. I have no opinion on other private companies in the car manufacturing sector, but I am optimistic about the development of this company. I believe it can contribute to China's car manufacturing, so I hope to give them a chance. That's all I have to say."

After the old man finished speaking, the meeting room finally became noisy and people began to whisper to each other.

Lu Changning, a senior Party official from the Ministry of Machinery Industry, spoke again.

"What Xiao Jiang said makes sense. We don't know much about Nanwan Automobile, which he mentioned. Coincidentally, their factory director is here too. Let's welcome him to tell us more about Nanwan Automobile."

Some people took the lead in applauding, while others followed suit, and there was sparse applause.

"Since everyone is interested, let's welcome Comrade Wan Feng, the director of the Nanwan Automobile Factory, to introduce the situation of their Nanwan Automobile Factory."

This is an opportunity for Wanfeng to showcase Nanwan cars.

Wan Feng took a deep breath and stood up. "Hello, leaders! Everyone here is a veteran in the automotive industry, brimming with honors. I'm not qualified to speak at this occasion, but I must thank Secretary Lu for giving me this opportunity. Please allow me to solemnly express my gratitude! Now, let me briefly introduce our Nanwan Automotive business."

"Nanwan Motors is located in a small village on the coast of southern Liaoning Province, in northern Liaoning Province. It's a truly small village, a place you can't even find on a map. Ten years ago, our team responded to the country's call for reform and opening up to develop industry. We dismantled a walking tractor and built a small four-wheeled vehicle. This was the starting point for Nanwan Motors."

"Comrade Wan Feng! Let me interject, you made a small four-wheeled vehicle using a hand-held tractor in 1984?" asked a leader present at the meeting.

"Strictly speaking, it was a little earlier. We started researching small four-wheelers in the summer of 1982. In fact, small four-wheelers were already on the market in 1983. Initially, they were only sold in our county and nearby counties and cities in rural areas."

The leader nodded and said, "Go on."

"After we made the small four-wheeled vehicle and saw that the sales were good, we made a three-wheeled vehicle with a diesel engine. At that time, the Inna River brand small four-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles sold in the three northeastern provinces were produced by us."

"I remember that these two products seemed to have won the Ministry's Excellent Product Award in 1983 and 1984." Someone said.

This sentence seems to have brought back memories for many people: "Yes, yes! There was such a small four-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicle called Inna River."

"It doesn't look like this young man is here to receive the award. It seems like the older man is sitting next to him."

Some people even recalled Zhu Yong who came to receive the award.

"In fact, many of our products have won gold and silver awards from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. After we finished making four-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles, we started making motorcycles. The first one we made was the Jiangwei 70 motorcycle."

The Jiangwei 70 motorcycle triggered a wave of nostalgia. After all, at that time, there were only a few factories in China that manufactured motorcycles, such as Xingfu and Jialing.

"That's not right! The Jiangwei 70 motorcycle seems to be manufactured by a company called Wahou Machinery Factory. It's not the same company as your Nanwan Automobile?" Someone noticed something was wrong and raised questions.

"This leader is right. These products were indeed not manufactured by Nanwan Motors because Nanwan Motors didn't exist at that time. I founded Nanwan Motors after I left the Wahou Machinery Factory in Bawuli."

"Comrade Wan Feng, let me ask, what is your relationship with this Wahou Machinery Factory and Nanwan Automobile?" Lu Changning interrupted.

"Strictly speaking, the Wahou Machinery Factory was founded at my suggestion, and I designed all those products."

As soon as Wan Feng said this, the conference room fell silent.

"Comrade Wan Feng, how old were you at that time?" Someone finally asked this question.

“I was fifteen when the Wahou Machinery Factory was built, and eighteen when Nanwan Motors was founded.”

"You turned your walking tractor into a four-wheeled one at the age of fifteen? Is that true?"

"It's absolutely true! If anyone doesn't believe it, they can go to our little village and ask around. Anyone over twenty years old can attest to it."

There was a sound of inhalation in the conference room.

“What a talent!”

“It’s really unbelievable.”

"I never believed there were geniuses in this world, but now I think I need to change my view."

Wan Feng remained indifferent to these surprising words.

I feel a little contempt for these people in my heart. They have never even seen a genius.

He has seen many geniuses. There are several such geniuses in Nanwan Group, such as Gu Hongzhong, Wen Guanghua, Yimeng, and even Xu Meilin.

However, the one who really shines among these people is Gu Hongzhong, a person who has only graduated from middle school and has not even graduated yet, but is now doing things that even college students cannot do, and he has succeeded in several of them.

This is true genius.

Wen Guanghua and Yimeng are similar people. They do not have a high level of education, and although the heights they will reach in the future will not be too high, it is already astonishing enough that they can achieve this with their academic qualifications.

Compared with them, doesn’t Wan Feng think he is a genius? Doesn’t he know what’s wrong with him?