Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start....
Wan Chongyang's birthday is September 12, which is October 16 in the Gregorian calendar.
The weather in southern Liaoning is no longer warm at this time, so motor vehicles need to drain water at night, otherwise the engine body may be frozen to pieces due to the sudden freezing one night.
It's only a month until the heating starts.
Wan Feng invited more than 30 people in total, including some department heads of Nanwan Group, relatives of both parties, and some friends and relatives. He famously refused to accept any gifts.
There are only five tables that can accommodate thirty or forty people. Luan Feng, Zhang Xuan and Wan Feng's mother can handle it.
With Luan Feng's help, Zhang Xuan's cooking skills have improved greatly, and at least the food she makes meets the standards for human consumption.
Luan Feng hired a photographer to record the entire process.
Zhang Xuan also recorded the video using Wan Feng’s own camera.
Zhang Xuan’s current identity is Wan Chongyang’s godmother, a real godmother, as witnessed by witnesses.
It is very normal for a godmother to show up at her godson's birthday party.
Wan Chongyang was beaming with joy. It was the first time he had ever experienced so many people at home. He was so happy that he was running around in the crowd, leaving his laughter everywhere.
Today he was the protagonist, so naturally he became the person with the most images in the videotape.
Videotapes are not easy to preserve, and video recorders were not yet invented.
Wan Feng took his son's birthday video to Bohai Audio and Video Publishing House and asked them to burn it into a VCD.
DVDs are much easier to preserve than videotapes.
After my son's birthday, the production line for the microcar was installed, and after two days of adjustment, everything was ready.
Production will start as soon as the installation is completed. Wan Feng has no intention of leaving the production line idle.
So the micro sedan officially rolled off the production line.
Wan Feng's guess was correct. Luan Feng immediately sold her upgraded pickup truck for 30,000 yuan and bought herself a red micro sedan.
She was indeed very happy because she didn't spend a penny.
This money was paid by Wan Feng. Even if he wanted to use it himself, he had to pay for it, otherwise there would be problems with the company's accounts.
If Luan Feng has Zhang Xuan, of course she must have one too.
Zhang Xuan paid the money on the surface, but later Wan Feng gave her the money back.
Zhang Xuan’s car is not red, but white, because there are no blue or green ones yet.
The name of this car is not QQ, but Panda.
The name is very appropriate, and from the front it really does look like a silly and cute baby panda.
The entire vehicle costs more than 23,000 yuan.
After consideration, the ex-factory price was set at 39,000 yuan and the direct sales price was 42,000 yuan.
The R&D cost of the Panda microcar is relatively low because it was modified from the Hengbida 0.8L microcar, with only a changed appearance, so the total R&D funds invested were only more than 3 million.
As long as 500 cars are sold, all costs can be recovered.
If they could get license plates, 500 cars would probably consume all of Wei Village.
However, there is no license now, so it is still unclear whether it can be licensed. Failure to obtain a license plate will directly affect its sales.
Wanfeng plans to produce 1,000 vehicles in the first batch, and will continue production if the license is obtained. If the license is not obtained, the quantity will be set at 1,000 vehicles.
Also because the permission had not been received, the day Panda went offline didn’t feel so lively.
I always feel like something is missing.
Two or three days after the Panda microcar rolled off the production line, a 1.3L small car prototype code-named Flathead Brother quietly appeared.
Wan Feng code-named this car Flathead Brother in the hope that it would be tough and durable.
During this period, car manufacturing did not attach much importance to concepts such as appearance and fuel efficiency. As long as the car was cheap, sturdy and durable, then building a good reputation would not be a problem.
Once word of mouth is established, the brand will naturally be built, which will have an obvious positive effect on the future growth of the brand.
But being strong and dry-resistant is not everything, the appearance must also be acceptable.
At the beginning, Wan Feng chose the appearance of the Buick Excelle and gave it to Asada Nobuyuki.
In front of the square-nosed sedans that were everywhere in 1994, this model, which was born around 2000, was already very advanced.
He was in charge of choosing the exterior of the vehicle, while Nobuyuki Asada was responsible for designing and filling the interior.
This car without a windshield appeared quietly in the workshop, like a baby just taken out of the delivery room by a nurse.
Next, it will conduct various data tests on the indoor test bench, and once all the data are collected, it will start outdoor testing.
But these were not what Wan Feng paid attention to. When time entered November, his attention shifted to the relocation of Huaguang Technology.
The Huaguang Science and Technology Park, located in the southwest corner of Nandashan, was completed more than a month ahead of schedule, so Huaguang Technology began to relocate its branches to the new factory in the winter.
First it was the DVD player department, then the pager department and the learning machine department, and finally the mobile phone department.
The entire relocation work will take about two months, and it will probably be the Chinese New Year by the time Huaguang’s relocation is completed.
During the relocation of Huaguang Technology, Wan Feng had a phone call with Mr. Chang. He couldn't wait any longer. It had been more than a month since he came back from Beijing and there was still no news. This had reduced his confidence by half.
Mr. Chang holds a pivotal position in China's automobile industry. He was in charge of the automobile department in the 1970s and 1980s. Many people in the Ministry of Machinery Industry today were his subordinates back then.
Mr. Chang told Wan Feng on the phone not to worry, as this matter was related to whether private enterprises could enter the passenger car industry.
Even though the Ministry of Machinery Industry is in charge of this, they don't dare to make the decision. They have to consult the State Council on this matter.
The process has been completed and has basically been approved. All that’s left is the official announcement, and it will be issued in writing within a few days.
Wan Feng felt relieved after hearing this.
If Nanwan Group were a listed company now, this news would definitely cause the group's stock to hit the daily limit, although the current stock market has not yet set daily limit up and daily limit down.
However, Wan Feng didn’t know if he could wait at home until the microcar manufacturing and marketing license was obtained, so he had to go to Heihe to take charge.
Li Mingze called and said that according to the list given by Wan Feng, he had contacted the Russian screwmen on the list, and the other party was very interested in the stocks they held.
I will go to Blagoveshchensk soon to discuss the issue of stock acquisition with them.
Now, most of the Russian screw stocks held by domestic investors have been acquired.
Li Mingze has a large number of Russian screw stocks with a face value of 10,000 rubles, and the face value of the stocks is as high as one trillion!
This number left Wan Feng speechless. These stocks would probably fill up several rooms.
If Wan Feng does not sell these stocks and waits for them to appreciate, in just over a year he and Shaminov will become the two richest people in Russia, with a net worth of more than 10 billion yuan.