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....
Xia Qiulong also likes to go for a drive and likes to drive fast.
If my wife hadn't been watching, I might have run onto the track to have some fun.
After figuring out the cost of maintaining a fleet, this guy made a prompt decision without even consulting Wan Feng and decided to maintain a fleet.
He believes that the cost of maintaining a racing team is nothing compared to what they spend on advertising in a year.
The advertising fees their group spends on television and radio in a year can support ten car fleets.
The name of the team is Master Kong Team.
That’s how this instant noodle team came about.
Since Master Kong Group is now a wealthy company, it brought in several well-known drivers at the time. They participated in the Group A race and also achieved impressive results in the first stop, standing on the podium.
Several companies that have joined forces with Nanwan follow Nanwan's lead in everything. They watched and remembered the Nanwan team's participation in the competition last year, and tried to figure it out.
As a result, Tiannan, Chengnan and Guangwan all formed teams mainly composed of their own vehicles and entered the Manufacturer Cup competition in a lively manner.
Naturally, the modified racing cars of these teams are also modified at Brothers Modification Company, which makes Brothers Modification Company further famous.
So, because Nanwan Group made a strong entry into the racing field last year, the butterfly effect it produced was that the racing track in 2004 was extremely lively.
You finish your performance and I come on stage, colorful flags are flying everywhere.
However, no matter how lively the racetrack is, it has nothing to do with Warwick. They are not interested in getting involved in the muddy waters of racing.
In the previous life, 2004 was the year when Huawei first entered the mobile terminal market. It was not that Huawei wanted to make mobile terminals, but that it was forced to do so.
When Huawei initially developed 3G, they didn't intend to make their own phones, but focused on the system. However, they quickly realized this wasn't feasible. As Yin Zhenfei explained, "Back then, we had no intention of developing terminals; we were forced into this." Huawei's 3G system couldn't be sold because there weren't any compatible phones.
But in this life, Huawei does not have such worries, because all Huaguang mobile phones use Huawei's 3G system. Huaguang alone can help digest millions of Huawei's 3G communication systems a year.
As a result, Huawei never got involved in terminals again in this life, and focused on communication base stations and systems.
At this time, Europe's 3G network had already been built, but there were few customers.
The general public still does not recognize 3G networks, which has led to the idleness of 3G networks in Europe.
The loss from idleness is even greater, so we should do what we can. Thus, the business of data cards for laptop computer internet access took off.
The data card, also known as the wireless wide area network modem, was first made by Option of Belgium. At that time, no company in China made this thing, so it was later sold in China for as much as one thousand euros.
Wan Feng knew about this thing, but Huaguang’s entire energy was focused on the smart phone to be launched next year, and no one was talking about this at all.
After careful consideration, Wan Feng transferred the project to Huawei, and repeatedly reminded them to apply for patents if they made any breakthroughs. Remember this!
Wan Feng knew very well that Warwick had made a revolutionary invention in data cards in his previous life, but because he did not apply for a patent, he was sued by the Belgian Option Company in 2010 and was eventually subject to anti-dumping measures by Europe.
Warwick paid the other party 35 million euros before withdrawing the case.
At that time, data cards on the market had to be installed with drivers only from a CD, which was very inconvenient.
Warwick has solved this problem. When the data card it produces is inserted into the USB port of a computer, the computer will automatically recognize it as a USB flash drive and automatically run the driver stored in it.
What is dramatic is that this small improvement made by Warwick has turned the data card business, which was considered a "useless" business by European and American manufacturers, into a huge market opportunity, which is a timely help to European operators who are deeply trapped in 3G.
Soon, Chinese companies like Vistar followed suit. By 2009, Huawei's global data card shipments had reached 35 million units, and Vistar Communications had shipped over 20 million. As is customary, when Chinese companies enter the fray, prices plummet.
As a result, the profit margin of data cards fell by more than 10% a year.
Billionaire Option was furious and immediately asked the European Union to impose "anti-dumping" penalties on data cards produced in China.
If Warwick had the patent at the time, it would not have gotten involved in that incident.
Unfortunately, Warwick did not apply for a patent in his previous life, so he had to settle the matter with money.
This is why Wan Feng reminded them not to forget to apply for a patent.
The civilian version of the South Bay Dragon Racing car is finally going to be unveiled.
The appearance of the civilian version of the Sailong is very different from the rally racing version. First of all, in terms of length, it is nearly 50 centimeters longer than the racing version, and has four doors instead of two.
This is of course because the home version emphasizes comfort and spaciousness.
The front face design is very sharp, especially the flat design of the LED light group gives people a feeling like a sword about to stab.
Although it is a civilian version, the power group is almost the same as the original racing car. The only difference is that the sequential gearbox of the racing car has been replaced by a normal family car gearbox.
After all, sequential gearboxes are designed only for racing cars and are not suitable for the needs of family cars at all.
Apart from that, the only difference is the supercharger on the engine.
The civilian version of the car has cancelled the supercharger, but of course customers can pretend if they have their own needs.
The non-load-bearing body makes it look tall and majestic. Standing in front of it, you will feel like you are being stared at by a sharp sword.
All the processes for this car were completed in August, just in time for the Athens Olympics.
It was during the period when the Olympic Games were in full swing that Sailong was listed under the guise of adding color and cheer to the Olympics.
The national unified retail price is 323,000 yuan.
This is the most expensive car ever produced by Nanwan Group.
Wan Feng was worried about what kind of results he could achieve, so this car only has one production line with a production capacity of 30,000 units.
Although the Sailong has attracted the attention of car lovers across the country, its price of over 300,000 yuan has put it in an awkward situation where it is well-received but not popular.
Although there were sales, they were very slow and there was no sense of a big hit.
Compared to other models coming to market in South Bay, it's almost as if it doesn't even exist.
As of September 20th, it had sold only 800 units in a month.
Compared with the first month sales of all models in South Bay, its sales are extremely dismal.
Compared with the gloomy faces of people in other departments of Nanwan Microcar, Wan Feng was happy when he saw the monthly sales of 836 Sailong vehicles.
This is much better than he expected!
He expected to sell 500 units in the first month, but he didn't expect to sell more than 300 units.
Not bad, not bad.
The people in Nanwan Microcar were all dumbfounded: Mr. Wan’s mind is really not something that ordinary people can match.
Is this like a beggars' party - a poor man's joy?