Although Lu Ningjun was confused, he discovered a talent.
He thinks Guan Dahai is very talented in racing.
He is bold, careful, calm, quick-witted, nimble, and has well-honed skills.
It can be said that he possesses some of the characteristics of an off-road racer.
Looking at Guan Dahai's calmness, Lu Ningjun thought he would become an excellent racing driver.
It took Guan Dahai thirteen minutes to drive the car to Qingshan Town on the more than fifty-mile country dirt road.
This is already a rather astonishing speed.
If you run at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour on a painted road, it will take you ten minutes to run 50 miles.
And what kind of road is Guan Dahai running on now? A rural dirt road with complicated traffic conditions.
Lu Ningjun might not be able to achieve this result even if he drives the car himself.
When they reached the national highway, Guan Dahai parked the car on the side of the road at Lu Ningjun's signal.
"Brother Guan! You drive really well, and I didn't expect your driving skills to be so good."
"Is that considered aggressive? The country roads here are packed with people, chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs. It's impossible to drive. I haven't even seen a section over 100 kilometers. If you want to say driving is fun, then the ones next door and the desert are more exciting. You can drive as fast as you want, and you can't hit anyone even with your eyes closed."
There is no one who will bump into you next door or in the desert.
"How old are you?"
"Thirty-six."
Thirty-six! A little older.
However, for the sport of off-road racing, people in their thirties are the golden age, and it is not a problem for Guan Dahai to have been driving for ten or eight years.
Lu Ningjun is 45 years old this year, but he is still racing on the track.
"Did you develop your driving skills during test drives?"
Guan Dahai nodded. "Our boss said that if we don't break the car during the test drive, our bonus will be deducted. So we usually drive like crazy when we're out. At the test track in the south, they call us the South Bay Test Team the South Bay Bandits. That's how we honed our driving skills."
Lu Ningjun smiled bitterly. There are people who practice driving like this.
"Are you interested in participating in dirt bike racing?"
"Yes! I love racing. Sometimes I even dream about driving a car and participating in a race."
Lu Ningjun could judge that Guan Dahai was the driver of the team that Nanwan was going to form.
Although Guan Dahai has not received much formal racing training, Lu Ningjun believes that he can become a racing star if given two years.
Lu Ningjun walked around the top to see if there was any damage to the car. This was a habit he had developed over the years.
After looking around, Lu Ningjun knelt on one knee, supported his head with one hand and looked at the chassis of the car.
After looking at the car chassis, he stood up and his eyes fell on the car tires.
Chunguang brand tires? Dongdan Chunguang Group Co., Ltd.
This was the first time he had heard of this brand of tires.
"Brother Guan! Are these the Chunguang tires you used when you were testing the car?"
"Yes! Not only for test drives, but all the cars produced by our Nanwan Group use this brand of tires. They are very durable."
Chunguang Tire, Lu Ningjun remembered this name.
After returning to Jiangwei at around three o'clock, Lu Ningjun asked Lai Baogui to also go and see Nanwan's top SUV.
Guan Dahai was still the guide, and Lai Baogui drove out.
"Mr. Lu! How good would our top-of-the-line model be if it were to participate in a car race?"
After Lai Baogui and Guan Dahai drove away, Wan Feng asked as he accompanied Lu Ningjun into the yard of Nanwan Microcar.
"If you're competing in professional racing, this car isn't good enough. The horsepower needs to be increased, and the body needs to be modified. But if you're competing in amateur off-road races, this car is more than adequate. As you mentioned, specifically referring to competitions for production cars, if a good driver takes the wheel, this car should have no problem finishing in the top three."
Lu Ningjun's words were already a very high evaluation of Dingfeng. After all, it is a purely domestically produced car. Even in the domestic off-road races, the cars it faces are all joint venture cars.
Lu Ningjun said that being able to enter the top three was already a very high evaluation.
When he drove this car out more than an hour ago, he still looked down on it in his heart, but after taking it out for a spin, his opinion changed 180 degrees.
Wan Feng was very satisfied to hear such a pertinent evaluation from Lu Ningjun.
"Boss Wan! On the way, your employee named Guan told me about your company's development history. I really admire you from the bottom of my heart. You have achieved this at such a young age. It's not easy! It's really not easy!"
"Haha! Mr. Lu, you've been telling me, don't listen to their nonsense. These guys are always talking nonsense, don't take them seriously."
This is just a humble statement. Your car is right there, and you can't just say that casually.
Lai Baogui and Guan Dahai didn't run very far. They just drove from Jiangwei to Wulu, then from Wulu to Heijiao, and then from Heijiao back to Jiangwei. It took more than half an hour.
After returning to the yard of Nanwan Microcar, Lai Baogui breathed a sigh of relief after getting off the car.
"Laolai! How is it?" Lu Ningjun asked with a smile.
Lai Baogui blinked for a long time before saying, "Unbelievable."
Lai Baogui just said this idiom and nothing else.
Taking advantage of the one hour before get off work ends, Wan Feng took them to visit the production workshop of Great Wall Motors.
Once the tour is over, it's time to get off work.
Wan Feng drove Lu Ningjun and Lai Baogui back to Han Guangjia Hotel in his own car. They ordered eight dishes and the three of them ate and chatted.
"Boss Wan! I'd like to ask, is this a spur-of-the-moment decision or do you plan to do it long-term?"
At dinner, Lu Ningjun and Lai Baogui each had a glass of beer.
"Of course we want to keep this going for a long time. As long as this competition exists, the Nanwan team will continue to participate. Nanwan team's participation in the track cross-country race is temporary. In the future, after the team has accumulated a certain amount of experience, we will also participate in cross-country races and rallies. I heard that the Dakar Rally is quite difficult. In three or four years, we are ready to challenge it."
Wan Feng knew that Lu Ningjun's wish was to participate in the Dakar Rally, so he started to make big promises.
Normally, he would have driven a Nissan Paladin to participate in the Dakar Rally for the first time the next year, but unfortunately he did not finish the race.
In 2004, I drove the Paladin again and barely completed the entire race.
The Paladin itself costs 300,000 yuan, and the modification costs 400,000 yuan. This is the equipment that Lu Ningjun used in his first Dakar Rally.
The cars of other foreign drivers are worth three to four million euros, while his car is worth 800,000 yuan, so it's good enough that he can finish the race.
"Boss Wan! Do you know how much a rally costs?"
Wan Feng really had no idea about this. In his previous life, he had little interest in this aspect. He was okay with reading racing news, but he had no interest in discussing specifically how much a race cost.
I don't know, it doesn't seem like a big deal.
As long as it has something to do with money, it's not a problem.
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