This time, Wan Feng went to the southwest and naturally went straight to Chengdu to preside over the offline ceremony for Rainbow Automobile of the Chengnan joint venture.
The Rainbow is essentially a ripped-off version of the Hurricane. While it may look different, the three main components are identical. It's also been downgraded, with the 1.6L engine reduced to a 1.5L. The bodywork has been modified, and the specs tweaked, with a price tag of around 100,000 yuan.
After being tested on a test bench in Nanwan, the car was driven on actual roads for more than 20,000 kilometers.
The power and chassis are mature and do not need to be tested because it is a new body. It is only necessary to test the fit between the three major components and the body. As long as the fit with the shell is consistent, it is fine.
Load-bearing cars are not good at all, as the body of the car almost determines everything.
This car has not undergone a crash test. A crash test costs more than two million yuan, which is not something that everyone can afford.
Even the boss of Wan Da would feel the pain.
There is not much difference between the new car off-line ceremony held in Chengdu and the off-line ceremony held at Tiannan Automobile. Apart from the change of location, the accent and the date, everything else seems to be similar.
There were speeches by local leaders, speeches by joint venture leaders, firecrackers and ribbon-cutting ceremonies, singing and dancing performances, and the unveiling of new cars.
That's all there is to it.
The Sichuan and Shu governments attached great importance to the launch of the new car produced through this cooperation. Almost all the leaders from relevant departments came to the scene, delivered enthusiastic speeches and presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The main sales target of Rainbow Car is to meet the demand in Sichuan, and then develop to the surrounding provinces such as Tibet, Gansu, Nanyun and Guizhou.
Chengdu Station Wagon Factory has its own sales channels, and Rainbow cars can be distributed across channels.
If one day in the future we can integrate the sales channels of these companies together, it will be a very large network.
After the new car rolling off the production line ceremony, Wan Feng stayed here for another day and discussed the future development ideas of Chengnan Automobile with the people from Chengnan Automobile Chengdu.
According to Wan Feng's plan, in the future, whether it is Guangwan, Tiannan or Chengnan Automobile, their main battlefield will be concentrated in the small car and compact car market with a displacement of less than 1.8.
He plans to build Tiannan, Chengnan and Xiwan into major production bases below this displacement.
To be more specific, Xiwan focuses on cars with a displacement of less than 1.3, while Tiannan and Chengnan focus on cars with a displacement of between 1.4 and 1.8.
This can minimize competition and cannibalism.
Of course, this plan is fixed and some adjustments will be made according to needs.
Now that the alliance has just been established, everything still needs to be tested, explored and adjusted. It is estimated that it will take two or three years to take shape.
Guangwan mainly produces mid-range models around 2.0.
In the future, Nanwan will no longer produce cars with a displacement of 1.8, but will focus on models in the 2.0 to 3.0 range, fully entering the mid-to-high-end field to compete with European, American and Japanese manufacturers.
The Xitiancheng combination of Xiwancheng Nantiannan is targeted at cars with a displacement of 1.8. In addition to meeting domestic market demand, relying on the export channels of Juchuang Trading and Nanwan Group, these cars will also be exported abroad, and the possibility of opening factories abroad in the future is not ruled out.
Therefore, the next generation of cars in Chengnan will most likely be 1.6L displacement cars.
A factory cannot conquer the world with just one car. While producing modified models of various grades of one car, it naturally also needs to carry out research and development of new cars.
The manager of Chengnan Auto in Chengdu is a very thoughtful person. He proposed that the technical personnel in Chengdu go to Nanwan for training.
Wan Feng agreed without hesitation. He was not the kind of person who would hide things. He would let you learn, but how much you learned was entirely up to you.
Over the years, Nanwan has trained a lot of talents for many companies, but I haven't seen these people from the society achieve any special results.
The key is that this requires an atmosphere.
Nanwan Group has a special scientific research atmosphere. Because the group’s CEO likes to daydream, all scientific research departments have some people who are specifically responsible for wild and imaginative thinking.
There are people who are specifically responsible for verifying these random ideas.
Once an idea is considered creative and feasible, someone will immediately be responsible for its implementation.
Over the years, these employees have unanimously agreed that no one's ideas are as practical as the boss's.
Others think that out of a hundred, only one is qualified for verification, but if they want to be implemented in Beijing, there will probably be five hundred ideas.
But a certain boss just wants to use only one of them. How can this be justified?
Someone sneered inwardly: Competing with me? You'll be exhausted to death!
Chengnan’s next car is actually the original version of the South Bay Hurricane. Since the Rainbow is a castrated version of the Hurricane, it is natural to transfer the original version of the Hurricane to Chengnan Automobile.
The hurricane moved to the south of the city, and the strong wind moved to the south of the sky.
Because Zhang Shiqian in Xiwan already has the luxury version of Qingfeng, he doesn't necessarily need the last Qingfeng Supreme version in Nanwan.
If the transfer cannot be made, Wanfeng will prepare to withdraw the production of this sedan.
Nanwan will mainly produce Peak and Great Wall in the future.
Once the two large-displacement engines are mature and practical, Nanwan will conduct research and development of 2.4, 2.6 and 3.0 displacement engines, aiming to challenge European, American and Japanese automakers in this field by 2005.
After the matter in the south of the city was settled, Wan Feng flew directly from Chengdu to Shenzhen.
He will be in this area for a while.
The lands that Wan Feng bought in Shenzhen are now beginning to show their value, and the land prices in many places are already dozens of times higher than the original ones.
If he sells all these lands now, he can get nearly 10 billion in cash.
Except for the development land of Qiandong Company, the rest of these lands are idle.
In the past two years, Qiandong Company's real estate development has brought Wanfeng hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue every year.
Wan Feng has no intention of selling these lands. He will not sell them as long as the government allows it. The time has not yet come for their value to be maximized.
After the banquet with Ye Qianwen, Wan Feng came to Huaguang Chip.
Here Wan Feng saw Yang Jianguo, whose accent had changed a little.
Wan Feng was quite contemptuous of a man in his forties whose accent had changed.
"What's your Yang...Yang's name?" How could you forget the name you gave to someone else's child?
"Yang Yueying!" Yang Jianguo was afraid that Wan Feng would remember the name he gave his daughter, so he quickly said his daughter's real name.
After becoming a wife and mother, Yuehui no longer takes on film roles, but instead concentrates on running Wanfeng's half of the film and television company.
A film produced in the first half of this year received average response and made a small profit. A blockbuster film is being prepared for the second half of the year and is currently in the works.
Wan Feng came here mainly to see Cheng Gong. He was very dissatisfied that his Kunpeng chip was successfully taped out but failed to enter the market.
If the chip is not used in the product, its shortcomings and loopholes will not be discovered. Cheng Gong doesn't understand why Wanfeng does not allow Kunpeng chips to enter the market.
Wan Feng came mainly to resolve the knot in his heart.
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