What does 500,000 cars mean?
"In just over five years, Nanwan has sold 500,000 Pandas alone, and we don't know how many pickup trucks and microvans we've sold. Even the Qingfeng has already sold over 200,000, and the Xiongfeng has surpassed 100,000. Even the Hurricane, which went on the market last September, has sold an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 units so far."
Gui Huatang suppressed his heartbeat and asked, "Who did you sell all these cars to?"
"How would I know who they were sold to? I only know that most of our pickup trucks in Xiwan were sold to the Middle East. I don't know who the other cars were sold to either."
It's been sold anyway, so who cares who it's sold to.
"Manager Zhang, there's one thing I can't quite figure out. With Nanwan's current strength, they could definitely partner with a major international manufacturer to produce high-end sedans. But they chose to partner with us. I really don't understand what Mr. Wan is thinking."
"Wan Feng also collaborates with foreigners. There are hundreds of foreigners working in his company, both Western and Eastern. He also has research institutes and partnerships abroad, but not in the automotive field. As for why he doesn't collaborate with foreigners in the automotive field, I think he probably doesn't want to be told what to do by foreigners."
"That's impossible. Foreigners have the most advanced technology in automobiles. There's nothing wrong with listening to them."
"Haha! Manager Gui, you guys often had friction when you were working with Biaozhi. It seems like you didn't listen to the foreigners?"
Gui Huatang shook his head. "Don't even mention those foreigners. They're so stubborn and self-righteous, there's no telling how many of them there are. We were clearly trying to make them rich, but what did they do? It's like they were giving us alms. Even if you don't give us the technology, can't you at least come up with some of the latest models? They brought some models that were long obsolete in Europe to China and fooled around for over a decade. Their parent company made money, but our joint venture collapsed. It's these people who can't judge the situation that we all collapsed if we didn't listen to them. If we listened to them, we'd probably lose half of Guangzhou."
By now, Zhang Shiqian also knows about some of the dog-fighting in the cooperation between GAC and Peugeot.
The Chinese are famous for their romance. In Zhang Shiqian's understanding, romance means spending money, and it would be strange to expect it to make money.
"Manager Gui! Let's not talk about the past. Let's work together properly. If you have any opinions, raise them face to face. Don't gossip behind people's backs. I really admire Mr. Wan for this. Mr. Wan, if I'm unhappy with you, I'll tell you the reason in front of you, and then it's up to you to make the changes or me to make them. Whoever is wrong makes the changes, and he never gossips behind anyone's back."
"Manager Zhang, don't worry! We guarantee this time with full sincerity. We hope we can cooperate sincerely."
"Boss Wan said that if both parties open up and run the business well, the foreign debt can be repaid in two years. If the business is managed properly, the time can be shortened."
Gui Hua Tang disagreed. How many cars would it take to pay off the 3 billion yuan foreign debt in just two years?
The high-end version of the Mi-Rui is only 149,000 yuan, and you can make 30,000 to 40,000 yuan in profit. To earn 4 billion yuan, you have to sell 100,000 cars.
Even if we sell 100,000 vehicles, it may not be enough. There are also new labor costs, profits, taxes, etc. It’s difficult!
"Manager Zhang! From what you said, you seem to have great respect for Mr. Wan. Can you tell me his story?"
Zhang Shiqian chuckled, "General Wan is a very interesting and legendary person. I'm over fifty now, and I've met all kinds of people in my life. Some have experienced success, while others have been destitute. Whether you're a great man or an ordinary person, everyone will make mistakes in their lives. I've never seen anyone who can always be on the right track, except him!"
"Is this true?"
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Just when Zhang Shiqian was telling Guihuatang about Wan Feng's legend, Wan Feng welcomed a special guest in Nandawan.
A man named Yang Yong.
In Beiliao, there is one person who cannot be avoided when talking about car manufacturing. This person is Yang Yong, the helmsman of what was then called Shenyang Jinbei Bus Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Wan Feng didn't know the truth of the matter and didn't dare to draw a conclusion about whether this person was right or wrong, but it was undeniable that Yang Yong was indeed capable.
You don't admit that a person who was able to get his company listed on the U.S. Stock Exchange in 1992 is not good enough.
Yang Yong’s biggest dream is to build China’s fourth largest automobile manufacturer. To this end, he has integrated and acquired many small and medium-sized automobile companies.
A few years ago, he also tried to acquire Nanwan Automobile but was rejected by Wan Feng.
At this time, Yang Yong came to Nanwan again, mainly to persuade Nanwan to join a Northeast Automobile Joint Organization he was about to establish.
As someone who comes from the financial industry, Yang Yong is very good at painting big pictures. He drew a beautiful blueprint for Wan Feng that guaranteed them to be invincible as long as they joined forces.
If it were someone else, they might really be moved.
But Wan Feng, who knew Yang Yong's story, would not be fooled by him.
There was a lot of debate on the Internet about who was right and who was wrong in his incident.
How could he dare to get too involved with such a person?
Wan Feng flatly rejected Yang Yong's suggestion.
Yang Yong was not discouraged by the rejection. Since it was not possible to get Nanwan to join, cooperating with Nanwan was also a good option. He proposed to cooperate with Nanwan to develop cars.
This is even more ridiculous. Your Zhonghua sedan will be on the market next year. What's the point of cooperation?
At this time, Yang Yong invited Italian or American designers to design a car, and used Mitsubishi's engine to create the Zhonghua sedan, which later became popular.
It will roll off the production line at the end of next year and be launched on the market in 2002.
It is just not clear whether Yang Yong will still be in the country when the Zhonghua sedan is launched on the market.
Wanfeng declined the offer politely because Nanwan had no plans to cooperate with any outside parties at the moment. However, he did not make it final, but set a deadline.
It is said that Nanwan may have plans to cooperate with external parties in 2003. If Shenyang Jinbei is still interested at that time, we can talk about it.
If Yang Yong was still in the Shenyang Jinbei at that time, it would mean that he was fine, so it would be nice to cooperate with him.
After all, they are all for the prosperity of Bei Liao's automobile industry.
Wan Feng knew in his heart that this was just a comforting suggestion, and the probability of Yang Yong being safe was very small.
There will be no possibility of him and Shen Yang Jin Bei having anything to do with each other in the future.
Before leaving, Yang Yong gave Wan Feng a suggestion. He said that if Nanwan Automobile went public now, Wan Feng would become a billionaire in the blink of an eye.
He was very puzzled as to why companies like Nanwan were not listed.
There was no need for Wan Feng to tell Yang Yong the reason, he just laughed it off and said he would talk about it in two years.
After sending Yang Yong away, Wan Feng immediately forgot about this person.
He never thought that he would have anything to do with Shenyang Jinbei three years later.
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