By mid-November, Nanwan Group had received orders for 140,000 Great Wall sedans, and orders were still coming in.
Some government departments that have already used Great Wall vehicles have given this car a very high evaluation.
Smooth, comfortable and safe.
As a result, other government departments that were still on the sidelines began to place orders.
The production capacity of Great Wall's first production line is only 50,000 vehicles, while the second production line in Nanzuizi has an annual output of 100,000 vehicles.
The orders Nanwan has received now are enough to sustain production of these two lines for one year at full capacity.
The problem of production capacity is already imminent.
Of course it has to be solved. The profit of this car is very high, so high that it is a commercial secret.
The profit from selling one Great Wall car is equal to that from selling five Qingfeng cars and three Xiongfeng cars. Why not step up production?
Wan Feng began to think about where to build a new line.
Before he had decided where to locate the new line of the Great Wall, some rumors began to emerge.
It is natural that Nanwan would arouse envy and hatred from all sides when it comes to the fat piece of meat of executive cars.
Why was it given to a private enterprise when the state-owned enterprises didn’t get any benefit?
On November 10th, an article titled "On the Gains and Losses of Nanwan Great Wall Motors" appeared online, purportedly by an industry insider.
The article begins with a scathing commentary, then a chorus of praise. It begins by praising the Nanwan Great Wall, stating that the emergence of the Chinese automaker represents a global leader. Then, it shifts to a scathing exposé on Great Wall Motors' design flaws, lambasting them for safety, comfort, and especially focusing on power. It claims that Nanwan Group uses its latest engine, but its power is only comparable to that of foreign models from the late 1980s.
What this means is that Nanwan’s engine is completely useless and this kind of power can only be used to make small cars.
At the end of the article, there was a bombshell, saying that Great Wall's exterior design plagiarized Changan Automobile's joint venture brand Audi A6, and also posted a comparison picture of the two cars.
Judging from the picture, apart from the obvious difference in the rear end, the two cars are indeed very similar in front and side views.
This article was first published on Xinlang.com.
Wan Feng frowned when he saw this article in the office. A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind; a pile that is too high to reach the shore will be washed away by the current.
People should not be too high-profile. When Nanwan was making small-displacement cars, no one said anything about it. But now that it has entered the mid-to-high-end car market, this problem has arisen.
The article uses language reasonably and has sharp words, expressing several meanings from the obvious to the implicit.
It is obvious that some people are unhappy with Nanwan making mid-to-high-end and executive cars.
Wan Feng thought about it and called Ma Ting's office.
"Mr. Ma! There's an article on Xinlang.com about Nanwan Great Wall Motors. Have you read it?"
Ma Zhuo was stunned, thinking that there were hundreds of articles and posts published on Xinlang.com every day, and it was impossible for him to read every one of them. That was the editor's responsibility.
"Boss Wan! I haven't seen it yet, but I'll watch it soon."
"Mr. Ma! I think you need to establish a worldview for our Xinlang.com editors. Although Xinlang.com is a news and information platform, not every article should be published. Articles that spread rumors and slander individuals, companies, and even the country and society should not appear on our website."
Ma Ting could already hear the unhappiness in Wan Feng's tone.
"Boss Wan! I'll take care of this problem right away."
Wan Feng was still a little upset after hanging up the phone. Although he didn't want to control public opinion when he founded Xinlang.com, he didn't want to create public opinion for others, nor did he want to cause trouble for himself.
If the article tells the truth, it is understandable to publish it. However, this is obviously a smear article and it was even posted on his own website. Is this editor sure that there is human brain matter in his head?
After Ma Ting received Wan Feng's call, he immediately found the article on Xinlang.com. After reading it, he immediately called the editor on duty.
Although he was not very familiar with the automotive industry, he knew that this was obviously an article that slandered and defamed Nanwan Great Wall.
He had seen the Nanwan Great Wall car before. It looked high-end and majestic, steady and handsome. It was a very good-looking car with a kingly style.
He doesn't know much about cars, but he has his own criteria. His standard is that good-looking cars can't be too bad.
When he saw this car for the first time, he wondered when he would be able to own a car like this?
Such a good car, and it is an executive car, naturally cannot be bad, so the point of view of this article is problematic.
Ma Ting's words to the editor on duty were concise and to the point, asking him to remove the article immediately because it was seriously inconsistent with the facts. If the author continued to make irresponsible remarks, his account would be blocked.
Soon this article disappeared from Xinlang.com.
Wan Feng thought that the matter was over, but who knew that the article would appear on Sohu and Wangyi soon after, and the author also said something negative about Xinlang.com, saying that Xinlang.com was suppressing public opinion and that freedom of speech was not allowed.
This tone is so damn familiar.
In the years before Wan Feng was reborn in his previous life, he had seen countless articles of this tone, usually appearing in Western media.
Like Bibi C from Yingguo and C Hmm from the United States, they often use articles with this kind of tone to point fingers at other countries and talk about freedom of speech all day long.
What is freedom of speech? It's just nonsense!
And their tenet is that I can speak nonsense freely, but you can't speak nonsense freely.
The most common practices on the Internet are banning and blocking accounts.
If capitalism can use this method, why can't Xinlang.com use it?
Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, whenever someone smears someone, there will be someone to refute it.
Someone on Xinlang.com wrote an article to refute the argument of the article that smeared the Great Wall. There were replies from both sides, and the scene was very lively with one person taking the stage after another.
Wan Feng just watched this kind of debate and regarded it as an advertisement for Great Wall Motors.
The quality of Great Wall cars is there. Once someone goes to see the actual car, he or she may be fascinated by Great Wall and become a potential buyer.
I thought this kind of thing would just be a chat between both parties online, but something unexpected happened to Wan Feng.
Nanwan Group received a summons from the court.
When Wan Feng saw the court summons, he was stunned for five seconds.
Changqi Audi sued Nanwan Great Wall for allegedly plagiarizing the appearance design of the Audi A6.
Is there really a report about this?
"Mr. Wan! They accuse us of plagiarizing their exterior design, how can you still laugh?" Yimeng was also one of the people who designed the exterior of Great Wall. Seeing Wan Feng's chuckle, she was very dissatisfied.
You, the boss, are too unreliable!
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