Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1930 Visiting Condolences
That night, Duan Yun had dinner with these key members of the Auto R&D Center.

It takes repeated communication to let these experts fully understand their design requirements for the new car.

So that night, I ate dinner for two and a half hours. During this period, Duan Yun explained in detail his impressions of today's test drive and his requirements for the new car. Chen Qiao even took out a small notebook, At the dining table, Duan Yun's words were recorded.

When they heard that Duan Yun was going to seek a Volvo Group designer to design the car's shape, the Soviet experts also expressed their appreciation, because they themselves knew that although they were indeed very capable technically, they were not as good in terms of aesthetics and design. , is indeed behind the times.

Professional things must be done by professional people. Although they are all developing and manufacturing cars, the car shape design and the research and development of the three major parts are completely different things. The former mainly considers the space of the car, the aesthetics of the public, and wind resistance. Issues such as the driver's field of vision, these are not comprehensive considerations for ordinary automotive engineers.

At the end of the dinner, Duan Yun set a new deadline for them, that is, in the middle of next year, all the design work of the new car must be completed, and mass production can be realized quickly, and in the second half of next year, Duan Yun also assigned them the task of researching and developing a domestically produced sedan, to be officially benchmarked against Tianjin Xiali, so that they can make the first batch of prototypes with reliable performance by the end of next year.

In less than two years, we need to develop two domestic cars. This task is quite urgent. For the current Shenyang R&D team, the pressure is still very high, but the problem is the domestic auto market, and the time left for Duan Yun is too short. Not much, if the new car cannot be developed and launched as soon as possible, Tianyin Group will miss the best stage of gaining a foothold in the domestic commercial vehicle market.

Although it is said that Tianyin Group has a very strong advantage in domestic car sales by virtue of the 4S stores that have begun to spread all over the country, but as other domestic manufacturers have begun to imitate Tianyin Group, their sales and after-sales advantages will be will be gradually weakened.

Therefore, in at least one to two years in the future, Duan Yun must quickly launch his own domestic cars when his sales network has a huge advantage over other domestic car companies. The domestically-developed models developed have gained a firm foothold in the market. Once this opportunity is missed, they will have to pay higher costs and prices to sell their own cars in the future.

The next morning, Duan Yun temporarily left the R&D center, asked Guo Kai to drive, and took him to downtown SY.

After entering the urban area, Duan Yun and Guo Kai went directly to the most famous halal pastry shop in Shenyang, bought two big bags of pastries, and then took a car to the family area of ​​the SY City Government.

Duan Yun's main purpose of coming here today is to condolences to Mayor Wu Disheng's family, and to help his former old friend with some funeral affairs.

But as soon as Duan Yun got out of the car, he saw several cars parked at the door of the family, two of which were Volvo 940 sedans produced by their factory. Seeing this scene, Duan Yun went back to the car first.

Because judging from the model and license plate, this is obviously a special vehicle for the leadership of the Liaoning Provincial Government. Since the provincial leader is at Wu Disheng's home, it is obviously not suitable for Duan Yun to go upstairs at this time.

However, Duan Yun didn't wait too long in the car. After more than ten minutes, a group of people finally came out of the corridor. The leading two old men looked sad, and one of them seemed to wipe the corner of his eye with his sleeve.

It was not until these special cars left that Duan Yun went upstairs with his assistant Guo Kai.

At the entrance of the corridor, two men said to be government workers stopped him, but one of them quickly recognized Duan Yun, asked him to do a simple registration, and let him go upstairs.

After knocking on the door lightly, the door of Wu Disheng's house was finally opened. It was Wu Disheng's wife who opened the door. She was wearing plain clothes at this time, and her eyes had turned red.

After learning Duan Yun's identity and purpose of coming, Wu Disheng's wife invited Duan Yun and Guo Kai into the house, then turned to the kitchen to boil water, preparing to make tea for Duan Yun.

Just after entering Wu Disheng's home, Duan Yun and his assistant Guo Kai showed surprise expressions.

It turned out that the mayor of the city with a population of 560 million lived in a "shabby room". It was just an ordinary residential building with a living room of only a dozen square meters. There are two rows of uneven old sofas and small coffee tables, which are obviously old-style furniture used in the 80s and [-]s.

In addition, in Wu Disheng's home, there is only a black and white TV set in front of the sofa in the living room, which looks only 12 inches. It is really hard for such a well-known mayor of Sy City to have no color TV at home in the early 90s. confidence.

Such living conditions are obviously beyond the imagination of Duan Yun and Guo Kai. After all, it is already 1993, and many ordinary families with slightly higher incomes have better living conditions than this.

In fact, Wu Disheng’s usual life is indeed relatively simple, and his family style is quite strict. His father-in-law and mother-in-law live in an old building built in 1953. When it rains, the house often leaks. The two old people want him to help them. Think of a way, can we get another house.

In fact, the request from his father-in-law and mother-in-law is not too much, at least in terms of Wu Disheng's rights at the time, it was just a phone call, but he finally said: "I only have one right, which is to invite you to live in my house." Even His son went to BJ for a trip to get married, and Wu Disheng specifically told him not to live in the Beijing Office of the SY City Government.

It can be said that Duan Yun was greatly moved by Wu Disheng's current family situation, so in the next conversation with Wu Disheng's wife, he offered to give them a new house in Shenyang, and the location was up to them.

However, Wu Disheng's wife was taken aback by Duan Yun's proposal. She obviously did not dare to accept gifts from outsiders rashly. She just said that the leaders of the city had visited them before. She only made one request at that time, that is Don't let her move out of the family area of ​​the municipal government, and the leader of the municipal party committee has agreed to his request, so she doesn't need a house given by others.

Duan Yun could also tell that Wu Disheng's wife was a dutiful woman, so he left him a business card so that if he had any difficulties, he could call the above number at any time, whether it was lack of money or helping the children, When a relative is looking for a job, he will help solve it as soon as possible.

Just as Duan Yun was about to leave, there was another sound of footsteps coming from the corridor. When Wu Disheng's wife opened the door, an old man in a gray suit walked in...

(End of this chapter)