Dong Qiangqiang's Story of Leaving Germany

"Research?" The guard carefully looked at Dong Qiangqiang, who was wearing a windbreaker and a suit. He was suspicious: The boy in front of him said he was a businessman, and he still had a student look on his face. He said he was a student. How could a student stay so long? s hair? He adjusted his uniform unconsciously and was not in a hurry to return his ID card to Dong Qiangqiang. He continued to ask, "Where are you from?"

Dong Qiangqiang took off his mask and said with a smile: "Qichan is a foreign investment company that holds public stocks. I am the company's investment manager. This time I heard that due to SARS, the three factories are expected to suspend production in about two weeks. As Investors, I want to see if this is true.”

Hearing that Dong Qiangqiang claimed to be an investment manager, the guard did not understand the inevitable connection between holding public stocks and coming to the factory for investigation. He walked half a circle around Dong Qiangqiang with a suspicious look on his face. At the same time, he put his face towards the intercom on his shoulder and reported Dong Qiangqiang's ID number and name in an accent that Dong Qiangqiang could not understand. He seemed to be confirming Dong Qiangqiang's identity with his colleagues.

In less than half a minute, a few words in a dialect that Dong Qiangqiang could not understand came from the intercom on the guard's shoulder. After listening carefully, the guard returned his ID card to Dong Qiangqiang and refused politely but coldly: "Your name is not on the appointment list. We I haven't received instructions from the company that you will come today. According to company regulations, people without an appointment are not allowed to enter the factory. Please leave, or you can contact the company management directly. Thank you for understanding and cooperating with our work." After saying this, he made a request. gesture.

The attitude of the doorman was similar to what Dong Qiangqiang encountered when he went to France for research last year. It has long been commonplace for him to be rejected. He also understood: If you come to do research without making an appointment, who will know who you are? What if it's a commercial spy?

SAIC, the parent company of Shanghai Volkswagen, was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1997. If you want to make an appointment, Dong Qiangqiang should call the investor relations department of SAIC. Of course he will not call. Only those who hold more than 10% of the shares are eligible to apply for research into listed companies. SAIC As soon as the group checked his shareholding ratio, they found out that he was not qualified.

Cars and employees came in and out of the gate, and the guards and curious people all stared intently at Dong Qiangqiang's next move.

Dong Qiangqiang knew that he would be rejected, so he had no choice but to call the investor relations department of SAIC to explain his intentions.

As you can imagine, miracles only exist in novels.

He was well prepared for being rejected, and his emotions were not affected in the slightest. He knew very well that investigating this kind of thing required tenacity and perseverance that would not give up until the goal was achieved, and he could not be afraid or give up easily when encountering obstacles. If the other party really doesn't want to be interviewed, then he can find other ways. He doesn't need to force the interview, and he doesn't need to stalk him to avoid unpleasant things happening.

Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang had no intention of leaving, the guard remained vigilant while letting the others go, and several other guard guards also came up in a fan shape.

Dong Qiangqiang wanted to take pictures of all the factory buildings he saw, but his SLR was too big. If he took it out again at this time, it would be eye-catching and might cause disputes.

He gave up the idea of ​​taking pictures on the spot, looked around, and saw a glass-walled office building with a high floor height outside a few traffic lights. Thinking that there might be a chance to see the whole factory in the building, he politely said goodbye to the doorman, walked away and strode towards the office building.

The interior of the office building was much better than Dong Qiangqiang imagined. He told the security staff at the service desk that he was here for an interview. The other party looked at his face and clothing, and without saying a word, they asked him to register his identity, take his temperature, and then... The son was not embarrassed and let him go directly.

The elevator does not distinguish between high and low floors. Dong Qiangqiang guessed that the floor was too low to see anything, so he simply pressed the button for the 30th floor, but the button did not light up. He guessed that the floor was restricted, so he had to try to go to the lower floor, and so on. Pressing down, the button on the 22nd floor was finally lit up by him. He walked around on the 22nd floor and found that the entire floor was owned by the same company. The places in the corridor overlooking the factory area were sealed into the office area. He had no choice but to take the fire escape and go down to the next floor. This time he finally saw A full view of the factory area. Although you still can't see the scene in the closed factory, what you can see is shocking enough.

Various vehicles shuttled through the factory area. The hundreds of cars parked neatly together that we had seen before now looked like small models on a sand table from a distance.

He took out his camera from his bag, quickly took a photo, and then took out his notebook and wrote: There are not many parked vehicles in the factory parking lot, which shows that there is little inventory and there is not much pressure on the inventory. However, what needs to be further determined is what exactly is the shortage of inventory. Is it because sales are booming or production is slowing down? Both may lead to completely opposite conclusions.

His eyes crossed the factory building and naturally stopped at the construction site behind the factory that he wanted to see but failed to see clearly.

On the construction site, engineering vehicles of different types unloaded or transported goods in an orderly manner under the command of construction workers. The crane slowly changes direction above the vehicles and construction workers. The construction site is rarely covered by a large dust cover, and zigzag lines like Nazca paintings are faintly visible on the ground.

Dong Qiangqiang did his homework, and the moment he saw those lines, he knew that this was a project that cost 12 billion yuan, covers an area of ​​1.44 square kilometers, took 5 years to build, and will be officially put into use in August this year. It is the first domestic project built based on international standards. A dedicated comprehensive test track for passenger cars—Shanghai Volkswagen Anting Test Track.

After China joined the WTO, foreign car companies entered China like a crucian carp across the river. However, apart from the German Volkswagen, no other foreign car company was willing to spend huge sums of money to build a professional test track in China.

As the old saying goes: Don't look at what it says, look at how it does it.

The Shanghai Anting test track is designed by the famous German OBERMEYER design consulting company, constructed by Strasbourg Company, and planned and constructed by Shanghai Volkswagen. The test track is based on the most well-known Ella test track owned by Volkswagen in Germany. It has nearly 70 types of typical characteristic road surfaces. The total length of the test road is nearly 30 kilometers, which integrates high-speed ring roads, ramps, highway simulation sections, multi-curved roads, Various areas such as driving dynamics test sites, wading test sections, durability enhanced test roads and performance test roads have many advantages such as good reliability, strong comparability, freedom from external interference, and scientific and accurate data. It is an important platform for testing the performance and reliability of a car. All new models must first pass many tests here, and then pass the tests of national professional testing institutions before they have the opportunity to finally meet consumers.

Back in the year when the foundation was laid, all senior Chinese and foreign shareholders of Volkswagen were present. Both the Chinese and Germans showed confidence in the future of Shanghai Volkswagen.

Once the Anting test track is put into use, it will not only become the leading domestic and world-class professional automotive test track, but also promote the implementation of the Volkswagen Group's promise to Chinese consumers of launching at least one new model in China every year. real. Next year, Shanghai Volkswagen will officially launch in China a compact MPV that has been successful in the European market: Touran, and the domestic testing of Touran will naturally be at the Anting test track.

So when the Volkswagen Group announced that it would continue to increase investment in China, no one dared to question Volkswagen's confidence in the Chinese automobile consumer market, because its investment courage is the most powerful proof that it is optimistic about the Chinese market. Otherwise, it would be as direct as other foreign car companies. It would be great to sell cars, but it is not conservative, but goes further than anyone thought. (End of chapter)