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Chapter 1085 Black Panther: Today is a good day
Dongnae City, Panther Automobile Manufacturing Group.

Hearing that unique ringtone, Li Pengfei, who was working, looked up at the number displayed on the phone almost like a conditioned reflex, and immediately, the expression on his face brightened quickly: "Mr. I call?"

If it's someone else's call, of course the secretary needs to transfer the call, but Li Pengfei specifically told the secretary before that if it's the call from Zhang Qihang, President Zhang of the Huateng Group, then don't ask, just transfer it over.

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Qihang said with a smile: "Boss Li, are you busy?"

"Hey, isn't that what's going on? There are endless documents to read and signed every day," Li Pengfei made a small complaint, and said with a smile: "I know you are busy, so you definitely won't call me if you have nothing to do. Tell me, what's the matter?"

They are all busy people, and we have known each other for so many years, and there is no need for everyone to greet each other and go around in circles. Zhang Qihang replied straightforwardly: "That's the case, Mr. Li, didn't you tell me that your group has a production team?" The idea of ​​a car, I discussed it with everyone, and I am going to go to our group to find out the situation, when is it convenient for you?"

what? !

Li Pengfei on the other end of the phone unconsciously opened his mouth: "..."

The current Panther Motors can be said to be thriving. It is no longer the car factory that relied on a few orders from Hafei for a long time to get by. Backed by the support provided by Huateng Industrial Group, its own compact commercial vehicles and vans , single-row and double-row micro cards are not only very popular in the domestic market, but also successfully go abroad and go overseas, becoming a large foreign exchange earner and a large profit and tax household in the whole province. It can be said that it can bring Panther cars to At the current height, Li Pengfei feels that he has no regrets in his life. He is worthy of D and the people of Donglai. But Li Pengfei is not without regrets, that is, Panther Motors has not yet been able to produce cars. To be precise, It's a car.

But the surprise came so suddenly. According to Zhang Qihang's meaning, is he going to provide technical support for the car production to Heibao Motor?

It was the general manager and chairman of Panther Motors. Although he was pleasantly surprised, Li Pengfei quickly adjusted his mood. In order to confirm whether what Zhang Qihang said was true, he pretended to be joking and said to Zhang Qihang: " Mr. Zhang, are you sure you are not kidding me? When our group was preparing to produce cars, you thought our conditions were not mature."

Although I don't know why Mr. Li became so excited after answering the call from Mr. Zhang Huateng, but this is not the point. The point is to see Mr. Li's reaction. It is obviously a good thing. Secretary Liu quickly responded.

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Some people even cared about the specific model: "I think our group's first car should be designed by Mr. Zhang for us, but I don't know what this car looks like."

"Huh? That's right..."

No wonder Li Pengfei was so surprised. In fact, in his opinion, this car in front of him was unusually harmonious and mature from any angle. Selling it under the Huateng Group's own brand, it was a hot model. He couldn't understand why Zhang Qihang designed such an excellent car for Heibao Motors.

"Of course I can say for sure. Don't forget that Huateng Group is a shareholder of our group. If we invest so much money in the car project, if we don't make money, it means that Huateng Industrial Group didn't make money. Is it? I don't believe Mr. Zhang can't figure out the truth."

Not only the old horse was very excited, but the other vice presidents in the meeting room and the other vice presidents who participated in the meeting via online video were all flushed with excitement at this moment. Make a car...

Speaking of which, Li Pengfei does have foresight. What Zhang Qihang gave to Black Panther was the New Santana, which went on the market at the end of 2012. In terms of the aesthetics of car consumption in 2005, this car is indeed experienced and the most rare. It is because the design of this car is balanced and stable, whether it is a family car or an official car for small businesses and small bosses, it is very suitable, and it will never lose face.

Some people are immersed in the joy of being able to build a car: "So, can we finally build a car? It's not easy."

Some people think more long-term: "Oh, I don't know whether Mr. Zhang will help us design the product this time, or we will find a way by ourselves... It would be great if Mr. Zhang can help us design."

After hanging up the phone, Li Pengfei was no longer in the mood to deal with the work at hand. He walked back and forth in the office twice excitedly, and then told the secretary: "Xiao Liu, let me know, 2 o'clock in the afternoon... no, after an hour Well, one hour later, all the leaders above the vice president level who are at home will have a meeting in the No. [-] meeting room. Those who are on business trips, if conditions permit, can participate in the meeting by phone or online. "

As soon as these words were uttered, others immediately retorted: "Look at what you said, the overall design level of a card is still doubtful?"

Li Pengfei, who was sitting at the top of Dama Jindao, looked around, nodded and asked Niu Ronghua, the director of the office: "Old Niu, are you all coming?"

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, not only everyone was very surprised, but even Li Pengfei was extremely surprised: My good guy, Mr. Zhang not only helped us design a new car, but even brought a clay model?
On the contrary, the main leaders of Huateng Industrial Group, headed by Jiang He, were very happy to see the reactions of these comrades from Panther Motors.

"Okay," Zhang Qihang replied, "Then it's settled."

"Yes, yes, this kind of thing can't be used as a joke..."

"You can't say it so deadly, who can guarantee..."

"Well," Li Pengfei responded, and was quite satisfied with the result. He nodded and said, "I know everyone must be curious about why I am in such a hurry to hold this meeting. Since everyone is here, I won't follow Everyone is going around in circles, that's what happened. An hour ago, I received a call from Mr. Zhang of Huateng Group. Mr. Zhang is going to come to our group to inspect and see if we have the ability to produce cars.

Although he somewhat resented Zhang Qihang for not helping Heibao Motors to produce cars back then, to be honest, Zhang Qihang was right. Looking back at the beginning from the current perspective, the Black Panther The technology and level of automobile production in automobiles are indeed not up to the height that can be used to produce cars. Even if they are forced to launch, the quality of the final products produced will be far from that of Huateng Group's car products.

Hearing this, Li Pengfei laughed out loud, "Hahahaha... I'm in the same situation as you."

Hearing what Li Pengfei said, Lao Ma nodded excitedly, and didn't know what to say if he was happy.

Hearing what Li Pengfei said, Zhang Qihang smiled and said, "You are right to think so. Speaking of which, we are also a family. If we have a chance, how can I not let you develop? There is no such reason."

I can also understand why Comrade Ma is so excited about the production of small cars. For Panther, which produces more than 25 compact MPVs, minivans, mini-cars and other vehicles annually and has annual sales of more than 60 billion , producing more profitable cars is almost their biggest obsession.

Li Pengfei felt the same way about Zhang Qihang's words: Isn't it true that the administrative person in charge of a group is actually a high-end office director, and the office director is also called the "big housekeeper" of a company. He went there once, and Zhang Qihang said that he would listen to Yang Zhijun's arrangement, which was true, because he was the same.

Hearing this worry, the people next to him didn’t know what to say. Chinese people in this period recognized sedans, Volkswagen Polo, and hatchbacks that were sold so well in Europe and even the world. Alas, after coming to China More or less it is a bit unacceptable, forcing SAIC Volkswagen to launch two more Polo sedan versions: Polo Aggressive.

So, the purpose of this meeting, one is to inform everyone about the situation, and the other is to hope that everyone cheers up. At this critical moment related to the long-term development of our Panther Motors, no one will lose the chain! "

"Hatchback?"

Li Pengfei understood Lao Ma's reaction very well, and said with a smile: "Old Ma, we have known each other for so many years, and you still don't know who I am? Do you think I can joke about this kind of thing with you?"

Zhang Qihang didn't make a fool of himself, and directly signaled the secretary to bring over a large safe deposit box he brought: "I know what everyone is concerned about, this is the 1:8 clay model of the first car I designed for our group, everyone Give an evaluation and see how it goes?"

After finishing speaking, Li Pengfei added: "Okay, I'll go back and meet Lao Yang."

"You should connect with Lao Yang." Zhang Qihang was a little embarrassed: "To tell you the truth, I am not as familiar with the company's situation as Lao Yang. When I will go to your place, I have to listen to Lao Yang's arrangement."

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Half a month later, the inspection team of Huateng Industrial Group headed by Zhang Qihang came. After a detailed inspection of the Black Leopard, Zhang Qihang first gave them food He took a reassuring pill: "Our group's technological level has improved rapidly. According to the current situation, let alone the production of ordinary family cars, even mid-level cars of the Sylphy level, I don't think there is a big problem. "

Everyone arrived very quickly, and they all knew that Mr. Li must have something very important to announce to everyone in such a hurry to hold the meeting. I opened a room in a hotel, and used the hotel’s network to participate in the meeting through a laptop and a camera. .

These words immediately got the support of the people next to him: "I think Mr. Zhang must have helped us design, otherwise why did he make such a big circle?"

Ok?
Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, everyone immediately beamed with joy: So, the production of small cars by Heibao Motor is really not a big problem?

It is also through the experience of producing compact MPVs in the past few years that it has driven the improvement of Panther Motors in all dimensions such as craftsmanship, management, and technical level. At that time, Zhang Qihang decided to help Panther Motors launch the car project, which can be said to be justified.

This is true even for the unbelievable Volkswagen. One can imagine what kind of situation other manufacturers are facing: Peugeot 206 and Peugeot 307 are such hatchbacks that sell so well in Europe. "Correct" the Chinese people's aesthetic concept of cars.But ordinary people are not used to Dongbiao: this car is really pretty, what?Hatchback?Not buying!
In the end, Dongbiao was forced to have no choice but to bow his head to the reality honestly, and launched the sedan version of the Peugeot 206 and the sedan version of the Peugeot 307-let’s be honest, compared to the smart version of the hatchback version, the sedan version The version of Peugeot 206 and Peugeot 307 are really ugly, but there is no way, they just sell well, and ordinary people just like this, what can you do?
Therefore, if Zhang Qihang really designed a very beautiful hatchback car for Heibao Motor, it would really be a headache for the CEOs of Heibao Motor: the car must be a good car, but compared to the hatchback car, ordinary people prefer it A sedan with three compartments.

Hearing Zhang Qihang's words, Li Pengfei opened his mouth, and finally admitted honestly: "You are right."

"They're all here," Niu Ronghua nodded quickly, "Vice President Wang, Vice President Li and Vice President Sun who are on business trips also participated in this meeting through the Internet."

Opening the safe deposit box, this beautifully crafted clay model was placed in front of everyone. Looking at this silver-white metal model, which was exquisitely crafted, smooth and harmonious in appearance, and pleasing to the eye no matter how it looked, the comrades of the Black Panther Group suddenly burst into a burst of excitement. Taking a deep breath, Li Pengfei pointed at the clay model in front of him in astonishment, and asked Zhang Qihang in disbelief: "Mr. Zhang, is this car really for us?"

"Yeah, it's really not easy..."

If Li Pengfei had some doubts about Zhang Qihang's words before, then at this moment, when Zhang Qihang made it clear that he would help Heibao Motor develop the car project, Li Pengfei no longer had any doubts in his heart. He nodded and said: "It's my fault. Some of my previous thoughts were wrong...Mr. Zhang, when will you come over?"

Zhang Qihang was not polite to Li Pengfei, and immediately asked: "Mr. Li, let's be honest, with your technical level at that time, which could only produce vans, you think that even if you were given a car from the Black Panther, your technology and workmanship would not be enough. Can the level be reached? Can you see how much your craftsmanship and technology have improved since you started producing MPVs?"

what?
Zhang Qihang is going to inspect Heibao Motors, is he going to launch a small car project for Heibao Motors?
Hearing Li Pengfei's words, whether it was in the conference room or the vice presidents who were standing in front of the laptop and participating in the video conference via the Internet, they were all stunned by the huge surprise at this moment, and they were also instantly shocked. I understand why Mr. Li is so anxious: production of cars, who can not be in a hurry when encountering such a situation?
As soon as Li Pengfei finished speaking, Lao Ma, the executive vice president of the group sitting on his left, asked with an excited face, "Mr. Li, are you kidding us about such a big matter?"

Only Li Pengfei, he did not participate in the discussion, but smiled and looked at the people who were discussing enthusiastically. He was in a very good mood. Unlike the others, he thought that the first car product of Panther Motors must have been designed by Zhang Qihang. Yes, and you will never let yourself down.

Speaking of it, although the 13-year-old Santana was born out of the old PQ25 platform, Zhang Qihang just copied the shape, and did not intend to copy the "foundation" of the shape - a compact family car, which is actually the case. The front McPherson rear torsion beam suspension of the first class, plus a half-frame subframe, is very simple. For Zhang Qihang now, it can be done just like building blocks.

"I'm not worried about Mr. Zhang's design level, but our Black Leopard is not our own son after all. What if Mr. Zhang designs a hatchback for us?"

"That's a deal."

Seeing Li Pengfei's surprised expression, Jiang He on the side laughed. He shook his head and said to Li Pengfei: "Old Li, to tell you the truth, Mr. Zhang attaches great importance to your group's first car. In order to help you make a big hit At the same time, it can effectively control the cost. Mr. Zhang has used all his abilities. To tell you the truth, the comrades in our group are jealous when they see this model, saying that they want Mr. Zhang to leave this car for Our group uses it for ourselves, and asked Mr. Zhang to design another one for you, but Mr. Zhang disagreed. I joked with Lao Li and Lao Liu that I used to think that our Huateng Group was Mr. Zhang’s own son, but now Let's see, your Black Panther is Mr. Zhang's own son."

Liu Jiang nodded again and again: "Isn't it..."

Of course, that's the way it is said, at that time Liu Jiang, Jiang He and others did "clamor" Zhang Qihang to leave this car to Huateng Industrial Group, but in fact Huateng Industrial Group's entry-level mid-level car Sylphy also arrived It's time for a new generation, and the Excelle compact car is not yet ready for facelifts and upgrades, so everyone is actually just teasing, and by the way, see if they can get a little "cheap" from Zhang Qihang.

But what Liu Jiang and Jiang He heard in Li Pengfei's ears was another matter. After understanding what was going on, even though he knew that Liu Jiang and Jiang He were joking with him, Li Pengfei's I still couldn't help being moved: Ganqing Zhang always wanted to help Black Panther become a hit in the car market, he really put his heart into it...

(End of this chapter)