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Chapter 897 A Different Van

After understanding Zhang Qihang's plan, Li Pengfei breathed a sigh of relief.

Although I don’t know how much benefit the cooperation with Huateng Group on this project can bring to Black Leopard Auto every year, but it is worth tens of millions. If we are more optimistic, we can add hundreds of millions of net profits every year. Not impossible.

Thinking of this, Li Pengfei was in a good mood, but thinking of the ardent expectations of the leaders of the city for this matter, he still couldn't help saying: "In this case, we can explain everything in the past, but our leaders will feel a little bit in their hearts. disappointment."

Zhang Qihang knew what Li Pengfei meant, shook his head and said, "Why are they disappointed? Everyone knows that cars are something that every province wants to produce, but is this something they can do if they want to?
But counting with your fingers, how many provinces in the country can produce cars?Besides, is the car really a production qualification and everything will be fine?If this is the case, why are there still so many zombie companies in China that hold the qualifications for car production but have stopped production for several years? "

Li Pengfei somewhat disapproved of Zhang Qihang's words: I know the zombie companies you mentioned, but can those companies compare with our Black Panther?What is the situation of our Panther Motors, and what is the situation of those zombie companies?It's just that he can't refute Zhang Qihang's words, so he just nodded reluctantly: "This...is really..."

"But Mr. Li," Zhang Qihang glanced at Li Pengfei, and said, "If I remember correctly, the vans produced by your Panther Motors in the past few years are still the molds of Songhuajiang, right?"

"Well, that's right," Li Pengfei nodded, a little puzzled why Zhang Qihang asked this question: "Why?"

By implication, is there anything wrong with that?

Zhang Qihang said: "In this day and age, people are more and more concerned about appearances. With the development of the economy, people's minds are becoming more and more liberated, especially young girls, who like to dress up, but don't you Said, with this dress, a pretty ordinary little girl immediately looks much better, right?"

Li Pengfei thought for a while, and couldn't help but nodded: "It seems...it's really like this..."

It's just that, Li Pengfei became more and more curious: What exactly did Zhang Qihang want to say?
"Then the question is, our lesbians know how to put on makeup and often buy some fashionable new clothes to dress themselves up. Why don't you think about 'makeup' for your cars?"

"Put...makeup?" Li Pengfei almost bit his tongue when he heard that, "Our van?"

He couldn't help but say "Aren't you talking nonsense? How does the van make up? This thing is not a little girl!"

"That's right, it's just makeup. Who said vans can't wear makeup?" Zhang Qihang nodded, and took out a portfolio from the file cabinet while talking: "I designed the shape and interior of a van in my spare time. Let's see how it goes."

With that said, Zhang Qihang handed the portfolio to Li Pengfei.

Li Pengfei almost couldn't wait to take the portfolio. On the one hand, based on the trust that "Zhang Qihang's shot must be a boutique", he was extremely curious about the van designed by Zhang Qihang; on the other hand, he was even more curious. Van make-up...what's the matter with this thing?
Opening the file bag and looking at the clear renderings, Li Pengfei's eyes were instantly attracted:
From the appearance point of view, this car is a van, but compared with the "Songhuajiang style" van produced by Panther Motors, this van looks more majestic, and the light gold paint looks more luxurious;
What attracted Li Pengfei the most was the design of the interior and seats. Compared with the design style of the "Songhuajiang Model" van produced by Panther Motors in the 80s, the center console of the van designed by Zhang Qihang looks more Stylish and more modern, it looks like the center console of a car, and what impressed Li Pengfei most is the design of the middle row of seats, which is different from the "double-seater" seat design in the middle row of the current van. The middle row of the van designed by Zhang Qihang uses two independent seats, which seem to be no different from the middle row seats of the Huateng-Mitsubishi "land business class" commercial vehicle. It is a commercial vehicle version of the van.

Li Pengfei had to admit in his heart that compared with the van designed by Zhang Qihang, the van produced by himself is really a bumpkin, everyone is also a van, but if the van designed by Zhang Qihang is a female star on TV, then My own van can only be regarded as a village girl in the village who has just returned from doing farm work in the field, sweating and dirty.

It turns out that the van can still be designed like this?

It turned out that Zhang Qihang's so-called "makeup" meant this.

That’s right, what Zhang Qihang said is true. Although everyone is a van, there is a difference between good-looking and bad-looking.

Now the market competition has gradually begun to become fierce. The same two vans, one is more than ten years ago, the style that everyone has been tired of seeing for a long time, and the other looks more trendy and fashionable, with a grand appearance and the feeling of the interior. It makes people feel similar to a car, and even the interior space is more spacious. If you are a prospective car owner who is ready to buy a car with money, which one would you like to buy?Of course, the one in front of me looks better and more atmospheric.

At this moment, Li Pengfei felt that he finally understood the meaning of Zhang Qihang's words.

"How is it?" Zhang Qihang asked Li Pengfei, "Not bad, is it?"

Only then did Li Pengfei come to his senses, he shook his head and praised repeatedly: "It's not only good, I didn't know that the cotton van could be designed like this, Mr. Zhang, I'm really convinced of your ability... This design is for us?"

"That's right," Zhang Qihang nodded, "Mr. Li, I'm definitely not as familiar with the van market as you. What do you think if you launch such a van and change the rear suspension from the current leaf springs to multiple ones?" Connecting rod coil springs, even if the price is slightly more expensive than similar products on the market, which car do you think sells better?"

Li Pengfei said without hesitation: "It's hard to say, but I am more optimistic about this car. If it is equipped with air-conditioning, as you said, and the rear suspension is changed, this car can be used as an entry-level commercial car. .”

"Hehe..." Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile, and continued: "There are other renderings below. Look at the second one. I designed it based on feedback from customers in the Middle East... The wheelbase and rear overhang have been lengthened, so that it can be installed With four rows of seats down, it can seat up to 11 passengers, which is equivalent to the passenger capacity of the Toyota Hiace, but the price is only a fraction of the Toyota Hiace... Do you think this car will be sold in the Middle East?"

Li Pengfei hurriedly opened the second rendering. Sure enough, compared to the current van, the body length of this van has increased a lot, and it is absolutely no problem to install the next row of seats.

Seeing this rendering, Li Pengfei couldn't help but slap his forehead: such a good idea, why didn't the designers of our group think of it?

Since getting on the ride of Huateng Industrial Group, relying on good quality and low price, Heibao Group has been making great progress in exporting and earning foreign exchange. Its micro noodles and micro cards are sold in Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. It’s very good, and Panther’s headquarters has also received some feedback and revisions. For example, users in the Middle East are generally overloaded, etc. Designers and engineers are thinking, “Should we replace the car with a new one?” Bigger engine?", "If it is overloaded, the burden on the engine will be heavy, right? The Middle East is so hot, should we strengthen the cooling system?" But no one has ever thought about "Since the customers in the Middle East I like 'Run Dora', so can I make the car a little bigger and longer?"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Pengfei asked Zhang Qihang, "Mr. Zhang, these designs...have you given them all to me?"

Although these are just the renderings of a few vans, Li Pengfei knows in his heart that these renderings are of great inspiration to his own designers. To put it bluntly, these renderings have opened up his own designers to let their minds fly. wings, how much are these renderings worth?

It's hard to say "priceless", but with Zhang Qihang's wealth and the value of these renderings, it's hard to even think about it without millions, but now, with these renderings worth millions, Zhang Qihang is like this Give it to yourself lightly?
"If I don't give it to you, why should I show it to you?" Zhang Qihang waved his hand with a smile, and said, "Since you Panthers support us so firmly, I can't let you suffer, and we are friends. These few renderings, when you make the car, can also give an explanation to the leaders of your city."

I see……

Li Pengfei nodded vigorously, carefully put away these renderings, and then said to Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, I won't say anything if you are polite. Anyway, just watch it. From now on, our Panther car will be Hua Teng. The group's best partner!"

At this moment, Li Pengfei really saw it clearly. As long as he hugged Zhang Qihang's thigh tightly, the good days of the Panther car were still to come. As for the car... Hey!It’s a trivial matter. No matter what you produce, as long as the output value and profits increase, Panther Motors is the treasure in the eyes of the leaders of Dongnae City. So what if you can’t produce cars? Is it possible that any leader dares to criticize himself for this? no?

Even Zhang Qihang will become a talisman for him. If the leaders of Donglai City want to find someone to replace him, it’s fine if he is willing, but if it’s not... Hehe, Zhang Qihang’s words, the Black Panther car The annual profit may be hundreds of millions of losses!

Under such circumstances, which leader would dare to take this risk?

Thinking of this, Li Pengfei became more and more grateful for him.

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Facing what Li Pengfei brought back, although some leaders of Donglai City felt a little regretful, they were more excited!
Some leaders were still a little worried, and they repeatedly confirmed to Li Pengfei: "Old Li, can you produce these cars?"

Even the leaders of Dongnae City have to admit that the vans designed by Zhang Qihang are really beautiful, and they are placed in some small private companies for daily reception and the like. Chilling, even as a daily official vehicle for grassroots units such as street offices and police stations, it is completely fine, and it is very handy.

The high-spirited Li Pengfei patted his chest bang bang: "Leader, don't worry, I have specifically asked the engineers and designers of our group, and it will be absolutely fine... If there are indeed problems that we cannot solve, we can help you As for the relationship between Leopard Motors and Huateng Group, we can also spend money to ask the design department of Huateng Group to help, I have agreed with Mr. Zhang on these."

The leaders nodded again and again, very happy: "That's good, that's good..."

Li Pengfei struck while the iron was hot and said, "Leader, I have discussed with other comrades in the team, and we all believe that after launching these new products, the output value of our Black Panther Group next year can increase by at least 15%. If we are more optimistic, we can increase by 20%." % of the output value also has great opportunities; in addition, in terms of export earnings, we are also confident to create better results."

"Oh?"

When the leader heard the words, his eyes lit up: "So, you are going to expand the production scale again?"

Expanding production scale means recruiting more workers. Over the past few years, state-owned enterprises have generally been sluggish, and Donglai City is no exception. Leaders worry about the situation of these state-owned enterprises all day. Expanding the production scale again can at least accommodate a group of employees of state-owned enterprises... For local leaders, there is nothing more important than "stability".

In addition, there is also the mid-level commercial vehicle project in cooperation with Huateng Industry Group. In this way, whether it is cooperation with Huateng Industry Group or the production of new vans, the annual output value and annual profit margin of Heibao Group will increase significantly. At the same time, the Black Panther Group will recruit workers again to further stimulate employment and taxation...

For the local government, isn't this what they want to see and get? As for the fact that Panther Motors cannot produce cars, after a period of constant bumping into obstacles, the leaders of Dongnae City finally know The matter of producing cars is not as simple as I thought, and my mentality is not as crowded as it was at the beginning: it is of course very good to have the opportunity to produce cars, but if there is no opportunity, the scale and output value of the Black Panther Group can be surpassed. Big, that might not be a good thing.

"That's right," Li Pengfei nodded, not denying it, "However, we need to further calculate how much we need to expand."

"Then figure it out quickly!" The leader waved his hand and said, "The city fully supports your production expansion plan! Here, in front of the big guys, I tell you clearly: Comrade Li Pengfei, you Black Panther Whatever kind of support your car needs, I will give you that kind of support!"

(End of this chapter)