The Light of Domestic Products: The whole world begs me to sell

Chapter 220 Begging for Van Technology (6K Begging Subscription)
Director Zhang took a sip of water and stood up from his chair.

He looked at Hu Lai and said:
"Boss, we do have some business dealings with Wuling."

"However, the Wuling Hongguang of Wuling Group is now their best-selling model. Last year, the sales volume of more than 20 vehicles ranked first in the MPV sales list."

"It may not be easy for them to transfer technology, or to cooperate in technology."

Hu Lai hummed, what Director Zhang said was true.

Generally speaking, in business cooperation, most of those who are willing to provide technical cooperation or technology transfer are backward and next-generation technologies.

How could it be possible for Wuling Hongguang to transfer its core technology and core data to the Phoenix Group, a profit point at the thigh level of the entire Wuling Group?

Even if the Phoenix Group promises to only produce and sell in Africa, no management will agree easily.

"What about the Chang'an Group?"

Hu Lai asked subconsciously, Phoenix Group and Chang'an are both local companies in Shancheng City, and he is also familiar with Chang'an Group.

When Phoenix and BYD cooperated, Mr. Shen Jianguo and Mr. Shen from Chang'an even visited Hu Lai in person, so he was considered an old acquaintance.

In the end, Phoenix and BYD reached a cooperation. BYD provided the Phoenix Group with blade batteries and semi-solid lithium batteries. Phoenix provided BYD V100 with the operating system and unmanned autonomous driving technology. Because Changan did not have the technology required by the Phoenix Group, it has been cooperating since then. not much.

At this moment, Factory Manager Zhang heard Hu Lai mentioning Chang'an. After thinking for a while, he said:

"Chang'an Group also has van technology."

"Their previous 'Chang'an Star' can be regarded as a national sacred car, popular all over the country, and it is also the first model in Yanguo whose sales exceeded 100 million units."

"It's just that the Chang'an van has been gradually replaced by Wuling Hongguang over the years. Of course, on the one hand, it is because Wuling Hongguang has indeed improved in quality after receiving technical support from SAIC and GM."

"And more importantly, the strategic direction of Changan Group itself is to gradually withdraw from the traditional fuel van market."

Hu Lai suddenly became interested.

"Chang'an Group voluntarily withdraws from the traditional fuel van business?"

Director Zhang nodded and said:
"Chang'an has been transforming into passenger cars since 2018. They also voluntarily quit traditional fuel vans and turned to SUVs for their Auchan series, which sold well before."

"As for their best-selling Changan Star series, the annual sales volume in 2021 will be less than 20 units, which is nothing compared to Wuling Hongguang's more than [-] units."

"It can be said that the focus of Changan Group is mainly on passenger cars. Their CS75 series and Uint series are not bad."

Speaking of this, Director Zhang smiled:
"However, this is beneficial to us. If we talk to Changan about the transfer of traditional fuel van technology, it will be much less difficult. After all, they have given up this market."

"Now it's time to see if the quality of Changan's vans can meet our requirements."

Hu Lai is not worried about the quality of the Changan van.

Although Chang'an Star is gradually declining in Yanguo, the Chang'an Star series can be regarded as a classic model that has experienced market changes. The sales of a single model in the millions is enough to prove the rationality of its quality and design.

The advantage of Changan Star is that it is not only cheap, but also durable and practical. The entire body structure and engine are relatively simple, and it is very convenient to maintain.

Coupled with the adoption of a mid-mounted rear-drive layout, it not only has plenty of power but also has the ability to adapt to all terrains, pulling people and goods, and almost omnipotent on steep mountain roads.

Such a car is not very good for road traffic conditions, and it is very attractive to African countries with a very large transportation demand.

Although it cannot be sold in China due to the strategic reasons of Changan Group or other reasons, once Phoenix buys out the vehicle technology, it can be improved according to the actual conditions of the African continent and transformed into a "micro-face" that meets the road conditions of the African continent.

After Hu Lai thought about it, he had already made up his mind.

"How about this, Lao Zhang, contact Chang'an, we'll go there now."

"It just so happens that we haven't visited Mr. Zhu in Chang'an for a long time, and we haven't seen their auto marketing manager Shen Jianguo Shen for a long time."

"Okay! Then I'll make arrangements..."

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Chang'an Group.

There is one thing to say, Changan Automobile has developed very well in the past two years.

Although Changan has almost given up on the "micro-face" market, in 2021, the sales volume of the Changan brand will still hit a record high, with annual sales exceeding 175 million units, and sales of new energy vehicles also exceeding 10 units for the first time.

In terms of fuel vehicles, not only continued the best-selling models such as CS75 and Yidong PLUS, but also launched Changan's own pickup truck Kaicheng F70, which further improved the product line.

As for new energy vehicles, Changan not only launched its own new energy series, Changan Deep Blue, but also created a Changan Deep Blue SL03; it also cooperated with Huawei and Ningde Times to establish Avita Technology, and the three companies jointly launched a It is called "Avita" new energy vehicle.

For "Avita", Huawei is responsible for a complete set of intelligent solutions, providing Hongmeng smart cockpit and other products, Changan is responsible for vehicle production, providing chassis, hardware and other technologies, and CATL is mainly responsible for providing battery systems and energy storage systems.

but.

Although the future is bright, Changan Automobile also has troubles.

That is, it is too late for Changan to make efforts in the field of new energy!

Speaking of which, the sales of new energy vehicles exceeded 10 last year, but the actual situation is still not optimistic!
The sales volume of [-] vehicles is a fart in Yan Country, that is, it can barely squeeze into the top ten level. This is impossible for Changan, a traditional car powerhouse, to be satisfied!

What makes Changan jealous is the V10,000 model launched by BYD with a price of 100+. Last year, the sales volume of V100 reached more than 7, and almost one model can reach the sales volume of Changan's new energy system.

The biggest reason for all this is that all BYD V100 series use the technology authorized by Phoenix Automobile...

Endurance, unmanned automatic driving, automatic charging, automatic finding of parking spaces...

The teeth-gnashing functions have completely built a moat for BYD V100, even if the price is as high as 10,000+, it still attracts countless people!
There is no other reason, it is because these functions are only available in BYD V100 except for the Phoenix "Qingluan"!

What makes Chang'an most jealous is that BYD, with the blessing of V100's Phoenix technology, abruptly raised the brand grade by several grades.

BYD's Dolphin, BYD Qin, Han, and Tang series have all benefited from this, and their prices have risen to varying degrees. The shameful thing is that even after the price increase, BYD's sales are getting better and better!
Thinking of this, the entire Chang'an Group's senior management can be said to be gnashing their teeth and looking forward to seeing it through. If they could cooperate with the Phoenix Group...

On this day, He Hongtu, CEO of Changan Automobile, was having a meeting with all executives.

"Everyone, this is the sales volume of Dami Group's Dami Automobile 1S last quarter. They sold 16 vehicles last quarter. It can be said that in the range of 22 yuan to [-] yuan, the consumption power of customers is still very strong!"

"Our dark blue SL03 is also aimed at this market, and our main competitor is the rice car 1S."

"Now, our Deep Blue SL03 has not been formally finalized for sale. Let's discuss today how our Deep Blue SL03 should be sold and what aspects we can make a fuss about for rice cars..."

As soon as the words fell, Mr. He Hongtu and Mr. He began to scan the audience.

The executives in the meeting room suddenly became a little nervous, and many people began to deliberately bury their heads in taking notes, trying to avoid Mr. He's gaze.

For rice car 1S?

Everyone understands in their hearts that this question is really difficult to answer.

In the past, Dami Auto was not considered a strong opponent at all, but now...

With the support of the Phoenix smart cockpit and electronic configuration technology, the market reputation of the rice car 1S has been very good in just a few months, and the price/performance ratio has also become very high.

Faced with such a rice car 1S, which is born with its own "moat", Chang'an really has no good way to deal with it.

For a while, the atmosphere in the meeting room was a little awkward.

Mr. Shen Jianguo, who was relatively close to Mr. He, felt the atmosphere in the meeting room. As the marketing manager of the automobile department, he quickly coughed and said slowly:

"Mr. He, the design of our dark blue XL is very good, better than the design of Mi 1S..."

Shen Jianguo talked eloquently, and He Hongtu looked at Shen Jianguo with satisfaction and nodded frequently.

But after a few words, there was a rush of phone ringing in the conference room.

"Um?!"

He Hongtu He frowned, the whole meeting was interrupted by the sudden ringing of the bell, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Emotional dissatisfaction was written on his face. When he followed the ringtone, he didn't expect it to be the mobile phone on Shen Jianguo's desk.

"Boss Shen?!"

at this time.

Shen Jianguo was also a little embarrassed. It is the most basic rule to turn off the phone on mute before the meeting, but today he was in a hurry and forgot to turn it on.

He glanced at He Hongtu and Mr. He apologetically, and was about to pick up the phone and press the mute button, but when he looked at the phone screen, his expression froze.

Suddenly, he looked at He Hongtu excitedly and in shock, and said in a low voice:

"Mr. He, it's Director Zhang's call!"

Director Zhang?
Director Zhang of Phoenix Group? !

For a moment, He Hongtu and Mr. He were also slightly taken aback, and then the frown deepened.

The expressions and words of Shen Jianguo and He Hongtu caught everyone's eyes, and the executives in the meeting room were immediately surprised. What's going on? !

But what everyone didn't expect was that after a brief pause, Mr. He Hongtu and Mr. He actually asked Mr. Shen to pick up the phone. You know, this is a meeting!

"Hey, Mr. Zhang..."

"Mr. Hu is coming too? Mr. Hu will leave immediately! Okay, okay, okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

Shen Jianguo couldn't contain his excitement anymore, he hung up the phone and said to He Hongtu:
"Mr. He, Director Zhang will come to our headquarters immediately. He said he has something to discuss with us!"

"Also, Mr. Hu Lai Hu came here in person!"

He Hongtu's expression changed, his eyes suddenly tightened, and his breathing suddenly seemed to become a little faster.

"Nonsense is always coming?!"

Seeing that Shen Jianguo kept nodding, a moment later He Hongtu waved his hand at the bewildered crowd:
"That's it for today's meeting. Mr. Shen and I have something to do temporarily. Let's have a meeting tomorrow!"

Everyone: "???"

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened in confusion.

Good guy, what's the matter? !

Mr. Hu Lai Hu?
Everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath. Who is this President Hu who can make He Hongtu, the CEO of Chang'an Group, interrupt the high-level meeting without hesitation? !
Those who can sit here for the meeting are all high-level backbones of the Changan Group, and they are all familiar with He Hongtu's temper.

He Hongtu He is always a very strict and rule-abiding person, and the person who can make him treat him so carefully must have a lot of background!

You know, it's not like there aren't other car company bosses who come to visit on weekdays. Even if other car company bosses come to visit in person, Mr. He is just a normal reception. He is so cautious that even high-level meetings are terminated without hesitation. never had!
At this moment, all the high-level personnel are extremely curious, who is this Mr. Hu Lai Hu?
But after a while, some core executives and people familiar with the market immediately reacted.

Mr. Hu Lai Hu? !

The Phoenix Group is messing around!
But the next question immediately appeared in their minds.

President Hu Lai of the Phoenix Group came to the headquarters of the Chang'an Group in person. What is he going to do? !

In an instant, many high-level executives were overwhelmed, and all kinds of thoughts flooded into their hearts.

Mr. Hu Lai Hu of Phoenix Group, although it is only a private company, the speed of development in the past two years is simply beyond everyone's imagination.

Started step by step from bicycles, from electric scooters to Phoenix cars, and recently entered the notebook computer industry, and even directly broke through the American chip blockade!
This kind of technological strength simply shocked everyone!

And what moved them the most was the Phoenix Group's top salaries and benefits...

Especially since everyone present lives in the mountain city, they can better understand the sense of superiority and enviable benefits of Phoenix Group employees.

Take their well-known colleague Phoenix Motors as an example, a traditional car manufacturer, the benefits are even higher than those of Internet giants, and this is still in a second-tier city like Shancheng City!
The standard of living in the mountain city is not high, and the house price is even lower than that of the neighboring city of Rongcheng. Such a city and the salary of Phoenix are simply a paradise for life!

The most outrageous thing is that now I heard that the first phase of Phoenix Group's commercial housing for employees is preparing to start housing distribution, and the second phase of commercial housing for employees is also under construction...

Turtle!

Even Ali and Penguin couldn't afford such benefits!
Countless people are flocking to Phoenix Group, even many of them have submitted their resumes to Phoenix HR secretly, but unfortunately they were rejected!

And now, such Phoenix Group President Hu actually came to Chang'an headquarters? !
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the other side.

Hu Lai's car is a long-endurance version of "Qingluan". "Qingluan" slowly drove into the office building of Chang'an headquarters.

A group of people surrounded Mr. He and walked over. As soon as Hu Lai got out of the car, Mr. He had already walked up to him.

"Mr. He, I'm sorry to trouble you, you're too polite." Hu Lai hurriedly greeted him.

He met He Hongtu once. In terms of seniority and age, Mr. He is his elder.

"Haha, Mr. Hu, you are a very busy person, it is really rare to see you once!"

He Hongtu said with a smile, his face was full of smiles.

After the two were polite, the acquaintance Shen Jianguo and Mr. Shen also greeted Hu Lai and Director Zhang respectively.

The crowd walked behind Hu Lai and He Hongtu, and then Mr. Shen introduced to the executives next to him: "This is the boss of the famous Phoenix Group in our mountain city, Mr. Hu Lai and Mr. Hu."

"This is Director Zhang, vice president of Phoenix Group. Director Zhang is in charge of Phoenix's main business."

Many executives had already guessed that it was Mr. Hu of the Phoenix Group, but when Hu Lai actually appeared in front of them, it was still a little inconceivable.

too young!

"Mr. Hu is younger than he looks on TV. He is probably in his 20s."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Mr. Hu expanded the Phoenix Group to such a scale at such a young age, it's really amazing."

"It's okay to be young and awesome, but Mr. Hu is so low-key... let alone Mr. Hu's level, even if we go, we are always hugged. You see, Mr. Hu and Director Zhang came here. Not to mention this pragmatic attitude is awesome..."

"It's really different. It's really a little bit capable to make us Mr. He and Mr. Shen greet us in person..."

Everyone is an executive of Chang'an, and their eyesight is very accurate. Mr. Hu, who is simple in clothes and has no ostentation, is completely a pragmatic person.

During the discussion in low voices, Hu Lai and He Hongtu walked side by side at the front. After a while, the group entered the Chang'an headquarters building.

"Mr. Hu, this way please."

"You are too kind."

When Hu Lai came to the reception room, a group of senior executives did not come in very sensibly. This level of affairs is no longer within the reach of ordinary executives.

Only He Hongtu and Shen Jianguo were left in the reception room.

He Hongtu beckoned Hu Lai to sit down, looking at the young Hu Lai, he felt a lot in his heart.

He did not expect that the once humble Phoenix Motors could expand rapidly to the current situation.

In fact, He Hongtu can be regarded as watching Phoenix Motors grow up step by step. From the very beginning, it acquired shared cars and introduced the small car production line of Yema Factory. As a car company in the same city, Changan was the first to get the news. of.

However, the production quality and workmanship of Phoenix Motors at that time were very average, and there was no threat at all. It was not until Phoenix developed the "automatic pick-up and return" and unmanned automatic driving functions on shared cars that Phoenix Motors really took off. .

Sighing, He Hongtu was also a little annoyed. If he had made up his mind to compete with BYD at that time, then...

However, although he was annoyed by the previous decision, He Hongtu still had some opinions on the Phoenix Group and Hu Lai.

Phoenix Group and Changan are both car companies in mountainous cities. Later, Changan also proposed several times to obtain the authorization of Phoenix Motors, but they were all declined by Phoenix Group in the end.

Although he didn't say anything, He Hongtu was still a little upset as Chang'an's speaker.

But He Hongtu's resentment was not limited to this.

Although Phoenix Group and Changan Automobile have different customer groups, and it seems that there is no competition in models, Phoenix Automobile competes with Changan in another form.

That is, the benefits of Phoenix Auto are really good!
Especially as automakers in the same city, Changan and Lifan feel the most pressure. Which automaker doesn’t have a relative, friend or colleague working for Phoenix Motors?All the rumors spread.

Not to mention ordinary employees, even the company's internal executives, many of them secretly submitted their resumes to Phoenix Motors.

He Hongtu just didn't say it, but he understood it in his heart.

At this moment, he looked at Hu Lai with mixed feelings in his heart, and he hated and loved Phoenix Group at the same time.

His thoughts kept turning, and inadvertently, his eyes fell on Hu Lai again.

"I don't know why Mr. Hu came to Chang'an this time?"

He kept thinking about the purpose of Hu Lai's trip in his heart, and when he was about to test out Hu Lai's purpose of coming here with words, he did not expect that Hu Lai who was sitting opposite suddenly broke the silence.

"Mr. He, we came in a hurry this time, mainly because we wanted to discuss something with your group."

He Hongtu was taken aback by Hu Lai's straightforwardness. He didn't expect Hu Lai to be so straightforward. He subconsciously leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile:

"Mr. Hu, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Hu Lai smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said lightly:
"Mr. He, we want to introduce Changan Star vehicle technology from Changan Group."

"Including chassis, frame, engine, etc. all technologies..."

He Hongtu, Mr. He didn't react at once, and even Mr. Shen Jianguo, who was on the side, was stunned.

After a while, Shen Jianguo widened his eyes and said in disbelief:
"Our van technology?!"

"Mr. Hu, are you sure? Your Phoenix Group wants to introduce our Changan Star van technology?!"

In an instant, a huge question mark appeared in the minds of the two of them.

Did I hear it right? !

The top new energy vehicle company in China, Phoenix Motors, actually wants to acquire the complete vehicle technology of traditional fuel vehicles? !

And what a van!
Good guy!
Both Mr. He and Mr. Shen are stupid. Strictly speaking, the top management of Changan Group strategically abandoned the field of vans. In fact, the very important reason is to wash off the "cheap" price tag brought to Changan Group by vans!
But this is all right.

Known as the luxury brand of Yanguo, and it is indeed a luxury brand, Phoenix Motors actually wants to introduce the complete vehicle technology of cheap traditional fuel vehicles and vans? !

What is this for? !

Turtle.

By the way, isn't it said that new energy vehicles are the future?
When all car companies are investing more in new energy vehicles, Phoenix will turn to traditional fuel vehicles instead? !

Phoenix is ​​turning back the wheel of history?

Or is this B cheating?

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