Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 263 Cao Yang's phone was blown up

Whether it is now or 20 years later, the importance of Jidipi is beyond doubt.

As a type of large-scale project that is very effective in stimulating economic growth, the car-making project has always been very popular everywhere.

Even for some of the more popular car-making projects, local governments are willing to offer a lot of preferential conditions in order to get these projects settled in their own cities.

Land, money, taxes...

All preferential policies are negotiable.

So far, Yangcheng already has Yangcheng Honda and Yangcheng Nissan, and it is rumored that the joint venture project between Yangcheng Automobile Group and Toyota Motor is about to land.

However, none of these projects were planned to fall under the jurisdiction of Liu Tianwu.

This made him a little envious.

So when he heard his secretary Luo Yi tell him that Nanshan Group intends to build a car for him, he immediately called Cao Yang.

"Mr. Cao, are you planning to start the car-making project?"

Liu Tianwu and Cao Yang are also old acquaintances.

So on the phone, he didn't beat around the bush, but directly cut to the point.

"Leader, I was thinking of finding a time to report to you."

"I just held an internal meeting yesterday, which is to unify the thinking of the high-level executives, and prepare to hold a formal launch meeting of the new model within the company next week."

Liu Tianwu's phone calls came, so Cao Yang naturally didn't need to hide it.

As for how Liu Tianwu knew the news, Cao Yang was not too entangled.

Some things are not good if they are too serious.

Of course, it seems necessary to emphasize the importance of confidentiality within the new model team in the future.

It would be embarrassing if the new models have not been officially launched by then, and various technical parameters have already been placed on the desks of other car companies.

"You are finally ready to build a car!"

"If you haven't had any thoughts on this in the past two years, I want to find a time to go over and have a chat with you."

After hearing Cao Yang's affirmative answer, Liu Tianwu heaved a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.

Through the phone, Cao Yang could feel Liu Tianwu's good mood.

"Leader, to be honest, I originally thought about building my own car in a few years, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes."

"Now we really need a model of our own to carry our latest component technology."

"In this case, after internal discussions, we felt that building a car would be better for the company's development than not building a car, so we started the car-making project."

Cao Yang exchanged pleasantries with Liu Tianwu.

Liu Tianwu also told Cao Yang directly that he could come to him for any difficulties.

However, the project has just started, and many things have not been sorted out, so Cao Yang has not put forward any specific requirements for the time being.

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"Mr. Cao, I heard that Nanshan is planning to build its own car. Is this news true?"

Not long after Cao Yang hung up on Liu Tianwu's call, Wang Fu's cell phone called.

During this period of time, BYD Nanshan Semiconductor has begun to advance various tasks in an orderly manner, and there are still many exchanges between the two parties.

It is estimated that hundreds of people in the entire company of Nanshan Group have already known about the car-making project, and it is not surprising that it has spread to BYD.

However, it is estimated that Wang Fu knows very limited information.

Even so, he couldn't help calling Cao Yang.

No way, Nanshan Group is now the most important supplier of BYD Auto. If Nanshan builds cars by itself, it will definitely be a big deal.

In extreme cases, if Nanshan produces a model similar to the F6, will BYD sell the F6?

At that time, everyone will directly become competitors, and many things will start to change.

"Mr. Wang, you are very well informed."

"However, it is not particularly accurate to say that Nanshan wants to build cars."

"Until now, we just want to produce a model equipped with Nanshan's latest technology, which will be used as a prototype for technology demonstration."

"The new car is different from any domestic company in terms of product positioning and sales volume."

"It can be said that the technology demonstration vehicle we plan to produce in Nanshan will be a small-batch production model whose price far exceeds that of domestic mainstream models."

"I believe that BYD will not produce this type of models in the next ten years, and Nanshan has no plan to produce models of less than 20 in the next ten years."

Cao Yang naturally knew why Wang Fu made this call.

So I directly gave him a reassurance.

Although some words are somewhat confusing, it is certain that Cao Yang does not intend to compete with BYD in cars.

Certainly for at least the next decade.

Cao Yang’s opponents are Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi. In the future electrification era, he will compete in other fields.

"Let me just say, Mr. Cao said before that he doesn't plan to build cars in the next few years, so how come there are such rumors all of a sudden."

"But if it's just for technology demonstration, isn't it a bit expensive to develop a high-end new model?"

Wang Fu breathed a sigh of relief, but he still had some doubts in his heart.

Cao Yang is not fooling himself, is he?
"Mr. Wang, I think you have heard about the difficulties Nanshan Group is facing now."

"We have developed some advanced components, but international auto giants will not easily use us, and competitors will continue to make trouble."

"Although the domestic independent brands are very happy to cooperate with us, there are some problems with the positioning of the models, and some things will not be carried casually."

"Like ESP, most of the self-owned brand models are not equipped with it."

"Then there are such things as navigation, and only very few models will use it in high configuration."

"As for some more high-end powertrains, people will not even consider using them."

"To tell you the truth, the reason why I agreed with the company to launch a car-making project to develop a car specifically for technology demonstration is that after the company's 3.0T twin-turbocharged engine was developed, it couldn't find any customers. "

"Even after our future 8AT automatic transmission is researched, it is estimated that the number of customers is far less than that of 6AT."

"So at this time, it is necessary for Nanshan to produce a display model that can be equipped with all the most advanced parts and technologies of Nanshan."

"At that time, the price of such a model of ours will definitely be very high."

"However, I think that as long as Nanshan's component technology can be fully promoted, then these investments are worthwhile."

"OEMs spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year on advertising in order to sell their own cars."

"Our Nanshan Group spent hundreds of millions to build a car and promote our parts technology. I think it is worth it."

Cao Yang's half-truth and half-false words made Wang Fu basically believe what he said after hearing it.

After all, Nanshan does have a need for technology display now.

Wang Fu also heard about the 3.0T engine through other channels.

Combined with Cao Yang's explanations, many things make sense.

"Mr. Cao, BYD's new models will continue to be equipped with some new technology parts in the future. At that time, our two teams can have a good communication."

"However, I suggest that you consider carefully the matter of building a car."

"If necessary, BYD can help provide a platform for the F6 model to assist you in the production of technology verification vehicles."

Although Wang Fu basically believed what Cao Yang said, he still hoped that Nanshan would not enter the field of car manufacturing.

After all, this is a huge threat to everyone.

It was like the sword of Damox hanging there.

Who knows if Nanshan will change his mind one day and start competing with everyone?

"Thank you, Mr. Wang, for your reminder. We will also carefully evaluate the car-making project internally."

"Maybe after a while, it's not surprising that it's canceled."

When Cao Yang said this, Wang Fu didn't know what to say.

After casually chatting about other topics, I hung up the phone.

However, for Cao Yang, this is obviously not the end, but a new beginning.

"Ayang, is Nanshan going to build a car?"

As Cao Yang's teacher, Xiang Changle, many of his students have now gone to Nanshan Group.

There are many colleagues around him who have technical cooperation with Nanshan.

Such a big topic of car building naturally spreads very quickly among interested people.

"Yes, teacher, all branches of the group generally want to build their own cars, and it happens that we do have some requirements in this regard now."

"So we are going to enter the whole vehicle production process."

After several phone calls one after another, Cao Yang no longer feels strange about this topic.

"It's good to build a car."

"I absolutely support your car building. It is much less risky than making chips."

"BYD, Geely, Chery and other car companies are not as well established as Nanshan, and their car manufacturing business is also booming."

"I have long wanted to persuade you to consider building your own car, but you finally figured it out."

"Our school's School of Automotive Engineering has some teachers doing relevant research and development in all aspects of the vehicle."

"If you need it, I can help you call a meeting to discuss how to cooperate with you to complete the car-making project."

Xiang Changle is obviously very supportive of Nanshan Group's car manufacturing.

This is a good thing for Lingnan University of Technology and Nanshan.

"If you don't mention it, I plan to find a time to visit and discuss this topic."

"Although Nanshan has accumulated a lot of experience in the research and development of parts, it is still a baby in terms of vehicle design and manufacturing and needs continuous learning."

"At that time, teacher, you can help recommend a few relevant teachers and graduate students to see if they are willing to come to Nanshan Group to do the research and development of complete vehicles."

Although Cao Yang can handle the appearance of the new car by himself, he can also make some bottleneck parts.

But most of the work will definitely require a large team to do it.

In this way, recruiting a large number of relevant R&D personnel is the first thing to do.

Fortunately, the shortage of talents in vehicle R&D and production is not at the same level as that of chip talents.

Whether it is in various universities, or in various joint ventures and independent brands, there are some relevant talents.

As for whether the technical content of these talents is high or not, Cao Yang doesn't care that much.

The three major parts are done well, the appearance is done well, and the rest is the problem of quality control.

The pressure in this regard is not great at all.

"Are you poaching someone again?"

"At that time, our principal will probably trouble me, and he will help you find people every time!"

Xiang Changle couldn't help but make a joke.

Some time ago, Professor Zhang Jing, who majored in microelectronics, jumped to Nanshan Group, which attracted the attention of many people in Lingnan University of Technology.

If a group of professors change jobs now, the influence will definitely be even greater.

"There is a turnover of personnel, and the newcomers below have a chance to be promoted."

"With the influence of Lingnan University of Technology, are you still worried that you won't be able to recruit excellent teachers?"

Talking to Xiang Changle, Cao Yang is more casual.

"You arrange someone to sort it out first, to see which talents are in short supply, and then I will go and see which teacher is more suitable."

"But there are only a few professors in the School of Automotive Engineering, you can't poach them all for me."

Xiang Changle will definitely support Cao Yang.

It's just that he needs to grasp the speed of it.

"Teacher, in fact, it doesn't have to be a teacher from the School of Automotive Engineering. Some lecturers, associate professors or doctoral students from other schools can also be considered."

"Nanshan entered the field of car manufacturing not on a whim, but with long-term plans."

"We will need to form a large-scale development team in the future, and there will be a great demand for talents from all aspects."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Yang is ready to dig into the corner of Lingnan University of Technology and set up a complete vehicle R&D team in Nanshan as soon as possible.

In this regard, Xiang Changle also expressed his understanding.

……

When Cao Yang's phone was about to ring off the hook, some car companies began to receive rumors one after another.

After all, the auto industry seems to be very big, but in fact the circle is very small.

With such heavy news, many people are willing to share it as a "secret".

"Mr. Wang, I just heard a gossip, and I think it may need to be taken seriously."

Great Wall Motors, Zhu Jianbo came to Wang Ying's office.

Although the degree of cooperation between Great Wall Motors and Nanshan Group is not as close as that of BYD, the relationship between them is also very close.

Even Great Wall Motors has now started to enter the SUV field in an all-round way according to the direction proposed in the previous communication with Cao Yang.

In terms of brand positioning, it is also preparing to create a high-security positioning for itself with the help of hot stamping.

In this case, Chuang Nanshan had to build his own car, so Zhu Jianbo couldn't help but ignore it.

"Nanshan is going to build a car?"

"Is this true?"

Wang Ying is a smart person, so he naturally knows the influence behind this news.

"I called some of their personnel, some said they didn't know, and some hesitated and didn't admit or deny it."

"So I think this news is probably true."

When Zhu Jianbo said this, Wang Ying couldn't help frowning.

She is still very confident in competing with independent brand car companies such as Chery and Geely.

But what Fang Nanshan said, she found that she had lost her mind.

Looking at China's auto industry, there is no company more evil than Nanshan Group.

Not only did he develop the engine and gearbox by himself, but he also made breakthroughs in many parts.

This is not like a normal Chinese company at all.

"I'll give Mr. Cao a call and find out more about the situation before we talk about it."

(End of this chapter)