The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 171 Hongqi Brand
Only then did Zhang Zhipeng remember that he had told Zhao Bingkun before the Spring Festival that by March, a project team would be organized to seize the time to design the aircraft carrier.

Isn’t it already mid-March?
Today, 2G networks are being rapidly constructed across the country.

In last year's 2G bidding activity, Warwick obtained 2% of the G construction share, and Vimicro obtained % of the share.

The four international communications giants together won a total of 10%.

Being able to give them 10% is already a very good result.

The 2G construction in Chang'an started in January 1996.

The network is still under construction, but 2G mobile phones have begun to be sold.

It is said that the sales are quite popular.

The four major international communication giants have also quickly launched mobile phone products suitable for China's 2G communication standards. They want to compete with Warwick Mobile.

There is still a large group of people who worship foreigners in China, and their mobile phones are said to be selling well.

Of course, the best-selling mobile phone in the Chinese market today is still a Huawei mobile phone.

Zhang Zhipeng has been busy during this period, so he has not yet applied for a local 2G mobile phone in Chang'an.

Zhang Zhipeng hurriedly called Zhao Bingkun back.

When the call got through, Zhao Bingkun said, "Comrade Zhipeng, what are you busy with?"

"Ever since you gave me a New Year's greeting call during the Chinese New Year, you haven't even been seen!"

Zhang Zhipeng also called Zhao Bingkun during the Chinese New Year. At that time, he did not tell Zhao Bingkun that he was busy working on a car.

He always felt that he had communicated with Zhao Bingkun about this matter before.

This was an oversight on his part.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Director Zhao, I have been busy developing cars for more than a month during the Chinese New Year!"

Zhao Bingkun perked up as soon as he heard this: "Is there any result? I know you are a fast shooter and can do anything quickly!"

"You haven't called me for such a period of time. It's obvious that you are fully committed to it!"

"Has the car been developed yet?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "I have already built all the prototype cars!"

"We were just testing the car!"

Zhao Bingkun laughed and said: "Haha! Isn't this too fast?"

"The automobile aspect is indeed our shortcoming! It also needs to be made up for urgently!"

"I'll fly to Chang'an right away!"

"I want to see for myself what your car looks like!"

Zhao Bingkun arrived in Chang'an that evening.

He didn't even let Zhang Zhipeng pick him up at the airport. He arrived at Huaxing Industrial Park at around 8 p.m.

Then, he used his mobile phone to page Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng was not leaving the industrial park at the moment, waiting for Zhao Bingkun.

His office in Huaxing Industrial Park is relatively luxurious, with an area of ​​more than 150 square meters, divided into work area, reception area and living area.

No problem staying here at all.

Upon receiving the page, Zhang Zhipeng rushed out to greet him.

Zhao Bingkun's car has already arrived at the office building.

Seeing Zhang Zhipeng, Zhao Bingkun said: "Look, the Hongqi I'm riding in, can the car you build have it?"

Zhao Bingkun was riding a Hongqi CA7560. Only a few dozen units of this car were produced.

This car has a horsepower of 215 and uses a V5.65 engine with a displacement of 8 liters and a carburetor.

It only has two gears and drives quite smoothly.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Director Zhao, how should this compare?"

"Your car has a displacement of 5.65 liters and still uses a carburetor. The car I built already uses in-cylinder direct injection technology."

“Technology is no longer of the same era!”

Zhao Bingkun stared and said, "Then tell me! How powerful is your car? Can it run fast?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "It's definitely not as powerful as your car, because our engine is only 1.2T."

"The maximum horsepower is only 120 horses."

"The fastest speed can reach about 240 kilometers!"

Zhao Bingkun doesn’t know what 1.2T is.

Zhang Zhipeng explained it to him.

Zhao Bingkun was even more surprised: "With such a small displacement, can it run so fast?"

"Then I have to go try it out."

"Let's see if you're bragging."

However, he thought about it, shook his head and said, "The car you just built has not passed the running-in period yet, so I guess you can't drive it too fast."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "After we built the engine, we have actually been testing and running it for a period of time."

"Furthermore, our manufacturing process is relatively sophisticated. I think it should be no problem to drive it to 150 to 60 kilometers now."

"The key is, there is nowhere to run now!"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "That's right. If you don't have a license plate, running on the road is against the rules!"

"You're pretty well behaved."

"Can't you just say hello and ask the relevant departments in Chang'an to get you a temporary license?"

"Forget it, I'll be the one to be the one who doesn't follow the rules!"

Zhao Bingkun made a call, and not long after, a pair of temporary license plates were delivered.

Zhang Zhipeng then took Zhao Bingkun to see the prototype car.

When Zhao Bingkun saw the car, his eyes widened: "I'll go! Is this car so beautifully built?"

"It's like a wild horse trying to gallop."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "This is a specially designed body that takes into account the impact of wind resistance."

"Minimize the impact of wind resistance on car driving."

“At the same time, this also helps to save more fuel!”

"Director Zhao, get in the car!"

Sun Bo, Zhao Bingkun's secretary, hurriedly said: "Director, you'd better not drive the car yourself. This car has just been built, and we don't know how safe it is."

Zhao Bingkun laughed and scolded: "Do you have special brew because you don't believe in Comrade Zhipeng's ability?"

"He's built airplanes! Isn't building a car just for fun?"

"Besides, I'm already in my early 70s! I've never been afraid of gunfire, why should I be afraid of this?"

When Zhang Zhipeng heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized that Zhao Bingkun was actually an old man.

However, the old man was in good spirits and his hair was thick. He must have dyed his hair, not a single hair was white.

Just looking at his appearance, you really can't tell his age.

Sun Bo didn't dare to say anything and could only look at Zhang Zhipeng with his eyes.

He obviously hoped that Zhang Zhipeng would give Zhao Bingkun a few words of advice.

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Director Zhao, if you want to drive yourself later, I suggest you not drive too fast. After all, you are driving at night and accidents are easy to happen."

Zhao Bingkun waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! I'm measured."

"If I were a fool, I would have died on the battlefield."

"Let's go to the military exercise field and run this car. There won't be any problem."

So, Zhao Bingkun drove the car himself, Zhang Zhipeng sat in the passenger seat, and were protected by security vehicles at the front and rear. They drove out of Huaxing Group.

Zhao Bingkun had never driven an automatic transmission before.

It was definitely a bit uncomfortable at first.

However, he quickly adapted to the control of the automatic transmission.

Along the way, Zhang Zhipeng heard him shouting excitedly:

"Isn't this car accelerating too fast?"

“The handling is really good! It’s easier to drive than any other car I’ve driven before!”

"The car is very comfortable and the chassis is very stable."

"Comrade Zhipeng, is the fuel consumption displayed on this screen? Let me go, the fuel consumption is less than 6?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Director Zhao, the carburetor has indeed fallen behind!"

"Cars with carburetors are basically not fuel-efficient!"

"Our car engine technology is really lagging behind. I hope to promote the use of the engine technology of this car I designed and developed in the future."

Zhao Bingkun asked: "What does your car use if it's not a carburetor?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "I use in-cylinder direct injection technology, and it is intelligently controlled by a computer. It gives more fuel when accelerating, and less fuel when driving smoothly at low speeds."

“So fuel consumption can be kept to the minimum!”

Zhao Bingkun shook his head and said, "In other words, you also use computer technology in your car?"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded with a smile and said, "That's right!"

"This car has a central computer. Do you see the big screen in the middle? This car can also play VCD videos."

Zhang Zhipeng said and clicked a few times, and a song and dance video began to play on the central control screen, which was "The Sound of the Waves Are Still".

This song is at its hottest right now, and the song echoes melodiously in the carriage:

Take away a fishing fire and let it warm my eyes

Leave a piece of true love and let it park by the maple bridge

Helpless, I have been alienated from that emotion

Many years later, I found myself back in front of you again
The lingering bells are still beating my sleepless nights

The dusty days will never be a blur

You must have kept that smiling face after a long absence...

Zhao Bingkun was even more surprised. He shook his head and said, "I'll go! Isn't this too advanced?"

"This big screen is quite useful."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "That's necessary, it controls all the components in the car!"

While talking, they arrived at the martial arts field of the military area.

The area of ​​​​this martial arts performance field is not small, it must be as big as three thousand acres of land.

There is a flat ring track, which is used for daily running and exercise.

There are lights in the martial arts arena at night. When the lights are turned on, it is as bright as day.

When we got here, Zhao Bingkun unconsciously increased his speed while driving in circles, reaching a maximum speed of over 120 kilometers.

That's it, he hasn't even felt it yet.

"Director, is the speed a little too fast?" Sun Bo, who was sitting behind, was a little uneasy.

Zhao Bingkun said with a smile: "This car is really easy to drive, and I will slowly accelerator without realizing it. Moreover, look at it, it has run to 120 kilometers, it is effortless at all, very relaxed! The speed is not high at all." It’s like 2500 rpm.”

"Zhipeng! I believe it now. It is really possible for your car to reach a speed of 240 kilometers per hour!"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "That's necessary!"

Zhao Bingkun drove for more than ten laps at once, and then he stopped a little reluctantly and said: "Driving your car, I found that the cars I use every day can be thrown into the garbage."

"Zhipeng, the leaders above are looking for better domestically produced cars, but unfortunately they haven't been able to find one."

"I think your car can be made into a luxurious bulletproof version, which would be good as a concierge car for leaders." Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "As long as the country needs it, there is absolutely no problem!"

"We have even started preparing to build an automobile production industrial park!"

"According to my estimation, our Huaxing Automobile is expected to be ready for trial production by the end of this year!"

"By March 97, mass production should be ready."

"The estimated production capacity is 50 vehicles per year!"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and praised: "Okay! This car of yours can be considered a technological breakthrough. How about it? Do you want CCTV to make a news for you to promote it first?"

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "Don't be alarmed first!"

"I think it would be better to wait until the trial production stage before promoting it on a large scale."

Zhao Bingkun said: "Yeah! That's okay!"

"Hey! It's a pity that you don't want to cooperate with First Automobile."

"Otherwise, we can directly use this technology to build Hongqi cars."

Zhang Zhipeng had an idea in mind: Hongqi is actually a very well-established car brand in China.

This brand really cannot be lost.

It would be great if this brand could be used by Huaxing Automobile to specialize in the production of high-end cars!

Zhang Zhipeng told Zhao Bingkun his thoughts.

Zhao Bingkun obviously hesitated for a while.

Because this matter is really important.

Hongqi cars represent the face of the country.

However, the ownership of this brand belongs to First Automobile.

"Director Zhao, if FAW is willing to sell the Hongqi brand to us, it can be discussed."

"We can invest 10 billion yuan to buy it."

"We at Huaxing can be considered half of the state-owned enterprises!"

“For such a good brand like Hongqi, it’s half-dead now. I feel a little distressed when I see it.”

Zhao Bingkun said: "I can report it to the leader. As long as the leader agrees, then I think there will be no problem!"

"But if you build a Hongqi car, you can no longer design it like this car, do you understand?"

Zhang Zhipeng nodded and said: "Okay! There is absolutely no problem with this!"

"We can also design it to be more stable, solemn and solemn."

"However, I think the appearance of the current Hongqi cars is not very good-looking. I want to match the design of Daben. Do you think that's okay?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said with a smile: "Of course!"

"I believe in your aesthetic sense!"

"But you can't use all your intelligence and wisdom on cars!"

"The country needs you very much now."

"Didn't you agree to design an aircraft carrier?"

"This matter has to be put on the agenda. Now, the leaders are also urging this matter."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Don't worry, building cars is just an interlude."

"I just need to design the car and leave it to others to take charge of it!"

"Is the reason why you paged me this time just about designing an aircraft carrier?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "That's right! It's just for this matter!"

"You stay in Chang'an for a few more days to deal with automobile matters, then go to the capital and prepare to get involved in the design of the aircraft carrier."

"May I?"

Zhang Zhipeng naturally nodded repeatedly and said, "No problem!"

"There's actually not much going on here."

"I'll just deal with it a little bit and it'll be over."

Zhao Bingkun said: "I'll go back and talk to the leader about what you just said to see if he agrees!"

"If he agrees, then there will be no problem."

"You're right! The Hongqi brand must continue! And it must go high-end!"

Zhao Bingkun left Chang'an and returned to the capital.

After arriving in the capital, he went to see the leader immediately.

He talked to the leader about Zhang Zhipeng's car building and praised the first car Zhang Zhipeng built.

The leader was very happy to hear this.

He smiled and said: "Great! It's really time for our automobile industry to catch up!"

"Comrade Zhipeng is really a genius from heaven! He is actually so good at building cars!"

Zhao Bingkun took advantage of the situation and said: "Yes! Our automobile industry is really lagging behind, and it is indeed time to catch up!"

"Leader, Zhipeng proposed an idea..."

He talked about Zhang Zhipeng's intention to take over the Hongqi brand.

The leader pondered for a moment and said, "Huaxing now has a lot of state-owned assets, right?"

Zhao Bingkun nodded and said, "Yes! Huaxing also has a lot of state-owned shares!"

"Furthermore, Comrade Zhipeng cannot be regarded as a capitalist. He is also devoted to the country. You also know him, right?"

The leader said: "Then let FAW transfer the Hongqi brand to Huaxing!"

"I think Comrade Zhipeng's proposal of 10 billion to acquire this brand is unnecessary!"

"It's all our own stuff, so what's the point of acquisition?"

"Let them take it and use it!"

"At most, just a few shares of state-owned assets will be fine!"

"Of course, don't interfere with Comrade Zhipeng's management. Let him make the decision and give full play to his personal intelligence!"

The leader waved his hand with great momentum.

Zhao Bingkun smiled and said: "In this way, our concierge car will have a good use!"

"Comrade Zhipeng said that he would produce a batch of high-end concierge cars specifically for us!"

"Using the most cutting-edge bulletproof and explosion-proof technology, this car can withstand the explosion of heavy bombs."

The leader smiled and said, "What you said has completely raised my expectations! Haha!"

"I look forward to the emergence of such a car as soon as possible."

After the leader makes the decision, the process will naturally start immediately.

First Automobile quickly received notice that their Hongqi brand would be transferred to Huaxing Automobile.

Then, First Auto will also receive some compensation.

After losing the Hongqi brand, First Auto is still a bit disappointed.

After all, this brand contains too much meaning.

Its intangible value is extremely high.

However, this car brand has been unable to develop, and there is nothing we can do.

Since it said it was transferred to Huaxing Group.

Then we can only follow the process.

So, the process was completed quickly.

In this way, the Hongqi brand came into the hands of Zhang Zhipeng.

Zhang Zhipeng was very happy to get this brand.

At this time, Huaxing's automotive team has also been formed.

Zhang Zhipeng immediately instructed to start developing the latest courtesy car.

Zhang Zhipeng has previously designed a series of turbocharged engines, including a 2.5T engine, which should be sufficient for use in courtesy cars.

Dual-clutch technology and so on, we just need to continue to strengthen it.

Now, the difficulty lies in: the design of bulletproof armor and the manufacturing of bulletproof glass. In addition, the comfort and official performance are further improved.

Zhang Zhipeng has been thinking about this since he became interested in the Hongqi brand.

After talking to Zhao Bingkun, Zhang Zhipeng led his team into the test workshop and began to explore the best forging technology for bulletproof stainless steel plates.

Bulletproof glass is naturally also being developed.

Because Zhang Zhipeng has superb talents in materials obtained with the help of the system, neither of these is a problem.

After several days of exploration, they made a special bulletproof alloy stainless steel plate that is comparable to the world's most advanced.

This kind of bulletproof steel plate can withstand large-caliber sniper rifle fire and grenade explosions.

The development of bulletproof glass was equally successful. They developed bulletproof glass with a thickness of 4 mm, which can also block at least ten consecutive bullets from a 7.62-caliber sniper rifle.

This is already considered very good.

Zhang Zhipeng looked at the time and saw that it was already March 1996, 3. He knew that he could not wait any longer.

He had to go to the capital quickly.

Before leaving, he called Dai Bingtao and Yu Chengdong to his office to explain everything.

He said: "I have important things to do, and the rest of the tasks will be left to you! Remember, we must complete the trial production of Huaxing Automobile's first car by the end of this year!"

"In addition, we must make the first luxury Hongqi limousine and ensure the production of at least 100 units!"

"Hongqi sedan will be a high-end luxury brand for us in the future!"

"We must hit it off right away!"

Yu Chengdong and Dai Bingtao naturally agreed repeatedly.

Yu Chengdong said: "Boss, don't worry!"

"You have laid such a good foundation for us. We will definitely complete the task with guaranteed quality and quantity! I promise you here that we will try to start trial production in early November 1996! We will try to start mass production in mid-December. Listed!”

"Quality control will be the best!"

Dai Bingtao also said: "Academician Zhang, you gave me all your technology, which greatly improved me. I will definitely do a good job in continuous research and development of automotive technology! I will also work with other units and departments of Huaxing Our brothers and sisters work together to make our cars better and better!”

Zhang Zhipeng was very satisfied with the two people's statements.

He understands the personalities of these two people, let alone Yu Chengdong, they are absolute career madmen.

Dai Bingtao is also very serious in his work and research, and he is very energetic and has strong learning ability.

In time, he will surely become a top expert in automobiles.

Before Zhang Zhipeng left Chang'an, he made a special trip to the post and telecommunications business hall in Chang'an.

He found that the situation here was quite hot.

There are many people waiting to get a mobile phone to connect to the Internet.

Now the mass production problem of Warwick mobile phones has been solved.

Naturally, Zhang Zhipeng did not need to apply for a mobile phone himself. He had someone get a 2G mobile phone for himself and his family.

Now, he finally has a mobile phone.

After saying goodbye to his wife and parents, Zhang Zhipeng embarked on a journey to the capital. This time, he knew that his task was even heavier!

Because he wants to help the country design the first aircraft carrier.

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