Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

Chapter 3742 Voluntary

“Actually, the development of our domestic automobile market can be traced.” Director Lu also said slowly.

“If you study carefully, you will find that the process of our domestic market is similar to the historical process of the Ouzhou automobile market. During the period of rapid expansion of the domestic automobile market, there is also a trend of increasing the size of family cars.

This trend is reflected in two aspects. On the one hand, as mentioned in the previous section, the level of the family car market has increased, slowly transitioning from mainly small cars to mainly compact cars; on the other hand, small and compact cars The size standards of each model have also increased significantly. "

Jiang Xiaobai nodded when he heard this. Director Lu was right. This was indeed the case. In 2000, the mainstream small cars at that time were Xiali, Sail, and Antelope. The lengths of the cars were all between 4 and 4.1 meters. The vehicle width is about 1.6 meters;

Just 2 years later, the launch of Vios, a small car similar to today's new Santana, has greatly raised people's expectations for the size of small cars.

Director Lu’s Wanxiang Group cooperates with many foreign automobile companies, but he is very clear about the historical development of domestic automobiles.

After talking about the size and grade of the car, everyone talked about the exterior design of the car. The appearance of the car is also constantly changing. For example, in the early days, the design of the car was very round, but in recent years It started to become more angular again, but when it was angular, it started to have more streamlined lines.

But when it comes to the exterior design of this car, Jiang Xiaobai remembered one thing: "By the way, I don't know if you have noticed. I don't know why many manufacturers like to replace the old models with new ones, or simply replace them with new ones." Forget the name.

 For example, Santana 2000 is the product of a redesigned body based on the old Poussin. There was also Fukang, which was launched in 1992, but in the first two years it was transformed into Elysee.

The appearance is exactly the same. It’s like this, the Elysee has a new name and it’s a new car..."

 When Jiang Xiaobai talked about this, many people looked weird.

Factory Director Lu said with a smile: "When Director Jiang mentioned this, there was another issue, that is, the issue of converting a hatchback into a sedan. In fact, in the eyes of the Chinese people, a real car has two flat ends, with a head at the front and a tail at the back. Get up a sedan.

 However, many of the cars introduced into the country in the 1980s and 1990s were not sedans. For example, Xiali, Alto, and Fukang were all hatchbacks, and the Peugeot 505 was a station wagon.

 Although some of them also had sedan versions, the planned economy of that era still had a large component, and the decision-making power of car purchase was mostly not in the hands of private individuals, so the market at that time did not fully reflect the preferences of the domestic people.

 After entering the 2000s, the family car market rose, and everyone found that these cars were not easy to sell, so many original hatchback models were forcibly added with a rear end and turned into sedans for domestic sales..."

 Everyone was talking in a flurry. In fact, sometimes they not only talked about the future of the industry, but also casually chatted and joked. The main thing was to be relaxed.

Of course, some policies introduced by the automobile industry last year were also carefully interpreted by everyone.

 For example, starting from January 1, 2005, last year, in accordance with its commitment to join the World Trade Organization, my country canceled the quota license management for automobile imports and began to implement automatic import license management for automobile imports.

 It is also the automatic import license system, which means that import licenses are issued to importers without quantity restrictions. That is to say, any goods included in the commodity list under the license can be imported by the importer as long as they apply.

This has intensified the encroachment of foreign-funded cars into the domestic market. To a certain extent, it can be said that domestic private car companies will be under greater pressure in the future, and the competition they will face will become more intense.

There are also policies on automobile trade introduced in August, which require the realization of automobile brand sales and services, the formation of a second-hand car circulation development pattern in which multiple business entities and business models coexist, as well as the management measures for second-hand car circulation, etc., to strengthen the circulation of second-hand cars. Management, standardizing second-hand car business activities, protecting the legitimate rights and interests of both parties to second-hand car transactions, and promoting the healthy development of second-hand car circulation. These are policy supports that make the domestic automobile industry more sound. Whether it is the issue of new cars or second-hand car sales and after-sales service functions, auto parts, product sources, quality and prices, etc., have formed good norms. It can make the domestic automobile market healthier and more sound.

At noon of the same day, Jiang Xiaobai received an invitation from Qianfeng County. He wanted to invite Jiang Xiaobai and a few others to dinner in the evening. He had already visited his home before. This person extended the invitation again, and Jiang Xiaobai was too embarrassed to refuse.

 When the meeting ended in the evening, he looked directly at everyone and said.

“By the way, Qianfeng County is inviting everyone to dinner tonight. Let’s see who wants to go. Let’s go there together.” Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

“Dr. Jiang, do you have any ideas from Qianfeng County?” someone asked.

“What are your ideas? I don’t know, but I think I’m probably trying to attract some investment.” Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

 “Then if this person goes to eat, is it voluntary or forced?”

Hearing this, Jiang Xiaobai said angrily: "Force, I give an order, everyone must go."

 “Haha.” Everyone laughed.

Jiang Xiaobai would certainly not force this kind of thing. He was not back in his hometown. If the leaders in his hometown wanted to invite investors to dinner, he would definitely have to contribute, but he was in Qianfeng County.

 There is no such friendship between the two parties.

If Jiang Xiaobai comes forward to invite people and everyone goes, then it goes without saying that every member of the Oriental Society will definitely give Jiang Xiaobai this face, but Jiang Xiaobai has no need at all.

However, Director Lu, Teacher Ma, and a group of entrepreneurs in Zhejiang Province, including Uncle Li, still wanted to give face and went to the banquet with Jiang Xiaobai.

 It doesn’t matter whether you invest or not, you always have to go and give it a try. After all, they are all from the same province.

As for people from other places, it is different. Basically, they have no interest in eating this meal. Of course Jiang Xiaobai doesn't force it, just forget it if you don't want to go.

 After arriving at the hotel, the leaders of Qianfeng County were still very polite. Director Zeng and a group of people were waiting for Jiang Xiaobai and his party directly at the entrance of the hotel. Of course, Mr. Zhong from Fushan Quanshui was also with them.

 (End of this chapter)