Chapter 751 If you can’t beat it, then join (first update, please subscribe)
Is this a car?
Yes!
This is not only a car, but also one that can protect you from wind and rain!
Not only that, but more importantly as a car...it's really cheap!
For only 399 yuan, drive a car home!
Although it is a two-door, although it can barely seat five people, although its power is only 13 horsepower...
But - it is a car, and a car only needs A car you can buy with 9 to 10 months’ salary!
After taking a long puff of cigarette, Lu Shaoning only had one thought in his mind - your mother, when did Nanyang's automobile manufacturing industry become so complicated!
Someone actually launches such a cheap car, why should people live!
One stone struck a thousand waves. Not to mention Lu Shaoning, who felt an unprecedented impact, even Xingfu Machinery Company, a motorcycle manufacturer, also felt unprecedented pressure - two years ago, under the suggestion of the company's investor Yang Yuankai Next, Xingfu Company imported equipment from the United States and switched from automatic mopeds to producing motorcycles. The Xingfu 125 motorcycle produced by the company was well received by the market as soon as it was launched, and it was also sold overseas. Just last year, it was sold to India and the Philippines. 180,000 vehicles were exported to Malaya, Myanmar, Indonesia, French Indo-China and other places.
In terms of sales, it even surpasses BMW motorcycles - yes, BMW also produces motorcycles, but its motorcycles are of higher quality and more expensive. As for the motorcycles produced by Xingfu Motorcycle Company, they are more similar to Popular motorcycle.
Just when He Mingwei, the manager, wanted to have a big fight, a dimensionality-reducing blow from another track suddenly stunned him, so much so that he was sitting on the In this glorious car, I was speechless for a while.
Although this car looks very small, like a toy car, He Mingwei, who is 1.8 meters tall, still has enough space to sit in the car. His hands sometimes touch the steering wheel and sometimes touch the steering wheel. Touch the starter rope handle next to it, and sometimes touch the gear lever, just like this...
The interior design of this car is extremely simple, with only a speedometer and a few basic functions on the center console. Electrical switch. The simple ones are even comparable to motorcycles.
Then he silently took out his cigarette, lit a cigarette, and started smoking silently. His frown made everyone feel the worry in his heart.
“399 yuan!”
Once again, He Mingwei recited this number in his heart. While reciting this number, he was also reciting another number silently in his heart.
“99 yuan!”
Don’t look at this number, it was 300 yuan less at once, but he knew very well what the difference between the two was.
The former is a car and the latter is a motorcycle.
Who would want a motorcycle for 99 yuan when there is a car for 399 yuan?
Even the automated production line imported from the United States by Rongguang Machinery Company can produce 300,000 cars a year!
Good guy!
In this way, in the next few years, Rongguang Automobile started to spread like bicycles to millions of households.
At that time, whoever wants to wear a raincoat on a motorcycle should rain.
Just here, he saw the factory engineer, Zhong Cun, also looking at the car outside, so he rolled down the window and shouted.
"Gong Zhong, what do you think?"
After more than two years of hard work, Zhong Cun has become the company's chief engineer. It was he who presided over the design of the 125 motorcycle. The car was made by him, and the engine was also designed by him. As an aerospace engineer, he can be called an all-rounder.
For this reason, after learning that he was a Japanese smuggler, He Mingwei not only did not fire him, but even took the initiative to help him go through the employment procedures and help him and his family come to Nanyang.
Nanyang has always opened its door to capable technical personnel.
“It’s a big threat!”
Zhong Cun said directly.
“If it were me, if I wanted to buy a car, I would definitely consider it first, even though it’s a little small, even though...”
Touching the stopper on the roof of the car with my hand Yubu, Zhongcun's eyes were full of surprise.
He really didn't expect that cars could be manufactured in this way, it was simply unbelievable.
“Although it looks very simple, it can still protect you from wind and rain. It is definitely more convenient to use than a motorcycle. After all, the weather in Nanyang rains half of the year. With it, at least it doesn’t have to rain every day. Bring a raincoat."
Zhong Cun's words made He Mingwei nodded in agreement and said.
“Really, who would have thought that cars could be built like this?”
He Mingwei said as he touched the raincloth on his head with his hand.
"This piece of cloth is much cheaper than the steel plate, and the rear windshield is just a piece of plastic cloth..."
After that, He Mingwei looked at the thoughtful Zhong Cun and asked.
"Zhong Cun, do you have any ideas?"
"Thoughts?" Zhong Cun was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and said.
"Manager, let's build cars too!"
"What?"
Zhong Cun said in a serious tone.
“If we continue to build motorcycles, judging from the current situation, the domestic market will be taken over by cars in at most four to five years. If only overseas markets are left, we will not even be able to survive. The problem is, if we want to break the situation, we have to launch new products, otherwise, we will be finished!"
Taking a deep breath, Zhong Cun said.
"If you can't beat them, then join them!"
This sentence may better explain the mentality of Zhong Cun and other Japanese people - if you can't beat them, then join them!
Because they were defeated and their bones were broken, they joined Nanyang and even wanted to become Nanyang people. For them, this was not a big deal.
For the sake of life, don’t be shabby.
Now Zhong Cun is holding the same idea.
"Manager, in terms of income, the annual income of Nanyang people is increasing at a rate of more than 8% every year. In this case, let alone such cheap cars, they are large American cars. Ten years from now , it is also affordable for ordinary families.”
Zhong Cun’s analysis made He Mingwei nodded in agreement and asked.
"It is true. Now the income of ordinary people has increased rapidly."
This is the biggest difference between Nanyang and other places - in the process of rapid economic development, everyone's income They are all increasing, and they are increasing significantly, but prices have not increased much. Because of this, all kinds of consumption have also flourished, including products such as cars and motorcycles.
“So, judging from the future trend, we can either join in and become a successful automobile manufacturer, or we can only wait to be eliminated by the market. Of course, we can also place our hope in overseas markets, but Nanyang is Our foundation!”
Zhong Cun's words made He Mingwei nodded vigorously and asked.
"Zhong Cun, it seems you already have an idea, right?"
"An idea..."
Zhong Cun took out a newspaper, unfolded it and said.
"Manager, look at the advertisement in the newspaper."
"This? Your second car. What's this?"
"That's the idea!"
Zhong Cun said.
“My idea is very simple. Nowadays, most families in Nanyang don’t even have a first car, let alone a second car. Talking about a second car is a bit far. Besides, , even if you have a second car, it may not be useful. A car can only seat five people at most, but families in Nanyang are big!”
Families in Nanyang are big families - in With the encouragement of the government, the traditional concept of having many children and being blessed has been fully promoted in Nanyang. Coupled with childcare subsidies, welfare milk powder and other birth control methods and nurseries, people have solved their worries and made everyone happy to have children.
"Many families have four or five children, or even six or seven children. Of course, this is a minority, but one car simply can't hold so many people, so why can't we develop one - a family car?" Where’s the car?”
“The family’s car?”
“Yes!”
Facing the manager’s gaze, Zhong Cun said.
“It is somewhat similar to the Volkswagen T1 van, but it is a three-row car that is a bit like a station wagon and can seat 7-8 people.”
When Zhong Cun said these words, he didn’t know what direction he would take the company in, but what is certain is that for Nanyang, this year is the real year of the automobile. .
It was also in 1952 that when cheap national cars really entered thousands of households, a number of automobile manufacturing companies were born in Nanyang. These companies will launch in the future many unique products. While activating the automobile market, it also allowed Nanyang's automobile industry to be fully developed.
It was during this process that Nanyang's automobile industry finally truly entered the world. And all of this originated from this year, from a small car that looked like a toy car...
(End of this chapter)