Rebirth 2008: I Can Make Money Reading

Chapter 311 Let the Doubts Intensify

Xinghai Group, an old company.

Office building lobby.

A boss of an outsourcing factory stood in front of a welding eagle as tall as a man, couldn't move his feet, stroked the uniform fish scale welding, and praised:

"Mr. Huo, where did you buy this welding eagle? It's so beautiful. I want to buy one too."

Huo Ming, the business director of Xinghai Group, smiled and said to the middle-aged man with a beer belly, "Mr. Wang, you can't buy this."

When Mr. Wang heard this, he didn't take it seriously, and said proudly: "It's okay, two or three hundred thousand is still affordable. This eagle is very beautiful, it has not been washed white, and the color distribution is very good, which shows that this welder is very skilled in welding. You Look at this craftsmanship, the fish scales are evenly distributed, just like robot welding, a master work, there is nothing wrong with it, it has not been polished, I have never seen such a fork, it is worth the money."

"It's really good-looking, and many bosses want to buy it after seeing it." Huo Ming laughed, "However, it's not about money. Our chairman welded it himself and put it here all the time.

I don't know much about welding, but people who know welding say that it is definitely a world-class work, otherwise our chairman would not be here, which shows that he is very confident in his work. "

"Ah, why does your boss have time to weld this thing? Well, when I didn't say it, it's really not something you can buy with money, I just remembered that your boss can also weld. This world is really strange." Mr. Wang smiled awkwardly He smiled, stretched out his thumb and said in praise, "Seeing this eagle, you will know the level of your company's welding technology. It is indeed the first in the industry."

"That is, in terms of welding equipment, we are indeed the number one in the industry, and the number one in the world. This is not what I said, but what my colleagues said. Our second-hand welding machines and handheld laser welding equipment have been selling well, and we are also Limited sale."

"I heard that you have moved to the new headquarters?"

"Well, the welding business is still here. If the surrounding roads were often blocked in traffic before, I will take you to the welding workshop." Huo Ming was full of emotion, the company has changed a lot.

He is the first batch of employees of the company. He used to be a salesman. After two and a half years, he has been promoted to a business supervisor.

The speed of promotion is not bad, but it has reached the end. Now the junior employees have excellent academic qualifications. They are undergraduates and postgraduates from prestigious universities. He has several famous college students under his command. He is under great pressure to graduate from a junior college.

If he had joined the company a few months later, he probably wouldn't have been able to sit in the supervisor position.

Fortunately, there are three managers in the business department, as long as they do better than their peers.

In the personnel appointment announced by the group company yesterday, he found that Jiang Jun, the director of the group office, was promoted the fastest, and now he is directly promoted to the deputy general manager of the group, in charge of overseas business, and the management level has jumped from M2 to M4. It's good to be next to the boss.

Although Jiang Jun still has a half-year inspection period, as long as there are no major mistakes, he will basically rise steadily.

At present, the group headquarters has about 4,000 employees. If the employees of subsidiaries and branch factories are added, the total number of employees must be 8,000. He doesn't know exactly how many, as new employees enter the company every day.

Half an hour later, Huo Ming took Boss Wang to the welding workshop.

"Mr. Huo, is it convenient to go to your headquarters base? I'm curious."

When Boss Wang asked this question, Huo Ming immediately became more vigilant and shook his head immediately: "You can't enter, even I can't enter the laboratory building, and some production areas can't enter either. If you want to see Xinghai Building, you can only go to Look outside."

Not only him, but every Xinghai Group employee has to go through multiple confidential trainings and exams.

"Oh, forget it, I didn't expect you to keep it so strict."

Huo Ming smiled and didn't explain any more. He didn't know some things about the company, but he could guess it. The company's confidential training was also mentioned.

Their company has many world-leading technologies, which must be coveted by their peers.

He didn't know what the purpose of Boss Wang was, but there was no need for Huo Ming to cause trouble for himself.

...

September 6

At ten o'clock in the morning, Xinghai Group held a new product launch conference.

The goal of holding a new product launch event is to promote the product to the outside world, so that the outside world will start to pay attention to the new products of Xinghai Group. It will be too late when the product comes out again.

If it is a small company, it is useless to hold a new product launch conference. Without media reporters, the reports will not be featured in hot news, and journalists will not be able to make much money. They are definitely not willing to spend energy on writing unless the company invites them. It's another matter to pay them some money to write soft articles.

Mu Yang is actually building cars, not like some new energy car companies, going public to collect money and earn state subsidy money.

A few years later, there are not many new energy vehicle companies that really want to make money by selling cars.

Going public to collect money, for capitalists, this is the fastest way to make money.

If the product does not sell well or the stock plummets, the risk to the consumer is very high, and those promises of a lifetime battery warranty are empty talk.

The new product launch event was held in front of a laboratory building at the headquarters base of the Xinghai Group, with the background of the Xinghai Building behind it.

Now the construction height of Xinghai Building is four to five hundred meters. It is estimated that the main body will be completed during the National Day, and the decoration stage will start, which is a little faster than expected.

Before the launch of the new product, more than 20 media came today, with long guns and short guns on the edge of the stage.

Behind the stage, there is a very long blue background picture, with six big characters "New Journey, New Blueprint", and a line of English "New Journey New Blueprint" under the Chinese characters.

Today the host is only Mu Yang, and he is the only one answering questions from media reporters.

There are staff and security guards at the scene, and these media reporters can't mess around. If they want to ask questions for a while, they have to raise their hands first, and the staff will give him the microphone after they get permission.

In the morning of September, the weather was cool today, Mu Yang was wearing a casual suit, it was almost time, he walked onto the stage and sat in the chair seat on the stage.

The photographer quickly gave Mu Yang the lens and gave him a few close-ups.

Mu Yang is not in the entertainment industry, but some boys and girls print out his pictures and paste them on the walls or books at home. Some unscrupulous vendors even made specific pictures of Mu Yang to sell. The legal department knew that they had raised this issue with Mu Yang. Mu Yang said let them do it, as long as it is not used as a product promotion picture, especially those who sell medicine and health care products.

There is a company that sells health care products that uses Mu Yang's picture, claiming that "If you want your child to be smart, drink XX treasure!"

This kind of company, the legal department will sue one by one, especially Luo Xiang hates this kind of unscrupulous company the most, and it will be uncomfortable not to charge the boss with seven or eight charges.

At this moment, Mu Yang picked up the microphone and began to speak:

"I see that everyone's discussion is very intense, and they are also very curious. Yes, Xinghai Group is preparing to build a car for the new product launch conference held today."

After Mu Yang just finished speaking, he saw many reporters raised their hands, and said calmly, "Wait until I finish speaking, don't rush to ask questions, there will be enough time for everyone to ask questions."

When he said this, the media reporters stopped asking questions and became quiet.

Mu Yang continued: "It's a new product launch conference, everyone will definitely ask me if I have a concept car.

No!

When I decide to do something, I intend to carry it out and succeed.

Our automotive research institute has just been established, and it will take a long time for new products to come out, but I already have in my mind that this will be a subversive product that is different from the cars on the market. "

"Xinghai Group has this determination to build a good car. It is not based on slogans or bragging, but on strength and the good reputation of our previous products. We already have many world firsts. I think we should try in the automotive field... "

"My dream car should no longer be afraid of frequent safety issues such as high-speed collisions, overturning, and rear-end collisions. In addition to safety, it should also have functions such as comfort, quietness, greenness, intelligence, and strong passability..."

Mu Yang talked eloquently, describing some of his ideas on cars.

After speaking, he asked reporters to ask questions in order of seat.

The first reporter asked: "After listening to Mr. Mu's dream car, it is indeed arousing expectations. Safety is indeed the biggest problem, and it is also a problem that all automobile factories have been studying for many years, but there has not been much improvement. I hope Mr. Mu can solve this problem. question.

Mr. Mu’s dream is very good. You mentioned that the mileage of new energy vehicles in the future can reach 1,000 kilometers. As far as I know, the current longest mileage of new energy vehicles is actually less than 500 kilometers long. Is this span a little bit? long? How long does it take to charge? "

Without hesitation, Mu Yang replied directly: "Well, this beautiful reporter asked a good question and is very polite.

The current situation you said is indeed the case. I said that the battery life of 1,000 kilometers is not increased by increasing the battery capacity without limit, but by improving the energy density and optimizing the structure of the battery. Xinghai Group has set up a battery project team to work hard to solve this problem.

In my mind, I already have a mature plan. Building a car is not my impulse. The concept is that it can reach a battery life of 1,000 kilometers.

If a 2.3-ton large-size SUV wants to have a battery life of 1,000 kilometers, the battery capacity needs to reach more than 170 kilowatt-hours;

If it is a small car, it can easily run 1,000 kilometers with 170 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

As for the charging time, the battery power is less than 80%, and the charging time of 170 kWh is controlled within 1 hour.

Of course, you may not believe what I said, so please stay tuned.

Next person! "

The little beauty reporter who asked the question was praised. Seeing everyone looking at her more, she smiled, and then brushed her hair by her ear. It is a very proud thing to be praised by Muyang public for being beautiful.

Most of the reporters on the scene were female reporters. When they heard that the first female reporter was praised by Mu Yang, some of them thought that they were pretty, and they were not convinced.

The second reporter raised his hand, took the microphone from the staff and asked, "Mr. Mu, what is the price range of Xinghai Group's cars? Who are the consumers?"

"It hasn't been decided yet, but it's definitely the top price, the next one." Mu Yang doesn't plan to announce it for the time being, so let the media and netizens guess.

Moreover, the car has not yet been built, and the price is too early.

"Mr. Mu, why do you have the confidence to build a car? Building a car should be the job of the car factory." The third reporter questioned.

Mu Yang smiled, didn't get angry, and took a sip of tea before saying, "I won't tell you the slogan of dare to think, dare to fight, dare to do!

Why can't Xinghai Group build cars?

Internet companies can make cars, why can't a machinery company, a company in the machinery field with many world-leading technologies, make cars?

We have the world's first aluminum alloy automotive plate, laser welding, secondary welding machine, the world's advanced production equipment and advanced non-standard production line manufacturing experience, the power is not blown out, but made out, and we are independent research and development.

So, your worry, on our Xinghai Group,

It doesn't exist at all! "

The next reporter asked: "Mr. Mu, I think the question raised by reporter Li just now is also reasonable. Maybe the aluminum alloy automotive panels you mentioned are indeed powerful, but in the field of new energy vehicles, everyone likes to say that they have mastered the three electric power plants. Core technology, battery, motor and electronic control, does Xinghai Group have this technology?"

Mu Yang truthfully said: "Battery and motor, Xinghai Group is currently preparing for research and development. We plan to initially invest 20 billion yuan in automobile research and development projects. The Automobile General Institute has 15 professional research institutes, covering the research and development of various core technologies for the entire vehicle. the whole process.

As for the electronic control system, as I have just said, it is no exaggeration to say that the technical level of our fully automated production line is the best in the world. It's not difficult at all, and that's my forte. "

The 20 billion yuan that Mu Yang advocated was actually a 50% discount. He included all assets such as aluminum alloy automotive panels, mechanical processing plants, and automation laboratory buildings.

However, there is still a total investment of 10 billion yuan, mainly for battery research and production lines.

The cars he built will not be mass-produced, and a lot of investment will not only be made in car projects, but will also be used in other places.

Otherwise, just building a production line with an annual output of 50,000 vehicles will cost no less than one billion yuan.

Mu Yang answered a round of reporters' questions, and the product launch took more than an hour to end.

Not long after the press conference ended, the news that Xinghai Group was going to build a car almost exploded the circle of friends in the media circle.

News reports soon appeared on various portals, and netizens were also very surprised to find that Xinghai Group was going to build a car.

Mu Yang also made an announcement on his Weibo account. So far, his Weibo account has 15 million fans. As soon as he posted the news, he immediately received support from fans.

"Professor Mu builds a car. Although I have no money, I must support it!"

"Domestic cars are about to rise, I believe in Professor Mu! Xinghai Group is number one in the world in everything it does!"

"Mr. Mu, hurry up and release the concept car for everyone to appreciate."

Xinghai Group's car-making storm soon swept across the auto industry, but most of them were skeptical.

Skeptics believe that building a car has never been an easy task, and it is even more difficult for the crossover Xinghai Group.

Indeed, when Xinghai Group first stepped into the automotive field, it had neither car manufacturing experience nor core technology, so it must be "poor and blank".

As for the electronic control that Mu Yang said, the doubters said, don't brag about it, make it first and then talk about it.

Based on such stereotypes, doubts and speculations on the Internet are becoming more and more harsh. For example, is Xinghai Group making cars for Mu Yang's self-entertainment?

Can Xinghai Group make real cars? Or a toy car?

It's better to get one or two concept cars. Whether they can run or not is probably driven by manpower.

Or simply build a car with PPT, haha.

"A company that has never made a car wants to build a car before the product comes out. The group is not optimistic about making cars at all.”

"I'm also not optimistic about Xinghai Group's car manufacturing. It may make one or two concept cars, but they cannot be mass-produced. This is the case with many new power car manufacturing companies, and they still blow it in the end."

"I'm also not optimistic about Xinghai Group's car manufacturing. Of course, Boss Mu has money, so it's not a big deal to lose a few hundred million. Just treat it as a joke."

The best way to respond to doubts is naturally to speak with facts and let the rumors be self-defeating.

But for Mu Yang, he likes doubters more, and it's so boring to always support him and fan him!

He prefers to slap his face,

Moreover, the more doubts there are, the more intense the Xinghai Group's car-making discussions and the better the publicity effect.

Grandstanding?

Mu Yang felt the same, as long as the publicity effect was achieved.

Only when the car is built, there are no voices of doubt, no black fans, that is the key.

No matter how dark it is now, it will not affect the reputation of the car.

The car hasn't come out yet, so it doesn't matter how dark it is, enough gimmicks have been created.

Let the doubts come more violently!

However, Mu Yang felt that it didn't matter, but many people cared about him.

The car partner, Li Shufu, the chairman of Zheli Group, called Mu Yang and asked, "Mr. Mu, are you really planning to build a car? There is a lot of publicity on the Internet now."

"Haha, yes, you were surprised by the unexpected."

"This is indeed a bit of a surprise. Are you planning to build a top model? Not an ordinary model, or is it a smoke bomb?"

"I didn't fool you. I really didn't intend to make ordinary models. Could it put you under pressure?"

"If your Xinghai Group really enters the automobile industry, people may not believe it, but I believe you can do it. I have seen your self-developed and self-produced fully automatic production line, which is much more difficult than making cars. For you It is really not difficult to build a car. If it is a model with a price below 200,000, we do have one more competitor, and of course I feel pressure."

"Mr. Li, don't worry, I'm not interested in low-end cars."

"Well, Boss Mu does have the confidence. I'm looking forward to your making it. I'll buy one when the time comes."

"That's what you said, my car is not cheap, I guess you are reluctant to spend money, but it is definitely worth owning."

"A few million is nothing, don't you want to sell tens of millions?"

"That's exactly what it means. I don't plan to sell it. Play it yourself. If you want it, I'll give you a car at the cost price."

"Tsk tsk, when you say that, I'm looking forward to it."

"Haha, it's not so fast to build a car, you have to wait for a long time."

"It's okay, I can afford to wait two or three years."

"Maybe, it won't take that long. You'd better get your pockets ready."

After Mu Yang and Li Shufu made the phone call, many bosses also called and chatted with him, claiming that they would buy one if it was cheap.

Mu Yang reminded that the price of the car is not cheap, and started promoting it.

There are also more than a dozen bosses who verbally booked the car.

But those who have the strength to buy, probably only a few, and when they see the real car price, it is estimated that some bosses will be scared off.

What Mu Yang said is right, it is definitely worth owning, safety performance comes first, and the use and maintenance costs of the cars he built are very low, which is different from airplanes, some bosses can afford airplanes, but they cannot afford them.

He doesn't plan to buy any planes, nor does he plan to go abroad, he just needs to stay in the country honestly.