It's okay not to mention the car wind tunnel. After a detailed investigation report was made, Cao Yang felt that this project was really worth promoting.
After all, there are many tests to be done during the development of new models.
Even if you don't build sports cars, car wind tunnels still have great value.
Naturally, it is necessary for friends and businessmen to understand this truth.
"Mr. Wang, I would like to push the relevant departments of Lingnan Province to set up an automotive wind tunnel laboratory to provide various tests for the development of new models in the future."
"Is BYD interested in this project?"
Action is worse than excitement.
After realizing the importance of this matter, Cao Yang directly called Wang Fu of BYD.
This kind of investment involves four to five billion yuan. Even if each family shares it together, it may still cost about 100 million yuan.
In order to finalize this project as soon as possible, it will naturally be promoted from top to bottom, and the difficulty will be much lower.
Otherwise, there will be reports and reviews at all levels, and we don’t know when the results will come out.
"Automotive wind tunnel laboratory?"
Although Wang Fu does not have a background in automobiles, as the general manager of BYD Auto, he has naturally learned a lot about the automobile industry in the past few years.
Naturally, he had heard of such a thing as a wind tunnel.
International automobile giants basically have their own wind tunnel laboratories.
"Mr. Cao, there seems to be no domestic OEM that does this stuff. It seems very expensive, right?"
Although BYD Auto's sales are very good, its profits are actually not very high.
After all, it is a low-end route. A car can have a net profit of one or two thousand, which is enough.
In this case, investment in research and development is naturally more prudent.
Especially if it is a relatively indirect and dispensable investment, we should be even more cautious.
“It would indeed be quite expensive for a single manufacturer to build it, but if the relevant departments of Lingnan Province come forward and involve several of our OEMs and universities, and each of us contributes part of the funds and personnel, the final cost should not be very high. "
"If you can get the relevant institutions in Shenzhen City to participate, the funds we need by then may only be tens of millions."
"Even though tens of millions seems like a lot, with this laboratory, many of the future high and low temperature tests can be done in the wind tunnel laboratory."
"And sooner or later BYD will take the road of independent innovation in the future. At that time, the design of the car's appearance and the verification of the wind resistance coefficient will all require this laboratory."
Cao Yang quickly told Wang Fu the benefits of the car wind tunnel.
Wang Fu may not care so much about other things, but he is really interested in independent research and development in the future.
After imitating and developing the three models of F6/S6/F3, they have accumulated some experience.
In the future, we will definitely have to slowly transition to the path of independent development.
In addition, he was more aware of some of the influences behind this joint project, so he gave his reply without much hesitation.
"Mr. Cao, the construction of this automotive wind tunnel laboratory is very beneficial to the development of the automotive industry in Lingnan Province, and it is also very beneficial to the development of our two companies."
"Of course I support it, and I will arrange people to connect with Xingchen Automobile later to promote the development of this project in both places."
After one phone call to get the BYD car deal, Cao Yang made a special trip to Lingnan University of Technology.
As Xiang Changle's student, Cao Yang could theoretically consider graduating as a graduate student.
However, both Lingnan University of Technology and Xiang Changle himself want to continue to tie Cao Yang together.
Therefore, studying for a master's degree and a Ph.D. has become a natural thing.
There was no need for Cao Yang to refuse this kind of thing that was not harmful to him.
Of course, this time I came here to definitely not talk about reading.
"Teacher, I think this is a good opportunity for the Automotive School of Lingnan University of Technology. The automotive wind tunnel laboratory is currently only one in Jilin University that is very simple."
"Strictly speaking, there is no real automotive wind tunnel laboratory in China."
"If Lingnan University of Technology can strive to build this laboratory on the new campus, it will be very beneficial to the development of the automotive engineering major."
“It can even attract a group of teachers from other universities to switch jobs.”
Cao Yang came here today to talk to Xiang Changle about the automotive wind tunnel laboratory.
Although Liu Tianwu was also pushing, he naturally couldn't let it go.
Yangcheng Automobile is a state-owned enterprise, so it is left to Liu Tianwu to communicate.
Some transportation departments and scientific research institutes, which Nanshan Group had not dealt with before, were also handed over to Liu Tianwu.
But for BYD and Lingnan University of Technology, he must be prepared to come forward on his own.
From a certain perspective, this can be regarded as a small team.
There are three gangs of heroes. When the laboratory is built, if there is no one inside to speak for you, there will be a lot of constraints in its use.
"Your reminder is so timely. Now the school has built a new campus in University Town, which happens to be in the same area as your company."
"In this case, it means that Leader Liu will definitely support our proposal."
"Lest the name be taken away by the Transportation Bureau or other agencies."
"However, our school may not be able to spend much money."
Xiang Changle would naturally not mince words when talking to Cao Yang.
It's not that he really wants to save money for the school, but that scientific research funding in this era is indeed relatively limited.
Tens or hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on building a joint laboratory, and it is very difficult to get approval.
In this regard, Cao Yang did have some foresight.
"This is quite simple. Lingnan University of Technology can provide technology, personnel and space, and the funds for the purchase of other equipment will be provided by BYD, Xingchen Automobile and related institutions."
"Leader Liu is helping to promote this project, and the district will definitely come up with a fund when the time comes."
"If we apply for a fee from Yangcheng City and Lingnan Province, we should be able to build the laboratory."
As long as the laboratory is run by Lingnan University of Technology, this matter is within Cao Yang's control.
Anyway, he didn’t expect Lingnan University of Technology to pay from the beginning.
He even thought about donating a sum of money himself to pay for Lingnan Polytechnic University.
But think about it, in this case, Lingnan Polytechnic University will basically not feel the benefits of donating money.
So forget it.
Since you want to gather wool, let’s gather some from friends and businessmen.
He felt that Yangcheng Automobile Group would be very interested.
"If that's the case, then of course it's for the best."
"It just so happened that several teachers from our college were poached by the Yangcheng Automobile Research Institute during this period. I was also worried about how to introduce several experts from other schools to strengthen the scientific research capabilities of the college."
"With this automotive wind tunnel laboratory, at least two or three professors can be placed there to conduct research."
"This is really beneficial to the development of the automotive engineering major in our college."
Xiang Changle often deals with Nanshan Group, and his thinking is more active now.
The automotive wind tunnel laboratory is definitely very beneficial to Lingnan University of Technology.
"Then let's work in this direction?"
Cao Yang was not surprised that Xiang Changle would agree with his point of view.
It can even be done with a phone call.
But coming in person seemed more respectful.
"No problem. I will report it to the school immediately. Then the school and the college will come forward together to try to finalize this project as soon as possible."
When something is beneficial, everyone is naturally highly motivated.
Soon, Xiang Changle made several calls in front of Cao Yang and began to arrange personnel to advance the matter.
"Ayang, Nanshan Group has made a lot of achievements during this period, especially Xingchen Automobile, which really gave everyone a lot of surprises."
"I heard that your Ziweixing will be officially unveiled at the Yangcheng Auto Show?"
After getting down to business, Cao Yang naturally felt bad and immediately left.
So we had a brief chat in Xiang Changle's office.
"Yes, this has been confirmed."
"Now the sales department has started to contact advertisers to design the booth, and the exhibition will officially start setting up next week."
"Teacher, you are welcome to come and visit us then."
A lot of news has been released one after another, and Xingchen Automobile’s products are finally officially available to everyone.
At this auto show, Cao Yang was going to start preparing for subsequent sales.
Preparations for 4S stores in Imperial Capital, Magic Capital, Shencheng and Yangcheng are already in progress.
Although there will not be many dealers at the beginning, there must be stores in major provinces and cities.
The auto show was such a good publicity opportunity, and Cao Yang naturally didn't want to miss it.
"I go to the Yangcheng Auto Show every year, and I want to take a good look at Ziweixing then."
Although Xiang Changle has seen the appearance of Ziweixing, he has never seen the actual car.
He also knew that if he made a request, Cao Yang would help satisfy it.
But he didn't want to embarrass Cao Yang, so until now, he didn't know much more information about Xingchen Automobile than others.
"After the auto show, our media test drive activities will be launched immediately."
"Teacher, would you like to go and experience it together?"
"The event location is expected to be in Zhucheng. It will be very convenient."
Taking this opportunity, Cao Yang naturally wanted to invite his teachers to participate in these activities.
Anyway, a lot of media will be invited, and there will be dedicated people to help organize this event.
Arrange a few more people and there won't be any problems at all.
"go!"
"We must go!"
"The 3.0T twin-turbocharged engine, I'm really looking forward to whether its performance is as good as advertised."
"I heard that your car is also equipped with the world's first mass-produced 8AT automatic transmission?"
"The performance then will be really worth looking forward to."
Although Xiang Changle rarely went to Xingchen Automobile to cause trouble for Cao Yang.
But that doesn’t mean that he has nothing to do with the development of Xingchen Automobile.
In fact, he pays attention to all kinds of information about Xingchen Automobile every day.
He even arranged for a graduate student under him to help pay attention to, collect and organize news reports related to Nanshan Group every day.
"Originally, I thought I could officially launch this car in December, but the schedule was really tight."
"It is expected that the official launch will be postponed until January next year."
"A high-performance version equipped with a W12 engine will be launched later."
We are all professionals in the automobile industry. When we talk about the automobile industry, the topic will naturally come up.
"If you really come up with the W12 engine, it will be another record for the Chinese automobile industry."
"In the future, no students from any school will feel that working at Nanshan Group is a helpless choice."
Xiang Changle also watched Nanshan Group develop to its current scale step by step.
He even heard about the scene when Nanshan came to Lingnan University of Technology for the first time to participate in the job fair.
From the time when few students were willing to go to Nanshan, now students from various colleges are actively participating in the seminars, hoping to enter the Nanshan Group.
This change came really quickly.
"We plan to recruit 3,000 fresh graduates this year, and the minimum starting salary has also been raised to 3,500 yuan."
"Judging from the annual income, Nanshan Group's treatment is basically among the best in the entire Chinese automobile industry."
"If this trend continues, we will become the best-paid place in China's automobile industry in less than three years."
"In addition, our social influence has also been greatly improved. The number of graduates willing to come to our company has indeed increased a lot."
Speaking of this, Cao Yang was also quite emotional.
When the job fair was first held, those who were willing to come to Nanshan were all students from Lingnan Normal University like He Qingquan, and those from 985 didn't look down on Nanshan at all.
"I heard that your year-end bonus is very high, and you pay social security and provident funds in a disciplined manner."
"If this is the case, the company will be under great operating pressure, right?"
Xiang Changle is not the kind of college teacher who doesn't like the fireworks of the world.
On the contrary, since he is located in Yangcheng, he still has a lot of communication with enterprises.
Therefore, we can more clearly understand the impact behind the treatment Cao Yang mentioned.
Even though the basic salary is only 3,500 yuan, this is only the salary for fresh graduates.
After all, it is still a basic salary. With provident fund, social security, medical insurance, etc., the annual salary of a fresh graduate has actually reached close to 100,000 yuan.
This is definitely considered high in China.
Even within joint ventures, no company dares to make such a promise.
"If the salary doesn't improve, talents won't be willing to come."
"Everyone still has a preference for foreign companies and joint ventures."
"Under the same circumstances, or even if the conditions of the other party are slightly worse, many people are still willing to go to a foreign company."
"Last year, several graduates chose Yangcheng Honda between us and Yangcheng Honda."
"And the annual salary offered by the other party is actually not as high as ours."
Cao Yang spread his hands helplessly.
It's not that he really couldn't bear the salary there.
It’s just that sometimes I feel that everyone’s ideas are really not that easy to change.
"This is something that cannot be helped. It is the combined impact of various factors accumulated over the years."
"After all, most private companies do not offer particularly good treatment."
"Your Nanshan Group is the only exception."
What Xiang Changle said was very true.
Private enterprises in this era, especially those that are not that large in scale.
Generally speaking, it is still a one-day holiday.
There are two opinions on whether there are various social security and provident funds.
Even if there is, it is usually as low as possible.
The two chatted for a while in the office, talking about various things in the automobile industry.
At the same time, Liu Tianwu was also meeting with Zhang Jiaqi at Yangcheng Automobile Group.
"Mr. Zhang, the automobile industry is now a pillar industry in Yangcheng and is now in a stage of rapid development."
"According to the previously set goals, Yangcheng's automobile output will become the first in the country by 2010."
"Whether GDP can quickly exceed 1 trillion depends mainly on whether the development of the automobile industry is strong enough."
"As an automobile company under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Yangcheng City, everyone has very high expectations for your company."
"In our district, a special promotion group has been set up to prepare the construction land for Yangcheng Automobile's own brand factory, and I personally serve as the group leader."
"In the first quarter of next year, basically all the three connections and one leveling work will be completed, and the land will be delivered to Yangcheng Automobile Group for use."
When Liu Tianwu was discussing things with Zhang Jiaqi, he would naturally not talk about the automotive wind tunnel laboratory straight to the point.
After all, both of them are considered members of the system, so they naturally have to follow certain rules when talking and doing things.
The two of them each took a group of people and sat in the conference room of Nuo University. The atmosphere seemed to be quite harmonious and they were talking there.
"Thanks to our leaders for their continued support. Our first factory has a planned production capacity of 100,000 vehicles, and will continue to expand as needed."
"We are currently preparing several models at the same time, and the first model will be launched as soon as the end of 2007."
"In the future, we may also consider building another automotive research institute next to the automotive factory to better contribute to the development of Yangcheng's automotive industry."
Zhang Jiaqi's administrative level is actually half a level lower than Liu Tianwu's, so his attitude is naturally very friendly.
Besides, their factory falls under Liu Tianwu's jurisdiction, so naturally there are many places where Liu Tianwu needs to arrange people to coordinate.
Both sides need something from the other, so communication is relatively smooth.
"No problem, our district will do its best to help solve the problem of land and other issues."
"But speaking of the Automobile Research Institute, I happen to have another topic to discuss with Mr. Zhang."
Liu Tianwu smoothly turned the topic to the automotive wind tunnel laboratory.
"Although the automobile industry is the pillar industry of Yangcheng, until now, there is no decent automotive wind tunnel laboratory in the entire Yangcheng, even the entire Lingnan Province, and even the entire China."
"So our district wants to unite various OEMs and scientific research institutes in the province to jointly establish a domestically leading and world-class automotive wind tunnel laboratory."
"In this way, when various car companies develop new models, they can fully complete most of the experiments in Yangcheng and speed up the progress of model development."
When Liu Tianwu said this, Zhang Jiaqi didn't feel particularly surprised.
For a meeting like theirs, the secretarial teams of both parties will be able to communicate the topic of the conversation.
Topics that are not within the topic are generally not thrown out easily.
This can be regarded as an unspoken rule.
"We naturally support the construction of an automotive wind tunnel laboratory."
"It just so happens that a few companies and institutions come forward together, so the pressure and risks everyone bears are not that great."
"The utilization rate of the wind tunnel laboratory can also be improved in the future."
"Leader, we at Yangcheng Automobile Group fully support this proposal."
Zhang Jiaqi gave his reply without any hesitation.
He knew that this project would involve parties such as Xingchen Automobile, BYD and Lingnan University of Technology.
As the largest automobile group in Yangcheng, it is impossible for him to choose not to participate.
That is definitely incorrect positioning.
"Thank you Mr. Zhang for your understanding and support."
"Later, we will also ask Yangcheng Automobile Group to arrange special personnel to handle this project."
"The district is now reporting this aspect to the city, and will also apply for support from relevant bureaus and offices in Lingnan Province in the next step."
"Preliminary estimates suggest that the entire project will require approximately 500 million yuan."
"Our district will allocate 100 million from next year's budget to support this project."
"At the same time, there will be relevant financial support from the city, and we are also seeking some policy support from Lingnan Province."
"If everything goes well, the final funds required from each enterprise will not exceed 300 million."
"We will also consider adopting some preferential tax deduction schemes for the relevant funds provided by enterprises."
Although Zhang Jiaqi expressed his opinions happily.
However, Liu Tianwu also continued to explain the funding situation of the automotive wind tunnel laboratory project.
Even if Zhang Jiaqi didn't mention it, this must be something he is very concerned about.
Real gold and silver.
Who doesn't care?
“If we can get the support of Lingnan Province and Yangcheng City, the future of this project will be brighter.”
"China's automobile industry is developing rapidly, and the demand for various laboratories is also rising."
“The district organized various institutions to jointly build an automotive wind tunnel laboratory, which can be described as far-sighted.”
The next time is the time for both sides to cheer each other up.
However, the main purpose has been achieved, and this meeting can be considered very productive.
Three local companies, Yangcheng Automobile Group, Xingchen Automobile and BYD, have agreed to participate in the automotive wind tunnel project.
Lingnan University of Technology also actively expressed its willingness to provide land in the University Town community and equip the laboratory with relevant personnel.
As a result, the project promoted by Liu Tianwu is naturally progressing very quickly.
The Yangcheng Auto Show has not yet officially opened, but Yangcheng has brought a piece of heavy news to the Chinese automobile industry.
Several companies and related institutions in Lingnan Province will build China's first large-scale automotive wind tunnel laboratory in the university town.
By then, this laboratory will provide relevant testing services to the national automotive industry.
This is definitely a good thing for the development of China's automobile industry, especially the development of various manufacturers in South China.
(End of chapter)
