After arranging how the factory will operate during the Chinese New Year, it will officially enter the holiday season.
It's time to go home, it's time to go to work, and Xu Yifan is also preparing to go home to visit his parents in this life.
At the same time, the entire motherland has entered a busy Spring Festival travel period.
Countless people from the mainland went to work in developed coastal areas, and during this period of time, the working people returned to their hometowns one after another.
The train stopped at the train station of this small fifth-tier city. I pulled my suitcase and walked out of the crowded train station.
Wang Yuhui finally returned to his hometown, Jiangzhou City, after a year.
Like most migrant workers who work outside the home, after a year of busy work, they only have about half a month of vacation.
Return to your hometown to visit your parents and relatives, and connect with friends you haven’t seen for a long time.
The difference is just that everyone does different work.
Some people enter factories to make screws, and some people become corporate executives.
Wang Yuhui is neither a screwdriver in a factory nor an executive of a company. He is just a small employee in the product department of a small domestic automobile company.
Standing on the streets of my hometown, after a year, everything in this small city of my hometown seemed both familiar and unfamiliar.
A year has passed and several high-rise buildings have been built outside the train station. Although there is still a big gap between it and big cities, it is not as poor as it was a few years ago.
The street shops have changed slightly, but they still look familiar.
After taking a brief look at the development of the city, Wang Yuhui's eyes were attracted by the cars parked outside the train station.
"What's going on with these cars parked on the side of the road?"
A Taiwan Kyushu Mini was parked on the side of the road outside the train station. There were old men next to it, chatting with several other old men, and enthusiastically greeting the passengers returning home.
"Little brother, do you want to take a car?"
"Anyone go to Raft Bridge? It only costs five yuan!"
"Where are you going little brother? My car is cheap!"
"Little sister, give me your suitcase, just put it in the back!"
The first large-scale new energy black cars appear!
Taking advantage of the large flow of people during the New Year, some thoughtful old men drove their cars out to do business.
Of course, this kind of thing can only be done during the New Year when there is a large flow of people.
At this stage, even smartphones are still in their infancy, so of course there is no online ride-hailing service yet. Taxis are not lacking in business, which can be regarded as convenient for some passengers returning home.
And because of the slow battery life and charging, I run several times a day, earning at most dozens of dollars to subsidize my family.
Not in a hurry to go home, Wang Yuhui stood on the roadside and carefully looked at these unseen car models.
As an employee in the product department of an automobile company, Wang Yuhui naturally pays more attention to all kinds of cars.
The product department is mainly engaged in formulating annual product development plans for the company's new products and completing tasks as planned.
Communicate with the sales department about the company's existing products, conduct sales tracking, and promptly update and maintain products based on market feedback to adapt products to market demand and ensure the company's leading position, etc.
To put it bluntly, it is to find and design a product for the company that can adapt to the market, sell well, and make the company make money.
"It's a bit like a Japanese K-car model. The exterior design is really good. At first glance, it's surprisingly pleasing to the eye. It's even better-looking than most domestic models!"
“Is it the design language of a foreign brand? It doesn’t look like it.
Although similar to some models, it is smaller than most. I have never seen anything like this in my memory! "
"Why don't you have a license plate?"
"What brand is this? I've never seen it among car brands."
"A small car factory without car production qualifications?"
"Why are there so many cars of the same model here? There are more than a dozen in the train station alone. People are constantly being picked up and driven away, and some are waiting for passengers here."
Suddenly, Wang Yuhui's mind was filled with questions, and he wanted to find answers to these questions.
If you know the answer, maybe next year’s work will be easier!
The product department, responsible for formulating model production plans, must find a car that meets market demand and can bring sales to the model.
The simplest thing is to go to the road and see which car sells better, why this car sells so well, and what are the core reasons.
Is it because the joint venture brand has its own technology and has accumulated word-of-mouth sales?
Or, there are some unique highlights in the model design that attract a certain type of consumers.
Finding good-selling models and figuring out why they sell well, so as to imitate and manufacture them, is also one of the breakthrough points for the product departments of many car companies.
For example, the future famous BYD!
Its future brilliant achievements are inseparable from the F3 model launched in 2005.
This model was created by BYD through a 1:1 replica of the Toyota Corolla.
It is full of temptation to buy a car that looks exactly the same for less than half the price of a Toyota Corolla. Some 4S stores even come with a Toyota logo!
From 2005 to the suspension of production in October 2020, the BYD F3 model has reached a total sales volume of 3 million units.
It is also because of this enduring model that it has brought a steady flow of funds to BYD and laid the foundation for becoming the number one brand of new energy vehicles in the future.
And without this model, it is a question whether it can survive until the official end to subsidize new energy, let alone have the funds to develop hybrid and new energy electric vehicle technology.
BYD has contributed a lot to the success of the F3 model.
After standing on the edge and observing for a while, Wang Yuhui saw some signs.
"First of all, almost all of the people driving cars are elderly people. Well, among the thirty or so observation targets, there are two middle-aged people, which shows that the market is not just for the elderly."
"The appearance design is also good, durable and square."
"Although the distance is quite far, I can't hear it very clearly, but when I passed by several times, I didn't hear the sound of the engine, but the sound of the motor."
"This is no ordinary car!"
"I can't tell anything about the rest, but even though I can't tell, I can ask!"
Pulling his suitcase, Wang Yuhui walked towards a Kyushu Mini who was soliciting passengers.
After Wang Yuhui's observation, the driver seemed to be very talkative. I hope he can give me a good answer!
"Master, can we go to Sunjiawan?"
The old man who was chatting with his companion turned around and said happily: "I want to go, do you think 30 yuan is okay?"
"Yes, the price is fair!"
According to Wang Yuhui’s experience of taking a taxi in the past years, it is usually over 50 to take a taxi back.
And because they have to go out of the city, few taxi drivers are willing to take passengers this New Year period unless they pay more!
The rear tailgate of the Kyushu mini is opened, and the rear seats have been folded flat, which is more than enough for a few suitcases.
"Is it okay to load people and goods?" Wang Yuhui thought thoughtfully.
After putting the suitcase in, he quickly sat in the passenger seat of the Kyushu Mini.
