Xinghua Zhixing is currently mainly responsible for the business of two-wheeled and three-wheeled electric vehicles, including electric bicycles, electric mopeds, and electric tricycles. These products require license plates and helmets in Haicheng.
In places with strict inspections in Haicheng City, you even need a special driver's license, D, E, or F are all acceptable. The former takes two days to obtain the license, while the latter only takes one day, provided that the theory is passed.
And you also need to have some riding experience. For example, E and F both ride two-wheeled bicycles. But if a person has never been able to ride a bicycle since he was a child, and then takes the test... he may not even be able to master the sense of balance.
Others are born to be street killers, the kind that cannot be taught no matter how hard you teach them. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, Chen Zifan and Mo Shaokun would never have imagined that there would be people who would follow and get anxious just by looking at them...
Too bad!
It’s really delicious!
But it’s normal. These are just D, E, and F. When you learn C1, you encounter more weird things. Not to mention C1, Xinghai Driving School’s C2 driver’s license is said to be “even a dog can pass”, but there are still many students who fail the test. Must hang.
Five exams for subject 2 and five exams for subject 3...
I really can’t imagine what it will be like for them to take the exam and hit the road. Fortunately, the first car these people look at after passing the exam is Xinghan Ni, which is easy to get started, easy to control, and has all the safety guarantees it should have.
The airbags are a little more common, but they are not reduced. Regarding airbags, Chen Zifan believes that the difference between ordinary airbags and excellent airbags is that ordinary airbags pop up like solid pillows.
And it's still very hard. In an emergency, if it pops out, it's probably the same as being hit, but as long as it has a life-saving effect, that's fine.
A good airbag is as soft as a big butt, but from a life-saving perspective, it may be about the same. Even if a good airbag is strong, it may not be that strong, so why do you need such a good airbag?
Of course, Haicheng also encountered various problems when promoting D, E, and F driver's licenses as "must-have" drivers' licenses:
"We just wanted to ride a battery-powered scooter, but the result was a three-wheeled motorcycle! See for yourselves, is this reasonable? Can you change it?"
"The key point is that I just took the C1 exam, but I didn't pass the internship period! Taking the D test now is for additional driving! You have to wait until the internship period is over for additional driving, which means I can't even ride an electric bike within 12 months? What a cheater ah!"
"What should we do if we are minors? I want to ride an electric bike too! You said people under 16 can't ride, but I'm already 16! And the driver's license requires an 18-year-old to apply for it, so what should I do?"
"Hey, rules are dead, people are alive! If there are no conditions, we can create conditions~"
Hey, city officials in other cities may not care, but Haicheng officials are very concerned about this matter. After all, this is what they want to promote, and it is related to whether Haicheng can win the title of "New Energy City".
D, E, and F can all ride electric bikes, but F cannot ride electric motorcycles, such as Fengying-War, Xinghan 009, etc. In fact, few people apply for F, because the exam fees and exam times for E and F are exactly the same. .
F is only for seniors over 70 years old, and those who signed up are all "senior groups".
The content of the D test will not change, but the cost will be higher and the test time will be longer. If there is no need to ride a tricycle, an E test is actually enough.
E is the driver's license they mainly recommend. Currently, 90% of those who sign up for Xinghai Driving School take the E test. Haicheng bans motorcycles? So what? Feng Ying - There are still people riding every day during the war? Isn’t Xinghan 009 still promoting?
These bikes must be at least E and above to ride! Moreover, after passing the test, it will be used nationwide, and you can ride fuel-powered motorcycles in some places where motorcycles are not allowed.
By the way, it also attracted many non-local people to come to travel and take the driver's license test. Anyway, the test was completed in one day. By the way, they could have fun for a day or two. It also stimulated a wave of tourism and gave Haicheng a high reputation.
If A, B, or C are still in the internship period and cannot increase their driving skills, they can also sign up and take the test first. A Haicheng-exclusive "temporary driver's license" will be issued at that time. After the internship period is over, they can go directly to the driving school to apply for an additional driving occupation.
Just do the work.
Chen Zifan also used Stardust OS to transform the basic platform of Bo Haicheng. The platforms and APPs currently used by official institutions to handle business are also developed by Stardust Network, so there is no need to worry about smoothness.
Usually there will be no network outages, server maintenance, system crashes and other messy situations.
Minors between the ages of 16 and 18 will also have a "temporary driver's license". When they reach adulthood, they can go directly to the driving school where they signed up, and there is no need to retake the test.
As for minors under the age of 16... it is best not to ride electric bicycles. In the county town, it may be okay and the inspection is relatively loose, but in urban Haicheng City, once they are stopped, the parents will have to be criticized and educated.
When it comes to promoting "traffic safety" and implementing various policies, Haicheng officials have spared no effort, and they are really doing their job well and not doing superficial work.
From last winter to now, in less than a year, the traffic order in Haicheng has been significantly improved. The so-called driver's license test is not about how much money can be earned, or the test is deliberately used to make things difficult for others.
Promoting basic knowledge of road traffic is the ultimate goal. People have this concept in their minds. There are more people who understand traffic rules. In addition, Shanghai City officials are stricter, and traffic order is not even good.
Haicheng's rapid development seems to have become a "template" for other cities. Every day, cities across the country imitate some of Haicheng's policies, such as banning motorcycles and promoting electric vehicles, which makes people's livelihood miserable:
"If you don't have that condition, just imitate Haicheng, okay! It's not the same as Si. Now motorcycles are banned and electric vehicles are promoted. As a result, the traffic is even more chaotic. On Fridays and Saturdays, walking is jammed!"
"They are promoting it in conjunction with law enforcement! We will arrest them 365 days a year! What about us? If you arrest them today, you will arrest them tomorrow! Why don't you say that two-wheeled motorcycles are unsafe? Why don't you say that your four-wheeled car violates the rules and runs red lights every day?"
"Hey, I have no choice but to bear with it! Try to develop in a big city when you have the conditions in the future! The conditions in big cities are better in all aspects. My son has already gone to Haicheng to study. Let's see how he develops in the future..."
"I'm so envious! My child applied for Haicheng University, and his test scores were 23 points higher than last year's admission score, but he was not admitted."
"All the universities in Haicheng have very abnormal score lines this year. The score lines of a third-rate pheasant university are so high. There are so many people applying!"
"Who makes people develop quickly?"
"..."
However, Stardust Technology's mobile phones are really easy to use. Now Stardust Technology's directly-operated stores have covered every city in the country. Some well-developed counties also have direct-operated stores, and even if they are not good enough, there are also authorized stores.
The popularity of ifi is even used by people in villages. This aspect is attributed to the three major operators.
Even if you don’t have a Stardust mobile phone and buy another mobile phone equipped with Hongqi OS, it will come with or download a Stardust community specifically for browsing various information.
Therefore, Chen Zifan’s next goal is to cover Stardust directly-operated stores in 1,301 counties in China, and set up at least one dedicated Stardust after-sales service center in each county to provide users with after-sales services.
This is a big project. Based on the current expansion rate of 20 to 50 Stardust directly-operated stores per month, and the speed will gradually increase, it will take two years at the fastest, which is when the Stardust 4 series will be released.
Chen Zifan has been stuck at every time point. Now there is only one process left. In the process, in addition to preparing products, he also has to carry out various infrastructure construction. However, Haicheng's recent actions are not too big.
September is the beginning of the semester across the country, and this year Haicheng has experienced the largest "opening boom" in history. Since June, the name "4G City" has been announced, attracting countless students to sign up.
Haicheng officials and Stardust Technology are considering waiting until the back-to-school rush has passed and the National Day holiday is over before they start building roads and buildings. However, they have not been idle during this time and have already prepared construction materials in advance.
Stardust Factory has ushered in a new round of "expansion". It is not so much expansion as re-planning after the establishment of a subsidiary. To be honest, expansion, expansion
The Xinghan Automobile Factory has great production capacity.
Xinghanni's current demand for orders is too great. Chen Zifan couldn't expand even if he wanted to. The reason why he didn't expand immediately after the Olympics was not because he didn't want to, but because the conditions didn't allow it.
As we all know, Stardust Technology and Xinghan Zhixing have very high requirements for their products, and their product lines are easy to expand. However, there are only so many auto workers in the Xinghan Automobile Factory, and it is difficult to recruit them now.
The entire automobile industry is currently wary of Xinghan Zhixing, and domestic automobile manufacturers are no exception. They are both cooperative and competitive. Thanks to Stardust Technology's wages and benefits, which are notoriously good in China.
This attracted a large number of high-quality automobile workers scattered in the society. The production capacity of Xinghan Automobile Factory and Xinghan Modification Factory gradually increased, and the delivery time from ordering a car to picking up the car became shorter and shorter.
The delivery time of modification factories is also gradually shortening, but the extent is not as large as that of automobile factories, because the modification plans of some car owners have to be reviewed first, and the accessories need to be specially customized.
Of course, the Xinghanni modified car must be ordered "in full". Once it enters the production period, it is non-returnable, so many people would rather buy the standard version first and then modify it after it is confirmed later.
At the same time, the expansion of Xinghan Automobile Factory is also preparing for the next Xinghan 001 and Xinghan 009.
However, it is too difficult for the sales of these two models to surpass the Xinghan ni. It only takes five years at most for the current Xinghan ni, coupled with media hype, to gain the title of "national car".
If nothing else, at least a very high proportion of young people who have just entered society will choose this car as their first choice.
Stardust Technology is still developing in an orderly manner, and the sales of Stardust 2, Stardust 3, and Stardust 3+ have always been maintained at a very high sales level. The total monthly sales can easily exceed 4 million units.
This is the sales volume of the three models combined, and it is only the sales volume in China. If you include overseas markets... it is not a problem for Stardust Technology to sell more than 10 million mobile phones in a single month, and the annual sales are very likely to exceed 100 million units.
Perhaps the current Stardust Technology cannot compare with Nokia, Samsung, and Apple at their peak, or even Xiaomi, Oppo, vivo, and Huawei at their peak, but Stardust Technology has become a "world-class brand."
Chen Zifan remembers that Oppo sold 300 million smartphones in one quarter in 2022, and that time was no longer at the peak of the mobile phone market.
But considering what time it is now, the smartphone market was created by Stardust Technology. Stardust Technology can become a domestic or even world-class brand, and no one thinks there is any problem.
Wang Jinli once publicly stated in front of the media: "China and the world need Stardust Technology, and Stardust Technology needs to become a leading benchmark brand!"
The arrogant statement was met with support at home and condemned abroad, but there was no way. No brand of Stardust mobile phone could match the standard at present, let alone surpass it. They couldn't admit it even if they wanted to.
Some "import" advocates in China have now disappeared, at least in the field of mobile phones. If the Stardust mobile phone they bought has a problem one day, they will not blame it on "domestic production".
The day before entering the National Day holiday, while the online version of Haishi Phantom was updated, Chen Zifan and Wang Jinli had already arrived at the "bidding site" officially invited by Haicheng. All the people present were construction teams from all over the place.
Originally Wang Jinli didn't plan to come, but he happened to have some free time recently. As for other senior executives... Zhao Wushang is in charge of the company and rarely shows up. Only Chen Zifan is the most "free", and the rest have their own things to do.
This time, in addition to the local construction team from Haicheng, there were also many well-known "construction teams" from other first-tier cities who came to participate in the so-called "bidding conference". Chen Zifan was confused and didn't understand why they all came:
"Isn't this crazy? Why do construction teams from other places come to Haicheng? Are they here to participate in the bidding?"
Wang Jinli thought it was understandable: "Isn't this normal? The current construction projects in Haicheng are equivalent to "quick money". How convenient it is for us to pay, and the construction period is short, so it's nothing to be tired."
? Money is real! "
"That's right..."
The whole process was nothing more than competing with who had the highest bid, who had done what "well-known projects", and whose team was more convincing. In the end, Haicheng's new highway construction was jointly won by the construction teams of Shacheng and Haicheng~
Chen Zifan almost fell asleep in his seat. He didn't listen to those people's "self-promotion" at all. They did have strength, but forget it in this aspect. At the same time, Chen Zifan was also thinking about some new transportation plans.
"If I build an "underground" or "sky" highway in Haicheng, set up some stations similar to subway stations, and only allow Xinghan Zhixing and its brand new energy vehicles to enter, or allow all brands of new energy vehicles to enter, then what will happen? How about it? "
New energy highway?
In Chen Zifan's memory, Tesla seems to have built a similar highway that only allowed Tesla cars to pass. If he were to do it, he would definitely choose a development model that is more in line with the existing conditions.
