Rebirth 2008: I Can Make Money Reading

Chapter 324 Conquer John, Xinghai Hummer EV sets sail

Time is like running water, passing by in a hurry.

On October 17th, the negotiating team sent by Yang Nian arrived at the headquarters of the beautiful country.

After nearly a week of evaluation and business negotiations, the cooperation was finally discussed on October 23.

Xinghai Group will purchase the ownership of the original Hummer brand, trademark and product name for US$150 million, and then pay another US$200 million for the acquisition of the original Hummer manufacturing plant and equipment.

On November 1, the two parties completed the transaction process, and the civilian Hummer was officially transferred to the Xinghai Group, and the efficiency was very fast.

The process can be so fast, this is because of the efforts of GM. After approval by multiple departments, there is no technology related to GUO's national security. If you use a Hummer, you will definitely not be able to pass the approval of the relevant departments of the beautiful country. It is not that the Xinghai Group is rich. can be purchased.

The factory was officially renamed "Xinghai Hummer Company", which is "XH HUMMER" in English. Xinghai Group will send 100 technical personnel to study at Hummer Company and assist in the development and production of a new Hummer EV.

At the same time, on this day, Xinghai Hummer Company announced that it will invest another 300 million US dollars to transform the production line of the original Hummer factory, the company's operating expenses and R\u0026D expenses.

It was not until this day that Mu Yang in Huaguo breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the Xinghai Group's acquisition was able to succeed smoothly, and the efficiency was so fast, and it also had the help of super bosses.

When Mu Yang sent a team to negotiate, the super boss had a secret call with Mu Yang and talked about the acquisition of civilian Hummers. After all, this matter has attracted a lot of attention at home and abroad, and the acquisition of hundreds of millions of dollars is not a trivial matter. The identity of Yang himself as a scientist is also very sensitive, and the higher authorities attach great importance to this matter.

Mu Yang explained the specific situation to the boss, which was probably the routine of "borrowing a chicken to lay an egg", and at the same time said that he would not go abroad, including travel.

On November 5th, Mu Yang designed the car shape based on the survey results of product personnel and his previous understanding of HUMMER EV.

The dimensions of the new Hummer EV are 5506mm, 2202mm, 2060mm, and the wheelbase is 3218mm.

This size is also the size of the original Hummer electric car. People who are familiar with the car know very well that this is definitely a big guy.

Generally, compact urban SUVs are about 4.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide, medium-sized SUVs are about 4.8-5.0 meters wide, and 1.9 meters wide, reaching 5.2 meters is already full-size.

The size of the new Hummer is exactly the size of a pickup.

In terms of size and shape, Muyang is completely designed according to the original Hummer EV, with little change.

Big changes, such as changing from five seats to seven seats, the seats in the second and third rows can be folded down. After being folded down, they are required to be flush. It is a big bed, which is very suitable for camping and sleeping, and does not affect the loading space.

In terms of power, the new car will provide dual-motor and three-motor drive modes. The former has a combined output of 625 horsepower and the latter has a combined output of 830 horsepower. Different from the torque amplification of fuel vehicles, the Hummer electric SUV no longer needs a transfer case. In the electronic control distribution mode, its maximum peak torque on the wheels exceeds 1559N m, and the acceleration time from 100 kilometers per hour is only 3.5 seconds, which is comparable to many super sports cars. . This parameter can also be realized in the original Hummer.

The entry-level model of the original Hummer EV has a battery life of about 402 kilometers. The new car will be equipped with power batteries from Xinghai Group. The body is generally made of aluminum alloy automotive panels to reduce body weight.

The front face adopts the design elements of Hummer, and the center grille adopts the closed design unique to electric vehicles, and adds vertical decorations to separate it.

In front of the driver, it is equipped with a brand-new steering wheel, a full LCD instrument, and Xinghai Group's super cruise assist system with fatigue monitoring, which supports L2 automatic assisted driving.

The current level of hardware such as electronics and chips cannot reach the level of 2022, and it is impossible to configure a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, but it is possible to be slightly smaller, and the automatic assisted driving can only reach the L2 level.

Even the L2 level was at the top level in the world before 2017.

The classic straight high waistline and clamshell engine compartment design, with 22-inch wheels and new through-type headlights, the overall shape is more modern.

Although the appearance is still tough-guy style, the interior of the car adopts a more technological design style, equipped with a variety of large-size LCD screens, electronic gear handles, and touch buttons.

It can be said that, except that the level of chips and electronic hardware cannot reach the level of 2022, other configurations are better than the original Hummer EV.

The shape of the car has been completed. In fact, Mu Yang has almost completed the shape design of the car, and it is almost ready to produce a three-dimensional data model.

The April 8th Plan, the company's first major goal, has reached 8.5% of the car manufacturing progress.

During this period, many people from the media and the auto industry came out to question Xinghai Hummer, thinking that even if it was transferred to Xinghai Group, the success of car manufacturing would not be a problem, but it was absolutely impossible to build a good car that would sell well and become a hit.

This time, Mu Yang was too lazy to come out to refute, and quietly engaged in research and development.

They discussed theirs, and Mu Yang played with his own.

November 7.

John, the former president of Civil Hummer, came to Huaguo, City H.

On October 25th, John had already planned to come to China to find Mu Yang, and was preparing to go to China for visa procedures.

After Hummer fell from the altar, John also left Hummer. It has been more than a year since he did not go to work and lived at home.

He is not very short of money at the moment, but there will always be times when he will run out. Moreover, he wants to come to Huaguo to hear about Mu Yang's car-making plan in person. If the negotiation goes well, he will be happy to serve Mu Yang again.

On November 3rd, he got a visa to go to Huaguo. Before going to Huaguo, he was also afraid of making a trip in vain, so he entrusted Huaguo employees in Xinghai Hummer to express his thoughts.

The employees of Xinghai Group knew about the chairman and John, and conveyed John's thoughts to the headquarters, and soon got a reply from Chairman Mu Yang: "I agree to meet John, and Xinghai Group is responsible for John's round-trip air ticket."

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 7th, John, who was in his fifties, came to the chairman's office under the leadership of Luo Zhize, secretary of Xinghai Group, and met Mu Yang.

"Hello, Mr. John, welcome to China."

"Hello, Mr. Mu, I didn't expect you to be so young and willing to meet me." John froze for a moment, seeing Mu Yang communicate with him in proficient English with a smile on his face, and shook hands with him warmly.

Before he came to get off the plane, he had already prepared two plans.

If Mu Yang met him with a very arrogant attitude and disrespected him, then he would definitely not accept the invitation;

On the contrary, if Mu Yang respects him and communicates sincerely, he is willing to accept criticism and apologize for his previous words.

What John didn't expect was that Mu Yang respected him very much, and sent a car and secretary to the airport to pick him up and arranged a high-end hotel for him.

He put down his luggage at the hotel, took a shower, and didn't intend to rest, he wanted to visit Muyang directly.

Seeing Mu Yang now, John didn't expect that the young man in front of him had a very strong affinity. He only needed to smile lightly, and felt that all resentment was resolved.

It made him get to know the young rich man in front of him again. It was different from what he had imagined, and he didn't feel arrogant or domineering.

John hesitated for a while, and said with a low posture, "I am very sorry for my previous words, please forgive Mr. Mu, and thank you very much for Mr. Mu's warm hospitality."

Mu Yang chuckled, waved his hand indifferently: "Don't care about these things, I don't care about them at all. If you are willing to come to China on your own initiative, you have already shown your attitude.

Of course, what I said before also counts. I am willing to recruit you as the president of the new Hummer company. I wonder if you are willing? "

"Thank you very much for Mr. Mu's invitation. However, I also want to tell you the truth. I don't have the confidence to sell 50,000 Hummers a year. I tried my best, but it didn't stop the decline of Hummers in my hands."

John didn't expect Mu Yang to invite him directly, but he didn't think the new Hummer would shine again in his hands, so he asked cautiously, "I'm also curious why Mr. Mu is so confident that the bet with GM Vice President Nathan will definitely win."

Mu Yang nodded, he was quite satisfied with John's performance, at least he wasn't so arrogant that he despised everything.

After a moment of silence, I said, "To be honest, I didn't have the confidence to win against him at the beginning, but now that you're here, you've gained another point."

After Mu Yang finished speaking, he saw that John, who was in his fifties, couldn't believe it, and his expression was very rich, so he explained: "This 100 million dollar bet, to be honest, just treat it as a young man's impulse up.

Of course, if I lose, I am willing to pay Nathan $100 million, and I will not lose my promise for this money. "

"..."

John's eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say. Dare the 100 million dollars is a joke in your eyes.

Mu Yang stood up, picked up a few pages of printed documents from his desk, on which were the modeling diagrams and configuration parameters of the Hummer EV, sat on the sofa again, and handed the documents to John: "Look at it first."

John took the information with some doubts, moved his glasses, and was a little surprised when he first looked at it.

Twenty minutes later, he asked Mu Yang politely: "Mr. Mu, the shape is very beautiful, and the configuration parameters surprised me even more, but please be angry with me and bluntly say that concept cars and mass-produced cars are completely different things;

Moreover, the performance of the lithium battery in the data is somewhat exaggerated, and it is very difficult to realize it. For the rest, you should understand what I mean. "

Mu Yang nodded and explained: "You are right, but there is one situation. You may not know much about our Xinghai Group. The lithium battery project has been going on for a month or two. I can assure you that if you want to realize Performance in the profile is not an issue.

How about this, let me take you to our aluminum alloy automotive panel workshop and the headquarters base for a walk, let's chat while walking. "

"Well, it's a great honor. I also want to visit your company's production base."

John knew that Xinghai Group's welding machines were very good, but he thought that it was made by a large number of workers.

Three years ago, he came to Huaguo once before. In his impression, the factory equipment in Huaguo was relatively backward, but the workers in Huaguo were very hardworking.

Mu Yang first took him around the laboratory building of the Automobile Research Institute of the headquarters base. The site was clean, with advanced equipment, and the staff were active in their work. John nodded frequently. It could be seen that the Xinghai Group was really determined to build cars.

After seeing the situation of the laboratory building, and then shifting positions, Mu Yang took John to the aluminum alloy automobile plate factory.

This time, John was really shocked when he saw the fully automated production equipment. His doubts were the same as those of the previous guests, who thought that these production lines were purchased overseas.

Mu Yang said indifferently: "These production lines are all developed and manufactured by Xinghai Group, including formulas and processes, to produce the world's number one aluminum alloy automotive panels, not by blowing them out."

John gave Mu Yang a thumbs up: "It's very powerful. I underestimated it before. I'm very sorry."

After visiting the aluminum alloy automotive panels, Mu Yang took John to the nearby battery factory.

At present, the construction progress of the battery factory is still relatively fast, but it will certainly not catch up with the progress of building cars, and only samples from the laboratory building can be used.

No matter what, John believed the information in Mu Yang's hands.

After visiting the construction of the battery factory, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon.

Mu Yang had dinner with John, during which time he didn't talk about building cars.

At 8:30 the next morning, John came to Xinghai Group to meet Mu Yang again.

This time, the foreigner's attitude changed drastically. After seeing Mu Yang in the chairman's office, he directly expressed his respectful attitude: "Mr. Mu, I am willing to accept the task.

I thought about it all night, and I am confident that I can manufacture the Hummer in the data and shock the world's auto industry again. "

Mu Yang patted the excited John and asked him to sit down: "It's good to have confidence. I also said that the salary is up to you."

"According to my previous 70%, for me, seeing the Hummer EV shocking the auto industry makes me happy."

"Xinghai Group is not short of money, so let's do this, the salary is tentatively set at 120% of your previous salary, and if the Hummer EV is mass-produced, you can get an additional 0.5% profit dividend;

If the sales reach 50,000 vehicles, you can get a 1% profit dividend;

In addition, there is a 0.5% profit dividend, which can be used to motivate the team.

I will send a Chinese vice president here, mainly in charge of finance and Chinese technical personnel, will not interfere with the company's operations, and you will be fully responsible. "

Different levels of incentives, especially special talents, and the lack of John who is familiar with Hummer, it is difficult to run smoothly, especially this company is not in China, Mu Yang is not easy to control, it is equivalent to authorizing John to be responsible, and the money is not enough. Of course not, Mu Yang was still worried.

1% profit dividend, not too much, but not too little.

John was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect such a big surprise, he stood up and bowed slightly to Mu Yang: "Thank you BOSS for trusting!"

For him, the finances are handled by Chinese staff, which makes him feel more relaxed anyway, and the only way to gain the trust of the boss.

Next, Mu Yang chatted with John.

Before, Mu Yang just chatted with him casually, and did not discuss in depth the car-making technology.

John is a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from MIT, and of course he is proficient in mechanical engineering. It was only later turned into full management, but the technology did not fall behind.

This time, the two sides chatted a lot about building cars. John did not expect Mu Yang to be so proficient in car building technology.

On the third day, John left Huaguo with satisfaction with Mu Yang's mission.