I asked you to save a bankrupt factory and you became the richest man in the world.

Chapter 153 Chapter 178-179: This test vehicle is named Xia! (first sum)
After listening to what Gao Huaijun said, everyone thought in their hearts: Sure enough!

Boss Gao is a restless person, and he has very high requirements for high-speed iteration of products.

Moreover, the number of R&D personnel now exceeds 4200, which has expanded to an extremely terrifying number!

R&D funding is nearly 4 million!

What is this concept?

It is now equivalent to nearly 15% of sales!

The wages and expenses are very high.

You know, even in 2022.

Also in the field of electronic technology, the domestic cmos leader Weir Co., Ltd. invested only 20 billion yuan, the domestic MCU GigaDevice Co., Ltd. invested 10 billion yuan, the domestic GPU Jingjiawei invested 10 billion yuan, and Cambrian invested 15 billion yuan. The core lithography machine, Modu Microelectronics, has invested more than 30 billion!
If inflation is included, the 2008 million invested by Hillhouse Technology in 4 is basically equivalent to more than 2022 billion in 50!

With an investment of 50 billion, even in China in 2022, it will be among the top ten technology companies.

It can be said to be very amazing!
This kind of large-scale investment will definitely not be sustainable for a long time without the support of a profitable industrial chain.

Now, he actually can't stop at all!

Looking at the executives with different expressions, Gao Huaijun said calmly, "Lingxiao Technology has produced a two-wheeled small electric vehicle, but there is still potential to be tapped! After the Sansang price increase incident, we must remember not to put our eggs aside. It’s in a basket, so now Lingxiao Technology, an unexpected product, needs a little support.”

All the executives nodded in agreement.

Hillhouse Technology was too dangerous last time.

Sales of Mate 2 continue to decline, and the micro-innovative Mate 3 has just been developed and will not be taken over. If Honor Magic fails, Hillhouse Technology is likely to die in an accident.

Then let’s make a big deal!

Now it’s possible to play with dual tracks.

"Mr. Lin, what can you tell me? What will Lingxiao Technology do next?" Gao Huaijun turned to Lin Yunshen and asked.

"My idea is that Lingxiao Company can do some product upgrades!" Min Weiguo replied.

"Oh? Tell me!" Gao Huaijun became interested.

The financial crisis is coming in a few months. In order to survive the winter safely, he cannot invest too much money in Lingxiao. If Lin Yunshen has a good idea, he can implement it.

"For example, in the electric vehicle track, we can diversify a little and increase the depth of the industry. Now that lithium batteries for mobile phones are in full swing, we can also invest some money in research and development of lithium batteries, and engage in the research and development of this small lithium battery. This sector, In the future, batteries from Hillhouse Technology can also be used!" Min Weiguo roughly expressed his thoughts!

Gao Huaijun nodded.

Now Hillhouse Technology is engaged in the chip business and has achieved fairly good results.

Therefore, many executives feel that Hillhouse Technology can continue to deepen the upstream industry chain.

However, he did not express his position, but continued to ask Lin Yunshen, "What about you, Mr. Lin, what do you think?"

"Lingxiao Company belongs to the N in 1+1+N in Hillhouse Technology. Since it belongs to the N, if it wants to expand new business, it will not take too big a step!" Lin Yunshen thought for a moment and continued, " So I think Lingxiao Technology can go in the direction of high-quality products and develop some high-quality two-wheeled electric vehicles!”

"For example, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki in the Kingdom of the Sun, their sales are actually quite good. If we follow this direction, we can actually build very good cars."

Gao Huaijun nodded again.

This is actually a way.

In fact, in later generations, some electric vehicle manufacturers took this path, but consumer acceptance was not high.

After all, in China, speedsters are a very small group. They only play with brands and modifications. They buy an electric motorcycle and take girls for a ride.

It's a small matter to be embarrassed, but it's a big deal to be laughed at by a girl!

After listening to what the senior executives said, he was not particularly satisfied, so he slowly said, "These are just small things. For a company of Hillhouse's size, it is not interesting. If we want to build something a little more complicated, we want to build a more complicated four-wheeled vehicle!"

"Four-wheel car, old man happy???!!!"

The executives below couldn't help shouting in unison.

In any case, Hillhouse Technology is a high-end electronic technology manufacturer. You just ask them to develop a new track. You ask them to use the vest of Lingxiao Technology to have fun with old people. I really can't accept it.

Hillhouse Technology, a highly sophisticated company, actually wants to produce this thing.

If word gets out, your peers will laugh to death!
"Who said we were going to build Laogou Le!" Gao Huaijun said angrily, "We are serious electronic technology manufacturers, how could we produce such industrial waste products!"

Making old man happy?
joke!

After all, Hillhouse Technology is also a serious electronic technology manufacturer that can design high-precision chips.

How could the price drop like that!

Lingxiao Technology must and will only be high-end and sophisticated!
"Actually, this is not old man's fun. This should be regarded as a new type of small four-wheel electric vehicle. It is simple and easy to make. It is actually convenient to make and won't waste too much time!" After speaking, Gao Huaijun sketched out his own car. The combination of the small two-wheeled model Wuling Hongguang miniEV version plus Euler Haomao and the beggar version put Shang Yayan in front of the big screen.

"This is a small electric four-wheeled vehicle I designed. It's not even a car. Mr. Min, you and Mr. Zhou Zhou from Lingxiao Technology will see how to get him out!" Gao Huaijun said, looking at the two of them.

When Gao Huaijun was making a small two-wheeled electric car, they had already guessed that Gao Huaijun wanted to build a car, but were they sure that this thing would be so easy to do?
These are not the days when you can make a car with four wheels, three sets of sofas, and a cover!
However, with so many questions, when they saw Gao Huaijun's sketch, they were attracted!

The exterior design of this car continues Gao Huaijun's design style in mobile phone manufacturers. It is very fashionable and attractive. The overall front face looks very delicate, and combined with the headlights, it adds a bit of coolness.

To their surprise, the size of the body mark was 3059MM*1521MM*1614MM.

Looks very small!

What?

This is a hatchback!

It seems that the target is Fit!

Oh no!

It’s even smaller than Fit!
The body lines are avant-garde and paired with large and thick-walled tires, it looks very dynamic.The design of the rear of the car is also outstanding, the taillights present a cool design style, and the overall appearance layout is very harmonious.

But, are you sure anyone wants to buy such a small product?
【Chapter 179】

Moreover, no matter how much you save on R&D expenses, they will still cost tens of millions. If time is delayed, R&D expenses can easily reach hundreds of millions!

In later generations, Xiaomi's research and development of cars will cost about 6 million.

Calculated according to inflation, casually, in 08, 1 million was needed.

We also need to buy a car license plate and form a car research and development team. What about the small business that we agreed on?
This costs a lot of money!Relying on its own funds, Hillhouse International will be really stretched if it borrows another loan!
As for Xicheng Fang, if you want them to support a small amount of tens of millions, it is no problem, but hundreds of millions of dollars is impossible!

But anyway.

The grade and texture of this car, as well as its appearance, are comparable to domestic cars of similar grade, such as the Chery QQ!
"Boss, are we, Hillhouse, or Lingxiao Technology going to produce such a small four-wheel hatchback this time?" Ning Yuan asked excitedly from the side.

Gao Huaijun nodded calmly, "Yes!"

"I will name this car 'Xia'! It will be the second track we enter, the car track! This small model is our test of the waters. The Chinese car market and foreign Car brands, especially the monopoly of the top three German and Japanese brands, need to be broken by us!" Gao Huaijun said lightly with a grin.

One stone stirs up thousands of waves!

All the executives had expressions of shock and disbelief on their faces, as if they couldn't believe their ears!
Although Hillhouse Technology cannot put its eggs in one basket, it needs to walk on two legs to open up a new way to make money.

However, entering the automobile industry is a bit too courageous!

Like the field of electronic technology, the automotive industry is a very cruel Red Sea market with many top experts.

The top three German brands, the top three Japanese brands, the top two American brands, the top two Korean brands that were still active in the Chinese market in 08, and several other European brands form a very cruel Red Sea market!

It can even be said that competition in the automotive industry is more intense than in the electronic technology industry!
Hillhouse Technology is now operating in two industries, competing in two industries with high cash flow and high profit value. What a price it has to pay!

but.Gao Huaijun also had troubles.

Since he is walking on two legs and is prepared for all kinds of inexplicable resistance, as a reborn person, he is definitely not willing to work in industries with low ceilings, low profits, and low sales.

He doesn’t like this kind of industry either!
Then, apart from finance, which is the most profitable industry with poor information, the most suitable one is automobiles!
Before the financial crisis, he was unwilling to start the research and development of mobile phones, a product that focuses on cash flow.

But for cars, a product that takes a long time to develop, he doesn't mind getting in first.

and.

It is better to enter early than to enter late. Now that everyone is at the starting point of starting new energy vehicles, he can play around first!

Taking advantage of the little time before the current financial crisis, his idea is to use this product that is not particularly large and not particularly difficult to manufacture to test the waters!

Closer to home.

At this time, when everyone at the scene heard Gao Huaijun say that this was a car model called 'Xia', they all stood up involuntarily and applauded in unison!
At the same time, excited cheers broke out!
China's automobile market has long been dominated by foreign automobile companies.

Chinese car companies have been weak for a long, long time.

In fact, it will still continue to weaken in the foreseeable future!
Now, Hillhouse Technology, a shining star in the electronic technology industry, will become a disruptor in China's automobile industry, and the market reaction it will generate is what these executives are looking forward to!
After everyone calmed down, Gao Huaijun signaled Shang Yayan to scroll down the PPT.

The picture on the screen immediately came to Ness's sketch of this model called Xia.

When we first saw the appearance, everyone thought.

This car!

It’s not like that!
Not bad!

The better interiors are, at most, the look of a luxury car like the Panamera.

And now this Xia, since it is a hatchback, it is estimated that the interior inside cannot be that good.

At best, it is the kind of product that is not equipped with low-end speakers even if it is an external speaker.

but!

Everything has buts!

For the interior of this model, Gao Huaijun abandoned the simple interior of Wuling Hongguang Mini, and instead adopted the minimalist style interior of the BYD Dolphin he once drove that adopted the "marine aesthetics" design concept!

In his sketch, the interior lines of the car are soft and majestic, resembling a "dolphin" shape. The large-sized hanging central control screen continues the simple yet technological style of later generations of new energy vehicles.

In addition, the color scheme inside the car adopts a relatively simple design style, with relatively abundant storage space and a lot of physical buttons. In terms of details, it uses a material similar to Alcantara and provides two color matching styles. The name noted by Gao Huaijun is Colored in puff pink and rustling green, the seats adopt an integrated shape, and optional models may also be equipped with diamond pattern processing!

cool!
Shocked!

It is not difficult to describe what they are thinking now.

Everyone just felt a rush of heat.

From the spine straight to the Tianling Cap!
My mind was groggy.

My eyes are filled with the shape of this interior!
Because they have never seen such a high-tech interior.

It can be said that it completely subverted their inherent views!

If we talk about the interior of Panamera, it is a finely decorated three-bedroom and one-living room with a large flat floor.

Then the interior of this car is not on the earth at all, but like a Chinese base on the moon in the future!
If I could describe it in one word, it would be science fiction!

Yes, it’s science fiction!

The visual impact brought by the two is completely different!

"Wow! How come there is such a sci-fi interior? I suddenly have confidence in this product again!"

"It's not a magic modification, it's a completely subversive design! It's completely different from the designs of all current car manufacturers!"

"Are you sure this is the nanny car used by Mom to take her children to school? Isn't it too luxurious to use it in this car? It's not too much to use it in a sports car!"

"Mr. Gao is simply a god!"

. . . . . .

The people who came back to their senses.

They all looked at Gao Huaijun with admiration.

He designed electric fans, which is amazing!
He designed MP3, which is amazing again!

He designs mobile phones, which is amazing!

Now even if you design a mobile phone across borders, it is still amazing!

After all, is there anything else that he can't design?

"Ahem! Boss..."

(End of this chapter)