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

Chapter 452, Chapter 206-207: Launching new products! (4000 words)
In his opinion, big toys like airplanes are only good-looking but not practical.

Because of the lesson from Meng Wanzhou in his previous life, he would never go abroad even if he was beaten to death!
Even if he went to the free port, he would not go unless he had no other choice.

The intelligence chief's gathering place has a lot of unreliable factors, and he doesn't want any big news to be made.

"The company's senior executives discussed privately that Hillhouse Group is already a Fortune 500 company, and Hillhouse Technology is a listed company, and Hillhouse Vehicle will also be listed soon."

"Under this premise, business jets serve as the face of the company. Company employees and you can take them on business trips. They are cool and have enough exposure, which is also good for business development."

"Moreover, our executives often go to countries in Europe and South America that are not often connected with China. A plane is very necessary as a face."

At the end, Tang Ying's words were a little tactful.

Gao Huaijun nodded slightly.

It seems that the reason they bought this plane is the same as some private bosses buying BBA.

It is to show the status of Hillhouse Group.

To put it bluntly, it's just to show off!
Look how awesome our company is, we even have a private jet.

How could such a powerful company be a fake one?
This invisibly opens up the situation and leaves people with a good initial impression.

In today's society, the cost of trust is actually very high.

No one will trust another person easily. In many cases, trust will collapse immediately because of a small thing.

Once trust is established, it will save both sides a lot of time and energy. However, how to establish it is precisely the difficulty.

So having such a prop helps frontline personnel reduce the difficulty of public relations. It only costs a little money, and they can sit there when they need it. It’s no big deal.

"One plane is too stingy, buy two!"

"Forget about the Airbus A320. How much jet fuel would such a large aircraft consume? South America is an extreme case, and the usage scenarios are not as many as imagined! For us, it is not cost-effective! Didn't the domestically produced ARJ21 aircraft just go into commercial operation a few days ago?"

"Contact COMAC and we will order the ARJ21!"

Gao Huaijun suddenly thought of something and gave instructions to Tang Ying.

"Ah! ARJ21!" Tang Ying blurted out in a lost voice.

She didn't expect Gao Huaijun to give this answer.

As China's first commercial jet aircraft, ARJ21 has attracted national attention.

However, civil aircraft are products that are extremely sensitive to safety and economy. Without sufficient safety, airlines will inevitably stagnate and directly refuse to use them.

If it is not economically viable enough, no airline will operate at a loss.

Without more than ten or twenty years of guinea pig-like operation, it is impossible for anyone to buy this aircraft as a business jet!
What's more, the economic performance of this aircraft is not very good.

The fuel consumption per seat per kilometer is 0.033 kg.

The ERJ175 from Brazil has the lowest fuel consumption among similar products, with a fuel consumption of 0.0191 kg per seat per kilometer.

If you really want to buy this kind of small jet as a business jet, then choose ERJ!
As if he had noticed the change in Tang Ying's expression, Gao Huaijun snorted, "The martial arts world is not about fighting and killing, it's about human relationships and worldly wisdom!"

"The relationship between us and the government is very delicate now. If we don't even give the government a chance to curry favor with us, like buying an airplane, that would be a death sentence for us at Hillhouse!"

Tang Ying immediately understood the key point and quickly agreed.

Hillhouse has now achieved very remarkable results in both industries.

Although some of the shares are held by state-owned enterprises.

Although Gao Huaijun now pays taxes honestly and never evades taxes.

Although Hillhouse is the core enterprise of Shanghai and Xicheng.

but. . .

Such companies are sensitive companies no matter which country they are in. The Chinese government is very friendly now, but as Hillhouse's capital grows and its collective nature becomes stronger, the situation will become delicate.

A company that controls the world's strongest electronic technology company, the strongest automobile industry company, and a chip company and artificial intelligence company with great influence.

If you control any one of these four highly sensitive companies, you could be monitored.

Now that four companies are controlled, no matter who it is, the attitude towards this company will be very delicate!
What’s the big deal about buying two small planes?
How much does aviation fuel cost?
Continuous deep binding is what Gao Huaijun needs!

Tang Ying quickly used her connections in the office to get the phone number of a COMAC salesperson. They were indeed very interested in Hillhouse's desire to purchase a business jet, and the initial price quoted was around 5000 million U.S. dollars. The interior decoration of the aircraft could be customized according to Hillhouse's own personalized needs.

As for the delivery time, it depends on the time of interior decoration and your own production schedule.

It is estimated that the plane will be available in about two to three years.

After thinking for a while, Gao Huaijun said, "Formally contact the people from COMAC. Not many companies have purchased this type of aircraft. Many of them are orders from Zheng Zhi. Most airlines are in a wait-and-see state."

"It would be best if we could get the plane in a little over a year."

“Otherwise, our Hillhouse vehicles have already been listed, which would be meaningless.”

"What belongs to the nation belongs to the world. The glory of the Chinese nation is the trump card that our company can never give up!"

Tang Ying nodded, understanding the key point. "Okay, I'll discuss this with President Ning later. After we determine our own needs, we'll formally connect with COMAC."

When Hillhouse Capital's vehicles went public, it was definitely a very cool thing to drive this ARJ21 business jet to ring the bell.

Now no one is buying, only we at Hillhouse are buying.

This kind of sharpness, this kind of responsibility!
Just thinking about it gives me energy!
After listening to Tang Ying's words, Gao Huaijun added, "Call Andrew Ng, CEO of artificial intelligence, and Li Zonglin, CEO of Hillhouse Chip, and the four of you should go on a business trip to COMAC together."

"COMAC is currently developing a large Chinese aircraft, the C919. This aircraft requires internal chips and artificial intelligence algorithm improvements. Even if our company does not make money, we can still participate!"

“This is a great opportunity to market our assistive intelligence products.”

"We want to empower domestic large aircraft!"

"This kind of empowerment will be more effective than any amount of money we spend on advertising." Tang Ying looked at Gao Huaijun with shock on her face.

What the hell...

Aren’t we discussing the purchase of two business jets today?

Now we have even started business cooperation with COMAC!

However, cooperating with such state-owned enterprises is a thankless task.

However, this is the first step for Hillhouse Chip and Hillhouse Artificial Intelligence to step out of the internal supplier sequence, which is still a very meaningful thing.

Tang Ying could only nod numbly.

In this situation, everyone wants to do business, and only Gao Huaijun dares to think so!
. . . . . .

A few days later, Gao Huaijun had dinner with the main creative team of "The Wandering Earth" and made an appointment to continue to lead the investment after the release of "The Wandering Earth 2" in the next stage.

He finally found an opportunity to meet with the Hillhouse Technology team at Hillhouse Technology headquarters!

Now, part of Hillhouse Technology's core R&D team has moved to Shanghai and Beijing, but half of the team still remains in Xicheng.

This is the result of mutual compromise between Hillhouse and Xicheng.

Xicheng also knew that with its own size, it was impossible for it to take care of such a huge monster alone.

Hillhouse is also sensible. After all, Xicheng supports it unreservedly. It is imperative that it continues to focus on Xicheng and expand Hillhouse's core industries!

Therefore, Hillhouse Group’s headquarters complex has now developed the second and even third phases based on the original ones.

About fifteen modern 5A grade office buildings were built next to the first phase, which can barely accommodate the increasingly large R&D and functional departments!
You know, in a place like Xicheng, although the manufacturing industry is developed, the demand for office buildings has always been poor. Apart from Hillhouse, there are only more than ten other office buildings in total.

Hillhouse is able to recruit so many employees, and they are high-paid employees, which shows its influence on Xicheng!
"The reason I called you all here today is to talk about the products we need to develop next at Hillhouse Technology." After all the executives were present, Gao Huaijun spoke directly without beating around the bush.

The executives present, including Min Weiguo, couldn't help but show visibly happy expressions on their faces.

The dispute between Hillhouse Technology and Hillhouse Vehicle has been going on for more than a day or two.

The recent dazzling debut of Hillhouse Capital, coupled with its staging of the limelight in "The Wandering Earth", has put a lot of pressure on the executives of Hillhouse Technology.

Hillhouse has come up with such a great product that it admires. The next step for Hillhouse Vehicles is to visibly establish its foothold in the high-end image.

This left Hillhouse Technologies dumbfounded.

They have come up with such a fantastic product, and are competing back and forth with BBA, with even a hint of overtaking them.

Hillhouse Technology is now reaching a bottleneck period, and it is inevitable that it will be left further and further behind by Hillhouse. So what will happen in the later stages?

Now, Mr. Gao has finally come back to support Hillhouse Technologies. It’s exciting to think about it!
"Mr. Min, can you tell us first how we will carry out product planning for Hillhouse Technology in the later stage?" Gao Huaijun turned to Min Weiguo and asked.

Min Weiguo was well prepared. He thought for a moment and then said, "Hillhouse Technology's product chain is relatively complete now. The high-end ones include the Mate series and the P series, the low-end ones include the Honor Magic series and the Nova series, and the special folding screen mobile phone includes the X series."

"As for the N in the 1+N products, we also have laptop business, tablet business, smart glasses business, etc."

"So, with a relatively complete ecosystem, I don't think we need to expand the product ecosystem blindly. The key is to iterate the Mate series and P series products, firmly establish a foothold in the Chinese market, and then gradually increase sales in overseas markets. This is what we need to do."

Gao Huaijun nodded after hearing this.

Although Min Weiguo's statement was slightly conservative, he knew that what he said was the daily routine of ordinary large electronic technology companies!
After Steve Jobs, Pingguo Company gradually fell into mediocrity. The most changes in its mobile phones were the upgrade of chips and the changes in the posture of the notch screen.

In an era when smartphone iterations are becoming increasingly slow, if you take out a three-year-old phone, you basically won’t see any changes.

In this situation, consolidating their base, gradually fixing some bugs, and then slowly attracting new customers has become the standard for almost all mobile phone manufacturers.

Hillhouse has now consolidated its basic position. If it can maintain its position among the top 5 mobile phone sales in China for more than five years, it will be very difficult.

Making a big breakthrough and rapidly increasing mobile phone sales is no easy task!

Those competitors and friends are not fools!
"Mr. Min has just finished speaking. Let me tell you what I think." Gao Huaijun picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said slowly.

The executives present couldn't help but sit up straight and look at Gao Huaijun quietly.

If we say that in the beginning, when Hillhouse was still an electric fan factory, people within Hillhouse had some suspicion and scrutiny towards Gao Huaijun, then now, Gao Huaijun is recognized as the God of Hillhouse!

Gao Huaijun is less and less involved in Hillhouse's daily operations. Although he basically does not veto the basic decisions of Min Weiguo and others, this does not mean that his decisions do not guide the direction.

And now, everyone knows that it is time for Gao Huaijun to take the lead.

To everyone's surprise, Gao Huaijun did not take out the new mobile phone he had conceived in his mind that could be comparable to Gao Lingyangwang.

After opening the PPT, he rarely talked about a software!
"In an era of homogeneous mobile phone products, you have to work hard on hardware. Hillhouse has actually achieved perfection on many levels."

"In recent years, with the surge in brands and models in China's smartphone market, competition has become increasingly fierce. After the rapid development of the mobile phone market in recent years, the scale of the domestic mobile phone market has become increasingly saturated, and the overall shipment volume has continued to decline."

Gao Huaijun spoke slowly.

The executives off the field all nodded in agreement.

It has been exactly ten years since Hillhouse launched the extremely amazing mate1. During these ten years, Hillhouse has filled in almost all the conceivable points.

Large screen, touch screen, curved screen, self-developed chip, fingerprint unlocking, professional-grade camera, super high appearance, etc.

Everyone is trying their best to serve the fattest beef to customers!

But, so what even if that’s the case?

As an intruder in the chaotic time and space, Hillhouse revealed many advanced mobile phone research and development concepts in advance, which also made the mobile phone market mature much faster than in Gao Huaijun's previous life.

In 2016, Hillhouse Technology's performance growth rate slowed down significantly!

This is also what Min Weiguo is most worried about.

(End of this chapter)