The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 248: New products, opening a new era
"Are you going to launch a new product?"

Qin Hao's attention was diverted by Jiang Hui in an instant.

Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory is now Qin Hao’s treasure.

During the previous factory contracting reform, only Jiang Hui stepped forward to contract the factory, otherwise the reform at the First Ministry of Machine Building would have become a joke.

With this beginning, other poorly managed factories began to be contracted out one after another.

Even so, no one who contracted the factory performed better than Jiang Hui.

Even the combined performance of all other contracted factories is not as good as that of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant.

In just one year, Jiang Hui turned a factory on the verge of bankruptcy into a major export earner, and the profit situation changed dramatically.

Not to mention the workers’ wages being in arrears, various benefits are now distributed every month.

Rice, flour, grain and oil, these essential supplies, gave every worker at the Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Factory a great sense of satisfaction.

"Yes, the BMW 70 has been mass-produced, and its performance in all aspects is relatively stable. I plan to immediately introduce two new products so that our production and sales can be rapidly increased."

"At that time, we can not only make more contributions to solving employment problems in the capital area, but also contribute to the development of China's motorcycle industry."

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Hui prepared to report to Qin Hao about the next arrangements in the factory.

The BMW 70 will be a classic product that transcends the times.

However, this product is inspired by Honda 70 after all, so its creativity is not that high.

It can only become a classic in China.

But the next two products are different. Jiang Hui wants to make them classic models for the whole of China and even the world.

By then, other factories will imitate the products of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant, and the brand power of "BMW" motorcycles will continue to increase invisibly.

This will also prepare for building a mid-to-high-end brand and large-displacement motorcycles in the future.

"According to what you said, we can indeed consider introducing more new products."

"Have you decided on the specific product targets?"

The more brilliant the achievements of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant, the greater Qin Hao's political achievements.

Even in the future, as Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant grows and develops, his position can be moved.

“Yes, we are going to introduce two motorcycles, one of which is a scooter targeting the female market.”

"This bike uses the same engine and gearbox as the BMW 70, and has some special optimizations on the exterior, making it more suitable for women to ride and more stylish and beautiful."

Scooters are certainly not a global innovation, but no motorcycle factory in China is producing them.

The world's first motorcycle that was close to a scooter appeared in 1911. It was invented by the Dutch.

Compared to those straddle-style motorcycles, scooters make passengers feel more comfortable and they can keep their legs together like driving a car.

Interestingly, in the beginning, the scooter had a car steering wheel on the front of the body.

If the motorcycles made in Germany look like horse-drawn carriages, then the scooters made by the Dutch look like two-wheeled cars.

Following the Dutch, Americans also created a new type of scooter. Its breakthrough design was that it removed the bicycle-like frame and lowered the height of the entire vehicle. The only drawback was that its tires were too small.

The scooter that Jiang Hui is going to use will draw on the shape and structure of the later Suzuki UY125, but the engine will temporarily use the small-displacement engine of the BMW 70.

When the next generation of scooters comes out, we will replace it with a 125CC engine.

What is most needed at this stage is to quickly launch a scooter to meet the needs of female consumers in major cities across the country.

Although China is still very poor now, poverty is relative.

In fact, there are still quite a few families with a family savings of several thousand yuan.

Especially in some high-level intellectual families, if the monthly income of both husband and wife is more than 100 yuan or even more than 200 yuan a month, it is normal to save 1,000 or 2,000 yuan a year.

I don’t usually have any other big purchases, so even if I want to eat more meat, it’s not easy to buy.

It can be said that money can’t buy many things.

In this way, saving money becomes a very common practice.

After a few years, it is normal to have a savings of several thousand yuan.

For these people, spending money to buy a motorcycle is almost like buying a color TV. It is a bit of a luxury, but it is acceptable.

Therefore, Jiang Hui is still very optimistic about the scooter market.

The most important thing is that Jiang Hui thinks that the scooter can not only be sold in China, but also has the opportunity to be exported to ports and Southeast Asia, making it the flagship product of Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing Plant for export and foreign exchange earnings.

If this goal is really achieved, the meaning will be very different.

"A scooter? What does it look like?"

Qin Hao felt the charm of Jiang Hui's words.

Jiang Hui has always been very confident in his vision.

"We will be able to finalize the design next month and start making handmade prototypes. Director Qin, you can come to our factory for a visit then."

Since there was no ready-made information at hand, Jiang Hui didn't say much today.

There seems to be no harm in whetting Qin Hao's appetite.

"What about the other one? What are its features?" Qin Hao remembered very clearly that Jiang Hui had just said that they were going to introduce two new products at once.

This kind of large-scale investment is still relatively rare among domestic automobile and motorcycle manufacturers.

"The other one is a tricycle with a more special positioning, which is mainly aimed at the small-scale freight market in rural and urban areas."

"In particular, on July 7 this year, the relevant departments officially issued the "Several Policy Regulations on Urban Non-agricultural Individual Economy", which clearly pointed out that individual economy is a necessary supplement to state-owned economy and collective economy."

"This has resulted in more small vendors everywhere. Even though these people seem to have a low social status, they have made a lot of money in recent years."

"For them, a three-wheeled motorcycle that can transport both people and goods is very popular in the market."

Jiang Hui was obviously preparing to produce the "three-wheeled vehicle".

In an era when car ownership was very low, three-wheeled motorcycles definitely had a big market.

"Is it one of those tricycles produced by the Capital Automobile and Motorcycle Factory?"

This time, there was no smile on Qin Hao's face, but a frown instead.

Obviously, he was also aware of the current difficulties faced by the Capital Motorcycle Factory.

Those tricycles are basically unsellable.

That is, some law enforcement units in the capital area will purchase some for use, but the quantity is also very limited.

After all, funding for each department is tight, and it is impossible to add a large number of new equipment every year.

"Of course not. Few ordinary people in China would buy that kind of sidecar, and small vendors are even less interested in this kind of motorcycle."

"What our factory plans to introduce is a product that is different from any three-wheeled vehicle produced by any motorcycle factory."

"And unlike the BMW 70, our tricycle product will be launched in several versions at the same time to fully meet the different needs of different small vendors."

"It can have a cabin or a convertible. As long as consumers demand it, we can produce it."

Although the "three-wheeled vehicle" looks a bit rustic, if we take it out at this time, as long as we control the cost well and don't sell it at too high a price, it will definitely sell well.

Who knows, by then its sales may be better than those of scooters and BMW 70.

"Now that you mention it, I'm very curious. I'll definitely go to your factory and take a closer look."

Since he would take Jiang Hu to meet Zheng Haiming soon, Qin Hao did not ask so many questions.

But at least through the conversation with Jiang Hui, he knew that Chaoyang Motorcycle Manufacturing was not just making trouble this time by poaching people.

They are preparing for the introduction of new products.

Since there is such a legitimate reason, there will be no pressure if you just sit a little bit crooked.

Soon, the two appeared in Zheng Haiming's office.

"Xiao Jiang, did Chen Qi call you directly to scold you?"

As soon as he saw Jiang Hui, Zheng Haiming's face was very friendly and he didn't look angry at all.

Obviously, he didn't pay much attention to the complaints from the factory managers below.

After all, everything is within the controllable range, and as long as he wants to guide it in a certain direction, he will definitely succeed.

In this situation, Zheng Haiming naturally would not be nervous.

"scold me?"

"Why are you scolding me?"

"Leader, Director Chen praised me. Some time ago, I helped them look at the exterior design of a new car model."

Jiang Hui pretended as if nothing had happened, which made Zheng Haiming speechless.

Of course, Jiang Hui would have this attitude only because everyone is familiar with him.

If it were someone else, it would be completely different.

"You guys made too much of a fuss this time, please calm down for a while."

"For those who have already been recruited, forget about it. For those who haven't been recruited yet, stop recruiting."

You have to take both sides of your hand seriously. Although Zheng Haiming supports Jiang Hui, he must also consider the ideas of other factories at this time.

If you want to recruit people, do it slowly and don't be so hasty.

"Okay, I will stop recruiting technicians from tomorrow and wait until I have digested this batch of personnel."

The boss has spoken, so Jiang Hui must listen.

With more than 200 technicians here, it will take some time for the R&D center to digest the information.

Otherwise, it would be a waste if we are unable to fully tap the potential of these talents.

Even though there are only more than 200 people, considering the level of these people, it is actually a very competitive R&D team in the whole of China.

The prerequisite is to be able to use it well.

Jiang Hui plans to start a new era with new products starting from this technical team.

(End of this chapter)