Ziweixing cannot make big money.

Cao Yang knew this well.

Although the prices of 799,900 and 899,900 are not low, the sales volume is limited. If various early development fees and equipment amortization are included, the profit is not particularly high.

So Xingchen No. 2 and Xingchen No. 3 are very important.

In particular, Xingchen 2 is responsible for important tasks such as helping to amortize research and development costs, factory equipment costs, etc.

The most important thing is that it is also responsible for increasing sales.

As long as Xingchen 2 is successfully launched on the market and Xingchen Auto's annual sales can reach the level of 100,000 units, there is no need to worry about not making money.

Even at that time, Xingchen Motors' profit from 100,000 vehicles was more than that from other independent brands' 1 million vehicles.

This is entirely very possible.

This is evident when you look at how prosperous the lives of later generations of Porsches were.

To a certain extent, Xingchen Motors must first make itself better than Porsche.

"Mr. Cao, so far, the development of Xingchen 2 is quite satisfactory, mainly because there are still some areas that need to be worked on in terms of the four-wheel drive system."

"In addition, as for the chassis, since it is 5.2 meters in length, there is no experience in this area in China. We are still verifying whether the designed parts can meet the technical requirements."

"Other parts are basically being developed as planned."

"Even for the more difficult integrated hot stamping door ring, the drawing design and soft mold production have been completed."

"Prototype production will officially roll off the production line in two months. If there are no problems with the test by then, we can start preparing permanent molds."

"There should be no problem in launching Xingchen 2 in the first half of next year."

Yao Yongxiang must have reported the good news first.

Sure enough, after he said this, he said bravely: "But as for the Star 3, because it is a sports car, it also uses a hybrid system unprecedentedly, and some parts such as rearview mirrors and spoilers are made of carbon fiber.

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"So we still have some problems to overcome in this regard."

"Of course, there are also some development issues involving the motors used in hybrid systems, and the drawing specifications have not been finalized yet."

"In addition, the number of chips used on Xingchen 3 is more than that of the previous two models."

"Especially the igbt and other chips on the power control unit still need to be imported."

"According to the current development progress, it may be difficult for Xingchen 3 to be launched in the second half of next year."

"Of course, we are also doing our best to fully cooperate with various universities."

"For example, for hybrid battery research, we hired a professor from a university to take charge of it."

"We have also recruited dozens of technical personnel from Japan to fill the R&D team. Currently, the number of battery R&D personnel has exceeded 200."

Yao Yongxiang explained while watching Cao Yang's reaction.

What was being reported now was all bad news, and he was worried that Cao Yang would be furious.

"You can coordinate your time with Mi Ying later. I will spend at least one full day every week working with you to tackle technical bottlenecks."

"Xingchen No. 2 will be launched in the first half of next year, and Xingchen No. 3 will be launched in the second half of next year. This time cannot be delayed later."

Then came the financial crisis. At that time, everyone's attention was no longer on car models.

So Cao Yang wanted to launch three models before the financial crisis.

Of course, the main problem is the technical bottlenecks mentioned by Yongxiang, which he is confident of solving.

"It would be best if Mr. Cao could participate in the development of parts together."

"Currently, the development team still has a lot of disputes about batteries, motors and electronic controls."

"Even though Mr. Cao mentioned some related technical directions to everyone before, there are still different voices within the team."

"It's also difficult for me to immediately judge which sound represents the future."

For the research and development of a new technology part, it is most confusing to not know the right direction.

If you are in the wrong direction, no matter how hard you try, it will be useless.

People who engage in R&D know this very well.

But after all, not everyone has Cao Yang's vision and can clearly grasp the future.

"Tomorrow morning I will take half a day to take a look at the development of batteries and motors."

"The other parts will be discussed later depending on the schedule."

Issues with batteries and motors must be taken seriously.

This is also one of the core competitiveness of Nanshan Group in the future.

Although hybrid batteries are power batteries, they are quite different from the batteries used in pure electric vehicles.

But the battery production process is not fundamentally different.

The development process is also the same.

It’s just that the formula is different and the testing conditions are different.

Similarly, as one of the three electrical components, the motor is naturally worth the effort.

It is not difficult to achieve results in this area.

In later generations, China had a large number of motor manufacturers in China, and all of them were pretty good.

Cao Yang then went on to learn about the approximate research and development progress in various fields with Rao Yongxiang, and then it was time for lunch.

In the afternoon, I naturally listened to the report from the Finance Department step by step to learn about Ziweixing's domestic sales, and then went to the site to see the research and development of Nanshan Equipment's laser cutting equipment.

Finally, there is a report on the low-key but very profitable Nanshan Special Steel.

"Mr. Cao, although the domestic steel market is still relatively sluggish and the production and sales situation is a bit unbalanced, in the field of high-end special steel, there has always been no need to worry about no one buying the products."

"We now plan to expand our production capacity from 300,000 tons to 500,000 tons, so we don't have to worry about overcapacity at all."

"Even if the current factory building does not have limited space for expansion, I think there is no problem in directly launching a 1 million-ton special steel deep processing project."

"For example, the domestic demand for mold steel is growing rapidly. Except for our Nanshan Special Steel, which can produce high-end mold steel, other manufacturers either have poor quality or the cost is too high to produce."

"In addition, the demand for spring steel, bearing steel, gear steel and other products is also increasing."

"So I plan to start the bidding process immediately after passing the company's approval this week, complete the expansion work as quickly as possible, and strive to achieve expansion early next year."

Xie Lingyun can be said to be in high spirits now.

At the beginning, he was the deputy chief engineer of Shaogang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. Although his rank was not low, he actually had no say in the company.

But now as the general manager of Nanshan Special Steel, except for Cao Yang and Rao Yongxiang who occasionally take care of him, he almost has the final say himself at other times.

Not to mention the employees of Nanshan Special Steel who respect him very much, even the former leaders and colleagues of Shaogang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. now look a little flattered when they see him.

Especially after the news spread that Nanshan Special Steel was going to expand its production area, the director of Shaogang Steel took the initiative to make several appointments with him.

Otherwise, the only solution is to consume more crude steel.

Otherwise, the crude steel produced cannot be sold, and Shaogang will be under great pressure.

"Since there is a large demand for special steel in our group and in the market, let's expand production."

Cao Yang had actually seen the specific plan for expanding production areas in an email before.

Naturally, a major event like this cannot be ended with just such a report.

This is all a blessing from doing a lot of work beforehand.

Cao Yang is naturally very clear about the importance of special steel.

Nanshan Group is developing so fast now that it needs to consume a lot of special steel.

Although Cao Yang had considered the overall overcapacity of steel production before, he did not want to compete with Baosteel and other domestic manufacturers to compete for the market.

But now Baosteel cannot meet the demand for high-end special steel. Instead of letting Japanese and European steel mills make money, it is better for Nanshan Special Steel to make money.

"Okay, then I will contact the purchasing department immediately and inform them to start the equipment bidding process."

"Since most of the equipment has been purchased before, the work should be completed relatively quickly this time."

"By the way, Mr. Cao, Nanshan Special Steel received several batches of special guests last month, and even customized a batch of special steel with us. Look at this, we..."

Xie Lingyun naturally knew the identities of those special guests, but before Cao Yang was overseas, he did not dare to report these things casually over the phone.

After all, the other party gave some instructions at the beginning.

Now that Cao Yang has returned to China, Xie Lingyun naturally wants to give a good report.

"As long as there is no problem with confirming the identity, we will try our best to cooperate with them if they have any needs."

Cao Yang gave his answer without much hesitation.

Although it is not the time to enter into special fields on a large scale, there is some appropriate intersection, which is not a bad thing.

Whether it's flying in the sky, running on the ground, or swimming in the sea, some special steel is used.
To be continued...