Rebirth 08: Rise from copycat phones

Chapter 260: Hailan Electric Vehicle Mass Production

With the establishment of Weizhi Technology Co., Ltd., Zhiyun Group obtained the patent authorization for the X86 instruction set, which also means that China has the patent for the X86 instruction set for the first time.

As a result, many people in China breathed a sigh of relief: China finally does not have to worry about being restricted in the X86 chip field. Even if Intel and AMD are restricted from exporting chips to China, China can still have domestically produced X86 chips to make up for it.

Previously, the entire Internet system and even the office network system in China were all built on the X86 system. Even if the Linux system was used, it still used Intel or AMD's X86 chips.

This situation makes many people feel insecure.

Even in online novels, there are a lot of reborn protagonists who go back to the 86s to work on X chips!
This shows how much concern the Chinese people have in the computer field.

But we can't just stop using it because of concerns. After all, apart from X86 computers, there are no other good choices on the market. In the current desktop and even server-level CPU field, X86 almost has a monopoly.

We can't stop using computers because we're worried about being blocked in the future. If we do that, we'll miss the era brought about by the development of computers, not to mention the Internet era and the current mobile Internet era.

Therefore, we cannot give up the X86 system, even if it belongs to someone else!

Before, everyone could only worry about it while using it. However, since the rapid rise of Zhiyun Group, its strong chip design and manufacturing capabilities have allowed many people to see the possibility of breaking the technological blockade and achieving independent control in the computer and even server fields.

This is why Zhiyun has many plans to develop its own purely domestic computers, servers, and supercomputers.

Based on this series of requirements, especially the requirement of pure self-research and ensuring safety, Zhiyun Group developed the SOP instruction set on its own.

And developed the server chip ZS1 series based on the SOP instruction set.

We are also currently developing a desktop-level consumer CPU based on the SOP instruction set, namely the Zhiyun P series CPU chip. The Zhiyun P series CPU currently has two series: dual-core and quad-core. It uses a 28-nanometer process and is directly targeted at the current mainstream desktop CPU.

After entering January, Xu Shenxue came to Zhiyun Semiconductor and saw the Zhiyun P series chips that carried the expectations of many people, especially many institutions.

Fu Zhengyang, general manager of Zhiyun Semiconductor, held a chip in his hand and introduced it to Xu Shenxue: "Mr. Xu, this is the first generation chip of the P1 series that we just successfully taped out. This chip contains the P1400 chip of the first generation, which is also the flagship chip of our first generation P series."

"It uses the group's self-developed 1-nanometer advanced process, SOP instruction set, and Zhixin P architecture. It integrates four CPU cores, all of which are large cores. It does not adopt the large and small core approach commonly used by other manufacturers. Because in this CPU, we have adopted the dynamic main frequency technology we use in mobile phone SOCs. It can actively adjust the CPU frequency according to computing power requirements to reduce power consumption. It uses our self-developed super multi-threading technology and can support up to eight threads. However, there is still some gap between our hyper-threading technology and Intel's hyper-threading technology, but it can still make our CPU perform better."

"Our CPU can reach a maximum frequency of 3.0GHZ and has a 2MB L2 cache."

"At the same time, we have also integrated an OP graphics processing core into this CPU, giving it basic graphics processing capabilities to meet the basic needs of daily office work, web browsing, image viewing, and video browsing."

"In addition to this flagship chip, we also have a mid-range dual-core chip, the P1200, which has dual cores and four threads and a maximum clock speed of 2.5 GHZ."

"Compared with Intel products of the same level, our two chips still have a gap in pure hardware computing power, but it is not that big. We are just lacking in driver and operating system adaptation, so we are still worried about how much computing power these two chips can bring into play!"

Xu Shenxue said: "Even if the performance is a little worse, it is better than nothing. With these two chips, our Pangu computer can be said to have a heart. After the product is made, it will be easy to adapt the operating system software!"

Zhiyun's P series chips will be installed on purely self-developed domestic computers, namely Pangu computers.

Pangu Computer uses Zhiyun's first-generation CPU chip of the P series, Zhiyun's 3D NAND flash memory, Zhiyun's advanced memory particles produced by Zhiyun's nm process, and Zhiyun memory sticks packaged and produced by Zhiyun Semiconductor itself, as well as Zhiyun's OP series graphics cards, and is equipped with a series of various chipsets that match each other.

Finally, install the YunLPC OS system which is a deep modification of Linux using Zhiyun software and various domestic software.

The final Zhiyun Pangu computer, from the inside to the outside, from the core chips, operating system to software, to the external screen and even the chassis, are all purely domestically produced products by Zhiyun or Zhiyun's supply chain companies, including the manufacturing process of the computer.

This purely domestically produced Zhiyun Pangu computer is mainly supplied to institutional customers.

Zhiyun Pangu series computers solve security issues and bottleneck problems. As for whether they are easy to use... needless to say, they are definitely not easy to use now. There is no ecosystem, so how can they be easy to use?

It can only be said to meet basic office and office needs in specific areas.

In the commercial field, Zhiyun Pangu Computer still has a long way to go... After all, this is about opening up a brand new ecosystem.

Starting from scratch will definitely take a long time to accumulate experience, and there is no rush.

At the same time, the huge domestic computer system and server market based on the X86 series cannot be left behind.

Although Pangu computers are available, their limitations are still too great and they cannot be used in many fields. Even with Pangu computers, it is impossible for a large number of institutions and companies to abandon the X86 ecosystem.

Therefore, the domestic demand for domestically produced X86 computers is also very large.

In this regard, some institutions have put a lot of pressure on Zhiyun.

Before, an organization gave Xu Shenxue a task, asking them to first develop X86 chips as a technical reserve to deal with extreme situations.

It would be even better if we could develop this X86 chip, solve the patent issue and commercialize it.

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At the same time, X86 computers are also an important PC project strategy for Zhiyun Group itself.

Currently, Zhiyun PC products are all X86 series computers, and Zhiyun Group, or Xu Shenxue, has always had a deep sense of crisis about its terminal products, which largely use products from other manufacturers, especially imported American products.

What if one day Zhiyun is sanctioned and is not allowed to purchase advanced chips from Intel or AMD? Wouldn’t Zhiyun’s PC products be doomed?

Don't even mention the SOP instruction set chip. This thing has too many limitations. Zhiyun's own SOP instruction set CPU cannot support the sales of tens of millions of PC products a year in Zhiyun Group's PC business group.

At the same time, although the AMR computer project is also being promoted and is also an important core project of Zhiyun Group, it is still a little lacking.

The ARM computer project is actually an extension of the mobile phone and tablet ecosystem. This computer project is built based on the concept of smart device terminals, which is very different from the traditional PC used as a productivity tool.

At the same time, the WIN system is deeply bound to X86 and can almost only run in an X86 environment. As a result, the X86+WIN system has too great an advantage in the commercial and civilian fields, and the ecosystem is too complete to be shaken.

Since you can't shake it, just join in!
This is the core reason why Zhiyun Group has gone to great lengths, spending a lot of money and providing a lot of technical support to establish a joint venture with VIA to form VIA Technologies Co., Ltd.

Now, VIA Technologies has been established and has obtained the X86 instruction set patent license, as well as a large number of VIA's X86-based chipset technologies and patent licenses.

With these basic conditions in place, Zhiyun Group is naturally ready to launch the X86 computer plan.

It is worth mentioning that Zhiyun Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Zhiyun Group, had actually started developing X86 chips as a technology reserve before this.

Now that we have obtained the patent authorization, we can finally start research and development, production and commercialization with justification.

Zhiyun Semiconductor transferred its X86 technology reserve projects, including a large number of R&D personnel, directly to VIA Technologies, and at the same time coordinated and cooperated with the chip R&D team transferred from VIA.

Currently, VIA actually has two chip R&D teams, one is the project team of Zhiyun Semiconductor in China, and the other is VIA's original overseas R&D team.

The two teams will collaborate with each other and jointly promote the research and development of a new generation of X86 chips, gradually integrating and merging in the process and finally merging into one.

Future chip research and development will still be led by Zhiyun Semiconductor.

After all, in the field of chip design, Zhiyun Semiconductor's technological advantages are still very strong. To be honest, Zhiyun Semiconductor doesn't even look down on VIA's technology... If it weren't for a series of patent authorizations, there would be no need to cooperate with VIA at all.

However, the joint venture has just been established and the project has just started. It will probably take some time to develop the X86 chip.

Fu Zhengyang gave Xu Shenxue the following timetable: "Within about half a year, we will be able to digest the technical information provided by VIA and strive to complete the design of the first generation of X86 chips within a year. If the tape-out goes smoothly, we will bring the corresponding products to the market."

"In this way, this new chip can also successfully use our group's more advanced 22-nanometer process!"

Xu Shenxue said: "Although we are doing this through a joint venture, people in the industry basically know that we are actually acquiring VIA's X86 business through this aspect. This has caused concerns and even vigilance from our partner Intel. Recently, our US subsidiary has encountered some obstacles when purchasing Intel's latest chips!"

"Although we have certain contractual restrictions with Intel, our strategic cooperation contract will expire the year after next. It is still unknown whether we can negotiate a contract by then. Even if we can, we may not get priority or price discounts. We may lose out in the PC competition with Apple."

"After all, no one will continue to support their competitors!"

"So your task is still very heavy. Try to develop X86 chips as soon as possible. Not only that, but you also need to develop high-performance chips so that they can be installed in our series of PC terminal products!"

It is inevitable that we will cut off large-scale cooperation with Intel in the future.

As Zhiyun Group continues to demand independent control over its own terminal products, it is inevitable that the core components of PC products, namely the CPU, will be independent.

Even if X86 chips are not developed now, Xu Shenxue will force the launch of ARM architecture CPUs in the future.

In fact, it’s not just Zhiyun that does this. Even its main competitor, Fruit, will do the same in the future... because no one likes to have their core product’s lifeline blocked.

For companies like Zhiyun and Fruit, they are destined to part ways with core component suppliers such as Intel in the future.

However, if a company wants to leave Intel behind, its own capabilities must be strong. If it wants to leave Intel behind without powerful self-developed X86 chips or ARM chips, then it is tantamount to seeking its own death.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue is still very concerned about the subsequent X86 chip projects.

After returning from Zhiyun Semiconductor, Xu Shenxue was in a good mood. The Pangu Computer and self-developed X86 computer projects were progressing smoothly, and the ARM architecture computer was also being continuously promoted.

Starting this autumn, Zhiyun Group will be able to officially announce its entry into the computer CPU field and launch Pangu Computer.

If everything goes well, we may be able to launch our own X86 chips and matching X86 computers next year.

After returning home, Xu Shenxue found that Lin Yaxian was not there. After sending a message to ask, he found out that Lin Yaxian had gone back to her parents' home... It was very convenient for her to go back to her parents' home, it was only a few hundred meters away...

Stand higher at the doorstep and you can see the Lin family’s villa over the green trees in the community.

So Lin Yaxian would go back to her parents' home every few days.

After thinking about it, Xu Shenxue simply ran over to the Lin family for dinner.

After Xu Shenxue went there, he found out that Lin Yaxian's two brothers had also returned home today. He knew that these two brothers of the Lin family had rarely returned home in the past year.

The eldest brother of the Lin family went to Shanghai last year to take charge of their family's important subsidiary in Shanghai, and he has been back less frequently.

The second elder brother of the Lin family doesn't like living at home and lives outside. Lin Yaxian said that her parents are very dissatisfied with their second son. His career is not very good and he has no intention of settling down now.

Although the eldest brother of the Lin family is not married, he has a girlfriend who he has been dating for more than two years. However, the second son, although he has a lot of women, does not have a formal girlfriend. Moreover, because he is in the advertising industry and deals a lot with the modeling circle, many of the women around him are from the modeling circle and the entertainment circle.

Lin's mother was very dissatisfied with this, and the second brother of the Lin family was also fed up with it, so he moved out a few years ago and rarely went home.

Every family has its own problems!
Especially after Lin Yaxian got married and even became pregnant, Lin's mother kept focusing on the marriage problems of her two sons all day long, causing them a lot of trouble.

So when Xu Shenxue came to the Lin family today and saw the two brothers of the Lin family, he was a little surprised.

After entering, everyone greeted each other, and then Xu Shenxue chatted with the two brothers of the Lin family in the side hall downstairs. As for Lin Yaxian, she was lying on the sofa and browsing her phone, and had no time to pay attention to Xu Shenxue.

After becoming pregnant, Lin Yaxian didn't want to move at all, even painting, which she used to love, she doesn't paint much now. When she has nothing to do on weekdays, she either watches TV series or plays with her mobile phone, or she calls a few girlfriends over to her house to chat.

Three grown men were chatting in the side hall next door, talking about some daily trivialities, but they couldn't help but talk about some work matters.

As he was talking, the eldest brother of the Lin family began to complain: "Brother-in-law, you don't know, after I went to Shanghai, life was very difficult. The pharmaceutical company in Shanghai is an important subsidiary of our family. Several senior managers there have been with my father for more than ten or twenty years. They are all very arrogant and only listen to my words but don't do anything!"

"It took a year. Some ordinary small things are fine, but some of the company's major policies cannot be pushed forward. I have been pushing the original drug project for more than half a year, and it has not yet started. It is not because of insufficient talent or insufficient funds. It is really difficult to do something!"

Xu Shenxue expressed his sympathy for this, he said he knew a little about this matter!
In fact, it’s not that those so-called company executives are taking advantage of their seniority and deliberately sidelining him, the second-generation boss, but that Lin’s father is still in power... When it comes to the general direction of business operations, people will definitely listen to Lin’s father!
The Lin family's core subsidiary in Shanghai is engaged in generic drugs, that is, they produce some drugs whose patents of foreign pharmaceutical companies have expired. The Lin family has done well in this business. Although they cannot make a huge profit, they can maintain stability.

As soon as the eldest son of the Lin family took over this core subsidiary, he wanted to develop original drugs, which almost made Lin's father angry.

Original drug research is a capital-intensive and high-risk game. It is very common to invest billions of dollars without producing any results, let alone hundreds of millions.

How many pharmaceutical companies have failed because of their self-developed drugs!

Although the Lin family is considered a wealthy family and their company's assets are worth tens of billions, the total assets of their pharmaceutical subsidiaries are only about ten billion. For a small pharmaceutical company of this level, especially one that produces generic drugs and has no technical accumulation, the outcome of launching a self-developed drug project will basically be a waste of money.

The eldest son of the Lin family has just taken over the company. In just one year, he probably hasn't even figured out the business processes and market conditions, yet he is rushing to launch a self-developed drug project. I can't say it's 100% successful, but there is a high probability that he will lose all his money.

With the background and strength of the Lin family's enterprises, it is even more unreliable for them to develop their own medicines than Xu Shenxue's attempt to land on Mars and build a base on Mars...

In this situation, Lin's father would naturally not sit idly by. He directly commanded his old subordinates remotely and sidelined his eldest son.

Some time ago, when Xu Shenxue came over for dinner, Lin's father also mentioned this matter. He looked very angry at his son for not fighting for it, and said that his eldest son had grown a brain in vain and was still immature.

Now that he heard the eldest brother of the Lin family complaining, he didn't know what to say and could only comfort and enlighten him.

This person will always grow up. In two years, when he has figured out how deep the water is in the field of self-developed drugs, he will naturally not have such unrealistic ideas.

On the other hand, the second brother of the Lin family is very steady in business. His advertising company is already doing well. In the past two years, he has received many cooperation orders from Zhiyun Group. The advertising company he manages is also thriving. However, Lin's father's evaluation of his second son is even worse. He said that although his eldest son is not mature and a little stupid, he still knows how to do things and has some enthusiasm.

But the second son only knew how to spend his days in debauchery, taking a group of models, actors and the like to various clubs and hotels.

He is just a good-for-nothing and has no use at all.

As for the development of the advertising company, it has nothing to do with his second son...Xu Shenxue has so many companies under his name, even if he just throws out some marginal advertising business, it is still a huge order for ordinary advertising companies.

With orders like this, even if a dog were hired as the general manager of this advertising company, the business could be expanded several times.

Lin's father was extremely dissatisfied with his two sons' careers, and would complain a few words every time he saw Xu Shenxue.

From time to time, I would say that if they had one percent of your ability, I wouldn't have to run around every day to support myself at this age.

But in Xu Shenxue's opinion, for a man like Lin's father who has been an entrepreneur and a boss all his life and has enjoyed the feeling of holding power for decades, it is probably unlikely to ask him to retire on his own initiative and really hand over the family business to his son to manage.

Therefore, there are many conflicts between the three members of the Lin family.

Xu Shenxue has never been involved in the internal affairs of his father-in-law's family, but sometimes he would participate in some business cooperation.

For example, advertising business!

Then last year, HaiLan Automobile developed rapidly and needed a large number of spare parts suppliers, so it was also suggested that Lin's father engage in this aspect. It is hard to say about other things, but as long as the products are competitive, some orders can be obtained.

Therefore, last year, Linfu acquired a company that makes car seats, entered the auto parts market, and also became the auto seat supplier for Hailan Automobile.

In these businesses, Xu Shenxue follows the principle of not forming joint ventures or partnerships. If you want to do it, as long as you do well, you can be given some orders.

Of course, the prerequisite is to do it well.

The Lin family's industries in several fields have ushered in a wave of rapid growth, relying on some orders for scraps from some of Xu Shenxue's companies.

Xu Shenxue has too many companies under his control, and they are all very large. Even if they are just some orders for scraps, they are very large orders for some ordinary companies under the Lin family.

Recently, Lin's father has begun to integrate some of his high-quality companies and set up a group company. He is also planning to go public through a backdoor listing to realize his dream of going public that he has been looking forward to for more than ten years.

At such a critical moment, it is naturally impossible for him to give up power.

The three of them were chatting outside, and soon Lin's mother came over and called them to eat, so they ended their chat and returned to the restaurant to eat.

During the meal, Lin's father asked about some matters related to the listing and sought Xu Shenxue's opinion.

But I must be honest. Although Xu Shenxue is the world's richest man and has experienced a IPO, Zhiyun Group was listed on the US stock market. During the initial IPO process, Xu Shenxue's main job was to paint a rosy picture for investors, and he did not participate in any specific affairs at all.

Instead, it was done by a large number of professional talents in the Zhiyun Group at that time and the cooperating investment banks.

To be honest, even after the company went public, Xu Shenxue actually didn't have a clear understanding of the process of going public.

This is still talking about the U.S. stock market.

If it is a domestic listing and a backdoor listing, he has never been involved in this kind of operation.

But since Lao Taishan asked, Xu Shenxue couldn't just sit there and say nothing. He immediately said that he would ask the professionals in the company and get back to him with an answer.

Hearing what Xu Shenxue said, Lin's father said, "Then please ask. Your company has more talents for this kind of thing. There are not many talents in ordinary companies like us. I can't tell the true and false of those so-called consulting companies outside."

Xu Shenxue said: "It's okay. I think there are many people in my company who know this. I'll ask who is more familiar with it, and then I'll introduce them to you. You can contact them directly, which will always be more clear than passing it on in the middle!"

When they heard Xu Shenxue and Lin's father talking about the listing, the two elder brothers of the Lin family consciously shut their mouths and listened quietly.

Although Lin's father was very dissatisfied with the abilities of the two brothers, it did not mean that they were incapable.

In fact, they are all like Xu Shenxue, who have been working in the family business for many years after graduating from university. Their actual abilities are not bad and are much better than a lot of so-called rich second generations.

Even though the eldest brother of the Lin family seemed to be in a hurry to launch the self-developed drug project, he did not actually say much that he had to invest hundreds of millions of dollars at once. Instead, he tried small-scale efforts and conducted technical research in some areas where the competition was not so fierce to see if he could find a breakthrough.

In his words, we can't keep making generic drugs for the rest of our lives. The profits of several generic drugs in the company are getting lower and lower. If we continue like this, we will eventually die of chronic disease.

Although the second brother of the Lin family lives a life of debauchery every day, he has not neglected his advertising business. Otherwise, even if Xu Shenxue had a large number of advertising orders, he would not be able to get them.

So, although it seems that Father Lin is dissatisfied with his sons, these two sons of the Lin family have surpassed more than 90% of the rich second generation in their careers.

It’s just that Lin’s father compared his own son with Xu Shenxue... and then came to the conclusion that his son was a waste.

After all, she has a son-in-law who is the richest man in the world. It is hard not to make comparisons under such circumstances. The more you compare, the more disappointed you become...

The two brothers of the Lin family were also helpless about this!

The two brothers of the Lin family also knew that their own industry was seeking to be listed on the stock market, and they were very concerned about this matter.

However, Lin Yaxian and Lin's mother on the side had no interest in these topics about men.

Now, Lin's mother only cares about Lin Yaxian and the baby in her belly. The rest of the concern is the marriage issues of her two sons... She wants to hold her grandson!

As for what career to pursue, their family is not short of money anyway.

Not to mention Lin Yaxian, she doesn't even manage the cosmetics company under her own name. Xu Shenxue sends people to help her manage daily affairs. The only thing she takes care of is organizing gatherings of rich ladies and girls, or attending other occasions, and promoting her company's Honglinwan perfume, facial masks and other products.

But she usually doesn't care about daily business affairs.

But there are also benefits to not caring about it. Now, Lin Yaxian's cosmetics company is developing very well under the management of a team of professional managers.

At the same time, Lin Yaxian often organizes gatherings of high-end celebrities to promote the business.

In the words of later generations, Lin Yaxian, the wife of the world's richest man, personally brought the goods...

In this case, the Honglinwan cosmetics brand has become a very rare high-end cosmetics brand in China, and a group of rich ladies and girls buy and use it...even if it is just to imitate the lifestyle of the wife and sister of the world's richest man.

The consumption preferences of these upper-class people will in turn influence the consumption concepts of some high-income groups.

In this case, Honglinwan takes advantage of its high-end attributes to start selling high-end products offline and online, thereby obtaining a large amount of revenue and profit.
The senior management of this cosmetics company were basically transferred here by Xu Shenxue from Zhiyun, so they follow the way of high-tech companies and even Internet companies. This is a typical approach of building brands at the high end and making money by selling products in the mid-range.

In addition, Honglin Bay is also very good at various online marketing, so its development speed is quite fast.

According to the valuation, the valuation of this cosmetics company is probably more than 1 billion yuan. Compared with the early investment of more than 100 million yuan, it has increased more than ten times and is still growing rapidly.

In time, maybe we can really create a cosmetics brand worth tens of billions of dollars.

Speaking of which, Lin Yaxian makes much more money than her two brothers.

After everyone finished their meal, they chatted about family matters for a while. Xu Shenxue then said goodbye to Lin's father, mother and brothers, and then walked back slowly with Lin Yaxian.

Anyway, the distance is only a few hundred meters, and it won’t take ten minutes to walk...

Lin Yaxian held Xu Shenxue's hand and walked slowly forward. Although it was winter, the winter in Shenzhen was never too cold. Even now at night, the temperature was around ten degrees Celsius, so there was no need to worry about the wind.

The two continued walking, their shadows lengthening and shortening under the street lights, shortening and lengthening again, and from time to time Lin Yaxian's laughter could be heard.

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The next day, Xu Shenxue appeared at HaiLan Automobile, an important subsidiary of the company.

This day was the day when Hailan Automobile's automobile factory officially started large-scale production, so Xu Shenxue would naturally come over to take a look.

The HaiLan Automobile factory is right next to the HaiLan Automobile headquarters. When Xu Shenxue obtained the license and invested in the construction of HaiLan Automobile, he negotiated directly with the local authorities and obtained an industrial land of more than 2,000 acres.

On this industrial land, Hailan Automobile built an administrative building, a research and development center, a testing center, and also a large-scale comprehensive electric vehicle production plant for automobile assembly and production.

At this time, Bao Yongyan was taking Xu Shenxue to the construction blueprint in front of the company, pointing at it and saying, "Boss Xu, our company's construction plan is quite large. The initial land acquisition was 2,100 acres. We used a small piece of land, which is where we are now, to build an office building, a research and development center building, and a testing center. This part of the construction project was quickly completed and moved in within the first few months!"

"Subsequently, we started to build the first phase of production according to the plan. That was the first phase we put into production last year. The initial production capacity was not large, with a monthly production capacity of only 10,000 units, and it was mainly used for early trial production."

"After our Hailan SEC was finalized last year, we started to build the second phase of the project, which is the real mass production factory. Our planned monthly production capacity of this factory is 40,000 units at full capacity."

"Combining the first and second phases of the project, we can achieve a monthly production capacity of 50,000 vehicles!"

"This production capacity is already sufficient to supply the current market!"

“Although we have a follow-up third phase project plan, it has not yet started!”

Xu Shenxue said: "The monthly production capacity of 50,000 vehicles in the early stage is already quite large, and the sales pressure is probably not small!"

Bao Yongyan said: "It is indeed very stressful. Our electric cars are still relatively expensive. The cheapest domestic version costs 450,000 yuan, which is basically the same price as the mid-range models of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The ordinary high-income group still has some concerns about our cars, so the potential customer base is relatively small!"

"However, fortunately, our overseas market is relatively large. We have launched pre-order activities in North America, Europe, Japan, ASEAN, India, Russia, West Asia and other regions. Although the order volume in a single market is not large, the sales volume in so many markets combined is still not small. We are trying our best to tap the market potential and digest all this production capacity!"

Having said that, Bao Yongyan still felt unsure!
Cars are not like mobile phones or computers. They only cost a few thousand or tens of thousands of dollars. Ordinary middle-income people can buy them if they grit their teeth.

Cars cost hundreds of thousands of yuan, and the starting price of the Hailan SEC is 450,000 yuan. This price is destined to have nothing to do with the middle-income group.

Even for ordinary high-income groups, it is quite difficult to buy the Hailan SEC car.

After all, it is normal for ordinary high-income families to only buy one luxury car, and rarely buy two luxury cars. Under the premise that they can only buy one luxury car, although the Hailan SEC is good in many ways, it will be very troublesome to travel long distances.

Currently, there are only a very small number of external public charging stations invested and built by Hailan Automobile, which is far from enough to achieve large-scale coverage.

This means that once the Hailan SEC runs out of power, it will be in a very embarrassing situation.

At this time, Bao Yongyan said: "We have noticed that a large number of potential customers are anxious about mileage. For this reason, we have provided some emergency solutions and launched a small portable generator, which will be given free of charge to customers who have ordered our vehicles!"

"This small portable fuel engine can be placed directly in the trunk of the car, so that in special circumstances, the owner can use the fuel generator to charge the car for emergency use."

Bao Yongyan said: "The current severe shortage of charging facilities is a major factor hindering our expansion of market sales!"

"In order to completely solve this problem, we have launched the extended-range electric vehicle project and plan to launch an extended-range version of the Hailan SEC model."

Xu Shenxue said: "The extended-range version is indeed a more appropriate technical solution at the moment, especially for us!"

"After all, no matter what, we are not making new energy vehicles as people say. We must always keep in mind our goal. We are making highly intelligent electric vehicles, and the pure electric platform is our core. Therefore, even if we have to make certain compromises to increase the battery life, we must never give up our pure electric platform!"

"In terms of the actual driving experience, our customers must be able to enjoy our pure electric driving experience from beginning to end. They cannot drive half of the car in pure electric mode and then drive the rest in fuel-powered mode."

The extended-range electric vehicle project of Hailan Automobile is actually very simple in terms of technical principles, and even the implementation process is very simple... To exaggerate a little, it is to install a fuel generator on the car, and burn oil to charge the car when the car battery is out of power.

The car's power mode is still pure electric mode from beginning to end, and its fuel engine is only used to charge the battery.

This principle model is actually not fundamentally different from the current practice of selling separate generators to car owners to charge the Hailan SEC.

This technical solution is also the best solution to solve range anxiety based on the technology of pure electric vehicles.

As for why they don’t use plug-in hybrid technology... that’s because HaiLian Automobile is a very pure electric vehicle company from beginning to end. They specialize in pure electric vehicles, and all technology research and development and vehicle design are based on pure electric driving.

To be honest, if you ask them to develop plug-in hybrid now, they can't do it... they don't even have the corresponding technical reserves.

At present, the extended-range electric vehicles developed by Hailan Automobile are only used as an alternative solution for potential customers with range anxiety in order to expand sales.

But deep down, they still go for pure electric!
While Bao Yongyan was speaking, he also took Xu Shenxue and his party to the second phase assembly plant in front. After the symbolic ceremony began, the assembly plant of the second phase project started producing cars and the assembly line started operating. It didn't take long before Xu Shenxue saw a brand new Hailan SEC coming off the production line.

With the second phase of the project entering mass production, the monthly production capacity of 50,000 Hailan SECs is sufficient to meet the early market demand. It won’t be long before pre-order customers of Hailan Automobile from all over the world will be able to get the Hailan SEC they have been looking forward to for a long time.

After visiting the factory of the second phase of the project, Xu Shenxue took a quick look around and then went to the R&D center.

This time I came to the R&D center to see Hailan Automobile’s second main product, a pure electric SUV.

(End of this chapter)