What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 368 Gift
[A revolutionary breakthrough! The ceiling for international luxury cars has been shattered, leaving Western automakers sleepless!]

[A bombshell of cutting-edge technology! These features will make BBA (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi) tremble!]

[An epic breakthrough! Goose City has created the Rolls-Royce of the East!]

Recently, while munching on fried noodles by the roadside, I happened to spot a long, wide, elegant, and imposing cigar-shaped sedan. Its waistline had a Rolls-Royce-like feel to it, making it more upscale than any BMW or Buick I'd ever seen. So, I quickly went to investigate...

...It turns out this is actually a black Hanma S9 luxury sedan produced in our Goose City! I was quite shocked. The Hanma S9 adopts a beautiful interstellar cruise design, integrating the design of a warship into the car, and offering a battleship-like safety experience. After... it's equipped with...

The world's first...the most advanced intelligent transmission...aerospace-grade silent material...far ahead of the competition...

Inside the Goose City Daily building, Bai Yang and the others stared in astonishment as they watched Tang Wen frantically typing on the keyboard.

They originally wanted to interview Tang Wen about Feiyue Motors and write some promotional articles, but after reading them, Tang Wen felt they were too corny and unsatisfactory, so he asked to write them himself.

Distrustful of the wealthy man, they decided to see what Tang Wen could write.

However, every word on the computer screen is now pushing the boundaries of journalism and challenging everyone's conscience and bottom line.

However, the bigger feeling is:

News can be written like this?

Although Hong Kong newspapers were bold, they were more revealing and unsophisticated, completely unlike what Tang Wen wrote about. In short, they were very unique!
Tang Wen dumped all the information he'd been bombarded with from social media all at once, and then, still feeling a bit unsatisfied, said:
"That's about right, this should be enough. You guys take apart these headlines, and they should stay on the charts for at least three days."

"It's not just three days, it could be a week, a month, this is a revolution in journalism!"

Bai Yang said excitedly, and the others behind him nodded frantically.

"It's so satisfying to stand on the shoulders of marketing accounts and point fingers."

Tang Wen suddenly felt that he could become a master of the first generation of Internet new media, and that he might be of great use in the future.

He arranged an astonishing press release for the Hanma S9, and he also interfered in the filming of the promotional video:

Nowadays, car commercials in China are basically just showing a live-action video and then having a voiceover read out the advertising slogan, that's it.

In other words, since the private car market is not yet fully open and there are no competitors, it is possible to sell cars even in such an awkward situation.

Of course, Tang Wen did not accept it. Although it is still difficult to do CG now, he still knows a thing or two about interior set design and lighting, which can at least improve the quality of Hanma S9.

After he painstakingly paved the way for the marketing of the Hanma S9, Zhao Hande also agreed to come to Echeng on time to attend the launch event.

"Have the wagons been returned?"

"They're coming back... never mind, let's not talk about it."

Old Zhao was clearly speechless, and Tang Wen could roughly guess what was going on. He shook his head and began to talk about Hanma Automobile.

Zhao Hande listened with great interest and asked:
"How much are you planning to sell this car for?"

Tang Wen: "It's not completely confirmed yet, but my target price is 39.9 yuan and up."

Why 39.9? Because it's roughly the same as the actual price of a BMW 7 Series.

Although a BMW 740 is currently worth over a million yuan, if it were legally imported, six or seven hundred thousand yuan of that would be customs duties. In addition, there are generally additional charges when buying a car nowadays, which can accumulate to an absurd level, increasing the value three or four times or more.

39.9 is roughly $4.8, which is enough to buy a decent car even in the US. A V8 Mustang costs at most $3.

As a luxury V8 sedan that is close to the executive level (current standard), selling it at this price in China is both respectable and reflects the affordability of domestically produced cars.

Although the individual buyers are definitely very wealthy, there is still a significant difference between those who are willing to spend 40 yuan on a car and those who are willing to spend 140 million yuan on a car.

Knowing the true nature of the "Hanma S9" beforehand, Zhao Hande wasn't surprised by the pricing. Instead, he asked:
"You won't lose money at this price, will you?" "Of course we'll lose money. We almost always lose money on luxury cars, the more expensive the car, the more we lose money."

While these CKD cars don't cost much in silver coins, the hidden investments of the car factory, the facilities, the production volume, and the manpower and resources required for imitation are staggering.

Because the car factory is a legitimate factory with professional finance, the investment in the Hanma S9 alone is extremely exaggerated. If 500 CKD "imported" cars are sold, even without considering the import cost, the profit would only be less than 20,000 yuan, which would be a huge loss.

However, the calculations can't be done that way. The localization of the Hanma S9 can train a group of engineers and industrial workers, build a supply chain, and establish a complete automobile factory... So what if we lose money?

Zhao Hande agreed with Tang Wen's analysis, thinking that this was the original intention of the joint venture model.

But is Feiyue Motors 100% domestically owned? That would be even better.

……

Great Bay.

In the sky, a T/A4J converted from an A4E hovered for a moment before descending toward the Super Yorktown, which was flying at full speed, its nimble delta wing constantly adjusting its approach position.

As the landing gear touched the bottom, the arresting hook caught the third arresting cable, bringing the aircraft to a steady stop on the deck. A group of trainees nearby burst into enthusiastic cheers.

"Long live!"

The young pilots in the front row were dragged down, tossed high into the air by the crowd, and moved to one side.

Lei Zhan, sitting in the back row, calmly disembarked from the plane, checked everything, and then reported to Tang Wen:

"Today we have our first trainee successfully completed an arrested landing. He is quite talented, and this is his first attempt at landing on an aircraft carrier."

From all the trainees in this batch, I feel I can select 5 to 8 promising individuals.

Tang Wen nodded vigorously. It was already remarkable that a training class of dozens of people could produce more than five outstanding individuals. Most of them were high school graduates or had dropped out of high school. Their ability to get this far was truly due to their talent.

The old flight regiment currently has 5 carrier-based pilots. If we add 5 or more, we can barely form a flight squadron.

After observing the carrier-based aircraft training for an afternoon, Tang Wen resisted the urge to take to the air and fly a few rounds. He returned to shore and saw Yan Jian, who had obviously been waiting for quite some time.

"Great, great! Young people learn so fast. Even former gangsters can now land on an aircraft carrier."

The Super York City team was training not far from the shore, so Yan Jian could see them clearly and couldn't help but admire them.

Then he looked at Tang Wen:
"Brother, I need to ask you for a favor."

"We can talk about the boat, but we won't discuss the people," Tang Wenfei replied quickly.

Yan Jian: "No, I haven't said it yet!"

He was greeted by Tang Wen's all-seeing gaze:

"Don't think I don't know you had those retired sailors and people from the naval academy trick my seamen into joining the navy. You can pick a few seamen, but not a single carrier-based pilot!"

Seeing that Tang Wen had immediately cut off the conversation, Yan Jian didn't dare to bring it up again, so he had to bring up another matter:

"Well, I've got some ideas for the 'Flood' research institute you wanted."

"Didn't I assign myself to the Shanghai branch?"

Yan Jian rolled his eyes:
"They have no experience whatsoever, but the Dragon Group is a trustworthy friend of the country, so consider this a gift from us in return."

(End of this chapter)