What the hell is a private enterprise?

Chapter 377 Plagiarism
Beijing.

Tang Wenfei stayed for more than ten days, and when he had nothing to do, he would keep an eye on the situation of Hanma's directly operated stores:
Hanma Automobile's sales center and after-sales service are actually separate, or rather, compared to the traditional 4S, there is an additional showroom.

He spent a huge sum of money and even used some connections to open a showroom of more than 300 square meters in the Wangfujing shopping center, where he displayed three cars and accepted orders.

Because of the tight schedule, apart from the reception staff, all the managers here came directly from the Goose City Automobile Factory.

The showroom is decorated in a postmodern minimalist style, with abundant lighting that makes the cars look even shiny, and it's packed with people every day.

Tang Wen patiently taught the staff here the new rules—treat customers like gods, and always be polite regardless of whether they make a purchase.

The car market is now entirely a seller's market, and due to the lingering effects of decades of past, many salespeople even look down on customers, and verbal abuse is not uncommon.

However, Hanma Auto cannot do this. When looking at cars, customers must be polite and provide introductions. When negotiating prices, meals must be included if it's lunchtime. Everyone who enters the store must be carrying a paper cup.

The store has a separate rest area. After each order is confirmed, a form is filled out on the computer and sent back to Echeng for statistics. Customers can check the production schedule by phone or by logging into the official website.

This novel model made the showroom incredibly popular, even surpassing McDonald's, but it also brought some troubles:
Joshaim, the general agent for Hans BMW in China, squeezed into the crowd with his head down, and then, taking advantage of the sales staff's lack of energy, climbed over the car platform. He was pulled back by security guards while trying to jump onto the hood and failed.

The sudden action by the big blue-eyed, big-nosed man naturally attracted everyone's attention.

When Joshua M's plan failed, he immediately pulled out a huge picture of the 7 Series from his pocket, showed it to the crowd, and shouted in Chinese:
"**Plagiarism! Plagiarism!"

Although he was immediately pinned down and dragged away, three more people started creating chaos, shouting things like "plagiarism" and "knock-off BMW."

Tang Wen, who was already preparing to leave: ?

……

"We plan to build in Shandong Province..."

In a compound, Lao Zhang was discussing the procedures and plans for receiving the Bremerton from China with Tang Wen, while three other people sat nearby.

The Navy could not afford to miss the Bremerton, but the operation was carried out with extreme caution:
There are quite a few submarine bases hidden in seaside caves in China, and they have been surveyed a long time ago.

The current plan is to utilize an undeveloped but documented natural cave and construct a hidden dock over four to six months to send submarines inside for research.

After he finished speaking, Tang Wen simply nodded absentmindedly.
"No problem. The Bremerton is safe on our turf. Let's talk about the cost first. It's still 20 billion. I guarantee Geigin will have complete control."

About ten seconds later, someone answered:

"it is good."

The Los Angeles-class destroyers cost $7 million to build, which is a reasonable figure considering inflation and exchange rates.

However, the Hanover is also worth 200 billion, so 400 billion of the loan has already been used up ahead of schedule.

The agreement, worth hundreds of billions, stipulates that interest will be calculated from the date of delivery, meaning that 32 billion yuan will need to be repaid in the second half of next year.

I thought that not buying an aircraft carrier would save money, but in the blink of an eye, most of it was gone.

However, the rapid development of nuclear submarines came from the highest command. They were furious that the sea frontiers were not defended as easily as paper, and that the last line of defense could not be delayed any longer.

In addition to physical items, they also wanted paper documents.

However, this required experience. Both the Los Angeles technology and the Type 685 technology were far too advanced. Tang Wen, after numerous battles, had only managed to save a little over a million, and he didn't intend to squander it. This disappointed them somewhat, but Tang Wen then shared another piece of good news:

“The crew of Bremerton are still around. They might be able to provide a training manual and some training materials from the US. Also, the submarine has recorded the acoustic signatures of almost all of the US submarines, which could also be provided.”

A word to wake up the dreamer!

This means that in the future, a simple comparison will reveal which US submarine and which type it is, which is definitely a major benefit.

Just like the Type 685 dive at that time, it wasn't that we didn't hear any noise, but we just couldn't capture any features to identify them and separate them from other noises on the seabed.

So the 200 billion not only bought the submarine, but also brought the Imperial Navy invaluable data, which was even more significant than the submarine itself.

After all, six to eight years is considered fast from copying and dismantling Bremerton to producing results, but inputting voiceprint data into current warships can immediately improve fishing efficiency.

The originally high-priced transaction immediately became extremely cost-effective, and in exchange for the voiceprints of hundreds of nuclear submarines of the Imperial Navy, it was an absolute steal.

Like the ship purchase agreement, the boat purchase agreement had no paper documents or any other materials. It relied entirely on the memories of both parties, since these were all shady transactions and paper documents were meaningless.

Once the agreement was reached, Tang Wen immediately faced the expected challenges.

……

"Hans BMW officially sues Feiyue Motors for copyright infringement, Tang Wen embroiled in plagiarism crisis."

Joachim's disruptive actions at a promotional event with domestic dealers are a major news story following the launch of the domestically produced luxury brand Hanma S9.

It's truly eye-opening to see a foreigner, who is usually seen as aloof and gentlemanly, resorting to such an outrageous method.

Prior to this, the two promotional videos for Hanma S9, the launch event for the "Super Era" series, the advertorials bought by Gai Jin, and the endorsements from a host of big names such as Shi Juzhu were all part of promoting the Hanma brand, vowing to make it a shining example of domestic cars.

The public is happy to see this happen, after all, the current domestic cars... apart from joint ventures, there is really nothing worth mentioning. They are worlds apart from the Hanma S9, and their style is not even in the same league.

Geely is currently designing and producing the ugly and terrible "Haoqing," while Beyond has just registered and is figuring out which model to copy first. State-owned enterprises are busy copying minivans and importing foreign production lines, and none of them dare to challenge international giants right away.

Actually, if it were just copying the appearance, BMW wouldn't bother with it. But the Hanma S9 was so amazing that it even copied the chassis and engine exactly. Its starting price of 39.9 yuan is also very threatening.

Although they are still in the pure import model, joint venture negotiations with Huachen Automotive have begun. If the Hanma S9 takes the market ahead of them, then the real Hans BMW will become a substitute.
It was obviously me who came first!
So they immediately gathered evidence, pushed the media, and directly filed a lawsuit against plagiarism.

They didn't even try to communicate and mediate with Feiyue Motors first, or rather, they refused to mediate.

Tang Wen himself was inevitably affected and was asked to come forward and respond.

Before leaving Beijing, Tang Wen also took his own measures, remotely directing the Goose City Daily to publish a report with the title:
"The Hanma S9 uses a completely self-developed chassis and exterior design, and has applied for registration of over 1000 unique patented technologies!"

The various arrangements made in advance have finally come into play. The self-developed technology is indeed real, with more than 400 components in the automatic transmission alone.

Meanwhile, China was in the early, unregulated stage of patent development. When researching 740, many processes could be patented, and it wouldn't be difficult to produce 1000 patents in one go. Besides, he only mentioned registration; whether it was approved or not is unknown.

However, at the same time, Hans BMW's lawsuit was dismissed:
The Beijing authorities refused to handle the case and said it needed to be transferred to the Echeng area, where Feiyue Motors was under their jurisdiction.

(End of this chapter)