Chapter 2897: Automotive Test Wind Tunnel

After returning to the room, Zhou Andong plopped down on the sofa and then, without any decorum, put his feet on the coffee table.

Tang Lin was very attentive in lighting a cigarette for Zhou Andong, because he was also very curious about the identity of that old lady.

"Brother Dong, who is that old man? He looks quite formidable." As soon as Tang Lin finished speaking, everyone's gaze gathered on Zhou Andong.

"Ask my wife about that." Zhou Andong lazily took a puff of his cigarette; today he had been both receiving and unloading goods, and he was really a bit tired.

Jian Qiu also didn't answer their questions, simply stating Bai Muyun's identity briefly.

"So she's that traitor who returned to invest in the country." Shen Mingsheng suddenly understood: "A few years ago, my brother-in-law mentioned this matter, but back then I just treated it as a story and forgot about it."

"The higher-ups are muddleheaded—does our great nation really lack this bit of money from a traitor's investment?" Zhang Zuo said with heartfelt anguish: "Such a traitor, since we've lured her back, should be executed on the spot; how could we let her swagger around with bodyguards?"

Zhou Andong looked at Zhang Zuo, feeling that today this oaf was somehow pleasing to the eye, his head practically glowing.

Tang Lin gave a hey laugh: "Oaf, since the higher-ups have let bygones be bygones and agreed to let this traitor return, you really think it's just for her little bit of money?"

Zhang Zuo blinked: "Then what is it for?"

"Figure it out yourself." Tang Lin offered no explanation, then lit his own cigarette and began puffing clouds.

Zhou Andong also didn't continue on this topic, but instead looked at Shen Mingsheng and said: "When you go back, immediately talk to the city about increasing land by a thousand mu. Once settled, promptly launch Phase One construction."

"Understood!" Shen Mingsheng responded: "At the same time, I will organize a team to poach talent from major automakers, mainly experts in engines, transmissions, and chassis."

Zhou Andong nodded: "Remember, don't worry about money; as long as these experts are willing to come to Jiangzhou, as long as the terms aren't too excessive, we can agree."

"By the way!" Shen Mingsheng recalled another matter: "The car emblem contest has had great advertising effect; so far, we've received over seventy thousand submissions, and when it ends, it will surely exceed one hundred thousand."

Zhou Andong asked: "Any satisfactory ones?"

"Yes!" Shen Mingsheng said with a smile: "There are quite a few that are eye-catching, but in the end, you still have to decide."

"No rush!" Zhou Andong pondered for a moment and said: "There's another more important matter: the construction of the automotive environmental wind tunnel and the whole-vehicle test wind tunnel. Our country currently lacks the technology for this, so we can invite foreign professional institutions to undertake the design and construction—don't fear the cost; this cannot be skimped on."

Shen Mingsheng hesitated: "Building an automotive wind tunnel—this investment is not a small sum."

"No matter how large the investment, if our Chinese automobiles want to develop and sell worldwide, a wind tunnel is essential." Zhou Andong's tone left no room for doubt: "We have Mitsubishi's technology; whether it's R&D funding or time, both will be reduced manifold, and the registered capital is more than sufficient."

Shen Mingsheng gritted his teeth: "Alright, the wind tunnel construction—I'll put it on the agenda immediately upon my return."

"Don't grit your teeth like that." Zhou Andong chuckled: "When you're poaching talent, as long as you say we want to build our own automotive test wind tunnel, I believe it will be more effective than throwing money at the problem."

Zhou Andong's words are not meant to fool Shen Mingsheng; experts in this era are genuinely true experts. To say they view money as dung might be a bit exaggerated, but most people's desire for money is indeed not that high.

They wholeheartedly dedicate themselves to the motherland, yearning to make the nation strong. If Chinese automobiles build their own test wind tunnel, this truly is more tempting than money.

Shen Mingsheng's spirits lifted: "This really is more effective than using money, but we still need to use Chairman Zhou's name for it to work. Because the name Zhou Andong makes it more credible; otherwise, if I say we want to build an automotive test wind tunnel, nobody would believe me."