Chapter 36: Support from the City!

"What? Electric car?"

"What electric car?"

Old Gu was a bit confused; as the person in charge of the testing center, whether it was domestic or joint-venture cars, or purely imported cars, they all had to be tested and passed by him before they could be licensed.

He had tested thousands of cars, big and small.

But he had never heard of any electric car.

"Old Cui, you aren't joking, are you?"

"What does that car use for energy?"

Old Gu asked back.

"It definitely uses gasoline."

Cui Zhuren rolled his eyes.

"Then it's still a gasoline car."

Old Gu also rolled his eyes.

"But the engine inside this car doesn't drive the wheels."

Cui Zhuren continued.

"If it doesn't use the engine, what does it use?"

Old Gu had an expression of "are you kidding me."

"It uses electricity."

"Alright. You'll know in a while."

"Ding Hui, send the car in."

After Cui Zhuren gave the order, he pulled the bewildered Old Gu and walked in.

Two hours later, he pulled the bewildered Old Gu and walked out.

"Hey, hey, hey, come back to your senses!"

Cui Zhuren shook Old Gu.

Old Gu then seemed to wake up from a dream.

"No, it's real!"

"It really didn't use the engine to drive!"

"The wheels were really driven by the motor!"

"How did he build it!"

Three questions in a row completely expressed the doubt in his heart.

"How would I know?"

Cui Zhuren said with an innocent face.

"This was made by my student, you have to ask him."

"No, how is this possible?"

Old Gu still couldn't imagine it.

"Wait, let me ask you, did he buy foreign technology and hire foreign people?"

Old Gu suddenly said very seriously.

"No, I've seen his factory."

"The core technology is all his own."

Cui Zhuren said.

"That's good, that's good."

Old Gu hurriedly patted his chest.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Cui Zhuren asked, not understanding.

"Do you know what this represents?" Old Gu asked back.

"I don't know." Cui Zhuren shook his head blankly. He only knew how to drive, not how to build cars, except for tanks.

"This represents a new path!"

"This is an opportunity to overtake on a bend!"

Old Gu suddenly shouted excitedly.

This was extremely inconsistent with his status.

Cui Zhuren hurriedly took half a step back, watching him go crazy.

After waiting for a long time, Old Gu finally returned to normal.

Looking at Cui Zhuren who had taken half a step back, a sense of embarrassment instantly surged into his heart.

He hurriedly explained: "You know, just how much money is needed for imported parts and patent fees every year?"

"I really haven't looked into it." Cui Zhuren shook his head.

"Or, how much money can the country get from manufacturing a car?"

Old Gu didn't wait for Cui Zhuren to answer.

Instead, he continued.

"A joint-venture car sells for 300,000, just the material cost is 110,000. Labor is 50,000."

"The remaining 140,000 yuan is the patent fee given to them."

"This is a technological monopoly!"

"They have applied for patents for every engine, transmission, or chassis, or whatever."

"Domestic car factories are forced to pay high patent fees to use their technology."

"For one car, we provide the funds, we bear the risks, we find the workers."

"In the end, when we calculate, our country hasn't earned a dime."

"We can only earn a little money by selling cars and maintenance."

"However."

Old Gu's tone changed.

"This kind of car might be the hope."

"Ho, hope?"

"Isn't that a bit too much?" Cui Zhuren asked curiously.

"I won't say more."

"You hurry up and let Zhang Wen apply for a patent, the test isn't over yet."

"Although this path looks very good, it hasn't shown its true value yet."

"We can only wait and see."

Old Gu looked at the car deeply and said.

"Alright, I understand."

Cui Zhuren said.

Inside Three Towns City.

The mayor was invited by Zhang Wen to inspect Qingtian Automobile Factory.

"Mayor, this is the new car we produced."

"Why don't you come and try it."

Zhang Wen opened the car door and said to the mayor.

After the mayor got into the back seat, he shook it up and down and felt it was very comfortable.

He now felt more and more pleased with Zhang Wen the more he looked at him.

After all, just these three factories: Qingtian main factory, Qingtian Aircraft Factory, and Qingtian Automobile Factory.

Had already provided nearly 15,000 jobs for Three Towns City.

And he had recently built a battery factory and a motor factory.

Adding these together, that was nearly 25,000 jobs.

Especially in the current environment of massive layoffs.

It was even more commendable.

Or rather, he could rely on this achievement to go a step further.

"Good, very good, very good."

The mayor said "good" three times in a row.

Zhang Wen took the opportunity to push forward.

"Mayor, it's just that our new car, just launched, still needs some support from the city."

"Please rest assured, our quality is absolutely no problem."

"And the fuel consumption is also low."

The mayor looked at Zhang Wen's car, then looked at the person in charge of the transportation management department on the side.

He already knew what Zhang Wen was thinking.

And he wasn't the first one to do this.

The neighboring city had already purchased a batch of 3,000 cars produced by Zhao Dong to use as taxis.

If he did it now, it could only be considered supporting local enterprises.

"Alright, come, you come over here."

The person in charge of the transportation management department saw the mayor calling him and hurriedly ran over.

"You study it carefully with Factory Manager Zhang, the neighboring city has already purchased 5,000 cars from their local enterprises as taxis for their city."

"Our city can't be stingy either."

"And, the official cars in the city are also a bit old, don't you think."

After saying this, the mayor said hello and left first.

After the mayor left, the person in charge of the transportation management department hurriedly looked at Zhang Wen.

He was an old hand who had been in the officialdom for a long time, how could he not know what the mayor meant.

He hurriedly said to Zhang Wen: "Factory Manager Zhang, I think your car is very good, and so many jobs have also benefited many people."

Zhang Wen hurriedly said yes.

"Since you have encountered some difficulties in the starting stage, the city can't not show something."

"Let's do it this way."

"What is your selling price?"

"Entry-level version, sells for 110,000."

Zhang Wen answered immediately.

"Not bad, very cheap, very much in line with our national conditions."

The person in charge of the transportation management department laughed.

After all, how much is a worker's monthly salary now?

At most, it's 1,500 a month.

Although Zhang Wen's first-generation Qin also sells for 110,000, compared to those cars that cost 200,000 or 300,000.

It's still very conscientious.

Although Mercedes-Benz sells for more now, a regular one even costs around 800,000.

But that belongs to luxury goods.

"Currently, the taxis in our city use Xiao Xi Ba's Hyundai, selling for 300,000, plus 200,000 for the operating license, totaling 500,000."

"Let's do this, including the operating license, count it as 250,000. Directly half the price."

"I feel that such a discount is very large, and the drivers will definitely like it."

The person in charge of the transportation management department said while watching Zhang Wen's expression.

Seeing Zhang Wen's satisfied look.

He knew that this matter was done well.

"We will purchase a total of 10,000 cars, no matter what, we can't let the neighboring city look down on us."

"Add another 2,000 cars for official use."

"What do you think?"

"What do I think?" I'm so happy I'm about to explode, Zhang Wen thought.

"It's pretty good."

The person in charge of the transportation management department heard Zhang Wen say this.

Immediately put his heart into his stomach.

"Alright, I'll go handle the contract when I get back."

Subsequently, after exchanging pleasantries for a while, he left.

Zhang Wen breathed a long sigh of relief.

12,000 cars, 110,000 each, cost 80,000, this can earn quite a lot at once.

Even if the costs of large-scale expansion and building 4S stores and maintenance points are counted, how much money is this.

How many days earlier can my 055 destroyer dream and J20 aircraft dream be realized!

After a period of time, two days before the Magic City Auto Show.

The car approval and testing center finally released the announcement of the first-generation Qin produced by Qingtian Automobile Factory.

And this immediately caused the already hot automotive circle to completely explode! ===== CHAPTER 37 =====