Chapter 382: Building Cars for the People

After watching, Han Songlin and Zhang Leping returned to the office building. Han Songlin passed by an office, which belonged to Han Songlin. Although he was no longer here, Zhang Leping still kept the office.

Seeing Liu Yuyan inside, Han Songlin said, 'Wait a minute, I want to talk to Zhang Leping about something.'

Liu Yuyan smiled at Han Songlin: 'It's fine, you go about your business, don't worry about us.'

'It'll be over soon.' Han Songlin's gaze lingered on the three little ones, who were now emotionally stable.

Han Songlin went to a meeting room, and Zhang Leping had already notified someone to come.

'Engineer Yang, long time no see!' Han Songlin shook Yang Zixing's hand tightly. From the look on his face, Yang Zixing looked well.

Yang Zixing is really having a good time these days.

To be sure, there is pressure; but it doesn't come from life or from superiors.

Rather, Yang Zixing is putting pressure on himself.

Fuxing Industries has invested so much in technology, and for the R&D staff, if they can't produce results, they feel they can't justify their existence.

Yang Zixing: 'You're a busy man, boss, it's really rare to see you.'

Han Songlin smiled helplessly. There was nothing he could do about this. As the business grew, Han Songlin often did not pay specific attention to any one thing, unless there was some major achievement to report.

For example, there was something to discuss at today's meeting.

After a while, more than ten people had already taken their seats in the meeting room.

Zhang Leping gave Han Songlin a rundown of the people present, all of them automobile R&D personnel from Fuxing Industry.

'Boss, everyone is here!' Zhang Leping whispered.

Han Songlin and Zhang Leping had discussed that today's meeting would be about car development.

Han Songlin nodded at Zhang Leping, indicating that he should chair the meeting.

'Everyone is here, so let's get started! Fuxing Power has developed a L4 petrol engine. You know about that, don't you?'

The people in the meeting room looked at each other.

Is there really such a thing as a Fuxing Power L4 petrol engine?

Fuxing Industry is all about diesel vehicles.

Fuxing Motorcycle is a subsidiary of Fuxing Industry, but in everyone's mind, Fuxing Motorcycle is a bit out of place in the whole Fuxing Industry system.

Yes, it is out of place!

Fuxing Industry can produce heavy trucks and other large vehicles, but as for motorcycles, the technology is not difficult, and any factory can produce them.

Just look at the number of motorcycle factories in the country, and you can see how low the technical requirements for motorcycles are.

And there are not many companies in the country that can produce heavy trucks and construction machinery.

In fact, the only company that can produce both is Fuxing Industrial.

A chain of contempt?

Well, there is a chain of contempt in every industry.

People driving luxury cars on the same road look down on those driving ordinary cars, and those driving cars look down on those driving vans.

Motorcyclists look down on cyclists; cyclists look down on people walking.

People walking look down on people with insufficient physical strength.

The whole society forms a chain of contempt, and everyone is in a position to be despised.

Even if you are the richest person, you will still be despised.

Zhang Leping quickly had the information about the L4 petrol engine from Fuxing Power distributed, saying, 'This engine was developed by Lin Weiling personally leading the research and development team!'

Why mention Lin Wei? Because Lin Wei is powerful.

On the Fu Xing side, although they don't really think much of motorcycles, they have to admit that Lin Wei is really strong.

Just take the few engines Fu Xing is using right now, and you'll see Lin Wei's name all over the development.

'This engine is named the P-L4-1.5L engine at Fu Xing Power.'

P stands for petrol, and L4 and 1.5L are self-explanatory.

Fuxing Power doesn't go to any trouble with the naming of the engine, just a simple name that is clear at a glance.

'It uses natural aspiration, has a maximum horsepower of 111 and a maximum power of 146, and is equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission developed by Fuxing Power.' Zhang Leping also briefly explained that after the engine was developed, Fuxing Power had already sent the information to Fuxing Industry.

However, before that, Fuxing Industry had no intention of building cars with gasoline engines at all, so naturally they put the information aside.

Han Songlin had not spoken at all, but was drawing something on a piece of paper.

Zhang Leping stuck his head in to take a look. He knew that Han Songlin's drawing skills were really quite good.

A van?

This van seems to be quite a bit longer than the vans on the market.

In the 1990s, there was a type of van that could be seen everywhere on the streets, and it was generally bought and used by people running small businesses.

It could carry goods and people at the same time.

The van that Han Songlin drew was a model that only appeared after the 21st century, and it was even more streamlined and sporty.

Unlike the current vans, it really looked like a loaf of bread or a steamed bun.

In addition to the van, Han Songlin also drew a two-box sedan.

Han Songlin pushed the drawing he had drawn and asked everyone to pass it around: 'Next, I hope everyone can study the van and the sedan.'

'The sedan is a two-box car, which means that only the engine and the driver's cab are retained, and the trunk is not.'

Yang Zixing took a look at Han Songlin's drawing and then passed it to the others.

'Boss, if there is no boot, what if the buyer wants to put something in it?'

How can a car be made without a boot?

This is a bit of a rip-off.

Can anyone buy such a rip-off car?

Well, even if someone buys it, will they feel that Fuxing Industry is ripping them off? The Fuxing Industry brand must not be tarnished, it is the life of Fuxing Industry!

Han Songlin: 'So, we made the back seats fold down. If you really want to carry something, just fold down the seat and you can put things in.'

'We left some space between the seats and the back door. Although we didn't design a dedicated trunk, you can still put quite a lot of things in it.'

The space left doesn't need to be too big, just about 30 cm will do.

Just put the small things there, and if you want to put something big, just fold down the seat.

That seems to be a good idea.

Han Songlin stared at everyone for a long time and said, 'Why do we need a van and a sedan? One, this petrol engine made by Fuxing Power has not been well received in the market after it was made. It's not because we didn't do a good job, but because people don't want to use our stuff.'

'Another point, and the most important one, is that I hope we can produce it so that every family in the People's Republic of China can afford it and use a good car. We, build cars for the people.'

In the end, Han Songlin's tone of voice rose quite a bit.

Zhang Leping heard that the boss was building cars for the people, which was simply too good.

No, after this, this must be engraved in the most conspicuous place in the factory.

Let everyone see that Fuxing Industry is an enterprise with lofty ideals.

This is really important for enhancing the cohesion of the company.

'The boss is right. We at Fuxing Industry must have the conviction of building cars for the people. Only in this way can we remain true to our original aspiration and contribute our own strength to the development of the country's automobile industry.'

Yang Zixing thought to himself, not surprised by Zhang Leping's act of flattering Han Songlin.

He was used to it anyway.

He himself had once had the idea of building cars for the people, but as he got older, he had instead thrown away the things that were most important to him in the first place!

Yang Zixing looked at the young faces in the meeting room and suddenly smiled.

They were in the prime of life!