498. The past and future of the bicycle

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Many years later, Professor Tian was on his deathbed and sighed that he really took the right train back then.

If he hadn't taken the train at the time, but had listened to his children and taken the plane, he might have missed out on a business genius. No, if it is a business genius, even without him, the other party will still come back, but in that case, he will miss an opportunity to witness the rise of genius with his own eyes. Such an opportunity is rare, he has been a person all his life, and he has taught many students, but there is only one who can be so successful in the business field.

As a teacher, he is content to have such a student in this life.

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was recognized by Professor Tian, and the other party made a few phone calls in front of him and helped him contact a few seniors.

said that it was a senior, in fact, these people contacted by Professor Tian, any one of them, could be Zhou Fangyuan's father in terms of age, some of these people were in business, some were in politics, and Professor Tian's phone calls were made to a few of his students in the Beijing Municipal Government, some of these people were not in high positions, but they held real power. Some of the location is relatively high, but it is easy to help, but it doesn't matter, public bicycles are actually a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, for the country, energy conservation and emission reduction, low-carbon environmental protection, for the city, to reduce the traffic burden, the use of trivial plots, for the people, to ensure the "last kilometer" mode of passage, convenient for the people.

I believe that the city will not refuse this kind of good thing.

It's just that if Zhou Fangyuan contacts it himself, it will inevitably have all kinds of troubles.

It's not that someone will deliberately toss him, but a lot of things, even if you go through the procedure, it will take a lot of time, and Zhou Fangyuan doesn't have so much time to grind foreign workers now. Therefore, the advantage of doing things through Professor Tian is that the other party gives him a chance to "specialize in special affairs", and whether he can grasp the opportunity depends on his own ability, but this opportunity is not easy to get. Especially at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many affairs, whether it is a big official or a small official, it is not easy to meet, let alone do things.

That's why Zhou Fangyuan came to Professor Tian, with Professor Tian's connections and status, if he came forward, many steps could be omitted in many things, and it would be much more convenient to get half-up.

"By the way, Xiaoyuan, the public bicycle you mentioned is indeed very interesting, but I have a doubt, once you do this, the bicycles you need will be a lot of bicycles, and the cost of bicycles can't be too high...... How are you going to solve it?"

This is a big problem, after all, if you want to get a public bicycle, the amount needed is not as simple as going to the bicycle shop to buy a car, just the capital may need thousands of bicycles in the early days, this is still the early stage, with the promotion of public bicycles, this number will soon become tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, by buying, I am afraid that I will lose money. After all, we have to take into account the cost of bicycles, if we can't keep the cost down, is there still a need to do this? In the final analysis, Zhou Fangyuan needs to make money, not spend money on charity and public welfare.

But Zhou Fangyuan already had an idea.

"I'm going to let several big factories in China do OEM. ”

Zhou Fangyuan said with a smile.

This method is also the method used to share bicycles later.

Zhou Fangyuan once read a post, saying that it is in the market, whether it is a small red car or a small yellow car, it is very likely to be an OEM student from a factory in Jinmen.

In the Jinghai district of Jinmen, there will be a factory of flying pigeons in the future, with a total of 11 production lines, each with 75 workers. It is said that from December 16 to March 17, Feige alone completed an order for 800,000 cars for the small yellow car, accounting for 1/3 of its annual production capacity, and by that time, the annual production of the small yellow car by the flying pigeon reached 0-6 million.

Since 16 years, the battle of dockless bicycle sharing has begun, and the city of Jinmen has become the creation point of this hot industry.

Whether it is a small red car or a small yellow car, many shared bicycle operation teams send orders here for production.

The main manufacturer of small yellow cars is the Fujita factory in Tianjin, and in the bicycle factory in Dongli District, Jinmen City, the order volume has reached 10 million units in 16 years alone.

For the outside world concerned about the problem of the loss rate, the flying pigeon also said that the small yellow car at the beginning of the design of the bicycle quality, damage resistance, comfort, anti-theft and other aspects have very high requirements, from the selection of parts, the flying pigeon for the small yellow car is also the best product in the same level of products, such as anti-theft screws, solid tires, etc., in the product inspection is divided into, parts inspection and in-process inspection. In terms of parts inspection, the flying pigeon is equipped with professional parts inspection equipment such as workshop vibration machine and salt spray testing machine, and the cost is much higher than that of ordinary products with strict work-in-progress inspection standards. Therefore, a small yellow car produced on this production line can be sold for at least 700 yuan in the store.

If the requirements for product inspection are slightly lowered, the cost can continue to be reduced.

And don't think that the quality of domestic bicycles must be bad.

In fact, the quality of domestic bicycles is not bad, and the real deficiency is mainly due to brand building, which has a lot to do with the development stage of cycling in China. Road bikes are sports equipment with a history of more than 100 years, most of the world's famous road races have exceeded 100 years of history this year, world-famous bicycle manufacturers were even established as early as the end of the 19th century, and mountain bikes have a history of more than 40 years. In China, bicycles have become national sports equipment in recent years, and they are all daily travel tools earlier, resulting in famous brands such as flying pigeons and phoenixes. Therefore, compared with the world-famous bicycle brands and Giant Merida on the treasure island of China, many domestic bicycle brands are considered newborns.

However, there are currently a number of bicycle brands in China, which are gradually growing.

And in the future, there will be a number of more famous brands in China, including Gale, Silver Bass, Kuike, Gong Team, Xi Desheng, etc., they will have a certain scale of fans in the future market, and they also have their own high-level amateur team or professional team. With the development of the Internet and e-commerce, most of these domestic bicycles are sold through the Internet like Xiaomi mobile phones, factory direct sales, cost-effective, and not like Giant Merida full of street stores, so ordinary people may not see, in fact, their development situation is still quite good.

What's more, if you want to compare the quality, it is fair, and you have to compare it at the same price point. If you don't know about the bicycle brand, many people will only spend a few hundred yuan to buy a domestic bicycle, and then have to compare it with the so-called Fuso bicycle and Giant Merida. The most basic principle of fairness tells you that comparisons should be made at the same price point. If you understand a little, you will find that bicycles of famous domestic brands are not bad for bicycles of the same price.

Besides, in fact, many internationally renowned brand bicycles are produced in Chinese mainland. For example, Giant, Merida, and a large number of world-famous bicycle frames, in fact, are produced in the mainland, technically speaking, the mainland's technology is not bad, at least if you are willing to spend money, it can still reach the international standard.

The bicycle industry of Baodao is indeed very powerful, especially in the high-end products, in the 90s, Giant, Merida's products belong to the high-end in China, and the frame is almost all based on aluminum alloy, but the domestic permanent, flying pigeon and other bicycles are still low-end goods, mainly 28 and 26 these cars. With the development of the economy, the people have money, and high-end bicycles gradually occupy the market, while domestic bicycle factories have no strength to compete with Giant and Merida.

Even if you play with the car for a long time, including Giant, Merida, these cars can not meet the ** of some car lovers, at this time, these people will learn more brands, Holy Religion, Lightning, Jialong Deere, look, plum blossom and so on. But many of the above cars are Baodao OEM, it can be seen that Taiwan's industry is developed, and the carbon fiber gradually occupies the market, Baodao is still the main production area of the frame OEM, but the raw materials are produced in Fuso, Toray These carbon fibers are very good, the speed of the bicycle, brakes, and transmission system are also the strengths of Fuso people.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the Shimano brand, the internationally famous Tour de France, almost 60%-70% of the teams use Shimano's transmission, braking, and transmission systems, which is enough to see Fuso's leadership in this regard. The biggest problem of domestic manufacturers is short-sightedness, reluctance to change, lack of market demand, and lack of excellent talents, which is the biggest failure. Just like the popularity of shared bicycles in the future, in fact, it has also driven the glory of these parking lots in disguise, but how to continue is the king, and Zhou Fangyuan also sincerely hopes that there will be a number of companies like this in China.

Besides, the bicycle is an assembly, the kit has cp, Shimano, SRAM three companies with similar technical capabilities, micro rotation and other companies are also following behind, the frame and wheels are more, the frame and wheels are more, the frame is such as Trek, Canon Dell, there are also a lot of wheels, as for the mountain fork and various parts of the road are made by different high-end manufacturers, each brand of car has parts from various countries, the kit may be etap, the frame may be Trek, and the seat bag can be a snitch.

It is not appropriate to insist on attributing the bicycle to a domestic one. As for mainland brands such as ZGL, Gale, and Java, although there is some imitation in terms of design, the workmanship or technology is not much worse, and the same price is generally better than that of foreign brands, so from the brand point of view, it has basically caught up. As for the kit due to patent issues, there is still a lot of difference in China, SRAM into the road bike market in order to avoid patents can only use a single bar, as for some old brands feel more like a means of transportation rather than the pursuit of excellence of the car, after all, cycling is a niche sport in China, and the number of vehicles in China is large.

In fact, there is nothing bad in China, what is bad is just interest.

To lightweight materials are more, computer simulation fluid power in the future of any good university can do, wind tunnel is not a rare thing, design a top bicycle can not do? The question is how much can be sold if it is made? How expensive can it be sold without brand added value? Bicycle is not a high-tech car, and there is not much potential that can be dug deeply.

The quality of the products produced by Huaxia at the time of liberation and founding of the People's Republic of China was quite good, such as the Golden Deer, Phoenix, Permanent, and Polaris Catalog. Why didn't it work later, it's not because of the word "money" that is making trouble, how many years have it been produced and it hasn't been bad, and who will it sell it to in the future? Today's electronic products are updated quickly, so they are developing well, but there are many human factors in this. Bicycles will also develop in this direction in the future, often updating their own products, Merida and Giant frames are getting lighter and lighter, but is the product quality really good? Not necessarily.

Well, it's far away, in fact, what Zhou Fangyuan wants to say is that the domestic technology is definitely passable, the cost can be suppressed, there is no problem with the quality and output of the bicycle, the only problem is ...... The bicycle industry is still a very prosperous industry today, after all, in this era, most people can't afford to buy cars, domestic cars are not trusted, imported cars are too expensive, unless there is a certain demand for people, otherwise ordinary people will not grit their teeth to buy a car. If you don't buy a car, you can only ride a bicycle. In the future, shared bicycles are so popular, these big manufacturers are willing to OEM, but this is only one of the reasons, the other reason is the rise of electric vehicles, the price is not expensive, and the price of bicycles is about the same, and they can run by themselves, and they don't have to worry about needing a driver's license like a motorcycle, and the electricity bill itself is cheaper than the gas money...... As a result, the bike was squeezed.

Those big foreign brands are better, after all, they are more professional, while the domestic factories are not having a good time. So as soon as the shared bicycles came out, these big factories were naturally willing to OEM, and now, the bicycles of these big factories are still selling, and it is really a question whether they are willing to OEM.

Zhou Fangyuan is not absolutely sure, he can only ask one by one, but he believes that someone will be willing to do the OEM. In fact, there are still fewer cases of domestic manufacturers OEM for foreign brands? As long as Zhou Fangyuan can afford to pay for it, he still has to worry about not being able to buy a bicycle? In short, this matter is promising, and the current problems are actually not a problem, as long as they are done with their hearts, these problems are not difficult to solve.

After listening to all of Zhou Fangyuan's thoughts, Professor Tian nodded with satisfaction, "Since you have figured it out, then I won't say anything more, this is a good thing, I also agree with your concept, let it go, come to me if you have any difficulties, as long as I can help, I will definitely help you solve it!"

Although Professor Tian has said this many times, every time he says it, Professor Tian himself feels different. If he just thought that Zhou Fangyuan was more talented and wanted to cultivate it before, then now he has seen Zhou Fangyuan's success and can't wait to see where Zhou Fangyuan can go.

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