All domestic brands?

The intensity of the reform of official vehicles this time is indeed not small. In particular, the procurement of official cars by high-level officials shows the state's support for national car brands. I think that at the beginning, Audi was the exclusive official car of high-ranking officials, but now Audi is "de-official", I don't know how FAW-Volkswagen will deal with it next.

"Originally, the official cars of senior officials and above officials were prepared to use Hongqi R50 in a unified manner, without any bidding, and direct procurement, which can be regarded as a kind of support for Hongqi, but later at my suggestion, you Tianming Group's Yanhuang car was included in the procurement list, and the two of you participated in the bidding together, and the final bidding result depends on your own performance. Lee Ming-che continued.

When Zhou Jingming heard this, he hurriedly said gratefully, "Then thank you so much Minister Li." ”

Although the number of leaders of high-ranking officials is not huge, compared to the sales volume of Tianming Group in a year, this purchase volume is nothing, but if Yanhuang Car can finally bid successfully, it is a recognition and an honor for this car.

Just like the reason why Rolls-Royce and Bentley have always wanted to compete to become the exclusive cars of the British royal family, how many cars are used by the entire British royal family? Rolls-Royce and Bentley are not competing because it is a symbol of glory.

"I just did what I thought I had to do, and what the next bid would be was out of my control. Li Mingzhe waved his hand, "Moreover, after all, the Hongqi brand is a state-owned enterprise, and anyone who changes will prefer to choose Hongqi under the same conditions, so you have to be mentally prepared for this." ”

"I know, no matter what, I want to thank Minister Li for this opportunity for our Tianming Group. Zhou Jingming responded with a smile.

If it is a private car market, Zhou Jingming naturally does not think that the Yanhuang car will be worse than the Hongqi R50, but the purchase of official cars will have to be said separately, and Zhou Jingming can also understand this "bias", this is human nature.

"Okay, then you go back and get ready, don't waste all my hard work. Li Mingzhe said as he spoke, and suddenly laughed, "Do you still remember that when you worked at the SAIC Car Factory, you also purchased official cars, in order to increase the output of Shencheng brand cars, you suggested to the factory leaders to use your Shencheng brand cars instead of imported cars?"

"Of course I remember. At that time, the performance of the Shencheng car was not stable, and the reputation as an official car was not good, and many departments were reluctant to replace their official cars with Shencheng cars. ”

Speaking of the past, Zhou Jingming's face couldn't help but smile.

"It's been fifteen years. As soon as I saw you, I thought you kid could do great things, and it didn't disappoint me. Lee Ming-che said with a smile.

"So along the way, I am very grateful to Minister Li, and all the people who have pointed me out and helped me, if it weren't for you, I would still be an ordinary automotive engineer now. Zhou Jingming said with great emotion.

Maxima often has, but Bole does not often have. Zhou Jingming's understanding of this sentence is the most profound.

***

After returning to Shencheng, Zhou Jingming immediately called Chen Zhenyu over and asked him to prepare for the official car bidding in advance, and strive to win the final bidding.

With the launch of Hongqi R50, the situation of the domestic luxury car market has also changed significantly, because of the existence of Hongqi brand influence, coupled with excellent performance, domestic consumers have a very high recognition of this car, which can be said to break the monopoly of Yanhuang sedan and Audi A6 on the domestic luxury car market in one fell swoop, and truly formed a three-legged situation.

Even in the international market, the performance of Hongqi R50 is also good, in the first week of landing in the American market, sales even exceeded the Yanhuang car, which can be said to have completely changed the inherent impression of Hongqi sedan in the world, and laid a good foundation for Hongqi's luxury car series to go to the world.

On the other hand, the major international automobile manufacturers have also begun to announce their vehicle sales last year, and relevant institutions have also begun to summarize these data, preparing to compile the 1998 international automobile industry yearbook, and publish the sales rankings of major car companies.

In the selection of this work, the data released by the American media "Consumer Reports" has always been the most convincing, and since January this year, the relevant personnel of "Consumer Reports" have begun to pay attention to the sales data released by major automakers.

Tianming Group is the first automaker among all car companies to announce its sales last year, followed by Fiat, BMW and other automakers, who have also announced their global sales.

"Phoebe, is there any car company that hasn't released its global sales figures?" Edward, the editor in charge of this work at Consumer Reports, asked the female colleague across from him.

"Today, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor also announced their global sales, and if you count these, among the major automakers, only General Motors, Toyota Motor and France's Peugeot Citroen have not released sales figures. Phoebe replied with her head up.

"GM and Toyota?" Edward smiled knowingly, "If I'm not mistaken, last year's annual global sales champion will definitely be selected from these two companies." ”

Phoebe smiled and nodded, "If you speculate based on the half-year sales data released by GM and Toyota in the middle of last year, the first and second must be the two car companies, they haven't released the data yet, and they probably want to wait until the other party announces it first, and then announce it themselves." ”

"That's pretty much it. Edward nodded, and then continued, "Which car company has the highest sales volume at the moment, and what is the total sales volume?"

"Among the car companies that have released data, Ford Motor Company had the highest sales last year, with global sales of 6.42 million vehicles, followed by DaimlerChrysler AG, with total sales of more than 4.5 million vehicles!" Phoebe quickly replied after looking at the data on the computer.

With sales of more than 6 million, it is not the world's highest-selling car company, so you can imagine how fierce the global sales of GM and Toyota, the two giants, are!

Comparing the sales of Tianming Group last year, which was less than 3 million, it can be understood that there is still a very big gap between Tianming Group and competitors such as Toyota and GM, which is why Zhou Jingming has not dared to slack off.

It's easy to say that you want to be the best in the world, you just need to shout two slogans, but there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal.

"By the way, what is the current sales ranking of China's Tianming Group?" Edward thought of this and quickly asked.

"Tianming Group's sales volume this year is 2.78 million, and the current ranking is ...... If I look at it, it is the fourth in the world! Even if you count the car companies that have not yet been announced, it is still the top ten in the world!"

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