Chapter 380: Release Date
An Feng naturally agrees with the plan to have a flagship model.
In a sense, he is the boss, and naturally hopes that the company's brands can go long-term, and with the flagship model, he can make a name for himself and set up a banner to participate in the competition.
If Maserati wants to establish a new brand image with electric vehicles, it has to be like a "competition between cattle and horses", with corresponding competitors, such as Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Huracan, Ferrari F12, and Lamborghini Aventador. This is the case with Maserati's current GT-MC.
Racing, racing, and discussions about Maserati's new flagship, Duke originally wanted to get some inside information from An Feng, but he didn't know much. When I went back in the afternoon, I talked to Bruno on the phone, and he confessed that Maserati was working on a flagship.
An Feng's gossip heart came, asking about the name, structure, motivation and so on.
Bruno doesn't hide it either: "The plan is to design a mid-engined supercar with an aerodynamic shape and a power of around 1,100 hp, targeting Ferrari's new flagship F80, probably called Esplosione, which means 'wind' in Italian." ”
It turned out that it was really not called "LaMaserati" as the legend, and it seemed that after the separation, the close level of cooperation could not be maintained, and An Feng thought that the name Esplosione was very good - at least much better than the previous name of Maserati, to be honest, Italians are lazy.
Like the Chinese translation of the "President" model, its Italian word is "Quattroporte", which means "four-door", and then Maserati has a concept SUV. It's called "Cinqueporte", and it looks tall, right? In fact, it means "five gates".
China's independent car companies also called a "three-door" for the new car to try, and it was guaranteed to be sprayed to death.
So the name of the new car is good, and Bruno also broke the news that the new car may not be able to do wind tunnel experiments - this is only Ferrari, but they have been separated. However, An Feng thinks that it can be borrowed. Fiat still has to ask GP Energy for batteries! Otherwise, it will be cut off next year due to insufficient capacity.
But there is also good news, there is no need for wind tunnels, but they have "Ares", which is a big killer, using supercomputers for aerodynamic research and development, using computer fluid mechanics technology, can simulate more comprehensive and extreme wind speeds, high-speed body changes.
The current top F1 teams, with the exception of the wind tunnel. are using computers to simulate.
Maserati has access to supercomputers, which will significantly reduce the development time, Anderson Industries will also develop electric motors for them, possibly using superconductor technology, and Bruno wants the Esplosione to have 1,100 hp, which means that the two motors must be strong.
An Feng was a little suspicious: "Dual-motor mid-mounted? Are you sure you can squeeze that much horsepower? ”
"We also thought about the idea of Formula E racing, with an electric motor on every wheel and a combination of four motors with more horsepower," Bruno said. But FE is an equation, and its shape can be very streamlined. If it is used in civilian sports cars, we cannot control the front and rear weight ratio, brakes and aerodynamic shape. ”
An Feng thought about it, if the four wheels are equipped with motors, the horsepower is indeed not small, and civilian cars or large transport vehicles can be considered. But the sports car pursues speed, and although the horsepower is large, the shape is not well coordinated, at least it can't be like the equation, and the appearance is all about compromising performance.
I'm afraid there is still some way to go.
An Feng said: "Research and development in these aspects. I'll let the business help. ”
Maserati is now under the hood of GP, Ann's Industries and Superconductors, and the conditions are even better than before.
After Bruno got An Feng's affirmative reply, he was very happy, he knew that An Feng was not an ordinary shareholder, according to this person's style of acting, his weight in the GP company was very large, and almost no one could stop what he wanted to do.
After the end of the call with An Feng, Bruno contacted the Italian headquarters, he attached great importance to An Feng's attitude, and the headquarters also agreed that part of the design of the new model would come to California, where there are royal race tracks and supercomputers, as well as high-tech industry, and the conditions are actually better.
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An Feng also waited for the day of the Monterrey auction.
This time he is targeting two heavyweight models, the Ferrari 250GT-California and the McLaren F1-GTR-97, with high starting prices, starting at $8.5 million for Ferrari and $5.5 million for McLaren.
But in any case, as long as someone sends it to the auction stand, it is almost Anfeng's.
There are also Rolls-Royce models sent to auction, there are classic silver souls, but unfortunately An Feng only likes classic sports cars, and does not favor classic cars that are about to fall apart, this time he simply took the long-wheelbase 250GT-California for 9.3 million, and McLaren Racing also got it for 6.1 million US dollars.
This 250GT is a long-wheelbase convertible, according to the traffic laws of the United States, as long as it can still move and stop, it is allowed to be listed on the road, and there is no scrapping. Therefore, An Feng can also drive out for a ride in the future, but it is estimated that he is reluctant, more than nine million US dollars!
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At the end of August, An Feng set off for China.
Wang Le, who could not be contacted before, is already in China and is participating in the construction of authorized stores, and he is quite concerned. Anyway, Anfeng doesn't care, it is sold by franchised stores to consumers, and it is also sold in batches to authorized stores. The latter has a market, and it can also help old friends, the best of both worlds.
The cabin of the Global 8000 is as comfortable as ever, and the space to move around also relieves the fatigue of flying. Of course, she had been consuming snacks and snacks on the plane, and now her belly was stretched.
"Mom, I can't walk...... Xiaoyu grabbed her mother's clothes and left behind.
My sister sighed: "Let you eat again!" ”
In the end, the bear child was pulled away while sitting on a trolley suitcase...... It was getting late, and after a day of rest in the hotel, they would fly back to the south tomorrow. An Fengde and his brother-in-law continued to stay in S City, signed the agreement, and took a look at the Nokia direct store in S City by the way. Take a look at the global simultaneous release.
Because of An Feng's idea, the value of mobile phones lies in market capitalization rather than profit, so it is a good idea to take the opportunity to speculate, although the first mobile phone has just been launched, but BOGE is already considering going public...... Now the second one has been released, which is a low-end version. Form a high and low match.
BOGE held a press conference in Europe and North America in August, showing the second artifact, the positioning is lower than the R series, in terms of configuration, the function of smashing walnuts has not been pulled down, since Ann's Industries sold them the ordinary version of the 3D printer, the body is easy.
The performance of the chip with integrated CPU and GPU is correspondingly reduced, and the battery life is also reduced. You can't let the low-end compete with the high-end. After considering the first surprise, the press conference focused on the operating system. This time it's better and easier to use.
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The next day, the bear child and her mother went back first, and the rest of the team joined.
Four friends arrived, chose a restaurant to eat and chat, talked about mobile phones and some problems of the company, and so on.
Xiang Yang, who is in charge of the company, said: "Let's register a company first, find an agent to hurry up, and the proportion of shares is according to what we negotiated before, and then the company and BOGE reach an agreement." After being authorized, we will let the authorized stores in each city be inaugurated and operated. ”
"Concise enough." An Feng applauded. "Do you think about my company?"
Wu Chao hurriedly shouted to stop: "You, a big capitalist, have abducted our Brother Le to the United States, now is an opportunity to make a fortune, don't kidnap us to the boss again!" ”
An Feng was unmoved: "The salary is easy to say......"
Xiang Yang smiled and said: "I can afford it, but let's talk about serious things first, and then talk about it now, even if I want to leave, it's not easy." ”
An Feng smiled: "Okay." Go on. ”
Xiang Yang said: "It's really gone, the plan is all in my head, but I don't know how to describe it." ”
Wang Le said: "You know how to do it, our shareholders are completely waiting for meat to eat, and you have full authority to do other things." ”
An Feng nodded: "Agreed." ”
According to the agreement. An Feng's family has 40% of the shares, Wang Le has 30%, Xiangyang accounts for 25%, Wu Chao 5%, and because of the preferential treatment of BOGE, the growth of authorized stores in the Chinese market has temporarily slowed down, giving them time to give priority to development.
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The next day, they went to the first directly managed store in S City to see the release date.
If that's right, it opened this morning with the release of a second phone, and there are already fans waiting in line at the door, some young, but also slightly older. Xiang Yang glanced at it a few times and said, "These are all old fans of Nokia, from the black and white screen." ”
An Feng looked at the team with their own folding chairs, and was surprised: "I didn't expect that there would be a queue to buy a kidney machine at the door of the directly-operated store." ”
Wang Le was not surprised: "Didn't you watch it in New York last time?" The scene on the New York sale day is the real horror, there are tents set up in the evening in advance, etc., before entering the Chinese market, some people in China went to foreign countries to queue up to buy, and many people were smuggled by the customs. ”
Xiang Yang, who is very concerned about things, also said: "At that time, there was a lot of trouble on the Internet, saying that there was no mobile phone in our country or something, but as a result, the power of word-of-mouth prevailed over everything, and Nokia had many potential fans." In fact, China really doesn't have such a fierce machine, so expect more. ”
While they were talking, the store was officially opened.
There are also cameras and cameras on the scene to record the grand occasion, the clerks wearing the uniform of the global staff began to work, and the lucky person who bought the first walnut artifact came out with a happy smile on his face, and showed the camera the exquisite packaging box in his hand, with a proud face.
The crowd waiting next to him also looked enviously.
And a dramatic scene happened, this guy was about to express "I'm excited" to the camera, and with a shake of his hand, he threw the much-anticipated artifact directly to the ground, causing a burst of laughter from the crowd. But Nokia withstood the test, a fall of this magnitude...... Next time I change to the 6th floor!
An Feng smiled: "This is not childcare, right?" ”
"You're the nursery!" The dude who had a false alarm carefully examined his artifact.
Several friends looked at An Feng and smiled.
The pomp and circumstance of the release day was also staged everywhere, including in foreign countries, but it was not as popular as the first model release, and even now, the priority option for people to buy is the R series, which is so powerful that no friends can throw away the computer. It's the turn of this one when it's out of stock. (To be continued......)