Chapter 199: Accord
"Jingle Bell"
Lin Xiangrong picked up the phone and heard Lin Qiangsheng's voice, he asked with a smile, "How is it in the capital?" Is our car on the movie? ”
Lin Qiangsheng said: "It's already been filmed!" In order to thank Director Huang Zumo, I also specially invited them to dinner and bought them a train ticket back to SH. ”
Lin Xiangrong felt that his son had done a good job, and said with a smile: "What's the name of his movie, your mother and I want to go and see our car when the time comes!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile: "Lushan love! Don't forget to look for our cars when you look at them! ”
Lin Xiangrong laughed and said, "You kid, you are still ridiculing your father!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Dad, there is such a thing today, I want to tell you about it!" ”
Lin Xiangrong heard his son's tone very stern and asked, "What's the matter?" Got into trouble outside? ”
Lin Qiangsheng said: "That's the case, Tian Chao, the sales manager here in Beijing."
Lin Xiangrong calmly listened to Lin Qiangsheng's narration, and he asked, "Manager Tian really said that about you?" ”
"Definitely! Tian Chao disrespects my friend very much, and I feel that he doesn't respect me either! Lin Qiangsheng said to his father.
Lin Xiangrong said silently: "The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, I really didn't see him so temperamental before!" I know this, and I'll give you an explanation! ”
Lin Xiangrong asked instead: "I heard that Hafei is going to sign a contract with a foreign party to establish an automobile company!" You said that they are in the same city as us, and our car companies have to be under competitive pressure! ”
"I know this, originally Hafei was a military enterprise that produced aircraft and engines, and now they built a car, and the head of Bincheng Automobile Company is under a lot of pressure, right?" Lin Qiangsheng asked with a smile.
"Yes, they are the most technologically advanced enterprises in the military-industrial system! Now it's time to start building cars. The leaders of the head office are really scratching their heads! Lin Xiangrong said with a smile, maybe he was a little gloating, he was a little glad that he left the head office early.
Hafei revealed more than two months ago that he wanted to cooperate with the foreign company represented by Eriksson, and at that time they had not yet made a break with the Japanese, thinking that they would choose whichever was better for the two interviews.
However, Japan's Mitsubishi only wants to provide Hafei light trucks, while Eriksson offers mid-to-high-end sedans. The hatchback is naturally the middle and high-end sedans win.
Seeing that the Eriksson side was so sincere, and that they were willing to provide car manufacturing technology. Hafei's leaders had obvious tendencies, and it was not until Yao Bin came to Hafei that the two sides officially began negotiations when the company represented by Erickson was selected for cooperation.
In the early days of reform and opening up, the automobile industry pattern in our country was short of heavy and light, there were no heavy trucks, only four-ton Jiefang brand trucks, Dongfeng's five-ton vehicles, and no vehicles of ten tons and above; Less light, no kcal. The sedan is basically a blank slate. There is a Hongqi car that has not produced a few units, and another is SH brand cars, which has an annual output of several thousand units, and the largest annual production is 5,000 units.
The model provided by the foreign party is a real mid-to-high-end sedan, Hafei is optimistic about the development momentum of mid-to-high-end cars in China, and the production of this car is also very face-worthy of Hafei's name, so they are very active in the negotiations with the foreign party.
According to Hafei's own inspection, the car watch brought by the foreign party was very unexpected. Both the appearance and technology are excellent!
The second-generation Accord, this is the model that Lin Johnson provided to Hafei!
This model was supposed to appear on the international market in '82. It was shown in front of Hafei two years in advance.
The size, length, width, height, interior configuration, and the shape of the whole vehicle all show that this car is the car they dream of manufacturing!
In fact, this sedan is a deformed car made by remodeling the Camry's body according to Lin Johnson's drawings at the LS Automotive Research Institute in Los Angeles, and its shape and interior are completely modified according to the original model.
At the time of the release of the original history. Honda Motor Co., Ltd. confidently refers to the second-generation Accord as "World? Quality? Car", which means "world quality car". As you can imagine, Honda at that time had considerable confidence in this car!
American cars give the impression of rough lines, especially after the outbreak of the oil crisis in the seventies, American cars are unsalable because of large fuel consumption.
In this case. The major automobile companies in the United States have to improve the fuel economy of their cars, but the Americans do not look down on these small cars with low fuel consumption in their bones, because the quality of American cars is getting lower and lower because they are not careful, and they feel that they cannot keep up with the pace of the world for a while. Especially in the seventies and eighties, there were few classic models with a low displacement of 1.5 to 2.2 liters, and the American sedan market was defeated by Japanese cars during this period.
It's not that Americans don't know how to build high-quality cars, but they look at the company's attention. In the transformation of this model, Lin Qiangsheng put forward strict requirements for high quality!
Don't look at it is based on the Camry's body modification, but when it really takes shape, the inside and outside of the car are basically replaced, it can be said that this is a new car developed by engineers!
The exterior design of the second-generation Accord is like many new cars born in the early 80s. Its lines have become lower and straighter, and the overall appearance looks like a rectangular and trapezoidal box stacked up, which is a bit like the old Poussin for a car that Chinese people are more familiar with.
The styling design of this period gives people a fresh feeling. After getting used to the kind of big-nosed models in China, a straight car suddenly came, which made many people's eyes shine. The leaders of Hafei have this feeling.
Of course, the Jetta produced by Ben Cheng Automobile Company is also a straight model, but the second-generation Jetta always gives people a silly impression, but it is not as good as this oriental-style sedan designed by the Japanese!
Lin Qiangsheng took it out of his memory, wrote down the technical requirements, and asked the engineers to follow them.
In order to better adapt this car to the needs of national conditions, Lin Qiangsheng has made some readjustments to the second-generation Accord.
The vehicle has a large length of 4521mm, a body width of 1674mm, a height of 1463mm, its wheelbase is 2590mm, the front and rear wheels are used MacPherson suspension system, of course, the rear wheels can also be suspended on the bridge.
The car is available in three displacements: 1.6-liter, 1.8-liter and 2.0-liter and is powered by a single-overhead camshaft eight-valve, four-cylinder carburetor engine. It is equipped with a 5-speed manual transmission or a 3-speed automatic transmission.
The EFI version is being tested in the United States, and engineers at the LS Research Institute had to burn an unknown number of tons of gasoline at the test site to calculate the number of injections.
Fortunately, the current gasoline is much cheaper than that of later generations, and a barrel of more than 30 US dollars is indeed much cheaper than a barrel of more than 100 US dollars in the 21st century, and Lin Johnson feels much better!
The domestic version of the engine uses cast iron cylinder heads, front-wheel drive, power steering, power windows, cassette recorder, and includes a wealth of standard equipment such as AM/FM stereo radio, air conditioning system, comfortable seats, and high-quality switches.
Generally. It's a good car, both in terms of technology and shape, it's an advanced scheme from the eighties!
When Hafei's decision-makers saw the model, they set the tone for working with Eriksson. After almost a month of negotiations, the parties reached an agreement. The foreign party invested 100 million US dollars to carry out technological transformation of Hafei's factory workshop, increase the advanced car production line, and grant technology and advanced management methods.
Hafei headquarters is located in Bincheng Pingfang area, with a huge and supporting processing system, its supporting factories have dozens of large and small enterprises and scientific research institutes. And these are almost all units of military industrial enterprises with more advanced technology in the country. Its factory building is also very large, and the workshop for building aircraft is already spacious.
Hafei quickly established Hafei Automobile Company, divesting a large part of the plant equipment and personnel, and then this company established a joint venture with a foreign party called Benzhi Automobile Company, and Lin Qiangsheng also took the Honda logo and gave it to this automobile company.
Although Hafei's leaders were not very satisfied with the company's name mentioned by the foreign party, they liked the logo very much, and when they learned that the trademark had been registered in more than 30 countries around the world, the registration fee was as high as 80,000 US dollars. They were immediately in awe of the logo
Lin Qiangsheng came to Tsinghua University again to see Professor Jiang Buju, and said with a smile: "Professor Jiang." What are you thinking about? You can not only take the subject to our company to do research, but also take your students with you, our company can provide you with equipment and research funds, I hope that a learned master like you will help us! ”
Professor Jiang Buju still appreciates Lin Qiangsheng, a business leader who is eager to find talents, and she has also learned about it through Guò School. Ben Cheng does have this company, and it is a foreign-funded company!
Professor Jiang Buju asked suspiciously: "As far as I know, the precision machinery manufacturing company you work for is a foreign company!" But why are you the general manager? ”
Looking at Jiang Buju's puzzled and scrutinizing eyes, Lin Qiangsheng took out his Xiangjiang ID card from his bag. He sighed a little, it's really convenient to have this identity these years!
"Look. I have this, in fact, this company is what I invested in! I very much hope that Professor Jiang can come to my company to provide guidance! Lin Qiangsheng handed over the documents with both hands and said sincerely.
Jiang Buju looked at the documents in surprise and then looked at Lin Qiangsheng himself, confirming that it was the same person. She said in surprise: "No wonder, you are still a compatriot from Hong Kong and Macao!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Sort of!" ”
Jiang Buju nodded and said: "It's rare, as a compatriot from Hong Kong and Macao, I still want to help the country, and this intention should be praised!" ”
Jiang Buju then smiled: "Xiaolin, I can call you that, right?" ”
Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said with a smile: "You can call me Xiaolin and Johnson, it's okay!" ”
Jiang Buju nodded with a smile and said: "The conditions you said are very good, if it is really like what you said earlier, you have those advanced equipment, I originally wanted to go to Bincheng to have a look." Through guò and your contact, I know that you are a person who respects knowledge, which is good! ”
"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for the compliment!" Lin Qiangsheng also took the opportunity to shorten the distance with Jiang Buju and called the teacher directly.
"I want to take a few students over this summer, the school will start the holiday on July 25th, and we will be able to go to Bincheng on the 28th, Xiaolin, can you see it?" Professor Jiang Buju asked.
Lin Qiangsheng said happily: "Of course you can!" You can rest assured, our company will reimburse you for all the expenses such as accommodation, room and board, and round-trip travel expenses, thank you very much Mr. Jiang! After speaking, he stood up and bowed to Jiang Buju.
Professor Jiang Buju said with a smile: "Don't make such a big gift, I still want to live a few more years!" ”
Lin Qiangsheng smiled, Professor Jiang Buju was just 42 years old, and he was indeed young in the field of teaching. This is also the reason why Professor Jiang Buju has made so many achievements in research after the reform and opening up, and it is the golden age of his life! (To be continued......)