Chapter 148: Buying a car
June, July and August are the rainy season, which is not suitable for civil excavation works, but fortunately, the wholesale market is built with a single-storey doorman, and the foundation does not need to be too deep, so it can be rushed to work while it is not raining.
The last day of June was Saturday, and Geng Wenyang called Han Jianguo, Min Hui, and Xin Rong together to discuss the purchase of vehicles by various companies.
Han Jianguo said: "Our company can buy a Dafa van, which can pull people and goods. Mr. Geng's car is a good one, since Boss Wang can sit up, we can afford to sit down. β
Xin Rong reminded: "Brother Han, the cheapest imported Mercedes-Benz is also more than one million, not counting taxes, it's too expensive!" β
"Is it so expensive? More than a million? Han Jianguo's eyes widened in surprise and said, "Boss Wang is really willing to spend money!" β
"Lao Wang's car was reversed several times." Geng Wenyang said: "There is only one shell left, which is useless and not worth a few dollars." β
Min Hui said: "The wholesale market also needs a big hair. But to buy a car for Wen Yang, I think it's better to buy a car on a small day, buy a crown or a duke, Accord and Blue Bird are also OK, they look very magnificent, and they are comfortable to sit on. β
Xin Rong had learned about the market situation of the car in advance, and introduced: "The price of the crown and the duke king are both more than 450,000 yuan, and it will cost 500,000 or 600,000 yuan. The Accord is close to 400,000, and the cheapest Blue Jays are also worth 300,000. β
It often costs more than four or five hundred thousand yuan to buy an imported car, where is Geng Wenyang willing to do it, and he said: "It's too expensive!" We need cars now, but we don't need to buy luxury cars. In my opinion, it is only 50,000 or 60,000 yuan to buy two Dafa minivans, one for technology companies and one for wholesale markets. Buying another Poussin for me to use, spending hundreds of thousands is not too luxurious. β
He continued: "Originally, I wanted to buy a pickup truck, but I didn't like it, so let's buy Santana, which is easy to repair when it sells well." β
Xin Rong smiled bitterly: "Santana is selling very well now, and you may not be able to buy it if you have money." I specially asked several trading companies in the provincial capital that sell cars, and they all said that there are no existing cars, and they have to increase the price, and no one can say when the car will arrive. β
"As for pickups?" She smiled and said, "There are imported ones too." Like Kid's Day, Hilux is pretty good, but it will cost about 200,000 yuan to do it. β
In the 90s, when the after-sales service was not perfect, it was relatively inconvenient to maintain imported cars, and Geng Wenyang still felt that it was better to give preference to domestic cars. He searched through his memory for models from the early nineties and asked, "What about Xiali?" β
"Xiali has a small number of existing cars, about 90,000 yuan." Xin Rong said: "We can see that kind of car on the street, the red one is quite good-looking, but it has no tail." β
"Can you call a sedan without a tail?" Min Hui objected: "I think it's better to spend more money to buy an imported car, and the quality is good and it can be used." β
She suddenly had an idea and said: "It's good to buy a Peugeot, when I go to Guangdong Province, I often see that kind of car, which is bigger than Santana and more spacious inside." β
Geng Wenyang asked Xin Rong: "How much is Peugeot?" β
"Peugeot 505 offers 150,000." Xin Rong said: "I will get 1670,000 yuan." β
Compared with imported cars that cost 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, 1670,000 yuan is not expensive. But Geng Wenyang came from later generations and understood very well that the price of a car is not the only criterion to measure whether a vehicle is affordable, and the zero-to-whole ratio is the most important indicator, especially in the early 90s, when cars were rare.
"Let's buy a Xiali." Geng Wenyang finally clapped his head and said: "Xiali parts are cheap, and it will not be expensive to repair in the future, so I will buy it." β
Min Hui objected: "Wen Yang, you are also the big boss of two companies now, if you open a Xiali out, others will think that our strength is not very strong." β
As the saying goes: a man depends on his clothes and a horse on his saddle. In today's society, the concept of disliking the poor and loving the rich is not uncommon, and it is even more common to judge people by their appearance, and Min Hui's words are not entirely unreasonable. Otherwise, Wang Fuxiang would not have gotten a bunch of gold chains, gold rings, gold watches, luxury cars and other mundane things to support the faΓ§ade.
Geng Wenyang pondered for a while and said: "In this way, if the second phase of the clothing wholesale project can bring ten state-owned clothing enterprises from our local area to set up a faΓ§ade, I will reward you with an imported luxury car of about 500,000 yuan, how about it?" β
Min Hui's eyes widened and said, "This is what you said, it has to count!" β
Geng Wenyang said with a smile: "Han Jianguo and Xin Rong are here to testify, as long as you complete the task, I will do what I say!" β
"That's good!" Min Hui stood up excitedly and said: "I will make a military order now, and before the opening at the end of this year, I will definitely bring ten state-owned garment factories to the market." β
"It's a deal!" Geng Wenyang stretched out his hand, and Min Hui high-fived him knowingly and said, "Never break your word!" β
Although Geng Wenyang decided to buy a Xiali car, he had never entered a driving school, never touched a car and had no driver's license.
Xin Rong kindly reminded him: "Wen Yang, you can buy a car right away, but you don't have a driver's license yet, and you can't drive it if you buy it." β
"I'll learn right away." Geng Wenyang said: "I am an old driver who has been driving a car for more than ten years, and it is not easy to get a driver's license back in the 90s?" β
In 1990, the driving test did not add nine venues and night tests, and there were theory tests, pile transfer and road tests. The theory test uses on-site paper answer sheets, and the examiner will manually score them after the answers.
The original fixed pile is still used for pile transfer and transfer. If it goes well, you can take the road test in the afternoon after passing the pile transfer test, and you can complete all the operation tests in one day at the earliest, so it is much easier than the later generations.
Min Hui smiled: "Do you still need to study?" Wouldn't it be better to get you a full-time driver? β
Xiali also has to have a full-time driver, and other bosses see him and don't want to laugh at him. Geng Wenyang waved his hand again and again: "Don't!" What kind of full-time driver do you want? I'll just drive it myself! β
At the end of the meeting, after Min Hui and Han Jianguo left, Xin Rong was a little unconvinced: "Wen Yang, you only drove a Xiali yourself, how can you agree to give Mr. Min an imported car?" If you want to match, you have to be matched first. β
Geng Wenyang glanced at her and said with a smile: "Sister Rong, even the wholesale market is mine, isn't the car for her also my car?" β
Xin Rongden suddenly came to his senses, and Geng Wenyang said again: "It's not that you don't know that I like to be low-key. Imported luxury cars are too eye-catching and easy to attract attention. It's good that I have a Xiali to drive, and if something happens to borrow Min Hui's car, she won't disagree. β
Xin Rong said embarrassedly: "I didn't expect this relationship, but I was too careful." β
Geng Wenyang said: "It's okay. I bought it for her this time, and I'll buy you another one next time. Isn't it just a car? As long as we maintain the current profit momentum, what is a car worth four or five hundred thousand? You say yes, Sister Rong? β
Hearing that Geng Wenyang was going to buy her an imported luxury car worth hundreds of thousands, Xin Rongden was flattered and said: "Don't! I'm not as good as Mr. Min, and I can't get in such an expensive car. β
"Sit, sit!" Geng Wenyang said with a smile: "Those who follow me, I will definitely let you all sit in a luxury car!" β