"And that kind of thing?"

Chang Haonan was just about to turn on the computer, but the movements in his hand stopped directly in mid-air.

Fiat, the name itself should not be well-known in China.

If you're not interested in cars, chances are you've never heard of it.

But the Fiat Group has a lot of car brands under its umbrella.

Like Maserati, like Alfa Romeo, like ...... Ferrari.

And, of course, later Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and so on.

They all share a common characteristic.

That is, no matter how expensive or low, it sells very poorly in Huaxia.

At least in the past timeline.

If it can be said that the Korean and French systems are no longer at the peak after the glory.

So what is the meaning of ......

Laughing to death, China's passenger car market has never been serious.

There are only two short-lived models, which can barely be regarded as making some splashes.

However, Iveco's tool carts have been selling well.

Of course, that's all for later.

Standing at the end of the 90s, Italians look at Iveco, which is almost popular all over the country, and definitely have reason to have illusions about the future of their passenger cars in China.

In this case, it is also a logical thing to find the old buddy Jinling Automobile Company.

Now it's only two years earlier than the previous life, so it's not a big deal.

What really surprised Chang Haonan was the cooperative establishment of the Automotive Research Institute.

This is 1997, not 2023.

Not to mention Italian cars, even industrial waste like Lada can be sold a lot to China.

You didn't see Wu Yifan, so you bought one.

Which foreign brand will come and cooperate with Huaxia to research automobiles?

To put it mildly, if you take the technology of the previous generation or even several generations and give you a shell, it can be a big seller, what do you use to cooperate with others?

Chang Haonan is not confident enough to think that the influence of the technologies he has researched can reach such a large extent.

It is true that technology in the aviation industry will spread down to other industries, but this process will take time.

Especially in this year's cars, there are almost no serious electrification equipment, and there are almost no aerodynamic problems such as wind resistance and wind irritability, and Chang Haonan is the two parts that he is best at can't enter the field of automobile research and development at all.

At least not in the field of passenger car research and development for the family.

If you have to say it, it may be a little useful in the structural design of the whole vehicle.

But it's still a more commercial segment.

After all, in the 90s, no one used hot-stamped steel and die-cast bodies on family cars.

Therefore, after a long while, Chang Haonan finally nodded and replied:

"As long as this research institute is opened in China, of course it doesn't matter if you use the software, not to mention that Fiat is also a trial user who has passed the application."

In fact, there is generally no need to be so careful about this kind of problem.

After all, the TORCH Multiphysics obtained by Jinling Automobile is only a large cup for public release, not a super large cup only for some users.

It's just that the situation of the torch company is relatively special, and it clearly belongs to the enterprises that are under the focus of the above.

The other party may be afraid that he will be smashed with an iron fist if he messes around, so he asks for a foolproof.

"Then I'll write back when I go back......"

Yang Huimei, who received an affirmative answer, was about to get up, but was stopped by Chang Haonan, who was a little curious:

"Did they say what the specific research field of this automotive research institute is?"

In the previous list of software trials, the Fiat Group was one of only two foreign business users.

It's just that because this involves some more complex legal issues, the trial version of the software applied for in non-mainland regions has not yet been shipped.

But it seems that the other party is already a little impatient.

It stands to reason that there is no such urgency.

If he Fiat really had this kind of enthusiasm for the development of new cars, he would have left the Chinese market twice, so that the alliance formed later was called the "Alliance of the Frustrated".

"That's not true, they just sent us a letter explaining the situation, but if you want to know more specifically, they also left contact information at the end of the letter."

……

Later in the day, Jinling.

General Manager Li Liangyi's office was knocked open, and the secretary strode in from the outside.

"Mr. Li, I just received a call from Manager Yang of the Torch Company, saying that as long as the R&D center established by the cooperation is set up in China, there is no problem, and the official reply letter and authorization documents will be sent later."

"That's fine, you can arrange a time, and let the person in charge of external cooperation notify to start talking to the people on Fiat's side about other cooperation details."

Li Liangyi raised his head, took off his glasses and put them on the table.

In fact, before sending the letter, he expected that there was a high probability that he would be approved, but although the other party was not large, the background was too hard, so he added such a procedure for insurance.

It was also delayed for almost a week.

Thinking of this, he told the secretary again:

"Tell Xiaoyu to let him improve some efficiency over there, now the domestic passenger car market is the same every day, we can sell the car a day earlier, it is tens of millions more profits!"

Hearing this, the secretary took out a document from his briefcase and put it on Li Liangyi's desk:

"In fact, Manager Yu has also been communicating with the representatives of Fiat in an informal way during this time, and a preliminary agreement of intent has been formed, please take a look."

"Oh?"

Although private contact with each other is a gray area to some extent, in these years, everyone has basically highlighted a self-indulgence, and many explicit regulations are not strictly enforced, let alone this kind of side-kicking.

So the latter didn't get annoyed, just put on his glasses again and began to look at them one by one.

As almost the last mainstream car series to enter the Chinese market, the sincerity given by the Italian this time is quite sufficient.

In the case of the joint venture Jinling Fiat, in addition to the Fiat brand, Maserati, a high-end luxury brand, and Alfa Romeo, a sports brand, have also been included in the contract.

Although the latter two are only assembled in China, this is enough for Li Liangyi to pay attention to.

After all, although several car companies such as Volkswagen, Jeep, and Peugeot have entered the country in the form of joint ventures early, if you really want to talk about the luxury brand of the joint venture, it is just an Audi.

It is also assembled in one piece.

As for the automobile research institute, at first glance it looks like it is piggybacking.

Because it is different from joint venture production and technology introduction, the main partner of this research institute is Ferrari, which is also owned by Fiat.

It's not that Li Liangyi is arrogant and makes such a thing as a supercar, Jinling Automobile has neither the ability nor the will now.

Fiat specifically requested that the institute operate independently of the joint venture company and that it must be called Jinling Ferrari R&D Center.

It's just a play on words, because according to the current joint venture regulations, Jinling Motors must be in front.

But if it is called Jinling Automobile-Ferrari R&D Center, the latter probably feels that he can't afford to lose that person.

Therefore, omitting the word car can make Jinling sound like just a place name.

Li Liangyi had no problem with this, and he was happy to let the Italians take advantage of it in exchange for some more practical benefits.

For example, the three major production lines with a higher proportion of localization.

As for the other one, it's more interesting.

From 1998 onwards, Ferrari F1 teams were willing to set aside a place for sponsor advertising on the front wing, rear wing or side of the side of their car.

As long as it doesn't violate the rules, Jinling cars can draw anything on it at will.

Seeing this, Li Liangyi frowned.

He wasn't interested in racing, but after all, he was the boss of an automotive group, and F1 still knew.

But he knew that it was not useful, and there was no F1 broadcast in China, and it was impossible for Jinling Automobile to be exported to Europe in a short time.

So this advertising space, which was supposed to be worth some money, didn't mean much to him.

"Xiao Liu, please contact the Torch Company again."

He put down the papers in his hand and said to the secretary:

"Ask them if they're interested in advertising in Europe?"

(End of chapter)