"Lean a little more to that side, yes, be careful."
"Get the level right, okay, that's about it."
On the afternoon of May 14th, when Tan Jincheng drove for nearly two hours and arrived at the factory area of Shanchi Automobile Co., Ltd., what he saw was a scene of bustling activity.
Some equipment suppliers' equipment had already arrived at the factory, and equipment debugging personnel were on-site debugging and installing the equipment.
Before entering, he also saw some workers at the entrance removing the previous factory logo, preparing to re-print the sign and logo of Shanchi Automobile Co., Ltd.
Everything seemed so orderly, not stagnating because Tan Jincheng had been away for a few days.
Among them, Zhang Mingcan, Zhang Xupeng, and Sun Yuming provided a lot of help.
The equipment supplier was contacted by Zhang Mingcan, and the price was negotiated by Zhang Xupeng under Tan Jincheng's guidance.
Arranging schedules and personnel deployment were coordinated by Sun Yuming.
As early as the period after returning from the Canton Fair, Tan Jincheng had discussed with Sun Yuming, and Sun Yuming also accepted his proposal, willing to work with him.
His personnel relationship was also transferred from Jinpeng Trade to Jinyi Industry, and his position changed from the previous salesman to general manager assistant.
Although he was called general manager assistant, he was actually just a jack-of-all-trades.
Currently, Jinyi Industry only had him as an employee.
Although employee recruitment had been entrusted to an intermediary agency, the office hadn't been renovated, so it was temporarily impossible to massively recruit employees.
The style of the factory area was somewhat similar to Zhang Mingcan's factory, but with an additional workshop.
Walking past Workshop No. 1, which faces the main gate, this will be the assembly workshop for the Shanchi and Fengchi series electric vehicles in the future.
Workshop No. 2 contains some components and exterior parts, and Workshop No. 3 is where plastic presses and the like are placed for trial molding, and the warehouse is also located in Workshop No. 3.
Design personnel and some clerical staff are arranged in the office building.
The first floor of the office building houses the front desk and conference rooms.
The second floor is for product design, and some small component testing is also arranged on the second floor.
The third floor is for financial personnel and Tan Jincheng's own office.
As for HR, Tan Jincheng decided to place it on the first floor, converting a small meeting room into cubicles, and the HR staff would be arranged there.
Tan Jincheng had visited many factories and seen many employees often run to HR to resign, inquire about salaries, etc.
If arranged on higher floors, running up and down would somewhat appear noisy.
Tan Jincheng did not go to the workshop to see the equipment installation but turned right into the office building.
The office building seemed quite empty.
The previous owner had taken almost all the office furniture, but more or less some were left behind.
For example, some cubicles; those that could be used were used, and those that couldn't were cleared away.
Additionally, new office furniture needed to be added.
These tasks were currently handled by Sun Yuming.
Checking floor by floor, he finally arrived at his own office on the third floor, and Tan Jincheng couldn't help but smile.
You have to admit, Sun Yuming was quite clever.
With limited time, it was unrealistic to get all the office furniture ready for all three floors.
Many rooms on the first and second floors were still vacant, but his own office was already considered completed.
A coffee table, a sofa, a bookshelf, and a newly installed computer and printer on a large office desk.
A money tree and several potted plants were placed by the window, and it was tidied very cleanly, completely ready for use.
Compared to the previous office at Jinpeng Trade, this one was much larger.
Tan Jincheng estimated that his office seemed larger than Jinpeng Trade's public area besides the office itself, which was where Li Yanning and the others worked.
"Indeed, factory offices are more spacious, and this chair is pretty good, comfortable,"
Tan Jincheng mused, sitting in the boss's chair.
In a CBD area, to have such a large private office would require considerable strength.
Factories, however, are different; factory land is still much cheaper relative to CBD areas.
Tan Jincheng casually flipped through the drawer.
Sun Yuming had thoughtfully placed a few notebooks, and A4 paper was also placed next to the printer.
Currently, Shanchi Automobile's equipment was arriving successively, so there was no need to rush to recruit workers, but the recruitment of designers had to start immediately.
For the appearance of the "little electric donkey," Tan Jincheng planned to take the route of independent design.
Starting with exterior parts, cultivating the company's technical R&D capabilities, then gradually accumulating experience, slowly getting involved in the design technology of other products, until finally the battery.
There were two reasons for making electric scooters: one was to earn money and accumulate funds, and the second was to ultimately accumulate battery technology.
In new energy vehicles, batteries are a very important part.
Most of the best-selling new energy vehicle models have an advantage in batteries.
He wondered what the Ningwang people were doing at this time?
Although he had read many transmigration novels where the protagonist, after transmigration, is revered by all and recruits various big shots, Tan Jincheng knew this was just wishful thinking.
How could big shots be so easy to recruit?
Take the Ningwang people, for example; they are social elites, PhDs in physics, with ideas, intelligence, and ambition, backed by capital.
Do you, a transmigator, think you can win over such people with a few meager cents?
That's simply dreaming.
After 2000, there were not a few people in China with millions in their hands.
Xiao Ma Ge wanted to sell QQ for a few million, but he wanted to sell it to someone he was willing to sell to, not just anyone who came with a few million could take it.
Based on his memories from his previous life, Tan Jincheng had reviewed the trajectories of some big shots from his previous life.
Currently, it seemed the only person he had a chance to connect with was Zhang Yiming, who was still a student and would graduate in two months.
The rest were either already well-known figures or had already started their businesses.
Making money through transmigration was not difficult, but doing an industry well was not so easy.
The asset-light internet industry couldn't handle heavy physical assets, and the physical industry couldn't handle the internet way either.
But if there was a chance to get to know Zhang Yiming, Tan Jincheng thought it would be good.
Investing a little in him would be a great help to his automobile business in the future.
Cars need promotion, and he happened to control the largest streaming media platform in later generations.
Yu Dazui's daily "far ahead" is nothing but a promotional method.
However, there's no hurry for this.
The person hasn't graduated yet, and it's still early for him to make his fortune.
It's not urgent to contact him later when he has some strength.
As for other internet companies, forget about them.
There's no need to try to eat every piece of meat.
Eating too much might lead to indigestion someday.
It's better to focus on physical industry.
The most urgent task at hand was to quickly recruit technical personnel, determine the style of the electric scooter, and finalize the product development of exterior parts as soon as possible.
For the two newly registered trademarks, Shanchi and Fengchi, Tan Jincheng planned to position Shanchi's style as:
"Large, sturdy, and durable."
For some families, such as rural and urban users, electric scooters are not just a means of transport but also a means of production.
A large-framed, sturdy, and durable electric scooter can be used to carry a lot of goods.
The foot space in front of the vehicle should be large, and the area under the rear seat and behind it should also be spacious, able to carry goods and people.
A family of three plus some gifts or goods can travel without problems.
If the price is right, this type of cargo-king-like model should have good sales in third-tier cities and rural towns.
This is a huge market, and relatively speaking, this consumer group is not as deeply concerned with brands.
Good and cheap products are their primary consumption philosophy.
As for Fengchi's style positioning, it will focus on being small, lightweight, fashionable, and novel, emphasizing beauty and sophistication.
This segment of customers is positioned as urban consumers, even leaning more towards female customer groups.
Whose money is easiest to earn?
Of course, it's women, the elderly, and children.
"For the Fengchi series, we might actually need to invite celebrity endorsements then, which would be a bit costly. It seems more suitable to launch the Shanchi series first, with lower initial investment."
Writing and drawing in the office, Tan Jincheng sketched out the general shapes of some electric scooters he had seen in his previous life.
Through costume design, Tan Jincheng had also acquired some drawing skills, so his drawings were no longer so unsightly.
At least now he could discern some general shapes, but for specific designs, he still needed to communicate with product designers, as they were the professionals.
What Boss Tan could provide was just a general idea.
Time passed unknowingly.
At some point, the office door was pushed open.
It was Zhang Xupeng; only he would dare to push the door open so directly.
"Oh, you're hiding here! I saw your car parked downstairs, why didn't I see anyone?"
"Why are you up here? Have the workers left?"
"Not yet, some people are still debugging equipment. I've already arranged for Sun Ge to buy them dinner."
Tan Jincheng checked the time; it was almost six o'clock.
It was indeed time for dinner.
"Then let's go eat too, I'm a bit hungry."
He closed his notebook, locked the drawer, and said to Zhang Xupeng.
Zhang Xupeng chuckled,
"Hehe, let's go, I'll take you to meet two people. You'll definitely be surprised."
"Meet two people? Who?"
"Come on, follow me,"
Zhang Xupeng said mysteriously.
Since the day he was "air-raided," he had instructed his family not to tell Tan Jincheng about his dad and Uncle Tan coming to Beicang.
Zhang Xupeng also wanted to see little Tan's surprised look.
In fact, if Tan Jincheng had just gone to the workshops downstairs, he would have known this, but unfortunately, after he came back, he first entered the office building and then was thinking about product positioning.
Following Zhang Xupeng downstairs, after a while, the two arrived at the area where Zhang Xupeng's car was parked.
From a distance, they saw two figures squatting by the car, smoking and chatting.
Gazing intently, Tan Jincheng quickly stepped forward,
"Dad, Uncle Zhang, why are you here?"
(End of Chapter)
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