Chapter 324: Conquer John, Star Sea Hummer EV sets sail

Time flies by like running water.

On October 17, the negotiation team sent by Yang Nian arrived at the headquarters of Meili Guogong.

After nearly a week of evaluation and business negotiations, we finally negotiated cooperation on October 23.

Xinghai Group will acquire the ownership of the original Hummer brand, trademark and trade name for US$150 million, and will pay another US$200 million to acquire the original Hummer manufacturing plant and equipment.

On November 1, the two parties completed the transaction process, and the civilian Hummer was officially transferred to Xinghai Group with rapid efficiency.

The process can be so fast because of General Motors' efforts. It has been approved by multiple departments and does not involve GUO's safety technology. If it is a Hummer for Jun, it will definitely not be able to pass the approval of the relevant departments of the beautiful country. It is not because Xinghai Group has money.

It can be purchased.

The factory was officially renamed "Xinghai Hummer Company", or "XH HUMMER" in English. Xinghai Group will send one hundred technical talents to Hummer Company to study and assist in the development and production of new Hummer EVs.

At the same time, on this day, Xinghai Han Company announced that it will invest another US$300 million to transform the original Hummer factory production line, company operating expenses and research and development expenses, etc.

Until this day, Mu Yang in China breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, Xinghai Group's acquisition was able to be successful smoothly and efficiently with the help of super bosses.

When Mu Yang sent his team to negotiate, the super boss had a secret phone call with Mu Yang and talked about the acquisition of civilian Hummers. After all, this matter has attracted a lot of attention at home and abroad. Besides, an acquisition worth hundreds of millions of dollars is not a trivial matter. Mu Yang

Yang's identity as a scientist is also very sensitive, and his superiors take this matter very seriously.

Mu Yang explained the specific situation to the boss, which was probably a "borrowing chicken to lay eggs" routine, and at the same time stated that he would not go abroad, including traveling.

On November 5th, Muyang designed the car's styling based on the product personnel's survey results and previous understanding of HUMMER EV.

The dimensions of the new Hummer HUMMER EV are 5506mm, 2202mm, 2060mm, and the wheelbase is 3218mm.

This size is also the size of the original Hummer electric car. People who are familiar with the car will know very well that this is definitely a big guy.

Generally, compact urban SUVs are about 4.5 meters long and 1.8 meters wide, medium-sized SUVs are about 4.8-5.0 meters long and about 1.9 meters wide, and 5.2 meters is already full size.

The size of the new Hummer is exactly the size of a pickup truck.

In terms of size and appearance, Muyang completely follows the original Hummer EV design, with little change.

Big changes, such as changing from five seats to seven seats, the second and third row seats can be folded down, and they need to be flush when folded down to form a large bed, which is very suitable for camping and sleeping, and does not affect the loading space.

In terms of power, the new car will provide two driving modes: dual motors and three motors. The former has a combined output of 625 horsepower and the latter reaches 830 horsepower. Unlike the torque amplification of fuel vehicles, the Hummer electric SUV no longer requires a transfer case.

In electronically controlled distribution mode, its maximum on-wheel peak torque exceeds 1559N·m, and the acceleration time to 100 kilometers per hour is only 3.5 seconds, which is comparable to many super sports cars. This parameter can also be achieved in the original Hummer.

The entry-level model of the original Hummer EV has a range of about 402 kilometers. The new car will be equipped with power batteries from Xinghai Group. The body is generally made of aluminum alloy automotive panels to reduce the weight of the body. The entry-level model has a range of 600 kilometers, and the high-end version has a range of 800 kilometers.

The front face follows the design elements of Hummer. The center grille adopts the unique closed design of electric vehicles and adds vertical decorative parts for separation. The center grille is embellished with the English letters of HUMMER. There is an XH (Xinghai) logo below the center grille.

In front of the driver, there is a new-style steering wheel, a full LCD instrument, and the Xinghai Group Super Cruise Assist System with fatigue monitoring, which supports L2 level automatic assisted driving.

The current level of hardware such as electronics and chips cannot reach the level of 2022. It cannot be equipped with a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, but a slightly smaller one is possible. Automatically assisted driving can only reach L2 level.

Even at the L2 level, before 2017, it was still at the top level in the world.

The classic straight high waistline and clamshell engine compartment design, paired with 22-inch wheels and new through-type headlights, make the overall shape more modern.

Although the appearance is still tough guy style, the interior of the car adopts a more technological design style, equipped with a variety of large-size LCD screens, electronic gear knobs, touch buttons, etc.

It can be said that except for the level of chips and electronic hardware that cannot reach the level of 2022, other configurations are better than the original Hummer EV.

The car styling has been completed. In fact, Mu Yang has almost completed the car shape design and can almost produce a three-dimensional data modeling drawing.

The Fourth Eighth Plan, the company's first big goal, has reached 8.5% of its car manufacturing progress.

During this period, many people from the media and the automobile industry still came out to question the Xinghai Hummer, believing that even if it were transferred to the Xinghai Group, the success of building cars would not be a problem, but it would be absolutely impossible to build a good car and sell it well.

This time, Mu Yang was too lazy to refute and quietly engaged in research and development.

They discussed theirs and Muyang played with his own.

November 7th.

John, the former president of civilian Hummer, came to China, City H.

On October 25, John had already planned to come to China to find Mu Yang and was preparing for the visa procedures to go to China.

After Hummer fell from the altar, John also left Hummer. It has been more than a year since he went to work and stayed at home to rest on his laurels.

He is not short of money at the moment, but there will always be a time when he runs out of money. Moreover, he wants to come to China to hear about Muyang's car-building plan in person. If the negotiation can go well, he will be happy to serve Muyang again.

On November 3, he applied for a visa to go to China. Before going to China, he was afraid that the trip would be in vain, so he asked the Chinese employees at Xinghai Hummer to express his thoughts.

The employees of Xinghai Group knew about the matter between the chairman and John, and conveyed John's thoughts to the headquarters, and soon received a reply from Chairman Mu Yang: "I agree to meet John, and Xinghai Group will be responsible for John's round-trip air tickets."

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 7th, John, who was in his fifties, led by Luo Zhize, secretary of Xinghai Group, came to the chairman's office and met Mu Yang.

"Hello, Mr. John, welcome to China."

"Hello, Mr. Mu, I didn't expect that you would be willing to meet me at such a young age." John was stunned for a moment and saw Mu Yang communicating with him in proficient English with a smile on his face and shaking hands with him warmly.

Before he got off the plane, he had already made two plans.

If Mu Yang meets him in a very arrogant manner and disrespects him, then he will definitely not accept the invitation;

On the contrary, if Mu Yang respects him and communicates sincerely, he is willing to accept criticism and apologize for his previous words.

What John didn't expect was that Mu Yang respected him very much, sent a car and secretary to pick him up at the airport, and arranged for him to stay in a high-end hotel.

He dropped off his luggage at the hotel, took a shower, and had no intention of resting. He wanted to come directly to visit Mu Yang.

Now that he saw Mu Yang, John didn't expect that the young man in front of him had a very strong affinity. He only needed a gentle smile and felt that all the resentment was dissolved.

He got to know the young rich man in front of him again. It was different from what he had imagined. He didn't feel arrogant or domineering.

John hesitated for a moment and said in a low posture, "I am very sorry for my previous words. Please forgive me, Mr. Mu, and thank you very much for Mr. Mu's warm hospitality."

Mu Yang chuckled and waved his hands indifferently: "Don't care about this, I don't care about it at all. Your willingness to come to China has already shown your attitude.

Of course, what I said before is still true. I am willing to recruit you as the president of the new Hummer company. I wonder if you are willing?"

"Thank you very much for Mr. Mu's invitation, but to be honest, I don't have the confidence to sell 50,000 Hummers a year. I have tried hard, but it has not stopped the decline of Hummers in my hands."

John didn't expect Mu Yang to invite him directly, but he didn't think the new Hummer could shine again in his hands. He asked cautiously, "I'm also curious why Mr. Mu is so confident that he will definitely win the bet with GM Vice President Nathan."

Mu Yang nodded. He was quite satisfied with John's performance. At least he was not arrogant enough to despise everything.

After a moment of silence, he said: "To be honest, at the beginning, I didn't have the confidence to beat him, but you came and you gained one more point."

After Mu Yang finished speaking, he saw that John, who was in his fifties, couldn't believe it. His expression was very rich, so he explained: "This 100 million US dollar bet, to be honest, just treat it as a young man's impulse.

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Of course, if I lose, I am willing to pay Nathan 100 million U.S. dollars, and I will not lose my promise for this money."

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John's eyes widened and he didn't know what to say. You think the $100 million is just a joke.

Mu Yang stood up and picked up a few pages of printed information from his desk, which contained the styling diagram and configuration parameters of the Hummer EV. He sat on the sofa again and handed the information to John: "Take a look at it first."

John took the information with some doubts and adjusted his glasses. When he first looked at it, he was a little surprised.

Twenty minutes later, he asked Mu Yang politely: "Mr. Mu, the styling diagram is very beautiful, and the configuration parameters surprised me even more, but please tell me frankly, concept cars and production cars are completely different things;

Moreover, the lithium battery performance in the data is a bit exaggerated, and it is very difficult to achieve. For other things, you should understand what I mean."

Mu Yang nodded and explained: "You are right, but there is one situation. You may not know much about our Xinghai Group. The lithium battery project has been in progress for a month or two. I can assure you that if you want to achieve it,

Performance in the data is not an issue.

Let’s do this. I’ll take you to our aluminum alloy automotive plate workshop and headquarters base first, and we’ll chat while we walk.”

"Well, it's a great honor. I also want to visit your company's production base."

John knew that Xinghai Group’s welding machines were very good, but he thought they were made by the hard work of a large number of workers.

Three years ago, he had been to China once before. In his impression, China's factory equipment was relatively backward, but its workers were very hard-working.

Mu Yang first took him around the laboratory building of the Automotive Research Institute at the headquarters base. The site was clean, the equipment was advanced, and the staff were active. John nodded frequently, and it was obvious that Xinghai Group was really determined to build cars.

After looking at the situation in the laboratory building, and then changing positions, Mu Yang took John to the aluminum alloy automotive sheet factory.

This time, John was really shocked when he saw the fully automated production equipment. He had the same doubts as the guests who had visited before, thinking that these production lines were purchased overseas.

Mu Yang said lightly: "These production lines are all developed and manufactured by Xinghai Group, including formulas and processes, to produce the world's number one aluminum alloy automotive panels. They are not blown out."

John raised his thumbs up to Mu Yang: "It's very impressive. I was a little underestimated before. I'm very sorry."

After visiting the aluminum alloy automotive panels, Mu Yang took John to a nearby battery factory.

At present, the construction progress of the battery factory is relatively fast, but it will definitely not be able to keep up with the progress of car manufacturing, so we can only use samples from the laboratory building.

No matter what, John believed the information in Mu Yang's hands.

After visiting the battery factory construction, it was past six o'clock in the afternoon.

Mu Yang had dinner with John, during which time he did not talk about building a car again.

At 8:30 the next morning, John came to Xinghai Group again to visit Mu Yang.

This time, the foreigner's attitude changed drastically. After meeting Mu Yang in the chairman's office, he directly and respectfully stated: "Mr. Mu, I am willing to accept the task.
To be continued...