Chapter 581 Xinghai Group Promotes Global Technology Progress
The XHHR500 train drove on the test section for about dozens of minutes, and the data showed stable and no abnormalities occurred.
This made Mu Yang and all participants breathe a sigh of relief, and the test drive was a complete success.
Of course, many more tests will be conducted in the future.
The H City to Shencheng line does not mean that the road conditions are the same across the country, and will be tested on different track routes in the future.
The test cycle may be relatively long and must be reviewed by relevant departments.
During this period, there is a lot of work to be done to evaluate and verify the performance or functions of the trains in complex road conditions and complex climates. After review, it is necessary to ensure that the safety, reliability and comfort performance of the new high-speed rail trains meet regulations and standards before they are allowed to be put into use domestically.
"Pass", and then put one or two vehicles into trial operation. If there are no problems, they will gradually become popular and will not be launched all at once.
This is also the safest way, and Mu Yang understands it.
The audit experts all perform the work in accordance with the standards. Of course, there are also some human factors, but they do not dare to mess around in the face of such a major event, especially the products of Xinghai Group.
In general, Mu Yang hopes that external experts will help solve the problem. There may be factors that they have not considered, so as to avoid making up for the accident too late.
Every real track test is also very troublesome. Like this time, the entire line is closed and isolated. No individual or unit is allowed to enter the line or invade the boundaries without permission.
People along the line are also informed not to watch or linger. It is strictly prohibited to fly drones, sky lanterns, kites, etc. at the station and along the line. It is strictly forbidden to do any behavior that endangers the safety of railway transportation.
For this test run, relevant departments have done a lot of work and coordination.
For an ordinary company, it would be difficult to get it right, and even if it was possible, it would take a long time. Unlike Xinghai Group, all relevant departments would not fully cooperate.
The nature is different. To hinder the Xinghai Group is actually to hinder the development of national science and technology. It is now a common understanding of the people across the country.
After the test run, Zhou Chen accepted an interview with the media on behalf of the company on the platform. He said: "This technological breakthrough is also an important milestone in the development of our country's railway industry, and it also represents that our country's high-speed rail technology has reached the top level in the world.
At the same time, we will also invite a non-company system expert group to help identify and fill in the gaps, continue to improve this technology, and make greater contributions to my country's high-speed rail industry."
After the test run was successfully completed, the test results quickly attracted nationwide attention and became the focus of media reports.
Many people have expressed their eager concern and expectations for the performance and future development prospects of XHHR500.
At the same time, some people have raised questions and concerns about the safety and reliability of high-speed rail technology, hoping that relevant departments can strengthen supervision and management to ensure the safety and stability of new high-speed rail operations.
No matter how Xinghai Group explains the safety issues, there will always be trolls.
On the Internet, as long as it is recognized by most people, it will be fine and it will not affect the decision-making of relevant departments.
If there is a negative public opinion, no matter how good the product is, the relevant departments will be cautious.
The title "The world's fastest smart train, built by Xinghai Group" written by a reporter from Net One Media
The report stated: “At three o’clock in the afternoon on July 22, this reporter saw at Platform 1 of the H City Railway Station that the Xinghai Group’s XHHR500 smart EMU that was put into trial operation this time adopted a standard 8-car arrangement with a capacity of 578 people.
The body is streamlined, with silver running through the entire car. The overall body is like a white dragon, and the iconic "XH" LOGO is very technological.
In addition to the gorgeous body, the interior of the XHHR500 smart EMU is full of "technological sense", with a 29-inch widescreen TV, intelligent temperature adjustment throughout the vehicle, a new USB charging port on the second-class seat backrest, and a new electric leg rest on the first-class seat.
Free WIFI in the whole car, even if you pass through the tunnel, there is a signal...
When the car starts to speed up, it starts faster than the usual group car..."
Reports on the Internet at home and abroad are promising. Foreign netizens who had been cursing the Xinghai Group for the derailed test have not changed their tone after seeing the success of the test, which is also very interesting.
"It's not a good thing to go too fast. If there is an accident, the whole car will be killed!"
"The fare for such a fast train must be very high. Can the people of Hua country afford it?" said a netizen from Chou country.
In response to these sarcastic comments, there was no need for Huaguo netizens to refute, as many foreign netizens responded.
"No matter how expensive the Huaguo high-speed rail is, it is also the cheapest in the world. I think Chouguo should reflect on whether your subway is too historical. Can it be repaired?"
"It is impossible to expect Chou Country to build high-speed rail. Their subway has not been maintained for many years. For capitalists, they will never do anything that is not profitable. Even if high-speed rail is built, ordinary people cannot afford it.
It is better to drive. In addition, the land is vast and the people are sparse, so there are not many people riding on it, so it is difficult to recover the cost. Therefore, it is very difficult to build high-speed rail and maintain the subway in Ugo."
"Wake up, the West is the past, Hua Country is the future."
"The speed of Xinghai Group is the speed of Huaguo. I heard that Xinghai Group is developing a vacuum tube train. If it is successfully developed and put into operation, I will go to Huaguo to experience the real Huaguo speed."
"The Xinghai Group has set its goal on the interstellar world. The Star Ring Space Station has been 60% completed, and we are still fighting on the earth. When the Xinghai Group lands on Mars, maybe we will still be standing still. Hua Country is no longer what it used to be. They should be
The most developed country in the world, judging a country based on its per capita GDP value is too backward."
“I went to Huaguo a year ago and was lucky enough to ride the J-Shenzhou high-speed rail. It was a wonderful experience! The world is really big, and there are probably only a handful of countries that may have the technology of Huaguo. The high-speed train here runs every hour
It can reach a speed of 300 kilometers per hour without shaking at all. When the high-speed rail of Xinghai Group is put into operation, I hope to ride it again in Huaguo."
"Third brother said they are developed countries, compare these two railway photos. Third brother (Wow, the roof of the train is packed with people!), Huaguo (Oh my God, the station is so clean!)"
"The third brother is right when he says that they are a shipping country. They will be the most populous country in the world in the future. Their trains are very advanced and their passenger capacity is several times that of the Huaguo high-speed railway."
Domestic netizens read it with gusto and feel very proud to be commented by Chinese people.
At the same time, they were also secretly lucky that Xinghai Group was a company owned by Hua State.
Some domestic netizens compiled the top products of Xinghai Group into a video, then inserted exciting music and titled it "Light of the Birch Country".
From the very beginning of laser welding... to the recently invented Feilong aircraft, the Halo space station, and the advanced high-speed rail... every product is a black technology for all countries, and the Chinese people are excited after watching the video.
Therefore, it is not wrong for Xinghai Group to lead the global technology direction.
It can also be said that Huaguo is the future!
July 23, three o'clock in the afternoon.
Feng Younan, the chief engineer of Yuannan Car Company, called Mu Yang to complain: "Mr. Mu, congratulations on the successful trial run of your company's new high-speed rail.
Hey, it will be difficult for us to get along now. How about Mr. Mu simply acquires our Zhongche Group? I will be the first to vote in favor."
In 2014, Nanche and Bche had merged to form Zhongche Group, which was relisted in 2015.
Feng Younan and Mu Yang are acquaintances and have known each other since 2009. It can be said that they have been friends for years.
Back then, Feng Younan helped Mu Yang a lot.
"Haha, I don't dare to accept your company.
However, Mr. Feng, don’t worry.
I am not interested in building high-speed rail. I originally developed it and had no intention of producing it myself. If you are interested, you can take over it." Mu Yang said with a smile, knowing that Feng Younan was joking.
He is right to be worried, but Zhongche is not his company. Feng Younan has reached retirement age and is now rehired to continue working at his post. Zhongche Group mainly values his relationship with Mu Yang.
Zhongche has business dealings with Xinghai Group, but the business volume is not large.
Unexpectedly, there is a business conflict now.
"Mr. Mu, is this true?
Are you kidding?" Feng Younan was very surprised when he heard this. It would be great if he could be an OEM for Xinghai Group.
He watched Xinghai Group rapidly develop into a giant company step by step.
Today, Zhongche Group has nearly 90,000 employees, with revenue of 211 billion yuan and net profit of 10.8 billion yuan last year.
The efficiency is decent, but not as good as before the merger.
But compared with Xinghai Group, it is not even a bit worse.
"This is nothing to joke about. When we first developed high-speed rail, we wanted to increase the speed of domestic railways. I don't care whether it's money or not. To be honest, I don't care.
However, if a company does not pursue profits, it is not a good company, so why should it be used for scientific research?
However, the nature of high-end high-speed rail is not necessarily the same as that of ordinary commodities. We only need to ensure a profit. The trains are more expensive and the cost will naturally be transferred to the passengers. This is not conducive to the popularization of new trains. It is better to make small profits but quick sales.
Of course, except for exports, we cannot allow foreigners to make an advantage."
This is how Muyang priced the XHHR500. If it is sold domestically, it is naturally impossible to make a huge profit, but it will definitely be more expensive than the Harmony Hao and the Fu X Hao.
The key components are independently developed by Xinghai Group. The actual cost is not high and the profit margin is definitely sufficient.
If XHHR500 is really put into operation, the fare will definitely be slightly more expensive than the high-speed rail, and passengers should be able to accept it.
In other words, if the state provides subsidies, the fares should be consistent with high-speed rail prices or even high-speed train prices.
However, Mu Yang feels that in the early stage, the original EMUs will continue to be put into operation until they are phased out at the end of their lifespan, so it is unlikely to subsidize fares in the early stage.
"Well, as long as we have soup to drink, we Zhongche will definitely be happy, and we don't ask for meat." After listening to this, Feng Younan expressed his understanding. This is the best result.
The launch of new trains will definitely bring new markets, and revenue may increase significantly.
"Well, you can bring your team over to discuss the specific matters. I will leave this matter to the people below, and I won't let you suffer."
"Okay, thank you Mr. Mu for giving me this opportunity, haha."
Feng Younan felt much more relaxed. After learning that Xinghai Group had developed a high-end high-speed rail in the past few days, he and the company's senior management were worried. Zhongche's senior management wanted him to communicate with Xinghai Group Muyang, so he made this call.
If Xinghai Group really produces high-end high-speed rail, then in the high-speed rail industry, there really will be no such thing as Zhongche.
Also in the past few days, the company's stock price plummeted.
If you get the authorization to cooperate with Xinghai Group, even if it is OEM production, as long as there is profit, the stock price will naturally rise back, and it will be higher than before.
The next morning,
Feng Younan brought his team to Xinghai Group.
Mu Yang met Feng Younan in the office, drank tea and chatted with him, and then left the discussion of cooperation to Wang Hai, but Feng Younan did not want to participate.
The two parties discussed for half a day and finally settled on a rough cooperation plan.
Zhongche is responsible for Xinghai Group's high-end high-speed rail car body OEM production, commissioning and post-maintenance matters, while Xinghai Group provides technical support and the supply of key parts.
Currently on the market, the CRH380A EMU (380km/h, 8 trains) is about 900 million RMB per unit (8 trains), and the long train (16 trains) is about 800 million RMB.
The domestic price of the XHHR500 basic model of Xinghai Group is 500 million yuan (8 groups), and the long group is doubled. The specific models and configurations have slight differences in price.
The international positioning is US$73.5 million, equivalent to 500 million yuan, and the long-term arrangement is doubled.
If this domestic positioning is calculated based on the technical content, it is indeed cheap.
But if the price is too high, it also means that the ticket price is too high and it is difficult to sell. In fact, it is a disguised form of taking advantage of ordinary people.
Zhongche's OEM price is not low, slightly higher than that of independent production and development. The main reason is that key parts need to be imported, and the original profit is not high.
Of course, Zhongche is also responsible for the later maintenance of the car body. As long as they are responsible for the OEM, they will be responsible for it. This is normal.
If there is a problem with the high-speed rail bearings, the production unit Xinghai Group will naturally be responsible for solving it.
The two parties signed an agreement and disclosed the cooperation information that day.
That day, before the stock market closed in the afternoon, Zhongche's stock price immediately soared.
On the third day, the market opened at the daily limit.
Any listed company that can cooperate with Xinghai Group will see its stock price rise more or less.
Xinghai New Energy Company is still the leader of A-shares, with a total market value of more than 4.5 trillion yuan.
It already has a global monopoly on lithium batteries, is strong and domineering.
"After Zhongche experienced two years of trough, he finally got involved with the giant Xinghai Group and embarked on the fast track."
"I sold my Zhongche stock yesterday and I regret it so much."
"When did Xinghai Group split its businesses and go public? How great would that be? Any business would be a giant."
"It is possible to split the business, but it is unlikely to go public. Xinghai Group will spend a lot of money. It spent 800 billion on the five-year east-to-west water diversion plan, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of money for desert greening. The Starring Space Station is less said
Tens of billions, one to two tens of billions for charity foundations, tens of billions for any random project, but Xinghai Group is not short of money."
"Xinghai Group made a conservative profit of 500 billion yuan last year. The specific amount has not been announced. This does not include Xinghai Bank and investment companies. Smart city houses are about to be sold. It is another cornucopia, and everyone is waiting for pricing."
Domestic stock investors have been talking a lot about the cooperation between Zhongche and Xinghai Group, and they envy the employees of Xinghai Group.
Xinghai Group spends a lot of money on environmental protection and charity to improve the country's science and technology without consuming the people's wool. Xinghai Group's investment has allowed citizens across the country to pay 30% less mobile phone and Internet bills. The Internet speed has also increased, and the Internet speed in the basement is no longer
It’s no longer stuck. This alone has attracted a lot of popularity to Xinghai Group.
Zhongche is now cooperating with Xinghai Group to produce the XHHR500. In order to prevent excessively high ticket prices, Xinghai Group has not set a high price for domestic sales of trains. Otherwise, with the high-tech content of the XHHR500, it would be no problem to sell hundreds of millions.
After all, a civil aviation passenger plane C919 sells for 700-800 million yuan, but how much passenger capacity can it carry?
High-speed trains, which are only slightly slower, carry several times more passengers, but cost much less.
Just two days later, Zhongdong Kingdom Saudi Arabia consulted Xinghai Group about the XHHR500 train, hoping that if there are no problems in the trial run, the train can be introduced.
Saudi Arabia will open a high-speed railway from Mailuo to Maidan at the end of this year, with a total length of about 450 kilometers. Now that I see the high-end trains of the Xinghai Group, of course I will not look at the trains with a speed of about 300 per hour.
They are not short of money, they are just worried that the goods are not good. A train of 8 units only costs 73.5 million U.S. dollars, which is less than 100 million U.S. dollars. This is nothing.
Therefore, they plan to buy ten trains of eight units for trial use first, and they are not worried at all about the quality of Xinghai Group's products.
In the past few years, Saudi Arabia has purchased a number of Future 01 and Future 02 cars from Xinghai Group, as well as a special Hummer EV01. Xinghai Group's products have established a good reputation with them.
Some time ago, they wanted to buy Xinghai Group's Feilong ground-effect aircraft. They said that money was not a problem, but Xinghai Group responded that it could not sell it for the time being.
The Feilong cannot be sold. They are eyeing the magnetic desalination device. Xinghai Group does not sell it either, but they can cooperate.
Currently, the two parties are negotiating. Xinghai Group will establish several Danshui chemical plants in major cities in Saudi Arabia for greening and domestic water. They will exchange oil and natural gas, and USD has lost part of its role.
At this point, Chou State is quite dissatisfied and feels that Xinghai Group has intervened in the oil and natural gas field.
But there is nothing we can do. This is normal business activity, and there is absolutely nothing we can do against Xinghai Group. Xinghai Group has no business in Chou Country.
In the future, Xinghai Group's international business activities will become more and more frequent, and they will reduce the use of USD for transactions, which is not a good thing for Chou Country.
Two days later,
When Mu Yang returned home after get off work in the evening and was about to take a rest, Song Xuelu chatted with him about something.
"Husband, my roommate Wang Qiuman is getting married, and I want to attend."
"Oh, you can go if you want. Where will it be held?" Mu Yang asked casually. He remembered that Wang Qiuman was a roommate with whom his wife had a good relationship. When he got married, all his wife's roommates attended.
Several of her roommates did not join Xinghai Group after graduation. Students who graduated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang University have no worries about finding jobs.
I heard from his wife that all her roommates were in graduate school, and two of them went to study abroad. Wang Qiuman went to Fu D University to study for an MBA.
"Su Cheng, I don't know what to give now."
"You can give them whatever they need, but as my wife and your relationship, I can't give you too little."
"So, I'm confused."
"It's more suitable for the other party's situation. If the other party's financial situation is very poor, if you give him a collection worth millions, it will be of little use to him, and it won't be useful to sell it. If he doesn't sell it, he will be missed by thieves, and it won't solve his financial difficulties.
It’s better to give more red envelope money;
If the financial situation is good, just give people what they like.
Based on her situation, the financial situation is not too bad, and she is also a talented person. She may be embarrassed to work for Xinghai Group, but she can go to charity foundations, Xinghai Bank, and investment companies. I just ask them if they are willing. If her husband
If you have good abilities, you can go there, but positions will be determined based on ability." Mu Yang said with a smile.
"Well, Qiu Man is too embarrassed to come to Xinghai Group. She will graduate in 2015. I asked her for her opinion and said that she wanted to try her luck in other companies. If she really can't survive, come to me." Song Xuelu.
A slight smile.
"There is a superior-subordinate relationship, and it is a bit unnatural for friends to get along with each other. There is no nepotism in any company. As long as the ability is good, you must use people you can trust. There is no doubt about this."
"Okay, then I understand." After listening to Mu Yang's words, Song Xuelu was no longer so entangled.
She called the housekeeper and went to the collection room at home to find a suitable jade bracelet or pendant.
There are too many collections at home. There are hundreds of jade bracelets alone, with treasures worth from about 100,000 yuan to hundreds of millions of yuan. The treasures are all Laokeng glass, and the emperor's pieces are worth tens of millions to hundreds of millions of yuan.
Green or violet, not many in number.
These collections are sometimes used as gifts at home, and the treasures are kept for themselves.
Chapter completed!