503: Large factories are looking for OEM

On the projection screen, two large logos prominently appeared.

One was two overlapping black Rs, and the other was a circular emblem with a blue border and white lettering clearly stating “Alfa Romeo”, featuring a red cross and a green dragon-serpent inside.

“It feels like a dream,” an executive commented.

“Indeed,” the R&D Department Head said with great emotion, “Rolls-Royce used to be a top-tier brand, the pinnacle of automobiles, something we could only dream of, and now it’s going to be a sub-brand of our Fenglei?”

“Tsk tsk, Fenglei Phantom, Fenglei Cullinan, just thinking about it is exciting.”

“What, do you all look down on Alfa Romeo so much? Fenglei Alfa, or Fenglei Romeo, isn’t that more imposing than some ridiculous Cullinan?” Zhang Kangyang retorted, unconvinced.

“There will be both Fenglei Phantom and Fenglei Alfa; it depends on how we market them later,” Ren Yi concluded.

“Indeed, many other brands are also requesting mergers or acquisitions, but our Fenglei has limited human resources and can’t handle so many. Moreover, most are high-end brands, making resource allocation difficult later, so we’ve temporarily given up on them.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a bit emotional.

“What a pity, I wanted to drive a Maybach that I made myself!”

“What’s so good about Maybach? It’s not even as good as a single hair from a McLaren.”

“Rolls-Royce belongs to BMW, and Alfa belongs to Fiat. Mr. Ren, have you also negotiated with their parent companies?” someone asked curiously.

“These two brands are quite special; they have a lot of influence locally. Even if they are merged into us, they will still retain a great deal of independence.

Rolls-Royce is basically synonymous with Britain. The BMW Group mainly provides them with power systems and body structure assembly.

Alfa may not be as strong as Rolls-Royce, but it is also a representative Italian brand.” Ren Yi explained, then continued, “Next are the vehicle material orders from other manufacturers, component orders, and OEM orders. All of these will be handled by Wang Zhonghui.”

“Got it!” Wang Zhonghui, as the factory manager, now fully manages the global production operations.

He took the contract and glanced at it, instantly surprised.

“What? Renault, a 30 billion order, Honda, 40 billion, and a three-year contract? I’m not mistaken, am I?” The others present were also shocked upon hearing this.

However, these contracts were all electronic, so they could only view them on their laptops.

“Tsk tsk, such a large order, can we complete it on time?”

“Why panic? Don’t we have the Super Production Line? And we’ve partnered with State Grid to open factories in Europe.

Once we finish producing the equipment needed by the power grid, then switching to produce these will be a piece of cake.” Wang Zhonghui said proudly, bringing up Fenglei’s current factory distribution across the world.

On the world map, Fenglei’s logo had already spread across every continent.

Only then did everyone realize that in just over a year, Fenglei’s factories had expanded to so many places.

“Why are there five factories in Africa?” Zhang Kangyang had been flying around with Ren Yi recently and hadn’t kept up with the factory’s progress.

“Africa, formerly a colony of European countries, after gaining independence, recognized the true nature of European and American colonization, which was essentially to plunder and loot their resources.

In recent years, after our government had surplus funds, we helped them with infrastructure construction, such as hydropower plants, dams, mines, communication, medical care, and so on.

And it was interest-free loans; in the early stages, they didn’t even need to pay any money, we provided everything for free. When operations began, we collected a percentage of the revenue.

After recovering the costs, we would give these to them for free, which naturally gained the support of most people in Africa.

Now that State Grid is upgrading and can seamlessly connect with new energy, they naturally handed over the grid transformation project to us.

Compared to Europe, we are practically gods; negotiations are not difficult at all.

One word, and it’s ‘take it, take it, take it all.’

They know that as long as we do well, they can just lie back and collect money.” Wang Zhonghui introduced with great pride.

Of course, it was a different story in South USA.

Although this region was also formerly a colony of European countries, it is now the backyard of the United States.

In the years since the United States became the world hegemon, it has been able to determine the fate of various South American countries.

Although China has also provided aid to some South American countries in these areas, the intensity is certainly not comparable to that in Africa.

Therefore, the largest cooperative country for Fenglei and State Grid here is Chile, with Brazil having a bit more than others.

After all, the Brazilian president visited China and, to gain China’s goodwill, personally stated that he liked watching the Chinese national football team’s matches.

It’s clear how strong their desire for China is.

And domestic new energy vehicles, compared to European and American internal combustion engine cars, are not only cheap and easy to use but also environmentally friendly, and the profits are much higher than cooperating with European car companies.

As for Southeast Asia, the situation is very complex.

Only a few have good relations with China.

Others either have some historical grievances or have become vassal states of the United States.

So, overall, Africa has the highest support for China, and Fenglei’s expansion there has been the smoothest.

After seeing the orders in Wang Zhonghui’s hands, everyone else was filled with envy.

These were tangible achievements; the commissions and bonuses alone were already quite enviable.

“Don’t be envious; some of these orders still require customization, both hardware and software, so your departments will be busy,” Ren Yi said with a smile, naturally knowing what they were thinking.

Only then did everyone beam with joy.

“Why would we be anxious? Fenglei has received so many orders, we’re overjoyed! Anyway, the money we earn, everyone gets a share, right?”

“Mr. Ren, rest assured, we guarantee to complete the task and will not let down these… orders.”

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Ren Yi had not expected such a fruitful trip to the United States.

Originally, he only intended to gather information on car races while watching the F1 race, and then return home to replicate it, boosting the domestic economy.

He never expected that major car manufacturers worldwide would rush to send orders.

“Oh, right, aren’t there also some customization and OEM orders?” Wang Zhonghui suddenly remembered and flipped through the contracts.

“There’s Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti… these are all top-tier luxury cars, I’m not mistaken, am I?” He consecutively looked through several folders, the logos displayed were familiar, but their appearance in the contracts was truly unexpected.

Everyone else also rushed over, collectively exclaiming in surprise.

“Wow, it’s true!!”

After confirming, everyone looked at Ren Yi in astonishment.

“Our thor m14 has already proven to have opened a gap with these traditional supercars, so it’s perfectly normal for them to come to us for customization and OEM, isn’t it?” Zhang Kangyang answered first.

Originally, only Ferrari sought their customization, but through his efforts, after participating in several well-known European and American car shows and meeting some influential car reviewers, he intentionally or unintentionally revealed some inside information.

Other manufacturers naturally followed suit, otherwise, when the next generation of supercars came out, if their competitors had something they didn’t, wouldn’t they be completely crushed?

After much negotiation, it turned into these car companies providing exterior designs and interior decoration requirements, while all other aspects, such as the power system, would be handled by Fenglei.

Of course, these were just preliminary intentions; for specific details, they would send executives to discuss further.

Everyone was excited again.

Although these car manufacturers’ current technology lagged behind Fenglei, those coming were all renowned figures in the automotive industry, difficult to even meet before.

Now, they would collectively come to Fenglei for a team-building event.

They felt like they wouldn’t be able to sleep for the next few days.

Such an opportunity would probably never come again.

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A month later.

Zhang Kangyang had already finalized the details of the go-kart race with relevant city government personnel.

However, it was already year-end, and holding races at this time was not very suitable.

Most races were scheduled for April next year.

Ren Yi could then enjoy the remaining leisure time.

Just in time, there were only a few F1 races left, so he led the team to participate in this year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Upon hearing this decision, everyone else was envious.

Ren Yi thought about it; since the production lines were already automated, and the supercar manufacturers requesting customized models hadn’t finished their designs yet, he decided to take the team to Las Vegas as a vacation.

So, a large group of them once again flew to the United States.

On the plane, Lin Muwan looked at the vibrant world below, her face filled with enchantment.

“I hope this time will be a good experience, unlike the Austin race.”

“Really? Why do I think Mr. Ren had a great experience?” Zhang Kangyang smiled slyly.

That smile clearly held malicious intent.

Ren Yi naturally knew what Zhang Kangyang was referring to, so he glared at him fiercely, looking as if he would explode at any moment.

Zhang Kangyang flinched, shrinking his neck, and wisely shut his mouth.

After getting off the plane, the group decided to experience the Las Vegas subway.

After all, having seen too many online messages, they knew that the truth depended entirely on the blogger’s conscience, whether there was excessive editing or intentional smearing of the United States, no one could say for sure.

However, it was only when they actually went that they realized those previous bloggers had already been very subtle in their descriptions.

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