ABT Chapter 0052 The Long Conversation at the Tea House

It had to be said that Anning was a very sociable person, and with a few words, she livened up the atmosphere.

Li Fanyu chatted with her for a while, all revolving around the topic of the competition. She was a very good conversationalist, easily bringing the two of them closer together.

When a pot of tea was empty, the topic shifted to business.

She took out a handbook and a thick stack of materials from her briefcase and handed them to Li Fanyu, saying, "These are the company's suggestions and requirements for perfecting the concept. I hope you will carefully read them. I have also prepared some materials for you personally, all related to design, for your reference."

Li Fanyu flipped through them roughly. The handbook was nothing special, just the usual strictness and fussiness of the Germans.

But the stack of materials felt heavy to him.

They were all cases of concept car designs, some from Mercedes-Benz and some from other brands. Perhaps to outsiders, it didn't seem like much, but Li Fanyu knew that obtaining these things required a lot of effort.

Experience was the most precious thing, especially for the fledgling Chinese automotive industry.

Foreign car companies, even when establishing production lines in China and cooperating with domestic manufacturers, wouldn't reveal very core information to the Chinese side.

They coveted the huge Chinese automotive consumer market but, due to costs and policies, had to cooperate with domestic companies. However, on the other hand, they wanted to dominate this cake for as long as possible and not let the national automotive industry develop.

The best way to keep laborers as laborers forever is to prevent them from learning core things.

This was what was often referred to domestically as "technology blockade."

One of the most typical examples of the technology blockade was more than ten years ago when one of the three major domestic automakers, Yiqi Company, reached a joint venture intention with the German National Automobile. They produced the popular Santana 2000 sedan for the Germans.

At that time, the condition set by the Germans was to develop together with the Chinese side. But when Yiqi Company tried to reverse-engineer the engine of the Santana 2000 for independent research and development, they were taken to court by the Germans.

In the end, the Germans won the lawsuit, and that engine was subsequently strangled in its infancy.

Since then, Yiqi had been producing for the Germans for ten years, and the products of the National Automobile Company had blossomed everywhere in China. But Yiqi had completely become a vassal of the Germans.

Li Fanyu could imagine how difficult it was to obtain this information. He could also imagine the effort and cost Anning had paid to achieve her current position at Mercedes-Benz.

He held the materials and said, "Sister Ning, is this appropriate? Will it cause you any trouble?"

Anning arranged the tea set and avoided his question, smiling, "I've been paying attention to you for a long time. When the news of your award in Munich reached China, it made me happy for a long time. You know, I've participated in such competitions too."

Li Fanyu was puzzled, "But when we went to Munich, my professor said it was the first time a team representing China had participated."

Anning smiled without answering, waiting for a while before responding, "Unfortunately, that's the case. I studied at Brunswick University, so naturally, I couldn't represent China at the time."

Seeing Li Fanyu feeling a little embarrassed, she changed the subject, "But fortunately, you've brought glory. Consider these materials as a reward from big sister to you."

Despite Li Fanyu having Xapp, an extraordinary tool in his phone, when it came to his design abilities, not to mention the three academic tyrants, even Cheng Ke couldn't compete with him.

From the beginning to now, Li Fanyu had relied more on his memories before the historical changes and the development of his own skills through Xapp's technology. In fact, when it came to the professional level, he was still a rookie.

Chapter 0052 Long Conversation at the Tea House

When Mercedes-Benz requested improvements to the work, Li Fanyu originally wanted to hand these things over to the three academic tyrants. However, without any reference, who knows if there would be any deviations in designing from scratch. Fortunately, Li Fanyu had some understanding of Smart, so six months' time wasn't too tight.

Now with reference materials, things became even easier.

Li Fanyu expressed his sincere gratitude, and the main business was considered done.

Anning called the waiter to refill the tea, and then chatted with him for a while, talking about the automotive industry for more than an hour.

From Anning's mouth, Li Fanyu learned how vast this industry was, completely different from what he had known before; 

even for companies like Mercedes-Benz, the process from designing to mass production of a car was a complex and lengthy one.

The birth of a car first required market research to determine the consumer group. In other words, what kind of car to make and who to sell it to.

Secondly, designers would conduct conceptual design to determine the technical features and model, which was what Li Fanyu was currently doing.

Then, it was the time to truly reflect the level of a company, even a national industrial level.

A team of engineers working together would implement the concept, designing specific component solutions. It sounds simple, but it should be noted that a car consists of approximately thirty thousand parts.

Just this one process required a team of dozens of people, continuously improving, testing, then improving again, and testing again. If one part didn't fit well with other structures, it might mean starting over the entire section.

It was an extremely lengthy process!

Leaning against the small table, Anning talked while holding her tea bowl, which greatly shocked Li Fanyu.

At this moment, he even felt a bit pessimistic. Even with Xapp, such an extraordinary thing, it still seemed distant for him to create his own car.

Seeing Li Fanyu's low spirits, Anning put down her tea bowl, "What's wrong?"

Li Fanyu stuttered, "Nothing, just...feeling like the road is too long and too far."

Anning put away her laziness, got up, and knelt beside him. Li Fanyu quickly moved away from her.

There was no way, he was afraid of being hit by that pair of jade rabbits.

Anning reached out and touched Li Fanyu's head, "Ha, do you read novels? Serialized ones on the internet."

Li Fanyu didn't understand how they got onto the topic of novels, but feeling awkward with her mature charm, he answered awkwardly, "Yes, I do. I read fantasy and cultivation novels."

"Right, I love reading them too," Anning smiled, "Recently, I've been following one called 'I Have a Clone in Cultivation'. As described in this kind of book, the environment we are in is like the cultivation world with thin spiritual energy. Although it's tough, there are millions of methods for cultivation in the world, and there is always one way to climb to the unreachable peak. What we need to do is seize one of them and keep advancing. Hehe, am I right?"

Li Fanyu's face was full of black lines. Sister, your metaphor is quite divine. But as he thought carefully, what she said seemed to make sense.

Hmm, isn't Xapp like a super cheat code for cultivation!

Li Fanyu felt relieved and thanked her.

The tea had been cold for a long time, and the two of them walked out of the tea house side by side, exchanging WeChat contacts. Before parting, Anning reminded him to contact her if he had any questions.

Li Fanyu grinned and promised, then saw her off to her car.



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