Chapter 363 Don’t treat EVO as a car
Wealth and honor do not return home, just like walking in brocade at night!
This does not entirely apply to Fang Hexuan, at least in Hong Kong.
He has been vying for the title of Hong Kong's richest man for two years. What point would it make to argue with the little person who once framed his family?
He doesn't care about it himself, but he wants to help his mother regain her lost face.
After all, the one who suffered the most from those insects was the woman who raised him.
By the way, it was an opportunity to clean up the Fang family, and also allow my mother to return to the old place where she once lived and worked, and to hold her head high in front of all those who once looked down on her and had bad thoughts about her.
Fang Hexuan not only bought all the food stalls, but also bought all the stores on the side of Chongqing Building close to Nathan Road.
Not only that, he also asked people to buy a large number of houses in Chongqing Building, and almost bought nearly one-third of the size.
Thanks to the continued sluggish housing market over the past year or so, these acquisitions saved a lot of money.
Houses in Chongqing Building will continue to be acquired, especially during the upcoming housing market crash.
He plans to find an opportunity to tear down all three buildings and rebuild them into a hotel, but that will probably be a few years later.
At least in recent years, he has handed over the shops and houses he bought to his mother to collect rent and manage personally, as assets to honor her.
After dealing with these two small matters, it was already September 9th.
The next day, Fang Hexuan said goodbye to his family and Lizhi and flew to Europe again.
When we arrived at our first stop, Genoa, Italy, it was already early morning on the 30th.
He came to Genoa for no other reason than to have a tryst with his lover Donatella.
Donatella had actually finished filming and returned to Rome a long time ago, but after receiving Fang Hexuan's call, she was willing to travel eight hundred miles to deliver the pen.
Despite the fatigue from more than ten hours of travel, the old driver remained erect and vigorous after seeing the beauty, and the two of them lingered until 6 o'clock in the morning.
After sleeping until noon and having lunch, he took Donatella to Paris, France.
There was no original plan to take this Italian beauty to the second stop of this trip to Europe, but after hearing that they were going to see the auto show, she used all sorts of tricks to force Fang Hexuan to agree to take her along.
That’s right, Fang Hexuan’s trip to Europe was for the Paris Motor Show in early October.
He did not come to see the car, but to attend BYD's first appearance at an international auto show.
Of course, BYD’s purpose this time is not only to showcase the car models, but also to officially announce the launch of its first model in front of global peers and car fans.
Although BYD is a new brand and a new company, the booth it rented at the auto show was not one of those in the corners.
Although you can't get the most conspicuous and largest booth, but if you have to settle for the next best thing, you can still spend a little more money and get a good location next to world mainstream brands such as Toyota, Volkswagen, and Ford.
BYD is not afraid of being laughed at by other OEMs and the media. Although the auto show started on September 9, the five models displayed on the relatively large booth rented by BYD have been covered with car covers.
It is not only to wait for the big boss to come and unveil it in person, but also to create mystery and hype.
Car fans came and went at the various booths. When they saw that all the stage cars on a booth were covered tightly, even if they were secretly dissatisfied, they would still feel a little interest and curiosity.
When Fang Hexuan arrived at the Paris Motor Show, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon on September 9. He visited several major brands on site and was deeply moved.
Frankly speaking, the innovation enthusiasm of automobile manufacturers in this era was much higher than in later generations. At least the various models he saw at the auto show gave him a sense of excitement.
At the same time, he also felt the pressure. This was a multi-faceted gap in foundation and strength that could not be bridged or caught up in the short term simply by relying on a God's perspective.
It seems that only by continuing to increase investment and recruit talents can we catch up with the mainstream technology level before the 90s. Since he brought his lover to the auto show, he couldn't help but express his gratitude.
At the Ferrari booth, he immediately ordered a 82 red 308 for Donatella.
The luxury car and the beautiful woman naturally won her attention, but it also allowed the other foreigners present to see the strength of this Asian-looking rich man.
The next day was November 10th.
This day is of special significance to BYD and has been mentioned repeatedly in the company's history.
At nine o'clock in the morning, right inside the exhibition hall, right at the booth, BYD officially held its first new car launch since the company was founded.
In order to make a name for itself, BYD spent money to invite almost all the media coming to the Paris Motor Show to attend the press conference.
In fact, even if no money was spent, Fang Hexuan believed that there would be media interviews. After all, the appearance of a new company at the auto show was more or less a highlight.
But after spending the money, the effect is really great.
At least, when Fang Hexuan and several BYD executives came onto the booth, the flash lights in the audience almost never stopped.
After all, new cars and new computers are not the same type of products, so Boss Fang did not give a long speech at the press conference.
After speaking briefly for two or three minutes, he left the opportunity to the management team headed by Hisahiko Uchiyama.
At 9:30, the press conference speeches ended, and Fang Hexuan went on stage again with several other executives to unveil the hoods of five models.
When the physical model was fully displayed in front of peers, car fans and the media, it not only enjoyed the flash lights, but also received amazement and incredible attention.
It’s not that BYD’s five models have a particularly strong sense of design, but they are indeed different, at least they are very different from the current design style.
Among the five models, two are EVO sedans with different displacement and different paint jobs, and the other three are completely different models.
One of them is a medium-sized urban SUV Terra, one is a large pickup truck Cheetah, and one is a large off-road vehicle Land Rover.
These three cars are all concept models, which were hand-assembled by the Hung Hom R&D Center based on Fang Hexuan's design requirements.
There is no problem in driving it normally, but the actual performance is far from what is described in the introduction materials. It is BYD's target model for the next 2-5 years.
This also shows that BYD really lacks foundation, so it is unable to produce a few products that are not even as good as PPT.
However, even so, the five cars on the booth still surprised and curious many people.
Their design language is similar to the style of the major facelifts of the world's mainstream car models in the late 80s and early 90s, which is why they appear so unique.
The two EVOs on the stage are the first generation complete models, and BYD also provided all the audience with test drive cars for actual operation.
On the test track outside the exhibition hall, there was also a large crowd surrounding the two EVOs.
When the first two lucky people were allowed to test drive, someone in the crowd watching the excitement suddenly made a discordant sound.
"If the cars made by the Chinese can run normally, I will run naked on the spot!"
As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was in an uproar!
(End of this chapter)