#82 - Section: Preparing to recruit dealers (Part 1)

The next day, Ye Lingzhi happily followed Lu Haifeng to Audi Motors.

She always drove her mother's car to and from work, never with Lu Haifeng.

Last night, he took his younger sister, Lu Ying, and Ye Lingzhi out for a big meal, and the two of them were really not polite at all.

The three of them spent nearly 100,000 on the meal, but for Lu Haifeng, it was just a small amount of money, and he didn't feel any heartache.

Afterwards, he arranged a place for Ye Lingzhi to live, saying it was an arrangement, but it was actually in his own home, living with his younger sister, and the two of them had always had a good relationship.

Lu Haifeng went to find Tang San, instructing him to guide Ye Lingzhi for a while, and then went to find Xu Zhilin to understand the Audi A4 testing process.

In two days, all the tests had been completed, and the test results really left Xu Zhilin speechless.

Because all the test results were not much different from the design data Tang San had provided Lu Haifeng.

This shocked Xu Zhilin and the technical personnel who participated in the test with Tang San's design capabilities.

They couldn't figure out how Tang San did it. When designing the car, he could roughly analyze the test results of the performance. To what extent did he have to be familiar with the data to achieve this?

Lu Haifeng didn't know what Xu Zhilin and the others were thinking. At this time, he was discussing the future sales of the new car with the sales manager, Kong Sheng.

Regarding the sales channel issues of Audi, Kong Sheng, who was experienced, tentatively said:

"President Lu, regarding the sales of the Audi A4, I still suggest that we use the currently established sales network in the early stage. After our new car gains a reputation in the market, we can hold a dealer conference and establish traditional 4S stores."

Listening to these words, Lu Haifeng thought that Kong Sheng was right. At present, Audi Motors is still a small, unknown enterprise, and its sales network is still very small.

Unlike other large enterprises, they basically cover their brand stores all over the country to sell their models.

The strength of a brand depends on the coverage rate of the brand's 4S stores, because most consumers look at your sales network and after-sales service, which will give them a sense of security and confidence in the brand's models.

Lu Haifeng said with a frown, "Then let's do this for now. Go and get busy. I'll think about it again."

In the end, Lu Haifeng decided to hold a dealer conference and convene a meeting of Audi executives.

Meeting room,

In addition to Zhao Jianhua and Chen Chunlei, these two old-timers, there were also many newly promoted executives.

Looking at the Audi Motors executives, Lu Haifeng felt a burst of pride for no reason. Now, Audi Motors can be considered a place full of talents.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Haifeng said directly, "Okay, let's start the meeting."

"Now, the first phase of our Audi Park, the Audi factory, has been completed and is starting mass production of the Audi A4 independently developed and designed by the company. The second phase of the Audi factory has also been fully completed, and the equipment has been transported and arrived."

"We are preparing to install and start debugging. The second phase can also achieve mass production in about two months."

"Therefore, in these two months, we must prepare for mass production. I don't want to hear the same news as in the first phase."

"The Human Resources Department should continue to recruit a large number of people, whether it is management talent or ordinary front-line employees. As long as they meet the requirements, we will take as many as we can. After recruiting them, they will go to the first phase of the Audi factory to study for a period of time."

"We now need at least tens of thousands of employees in the entire production area, and we must also reserve talents for future expansion."

"Although I know that your Human Resources Department has been the hardest hit during this period, please overcome it. How many talents Audi Motors can gather in the future depends on you."

Hearing Lu Haifeng's words, Li Nian immediately said seriously, "Okay, President Lu."

"We guarantee to complete the task without the slightest slack."

Hearing this, Lu Haifeng nodded and continued, "The Purchasing Department should purchase with all its strength according to the quantity of the first phase. I don't want to see the production stopped due to the lack of parts in the subsequent preparation for production like in the first phase."

Lu Haifeng was not worried about the production of his own parts. The engine and gearbox had already achieved mass production after the new year.

The only thing he was worried about was the cooperative foundries dropping the ball. After all, anything could happen. A dropping-the-ball incident happened a few days ago.

If they cannot provide enough parts in time, how can we achieve mass production? We can only stop production like in the first phase.

The person in charge of the Purchasing Department immediately guaranteed, "Okay, President Lu, we guarantee to complete the task."

"Our Purchasing Department has already placed a large number of orders with cooperative parts foundries, which can definitely guarantee that all the parts for at least 50,000 cars in the second phase will be ready within two months."

Hearing the Purchasing Department's guarantee, Lu Haifeng nodded in satisfaction.

It is worth mentioning that, in addition to core components and a small number of components being self-sufficient, Audi Motor Manufacturing Company outsources the production of other components to cooperative parts foundries.

After all, a car is made up of so many parts, it is impossible to build a separate factory for each part.

Then, Lu Haifeng continued to issue task arrangements. The entire meeting lasted nearly two hours, and finally most of the tasks were arranged properly.

Finally, Lu Haifeng continued, "Now all the work has been arranged properly, but there is still one last problem, and that is the work of recruiting dealers."

"Just now, I discussed with Manager Kong of the Sales Department. Our sales network has not been completely opened yet. Finally, I thought about it and decided to recruit dealers."