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“Is this the look you designed?”

After returning to Second Automobile Works, Fang Xiang was stunned when he looked at the several exterior designs on the table.

“Isn’t it not pretty?”

Cao Tianwei could tell what Fang Xiang meant and his face was filled with embarrassment.

"You guys are...

I deliberately designed those GAC models to be a bit ugly so as not to compete with BMW.

You guys are so good, you actually copied those cars...

You have completely destroyed the BMW family design language..."

Fang Xiang looked at these exterior designs. Not only were they uglier than each other, but in order to squeeze out the BMW of the Bavarian Mechanical Works, Fang Xiang deliberately copied all of their future exterior designs.

Even the double kidney shape was snatched away, resulting in the current Bavaria designs being much uglier than later ones, and the family design language has also been changed.

Now look, Second Automobile’s new design is even uglier!

Not only is it ugly, but they also copied GAC's models and deliberately made their appearance ugly.

Well, even if you want to copy, at least copy from Lexus? Lingzhi Fangxiang directly copied the design of the first generation of Lexus.

The people from Second Automobile Works are so good that they copied Ideal and Legend. How can that look good?

Fortunately, I made this trip. Otherwise, if I really let them follow this appearance, the sales of the next generation of BMW would be a huge drop.

"Why else would I let you come?"

Cao Tianwei scratched his head and looked a little unhappy.

“Forget it, I’ll give you a sample and design the appearance of a 5 Series.

If you stretch it a little, it becomes the seven series, and if you shorten it a little, it becomes the three series. "

Fang Xiang thought about it for a while and felt that it was probably not the designers of Second Automobile Works who had no aesthetic sense.

There are more reasons. One is that I used to do everything by myself, which made them dependent. They would definitely lack self-confidence and creativity when they did it for the first time, so they subconsciously wanted to find references for their own designs.

However, the design of the next generation lacks foresight and continuity in the appearance of international cars, nor does it have the courage to innovate boldly.

As a result, the current versions of the design look a bit out of place.

The family design language that is most like BMW has only been slightly adjusted on the current appearance, and does not dare to make big strides across domains.

After figuring it out, I can only come by myself.

"That's great. Junior brother, we feel relieved if you take action."

Hearing that Fang was going to do it himself, Cao Tianwei immediately smiled, rubbed his hands and made a gesture to his secretary and assistant.

Soon, a large pile of blank design drawings were brought over.

The basic design language of the current BMW is basically the same as the historical E28 and E34, and it can even be said to be a combination of the two.

The square shell and angular appearance are very similar to the muscle cars that were popular in the United States in the last decade.

The difference is that Fang Xiang simply modified some details, adding more rounded lines and Hoffman corners.

The overall look is powerful and elegant. The only difference from E28 and E34 is that it lacks angel eyes due to the lack of technical capabilities of domestic lighting manufacturers.

For the next generation, Fang Xiang was lazy and simply moved the E39 over, and designed the headlights into angel eyes.

Of course, it is not a complete copy, but a fusion of E34 and E39.

The height of the headlights is higher, and the forward angle is still retained, so you can tell at a glance from the front that this is a standard family language design.

The lines of the hood and the roundness of the body have been retained.

Compared with the current model, it lacks the sense of power but has more beauty.

The classic 50:50 ratio is naturally not abandoned, including the Hoffmann corner, which Fang Xiang also deliberately designed to be more beautiful.

In addition, the new model also uses more chrome decoration on the body than the current model.

This appearance is too beautiful, isn’t it? ”

It was just a drawing of the appearance, so it naturally wouldn't take too long. Cao Tianwei accompanied Fang Xiang and they soon saw the drawing.

“Take it and paint it, see which colors look good, and add a few more colors.

For example, iron gray, silver gray, and sky blue. "

Fang Xiang picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and then said something.

It's colder here in Luoyi than in Shanghai, but fortunately it was a physical attack and there is heating in the office.

After Fang Xiang left Second Automobile Works, the dormitory building and office were also moved out. These days he could only live in a guesthouse with Xiao Cheng and several graduate students.

On the contrary, it is more comfortable than the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

"Planning on getting some new colors?"

When Cao Tianwei heard Fang Xiang's words, he immediately grasped the key point.

“Well, please contact Wu Chang from Factory 132.

He is now researching paint, maybe he will have some new and interesting colors.

If you see something beautiful, just use it. It can be regarded as a new generation selling point.”

Fang Xiang nodded and mentioned Wu Chang.

“What about the interior?

What about the powertrain? And the configurations? Why not work on them together?"

Cao Tianwei immediately handed the drawings to his assistant, but he was still a little unwilling and planned to let Fang Xiang get a complete set.

"Brother, are you going too far?

I have a lot of things waiting for me elsewhere, you . . . "

Fang Xiang was immediately amused and confused by Cao Tianwei's shameless spirit.

"Since I'm here, I'll just do this for the sake of convenience. Excuse me, please..."

Cao Tianwei shamelessly poured water and handed Fang Xiang a cigarette in front of all the graduate students.

Finally, he even ran behind Fang Xiang and massaged his shoulders.

“It’s been nearly 20 years, and BMW has always been your proudest effort.

If you don't do it, are you going to let those idiots in the factory do it?

Aren't you afraid they might smash your BMW sign?"

Seeing that Fang Xiang didn't say anything, Cao Tianwei continued.

"Alright, alright, I give in to you. You're already old, and I really can't do anything to you..."

You know what, I didn’t expect Cao Tianwei’s shoulder massage to be quite comfortable.

Fang Xiang smiled and shook his head, then simply agreed.

"Hurry up, why are you still standing there? Go get the blueprints for your instructor."

As soon as Cao Tianwei saw Fang Xiang nod, he immediately turned around and gave instructions to the graduate students who were still looking at the drawings in amazement.

"Well, you've treated my students like beasts of burden..."

Fang wanted to laugh so hard that his stomach hurt a little.

“Don’t mention it. I am also teaching students now, but I have assigned them to the workshop.

The educational conditions here are much worse, and all the good students have gone to other places.

There are not many people who can stay with good qualifications and talents, and it is very difficult to lead them. "

Cao Tianwei was still patting Fang Xiang's back at this time, and when he saw the students were mentioned, he also complained.

"Brother, what do you think if we move Second Automobile Works to Zheng County?

It's next to Zhengzhou University and Henan University. The students from these two schools are better than those from Luoqi, right?"

When Fang Xiang heard Cao Tianwei mention students, his thoughts drifted to the future again.

The talents in a place also determine the upper limit of the development of this region to a certain extent.

Why have Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen developed so well in later generations?

Isn’t it because it gathers the country’s top talents, or in other words, they have all been honed into talents?

Luoyi is a small place after all. In the past, talents were transferred from various places, so naturally there was no worry about talent problem.

But now it is not as good as before. Later, the state never allocated high-level talents to Second Automobile Works, and it could only train them on its own.

However, the nutrients in Luoyi’s own soil are limited, and the number of talents that can be cultivated is simply not enough.

Some people even thought about joining Fang Xiang at GAC and changing to a bigger and better environment.

This kind of thing is human nature and is inevitable, so Fang Xiang came up with this idea.

"Go to Zheng County? What about Luoyi?"

Cao Tianwei's hand movements immediately slowed down and he began to mutter something.

He seemed to be considering the proposal.