In order to live in seclusion, I tricked my roommate into falling in love.

Chapter 441 I Have My Ambitions
If some people's concept of new energy vehicles before was just to convert from oil to electricity, or add a few more display screens.

After listening to Zi Xiaowei's concise requirements, I mostly understood.

It should be based on sufficient power supply to create as much experience as possible!
This is the case with My Neighbor Totoro, and the same must be true for the Evita Coupe.

SUVs have a lot of room to maneuver around, sedans have much less, and coupes compress the space even further.

Then the armrest in the middle of the entire vehicle can actually become the core treasure box of the Zi-type vehicle.

The front is connected to the center console. Since pure electric vehicles can integrate the gear position, handbrake and the like into the steering wheel paddle shifters, the center console is completely unaffected and can be detached and slid to the back.

Not only can the rear seats be turned into a proper four-seater VIP car by lowering the middle armrest, but this "platform" can also be transformed into countless variations.

Installing a display screen in the back seat of a car is originally a rather useless thing.

The space is cramped and there is not much place to hang things.

Even a luxurious car like Mercedes-Benz can only have a screen as big as the headrest, but the Cullinan at home has a breakthrough in using the front seat backrest to lower the table, revealing a larger screen.

You can imagine the movie-watching experience.

Now Zi Xiaowei proposed to use the space of the central armrest box to make a long lifting screen, which is very brilliant.

In fact, whether it is folding, lifting, or rotating, China has already had mature technologies, but no one has ever thought of using them in the back row of a luxury coupe.

This is just the inspiration given to Zi Xiaowei by the dream hatchback that he bought for tens of thousands of yuan. The central control screen can actually be rotated horizontally and vertically to watch short videos.

The luxurious atmosphere of the entire back row is absolutely maximized.

Whether it is the boss sitting in the back, or the parents or elders, or the children playing in the back.

It can be used in various scenarios.

Moreover, the refrigerator and table top can be put to good use naturally, including the four-seater model of the Evita coupe, which already has a ready-made central armrest control panel and can be directly applied.

Allowing ordinary models to switch between four or five seats at any time is a huge gimmick.

The large five-seater layout that looks ordinary at ordinary times can be transformed into several rear-seat options at any time.

It can instantly kill all those previous hesitant selling points.

The product and design teams were all excited.

Even the supervisor who had been stiff-necked before quietly squeezed back a little, forcing a somewhat awkward yet ingratiating smile on his face.

It’s definitely not that I’m afraid, but I feel regretful.

It would be a regret in your career if you fail to pick up such a juicy peach that has fallen from the sky.

No matter what, a general still needs to show his military achievements to gain the trust of his subordinates.

It is impossible to make people submit simply by killing people to establish your authority.

Zi Xiaowei has achieved great results, but precise arrangements are needed to put them into practice.

He added this little detail and instantly made everyone in Evita obey him.

It's that simple.

From Zi Xiaowei's perspective, this Evita coupe actually has a more promising future than Gao He's car.

It's like two children, one is already multi-talented, but insists on getting tattoos to show his individuality, so the mecha-style appearance limits himself to a niche model.

This well-balanced child is like an unpolished jade. With targeted adjustments, he will be able to release more brilliance.

In the end, he sat in the driver's seat, Brother Qiang was in the passenger seat, and Chang Yueling sat diagonally opposite to take pictures.

The CEO, the "fired" design director, and the foreign director could only squeeze into the back row and stretch their necks. The surrounding windows were full of people standing, listening attentively and taking notes frantically.

"I actually like this square racing steering wheel, but the average consumer might not. Turning the handle is difficult, so we've been offering two options from the start. We can even give away an extra steering wheel as a promotion, allowing consumers to swap it out later..."

"See? The operating logic of your central control screen is even more complicated than previous SUVs. The Evita has fallen into a misunderstanding. The exterior design is extremely simple, but the software operation is extremely complicated. It's like tidying up your house and hiding all the mess in the cabinets. It looks clean on the outside, but it's really troublesome to find a certain function. There are too many fragmented options..."

"The wireless charging pad can be eliminated. It's the most useless standard feature on new energy vehicles. How about replacing it with a retractable charging cable? Let's focus on the central armrest. My team already has many related plans, you can explore them together..." "The front window controls are actually on the center console. How stupid and rebellious is that? The rear windows are all on the doors, but the front ones have to be so unconventional, and they also take up the most valuable central control buttons. The most common complaint users have about new energy vehicles is the lack of physical buttons. You kept these five or six and then divided them into four window buttons? Isn't this buying the casket and returning the pearl? Change it to the air conditioning mode switch, driving mode switch, and in-car sports mode switch..."

Someone else asked: "What is the in-car sports mode?"

Zi Xiaowei said sternly, "What do you think?"

Brother Qiang in the passenger seat has already burst into laughter!
Chang Yueling pretended not to understand.

The others quickly recorded it down.

In short, in Zi Xiaowei's opinion, this car has a lot of outrageous over-designs, designed for the sake of design, and has some stupid details that try to make it look cool even if it doesn't have any.

Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that they hired a group of European design teams, who came up with a nice exterior design, but did not quite understand to what extent new energy vehicles could exaggerate electrical appliances, and tried desperately to come up with some European-style, extreme designs at a price range of 300,000 to 400,000 yuan.

No matter how good-looking you are, you can't hide your stupidity.

Needs a lot of deletions and replacements: "I'll get a high-end version sent to the northern suburbs so I can continue testing and providing feedback. Okay, boss, create a group. I want to see today's meeting minutes and the specific people responsible for each improvement step. Now we're going to talk about the sales model. Everyone else can step aside."

The design manager finally made up his mind: "Boss Zi, I sincerely apologize to you. Now I realize that my mentality is wrong. I am willing to accept the punishment, but I hope to continue to stay in this team and make my own contributions."

Teacher Zi only wanted to establish his authority, not kill. "Zhang Wu, right? You can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape the punishment of life. You should still report to the Ella Automotive Design Center for a week-long internship to re-experience the initial motivation of entering the industry. This industry requires 99% perspiration, data, and analysis, and 0.01% inspiration and a correct sense of direction. Without that 1%, all the previous work is in vain."

The slightly teasing tone was completely different from before.

Zhang Wu, who was in his thirties, also said yes neatly: "Thank you, Mr. Zi. I will remember this lesson. Mr. Xiong, you two can talk first..."

The other managers who were still huddled by the car windows retreated.

Only the CEO and Chang Yueling sat in the back row, of course quite far away, because he could also see that the girl had an extraordinary temperament.

It's not that she's dressed in luxurious clothes or carries famous brand bags, but that she's casual and indifferent even when interacting with Brother Qiang.

Moreover, he didn't take the surrounding situation seriously at all and was busy taking photos and videos.

This involves the internal workings of new products and models worth billions or even tens of billions of dollars. Even the windshield is covered with anti-peep privacy film to protect the interior.

Now it’s just a car show to warm up the atmosphere.

But after Zi Xiaowei talked about the improvements to the armrest box and sat in the car, no one dared to stop her.

It is also a disguised form of submission to Zi Xiaowei.

Zi Xiaowei helped Brother Qiang start the conversation: "Currently, Evita's sales network wants to separate from Jiangan Automobile, but it can't be independent, right?"

The CEO, learning from his predecessor's experience, was very cautious in cooperating. "Currently, we're mainly focusing on provincial-level directly-operated stores, and we're in the process of transitioning to a dealer model. Previously, SUV deliveries were entirely dependent on Jiang'an Auto's 4S dealership system. This does present the issues you mentioned, as a large number of orders were generated through livestreaming at the end of last year. Even though individual stores were able to maintain sales of over vehicles in January, February, and March, the massive delivery workload consumed a significant amount of resources, leading to a strong sense of resistance."

Zi Xiaowei then introduced Chang Yueling: "Ella Auto's CEO, I suggest you learn from her. Let's work together to completely break away from the 4S system. You can keep your current directly-operated stores, or gradually reduce them, but you can hand over all delivery and after-sales work to Jingxi Logistics and Jingxi Live."

Chang Yueling just smiled. "My secret to my work is to delegate the main tasks to the Marketing Director. This doesn't affect my performance-based compensation at all. Xiaowei's goal has never been to snatch the CEO position. He just needs a highly cooperative partner to help him realize more ideas, so that his performance will continue to improve."

Brother Qiang acted more like a top-notch salesman. "I'll have someone show you the agreement between us and Ella Auto later. Leveraging Jingxi Logistics and Jingxi Auto's 4 employees across China, we don't need any additional investment. From transportation and logistics to door-to-door delivery, the costs are definitely much more cost-effective than those of a regular S dealership. Jingxi Auto will fully guarantee after-sales service for new energy vehicles. If necessary, I can visit Mr. Chen to finalize this cooperation, but I'd rather help the promising Evita brand fully showcase its capabilities."

The CEO would definitely turn around and report to Mr. Chen for approval: "Besides improving the coupe product, is there anything else I need to do at this stage?"

Zi Xiaowei was very sure: "Training. We will send Evita engineers to various provinces across the country to provide professional training for the concentrated new energy vehicle technicians. This is also our most important task at present. I hope to launch the Totoro and Coupe within the year, forming a dimensionality reduction attack in two different product areas!"

My Neighbor Totoro is a super hit with pre-sales of 400,000 units.

If the Evita Coupe can achieve similar results... Damn, the previous SUV sold 110,000 units in the live broadcast room, but they have not been delivered yet.

I dare not even think about this prospect!

The CEO’s eyes lit up.

Zi Xiaowei is obviously very confident about this!
It can enable more people to get jobs in the innovation environment.

That is his core goal.

(End of this chapter)