The exact Riemann solutions for a macroscopic production model under the equation of state given by the Chaplygin gas are solved explicitly for all possible Riemann initial data. It is discovered interestingly that a composite hyperbolic wave is involved in Riemann solution under some specially designated initial conditions, which is made up of a rarefaction wave and a delta contact discontinuity attached on the wave front of the rarefaction wave. Furthermore, the constructions of global solutions to the perturbed Riemann problem for this system are also displayed in completely explicit forms when the initial data are taken to be three piecewise constant states under some suitable restrictive conditions by using the method of characteristics. During the process of constructing global solutions, the interactions of elementary waves are studied in detail. Moreover, it is proved rigorously that Riemann solutions are stable with respect to the specific small perturbations of Riemann initial data.
