The Foreign Trade Bureau of Jinmen City obviously often receives foreign guests, and the suits and leather shoes are ready-made, although not brand new, but they are also cleaned and ironed neatly.

"Teacher Xiao Li, I'll help you tie your tie. Xiao Zhang in the office held a tie and tied a knot around Li Weidong's neck.

Li Weidong looked in the mirror and said helplessly: "Comrade Zhang, you are wearing a red scarf, right?"

"Ah, isn't wearing a tie the same as wearing a red scarf? That's how we all wear it. Xiao Zhang said.

At that time, China's formal wear was still a tunic suit, and a suit was only worn when going to a photo studio to take wedding photos, and ordinary people certainly didn't know how to tie a tie.

In desperation, Li Weidong had no choice but to remove the tie and start wearing it himself.

Xiao Zhang continued: "Teacher Xiao Li, our bureau has only prepared two sets of suits of your height, so when you wear this dress, be a little careful, don't wear it out." Otherwise, when we come back, we will have to ask the tailor to repair it. ”

As soon as he heard that the suit had to be returned after wearing, Li Weidong felt that the 100 million rounded up was lost.

While trying on clothes, Li Weidong asked, "Comrade Zhang, what is the origin of this foreign guest I want to receive, and can you introduce me to it?"

"This foreign guest is an engineer of Tianfeng Automobile, named Kato Masayuki, he is mainly here to inspect Jinmen Automobile this time, I don't know what to inspect, I have to ask our leaders. Comrade Xiao Zhang replied very honestly.

"Tian Feng, the target of the investigation is still Jinmen Automobile!" Li Weidong nodded thoughtfully, he had already guessed the real purpose of Engineer Tian Feng's trip.

Volkswagen and SAIC Motor to establish a joint venture means that China's automotive industry has taken the first step to change technology in the market, and Tianfeng Automobile will naturally not miss this opportunity, and hopes that Tianfeng Automobile can enter the Chinese market through the joint venture model.

The founder of Tianfeng Automobile was born in Northeast China, which is also where FAW is located, so Tianfeng hopes to cooperate with FAW to establish a joint venture.

However, FAW in the eighties looked down on Tian Feng.

At that time, the reputation of Japanese cars was not as good as that of European and American cars, although Tian Feng was already one of the world's top five car manufacturers, but in terms of brand value, the American and German giant brands, French Renault, Italian Fiat, British Land Rover, and Sweden Volvo were all louder than Tian Feng.

It was a common perception at the time that European and American cars were stronger than Japanese cars.

Since SAIC can cooperate with Volkswagen, FAW, as the eldest son of the republic, has to cooperate with GM, Ford or Mercedes.

However, Tian Feng developed rapidly in the next ten years, and soon became the world's number one car manufacturer. FAW finally signed a joint venture agreement with Tianfeng and established FAW Tianfeng Company.

This is also in response to that sentence, today you ignore my love, tomorrow I will make you unattainable.

Tian Feng sought to cooperate with FAW without success, so he could only retreat to investigate other companies, and finally Tian Feng locked Jinmen Automobile.

In 84 years, Tianjin Automobile cooperated with RB Dafa to produce Dafa van, and Tianjin Automobile also has the willingness to continue to introduce other models, Tian Feng is interested in this, so he sent a special person to Tianjin Automobile to investigate.

However, in Li Weidong's mind, he was thinking about another thing.

"It's now eighty-five years, and the fifth generation of Carraro has been on the market for more than two years! Maybe I can take this opportunity to knock Tian Feng on it!"

......

Masayuki Kato looks like he is about forty years old, wearing a suit and tie, and meticulous in his distribution, typical of an RB office worker.

Mr. Xu brought Li Weidong to Kato Masayuki and introduced, "Mr. Kato, we have just found a new translator for you. ”

Li Weidong also stepped forward and said in Japanese: "Hello Mr. Kato, my name is Li Weidong, please take care of me when we meet for the first time." ”

Li Weidong said, bowing his head and saluting according to the etiquette of RB people, expressing his greetings.

Kato Masayuki instinctively bowed in return, but the next moment, he suddenly realized that the young man in front of him was a Chinese.

"Isn't it a handshake when Chinese meet?" Kato Masayuki was slightly stunned, he did not expect to meet a Chinese who knew RB etiquette.

China and Japan only normalized diplomatic relations in 1972, and since then there have been some official exchanges, and non-governmental exchanges have been almost non-existent. Even a teacher like Mr. Xu, who specializes in teaching Japanese, doesn't know much about Japanese etiquette.

So before that, the Chinese people Kato Masayuki met greeted each other by shaking hands, and no one had ever bowed according to Japanese etiquette.

Li Weidong continued: "Mr. Kato, from now on, I will be your translator, if you need anything, you can tell me, I will report to my superiors and try my best to meet your requirements." ”

If you just introduce yourself, Li Weidong and Teacher Xu are similar, but as soon as they talk a lot, Li Weidong's oral advantage is instantly reflected.

Hearing Li Weidong's spoken words, Kato Masayuki suddenly looked excited, finally someone could speak normally!

By Chinese standards, Mr. Xu's spoken Japanese is not bad and can communicate normally with foreign guests, but in the eyes of Kato Masayuki, Mr. Xu's spoken language is simply daunting.

Mr. Xu is a native of Jinmen, and the same Japanese word came out of Mr. Xu's mouth, with a taste of Jinmen dialect, that intonation, that sense of rhythm, just like talking stand-up comedy.

He said that he would spend 200 yuan to buy a small pig, squeak and drink water, eat beans and eat beans, untie the wall and throw it over, squeak, guess what? Die! Teacher Xu's Japanese is generally like this.

Kato Masayuki felt that this was normal talk! He was here to investigate, not to listen to cross talk!

What's more, this Mr. Xu doesn't know anything about the professional terminology of automobiles, once the professional terminology of automobiles is mentioned, Mr. Xu puts on a cute expression, tilts his head to kill, and asks the philosopher-like soul, where am I? Who am I? What am I going to do?

Kato Masayuki forcibly endured his dissatisfaction with Mr. Xu, and although he really wanted to change the translator, as an RB person, the concept of not causing trouble to others has long been ingrained.

Fortunately, Li Weidong appeared, and a pure RB Kanto accent made Kato Masayuki feel at home. For Masayuki Kato, it doesn't matter whether Li Weidong can use automotive jargon or not, as long as he doesn't hear the Japanese language of "Gaba Gaba Pachan" again.

......

In the mid-80s, any investment attraction was very fragrant, and if it could attract a world-class enterprise like Tianfeng Automobile, it would not only drive the local economic development, but also make a strong contribution to the political achievements of local officials.

The previous cooperation between SAIC and Volkswagen was supported by the state, and Hucheng received a lot of policy preferences. Jinmen City, which is also a municipality directly under the central government and a coastal port city, is of course unwilling to lag behind.

Therefore, the foreign trade department of Jinmen attaches great importance to Kato Masayuki, and they really want to keep Tianfeng Automobile in Jinmen.

The foreign trade department arranged for Kato Masayuki to stay at the Li Shunde Hotel, which was used to entertain the president of the United States, and the conditions there were obviously much better than those of other guest houses, which was very suitable for entertaining foreign guests.

As a translator, Li Weidong has to provide translation services for Kato Masayuki at any time, so he naturally stayed in the Lishunde Hotel, which can be regarded as the light of Kato Masayuki.

Li Shunde Hotel, there are Chinese and Western food, breakfast milk bread, dinner five-minute cooked steak, Li Weidong also enjoyed the treatment of foreign guests.

In terms of automobiles, Li Weidong is considered an insider, and with an insider as a translator, Kato Masayuki's inspection progress is obviously much faster.

......

As an RB person, Kato Masayuki is very keen to have a dinner party after work, and whenever the Foreign Trade Bureau invites a banquet, Kato Masayuki does not refuse to come.

Compared with RB sake, China's Moutai is really fragrant, and Kato Masayuki can't resist the temptation at all, and he doesn't get drunk every day.

The next morning, Kato Masayuki appeared at the restaurant with a hangover in tow, and Li Weidong was already waiting there.

This year's Li Weidong is different from the past, although he came to have breakfast, he is carrying a briefcase in his hand.

"Mr. Kato, I think you need a cup of coffee right now to refresh yourself. Li Weidong said, sending a cup of coffee that had been prepared a long time ago to Kato Masayuki.

"Thank you, Lisang, I really need to sober up now. Masayuki Kato took a sip of coffee, and the bitter taste of the coffee stimulated his taste buds and made him sober up instantly.

"Li Sang, thank you very much for your translation, after having you, I feel that my daily work no longer frightens me. Masayuki Kato said.

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Kato. Li Weidong said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Kato Masayuki continued: "Li Sang, if we Tianfeng Automobile want to set up a branch in Jinmen in the future, I will definitely invite you to join." Someone like you, who is fluent in Japanese and is proficient in automobiles, is exactly what we need. ”

"Tianfeng Automobile is the world's top car manufacturer, I have been yearning for Tianfeng Automobile for a long time, Tianfeng production of cars, has also been researched for a long time, especially Tianfeng's most successful model Carraro. Li Weidong said with a smile.

"Really, I can't imagine that Li Sang still knows anything about Carraro!" Kato Masayuki said in surprise, but there was a disdain in his eyes.

In Kato Masayuki's view, China is a closed country, and many people don't even know about Tian Feng's automobiles, let alone a certain model of Tian Feng. A Chinese can say Carraro's name is good, and dare to say that he has studied Carraro, that must be bragging!

Li Weidong said slowly: "In 1966, Tianfeng Automobile launched the first Carraro model, which used a 1100CC inline 4-cylinder engine and hit the MacPherson suspension system.

IN 1970, TIANFENG AUTOMOBILE RELEASED THE SECOND-GENERATION CARRARO, AND THE SECOND-GENERATION CARRARO INTRODUCED TWO NEW ENGINES, NAMELY THE 1400CC T-ENGINE AND THE 1600CC 2T ENGINE. In addition, the second-generation Carraro was equipped with a 5-speed gearbox, which was rare at the time, and added a sound insulation layer, which greatly reduced the engine noise of this car.

In 1974, the third generation of Carraro enlarged the body and added a lot of luxury equipment, and this car also won the global single car sales championship for Tianfeng. Tian Feng also relied on this car to successfully enter the European and American markets.

In 1979, the fourth-generation Carraro adopted a new 3A-U engine with better performance, better fuel consumption, and greatly reduced weight and volume, with this car, the Carraro model also completed a breakthrough in total production of 10 million units, before that, only Ford's Model T and Volkswagen's Beetle, this achievement.

In 1983, the fifth generation of Carraro was officially unveiled, and Tian Feng specially developed a twin-camshaft engine for this purpose, and introduced a turbocharged ...... in the performance version of the model.

Li Weidong said this, paused deliberately, then picked up the coffee in front of him and took a small sip.

"Li Sang, I didn't expect you to really know Carraro of Tianfeng Automobile. I'm sorry, I thought you were bragging. Kato Masayuki said very bluntly.

"Thank you, Mr. Kato, for the compliment, but I'm not done yet. Li Weidong put down the coffee cup and continued, "The fifth-generation Carraro is a good model, but its accelerator pedal doesn't seem to be so perfect. ”

Hearing the "accelerator pedal", a fleeting discoloration flashed in Kato Masayuki's eyes.

"Li San, what do you mean by imperfection?" asked Masayuki Kato.

Li Weidong smiled slightly and said: "I heard that Carraro sold in the American market, as long as the accelerator pedal is lightly pressed, the engine speed will increase rapidly, and the car will rush out if you are not careful." ”

"He knows the situation in the United States!" Kato Masayuki was shocked in his heart, but his face remained calm, and then he said, "That's just a personal user operating incorrectly!"

"It turned out that it was just the user's improper operation, and I thought it was a gap in the pin part of the accelerator pedal, which caused adhesion!" Li Weidong said with a smile.

Kato Masayuki's breathing became rapid, he picked up the coffee cup, took a big sip, and hid the panic in his heart, before he spoke: "Our accelerator pedal is produced by Denso Corporation, which is the top auto parts supplier of RB, and the accelerator pedal they produce will definitely not have a quality question." ”

"But Denso is not responsible for the design of the accelerator pedal!" Li Weidong continued: "When it comes to the design ability of auto parts, Tianfeng Automobile is definitely the world's top, such as a gas pedal, a little improvement can save a lot of costs." ”

Li Weidong's implication is that in order to save costs, Tian Feng transformed the design of the accelerator pedal, and this kind of designer is flawed, so it will cause vehicle failure.

Kato Masayuki naturally understood what Li Weidong meant, he was very weak-hearted, and this kind of weakness made him want to be very strong, I saw Kato Masayuki's expression became stern, and he said: "Li Sang, I don't want to hear any slander against Tian Feng's cars, you have to be responsible for your own words!"

"Mr. Kato, I'm praising Tian Feng's good design, how can it be regarded as slander! I just want to discuss automobile technology with Mr. Kato, Mr. Kato, don't think too much about it. Li Weidong pretended to say in a low profile.

Seeing that Li Weidong lowered his posture, Kato Masayuki breathed a sigh of relief.

However, in the next second, Li Weidong took out a document from his briefcase, handed it to Kato Masayuki, and continued: "Regarding the accelerator pedal of the fifth generation of Carraro, I have done some in-depth analysis and research, and I have also written an article, and I have asked Mr. Kato for more advice. ”

"You've written it all?" Masayuki Kato hurriedly took the document and quickly flipped through it.

The document was in Japanese, and it was also illustrated, on which Li Weidong drew the location of the adhesive pin parts.

Kato Masayuki's face was already very ugly, and he knew that what Li Weidong wrote in the article was the truth. The failure of Carraro's accelerator pedal was indeed caused by the adhesion of the pin parts.

At this time, Li Weidong, who was opposite, said calmly: "I plan to translate this article into English, and then publish it to earn some manuscript fees." Do you think it would be better to publish it in Car magazine in the UK, CarandDrier magazine in the United States, or Auto, Motorundspor magazine in Germany? Of course, RB's Coton magazine is also fine, and I even save the translation into English. ”

Hearing that Li Weidong was going to publish this article, Kato Masayuki shouted violently: "Ya Yan Butterfly!"