"Help you develop a new car?" Chen Geng said strangely: "Isn't the Xiali car of your Jinmen Automobile Factory selling very well?"

Chen Geng's words are by no means a compliment, the Xiali TJ7100 sedan of Jinmen Automobile Factory has now become the only main force in the domestic mini car market, with hatchback and sedan version, this is equipped with a 1.0-liter displacement in-line three-cylinder engine gasoline engine, in addition to the seat belt, there is no active and passive safety configuration, and the windows also need to be hand-cranked. The body length is only 3 meters 6 small car, but the price is not cheap at all, the unplanned price is as high as 100,000 RMB (price dual track system), but even so, Xiali TJ7100 is also the cheapest car on the market today, for countless "want to buy a car" units, enterprises and individuals, Xiali is their most accessible dream, just like 02, 03 years of domestic family cars when Chery QQ meaning is the same.

The current Jinmen Automobile Factory has formed an annual welding capacity of 30,000 Xiali bodies and 12,000 assemblies, and the localization rate has increased from 11.2% to 45.23% when Xiali TJ730 was just introduced in 1986.

In this case, Chen Geng is a little puzzled, why does Jinmen City still want to help them design a new car?

"Mr. Chen, that's the case," Xu Guang didn't go around in circles with Chen Geng, and said frankly: "We hope that the Jinmen Automobile Factory can produce and manufacture more high-end cars, Xiali...... It's so basic. ”

I see!

The leaders of Jinmen City are no longer satisfied with only producing Jinmen Daihatsu and Jinmen Xiali, they want to march to a higher level of products.

This is also understandable, when you are hungry, you just think that being able to fill your stomach is the greatest luxury, but if you can fill your stomach, you will naturally start to think that white flour steamed bread will definitely be more delicious, if you eat white flour steamed bread and then fry two side dishes, it will be better, but when you reach the stage where you can eat white flour steamed bread and green vegetables, you want to eat dumplings with meat filling, want to stew a chicken and fry a fish......

The same is true of Jinmen City and Jinmen Automobile Factory, who have now eaten white flour steamed buns and fried vegetarian dishes, and want to spoil a little bit, and want to eat a meat-filled dumpling, stewed chicken and fried fish.

Of course Chen Geng would not refuse this kind of good thing sent to the door, he nodded and said: "As long as there is no problem on your side, of course there is no problem on my side." ”

As for what kind of car the Jinmen Automobile Factory wants, does the question matter?

Xu Guang didn't expect Chen Geng to agree so neatly, he was overjoyed, and thanked Chen Geng again and again - with a series of setbacks experienced by Jinmen Automobile Factory when it introduced Dafa vans and Xiali cars from Dongying Dafa Automobile Factory, in his opinion, this communication with Chen Geng should be very troublesome, but he didn't expect Chen Geng to agree so happily, and he was relieved in his heart. However, thinking of another possibility, his heart rose again, and he cautiously asked Chen Geng, "Mr. Chen, what about the price?"

In response to Xu Guang's question, Chen Geng asked rhetorically: "Are you going to introduce a model from AMC, or are you going to let AMC help you design a car from scratch? ”

Jinmen has obviously done its homework a long time ago, and when he heard this, Xu Guang immediately said: "If we can, we are ready to introduce the Corolla model from AMC." ”

"Corolla?" Chen Geng really didn't expect Jinmen Xiali to actually focus on the Corolla, and said with a smile: "You really know how to choose." ”

AMC's Corolla is a front-wheel drive compact family sedan designed by Chen Geng for AMC based on the ninth-generation Corolla in response to the changes in the North American consumer market, which completes the product line layout of AMC cars.

With excellent styling design, affordable price and AMC's consistent good product quality reputation, the Corolla was introduced to the market in 1989, and after a short market adaptation period, it was immediately popular with consumers in the European and American domestic markets, and even the Wolfsburg Golf, which has been the winning general in the compact car market in Europe, has been greatly affected.

The Corolla 4555 mm body length and 1705 mm body width Although the body size of the standard compact sedan, in this era of China, it is enough to be worthy of the market positioning of "entry-level intermediate car".

Xu Guang smiled and nodded, and asked Chen Geng, "Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

"In what way do you plan to cooperate?" Chen Geng asked rhetorically, "Spend a sum of money to buy it out?" If so, then I regret to tell you that this is impossible. ”

In the eyes of the leaders of Jinmen, it is of course the best choice to buy out directly, but Chen Geng's answer did not surprise Xu Guang, after all, there are examples of cooperation with many domestic automobile manufacturers, Xu Guang does not think that Chen Geng suddenly became easy to talk when he arrived in Jinmen.

"What do you think of authorized production?" Xu Guang asked: "Hang the AMC standard, adopt the CKD production mode in the early stage, gradually increase the level of localization in the later stage, and then pay a certain authorization fee to AMC for each vehicle produced." ”

"Yes," is this the cooperation model between Jinmen Automobile Factory and Dongying Dafa, Chen Geng nodded happily: "I will explain this matter to Mr. Welch when I go back, and you can rest assured in terms of price." ”

With Chen Geng's words, Xu Guang immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

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After a round of inspection, McDonald Jr. was very satisfied with this trip to China, and it could be seen from the red light on his face that this guy is now more confident in winning the war with Boeing.

Chen Geng was a little curious, this circle of investigation, how much benefit can McDonnell Group get, in the face of Chen Geng's question, McDonald Jr. smiled hesitantly: "You would never think that our overall manufacturing cost can be reduced by 3%!"

“3%？”

Chen Geng was surprised, this is not a small amount!

An airplane can easily sell for more than $20 million, and an airplane saves 3 percent of its cost, which is $6.7 million.

This is a lot of money, no wonder McDonald Jr. is so excited, Chen Geng naturally congratulated McDonald Jr. again and again.

In the face of Chen Geng's congratulations, little MacDonald's smiling mouth couldn't close, and he couldn't help but proudly show off to Chen Geng: "You're polite...... Hey...... Let me tell you, at the beginning of this start, after a few years of running-in, production and management levels have been improved, it is possible for us to reduce production costs by 5%, and those bastards of Boeing will show it to Lao Tzu. ”

Ooh!

It is even possible to reduce production costs by 5% in the future?

Little MacDonald's words really surprised Chen Geng, and he couldn't help but say, "It's amazing." ”

"Hehe......"

"However, Mike, let me remind you," Chen Geng reminded him, "If McDonnell Douglas gradually gains an advantage in the next competition, I am worried that your competitors will talk about DC-10, so I suggest you prepare early." ”

Little MacDonald's face suddenly darkened: DC-10......

For McDonnell Douglas, DC— 10 aircraft is the eternal pain in their hearts, this aircraft is like being cursed, since the official start of service in the field of civil aviation, there have been all kinds of accidents, large and small, and often the whole plane is destroyed and killed, although it is fair and just to say that in the DC-10 accident record, many air crashes are not caused by the design flaws of the aircraft itself, in most cases because of the pilot's human error, or bad weather factors, or the command error of the ground aviation management center, and even the bomb explosion such a bizarre terrorist attack has also occurred, from the root pointNot all air crashes can leave DC-10 to blame.

But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that DC-10 series aircraft have frequent major air crashes: You say you are unlucky? Then why don't Boeing 747 and Airbus A300, which are also large wide-body passenger aircraft, have so many things?

Chen Geng didn't say that McDonald Jr., who has been immersed in the ability to greatly reduce production costs during this time, really didn't realize this, but now that Chen Geng said this, McDonald Jr. really realized the problem: Now, in the competition between McDonnell Douglas and Boeing, Boeing, which occupies a large advantage, will naturally not use DC-10 to fight, but once McDonnell Douglas reverses the situation next, in order to completely knock McDonnell Douglas to the ground, Boeing will let go of the big target DC-10?

At the thought of this possibility, little MacDonald's face turned pale, and his whole body began to tremble slightly......

Chen Geng didn't say much, just patted little McDonald's shoulder and said softly: "I can't help you much, but it's better to prepare early than not to prepare." ”

Little MacDonald nodded, and after a while, he suddenly took a deep breath and asked Chen Geng, "Fernandez, what do you suggest?"

"You ask me?" Chen Geng couldn't laugh or cry.

"Yes," little MacDonald nodded heavily, "Dude, help me." ”

It's not McDonnell Rapi Jr., it's just now, he quickly recalled the introduction of DC-10, and then was stunned to find that since the first DC-10 was officially put into operation in 1971, there have been eight major air crashes with dozens of hundreds of deaths, including 5 deaths of more than 100 people, this is real black material, no matter how McDonnell Douglas argues, the death toll is there, and McDonnell Douglas Jr. found that once Boeing began to attack McDonnell Douglas with these things, McDonnell Douglas almost had no power to fight back。

Without any idea of self-help at all, little MacDonald pinned his hopes on Chen Geng: this is a man who has repeatedly created miracles.