"Boss, do you want to attend tomorrow's press conference?" Jack Welch, who signed and breathed a sigh of relief, cautiously asked Chen Geng for instructions.

Why do you want to hold a press conference?

Because AMC Motors is a publicly traded company.

For any listed company, any good news that can stimulate the rise of its stock price is absolute, must be vigorously promoted, this time with its own boss: Mr. Fernández together to develop a new modular series of engines The news is not a major good news?

Calculate!

Absolutely!

Absolutely!

As long as it is announced, it can obviously pull up the stock price as soon as it is announced, and it is necessary to vigorously publicize and drum up, and the more media invited the better, and the "public relations" budget must also be generous, so that every reporter who comes here can come with enthusiasm and return satisfied, so that reporters can use their own wonderful pen to say good things for themselves.

It is said that at such an important moment, Fernandez Chen, as the general person in charge of this project and a soul-level existence, must come out to participate in this press conference, but the embarrassing thing is that Fernandez Chen is not only the general leader and soul of this project, but also his own boss...... Jack Welch didn't come to ask for advice, what else could he do?

Chen Geng really didn't disappoint Jack Welch, he shook his head and said without hesitation: "Of course, the press conference should be lively, but I won't go to this excitement." ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it. Although he regretted it in his heart, Jack Welch understood better that if the boss said that if he didn't participate, then he would definitely not participate, so he would no longer be reluctant.

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For the sake of the public relations fee given by AMC, there are many reporters from various media, but to tell the truth, the people are not very interested in AMC's decision to develop a new generation of high-power and low-fuel consumption engines, but the stock market reacts fast enough: before these reporters go back and send out the news that AMC has developed a new generation of engines, from 10:50 a.m., AMC's stock price suddenly began to soar uncharacteristically, and by the end of the afternoon, AMC's stock price soared 6.11% that day.

Although this increase cannot be compared with those demon-level stocks that guarantee more than 10 percent or even 30 percent a day, it is also necessary to see what type of stocks are and under what circumstances they have risen so much, in the traditional industry, if they can rise by 6.11% a day, there is definitely something big happening.

Li Iacocca received the news even faster, and even before the press conference was over, he already knew that Chen Geng was going to jointly develop a series of new engines with AMC Motors...... Too many people are willing to tell him the news in exchange for a lot of "information fees".

As the chairman and CEO of Chrysler Motors, Lee Iacocca's brows furrowed when he learned the news: "AMC is preparing to develop a new engine?"

A few old brothers didn't understand why their boss's brows were so wrinkled, and they didn't think they asked: "Boss, Fernandez wants to develop a new engine for AMC, this ...... There's nothing to fuss about, right?"

They don't understand why their boss looks so nervous.

"You think about things simply," Li Iacocca shook his head slightly, looked at his old brothers, and said solemnly: "You take a closer look at these articles, what do you see in them?"

"What?"

A group of people looked at each other: what's there? nothing.

“......”

Li Iacocca was a little disappointed with the reaction of his old brothers, and he sighed: "Don't you see, this project is personally led by Fernandez." ”

“......”

What happened to the project that Fernández Chen personally took over? Li Iacoca's words made the old brothers even more confused.

Seeing the confused old brothers, Li Iacocca had to say more clearly: "A very simple truth: Fernandez even handed over the management of the company to Jack Welch, but now, he is personally in charge of this engine project, what does this mean? It shows that in Fernandez's heart, this project is of great significance! It is a project of strategic significance for a giant."

The stock market is a barometer of AMC's decision, and you can continue to see that after the afternoon open, the stock market will definitely give a clear response to this strategy of AMC. ”

Don't look at Li Eicoca's awkwardness in looking for Chen Geng everywhere, but it is precisely because Li Iacocca regards Chen Geng as an opponent that he knows how powerful his opponent is: Don't look at the media now blowing Jack Welch into the sky, as if he touted himself last year, but when did AMC Motors lay the foundation for improvement? It was not at the moment when Fernandez decided to buy AMC that this foundation was laid.

Really!

They are all human spirits, even if they didn't react at first, but now when they hear their own leader say this, Li Iacocca and his old subordinates who followed him from Ford also came back to their senses: "Boss, what do you mean, do you think Fernandez judged that this oil crisis will continue, and the future Americans will continue to choose low-fuel consumption and fuel-efficient engines?"

"Isn't that obvious?" said Riecocca with his hands outstretched: "If you look at the sales growth of our 'family' and the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, you can see that in some cases, Americans are not very willing to send money to the oil giants." ”

Yes, in this era when the average monthly salary of Americans is just over $900, even if a husband and wife save $50 per month on fuel, even if the husband and wife save $50 per month on fuel, it means an extra $100 per month in disposable income.

Thinking of this, Li Iacoca's subordinates suddenly couldn't sit still: "In that case, sir, are we also going to develop a new generation of more fuel-efficient engines?"

In the hearts of Li Iacocca and his subordinates, there is a simplest logic: If Fernandez Chen and AMC can do it, why can't we Chrysler do it? As for the huge amount of money required to develop a completely new engine, the current Chrysler is no longer the Chrysler that was on the verge of bankruptcy before, and it is not that it cannot squeeze out this money by gritting its teeth.

But in the face of everyone's words, Li Iacocca smiled bitterly: "If it's not something that Fernandez can do, we must be able to do it, do you think those engineers in Chrysler are Fernandes?"

Some people are a little dissatisfied with Li Iacoca's words: "Fernandez is just good at car design, but when it comes to designing engines, ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Richolas Riccoca: "Who told you that Fernandez is just a car designer? But he is a world-class car design master, and he is also an extremely good internal combustion engine designer and engineer, have you forgotten who designed the fuel-efficient, powerful and powerful engine on the Miata?"

There is a sentence that Li Iacocca wants to say but can't say: American engine designers and engineers who can only simply and rudely pile up the displacement do not have the "fuel-efficient" gene in their bones.

“......”

No one spoke, and the atmosphere was a little awkward.

It's not a reminder from their own leaders, they really forgot that the two-seater sports car called Miata that is now very popular in the North American market was designed by Fernandes Chen, not only that, but the inline four-cylinder engine on the Miata with only a meagre displacement of 1.8 liters, but can make Miata's acceleration from zero to 60 mph into 9 seconds, is actually from Fernandes Chen......

Someone in the crowd suddenly muttered, "This bastard, is there anything he wouldn't?"

“......”

No one responded, but this was unanimously agreed by many people: yes, car design is recognized as the world's top master, I thought it would be almost here, but I didn't think that this guy still thought that he was the top expert in the internal combustion engine, Nima!

"I trust Fernandez's judgment. ”

In the silence, Riecocca suddenly spoke again.

Well?

Everyone looked up at him in unison.

"I believe in his judgment that fuel consumption will definitely be one of the most important factors for consumers to consider when buying a car," Riecocca repeated: "We all know that this oil crisis will pass sooner or later, but since there is no hope of solving this problem now, we need to be prepared."

I believe that after knowing Fernandez's actions, Ford and GM will also develop their own more fuel-efficient engines, and in this 'arms race', Chrysler must not lag behind, at least not behind Ford......"

“......”

The crowd was speechless for a while.

Speechless to speechless, everyone actually understands what their boss means: our new generation of engines can not be as good as Fernandez controls in terms of fuel consumption, but it can't be worse than Ford Ford has become an obsession in the heart of the boss.

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Li Iacocca is right, ordinary people are not very interested in AMC cars to develop a new generation, more fuel-efficient engines, but Ford and GM are very high, they immediately found all the relevant information of AMC car press conference to analyze and discuss, and the soaring stock price of AMC on the stock market is the best footnote to Chen Geng's decision.

Just when Chrysler, Ford and General Motors announced that they were also going to develop a new generation of more fuel-efficient engines, the time quietly came to Christmas, and the second film invested and shot by Chen Geng, starring Richard Carpenter and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, after "The Bodyguard", was released on Christmas Eve.

The Christmas schedule has always been one of the most important schedules for Hollywood giants, Chen Geng chose to let "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" be released at this time, before that, he was ridiculed by many entertainment media as overwhelmed and carried away by the previous success, but the performance of "People and Ghosts" in the week of release smacked the mouths of those guys who watched Chen Geng and this movie before: in just three days, "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" Under the siege of three blockbusters, Shengsheng grabbed more than $18 million at the box office, and finally won the top spot at the box office for the three days of Christmas with a box office income of $10,000.

This figure made all the film critics and media who had watched this movie down, ridiculed and criticized Chen Geng and Richard Carpenter stunned, and no one expected that this movie would become like this.

But what they didn't expect was that this was just the beginning.

In the first week of Christmas, "Ghost Love" successfully "defended" with a total box office income of 10,000 US dollars;

In the second week, the box office of "Ghost Love" fell slightly by less than 10 percent, once again firmly occupying the top spot at the box office with a total of more than $38 million in North American box office, and not only that, but also opened a box office gap of tens of millions of dollars with the second place.

For two weeks in a row, the total box office revenue exceeded $80 million, and at this point, fools also know that "Ghost Love" is on fire!

Not only is "Unchained Melody" popular, but the theme song of "Unchained Melody" covered by Richard Carpenter: The song "Unchained Melody" sung by the Justice Brothers for the film "Prison Heroes" in 1955 is also popular.

After his sister Karen Carpenter, Richard, who has been gradually forgotten by Americans. Carpenter is back on the A-list stage.

"Thank you, sir, thank you......"

Holding Chen Geng's hand, Richard Carpenter's excited words were not good.

In order to express his gratitude to Chen Geng, Richard Carpenter and his sister Karen Carpenter came to Detroit from San Francisco to express their gratitude to Chen Geng: "If it weren't for you, I don't know what it would be like now." ”

"You're welcome," Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand, "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" made money, which means that as a producer, he also made money, Chen Geng's mood was of course happier, after calmly accepting the thanks of the Carpenter brothers and sisters, Chen Geng smiled: "How is it? It feels good to be back in the public eye, right?"

Before Richard Carpenter could speak, Karen Carpenter had already laughed happily: "Sir, you don't know, now Richard has begun to have a headache about which TV station to accept. ”

"This is a good thing," Hearing this, Chen Geng laughed: "By the way, you haven't taken medicine for a while, right?"

Before Richard Carpenter could speak, Karen Carpenter had already laughed happily: "Sir, you don't know, now Richard has begun to have a headache about which TV station to accept. ”

"This is a good thing," Hearing this, Chen Geng laughed: "By the way, you haven't taken medicine for a while, right?"