The workers in Detroit are excited about their disguised salary increase, but Chen Geng has no time to be excited, and he doesn't come to be rude, since the little devil has already made a move, how can he be worthy of the little devil's scheming?

"The union's request for a salary increase this time is related to the Dongying people?" Jack Welch was a little surprised, but then, he nodded: "This time is indeed a bit too coincidental. ”

What a coincidence, if it was according to the normal procedure in the past, after the North American Auto Workers Association put forward the request for an increase in hourly wages and benefits, of course the management would not agree, and the two sides would have repeatedly and tug-of-war for a long time, during which the union side may have organized several strikes, and finally after half a year, the two sides finally reached a mutually acceptable agreement.

This is standard procedure, but for Chen Geng, who is about to become the mayor of Detroit, it is tantamount to a dismissal before he can take office - you are not the mayor, now I see what you do.

To the surprise of Dongying, Chen Geng, the prospective mayor of Detroit, did not operate according to the inherent procedures in the past, and he directly asked people to copy the old nest of the North American Auto Workers Association, so that the public's attention changed from "the union strives for better wages and benefits for workers" to "the corruption situation of the union is so bad", which completely reversed the situation and made the little devil dumbfounded.

Speaking of which, some readers will wonder, since he has copied the nest of the North American Auto Workers Association, and has also obtained evidence of corruption by Marion Talbot and others, why is Marion Talbot still so at ease?

After getting the evidence, the police will submit the evidence to the prosecution, and then choose the opportunity to open a court to try the case.

Marion Talbot is like this, after paying bail, as long as he does not resign personally, and the North American Auto Workers Association does not pass the impeachment case against him, he is still the president of the North American Automobile Workers Association, and as a veteran qualification who has worked in the North American Automobile Workers Association for more than 30 years, with the platform of the union, Marion Talbot has deep connections in the political circles of the United States, which means that this will be a protracted lawsuit- Let's put it this way, on the night that Chen Geng pushed the police to raid the headquarters of the North American Auto Workers Association, Chen Geng received more than 30 phone calls, all of which were from some big people with heads and faces, and the Detroit police phone rang non-stop.

In fact, even Chen Geng didn't expect to be able to send Marion Talbot to prison in two or three years - even if the Detroit Intermediate Court declared Marion Talbot defeated, he could appeal, right? And Marion Talbot will never give up the opportunity to appeal, which means that this will be a protracted lawsuit.

Shaking his head, Jack Welch asked Chen Geng, "Boss, how are you going to pay tribute to Dongying?"

"Of course, the Dongying people have to clean up, but the iron must be its own," Chen Geng said: "Like this battle with the trade union, this battle with the Dongying people will also be a protracted battle, in this process, we must practice our internal skills, only in this way can we ensure that we are invincible in the next protracted war." ”

Jack Welch nodded in agreement, Dongying Automobile has proved its strength with a rising market share, for such an opponent, Jack Welch will certainly give enough respect, he said: "What are you going to do?"

Chen Geng didn't answer immediately, but asked Jack Welch: "Jack, what do you think is the biggest gap between us and Dongying Automobile?"

"What is the gap between us and Dongying Motors?" Jack Welch thought for a while and said: "Fuel consumption, the biggest gap between us and Japanese cars is fuel consumption. ”

Jack Welch is right, among the four major car brands in the United States, AMC has the lowest average fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of cars of all grades, for example, in the field of intermediate cars, the average fuel consumption of AMC cars per 100 kilometers is 17.5 liters, far exceeding the average level of 22.74 liters of the other three American car brands, and what is the average fuel consumption of Japanese products of the same level?

Take the typical representative of Japanese cars in the mid-class sedan: Accord and Camry as an example, the average fuel consumption of these two cars is 12.67 liters and 12.45 liters respectively.

Almost identical.

Of course, this has something to do with the relatively small engine displacement on the North American version of the Camry and Accord, such as the Camry and Accord sold in the U.S. market, the engine displacement is between 2.5 liters and 3.0 liters, compared with the engine that starts at three o'clock in the displacement of the American mid-level sedan, the fuel consumption will definitely be lower, but in any case, the fuel consumption of American cars is higher than that of Japanese cars, which is an unavoidable fact, and it is also a fact that Japanese cars can conquer the North American market. The biggest reason why the market share has rapidly approached 30%.

"Yes, our fuel consumption is higher," Chen Geng nodded, "so I hope to re-optimize the existing engine, and at the same time start the development plan of a new generation of high-performance small-displacement engines, and ...... another."

Looking at Jack Welch, Chen Geng said slowly: "It's almost time for our models to be updated, I am ready to develop the next generation of models, and I am also ready to fill the model density of each model's subdivision, what do you think?" 5599

It is a common practice of Japanese car brands to improve engine performance and reduce fuel consumption by re-optimizing and upgrading the old engine and upgrading technology, for example, the old engine does not have variable valve timing technology, and the engine can be upgraded to variable valve timing to improve the performance of the engine, which is a relatively low-cost solution.

Compared with the Japanese engine upgrade plan, the Americans' plan to improve engine performance is more rough: the power is not enough? That must be the displacement is not enough, and it is definitely enough to increase the displacement, if it is not enough to increase the displacement a little, then add two points!

As for the increase in fuel consumption due to the increase in displacement, it is not in the consideration of American engine engineers at all, so we can see the big V8 with a displacement of up to 8 points on American cars, but if you look for it on Japanese cars, the largest displacement is only a few more than 5 points, but this displacement can only be regarded as just getting started for American cars.

Jack Welch nodded, "I think it's okay, what do you need me to do?"

Don't look at Jack Welch as the chairman of AMC Automobile, but Chen Geng is directly in charge of AMC's core department: the Automotive Engineering Institute, and he knows very well that the reason why Chen Geng deliberately came over to tell him about this matter is actually respect for himself.

Chen Geng bowed his head and said, "Okay, I'll go and discuss it with David." ”

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Hearing Chen Geng say that he wants to develop a new generation of models, David Leibson, the first vice president of the AMC Automotive Engineering Institute, is excited: "We should also prepare for the next generation of models...... Boss, what do you think of the next generation of models?"

"Let's not talk about the next generation of models," Chen Geng said to David Leibson, "David, I ask you to retune the existing engine." ”

David Leibson's expression suddenly became a little serious, and he didn't know where to find a small notebook and a pen, and said with a serious face: "What do you say, what are the tendencies and requirements for tuning?"

"In terms of the power output characteristics of the engine, the power is biased towards the front section," Chen Geng said: "It is a bit similar to the style of Japanese cars, so that the driver feels that the front section of the car is more powerful, more responsive, and the power is deployed more quickly. ”

David Leibson took a careful note as he asked again, "Okay, what else?"

"In addition to the variable valve technology for intake and exhaust, the variable valve lift technology can be appropriately decentralized, and the ECU engine management strategy can be re-adjusted, and the fuel injection volume and ignition advance angle can be optimized again," Chen Geng said: "I hope that after re-tuning and decentralization of some technologies, our engine can save at least 1.5 liters of fuel consumption per 100 kilometers." ”

"Save 1.5 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers?" said David Leibson's face, which suddenly wrinkled into a bitter melon.

According to the current fuel-saving test standards of the United States, it is not very difficult to save 1.5 liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers, after all, the base is so high, it is close to 20 liters per 100 kilometers, and the fuel consumption index of Japanese cars is there, but David Leibson has a headache is that American cars really can't compare with Dongying in terms of fuel saving, where is the confidence of the superpower, even in the years of the oil crisis in the 80s, unless it is poor and can't do it, otherwise the people still like American cars.

Under Chen Geng's perennial ear mention, among the four major automobile brands in the United States, AMC's cars are already relatively fuel-efficient, but there is still a gap compared with Japanese car brands, and this gap is not the ability of AMC's engine tuning engineers, but the national conditions of Dongying and the United States.

Chen Geng also knew this, so he said: "I will ask us to assist in the Dongying Technology Research Institute, and if necessary, even let our Dongying engineers and technicians come to the United States for technical support." ”

Chen Geng didn't want to do this, but there was no way, Americans don't seem to have fuel-saving genes in their bones.

"Really?" David Leibson was overjoyed: "If that's the case, that's great." ”