After receiving a call from Giugiaro, Chen Geng was not surprised at all: he helped them so much, if the old man Giugiaro didn't make a phone call to show it, believe it or not, buddy would really dare to mess up his business?

Fundamentally speaking, regardless of whether it was the Giugiaro design studio that Honda Motor Co., Ltd. first found, before Fernandez did not clearly express his abandonment of cooperation with Honda, Honda Motor was the dish on Fernandez's plate, and other companies wanted to stretch chopsticks into this plate, they had to be mentally prepared to be driven down by Fernandez - although Mr. Giugiaro is just 51 years old this year, it is the prime of life for an automobile designer,

But the old man Giugiaro knows the rules very well, and took the initiative to call to apologize, that's another thing, Chen Geng said that he didn't mind, and the old man Giugiaro then expressed his praise for Chen Geng's design ability, and invited Chen Geng to play in Italy, and everyone exchanged ideas about some things that were of interest to each other...... In short, no matter what, through the accident of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Chen Geng can be regarded as acquainted with the old man Giugiaro.

Since the old man is good, Chen Geng doesn't mind doing the old man a favor, anyway, looking at the current posture, it is unlikely that he will let Honda Motor give up the Giugiaro design studio and cooperate with himself instead, he seriously mentioned a few things that should be paid attention to when cooperating with Dongying people.

The old man Giugiaro, who had never dealt with Dongying's car manufacturer and was worried about how to get the money out of Honda Technology's wallet next, immediately remembered Chen Geng's words like a treasure.

After chatting, the old man casually asked Chen Geng, "By the way, Mr. Fernandez, what have you been busy with lately?"

"I, oh, I'm working with Ford right now to help them design a car. For his cooperation with Ford Motor, Chen Geng did not hide it.

"Are you helping Ford design a new car?" Hearing this, the old man Giugiaro was suddenly envious, and at the same time, he finally understood why Chen Geng was not only not annoyed by his prie-making of his corner, but was still making suggestions with himself: the emotional family has a better partner to work with.

Also!

Who eats bread when there is meat to eat?

He was very curious about what kind of cooperation conditions Ford gave, so that Chen Geng simply gave up the cooperation with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., but after hesitating, he was still embarrassed, and the relationship between the two sides had not yet reached that point.

It was Chen Geng, who said to the old man Giugiaro with great interest: "Old man, are you interested in playing something challenging?"

"Oh?" Hearing Chen Geng say that he was going to play something challenging, the old man Giugiaro suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what fun things?"

"Are you interested in making a supercar flying in the sky?" Knowing that the Ferrari 250GT in his garage was made by the old man Giugiaro on the other end of the phone, Chen Geng still admired the old man's artistic taste very much, and he bewitched the old man Giugiaro and said: "What's the point of always making things running on the ground, if you want to do it, make it exciting." ”

"Supercar in the sky, you mean ......" Knowing what Chen Geng meant, the old man Giugiaro exclaimed in disbelief: "Airplane?!"

"Well," Chen Geng said with a smile: "Old man, are you interested?"

Old man Giugiaro's heart thumped.

As a top student who graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, Italy, with a history of more than 300 years, his appreciation and appreciation of beauty and art are undoubtedly top-notch, so he has designed a series of popular and even time-tested models, such as the Ferrari 250GT, such as the Wolfsburg Golf, such as the Passat...... Even at the age of eighty, the old man likes all good things, such as beautiful women;

As a car designer, and a world-class car designer who has designed a number of epoch-making supercars, there is no doubt that Mr. Giugiaro likes speed, but just like Chen Geng said, no matter how fast the speed of things running on the ground is, how can they be compared with things in the sky?

Compared with the planes flying in the sky, the cars running on the ground are simply scum!

Holding back the clamor of the little devil in his heart who kept shouting "Promise him!" and "Promise him!" asked Chen Geng, "I don't have any experience in aircraft development...... Mr. Fernández, what kind of plane are you going to build?"

"I wanted to make a very simple, pure plane," Chen said, "and this plane is not a business jet that flies thousands of kilometers with a few passengers in suits and leather shoes, and is designed to serve the rich and big business executives, but you can think of it as an ultralight civilian jet that fulfills the wishes of all the boys when they were young, and although it has no weapons and equipment, some performance indicators can be close to that of military jet fighters."

It doesn't necessarily have the variable sweep wing of the F-14 Panda, but it does have to have a nice, cool twin tail.

Most importantly, it is the dream of all boys, their ultimate toy......"

Without waiting for Chen Geng to finish speaking, the old man Giugiaro was immediately excited!

Buying such a plane can only be said to be rich and capricious, but Mr. Giugiaro just likes it!

Because Chen Geng's description of this plane evoked his fantasy back then, when he was young, he also looked at the sky countless times and fantasized about how cool it would be if he had such a plane and drove such a plane, many people just couldn't realize this dream when they were young, so let the sports car or even the supercar replace the dream of putting a pair of wings on themselves, but if they can really realize their youthful dreams......

"If you're really going to make such a big toy, you're going to lose money nine times out of ten. Although he was very excited, the old man still seriously advised Chen Geng.

"I can afford it!"

Chen Geng paused, and added: "I don't know how much it will cost, but if I only lose tens of millions of dollars, I am willing to use this money to realize my dream when I was young...... I think there are a lot of people who are willing to spend a lot of money to realize this dream of their youth and have an aircraft that is truly their own, not a business jet. ”

Do you want to fulfill your teenage dreams?

I have to say that the old man Giugiaro is moved!

But he was still a little curious: "Then why don't you just buy a retired military aircraft, such as a jet fighter or a jet trainer......? No, it must be! It must be much better than the plane you make. ”

"I want to build a toy that belongs to me according to what I want in my heart, and the most important thing is ......" Chen Geng asked the old man Giugiaro seriously: "If there is a choice, Mr. Giugiaro, do you want to choose a new plane that best meets your youthful wishes, or choose an old toy that I don't know how long it has been played with by others?"

New toys, of course!

In the depths of every man's soul, there is a teenager or even a childhood self, so you can see a father in his thirties happily watching "Xiyangyang and Big Big Wolf" with his three-year-old son, and you can also see a father who is forty years younger buying himself a toy gun in the name of buying toys for his son...... If you have an unfettered choice, who wouldn't want to have a brand new, just toy for themselves, even if it's a little too expensive.

The old man Giugiaro was persuaded by Chen Geng.

He is not short of money, really not lacking, not to mention the assets in his name, just the private funds that he can use at any time are more than 5 million US dollars, 5 million US dollars does not sound like much, but if you consider that it is now 1979, the purchasing power of this money is a bit scary, in layman's terms, it is worth more than 50 million US dollars in 40 years, and the purchasing power is roughly equivalent to 70 million and 80 million US dollars...... With seventy or eighty million dollars in activity funds in hand, what kind of concept do you say?

There is no shortage of money, and the most important thing is that after Chen Geng's such a noise, the old man Giugiaro suddenly discovered a very cruel truth:! Lao Tzu is 51 this year!

Lao Tzu is 51 years old this year, and he can toss for a few more years? More than ten years is almost there? But there are still so many wishes when I was young that have not been fulfilled, what should I do?

Lao Tzu is not short of money, if spending money can make me happy, then why don't I spend money?

"I did it!"

Old man Giugiaro almost didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "If you really want to lose money and want to realize your dream, then count me in." ”

"Okay," Chen Geng nodded immediately: "Why don't we contact some friends and see how many others are willing to join in?"

"Good idea. The old man's eyes lit up: if you can bring more people in, the biggest advantage is to be able to share the risk together, although he doesn't mind spending money to realize the dream of his youth, but if he can realize his original dream with less money, why spend a lot of money?

The old man Giugiaro, who was itchy and unbearable by Chen Geng's words, felt more and more itchy in his heart, and simply asked Chen Geng: "Fernandez, do you have a detailed plan? Why don't we make an appointment to talk together?"

Chen Geng immediately sent an invitation to Giugiaro: "Why don't you come to the United States?"

Going to the United States?

The old man Giugiaro was a little hesitant, and he was still thinking about how to get a piece of meat off Honda Giken's body.

"If you come over, I can ask Mr. Henry Ford for advice and show you the full-size clay model and the full-size wooden model of the cabin that I designed for a Ford car. Chen Geng's next sentence made the old man Giugiaro make up his mind in an instant.