Hearing Lee Iacocca's words, Chen Geng knew that Chrysler was really moved.

Also, will it be a difficult choice to make to earn the same amount of money, whether to earn it tiringly and tiredly, or to earn it by drinking wine and smoking cigarettes in a relaxed and happy way?

What's more, you can "earn" another seven or eight percent from Fernandez.

Lee Iacocca didn't mean to be ashamed at all, he looked at Chen Geng calmly: "Fernandez, I know this may make you feel a little uncomfortable, but business is business, you can rest assured, Chrysler will strictly follow the contract." ”

Looking at Li Iacocca fixedly, Chen Geng suddenly smiled: "It's okay, since it is so stipulated in the contract, then we will implement it according to the contract." ”

Do you think you're going to eat me?

Well, this time it's my lack of experience, I admit it, but in the future, the mountains and rivers will be long, and there will be more time for everyone to deal with.

Looking at Chen Geng, who did not show his anger at all, Li Iacoca's heart was cloudy.

Prior to this, Lee Iacocca had envisioned various possible reactions from angry yelling, to pleading, and he had even made a plan to "compensate": an additional $10 per car's design fee.

But among all the reactions he envisioned, there was only this one in front of him: Chen Geng actually accepted it.

Different from the helpless resignation, as a senior professional manager who has served as the CEO of Ford Motor for many years, Li Iacocca is very sure of the meaning in Chen Geng's eyes: Let's see in the future!

Wait and see?

Thinking of Chen Geng's talent in vehicle design, Lee Iacoca's heart suddenly trembled: Could it be ......

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Far East.

The office building of the first machine department in the capital of China.

Hu Liang, director of the Automobile Bureau of the First Ministry of Machinery, had a very serious expression, and he had not spoken for three or four minutes.

Not only Hu Liang's expression was very serious, but also the expressions of Comrade Qiu Ke and Comrade Jiang Tao, the leaders of the Chinese negotiation team who had come to report to Hu Liang on the negotiation with the Wolfsburg Group, were equally serious.

"So ......"

After a long silence, Hu Liang finally spoke: "Comrade Jiang Tao, what does Wolfsburg Automobile mean that because of the impact of the oil crisis, they decided to cancel this cooperation project, even if we reduce the design capacity to 60,000 vehicles, they will not agree?"

"Yes," Jiang Tao pursed his lips and nodded: "The attitude of the Germans is very resolute, not like they want to be captured." ”

His expression was solemn.

Nodding, Hu Liang looked at Qiu Ke again: "Comrade Qiu Ke, what do you mean by the comrades in the Demon Capital?"

Qiu Ke is not only the main member of the negotiation team, but also his other identity is the director of the First Bureau of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the Demon City, as the only representative of the local industrial bureau in the entire negotiation team, the attitude of the Demon City towards this cooperation project is actually expressed through Qiu Ke's mouth.

Qiu Ke immediately said: "The attitude of the leaders is very clear, this automobile base project is of great significance to the magic capital, and the completion of this project must be promoted no matter what......"

It sounds like a lot of artistic words, but the difference between "promoting the cooperation with Wolfsburg Motors no matter what" and "kicking the completion of this automobile manufacturing base no matter what" is huge.

Hu Liang frowned, and interrupted Qiu Ke without waiting for him to finish: "None of us want to see this project fail, but do you have any specific methods on the part of the Demon Capital?"

Qiu Ke hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth: "This ...... Some leading comrades believe that it is time to consider the use of a backup plan. ”

Backup plan?

Hearing Qiu Ke's words, Hu Liang and Jiang Tao both subconsciously pursed their lips.

Originally, there was no backup plan, but there was indeed a backup plan B before, and this backup plan was actually not a big deal, that is, to ask Mr. Chen Geng of the United States to cooperate with Huaxia to put on a play for the Germans, and the plan had already been formulated, but no one dared to start this "Plan B" lightly until the last resort.

Speaking of which, Qiu Ke is no longer hiding, he came over this time, and he was already shouldering the instructions of the leaders of the Demon City: "A few days ago, we confirmed that Mr. Chen Geng did have a cooperation project with Chrysler Motors in the United States, and the media in the United States also reported it, so what we mean is ......

If Wolfsburg really decides to abandon this cooperation, can we include a backup plan that was originally intended to stimulate the Germans in the official plan?"

Well?!

Qiu Ke's words shocked both Hu Liang and Jiang Tao, and officially straightened a backup plan that was originally used to scare the Germans? The two glanced at each other, and their eyes were shocked: "This ......"

Anyway, the words have already been exported, and Qiu Ke simply spread out the attitude of the magic capital: "We still don't know what happened to the car that Mr. Chen Geng cooperated with Chrysler, but we think one thing is certain: if this car is not very good, Chrysler will not be able to cooperate with Mr. Chen Geng, right?"

What we need is an excellent car that can bring foreign exchange to the country, so the question is, since it can be a certain car from Wolfsburg, why not a certain car from Chrysler? And our country has officially established diplomatic relations with the United States, and we can even export this car to the United States...... If it really doesn't work, we should help Chrysler OEM and hang Chrysler's car logo. ”

Hu Liang and Jiang Tao were thrilled: It makes sense!

Why did the Germans abandon this project? On the surface, the Germans said that "because of the impact of the oil crisis, our company is in a difficult situation now, and the investment in the 150,000 project is too large, and the board of directors held a meeting to discuss and propose to cancel this project." Because according to the plan, the total investment of the entire project is almost 2 billion marks.

In the face of the economic crisis that swept the world, Wolfsburg may indeed have some economic difficulties, but their sales are really not very good, according to the financial data of the Wolfsburg Group to the public collected by the Chinese Embassy in Germany, the efficiency of Wolfsburg cars has declined sharply, but in addition to this reason, another reason is the main reason that the Germans want to give up: in this cooperation project, we require that 80% of the total production capacity of 150,000 vehicles be used for export.

For the Germans, this requirement was very difficult.

Especially in the current situation of the oil crisis, which has spread to the whole world and not only does not see the slightest sign of improvement, but even has a further intensifying trend, the Germans are more cautious, even if the Chinese side has revised the previous conditions, that is, the total production capacity of 100,000 vehicles, of which 60% is exported, but the Germans still dare not agree.

In this case, it seems that exporting to the United States is also a good choice?

"So your leaders want to talk to Mr. Chen and Chrysler?" asked Hu Liang.

In other words, if the Germans really plan to withdraw, do you Modu side plan to officially launch this plan B?

Qiu Ke nodded: "It's always good to have one more choice." ”

Hu Liang couldn't sit still, this is a new situation, involving such a big movement, he must report to the leader immediately.

..................

The leader is worthy of being a leader, and he asked the core of the question in one sentence: "Have you been in contact with Mr. Chen Geng? What is his attitude?"

"Mr. Chen Geng will definitely agree......"

"Mr. Chen promised to cooperate with us in a play before, but he didn't say that he promised to make it so big," Minister Zhou unceremoniously interrupted Qiu Ke's words, and said in a deep voice: "If you have communicated with Mr. Chen and Chrysler Motors, and the other party has a clear intention to cooperate, then of course there is no problem, but I think you mean that you are doing things completely according to your own imagination, is this the right work attitude?"

Qiu Ke wanted to say, "Mr. Chen Geng, haven't we always been quite friendly?", but when these words came to his mouth, he swallowed them alive - it was only at this time that Qiu Ke realized what a serious mistake the Demon Capital had made: Chen Geng was indeed very friendly and had deep feelings for Huaxia, which was true, but this did not mean that he only relied on his feelings. Agreeing to this project without weighing the benefits, exporting 60,000 cars to the American market a year, how to sell these 60,000 cars is a big, big problem, not a problem that can be solved with patriotic enthusiasm, and the magic capital is indeed too much to take for granted.

It seems that it is necessary to make a trip to the United States.

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It is not so easy to go to the United States, especially if government personnel want to go abroad, the procedures required are even more cumbersome, for example, people from the magic capital want to come to the United States and negotiate with Chen Geng, first of all, Chen Geng's company needs to issue an invitation letter.

So when he received a call from the embassy, Chen Geng was confused: "The comrades from the magic capital want to come to me for inspection, what are you inspecting?"

"They didn't say," Comrade Lao Ding was a little embarrassed: "I just hope you can send an invitation letter, so ......"

it!

Hearing Comrade Lao Ding's words, Chen Geng wanted to scold his mother very much: "Why did you come to me, you didn't say anything, you just came to me to ask for an invitation?

"No!" Chen Geng refused without hesitation: "I won't send this invitation." ”

No, but no, Chen Geng's dissatisfaction is undoubtedly revealed.

He didn't expect Chen Geng's refusal to be so simple, Comrade Lao Ding was stunned for a moment, he knew that the request of the comrades in the magic capital might make Chen Geng unhappy, but he didn't expect Chen Geng's reaction to be so fierce, and he was a little annoyed for a while, this annoyance was not for Chen Geng, but for the magic capital: yes, no wonder Chen Geng didn't give face, did you do such a thing? Chen Geng has a deep affection for Huaxia, yes, but you really regard people as your subordinates who can be called and drunk at will?