"Minister," Zhou Zijian's secretary suddenly pushed the door in, and said in a small voice that everyone in the room could hear, "We just received news that Mr. Henry Ford, chairman of Ford Motors, sent an invitation to Mr. Chen Geng, inviting Mr. Chen Geng to help them design a car. ”

There was silence in the conference room!

In particular, Jiang Tao and Qiu Ke were still a little embarrassed on their faces: when the magic capital was trying to exclude Chen Geng from this project, Ford Motor, one of the largest car manufacturers in the world, actually extended an olive branch to Chen Geng?

The big boss is the big boss, his face did not change, and he nodded calmly: "Ford Motor, this is seeing Chrysler's 'family' making money, and his eyes are red?"

"The embassy's analysis is like this," the secretary nodded: "A situation that many people know is that the current president of Chrysler, Mr. Lee Iacoca, is more swept away than Henry Ford, and it is inevitable that other things will be interpreted, in addition, Mr. Chen Geng agreed in principle." ”

Chen Geng actually agreed?!

After the initial surprise, everyone in the conference room was suddenly relieved: Also, there is a profitable deal, why didn't Chen Geng agree?

At the same time, everyone can't help but feel a little pantothenic acid: these people, in order to introduce a model, have been pretending to be grandchildren since last year, begging grandpa to tell grandma, and now grandchildren are about to become real grandchildren, but the project is getting more and more yellow, and then look at Chen Geng, a lot of auto giants are begging to follow the cooperation, and they are all world-class auto giants such as Chrysler and Ford...... Is!

People are more angry than people!

In the end, the eyes fell on Zhou Zijian: In the face of such a result, as a big boss, you always have to say something, right?

Zhou Zijian didn't seem to say anything, his expression was still as calm as ever, and he turned his head to look at Hu Liang: "Comrade Hu Liang, your Automobile Bureau will contact the Wolfsburg side again and ask them what they mean." ”

Although it seemed to be just an ordinary task arrangement, Hu Liang's heart trembled, he understood that from this moment on, the above had officially begun to favor Chen Geng on this project, and quickly nodded: "Okay minister, I will contact the representative of Wolfsburg after the meeting." ”

Qiu Ke and Jiang Tao glanced at each other, and both of them felt a little helpless in their hearts: When things have reached this level, what else can they say?

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The popularity of Chrysler's "family" in the U.S. market not only encouraged local American automakers, including Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, and AMC, to understand what kind of people people needed in the context of the oil crisis, but also helped Japanese auto companies that quickly conquered the United States to hit the brakes.

When the Chrysler "family" continues to sell well in the United States, step on the door and listen to the sound of the door opening and closing to judge whether the OEM cares about a car...... At a time when the method is becoming more and more regarded as a guideline by Americans, the Japanese, who have just lived a good life in the American market for a few days, are indeed gloomy at the moment:

In the past month, Toyota's main sales model in the North American market, accounting for 90% of Toyota's sales in the United States, the sales of Corolla (Corolla/Corolla) plummeted by 45%, to less than 3,000 units;

But that's not the most headache for them, the biggest headache for them is that they don't know when a wave of asking manufacturers to return their cars has spread among those who have already purchased Corolla and Civic......

"Tom, our car has been driving for half a year, and then ask the dealer to return the car for us, this ...... Isn't it appropriate?" asked Steven, a member of the club, hesitantly asked Tom, the president of the club and the initiator of the retirement event, at a meeting of a CIVIC club.

"If you feel that you don't want to go, then it doesn't matter, you will drive this Civic to and from work and pick up and drop off your children in the future," Tom looked very understanding of Steven, and he patted Steven on the shoulder very considerately: "Speaking of which, Civic is indeed a good car, fuel-efficient, except for a little worse safety performance and a little more loss in the event of an accident, it's not a big deal, and there is no insurance company, hahaha......

Oh, by the way, since you're going to drive this Civic a lot, then I suggest you try to drive your wife's 'beast' when you travel in the future......"

Although Tom looked very considerate of Steven, the more Steven listened to it, the more he felt uncomfortable: what is the worse safety? What is the meaning that when the family travels in the future, try not to drive his own civic, but to drive his wife's Ford F-class pickup?

He wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute for a while.

Yes, how to refute it, when the method of judging whether the manufacturer is conscientious enough to produce and manufacture a car by the sound of opening and closing the door has become popular, countless Corolla owners and Civic owners have "tested" the door of their car at the first time, and the feeling of paper paste makes them feel cold.

But that's not all, in the next door station person test, the four major American car giants and German automakers have shown the public the ability to stand on their doors, but Japanese brands have been frequently reported in the media to be stepped on the door......

It seems that it is really like what the media said, although Japanese cars are fuel-efficient, but they are obtained at the expense of safety and protection of drivers and passengers, thinking so, Steven subconsciously looked at his civic, and he felt a little uncomfortable: Why did he buy this car with a hot head in the first place?

"Hey, Tom and Steven, what are you talking about?" Owen, who is also a member of the car club, walked over with a few small bottles of beer, handed Tom and Steven one each, and asked curiously.

"Oh, nothing, what else could it be but our car?" Tom glanced at Steven and said casually: "Tom feels a little embarrassed to return the car, after all, the car has been used for half a year, and I told him that I understand and support any decision he makes." ”

"Steven, you really don't want to get out of the car?" Owen said with a stunned glare.

"I ...... I just don't think I'm embarrassed," Tom said weakly, "after all, I've been driving for so long......"

"Hah...... Tom, you're such a nice guy, really," Listening to Tom finish his reasoning, Owen gave a thumbs up and shrugged, "Of course, I support your decision, but I think you'd better watch a video before making a decision." ”

"Video, what video?" Owen's words not only aroused Steven's interest, but even Tom was curious.

"A kind buddy, dismantled his Civic, and then dismantled a Chrysler Family, and used a camera to record the material level of the two cars, how about it?

"And such a person?" Steven's eyes widened: how idle this person is to make a video of the process of dismantling a car.

"There are a lot of rich people in the United States, what is it to dismantle a car," Owen said disapprovingly: "Not to mention that he can reassemble it after dismantling, and he has nothing to lose...... Do you want to see it? I'll tell you, it took me a lot of work to get my hands on this video. ”

Steven nodded without hesitation: there is nothing more indicative of the care a manufacturer puts into building a car than seeing with his own eyes the materials used in it - he doesn't even realize the deeper meaning of his action: when he plans to follow along to watch the video, it shows that he has been shaken by his car.

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It is said that it is a car club, in fact, the Civic car club in Dallas does not have its own office and party venue, after all, the owner of the Civic is not a rich person, and when the big guys organize party activities, they usually take turns at the homes of several car club promoters, and today, it is the turn of Owen's house.

To be precise, in Owen's garage, everyone knows that their party is twenty or thirty people at a time, and they are usually very conscious not to cause trouble to the hostess.

At this moment, the 18-inch TV in Owen's garage is connected to this videotape player, the video recorder is good, the recording level of the videotape is also good, and the picture in the TV is very clear.

In the picture, a boy in a work uniform is laboriously removing the rear bumper of the Civic, pointing to the anti-collision steel beam inside the rear bumper with a look of disgust and saying to the camera: "Shit-like thing! I even think that saying shit is a compliment to the Japanese...... Let's talk about this anti-collision steel beam, we all know that the biggest role of the rear anti-collision steel beam in the load-bearing body structure is that when a rear-end accident occurs, the impact force that hits the rear of the body is quickly dispersed by this steel beam to the two longitudinal beams of the body.

This is like a steel rod in your hand, ready to meet the opponent's impact, with the blocking of this steel beam, the opponent's impact on you will be transmitted to your body along your arm, although you will be knocked out by the opponent, but the person itself will not be hurt too much;

But look at this anti-collision steel beam, it can't be called a 'steel beam' at all, it's just a piece of iron, it's like you're not holding a steel rod in your hand, if it's a small wooden stick half an inch thick, it looks like that, but in fact, when the impact happens, there is no time to disperse the impact, the wooden stick itself is broken, what will happen next? Of course, the guy who is going to hit you is crashing into your arms, maybe it will break a few of your bones......

Let's change this scenario to a car, if you're driving a Civic, when there's a serious rear-end accident...... Hehe, what are the consequences for yourself?"

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PS: Brothers, I'm sorry, I have a cold, my brain is not very good, this chapter is a little late, and I ask you to forgive me, brothers.