Chapter 265: Completely convinced
Chen Geng still underestimated Ford's influence in American politics, after a number of taxi companies and a number of local police departments successively said that they would introduce the Ford Victoria Crown, Henry Ford made a big move: a deputy director of the FBI said that the FBI is carefully considering whether to purchase the Ford Victoria Crown car as a special vehicle for the FBI's work.
Taxi companies, the police, and now the FBI, which means that many organizations are endorsing the quality of Ford's car, and Lao Mei, who has never seen this kind of marketing, was instantly stunned by this series of combination punches of Ford Motor......
"It seems that the pre-sale situation is good?" Listening to Henry Ford's excited tone, Chen Geng asked with a smile.
"It's not bad, it's very good!" Excited, even rich people like Henry Ford couldn't help but burst into foul language: "Fernandez, do you believe it? It's only three days, 20,000 vehicles! More than 20,000 orders, my heart is completely stable." ”
"So much?"
More than 20,000 units were pre-sold in three days, and Chen Geng was also a little surprised, don't forget, this is not a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla for more than 3,000 dollars, this is a large-displacement full-size American luxury sedan with a starting price of up to 12,000 US dollars, and the order for 20,000 units is really a bit appalling.
"I didn't expect there to be so many," Henry Ford smiled from ear to ear, but in the face of Chen Geng, he didn't hide the moisture in this data: "But some of them are dealer's orders, and some ...... You know......"
Of course Chen Geng understood, but even so, he was still amazed: "That's very, very remarkable." ”
It seems that in the face of this product that appeared in front of their eyes more than ten years in advance, ordinary users simply can't resist its appeal.
"Hehehe......" Henry Ford obviously agreed with Chen Geng's words, Lao Mei never knew what modesty was, he laughed silly twice, and suddenly said: "Fernandez, I want to thank you, I must thank you, if it weren't for the marketing plan you helped me think of, Victoria Crown would definitely not be as hot as it is today...... Say, what do you want? As long as I can do it, I will satisfy you. ”
Henry Ford's tone was extraordinarily sincere, obviously, in Henry Ford's opinion, in the face of such an excellent marketing plan given by Chen Geng, the previous $300,000 was no longer enough to express his gratitude, and he was eager to do something in his heart.
"That's ......"
Since Henry Ford wanted to say it again, Chen Geng was naturally not polite, he thought for a while and said, "Can you give me a few Victoria Crowns?"
"Of course there is no problem," Henry Ford agreed, as a car manufacturer, it might be a bit of a problem if Chen Geng ordered something else, but how many Ford Victoria Crowns? As a manufacturer, Henry Ford said that there was no problem at all. He waved his hand: "20! Is 20 enough?"
From a production cost perspective, the cost of 20 Ford Victoria Crowns is only a little over $100,000, which is not a problem at all for Ford, besides...... Isn't it natural for the OEM to send a few cars to the design company for this car?
"No need for so many, two cars," Chen Geng hurriedly said, he was a little embarrassed: "But I may have to trouble you to help me send it to Huaxia." ”
Sent to Huaxia?
Henry Ford quickly understood what Chen Geng meant, and immediately said, "OK, leave it to me." ”
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Looking at the four large wooden boxes in front of him, Chen Geng was a little dazed.
Not only Chen Geng was in a daze, but also Mirren, Statham, and Lalefort were also in a daze.
The reason for the daze was not because of anything else, but because the size of these four boxes was too big, which is an international standard size container for air trucks, that is, Henry Ford flew four Ford Victoria Crowns directly from the United States to China.
As for the comrades of the foreign affairs department who accompanied Chen Geng to the airport, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to speak:
Air car?
it!
And four by air at once?
it!
What a capitalist is ...... Those who have money can't wait to go up and take two bites, and I'm afraid the freight of these four cars is enough to buy these four cars, right?
In fact, these four large boxes were flown from Detroit to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, and then flown from Los Angeles to Tokyo, and then transshipped from Tokyo to Modu Airport, which was much more expensive than these four cars.
Statham was carrying a crowbar in his hand, and he couldn't wait for his boss's order, like a child preparing to unpack a courier, not only Statham, but also Lalefort, who was also carrying a crowbar in his hand.
"Demolition!"
With Chen Geng's order, the cars in the four wooden boxes soon came into everyone's eyes, four cars, two Chrysler family, two Ford Victoria Crown, all designed by Chen Geng, and the most representative products.
Looking at the four cars in front of him, Chen Geng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: Henry, this guy, things are done in an atmospheric way.
There was a neat gasp and a low whisper beside Chen Geng......
"Sizzle......"
"It's beautiful. ”
"Is this car really designed by Mr. Chen Geng?"
"It's definitely true, who would be stupid to do something like this...... Well, what's that?"
"Also, since Mr. Chen Geng dares to let someone send the car, it must be ...... Well, we used to think a little too much......"
"It's so atmospheric, I can't see anything just by looking at the photos, but now I see the real car, tsk...... Much better than Mercedes Benz's sedan......"
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The comrades of the First Aircraft Department and the Demon Capital who came to the airport with Chen Geng couldn't help but whisper, and at the same time, their eyes lit up one by one.
Before this, in fact, many comrades in China knew that Chen Geng was not only very rich, but also a very famous car designer in the world, and they even got the photos of the Chrysler family of the Honda X-BO a long time ago, and even tried to let the domestic units make small-scale clay models, just to see how these cars designed by Chen Geng actually looked.
But no amount of photos and clay models can be as shocking as the real car in front of you.
Let's talk about the Ford Victoria Crown first, this is a large full-size sedan with a length of up to 5.4 meters, the only one in China that is longer than this car is the Dahongqi CA770, the length is just 6 meters - 5.995 meters, but the Dahongqi is a three-row seat sedan, and the Ford Victoria Crown is a two-row seat sedan, and then considering the design age of the two cars, The level of industrial processing in the two countries, so to put it mildly, the Ford Victoria Crown actually looks a little better than the big red flag.
Let's put it this way, after some discussion, these leaders in front of them quickly formed a consensus that everyone agrees on: this Ford Victoria Crown in front of you is better than all the other cars you have seen, not only atmospheric, but also majestic, and most importantly, the two large sofas in the front and rear look comfortable - almost say "this car is especially suitable as an executive car for senior leaders".
As for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class (115) that drove at the same time as the magic capital and was ready to be compared, not to mention the comparison with the Ford Victoria Crown, even the Chrysler family could not be compared.
As a Mercedes-Benz designed in the 60s, although it bears the name of "Mercedes-Benz E-class", compared with the Mercedes-Benz E-class that everyone is familiar with a few years later, the body has been lengthened to more than five meters and the wheelbase is more than three meters, the chassis code 115 is not called the E-class for the time being, and the body length is only a little more than 4.6 meters.
As for the configuration, it is even more incomparable, for the radio and air conditioning are all "luxury" configuration of Mercedes-Benz 114/115, in the face of Henry Ford specially selected this top version of the Chrysler family by "power windows + electric heating electric 8-way luxury leather seats + rear air conditioning outlet + automatic transmission" composed of a powerful equipment group army, it is simply crushing!
As for power, there is no comparison at all.
No way, don't look at the "German Three Musketeers" composed of BBA a few years later, which is recognized by the world as the world's first-line luxury car brand, Lincoln and Cadillac can only be regarded as second-tier products, but in the seventies and eighties, and even before the entire mid-nineties, what was BBA?
Lincoln and Cadillac are the real world leaders in the field of luxury cars!
In front of these two, the other car brands are scum.
Qiu Ke and Jiang Tao, who came to the airport with Chen Geng, asked Chen Geng even more excitedly: "Mr. Chen, what percentage of the two cars you cooperate with our magic capital have?"
Chen Geng smiled, it was a confident smile: "For this cooperation, the two cars I designed were named New Century and Jiamei, the positioning of the new century is high-end official and commercial vehicles, focusing on the high-end market, and Jiamei is the main mid-end market, as for the strength of New Century and Jiamei......
Let me put it this way, in addition to the engine and body size of the new century is not as large as the Victoria Crown, nothing else is worse than the Victoria Crown, as for the Camry, it is more than the configuration and body size of the Mercedes-Benz 115, focusing on the market space where you Modu Automobile made the Wolfsburg Passat B2 that you wanted to introduce before. ”
If there were not these two cars in front of him, the comrades of the Magic City and even the First Machinery Department would think that Chen Geng was bragging, and compared with the Wolfsburg Passat B2 and even the Mercedes-Benz 115? Do you know that the Passat B2 is the most advanced new generation of middle-class sedan developed by the German Wolfsburg Automobile? Do you know that although the 115 has been replaced by the 123, people are Mercedes-Benz after all, can you compare?
But it is still that sentence, practice is all the criteria for testing the truth, Chen Geng's personally designed Ford Victoria Crown and Chrysler family are in front of his eyes, and after riding and experiencing it himself on the way back, even the comrades who opposed it the most before had to be completely convinced of Chen Geng's ability.
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PS: Brothers, I'm sorry, today's chapter is a bit stuck, and it has been revised several times to be satisfied, and please forgive me, brothers.