As an industrial city in northern Germany, Wolfsburg is the fifth largest municipality in Lower Saxony, and Volkswagen's headquarters are located in this city.

Compared with the high temperature of more than 30 degrees in Shencheng in China, Wolfsburg in September, the weather is particularly pleasant, with an average temperature of about 20 degrees, like the three eastern provinces in China.

After getting off the plane, Zhou Jingming couldn't help but close his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt extremely comfortable all over his body, especially in the evening, when the breeze blew on his body, and he blew away the tiredness all the way.

"What, do you think that the air abroad is free?" Seeing this, Luo Yuzhong couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"I can't say that, freedom is relative, there is no absolute freedom, I just feel that when I go to a foreign country, I have a different feeling in my heart. Zhou Jingming didn't expect Luo Yuzhong to ask like this, so he replied with a smile.

Those who preach that the air in a foreign country is free, in fact, let them live abroad for a while, and they will find that the foreign country is not as good as they imagined.

The moon in a foreign country is not necessarily rounder than the moon in China.

"Everyone follow me to the outside of the airport and wait, the consulate has already arranged for someone to pick us up. Lee Ming-che walked among the crowd and said loudly.

At this time, Germany had not yet been reunified, and the situation of partition after the end of World War II was still maintained, and the GDR (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) were still in a hostile stage, and it was not until 1990 that East Germany and West Germany merged to form the later Federal Republic of Germany.

Wolfsburg is now part of West Germany. China established diplomatic relations with the GDR as early as 1949, but it was not until 1972 that formal diplomatic relations were established with West Germany.

After waiting outside for a few minutes, Chen Feixiang, the consulate staff member in charge of receiving them, drove to the airport.

"I'm sorry, Director Li, I didn't expect you to arrive so soon, so I made you wait for a long time. As soon as Chen Feixiang got out of the car, he hurriedly walked up to Li Mingzhe and said. Before he came, he had already seen Lee Ming-che's photo, so he could recognize Lee Ming-che himself at a sight.

"It's okay, we've just arrived, thank you guys. Lee Ming-che waved his hand and responded with a smile.

"Then let's get in the car first, the consulate has already prepared a hotel, dinner is also ready, take a rest after eating, and then get busy with business." ”

Chen Feixiang prepared a total of four cars this time, Li Mingzhe and Ni Zhihao, the interpreter, sat in the same car, and the remaining ten people sat in the other three cars.

In addition to the Audi that Lee Mingzhe was sitting in, the car that Zhou Jingming and others were riding in was the Santana model that would be introduced into China this time.

Luo Yuzhong and Zhou Jingming are in the same car, as soon as he sat on it, he couldn't help but observe in the car, and at the same time his hands kept touching, "Tut-tut! Look at the interior of other people's cars, this touch, and the comfort of the seats, it's just different." ”

"It's true that this car is much better than the cars we make ourselves. Zhou Jingming also nodded, this point is not allowed for him not to admit.

"It seems that the country's decision to introduce this car is still very prescient, not to mention anything else, if this car goes to China, the sales will definitely be very hot. ”

"How can it be so simple, the sales must be good, but we are exchanging the market for technology, and it is not easy to understand the technology in this car. "The history of the introduction of Santana is the history of blood and tears of China's automobile struggle, and I don't know how many resources were used to complete it for the localization of Santana.

"Yes, we can imitate the shape of the body, but the major parts assembly technology, but not by imitation can be understood, when we can develop a car like this, then China's automobile industry, it is not much worse than here. Luo Yuzhong also sighed and said with emotion.

"There will be a day like this. Zhou Jingming said leisurely.

To evaluate the quality of a car, in addition to the interior and exterior decoration and body shape, the comfort of the ride is also a very important indicator. Zhou Jingming made a Shencheng brand car, and he thought it was very good at the time, but compared with the current Santana, the poor place is still far away.

During the whole driving process, the car is very stable, the noise in the car is also very small, aside from the road factors, the Germans have a very good control over the NVH performance of the car, and the country does not even know what is called NVH, so in terms of theoretical research and technology, the country is far worse than Germany.

About twenty minutes later, Zhou Jingming and the others finally arrived at the hotel prepared for them by the consulate. The hotel is a two-person room, voluntarily combined, and Zhou Jingming is more familiar with Luo Yuzhong, so he lives with him.

Although the standard of the hotel is not very high, it is equivalent to the chain express hotel in later generations, compared with the domestic guest house, I don't know how much better, the space is very large, and the health and related facilities are also very complete.

The dinner was a specially prepared Chinese meal, made by the chef of the consulate, and after the meal, considering that everyone was tired of traveling and traveling, Lee Ming-che did not arrange the rest of the things, and let everyone go back to rest.

Because of the jet lag, there is a difference of 6 hours between China and Germany, Zhou Jingming fell asleep in the early hours of the morning, and it took a whole day for the group to adapt to the jet lag here.

On the third day after arriving in Germany, under the leadership of Lee Ming-che, the group officially went to Volkswagen's headquarters for technical exchanges.

As soon as they got off the bus, everyone was attracted by the magnificent building of Volkswagen's headquarters, and couldn't help but exclaim again.

"I used to think that the industrial level of the Soviet Union was already very good, but compared with Germany, I felt that it was still much worse. Luo Yuzhong couldn't help but sigh.

"The industrial development models of the Soviet Union and Germany are different, and the products bred are naturally different, and this is still from the outside, I believe that when you enter the factory of Volkswagen, you will find that the gap is far greater than we think. Zhou Jingming replied disapprerovingly.

"It's like you've been to someone's factory. ”

Zhou Jingming was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Of course I haven't been there, but I've heard of it." ”

Considering that Li Mingzhe's official position is relatively large, the public also attaches great importance to it, and sent a vice president Frank to receive Li Mingzhe and his party, and as soon as they met, they greeted them in very broken Chinese, causing everyone to laugh.

Because of Ni Zhihao's translator, Li Mingzhe and Frank communicated, but there was no obstacle, according to the itinerary, Volkswagen first took them around the administrative building of the headquarters, so that Li Mingzhe and they felt what is called a modern office.

Then, after visiting the administrative building, the group took a short rest before Lee Ming-che said to Frank, "Next, please take us to the factory for a tour." ”