The highest-end model of the Wolfsburg brand is the Passat B2, which is our domestically produced Poussin, but at the Frankfurt International Motor Show just past, Wolfsburg has released its own new generation of intermediate cars: Passat B3, which is expected to be officially launched at the beginning of next year. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the third-generation Passat has not yet been launched, in fact, the concept development of the fourth-generation Passat, that is, the Passat B4, has begun, according to the tradition of Wolfsburg to update the model once every five years, the Passat B4 will be about five years after the Passat B3 is launched, that is, in the first half of 1993.

Chen Geng agreed very happily: "As long as the price is right, of course there is no problem......

"Comrade Chen Geng, I want to criticize you," Chen Geng's voice had not yet landed, and the deputy director Wu who accompanied him from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was a little anxious, and unceremoniously criticized by name: "Mr. Karl Hahn is an old friend of our Chinese people, but he just asked you to design a car, how can you collect money?" ”

A deputy department-level cadre who can't manage his own head dares to point fingers at his own affairs? Chen Geng said angrily: "Deputy Director Wu may not know that the design cost of a car starts at least 3 million US dollars, are you sure you don't want this money?" ”

Deputy Director Wu was stunned for a moment, he just said casually, if he wants to be in the limelight in front of the Germans, he is essentially generous to others, but he didn't expect that it takes so much money to design a car, and the most important thing is that this is a dollar, if Runhua Industrial helps Wolfsburg design a car and finally gets a design fee of 3 million US dollars, what he said...... Hehe, I wonder what the Republic's desire for foreign exchange has become now?

However, the deputy director is the deputy director after all, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately said to Chen Geng with a straight face: "Nonsense, how can there be so many?" ”

His reason is also very simple, 3 million US dollars, you are just drawing a few drawings, why do you need so much money? You kid bluffed me, didn't you?

For this kind of guy who is used to taking things for granted, Chen Geng has been lazy to pay attention to him, and simply said: "During the Frankfurt International Motor Show, we reached a cooperation agreement with Suzuki Motor of Japan, I helped them design a car, the design fee is higher than what we drove to Wolfsburg, the contract is in the company's archives, if you have any doubts, I can take the contract." Other than that...... Dr. Hahn, in Europe, how much does it cost for the mainstream car design companies to design a car for an OEM? ”

Carl Hahn was holding his arms to watch the excitement, but he didn't expect Chen Geng to suddenly burn the fire on himself, and he was suddenly a little embarrassed, and he said haha, and he didn't prove his answer.

Not to mention Pininfarina, the industry's top car design company, just those mainstream car design companies, the price of helping OEMs design and develop a model is not less than 5 million US dollars - the price increase in recent years has even exceeded 20%.

But of course, Karl Hahn refused to be a gunman for Chen Geng, and he was fooled by a haha.

Although Carl Hahn made a haha, it didn't mean that Deputy Director Wu's IQ needed to be recharged, and he immediately understood that he had made a big joke, Chen Geng was not fooling himself, what he said was true.

Unbelief? Just look at the reaction of the Germans, not to mention that Chen Geng still has a contract signed with Japan's Suzuki Motors.

It's a little awkward.

In the face of millions of dollars in foreign exchange income, not to mention that he is just a deputy director, even if the vice minister comes, he is not qualified to say that he will give away, at this moment, Deputy Director Wu really wants to find a crack in the ground to get into: it's too embarrassing.

Chen Geng didn't mean to delve into this issue, and said to Carl Hahn with a smile: "Mr. Hahn, I'm very interested in Wolfsburg's four-wheel drive technology, I don't know ......."

"I'm sorry, but quattro full-time four-wheel drive is a technology that Wolfsburg does not cooperate with." Before Chen Geng finished speaking, Ferdinand Piëch had already stood up and looked at Chen Geng with a displeased face: "Mr. Chen, I hope you will not settle for such unrealistic conditions in the future." ”

"Then there's no need to talk about it," Chen Geng shrugged, turned his head to several leaders of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and said: "The technology that we look at in Runhua Industry is unwilling to be used by Wolfsburg to cooperate, so the leaders, this matter is a little troublesome." ”

It's not just a little troublesome, it's a big trouble, right?!

Originally, the leaders of the two ministries who wanted to sell a good thing to the Germans through Runhua Industry were scolding Chen Geng for not being a thing, but the situation is clear here, and Wolfsburg refused to take out what Runhua Industry wanted; What Wolf Castle wants, Runhua Industry refuses to give. This makes people depressed, if it's just Wolfsburg wants it, it's simple, you can also find a way to force Runhua Industrial, but Runhua Industry wants something Wolfcastle refuses to give, how can you say this?

Just when several leaders of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs turned their careful thoughts, Director Yan of the Machinery Industry Committee spoke: "Cooperation depends on the will of the two companies, everyone has a common demand to cooperate, as a government department, we mainly play a guiding role, can not interfere with the specific operation of the enterprise, everyone said yes?" ”

Director Liu of the Ministry of Electronics Industry also nodded: "That's right, cows don't drink water, so we can't force our heads." ”

Deputy Director Wu and Director Wang of the Ministry of Commerce almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood: surnamed Yan, surnamed Liu, you two are enough, don't think we don't know that you are talking to FAW and SAIC! What cow doesn't drink water and presses its head, isn't it that FAW and SAIC don't want Wolfsburg to cooperate with Runhua Industry?

Among the people present, one counts as one, who doesn't know that Director Wang came out of FAW? The relationship between Director Liu and SAIC is even more bright like a light bulb, you two guys, are you embarrassed to say this?

But the problem is that after the comrades of the Machinery Industry Committee and the Ministry of Electronics Industry opened this mouth, it was difficult for the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to say anything: In terms of authority and jurisdiction alone, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs obviously did not have the right to dictate to Runhua Industry, not to mention that Runhua Industry was actually an enterprise of the military.

It was only at this time that Chen Geng breathed a sigh of relief.

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The Germans are gone, and the Germans don't mention the matter of cooperation at all -- since they all know that the other side will not cooperate with them, isn't it self-inflicted humiliation to mention it again?

As for asking Chen Geng to help him design a new car, the Germans directly did not follow up, which is normal, the Germans' original intention was to use this as bait to seduce Chen Geng to cooperate, but now Chen Geng is not fooled, of course, Wolfsburg has no reason to continue to bait the fish.

As soon as the Germans left, FAW and SAIC called Runhua Industrial almost immediately, not that they were not reserved, but according to what they learned, although Runhua Industrial rejected the Germans, but the refusal was still holding the pipa and half covering their faces, and it seemed that they still wanted to hook up with the Germans.

If Chen Geng didn't know that he would take advantage of this rare opportunity to finalize the "alpha," then he would really be a pig -- the FAW implicitly said that in two months at most, the "alpha" would be able to get the "birth permit" given by the national automobile quality inspection and testing.

FAW has said so, so what is there to hesitate about? Chen Geng waved his hand: "The publicity plan is launched!" ”

As the most high-end model of Runhua Industry at present, it is also Chen Geng as the vanguard of opening the high-end automobile market, in the next month, "Alpha" appeared in various media such as TV, newspapers, magazines and other media with high density, and a number of media that have cooperative relations with Runhua Industry also began to build momentum for the listing of "Alpha".

At the same time, Chen Geng and the public relations department of Runhua Industrial completely turned into a high-speed spinning top: negotiations with Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. on Suzuki's introduction of the Big Dipper and Chen Geng's design of the Swift, negotiations with Mohammad Ahmed's Runhua Industry to enter the Iranian automobile market and motorcycle market, and negotiations with various partners with Fiat Cars......

Although Runhua Industry rejected the Germans, in the eyes of FAW and SAIC, this refusal of Runhua Industry is not even a "polite refusal", it is simply ready to hook up with the Germans at any time, in order to block the excuse of Runhua Industry and the Germans to hook up, before Runhua Industry ends the negotiations with various intended customers, Alpha successfully obtained the birth permit - "Alpha" is named Runhua A6L, from this name you can see Chen's full of bad taste.

But this name has been called by everyone, a, ranking first among the 26 English letters, with the meaning of dominance; 6. In traditional Chinese culture, 6 represents Shun and Shun, 66 Shun, whether it is a business or an official, who doesn't want to be 66 Shun and prosperous all the way? ; As for L, Chen Geng said that L means lengthened, look at the spacious rear space, everyone feels that if there is no "L", I am sorry for such a beautiful car!

Chen Geng has deep expectations for the "Runhua A6L", compared with the slightly simple Passat B5 of the original, the Runhua A6L adds a lot of comfortable equipment, such as the rear center armrest, rear air conditioning vents, manual sunshades for side windows, and electric sunshades for the rear windshield...... These configurations have never even appeared on many imported high-end models, coupled with the luxurious atmosphere of the exterior and interior, once launched, the Runhua A6L, which is positioned in the middle and senior executive and commercial vehicles, has become the favorite of government departments at all levels, state-owned enterprises and institutions, and successful private bosses, not only in a very short period of time to empty the inventory, orders are even scheduled for 3 months later.

The hot sales of A6L not only stunned the executives of Runhua Industry, but even Chen Geng was frightened: the annual production capacity of 2,000 vehicles was not enough? (To be continued.) )