Not only Chen Geng's face was stunned, but the expressions of the other old men around him were not much better than Chen Geng's, everyone has been making engines all their lives, and it is not that they don't understand cars, and the old factory director's request is clearly deliberately embarrassing!

The old man glared at him: "Don't worry about anything else, Comrade Xiao Chen, I'll ask you one thing, can you put our Jinfeng engine and gearbox on the 212 Jeep?" ”

Chen Geng smiled bitterly and nodded: "Of course there is no problem technically, but what's the point?" ”

"Why doesn't it make sense?" The old man said politely: "Who said that jeeps have to have four-wheel drive?" A car can drive four-wheel-drive, why can't a jeep drive two-wheel-drive? Military vehicles need four-wheel drive because of actual needs, but civilian vehicles need four-wheel drive? As long as the chassis is high and the suspension is stiff, even two-wheel drive can easily deal with general bad roads.

Now that all parts of the country are engaged in road construction, at least in the coastal provinces of our country, is there a place where jeeps are needed to go off-road? But if you don't want four-wheel drive, you can save the transfer case, the front drive axle and the entire front drive system, and the whole car can be almost 200 kilograms lighter, which saves ...... money."

The old man chattered there, listening to the ears of a group of old men around him, this is simply quibbling and unreasonable, and there are fewer places where civilian cars need to use four-wheel drive? Who are you going to sell an off-road vehicle without 4WD?

But the words of the old factory director sounded like a giant bell ringing in Chen Geng's ears: yes! Who says that jeeps have to be four-wheel drive? For a car that mainly walks in the city, what is the use of 4WD? There are so many SUVs in later generations, not to mention full-time four-wheel drive, how many are time-sharing four-wheel drive? The same model, there are two-wheel drive versions and four-wheel drive versions, and the two-wheel drive version will always sell much better than the four-wheel drive version!

Why? Because for the vast majority of people and the vast majority of time, four-wheel drive is not needed at all, and two-wheel drive is enough. But the saved transfer case, front drive axle, and front drive system are not only weight, fuel, but also cost!

After the cancellation of four-wheel drive, the entire front suspension system of the 212 Jeep can be replaced from the current leaf spring integral axle of BAIC / the four-link integral axle of Runhua Industry to the standard MacPherson independent suspension, which not only makes the suspension system lighter in weight but also more comfortable.

The only question is whether the 212 Jeep's engine bay will be able to fit this inline-six engine?

Chen Geng's heart of the 212 jeep has long been familiar with the number of jù, he quickly calculated in his heart, and then was surprised to find that it can really be installed, in addition to the need to redesign the feet, there is also a problem is the need to move the heat dissipation tank forward, but this is not a big problem, there is still a large distance between the heat dissipation tank and the front-end machine cover, steel bumper...... Just thinking of the heat dissipation water tank, Chen Geng felt distressed: whose heat dissipation water tank is pure copper, but the heat dissipation water tank of the 212 jeep is pure copper!

Pure copper!

Copper is so expensive, every time he sees these pure copper heat dissipation tanks, Chen Geng has the urge to secretly replace these water tanks.

Chen Geng even thought of another benefit of the powertrain of the Shanghai car, Chen Geng heard his own Lao Tzu say, in order to allow the Capital Engine Factory to approve the 200 engines of his own factory a year, the factory director Liu Qianqian accompanied the leaders of the Capital Engine Factory to drink wine for half a month, drunk every day, vomiting, half a month, not only did people not get fat, but lost more than 10 pounds, in the next half a year, there was no smell of wine, smell the smell of wine, Because of the severe physical loss, it took three months of cultivation to be considered recuperating, but what if it was replaced with a Jinfeng 680 engine and that four-speed manual gearbox? Now it is the SAIC Engine Plant that begs for itself.

And to be honest, the power system of the Shanghai sedan is indeed more stable and reliable than the power system on the 212.

The most important thing is that with "the shell of the 212 Jeep + the powertrain of the Shanghai sedan + the suspension system designed by himself", Chen Geng is sure to create a jeep that is not inferior to the comfort of the car, and the cost can be greatly reduced!

As for a jeep with front-rear-wheel drive, front MacPherson independent suspension, rear integral axle, non-independent suspension, will there be a market? In Chen Geng's view, there is a market, but you need to pay attention to the customer base, and don't sell the car to the central, central and western regions, but in terms of the current business coverage of Runhua Industry, this seems to be a bit far?

"I understand what you mean," after figuring out what the old factory director was thinking, Chen Geng laughed: "Old man, you have a good plan." ”

The old factory director Xie didn't have the slightest annoyance after his little abacus was exposed, and said with a smile: "Then you just say, what are you going to do?" ”

After pretending to ponder for a moment, Chen Gengfang said with an embarrassed face: "Old Chang, you make it difficult for me to do it, can an off-road vehicle without four-wheel drive be called a jeep......

"Boy, don't pretend!" The old factory director interrupted Chen Geng's words very facelessly, but he still smiled on his face: "I don't embarrass you, as long as you purchase 1,000 engines from our factory every year, you can take these retired little guys with no problem, but I will also put my words here today, if you can't do it, you don't want to take it away alone!" ”

If someone really wants to leave, he may not be able to stop him, but Chen Geng also admits that with the prestige of this old man in the factory, it is still very easy to set up some stumbling blocks for himself - but is it really appropriate for you to say that these 50-year-old men are "little guys"?

This time, Chen Geng pondered for a longer time, more than three minutes, before he finally said: "I can find a way to put the engine in, but what about the price?" As far as I know, the Jinfeng engine is not cheap. ”

Don't look at the old factory director just shouted, but the old man is all supported by one breath, if Chen Geng insists on disagreeing, he really has nothing to do, as for not allowing everyone to go to Haizhou, it is even more of a joke: everyone is retired, why don't you let go? Besides, although you used to be the factory director, but now you are a retired old man, just enjoy your retirement life honestly, obviously retired people still point fingers at the factory, are you tired?

In fact, when he said those words to Chen Geng just now, the old factory director was worried, so pit Chen Geng, that is no way, Shanghai car sales are not good, as a supporting product of Shanghai car, the sales of Jinfeng 680QK engine will of course not be much better, but the huge factory, so many mouths always have to eat, what to do? Although this method is a bit of a scoundrel, if you can play a scoundrel to make the big guys have enough to eat, then play it.

Now listening to Chen Geng talk about this problem, the old man finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and immediately said: "You can rest assured that the price is definitely cheaper than the engine of the 212 Jeep!" ”

What about the price of the 212 jeep engine? Because now the Capital Engine Factory sells the "engine-gearbox-transfer case" powertrain all over the world, last year there were more than 200 factories in the country producing various brands of 212 Jeep, and this year there are more than 100, he knows that the price is too normal.

Chen Geng nodded: "You said so, what else can that kid say?" The kid made the last three requests. ”

"You say."

"First, the execution of the contract begins next year."

"No problem." Xie Laochang happily agreed.

To install the Jinfeng engine on the 212 Jeep, it is not just a casual installation, it takes time to design parts, to adjust, debug and test, even if this work is done from this month, it is already fast to be able to launch a two-wheel drive jeep equipped with Jinfeng engine before the end of the year, not to mention how to bring this kind of jeep to the market is also a problem, Chen Geng asked the contract to be implemented from next year, this is normal.

"Second, the contract is only valid for 2 years."

"Why?" As soon as Chen Geng's words came out, the old man was not calm for a moment, and said with a glare.

Chen Geng smiled, if Lao Tzu couldn't get an engine on the table within 2 years, it would be too embarrassing to do it. But of course, there is no need to say this to the old man, and he said euphemistically: "The past two years are the transformation time of SAIC Engine Factory......"

As soon as Chen Geng's words came out, the old man's face suddenly froze, and he understood what Chen Geng meant: if Shanghai cars can work hard in the past two years, they will naturally not worry about sales in the market, and the life of SAIC Engine Factory will be better, and there will be no shortage of orders for 1,000 engines of Runhua Industry every year; But if it is the other way around, if Shanghai Car still maintains the current situation, even if Runhua Industry increases the order of 1,000 engines every year, it will not help SAIC Engine Factory.

What Chen Geng did was actually to provide a two-year buffer time for SAIC Engine Factory and Shanghai Car, and if there was still no improvement after two years, it didn't matter if there was an order for the 1,000 engines of Runhua Industry.

After a moment, he nodded with a wry smile: "You're right, what is the third condition?" ”

"The third condition is ......" Looking at Old Man Xie, Chen Geng said slowly, word by word: "We Runhua Industry hope to hire you as the executive president of our company in charge of production." ”

As soon as Chen Geng's words came out, the scene suddenly fell silent!

No one dared to think that Chen Geng, this kid, would pay attention to the old factory director, and a group of old workers in the room were collectively stunned: Let the old factory director go to you as the deputy director in charge of production? How dare you think about it!

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PS: Brother, I'm sorry, this weekend, I went out with my son for a day, and there was only one shift, and I ask for forgiveness brothers.