Chapter 499: Detroit Unfolds

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Despite his reluctance, Jin Xiaoqiang had to fly directly from New York to Detroit early the next morning to attend the Detroit Auto Show.

Negotiations with GM on supercars were very stiff, so in his heart he was a little resistant to Detroit, the motor city of the United States, because there were greedy GM executives there that he really didn't want to see.

For the sake of profit, these guys can be said to have tried all kinds of ways to find cheap in the world recently, which is really annoying.

But who made the current size of Huayang Power too small, and there was no way to compete with them

This year's Detroit Auto Show was scheduled for January 8, and in order not to meet directly with GM's personnel, Jin Xiaoqiang chose to fly to Detroit on the night of January 8, and after arriving in Detroit, he stayed directly in the hotel and did not have contact with GM's people.

But the next day, I definitely couldn't escape with Nick. When a vampire like Reilly meets, when he thinks of this guy, Jin Xiaoqiang's heart feels like a thorn, where does the guy have interests, he wants to smell the flies and fly over, which is really annoying.

The hotel is the Hilton Hotel in downtown Detroit, and this time Jin Xiaoqiang felt a completely different atmosphere from the previous two times, whether it was on the streets of Detroit or in the hotel, the festive atmosphere here was very strong.

Although the Detroit Auto Show is no longer what it used to be, and it is no longer the age of American cars, the city is still in a festive mood.

Just after Christmas and New Year's Day, it seems that the festive atmosphere is not as strong as this seasonDetroit, as the motor city of the United States, has been a city famous for its machinery manufacturing since the founding of the country.

Although it has been gradually declining since the sixties of the last century, and the white people of the United States began to move southward in large numbers, and the majority of blacks who were left here are extremely undisciplined, it has always been the cradle of American car culture and the center of American automobile manufacturing

The long-standing Detroit Auto Show has also breathed life into the city's twilight years, with car exhibitors from all over the world, as well as car fans from the United States, Canada and even the world, filling the streets of the city.

In recent years, due to the massive surge of blacks in the city and the influx of immigrants from Central and South America, gangs and drugs have become the main theme of people living in the city.

The city has become the most serious security problem in the United States, the crime capital with the highest crime rate, but every year when the auto show is held, the city government of Detroit will send a large number of police to improve the security level of the whole city, so Detroit at this time looks much cleaner and much better than when Jin Xiaoqiang came to the first two times.

The first two times he came, he could hear the sirens of police cars whizzing through the streets almost every night every night when he stayed in the hotel, and sometimes even in the middle of the night in the suburbs and slums of the city, a series of criminal incidents such as robberies and shootings would occur.

But this time in Detroit feels much better than the previous two times, the streets are full of patrolling police cars, these days from all over the world car manufacturers and car fans will bring a lot of income to the city, so the city government of Detroit is very important to the security of this time period, they absolutely do not allow anything to affect Detroit's reputation during this time, although their reputation is already very bad. …,

On the way to the hotel by car, you can see high-powered modified cars whistling by on the road through the car window, as well as those luxury sports cars that can easily cost millions of dollars, speeding on the road.

As the birthplace of modern automobile culture, although the United States has been a little decadent in the automotive field in recent years, it still has a very deep cultural heritage.

Moreover, there are many wealthy people in the United States, so those sports cars that usually look very expensive appear on the streets of the United States not a small number of times.

And there are not a lot of people in the United States who like DIY taxis, and many of them like to buy a vehicle with a lot of room for modification to go back and modify it themselves, and then drive it through the market.

At this time, at this automobile exhibition held in the United States, these people seemed to emerge from all over the United States at once, and then flocked to the streets of Detroit, just to be able to compete here.

"It's a festival for these people, for American fans and for the world's automakers."

The driver was a local driver, a familiar driver hired from Detroit after Wang Jiao and the others arrived, a white man who was born and raised here and knew everything very well about what was going on in Detroit.

At this time, of course, I want to introduce Jin Xiaoqiang to the local living habits and customs.

"Really? Hehe, it looks like tomorrow might be even more lively. ”

Jin Xiaoqiang, who was sitting in the back of the car, said with a smile.

"That's right, just wait and see! Tomorrow I promise you to see a car show that is completely different from other stations in the world. ”

The driver, named David, said to Jin Xiaoqiang with a little pride that although he knew that the person sitting behind him was the most powerful car designer in the world, but deep in his heart, there was still a trace of American pride.

"Hehe, that's good, I'll wait and see......"

Jin Xiaoqiang didn't feel uncomfortable because of David's American-style pride, he replied to him with a smile, then closed his eyes, sat in the back seat and began to rest.

After a night of rest in the hotel at night, he rushed to the exhibition site of the auto show in David's car early the next morning, and the traffic was very congested along the way, and there were fans driving all kinds of cars to the convention and exhibition center.

Along the way, Jin Xiaoqiang couldn't help but sigh that the American people have a strong ability to do it themselves, and he has seen too many modified cars along the way, and many of them have been changed very beautifully, and there are even many classic cars that have been very old for a long time are still on the road.

David was proud to introduce to Jin Xiaoqiang that during the annual Detroit Auto Show, in addition to the official events, car enthusiasts from all over the world can drive their own cars and participate in activities organized by various fan clubs.

For example, there are special exhibitions of classic cars, exhibitions of muscle tuning cars, and even some fan-organized events, so this Detroit Auto Show is not only a festival for automakers, but also for North American car fans.

Hearing this, Jin Xiaoqiang couldn't help but sigh again, the development of the American automobile market, and the maturity of American automobile culture.

The car is moving slowly on the road, but fortunately, because Detroit has sent a lot of police during this time, so although the traffic is more congested, it will not be chaotic, and the American people are relatively civilized when they drive, and there are relatively few things to stop plugging, changing lanes, and grabbing the road, so they finally arrived at the scene of the auto show before the hotel...,

The Detroit Auto Show has been held annually since 1907 for almost 100 years, and the auto show has been held in this COBO center since 19 years.

When he arrived at the scene, Jin Xiaoqiang really noticed the difference between this auto show and the previous auto shows he had participated in, in the European auto show, he participated in the Paris auto show in France, and the Frankfurt auto show in Germany, but in those two auto shows, the first few days were open to the media, and the next few days were open to the public.

But the same is true of the Detroit Auto Show, which started on January 8th, and the first two days were dedicated to the news media, and the January issue was open to the public, but now on the days when it is exclusively open to journalists, the front of this science and technology center is also very lively.

According to David's explanation, it is because there are many activities organized by fans spontaneously, which are also carried out there, and there are many performances and charity activities in front of the Cobo Center.

So at this time, the outside of the exhibition hall can be said to be crowded with fans from all over North America, and the exhibitors of the major organizers have also entered the hall early from the backstage to wait for the development.

Jin Xiaoqiang was also sent by Wang Jiao to approach the exhibition hall directly from the backstage, I have to say that General is very interesting, and the location of the exhibition arranged for them is very good, just at the back of the first exhibition hall.

You must know that in this exhibition hall, it is full of local big brands such as GM, Ford, and Chrysler, as for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, etc., no matter how good you are, you have to stay in the back pavilion.

And unlike other auto shows, in the position of the booths of the major brands, out of the most central position, there are a few slightly raised booths, which can be used for you to place your core exhibits outside of them, and the other exhibits are directly parked on the flat ground, and there is no very obvious isolation area between the major brands.

In this way, it is very convenient for the visitors to participate in the exhibition, and they can shuttle and compare the exhibits of major brands at will.

At 9 o'clock sharp, the mayor of Detroit gave a brief speech to the various media and fans who came to interview the exhibition hall, and the Detroit Auto Show was held.

As soon as the door of the exhibition hall opened, all kinds of media flocked in, and in front of the Science and Technology Center, the activities organized by the fans spontaneously began, and various performances arranged by the organizer also began at the same time...... )