Chapter 136: Shaking hands with the crowd
It was the end of August, and one morning, Lin Qiangsheng was running near the villa, and Ryan was by his side. At the beginning, the media turned Lin Qiangsheng's information upside down, and Lane was greatly shocked for a while after knowing Lin Qiangsheng's real age, she began to be unable to accept that Lin Qiangsheng was so young, after all, she herself was 26 years old, and the difference between Lin Qiangsheng and Lin Qiangsheng was 9 years old, but when Lin Qiangsheng's situation was difficult and the pressure from the outside world increased, Lane couldn't leave, so she finally stayed.
The air after the rain made Lin Qiangsheng feel exceptionally fresh, and the cold air blowing from the north spread along the Great Lakes to the surrounding areas, bringing some rain to the eastern plains.
There are still media reporters ambushing around Lin Qiangsheng's villa, and Americans want to know the real experience of this young rich man very much, and are very interested in the real situation of his family history, and many media have also contacted Lin Qiangsheng to do an exclusive interview with him, but he refused.
After returning to the villa, he took a shower, and the phone rang, and Ryan was afraid that Lin Qiangsheng would lose his temper with the media again and cause another topic, so he picked up the phone first.
"Hey! I'm Jorkins, President of Volkswagen North America, and I'm looking for Mr. Lin! The voice of a middle-aged man came over the phone.
After Lin Qiangsheng heard it, he took the phone and said, "Hello, Mr. Jorkins, I am!" ”
Jorkins shook his spirits and said loudly to Lin Qiangsheng in a commanding tone: "Your report has seriously affected Volkswagen's distribution strategy in North America and caused huge losses to Volkswagen!" You must make a statement to the public, apologize to Volkswagen and admit that you plagiarized Volkswagen models! Otherwise, we reserve the right to sue you, and you will go to jail! ”
After Lin Qiangsheng listened to Joggins's words silently, he said into the phone: "Mr. Jorkins? ”
"Do you have anything to say?" Jorkins felt much better after losing his temper, and wanted to listen to Lin Johnson's answer very carefully.
Lin Qiangsheng adjusted the situation. He smiled and asked, "Mr. Jorkins, have you forgotten to take your medicine?" ”
"What!" Jons asked, puzzled.
Lin Qiangsheng didn't want to talk nonsense with him anymore, and said directly: "You should go to a mental hospital!" ”
"Smack!" The phone was hung up.
Jorkins' face turned blue with anger and shouted into the phone, "You bastard! You're a psychopath! ”
Originally, Volkswagen had high hopes for the Jetta model in North America, but it was time for them to produce it vigorously at their factory and bring this model to the market. The plagiarism storm suddenly set off and quickly fermented, coupled with the promotion of major automobile giants and the processing of the media, so that the incident gradually evolved into a scandal of Volkswagen. This sudden image crisis completely disrupted Volkswagen's follow-up business plan, and the sudden slap caught Volkswagen off guard!
The Jetta has been prepared for three years, and Volkswagen has put a lot of thought into it, redesigning the interior and improving the aerodynamics. Plus other auxiliary features such as elongated axles. The trunk was added, and a variety of variations and specifications were given to the car. It was also given a detailed market strategy, as well as a development plan. In later generations, it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a model in a large company, although Volkswagen did not use it so much now, but it also spent a lot of research funds, not to mention time and energy.
But now that all that effort has been ruined by this sudden image crisis, car buyers are clearly shy away from the controversial car and have opted for something else. Competing new models from major companies are rapidly increasing publicity. Volkswagen's Jetta has left it far behind, and now this unsalable situation has a tendency to spread to Volkswagen's hot-selling model Golf.
Volkswagen is desperate to stop the decline in sales. So someone hit Lin Qiangsheng with the idea, if Lin Qiangsheng admitted to plagiarizing the public, then the matter would be solved!
It's just that Jorkins, a pathfinder, is obviously too impatient, which seems to have angered Lin Qiangsheng.
Two days later, Volkswagen's headquarters sent an expert on China who had dealt with Chinese. Dr. Hahn. This doctor once led a team to contact the SH automobile factory in 78 years and knew some about the Chinese, and the German Volkswagen hoped that Dr. Hahn could tie up with Lin Johnson, because this oriental designer simply refused to contact.
It didn't take long for Lin Qiangsheng to meet this legend. Hahn personally visited him at the villa.
It was this Dr. Hahn who, after becoming the chairman of Volkswagen in '82, agreed to cooperate with China against public opinion, so he was known as the strategist of Volkswagen's intrusion into China. Of course, the reason why he is so optimistic about China, but the cooperation has dragged on for so long, and there are also some people in the public who are not optimistic about China's arbitrary interference in the negotiations.
Lin Qiangsheng respected this strategist very much, and after the two shook hands, Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said: "Dr. Hahn, I didn't expect the public to send you to talk to me, I know that your view of China's development is very different!" ”
Dr. Hahn looked at Lin Qiangsheng carefully, he was more interested in the young man. According to the information, the young man, who is not yet 18 years old, is already a billionaire, and he has fulfilled the dreams of many people at such a young age. And it is said that this young man has just gone abroad, and his wealth has been accumulated in less than half a year, what a legend!
Although Hahn was very interested in how Lin Johnson created an astonishing fortune in a short period of time, he still smiled: "You know, the explosive power released by China after that decade is very powerful, China has such a large population, and the new government attaches great importance to economic development, its development scale and energy will be extremely amazing!" I am very optimistic about the Chinese market, but I didn't expect that when we had not reached a cooperation with SH, Mr. Lin took the lead in investing in China's car industry, and your vision is also very keen! ”
Lin Qiangsheng was stunned, he didn't expect the public to investigate himself in such detail so quickly, it seems that every giant enterprise has its own powerful intelligence system!
While Lin Qiangsheng was thinking about how to build his own intelligence system, Hahn continued: "We believe that the Jetta sedan designed by Mr. Lin and our JettaMk1 are just a coincidence, and the development of things has exceeded the bottom line of our Volkswagen, if things are allowed to deteriorate, then Volkswagen will take up legal weapons to fight back!" Both Volkswagen and I hope that we can reach an agreement with a proper cooperative attitude before the stalemate, and jointly issue a statement of understanding to relieve the current embarrassing situation! ”
When he came, Hahn had carefully studied the information of Lin Qiangsheng, and learned about the relevant reports of the American media on Lin Qiangsheng, from which he found that Lin Qiangsheng was not a person who was good at dealing with the media, it can be said that Lin Qiangsheng was very low-key, and he could see that he did not want to be bothered by the media, so Hahn directly clarified his intentions, and he guessed that Lin Qiangsheng should be able to communicate with him well.
Lin Qiangsheng nodded silently and thought for a while. The current days of being paid attention to by the media really disgusted him, and his travel has also been affected, and no one wants to be watched by people all day long.
Peugeot's Lyon and Blakeley never contacted themselves after the incident, hiding behind the scenes and watching their jokes. What's more, this incident against Volkswagen has developed to such an extent that their products have been affected. Peugeot wants to achieve results that have already exceeded the $10 million they gave themselves.
This matter should end here, Lin Qiangsheng feels that he does not owe the French.
Lin Qiangsheng nodded to Hahn and said happily: "Okay, I agree!" ”
When Hahn heard Lin Qiangsheng agree, his heart suddenly felt like he had put down a big stone, if the incident dragged on like this, then the public would really have to reformulate its own development strategy, and I don't know how much loss it would bring to the company.
Soon after, news broke in the media that Volkswagen was in contact with Lin, the billionaire designer who was the original designer of Jetta. But it's all gossip, and it's all wind. In fact, this is also the news released by the public, and they are quietly guiding the people's opinions.
Within a few days, it was announced that Volkswagen would hire Lin Qiangsheng as a model designer, and Lin Qiangsheng would visit Volkswagen's headquarters.
After a day or two, after car enthusiasts gradually accepted the news, it was reported in the media that Lin Johnson had reached an understanding agreement with Volkswagen, and the two sides would jointly build the Jetta sedan brand.
Volkswagen immediately gave full play to its own advantages and took advantage of the rare opportunity to quickly publish a number of popular advertorials in the media, and gathered a large number of media practitioners to publicize the good news of the public. In front of the public, quickly reverse their image. Do your best to get rid of the shadow of the plagiarism scandal.
When the crisis of the public was quickly resolved, the media people around Lin Qiangsheng's own home gradually shifted their attention. Originally, they were still looking forward to Lin Qiangsheng continuing to fight with Volkswagen, a large car company, but they didn't expect Lin Qiangsheng, a young man, to be so old, like many people, Volkswagen quickly died down when he gave the steps, and there was no bright spot at all, which still has any reporting value. What the public wants is how you fight against power, not bow to power, which is in line with public expectations!
Mr. Lin's life is also getting back on track, and he has recently been busy formalizing his computer company. Pentium Computer can no longer be just a warehouse company.
After discussing with Li Jing, Wang Huichang, and Chen Jiali, Lin Qiangsheng moved the headquarters of the computer company to Silicon Valley, California, where computer talents are more concentrated and the technological atmosphere is better.
Just as Lin Qiangsheng packed his family's things and shipped them to California, Ryan couldn't help but say to Lin Qiangsheng: "Lin! I think we're still moving too fast! I need to think again! ”
Lin Qiangsheng looked at Ryan's painful and confused expression, slowly walked to her side and hugged her, and said, "Ryan, I hope I didn't hurt you!" ”
Ryan hugged Lin Qiangsheng's body tightly, and said with tears in his eyes: "Give me some time, I need to figure it out!" (To be continued......)