Chapter 897: European Cars Become Famous

The newly formed Dongxing F1 design team in Ben Cheng was notified that they were going to Italy to design the car, and the technicians were very excited, they finally had the opportunity to contact the world's advanced level, Europe is the birthplace of various automobile competitions, and has a deep racing technical background. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In addition to the designers, there are also team members who are also going to Italy, in addition to the two official racers and 1 back racer, 1 team manager, 1 technical director are not located, other team members, such as 1 conductor technician, 1 wireless communication personnel, 1 driver status sign personnel, 1 lollipop man (holding a command lever that resembles a lollipop), 2 front and rear supporters, 2 refueling personnel, 1 hand-held fire extinguisher personnel next to the refueling personnel, 4 tire changing technicians, 4 tire technician assistants, There are 2 people to clean the air intake, and the whole team needs at least 26 people.

Dongxing has long established a car driving and maintenance technical school, and has also found some trainees who can be trained, so as to form its own test team.

Lin Johnson established the F1 racing team and received enthusiastic registration from the students, everyone knows that entering the F1 team is not only about getting more salary, but also about the opportunity to go abroad.

In the end, a total of 27 people were selected, who are not only technically excellent, but also have good cultural courses, and have greater training value, and will go to Italy to train as the logistics members of the first batch of F1 teams.

At the same time, Hirotoshi Honda, who was in charge of contacting Dongxing in Japan, was also notified, and he was very surprised that Lin Johnson had found Lamborghini as the design team for the racing car, and he was even more shocked to learn that Lamborghini had already been acquired by Lin Johnson.

This time, Honda Hiroshi also attached importance to the Dongxing team, and it should be said that the importance of Lamborghini made him immediately take a plane to Italy.

Lamborghini is located in the small triangle between Bologna and Modena - Sant'Agata ? Bolognese.

Bologna is an important industrial center of Italy, Modena City is the cradle of the world's supercars, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati headquarters are in Modena, the famous motorcycle brand Ducati is in the northwest of Bologna, within a radius of 50 kilometers gathered three supercar manufacturers and a motorcycle factory, this region concentrates the best Italian automotive industry and technical personnel.

Claranica, Lin's liaison assistant, drove him around the Maserati factory and parked nearby.

Villanica asked, "Lin, why don't you go in and have a look, you can let De Tommaso receive it personally." ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at Maserati's somewhat dilapidated factory, completely unimagining that it was once a famous supercar manufacturer, he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I wanted to buy Maserati at the beginning, but it turned out that this Tomaso was hindered, and I have nothing to talk about with this Argentine." ”

"Tommaso is a man who wants to lead Maserati back to life, and since he took over the factory, he has been working hard to run the factory, and Maserati has indeed made some improvements, but due to financial problems, in recent years they have abandoned the supercar division, and they are also trying to cater to the needs of consumers and develop into smaller displacement cars," said Villanica. ”

Lin Qiangsheng asked curiously: "I know that they have changed to coupes, what is the annual production and sales volume now?" ”

Villanica said: "Maserati's various product lines together produce and sell about 7,000 units a year, the trotting Spyder series and the Quattroporte series are their main models, the third generation of the Quattroporte uses a twin-turbo engine, which reduces production costs and prices, but after a short period of glory, sales have declined, and it is said that Tommaso has ordered the development of the fourth generation Quattroporte." ”

β€œquattroporteοΌŸβ€ Lin Qiangsheng thought about it, isn't this the president series, and he said with emotion: "Maserati is now wholeheartedly developing civilian coupes, and it is no longer in competition with Lamborghini." ”

Villanica nodded and said: "Yes, its competitors should be some coupe models of Porsche and Ferrari, but it is also very fierce in this field, and Maserati is still at a disadvantage." ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at the factory with a history of nearly 100 years established in 1914, and felt a little emotional, after giving up the supercar project to save money, and reducing the displacement and cost to cater to the market, but now Maserati's business situation is still not optimistic.

He saw a boxy third-generation president driving by, as if looking at a wide Santana, Lin Johnson shook his head and said to Veranica: "Maserati lacks personality and tends to be similar to other models on the market, and consumers can't see a surprising design!" ”

Veranika asked, "Lin, do you still want to buy it?" Most of Maserati's shares are owned by de Tomasso, with a small portion in the hands of the state-owned company Gepi. ”

"Hiccup?" Lin Qiangsheng asked suspiciously.

Villanika didn't know what he meant: "The full name is Industrial Management Company, and it's a state-owned company. ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said: "This name is interesting, you can contact this gepi, buy the shares they hold, be careful not to conflict with de Tommaso, he wants to continue the management rights, and when he wants to give up I will take over, now is not the time." ”

"No problem, you designed Diablo and Lamborghini successfully launched the new car," Villanica said. ”

She looked at Lin Qiangsheng and said with a smile: "Lin, you have made a name for yourself in the Italian car industry, and now the Italian car industry is very optimistic about the Lamborghini under your leadership, and has given you a lot of praise, and even the mayor and parliamentarians of Bologna have sent you an invitation letter, hoping that you will participate in the reception, I think it should be no problem to acquire the shares of Maserati with your current status, and the Italian government welcomes powerful and influential people or enterprises to invest in the integration of the automobile industry." ”

"There is such a thing, it seems that I have to contact the Italian politics and business for two terms, and make persistent efforts to increase my influence!" Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said.

"Yes, I support your decision, the Italian automotive industry is inseparable from the support of the government!" Villanika said.

"Then you can arrange it for me, I should prepare a few sets of evening dresses for you, and accompany me to the cocktail party!" Lin Qiangsheng looked at Villanika and said with a smile.

Villanika was not only beautiful but also very welcoming, she stroked her long wavy hair and said happily, "You should have done this a long time ago, don't worry, I'll take care of everything." ”

Lin Qiangsheng is very satisfied with this girl's work, she is the contact person for the automotive business in Europe, and Stephanie, who is in charge of finance in France, and Emantina is his agent in Italy, in charge of all kinds of trade, and almost all the imported machinery and technology from Europe will pass through her hands. These three women supported the European business map of Dongxing Group and became his important assistants.

The two arrived at the Modena airport and waited a little longer for the plane from Tokyo to land, where Hirotoshi Honda met with Johnson and Villanica with an assistant and two engineers.

"Hello Mr. Honda, I'm Mr. Lin's liaison officer, Demeni Villanica, and I'm also Mr. Lin's liaison assistant with Lamborghini!" Villanik and Hirotoshi Honda shook their hands lightly and said.

Hiroshi Honda showed a surprised expression, he was very surprised that Lin Johnson would be the boss behind Lamborghini, obviously this is a fact.

Honda Hiroshi couldn't help but say enviously to Lin Qiangsheng: "I really didn't expect that Lamborghini has been acquired by Lin Jun!" ”

He took out a copy of the European car magazine from his bosom, with the latest Lamborghini Diablo ghost on the cover.

Honda Hiroshi opened the magazine and said to Lin Qiangsheng: "This magazine said that the Diablo model was designed by Lin Jun himself, it is really hard to believe, Lin Jun has a design talent that is not inferior to Gandini, Giugiaro and others, the Diablo model is very perfect, I really want to see this excellent supercar in person!" ”

He looked at Lin Qiangsheng with great emotion, many of Honda's own models were designed by hired international masters, many of which are classics, but there are very few such models.

But he didn't expect that the Chinese in front of him had the same design level as the international masters, and he really didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for the Japanese auto industry.

Lin Qiangsheng was a little unnatural, and said embarrassedly: "Actually, my level is still a lot worse than that of Gandini and other masters, and I happened to design a good car, which can't be compared with them!" ”

Hiroshi Honda took Lin Qiangsheng's words as modesty, he bowed and said: "Lin Jun, you are too modest, please give me advice in terms of car design in the future, please!" ”

Honda and his entourage all bowed to him, many foreigners at the airport looked at them curiously, Lin Qiangsheng's embarrassment was committed, and it took several times to help Honda Hiroshi up, and said: "Give each other advice and learn from each other, don't be so polite and ,..." (to be continued. )