Eastern Europe produces beautiful women, and this is a region where the Slavs of the East, the Germanic peoples of the North, the Baltic peoples, the Scandinavians, and the descendants of Rome in the South thrive. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The offspring of these peoples have long been mixed with each other, and they have excellent appearance, but the Czech Republic is at the crossroads of Europe, and its beauty is also famous all over the world.

The temperature in the Czech Republic in November is around 10 degrees Celsius, and the four seasons are distinct, and the winters are very mild, with the coldest month of the year and the lowest temperature of only about 2 degrees Celsius.

Lin Qiangsheng walked out of the Mladá-Boleslav train station in a leather jacket, and the people around him glanced at him, and they did their own things indifferently.

As in the Soviet Union and many Eastern European countries, the people here are not welcoming. I don't know why, people in socialist countries always seem to put on a poker face, whether it's the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, or China.

The name Mladá Boleslav, which means young city, is the central city of the northern part of the Czech Republic, about 54 km from Prague.

Twenty years ago, Prague set off a huge wave of popularity. Host. Fortune. The impact is so great that it shakes the two camps of the East and the West.

The Soviet Union mobilized 200,000 troops and 5,000 tanks from the Warsaw Pact member countries to march into Prague, which became known as the Prague Spring Incident.

Although 20 years have passed, the shadow of that invasion still lingers in the hearts of the Czechs, and the whole country lives under the white terror of the Soviet Union.

The Czech Republic is adjacent to Germany, Austria, and Poland, and its materials and commodities are not as poor as those in the east, but walking on the streets, Lin Qiangsheng can clearly feel that the life of the citizens is still worse than that of European countries.

People queuing up in shops and bakeries are often seen, and the production and life of the whole society are quite backward and cannot be compared with developed countries, such as the Czech Republic, and the Soviet Union is even more unbearable, and most of the small goods and daily necessities need to be imported from abroad. The purchasing power of society has been suppressed for a long time, and almost any commodity imported from Western society will cause a rush to buy!

Lin Qiangsheng came here to visit the Skoda car factory, a small Czech Republic, but with a very famous and long-established car company.

Mlada Boleslav is a young city that thrives on Škoda, but has a permanent population of only 40,000 and the occasional Skada favorit can be seen on the streets.

It is a hatchback car, which was styled by the Italian company Broadcom Automotive Design and was just launched in the first half of this year, and its birth made Skoda successful with the front-wheel front-facing model, winning the popularity of the Czechs and Eastern European countries.

Lin Qiangsheng called a taxi, and the driver stopped beside him in favorit.

"Skoda!" Lin Qiangsheng said after getting into the car, and took out $20 and handed it to the driver.

The driver happily accepted the money, gestured, and said loudly: "OK!" ”

The Czech language belongs to the Slavic branch, so the Czechs and Slavs still have a deep relationship.

The relationship between this country and China is probably that it recognized the Eastern European countries of the new China relatively early, and in addition, an old cartoon "The Story of the Mole", which is very familiar and loved by Chinese children, was born in the Czech Republic.

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Drake, the general manager of Skoda headquarters, has received the news of Lin Qiangsheng's visit, he learned that Lin Qiangsheng is the owner of the Italian Lamborghini, at last year's auto show Lamborghini Monster Diablo launched, shocked the industry, its exquisite design and excellent performance made it occupy the world's supercar sales crown in one fell swoop, and also made Lin Qiangsheng's name resounding in the European car world.

At the headquarters of the Skoda company, Lin Johnson met Drake and visited the Mladá-Boleslav Automobile Factory.

Drake enthusiastically introduced him: "This year we introduced the Favorit, which is a hatchback. ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "I've seen it, it's a very good car." ”

Drake nodded and said, "Yes, it has also received a lot of recognition in the European car market. At present, we have discontinued the production of other backward models, shifted the production focus to the production of favorit, and strive to bring the production and sales of Skoda to a new level, so that the enterprise can be revitalized! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded while visiting, he saw that Skoda was still using very old factories and machinery and equipment, and secretly said in his heart, it seems that Skoda at this time is actually similar to domestic automobile companies, lack of capital and lack of technology, otherwise after the Czech Republic has just become independent from the Soviet Union, Skoda will not immediately fall into the hands of the public.

"Mr. Drake, you know I own several car companies in the U.S. and in China, and I've wanted to open up the European car market for a long time, but Europeans prefer local models," he said. So I want to work with Skoda to produce a sedan and borrow your Skoda brand, what do you think? ”

Drake said in surprise: "Mr. Lin wants to cooperate with us, and of course Skoda welcomes it." However, I need to know which model I am working with? ”

Lin Qiangsheng took out a folded drawing from his shoulder bag, handed it to Drake and said: "It's my graffiti on the plane, if Mr. Drake is willing to cooperate, I am willing to send the most elite designers to participate in the follow-up research and development of this car." ”

Skoda, like many state-owned enterprises in socialist countries, Drake is the general manager and general manager. The secretary is also the most powerful person in the company, and if he agrees to cooperate, then it will be a certainty.

Drake took the drawings suspiciously, unfolded them and looked at them, and when he saw them clearly, his eyes were immediately round, on the paper was a sketch of a car, after all, Lin Qiangsheng had been a car designer for a long time, and his skills were getting higher and higher, and the simple drawings were vivid.

Seeing Drake's surprised expression, several other Skoda executives also came over with great curiosity.

"Oh? The styling of this sedan is really classic, what is its name? Deputy General Manager Kerster asked in surprise, this is worthy of being a master of automobile design, graffiti is very classic, he has been in contact with Broadcom's designers, very discerning, on this modeling ability is not said.

Lin Qiangsheng said reservedly: "There is no name yet, if you want to, I hope to call it Octavia!" (Octavia, 1996 edition)

Kerst reacted immediately: "The Octavia is our old Skoda model, which was discontinued in 1971!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said with a smile: "Resuming production under this name, this kind of thing is very common in the automobile industry, a new car is named after an old brand, and the reputation of the past will also be restarted!" ”

I have to say that several of Lin Qiangsheng's automobile companies are still less famous in the industry, compared with several famous manufacturers in Europe, even Japanese car companies in Europe are not enough, let alone Chinese cars.

He had to find another way, in his previous life, Volkswagen first acquired 70% of Skoda's shares, and after 10 years of continuous efforts, he acquired the remaining 30%. The Germans are still so hard, let alone him, it can only be more difficult.

Now the only way to propose cooperation is to do so first, and when Skoda can't do without itself in the future, it will naturally propose to them to buy, and then I am not afraid that Skoda will not comply.

And Lin Qiangsheng has another trick, just in case Skoda leaves him in the future, that is, to register the new trademark used by Skoda in his previous life.

In 1991, the Volkswagen-Skoda joint venture was born, and Skoda became the fourth car brand of the Volkswagen Group after the Volkswagen, Audi and SEAT brands.

In 1993, Skoda (Mladá Boleslav) decided to modify the trademark and create its own, wanting to distinguish itself from the products of Skoda (Plzeň, the central city of the western Czech Republic).

They replaced the original blue shape with green, and added black rings and the words "Skoda" and "Auto", and some replaced the words "auto" with two intertwined olive branches, which were also the most seen Skoda logos later.

Lin Qiangsheng is trying to find a way to register these two trademarks, in case he can't register because of the production of the same goods, he also has another way, that is, to forcibly encroach on it, like Apple forced to use the iPhone, to turn it into a real product, forcing the original company to bow its head.

Skoda, he's done! (To be continued.) )