The man in the black coat and top hat over there glanced down at the paper handed by the staff, and after a few seconds, he looked shocked, hurriedly jumped down from the wooden box, handed the horn to the others, and asked in a low voice:

"Where did this sketch come from? Whose model is it painted on? ”

He subconsciously thought that this was a new type of car produced by other car companies, and if that was the case, his Model T was at a disadvantage in all aspects, after all, the benefits of blindly lowering prices were becoming less and less obvious, and they were now in urgent need of a leap change.

"No, sir, it was drawn by the intent-buying customer over there, and he just asked if we had any of this kind of car that wraps the whole compartment, and he drew a sketch for it."

"What? Is it a sketch drawn by a customer? Take me to meet him, if this man is not a madman, then he must be a genius! ”

Edsel Ford took the sketch and walked to Zhou Yu under the guidance of the staff.

"Oh, a gentleman from the East, may I ask if this sketch was made by you?"

Zhou Yu looked at the man in front of him in an overcoat and a top hat, and smiled:

"Yes, I drew it, I just wanted to ask if your company has a similar model, I remember that other brands of cars have produced this similar style."

Edsel's eyes lit up, he looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Sir, can we go to the café next to us and sit down for a cup of coffee, and then talk slowly about your requirements?" ”

"Of course you can, why not?"

Zhou Yu shrugged his shoulders and happily agreed, making Edsel feel that the Oriental opposite seemed to be not a customer, but an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and gave a few orders, handed over the work of promoting the Model T to a few subordinates, and he himself made a gesture of invitation and walked with Zhou Yu into a café next to the street.

Seeing that Zhou Yu was still followed by two people, Edsel raised a hand and said to the waitress who greeted him: "Four cups of your best coffee here, thank you." ”

Seeing that Zhou Yu wanted to talk to others, Hong Agui and Liu Banxian sat at the other table very consciously, but they did not stay away.

After the waiter brought the coffee to several people, Edsel Ford took off the hat on his head and introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Edsel Ford, what do you call me?" ”

"Bruce Chow, it turns out that you are Mr. Ford, but I didn't expect that as a core manager of Ford Motor Company, you would personally go to the streets to promote cars."

Zhou Yu was still very surprised to hear the other party say his name, Edsel Ford, isn't this the son of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company?

Edsel's slightly embarrassed look flashed, and he covered it up well, but Zhou Yu's observation was so keen, and he couldn't help but feel a little more curious after capturing that moment.

"Mr. Zhou, please allow me to call you so, this suggestion and sketch are very interesting to me, can you tell me more about your requirements and the idea of drawing this picture?"

Zhou Yu showed a sudden look, only then did he understand why the other party was so polite to him, and invited him to coffee, it seems that the sketch of the car he just drew was still a little too advanced, if he drew a Ferrari or Rolls-Royce at this time, would the other party directly treat him as a madman?

"Mr. Ford, I actually conceived and improved it from my own personal needs, and I made this sketch. Today's cars have stiff lines, small spaces, and a lack of privacy, not to mention comfort.

I think we can have a fully enclosed cabin while lengthening the body, so that a big man like you can sit in this kind of car without being afraid of the wind and sun, and he can also sit in the back compartment and talk to your business partners about some secrets that they don't want outsiders to know.

On weekends, you can take your wife and children on a field trip, and when you are tired, your children can take a nap on your wife's lap. ”

Zhou Yu said one by one, Edsel's eyes lit up, he listened very seriously, and nodded in agreement from time to time.

"So, Mr. Zhou, can you write down your ideas on this piece of paper? You can rest assured that once your suggestion is accepted by us, I will apply for a fee from the company...... No, I will pay you a thousand ...... in my personal name Two thousand dollars, how's that? ”

Zhou Yu whistled in his heart, although two thousand dollars was not much for him, but for most people in this era, it was definitely a huge amount of money.

Although he has no plans to pursue a career in the automotive industry, why not do it if he can make a little extra money from it?

"Absolutely, I'd love to."

Zhou Yu didn't hide it, took the other party's pencil and began to brush and write something on his sketch.

However, once his thoughts were put on paper, the information that Zhou Yu had hidden in his memory became clearer and more detailed, even to the point that the length, width and height ratio of the body were listed.

When he put away his pencil and picked up the piece of straw paper, he realized that a blank piece of paper had been densely written by him, and there was no gap.

On the other side, Edselford was like a treasure, holding the piece of paper with a radiant eye.

"Mr. Zhou, have you ever worked in a car design or engineer before?"

Zhou Yu shook his head and said: "I haven't done any related work, this is just some of my flashes of inspiration, you can think of it as some unrealistic fantasy." ”

"......No," Edsel shook his head like a rattle, "not an unrealistic fantasy, Mr. Zhou, many of the improvements you have listed are what we can do now, and I have to say that these changes you have proposed are very constructive, and I can't wait to show them to my father!" ”

Edsel put his hand in his coat pocket as he spoke, but he smiled a little embarrassedly after rummaging through it.

"Mr. Zhou, please forgive me for not bringing so much cash with me when I go out today, but this is my business card, I will stay in New York for a while now, if you need to buy a car, I can give you a 5% discount in my personal name."

Zhou Yu clapped his hands and said very happily: "Mr. Ford, you are really a generous and successful entrepreneur, then it is decided, I need ......"

Zhou Yu originally wanted to say that he needed two cars, but after a pause for a second, he decisively changed his words.

"I need four cars and two trucks that can pull goods, the bigger the better, and of course the cars need this kind of enclosed compartment, preferably wrapped in tin sheets rather than linoleum."

He leaned forward a little and smiled, "Preferably the kind of iron that can block bullets." ”

Edsel's smile froze on his face for a moment, and then he laughed: "Mr. Zhou, you are really joking~~ But I will seriously consider your opinions and suggestions, there is no problem with four cars and two trucks, I will follow up on your order personally, and please leave your contact information and address." ”

Since Zhou Yu's villa had not yet installed a telephone, he could only leave an address and get a business card from Edselford.

Towards the end of the conversation between the two, Zhou Yu took back the paper he had just drawn with the sketches of the car and the revisions without a trace, took it in his hand, and folded it in half twice.

"Then Mr. Ford, in order to ensure that our cooperation can proceed safely and smoothly, I will take this piece of paper first, and then present it with both hands after you have prepared two thousand dollars."

Edselford was stunned for a moment, then nodded hurriedly, "It should be, it should be." ”

He knew that the other party would not simply give him such an important thing, so that he could regret it at any time, and the other party could not do anything to him at all.

And Zhou Yu knows the truth of salute before soldiers, and he also realizes that his sketch is likely to rapidly advance the automobile development process of this era by several years, and the potential is still quite large~