Chapter 113: Turtle with a Shrunken Head
"100 million US dollars, if you are confident, you will take it!" Ma Tian said calmly.
Gaius Norman and Ruch Graham, who were watching the live broadcast, were silent, and now the pressure is on Mercedes and BMW.
Didn't your engineers question that there was something wrong with my Tianming car? Then come to the scene to dismantle the car and have a dialectical contest to prove your own point of view.
"Gaius, why don't you send your engineer, Dr. Artis, to confront Ma Tian?" Ruch Graham suggested.
"Why don't you call your own engineer?" Gaius Norman asked rhetorically, this matter is extremely risky, if it loses, there will be a huge reputation loss to Mercedes-Benz, Gaius Norman will not be stupid enough to let his engineer go casually.
"No, the engineers on our side are not as strong as yours!" Ruch Graham's face was calm, and he looked like an honest man, without the slightest hint of the idea that he had just deliberately cheated on the run.
Gaius Norman looked at Ruch Graham's face suspiciously, and was silent for a while before he said, "It's too risky to go, and I don't think we should send engineers to anyone."
Unless we are sure of winning, but obviously we haven't yet, Ma Tianming car we have taken apart and looked at it, and we have not found any problems. ”
Ruch Graham fell into deep thought, and the engineer on his side said the same, Tianming Automobile currently disassembled, and indeed found no obvious problems.
However, he didn't believe that Ma Tianzhen was a genius, and he could assemble it perfectly if he could assemble it casually. To know which part of the car manufacturing is not to accumulate years of experience.
"Its engine is a Ford 2.0T engine from the United States, maybe we can try to communicate with the engineers on Ford's side to see if there are any problems inside." Ruch Graham said to Gaius Norman.
Gaius Norman nodded and agreed to the proposal, if there was really a problem with Ma Tian's engine, Tianming Automobile would be ready to finish this time.
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After paying for the technical consultation, Ford readily agreed to send an engineer.
The engineer sent by Ford was a middle-aged man with a mustache and short hair, wearing a plaid shirt and carrying an engineering bag named David DeMar.
David DeMarr came to Mercedes-Benz's test room and looked at the internal structure of the Tianming car in deep thought, because Ma Tian connected the engine and transmission in a structural way that he had never seen before.
In this way, it is difficult for him to assert without systematic testing.
"What do you say, Engineer David?" Gaius Norman asked, still holding on to his luck.
If it can really be confirmed that Ma Tianming's car has a problem and collapses Ma Tian's car, he will not be able to make up for it, and he will not have to resign.
"It's hard to say, please start the car and let me see the engine running."
Hearing David DeMarr's words, Gaius Norman motioned for an engineer on his side to get on the suspended Tianming No. 2 car and start the car.
The engine is operated under the control of the electric motor.
"Trouble hastens."
"Hit the brakes."
……
"Brake suddenly."
"Stop the engine, then start it right away."
David DeMarr commanded the Mercedes-Benz engineers to operate, looking at the trajectory of his engine, but cold sweat flowed down all of a sudden.
Because he was surprised to find that the engine in Tianming's car runs better than on his own Ford car, what is the situation?
Not believing in evil, he commanded the engineers of Mercedes-Benz to operate and conduct more tests. He himself took out a special test instrument from the engineer's kit and connected it to the "back door" of his engine with a special wire, and began to read more detailed information.
But he found that the back door of his engine failed to read the information, and after a dozen unsuccessful attempts, he realized that this back door may have been damaged by Ma Tian's engineers a long time ago.
"What do you say, Engineer David?" Looking at David DeMarr's serious expression, Gaius Norman asked repeatedly.
David DeMar gave Gaius Norman a deep look and a few seconds of silence in his heart for Mercedes. A glimpse of the whole leopard, although he did not know about Tianming cars, but from the details of the engine, either Ma Tianqiang is too strong, or Ma Tian's engineer is too strong.
Either way, it's not what Mercedes-Benz wants to see this time.
However, he certainly can't say it very bluntly now, he said euphemistically: "At present, from the naked eye, there must be no problem, but I can't guarantee what the situation will be in half a year or a year." Because Tianming Automobile has made some additional changes to our engine base. ”
"Additional changes?"
"Yes!"
Gaius Norman didn't know much about technology, so he couldn't help but look at his own engine engineer, and his own engine engineer was suddenly stupid.
Can this engine be changed at will?
For the hardware field, perhaps outsiders are not clear, but insiders who have several years of experience know: for anything related to hardware, it is best not to touch the manufacturer's original if you are not sure.
Because people sell it to you after optimization, it's all a problem if you don't move it, and people don't repair it if it's broken.
So, not to mention the engine, even if you buy a spring, you'd better install it in the way specified by the manufacturer, and it should be compressed for a few centimeters, not a single point less!
If you're going to modify, you can, unless you're particularly familiar with the thing and you're sure about it. And the engine, which is a high-precision thing that affects the whole body, has never heard of a car manufacturer daring to change it casually.
"Speak!" Seeing that his engineer didn't speak for a long time, Gaius Norman frowned and asked.
"Boss, if Ma Tian can really make additional changes, either he is crazy, or he has the confidence to do this!"
Gaius Norman was silent after hearing this, and was in a very bad mood, because Ma Tian was obviously not crazy, he was a genius scientist.
But after thinking about it, he was so safe that he called the engineer from Ford's side to come over, and if he listened to Ruch Graham's invitation to Ma Tian's "discussion", then Mercedes-Benz would lose a lot again.
The spirit of Ah Q was now in the mind of Gaius Norman, and he turned his head and asked Ford engineer David DeMar:
"Tianming Auto has changed like this, can you come up with evidence to prove that there will be no problem in half a year or a year?"
"Definitely not, after all, the test items do not include engine aging tests, etc., and even the normal function test of the engine may not be tested for more than a week." David DeMar replied truthfully.
Hearing this, Gaius Norman breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, Tianming Automobile could not prove that he would have no problem in half a year, so Ma Tian might not be able to win them if he sued them for Mercedes-Benz within half a year.
As for half a year later, he is estimated to have been dismissed long ago, and it is his business.
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Mercedes-Benz and BMW acted as "shrinking turtles", and did not respond to Ma Tian's invitation to "learn", but responded even more hypocritically: "Everything is left to time!" Time is the best proof! ”
Anyway, Ma Tian can't take anything they can do if they only talk about it, at most they can fight a lawsuit, which they have long been proficient in.
In fact, it is precisely like this, in addition to asking Li Runqi to organize the Propaganda Department, and hanging posts on hot searches to accuse Mercedes-Benz and BMW of spreading rumors, Tianyu Xinghai cannot make the two pay other costs.
Ma Tian also shook his head at these two "shrunken turtles" and looked down on them even more. However, he couldn't think of a way to deal with them for the time being, so he could only rely on time to prove the quality of the car and finally give them a fatal blow.
"Su Xihua, don't focus too much on them, finding a way to expand the sales of Tianming No. 1 is the top priority, the foreign market is already preparing, right?" Ma Tian asked Su Xihua, who was standing in front of him.
Su Xihua: "Mr. Ma, foreign countries are already preparing for certification, and the sales department is currently developing the market!" ”
Ma Tian nodded, more satisfied.
Mercedes-Benz and BMW are just punished because he can't get used to their unreasonable prices, and what really matters is the system impact value brought by the people-friendly Tianming No. 1.
Another week passed, and the sales data came out.
Although the rumors have had a little impact on Tianyu Xinghai, Ma Tian came out to clarify that inviting Mercedes-Benz and BMW to confront each other still strengthened people's confidence.
And this week's sales data is basically back to before.
Gaius Norman watched their sales figures, which had barely rebounded, go down again, and suddenly put on a mask of pain.
Similarly, Ruch Graham wore a mask of pain as he looked at the sales figures of his BMW hybrid car.
"Damn Ma Tian!" This is the common sentiment of the two.
Now Mercedes-Benz sells 680,000 yuan has almost reached the bottom line, and it is impossible to go down again, which will damage the brand image of luxury cars that have been established with great difficulty, even if it is just a new energy vehicle, it is not okay to cut this business.
Gaius Norman reported this consideration to headquarters, and Francisco Hancock, as a director, took the lead in agreeing with it.
"If new energy vehicles can't be sold, they can't be sold, and the price can't be reduced anymore, so it's a big deal to reduce investment in China." Francisco Hancock said.
After that, he asked, "What did Ruch Graham say about BMW?" ”
"I haven't asked yet, but he's not having a good time!" Gaius Norman replied.
"It seems that BMW is really useless!" Francisco Hancock scolded, thinking that they could have a way to drag the BMW into the water, but it turned out to be useless.
Fortunately, Ruch Graham didn't hear this, and when he heard it, he must have scolded his mother: "Didn't your 680,000 Mercedes-Benz rob my consumers?" ”
"Can you two sue Ma Tian for unfair competition?" Francisco Hancock pondered for a while and asked, "This kind of bundling of Tianzi sales is unfair competition in a way, right?" ”
"I've thought about it, the law stipulates that competition below cost is unfair competition, but even if Ma Tian is tied to the Tianzi number, it is probably not below the cost." Gaius Norman replied.
Francisco Hancock: ......
"Let's give it a try, pull up Ruch Graham, and report the situation together, just say that the products developed by Ma Tian will be so bundled in the future, so which product will compete to win them?"
Hearing Francisco Hancock say this, Gaius Norman could only nod in agreement.
It's just that he feels aggrieved, although he can be shameless and obscene in business, but he still feels like a child who can't afford to play and report to the teacher.
(End of chapter)