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Chapter 1005 You Picked the Wrong Object of Bullying
Michael Fink on the other end of the phone fell silent. He understood what Christoph Stressel meant: If you want to reach a compromise and exchange certain benefits with the other party, how much are you prepared to pay?
Michael Fink even understood the deeper meaning of Christoph Stressel's words: You, Michael Fink, are just a designer of Mercedes-Benz, um, the chief designer in charge of a direction, Within the scope of your authority, how much compromise and concession can you make to a Chinese company?Within this range, do you think the other party will be satisfied?What are you going to do if you are not satisfied?
Taking a deep breath, Michael Fink said: "Kerry, thank you very much for your reminder, but the top priority now is to reach a preliminary agreement with the Huaxia people as soon as possible, at least, not let more people see the cars of the Huaxia people Alright, as for the senior management of the group, I will go to work."

Now that Michael Fink had already said so, Christoph Stressel naturally stopped insisting, and he responded happily: "OK! I'll go and talk to those Chinese people."

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Looking at Christoph Stressel who went back and forth, Xiao Zhao, a staff member of Fengya Automobile, was not surprised. He stepped forward and asked the other party with a just right smile: "Sir, what can I do?" Can I help?"

Today is the first day of the media day, and there are not many media reporters visiting Fengya Motor's booth. Basically, he came with his own media team. For example, Christoph Stressel came here empty-handed and alone. Xiao Zhao really didn’t see many of them, and he was wearing a Mercedes-Benz logo. He had only seen Christoph Stressel in his work clothes.

Christoph Stressel looked around carefully, making sure that no one noticed this side, and then whispered to Xiao Zhao in English: "Sir, can you use your car first?" Cover up the car jacket?"

Xiao Zhao's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Sir, what do you mean by that?"

Christoph Stressel was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't help it. Who would let himself ask for something now.He whispered to Xiao Zhao: "Sir, I am Christoph Stressel, a staff member of Mercedes-Benz. Just call me Christoph. This is my work ID."

After speaking, Christoph Stressel showed his work certificate to Xiao Zhao.

After confirming the other party's identity, Xiao Zhao nodded: "Hello, Mr. Christophe, what did you mean just now?"

"I think your car has a lot of similarities with the one shown by our Mercedes-Benz Group at this year's auto show," said Christoph Stressel: "In order to avoid some troubles, I It is recommended that you still cover this car with a car jacket, and the two sides arrange personnel to communicate on this matter..."

Christoph Stressel felt that what he had said was very polite and tactful. If it was a different time, another place or another matter, he would never be so humble.

But there is no way, even in Christoph Stressel's own opinion, his vision CLS four-door coupe concept car is the design of Michael Funk's "copy". He didn't want to make things big, and didn't attract more media reporters. He could only make the noise as small as possible.

But despite this, the arrogance from the bones of the Europeans made Christoph Stressel subconsciously pour a basin of dirty water on Fengya CLS.

Hearing what Christopher Stressel said, Xiao Zhao immediately frowned, and before the other party finished speaking, he said without hesitation: "Mr. Christoph, although I don't know what you said What kind of car is your group's car, but I can tell you clearly that our Fengya CLS was shown to the public at the China Capital International Auto Show last year. It is the general manager and chief designer of our group. Works by Mr. Zhang Qihang.

I don't know which car of your company the car you mentioned is similar to our Fengya CLS, but no matter which car it is, it is your car that imitated us! "

Xiao Zhao dared to say this, of course he has confidence, although he did not go to the Mercedes-Benz platform to see the vision CLS four-door coupe concept car, but he couldn’t help but have a colleague who went there, took photos and came back, plus Earlier, the reporter named Edelgard Boorman who claimed to be from "Auto, MotorundSport" magazine had "asked" his colleague Xiao Zhou for advice. After the reporter named Edelgard Boormann left , Xiao Zhou has already introduced the whole matter to everyone, so at this moment, Xiao Zhao is full of confidence in his heart!

Christoph Stressel didn't expect Xiao Zhao's answer to be so rigid, so disrespectful to himself, he froze for a moment, and then said angrily: "Sir, I don't want to make trouble, my suggestion is to both parties All good, but your approach makes me unable to see your sincerity in solving the problem. If this is your attitude in solving the problem, then I will have to report this matter to the auto show organizing committee, please Kick you out... As a world-class auto exhibition event with a long history, I believe that the gentlemen of the Frankfurt Motor Show Organizing Committee will not allow a company that likes to steal and openly steals its stolen things and is stolen This is a great shame to the organizing committee!"

Christoph Stressel certainly cannot admit that his vision CLS is "referencing" the design of a little-known automaker from China, even if this is the case, but the problem is that Mercedes-Benz cannot afford to lose it. This person, under such circumstances, Christoph Stressel can only use this method to threaten Xiao Zhao.

According to common sense, Christoph Stressel's move should be quite effective against any Chinese company, because the reason why Christoph Stressel dared to say that was because it was With the experience he has accumulated in dealing with Chinese Americans, no matter whether it is his fault or not, as long as he exaggerates the matter, the other party will immediately subdue him honestly. Relying on this trick, in the past days, Christoph Stressel bullied many Chinese.

Ordinarily, Christoph Stressel's idea is also correct. The vast majority of Chinese and ethnic Chinese in this era are like this, especially Chinese people. It's just a pity that Christoph Stressel is unlucky This time, the child met the employees brought out by Zhang Qihang...

With his eyes widened, Xiao Zhao confirmed to Christoph Stressel: "Mr. Christoph, are you threatening us?"

Xiao Zhao's reaction made Christoph Stressel naturally think that his threat had worked, and he couldn't help showing a confident smile on his face: "To be precise, it's a kind advice, of course, If you are willing to cooperate, we, Mercedes-Benz, are not willing to do things so decisively, so relentlessly... I know you are a small person who can't make a decision, why don't you convey my attitude to your on-site person in charge?"

Christoph Stressel believed that the opponent would succumb to such threats.

Still the same sentence, Christoph Stressel chose the other party to be rough and threatened. After hearing this, Xiao Zhao said without hesitation: "Mr. Christoph, on behalf of Fengya Automobile, I will tell you clearly , Fengya CLS is our original design, even if you find the auto show organizing committee, this fact cannot be changed. If the gentlemen of the auto show organizing committee have objections to this, we can provide our gentlemen of the organizing committee The photos and video materials of the car that were displayed to the public for the first time at the 6th China Beijing International Auto Show in June last year, to prove that our group is the owner of the original design of this car,"

Speaking of this, Xiao Zhao looked at Christoph Stressel and said without hesitation: "As far as I know, this is the first public appearance of the Mercedes-Benz Vision CLS, right? The first public appearance of your Vision CLS The time is a full year later than our Fengya CLS, what this means, I believe you, Mr. Christopher, must be very clear!"

Christoph Stressel's complexion suddenly became ugly!
He didn't expect that he not only moved out of Mercedes-Benz, but even the organizing committee of the Frankfurt Auto Show, but the other party completely ignored him and refused to accept his style.

This is troublesome!
Don't look at how much Christoph Stressel just yelled, but his family knows his own affairs, and he can only be regarded as a small leader in the Mercedes-Benz company-this is also understandable, not to mention Christoph Stressel Stressel is already a big figure within Mercedes-Benz. Even if he were a middle-level leader, he would not have appeared at the convention center on the morning of the first media day.

Originally, Christoph Stressel wanted to rely on his own face to show his prestige in front of the Chinese people, but he didn't expect that the other party would not accept his tricks, which was a bit troublesome.

After hesitating for a while, Christoph Stressel was still not reconciled, and threatened Xiao Zhao in a stern manner: "Perhaps what you said is reasonable, but sir, I must remind you that you think the group Will the gentlemen of the committee choose to believe your word, or choose to believe mine?"

Speaking of this, Christoph Stressel once again threatened Xiao Zhao: "I advise you to be more sensible."

Staring fixedly at Christoph Stressel, who had a stern look, Xiao Zhao suddenly smiled.

Although Xiao Zhao didn't know the identity and status of Christoph Stressel in the Mercedes-Benz company, judging from the fact that he came here alone, Xiao Zhao knew that this guy's status in the Mercedes-Benz company was also important. That's the thing, maybe he will be a little taller than himself, but I believe he won't be much higher. He motioned to him and said to Christoph Stressel unceremoniously: "Mr. Christoph, if the auto show group The gentlemen of the committee really dare to kick our company out... Guess, will there be any media interested in the matter of Mercedes-Benz copying the design of Huaxia Enterprise? If the organizing committee knows our attitude, if we can provide conclusive evidence Given the evidence, do you think they will drive us out? And once this happens, I don’t know what attitude Mercedes-Benz will have towards you who caused this long trouble?"

Hearing this, Christoph Stressel's heart suddenly "thumped...": The most indispensable thing in Europe is the media that is not afraid of trouble, and once Fengya Automobile puts them in the Fengya CLS last year The photos of the public appearance were handed over to the media, so can Mercedes-Benz maintain its high-end image in the world's automotive industry...

After all, Christoph Stressel is not a big figure in Mercedes-Benz, but he is just a small leader, otherwise he would not think of hugging Michael Funk's thigh. Since he is a small person, it is so serious. How could he bear the consequences?
At this moment, Christoph Stressel finally couldn't pretend anymore, he pursed his lips, raised his hands to his chest, and said: "Okay, okay, I admit that what you said is very Makes sense, but anyway, this is not what the top brass of our two companies want to see, right?"

Seeing that Christoph Stressel had given in, Xiao Zhao didn't take it personally, and nodded, "So?"

"So, can you cover the car first?" Christoph Stressel said, compared with the tone full of bossy at the beginning, this time, Christoph Stressel Er is completely pleading: "No matter what, no matter what troubles, we can discuss it, even if the result does not satisfy you, at least you can reopen the car cover after the consultation is over, yes wrong?"

Speaking of this, Christoph Stressel's palms were already sweating: If you still can't convince the other party, you really may not be able to complete the task assigned to you by Mr. Michael Funk That's it—it's a small matter not to be able to complete the task assigned by Michael Fink. If Mr. Michael Fink takes the opportunity to blame himself for the deterioration of the situation, he will really have a mouth full of mouths and can't explain it clearly.

Fortunately, Xiao Zhao, who had already been ordered before, also knew the company's attitude on this matter. Now that Christoph Stressel was subdued, he didn't take it personally, nodded and said: "Okay , What you said is also reasonable, since you also have the sincerity to negotiate, then we have to show our attitude."

Christoph Stressel, who could no longer be arrogant, has learned his lesson this time. Hearing Xiao Zhao's words, he nodded quickly and said, "You are so right."

At this moment, Christoph Stressel can only pray that Mr. Michael Fink can get the authorization of the CEO as soon as possible, and then come to the exhibition site to solve the current trouble.

(End of this chapter)