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Chapter 1006 Big Melon!

Having got what he wanted, Edelgard Boorman, a reporter from "Auto, MotorundSport" magazine, was about to leave, but at this moment, he suddenly saw two staff members of Fengya Auto holding a The black car jacket is covering the elegant CLS.

What's happening here?
Edelgard Boorman's heart suddenly shook: based on the sensitivity of a media reporter, he suddenly realized that there might be some important information in it.

Quickly pulled the staff aside, Edelgard Boorman asked him: "What's going on? Why did you cover this car?"

Of course, there is nothing that cannot be said. The staff of Fengya Auto told Edelgard Boorman: "There are people from Mercedes-Benz, and they want to talk to us, but before that, they want us to take this car The car is covered... Of course, their vision CLS has to be covered too."

"..."

Edelgard Boorman stopped talking, and a storm arose in his heart: Mercedes-Benz, which has always been proud, is actually going to talk to this little-known Chinese company?
Even just now, he has seen the photos and video materials of Fengya CLS provided by Fengya Automobile that their company exhibited at the [-]th Beijing International Auto Show last year, but Edelgard Boorman still subconsciously I feel that Mercedes-Benz may not be so easy to succumb, and they will try every means to "low-key" deal with this matter, but what Edelgard Boorman did not expect was that it was only such a short period of time. Mercedes-Benz has already discovered the problem and took action...

At this moment, Edelgard Boorman had to sigh in his heart: It really is a Mercedes-Benz!It is worthy of Mercedes-Benz!

Realizing that there was going to be a big news soon, Edelgard Boorman naturally refused to go back just like this. He discussed with the staff of the Fengya car in front of him: "Sir, you know that the next one is the Mercedes-Benz car. Which executive?"

"This one……"

The staff hesitated for a moment, but still shook their heads: "I'm not very clear."

According to the reaction of the staff, Edelgard Boorman immediately judged: the staff of Fengya Automobile in front of him must know something, but due to the need of confidentiality, he can't say it.

Big news!

This is big news!

At this moment, Edelgard Boorman felt as if there were 100 kittens in his heart, scratching his heart with a hundred claws, and he was eager to eat melons—just now, he already wanted to understand why Mercedes-Benz would sell itself Products that "plagiarized" other people's ideas were grandly placed on the booth of the Frankfurt International Motor Show: Yes, the design of the vision CLS four-door coupe concept car was "borrowed" from this elegant car, the designer of Mercedes-Benz Even changing the name is lazy, but the reason why they dare to be so presumptuous and bold is that in the final analysis, they think that a Chinese company will not participate in the Frankfurt Motor Show, the largest auto exhibition in Europe. If this is the case, what is there to do Hesitant and worried?Just copy, just "borrow"...

But God likes to joke with people so much. When all the Mercedes-Benz staff thought it was impossible, who would have thought that the impossible would become possible? Two products with almost identical shapes just appeared on the same page. The scene of an exhibition... It's really exciting to think about it!

This is great. Edelgard Boorman, who originally planned to go back to write the manuscript, was not in a hurry. He bid farewell to the on-site staff of Fengya Automobile, and left the booth pretending to be casual, but he did not go far. , but came to the booth around Fengya Motors, while taking photos in a decent manner, while carefully paying attention to the movement of Fengya Motors.

It didn't make Edelgard Boorman wait too long. In less than half an hour, he saw the employee of Mercedes-Benz whom he had just seen at the booth of Fengya Auto and another man in a suit walking quickly. I came to the booth of Fengya Motors—don’t blame Edelgard Boormann, a big reporter, for not knowing Christoph Stressel. Leaders are not seen by Edelgard Boorman. In the eyes of Edelgard Boorman, even in Mercedes-Benz, the person who is qualified to be known by him must be at least a person at the level of the vice president of the department , As for Christoph Stressel, in the eyes of Edelgard Boormann, he is actually no different from the "passerby".

In the eyes of Edelgard Boormann, Christoph Stressel is an absolute passer-by, but Michael Fink is different. After the person who came to the Fengya booth with Stressel turned out to be Michael Fink, the top designer of Mercedes-Benz, Edelgard Boorman's excited hands were trembling: developed!Developed!I caught a big piece of news!

Although limited by confidentiality reasons, Edelgard Boorman does not know that Michael Fink is the chief designer of the Mercedes-Benz Vision CLS four-door coupe concept car, but as one of the most famous chief designers in Mercedes-Benz, The moment Michael Fink appeared at the Fengya booth, Edelgard Boorman had already made a judgment in his heart: the Mercedes-Benz Vision CLS was probably made by Michael Fink!
This matter is really getting more and more interesting. Who would have imagined that Mr. Michael Funk, a famous car designer who has always been famous for his creativity and unconstrained style, turned out to be a shameful thief? !
Thinking of this, Edelgard Boorman was trembling with excitement!
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Michael Fink didn't know that he was about to be stabbed in the back by an acquaintance, even a good friend. After arriving at the booth of Fengya Motors, he glanced around the booth, and found a car After seeing the mysterious car covered in a car jacket, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief: It seems that the Huaxia car manufacturer still keeps its word...

The fact that the other party is willing to talk to me shows that this matter is not yet the worst.

Backstage at Fengya, Michael Funk took a deep breath and said to the man standing in front of him, "Hi, I'm Michael Funk, the designer of Mercedes-Benz."

When he said that he was the designer of Mercedes-Benz, Michael Funk felt his face was a little hot.

The man standing in front of Michael Fink nodded with a smile, and offered to extend his hand to Michael Fink: "Mr. Fink, hello, I am Liu Jiang, the vice president of Huateng Industrial Group and the chief vice president of Fengya Automobile. nice to meet you."

The human potential is truly limitless. In order to keep up with the pace of the company's development, Liu Jiang, a retired veteran with little education, has not only worked hard to learn business management by himself over the years, but also practiced to meet the needs of the company's international development. Speak fluent English.

Shaking hands with Liu Jiang in embarrassment, Michael Fink whispered, "Mr. Liu, can we talk in another place?"

Just talk at the booth of Fengya Automobile?
Michael Fink felt that this place was really not a good place to talk about things, especially things like this.

"Of course no problem," Liu Jiang nodded cheerfully, "Please come with me."

Seeing Liu Jiang being so talkative, Michael Fink secretly breathed a sigh of relief: Maybe today's task can be successfully completed? ——What neither Liu Jiang nor Michael Fink noticed was that someone was taking pictures with a camera diagonally opposite the Fengya booth.

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Coming to the temporary rest area at the back of Fengya booth, Michael Fink couldn't help frowning slightly.

Frankly speaking, he is not very willing to discuss matters with Liu Jiang in this kind of place, but after hesitating for a while, Michael Fink decided not to be too fussy, and it is better to solve the problem as soon as possible...

Thinking of this, Michael Fink coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Liu, regarding this little misunderstanding..."

Just as Michael Fink opened his mouth, Liu Jiang suddenly interrupted him and asked Michael Fink with a serious face: "Mr. Fink, wait a minute, you said that the thing between us was just a 'little misunderstanding '? Are you sure?"

While repeating the word "A minor misunderstanding", Liu Jiang used his thumb and index finger to draw a distance of less than half a centimeter.

"..."

Michael Fink suddenly choked up: How can I answer these words?
That's right, the nature of this matter is very serious, especially when this kind of thing happened to a century-old Mercedes-Benz. If it is spread, it will make people laugh out loud: other car manufacturers have always learned the design of Mercedes-Benz. Idea, but now, the inventor of the dignified car, the century-old Mercedes-Benz, would actually steal the design ideas of a Chinese car manufacturer?

If it’s just a reference in terms of ideas, it’s fine. You can also say that “our designers and Chinese designers thought of it together”, but as long as the Mercedes-Benz Vision CLS and Fengya CLS are put together, even those who don’t understand automotive technology at all People can also see the relationship between the two cars: one car is a copy of the other.

But Michael Funk also felt aggrieved: that's what I said...

Looking at Michael Fink who didn't know what to say for a while, Liu Jiang said with a serious face: "Mr. Fink, we all know what's going on. With respect for Mercedes-Benz, we are willing to work with Mercedes-Benz to solve the current trouble, but we also hope that you can come with enough sincerity and want to solve the problem from the bottom of your heart, instead of thinking about how to shirk your responsibility."

Michael Fink still had a bit of a temper. Hearing what Liu Jiang said, he couldn't help but said: "If you say that, shouldn't you Chinese people give us the copyright royalties of the Mercedes-Benz 220S first?"

The copyright royalty of the Mercedes-Benz 220S mentioned by Michael Fink refers to the Shanghucheng 760 sedan produced by the Shanghai Automobile Factory. The prototype of the Shanghai 760 sedan is the Mercedes-Benz 50S sedan launched by Mercedes-Benz in the late 220s , At that time, the Mercedes-Benz 220S was a well-deserved mid-to-large sedan. From the perspective of which Mercedes-Benz car series everyone is more familiar with, it belongs to the second-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

Based on the Mercedes-Benz 220S, the Shanghai Automobile Factory made an original design on the most critical front face, but those who are familiar with the Mercedes-Benz 220S can still see the relationship between the two cars at a glance.

Facing Michael Fink's denunciation, Liu Jiang didn't mind at all. He nodded with a calm expression: "Then you go to Shanghai Auto Industry Group to ask for copyright royalties, sue them, and sue them. We Huateng Industrial Group fully supports you."

"..."

Hearing Liu Jiang's words, Michael Fink was so angry that he didn't come up: If it could be done, our Mercedes-Benz would have done it a long time ago, and will we wait until today? !

According to Michael Fink's previous temperament, he would have left directly at this moment, but not today. After knowing the relationship between the Vision CLS concept car and the Fengya CLS, a certain director of Mercedes-Benz was furious. Order him to find a way to properly resolve this matter, otherwise Mercedes-Benz will not hesitate to openly fire him on the grounds of "doing something that damages the reputation of Mercedes-Benz"-from this perspective, Mercedes-Benz is actually It’s quite a face for Michael Fink. Although what Michael Fink did made Mercedes-Benz very passive, but considering that Michael Fink has made such great contributions to Mercedes-Benz in the past, the top management of Mercedes-Benz Still gave Michael Funk a chance to fix his troubles.

Of course, such a result is definitely not what Michael Fink wants to see. Even if he had to leave the Mercedes-Benz because of this incident, Michael Fink also hopes that he can leave decently, because it is related to whether he can go smoothly. Find the next "taker", but if Mercedes-Benz fires me and announces the reason for firing me, then I don't want to hang around in Europe.

So he could only take a deep breath, and Liu Jiang said: "I'm just joking...Mr. Liu, I think about this matter in this way. Mercedes-Benz is willing to buy your company's design of the CLS, and We can promise that after buying your design, we can license this shape to you for free, and of course, the price will satisfy you.”

Michael Fink's small plan is very good: if Fengya can be persuaded to sell the overall design of the CLS to Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz will have a reason to respond to the outside world: the shape of this four-door coupe is designed by us. of,

what?
You ask why there is a Chinese company that has a design similar to that of Mercedes-Benz?Oh, that's what we empower them to do.

In this way, my reputation, status, and income will not be affected in any way, and even the "hush money" is paid by Mercedes-Benz, which is really flattering.

The only question is, will Liu Jiang agree?

(End of this chapter)