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Chapter 1134 Exchange
Knowing that all this was expected by Zhang Qihang, Ibanis Rocha, Anderson Torres and others were full of curiosity and anticipation: What would Zhang Qihang do?

What did Zhang Qihang do?
He made an appointment for dinner.

The person invited by Zhang Qihang is a German named Winfried Wallander, but this Mr. Winfried Wallander also has a name that is more familiar to Chinese people: Van Ander, the identity of the old man He is the vice chairman of Northern Volkswagen, the vice chairman of Southern Volkswagen, and the president and CEO of Volkswagen (Huaxia).

Seeing Zhang Qihang, Winfried Wallander warmly shook hands with Zhang Qihang: "Mr. Zhang, I finally have the opportunity to have a meal alone."

Speaking of it, Winfried Wallander came to China to take office at the beginning of last year. Speaking of it, although everyone is a competitor, they are also considered colleagues. There are many opportunities to meet, but the two of them sit together for dinner. Really is the first time.

"Yes," Zhang Qihang nodded with a smile, and said to Winfried Wallander: "The last time we had dinner together was at the China Automobile Association summary meeting at the end of last year. We finally have a chance to have a meal together."

"Yeah yeah……"

Winfried Wallander smiled and nodded. Seeing Zhang Qihang's high-spirited look, Winfried Wallander began to beat a small drum in his heart: Could it be that the situation is not the same as what he guessed?

When receiving a call from Zhang Qihang two days ago, although Winfried Wallander happily agreed to Zhang Qihang's invitation, he turned his head and immediately discussed the matter with the team behind him And Zhang Qihang's purpose behind it - at the level of each other, unless the relationship reaches a certain level, eating is also a very serious matter, let alone everyone is still a competitor, Winfried Wallander never believes Zhang Qihang simply wanted to treat himself to a meal, so it was very important for him to figure out what Zhang Qihang was thinking.

However, although he was worried, Winfried Wallander did not show it, but warmly greeted Zhang Qihang, looking like two old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time, rather than competitors.

After talking about the current world and the future development trend of automobile technology, Zhang Qihang smiled and said to Winfried Wallander: "Winfried, I heard that Volkswagen is planning to promote DSO+DSG in the Chinese market." Golden power combination'?"

Golden power combination?

Hearing Zhang Qihang's statement, Winfried Wallander's eyes lit up: This statement is good, why didn't I think of it?This guy Zhang Qihang has helped us a lot!

"Golden power combination? That's a good idea," Winfried Wallander said to Zhang Qihang with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, if you don't mind, I can use this concept... Well, I will ask You pay an advertising fee."

"Just use it!"

Zhang Qihang was very angry, he waved his hand with a smile, and said: "As for the advertising fee, let's just take it as our Huateng Group's thanks to Volkswagen for the support it provided us at the beginning of our start."

Seeing Zhang Qihang being so generous, Winfried Wallander was overjoyed and thanked Zhang Qihang repeatedly.

At the same time, Winfried Wallander immediately decided in his heart that he would promote the "golden power combination" as the main concept of Volkswagen, and convey to the market that "Volkswagen's technology in automobiles is the most advanced." "This concept.

It’s no wonder that Winfried Wallander is so excited. In fact, Volkswagen has been under too much pressure in China in the past few years. Since the past few years, because of the lack of bright spots in the design of the whole vehicle, coupled with the fact that Huateng Industry The rise of Volkswagen Group and Japanese brands has led to the continuous decline of Volkswagen's market share in China. Faced with this situation, as the first car brand to enter the Chinese market, the headquarters of Volkswagen Group saw it in their eyes and was anxious in their hearts. After careful consideration, They took a set of combos:

In terms of management, the Volkswagen Group headquarters appointed Winfried Wallander as the CEO and President of Volkswagen (Huaxia), who can be entrusted with important tasks by the Volkswagen Group headquarters. Winfried Wallander is certainly not a simple person. If you look at his resume, you will know that this guy is a real "genuine seedling red". He has worked experience in Audi, Skoda, Brazil Volkswagen, and Volkswagen Group headquarters. The Volkswagen Group headquarters appointed Winfried Wallander as the The person in charge of (Huaxia) has only one purpose: to let Volkswagen get rid of its previous decline and revive its former glory;

In addition to appointing Winfried Wallander as the person in charge of Volkswagen (China), the second move given by the Volkswagen Group is to launch one of their most powerful products to the China market: a new generation of jetta-MK5 .

Speaking of jetta-MK5, you may be a little unfamiliar, but when you talk about a name outside the forest of this product: Sagitar, everyone is very familiar with it.

Facts have also proved that this combination of the Volkswagen Group is very effective. Only 100 days after taking office, Winfried Wallander, who was ordered in danger, burned the first "fire": fully launched the "Olympic Project" "The business restructuring plan involves all business areas of Volkswagen (Huaxia).

Under Winfried Wallander's drastic reforms, Volkswagen has transformed from a "production-oriented" enterprise to a "customer and market-oriented" enterprise, and is trying to copy Skoda's cost control and marketing experience to China. , and the results are very satisfying. These methods have achieved fruitful results. In the first half of this year, the actual retail sales of Volkswagen (Huaxia) achieved a year-on-year increase of 28.7%, exceeding the level of the same period last year.

In the field of products, the fifth-generation Jetta, named "Sagitar", immediately gained a firm foothold in the market with its excellent product strength after it was launched on the market, and received a lot of praise.

It’s just good reviews. During this period of time, Winfried Wallander has keenly discovered that the public has always lacked a slogan that is simple enough and clear enough to clearly show his technical level, which makes him quite a headache. But now, Zhang Qihang's words based on the "DSI+DSG golden power combination" made Winfried Wallander's heart start beating wildly: this is it!This is it!This is what I've always wanted!

Facing Winfried Wallander's words of gratitude, Zhang Qihang smiled and waved his hands and said, "Winfried, I don't need to say thank you, I'm a little curious, if I can help Volkswagen Group reduce tens of billions of dollars How is Volkswagen going to thank me for the loss?"

Help Volkswagen reduce losses of tens of billions of dollars?
Winfried Wallander froze for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Zhang, we are friends, but I don't think your joke is funny at all."

Seeing Winfried Wallander's reaction, Zhang Qihang raised his eyebrows and smiled again: "You think I'm joking?"

"Isn't it?" Winfried Wallander asked back: "Zhang, I have been working for the Volkswagen Group, and I don't think there is anything that can cost Volkswagen tens of billions of dollars."

At the same time, Winfried Wallander felt a little disappointed: Is it this big talker who caused Volkswagen to suffer a major loss in the Chinese market?

It's just so nonsense!
"Really?" Zhang Qihang was not angry, and said with a smile: "Including SDI and TDI engines?"

Winfried Wallander couldn't help frowning when he heard this, his expression was a little displeased: "Zhang, SDI and TDI engines have outstanding performance in terms of fuel efficiency, energy saving and emission, and they are the pride of our public. , I don’t understand what you mean by that.”

The implication is, if you don't speak clearly, then don't blame me for not giving you face.

Seeing Winfried Wallander's reaction, Zhang Qihang's mood became more and more cheerful, and he said with a smile: "Winfried, our Huateng Group is the same as Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford and other world-class auto giants. In order to track and understand our technology development trend, we will purchase a batch of our products every year, and track and analyze these products..."

Winfried Wallander frowned. What Zhang Qihang said was indeed done by all major car manufacturers in the world today, including Volkswagen. He was a little confused. Zhang Qihang suddenly mentioned this What means?
If you don't understand, Winfried Wallander also understands that since Zhang Qihang said this, he naturally has his reasons, so he tilted his head and said, "Then what?"

"Then?"

Zhang Qihang said: "Among the cars we purchased, there is a passat B189 and golf equipped with Volkswagen EA6 diesel engine. When testing these two cars, we found that Volkswagen's diesel engine technology is indeed powerful. When in use, the fuel consumption of these two cars is only more than 4 liters per [-] kilometers, combined with the advantages of the diesel engine that you have previously advertised in terms of environmental protection, your accomplishments in diesel engines are really amazing."

"..."

Winfried Wallander stopped talking, and a thought that even he himself thought was impossible suddenly came to his mind: Zhang Qihang kept touting Volkswagen's diesel engine technology. Introducing diesel engines?

How can this be?

As soon as this idea came up, even Winfried Wallander couldn't help laughing: Diesel engine technology is the core engine technology of Volkswagen at present, and it is impossible to transfer it to the outside world. What does Zhang Qihang think? Thinking about introducing diesel engine technology from the Volkswagen Group?
But soon, Zhang Qihang's words changed Winfried Wallander's expression...

Zhang Qihang went on to say: "Only during the testing process, we discovered something very interesting. When these cars were tested on the bench, the exhaust gas was very clean and of high quality, which was comparable to the diesel engines advertised by Volkswagen. The advantages of the two are perfectly matched, but..."

Hearing Zhang Qihang's "but", Winfried Wallander's heart suddenly "thumped!" - Inside the Volkswagen Group, there are very few people who know about the emission problems of the TDI series diesel engines. One of the core secrets of Volkswagen, but unfortunately, Winfried Wallander is one of the insiders.

"However, our testers inadvertently discovered that when these vehicles are in driving state, the emission of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust exhaust is obviously higher than that during the bench test. Our engineer team is working on a plan. To determine whether this is our mistake..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qihang stared into Winfried Wallander's eyes and said slowly: "Winfried, do you know about this situation?"

The room was not hot, and the temperature of the air conditioner was even a little low, but at this moment, Winfried Wallander's forehead was already sweating: he never expected that the core and most important part of the Volkswagen Group The secret is also the most shady secret, which was accidentally discovered by the Huateng Group.

And yet Winfried Wallander dared not deny it.

He knew very well that although Zhang Qihang said that "Vaughn's engineers are working out a plan to determine whether this is our mistake", his firm tone and affirmative eyes showed that Zhang Qihang was very concerned about this in his heart. He already knew what was going on, and even if he was a little more daring, Winfried Wallander felt that maybe the Huateng Group already knew the real secret of Volkswagen diesel engines.

The only thing that made Winfried Wallander feel lucky was that Zhang Qihang didn't seem to have the intention of announcing the matter to the media, but seemed to intend to exchange something with himself, which made Winfried Wallander's Feeling more comfortable, Winfried Wallander took a breath, and said to Zhang Qihang in a deep voice, "Zhang, we are friends. If you have any requests or ideas, please speak up."

Zhang Qihang was not polite to Winfried Wallander either. He nodded and said directly, "You should be familiar with the Brazilian market, right?"

Brazilian market?

Winfried Wallander was taken aback when he heard the words: Zhang Qihang made such a big circle, and even revealed the core and most secret things of the Volkswagen Group. Could it be for the Brazilian market?
Thinking of this level, while secretly relieved, Winfried Wallander was somewhat dumbfounded: What is this all about!
But in any case, as long as Zhang Qihang didn't tell the media about the matter and make a big fuss, he nodded and said: "I have worked in Volkswagen Brazil for several years, and the current head of the Brazilian market, Mateus Arantes is my former colleague, so... I am relatively familiar with the Brazilian market."

Speaking of this, Winfried Wallander slapped his head and said to Zhang Qihang: "If I remember correctly, it seems that you Huateng Automobile is developing the Brazilian market? Would you like me to say hello to Matthaus? Let them take care of you?"

Zhang Qihang has already talked about this point. If Winfried Wallander doesn't know what to do, his classes all these years will be in vain.

(End of this chapter)