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Chapter 1135 We Are in Trouble
Winfried Wallander guessed right, Zhang Qihang indeed asked him out for dinner for the Brazilian market, but unfortunately, he underestimated Zhang Qihang's appetite: Just kidding, for such a big matter as the discharge door, only change Now that Volkswagen has opened up to Huateng Automobile Network in the Brazilian market, wouldn't my buddies lose money?
What is the difference between such an exchange and exchanging a watermelon for a sesame seed with the public?
"No, no, no, I understand what you mean, but there's no need to do this," Zhang Qihang shook his head with a smile, and said to Winfried Wallander: "Although we are competitors, I feel that using 'friends' It may be more appropriate to describe it with the word 'business', and proper competition will help Huateng Group improve its technical level, and the situation in the Brazilian market, in my opinion, is completely normal market competition."

"Friends? Hehe... This statement is very interesting..."

Although he scoffed at Zhang Qihang's statement of "friend businessman", friend businessman?What a joke!If possible, I wish you could die now!

However, Winfried Wallander nodded again and again, saying that Zhang Qihang's positioning of the relationship with each other is very interesting, but this is not the point. The point is that there is another layer expressed in Zhang Qihang's words. It meant that Winfried Wallander's heart sank suddenly: things are a little troublesome!
What Winfried Wallander said just now can actually be seen as a test for Zhang Qihang. His purpose is to use this method to see how big the appetite of Huateng Group is. Now, Winfried Reid Wallander confirmed one thing, that is, Zhang Qihang's appetite is indeed not small, at least the concessions in the Brazilian market alone cannot exchange for what he wants.

While secretly cursing the public engineers as idiots, they all said with certainty that their little tricks would never be discovered by anyone, and the result?Huateng Group discovered the problem in an unintentional test, which fully demonstrates that the previous method of "identifying whether the vehicle is in a normal driving state or an exhaust emission test state through the system, and then giving different working conditions" is quite unreliable. ;

On the other hand, Winfried Wallander was also spinning his mind quickly, thinking about a question: what price would he need to pay in exchange for Zhang Qihang's silence on Volkswagen diesel exhaust emissions?
As a serious German, Winfried Wallander is very clear about what kind of results Volkswagen will face once the small tricks of Volkswagen are discovered. Zhang Qihang said that Volkswagen may have tens of billions of dollars. The loss of US dollars is not an exaggeration. Once this matter is detonated, the government will fine it and compensate consumers. In the end, the loss of Volkswagen may really exceed tens of billions.

But what Winfried Wallander did not expect was that Zhang Qihang never said what he wanted or what kind of goal he wanted to achieve. From the beginning to the end, he was very calm, which made Wen Friede Wallander's mood became more and more anxious.

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"Sir, we may be in trouble."

After dinner, after watching Zhang Qihang get into the car, Winfried Wallander got in the car, and after closing the door, he immediately called the group chairman Winterkorn. Before Winterkorn could speak, Winfried Reed Wallander directly said the above words, paused, and added: "It's a very, very big trouble!"

It was 02:30 in the afternoon of Berlin time. Winterkorn, who received a call from Winfried Wallander, was holding a cup of coffee and was about to enjoy a rare leisure time. Winfried Wallander could be heard After De's words, Winterkorn's expression suddenly became serious. Putting down the coffee cup, he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?"

Winfried Wallander took a deep breath and said to Winterkorn: "Sir, you know that Mr. Zhang Qihang invited me to dinner tonight."

"Yes, I know," Winterkorn nodded immediately: "I was wondering if it had something to do with the situation in Brazil... What? Is there something wrong?"

Winfried Wallander did not dare to neglect, he lowered his voice and said to Winterkorn: "Huateng Automobile has discovered the secret of our SDI and TDI engines."

What Winfried Wallander said was a bit vague, so Winterkorn didn't react for a while, and asked subconsciously: "Huateng Group discovered the secret of our SDI and TDI diesel engines? What secret?"

Winfried Wallander lowered his voice again: "It's just... the exhaust..."

Winterkorn was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Winfried Wallander was talking about, and then said in astonishment: "How is this possible? We haven't launched the EA189 engine in the Chinese market, how could they know... ..."

Speaking of this incident, Winfried Wallander was a little dumbfounded while feeling the great pressure: "In order to track and understand our technological development trend, Huateng Group purchased a batch of equipment equipped with SDI and TDI diesel engine models, when they were testing this batch of vehicles, they accidentally found that the difference in the nitrogen oxides emitted by the exhaust was relatively large when the vehicles were in normal driving conditions and testing conditions, so..."

"..."

Winterkorn on the other end of the phone fell silent immediately.

Undoubtedly, tampering with the exhaust emissions of its own diesel engines is the most confidential information of Volkswagen, and it is something that Volkswagen must strictly guard against. There was no accident in the domestic European market, the main sales area of ​​diesel engines, but in the Chinese market where there is almost no room for diesel engines to survive, and the reason for the accident is still so nonsense and bizarre. The reason turned out to be Volkswagen’s main competitor in China. Understand and track the latest automotive technology of Volkswagen, and directly purchase a batch of Volkswagen passenger cars equipped with diesel engines from Europe and North America...

At this moment, Winterkorn's mood was similar to that of Winfried Wallander. While shocked and depressed, there was also an indescribable sense of whether to laugh or cry: What's the name of this freak? !What kind of shit luck is this?

After a while, Winterkorn asked Winfried Wallander, "Have you denied it?"

Hearing this, Winfried Wallander knew that Mr. Winterkorn was really in a hurry, and it was the kind of haste that was somewhat inconsistent. However, he also understood Mr. Winterkorn's reaction very well, and tactfully asked The other party explained: "Sir, what's the use if I don't deny it? The other party is not an environmental protection agency or a government department, and once they find out the problems, they can immediately design their own plans for testing. Most importantly, Our relationship in China can't help them at all..."

Hearing what Winfried Wallander said, Winterkorn couldn't help but rubbed his temples: What's this all about? Someone discovered the most unspeakable secret of Volkswagen, but he still took the other party's information. Method……

Winfried Wallander on the other end of the phone continued: "However, sir, I don't think this matter is too bad. Anyway, since Huateng Automobile did not announce this matter, it is A good thing means there is room for things to turn around."

It seems to be the case...

I was very panicked just now, lest Zhang Qihang would announce this incident and bring a big @想想的Winterkorn to the Volkswagen Group. Hearing this, the whole person suddenly became less panicked: Winfried said That's right, since the Huateng Group discovered this secret, but did not announce it through the media, it means that there is still room for change in this matter; after thinking that this dinner was contacted by the other party, Wen Fu Reed Wallander...

Winterkorn was shocked, and immediately asked Winfried Wallander: "Winfried, did Zhang Qihang say what they want?"

"No," Winfried Wallander said with a wry smile, "that's the problem. He talked about what he found, but he didn't mention what they wanted at all..."

After finishing speaking, Winfried Wallander paused, and added: "Before that, I knew that Huateng Automobile should start to enter the Brazilian market, and it has already opened four sales stores in the state of Sao Paulo, Mateu Sri Lanka has already taken some measures to counteract it. I implicitly asked Zhang Qihang whether we can support their development in Brazil in exchange for their silence, but Zhang Qihang said that this is normal market competition, which is regarded as a tactful veto. My proposal..."

If it hadn't been for Winfried Wallander talking about it, Winterkorn wouldn't even know that Huateng Group had started to enter the Brazilian market, but this can't be regarded as a mistake in Winterkorn's work, and even Even small negligence is not counted. As the chairman of the Volkswagen Group, how much work does Winterkorn have to do every day?How could it be possible to stare at Huateng Group, a regional competitor, all the time?

And just like what Winfried Wallander said, Huateng Group has only four stores in Brazil, which is completely disproportionate to the sales scale of Volkswagen in Brazil.

Given Winterkorn's position in Volkswagen, it is completely normal for him not to know about this matter. Even Zhang Qihang vetoed Winfried Wallander's proposal, which Winterkorn felt was completely understandable: Brazil Auto How big is the market?It is equivalent to one-fifth of China's. Although it is indeed not small in terms of scale, Huateng Industrial Group's entry into the Brazilian market is probably more of a "going out" strategy, similar to their entry into Southeast Asia. regions, as well as Syria and the Middle East, but if you want to talk about the sales scale, that is actually the same thing.

It would be fine if the Huateng Group didn’t know about the tricky emissions from Volkswagen’s diesel engines, but now that they knew about it, Winfried Wallander asked himself, if he was in Zhang Qihang’s position, Volkswagen wants to use such a small benefit in exchange for its own silence on this matter, and it is impossible for it to agree.

Thinking of this, Winterkorn's brain became much clearer. He thought for a while and asked Winfried Wallander: "Winfried, what do you think Zhang Qihang wants?"

Winfried Wallander said honestly: "I don't know."

"You do not know?"

Winterkorn's tone was very surprised, which is also understandable. From Winterkorn's point of view, in his opinion, it was Zhang Qihang who took the initiative to extend the invitation to you, Winfried Wallander. Now, he has sent the invitation to you. The chip in his hand has been revealed, so he should be very clear about how much Volkswagen is willing to pay in order to keep this secret, so the question is, now you tell me that you don't know what Zhang Qihang wants?
Why does this sound so unreliable.

"Yes, I don't know," Winfried Wallander sighed, and said helplessly, "I thought this meeting was related to the troubles that Huateng Group encountered in the Brazilian market, but I didn't What comes to mind is that during the whole process, Zhang Qihang never took the initiative to mention the Brazilian market. Even when I offered to help him talk in Brazil, Zhang Qihang also declined, saying that this is a normal market competition. As for our As for the issue of diesel engine exhaust, he only mentioned this, but he didn't ask for anything..."

Speaking of this, Winfried Wallander sighed and said to Winterkorn: "Sir, in my opinion, Zhang Qihang kicked the ball to us."

Kicked the ball to us?
Winterkorn thought for a while and nodded slowly: Winfried Wallander was right, Zhang Qihang did kick the ball to the Volkswagen Group.

After being reminded by Winfried Wallander, Winterkorn also realized that Zhang Qihang did not want nothing, on the contrary, what he wanted was not what Winfried Wallander could promise, so He didn't say anything at all, but waited for Winfried Wallander to report the situation to himself... Anyway, Winfried Wallander had to report to himself for such a big matter.

Thinking of this, Winterkorn couldn't help sighing, and while he was thinking about what price he would have to pay to make Zhang Qihang shut up, he couldn't help but feel helpless: Volkswagen is so unlucky, even this extremely Can things with low probability be encountered?Really are……

Shaking his head vigorously, putting aside the depression in his heart, Winterkorn rubbed his temples again, and said to Winfried Wallander: "I see, let's do this first, I will put this situation first Report to Mr. Ferdinand, what to do next, you wait for my call."

Winfried Wallander naturally understood in his heart that this was the best result, so he agreed immediately.

Here, after Winfried Wallander hung up the phone, Winterkorn organized his words in his mind, then picked up the phone and called out. After a while, he said to the phone in a respectful tone: "Mr. Ferdinand , Do you have time now? I have an urgent situation to report to you... Yes, it is urgent, it is related to our diesel engine...Okay, I will go there now..."

(End of this chapter)