The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

Chapter 181 Cooperation is actually like boiling a frog in warm water
Lucas was already trying his best to find the flaws in this Hongqi luxury sedan.

But he couldn't find any flaws.

After closing the windows of this car, you can barely hear any outside sounds, and the quietness is top-notch!
Not worse than Benz! Even better than Benz!
Its comfort is also first-rate, and you won't feel too much bumps even if you walk on a bad road.

Benz can't do this now.

Why is the 2.5T engine of this car so powerful?
After increasing the accelerator, the pushing feeling is full!
Can even the engine be built so well?

Why should Benz compare with others?
What Lucas envies most is the intelligent control system of the Hongqi car. The car is even equipped with intelligence and a name. You only need to call "Hongqi, Hongqi" to get a response, and it can also do things according to your instructions...

This kind of function instantly makes you feel luxurious! Absolutely not with Benz.

It can be said that, looking at the world, this is probably the only one.

"Mr. Lucas? Are you distracted?"

Yu Chengdong, who was sitting in the passenger seat, called out.

Lucas was startled, and then he came to his senses.

"Oh, sorry!" he said.

Yu Chengdong smiled and said, "After test driving the Hongqi sedan, what did Mr. Lucas think?"

Lucas opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

He didn't want to praise.

However, if you don’t praise the other person’s car, what else can you say?
He can't find fault with it.

"A great car." He finally said dryly.

Yu Chengdong smiled and said: "How does it compare with your Benz?"

This, does this still need to be compared?

Do I have to tell you that your car is better than our Benz?

Lucas was a little embarrassed.

"Oh! I think each has its own merits. Your car is good, and ours is also very good."

Lucas said this bravely.

Yu Chengdong smiled and said: "I have driven almost all models of your Benz sedans. Do you want to hear my feelings?"

Lucas was a little angry: "Oh, I think there's really nothing to compare with."

"Maybe you have some great technologies, but we are recognized as the best luxury car brand in the world!"

"Our brand influence is quite huge. Just one car logo can increase the value of a car by at least $20,000!"

"Everyone who sees our Benz car will say it is a good car and it can bring face to its owner."

This is to forcefully restore respect.

What Lucas means is: Even if your technology is very good, even if your cars are more advanced than ours, so what?
Our brand has the best recognition and a large number of loyal users!
We control the largest sales channel for luxury cars.

No matter how good your car is, it will definitely not sell to us.

Yu Chengdong smiled and said, "Mr. Lucas is a little angry!"

"Haha! In less than a year, we can occupy 60% of China's luxury car market. Do you believe it?"

Lucas: "..."

If he doesn’t believe it, can it be done?

He was silent for a while and said, "But what I want to say is that you can't take away markets other than the Chinese market!"

Yu Chengdong smiled and said, "Don't be too confident!"

"As long as there are no trade barriers in the market, we can certainly capture it!"

"Perhaps, we will not be able to enter your European and American markets in the short term."

"That's not because our products are not good! It's because you Europeans and Americans advocated global openness when they were technologically advanced. Once you are caught up or surpassed, you will be gloriously isolated!"

"I can say that you don't dare to compete fairly at all!"

Lucas wanted to refute, but he found that he couldn't refute...

Because, without relying on trade barriers, if Hongqi sedans were allowed to enter the European and American markets at will, Benz would definitely not be able to handle it.

According to the Lizard people's ideas, this world should be dominated by them and they should make the rules! The rules they set are restrictive for others, and they can step outside the rules. They can treat other countries as dumping markets and sell various industrial and technological products at high prices; but conversely, once other countries' products gain an advantage in their own market, they will immediately wield a big stick to curb dumping!
"Oh! Thank you, Mr. Yu, I think it's time to say goodbye now..."

As soon as Lucas turned the steering wheel, he was about to stop the car on the side of the road.

He didn't want to continue talking to Yu Chengdong.

Because such a conversation is really not pleasant at all.

Yu Chengdong smiled and said: "Mr. Lucas, maybe we can talk about cooperation."

"I think there is a lot of room for cooperation between us."

Lucas had already opened the car door, but he stopped again.

"cooperate?"

"So, how do you want to work together?"

Yu Chengdong smiled and said: "As a supplier, we can provide you with smart car systems to help you enhance your sense of luxury."

"Of course, the price may be a little more expensive."

Lucas sat back, interested in working together.

"Aren't you afraid that we will compete with you?"

"After all, we have the brand advantage!"

Yu Chengdong smiled and said: "We welcome competition, but I'm afraid you will never be able to compete with us in the Chinese market."

"The reason why we choose to cooperate with you is because we may not be able to enter the European and American markets for a while."

"We can help you improve your competitiveness in the European and American markets and suppress the footbath people!"

"By the way, we can also maximize our profits."

That’s right! Yu Chengdong is implementing Zhang Zhipeng's policy: his goal is to crack down on footbath cars!

We must severely defeat this economic pillar of the Footpot people!

For this purpose, it doesn't matter if it supports Hans Automobile.

Today's footbath cars are simply sweeping the world and firmly occupying the dominant position in automobile production and sales.

This situation must not continue any longer.

Cooperating with Hans Auto will, on the one hand, attack footbath cars, and on the other hand, it can also prevent Hans Auto from climbing the technological tree.

For Europe and the United States today, this smart car machine will not be available for a while due to the backwardness of chips and processor products such as CPUs and GPUs.

Now we can use dumping methods to supply them, so that they don’t have the courage to invest huge sums of money in research and development!
Then, the goal of locking them into lower levels of technology in the automotive field can be achieved.

Zhang Zhipeng had communicated with Yu Chengdong many times before about these ideas.

Lucas' interest suddenly became even greater.

"This is a very good idea. However, I am a little doubtful, can you make the decision?"

Yu Chengdong smiled and said, "I can take you back to meet our boss."

"In fact, our boss also knows about your visit to our place."

Lucas was very surprised when he heard this: "Can I really see Mr. Zhang?"

In this world, Mu Qiang can be said to be human nature.

Only the strong can be respected.

The weak will only be trampled and ravaged.

Especially the weak who don't know how to fight will have an even more tragic fate.

Zhang Zhipeng is powerful enough, so even Lucas, a proud Hansi, has the urge to worship Zhang Zhipeng when he hears the name Zhang Zhipeng.

Yu Chengdong smiled slightly and said: "Of course! In fact, our boss is more willing to have a good chat with you or even the senior executives of Benz headquarters."

"In this world, cooperation is more meaningful than struggle."

Lucas rubbed his hands and said excitedly: "Thank you! I agree with what you said."

"So, can we go see Mr. Zhang now?"

Yu Chengdong took Lucas to see Zhang Zhipeng.

This was planned.

After Zhang Zhipeng saw Lucas, he said very cordially: "Welcome Mr. Lucas to come to Huaxing Automobile for inspection. Sit down and let's have a good chat."

So, everyone sat down and chatted.

After a few pleasantries, we got to the point.

Zhang Zhipeng said to Lucas: "We should really talk about cooperation."

"To be honest, when I was developing our Huaxing car, I carefully studied your Benz car."

"I have dismantled three of your cars."

"I thought about every little part."

Lucas sighed and said: "Mr. Zhang, I really didn't expect that you could develop such an advanced car in such a short time."

"You know, it took our Benz Automobile nearly a hundred years to accumulate the current technology."

"I'm curious, how did you build such an advanced engine?"

“It saves fuel and is so powerful?”

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "This is a trade secret. Because we have made a great breakthrough in engine manufacturing technology."

"If you have read our patent content, you should know that the technology is called in-cylinder electronic injection!"

"Also, we have adjusted the entire car very well. We have made maximum improvements in every aspect that can save fuel."

Engine technology can be said to be the biggest bottleneck of Chinese automobiles.

For many years, China was unable to produce a good automobile engine.

One is the limitation of the manufacturing process.

The second is that technology cannot overcome it.

Today, Huaxing Motor's engines are better than those of Benz.

It would be strange if Lucas wasn't shocked!

Lucas sighed, and asked tentatively: "So, what kind of cooperation do you think we can have?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said, "Tell me where you want to cooperate?"

Lucas thought to himself, there are so many things we want to collaborate on.

We want to let you transfer some advanced engine technology, are you willing?

Lucas feels that although Huaxing Automobile is quite good at engines, they are not any better than Benz.

Today, the biggest gap between Benz and Huaxing Automobile is actually only one, and that is: intelligence... Yes, intelligence is the biggest gap between Benz and Huaxing Automobile.

Voice control of the car, such as raising and lowering the windows, opening the trunk, etc., is really amazing!

This is a very necessary configuration for luxury cars!
Lucas expressed his thoughts: "We hope to have in-depth cooperation with you on intelligent vehicles."

"Excuse me, can we buy this technology from you?"

"We are willing to invest $1 million to license your technology."

After hearing this, Zhang Zhipeng smiled and shook his head without hesitation and said, "No, we will not authorize you like this."

"We are willing to provide you with complete intelligent vehicle control products!"

"Furthermore, we won't charge you too much money for each set of products. We only charge you 1 soft sister coins for each car."

"You should know that it is a very complex system. It requires a mature software operating system, advanced CPU and sensors, and it must be combined with your own technology. In short, the cost of developing this technology is very high."

"We used 5 engineers to develop this smart car machine, and it took more than two years to make it what it is now."

Lucas scratched his head, 10,000 soft sister coins for a smart car system?
It sounds like it's not too expensive.

With this smart car machine, Benz's car performance has been greatly improved!
The price can also be increased by $10,000 without any problem!

Therefore, the price mentioned by Zhang Zhipeng is really not expensive.

But he, Lucas, definitely can’t make the decision.

Lucas said: "Oh! Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid I need to communicate with our headquarters. This needs to be decided by our president."

"There may even be a board meeting."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "No problem, then you can communicate."

"To be honest, I just told you a set of 10,000 soft girl coins. I feel a little regretful now because I can't make much money from you."

In fact, if the production scale of smart car machines is increased, the cost will be very low, and it will only cost a few hundred yuan to complete it.

But Zhang Zhipeng had to emphasize to Lucas that he was reluctant to make friends at a low price.

Zhang Zhipeng firmly believes that Benz headquarters will definitely agree to this cooperation.

Maybe, Benz’s president and board members will come to visit and experience it.

Lucas left Huaxing Group.

In the evening, he checked into a five-star hotel about one kilometer away from Huaxing Company.

After entering the room, Lucas used a satellite phone he carried with him to make a call to the headquarters.

The reason for using a satellite phone is naturally to avoid being eavesdropped.

Lucas directly dialed the mobile phone of Leo, the president of Benz Company.

At this time, Leo was driving and preparing to leave home and go to work at the company.

He saw that Lucas had called him.

He quickly stopped near the roadside.

He answered the phone: "Hello! Mr. Lucas, have you tried Huaxing Automobile? What are their cars like?"

Lucas smiled bitterly and told the story of his personal test drive of the Hongqi sedan.

During the narration, he used a strong tone to praise the Hongqi sedan's excellent performance and luxurious decoration.

In particular, the smart car that comes with the Hongqi sedan is described in detail.

After listening, Leo was silent for a few seconds.

Leo also felt a little panicked.

Because, all along, Benz believed that he controlled the most advanced car-making technology!

Now, a new car company in China has such advanced car-making technology. How can he not be anxious?
"Oh! God! Why does this happen? How did they do it?"

"We have always believed that the biggest threat to us is the footbath man!"

"Now, all of a sudden, the Chinese are catching up and even building better cars than us?"

"This is incredible!"

Lucas smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Leo, I find it incredible."

"But the reality is there."

"We could be under a huge threat. It's really scary."

Leo sighed and said, "This is a nightmare for Europe and the United States."

"And we have no idea how to solve this problem!"

Lucas then told Huaxing Automobile that it was willing to cooperate in depth with Benz and provide them with intelligent vehicle systems.

When Leo heard this, he immediately became a little wary: "They seemed to have some ulterior motives when they did this."

"Do they want to make us dependent on their supplies? And then delay our own research and development?"

Lucas smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Leo, we have to understand one thing now: if we study smart car machines ourselves, then it is very likely that we will not be able to come up with it in three to five years."

"Even if it can be made, it will still lag behind those in China."

"After all, we don't have the technical accumulation in that area at all now."

"Huaxing Group is the most advanced IT company in the world."

Leo thought for a moment, and he felt that Lucas was right.

Smart cars are probably not something anyone can build if they want to.

Now, even if the other party handed over a glass of slightly poisonous wine, Benz seemed to have many more benefits from drinking it than not drinking it at all.

"It would be great if they only cooperated with our family."

"I know that they may not be able to enter the European and American markets for the time being, so they want to disrupt this market."

Leo said.

Lucas said: "Mr. Leo, I think you should come over and experience it for yourself."

"Well! If you talk to them in person, you might be able to negotiate better cooperation conditions. It's also possible."

Leo nodded and said, "I'll fly to China right away!"

"God! This is so depressing! I didn't expect that one day we would have to learn from the Chinese."

Leo bought a ticket and flew to China that day.

He flew to the Magic City first.

Then he flew from Shanghai to Chang'an.

This took more than ten hours.

It wasn't until around 8 a.m. the next day that he arrived in Chang'an.

After Lucas picked up Leo and his group, he immediately took them to Huaxing Automobile Group.

There, Leo saw with his own eyes the astonishing product lineup and the huge crowds in the showroom of this automobile company that had just been established less than a year ago.

Later, Leo proposed to test drive all Huaxing Automobile products.

And Zhang Zhipeng also agreed wholeheartedly.

Now, in Zhang Zhipeng's eyes, people like Leo are the fish he wants to catch!
Now, the fish is finally taking the bait, so you have to be patient and take a good walk.

Leo and others test-drove all Huaxing series cars.

He was shocked to find that a large number of new technologies were used in the cars produced by this Chinese car company.

Whether it is the engine, clutch, chassis or headlights, all configurations are novel.

Even the exterior design is very nice and classy.

This shocked Leo.

After test driving a Hongqi car, his back was soaked with sweat.

Because, he felt that this Hongqi car was already much better than the most luxurious Benz.

He thought, given time, if Huaxing cars are allowed to wreak havoc around the world, what will happen to Hans cars?
Therefore, if we can stop Huaxing Automobile, we must do so at all costs.

Huaxing Automobile and Benz's cars must not be allowed to compete fairly in the same market.

Because, Hans’ car can’t compete with the opponent at all!

This also gave Leo a great stimulus. He made up his mind that after returning, he must spur the company's R&D personnel and recruit more outstanding talents to develop more advanced and better intelligent vehicle systems for Benz.

But before the company's technology is developed, it would be the best thing if we could cooperate with Huaxing Automobile.

Leo came to Zhang Zhipeng's office.

After seeing Zhang Zhipeng, he smiled broadly, held Zhang Zhipeng's hand tightly and said, "Mr. Zhang, your talent is simply amazing."

"Your company's cars are really great."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled and said: "Thank you for the compliment, let's sit down and talk!"

After sitting down, Leo went straight to the topic: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are willing to provide us with smart car products, and I am also very interested in this."

"I think we actually have a deep foundation for cooperation."

"I hope to become Huaxing Automobile's only partner outside of China. Do you think that's okay?"

Zhang Zhipeng smiled, this guy is quite greedy.

Directly cooperate exclusively with Te Miao at his request.

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Exclusive cooperation is relatively expensive!"

Leo was obviously mentally prepared. He nodded and said, "If it's within a reasonable range, there's no problem at all."

Zhang Zhipeng said: "Excuse me, how many cars did Benz sell around the world last year?"

Leo said: "We sold a total of 176 million new cars globally last year!"

"This can be found on our reports."

Zhang Zhipeng smiled slightly and said: "The sales are really not small!"

"If our smart car machine is supplied to you, which series of models do you plan to use it on?"

Leo said: "Oh! We will use it in all series. However, we hope to open a few fewer functions for lower-end new cars."

"We must widen the gap in grade. This requires the cooperation of your technical staff."

Zhang Zhipeng said with a smile: "There is absolutely no problem with this."

"Let's do this. If you want to cooperate exclusively and only let us supply products to you, then the price of each smart car system will rise to 2 soft sister coins!"

Zhang Zhipeng didn't ask for much. After all, increasing the cost of Benz Company would stimulate them to carry out independent research and development.

A set of 2 yuan is a bit painful for Benz, but it is still acceptable.

After all, the cheapest Benz car overseas costs NT$30,000 to 40,000!

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