Super Craftsman Chapter 339

Chapter 339 - Continuation

"I'm very sorry!" Song Shanjiuzhi bowed deeply in apology in front of Guo Tai Lai.

In fact, Song Shanjiuzhi should have known from the patent that Guo Tai Lai had prepared previously that Guo Tai Lai must be very knowledgeable about this area. But Song Shanjiuzhi's superior, who was also the main company, had other thoughts.

Such perfect design and manufacture, such a perfect patent application for technology, all of this could not be done by one or two people at all. According to Mazda Corporation's judgement, this was at least something that could be done by a professional car design research institute in China and a professional manufacturer. They had opened the bonnet, and without even opening the bonnet they could see the fine workmanship that a private person could not afford to play with.

Therefore, the higher-ups judged that Guo Tailai was just a white-gloved hand that came out from a team in China. It was a way for some people to put their collective design onto one person's head in order to gain personal benefits.

This situation was easy to deal with. On the one hand, he only needed to deal with Guo Tailai who was in name. The company thought that no matter how much the people behind Guo Tailai had, no more than one million dollars would fall to Guo Tailai. The second time Song Shanjiuzhi offered a price of five million dollars, he wanted to suppress Guo Tai Lai with everything he had. He only needed to promise Guo Tai Lai how to settle Guo Tai Lai's nationality, so that Guo Tai Lai would no longer have to worry about the threat in the country, and could live like a rich man with ease.

With one sentence, Song Shanjiuzhi was so ashamed that he couldn't face Guo Tai Lai. Unfortunately, he couldn't not follow the orders given by the company, but the problem was already gone. What should he do next?

"50 million is a bit expensive." Song Shanjiuzhi could only be thick-skinned and bargain with Guo Tai once again. Xiao Li had just said that the starting price would be 5 million US dollars, which meant that the design of the car would have to sell for at least 50 million US dollars.

"Then you can help me calculate it, Mr. Matsuyama." Guo answered with a smile, "How long would it take for Mazda to design a new model? Do market research, organize a design team to design, rethink, make models of various sizes, and then finish the design. Also, audit the results before producing the prototype car. How long does this process take and how much does it cost? "

Basically, Guo Tai Lai was talking about a new model setting process. Song Shanjiuzhi himself was building cars, how could he not know how much it would cost? After these processes are completed, there are still a variety of road tests under various environments before the stereotyping can finally be modified. Three or four years was the most basic period. Usually, a car cost between one billion and two billion dollars in Europe and the United States. Even if it cost Japan less, it would cost between five hundred to one billion dollars.

"Mr. Guo, you are talking about a brand-new model development." After all, Song Shanjiuzhi was a professional, he could not help but retort, "But this car of yours was redeveloped on the basis of RX-7."

An old car would certainly not cost that much to upgrade. After all, the platform had already been determined, with only a small amount of changes, there was less investment. Song Shanjiuzhi wanted to set Guo Tailai's new car as an improved version so that he could have more benefits.

"Mr. Matsuyama, are you sure that a car whose chassis was changed to a gearbox and whose engine was designed to be modified? Is that what Mazda calls an improved car?" Guo Tailai wouldn't fall for his trick, he retorted with a smile.

Song Shanjiuzhi was speechless, after changing the chassis and gearbox, the engine had been modified, and it was basically a brand-new platform, how could it possibly still be an improvement to the old model? They were all professionals, so there was no need to play such small tricks.

"But Mr. Guo, your car hasn't been tested on a large scale yet." Song Shanjiuzhi immediately gave up on his previous attack point and changed his train of thought: "We need to produce several test cars, and go through millions of kilometers of road tests, as well as testing in various environments, mountains, highlands, rivers, forests, all of these require a large amount of money and manpower."

Guo Tailai's face revealed an expression that looked like he wanted to laugh, but was trying his best to hold it in, which confused Song Shanjiuzhi. He didn't wonder for long before he asked directly, "Mr. Guo, do you have any objections to my words?"

"This is only the first time I've heard that Mazda's sports car also has cross-country functions and has to be tested in terrain like mountains and rivers." Guo Tailai gave him a thumbs up. "I'm impressed!"

Looking at Guo Tai Lai's thumb and hearing Guo Tai Lai's ridicule, Song Shanjiuzhi really wanted to lower his head to his chest. He was too preoccupied with the price tag and wanted to amass all sorts of costs to buy it, but he forgot that Guo was selling the design of a sportscar.

This was a sportscar! Which sports car didn't have an ultrlow chassis like a toad on the road? Not to mention off-road, it would be a headache if there was even a little bit of a speed bump on the road. Why don't you say you want to test the performance of the dive?

The test of the sportscar was basically not on the racetrack, but on the city road as well. This way, the cost would be much lower. It was obviously impossible to use this reason to cut the price by a large amount.

"I was careless." Song Shanjiuzhi stood up, his face red, and apologized again.

"Actually, our discussion about this price is completely meaningless!" Guo Tai Lai accepted Song Shanjiuzhi's apology, then spread out his hands and gave a helpless answer.

"Why?" Song Shanjiuzhi asked anxiously.

"Because I have publicly announced that the design of this new model is for auction!" Guo Tailai didn't notice anything wrong with this. "Mazda is really interested and can participate in the auction. As long as we beat up the other competitors, maybe it will be even cheaper than 50 million! And I don't have to bear the consequences of not trusting any of the major manufacturers for this. "You know, I'm not planning on doing business in one go. I still have a lot of ideas in my head that I want to implement them one by one. I will have to deal with a lot of major companies in the future!"

Song Shanjiuzhi really wanted to say something right now: "Then join our Mazda. We'll take care of all your expenses." Unfortunately, he couldn't say it out loud, and he knew that Guo Tailai wouldn't agree. If it was him, Song Shanjiuzhi, he would also not agree to it. If he could design all these, why not establish his own company to produce them? Even if he didn't want to be a company, selling this car like this would earn him more than working for a manufacturer, right?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Songshan. I'm afraid I have to leave first." Guo Tailai stood up to see them off. "The Porsche gentlemen have made an appointment with me for a test drive. I can't refuse."

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