Rebirth of the Industrial Tycoon

  Chapter 55 Closure Fee

  Masyuki Kato yelled, and instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the restaurant, and everyone's eyes turned to Masayuki Kato.

  The key to Masayuki Kato’s name was "Ya Lidie", which made Li Weidong who was sitting across from him feel ashamed.

  Masaki Kato was also aware of the surrounding gaze. In RB’s culture, yelling suddenly in public is a very rude behavior. Masayuki Kato immediately sat down with a look of guilt, and quickly started thinking about countermeasures.

  Tianfeng’s accelerator pedal has not been better for decades. From Carraro, Camry, to RAC4, Highlander, Land Cruiser, and even Lexus models, there have been problems with the accelerator pedal. Sometimes it is just a small problem that will not affect normal driving, and sometimes it is a major problem that affects driving safety and requires a recall.

There was no electronic accelerator pedal in the 1980s. At that time, all purely mechanical accelerator pedals were used. In order to reduce costs, Tian Feng used a new type of pin component in the design and used a new type of pin component. However, this pin However, the components may stick together, causing the accelerator pedal to not rebound, so the engine will continue to output power with a light kick of the accelerator.

  Because the probability of this situation is not high, Tianfeng Automobile did not pay attention to it.

  When a customer reported this problem to Tianfeng Automobile, Tianfeng Automobile chose to refuse to admit it. Their response was that the customer’s own operation caused the problem.

  This failure has been wrangling back and forth for many years. Tian Feng has never admitted that it is a design problem. Once it is admitted to be a design problem, a large-scale recall is inevitable.

  The customers who use the car do not know the structure of the accelerator pedal, and the accelerator pedal malfunctions occasionally. As long as there is no car accident, no one will go into it.

  So the problem of this accelerator pedal failure was not revealed until the 1990s. At that time, Tian Feng had already started to use a new type of accelerator pedal.

It happened that at that time, Li Weidong was working as a trainee in the RB car repair shop. Many old Carraro came to replace the accelerator pedal. Therefore, Li Weidong has a fresh memory of Carraro's accelerator pedal failure. What caused the failure? Li Weidong is very clear about the consequences.

  The fifth-generation Carraro is also a very popular car in RB. The fifth-generation Carraro’s two-door performance version has a code name that everyone is familiar with: AE86.

   is the AE86 of the famous autumn mountain bike **** Fujiwara Takumi.

  ……

  As Tian Feng’s automotive engineer, Masayuki Kato also knows that Tian Feng’s accelerator pedal is not so perfect. When he saw this article written by Li Weidong, he was basically able to determine that what Li Weidong wrote in the article was correct.

  Once this article is voted into those major auto magazines, it will inevitably attract the attention of magazines. With the strength of top auto magazines, they are fully capable of testing whether Tianfeng’s accelerator pedal has any design flaws. But Tianfeng's accelerator pedal can't stand the test.

  For car magazines, revealing that a hot-selling car has design flaws can attract readers' attention more than doing several new car reviews.

  If the defects of Tianfeng's accelerator pedal are revealed, it will affect Carraro's sales in the least, and will carry out a large-scale recall. In the most serious case, it will affect the reputation of Tianfeng Automobile.

  The fifth generation of Carraro has sold millions of vehicles worldwide. If a large-scale recall is carried out, Tian Fenglai will also be traumatized.

  What's more, Tian Feng at this time not only has to face European and American auto giants, but also face competition from RB's domestic automakers. Especially in the US market, as the positioning of Japanese cars is similar, the competition between them is particularly fierce.

  Among the other two Japanese giants, Honda’s main model Civic has only reached the third generation, and the design concept of the third-generation Civic is obviously not as good as that of the fifth-generation Carraro. Honda has also abandoned the third-generation Civic and devoted itself to the development of next-generation models.

  Nissan’s flagship model, the Bluebird, is Carraro’s biggest competitor.

  The appearance of the seventh-generation Bluebird is very fashionable, which fits the aesthetics of young people. Moreover, the seventh-generation Bluebird uses front-wheel drive, which is technically ahead of the fifth-generation Carraro, so it is very popular in the American market. Affected by the seventh-generation Bluebird, Tian Feng also invested a large amount of money in the research and development of the front-wheel drive chassis.

  The Japanese cars in the 1980s are busy occupying the market all over the world. This process is like traveling against the current. At this point, if Carraro is exposed to quality defects, it will be killed by the seven generations of Bluebirds.

  ……

  Masao Kato held the article in his hand. He really wanted to tear up the article, and then swallowed gold in his stomach.

  But Masayuki Kato also knows that since Li Weidong can write such an article, he can write the second one.

  Masao Kato quickly calmed down, and his sanity gradually returned to his brain.

"This Li Sang, show me this article, just to ask for money, otherwise he spent one or two thousand dollars as a hush fee for him. I still have the authority to transfer one or two thousand dollars. ."

Thinking of this, Masayuki Kato said: "Li Sang, can you sell this article to me, and then just assume that nothing has happened. For this, our Tianfeng Motors can pay you 1,000 US dollars as a contribution fee, which is absolutely It's much more than the contribution fee you submit to European and American car magazines!"

  According to the official exchange rate in 1985, 1 US dollar can be exchanged for 2.937 yuan, and 1,000 US dollars is equivalent to 2,937 yuan.

  And if it is exchanged on the black market, 1 U.S. dollar can be exchanged for 10 yuan, and if 1,000 U.S. dollars is in hand, it can be converted into ten thousand yuan in seconds!

  In Kato Masayuki’s view, 1,000 US dollars is more than enough, and ordinary Chinese have never seen so much money in their entire lives.

However, Li Weidong smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Kato, I spent a lot of time and energy to study the accelerator pedal problem. The $1,000 manuscript fee is indeed more than that given by the car magazine, but if I submit an article to the car magazine , You can gain some reputation."

   "Well, we Tianfeng Motors are willing to pay 2,000 US dollars to buy this article." Masayuki Kato directly doubled the price.

Li Weidong still shook his head: "US$2,000 is indeed a huge sum of money for Chinese people. Many ordinary people can't make so much money in their lives. However, in China, people who are proficient in Japanese are also very rare, and they are proficient in automobiles. Terminology is even rarer. If it were in your country, would a person who is proficient in foreign languages ​​and proficient in automobile expertise receive an ordinary salary?"

  Masayuki Kato did not refute. Although RB companies adopt a lifetime employment system, and the salary is directly linked to the length of service, the salary of employees with special skills is indeed higher.

   "This greedy fellow!" Masayo Kato cursed inwardly, and then asked: "Li Sang, how much money do you want?"

  Li Weidong stretched out ten fingers: "I want one hundred thousand dollars!"

  　 The first chapter is delivered. If you have a recommendation ticket, please give me a few. Thanks for passing the customs! Thank you for your hard work, dog rider, Song Qi, and 7zhi for your rewards! Yesterday so many big guys gave rewards, so I'm getting better!

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