At the headquarters of Volkswagen Latin America, Zhao Guoyang was entangled by Chairman Jeffries for a while, and then asked to discuss the new model structure of Songqi Group first.

Jeffries felt a little regretful when he failed to directly define the patent right to "delayed vehicle heat dissipation" with Zhao Guoyang.

But he can almost say that he has no objection to Zhao Guoyang's proposal now.

Under the leadership of Jeffries and Ayton, Zhao Guoyang, Mao Zhichun and Songqi Group entered the conference room of the product development department of Volkswagen Latin America.

After the two sides separated the host and host, Mao Zhichun explained the main purpose of Songqi Group's visit to Volkswagen Latin America this time.

After hearing Chairman Mao’s official proposal that he wanted to ask Volkswagen Latin American Company’s product development department to help design a brand new Santana, Zhao Guoyang noticed a gaze exchange between Jeffries and Ayton.

Zhao Guoyang secretly felt a little alert in his heart.

As a top player in the field of machinery in his previous life, he knew the risks of cooperation between domestic companies and large foreign companies.

Due to the corresponding backwardness of technical level, some domestic companies are basically in a weak position when cooperating with large international companies.

Especially when cooperating with giants like Volkswagen, it is easier for people to lead them by the nose.

Now Chairman Mao didn't cover up much, and he just told his needs. Next, it was easy for him to speak out.

After Mao Zhichun finished talking about his needs and Songqi Group, Jeffries said with a smile: "We are deeply grateful to Chairman Mao and your company for being able to trust us Volkswagen."

"The Santana model is originally the flagship product of our company. It is natural that your Songqi Group will come to us for help after upgrading and seeking help."

After Jeffries finished speaking, Ayton next to him nodded and said, "The Chairman is right. The Santana model was originally designed by our Latin American team."

"Santana has achieved good sales results in both the United States and Latin America. After your company cooperated with our Volkswagen Group, the first model was chosen by Santana, which was a very insightful decision."

After hearing Ayton's words, Mao Zhichun was in a good mood and repeatedly stated: "Yes, Mr. Ayton. The cooperation between our Songqi Group and Volkswagen Group is very successful. The Santana model is also very popular in the Chinese market."

"However, based on some feedback from the domestic market, our Songqi Group Technology Department thinks that some improvements can be made. We are here to seek cooperation from your company, just to ask you to help design a new Santana that is more appropriate to the Chinese market..."

Speaking of this, Mao Zhichun turned around and nodded to Chen Bin, indicating that he could mention the requirements of the technical department.

Seeing Chairman Mao's gaze ejaculation, Chen Bin quickly expressed the requirements formulated by the technical department.

Chen Bin looked at Ayton and said, "Mr. Ayton, the most important requirement for our new Santana in Songqi Group is the rear space issue compared to the previous model."

Chen Bin talked: "Due to the continuous increase in the requirements of our domestic consumers for flight attendants, the rear space and comfort of old products can no longer keep up with the market demand."

"Although Santana's performance in the market is still strong, from the perspective of planning ahead, a new model with longer body and higher comfort is imminent..."

Ayton seemed to have listened to Chen Bin's story seriously, nodded and gestured: "Well, we have already understood the key points of Mr. Chen's speech. Basically, there is no problem with cooperation."

"In the next few days, we will provide a preliminary design plan according to the requirements you put forward. As for specific details, our product developers will discuss and confirm with the members of your company's technical department."

After Ayton finished speaking, he glanced at Mao Zhichun sitting opposite him and said with a smile: "It's just one thing, Chairman Mao. I might want to bother you colleagues in the technical department of Songqi Group. I will be in our company for a long time in the future."

Hearing this, Mao Zhichun waved his hands repeatedly and said, "This is no problem. With such an opportunity to learn, we Minister Chen and the comrades from the Technical Department are reluctant to ask for it."

After Mao Zhichun made his statement, Ayton smiled friendly at Zhao Guoyang.

Obviously, he felt that Zhao Guoyang was also from the Technical Department of Songqi Group. Successfully inviting Chen Bin and others was equivalent to invitation to Zhao Guoyang.

Zhao Guoyang smiled and said nothing.

In fact, he had already communicated with Chen Bin seriously about the details of the new model required by Songqi Group and put forward very complete opinions.

Basically, as long as Chen Bin and his team negotiate according to their own ideas, there will be no problem in cooperation with Volkswagen Latin American companies.

As for Zhao Guoyang himself, it is impossible for him to stay in Samba for a long time.

After Mao Zhichun signed a letter of intent for cooperation with Volkswagen Latin America, he would return to China with Chairman Mao.

Now that Ayton himself has not figured out the situation, Zhao Guoyang naturally won't explain anything to him.

After almost finalizing the cooperation intention, Mao Zhichun asked anxiously: "Mr. Aiton, how much is the design cost?"

Upon hearing this, Ayton showed a relieved smile on his face, and raised a finger and said, "Chairman Mao, the design cost will not be very high, it will definitely not exceed one million US dollars. Don't worry about this."

Although one million US dollars is already a huge number, it is a price that Mao Zhichun and Songqi Group can afford.

After all, just last year, Songqi Group made nearly one billion yuan in profits through the Santana model.

It is worth it to design a new model that may continue sales performance now.

When Mao Zhichun felt a little relieved, Zhao Guoyang next to him didn't think so.

He knew that with the cleverness of Jeffries and Ayton, it was impossible to help Songqi Group design this model so easily.

One million dollars in design fees are not enough for people of their level to see them.

Sure enough, after Ayton told the design fee, Jeffries next to him pretended to be careless and said to him: "Ayton, since the new model of Songqi Group needs to be lengthened, the original Santana model platform must not be used, right?"

Hearing this, Ayton nodded seriously and said, "The Chairman is right. After the car body is lengthened, the production platform of the old Santana cannot be used. A production platform must be redesigned..."

Hearing this, Mao Zhichun was a little surprised. He turned to look at Chen Bin, hoping that his technical minister could give him an answer.

Chen Bin seemed to have not considered this issue. After being stunned for a while, he said: "Well, Chairman, theoretically speaking, if the new Santana is lengthened, the original production platform is indeed not easy to use..."

After Chen Bin finished speaking, the four technicians under him nodded and agreed.

Indeed, for most domestic automakers, a production line can only correspond to one model.

Although the new model that Songqi Group cooperates with Volkswagen Latin America is still called Santana, due to the extended wheelbase, it can no longer be considered the same car.

Using a brand new production platform is a natural thing.

When Mao Zhichun asked Chen Bin, Jeffries, Ayton and other senior executives were sitting opposite him, all had some complacent smiles on their faces.

After Mao Zhichun learned about the situation, he turned to look at Jeffries and said, "Mr. Jeffries, I just asked us Minister Chen, and the situation should be similar to what you said."

"I just don't know, can our Songqi Group introduce this new production line from Volkswagen Latin America? If possible, then how do you calculate the design cost of this production line?"

After Mao Zhichun's question was told, Jeffries' face was filled with a smile.

He turned his head and glanced at Ayton, and said, "Chairman Mao, I think it would be better for professionals to answer you for such professionals."

Mao Zhichun subconsciously looked at Ayton, and then heard the product development department boss slowly speaking: "Chairman Mao, the design of the production line is different from the vehicle design. It requires a longer design cycle and takes longer. It also requires debugging multiple times before it can be finalized."

"So, usually, the design price of a vehicle production line is much higher than the design of the car itself."

Aiton casually gestured: "The cost of our Volkswagen Latin American company designing a production line is about 10 million US dollars."

"However, since we are working with your company in a sincere manner, we can appropriately reduce the amount of money. Specifically, let's wait until the new car model is designed before discussing it. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Mao Zhichun felt a little bleeding in his heart.

Mr. Aiton has already made it clear that the design cost of a production line costs 10 million US dollars, which is ten times the price of automobile design.

Although Ayton also said that the price can still be discounted. But Mao Zhichun knew that no matter how much the number was reduced, it could not be less than 8 million US dollars.

This is really a huge sum of money for Songqi Group.

But Mao Zhichun also knew that the price of introducing an automobile production line platform was indeed quite expensive.

Just like the Santana production line platform used by Songqi Group now was introduced from the Volkswagen headquarters in Germany, which cost nearly ten million US dollars at that time.
Chapter completed!