Chapter 339

"I'm very sorry!" Hisashi Matsuyama bowed deeply in front of Guo Tailai and apologized.

In fact, from the technical patents that Guo Tailai and the others prepared before, Hisashi Matsuyama should have thought that Guo Tailai must have a good understanding of this area. But Hisamo Matsuyama's superior, that is, the head office, has other ideas.

Such a perfect design and manufacture, such a complete technical patent application, and all these operations cannot be done by one or two people at all. According to the judgment of Mazda's head office, at least a Chinese professional automobile design institute and a professional manufacturer can make it. They have opened the hood, and even without opening the hood, they can see those excellent processing capabilities, which is not something that private people can play with at all.

Therefore, the high-level judged that Guo Tailai was just a white glove launched by a certain team in Huaxia, and it was a means for some people to put the collective design on one person's head and use it for their own personal gain.

This situation is easy to handle. On the one hand, it only needs to deal with the nominal Guo Tailai alone. According to the assumption of the head office, no matter how much the reserve price of the people behind Guo Tailai is, what can finally fall on Guo Tailai will never exceed one million dollars. Hisashi Matsuyama offered five million dollars for the second time. He wanted to calm down Guo Tailai once and for all. Then he just promised to solve the nationality issue for Guo Tailai, so that Guo Tailai would no longer have to worry about domestic threats, and he could emigrate calmly and live a life of a rich man. , then all this is at your fingertips.

His words were broken by Guo Tailai, Hisashi Matsuyama was so ashamed that he couldn't face Guo Tailai. It's a pity that he has to follow the instructions of the head office, but the problem has been messed up now, what should we do next?

"Fifty million dollars, it's a bit expensive." Hisashi Matsuyama could only have a cheeky face and bargain with Guo Tailai again. Xiao Li just said that the guaranteed base price is 5 million US dollars, that is to say, this model design must be sold for at least 50 million US dollars.

"Then Mr. Matsuyama, you can calculate it for me." Guo Tailai smiled and replied: "How long will it take for Mazda to design a brand new model? Do market research, organize a design team to design, repeatedly scrutinize, and produce Models of various sizes, and then the results of the design must be audited, and after the audit, a prototype car will be produced, how long will this process take and how much will it cost?"

Basically, what Guo Tai is talking about is the process required for a new model to be finalized. Hisashi Matsuyama himself builds cars, so how could he not know how much it will cost? After these processes are completed, there will be road tests in various environments, and finally the finalization can be modified. Three to four years is the most basic time. Usually, a car in Europe and the United States will cost one billion to two billion dollars from start to finish. Even if it is less in Japan, it will cost between 500 million and 1 billion dollars.

"Mr. Guo, what you are talking about is the development of a new model." After all, Hisashi Matsuyama is a professional, and couldn't help but retort: ​​"But your car is redeveloped on the basis of RX-7."

An improved version of an old car certainly doesn't cost that much. After all, the platform has been determined, only a small number of changes, relatively little investment. Hisashi Matsuyama just wanted to position Guo Tailai's new car as an improved model, so that he could strive for more benefits.

"Mr. Matsuyama, are you sure that a car that has changed the chassis, changed the gearbox, strengthened the engine design, and modified the exterior design can only be called an improved model in Mazda?" Guo Tailai would not be fooled by him, and retorted with a smile past.

Hisashi Matsuyama was speechless. The chassis and gearbox were changed, and the engine was remodeled. This is basically a new platform. How could it be an improvement of the old model? They are all professionals, so there is really no need to play such a trick.

"But Mr. Guo, your model has not yet passed a large-scale road test." Hisashi Matsuyama immediately gave up the point of attack just now, and changed his mind: "We want to produce several test cars, and they have to go through millions of kilometers of road tests. , but also in various environments, such as mountains, plateaus, rivers, forests, and various terrains, all of which require a lot of capital and manpower.”

On Guo Tailai's face, there was an expression of wanting to laugh but trying to hold back, which made Matsuyama Hisachi very puzzled. He didn't have doubts for a long time, and asked directly: "Mr. Guo, do you have any objection to my words?"

"It's just the first time I heard that Mazda's sports car also has off-road functions, and it needs to be tested in terrains such as mountains and rivers." Guo Tailai stretched out his right thumb: "I admire it!"

Looking at Guo Tailai's thumb and listening to Guo Tailai's series of ironic words, Matsuyama Hisashi wished he could lower his head to his chest. He only cared about bargaining and wanted to pile up all kinds of costs, but he forgot that what Guo Tailai was selling was a sports car design.

This is a sports car! Which sports car doesn't lie on the road like a toad with an ultra-low chassis? Not to mention off-road, a little more speed bump on the road will cause a headache, and it is also tested in mountains and rivers. Do you want to lift the car in and drive it? Why don't you say you want to test the diving performance?

The test of the sports car is basically not on the track, but also on the city road. In this way, the cost will be reduced a lot. It is obviously impossible to use this reason to cut the price substantially.

"I was negligent." Hisao Matsuyama stood up and apologized again with a blushing face.

"Actually, it's totally meaningless for us to discuss this price!" Guo Tailai accepted Hisato Matsuyama's apology, then spread his arms and gave Hisashi Matsuyama a seemingly helpless answer.

"Why?" Hisashi Matsuyama asked anxiously.

"Because I have publicly announced that the design of this new model is going to be auctioned!" Guo Tailai didn't realize that there was something wrong with it: "Mazda is really interested, and can participate in the auction, as long as it beats other competitors, say It may be cheaper than 50 million! And I don't have to bear the consequences of breaking promises with major manufacturers. You know, I don't intend to make a one-shot deal. I still have many ideas in my mind, and I want Realize one by one, and dealing with major manufacturers will be indispensable in the future!"

Hisashi Matsuyama really wanted to say at this moment, "Then you can join us at Mazda, and we will take care of all your expenses." It's a pity that he couldn't say it, and he also knew that Guo Tailai would definitely not agree. If it was him, Hisashi Matsuyama himself, he would not agree, since he can design these, why not set up a company to produce them? Even if you don't want to be a company, you can earn more by selling this car than working for a certain manufacturer, right?

"Sorry, Mr. Matsuyama, I'm afraid I have to go first." Guo Tailai stood up politely and saw off the guests: "Several gentlemen from Porsche have already made an appointment with me to test the car, I can't miss the appointment."