Chapter 454 Dissatisfied (Part 1)

Guo Tailai pondered for a while about the manufacturers of handcrafted cars, then nodded.

Indeed, as Lin Jiayi said, Guo Tailai's current style is closer to the style of these small factories, rather than matching the Mercedes-Benz produced by industrialized factories.

It's good to get in touch, at least it can be regarded as putting a little pressure on Mercedes-Benz, letting them know that there is not only one choice.

Lin Jiayi immediately contacted happily. Among her Wharton classmates, she can still find the contact information of these manufacturers.

During the few days of the negotiation, in a place unknown to Guo Tailai at the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz, a team of veteran Mercedes-Benz technicians was analyzing the video of Guo Tailai installing the engine over and over again, and at the same time analyzing all kinds of information that Guo Tailai recorded during the installation process. The parameters are analyzed in detail.

Without changing the design, the overall performance of the engine can be improved by a few percentage points just by relying on strong assembly capabilities. How could Mercedes-Benz miss this ability? Although Guo Tailai can't do anything about the machining accuracy for the time being, it is still possible to learn his assembly skills.

Dozens of experienced and knowledgeable engineers are researching and analyzing, trying to learn Guo Tailai's assembly ability.

It's a pity that the camera angles at that time were limited, and at some angles, they would be blocked by Guo Tailai's body, so it was impossible to see how Guo Tailai operated at that time. According to the description of the two engineers who were present at the time and were responsible for recording the process, Guo Tailai did not seem to have performed any special operations.

What they couldn't understand the most was that although Guo Tailai didn't use any measuring tools, he was able to install it perfectly, even better than what they installed after measuring with precision instruments.

The part of the titanium alloy engine installed by the Mercedes-Benz team, after their analysis, may be that the adjustment of some coaxiality is not perfect, or it may be that the torque of a certain screw is a little bit bigger, or a little bit smaller. A little bit, the result is that the overall engine operation is slightly unsmooth, resulting in a decline in the overall performance of the entire engine.

There may even be a certain screw, the relationship between the design length, resulting in a slight difference from the screw tightened by Guo Tailai after tightening according to the designer's requirements, resulting in a very subtle difference in the center of gravity of the entire engine, which will also affect to overall performance. But, is it really going to be this serious? Is this too precise?

Everything is just a possibility, and it is just a possible reason analyzed, but it is impossible to determine whether it is true, because it cannot be put back after dismantling, which is very embarrassing. The result of the analysis is that these old craftsmen are completely unable to copy Guo Tailai's technique.

If the full score is 100, ordinary installers may only score 60 points, experienced workers can score 70 points, and experienced workers can score 80 to 85 points. With assistance, it reached 95, but Guo Tailai was able to reach 99. This difference of a few points may bring about a few percent improvement in overall performance.

Mercedes-Benz also used a procrastination tactic in the negotiations, just to see if their own engineers could replicate Guo Tailai's installation capabilities. It's a pity that after a whole week, I only got a few possible answers and obvious gaps, and there is no completely certain reason. Guo Tailai is irreplaceable, so the restrictions on Guo Tailai can only be relaxed.

From the perspective of Mercedes-Benz itself, this behavior is understandable. Whichever capitalist, not to mention foreign ones, is the domestic one, I am afraid they will do the same. After all, there is no way to apply for a patent for craftsmanship. It cannot be said that if you can achieve this precision, others will not be allowed to achieve this precision. It is best to have a replacement, preferably a trustworthy old employee within the company. If it doesn't work, I'm afraid I can only really raise the price a little more to try to cooperate with Guo Tailai.

"Sorry, the negotiation needs to be suspended for a few days. We need to go to the UK immediately. So..." When the Mercedes-Benz people found that there was no replacement except Guo Tailai and wanted to negotiate with Lin Jiayi again, Lin Jiayi gave the Mercedes-Benz One such answer.

to England? The person in charge of negotiating at Mercedes-Benz is a little confused. What is this going to do? Going to McLaren?

Guo Tailai is not an employee of Mercedes-Benz, and it is impossible for Mercedes-Benz to stop Guo Tailai from leaving, so he can only watch Guo Tailai and his party leave Stuttgart.

Mercedes guessed right, Guo Tailai and his party did rush to McLaren, but not only to see the performance of the new engine in F1 cars, but more importantly, to cooperate with Rolls-Royce, Koenigsegg and Representatives of Pagani's three car factories met, and at the same time let them see the performance of the hand-built all-titanium engine.

Guo Tailai found that she found Lin Jiayi as a management assistant, and she really found the right person. She hadn't read in vain in Wharton Business School for several years, and her strong classmate network may not have been fully utilized in China, but in Europe, she only used it for a year. In the evening, people from the three car factories were contacted, and they clearly expressed Guo Tailai's advantages. There is no basis for empty talk, so I specially invited the technical leaders of the three companies to come to McLaren to observe the real all-titanium alloy engine on the spot.

Of course, before this, Lin Jiayi had consulted with McLaren. McLaren has no objection to this. In theory, the all-titanium alloy engine, as their secret weapon this season, must be kept secret before the start of the race. But once you sign up to use it, it must be made public. In fact, it is no secret now that these non-F1 competitors want to see it, just come and see it.

Originally, the concept of an all-titanium alloy engine was already coveted, but there was another one made by hand. Immediately, the three manufacturers that Lin Jiayi contacted were all aroused, especially when they heard that this was the last time a new model was sold. Guo Tailai didn't have much doubt about the handwriting, and rushed to the McLaren team with a face.

When Guo Tailai arrived, Rolls-Royce, which was also in the UK, was already close to the water. Not to mention that he had arrived at McLaren ahead of schedule, and had even seen the finished product. The comprehensive performance parameters of the engine were obtained from McLaren.

Koenigsegg and Pagani are two brands, one is from Sweden and the other is from Italy. Both are supercar brands, and they have a common feature, that is, the scale of the company is small, and the quality of the employees is very high. Handcrafted supercars. Hearing the news about the handmade titanium alloy engine this time, both sides were very interested and rushed to the UK quickly.

What's more interesting is that the engine currently used by Pagani is from AMG, and it can be said that it also belongs to Mercedes-Benz. The information they got is more detailed.