King of Industry

The Ancheta factory, located in Campo Bernardo, less than 30 kilometers from Sao Paulo, is the largest Volkswagen factory in Samba.

At the same time, it is also the headquarters and development department of Volkswagen - Latin America.

Founded in 1957, this company is Volkswagen's first manufacturing plant in Latin America, and it is also the first Volkswagen manufacturing plant established outside the Volkswagen Group.

Like the German factory in Wolfsburg, the car company has been continuously modernized over time.

As early as 1970, the millionth Volkswagen rolled off the production line at this factory.

So far, nearly three million Volkswagen cars have been produced from this factory.

The Ancheta factory covers an area of ​​more than 1 million square meters, which is equivalent to the area of ​​140 football fields, and has more than 15,000 workers. It produces Golf, Polo and other series of best-selling vehicles here.

This Ancheta factory is the first stop of the Latin American automobile company that Mayor Huang and Zhao Guoyang will visit during their trip.

After arriving at Di'er, Zhao Guoyang got out of the car after several big brothers.

Looking at the gigantic factory in front of him, Zhang Yufang next to him couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Hehe, Mr. Zhang was also shocked by the scale of this factory, right?" Zhao Guoyang said gesturing.

"Yes, yes, this factory seems to be much bigger than our Songqi Group in SJ City." Zhang Yufang couldn't help but replied repeatedly.

"It's a lot, but after the construction of the No. 2 and No. 3 plants of SAIC Group, it will be hard to say." Zhao Guoyang said with a smile.

He entered the factory after a few bosses, and was greeted by senior executives from Volkswagen-Latin America.

Seeing the bearded man walking in the front, Zhao Guoyang was secretly amused.

Judging from his appearance alone, this man is a typical Germanic man, with a very tall figure, even half a head taller than Zhao Guoyang, who is more than 1.8 meters tall.

Thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a full face of beard, it is easy to leave a deep impression on him.

When the two sides shook hands, Teng Fei, the translator of Songqi Group, quickly introduced to Mayor Huang and the others: "Mayor Huang, this is the chairman and president of Volkswagen Latin America, Mr. Jeffries."

"Mr. Jeffries, this is the Mayor Huang of our SJ city..."

Jeffries obviously did his homework beforehand. After Teng Fei's introduction, he exchanged greetings with Huang Zhigang, Mao Zhichun and other bigwigs in fairly pure Chinese.

Of course, no matter how pure this person's Chinese is, it is nothing more than the words "Ni Hao Ni Hao!", "Welcome!", "Have a hard journey!"

When it was Zhao Guoyang's turn, Teng Fei was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to introduce this so-called "special researcher".

Seeing this guy standing there in a daze, Zhao Guoyang smiled slightly, and communicated directly with Jeffries himself.

"Hi, Mr. Jeffries, I'm Zhao Guoyang, a 'special researcher' from Songqi Group, nice to meet you!"

Zhao Guoyang's Germanic language is even higher than Teng Fei's in terms of fluency. Hearing this, President Jeffries was taken aback.

"Ah, 'Special Researcher' Zhao Guoyang? Hello, hello!" Jeffries asked, shaking Zhao Guoyang's hand vigorously.

"You 'special researcher' are technically involved, Mr. Zhao?"

Zhao Guoyang nodded slightly, with a calm smile on his face.

After seeing him nodding, Jeffries was even happier, and praised again and again: "Great, there is a technician who understands Germanic, and our communication this time will be much more convenient."

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang pointed to Teng Fei who hadn't recovered yet and said, "Mr. Jeffries, don't worry. With Mr. Teng here, our communication will definitely not be a problem."

Hearing Zhao Guoyang's words, Teng Fei's face became a little better.

He said "hmm" and took the opportunity to introduce the other executives behind Jeffries to the leaders behind him.

After some introductions, everyone finally got acquainted with these people who came to greet them from Volkswagen Latin America.

In addition to Chairman and President Jeffries, there are seven board members.

They are Fidelis in charge of Human Resources, Aton in charge of Product Development, Derek in charge of Sales and Marketing, Jonas in charge of Operations, Carlson in charge of Finance, Seth in charge of Purchasing, and Richard in charge of Quality Control Germany.

Among them, except for Richard, who is in charge of quality control, who is from Samba, the other six board members are all Germanic.

After introducing his colleagues, Jeffries made a "please" gesture to Huang Zhigang, inviting him and the representative members to enter the factory for a tour.

Seeing the big men walking in front, Zhao Guoyang gradually slowed down and walked together with the members of Songqi Group.

Seeing this, Zhong Bo and Chen Bin hurried away a few steps and walked in a row with Zhao Guoyang.

"Researcher Zhao, I know Mr. Ayton who is in charge of product development..." Chen Bin said.

After hearing Chen Bin's words, Zhao Guoyang cast a questioning look on him, and asked, "Mr. Chen, from what you said, it seems that this Mr. Ayton is very famous?"

"Yes, Researcher Zhao!"

Chen Bin explained in a low voice, "Mr. Ayton was previously the deputy director of the Technology Department of the German Volkswagen Headquarters and enjoyed a high reputation in the industry. Several popular vehicles of the Volkswagen Group are all from his hands."

"Hmm." Zhao Guoyang nodded upon hearing the words, indicating that he already knew.

For Ayton, who is such a technical expert, he has no timidity.

The reason is very simple. Zhao Guoyang was originally an expert in this field, and now he still has a wealth of knowledge decades ahead of him. Even facing the best car designers of this era, he has full confidence in crushing him, let alone this Ayton. It's just the top designers of the public.

In terms of model design, Volkswagen is definitely not the best in the world. Whether it is Ferrari or Maserati, they must surpass Volkswagen in terms of body design.

Seeing that Zhao Guoyang didn't seem to have the idea of ​​"worshiping the great god" after seeing the great god in the industry, Chen Bin next to him was a little surprised.

However, he knew Zhao Guoyang's level in the automotive field, so he didn't say much.

In Chen Bin's view, it is natural for young people to have some arrogance.

Or, it is also possible that this little Comrade Zhao still doesn't know the awesomeness of Mr. Ayton.

After a while, when he arrives at the development department of this Latin American car company and sees the new car he is developing, maybe Xiao Zhao will change his mind.

Under the leadership of Jeffries, everyone first visited the first complete vehicle workshop of the Ancheta factory.

Seeing each golf ball on the assembly line, from assembly to finished product at an extremely fast speed, everyone in the delegation was full of admiration.

Among them, after Mao Zhichun saw the speed of the assembly line, he was even more emotional and sighed.

As the chairman of Songqi Group, Mao Zhichun is still very clear about his own situation.

He knew that Songqi Group had already implemented a full assembly line production process. However, according to the advanced level of the existing two production lines, it is really far from reaching the speed of other people's assembly lines.

"Mayor Huang, Mr. Mao, the Golf you see now is the best-selling model of Volkswagen Latin America. Basically, in Latin America, our monthly sales are about 30,000 units. !” Derek, who is in charge of sales, said braggingly.

"30,000 units! This is almost as high as the annual sales of our Songqi Group Santana..." Mao Zhichun couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Hehe, this is just the sales volume in Latin America. In fact, the golf series produced by our Latin American company are also sold in North America and Oceania, but the sales volume is not as large as in Latin America."

"Wow, if all these markets are added up, your company's monthly sales will be astonishing!" Teng Fei couldn't help admiring in a flattering tone.

Zhao Guoyang at the back looked at Teng Fei a little unhappy after hearing this.

In his opinion, as a translator, what he just said has crossed the line.

Fortunately, he communicated with people in Germanic. If he spoke Chinese, I believe that Mayor Huang and Chairman Mao would not give him a good look.

Just when Zhao Guoyang was secretly slandering Teng Fei, someone took his words.

"Hehe, Mr. Teng is right. In fact, our Volkswagen Group Latin America Company is not satisfied with the current achievements. In the past six months, we have been developing a new generation of golf. It is estimated that we will be able to conduct the first round in a few months." Trial production."

"After the launch of the new golf ball, it will continue to maintain our golf series products, and its dominant position in Latin America and Africa. Perhaps, the scope will be further expanded."

It was naturally Ayton, who was in charge of technology, who said this.

Judging from the proud look on this man's face, he is still very confident in this new golf from his R\u0026D department.

"Hehe, Mr. Ayton's authority in terms of technology is world-class. The new products you lead research and development will definitely not be bad! If it weren't for you, we Songqi Group would not come to your company for help. The Santana model needs to be improved." Teng Fei added.

Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang couldn't bear it anymore.

He took a few steps forward, and in front of Huang Zhigang and Mao Zhichun, he said to Teng Fei with a cold face: "Translator Teng, please pay attention to your position, you are a member of our Huaxia delegation. In addition, Your job is to be a translator, so please don’t say something you shouldn’t say.”

"The golf and the Santana are two cars, which one is better or worse? It's your own opinion. It's not your turn to jump to conclusions."

"You... what are you talking about! How can you say something that violates the spirit of cooperation between the two parties!" Teng Fei blushed instantly after being reprimanded by Zhao Guoyang, and couldn't help retorting.