All round car designer

Chapter 179 Arriving in Geneva

After the year-end summary meeting, the most important event for Mercedes-Benz is the Geneva Motor Show.

And after the distribution plan of the year-end bonus was passed on to the company, everyone was very excited. If it was paid according to the five-month salary standard, everyone's year-end bonus would start at least [-] yuan!

This is definitely a huge sum of money for people from their hometown.

With such a high salary and benefits as an incentive, the whole company is more motivated, and everyone is working hard for the goals set this year.

"Mr. Zhou, these two cars are the QQ show cars used in the Geneva Motor Show. Let's see if there is any room for improvement."

On the right side of the assembly workshop, Zhang Xiang pointed to two Mercedes-Benz QQs, one red and one blue, and said.

"The Mercedes-Benz QQ is not the focus of our exhibition. There is nothing wrong with these two cars. What about the Golf show car? Hasn't the assembly been completed yet?" Zhou Fei asked.

"It's still being assembled. Because it's a show car, the assembly process is relatively slow. Does Mr. Zhou want to take a look?" Zhang Xiang quickly replied.

"No need, just keep an eye on it. By the way, have you mentioned the ABS system to the supplier?"

"There are already two sets of systems on the way of transportation. I will notify Mr. Zhou as soon as they arrive."

"Thank you for your hard work. The opening time of this year's Geneva Motor Show has been announced. From March 3th to March 4th, it takes a total of one week, and counting the time of transportation from here to Geneva, all exhibits Everything must be ready in early February, otherwise it will be very rushed." Zhou Fei said seriously.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, we will definitely complete all the preparations in early February." Zhang Xiang promised.

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As time goes by day by day, the time for the start of the Geneva Motor Show is getting closer and closer. The Mercedes-Benz company also completed all the preparations for the exhibits on February 2th. After checking that there were no problems, they were urgently shipped to Switzerland. Geneva, ready to make a stunning debut at the next auto show!

After going through all the visa procedures, Zhou Fei also took Zhang Xiang and Li Jianneng to set off from the airport in his hometown, transited through Yanjing, and arrived in Berlin, the capital of Germany.

Finally, we departed from Berlin again and arrived at the final station this time by train, which is Geneva, Switzerland.

Just the time on the road, it took more than a day for several people, not to mention the jet lag after arriving in Geneva.

It took almost two days for Zhou Fei to gradually adapt to the biological clock here.

Zhou Fei, who was going abroad for the first time, never thought that jet lag would be such a painful thing. The local time in Geneva was more than six hours later than the domestic time in Yanjing. During the first two nights of his arrival, Zhou Fei often It's because I'm not energetic in the middle of the night, and I'm too sleepy during the day.

I knew that I would be jet-lagged in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. When I can’t sleep at night, I can go to the red light district to engage in big horses and enjoy the fun of toothpicks stirring a big tank...

The climate in Geneva in March is not too different from that of my hometown. It has already entered the season of early spring, and the temperature is generally above 15 degrees. In the past two days, it has soared to about [-] degrees. The sun is shining on my body.

As the second largest city in the Swiss Confederation, Geneva has always been known for its gathering of international organizations, such as the Red Cross, the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations... These familiar international organizations are either headquartered in Geneva or here It is also very common to have offices, major international conferences and world expositions in Geneva.

Thanks to the holding of the Geneva Motor Show, the number of tourists in Geneva has increased significantly in the past two days. Every time he passes by the front desk of the hotel, Zhou Fei can always see many tourists carrying suitcases and checking in.

"Today, let's go to the exhibition hall of the auto show first, and take a look at how our own exhibition hall is arranged."

There are still two days left before the start of the auto show, and the show cars that arrived from China also arrived in Geneva yesterday, and the staff of Mercedes-Benz made arrangements as soon as possible.

"I've been here for so long, I'm so jet-lagged, I still don't know what our exhibition hall looks like." Zhang Xiang said with a smile.

"I can accept jet lag. The key is that I really can't stand the food here. It's either cheese or Western food. How can our steamed buns and fried dough sticks taste so good?" Li Jianneng said with a bitter face.

"To be honest, I'm not used to it either. There should be a Chinese living area nearby. Let's go out and look for it when we get back." Zhou Fei also nodded approvingly.

Ten minutes later, the three of Zhou Fei appeared in this exhibition area.In fact, before entering the door, there was a short episode. Since they had never heard of Feichi Company, the security guard at the door refused to let the three of them in. In the end, Zhou Fei dialed the phone number of the organizer, and then explained clearly.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhou Fei wants to show his face at the Geneva Motor Show. The Mercedes-Benz company is indeed very famous in China, but in Europe and the United States, almost no one has heard of it. What happened today is a good proof.

Zhou Fei wanted to take advantage of the platform of the Geneva Motor Show to make a good advertisement for Feichi, and see if there is any chance to enter the European and American markets by the way, and grab a piece of meat from the mouths of giants such as Dafeng Motor!

As soon as he walked into the development area, Zhou Fei saw familiar automobile brands such as Dafeng Automobile and Fotong Automobile, mainly car companies from Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. In China, apart from Mercedes-Benz, there are only a few joint ventures. Enterprises, such a lineup of exhibitors, can be said to be shabby.

Zhou Fei originally thought that he would see the exhibition area of ​​Wei Peng Motors here, but unfortunately, he didn't see it after looking around for a long time.

If he thinks about it carefully, Zhou Fei can also understand why Wei Peng Motors did not appear at the Geneva Motor Show. Given its current situation, it is already very good to be able to maintain operations, and there is no financial resources to toss at the auto show.

Originally, Huaxia's exhibition area was located in a relatively remote place in the entire exhibition hall, but Feichi's exhibition area was located in the corner of Huaxia's exhibition area, which was already close to the parts exhibition area.

"The organizer is too bullying. By placing our exhibition area here, it is clear that they are looking down on us?" Li Jianneng couldn't help but said.

"That's right, the same venue fee, why should we have to stand aside and leave the good places to European and American car companies?" Zhang Xiang, who has always been aloof from the world, also said angrily.

"Isn't it normal to reserve the best position for the car company that can attract tourists the most? I would do the same if I changed it. There is nothing to be angry about. After this auto show is over, our position will also be changed. over there."

Zhou Fei smiled generously, and pointed in the direction of the European and American exhibition areas.

(End of this chapter)