Reborn in Brazil As a Plutocrat

  Chapter 441 Racing

   A group of people came to the R&D department of the Mercedes-Benz car factory in Brazil under the guidance of the general manager Gianvito Blanc.

   Affected by the defeat of Germany, Mercedes-Benz's life in Germany was difficult. Therefore, when Fang Lang was negotiating with Mercedes-Benz, he asked Mercedes-Benz to relocate its R&D department to Brazil as a whole.

  This has resulted in the very large scale of the R&D department of Mercedes-Benz Brazil.

  There is not only a power laboratory, but also a research center for various new models and new technologies. The entire R&D department even occupies more than half of the factory.

   It has concentrated almost the best technical force and excellent R&D personnel of Mercedes-Benz in Germany.

   This is also the main reason why Mercedes-Benz in Brazil was able to start production quickly in Brazil.

  The first thing everyone visited was Mercedes-Benz's new model research and development department. The environment of the entire research and development department looked far less clean and tidy than the factory that Fang Lang saw later, but the workers all wore uniform work clothes with Mercedes-Benz standards printed on them.

   This is a favorite style of work clothes for workers in this era, cotton shirts and cotton overalls.

  The workers did not stop their work because of the arrival of the boss.

After entering the gate, Fang Lang saw the middle of the R&D workshop at a glance. There was a vehicle parked that looked a bit like an F1 racing car. It had a baguette-like body, four wheels sticking out, and no windshield. convertible cab.

  The entire front face is an oval-shaped air intake, and the Mercedes-Benz logo is installed on the hood near the front face.

   With just one glance, Fang Lang can tell that this is definitely not the pre-war style family car he just saw in the production workshop, but a real racing car.

  The appearance similar to the F1 racing style has already explained everything. But Fang Lang searched his memory carefully, but couldn't find any impression of F1 events in this era.

   In fact, F1 is also called the World Formula One Championship, which was held at Silverstone Circuit in England until 1950.

  Of course Fang Lang didn't know these things, so he felt a little strange about this and looked at the general manager Gianvito Blanc and said:

   "This is a racing car?"

   Regarding the doubts of the boss, general manager Gianvito Blanc immediately gave the answer.

   "Yes, boss.

   This is a racing car specially built by us to reshape the image of our Mercedes-Benz high-end car brand. We are going to bring Mercedes-Benz back to people's vision by participating in world-class rally competitions. "

  Fang Lang doesn't dislike racing cars. On the contrary, he likes racing cars very much. After all, it represents pure speed and passion. Therefore, when he learned that the company's leadership wanted to enhance the brand image through racing, he also recognized it very much.

   After all, those high-end car brands in later generations didn’t prove themselves on the racing track, so they had the brilliant achievements later!

   "Hmm! It's a very good idea, but in my impression, there doesn't seem to be any world-famous events held now!

   Would you like to pull out the three car brands under our Fangyuan Group and organize a competition similar to the Le Mans 24 endurance race in Brazil! "

   This is what Fang Lang said casually, because in addition to knowing F1, he only remembers the 24 Hours of Le Mans Rally. Another thing that impressed me the most was the track called the Nürburgring.

  When the cars of the later generations are sold, they don’t take them to run on the Nurburgring, and tell everyone what a good result he has achieved, as if they are ashamed to sell them.

  Although Fang Lang hasn't been there to see it, as far as Fang Lang knows, this track seems to be located on a plateau. It is famous for its many corners and difficulty.

   But the plateau Brazil plateau is not an ordinary person! As for the many curves and the difficulty, isn't that simple? Wouldn't it be enough to artificially create such a path?

   Originally, it was just a casual remark, but after thinking about it in his heart, it seemed that he had found a new way of thinking.

  General manager Janvito Blanc didn't know what Fang Lang was thinking in his heart. After hearing Fang Lang's words, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the boss wanted to organize a game by himself.

  However, after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After all, the three brands under the boss are not ordinary people.

  So, quickly replied:

   “We have received news that the 1,000-mile rally, which was suspended due to World War II, will restart this year.

  If we can get a good ranking in this competition, we will definitely be able to revive our Mercedes-Benz brand in the world.

   As for your idea of ​​holding a race by yourself, I have my hands full. I believe that with the strength of our Mercedes-Benz, no matter what kind of race it is, we will definitely become the final champions. "

   Hearing the words, Fang Lang smiled slightly after hearing this. It is obviously not a simple matter to hold a competition. If it is just the three automobile companies under his own, what's the point of playing behind closed doors?

  The most important thing for a car competition is to have enough influence to give car manufacturers a sense of accomplishment. Either don't do it, or do it if you want to do it.

  Create a world-class event, so that the global car brands are chasing after each other, and they are vying to participate, so that they have the opportunity to make a lot of money.

  Anyway, now that I am ready to start a Brazilian football league, why not have a more exciting car race? This will not only give Brazil's auto industry a shot in the arm, but also add a new game program to its own TV channel.

Why not do it?

   Fang Lang, who thought of this, immediately decided to go back, and arranged for Fangyuan Media to start relevant preparations. If there is no venue, I will bring my own Global Road and Bridge Company to Brazil and build a hell-level difficult car track first.

  Let the world's major car brands come here to try the depth.

  As for the event mentioned by the general manager Gianvito Blanc, Fang Lang carefully scratched his memory and made sure that he had never heard of the name of this event, so he couldn't help but said with some doubts:

   "Are you sure this event has such a big influence? Why don't I seem to have heard of it at all! Where is it held?"

  General Manager Gianvito Blanc saw that the boss was interested, and quickly explained:

  “This is an open road endurance race held in Italy. Since its inception in 1927, it has become the most famous automobile endurance race in the world.

  Has a huge influence in the society, no matter who can achieve good results here, they will immediately be sought after by the whole world.

   If we can be successful here, then we can be successful at Mercedes-Benz. "

   Hearing this, Fang Lang could only nod his head. After all, he is not a professional, and it is normal that he has never heard of this competition. Since the company's management unanimously decided to participate, of course he would not object.

  In fact, this thousand-mile endurance race is also called MilleMiglia, which is the most romantic and legendary racing competition in the history of world racing.

  A total of 24 sessions were held before and after World War II, of which 13 sessions were held before World War II; after the war, 11 sessions were held from 1947 to 1957. It is a world-renowned international event in the last century.

  But because of an accident in the 1957 race, a Ferrari 290MM lost control during the race, causing a total of 14 people including the driver Alfonso de Botago to die, and the Mille Miglia event was forced to terminate.

   "Very well, I support your idea, can you introduce this car to me?"

   Gianvito Blanc seemed very confident about this racing car. He gently brushed the nose of the car with his hand, and bent slightly to Fang Lang:

   "Of course, boss! It's my pleasure.

   This racing car uses the in-line six-cylinder gasoline engine developed by us at Mercedes-Benz, with a power of 215 horsepower, an acceleration time of 10 seconds from zero to 100 kilometers, a top speed of 260 kilometers per hour, and a fuel consumption of 15 liters per 100 kilometers.

  Has reached a world-class level, coupled with an excellent driver, we will be able to achieve unprecedented victories on the field. "

  Although, Fang Lang feels that the shape of this racing car does not conform to Fang Lang's aesthetics. But I have to say that this must be a racing car with a very small drag coefficient. After all, the barrel shape without a windshield is definitely much smaller than the old-fashioned cars on the market today.

  Maybe this is the reason why it can run to a top speed of 260 kilometers per hour!

   Hearing this data, Fang Lang also had to sigh, Mercedes-Benz has a profound technical background, and after being beaten by the war, it can still have the current technical strength.

  Fang Lang doesn't want to make too many comments on this kind of racing car, after all, he really doesn't know much about it. After listening to the other party's introduction, he also nodded in satisfaction and said:

   "Any other car models?"

  Seeing that the boss didn't express anything else, Gianvito Blanc couldn't help muttering in his heart, is he satisfied or dissatisfied?

  He didn't dare to ask, anyway, the boss doesn't object, so it's a sure thing to be the boss!

   Hearing that the boss wanted to see other models, Genvito Blanc hurried forward and pointed to the other side:

   "Of course, boss!

   This is the only model that has been trial-produced now, but we have already started the research and development of subsequent models. plz follow me. "

   After speaking, he saw his finger pointing in another direction, and stepped forward to lead the way.

   After walking more than a hundred meters, Fang Lang followed Genvito Blanc and came to a large office area, where there is no external machining equipment. There are mostly desks, and many engineers are working hard.

   Fang Lang saw at a glance a set of car design drawings fixed on the wall behind the office with nails. The unique gull-wing door design directly shocked Fang Lang speechless.

  He is not a professional in the automotive industry, and he doesn't know when the gull-wing doors appeared. However, now you have seen such a sedan with gull-wing doors in your own Mercedes-Benz factory. To be more precise, this should be a coupe.

  How could this not make his jaw drop in shock, and he was shattered to pieces in an instant when he was thinking of coming over to give advice to the designers.

   Needless to say, he also understood that there must be a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in his Mercedes-Benz factory at this moment.

  The streamlined shape with almost no decorative elements and graceful curves is different from the current mainstream car with a high center front and two slightly lower wheelhouse panels on both sides.

   Two round headlights protrude slightly on the left and right sides, and the middle cover is lower than the two sides. The shape of the entire front of the car has changed from the original convex characters to concave characters, which is definitely a subversion in appearance.

   Coupled with the elegant gull-wing door, Fang Lang's gaze was firmly attracted in an instant, and he walked in front of this design drawing involuntarily.

  Fang Lang walked up to the front, and saw the big Mercedes-Benz LOGO in the middle of the front grille, crossed by a horizontal line, and instantly found the shadow of a Mercedes-Benz car passing through the street in the future.

  At this moment, Fang Lang has only one thought in his mind, that he wants one of this car.

  (end of this chapter)