Rebirth of the Auto Giant

Chapter 21 Sky-high repair costs

When Wang Shi and Lei Zi returned home, Lin Zhengtang and Lin Lao came over. In the evening, the four of them had a simple supper together in the courtyard of Wang Shi's courtyard.

The weather was so hot that Wang Shi bought a few bottles of beer and a few bags of fried peanuts.

Finally, the uncle in the yard came over to eat too.

Uncle Rang's name is General Rang, that's right, General Rang. He is in his seventies and is a native of Beijing.

"Why haven't you been seeing you during the day these past few days? What have you been doing?" Uncle Rang said after taking a sip of wine.

At this time, his three-year-old grandson ran over and nestled in his grandfather's room, his eyes shining as he stared at the fried peanuts on the wine table.

As the owner, Wang Shi smiled, grabbed a handful, nodded and looked at each other.

Let the uncle look at his grandson knowingly, touch his tiger head, and say, "Eat, don't come over."

The grandson excitedly stretched out his little hand to take it, and ran away as if running away. Wang Shi saw him rushing into the house.

Wang Shi picked up a peanut and said, "I have been helping the army repair cars in the army compound over the Princess Cemetery these days, so I was not at home during the day." After saying this, he felt that the other party must have a purpose in asking this, and looked at the other party and asked.

: "Uncle, has anyone been looking for me these days?"

"No, two young men came to you one after another and said they had something to buy you. They also said they wanted to use industrial paper. I don't understand either."

"It's okay, I don't have industrial papers." I guess the friend who bought the chicken cup was showing off to others. His friend also had some old antiques and wanted to come over and exchange them with me for industrial papers.

At the wine table, Mr. Lin carefully explained to Wang Shi the things he had collected over the past few days, including how to identify them, the stories behind them, etc.

Lei Zi, this bastard, didn't learn much in the past few days of training. There were too many people and he couldn't give him a small talk. Whether he listened or not was his own business.

"Lin Zhengtang, what about you, have you gotten any business these days?" Wang Shi looked at the "Director of the Business Department".

This time, the five days were spent helping the troops, so Wang Shi didn't get paid, but he should have a lot of points. That's enough. I haven't checked yet.

Wang Shi looked to see if Lin Zhengtang could get any business for him.

"Master, there are." Lin Zhengtang put down his wine glass and looked at Wang Shi and continued: "There are three, namely Jiefang, and two cars, one from the U.S. Consulate and one from the National Foreign Trade Corporation."

"Just the Americans." The Americans have money now, so they don't want to trick anyone else.

As soon as Wang Shi heard about the United States, he didn't even want to think of Americans first. This wasn't because Wang Shi admired foreigners. It was because Americans at this time were simply too rich compared to the Chinese.

Nowadays, you may charge three to four hundred dollars for a repair for a Chinese person. If you are from the United States, it will be several thousand dollars.

The situation in the United States is different from that in our country. We have a large number of people and the labor costs are very low. However, the situation in the United States is different. Their labor costs are very high.

The labor costs for technicians like car repairs are horribly high, so high that in the end, if there are some minor problems with their cars, they basically have to repair them themselves.

"Okay, then I will go over and talk to that friend tomorrow morning and ask him to inform the other party. When should we go?" Lin Zhengtang nodded and said.

"I'm not working right now, I can do it anytime."

"Okay, I'll come over as soon as I receive the notice." Lin Zhengtang said.

The next day, the three came to the US Embassy area outside Jianguomen in Beijing, and an American in his thirties met the three.

"Nihao, Qingqi, are you guys here to repair the car?" the other party asked in broken Mandarin.

"It's a question, not a kiss, please." I'm still kissing you in return. Besides, I'm not a horse either. Wang Shi shook his head and corrected.

"Oh, steam, right? My Mandarin is not very standard."

"Okay, okay, stop talking." Seeing steam coming out of the other party's side, Wang Shi stopped and said, "Yes, we are here to repair the car. You let us take a look at the car first."

"Follow me." The other party turned around and opened the way, and the three of them followed closely.

On the left side of the embassy yard, there is a beige Mercedes-Benz W123 car parked.

This is a Mercedes-Benz W123, model 240D, a Mercedes-Benz American standard car.

The W123 was born in January 1976, and a total of 2.7 million units were produced by the time it was discontinued in 1985. The chassis and body of the W123 are mainly based on the S-class W116.

In addition to the German version, the W123 also has Japanese and American models.

This car uses a naturally aspirated diesel engine with a four-cylinder, four-stroke diesel high-pressure oil pump supply method.

The transmission is a four-speed automatic with a maximum power of 80 horsepower and 4,000 rpm.

"What's the problem with this car?" Wang Shi asked after looking around.

"Ni is a car repairman, so Ni can drive it yourself, dad." Lao Mei said slyly and handed the key to Wang Shi.

This is a test for me, okay, grandson.

Wang Shi knew that this old beauty was testing whether he had this ability at the same time.

After all, in his eyes now, he has never heard of a Chinese master who can repair such a high-end German-made car, and Wang Shi is still so young. Even the technicians in their 4S stores in the United States are not that young.

Wang Shi drove the car out directly, and at the same time asked Lei Zi and Lin Zhengtang to get in and let the two of them have a good time.

Came back after a round of fun.

"How about it? Can it be fixed?" said the young beauty.

He was testing me again. Wang Shi knew in his heart that his question had two meanings. The first was whether the problem was found, and the second was whether you could solve it. "There are two problems with this car. The first is the gearbox."

Something went wrong, I often couldn't shift into gear, it was very difficult, and the engine often stalled when going uphill." They still tested me without looking at who I was.

"I wonder how much it will cost you to fix it?"

Sure enough, after hearing Wang Shi tell the situation, the other party immediately became concerned about the repair cost. However, Wang Shi knew Laomei too well, so he had to ask the other party for the price.

I am not from this era, and I don't know much about the consumption concepts of the United States at this time. If I speak first, I may suffer a loss, so it is better to let the other party come first. "How much can you give me?" Wang Shi asked rhetorically.

The other party looked at Wang Shi and the others, thought for a while, and said, "Six hundred dollars." After speaking, he held out five fingers.

"This is a Mercedes-Benz made in Germany. Only I can repair it here. If you call someone from the United States or Germany to repair it, excluding visas and other complexities, travel expenses, food and accommodation, etc., plus the repair cost,

Do you think the money is appropriate?" Wang Shi did not answer and asked the other party.

"Then how much did you say?" Damn it, this Chinese is not as foolhardy as the others.

"Two thousand dollars." Wang Shi raised his finger, "It will cover the food for the three of us."

"This is too high. I have to discuss it with the ambassador."

"Okay, I'll give you five minutes." Wang Shi knew that this job would definitely work.

Because he found that there were only two cars here, and now this one broke down and there was another one, which was a bit insufficient. Two thousand dollars was just a small amount of money for the old American.

The other party quickly walked towards the building.

"Stone, you...what if he doesn't agree to such a high price?" Lei Zi said anxiously.

"Haha, is two thousand US dollars too much? There is no such thing as a contingency, because I am the only one in Beijing who can repair it." No wonder those monopoly companies in later generations are so expensive, this is the only one.

I am the only one who knows how to do it, and there is no competition, so I dare to offer such a high price.