The moment they saw the collision footage, Schultz and the Chinese representative beside him turned grim.
Upon hearing the comments from special guest Jia Zhiguo and another person, pointing out the shortcomings of their car, the Chinese representative with Schultz broke out in a cold sweat, his back instantly soaked with sweat.
Looking at those two, he wished he could rush up to them immediately and cover their gaping maws that were spraying bullets at them relentlessly.
However, with so many cameras in front of him, he couldn't take that action.
The factory faced a challenge, and a significant one at that.
He somewhat regretted listening to Schultz and participating in the competition.
At this moment, a huge anger arose in his heart, believing that Longteng Automobile Company had tricked them and was trying to sabotage them.
However, they are now facing cameras, and their every action will be seen by a wide audience.
If you embarrass yourself on television, the impact will be even worse.
This forced Schulz and the Chinese representative from Volkswagen to suppress their astonishment and try their best to appear serious.
Schulz, on the other hand, was caught in a dilemma.
On the one hand, as the representative of Hansin State to Volkswagen in Shanghai, he was responsible to Volkswagen, increasing profits and reducing costs. This required shaping Volkswagen's image and boosting car sales.
On the other hand, he is also a member of an alliance aimed at curbing the development of China's automotive industry. This means that while he is working to improve the performance of Shanghai Volkswagen, he is also trying his best to suppress other companies in China, especially China's own brands.
However, now that Longteng Company has exposed their shortcomings, this weakness has become apparent.
This exposed a huge flaw in the perfect image they had always cultivated.
He weighed in his mind which was more important: his role as Volkswagen's representative in China or his role in suppressing the China Automotive Technology Alliance.
He soon had to admit that his fundamental identity as a member of Volkswagen was what truly mattered.
If he loses this identity, his position in the suppression alliance will be severely affected, or even lost.
Therefore, the focus is on Shanghai Volkswagen.
Now, he is very worried that this collision experiment might trigger a further chain reaction.
This must be prevented from happening!
Meanwhile, everyone was astonished by the performance of Volkswagen's cars in Shanghai.
Of course, the expressions on the faces of most foreign car representatives were largely feigned.
As peers, they are well aware of many of Volkswagen's practices.
Capitalists are not philanthropists; starting a company is not charity. Profit is their primary pursuit.
As Marx said: From the moment capital enters the world, every pore of its body drips dirty blood.
With a 20% profit, they get excited; with a 50% profit, they go crazy; with a 100% profit, they might commit crimes; and with a 300% profit, they might face the risk of being hanged.
The Volkswagen Group from Germany traveled across the ocean to China not to do charity, but for profit.
They will use any means that can reduce costs, provided that it does not damage the perfect image they have built.
This scene was witnessed by a large number of people watching on television.
These people were all stunned.
"What's going on? Doesn't Volkswagen always advertise itself as safe?"
"The car was smashed to pieces, how can it be safe?"
Can we really trust Volkswagen's advertisements?
Over the years, Shanghai Volkswagen has invested heavily in advertising in order to establish a positive image for the brand.
The general public also gets the impression from the advertisements they broadcast and from their friends and relatives that German cars are sturdy, safe, and good cars.
As a joint venture, Shanghai Volkswagen's products are reliable.
However, this scene shattered the public's positive impression of Shanghai residents.
On television, the camera panned across Director Zhao, who was standing next to the Shanghai Volkswagen vehicle being tested, and then turned back to capture Director Zhao clearly.
Factory Director Zhao looked calmly at the group of people from Shanghai Volkswagen.
Director Zhao's expression caught the audience's attention.
Who is this person?
Why does he have that expression?
Could it be that he has some kind of grudge against the people at Shanghai Dazhong?
Just then, the commentator said, "Zhao Zhiming, the factory manager of Longteng Automobile, seems a bit off. Look at his eyes..."
As the narrator spoke, the scene switched to a close-up of Director Zhao.
Only then did people realize that his eyes seemed to be blazing with fire—it was a fierce fighting spirit.
"It seems that Director Zhao is very dissatisfied with the performance of Shanghai Volkswagen's cars. Actually, he should be happy that the competition is having problems. So, what's going on?"
The commentator didn't know, and of course, the general audience didn't know either.
They couldn't understand why Director Zhao had that expression.
Of course, this doesn't stop them from talking about Director Zhao and Longteng Automobile.
"Is Longteng Company also one of the participants?"
What will happen to Longteng's cars?
"I wonder what will happen to the cars produced by Longteng Company? They're domestically made cars, so they'll definitely be even worse, getting completely crushed."
"Does a domestically produced car even dare to participate in this kind of test?"
"The car that Longteng drove might not be much better than the car from South Korea in front of it. It might even be smashed to pieces!"
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