Spring Breeze 1991

After entering the [-]th century, the brake defects of Pajero models broke out on a large scale, which is the famous "brake door" incident.

The most infuriating thing is that Mitsubishi Motors even categorically denied it after some car owners encountered serious accidents caused by brake failure.

In the end, Mitsubishi Motors could not withstand the pressure of public opinion and carried out a worldwide recall.Only the models sold in China have not been recalled. Everyone knows that Sima Zhao's heart is in Little Japan.

How did Mitsubishi Motors solve the problem?

At that time, the research institute of a central enterprise where Yao Yuan worked undertook a large amount of research and development of oil mining machinery and equipment, and needed to go to oil fields and mining areas frequently. The grassroots units below were equipped with a large number of Pajero off-road vehicles, all of which were used as commuter vehicles and tool carts.

In fact, the Pajero off-road vehicle is a commuter vehicle in the mining area. There is no texture at all when driving on urban roads, but it is pushed to a very high position by off-road enthusiasts because of its strong off-road capability, coupled with the strong publicity of Mitsubishi Motors. , It was even once the queen model of Jackie Chan blockbuster.

Yao Yuan personally experienced a brake failure. The brake system suddenly failed when the car was going downhill. Thanks to the driver, a veteran of the army, he used the friction between the car and the mountain to save the seven people in the car from danger.

Since then, Yao Yuan has consciously paid attention to this matter.

As a technology researcher, Yao Yuan's focus is of course technology.He originally thought that Mitsubishi Motors would come up with a good solution. After all, there are 80 million original second-generation Pajero models in the world.

In 1991, the sales volume of Pajero models was 11. Until the brake door incident broke out in 2001, the annual sales volume was more than 10, and the most year reached 17.5.

However, what surprised Yao Yuan was that Mitsubishi Motors did not come up with a once-and-for-all technical solution, but relied on simple movement to sense the position of the valve to cope with consumers!

That's it until the third-generation Pajero came out.

On the contrary, various sub-factories in China have used various methods to keep the huge number of second-generation Pajero models in mainland China alive. Until 2021, there will still be a large number of second-generation Pajero active in areas with complex terrain and off-road hobbies. in the circle of readers.

However, starting from the brake door incident, Mitsubishi Motors began to go downhill until no one cares about the joint venture car to withdraw from the Chinese market.

Why did Mitsubishi Motors kill itself?

The reasons are very complicated, but Yao Yuan can be sure that Mitsubishi Motors must have done research on the defects of the brake system and found that it needs to invest a huge amount of money to make thorough technical improvements. Between them, they chose the former.

That is to say, they put the life safety of the huge second-generation Pajero owners below the corporate interests!

Such a company that disregards human life makes the whole world indignant.

To deal with this kind of enterprise, Yao Yuan has no psychological burden to kill them.

So, does Yao Yuan have a technical solution, and if so, what kind of solution?

Of course, Jitaro Sanme is very concerned. The head office has decided to give up the technical improvement of modern models. That is to say, the future of the second-generation Pajero models is all tied to Chunfeng Academy of Sciences.

Of course, this decision cannot be made known to Yao Yuan.

Under the expectant eyes of Jitaro Sanme, Zhan Chenggui said, "Because the brake pipeline has been moved as a whole, the subsystems of the entire chassis have to be adjusted accordingly, and the workload is very heavy..."

Yao Yuan said at this time, "Let me tell."

Zhan Chenggui paused.

Yao Yuan said, "We have optimized the entire chassis by using the overall design technology of the chassis. Sanmu, what you see now is a brand new chassis, which not only completely solves the defects of the braking system, but also optimizes the suspension performance."

When he said this, Jitaro Sanme murmured in his heart, this is clearly our technological achievement, how could it become a brand new chassis?But there is nothing wrong with what Yao Yuan said, he has made a comprehensive improvement!

Yao Yuan smiled and said, "According to the agreement between the two parties, Chunfeng Academy of Sciences has the undisputed patent rights to this chassis and related technologies. Well, we have applied for patents in more than a dozen countries around the world."

As soon as this sentence came out, Sanmu Jitaro immediately became vigilant.

He frowned, and asked carefully in a low voice, "Mr. Yao, you mean that if Mitsubishi Motors wants to use this technology, it needs to pay patent fees?"

Yao Yuan shook his head with a smile, nodded again, and said, "Pajero models sold in mainland China do not need to pay patent fees, other than that, they have to pay patent fees according to the international market price. Considering the cooperation between us and Mitsubishi Motors relationship, I personally set a price specifically for Mitsubishi."

He raised a finger and said, "Each car only costs $3000."

To be honest, the price is not expensive for a mid-to-high-end car that starts at $3 in North America.The question is, why pay patent technology royalties?

Yao Yuan had never mentioned this before.

Sanmu Jitaro shook his head and said, "Mr. Yao, the price is not expensive. It can be seen that it is a preferential price for our company. However, this technology is for Pajero models, and we are the only buyer. But having said that, our previous In the agreement, the issue of patent technology royalties is not mentioned. We invest in BMW machinery, and you help us solve the problem of brake failure."

"Three eyes, these are two different things."

Yao Yuan pointed at the brand-new chassis and said, "Of course you need technical solutions. You don't need to pay patent royalties. However, you must charge service fees for improvements. It can't be free, right?"

Sanmu Jitaro smiled sarcastically, "Yes, that's right, it's just..."

Yao Yuan interrupted him rudely and said, "Sanmu, what is your boss's idea? Investing 1000 million US dollars in BMW Machinery is not to buy technical services. We will provide products and services, and you can use the money to buy them if you need them. It is Buy it back and make it yourself or leave it to us to make it, you can choose freely.”

Mitsubishi Motors is really making this idea, spending 1000 million US dollars to solve the problem that is enough to make the entire Pajero car series fall from the altar, it is a bargain.

Unfortunately, they are so self righteous.

If you change someone, you might really be fooled.After all, the technical team of Mitsubishi Motors has also contributed. Even if the investment of 1000 million US dollars is not counted, Mitsubishi Motors should have a share.

It's a pity that what they met was Yao Yuan who had killed their lifeblood.

In this world, there is no one who can blind Yao Yuan, and there will never be one.