Chapter 119 Are you modifying cars or building airplanes?(1/2)
Xiao Ning has done this.
It’s just that I want to do things with Red Bull first and pay later.
In this way, Hummingbird will not get any share of the Red Bull sponsorship, and Xiao Ning can still wait for the results of the October Rising Stars list to get the bonus before leaving.
If you must leave Hummingbird, this is indeed the best solution.
Just as Zou Yitian promised.
The day after they confirmed the cooperation, Austrian Red Bull found an entire professional racing team and flew directly to Jiangcheng from abroad.
September 30.
In the largest modification factory in Jiangcheng, foreign modification engineers from the Red Bull team are communicating with Xiao Ning in English.
After consultation and analysis between Xiao Ning and the professional team, there are two final options for the Qiu Mingshan challenge.
The first is a rally car solution using a modified powertrain.
The second option is to completely modify a suitable civilian vehicle.
As far as the vehicle requirements for this mission are concerned, the option of modifying a top-level rally car is obviously the best.
However, there is a fatal problem with this plan.
The corresponding engine and gearbox modification parts that meet the requirements are all competition-grade. There are no domestic manufacturers of these things in Longguo. If we want to do it now, we must bring these things in from abroad.
Even though most things have finished products and can be shipped directly, there are always some things that need to be customized.
According to the calculations of the Red Bull team, if this option is chosen, it will take at least five weeks for a car that meets the requirements to appear in Jiangcheng, and customs alone will delay it for at least a week.
This situation is different from what Zou Yitian, vice president of Red Bull Dragon Country, said in half a month.
However, after learning about this situation, Xiao Ning had no intention of complaining about Zou Yitian.
On the one hand, although Zou Yitian is the vice president, after all, his understanding of some situations in this position is definitely different from that of professionals.
On the other hand, in addition to this longer solution, there is a second solution.
Directly perform all-round modifications on civilian vehicles!
As for the second option, the time can even be controlled within ten days.
When Red Bull's foreign engineer informed him about the second plan, Xiao Ning's eyes lit up.
As if he noticed the change in Xiao Ning's eyes, the foreign engineer couldn't help but add: "Mr. Xiao, with all due respect, as a professional, I do not recommend you to adopt the second option."
"Compared with the mature rally car modification system, the disadvantage of this solution is that safety is uncontrollable."
"This certainly adds to the risk of an already high-risk challenge for you."
When Xiao Ning heard these words, he smiled directly at the foreigner: "Mr. John, you are worrying too much."
"If it is on a regular rally track, then the safety and reliability of modern top rally cars is undoubtedly very high. Even if it rolls over at a speed of more than 100 or even 200 kilometers per hour, it can still rely on the top-level roll cage and safety
Measures survived."
"But in Qiu Ming Mountain, most of the roads are cliffs."
"If something goes wrong in a place like this, whether it's hitting a wall or jumping off a cliff, the result of a rally car and a modified civilian car is actually the same."
"It's a dead end no matter what."
After John heard Xiao Ning say these words in a casual tone, he secretly clicked his tongue in his heart.
The tone of this young man's words was as if he had no regard for life or death!
Is there nothing in this world worth his nostalgia?
Although his first reaction was to think of this, John could actually understand what Xiao Ning said.
In order to evaluate the details of the vehicle, the Red Bull team had already gone to Qiu Ming Mountain for an on-site inspection as soon as they arrived in Jiangcheng.
On a pure mountain road like this, no matter how high your safety measures are, if you are really unfortunate enough to fall off a cliff, there will be no possibility of survival.
More than half an hour later.
Xiao Ning and the Red Bull team finalized the racing plan.
Directly modify civilian vehicles.
When the Red Bull team began to search for the best choice among many prototypes.
Xiao Ning, who was listening in, heard the conversation between chief engineer John and another engineer, and suddenly had an inspiration.
"Mr. John, according to what you just said, can any car that is light enough and has a short enough wheelbase be used as a modification option?"
John nodded: "That's true. After all, so-called rally cars were actually almost all modified civilian hatchbacks."
"Now we just need to choose a suitable civilian hatchback."
Xiao Ning then asked: "Mr. John, the hatchback version of the AE86 can be considered a hatchback, right? If it is modified with this car, do you think it is feasible?"
John frowned slightly: "AE86?"
"Anything can be modified. Anyway, this kind of purely violent modification only leaves a shell, and everything inside has to be completely replaced."
"However, this is a car from the last century after all. It is definitely not the best choice for modification, or even a poor choice. The only advantage is that the modification cost is not that big."
"However, Mr. Xiao, the company told us that the budget to complete the extreme challenge with you is quite sufficient, and there is no need to use such an old car."
"You have to know that just because of its aerodynamic appearance, this old car is far behind the current cars."
Xiao Ning asked again: "Then if you have to use this car to modify it, the effect will be..."
"Assuming that the driving skills have reached the peak, do you think this car can run a top speed of 280 and a cornering speed of 200?"
John thought for a while and said truthfully: "It is indeed possible."
Xiao Ning said directly: "Then change this!"
The Red Bull team was shocked by Xiao Ning's decision.
Although it is true, as John said, that old cars like the AE86 can indeed be modified to meet the performance requirements, but there are obviously better options, so why should such an old car be modified?
When John asked about the reason, Xiao Ning answered very openly.
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"To be honest, I was filming a movie recently. According to the requirements of the movie, we need a highly modified AE86."
"Anyway, we have to modify the car for the extreme challenge. I will modify the AE86 by the way. After the modification, I can borrow it to shoot some movie lenses."
"Don't worry, I will explain this to Mr. Zou in detail later."
It took John a while to sort out the clues from what Xiao Ning told him.
Hmm!
This young man!
In addition to using the car for extreme challenges, he also wants to use the modified results of Red Bull for free to make movies!
"My God."
"Can prostitutes be used here?"
In the following time, John still had that incredible moment.
Huang Mao has already followed Xiao Ning's instructions and drove the AE86 with "Fujiwara Toshi Shop (for home use)" printed on the side of the body to the modification factory.
After the car was handed over to the Red Bull team, Huang Mao, who loves modified cars very much, became full of energy.
"Car God!"
"You just said on the phone that you would take my 86 and modify it. I really didn't expect that the people who modified this car would look so awesome!"
"Who are these people? Where do they come from? Why are they all foreigners?"
Regarding Huang Mao's question, Xiao Ning pointed at the Red Bull team's uniforms: "Didn't you see what they were wearing?"
"Red is bored?"
Huang Mao was stunned for a moment, and then he was greatly shocked.
He passed the audition and has already read the script of "Initial D".
So he also knew about the plot in "Initial D" where the AE86 was replaced by a racing engine by Takumi's father Bunta.
But we are making a movie after all!
Why are you so serious?
Just take a few pictures and deal with it and you’ll be fine!
How come this has really been changed?
Or should we ask someone from Red Bull to change it?
You don’t really want to change the racing engine, do you?
Huang Mao, who had hundreds of thousands of questions in his mind, after seeking Xiao Ning's consent, decisively ran to the factory to chat with a person from the Red Bull team who currently had no job.
"Hey, bro, I'm Xiao Ning's friend and the owner of this car."
To be continued...