CEO Mocked a Poor Mechanic: “Fix This Engine and I’ll Marry You” — Then He Did It…

CEO Mocked a Poor Mechanic: “Fix This Engine and I’ll Marry You” — Then He Did It…

CEO Mocked a Poor Mechanic: “Fix This Engine and I’ll Marry You” — Then He Did It…

The boardroom on the 50th floor of Automotive Mendoza vibrated with tension when CEO Isabel Mendoza, heiress to a €2 billion empire, came face-to-face with the greatest failure of her career: a revolutionary engine that no engineer had been able to make work.

In her glass-and-steel office overlooking Madrid stood 12 of the best engineers in Europe, who had spent 6 months working in vain on the prototype.

Isabel, 29 years old and infamous for her arrogance, was about to lose a €500 million contract with SEAT when a janitor knocked on the door. It was Carlos Ruiz, 32, a former Formula 1 mechanic fallen from grace, now cleaning offices to survive.

With just one look at the engine, he said: “Ma’am, I know what’s wrong.”

Isabel burst into mocking laughter and, in front of all the executives, issued the most reckless challenge of her life:

“If you manage to fix this engine that 12 engineers couldn’t repair, I’ll marry you.”

The room fell silent.

Carlos looked her straight in the eyes and replied: “I accept.”

What happened in the hours that followed not only changed the fate of the company but also the lives of two people whom destiny had decided to test in the most unexpected way.

The 50th floor of the Automotive Mendoza skyscraper dominated Madrid’s skyline as a monument to Spanish industrial power.

Behind the glass walls of the most prestigious office, Isabel Mendoza, the 29-year-old third-generation CEO, stared with growing frustration at the engine that threatened to destroy the empire her grandfather had built.

Six months earlier, Automotive Mendoza had signed the most important contract in its history: to supply SEAT with a revolutionary hybrid engine for a new limited-edition hypercar. €500 million were at stake.

A figure that would have permanently consolidated the company’s position among the global leaders in automotive technology.

The project seemed perfect on paper. The research and development team had designed a powertrain that combined a traditional B1 with a cutting-edge electric system.

Simulations showed extraordinary performance: 100 horsepower, near-zero emissions, unprecedented energy efficiency. But reality turned out very different.

The prototype stubbornly refused to function properly. Every ignition attempt ended with abnormal vibrations, unexplained overheating, and a metallic noise that made the technicians shudder.