After Ji Xia came out of the conference room, she was not surprised to see that everyone from Bing County had come out. "Ask the reception building to arrange another conference room so we can discuss this!"
Although they lost such a large order, no one in Bing County thought that there was anything wrong with what Ji Xia did.
They have absolute trust and support for Ji Xia.
The director of the reception building is a man in his forties from Northeast China. He has seen a lot of foreigners coming and going in the past two years. He used to think these yellow-haired, white-skinned, blue-eyed monsters were scary, but now he sees these people as no different from ordinary people. When it comes to entertaining domestic and foreign guests, he actually prefers Chinese people.
When Ji Xia and others came, the portions were different.
He personally received them and reserved the best conference room on the top floor for Ji Xia and others to use.
After entering the conference room, tea was ready. The director of the reception building personally held a cup of tea for Ji Xia, "Teacher Ji, your visit to our reception building is truly a great honor. This is this year's Dahongpao, specially used to entertain distinguished guests."
Ji Xia nodded, took the tea and thanked him.
Zeng Guanghua took a sip of tea and said, "Xia Xia, this is indeed this year's Da Hong Pao. It tastes really good."
Ji Xia had tasted the specially supplied Da Hong Pao before, and compared to this tea, this one was indeed quite good. She also praised it and said, "It's a good tea!"
Zeng Guanghua said hurriedly, "Ask Yingbinlou to pack some for you to take back."
Ji Xia waved her hand and said, "Don't do this kind of thing. We have it at home too. There's no need."
She is a very honest person. One is one and two is two. She never says one thing and means another. Zeng Guanghua no longer insists on this. But in his heart he is thinking that he should take Ji Xia as an example and work wholeheartedly for the people. Only in this way will he be qualified to follow him.
The others also had the same thought, and for a moment, they looked at Ji Xia with more respect.
Getting back to the topic, a group of people began to discuss the topic just now at the meeting.
Zuo Ziming said, "Teacher Ji, if the Americans don't purchase our engines and gearboxes, then up to now, our orders have only been small orders from the two car factories in Beijing and Shanghai."
Ji Xia told him not to worry, "We will definitely get orders! Don't worry about our engines and gearboxes not being able to sell. Hurry up and make the samples. There are two options:
This year, there are important international competitions in F1 (Formula One) and WRC (World Rally Championship). We don't have our own competitors and have never participated in such events, but we can start preparing. If we have outstanding competitors, we can send them abroad for training and have them participate in competitions to showcase our superior power performance..."
Ji Xia said as he played a video of the event copied from the Internet for everyone to watch.
Seeing the speeding cars, the cool racers and the exciting scenes, almost everyone in the conference room was excited. They didn't expect that people abroad would have so much fun.
It seems that they are indeed inexperienced in business operations.
Zuo Ziming asked, "Teacher Ji, is it too late for us to train our own racing drivers now?"
"It should be a bit difficult!" Ji Xia said, "But sooner or later we have to train our own racing drivers and form our own racing team. If Bingqi wants to become an internationally renowned car brand, we must take this path. It will make the world remember us faster."
But in fact, it is difficult to learn to drive privately nowadays.
For racing drivers, what is tested more is talent and a passionate love for racing.
"We don't have enough time to train an excellent racer, but we can hire some racers to race for us." Ji Xia suggested, "That's not a problem. You can choose the appropriate path based on the current situation.
Another approach I'd like to suggest is to partner with a participating automaker, have them use our powertrain, and announce our powertrain performance at the event, which would also serve as publicity for us."
This is why Zuo Ziming and others fanatically follow Ji Xia. Other leaders only raise questions but rarely solve them.
But she is not like that. She asks questions to broaden their thinking. For every problem, she always has different solutions. When asking them to decide which solution to use, they will rediscover some of their own problems during the thinking process.
Everyone in the conference room was lost in thought.
But Ji Xia added, "Let's not think about that for now. If we can't catch up this year, we can still catch up next year. There will be competitions next year, too. I'm just giving you a way of thinking. If you feel like you have nowhere to go, then stand higher and look at the world. Don't just focus on the domestic market. The outside market is the bigger market."
Zuo Ziming accepted it humbly. "Yes, Teacher Ji is right. We are not used to dealing with foreign countries."
"Yes, language is a barrier." Fan Wenbin said distressedly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room fell into a strange silence.
Ji Xia was also helpless. The current situation was indeed very unfriendly to them.
She could apply to open a foreign language training class, but now, if any foreign language materials appear in the house, the person will be arrested and sent to the cowshed. If she opens a class, who would dare to attend?
Ji Xia did not give an answer, and the topic returned to the business negotiation with the American. "When we deal with foreigners, if you feel that their request is unreasonable, don't just say NO directly. You can give them more options.
We can raise the stakes in the options we offer, and maybe they will choose a price that exceeds your expectations. This is also a business negotiation technique."
For example, today, Americans require that the powertrain provided by China match their vehicle assembly interface, but for Ji Xia, she only provides powertrains with a unified assembly interface, which is conducive to cost control.
Ji Xia didn't say no. If you require my powertrain to match your entire vehicle assembly, that's fine, as long as you are willing to pay.
Everyone in the conference room laughed. For these honest Chinese people, it really broadened their horizons and taught them a lesson.
"Don't worry about ruining your business. To be honest, our powertrain performance is much better than theirs now. We've applied a lot of new technologies, new materials, and new processes. Once our powertrain goes abroad and is acquired by others, they can just copy our work and catch up with us."
Hearing this, Fan Wenbin was very worried. "Ah, if that's the case, should we sell it or not?"
"Of course we have to sell it. Our goal is to make money. If we can't use it to make money, why would we go through all the trouble of researching it?" Ji Xia instructed. "So, if we want to remain invincible forever, you technicians must use your brains and work hard!"
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