"OK."
After watching the game and returning to the hotel, Xing Baohua met with the head of Sequoia Capital in South America. Xing Baohua asked the other party to prepare a detailed list so that he could give him a reasonable price based on the list.
Xing Baohua can only stall for time now. Anyway, they already have a production line from West Germany in the 1940s, and Overrich is confident that he can build a supercar that can run 100 meters in just over three seconds.
Xing Baohua thought that it would be good to start with one or two models and then take advantage of the financial crisis to acquire the production line at a low price.
After spending two days in Pakistan, Xing Baohua headed back home, but instead of returning with Wei Laisong, she went to West Germany with Ofrecht.
Friedrichshafen, the southernmost city in West Germany, is located not far from the Alps.
ZF, or ZF Friedrichshafen AG, is also a well-known automotive partner and parts supplier, providing automotive parts solutions such as transmission, steering, and chassis systems.
Overrecht told Xing Baohua that to improve the speed of a supercar to around 3 seconds, a ZF automatic transmission would be needed.
Xing Baohua knew this company; it was very famous, and many car models used its transmissions.
Whether you're selling your skills or buying finished products, you need to come and talk to us.
What Xing Baohua didn't know was that they had already begun to establish a presence in the country.
When Volkswagen Santana was talking to us, and dozens of off-road vehicles ordered by our Northwest Desert Oilfield from Mercedes arrived, ZF, the transmission supplier, was already in place.
They were worried that the transmission of our purchased vehicle might break down, so they provided on-site service.
Of course, they won't just service those few dozen Mercedes cars. They're looking for business opportunities to cooperate with within China.
Xing Baohua's arrival was somewhat sudden, but he was personally received by the ZF sales director.
With AMG's Overeicht also coming along, the level of attention is also very high.
Although Xing Baohua hasn't given the car factory an official name yet, using "Dami Technology" would work just fine.
After a brief introduction, the other party understood that Xing Baohua was preparing to manufacture cars.
With Overchter around, Xing Baohua had a lot less trouble. At least he didn't understand a lot of the data, so he could just listen to the professionals talk.
Subsequently, Xing Baohua learned from Overecht that ZF currently has two transmissions suitable for supercars: a three-speed automatic transmission used in Porsche, and several BMW models also have one.
Then there's the five-speed manual transmission used in the BMW 3, 4, and 5 series.
If Xing Baohua has other high-end passenger vehicle series that can be matched with their chassis technology.
"It's better to manufacture locally than to buy finished products," Xing Baohua told the sales director, expressing his hope for further cooperation with ZF's senior management.
For example, joint ventures to build factories in the country, similar to cooperation with Volkswagen.
If it were just about importing and exporting finished products, Xing Baohua said he would rather choose the Japanese.
Two of the world's three largest transmission manufacturers are Japanese.
Xing Baohua rattled off a list of technologies he had purchased the year before and the year after, counting them off on his fingers.
He even showed the other party his plane ticket, saying he had just come from Afghanistan and Pakistan to buy all of DMC's production lines.
One side is boasting, while the other is putting pressure on the other to pursue full cooperation. It's not just about saving costs; bringing this to China will at least boost our tax revenue and employment rates.
Xing Baohua even went so far as to say that if the company were to cooperate in building a factory in China, he would provide all the funding, while ZF would provide the technology to jointly build a technology research and development center.
That sales director will help Xing Baohua relay his message to the higher-ups.
Let Xing Baohua rest at a nearby hotel and wait for their news.
Three days passed in a flash, and Xing Baohua received a call from ZF to come and discuss the matter.
This time, I was facing a vice president.
Max von Mag.
Just the fact that his name contains the character "冯" tells you that his ancestors were no ordinary people.
Despite ZF's strong emphasis on the domestic market and Xing Baohua's generous offers, business negotiations are not like love at first sight, where you can hit it off immediately and get things done just by checking into a hotel.
You and I always have to think about our own interests.
Moreover, ZF doesn't lack the money Xing Baohua has for building the factory and buying land.
Vice President Mag even said that as long as you can meet the order volume and conditions we need, I will build a factory next to your car factory to supply you.
It's obvious they don't want Xing Baohua involved.
As for the conditions, they stipulated that only their transmissions could be used, not Japanese ones. They even provided Xing Baohua with chassis solutions for several car models.
We provided Xing Baohua with perfect solutions for the chassis technology and transmission, so he could have no worries.
The conditions seemed very demanding, but to everyone's surprise, the child took an unconventional approach and actually agreed.
This threw the Vice President von Mag into disarray.
Xing Baohua is exactly lacking chassis technology, but he's too lazy to search the world for it. As long as the price is right, what's wrong with using their complete technology?
If we can't buy the technology, we can only buy finished products. What else can we do?
Even if the chassis was expensive, Xing Baohua accepted it.
Right now, we have nothing but empty talk. The only advantage is that we have a few renderings, which makes it easier to deceive people.
Once we truly dominate the market and production ramps up, let's see who uses whom. A simple call to the transmission and chassis manufacturers will surely send them scrambling to grab orders, won't it?
Now it depends on how many orders ZF needs before it will build a factory in the country.
They will only build a factory in China if they have an annual order for 50,000 vehicles.
Xing Baohua told the other party that Volkswagen's Santana production only reached 10,000 vehicles per year, while his new factory could produce 50,000 vehicles per year.
“Sports car, Mr. Mag, this is a sports car, not some cheap Volkswagen Santana. I can produce five hundred a year, that’s high production.” Xing Baohua’s voice was a little loud, and he was somewhat excited, though this expression was somewhat feigned.
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