We have no choice but to put on a show; acting tough now is paving the way for future negotiations.
“Mr. Xing, we have invested a lot of capital in building our factory in your country. With your few orders, it is difficult for us to recoup our costs. How about this: we obtained our import and export licenses for returning to China several years ago. You can place your order at any time, and we can supply you with the goods at any time,” said Vice President Mag.
"In that case, I need 10,000 sets of automatic three-speed transmissions and 10,000 sets of manual five-speed transmissions. All 20,000 sets should be delivered by the end of 1987. Also, give me a dozen or so transmissions as experimental samples."
“No problem. As long as we sign the purchase contract, we will deliver the goods to you at the designated time and place after you make the payment,” Mag said.
"What if my annual production reaches 50,000 units? That needs to be written into the contract." Xing Baohua finally put the other party in a difficult position.
Von Mag was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Mr. Xing, we are all people of our word. Rest assured, as long as you meet the requirements, we will immediately build a factory in your country. This can be written into the purchase contract."
Xing Baohua also asked the other party to provide several sets of their existing finished chassis and send them to China to make prototypes. This would require continuous refinement of the vehicle model to find a suitable chassis for ZF.
What Xing Baohua didn't know was that Wei Laisong, after returning to China, immediately began to report on the results of this trip.
DMG's complete production technology, vehicle technology, AMG engines, and the Mercedes production line that's about to arrive at the port—they didn't even dare to mention it was an obsolete line from the 1940s.
It always gives people the mistaken impression that it is Mercedes' own technology production line.
The superiors were very pleased, and even reported their work to an important leader of the department at the head of the meeting.
The newspapers also published his transoceanic expedition.
Anyway, if you put a glow on your face, that represents achievement.
All that talk about importing West German technology and using American production lines... those in the know roughly understand that this is following the same path as the Volkswagen Santana!
Volkswagen provided the complete technology, but the engine production line was from the United States.
Anyway, the cooperation among the three parties was very complicated. In the end, Volkswagen kicked out the United States and told them to go play elsewhere. They had already given a lot of concessions, but they still greedily raised prices?
It seems that car manufacturing in central Shandong is going to follow the same path again, and some people are worried for them.
Just as Wei Laisong finished reporting his work and rushed back to central Shandong to take charge of related tasks, the Japanese came knocking on his door.
They arrived very quickly; they want to discuss business cooperation.
The guests who came were from Toyota.
They even invited Wei Laisong to visit their Japanese headquarters for an inspection.
Of course, Toyota offered very generous terms during the initial talks.
As long as they invest, we'll provide the money and technology they need. As long as they don't cooperate with West Germany or the United States, we can meet any of our conditions.
The words were so enticing that Wei Laisong was tempted.
It should be noted that he didn't have much money on him. Building a factory would cost a lot of money, and apart from the funds he brought, the rest depended entirely on the city's fiscal revenue.
Moreover, the vast majority of the funds have already been invested in the high-tech zone. It's even difficult to squeeze out more money.
He's waiting to run out of money when the factory is halfway built, then he'll come knocking on our door asking for funding. This tactic is common; after all, he's the major shareholder. How can he call himself a major shareholder if he doesn't contribute financially?
But the Japanese said they would provide the funds to help build the factory, while the Chinese shares would remain unchanged.
This unexpected windfall made Wei Laisong want to discuss it with Xing Baohua.
Unfortunately, we can't get in touch with him.
Wei Laisong had no choice but to stall, but the Japanese kept lobbying, saying that their technology was good, especially their engines, which were extremely fuel-efficient.
I haven't seen their R-series cars become popular in America; most people still prefer fuel-efficient cars.
A family car saves a lot on gas money each year.
West German technology? Has any rally car technology outperformed German cars this year? All the champions are German cars.
The higher-ups started to waver, realizing that the Japanese were being very sincere, offering money, technology, and production lines—technology that we normally couldn't buy even with money.
Currently, there are several car models in China that use Japanese engine technology, and the feedback has been positive.
Especially Dafa bread, which can be used to transport both goods and people, and most importantly, it is indeed fuel-efficient.
Don't be fooled by our oil production; it's not much! We even export it to earn some foreign exchange.
Save fuel and earn foreign exchange.
This line of thinking leads to a preference for R-class cars.
The higher-ups put some pressure on Wei Laisong, urging him to change his mindset, listen more, observe more, learn more, and find a development path that suits him.
This somewhat overturns Xing Baohua's line of thinking.
Not just a little, but the whole thing.
So, if we cooperate with the Japanese, we can completely outmaneuver Xing Baohua and those guys from West Germany.
Wei Laisong gasped. Putting aside how much money Xing Baohua had already spent, he had spent over 100 million marks to buy AMG's technology, not to mention Mercedes' outdated production line.
Doesn't this render all of Xing Baohua's efforts futile?
No wonder this guy exploded!
Unable to contact Xing Baohua temporarily, Wei Laisong had no choice but to rely on others under pressure.
A document from the Ministry of Motors sent an official letter to Wei Laisong stating that Toyota would fund a visit to its headquarters in Japan, with all expenses covered by the other party.
The time has been set, and the department will also arrange the number of slots.
There are many business study tours every year. These tours, which are sponsored by the other party, are mostly for leisure purposes, and family members are allowed to bring along.
It's basically an unwritten rule now.
Even organizations and individuals unrelated to the project can get a few spots by asking for favors after receiving the news.
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