Not only Toyota, but also foreign car companies have contacted GAC Tianqi Chengdu Automobile from the beginning.
For example, Honda, which had failed in its marriage with GAC, approached GAC again, and other car companies also contacted GAC.
Without exception, all of them were rejected by Wan Feng.
After a round of development in China, Toyota discovered that its only options were GAC, Tianjin Auto and Chengdu Auto.
After finding out that Chengdu Auto was using someone else's catalog and did not have the qualifications to manufacture cars, the focus of cooperation was placed on GAC and Tianjin Auto.
When Nanwan first started cooperating with these companies, there was a clause in the agreement that if the other party wanted to cooperate with foreign-funded enterprises, they had to seek the opinion of Nanwan Group.
It is used to block Toyota's road.
Now is the time for this agreement to come into play.
Nanwan Group naturally would not agree.
Although GAC and Tianjin Auto are both interested in forming a partnership with Toyota, they have no choice but to give up unless Nanwan agrees.
Toyota's plan to enter China was cut off here.
What Wan Feng didn't expect was that after the road between these two places was cut off, Toyota actually came to Nanwan and wanted to cooperate with Nanwan.
Toyota also knew who was blocking them from entering China, so this time they decided to find the source.
When Wan Feng learned of Toyota's intention, he was a little amused and helpless.
Toyota's conditions are very generous, and it wants to use its flagship model, the Toyota Camry, for cooperation.
Wan Feng didn't take the car model the other party brought out seriously at all. He only put forward one condition to the person who came to contact him: if Toyota can open up all of its automotive technologies, then everyone can talk about it. If not, then there will be no discussion.
Toyota still has some technologies that South Bay is very envious of.
Toyota naturally firmly rejected Nanwan’s unreasonable request.
If we open all the technologies to you, then what are we going to do? What are we thinking?
Then there is nothing to talk about. Just wait until China joins the WTO in two years.
While Nanwan was having a ridiculous lawsuit with Toyota, it also had a ridiculous lawsuit with Changan Auto.
Chen Wenxin represented Nanwan Group in the lawsuit against Austrian Auto in court.
The representative of Austrian Auto sternly condemned the Nanwan Group's Great Wall Motors' plagiarism of the Austrian A6. After a long and rambling speech, he finally demanded that Nanwan Auto stop the infringement, stop Great Wall Motors' sales and reorganize it, and then compensate Austrian Auto for various economic losses of 100 million yuan.
One hundred million Mi Yuan!
Wan Feng nearly jumped out of bed when he heard the news. What the hell happened to these foreigners to have such guts? How dare they open their mouths?
Do you think Nanwan Group is your ATM?
He was still worrying about how much it would cost to manage them, but now the standards have been released.
During the second court debate, Chen Wenxin, on behalf of Nanwan Group, asked questions to the representatives of Austrian Auto, asking whether Austrian Auto still insisted on their conditions.
Austrian Auto's lawyer was invited from abroad and said a lot of things, which meant that Austrian Auto would not make any compromise in order to protect its legal rights.
Chen Wenxin asked the question three times in a row, and the other party always replied in the same tone.
At this time, Chen Wenxin started to fight back. He took out the patent documents of this car applied by Nanwan Group in 1992 and presented them to the court.
When Austrian Automobile learned that Great Wall had applied for a patent for this model in 1992, the foreigners' blue eyes almost turned white.
They simply don't believe that Nanwan applied for this model in 1992, saying that China's domestic patent is fake and does not count.
This time, even the court doesn't want to hear it. China's patent is fake? So, only your foreign patents are real?
Whether foreigners believe it or not, the application date on the patent is indeed 1992.
Still don’t believe it? Do you believe me? I’ll show you all the patents I applied for in 1988.
I have applied for a lot of patents. If there are really lawsuits, foreign car companies that are currently in China or plan to appear in China in the future will have a lot of trouble.
You never know when a lawyer’s letter from Nanwan will appear on your desk.
Since Austria has set this precedent, its bad days in China are still to come. Many of Austria's car models have been patented by Wanfeng.
Including the 2018 Austrian A8L, Q5L, etc.
This time, the talents of Austrian Auto realized the seriousness of the problem.
Nanwan Group's counterclaim is very reasonable. Nanwan will not pursue the matter of dismantling the front and side of your Audi A6, but compensation to Austria must be paid. So let's just make a small compensation, also in parentheses: RMB.
This lawsuit in Austria was so pathetic. It was a sure win, but it was lost inexplicably.
Wan Feng, feeling very proud, asked Chen Wenxin to tell the other party that any new car models designed by Austria in the future should be brought to Nanwan for review by the people of Nanwan. Nanwan Group has hundreds of patents like this, and it is possible that one of Austria's future models will infringe on Nanwan's patents.
They actually produced some subsequent models of Austrian cars in court, including those with big toad mouths, and told the people from Austrian Automobile that Nanwan Group had plenty of these things.
There are all kinds of styles.
You guys rack your brains to design a car's shape, but we in Nanwan just close our eyes and feel around, and pick whatever model we come up with.
The appearance of a new car is very important. Its true appearance will not be shown to others until it is launched or at an auto show. This request is extremely rude.
The words of the Nanwan Group representative made the people at Austrian Auto very angry, but the facts are right in front of you. It's useless to get angry. It's your fault for trying to poke a hornet's nest in Nanwan Auto.
At this time, Austrian Auto finally realized that the horn was made of copper and iron, and it was unlikely to ask them to modify the car model. How could they change it after it was mass-produced?
Then, the side that made Wan Feng tired appeared. Austria changed its mind and agreed to the compensation, but made another request. They asked for permission to continue using this model.
China is a country of etiquette and adheres to the doctrine of the mean. Of course, we will not kill someone with one blow. If you compensate me with 100 million euros, it will be regarded as you buying the patent.
Isn't it just a car model?
Nanwan Group agreed to the other party's request and even made some sales pitches to the Austrian people after the court session.
If Austria needs any car model in the future, he can buy it from Nanwan Group. It is definitely affordable to buy a car model for 100 million euros.
Or you can get a buy one get one free deal, we have plenty of this stuff.
After this lawsuit, Wan Feng's reputation in Nanwan Group reached its peak.
The boss is really amazing. He can sell a painting for 100 million yuan with just a few strokes of the brush. Even if you don’t accept it, he will force you to accept it.
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