looked at Yang Dongxu, who was much younger than himself in front of him, and didn't seem to be as big as his son. Dave is in an extremely complicated mood, if Yang Dongxu is the boss of the 76ers, he can barely accept it.

But Yang Dongxu is still the owner of BMW Motor Company, and he started his business from scratch. This shook his notion that he was a business wizard.

"Can you ask why you set up a branch in Detroit? I'm not suspicious of your company's development plan, but you know what the current situation in Detroit is. Dave said after a moment's pause.

Detroit's current investment situation is not the worst in the United States, but it is definitely among the worst. What's more, Yang Dongxu still invests in an automobile company.

Detroit is the birthplace, if not home base, of the American automobile. Detroit, the largest car manufacturers in the United States, and behind it stands an extremely large consortium.

When you come to Detroit to invest in the auto branch, do you feel that Huaxia is too far away, and these car companies can't reach you in the face of your tender little fat, and then you take the initiative to send it into their mouths?

"The investment climate is really poor, especially the law and order environment. But on the other hand, it's because of Detroit's decay that I can get a better investment policy, right?

And it has the largest number of skilled workers in automobile production in the world, and there are many automotive engineers who can help me, and I can even get some car production lines and production technology at a lower price. These are also advantages, aren't they?" Yang Dongxu said.

Dave didn't speak for a while, staring at the young man in front of him for a few seconds, "For Derek's sake, I have to give you a piece of advice, what you said is certainly an advantageous resource. But old-fashioned, traditional, and proud Detroit is really a big mud pit now, and there is a good chance that your investment will not return on itself. ”

"I have already done a risk assessment report before investing. I asked you to work with me because I don't have a lot of resources and connections in Detroit, and I hope that through you, I can help me recruit general workers and automotive engineers.

If I could, I would like you to act as a middleman to help me buy a few lines that other car companies don't want, and of course not too far behind. It would be nice if I could get the right to use some of the car technology, or the right to buy it. I will pay you what you are happy with. ”

With the experience of Haina Branch, Yang Dongxu will naturally not repeat the mistakes of the past when he invests in the United States. So he decided to borrow the resources of Dave, a local.

"It's not a difficult thing to say, and I now have good relationships with a lot of car companies. Hiring is even easier, and now hundreds of thousands of people in Detroit are unemployed, and many have decided to leave their homes to find other places to survive. If you give him a job, I think they'll appreciate it. ”

"That would be great, but I have a small request. That is, I want the workers who join my company to give up some of the rights of union membership, and as a guarantee that their wages will not be lower than the average salary of the same position at Ford, GM, etc. Yang Dongxu said.

"This ......," Dave frowned.

The power of trade unions is very strong in the United States, and it is a power given to them by the Constitution. As a citizen of a country who talks about human rights, fairness, and freedom all day long, the question of letting them give up the power of the trade union is bound to cause an uproar.

"Detroit's current results are certainly due to the development of the economic environment, and Detroit's development is directly related to its backwardness. But the trade union's grandfathers have also contributed to this in this regard.

I don't want the company I just invested in to start a strike before the workers recruited, demanding higher wages and fewer working hours. I invest to make money, not to help Detroit for charity. Yang Dongxu knocked on the table in front of him.

The union in the United States is definitely at the same level as the uncles and aunts who touch porcelain in China, and sometimes you are quite unreasonable, you can't touch him, and you even need to lose money to settle the matter. Yang Dongxu obviously doesn't plan to get used to such a temper.

Anyway, Detroit has a high unemployment rate, and you can pick and choose any job related to car production. If you are willing, we will sign a contract and officially employ, if you are not willing, then just get out, he doesn't want to recruit a group of uncles to come to the factory to serve.

"All I can say is give it a try, you know that Americans value their rights very much, and you are undoubtedly violating their rights again. Dave was silent for a moment.

"But I also compensated accordingly, and I didn't deceive them. When recruiting, this will be clearly written, if they still want to stay in Detroit.

I gave them a job to pay off their mortgage, car loan, and all sorts of messy credit cards, and they should give it up a little bit as well.

I feel that this relinquishment of power is insignificant to them, after all, they have a formal contract. I didn't withhold their wages, I didn't restrict their freedom, and it didn't even have anything to do with human rights.

All I want is that they get what they deserve in normal production, and they should learn to be grateful instead of thinking that it is not enough, and want to be the threat of the uncle's strike. For this point, Yang Dongxu intends not to give an inch.

"How much are you going to invest and how many workers are you going to hire?" Dave asked.

The subtext of this sentence is: Since you came up and set this and that, how much are you going to invest? If it's just a few million dollars, then you should leave and don't waste my time here.

"$5,000 upfront investment. Yang Dongxu raised two fingers: "If the first investment gets the results I want, then the later investment will not be less than 200 million." In the early stage, I plan to recruit 500 skilled workers in various positions, 50 automotive engineers, and of course, talents in corresponding management positions. ”

"It's really a lot of investment, if you're sure to really invest 200 million in the memorandum, maybe there is a lot of room for manipulation in this matter. Dave rubbed his chin.

"This matter is what the government asks of me, and you are the intermediary I am looking for, I pay you enough, you should do things for me and stand on my side. Yang Dongxu reminded Dave.

"Ah...... I'm sorry, the sense of substitution is too strong, the main thing is that you are too strong, I will adjust my mentality. But how much is my agency fee?" Dave had an embarrassed look on his face, but this embarrassment was nothing for a big boss like him, and he continued to speak without blushing.

"Based on the current average of Detroit's preferential policies for investors coming to us, I will ask the negotiating team to agree on a value with you.

Reaching this average you have an agency fee of $100,000, and for each percentage point of discount, you can get an extra $100,000 and so on.

The same is true for the purchase of a car production line, or on the land of a ready-made factory. Buy it at the market price, and I'll pay you $100,000. If you can keep the purchase price as low as possible, you can take 20% of the remuneration for the amount below the market value. Yang Dongxu said.

"It seems like big business. Instead of coming up and asking for more reports, Dave rubbed his chin and roughly calculated his earnings.

Not to mention the purchase of factories and production lines, with his connections and capital. It's no problem to push down tens of millions of things, so this 20% honorarium is millions of dollars.

Don't think that Dave is a billionaire with a lot of money-making companies under his hands, he has a bulging pocket. Billions of assets are just assets, fixed industries, and the appraised value of the company.

And the money he can use in his own bank account is only more than 300,000 US dollars. That's right, he has so much money in his account that whenever he wants to buy some big toys, such as yachts or airplanes, he can't pay them all at once, so he can only borrow money from the bank.

So the million-dollar cash income is completely hers, and the temptation is not small for him. What's more, this commission ratio can be discussed.

"You're going to spend a few days in Detroit? I can show you around the city and give you some insight into it. In this way, you may be more confident when investing. Dave digressed.

"Two days, after which I'm going back to China, there's a lot of work I need to deal with. In the next negotiations, there will be a negotiator on the American side to cooperate with you. Yang Dongxu said.

"Two days is a bit of a tight time, but I think it should help you meet some of the energetic people in Detroit, and then give you a general introduction to those car production lines that are more cost-effective. "As a businessman, Dave obviously knows how to negotiate himself in order to take the initiative.

To introduce Yang Dongxu to the energetic people in Detroit is to let Yang Dongxu see his connections and capital. Let him see how much benefit space he can obtain for him, and then talk about the issue of intermediary fees, he can undoubtedly take the initiative.

"Absolutely. Oh yes, I just forgot to mention that I'm going to build a factory in the United States. But a large part of some parts of the car will not be purchased locally in Detroit, but will be imported from China. ”

"That's obviously a big problem. Dave's brow furrowed again.

Investing in an automobile manufacturing plant can revitalize the economy of an automobile production chain, if the automobile manufacturing plant is doing well.

However, if the manufacturer imports parts from abroad, this will undoubtedly make other manufacturers in this industry chain unprofitable. In this way, they naturally will not support Yang Dongxu, which will undoubtedly make his negotiations more difficult.

"Don't you buy any parts locally?" Dave asked.

"It's not so absolute. If the quality is the same, the parts they produce are cheap enough. I don't have a reason to spend a lot of money on imports from Huaxia, do I?" Yang Dongxu shrugged.

Dave rolled his eyes, it was clearly nonsense. With the production cost of auto parts in the United States, it would be hellish if it could be lower than that of China. Their auto parts production technology is indeed advanced, but labor costs and other taxes are really expensive.