Ding Haijun felt that this kind of thing happened in capitalist countries that he couldn't understand it, didn't these countries always emphasize freedom and fairness? Then he was ruthlessly ridiculed by Chen Geng: "Let's not talk about whether there is freedom and fairness in the real sense in this world, just one point, do you think what you are doing poses a threat to fairness?"

“......”

Ding Haijun was speechless.

Indeed, strictly speaking, it seems that his own approach is not authentic enough, and naturally he can't blame other people's governments, of course, if he insists on arguing unreasonably, with the mouth that he has cultivated over the years, it is not a problem to argue with Chen Geng for three days and three nights, but the question is whether it makes sense to debate with Chen Geng?

It doesn't make any sense.

Speaking of this, Chen Geng's tone suddenly changed: "Actually, this is just an external problem, and the real problem, I think, is still within Huaxia." ”

"Inside us?" Ding Haijun was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Brother, what do you mean...... What is the situation of the domestic automobile industry?"

Chen Geng shook his head: "Not exactly, I heard that it seems that the national economy is going to be adjusted in China, and recently some voices have said that this project will be cancelled? If you can't reach an agreement on this issue internally, where do you think this project can go?"

Ding Haijun's face changed suddenly.

The main reason is that some veteran comrades and cadres believe that the construction of cars in China is a remnant of 10 years, and why? Because cars are for officials and masters, and are not needed by the masses, the car project should not be used.

Some people have said that this project is a project to earn foreign exchange through exports, but the question is, isn't there still 40 percent of the cars to be sold domestically? Looking at the car production of FAW and SAIC over the years, the average annual output is less than 1,000 vehicles, and the annual production capacity of 40 percent of this automobile industrial base is 40,000 vehicles a year.

This kind of thinking is absolutely unacceptable.

At the same time, Ding Haijun also knows that there are not only opposition voices from the top, but also opposition voices from within the industry, for example, the eldest son in the north believes that "big factories do small cars, and small factories do big cars" is the practice of the domestic automobile industry, according to the law of the world's automobiles, large trucks have low technical requirements, and should be done by small factories, and if you want to build high-tech cars, you must take them to big factories to do them, not to do them in the magic capital.

In short, to sum up, the main problems facing SAIC's project now are: first, the national economy must be adjusted and downgraded; second, the Wolfsburg Group is facing huge financial difficulties and must be stopped; and third, internal opposition is rising and must be withdrawn.

"Is there really only one way to get off the horse in this project?" said Ding Haijun helplessly.

Chen Geng asked rhetorically, "What do you think?"

“......”

After a while, Ding Haijun asked reluctantly: "Brother, let me take the liberty of asking, do you think we will go to Chrysler to cooperate......

"Are you going to work with Chrysler on this project?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows.

"What do you think?"

Chen Geng: "I don't think it really matters, but there is one thing I think I can tell you, that is, Chrysler Motors now owes loans to various banks, and the total amount of loans is more than 2 billion US dollars, if you can convince Chrysler, I think this must be a typical case in the history of world business......

Before Chen Geng finished speaking, Comrade Lao Ding's face began to turn black: What do you mean by that?

But thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but be discouraged: it really can't be done.

With a total of more than $2 billion in loans owed to various banks, Comrade Lao Ding really can't imagine what kind of concept and what kind of feeling it is to not owe more than $2 billion in loans to banks, because since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the foreign exchange reserves of the whole of China in any year have not exceeded $2 billion in a year, and the money owed by a company to banks is actually several times or more than ten times that of China's foreign exchange reserves in a year.

On the premise that Chrysler owes billions of dollars in loans to banks, convince them to cooperate with Huaxia?

"I'm good friends with Chrysler's president, Lee Iacocca, and while that bastard has made me a lot of trouble this time, if you're really going to visit him, I can help. Chen Geng said, the implication is that whether you can persuade Chrysler to cooperate with Huaxia depends on your own ability.

“...... Forget it,"

Heartbeat to heartbeat, Comrade Lao Ding hesitated and shook his head in less than half a second, he knew that Chen Geng was telling the truth, before this, he did think about using Chen Geng's relationship to visit Lee Iacoca, but Chen Geng's revelation of the Chrysler car situation made Comrade Lao Ding instantly dispel this idea, even when questioned organizationally, he also had a good reason: let a company with a debt of more than 2 billion US dollars take such a big risk, do you think this is possible?

Favors are thin once they are used once, and Ding Haijun understands this truth very well, so he is very smart to stop the car in time, and then asked Chen Geng: "Brother, I know that you are a real business genius, for the sake of our friendship, you tell me the truth to my brother, how do you think you can convince the Germans?"

Chen Geng was not at all surprised by Comrade Ding's question, because this project was originally a highly symbolic project, and once it was erected, it must not fall. After pondering for a moment, Chen Geng said: "If you want to convince the Germans, to be honest, I don't know, but if you adjust your identity, it is me who cooperates with you, and in the current situation, I can only choose to cooperate with you if you agree to reduce the scale of cooperation on a large scale and give up exporting to earn foreign exchange." ”

Ding Haijun subconsciously hurriedly shook his head: "This is impossible! If we can't export to earn foreign exchange, this project will have no meaning of existence." ”

At the beginning of the establishment of this project, it was for the purpose of earning foreign exchange through exports, earning foreign exchange and developing the economy; if this project could not earn foreign exchange, then what was the point of launching this project? Not to mention that the scale of the project would be greatly reduced...... To what extent is it "substantial"? 60,000 units, 40,000 units, or 30,000 units per year?

"Who said that if you can't export to earn foreign exchange, this project will have no meaning of existence?" Chen Geng looked at Comrade Lao Ding strangely: "Lao Ding, don't you Communist Party members pay the most attention to all-round and look at the problem from the perspective of the overall situation and strategy? Why are you still so one-sided and isolated on this issue?"

Hearing Chen Geng say this, Ding Haijun's expression immediately became serious: "Brother, how do you say this?"

He was keenly aware that what Chen Geng was going to say next might be the most rewarding part of his trip to Detroit.

Chen Geng didn't say anything polite to him: "I think you are too isolated in this matter, I think this is a manufacturing base used to make money from foreigners, if you can't earn foreign exchange from foreigners, this project has no meaning to exist, in fact, this view has a big problem, in my opinion, even if this base is built after a car is not exported, if it works well, it also has great significance for Huaxia."

The first point you can definitely think of is that through this project, you can learn how to manage a super-large manufacturing group scientifically and reasonably with foreigners - frankly speaking, in my opinion, the management method of domestic enterprises is too extensive, and this cooperation is a good learning opportunity. ”

"Makes sense. Ding Haijun thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, he nodded hurriedly, and then asked impatiently: "What about the second?"

Yes, if there is a first, there is a second, and since the first has it, what about the second?

Chen Geng did not deliberately sell off, and continued: "Second, although the final design annual production capacity of this project may only be 20,000 or 30,000 or 40,000 units, you can take this opportunity to realize the localization of the introduced model." ”

"Localization?"

"Well," Chen Geng nodded and said: "Of course, the purpose of localization is not to be able to produce the car you introduced, but to take advantage of this localization opportunity to let Huaxia establish a complete car parts supply system and parts development system, so that you can not only completely produce the introduction of this car, but also lay the foundation for the future development and production of other parts......

"Yes!"

Before Chen Geng finished speaking, Ding Haijun's eyes lit up suddenly: "Although we can't earn foreign exchange by exporting complete vehicles, we can earn foreign exchange by exporting parts." In this way, the purpose of earning foreign exchange in the first place is also achieved...... Dude, thank you, thank you so much. ”

Daigo empowerment!

Ding Haijun felt more and more that his coming to Detroit to meet Chen Geng this time was really a correct decision, when everyone just regarded the project waiting for the Magic City and the Wolfsburg Group as an image project, and when some people even evaluated this project as a "face project", who would have thought that if this project could be successful, it would be of great significance to China?

Chen Geng smiled: "Thank me, I haven't said the most important thing yet." ”

"The most important thing hasn't been said yet?"

"Yes," Chen Geng said, "don't you realize that Huaxia can even take advantage of the opportunity of this cooperation to realize the technological upgrading and iteration of a certain industry, or at least some enterprises?"

Like a lightning bolt in his heart, Ding Haijun was stupid on the spot: it turned out to be ...... Is that the most important thing about this project?

The next moment, he nodded heavily in his heart: yes, this is the most important meaning of this project.