Chapter 368: Who scares whom
From the very beginning, AMC's supplier conference was filled with an abnormal smell.
Or it can be said that under the tandem of some enterprises, AMC's dealer conference has changed its flavor and has become a conference that takes the opportunity to collectively challenge AMC, and the first to challenge AMC is Lear, which has always had a good cooperative relationship with AMC.
Lear Company, one of the world's top 500 companies, one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive interior system parts, one of the top ten global auto parts companies, and the world's largest manufacturer of automotive seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners, but now, Wien, the vice president in charge of sales of Lear Company, said to Chen Geng with a regretful face: " Mr. Fernandez, I regret to inform you that our Board of Directors has formally decided that Lear Corporation will not enter into any cooperation agreement with AMC until the previous payments have been settled. β
Chen Geng's face didn't see any expression, he just nodded lightly: "Oh...... Anything else?"
"And, huh...... Due to the impact of the financial crisis, we asked AMC to make early payments from previous amounts. Seeing that Chen Geng didn't mean to break out, Wayne's courage couldn't help but increase a little more.
Looking at Wayne, Chen Geng suddenly smiled: "Can I understand that if AMC doesn't agree to Lear's conditions, Lear will no longer cooperate with AMC?"
"This ......" Vane hesitated for a moment, but still nodded: "It's a pity, but ...... Yes. β
"Okay," Chen Geng waved his hand, "Mr. Wayne, you can go." β
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Vane blinked, his face a little confused: what did he mean by that?
"You understand correctly, that's what you understand, you can leave, AMC will not agree to any of your two conditions," Seeing that Wayne opened his mouth to speak, Chen Geng raised his hand and motioned to Wayne to wait for him to finish: "Don't worry, AMC is a company that respects contracts and has business reputation, so before the final settlement period, AMC will definitely pay back all the arrears to Lear, but before that, I guarantee that your Lear company will not even get a penny." β
Stuck on a deadline to repay the money?
Wayne didn't know where Chen Geng's courage came from, and he didn't say anything about suing or anything like that, because as long as AMC settled the debt with Lear before the deadline for repayment stipulated in the contract, Lear had no way at all, but AMC completely ignored Lear's threat that he would not renew the contract with them?
After a moment's hesitation, he tentatively said, "Mr. Fernandez, I feel the need to remind you that Lear means that if you don't pay back early, Lear will refuse to renew your contract with you, and Lear is AMC's largest supplier of car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners......"
This is simply a threat to Chen Geng: If you don't repay the loan in advance, don't think about getting car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners, I don't think anyone will buy a car without car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners.
But in the face of Vane's threat, Chen Geng smiled instead: "Not anymore." β
Not anymore?
What do you mean? Wayne didn't react for a moment.
Under his confused gaze, Aniston opened a bag she was carrying, took out a document from it and handed it to Chen Geng.
Patting the document in his hand, Chen Geng calmly said to Venn: "From now on, AMC has eliminated the previous suppliers of subsystems such as car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners. β
The elimination of the old supplier means that there needs to be a new supplier to top, otherwise no consumer will buy a car without seats, no instruments, no door panels, no roof liners, which means that the document in the hands of Fernandez Chen is a new car seat, instrument system, door panel, roof lint supply contract?
Vain, who finally understood Chen Geng's meaning, was stupid all of a sudden, and he was stunned for a while before he suddenly reacted: "This ...... No American company in the world of instruments, seats, and roof liners would dare to sign a supply contract with you without Lear......
Aniston finally couldn't get used to Vane's clown-like performance, she interrupted Vane's words impatiently, and pouted: "It's impossible for similar companies in the United States, but Lear can't control the head of Dongying Enterprises." β
Dongying Enterprise?!
As if a thunderbolt sounded overhead, while being stunned, Wayne finally reacted: Yes, in addition to the manufacturers of car seats, instruments, door panels and roof liners in the United States and Europe, Dongying also has similar enterprises...... In other words, the damn AMC quietly signed a cooperation agreement with the damn Dongying people?!
Big trouble!
Before this, the reason why Lear Company dared to offer such conditions to AMC was, on the one hand, that it wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail AMC -- although I don't know if Chen Geng was easy to bully, how could he know if he was good to bully if he didn't bully?
The only problem is that Lear's brain circuit is a bit strange, and in the face of the promising AMC car in the future, their idea is not to add icing on the cake, but to rely on their position in the industry, and want to take advantage of the fact that AMC car will not get off, and blackmail Chen Geng.
The confidence that they dare to do this is that Lear is not only the world's largest manufacturer of car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners, but also the vice president unit of the American Auto Parts Association, and has a decisive say in the American auto parts system. At a time when AMC desperately needed the cooperation of its suppliers to survive, Lear felt that it still had a considerable say.
No matter how it is calculated, the board of directors of Lear Company feels that AMC Motors has no choice but to agree to their own conditions, or to blackmail, there is no way, who makes Lear Corporation the best manufacturer of car seats, instrument systems, door panels, and roof liners, but no matter what they think, they did not expect AMC Motors to quietly sign a cooperation agreement with Dongying people!
It's going crazy!
Looking at Wayne, whose face had changed drastically, Chen Geng's mood was actually quite pleasant, and he involuntarily showed a smile on his face: "Besides...... Mr. Wayne, I have good news for you, the quotation of your Dongying peers is 12% lower than that of your Lear company, and the account period is half a year, I wonder if you are happy to hear this news?"
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Wayne wanted to cry: the baby was unhappy, the baby was afraid to move......
"Oh, by the way, I'll tell you another good news," lest the blow to this budding bird be enough, Chen Geng smiled and threw another stone on Wayne's head: "I recommended these Dongying companies to my friend Mr. Henry Ford, I think Mr. Henry Ford should not mind reducing production costs on the premise of ensuring quality, so ...... If Lear receives a notice of a change in Ford's supply, thank me. β
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Vane: Thank you? I really want to fight you with a knife, do you know?
The atmosphere in the conference room, which had just seemed noisy and impetuous, suddenly fell silent, and tension and unease began to fill the air: Miss Aniston's large leather briefcase looked heavy, and it was not supposed to contain bricks or anything like that...... Right?
To be able to become the sales head of a Fortune 500 company and the top ten giant-level enterprises in the world, Wayne's IQ is absolutely not flawed, and after realizing that Lear's previous decision is very likely to be played off, he didn't even have time to verify whether the contract in Chen Geng's hand was real...... He also didn't think that Chen Geng would release false news at this time...... Immediately decided: "Hehe...... Mr. Fernandez, just a little joke, Lear attaches great importance to the cooperation with AMC, and the board of directors means that the order can be extended moderately according to the actual needs of AMC, and the only requirement is that the order for each type of product must reach more than 100,000 sets per year......"
Chen Geng sighed, and at the same time handed the contract in his hand to Wayne: "Mr. Wayne, you haven't figured out the situation now, for AMC Automobile, even if Lear extends our order, we will cooperate with Dongying in any way...... On the premise of ensuring quality, who would refuse to reduce costs, let alone long billing periods. β
Looking at the contract that was almost seventy or eighty pages in front of him, Wayne's hand began to tremble violently, and in the face of Chen Geng's action, the last trace of luck in his heart disappeared: for AMC Motors, Lear Company is really no longer so important.
"Mr. Fernandez......" He looked at Chen Geng with a pleading expression on his lips trembling.
"Please. Chen Geng nodded, didn't say anything more, just made a "please" gesture: Let's go, let's go, don't delay Lao Tzu's time.
Vane's eyes suddenly turned dead.
The suggestion to take this opportunity to blackmail and blackmail the AMC was made to the board of directors by himself, and if it succeeded, of course, he would have benefited a lot, but now that it has failed, Vane can already imagine what the angry board of directors will do with him.
Considering that not only did he fail to sign the supply contract with AMC, but also most likely affected the cooperation with Ford Motor, Wayne felt that his future was simply bleak: those shareholders who had passed the cheese had not yet torn themselves apart?!
Vane was gone, and there was dead silence in the huge conference room!
The departure of Vane and Lear suddenly made them realize a serious problem: if AMC could find a replacement for Lear, was it possible to find a replacement for its own?
This question can be answered by the mentally retarded, although the automobile market of Dongying is not large, but after years of development, there is a complete automobile industry system, and the labor cost of Dongying is not high, but it has a set of quality control and management, AMC cars can find their own replacement in Dongying.
But compared to this, a more serious problem is still to come: the United States automobile manufacturers have not cooperated with Dongying's auto parts manufacturers, because on the one hand, the United States' auto parts industry is more developed, and everyone looks down on Dongying people; Chrysler's top management knew that working with Dongying could reduce costs, but the internal resistance was also very large, and it was even very likely that the resistance would come from the board of directors itself.
But now, the situation is different, with AMC, the barefoot man who was the first to eat crabs, the people behind had to go and eat crabs together, whether voluntarily or forced?
What did you say?
Don't eat?
If you don't eat, others will eat, and other people's products will have an advantage over you, and there will be more room for operation in the market operation.
Thinking that everyone secretly conspired with each other to put pressure on AMC, but the reality is that in the future, I am afraid that the life of the entire North American auto parts manufacturers will be sad.
In the midst of this silence, someone broke the silence and shouted: "Mr. Fernandez, I am Johnson Controls, and we are very optimistic about the future of AMC under your leadership, and we very much hope to form a closer cooperative relationship with AMC." β
Johnson Controls?
Chen Geng smiled.
In the field of auto parts, Johnson Controls' reputation is not as famous as ZF, Aisin, Denso, Bosch, Delphi and other well-known companies, and it can even be said that it is silent, but only those who really know this company know that Johnson Controls' influence in the auto parts market is not inferior to the previous ones.
To give you an example, Adient, which is also one of the world's top 500 and one of the world's top 10 auto parts, was independent from Johnson Controls, and an independent subsidiary became one of the world's top 500 and the world's top 10 auto parts.
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In the field of auto parts, Johnson Controls' reputation is not as famous as ZF, Aisin, Denso, Bosch, Delphi and other well-known companies, and it can even be said that it is silent, but only those who really know this company know that Johnson Controls' influence in the auto parts market is not inferior to the previous ones.
To give you an example, Adient, which is also one of the world's top 500 and one of the world's top 10 auto parts, was independent from Johnson Controls, and an independent subsidiary became one of the world's top 500 and the world's top 10 auto parts.
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