For Eiji Toyoda, Chen Geng still gave enough respect.

Although this guy's nationality makes Chen Geng have no good impression of him, but this guy's promotion of the development of the automobile industry is undoubted, not to mention that Toyota also reached out to AMC cars in the most difficult time.

Because of the favor of the year, Chen Geng personally greeted the arrival of Eiji Toyoda outside the office.

Seeing Chen Geng standing at the door, Eiji Toyoda was a little surprised, he didn't expect Chen Geng to give him so much respect, after being slightly stunned, he hurriedly bowed down, walked a few steps quickly to Chen Geng, and said respectfully: "Mr. Fernandez, hello." ”

Looking at Eiji Toyoda in front of him, Chen Geng said with a smile: "Mr. Eiji, we meet again, your spirit seems to be very good." ”

"Yes," Eiji Toyoda bowed repeatedly, although he was 82 years old, he looked really in good spirits, and he didn't want to be an old man in his 80s at all: "Mr. Fernandez, it's a pleasure to see you again." ”

"You're too polite," let a person in his 80s, older than his grandfather, keep bowing to himself so much, Chen Geng really can't do such a thing, he made a "please" gesture: "Mr. Yingji, let's talk inside?"

"Okay. Eiji Toyoda bowed again.

Chen Geng: "......"

Forget it, let it be.

The two sat down in Chen Geng's office, and Eiji Toyoda was the first to speak: "Mr. Fernandez, I have heard about the results you have achieved since taking office, congratulations, you are an excellent mayor. ”

"It's too early to say that I'm an excellent mayor," Chen Geng smiled and waved his hand: "Mr. Eiji, you came to Detroit from Dongying on purpose, didn't you come to Detroit specifically to compliment me?"

Of course not!

After all, he is in his 80s, and if it weren't for the fact that this incident had too great an impact on Toyota, and Eiji Toyoda was doing a leisurely retirement every day, waiting for death to come, how could he have worked so hard to come to the United States and Detroit? He lowered his head, pondered for a moment, and finally said euphemistically: "Mr. Fernandez, there have been some protests against us in the United States recently......

"Yes, it does concern me. Without waiting for Eiji Toyoda to finish speaking, Chen Geng nodded happily.

He confessed?

Chen Geng so happily admitted that the previous protests in the American auto parts industry were related to him, but it made Toyota Eiji stunned for a moment: Why did he admit it so happily?

"Mr. Eiji, Detroit is not only the automobile city of the United States, but also the city of auto parts in the United States," Chen Geng said: "I am the mayor of Detroit, and I have the responsibility to promote the economic development of Detroit, and your Dongying Automobile's market share in the American market continues to expand, but the corresponding orders have not been transferred to the American auto parts companies, as the mayor of Detroit, of course, I have the responsibility to promote this matter." ”

“......”

Chen Geng said so bluntly: I am promoting the protest of the American auto parts industry against your Dongying Motors, because you have delayed our industrial development and employment rate, so as the mayor of Detroit, I will engage you, it's as simple as that!

It's as simple as that?

That's right, it's that simple!

It's so simple that in the face of Chen Geng's frankness, Toyota Eiji didn't know what to say for a while, because Chen Geng was right, your Japanese cars have a market share of 30% in the U.S. market, but how many auto parts have you purchased in the U.S. market? While enjoying the benefits of the U.S. auto market, you haven't brought enough orders to the United States.

“...... Okay," after a while, Eiji Toyoda finally nodded: "Although this is really not good news for the Toei automobile industry, I can fully understand your approach, but this problem is not unsolvable, right?"

Eiji Toyoda is tentative.

"Of course," Chen Geng nodded with a smile: "In fact, an open United States welcomes all enterprises and individuals from all over the world to develop in the United States, and the United States will provide a fair and open development platform for all people and enterprises." ”

I believe you're a ghost!

If he could, Eiji Toyoda really wanted to spit in Chen Geng's face: Can you not be so shameless? When did the United States become an open and fair platform for development?

"So," Eiji Toyoda leaned forward slightly, "Mr. Fernandez, what does the Toei automobile industry, or Toyota, need to do?"

"Orders, employment rate," Chen Geng's answer is very simple: "Dongying auto industry must increase the industry to the U.S. auto parts industry, to provide more jobs in the United States, of course, if Dongying's auto parts enterprises directly invest in the United States, we also welcome." ”

As for where these orders are placed, Chen Geng believes that Eiji Toyota knows very well in his heart - of course, it is to be placed on an auto parts company with a factory in Detroit, which is a political achievement for the mayor who has just taken office for a long time.

Eiji Toyoda lowered his head and groaned, the current situation was somewhat unexpected to him.

Although Chen Geng didn't say it, Eiji Toyoda already knew very well in his heart that if Toyota ...... In other words, if the Japanese auto industry does not increase orders for the U.S. auto parts industry, the protests against the Toei auto industry will continue to escalate, and now it is only a "spontaneous" protest by the people, but if Toei does not react, this "spontaneous" protest may become a government action, and this situation is obviously not what Eiji Toyota wants to see.

However, Eiji Toyoda decided to try harder.

"Mr. Fernandez," looking at Chen Geng, Eiji Toyoda tried his best to make his eyes more sincere: "In fact, it is not that we are unwilling to increase orders for auto parts companies in your country, in fact, considering the cost, transportation and timeliness, we are more willing to purchase auto parts from the United States, and the gap between your country's auto parts and our Dongying auto parts in terms of quality is ......."

After a slight pause, Eiji Toyoda said: "With all due respect, Mr. Fernandez, the gap between the two is simply as big as the difference between the quality of your domestic memory particles and the quality of Dongying memory particles, and you know that the reason why our Dongying Automobile can achieve the current market share in the United States and get such recognition depends on our excellent quality." ”

Another meaning of Eiji Toyota's words is, if our cars use auto parts from your American companies, can we still guarantee such quality? And the reason why our Dongying Automobile can gain a foothold in the American market is because of good quality and reliability, do you think we can do this?

Chen Geng understood what Eiji Toyoda meant, so the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: In the field of semiconductors, the quality of American memory is simply a joke!

To put it bluntly, if it weren't for the United States tightening the rope around Dongying's neck, the current U.S. memory market would have been dominated by Dongying memory.

The semiconductor manufacturing industry in the United States is like this, to tell the truth, the situation of the auto parts industry is similar, Toyota Eiji's words of course have the meaning of prevarication, the two major auto parts companies in the East: Aisin and Denso have Toyota's shares, how can Toyota not give priority to the purchase of its own children's products when purchasing spare parts? But to say that there is no reason why the American auto parts companies are not competitive, it is also unreasonable.

"I admit that what you said makes sense," Chen Geng nodded, but he then spread his hands: "But what does this have to do with me? What I want now is the employment rate, the support rate." ”

Chen is a scoundrel directly.

Eiji Toyoda was dumbfounded: Have you been so directly shameless?

But then, Eiji Toyoda helplessly found that in the face of Chen Geng's shamelessness, he really didn't have a good way to deal with him: That's right, I'm so shameless, what can you do with me?

But then again, between Japan and the United States, the Americans are shameless is already a routine operation, after the initial grievances, Eiji Toyoda quickly adjusted his mentality, he bowed slightly, and said to Chen Geng: "Mr. Fernandez, I'm sorry, I need to think about it." ”

"Of course, this is as it should be," Chen Geng nodded politely: "In addition, let me remind you that you don't have much time. ”

“......”

Eiji Toyoda blinked in bewilderment: We are running out of time? What does this mean?

"I have communicated with the main person in charge of Michigan, and the Michigan state government will fully support my decision on this matter," Chen Geng said slowly, looking at Eiji Toyoda, "In addition, Your Excellency the Governor and Lieutenant Governor also assure me that if your response is not satisfactory and timely, he will obtain the support of other states in the United States through the National Governors' Joint Conference." ”

The National Conference of Governors, this organization is probably rarely heard of, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, just look at the name and know what this organization does: it is a body made up of governors from all over the United States to communicate and coordinate with each other.

In addition, the current President of the United States, Bill Jr., will once serve as the chairman of the National Joint Governors' Conference.

Eiji Toyoda's face changed in an instant!

Toyota, Honda and Nissan, the three major Toying automobile brands, have built a number of automobile manufacturing plants in the United States, but they did not choose the Great Lakes region, where the union is strong, but chose the state with weak labor union power and located in the interior of the United States, such as Ohio, but if Chen Geng operates this matter through the joint meeting of governors of the United States, of course, this cannot organize the production of Dongying automobile factories in the United States, but it can affect the sales of Dongying Automobile in most states in the United States!