Chapter 931: Input and Harvest
Chen Dahe shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to look at Jerome, "Send an observer invitation to the United States, Britain and France, they can arrange for no more than three staff members to be stationed in the Hunter School, whose job is to observe teaching and coordinate the lives of retired personnel in their own countries, but they must not give any opinions on the operation of the school, in addition, the school can promise not to accept members of the Soviet Union to join, but the trainees sent by other countries or organizations shall not be obstructed for any reason if they have been approved by our side." β
Although this blatant statement will offend the Soviet Union, it doesn't matter, now the newly appointed Gore is seeking to ease relations with the West, and even the more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan can be discarded, but it is just a place in a hunter school, he will definitely not care, not to mention that even if the hunter school is open to them, it is impossible for the old Maozi, who thinks highly of himself, to send people to learn, and in turn let others learn from them, and maybe for a long time, Gore, who has been keeping an eye on reform, will not know that there is such a thing as a hunter schoolγ
After making sure that even if they offended the Soviet Union, they would not stir up the situation and retaliate, coupled with the delicate relationship between China and the Soviet Union now, there would be no domestic opinions, and Chen Dahe felt that it was completely acceptable to use such a card as a quid pro for domestic participation.
Hmm, maybe you can give the country an observer status?
Chen Dahe frowned and thought about it, and finally gave up this tempting idea, the main line in the country at present is still to seek development, and to do less things that are in the limelight, anyway, as long as you can send people in to study, a nominal observer title is not so important.
Jerome nodded silently, this is definitely the bottom line of the boss, with those people's understanding of the identity of the boss, most of them will not refuse this condition, it is obvious that the boss will definitely win the participation quota for his own country, if the other party refuses this as an excuse, it is unreasonable, and he will have the confidence to fight on the basis of reason and the space for lobbying.
Noting down another note in his notebook, Jerome let out a breath, looked up and said, "That's all there is to it, and the rest is fine if we make steady progress, and as for the other thing you said, the three cars have been brought with me on the plane, and are still parked in the cargo hold of the plane, ready to be transported away." β
Chen Dahe nodded, "Tomorrow, in the name of the Third Automobile Company, you will make a donation to China's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter, I will arrange it." β
Although these three cars were asked by Mr. Zhang, it was impossible to send them directly through him, but instead had to go through the regular foreign affairs route, and Chen Dahe would definitely not make this kind of mistake.
"Okay," Jerome nodded, the donation was just a small thing, and you could leave it alone once you sent it out.
But at this time, Chen Dahe spoke again, "If nothing else, after the donation, you should soon receive an invitation to invest in the automobile company, you can just talk about it according to the experience of the last process, and you don't need to pay too much attention to anything else." β
"Huh?" Jerome looked at him in amazement, "and investing in a car company?"
"Well," Chen Dahe nodded and smiled, "This time it's an off-road vehicle project, of course, it's the most ordinary level, not the top model, but when the time comes, you still propose that you can build an assembly platform in the joint venture factory, and at the same time provide the joint venture factory with a full set of top model accessories, so that they can assemble and produce it by themselves, and they shouldn't refuse." β
Jerome raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, "This assembly platform shouldn't be for profit, right?!"
Chen Dahe smiled, "Appropriate payment will bring us more profits from other places, and the investment is proportional to the harvest most of the time! β
Jerome tilted his head in disbelief, "Understood, I'll arrange it." β
Just as Jerome was taking notes, Oliver suddenly said, "Since you're so interested in building a factory with an outside partner, why don't you also set up a joint venture in the United States?"
Chen Dahe turned his head to look at her in amazement, blinked and said, "Are you or someone else?"
He meant who was making the suggestion, as Oliver had never shown interest in the car company before.
"No one else," Oliver said, shaking his head and chuckling, It's just that I think of a Packard car that I sat in when I was a child, and it feels very good, I heard that my grandfather bought it when he was young, and it was also the leading luxury car in the United States at that time, but unfortunately this company has disappeared for a long time when I was born, so the car couldn't be repaired after it broke down, and it is still parked in the garage of Jones Manor, if you can resurrect this brand, maybe you can help me repair that car, of course, the greater benefit is to help the third car company open the American market faster. β
Packard cars?
Chen Dahe's face was full of question marks, what is that?
With a full question of his face, he turned his inquiring gaze to Jerome.
And the omniscient Jerome also gave him the answer, "A luxury car brand that swept the United States in the first half of this century, once represented the American dream of luxury cars, the goddess holding the flywheel, and the swan with a curved neck are classics, competing with Cadillac at the time, just like the British Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but unfortunately disappeared due to mismanagement and decision-making." β
After a slight pause, Jerome smiled, "At present, the Third Automobile Company has more than ten brands, which are basically acquired from traditional European brands, many of which also have a high reputation in the United States, of course, if there is a local brand in the United States, it does have certain benefits for developing the American market." β
Chen Dahe pouted, this old fox, what he said was the same as if he didn't say it, and it still didn't leak.
First smiling at Oliver, and then looking at him, Chen Dahe asked, "If you buy this company, what is the approximate budget?"
Whether there is a benefit or not depends on how much money is invested, if the money is not much, he does not mind playing a game, if there are a lot of it, the 4S store of the third automobile company is not bad in the United States.
"Very little is enough," Jerome shrugged, "there is no factory, the technology is outdated, and they may only have one brand left, or the one that was once in decline - they actually entered the taxi market! So now go to Packard's descendants to negotiate, even the brand with a patent, maybe not a million dollars." β
So cheap? It seems that it cost more than 10 million to buy Aesop Farasini back then.
Chen Dahe blinked, and immediately waved his hand, "Then buy it." β
Jerome had such an expression, and said helplessly, "The acquisition only needs one million, but the subsequent establishment of new production lines and technology research and development will require at least more than 20 million US dollars, which is one of the reasons why the three major automobile companies in the United States are not interested in the Packard brand." β
Even though Miss Jones, who was making the suggestion, was close by, he still had to say it, which was the professionalism of a professional manager.
"It doesn't matter," Chen Dahe said with a smile, "We only need this brand, choose one from the candidate models of Ifa and pour it with the swan logo you said, and sell it as a Packard, and you can also give them a goddess logo with a flywheel for free! Of course, it is also possible to send a swan to the goddess! As for those old customers who have feelings for Packard and want to repair their classic cars, this is also very easy to solve, find a few people to set up a small project department, and get a few machine tools for them to refurbish parts!"
When he said this, the two people on the other side rolled their eyes in unison, and sure enough, there was no treachery or business, Chen Dahe's approach was tantamount to almost waste utilization, and he tricked the feelings of the American people.
But doing business, this is also normal, even Oliver, who is an American, thinks it's nothing, but she finds that someone's profiteer temperament is getting stronger and stronger, and it just so happens that she can make more money as a partner!