Unlike visiting Mitsubishi Motors ten years ago, Han Hao's visit this time was received by the other party at a high level.

The entire group of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries is actually deeply influenced by the Chinese cultural circle, and when receiving guests, they will pay attention to the correspondence of levels. If you negotiate an important cooperation, the identity of the person who comes forward determines the importance of the other party in a certain sense.

As a well-known entrepreneur leader in China and the chairman of Zhonghua Group, Han Hao came to Japan with sincerity this time. Mitsubishi also feels this sincerity, and the heads of Mitsubishi Motors and even the Mitsubishi consortium will meet with Han Hao successively to discuss the possibility of cooperation between the two sides.

Both the Chunghwa Group and Mitsubishi Motors hope to keep the contact between the two sides deliberately low-key. Because before the matter is settled, the employees of both sides and even the citizens of their own countries will cause a lot of controversy about this cooperation.

Therefore, Mitsubishi Motors did not raise the five-star red flag when Han Hao visited, and only a very small number of high-level executives and confidants knew about the meeting, and the meeting between the two sides was also arranged in a manor on the outskirts of the city.

Before coming, Han Hao had made two plans for the acquisition of Mitsubishi Motors.

The first is to continue to use the Mitsubishi brand, but in terms of technology and model development, Mitsubishi Motors and Zhonghua Group have implemented in-depth cooperation. Mitsubishi Motors will operate under an independent brand, with the Chinese as investors and controllers, seeking the revival of Mitsubishi Motors through commercial means.

Second, the Mitsubishi brand completely withdrew from the automotive field, and during a certain transition period, the Mitsubishi consortium authorized the Zhonghua Group to use the Mitsubishi logo, and the Chinese completely acquired Mitsubishi's technology and factories for the production of the Zhonghua brand in the future.

This can save the Mitsubishi consortium from worrying about the impact of the Mitsubishi brand on the image of the consortium, which is essentially Mitsubishi Motors going into bankruptcy liquidation and the Chinese taking over the surplus value.

For Han Hao himself, Mitsubishi's bankruptcy plan should only be a candidate, and both he and the Japanese side probably hope to continue to witness Mitsubishi Motors running on the road in the future.

The focus of both plans is to rely on the Chinese market to save Mitsubishi Motors, Han Hao pressed the treasure in the Chinese market, believing that as long as the business is serious, Mitsubishi Motors, a brand familiar to Chinese, can achieve revival.

Han Hao first met with the newly appointed chairman of Mitsubishi Motors, Osamu Mashiko, who was parachuted into Mitsubishi Motors from Mitsubishi Corporation, as the captain of the firefighting team and capable of the army, to replace the former chairman who had been arrested and imprisoned.

At this meeting, Mashiko said that on behalf of Mitsubishi Motors, he could accept the China Group to take over the 12.4% stake in Goldman Sachs, but when talking about further cooperation, he looked left and right and did not give a direct response.

"Mitsubishi Motors is a great car company with a great brand on it. We are willing to cooperate with you Chinese, but I personally think that we can contact first, and the two sides can carry out tentative cooperation in some areas, and if the results are good in the future, we can continue to reach opinions on in-depth cooperation. ”

Although Zhonghua Group has surpassed Mitsubishi Motors in the ranking of the world's top 500 and annual car sales, in Mashiko's view, the Chinese are still more than half a position behind Mitsubishi Motors in the car-making business.

He studied the products of the Zhonghua Group before he came, and found that compared with the full product line of Mitsubishi, the Chinese did not even involve the B-class sedan, while Mitsubishi has such a fist product as Golan, which means that the other party has not yet fully entered the field of car manufacturing.

But the situation is stronger than people, and it is an indisputable fact that this young Chinese tycoon is rich, and cooperating with him can bring Mitsubishi Motors' much-needed development funds.

"Before I can take a stake in Goldman Sachs, I must get a commitment from you: the two sides have the intention to cooperate further.

Just now, you and I both agreed that Mitsubishi Motors urgently needed a major change to save the current half-dead state.

I think if we can reach a cooperation agreement, it will be a shot in the arm for the revival of Mitsubishi Motors!"

Han Hao hopes that Mitsubishi Motors will give a letter of approval, and he does not want to invest his limited funds and energy in Mitsubishi Motors, which is uncertain about the future.

There was consensus and differences, and the two sides decided to seek common ground while reserving differences, and began to discuss how to deal with cooperation in the Chinese market.

"We can free up a joint venture partner for Chung Hwa Group, and we are very unhappy with the performance of Changfeng Group, they are not strong enough to meet our expectations in China.

In the future, we will be able to cooperate in the field of SUVs and put Mitsubishi Outlander, Pajero and new SUV products into joint ventures.

If the situation is good, we will not rule out putting the car in the new joint venture in the next few years. ”

Mashiko gave the biggest concession he could accept, and once the Zhonghua Group became the second largest shareholder of Mitsubishi Motors, then the strategy in the Chinese market would naturally need to be adjusted.

If Han Hao sells his stake in Mitsubishi Motors, then Mitsubishi and Zhonghua Group will form a joint venture to replace Changfeng Group in the production of SUVs. In the future, everything will go well, and it doesn't matter if the car is given to the Zhonghua Group, as long as Mitsubishi can carry it forward in the Chinese market.

"Mitsubishi can also transfer the technology of the old Pajero model to you as the beginning of our in-depth cooperation!"

The Chunghwa Group does not have a hard-core off-road vehicle, and if it gets the old Pajero technology, it can quickly launch its own new model of its own.

Mashiko Xiu had made a lot of preparations for this meeting, and knew what to come up with to satisfy Han Hao.

It can be said that Han Hao and Mashiko Xiu talked okay, and the two sides discussed the future of Mitsubishi Motors in depth, and Mitsubishi also gave sincerity.

The next day, Han Hao was invited to attend a meeting with the two presidents of the Mitsubishi Foundation, namely the presidents of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi Corporation, who represented the power of the Mitsubishi Foundation.

Unlike Mitsubishi Motors Chairman Osamu Mashiko's pragmatic talks, this meeting was more pragmatic. The two sides mainly met in courtesy and tentatively, and the Japanese side wanted to see how good this figure, who has been called China's next generation of business leaders, could be qualified to take ownership of Mitsubishi Motors, which has a glorious history.

In the hearts of Japanese entrepreneurs, many nouveau riche have emerged in China and India in recent years, and it is obvious that Han Hao is one of them. Compared with Mitsubishi, a consortium with a history of more than 100 years, the Zhonghua Group, which has a history of only 10 years, is not a very upstart in their eyes.

Ten years ago, it was a fantasy for Han Hao to meet the two Mitsubishi presidents, but now he has the qualifications to be on an equal footing with each other.

has talked and laughed with many heads of state, Han Hao naturally will not have stage fright, and also shows the demeanor of China's new generation of business elites.

This is also the essence of modern society, where everyone compares not with origin and history, but with current abilities and achievements.

In the process of watching the geisha performance prepared by the Japanese side, whether it is the history of cultural exchanges between China and Japan, or the discussion of tea culture, and even on today's international hot issues, Han Hao has expressed his views quite insightfully.

It shows that the biggest difference between him and the older generation of Chinese entrepreneurs is that in addition to basing himself on Chinese culture, he is a Chinese entrepreneur leader with an international vision.

Regardless of other things, at least Han Hao's performance has won him the respect of the Japanese personnel.

The two sides verbally reached a willingness to further strengthen cooperation, and in the eyes of Mitsubishi, Han Hao is indeed qualified to be their partner.

In response to Han Hao's insistent request to control Mitsubishi Motors, the two presidents also said after a brief discussion that the matter could be discussed, and it would depend on what good price Zhonghua Group could give.

Since it was sold to the Germans once, there will not be much pressure to sell it to the Chinese again.

With such an answer, Han Hao's heart that he was always worried about finally let go, that is, Zhonghua Group has the opportunity to acquire Mitsubishi Motors.

It's rare to go to Japan, Han Hao, who is in a good mood, wanted to visit Suzuki Shu, the head of Suzuki Motors, no matter how the two sides competed in the micro-car market, but personally Han Hao was still very grateful to the other party for helping Zhonghua Group back then.

The public is public, the private is private, and the frank separation is what a gentleman does.

However, his request was politely rejected by Suzuki due to ill health, and the other party probably did not want to meet the head of the company, which has become Suzuki's biggest enemy.

Zhonghua Group has launched a fierce battle with Suzuki in the two major fields of motorcycles and micro-cars. After gaining an advantage in the Chinese market, it is now sneaking into the Indian market, which Suzuki values the most, and Suzuki's car sales fell after Huaxia Hongguang and Huaxia Light landed in India, which made Suzuki very dissatisfied.

If it loses out in China and India, Suzuki's future will be bleak.

The number of courtesies has arrived, and the other party does not appreciate it, Han Hao can understand it.

After communicating with Mitsubishi, both sides reached a consensus on cooperation, and it is not ruled out that further cooperation will be deepened in the future. In particular, Mitsubishi offered to transfer the technology of the old Pajero model, which was a very good greeting gift.

If all goes well, Han Hao will immediately take over the 12.4% stake in Mitsubishi Motors, which is controlled by Goldman Sachs, and announced that he and Mitsubishi Motors will soon carry out a deeper cooperation.

He has notified Goldman Sachs to send someone to Jiangzhou to negotiate and prepare to pay $650 million for the delivery of Mitsubishi Motors' equity at a premium of 15%.

On the plane that had just taken off and returned home, Han Hao once again had a bird's-eye view of the large urban agglomeration below, this time without the shock of ten years ago. During his visit to Japan, he found that the cityscape was similar to that of a decade ago, with the only difference being the changes in the cars on the road and the mobile phones in the hands of pedestrians.

On the contrary, every time he flew over a big city in China, he would always find that different new buildings and new urban areas appeared, which brought him unexpected surprises everywhere.

This shows that China's economy is indeed developing rapidly, and the whole country is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Closing his eyes and retracting his thoughts, Han Hao focused on the upcoming meeting with Goldman Sachs. Unexpectedly, as soon as his private jet landed in Jiangzhou, he received unexpected news.