Han Hao, who came out of the hospital, looked at the information of the "King of Road and Bridge" in his hand, and remembered this name in his heart.

As the saying goes, the golden bridge silver road copper building.

Relying on close political and business relations, this "king of roads and bridges" has accumulated a lot of net worth. Otherwise, with Xiao Qianyu's eyes above the top, she would not be committed to him.

The fact that he was able to beat many competitors and win the right to operate multiple expressways is enough to prove his strength.

"Let's go, the sea rises and falls, and so does life. ”

Closing the information in his hand, Han Hao ordered the bodyguard to drive away.

Xu Hongbing, who was tinkering with new drawings in the AT laboratory, suddenly received a notice asking him to pack his luggage immediately and prepare to go on a business trip abroad.

"So fast, didn't you say that you won't have an eyebrow next month?"

Confused, he asked the administrator who had informed him.

"The situation has changed, remember to grab your passport and we will leave in thirty minutes. ”

The administrative staff received an order to send Xu Hongbing and the others to Hujiang Airport in three and a half hours, where the boss Han Hao was waiting.

As one of the only two automatic transmission companies in the world that is independent of automobile manufacturers, DSI is in trouble, and many R&D talents have begun to lose.

Compared to ZF, another independent benchmark, DSI's life is not as good as it could be.

DSI was a subsidiary of BorgWarner, but it was sold in the 80's and taken over by a British rubber tyre company. In 2002, it was sold to ION to supply 4AT transmissions for Ford and Ssangyong motors.

Ford made a profit of less than $3.5 billion, despite announcing that it had sold 6.4 million vehicles last year. In fact, Ford was already riddled with illness as a large company, and many of its brands were distracted and wasted many useless resources, coupled with the adverse effects of tire recalls and the follow-up of General Motors' promise of high welfare benefits for workers, Ford was exposed to huge losses in 2005. In less than half a year, Ford faced a loss of $4 billion, and that number continues to expand.

As a result, Ford's Australian plant began to reduce its procurement of DSI's 4AT products, which led to sales difficulties.

As for another customer, Ssangyong Automobile, which was acquired by SAIC, the integration has not been smooth, and the demand for DSI's 4AT transmissions has been declining.

Coupled with Australia's too narrow car market, with a total population of just over 20 million, I thought that the Olympics could soar, but I didn't expect the entire country's economy to stagnate after the Olympics, and the annual sales of cars were less than one million.

This made DSI, which is known as the radiation cause of the Commonwealth, based in the local area, unable to sell the 4AT products produced under the deterioration of the general environment, and suddenly fell into an embarrassment.

DSI sent people to China to promote its products, and began to bring this isolated overseas transmission manufacturer brand into the field of vision of Chinese.

In the Chinese market, the 4AT market is basically dominated by Mitsubishi and its ally JATCO, and if you want to buy Mitsubishi's mature 4G series engines, you must bundle JATCO's 4AT products.

As a result, DSI has not achieved the desired breakthrough in China.

Instead, when the news of DSI's mismanagement reached China, it triggered another wave of negative reactions.

First of all, after Chery learned of this situation, he immediately quietly sent people to Australia to offer high salaries to grab people, and poached outstanding transmission talents to work on their own transmission projects.

Zhonghua Group has come up with its own CVT products, and Chery, which has always been self-reliant, certainly does not want to lag behind. The automatic transmission market is the next wave of growth that can be foreseen, and Chery is planning ahead of the rainy day.

It is said that Chery has persuaded one of DSI's R&D teams to switch jobs as a whole, which will add fuel to its CVT R&D team.

As for the Chunghwa Group, after making CVT products, there is another path to climb in the AT aspect. A few days ago, I completed a prototype of a 3AT and am planning to march to a 4AT.

Now that he suddenly heard that DSI, which has mature 4AT products and has completed the research and development of 6AT, is in trouble, Han Hao will certainly not let go of such a good opportunity.

You must know that just swallowed ZF's CVT business, Zhonghua Group has tasted the sweetness. Although ZF considers its CVT business to be a chicken rib, it is a treasure trove of technology for Chinese who are just starting out.

"Your arsenic, my medicine!"

After receiving the information of ZF CVT, as the chief designer of the Zhonghua CVT project, Xia Cheng said excitedly after a cursory look at the catalog.

Being able to compete with the Japanese Aisin brand in the AT field for many years is enough to show ZF's technical strength.

At present, there is another good opportunity to fall from the sky, and Han Hao certainly wants to draw a scoop according to the gourd and try to pocket DSI.

In the initial contact with DSI, the other party's intention was to cooperate, that is, to consume the production capacity of 180,000 automatic transmissions in Australia and find a replacement for the declining share of Ford and Ssangyong.

As for the sale of DSI, ION, its current owner, does not seem to have any intention of doing so.

Originally, we had agreed to start talks next month to try to contact the other party about the sale. Unexpectedly, he suddenly received the news that Chery had been digging people in Australia, which made Han Hao unable to sit still, and hurriedly gathered people to kill there.

The most valuable thing of DSI is the group of technical personnel who have developed 4AT and 6AT, followed by the production plant with a scale of 180,000 units.

According to Han Hao's knowledge, in addition to Chery, other foreign auto giants have also started talent poaching in Australia, and DSI has begun to become a talent training base for people to select.

Based on this background, Han Hao had to call Xu Hongbing and other experts in the AT field and hurriedly took his own private jet to Australia. Fortunately, the visa was processed in advance, and everyone can leave with their passports.

The purpose of the visit was to make early contact with DSI regarding the sale. The second is to try to compete for the useful talents lost by DSI and let them join the team of China AT.

Han Hao doesn't want to buy DSI in the future, and it will be just an empty shell, and retaining the R&D team to have the strength to impact 8AT is the most critical consideration.

The flight from Hujiang to Australia takes 12 hours, so it's a long journey.

Xu Hongbing boarded the plane and immediately felt the convenience of being the richest man, the wide sofa can be lowered into a simple single bed, which is much more comfortable than an ordinary passenger plane.

"I didn't think I could have a luxury, and I had an addiction to private jets. If DSI can really be taken into the arms, then Zhonghua Group will really be the first in China. The young boss in front of him is really powerful, and he really took the right step when he defected.

Now after the merger of Tianjin Automobile by FAW, it is said that the development is not good, it belongs to the second class of enterprises, if you continue to stay in the original unit, there is absolutely no day to realize your dream. ”

Lying on the sofa and squinting, Xu Hongbing thought to himself in his heart.

Some time ago, the Zhonghua CVT project won the first prize of China's automobile industry science and technology progress award, and Xia Cheng went to Beijing to receive the award and was widely praised.

It is impossible to say that Xu Hongbing and the AT team members are not blushing, and they are also engaged in automatic transmissions in the same company, and others have not won awards, so they must not be convinced.

After the Zhonghua CVT won the award, the AT project team worked more frequently overtime, and everyone was determined to go to the capital to prove themselves and come back with a grand prize.

As long as you get a 4AT, then you can overpower the CVT. This is everyone's unanimous voice, and even Xu Hongbing is not exempt from vulgarity.

With the experience of acquiring ZF CVT, Han Hao hired a local public relations company to lobby in advance before contacting DSI's major shareholder.

Knowing that some Chinese are planning to invest in the acquisition of DSI, the majority shareholder of ION is not very interested.

"We bought DSI from a long-term perspective, knowing that there are very few companies in the world that can master 4AT and 6AT technology, let alone 8AT R&D planning capabilities. We took over DSI two years ago, but it cost a lot of money, and in the foreseeable future, AT transmissions will become mainstream in the market.

I can tell you that Ford asked us for a quote last year, and we were rejected as well. Although sales are difficult for a while, with the recovery of the global automotive market, it is like we have just negotiated a deal with Chrysler Motors, and I believe that the difficulties will pass.

At least for now, we have no plans to sell DSI, even if the Chinese offer a higher price, we will not consider it for the time being. ”

ION's major shareholders are still very optimistic that DSI has the core technology and will receive large orders once the global automotive market recovers.