Chapter 231: A Different Way
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"Stefan, be careful about who you are as a guest and don't be rude. β
Giovanne hurriedly smiled: "It's okay, I also don't like to come to Pisa in the summer, either to escape the heat in the Alps, or to go on vacation on the beach on the island." β
Jonas smiled: "I'm done with this, I'll go back to Switzerland first, and then I can take you to FelicitΓ© Island for a vacation." β
The car sent by the Piaggio family to greet Jonas and his party was Fiat's Lancia, which Jonas had never sat in before, and when he got in, he found that it was no worse than the current Mercedes and BMW.
Coming out of Pisa's San Giusto airport, the convoy drove directly to the small town of Pontedeira in the east.
The headquarters of the Piaggio company is located in this small town where the Piaggio family originated.
Because of Piaggio's presence, the economy of this small town has always been good, and everywhere is clean and clean, not as dirty and messy as ordinary Italian cities.
"Jonas, will you go to the hotel first or directly to my uncle's house?"
"I need to go to the hotel to meet Osberg before I go to your uncle's house. β
Giovanne gave the driver in Italian, and the car drove directly into a square in the old town, which was supposed to be the center of Pontedeira, with a cathedral and a three-story Almunia hotel opposite the church.
After receiving the news that Jonas was about to arrive, Osberg and a few of his subordinates waited in the cafΓ© on the first floor of the hotel.
Jonas hugged Osberg intimately and said to Giovanne, "You can have a cup of iced coffee here, I'm in for a treat." Five minutes at most, and I'll be down. β
Giovannay knew that Jonas needed to understand the negotiation process and had something to say to Osberg. "You don't have to worry about us, as long as you don't delay my aunt's lunch. However, it's okay to delay, the Italians are used to being late anyway. β
This self-deprecation made both Suzanne and Stefan laugh, something their siblings often liked to hit Giovanne.
Following Osberg into his room, Jonas asked, "What is the biggest obstacle to signing a cooperation agreement?"
Osberg unhurriedly opened his notebook and invited Jonas to sit down across from him before he said, "I'm not a business manager, so I'm a little vague about some of the concepts. Yamada has a clear understanding of this concept......"
Jonas said, "No, I'm just going to talk to you first and defend your position. Yamada, it's not too late for me to talk to him this afternoon. β
Yamada, a native of Toying sent by Ursula to help Osberg negotiate with Piaggio, was a former executive at Honda Motorcycle and knows the industry well.
Hearing Jonas say this, Osberg, although he still had a straight face, his expression was much more relaxed, and he was obviously very useful.
"The main problem is also concentrated in two aspects, one is that they are only willing to provide a set of technical licensing and technical services for small horsepower motorcycles, and the control of technical licensing is very strict.
And Yamada thinks that they cherish their broomsticks, and many of the technologies they have come up with are not as good as the technologies that Honda and Yamaha have made public. β
"Arrogant and narrow-minded Italians, they simply don't want to open their eyes to the world. What are the other obstacles?"
"They put forward a lot of requirements for appointing personnel to China, not only asking for high travel subsidies, providing three-star hotels and other conditions, and even asking for subsidies for the relatives of technical personnel. β
Jonas wondered: "We are a joint venture company, and they are not harming their own interests by putting forward such conditions?"
"It's probably because of the unions, and it's difficult for the Piaggio family to intervene. β
Jonas nodded and said, "Okay, I got it." At noon, I will discuss these two issues with Saloso, they cannot enjoy the dividends without paying the price, and any unfair cooperation is unacceptable. β
In the face of Piaggio, Jonas is much more confident.
The first is that Piaggio took the initiative to cooperate with Jonas in order to train Giovanne.
Secondly, he is now the majority shareholder of KT, and KT's high-power motorcycle technology is no worse than Piaggio.
Besides, there's a BMW in the back!
Seeing Jonas's confident appearance, Osberg was filled with emotion.
He grew up watching Jonas and treated Jonas as a kid last year. But over the past year or so, Jonas has shocked him too much, and he has grown at an unexpected rate.
The Piaggio family is slightly inferior to the Agnelli family, but in Italy, it is also a strong family.
Sassuolobiaccio, who is now in charge of Piaggio's motorcycle department, is Antonella's cousin, not Giovanne's uncle.
However, his cousin had a good relationship with Antonella, and many of Piaggio's businesses needed the help of the Agnelli family.
At the family meeting, it was agreed without much controversy to work with Jonas and cultivate Giovanne.
The Piaggio factory is in the south of the city, but the Piaggio family lives in the north of the city.
Almost all the Piaggio members, even if their business is now in Pisa, in Naples, they also have a house in their family home.
All the Piaggio families live together and form a small village.
In the middle of the village, there are about a dozen families with houses built next to each other, wide on the outside, facing a circular road, and narrow in the middle, forming an inner circle.
The backyard of each family is connected to a small park, and outsiders can't enter it.
Seeing such a house, Jonas couldn't help but admire the prosperity of the Biaggio family.
When the motorcade drove in, almost all the members of the Piaggio family knew of their arrival, and people from every household came out to see the excitement.
Many children were on the road, going door to door over the wall and over the yard, and they all looked like bear children.
"The Piaggio family now has more than 300 family members, and more than half of them live here. During festivals, it is very lively. β
Stefan asked, "Giovanne, can you know all the relatives?"
Qiao Fanne said embarrassedly: "We might as well change the subject." β
Seeing Giovanne's embarrassment, even Jonas couldn't help but laugh a little.
"Jonas, welcome to the Piaggio family. β
Although it was the first time they met, Sassuolo didn't treat Jonas as just a friend of Giovanne, an ordinary junior.
Austria's stock market investment has made Hoffmann Investment Bank a hot topic in the recent news, and an investment bank with less than 100 people makes billions of dollars a year, surpassing the vast majority of companies in the world.
Except for some oil companies and banks, as well as Dongying's video game company, there are no corporate profits as high.
Piaggio sold more than four million motorcycles last year, but the profit was only tens of millions of dollars.
Sassuolo's body is the same as Jonas, both tall and thin, not burly, but he has a big back like a gambling god and a beard, which looks very imposing.
Jonas saw the lively crowd at his house and smiled and said, "Uncle Sassuolo, your hospitality is too warm. β
Sassuolo laughed. "Ignore those guys and women, they just know that we have good food at home, come and eat and drink. β
Many young girls were pointing at Jonas from a distance, trying to come over and sign autographs, but they were embarrassed.
On the other side, Giovanne has been surrounded by a large group of enthusiastic relatives, and his girlfriend Suzanne has also received the attention of many old people.
Sassuolo's home is not small, but there are more people, and the luncheon he held to welcome Jonas today had at least dozens of relatives come to eat and drink.
However, they also brought their own ingredients or snacks, and Sassuolo did not worry about the lack of food at all.
Jonas and Stefan accompanied Sassuolo and several other family members to a huge olive tree in the backyard garden with a diameter of nearly one meter and a crown of more than thirty square meters.
A makeshift long table filled with all kinds of food.
Jonas and Stefan were treated normally, just gossiping with a few men about football, about women, about vacations.
Giovanne was held like a prisoner by his grandmother, constantly introducing Suzanne to the rest of the family. Jonas turned a blind eye to his plea for help, so he wouldn't spoil the old ladies at this time.
A lunch, from noon to four o'clock in the afternoon, the crowd gradually dispersed. Jonas tried to stir up the topic several times, but Sassuolo diverted from it.
"Coming here for the first time today, we eat, chat, and drink first. We'll talk about business later. Sassuolo said with regret: "If it weren't for the heat today, we would all want to go to the football field with you." β
Two days ago in Germany, today in Italy. Two different meetings, very different feelings, which is also typical of German style and Italian style.
In Germany, no matter how good the relationship is, talk about things first and then play.
But when you arrive in Italy, no matter how big the matter is, you have to talk about feelings first and then talk about business.
Stefan couldn't stand it, this shy guy didn't know how to refuse, and he was a little dizzy after a while at noon.
When he woke up from a nap, the banquet had not yet been withdrawn.
As the sun went down, Jonas thought it was time to get down to business. But after a while, several female members of Piaggio, who were fifty or sixty years old, came to call for someone, and they actually prepared dinner at Giovanne's grandmother's house......
Jonas was convinced.
In the evening, Antonella returned from the aircraft factory in Naples, bringing back her current husband and children.
"Aunt Antonella, I can't stand the Italian enthusiasm!"
Antonella, who is usually dressed as a white bone spirit, laughed at this time: "Jonas, this kind of different life experience, but you will never be able to experience it in Switzerland. β