"What?"

"Presidential Suite?"

"Anyone would spend this level of hospitality in Detroit?"

Tony felt a little confused, because since the city declared bankruptcy, not to mention the presidential suites, which have always had a high vacancy rate, even the ordinary hotel industry is about to show signs of being unable to support itself.

Besides, the vast majority of wealthy businessmen such as the Presidential Suite are doing so to go out and put on a show to support themselves, so that their next business actions can be smoothly progressed.

To put it bluntly, it is to spend a lot of money to pretend to be forced in front of others!

Of course, if you pretend to be in a cosmopolitan city like New York, you can forget it. Because there are not celebrities, dignitaries, or wealthy businessmen on Wall Street.

But the problem is, you came to Detroit, a bankrupt city, to stay in a presidential executive suite for $30,000 a night.

Unless this person has so much money that he has nowhere to spend it, or his brain has been kicked by a donkey!

So, after receiving a reminder from President Thomson, Tony, a senior account manager, rushed to the MGM Hotel in just 15 minutes.

When he saw Chen Hao in the room, the 45-year-old white manager suddenly had some delusions.

That is, the Huaguo customer sitting on the sofa is too young!

Coupled with the other party's appearance of being a hanger, Tony quickly classified Chen Hao as the kind of rich second generation of international students who are famous for their sports cars and money.

"Hello, I'm Tony, Senior Account Manager at Citibank. ”

"What type of service do you need me to provide you?" Tony took a deep breath and cautiously probed while bending down to hand Chen Hao the business card.

"Well, hello Tony. ”

"I'm going to be in Detroit for a week or so, and I hope your bank can provide me with some business negotiation and customs export related services. Chen Hao glanced at the white manager in front of him, and replied straight to the point in fluent English.

"Import and export services in terms of business negotiations and customs?"

"So, Mr. Chen came to Detroit this time for trade procurement?"

"Can you take the liberty of asking, what is the industry that Mr. Chen needs to be involved in......" Tony is worthy of being an elite who has worked in Citibank for more than 20 years, and quickly figured out Chen Hao's intentions.

"Detroit is a world-famous automobile city, and I naturally came here because of the local automotive industry. ”

"I'll tell you the truth! I plan to purchase a batch of automobile production equipment, package it and ship it back to China for self-production. Chen Hao waved his hand and said indifferently.

"What? Buy car production equipment?"

"Build cars?"

"Is the rich second generation so good at playing these days? Sports cars and famous watches can't satisfy them, so he actually wants to build his own car to play?"

Tony was stunned for a moment, and while there were many thoughts in his mind, he immediately replied with an embarrassed smile on his face: "Mr. Chen, you may not know much about the automobile-related industry, and there are some export bans between China and China. ”

"If you are an ordinary spare parts production facility, you are planning to produce your own brand of cars. This involves the manufacture of precision equipment such as engines, not to mention being transported to the customs office, and once it is reported to the commerce department, the foreign trade agreement will be immediately stopped. ”

Tony squeezed out a helpless expression, and by the way, from a tablet he carried with him, he read out some export bans for design automobile-related industries to show Chen Hao.

"Manager Tony, you may have misinterpreted me. ”

"I'm not trying to buy the most advanced equipment for car manufacturing, just the old equipment and production lines that are several generations behind. ”

"I suppose that in Detroit, the city of automobiles, there should always be a number of production lines that are about to be phased out, right?" Chen Hao smiled slightly, and opened his mouth to dispel the other party's doubts.

"What?"

"Don't buy new equipment, buy old obsolete equipment?"

"This young man from China...... He's not going to know anything about the automotive industry, is he?" The muscles on Tony's face twitched violently, and he felt that the person sitting in front of him was not a rich businessman at all, but an out-and-out loser!

You must know that the technology of the automobile manufacturing industry, like smartphones, has the problem of updating and iterating.

Although the time for car technology to update is not as terrifying as the annual blood change like smartphones. However, every few years, the appearance of new cars on the streets shows a noticeable change in appearance.

For example, in the early years, cars running on the street were all with round headlights. The light emitted by the headlights is also a dim yellow color.

That's based on halogen headlight technology invented in the 70s of the last century.

But within a few decades, the dull yellow halogen headlights were quickly phased out and replaced with a batch of brighter xenon headlights with better power conversion efficiency.

Within a few years, xenon headlights were also eliminated, and the latest LED headlights were launched!

Now you go to the streets at night to see, but all the new cars, which ones don't emit LED incandescent lights. Only some old cars that are old will continue to use yellowish xenon and halogen headlights.

Of course, this is just a technical iteration of the headlights.

For example, the shape of the car has become more and more beautiful in recent years, and the lines of the car have become more and more angular. This is also the reason why automakers tend to spend a lot of money to upgrade their production lines.

According to the current industry standard, about every 5 years, a complete set of automobile production lines will be upgraded in all aspects.

But the problem is that Chen Hao actually opened his mouth to buy that old car production line!

If you buy it back and create a model from more than ten years ago, let alone make consumers accept it.

Even some environmental protection standards for exhaust emissions, as well as the safety performance of automobile collision avoidance, may not be able to pass the listing inspection, right?

Such a cheating practice, not to mention that Tony has never heard of it.

Even the black uncles of Africa, who are still in the state of pure import of automobiles, may not be willing to buy this old-fashioned production line!

"That...... Mr. Chan...... Can you tell me about the specific age requirements for these production lines?"

"If there is no embargo clause, or we at Citibank can still help you operate it on the side of the Ministry of Commerce. Tony wiped the sweat from his head, and glanced at Chen Hao a few times like he looked at the fat sheep sent to the door to be slaughtered.

Isn't it a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered?

For those old production lines, the major automakers have sharpened their heads and desperately sold them at discounts. That's it, I can't find the next home to take over.

Chen Hao wants to buy this kind of second-hand old goods with this mouth, and the profit margin that can be operated there is too considerable!

In addition, Detroit, the former automobile city, is in danger of bankruptcy and reorganization. Many car suppliers are clamoring for equipment to be sold.

At this time, if they enter the market and buy the bottom, then their Citibank will not make a lot of money?

You know, Citibank is more than just a bank. Citigroup, the company behind the bank, is a real large-scale business institution.

Whether it's a four-wheeled one running on the ground or a winged one flying in the sky, as long as the customer's money is in place, Citigroup can even buy you a launch vehicle to Mars!

Therefore, when he heard that Chen Hao was going to buy a large number of second-hand obsolete equipment, Tony felt that his performance commission in recent months was definitely down.