Ford in the midst of the crisis also showed the efficiency that is unique to the Americans.

Pi Wei also received contact from Ford Motor again, and flew to the United States with Guan Weidong for another negotiation.

This time, the subject of the negotiations is engine technology, and it seems that the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover will still need to be tossed for a while.

Before leaving, Guan Weidong and Jiang Hui reported the corresponding situation again.

"Mr. Jiang, at present, our offer price is 180 million US dollars, and Ford hopes to make a deal at a price of 240 million US dollars, that is, 80 million US dollars each for engine technology and production line of each displacement.

"Have you made it clear to them that we need them to work together to dismantle, transport and install the production line, and to complete the training of our factory staff?"

For Guanghui Automobile, although a group of employees have been recruited, it still needs Ford's help to build and put the engine line into operation.

"All of them have been raised, but Ford said that they are only responsible for assistance, and we are responsible for the corresponding transportation costs, personnel travel expenses, etc."

"That's no problem, we can even hire some employees from their engine factory to work in our factory, anyway, the production line is sold to us, and they will definitely lay off a group of employees."

"I don't think it's a big problem, the U.S. auto industry is now in a recession, especially the three major U.S. auto giants, one is worse than the other, as long as we don't move people's core technical personnel, there is no problem with how many people we want."

"Well, in the early stage of the construction of the engine plant, it is also beneficial to hire more experts to come and guide our employees, and it will be regarded as paying tuition."

"So what is our bottom line? 180 million dollars is estimated to be unacceptable to Ford, but 240 million is a bit expensive again. You know, a few months ago, the whole of Aston Martin sold for more than $400 million."

"We can add 20 million or 30 million, but ask them to give more support in terms of personnel training."

"Okay, then I understand, if there is any situation, I will contact you when I encounter any problems."

"Well, you see the opportunity to act, negotiate the agreement as soon as possible, our factory has already begun to build, and after signing the agreement, recruiting good personnel, and then arranging training, it is almost time for our new model to make prototypes, and then the factory is almost ready to be built."

Jiang Hui didn't want Wei Dong and Pi Wei to drag out the negotiations for too long for the difference in quotations of one or two million.

Although it is estimated that Ford will also reduce the price if it is delayed, sometimes time is money, and Jiang Hui really doesn't want Guanghui Automobile to continue to drag on.

A car's gearbox, body parts, air conditioning, headlights, wiring harnesses and so on can be purchased, but the engine is best to make your own.

Looking at the world, none of the truly developed car companies use other people's engines.

"The heart of the car", the nickname of the engine is not called in vain, if the heart is not its own, then what else is there to do?

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Dearborn, Michigan, USA.

Dearborn is a city in the southeastern state of Michigan, United States. On the banks of the Rouge River, one of the satellite cities in the western suburbs of Detroit.

The population of this city is only a little hundred thousand, which is a ...... compared to the crowded cities of the Celestial Empire

In fact, in 1900 this place was a small village with only 844 inhabitants. It was only developed after the headquarters of the Ford Motor Company was moved from Detroit in 1917 and the city was established in 1927.

It is now a famous automobile industry city, and there are aircraft parts, metal products and other industries.

Dearborn is home to Ford's Red River plant, which was founded by Henry Ford to make parts for the Ford Model T, and is the birthplace of the famous Ford Mustang.

Now the plant produces Ford F150 trucks. At one time, the plant employed 120,000 people to complete the production of everything from iron ore to the final automotive product.

Now, however, due to Ford's poor performance in recent years, the city has also revealed a sense of decadence.

When Guan Weidong and Pi Wei got off the plane, they rented two Land Rover Discoverers and came to Dearborn.

The United States claims to be a country on wheels, and this is not a nonsense.

It is said that the Empire of Heaven and Earth is vast and rich, regardless of whether it is true or not, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, basically except for a few western provinces, there must be no place that meets the requirements.

But the United States is different, the land area seems to be about the same as that of the Celestial Empire, but a lot of people's land is suitable for human habitation.

In addition, the population of the Celestial Empire is five or six times that of other people, and basically the population density of the Celestial Empire in most places can reach more than ten times that of the United States.

In this case, if you don't have a car, it's basically impossible to move an inch.

So basically in the United States, adults in the United States have their own cars, and it is very common for each family to have more than one car.

"Every time I come to the United States, I don't feel like anything has changed, it's completely different from China," Guan Weidong said with some emotion.

"Yes, big cities in China such as Wuyang and Shenzhen are really changing with each passing day, if you don't go for a few years, it will be completely different."

"People developed early, and the standard of living fifty or sixty years ago caught up with our domestic now, and it is impossible to continue to develop at such a high speed, otherwise what else will happen to other countries?"

A few people chatted, and soon arrived at the hotel where they were staying.

Ford Motor already has staff waiting for the Korn Ferry delegation at the hotel.

Looking at the Ford employees waiting for them in the hotel lobby, Guan Weidong and Pi Wei glanced at each other and showed a knowing smile.

It seems that this negotiation is very dramatic.

"Mr. Pi, Mr. Guan, thank you for your hard work, I have booked the room for you, you can have a good night's rest, reverse the jet lag, and then we will start the meeting tomorrow morning."

The man Ford sent was a young girl from the legal department named Lilith.

"Okay, we'll be at Ford headquarters by nine o'clock tomorrow."

Guan Weidong and Lilith confirmed the arrangements for the next day and went to check in.

Dearborn is not a big city, but thanks to the location of Ford's headquarters, there are a few good hotels in the city.

After all, suppliers, advertisers and other personnel from all over the country and around the world come to Ford's headquarters every day to negotiate business, bringing a lot of people to the small market.

"Let's go back and have a good rest, recuperate our spirits, and the negotiation will go according to what was discussed in China, and there will be no meeting tonight."

After Guan Weidong finished talking to everyone, they went back to their rooms to rest, dinner is a buffet, everyone can grasp the time to eat.

(End of chapter)