Chapter 1255: Out-of-gas England is not as good as the popular ......
As early as after Li Fanyu proposed to Gerald to buy Rolls-Royce, he already had a plan in his heart.
For Rolls-Royce, Li Fanyu is interested in the accumulation and system of the brand, rather than the profitability of the brand itself.
Of course, Rolls-Royce also bought it to generate profits. But Li Fanyu wants Zhengxin to integrate the experience of this century-old brand and absorb the aspects that Zhengxin lacks in the rapid development.
In this way, it is very necessary for the brand to operate independently and maintain the original development path for a period of time.
For the development of Rolls-Royce itself, Li Fanyu is actually not prepared to intervene too much. At most, while absorbing the brand's experience, service system, and technology accumulation, some of Zhengxin's technologies will be injected, so that this brand with a declining trend of Yijikang will have a new entry point in the field of technology.
But for the British car industry, his thinking is much more complicated.
The current automobile industry in the UK has been completely reduced to the point of having branches and leaves but no roots. Only relying on the Rolls-Royce brand to breathe a sigh of relief, but its domestic auto spare parts industry has been lost to the whole country and has become a dispensable part of the EU system.
This is different from China, although China's automobile industry is a little low-end, but China has a complete set of industrial systems. As long as there is a design, you can still do anything by gritting your teeth.
However, at present, Rolls-Royce's spare supply is generally dependent on Germany, France and Italy. To put it bluntly, Britain can still design cars with the heritage of an old car powerhouse.
In the field of cutting-edge manufacturing, British industry also has a certain position in the European Union. They have a world-renowned shipbuilding industry and are probably the best aero engine manufacturer in the world.
But if you don't rely on other countries to produce cars independently, you're sorry – you can't do it.
Under such circumstances, Li Fanyu could only think of pulling those spare parts supply factories in Tiancheng Automobile Industrial Park after the acquisition of Rolls-Royce.
The establishment of a place similar to the Amagi Industrial Park in the UK will be of great help and convenience to Zhengxin's future development in Europe and the competition with other powerful car companies.
Once such a park is completed, it must also be developed, and it is not possible to only do business without accepting other transactions. Having this base camp has undoubtedly lowered the entry threshold for local British car brands and created a blessing for some emerging auto companies with limited strength and scale.
Needless to say, it is necessary for car companies to go abroad to develop with their little brother of zero suppliers.
In addition to the idea of building an industrial park in the United Kingdom, Li Fanyu also wanted to open a branch of Zhengxin's R&D center in the British Empire.
Zhengxin has always been working hard in the Chinese market, and the cars developed by Zhengxin are generally based on China as the main target market, except for the X-CAR, which is based on the competition and aimed at the international market.
But the problem is that with the current development trend of Zhengxin, it must be a global automobile company. Therefore, Zhengxin's R&D strength also needs to master the experience of different regions and different markets.
Prior to this, Zhengxin R&D Center has set up a research institute in the North American branch.
Now, Zhengxin has come to Europe, where the automobile industry and technology are highly developed, and it is inevitable to take advantage of this opportunity to make a talent reserve for the future.
For this purpose, Li Fanyu doesn't mind letting Zhengxin's new generation of engineers take over some work in the UK, and use other car companies as guinea pigs to practice their fists.
The automobile industrial park, together with the automobile R&D center, has basically moved all the models of Zhengxin.
But I didn't think about it, after hearing this, the officials of the Ministry of Industry had a disgusted expression on their faces.
"It's nothing more than an industrial park and a research institute. Compared to you, we have the best universities in the world, and we have the best engine manufacturers in the world. Just gather some enterprises, unite a few universities, and what you say is easy to do. If it were so simple to revitalize the automobile industry in England, then we ourselves would have done it a long time ago. What else do you need to do with all your nonsense?"
Seeing that the leader, a counselor of the Ministry of Industry named John looked contemptuous, and Li Fanyu's heart burst into flames.
The arrogance of the British Empire, he has learned enough today!
Feeling the other party's undisguised contempt for him, Li Fanyu decided to let the British recognize the status quo.
He got up directly, stopped Li Kai, who was about to speak, and said in front of him: "Sometimes, the same way does not mean that the solution is the same. The success or failure and outcome of many things are divided into who did it and what purpose was used to do it.
To put it mildly, the same is to build a railway, a hundred years ago the British Empire went to the Qing Dynasty to build it, but it was not completed. But guess what? At present, 60 percent of the high-speed rail in the UK is built by China. ”
The faces of the officials of the Ministry of Industry present were all white!
The arrogance of the British Empire comes from its incomparably glorious past. Comparing the past with the present is really congested for these people who have just emptied their eyes.
Li Fanyu looked at everyone's expressions in his eyes, and sneered in his heart.
Afraid of messing up the first contact, he didn't say anything.
"Ka Zhongtang, what are you talking about?" "Back to Lafayette, foreigners are coming to build a railway for us." "Where does the money come from?" "The foreigners brought the big four banks. "What do foreigners want?" "Foreigners demand trade with five mouths." "Are there any additional conditions?" "Foreigners demand free entry, and the treaty port opens Chinatown,"
In particular, he wanted to ask if Elizabeth and Cameron had said that when they talked about China Railway's entry into the UK.
But even if he didn't say anything, Li Fanyu's words were hard enough.
Things have come to this point, and if you don't rush to fight together, you have to ease up.
Several industrial officials snorted coldly, got up and left their seats.
Seeing this, the negotiators of Gerald and Wicks also took a deep look at Li Fanyu and followed out the door.
Seeing that these lords had all gone out, Li Kai wiped the cold sweat on his head. He smiled bitterly at Li Fanyu and spit out a groove in Chinese: "Li Dong, I don't think you want to see this business negotiated at all!
Li Fan smiled foolishly, "If the small tree is not repaired, it will not slip straight, and if people do not repair it, it will be fine." If you don't hurry up with this group of uncles, you will set rules for them at the beginning, and you will get used to the bears in the future, so what else will there be? Remember, Xiao Kaikai, in this society, only those who have money and strength have the right to speak.
I have to make the gentlemen of the British Empire understand that an outdated star is not as good as a popular chicken. ”
Li Kai rolled his eyes.
"Where the fuck do you look like a chairman, bastard!"
Seeing Li Fanyu talking seriously in front of several Rolls-Royce shareholders, he scolded fiercely in his heart.