"You asked me to come forward and I did it, but I don't understand one thing. In an occasion where there were only two of them, Katia asked her friend, and she could feel in her tone that the question had been on his mind for a long time.

"Please say, there is nothing that cannot be said about our relationship. Lydia's look of surprise flashed, and she immediately said with a smile on her eyebrows, after all, the other party was one of her few friends.

"Then I'll say it!" Katia's tone was a little cautious, and she hesitated and asked, "Actually, now we can complete this matter alone, and after success, transfer these institutions of the General Purpose Group to our name, as for Lin Ye, we don't have to pay attention to it at all, and we can kill him at worst." ”

Lydia froze, her eyes full of surprise, as if she was taken aback by this question, and said in a low voice, "It seems like a good idea, but why are we doing this?

After a moment of silence, he said, "Because of the ownership of these outlets, if you deal with ordinary people, you can make up your mind, but you don't understand, it's not worth it on Lin Ye." This can only be regarded as a small profit, because of the aging of a screw, do I have to sink a nuclear submarine? This is very much more than worth the loss. ”

"How do you know he's a nuclear submarine?" Katya said with Lydia, "If you are soft-hearted and can't do it, we have so many people in Russia who can do this." ”

"That's enough! this belongs to Lin Ye, I'm just doing him a favor. Lydia's tone turned cold, unwilling to continue the question, "I dare not say that I have never been wrong, but I am absolutely right in this matter. What's the difference between doing this kind of thing and those people in Palyalov?"

Lydia's expression directly startled Katia, she had never seen such an expression in the other party. Never!Although it looked terrible on her face, Katia knew that if the topic continued, it could become a huge mistake.

Rick Wagner, CEO of the Motor City in the United States, the headquarters of the General Motors Group, is bent on two things, turning the pen on his own, listening to the latest news from the Russian side. To put it mildly, even the garbage dumps are more lively than these outlets, at least the garbage heaps can attract some flies.

GM's hardline attitude, with the support of its own people, as the opposite, the Russian people will naturally be more hostile to GM, this is normal, this is the consequence of the choice, Rick Wagner made the choice, has expected today's step at the same time.

This choice may seem to be of little benefit, but for a large company like theirs, the gains and losses cannot be calculated based on pure interests, and there is a well-known big business in the United States that has nothing to do with politics? Who can find out? There is no such thing as a big company.

If you ignore Russia's attack because of interests, you may lose more if you swallow your anger, not to mention that Russia's interests are far from making GM make the so-called painful choice, which is a difficult choice question of one plus one equals two.

"Am I happy that Russian auto companies are not interested, or am I sorry for the Russians?" said Rick Wagner's smile with some sarcasm, "Russia is such a big country, all the car market is occupied by foreign companies, and the car companies in my own country have reached this point, and time has changed too many things." ”

In Russia, the number one brand is AvtoVAZ's Lada, which accounts for one-fifth of the market share. However, it should be pointed out that this Lada is no longer Pilate, although it is ostensibly a Russian brand, the official name of the parent company is Renault-Nissan-Volga Group, and Renault is the absolute controlling shareholder.

Renault is a French company, since the end of the Cold War, the French have played the same routine of a hundred years ago, united with Russia to ensure their own security, it cannot be said that the French routine has not changed, even during the existence of the Soviet Union, the French always appeared at critical moments to help the Russians tide over the difficulties.

"Sir, yes, but in addition to our direct competitors, there is another company that has made an offer, which is the Hyundai Group in South Korea. Their offer is the highest. The executive standing at his desk nodded, and then talked about it, "There is also a local Russian person, but not a businessman in the automotive industry. ”

"The Koreans are still not giving up and are ready to make a comeback, are they still quite motivated?" Rick Wagner chuckled, he was no stranger to Korean companies, and it had not been a few years since he cleaned up the Daewoo Group, and the memories did not fade from his mind so quickly.

After defeating a Daewoo Group, naturally other groups came out to take the place of Daewoo Group, and the Koreans still have a certain amount of heart, and under the protection of the government, many companies are still slowly coming to life. Rick Wagner had a hint of appreciation, but he still said, "It's the Hyundai Group, right? Since we received these institutions from the Koreans, we can't give them back, there's no reason for that." You can't let another Korean company grow. ”

The French entered Russia by cooperating with the Russians. South Korea, on the other hand, is second only to the French in terms of price. The actual share of these two countries is much higher than that of German and Japanese cars. The reason why the French and Koreans are not taken seriously is also due to the fact that in the world the cars of these two countries are not strong enough.

French cars are still overwhelmed by German cars, not to mention Korean cars, which are completely low-profile imitations of Japanese cars, and are completely a younger brother all over the world, and can only compete for them in a market with little value like Russia.

However, in the Russian market, Rick Wagner has to admit that GM is the younger brother. This is not only GM, but the other American car giant Ford and GM are a pair of difficult brothers. That's how unfriendly the Russians are to new cars.

In fact, the Russian market is flooded with a large number of used cars imported from Japan or Europe, which are in good condition, cheap, cost-effective, and very low cost of use, which is very suitable for Russia. A used car that has been driven for five years can easily be driven for a few years, and compared to a new car with a high price and a high depreciation rate, used cars have become the favorite of Russians.

"Remember what I said, we don't give any of our competitors a chance to grow up. Whether it is the mighty Volkswagen and Toyota, or Renault and Hyundai, which can only struggle on the periphery, the enemy is not big or small, it is the enemy. Rick Wagner said calmly, "The Koreans don't think about it, even if they give more money, we are not short of money, didn't the Russians you just said mean that they are willing to sign a contract and promise not to sell these institutions to any car companies? ”

Rick Wagner's tone shows the domineering spirit of an American car giant. For GM, the strange market in Russia, where new car sales are only one-fifth of those of used cars, is really not worth paying attention to. If you want to throw it, you won't hesitate. If Lin Ye, who was sweating in the gulag, knew about this, he must have sighed, this is a level gap.

Lin Ye thinks that a lot of wealth is nothing in the eyes of a large enterprise like General Motors. If he knew, he might have diminished the pleasure of digging a pit and watching people fall in.

The subordinates, who had received the CEO's approval, began substantive negotiations with Lydia's side, which raised important questions about how much these GM outlets were worth.

In this regard, Lydia did not let Katia come forward this time, and she couldn't do it herself, so she found an expert with negotiation experience to come to the top, she didn't know that GM was a big company negotiation style, but everyone inevitably had to shop. There are many prices for one commodity, ranging from high to low. As a consumer, you should learn to haggle prices to save money.

These reasons are the same, Lydia doesn't believe that GM Group will violate the laws of the market, can take advantage of losses and reduce losses, the other party will definitely not let go of the opportunity, and what she has to do is to be prepared.

"Uncle Senyan, I want a national price report!" Lydia stood obediently in front of an elder, who said that Uncle Senyan was the head of the Primorsky Economic Security Bureau and a subordinate of his father.

"What do you want this for? Is it homework assigned by the teacher?" Senyan was stunned for a moment, but felt that it was not an important matter, first of all, this kind of information was not confidential, since the boss's daughter wanted it, then it was no problem.

"Uncle Palyalov, I asked an accountant to calculate the value of the data on more than one hundred and forty outlets across the country!" Lydia said to Palyalov over the phone, looking at the information she had obtained from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. GM Daewoo has more than 400 outlets in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, but only about 140 in Russia, which is quite a lot considering the population density of Russia.

After making all preparations and assessments, when the two sides negotiated again, the representative of GM was stunned to find that the opponent he faced this time was not easy to deal with......

"For us, GM Group's outlets are not of much value, and we are not an automobile company that needs to borrow mature outlets to continue to do after-sales, if this is the case, Volkswagen and Toyota are the most suitable next homes. ”