Chapter 601 It's not bad for money, buy buy buy
"You'd never guess who I met at the auto show......"
During the call that night, Old Man Xie was very excited, and Chen Geng laughed: "Who did you meet?" Did you meet the President of the United States or the Secretary General of the United Nations? ”
Regarding Chen Geng's jokes, Old Man Xie ignored them at all, and shouted excitedly: "It's not the President of the United States, it's not the Secretary-General of the United Nations, it's the Wallenberg family!" Do you know the people of the Wallenberg family? It is the majority shareholder of Wärtsilä......"
"Really?" Chen Geng was also frightened by Old Man Xie's words: "You really met someone from the Wallenberg family?" How could it be such a coincidence? ”
Chen Geng, who has lived in Europe for many years, has a much deeper understanding of the Wallenberg family than the vast majority of Chinese people, some people say that the Wallenberg family is the top European family after the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, Chen Geng has no opinion on this ranking, and the level he is at makes him unable to access this level at all, but one thing is certain, the Wallenberg family is definitely one of the top families in the world, When the Wallenberg family decided to sell Saab's Saab to the Americans, Chen Geng was extremely suffocated: another little cabbage was arched by an American pig!
But he never expected that Mr. Xie would actually meet people from the Wallenberg family during the exhibition in Tokyo. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Yes, that's what a coincidence, I'll tell you, I had just sold a Gil car, and I was wondering if I was dreaming just now, and that guy named Bill Wallenberg came......"
"Wait a minute!" Chen Geng was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "What do you say is that person's name?" ”
"Peter Wallenberg," Chen Geng's tone surprised Old Man Xie, and he realized that the owner of this name was absolutely unusual, and asked cautiously, "Is there anything wrong with this name?" ”
"There's nothing wrong," Chen Geng smiled bitterly, not knowing whether to admire Old Man Xie's good luck or sigh: "If what I know is correct, in the Wallenberg family, there is only one person who looks about 50 years old and is called Peter Wallenberg?" ”
"Who is it?" Old Man Xie subconsciously slowed down his breathing: "Isn't it an important member of the Wallenberg family?" ”
"Yes, very important, the current patriarch of the Wallenberg family is called Peter Wallenberg," after a pause, Chen Geng added again: "In addition, he should be about 60 this year." ”
“……”
Old Man Xie was stunned: the one who came into contact with him turned out to be the current patriarch of the Wallenberg family? No wonder the pomp and aura are so powerful!
As for a person about 60 years old who looks like 50 years old, Mr. Xie doesn't think it's anything strange: like this kind of person with a good quality of life, he must pay great attention to physical exercise and maintenance on weekdays, and the conditions in this regard must be the top, not to mention that 60-year-old people look like they are about 50, and it is not impossible for those who are well-maintained to look like they are in their 40s.
"That's a ...... Tsk...... "Old man Xie smacked his lips, and he didn't know what he should say.
"By the way, he seems very happy to hear that our company has cooperated with Wärtsilä." Suddenly remembering a detail, Old Man Xie hurriedly said.
"And what's going on?" Chen Geng was stunned for a moment, paused, and then said, "Well, it's a good thing." ”
"What? You don't seem to be very excited? ”
"It's not that I'm not excited, it can only show that the Wallenberg family thinks that the Chinese market has great potential for development and is starting to be optimistic about the future of our country, but it's a good thing anyway, isn't it?"
"......" After thinking about it carefully, Old Man Xie had to admit that Chen Geng's words did have some truth: "But although that is the case, it is ......"
"I know that people are willing to cooperate with us, and it is also good for us, cooperation is always a matter that is beneficial to both parties, but with your news, we will have to adjust the way we negotiate with Wärtsilä."
"Well, I think so too," Speaking of this, Old Man Xie's expression became serious: "I'm also thinking about this issue, our plan was a little conservative and cautious before, in this case, can we take a bigger step?" ”
"You can try, even if we don't succeed, we won't have anything to lose, but if we succeed, the benefits will be too many."
"Hah...... That's right, that's what it means," Mr. Xie laughed: "By the way, let me tell you, there are a lot of interesting things at this Tokyo Motor Show, especially the two cars of the Big Dipper and the Swift that we helped Suzuki Motors to make, which caused quite a stir at this auto show, and the guy Suzuki Shu also came over to say a lot of thank you to me, I guess, according to this trend, maybe we can set up a design department to undertake the design work externally- It's really profitable to design this thing, and it's all a solid dollar. ”
"You pull it," Chen Geng refused without hesitation: "Just kidding, are you trying to exhaust me?" ”
"Hahahaha......"
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When Chen Geng was smiling very happily, the employees of Toyota Motor Headquarters were eager to wrap a down jacket on their feet, so as not to make any noise from their feet - the bigwigs in the club had been in the conference room for a whole day, and Amaterasu was on top! Don't they need to eat, they don't need to go to the toilet?
The company has a big problem!
This became the consensus of everyone, and the roof of the headquarters of Toyota Corporation was covered with clouds and lightning and thunder, and everyone not only walked with their legs between their legs, but also looked up at the ceiling -- the conference room, a symbol of power, was above everyone's heads......
"So, can we find the Chinese and buy this design of theirs?" In the thick smoke, someone suddenly made this suggestion: "If we can buy the design of the Chinese, then the problem is no longer a problem, right?" ”
It's Tai Nakamura!
That's right!
As soon as this suggestion was put forward, after just vetoing a series of despicable and shameless means such as threats, intimidation, rumors, and public opinion pressure, this proposal made everyone's eyes shine: if none of the glorious means are effective, then why not try to buy it directly?
"But...... Will the Chinese sell? It's not that no one questioned: "This kind of design is something that can be met but not sought, and there are only a handful of designers in the world who can make this kind of top-notch design......
"How do you know if you don't try it? Anyway, there is nothing to lose if you try, and you won't waste much time," Shuichi Shiraishi, the head of the sales department, who had long been fed up with this long and boring meeting, immediately retorted: "Although it costs a little money, you can solve all the problems once and for all, leave no trouble, and you won't be left ...... beak."
"But that's not a matter of a little money," said the head of the Materials Division, who jumped up this spring: "This Runhua Industry is a motor vehicle company with an annual output of 20,000 cars and 2 million motorcycles, and there are many other industries, and a little money is absolutely impossible to impress them......
"Then give them something in addition to money, there is always something they want," Eiji Toyoda, who had not spoken much, spoke: "Money is not a problem, gentlemen, please remember, as long as money can solve the problem, don't use some dishonorable means, that design, how about we give 5 million dollars?" If $5 million isn't enough, add it all the way, 8 million...... 10 million ...... There will always be a time when the other party is excited. ”
"But...... $10 million is too expensive......" someone muttered quietly.
"Really?" Eiji Toyoda didn't lift his eyelids: "But how much did we spend on the design for the Lexus?" The result? ”
No one speaks anymore, and in order to talk about the Lexusls400 as a hit, Toyota spent no less than $40 million on the exterior and interior design alone, but what is the result of spending $40 million? Just look at the design of the Chinese, the gap is very large!
If you can really buy that design of the Chinese for $10 million, Toyota will definitely earn it!
"The words of the two seniors are very correct," Toyota's current president Tatsuro Toyoda also spoke: "Toyota is a world-class large company, we have to do things with reasonable and legal things, some words are a little frustrating, but I still want to remind you that the characteristics of the island country are destined to be a little weak when designing majestic products, but the country opposite has no worries about this, if we take advantage of this opportunity, maybe the other party can become our special design company, Didn't they have two designs for the old guy Osamu Suzuki? ”
"They also agreed to provide a design for the German Wolfsburg car." Yasushi Nakamura immediately added.
That's right!
Runhua Industrial licensed its Big Dipper family minicar to Suzuki Motors Everyone knows, Runhua Industrial helped Suzuki Motors design the small car called Swift has appeared as a concept car on Suzuki's booth, Runhua Industrial also promised to help Wolfsburg design a car, in this case, then as long as the price is high enough, let the Chinese sell their concept car to Toyota is not without a chance!
A group of guys who are about to be suffocated have bright and scary eyes: if we can really buy this design, we won't use the current design of LS400, and directly use this new design! (To be continued.) )