Chapter 435: "Radiance"
"This is the car! It was perfect! "Just at first glance, Bill. Ford liked the look of the car in the photo: it has the style of its own company's F-series pickups, or rather, it is simply the same as the style of its own company's F-series pickups! It's just that the style of this pickup is rougher, more masculine, and more stylish.
But Bill. Ford has to admit that the pickup truck designed by the Alice Group, both in terms of interior and appearance, is much better than the design of its own company's F series pickup trucks, and it is like an upgraded model of its own company's pickup truck. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't know that there was no such research plan in his company, Bill. Ford almost wondered if the Alice Group had stolen his company's blueprints.
Uh, that's actually the future version of their F-Series pickup, poor Bill. Ford didn't know it yet, and still admired the design strength of the Alice Group to such a strong point.
"How long will it take to see a prototype?" Bill. Ford was a little anxious. For such a pickup, he is very confident that it will definitely be able to achieve quite good results in the American market.
"It will take two months at the earliest," Alice didn't say too much to be on the safe side, who could guarantee that old Andre would be able to get this pickup truck in two months? "Well, though, the main works are nearing completion, and it won't take more than four months at most."
Won't it be more than four months? Hearing Alice say that, Bill. Ford finally put his mind at ease: four months is not a long time, maybe the negotiations between its Ford company and the Alice Group on the introduction of the Alice Group "Kirin" series of cars have not yet ended, and this car has already come out.
Bill. Ford was right, indeed, in such a wide range of ways. Before such a large-scale cooperation plan, it is possible for the two sides to negotiate for half a year or even a year, two or three years or even two or three years, and even more extreme four or five years are not impossible. Four months to bring this negotiation to a successful conclusion is already the most optimistic estimate of the situation.
"When we negotiated," reluctantly handed the photo back to Alice. Bill. Ford always felt a little unsteady in his heart, and after thinking about it, he finally couldn't help but add, "Can you also join the negotiation of this pickup truck that you named 'Radiance'?" ”
What? Happiness came too suddenly. So much so that Zhang Lan was a little stupid.
Not only Zhang Lan was stupid, in Bill. In front of Ford's words, even Alice and Xiao Chenxi, who have always been known for their super psychological endurance, are a little stupid: this guy is so confident that this pickup truck can succeed in the American market? Even made him so confident that he decided to introduce it when he only saw the pictures and had not seen the real car?
The three siblings looked at each other: Is this a bit too exaggerated? There's nothing wrong with this guy's head, right?
Zhang Lan and the three of them were in a daze. In Bill. In Ford's eyes, it was automatically interpreted by this unlucky child as a price increase that Alice and the others wanted, and he couldn't help but smile wryly at the three of them, "I said Miss Alice, I also took a big risk to introduce a car that only saw the photos and didn't even see what it actually looked like, maybe I would be severely criticized by the board of directors for this reckless behavior, so you don't have to increase the price, right?" ”
Zhang Lan, Xiao Chenxi, and Alice glanced at each other. In unison: "Deal!" ”
In and Bill. After Ford reached a verbal intention to cooperate, Bill. Ford immediately reported the harvest of his trip to Ford headquarters in the United States. And reported his proposal to his father: Ford Sr.
"Are you sure there are no problems with any of these cars?" On the other end of the phone, old Ford muttered for a long time. After almost losing patience, Ford finally asked, "As an automotive expert, you have to know that a lot of times the design of a car is something that takes a long time to feel." ”
"I've experienced them all," said Bill, in front of his own majestic, almost old-fashioned father. Ford can only hold back his temperament, "these five cars from the Alice Group." It is indeed a very good car, especially some of the above configurations, which are not even available on the luxury cars sold on the market now. I don't dare to say anything else, but in terms of safety and ride comfort. This car is quite good. ”
"Even so, I can't take too many risks, the Ford Group can't afford much fluctuation now," Old Ford muttered again for a moment, "so be it, you propose it to Miss Alice." We at Ford Group are going to buy 50 cars from their 'Kirin' series, covering all of their ranges. For a detailed evaluation, as long as the cars are as good as you say, then we can start negotiations with the Alice Group about the introduction of their 'Kirin' series models. ”
Bill. Ford silently: What his father said is indeed the truth, perhaps, it is because he is not safe enough now, so his father can not rest assured that the Ford Group will be in his hands.
After all, Jiang is still old and spicy, and Old Ford's method is undoubtedly the safest way, which can avoid unnecessary losses to the greatest extent. It's just that the Ford Group is indeed wealthy, and the total value of the purchase of fifty cars is at least more than $1.8 million, so it made a decision without blinking an eye.
This should be regarded as the largest car export business of domestic automobile companies since its establishment, right?
Although Bill. Ford thinks that those on the board of directors at Ford's headquarters will change their minds and agree with them as soon as they see these cars and experience them once, but at the moment, he is just an ordinary top executive at Ford, and if there is any difference between him and ordinary top management, it is that he is the future successor of the Ford Group.
It's just the future successor, and the meaning of the future successor is that this guy doesn't count what he says now. Although because of his father's decision, Bill. Ford was worried that such a good opportunity would be preempted during the testing period at his company, but he had to do what his father told him to do - although he had just seen General Motors' executive vice president Rainier talking to Alice quietly, but before he got the authorization of the old men at Ford headquarters, he could only watch the guys who seemed to have ambitions for the Alice Group products circle around Alice like flies, and he couldn't do anything.
"No problem, we can understand your company's thinking." For Bill. Ford's question of buying 50 "Kirin" cars for testing, Alice said very much that she can accept it: she is really not afraid of what they are researching, because in order to prevent their technology from being leaked by competitors, any company has its own anti-leakage tricks, and Alice Group is naturally no exception.
"So, Miss Alice, when will these cars be delivered to us?" Now, without going against the wishes of the head office, Bill. Ford's main concern was when the Alice Group would be able to deliver the goods.
"A month, a month should be about the same time," Alice raised her glass and whispered softly to Bill. Ford touched, "We're going to take care of the other customers too." ”
Other customers? Bill. Ford was a little puzzled by Alice's words: What does this mean? It doesn't seem to just mean the average car buyer, right?
The other customers Alice is talking about will certainly not be ordinary car buyers. In fact, after personally experiencing the superior performance and good performance of these Alice cars, and learning about the price of these cars from the staff of Alice Group in detail, many officials who came to participate in the ceremony of the new cars of Alice Group have determined the names of their official cars in the future. As for what to do with the car you use now? It's a very simple problem, it's scrapped in advance, and there are many ways and ways to do it.
And that's just the beginning, and with that start will be a huge influx of car buyers. Here, Zhang Lan should be most grateful to Li Xiushui and Li Mingming, it is the unremitting efforts of the two of them, before the "Kirin" car officially rolled off the production line, the Alice Group "Kirin" series car sales network has spread throughout the land of China, now these two people can proudly say that in addition to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, any province in Chinese mainland has the sales network of Alice Group's "Kirin" series of cars.
Different from the previous domestic car sales model, the "Kirin" car sales model adopts the sales model of 4S stores, when the concept of 4S sales stores integrating car sales, maintenance, accessories and information services was put forward by Zhang Lan, Li Mingliang and Li Xiushui immediately realized the importance of this for Alice Group.
4S shop is a "four-in-one" as the core of the car franchise model, including vehicle sales (Sale), spare parts (Sparepart), after-sales service (Service), information feedback (Survey), etc.
This kind of imported products, which should have been gradually introduced to China from Europe after 1998, because it has established a close production and marketing relationship with various manufacturers, and has a beautiful shopping environment, strong brand awareness, convenient interaction between manufacturers and customers, and fast information feedback. It can deepen the relationship between manufacturers and customers to the greatest extent, and other advantages, after the emergence of this sales model, it immediately swept the entire automobile sales industry, and was imitated by many domestic manufacturers.
When this concept was officially proposed by Zhang Lan in China, Li Mingliang and Li Xiushui had realized the existence of this 4S store, which would inevitably become a rocket booster for the future development of Alice Group.
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