Chapter 473: Repeated setbacks
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"Hello sir, do you need any help?" Seeing the three of Karima standing in front of their company's booth and looking forward frequently, the staff of AVL greeted politely.
"Wow...... What a passion. The subordinates who have almost never been treated like this by "respected" whites are flattered: big companies are big companies, and their quality is really high.
"Hello sir," Karima also stammered a little, standing in front of such a tall booth of AVL, he subconsciously felt a little ashamed: "That's right, AVL is the most famous engine company in the world, we hope to get AVL's help to help us design an engine." β
"Of course, no problem, it's our job," the AVL staff nodded and asked, "I don't know what kind of requirements you have?" β
Karima, who is not a science and engineering major, actually doesn't know what kind of engine Zambia needs, he said weakly: "Sir, that's the case, we are employees of the Zambian government, and we plan to build a Zambian car factory, so ......"
Zambia? Does the country have the most basic industrial base to produce a car? The AVL staff's face began to look a little unpleasant, and he felt that the other party was here to entertain him. Interrupting Karima's words, he asked with a smile, "Sir, do you know what it means to produce a car?" There are more than 10,000 parts on a car, and hundreds of supporting enterprises are needed, but this does not mean that there are hundreds of enterprises, unless the annual production capacity of the whole machine factory is more than 1 million, there is no way to feed so many supporting enterprises, do you know what this means? This means that these supporting companies not only provide spare parts for the automobile factory you are talking about, but also provide products for other complete machine factories......"
Speaking of this, he looked at Karima with a mocking expression: "Or it is okay if the production capacity of all the complete machine factories in Zambia is so large." β
Under the stupid gaze of the AVL staff, Karima and his two entourages almost fled in embarrassment: 1 million cars a year? What Karima wants to build for Zambia is just a car factory with an annual production capacity of about 5,000 cars, and if Zambia can produce 1 million cars a year, Zambia will not be ranked among the poorest countries in the world.
"Bauer, it's boring to be idle anyway, why don't you talk to that a little longer? Maybe that will have a big order in his hand, and if you get it, you will make a lot of money. As soon as Karima left, his colleagues on the side sneered.
"A from Zambia will have a big order in his hands? Wittman, what are you kidding? Bauer's eyes widened: "Wouldn't it be nice for me to have a cup of coffee when I'm idle and bored?" Why waste time on a? β
"Hahaha...... That's right. The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time: Zambia? What the hell is that? Is there something you have the right to covet an engine?
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"Old Shen, you're back so soon?" Looking at Shen Jinrong, who came back in less than half an hour, Chen Geng was a little surprised.
"Don't mention it," Shen Jinrong smiled bitterly and said, "I went to visit a few complete machine factories, and they either rejected me with existing tire partners, or directly said that they did not consider Chinese tire manufacturers." β
"How is that possible?" Chen Geng was surprised: "Didn't you tell them your price advantage?" β
"Having said that, I said that under the premise of the same quality, the price can be at least 15% cheaper than that of South Korean paper paste tires."
"And then?" Chen Geng hurriedly asked, "What did the other party say?" β
Shen Jinrong said angrily: "The other party said that even if you buy paper-paste tires, you won't buy us." β
"That's right......" Chen Geng frowned: "This is wrong." β
"What's wrong?" Shen Jinrong, who was angry, did not think so much, and said angrily: "I think these foreigners are just prejudiced against us Chinese. β
"I don't think it's right," Chen Geng shook his head: "For any machine factory, a car needs to be equipped with at least 5 tires, the cost of these 5 tires is not low compared to the whole vehicle, the cost of tires is reduced by 15%, for an annual output of 300,000 vehicles, even if there are 150,000 low-end cars equipped with low-end tires, the reduction of 15% of the procurement cost is not a small amount, a year to accumulate at least tens of millions of dollars, I don't think any machine factory can refuse this temptation." β
"yes," Chen Geng said, and Shen Jinrong finally reacted: "You mean that the person I asked may have a ghost?" β
Nodding, Chen Geng said: "Apart from this, I can't think of any other reason, otherwise you won't be able to explain it." β
"Niang Xipi!" Shen Jinrong stomped his feet heavily: "Lao Tzu went back to find him!" β
At this point, if he still doesn't understand what's going on, all these years of work have been in vain: the company he asked must be cooperating with South Korean papier-mΓ’chΓ© tires, and the guy he asked is probably the person in charge of the project, of course, it is not a big problem to be the person in charge of the project, but the question is what kind of benefit the guy took from the stick nine times out of ten, otherwise how can you explain that he does not do this kind of thing that is obviously beneficial to the company, but must drive himself away?
Is there any other reason besides this?
"It's useless for you to go back," Chen Geng grabbed him and asked, "What can you do when you go back?" Can you pull him by the collar and ask if someone is taking advantage of the stick? β
Let's not say whether I can do it or not, even if I do, people won't admit it. Shen Jinrong, who was still indignant just now, immediately hung his head a little depressed: "Then what do you say?" Did we just let that bastard go? β
"On other people's territory, it's not up to them to decide what they want?" Chen Geng patted Shen Jinrong on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Old Shen, if you want to open up, what kind of benefits will you give if you don't promise others, can you casually replace the tire supplier who gave you a lot of benefits?" β
"But ......"
Chen Geng interrupted him and said, "Of course, if you can seize the opportunity in the future and sue him in front of his boss, that's another matter, but now, you still can't do anything about others, so I suggest that you find a way to make an appointment with that guy in private and tell that guy that as long as he can give you a chance, the stick can give him benefits, you can not only give them all, but also give more." β
Shen Jinrong thought about it seriously, and also felt that his idea just now was indeed too impulsive, if he rushed over and scolded him, he would be relieved at that time, but what about after he was relieved? It won't have any effect, and it will be difficult to open the door to this company in the future. What's more, for a vehicle manufacturer, the replacement of spare parts suppliers, especially large spare parts suppliers such as tires, is not to say that they can be replaced, and what they just thought is indeed too much to take for granted.
Thinking of this, Shen Jinrong finally nodded with relief: "Just do what you said, Dong Chen, I will arrange for someone to keep an eye on that guy and see if he can contact him privately." β
"That's right," chatting with Shen Jinrong for a while, Chen Geng suddenly had an idea in his heart, he patted Shen Jinrong on the shoulder, and asked, "Old Shen, I have a way to make you quickly open up the situation, but I don't know if you dare to do it." β
With Chen Geng's words, Shen Jinrong was immediately excited, and in a hurry, he directly burst into a foul mouth: "You say!" As long as I can sell tires abroad, don't dare to say anything, even if I ****, I can eat those guys bankrupt, believe it or not? β
"You guy, can you stop saying it so disgusting?" Chen Geng couldn't stand it anymore, and suddenly looked at Shen Jinrong's shoulder: "But we can't do this by ourselves, if we want to do it, we have to shout the big guys together." β
"Shouting big guys together?" Shen Jinrong was a little puzzled: "Why? β
"You'll find out later, but before we do, we'll have to prepare something......"
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After walking around the venue, Karima's dark face was faintly pale: before coming to Frankfurt, he felt that $15 million was an unimaginably large amount of money, such a large amount of money, he couldn't even imagine how he could spend it, but after a circle, Karima realized that for Zambia, which wants to build its own automobile industry from scratch, $15 million is nothing, and it can even be said that it can't even be done: build an engine manufacturing plantNot to mention whether there is any engine-related technology, at least 30 million US dollars, if the gearbox is also produced, at least 10 million US dollars, if you count other accessories, it is impossible to build a complete automobile manufacturing plant without hundreds of millions of dollars.
"Is Zambia just an agrarian country?" Standing in the open space in a daze, Karima stared blankly: "Could it be that Zambia can only sell its crops and minerals at a low price forever, and then import cars at a high price?" β
The two subordinates didn't hear the words of their boss, and looked at the group of people holding signs not far away, the eyes of the two subordinates were straight, and they pulled Karima's sleeves and shouted: "Minister, minister, look over there......"
What the?
Kasia was stunned for a moment, and a neat slogan came to his ears:
"How far is your country from the car manufacturing country? Only $15 million! β
"Reduce the cost of the whole vehicle by 10%? Only we can do it! (To be continued.) )