Chapter 81: The Italian Negotiations (I)
Out of the gate of the county government, Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi clapped their hands to celebrate, the purpose of the two of them was finally successfully achieved, I believe that Li Yumei will weigh it carefully, how should they cooperate.
It's just that Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi didn't expect that the progress of things in the future would be much beyond their control, of course, it was for the better, and the good was much beyond Zhang Lan's expectations.
According to Zhang Lan's original meaning, in fact, he didn't really want to get the government involved, I believe that when the time comes, I don't know how many unexplained troubles will occur, and I don't know how many guys want to find relationships with their wives and children, seven aunts and eight aunts, but Xiao Chenxi's words made Zhang Lanmao pause: "We are a Sino-US joint venture, a small county-level government, even if Alice doesn't give them a good face at that time, what else can they do?" Isn't it just a matter of staring? ”
Yes, that's right! As long as it's a bit of real material, Zhang Lan doesn't mind them coming in, but those guys who want to come in and eat and drink for nothing, then I'm sorry, this is not your ideal place; If the leader was unhappy and dared to chirp, Zhang Lan asked Alice to scare directly: "In view of the fact that the investment environment here is not very ideal, we feel very dissatisfied with it, if necessary, I will report it to your higher level government, and when necessary, I will make a kind reminder to my American counterparts to inform them that the investment environment here is not very mature for the time being." "I believe that in this way, few guys dare to risk the world's condemnation and joke about their political future.
While Zhang Lan and Xiao Chenxi were secretly operating and everything was going according to plan, the negotiations between Alice and others, who were far away in Europe, and Ducati and Piaggio were in full swing.
For the Alice Group to introduce its own production line and technology, Piaggio Group expressed great interest, but after the initial contact between the two sides, they soon hit it off, basically reached a cooperation agreement in small displacement motorcycles, Piaggio Group to Alice Group China Branch to provide complete production lines and production technology.
In order to reflect the importance attached to this negotiation. The Piaggio Group's top person in charge of the negotiations was a team led by Piaggio Group Vice President Riccardo Costagliola.
Being able to develop new customers in the Far East was of great interest to the Piaggio executives, and out of respect for capital, the Piaggio Group sent almost the highest level of delegation to the American Alice Group, a large group with assets of hundreds of millions of dollars - the reason for it is almost. That's because the capital scale of the Alice Group is still not large enough, otherwise the Piaggio Group would have to send a delegation led by the president of the group.
"Dear Miss Alice," Riccardo Costagliola nodded gracefully to Alice, "and we are very happy to see if your company wants to introduce our group's production technology and equipment. But as far as I know, it doesn't seem like there's one in your current business scope? ”
"Yes," Alice nodded gracefully, not denying it, "the scope of our business is well known to Mr. Riccardo Costagliola, but that doesn't prevent us from entering emerging markets, don't you say?" Dear Mr. Riccardo Costagliola, ”
"I couldn't agree more, there are always a lot of areas in the world that we need to develop," said Riccardo Costaggliola, who rested his hands crossed on the table. "However, one thing that concerns me is that your company has never been in this industry before, and you are producing and selling in distant China, where the level of production is said to be very low, so how are you going to make sure that the quality of the vehicles you produce does not deteriorate? IMHO, our company doesn't want to see a production line that can produce first-class products and produce third-rate or even non-mainstream products. And the income level of the Chinese is very low, how can you guarantee your profits? ”
The meaning of Riccardo Costagliola's words is obvious, that is, how are you going to make sure that the bikes you produce do not smash our Piaggio brand? If the products you produce with our technology and production equipment are extremely substandard. It's not just you who are ashamed, we in the Piaggio Group will also be greatly affected. And, in that backward place, can you really make money?
"About that. I share the same concerns," Alice said, "so I would like Mr. Riccardo Costaggliola to allow our group to hire some senior engineers and senior mechanics from the Piaggio Group to do technical guidance." ”
"It's impossible," exclaimed Riccardo Costagliola, "I have to say, Miss Alice. Your appetite is too big, and we don't agree with your request," he added, as if to prove his appraisal attitude, "Absolutely absolutely not agree." "I used two absolutes in a row.
"I think you misunderstood me, Mr. Riccardo Costagliola," Alice continued unhurriedly, as before, "I mean that you can hire your company's senior engineers and senior technicians to guide our company's production and product quality in the early days of our company's establishment, and the service company of these personnel is still the Piaggio Group, but these personnel are equivalent to the technical guidance that your group sends to our company." I believe that even if I don't say this, your company will consider proposing it, right? ”
"I see," Riccardo Costagilla nodded, laughing at himself, "dear Miss Alice, I have to admit that you scared me just now. You know, these engineers and mechanics are an asset to us at Piaggio Group, but as you said, we are definitely going to do this request that you make, even if you don't say it, we will ask you. ”
"I'm very sorry for that," Alice smiled apologetically, "So, can we talk about how many people your group plans to send to our company in China to help us do better?" ”
Riccardo Costagliola motioned to the assistant next to him to hand over the information, and looked through it slightly, "We plan to send three senior engineers and ten senior technicians to provide some necessary assistance to your company in the early stages of factory construction and production, but these personnel will return to China in a year's time, I wonder if Miss Alice is satisfied with this?" ”
"Very satisfied," Alice nodded, but smiled slyly, "but it seems that I found that there is one person missing, huh?" It seems that there is one less commander-in-chief in charge of the whole situation? ”
"I have to admit, Miss Alice, that you are a wonderful businessman," Riccardo Costagilla patted his head a little depressed, "well, we will send another senior executive of the group to assist you in the overall management of the initial establishment of the company. However, I also need to make it clear that you have to pay the salaries of these people, and in addition to that, your group also needs to pay us a fee for bringing in talent," Riccardo Costagilla gestured with his hands, "Of course, that's a small amount of money compared to your company. ”
"You're a pure businessman," Alice punned, meaning you're a bastard who gets into the eye of money.
"Thank you for the compliment, that's exactly what I'm working towards." Riccardo Costagilla accepted Alice's sarcasm without blushing, and praised herself.
Now that this link has been negotiated, the two sides will move on to the next stage of negotiations.
"We have already made a good agreement on the introduction of equipment and personnel and technology, and we have also made a cooperation in the introduction of technology for the introduction of engine production technology," Alice frowned, thinking about what to say next, "However, I want to say that in terms of our capabilities, I believe that at least within half a year, we will not be able to produce qualified engines, so in the period before we produce engines, we hope to be able to purchase complete engines from the Piaggio Group, Other motorcycle components will be supplied by Piaggio Group to Alice Group China Branch for production molds and related production equipment and technology, and some less important parts such as headlights and instruments can be purchased by Alice China Branch. ”
"There's nothing wrong with that," Riccardo Costagliola nodded in agreement. Of course, there is no problem with this, in fact, before this, Riccardo Costagliola was still thinking about how to sell his engine to the Alice Group, and now he didn't expect the Alice Group to put forward this condition, which saved him a lot of trouble. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )