Chapter 841: Twists and Turns
Lan and Alice, Xiao Chenxi, Zhang Zongjun and Yang Zhi and others are very willing to take action this time, and it seems to be quite aggressive, but it is more likely to be bravado than aggressive. / After all, over the years, the public has relied on this trick to scare many people - except for a few times in a row at the hands of the Alice Group.
As Alice said, excluding the TDI turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection diesel engine technology, which is enough to make the Volkswagen Group proud, the real shroud in the head of the Volkswagen Group is only a Quuattro full-time four-wheel drive technology.
Even this technology is not unique to the Volkswagen Group, including Porsche's turbo all-wheel drive system and Fuji Subaru's symmetrical all-wheel drive system, both of which are comparable to the Volkswagen Group's Quattro all-wheel drive technology. The only reason why Volkswagen Group's Ouattro all-wheel drive technology is now world-famous is because the Volkswagen Group first applied its Quattro all-wheel drive technology to civilian cars. So much for.
But in fact, if you peel back the layers of fog that shrouded the surface of the Volkswagen Group and the various impressions left on the Chinese people because of a specific historical period, you will find that in fact, the Volkswagen Group is nothing more than that. In foreign countries, in fact, Volkswagen was originally a representative of civilian cars, and when it came to China, although it came up with its most advanced Santana production technology, how many years did Lao Sang insist? The advanced technology of the 80s is still in production today, which is too limited to say. The Volkswagen Group's proud Quattro all-wheel drive technology and 4mution all-wheel drive technology have never been introduced to China.
Of course, I have to say that in this regard, the Volkswagen Group is indeed the best, whether it is Porsche's turbo full-time four-wheel drive system or Fuji Subaru's SymmetricalAWD left and right symmetry all-four-wheel drive system, compared to Volkswagen's Ouattro full-time four-wheel drive system, whether in terms of publicity or application, it is still a little worse, from 198 to the present, the Volkswagen Group has more than 1.8 million vehicles equipped with Ouattro/ Cars with 4motion's all-wheel drive system leave the assembly line and hit the road – more than any other all-wheel drive car manufacturer.
Well, look at the prices of Porsche and cars equipped with Fuji Subaru all-wheel drive technology, and then look at the price of Volkswagen, and you can see why Volkswagen has achieved such impressive sales results - price!
"Guys, what should we do?" After Alice and the others left, Bired was still sitting stupidly in the negotiation room and asked everyone with a wry smile.
"Let's report to the board of directors right away," one of the negotiators said with a wry smile, "The proposal made by the Alice Group is beyond our purview, and if we want to continue the talks, we need the authorization of the board of directors." ”
That's right! Several nodded with a wry smile, originally thought that it was just a very simple cross-licensing of technical patents, but they didn't expect such trouble, Alice Group didn't want to cross-license technical patents at all, but directly wanted to cooperate to establish a DI turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection diesel engine research and development institution in which they accounted for the majority of the holdings.
Everyone is not stupid, and naturally understands that although this will allow the Volkswagen Group to obtain more advanced TDI turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection diesel engine technology in the shortest possible time, it is still unknown whether it will be good or bad for the Volkswagen Group without sufficient controlling stake, or dare not admit that this is not a good thing.
How to choose. It is better to leave it to the directors of the group to decide.
"Is that all?" Yang Zhi was a little strange.
"How so?" Zhang Zongjun chuckled on the side. "Don't worry. It's time for these guys to come and beg us. We don't need to rush. It's them in a hurry. ”
Bered and the others were in a hurry. The directors of the Volkswagen Group are indeed more anxious than Bi Ruide and others. Although because of the time difference. It had been five hours since the directors of the Volkswagen Group received a detailed report from Biried. But I finally received it on the same day. After receiving a report from Bired and others. The bosses of the Volkswagen Group immediately put down their work. Whether it's being accompanied by a beautiful woman in style. I'm still preparing to go to the sea. They all threw away their female companions. Hurried to the group headquarters. Even in places where you can't get there in a foreign country, you can directly participate in the holding of the company meeting by phone: the content of the meeting is related to your own money bag. How can you not be careful?
Very good. When they were close to the end of work, it was almost 1 o'clock in the evening here in China. The results of the discussion are finally out. And it was quickly faxed to Birad and others, who were anxiously waiting
See this material. Bired and others breathed a sigh of relief: with this written authorization from the board of directors to fax. I don't have to go back this time. Oh. But it seems that I have never seen a board of directors reach a resolution so quickly. Not to mention such an important decision for the future development of the company.
The next day, on the 1C, negotiations began again.
"I wonder what Mr. Birad thinks about our suggestion yesterday?" As soon as she entered the venue to greet her, Zhang Lan asked with a smile, "Should the Volkswagen Group still insist that we pay for the cross-licensing of Volkswagen Group's TDI engine technology?" ”
"That's the question," Bired nodded, not feeling in the slightest that what he was saying was really hitting his own mouth, well, of course, that's what negotiators must have: thick skin. "After yesterday's negotiations, all our negotiators carefully conducted a detailed analysis of the content of the negotiations, and in many respects, our side was indeed a little less thoughtful. After reporting to the board of directors and with the authorization of the board of directors, the Volkswagen Group agreed in principle to cooperate with Alice (China) Group to establish a technology research and development organization engaged in TDII turbocharged direct injection diesel engines. ”
Zhang Lan admires these guys very much, obviously these guys are there where the lion opened his mouth, and after being kicked by himself, he knew that it hurt, and after knowing that he couldn't do anything, he recognized the situation and changed his mind, but he was able to make up so many reasons, and the problem was so light that these guys disappeared. These four or two thousand pounds of kung fu, tsk, people can't admire it. ,
"So you don't have to pay for technology transfer?" Zhang Lan asked with a smile.
"In line with the infinite sincerity of our Volkswagen Group for this cooperation," Birad nodded, his face ached, as if the cooperation he talked about with Alice this time was to cut their flesh directly from their Volkswagen Group, "The board of directors of the group has decided not to charge any fees for the cross-licensing of the technology patents of this cooperation between our two parties." After a pause, Bired added, "But after our group has paid so much, we must hold at least 51 percent of the shares, otherwise our Volkswagen Group would rather cancel this cooperation." ”
"It sounds very good, but if you think about it carefully, we still seem to be at a loss," Zhang Lan was still smiling, which made Bi Ruide shudder, how did he feel that there was no kindness in this kid's smile? "What you offer is your own very backward technology, and there is no competitiveness at all, just look at the sales volume of your passenger cars equipped with TDI diesel engines in the market. But unlike Alice Group, we offer technologies that can immediately improve the performance of the entire TDI diesel engine by several grades. Technology is not on the same level, so if you calculate it, you still have to own 51% of the shares? Mr. Bired, I think it seems that the sincerity you bring to the table today is still not enough? Or rather, what exactly do you think? Do you think that our Alice Group is a big wrongdoer? ”
"If you're really willing to cancel this partnership," Jill said duly on the side, "we don't mind. Anyway, compared to TDI diesel engines, we at Alice (China) Group have several alternative technologies that can be used. Of course, we will be interested in your group's technological development in the field of TDI turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection diesel engines. ”
Jill's implication: Okay, you go back and do your own research, but we will keep an eye on you, as long as the technology you come up with dares to infringe on our patents, you will wait for the endless lawsuit.
I have to say that the cooperation between Zhang Lan and Jill is very effective, and the words with guns and sticks directly make the atmosphere return to the last time Zhang Lan and the others left yesterday - it is equivalent to everyone shouting for so long today, but they have done nothing.
"However, we can accept that Volkswagen Group holds 50 percent of the shares," Alice said slowly after Zhang Lan and Jill had played with a big stick for a while.
Hearing Alice's words, Bigred couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart: Fifty percent of the shares? Haha, that's good now! Originally, the group headquarters thought that it would be able to get a maximum of 45% of the shares, but it didn't expect to be able to get half of the shares! After going back this time, won't the bosses reward themselves well? Uh, it's just, why were they so fierce just now, and now they're acting so, um, cooperatively?