Chapter 444: A Business Opportunity

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The person in charge of the negotiation this time is a man named Luo Gui from the Hong Kong negotiation team, who is an early generation of new immigrants from Hong Kong and a senior engineering knowledge talent in China in the 90s.

Later, he was sent abroad to study in the United States, and then stayed in the United States, where he worked in sales for many automobile companies in the United States, and was quite familiar with the development of the automobile industry.

Later, he also joined some headhunting companies in the United States that specialized in negotiations, and had rich experience in international cooperation negotiations, but unfortunately because he also encountered the unspoken rules of the ceiling theorem, he finally left the United States angrily and chose to join Hong Kong.

More than a year ago, he joined a team set up by Jin Xiaoqiang in Hong Kong to specialize in negotiation and background checks, as well as asset valuation, and quickly showed his ability.

He participated in the whole process of negotiations with GM in the previous negotiations with Huayang Power, and also made considerable achievements, and then when Jin Xiaoqiang acquired Talisen in Australia, this guy also contributed a lot.

Later, when Jin Xiaoqiang went to Russia to get Yukos, this guy relied on the experience of coming to Russia with an American company in the late nineties to participate in negotiations on the acquisition of a bearing factory, and he made a very outstanding contribution to Jin Xiaoqiang's trip to Russia in the last time, so Jin Xiaoqiang also promoted him.

In this cooperation negotiation with two Russian automobile manufacturing enterprises, it is necessary to preside over this kind of person who has international negotiation experience and is familiar with the domestic situation in Russia, so after Zeng Jianxin returned to China, Jin Xiaoqiang handed over the joint venture negotiation with the Gorky Group and the AvtoVAZ Group to Luo Gui to take care of, and he himself was only responsible for remote control in China.

Luo Gui, who got this opportunity, relied on his familiarity with the domestic situation in Russia, but in this negotiation, he was like a fish in water, and he was at ease, and always put the interests of Huayang Power first, which made Jin Xiaoqiang feel very appreciative.

The Gorky Group and the Volga Group on the Russian side, because of the current demand in the domestic market and the political pressure from the Kremlin, they can only pinch their noses and recognize the general framework of this cooperation with Huayang Power.

At present, the best-selling model in Russia is their Lada car, but the profit that this car can bring to the car factory is small and pitiful, and the wages in Russia are not low, especially industrial workers like automobile workers, these people have experienced from the former Soviet era, and the current domestic system can be different from the Soviet era, and the company's welfare treatment of workers can not be neglected.

Therefore, at such a time when the profits are meager, we have to serve these workers well, which makes the leaders of the Volga Group and the Gorky Group very nerve-wracking, and they urgently need a few models that can make a large profit to improve the competitiveness of the entire group.

At present, the mid-to-high-end model market in Russia, that is, the high-profit market, is monopolized by Japanese cars, German cars, American cars, and even South Korean cars.

Although President Putin has raised the tax rate on vehicle imports several times, there are too many rich people in Russia, and in the past two years, with the recovery of the country's economy, the economic conditions of ordinary families in China have also become better in Moscow, St. Petersburg, such big cities are full of Japanese cars, German cars and American cars, and South Korean cars are also rapidly seizing the market again with their low prices.

Now they have joined a newly rising Huayang Power, which makes the life of the Gorky Group and the AvtoVA Group even more sad, and their models can now only be bought in those remote, poor rural areas. …,

This makes the high-level leaders of the Gorky Automobile Manufacturing Group and the AvtoVA Automobile Manufacturing Group very worried.

The Kremlin helped them match up and found Huayang Power, the most popular in the world, to engage in a joint venture together.

At present, Huayang Power's Yidong, Yihu, as well as Octavia, Tough Guy, Qoros and other models are sold in Russia very hot.

In the mid-level car market, Yidong can be said to be overcoming obstacles, very popular with young people, in Moscow and big cities like St. Petersburg, everywhere is full of this kind of car, although the PS franchisees of Huayang Power have increased the price of this car, so that the price of this car has exceeded the price of Japanese cars close to the price of German cars, but it still can't stop Russian urban white-collar workers from loving this car.

The rich people in the big cities, or the high-end gold collars, are more fond of the Yihu, or models like Qoros, especially Qoros car series.

The powertrain, which is not inferior to the German car, coupled with the extremely exquisite workmanship, and the very sharp and domineering appearance, are even more loved by the big guys who just have a few dollars in their pockets in Russia.

You must know that BMW, Mercedes-Benz and other luxury cars, everyone likes them, but President Putin has set very high tariffs on such cars, plus Mercedes-Benz and BMW, these two companies, in Russia wantonly increase the price, resulting in the price of these two brands of models in Russia, which is quite not cheap, even more expensive than the Celestial Empire.

Although the Russian bigwigs are rich, they are not fools, such a behavior of being pocketed out of their pockets, they are unacceptable, and there are Qoros models with Huayang Power, the power and appearance are not bad, and the most important thing is that the price is real.

Therefore, since Qoros was officially put on sale in Russia, the car of this model has never been unsalable, and it can even be said that it is almost to the point of coming to one and mentioning one.

Although dealers have also increased prices, they still can't stop the enthusiasm of the big guys to pick up the car.

In the far central and eastern regions, because of the harsh natural environment and poor road conditions, the two models of Huayang Power's tough off-road tough guy series are very popular.

These two boxy jeeps with the nickname of the square box can be said to be more appetizing to the Russians, because in their aesthetic concept, the car should be like this.

Most of the early Russian domestic jeeps are like this, and this car is also equipped with a ECOB0OST engine that is only available in the Qoros series, which makes many consumers, especially the wealthy in the central and eastern regions, even more eager for this car.

The boxy tough shape, military-grade workmanship quality, the current top powertrain configuration of Huayang Power, coupled with the extremely strong off-road ability, and durability, make this car highly sought after as soon as it is listed in Russia.

The popularity of this car even surpasses that of the Edo and Qoros series.

The low-end Octavia and the urban SUV Yihu are a little unpopular in Russia, after all, there is Russia's own Lada that is cheaper than Octavia, and in such an oil-rich country as Russia, the people are not so sensitive to oil prices.

Therefore, the selling point of Octavia is fuel-efficient and energy-saving, and the cost-effective price is not reflected, and about the Yihu, it is entirely because the Russians don't like such urban SUVs very much in their concept, and only a model like a tough guy can be called a real off-road vehicle.

The sales of several models of Huayang Power in the Russian market, as well as the momentum of sales growth, but the leaders of Gorky Automobile Manufacturing Group and AvtoVAZ Automobile Manufacturing Group are looking at direct flow saliva. …,

The other mid-to-high-end markets continue to be monopolized by Japanese cars, German cars, and American cars, and among the car companies in these countries, it can be said that there is no one who intends to transfer technology to them.

Only this time to negotiate with them Huayang Power, the attitude is a little ambiguous, although during the negotiation, they only agreed to cooperate with them in the way of CKD such a complete assembly of bulk parts, but they did not refuse to bite the bullet in terms of technology transfer, which made the two Russian automobile manufacturing giants feel that this cooperation has a door.

In fact, when Luo Gui was negotiating with the leaders of these two companies, the reason why he was so open was that he was completely instructed by Jin Xiaoqiang to do so.

At present, Russia's domestic automobile manufacturing industry is almost the same as the troubles of the Celestial Empire automobile manufacturing industry, that is, in the field of engines and transmissions, it has been subject to the technical blockade of foreign automobile companies.

Their engine is weak, mainly in terms of finishing, as well as the process and process of large-scale manufacturing, and the foundation is better than that of the automobile manufacturing enterprises in the Celestial Empire.

In the field of transmission, the problem they face is almost the same as that of the Celestial Empire, that is, in the field of automatic transmission, no breakthrough can be made.

Russia was originally a so-called heavy industrial powerhouse, but their heavy industry strength lies in metal smelting and the manufacture of large machinery, such as airplanes, tanks, and warships.

This kind of national-level project regardless of loss, they are indeed very fast, but in the civilian-level project such as a small family car, they will not become, especially under the restrictions of fuel saving, noise reduction, durability, and other aspects, their shortcomings in finishing technology are completely exposed.

Their shortcomings, in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, are completely a good opportunity, an opportunity to promote their Huayang Seiko to Russia, the CNC machine tools to be produced.

You must know that the Batumi agreement in these years is not only for the Celestial Empire, but even Russia, don't look at your people, but it is also among the restrictions.

Otherwise, why has the former Soviet Union collapsed for so many years, but Russia's finishing capacity has not been improved? . )