Chapter 204: General Came to the Door [Four Watches Asking for a Monthly Pass]
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"Kim, your car is very good, although I don't know too much, but I have read the newspapers, and many automotive journalists have a high opinion of your car, and I want to know, in this case, why don't you sell your car to the United States?" ”
During the meal, Howard asked Jin Xiaoqiang to arrive.
"Hehe, we are planning to enter the American market, and we are still in the preparation stage, I believe that soon you will see the cars manufactured by our Huayang Power in the United States, Mr. Senator."
Jin Xiaoqiang replied with a smile, Howard.
After satisfying Mr. Howard's curiosity and then having a pleasant and friendly exchange, the lunch ended.
After lunch, Howard left Frankfurt in a hurry with his family, after all, his duty was the mayor of Boston, and he couldn't hang out easily.
This time, it was also because of my daughter's affairs that I hurried over from the United States, and now that the business is over, of course people have to rush back.
After saying goodbye to the Howard family, Jin Xiaoqiang relaxed at this time, and then found a few more newspapers for Vera to read to himself, he wanted to know what happened yesterday and how the Frankfurt police explained.
However, today's front-page headline is still about the Frankfurt Motor Show, and the German newspapers did not report much about what happened yesterday in the West End.
In the end, in a very unimportant section, I found an article the size of a tofu block, which said that yesterday there was an explosion caused by fireworks in a dilapidated warehouse in Frankfurt's West End.
The whole box of firecrackers was blown up on the street, and it took more than half an hour for a total of more than half an hour to finish, and this explosion caused a total of five deaths and 15 serious injuries.
Of course, the locals know what Frankfurt's West End is, so the media doesn't pay much attention to it, and the locals are quite understanding.
After all, there are accidents caused by fireworks and firecrackers, and the tragedy of casualties happens from time to time.
When he heard this explanation in the newspaper, Jin Xiaoqiang could only laugh when he heard it, and sure enough, the world was as black as a crow, and all the media mouthpieces were just toys in the hands of politicians in the end.
After listening to the newspaper that Vera read, Jin Xiaoqiang returned to his room and planned to call Liu Mei to continue to be crooked, after all, after what happened two days ago, the street scene and natural scenery of Germany really couldn't interest the two of them.
Although the probability of such an accident happening again can be said to be very small, or even zero, the two of them dare not go outside casually.
But when Jin Xiaoqiang had just called Liu Mei to his room and was going to have a 'heart-to-heart talk' with her, an employee outside suddenly called him and said that someone wanted to see him.
Hearing such news, Jin Xiaoqiang couldn't help but be a little annoyed, but he still came out of the room and came to the conference room just now, and now this floor of this hotel has been wrapped up by Huayang Power, this small conference room has become the restaurant and conference room for the employees who came to the exhibition this time, if there are any reception tasks, it is also held here.
Jin Xiaoqiang didn't want to come out to meet the guests, but after hearing about the other party's origin, he still decided to come out to meet the other party.
Because the person who came this time was from General Motors, it seems that GM can't sit still.
When Jin Xiaoqiang walked into the conference room, he happened to see several big-nosed foreigners already sitting in the conference room, and his employees were preparing coffee, tea and other beverages for others.
"Hello, Mr. Kim, I'm Nick, Vice President of General Motors and President of the European Region. Reilly, I've admired my name for a long time, and I'm so glad to meet you! ”
As soon as Jin Xiaoqiang entered the house, a tall foreigner walked over, stretched out his hand very enthusiastically, and said while shaking hands with Jin Xiaoqiang.
This foreigner is thin, but he is very tall, Jin Xiaoqiang is not short, but this guy is still about half a head taller than Jin Xiaoqiang, and he looks like he is more than one meter nine, close to two meters.
There is not a lot of hair on the top of the head, a little semi-bald, a big hooked nose, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and he looks like he is in his fifties.
"Hello, Mr. Reilly, I'm glad to meet you too."
When he heard the name of this guy, Jin Xiaoqiang couldn't help but be taken aback, it seems that the general specifications are not low this time?
"Hello, Mr. Kim, I'm Carl. Stark. Chairman and CEO of Opel Corporation, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”
This time from Nick. Behind Reilly, a middle-aged man of medium stature flashed out, smiling and stretching out his hand to Jin Xiaoqiang.
Yo drink, all the people who came today are god-level characters? What are they looking for themselves? Looks like a collaboration, right?
Jin Xiaoqiang smiled and this Carl. Stark shook his hand and said hello as he thought to himself in his stomach.
After the two sides finished greetings, they sat down, and at this time, the employees of Huayang Power had already prepared tea, coffee and other drinks, and then someone went out to call Wang Jiao.
Wang Jiao went to the scene of the auto show today, but now that the bigwigs of GM and Opel are here, how can he, as the general manager of Huayang Power, be absent, it seems that there is a big event to be born soon.
"Mr. Reilly, Mr. Stark, I wonder what you came to me this time?"
After the two sides sat down and exchanged pleasantries for a while, Jin Xiaoqiang asked Reilly and Stark straight to the point.
GM's current sales performance in the United States is deteriorating, but he is really the leader of the American auto industry, and his brands are several times more than Ford and Chrysler.
Moreover, GM has the Morgan consortium standing behind it, so their ability to merge and cross-operate is also the strongest among the major automobile companies.
The Opel company, since 1931, has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM in Europe, although it has the brand of Opel, but in its bones it is an out-and-out American automobile company.
However, in recent years, especially in the last ten years, because of GM's insistence on modular production methods and unified material supply management methods, many of its brands have lost their unique charm and become pure American cars that have changed their soup without changing medicines.
Although this also saves costs, it has caused many cars to lose their original essence, which has also led to the sales performance of many GM's subsidiaries getting worse and worse.
Saab and Opel, two GM subsidiaries in Europe, have been in a state of continuous losses in the past decade.
Especially in Germany, the Opel Group, which was originally used by GM to compete with BMW and Mercedes-Benz, has recently completely degenerated into a second-rate automobile manufacturing company.
The reputation of the cars they produce is now even inferior to Volkswagen, and the sales performance in Germany is very unsatisfactory.
Opel entered the Celestial Empire market in 1993, but because of the relationship between the parent company GM and their models, which are indeed not very popular with Celestial Empire consumers, their sales performance in the Celestial Empire has not been very ideal.
Now the two bigwigs of GM and Opel are all gathered here, and it seems that the topic is nothing more than to talk about cooperation with themselves, and the intention of cooperation?
It must be about this Frankfurt Motor Show, the new car that I brought myself!
It seems that Americans are also interested in Qoros?
Nonsense, in fact, this Qoros prototype LaCrosse is a model newly developed by Opel in order to compete with BMW's 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz's S series in 07.
It's just that it is equipped with an Ecotec engine that GM developed in 2000 by integrating the R&D capabilities of all its subsidiaries.
When this engine was developed, it could be said that there was no rival in the ranks of four-cylinder engines, and it was even reasonable to say that it was the king.
But there are not many highlights in technology, only VVT technology and EYC electronic throttle technology are quite good highlights.
Before Jin Xiaoqiang's Ecoboost engine and Volkswagen's TSI were born, this engine could be said to be good, but after Jin Xiaoqiang took out the Ecoboost engine, this engine could be completely swept into the garbage.
Seven or eight years later, GM also upgraded this engine, adding high-tech elements such as in-cylinder direct injection technology, which gave this engine the ability to compete with Volkswagen's TSI.
But now? This engine is also used in more than 20 models of GM, and GM has been struggling in recent years, and it has been defeated by the car in the local market, and in the European market, it has been robbed of the limelight by Volkswagen for many years.
So now that they have found Jin Xiaoqiang's head, it can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by!
"Alright! Let's get straight to the point, we came to Mr. Jin this time, is to tell you that we GM and Opel are very interested in Huayang Power, in the past year Huayang Power in the automobile manufacturing industry can be said to be booming, we admire Mr. Jin your ability, and several models of Huayang Power are also very interesting to us, so this time we are a little presumptuous to come to you, is to discuss with you, to see Huayang Power and GM, and Opel has the possibility of cooperation in the future? ”
Nick. Lei Li is also a resolute person, and now that Jin Xiaoqiang has spoken, he will not hide it, and the surname Suo will get straight to the point.
(To be continued)