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Lin Qiangsheng was silent all the way, which made Saint Pierre a little confused, of course he hoped that BAIC Cherokee would get better and better, and it would be best to solve the Qiē problem, so that at least he would have a successful stroke on his resume. If the project fails, not to mention the reputation, reputation, and possibly even the loss of the job, he and the working group certainly don't want the project to go bankrupt.

The car drove to the old factory of BAIC, Chaoyang East Third Ring Road, and Lin Qiangsheng met Klebs, the general manager of AM Company, an American about 60 years old.

Klaibs has been in China for five years, and he came to China to be responsible for the negotiation between BAIC and AM, and the old man was very polite to the Chinese side, and he also won the favor of the upper echelons of BAIC, but his ability was not good, and he was not a strong man sent to China by AM.

"Mr. Lin, this is Ms. Chen Muhua, she is China's Vice Premier and Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation! The Cherokee project was spearheaded by this great woman, and she contributed greatly to the establishment of the joint venture! Klaibs introduced Lin Qiangsheng to Vice Premier Chen Muhua.

Chen Muhua looked at Lin Qiangsheng in surprise, she heard that AM Company was going to have a major shareholder, but she didn't expect this person to be a Chinese and a young man.

Wu Zhongliang, chairman of BAIC Cherokee, Zhao Nailin, general manager, and others were also very surprised, and they couldn't help but wonder a little in their hearts, why did AM send a young man!

After the two sides met, Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said to everyone: "I'm here to participate in the gift project, General Manager Klaibs asked me to come anyway, don't care too much, haha!" ”

His laughter made everyone even more embarrassed, and they didn't know how to say anything in the face of such a young major shareholder. This young man is too young to understand.

Chen Muhua was puzzled, she was very familiar with the name Lin Qiangsheng, it was on her lips, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it!

There were many reporters at the scene, including reporters from the United States, who were also very interested in the joint venture project between AM and BAIC. It was inconvenient for everyone to talk more, so they invited each other and walked into the assembly workshop.

The first Cherokee as a National Day gift project, the process of going off the assembly line is very grand, gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing, in the cheers of the workers on the spot, a brand new red Cherokee, hung with big red flowers, slowly drove down from the production line.

Klaibs was by Lin Qiangsheng's side and introduced: "Mr. Lin, you may not know the situation, this company is BAIC put the best equipment into it, plus the plant and a small amount of cash. The total investment of the joint venture is 51.03 million US dollars, the AM investment is 16 million US dollars, and the value of Chinese assets is 35.03 million US dollars, of which the cash is only 6.66 million yuan, so what you see is not a brand-new production line, nor is it a brand-new plant. ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded, and Klaibs continued: "Although the Chinese side is very enthusiastic about production, but we are now in trouble, the Chinese government does not approve the import license and bank letter of credit, the Chinese side lacks foreign exchange, the second batch of loose items cannot be shipped, the contract agreed upon by both of us, and the plan formulated by the board of directors have been strictly violated!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng asked: "Then who is the one who is going to say, who have you found?" ”

"We ask the Chinese side to talk to the government, and we ourselves have contacted the upper echelons of the government through various channels. Beijing Municipal Government, North. The Beijing Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the China Automobile Corporation, the Central People's Bank of China, and so on, it seems that all departments have the power to manage them, and it seems that none of them can be the masters! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and did not express any attitude. He had expected this situation for a long time, this was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the central government could reach out to the place, there were too many mothers-in-law, and he could manage any of the joint ventures, but at the critical moment, he couldn't be the master. Otherwise, how can an open city be set up by a guy to the depths. If he goes, he won't always shrink in Bincheng, just because his mother-in-law has too much and stretched out too much!

Klaibs went on to talk about some practical problems, saying: "And we have found that the Chinese side has some unrealistic, even absurd ideas! They think that the export quantity of parts can be changed at will, and the contracts we draw up are not counted, and they can do whatever they want, and their attitude is very inappropriate. On the other hand, they also want to export and resell, which is not in line with the company's plan, and the Cherokee produced by the Chinese side can, to be honest, not meet the market standards of the United States, and does not meet the relevant laws formulated! ”

"Have you made this clear to the Chinese side?" Lin Qiangsheng asked.

In his opinion, it is absolutely impossible for BAIC to sell back to the United States to earn foreign exchange. Imagine that AM has just struggled out of the death line, and its own quality problems have not yet been solved, how can it allow BAIC's joint venture car to self-destruct its image. And now the United States is not four or five years ago, even Japanese cars have entered the United States for localization, and the policy has changed, but China's thinking is still stuck at the time when the two sides began to negotiate four or five years ago, which is too naïve!

"I have conveyed to them the opinion of the headquarters, and I have also informed them of the U.S. auto policy, but the Chinese side insists on earning foreign exchange through exports," Klaibs said. They think that the quality problem can be sent to the United States to study, hoping to get our help in product quality, and also hope that we can help them sell their cars back to the United States! ”

"Heh" Lin Qiangsheng smiled and said, "Then send someone to solve it one by one, what's the problem?" ”

Klaibs said regretfully: "I think the expectations of the Chinese personnel are too high, I am afraid that it will be impossible to achieve the standard of export resale in two or three years, but they don't want to wait in such a short time!" ”

Saying that, the old man was a little discouraged, and sighed heavily, such a difficult joint venture project is the first time to experience, this is not a business but a country's politics and concepts, fortunately, he is about to leave office.

Chen Muhua said to Lin Qiangsheng through Klaibs: "Mr. Lin, please cut the ribbon with us?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said, "Vice Premier Chen, please too, today's BAIC talent is the protagonist!" ”

Chen Muhua said with a smile: "You young man, I remember who it is, aren't you the chairman of Dongxing Group, I didn't think about it for a while, I didn't expect you to be the major shareholder of the American automobile company!" ”

"Ha reminds you, so I'm still very low-key!" Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile.

There was an interpreter next to him, and Klaibs secretly said in his heart, not only the major shareholder, this young man is the boss behind AM, as long as Renault transfers the remaining about half of the shares to him, AM will be completely owned by this young man. This company used to be the fourth largest automaker in the United States, but now it is being bought by a young Chinese American!

Everyone stepped forward to cut the ribbon, and Lin Qiangsheng met with the other seven directors of the Chinese side, all of whom were the older generation of auto industry people. No matter what the purpose is, it is for the sake of China's automobile industry, they and AM have their own reasons, various concepts, or understand or not, anyway, they just got together, in fact, the upper level of the central government is to use BAIC as a test field.

Lin Qiangsheng announced loudly: "This first car will be paid for by AM and presented to Bei. Kyo City Hall! ”

His words were also agreed by Klaibs, and Chen Muhua accepted them on behalf of the Chinese side, so a brief handover ceremony was held at the scene, and the two sides shook hands and applauded.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony was completed, everyone sat down together and had a brief meeting, and the main topic of the meeting was to welcome US Vice President Bush to visit Wèn.

President Reagan is old and sick, and the Chinese side believes that the elder Bush is likely to be the successor of the next president, so his visit has been taken very seriously.

Wu Zhongliang said with full confidence: "We think that the prospects of the Cherokee are very promising, and now there are many enterprises, institutions and military departments that have come to order vehicles, and there is no problem in achieving a turnover of 40 million yuan in the first year!" ”

The United States began to resolutely oppose BAIC's surprise production, but BAIC said that it would do whatever it wanted, and if it was not allowed to do it, it would do it, and now it has finally completed the gift project ahead of schedule, which is a victory, so the Chinese management is very confident!

On the contrary, the AM side was surprisingly silent, and there was a discussion, and Klaibs introduced to Lin Qiangsheng in a low voice: "We think that it is not possible for China to produce like this, it violates the laws of the industry and cannot meet the standards, which is irresponsible to customers and products!" ”

"What else can you do?" Lin Qiangsheng thought to himself, but said, "Let them continue to do it!" ”

Klebs said in surprise: "But, sir, it doesn't meet the production standards we set at the beginning, the workers don't meet the technical requirements, and the Cherokee produced will have problems, what if there is an accident when such a car is sold!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng still shook his head, and implicitly pointed at BAIC and said: "It can't be stopped now, do you have a way to make them stop?" ”

"Klaibs was very frustrated, and he thought that the behind-the-scenes boss could persuade these Chinese personnel, but he found that Lin Qiangsheng not only did not persuade him, but did nothing, which is incomprehensible!

After the foreign party left, Wu Zhongliang was very puzzled, he summoned Zhao Nailin, Chen Xulin and others, and said suspiciously: "Where is this Lin Qiangsheng from, he doesn't sound like an overseas Chinese, he speaks more correctly than our Mandarin!" ”

A few people laughed, they were all from all over the world, and their accents were already fixed when they were older.

General Manager Zhao Nailin said: "Looking at Vice Premier Chen and his cordial appearance, he should be a great person, and I guess it is not known which overseas Chinese child it is!" ”

The other vice presidents also had some guesses, Feng Xiantang said with a smile: "I didn't expect that we had been making trouble for a long time and it was a joint venture with a Chinese company, and the news in this regard is lagging behind, so we should inquire more clearly!" ”

"Yes, isn't it clear if we ask Shen Jianbai, he is a serious old overseas Chinese, and he is the thread between us and AM, and he may know something about the situation in the United States for a long time!" Chen Xulin said.

Wu Zhongliang said with a smile: "By the way, Shen Jianbai is our consultant, consultant, hired to ask at the critical moment, Lao Zhao, you hurry up and call him to find out what the situation is!" ”

His words made everyone present laugh, and Zhao Nailin smiled: "Okay, according to American time, Shen Jianbai may not have slept at this time!" ”

There was a burst of relaxed laughter in the conference room, the glorious completion of the project task and the launch of the Cherokee are indeed a major event worthy of joy, which can be said to be a milestone in the history of BAIC! (To be continued.) )