Lin Qiangsheng walked into the Honda Marysville factory, and Soichiro Honda introduced him as directly as possible, which made him feel a little flattered.

"We hired more than 3,500 workers for this factory, and the labor cost in the United States is high, so we used as many robot production lines as possible to replace labor." Soichiro Honda said.

"It's very advanced!" Lin Qiangsheng said, after entering the workshop, I saw a lot of automation equipment, there are very few front-line workers, this level is much higher than that of China, Lin Qiangsheng enterprises in the automation level is much higher, Honda can purchase the world's most advanced production line, the most advanced manufacturing technology, Japanese and German machinery manufacturers also follow the tradition of only selling the best manufacturing equipment to their own enterprises, outsiders can only buy low-grade equipment, the products manufactured by this equipment are naturally not as good as others.

Through the conversation, Lin Qiangsheng learned that the average monthly salary of Honda's workers is at the level of 4,000 US dollars, which is naturally lower than the wages of the three giants in the American automobile industry, but it is not a low salary in a developed northern region such as Ohio, which is considered to be on the upper side of the normal level.

Georgia is a southern province in the United States, the salary level is low, and the average monthly salary of Lin Johnson's auto factory workers is about $3,500, which is good in the underdeveloped areas of the south, and the job in the automobile company is relatively stable, which is also a very attractive position.

The Honda plant, which can produce 150,000 cars a year, has been preparing for construction for more than two years, and has just been put into production at the beginning of this year.

"Are these front-line workers inexperienced in automobile production?" Lin Qiangsheng asked suspiciously.

He is a little strange, the United States has a well-developed automobile manufacturing industry, and naturally there are many front-line workers with work experience. European automakers such as Volkswagen are also recruiting experienced personnel, and these workers at the Honda plant look rusty and not familiar.

"Yes, in order to meet Honda's needs, we didn't recruit experienced workers, and those employees have already been molded," Tojiro Honda said. It's hard to change!

And these employees, who have never worked in an automobile factory before, are just blank sheets of paper, on which we can better paint the future of Honda! ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at the employees on the production line, there are many Japanese Americans, but whites and blacks are still the most, it seems that Honda's factories do not treat workers differently by race, and Japanese companies usually take a very careful approach to avoiding trouble when dealing with American social problems.

He looked at the Honda father and son and said, "I train the workers myself, although it takes a long time." But such workers are more loyal to the enterprise! Honda's approach is very effective, and I'm going to learn from you, inexperienced fresh employees are not only easy to manage, but they also don't carry many of the vices found in American auto factories, and they can avoid the infiltration of the United Auto Workers. ”

Soichiro Honda nodded and said, "We are an alien company. It's especially hard to do business in the United States, so be careful! ”

Hiroshi Honda said to Lin: "We give American workers enough respect. Won their favor and avoided a lot of unnecessary problems! He meant that he had also heard of the employment conflict in Lin Qiangsheng's automobile factory, which was extremely important for their father and son to come to the American market, and there was no need to make trouble for irrelevant things, and they didn't understand Lin Qiangsheng's approach.

Lin Qiangsheng nodded helplessly. He used to underestimate the influence of public opinion on the issue of black Americans in the United States, and when he chose to build a factory in the southern United States, he only considered the cost, but he did not expect that there would be other troubles waiting for him, and now he has considered whether to build another factory in Ohio, and the environment here looks good.

With the continuation of the tour. He has a better understanding of Honda's U.S. plant, and the Japanese have brought in advanced management technology, which is also what the United States wants, the management methods of the three major auto giants are backward, and the production and sales of automobiles have been seriously impacted by Japanese car companies, and the market share has repeatedly hit new lows.

Americans are very curious about the Japanese auto companies, why they can defeat the three major American auto giants so easily, what is the secret, it is better to directly let these Japanese companies invest in the United States, and the Americans can directly steal the teacher.

Tojiro Honda introduced to Lin Qiangsheng that the before and after of the establishment of Honda's American factory was very detailed, and Mr. Honda also stood aside and added some of his ideas, and they did not hide anything from Lin Johnson, and treated him as a VIP completely.

Lin Qiangsheng learned that Honda signed long-term cooperation agreements with 27 domestic auto parts manufacturers in the United States when it was still in preparation, and is still adding partners.

The "local purchase, local sales" business model has allowed Honda to enjoy many preferential measures and cost savings, and has also won the favor of the American media and the public.

Honda's reputation is much better than Lin Johnson's car factory, where a large number of auto parts from China are used, and it is still the honeymoon period between China and the United States, if the production capacity is expanded in the future, then it is not sure what measures the US government will take, after all, automobiles and electronics are the economic lifeblood of the United States, belonging to the pillar industry, the United States is impossible to always allow foreign dumping, the front door to reject the tiger, the back door into the wolf things can not last.

The strategy of local production and local sales is also adopted by most automobile companies, such as General Motors, which has long implemented this strategy, successively building factories in Germany and Spain, and calling franchised suppliers. If you want to make an international company, you can't always rely on the import and assembly of spare parts, and no country is so stupid!

Lim's industry has encountered a serious bottleneck, and the lack of international talent has become the biggest obstacle to his overseas expansion!

"We are looking for a strategic partner that can cooperate for a long time, pay attention to the production methods of spare parts suppliers, and continuously improve the quality of parts so that Honda can produce better cars, so that spare parts manufacturers can participate in the design of models and directly put forward opinions.

At the same time, we have also established an assessment system, and it is not easy to transplant a set of Honda company's rules and regulations to the United States, and now the factory is still in the run-in stage! Tojiro Honda and Qiangsheng Hayashi introduced.

Lin Qiangsheng suddenly asked Soichiro Honda curiously: "Mr. Honda, have you considered opening a factory in China?" ”

Soichiro Honda was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he said slightly apologetically: "I'm sorry Lin Sang, China's automobile market is still very weak, and Honda Motor Company has not yet entered the idea, but our motorcycle industry has a joint venture with a local military enterprise in China to produce motorcycles." ”

The old man never remembered the name of the company in China, but Hirotoshi Honda reminded him: "Heavy. Qingjialing Motorcycle Factory! ”

"Yes, Jialing!" Soichiro Honda nodded and said.

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said: "Yes, I also know about this, in 1982, Jialing and Honda joint venture, the whole machine parts were imported from Honda's products for assembly and sales, not bad!" ”

Soichiro Honda heard the insincerity from the young man's words, and Tojiro Honda and Hirokun Honda glanced at each other.

Honda Tojiro glanced at his father, and then said tentatively to Lin Qiangsheng: "China's automobile market has just started, we don't know much about this aspect, whether the joint venture has to go through a detailed demonstration and investigation, but China's motorcycle market is very large, we can cooperate in this regard!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile: "Okay, I also have plans to build a motorcycle factory, I plan to introduce a 125 displacement and a 250 displacement motorcycle complete set of technology, I don't know if Honda is interested?" ”

Honda Tojiro looked at his father, saw that the old man nodded slightly, and then said: "Of course we have no problem, but we just cooperated with Jialing, we have invested a lot of money and equipment in this company, and there is still time!"

This military factory also has great expectations for its products, and if another motorcycle factory is established in a short period of time, it will inevitably form a direct competition between the two Honda brands, and we also have to consider the feelings of the Chinese government! ”

Lin Qiangsheng waved his hand and said: "You don't have to think about this, I don't plan to continue to use Honda's brand, I just want to introduce technology and equipment!" ”

This time, the three Honda father and son were surprised, they didn't expect Lin Qiangsheng to have such great ambitions, and he actually wanted to introduce Honda technology to create his own brand! (To be continued.) )