If you don't know if you don't know, you will be shocked, there are 56 domestic automobile manufacturers, and the related spare parts manufacturing enterprises have reached a huge scale of thousands!

Not counting Lin Qiangsheng's participation in the construction of Binqi and Harbin Automobile, the domestic automobile industry has developed to such a scale in just 30 years, if it is not compared with the automobile industry in developed countries, in fact, this achievement is quite gratifying.

To cite the achievements of several domestic automobile companies, you will know that in the days when there was no large-scale contact with Europe and the United States, the domestic automobile industry has been working hard and has not given up.

In October 1969, China's first 32-ton mine dump truck came out in Shanghai, with huge tires with the height of adults. In 1974, China's first 400-ton large-scale highway flatbed truck was successfully trial-produced in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. In 1975, a large flatbed truck was successfully manufactured in Sichuan, transporting goods over mountains and mountains. In 71 years, the station wagons produced by Xingtai Hongxing Automobile Factory were welcomed by the domestic market, and once represented the Chinese automobile industry to participate in the Paris Automobile Expo, and was praised as the "Oriental Beauty" by the world's automobile authorities. At that time, a Red Star car selected by the program team of CCTV's "China Quality Journey" traveled a total of 38,000 kilometers without the slightest failure, which was well received by professionals.

It's a pity that China's automobile industry has followed the Soviet Union from the very beginning, and its own bad luck has shown the backwardness of our industry when compared with foreign countries after the reform and opening up!?

Among the people who came to Los Angeles this time were the project teams of BAIC and NAIC, and the marathon negotiations between SAIC and Volkswagen of Germany have been going on for four or five years, during which the arduous process has tormented SAIC to exhaustion, and they have reached the final stage of negotiations at this time, and they still have to talk to the Germans about the intention of naturally not coming to Los Angeles.

In addition to these people, the most special one is that the leaders of the Xingtai city government also came to Los Angeles, and Lin Qiangsheng inquired only to know that it was the Xingtai government that saw the opportunity to introduce cars. They feel that the local automobile industry has considerable scale and advantages, and the automobile is also an important industrial product. The high-end atmosphere is high-grade, so they showed considerable enthusiasm for this introduction project.

However, they never expected that when the Xingtai municipal government contacted the two automobile factories of Red Star and Long March, the two companies showed an attitude of not being interested in the joint venture introduction project. Although the Oriental beauty of the Red Star has been seriously impacted by the Binqi Jetta and the Harbin Accord, but due to its unique space advantage, it is a bit similar to a van in the dual-purpose of passengers and goods, plus the cheap price, so now this station wagon is still selling very well, although there is no lively scene in front of the factory in previous years, but it is still booming. The Long March Automobile Factory is responsible for the manufacture of off-road military vehicles. Many of the off-road vehicles galloping on the mountains and mountains along the Sino-Vietnamese border are the products of this automobile factory!

The Xingtai Municipal Government was disappointed, and secretly scolded the two companies for sleeping on the credit book, and at the same time began to think of their own ways to use their brains. Xingtai's 114 assembly plant (Xingtai Automobile Factory) was interested in participating, but they were a small company that produced pickup trucks, and the level was too low, and later they heard that they had to go to the United States to apply for the project, so the city government did not agree.

They decided that the mayor would personally come forward to participate in this expedition to introduce cars, and the best result they thought would be to snatch a car model from a number of powerful car manufacturers, and if it was successful, they would wait to see which manufacturer was suitable after returning to China.

Lin Qiangsheng was naturally enthusiastic about the two leaders of Binqi and Harbin Automobile, and he also took special care of the people from FAW, and FAW supported a lot of talents and equipment when Binqi was established. Lu Fuyuan, as a native of FAW, is also a translator, and has been in Canada for more than two years. He also behaved very cordially after communicating with Lin Qiangsheng.

Everyone was first surprised by Lin Qiangsheng's luxury bus, and then they were attracted by the bustling night in the United States. The neon lights on the skyscrapers and the traffic on the avenues shocked everyone to see how wide and brightly lit the roads in the United States were as wide as they could have been, as impressive as the abundance of electricity in developed countries.

At this time, Bai Yunsheng was very surprised when he looked at the scene outside the luxury bus, and saw that all the vehicles were driving backwards in the right lane, and the traffic on the road into the city in the left lane was very sparse, and he couldn't help but ask Lin Qiangsheng suspiciously: "Mr. Lin." Why do Americans drive outside the city, and why are there so few people entering the city? ”

Bai Yunsheng also asked everyone's doubts. Lin Qiangsheng looked back and said with a smile: "Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States, it has very few residential areas in the city and the price of houses is very expensive, and Americans advocate that kind of idyllic and free style home environment, so most people live in the suburbs." Everyone should have heard of the kind of small villas in the United States, and when you have the opportunity, you can visit it, and the Americans go into the city to work during the day and go home at night. So they're all rednecks! ”

"Haha" Everyone laughed loudly, and the tension in the luxury bus was swept away, and the sense of uneasiness that everyone had gone out of town began to decline, and they began to be curious about the national situation of the United States.

"I've been in Montreal, Canada, and even though Canada is located in a high latitude, its residents, especially the affluent, also prefer to buy houses in the suburbs, which seems to be a habit for them!" Lu Fuyuan said with a smile.

Bai Yunsheng is a little unaccustomed to these automobile companies. In his mind, these were all his competitors, although the level here was almost higher than him, but Bai Yunsheng didn't want to show weakness.

He cleared his throat and said with a smile, "I don't think a lot of Americans live in the suburbs, but if you really give him a house in the city, they would do it." Or are there people who want to live in the city, after all, it is more convenient to work and live in the city than in the suburbs, right? He looked at Lin Qiangsheng and said with some uncertainty.

Everyone listened to their conversation while looking at the scenery outside, Lin Qiangsheng nodded with a smile, gave Bai Yunsheng an affirmative tone and said: "Yes, after all, there are still some residential areas in the city, especially some high-end apartments, and noble residential areas are also where the rich live." Not only is it convenient to travel and shopping, but the property service provided is also first-class, and there are still many Americans who are willing to buy it. As far as I know, most Americans prefer to live outside the city for financial reasons, maybe some people like the free air in the suburbs, but some wealthy people will buy property in the coastal area and they won't live in the suburbs, which is the middle class! ”

"Alas, foreign workers live in villas and drive cars to and from work, which is really generous!" I don't know who sighed and caused everyone in the car to sigh.

"So where are we going, this is into the city?" Bai Yunsheng saw that Lin Qiangsheng's attitude was very enthusiastic, so he continued to ask even closer.

"We went to the University of Southern California, which is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, near where my automotive research institute is located." Lin Qiangsheng nodded and said.

The bus drove for nearly 40 minutes, and what surprised everyone on this way was the speed of the Americans, the driver was a white man, and he drove the car for hundreds of kilometers without anyone caring.

After arriving, Lin Qiangsheng arranged everyone to live in a four-star hotel, Li Gang was a little surprised, he and Lin Qiangsheng said: "Xiaolin, let's choose a cheap hotel to live in, this place is over-standard!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled and patted his hand and said, "It's okay, Mr. Li, don't look at this hotel, it's quite luxurious, but it's the off-season for tourism, and there are discounted rooms!" ”

"Really?" Li Gang didn't worry about asking Lu Fuyuan to ask about the reception at the front desk, through communication, there was really a discount room, and the discount price was equivalent to 4% of the usual, 70 US dollars a day for a room.

In this way, the project team's room and board fee is an average of 30 US dollars per person per day, which is enough for three people per room, and the front desk girl also enthusiastically said that breakfast is provided for free, and they can eat as much as they want. This also made the members of the project team quite excited, such a good hotel did not expect to provide free breakfast!

"In fact, people from China lack an understanding, in Europe and the United States many times hotels are discounted, Chinese people always like to pick that kind of low-grade and small-scale hotels, in fact, accommodation together does not necessarily save money!" Lin Qiangsheng said to Li Gang and the others.

"Alas, I really didn't expect to live so well in the United States this time, if the project can't be negotiated, I won't have the old face to go back!" Li Gang said jokingly to Lin Qiangsheng.

After arranging for everyone, the old man pulled Lin Qiangsheng into the guest room, and after the two sat down, Li Gang looked at Lin Qiangsheng and asked solemnly: "Xiaolin, I want to ask you the truth now, did you license all the cars and related technologies to us this time?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at Li Gang and said with a smile: "Of course, all of them are authorized to China without reservation, but I also have to choose a suitable cooperative company!" ”

"Of course, we will not force it if it is not suitable, and this negotiation must be established on the conditions of voluntariness, equality and mutual benefit between the two sides!" Li Gang nodded, and said several negotiation principles in a row.

"Yes, negotiations must be based on equality!" Lin Qiangsheng nodded with a smile of agreement, this is the old man who set the tone for the negotiations, and always adhered to these principles in the process of domestic and foreign contacts.

However, Lin Qiangsheng was still very happy, because he felt from Li Gang's words that China regarded him and the world's famous car manufacturers as the same level of conversation, which also meant that China recognized his status and his company's status!

Then Li Gang asked Lin Qiangsheng again: "There is another important matter, I will tell you here, this time the head office approved me a total of 18 million US dollars, only 18 million US dollars!" The country is in trouble now, and you also know that foreign exchange is scarce, so I have a reluctant request, old man! ”

"You say!" Lin Qiangsheng nodded and gestured.

Li Gang looked at Lin Qiangsheng and said slowly: "You tell me if this money is enough now, don't let my old man be busy in vain, I can't afford to lose that person!" (To be continued......)