Chapter 400: Confrontation
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, island country, President's Office
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ye Sang has been to Tokyo before? Your Japanese pronunciation has a bit of a Kanagawa accent, which reminds me of my youthful years in my hometown when I was a child...... "Yoshino, president of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., was a little nostalgic in addition to being surprised, Yoshino, who was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, did not expect that a Chinese-American Saturn car owner could speak fluent Japanese when he entered his office, and he also had an accent from his hometown, and that kind of surprise could not be concealed.
"Fortunately, Your Excellency, Tokyo is a great place to make countless memories, but this is my second time in Tokyo, and time flies quickly, and I thought I spoke standard Japanese, with a Kanagawa accent?" Jiang Yelin scratched his head, and said in his heart that Matsushima is not an island girl from Kanagawa, it turned out that his two knives were unconsciously followed Matsushima, Jiang Yelin has a superhuman talent in language, in a word, it is what to learn is like anything, his first foreign language teacher is Ai Qiancang, and he will learn it for a while every night when he is in the capital.
When I was in the Beijing Yelin Company, Ai Rinkura, who was also the boss's tutor, had a very high level of English and a very good level of Japanese, so although the time to teach Jiang Yelin one-on-one was short, it also laid a good foundation for Jiang Yelin in a few months, and the rest was nothing more than idioms and vocabulary, and then Matsushima, a beautiful woman from Mitsubishi Bank in the island country, became Jiang Yelin's real Japanese teacher, correcting a lot of omissions in pronunciation and grammar, and Matsushima's English is also quite standard, A mouthful of beautiful pronunciation has raised Jiang Yelin's Japanese and English skills to a new level.
In the middle of this, the beautiful former police inspector Bai Suzhen, who was adventuring with him in the island country and Haojiang, the level of English and Japanese of the white beauty is not bad, plus the natural super memory and learning and imitation ability of this product, at this time, the level of English and Japanese is not an exaggeration for Jiang Yelin, as for the greetings and daily conversations between the two sides after entering the door, it is not a problem at all, but the blue-eyed blonde beauty assistant next to him was stunned, and the original worry of not bringing a Japanese translator was swept away.
"What's the weather like in Tokyo? I heard that Ye-san is from Busan? Don't know how Honda Motor can help you? Yoshino Hiroyuki quickly pulled the topic back from the weather to listen to the other party's intentions, if it weren't for the important matter, he could have shirked the matter too busy to get out, and asked the assistant Takasago to receive the other party to find out, however, Yoshino was really afraid that Takasago's temperament was too cold, don't scare away the business sent to the door, so he reluctantly went into battle to receive the young boss of Saturn Motors in person.
"I appreciate the fast talking style of Your Excellency President, indeed, I just visited Kia Motors Co., Ltd. in Busan, and now I am visiting Honda Motor Co., Ltd., mainly for the acquisition of Daewoo Motors in South Korea, I know that the vice president of your company, Fukui, is preparing for the bidding in Incheon, South Korea, but for the sake of prudence, I still flew directly to the head office in Tokyo to visit, we hope to jointly acquire the three factories of Daewoo Motors in South Korea with Honda Motor Co., Ltd., to be precise, Kia Motors will acquire the Incheon Daewoo Plant, Honda can take over the heavy-duty truck plant in Hanoi, and Saturn Motors will target the Daewoo plant in Alabama......"
Jiang Yelin's words made Yoshino, the president of Honda Motor Research on the opposite side, and the assistant Takasago stunned, the two of them glanced at each other, and they looked a little unexpected for a while, Yoshino groaned and did not speak, thinking about what kind of calculation the other party was making, but the beautiful assistant Takasago raised her eyebrows, and couldn't help but say, "Ye San, why do you need three companies to cooperate to acquire Daewoo Motors?" As the No. 2 automaker in the island nation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is fully capable of acquiring Daewoo Motor Co., Ltd. alone......"
"That's not going to work...... Miss Takasago, Daewoo Motor's factory in Alabama is imperative for our Saturn Motors, and if Honda Motor wants to grab it from our Saturn Motors, I'm afraid it will outweigh the ......losses" Jessica Abel can actually understand Japanese, of course, Jessica from the United States speaks English, fortunately, whether it is Takasago or Yoshino, both have the experience of studying in the United States, and English is no problem for them, but, in their own land, since Jiang Yelin, the chairman of Saturn Motors, speaks Japanese according to the local customs, then, There's no need to complain about speaking a language other than your mother tongue.
"Isn't the gain worth the loss? With all due respect, Miss Jessica, Saturn Motors' product line is based on mid-to-high-end sports cars in North America, the average ex-factory price of a single car in Daewoo Motors is only $15,000, and the average ex-factory price of a single car in Kia Motors is less than $8,500...... and we think that Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s independent acquisition of Daewoo Motors is the most reliable behavior "Junko Takasago's English pronunciation is also very standard, and in addition to beauty, the self-esteem and pride of high-IQ beauties are also not lacking.
Of course, Jessica's Japanese level can't catch up with Takasago's English level, and the blue-eyed beauty turned her head and ignored the other party's aggressive tone, and turned to Jiang Yelin, the chairman next to her, "Chairman, I think Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has nothing to talk about here, it's a mule or a horse to see who pays the highest price, we have the entire Wall Street investors as the backing, and the price is our strength!" ”
"Looks like you're right, Jessica, we're here a little abruptly...... Have you made an appointment with Toyota? It didn't take long to get there at noon, right? Jiang Yelin grinned, obviously giving face to his beautiful assistant, and while saying it, he stood up and was about to say goodbye, Jessica turned her eyes and said with a smile, "It's only an hour and a half from Tokyo to Nagoya City on the JR line, and Toyota City is 30 kilometers east of Nagoya, and the other party will send a car to Nagoya Station to pick us up......."
"Oops...... Ye Sang, how can this work, how can I leave when I just came, please sit down and let's discuss, negotiate, always reason with each other like this, Takasago, don't apologize to Ye San and Miss Abel soon......" Yoshino Hiroyuki frowned, and his attitude of getting up and staying was very resolute, at this time the 54-year-old old man was still pondering in his heart, the feasibility of the other party's three-company cooperation bid for Daewoo Motors, although the other party's beautiful assistant was a little arrogant, but don't really say it, in the North American market, The influence of Saturn Motors, which was successful in IPO, is much greater than that of Honda...... Wall Street investors are far more likely to invest their money in Saturn than in Honda Motor Co., Ltd., an outsider.
"Yesan, Miss Abel, if you have any offense, please take care of it...... Takasago held her hands and bowed and apologized, Jessica Abel saw this with a triumphant smile on her face, and deliberately raised her head to turn a blind eye, but Jiang Yelin didn't care, smiled and waved his hand and said, "Hey, hey, this is too much, then as for making Miss Takasago apologize, Miss Takasago's words just now are nothing, each is just its own master, but Your Excellency President, we really don't have much time, if Honda Motor is not ready to cooperate with us, Then we don't have to waste each other's time any longer......"
"The premise of cooperation is a win-win situation, to tell you the truth, Ye Sang, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is determined to win Daewoo Motors, as for South Korea's Kia Motors, the scale and volume are not at the same level, I don't understand why Saturn Motors chose Kia Motors as a partner in this acquisition? Could it be that Saturn Motors is ready to buy Kia Motors? "The treacherous and cunning Yoshino Hiroyuki's sense of smell is obviously not ordinary.
"Of course, I agree with the judgment of His Excellency the President, the premise of cooperation is a win-win situation, but if you give up cooperation, it is likely to cause a lose-lose situation, Saturn Motors is now a hot new listed company on Wall Street, and Saturn Motors has maintained profitability for three consecutive years, and this year's performance is more likely to double, in this case, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. wants to compete with Saturn Motors head-on, I'm afraid it is not a wise choice, Miss Takasago, don't you say?" Jiang Yelin's words were unhurried, and while declining the cigar cigarette handed over by Yoshino Hiroyuki, he signaled that he was smoking non-smoking to nourish his throat.
"With all due respect, Ye Sang, of course Saturn Motors is a great listed company, but you can't just pull it into your basket when you see a good one, right? Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a company focusing on the R&D and production of automotive technology, we will not give up our goals lightly, and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has never worried about the threat of competitors......" Takasago's voice was a hint of coldness, as if the bow and apology just now was just a passing scene or a polite gesture from an island country, and now these words are the girl's heart, and it is also Honda Motor Co., Ltd.'s attitude.
"Win-win cooperation is our first choice for Saturn Motors, of course, if Honda Motor Co., Ltd. thinks that it is more worth looking forward to being a rival with Saturn Motors than being a partner, we have nothing to say, but, Miss Takasago, in front of your president, what you said can represent Honda Motor's position and final attitude?!" Jiang Yelin pressed the beautiful assistant on the side, and still said to Junko Takasago with a smile.
"Uh, Ye San, to be honest, although Takasago has the title of assistant to the president, in fact, he is responsible for the responsibility of the executive president of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., her words, that is, the basic attitude of our Honda Motor Co., Ltd., we do not want malicious competition among peers, of course, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has been facing competition from all sides all the time in the course of its decades of development, and cooperation is of course the first choice, but if I say that Honda Motor Co., Ltd. wants to take a stake in Saturn Motors, do you think you will agree?"
Yoshino Hiroyuki's words were really a bit level, Jiang Yelin groaned when he heard this, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect this in advance, why, does Honda Motor Co., Ltd. want to take a stake in Saturn Motors?" As a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, we certainly welcome peers like Honda Motor Co., Ltd. to invest in or take ownership of Saturn Motors...... However, it seems that the approval of Saturn's board of directors is not required to buy Saturn shares in the secondary market...... Of course, if you hold more than 5% of the shares, you will have to make a stock purchase and sale announcement...... This is a requirement of the SEC, not a Saturn rule......"