Chapter 23: Yamaha (2)

Jerry was also really interested in Yamaha's engine technology, and in his opinion, Yamaha's well-developed motorcycle engine technology could be easily used in various fields due to its strong horsepower and small size. For emerging markets, the demand for motorcycles is extremely huge, and in addition to emerging markets, Jerry has another idea. A Yamaha motorcycle built on a Yamaha engine is a Japanese Harley! In addition to comprehensively shrinking the Yamaha Motor market, breaking through from the high, medium and low ends, respectively, the benefits that Yamaha Motor can bring are far higher than the value that Yamaha Motor currently has. What's more, after acquiring Mazda and completing technology sharing with Samsung and Toyota, Tanaka Motors now has a very important technology in its hands, electric vehicle battery and engine technology.

The emergence of electric vehicle battery and engine technology began to appear as far back as 1840, and at the end of the nineteenth century, the development of electric vehicles worldwide reached a peak, and the automobile market was divided into three parts of the world with steam locomotives and diesel locomotives. However, with the leapfrog growth of oil extraction worldwide and the improvement of internal combustion engine technology, after 1920, electric vehicles were gradually replaced by internal combustion locomotives. Between 1920 and 1990, the development of electric vehicles was rather sluggish. Although electric technology is still slowly being developed in the fields of electric drives, battery materials, power packs, and battery management, it is a pity that these technologies have not been truly developed and applied. And before 1990, the prior form of electric vehicle technology was mainly electric rail cars, but of course, a small number of battery cars (battery cars using lead-acid battery pack technology, used in golf courses and forklifts, etc.). With the decreasing oil resources and the continuous intensification of environmental pollution, electric vehicle battery and engine technology have re-entered the public's field of vision. In 1990, General Motors began to introduce the Impact series of all-electric sedans to the world, and in 1992. Ford unveiled the Ecostar using calcium-sulfur battery technology, and last year, Toyota unveiled a RAV4LEV using nickel-metal hydride battery technology, and France's Renault unveiled the Clio model. In mid-1997, the world's first hybrid sedan, the Prius, rolled off the production line at Toyota and began to enter the market. The Prairia-Joy-EV, the first electric vehicle to use lithium-ion technology, rolled off the assembly line at Nissan Motor Company. In 1997, Japanese automobiles made full efforts in the field of electric vehicles, indicating the full arrival of the spring of electric engine and electric battery technology.

With the electric engine and electric battery technology obtained from Samsung and Toyota through the sharing of technology patents, and Mazda's own research on electric engines, Tanaka Motors is now fully capable of producing electric vehicles on its own.

But. Electric cars?

Forget it!

Before the charging pile technology has really developed by leaps and bounds, electric car Jerry really has little interest. But if it's an electric motorcycle! Jerry would be interested in getting a kick in the action!

The demand for motorcycles, especially electric motorcycles, as a convenient and affordable means of transportation in emerging economies, is huge.

In the case of electric vehicles, let's not be in a hurry, let's make electric motorcycles first.

In 1997, Yamaha motorcycles were hit hard in the emerging economies of Asia due to the financial crisis, but Yamaha motorcycles and Yamaha Motor technology. Its position in the field of motorcycle engines is almost unassailable. Even Honda, too!

The acquisition of Yamaha Motor changed the direction of Yamaha Motor Corporation, starting with Yamaha Electric Vehicles. Taking advantage of Yamaha's existing motorcycle market, we opened up the direction and went deeper into the field of electric vehicles step by step.

Of course, Jerry didn't mention that he and Yamaha entered into an in-depth cooperation. He actually has another purpose.

Yamaha Corporation's singing synthesizer technology.

No one can question Yamaha's industry prowess in the field of electronic instrumental music.

As for the electronic instrumental synthesizer technology, if you mention V family, VOCALOID, Kenike Hideki, and Hatsune Miku. You probably know what Jerry wants!

Of course, engine technology is also required, otherwise, how to use Yamaha's engine to make a fun power gliding device, Tamagawa's anime theme park needs this thing!

Umemura Mitsuru left Tanaka's car with a happy face, and in his opinion, things went so smoothly that he couldn't imagine it.

Tanaka Motor did not intend to acquire Yamaha Motor in its entirety, but it proposed to take a stake.

This is exactly Toyota's spider-like expansion model.

But so what! No matter how big the Tanaka Foundation is, it needs talent.

Especially people in the professional field.

Motorcycle power engine, Tanaka Automobile at most put forward a major aspect, how to do it, how to implement, all need professionals to do. Neither Ami Harano nor Jerry can do anything!

For Jerry's somewhat nondescript thoughts, what else can Ami Harano do except blink her eyes and look puzzled?

"I really can't figure it out." Ami Harano looked at Jerry with her chin in her hand, "How could you be interested in a Yamaha engine." ”

"Didn't I say that? Tanaka Motors can start with electric motorcycles. Mazda has its own operation and management team, and Samsung Motors and Kia Motors, which will be settled in the future, also have their own operation and management teams. Still, I've got to find something for you to do! As the young lady of the Tanaka Foundation, I can't let you be too idle! Salary, not for nothing! ”

Although Ami Harano is married to Bob Clemings, she does not hold shares in even a branch of the Tanaka Foundation, so she has no opinion, after all, the newly created Tanaka Motors gives her a somewhat puppet-like executive director an annual salary.

"So, you're going to let a student from Dongda, who originally majored in finance, make an electric motorcycle?"

"What? No more faith! Jerry smiled and asked, "Didn't you, a student of finance, sell Chinese cabbage in Russia?" ”

Jerry's reference to Ami Harano's selling Chinese cabbage in Russia was a reference to her work for Cummings Associates. In the beginning, Ami Harano was mainly responsible for dealing with the head of the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture, and of course, she was always accompanied by the help of Seryosha and Yuri Luzhko. At that time, the largest storage in the large warehouse of the Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR was Chinese cabbage!

"I'm still thinking about when the consortium will transfer me to Moscow."

"Bob will be back from Moscow soon, Yaohan's integration is not yet complete, and he needs to return to Japan to preside over Yaohan's main work. United Properties and Siberian Oil Company are already on the right track, and JR will send a team of professional managers to take charge. Don't worry about that guy planting everywhere! ”

"Huh? Listening to your tone, you seem to know all these good things he has been doing? ”

"Slander comes at a price."

"Bob that guy~" Ami Harano sighed, not knowing if marrying Bob Cummings was the right decision.

"Don't think too much, when that guy is confused, he can still find his way home!"

Ami Harano smiled bitterly.

At this very moment, our esteemed Honorable Bob Cummings is fighting in the toilet of a nightclub in France.

Half an hour later, Bob Cummings came out of the restroom wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Coming out with him is the Swiss tennis star Martina Hingis, a tennis girl who just lost at the French Open.

Bob came to France this time for the promotion of Yaohan France, because of the strong sniping of Carrefour France, Yaohan France's business expansion progress is very slow. If you want to open up the situation, it is really difficult.

Yaohan Asia is progressing very smoothly because of its favorable time, location, and people, and because it is facing all emerging markets. Carrefour, which came across the ocean, was bullied to death by the integrated Yaohan in the Asian market. It is precisely because of this that Yaohan went north to Central Europe and entered France, and was subjected to Carrefour's comprehensive retaliatory suppression.

France is the base camp of Carrefour, and Carrefour, as the largest retailer in Europe and the second largest international retail chain group in the world, is destined to have the same level of energy in France.

Bob Cummings is afraid that it is the first time that he has touched so many walls, and the Frenchman, who is naturally known for his romanticism, has been letting him eat behind closed doors.

The irritable Bob didn't even have any interest in riding a French ocean horse, and went straight to the nightclub.

No, I just happened to meet Hingis, a Swiss beauty who was defeated by Mayori in the final of the French Open.

The two frustrated guys borrowed wine to drown their sorrows, and they dried firewood directly in the toilet of the nightclub.

The tight legs and super staying power of the sports star made Bob Cummings almost unable to hold on, and this experience soaked up all his depression all at once.

Yin's guy directly marked the tennis girl who was only sixteen years old in the position of a long-term friend.

And just when Bob Cummings was so transparent that even the pores were all open, Jerry's call came straight away.

"Hey~ buddy!" Bob Cummings shook his glass and tilted his head, but his eyes didn't leave the spring-like Hingis.

Obviously, the beautiful girl in tennis likes this encounter very much, at least, in the case of losing on the court, she can toss on the love court, especially when she meets a "big" stallion like Bob Cummings, her mood is also a lot better.

It's a pity that after tonight, she has to fly to the United States.

The U.S. Open, still waiting! (To be continued......)