The arrival of Chen Youwei and his delegation to Spring City was highly valued by General Motors, especially the Detroit City Government.

On a solemn occasion such as the town hall, the delegation was given a high-level welcome ceremony, and then the guests and hosts had a formal meeting in a very harmonious atmosphere.

As we have learned from many angles, Detroit, a once-glorious motor city, has gone through several ups and downs but still does not have much of a look. If a company like General Motors hadn't chosen to go out of the cracks and find a market, Detroit, with its big three automakers, would have had a much harder time.

Rao is like this, the Detroit side gave Chen Youwei and his entourage a very high-level welcome, and the mentality of being arrogant in the world for a long time makes them still contemptuous from the bottom of their hearts behind their hypocritical and polite hospitality.

The atmosphere of the first meeting between the two sides ended with a warm laughter, and in any case, the extremely exciting market prospects shown by Huaxia still allowed Citi people to restrain their arrogance to the greatest extent.

Chen Youwei's itinerary in Detroit is not too complicated, in addition to most of the visits and exchanges with local celebrities in Detroit, he also deliberately chose to conduct field visits in the production plant of a large automaker like General Motors.

At least from the situation on the ground, perhaps the gap between Chuncheng FAW in some related machine automation is not small, and there is not much difference between the two sides in terms of the actual operation level of the workers on site.

Xiao Tianyi, who is the chairman of FAW Group, feels this even more deeply, and from this point of view, he also admires the young mayor's previous judgment even more.

The schedule of Chen Youwei's visit to Detroit is not very long, and the total one-week itinerary is indeed a little tight for Chen Youwei, who has a thorough understanding of this famous automobile city.

In Chen Youwei's view, if you don't learn from the other party's lessons, Detroit's now is likely to be the future of Spring City.

A city of automobiles with a once brilliant achievements has now come to the end of its heroes, although there are too many political factors behind it. However, as a city with too simple an industrial structure and a continuous outflow of population, the current situation is no longer too unexpected.

Compared with Detroit, Spring City certainly has its own characteristics, and Spring City FAW certainly has a far-reaching influence as the leader of the city's economic development. But from a big point of view, as an old industrial base, Chuncheng has far more industrial development potential than a FAW.

Especially after the integration of Chuncheng State-owned Assets Investment Co., Ltd., a large number of factories with great development potential, such as machine tool factories, semiconductor component factories and locomotive manufacturing plants, which were originally very strong, have reformulated the future development direction, and a large number of new industrial products that keep up with the trend of the times have become their key work goals.

In Chen Youwei's plan, the status of the future Chuncheng Industrial Center Base still cannot be changed, but it is more focused on traditional industrial projects than in the past.

In his eyes, the industrial development of Chuncheng must continue to keep up with the trend of the world and constantly carry out industrial upgrading, so as to always stand at the peak of China's manufacturing industry.

And this is the key to Spring City's ability to always maintain its vitality and keep moving forward.

After several days of continuous visits and inspections, the delegation headed by the Chuncheng City Government finally sat down with the General Motors Corporation, which had been waiting for a long time, and held face-to-face negotiations on further cooperation between the two sides.

General Motors attaches great importance to this negotiation, and the reason why it chose to cooperate with FAW in Chuncheng is more of a passive way to go abroad. If it weren't for the amazing and exaggerated results achieved by the Germans in Shanghai, I am afraid that they would never have taken the initiative to come to China.

For GM, they actually made a lot of concessions in the initial cooperation negotiations between the two sides, and as a result, they have long become the laughing stock of their counterparts in Detroit.

Now that FAW has been officially put into production, it has quickly opened up the market in China, which not only makes countless GM companies overjoyed, but also makes them more confident in the future cooperation between the two sides.

According to the original cooperation agreement, Chuncheng FAW will invest in the plant and a part of the capital, while GM will cooperate with the automobile technology and a part of the capital that does not lag behind the level of the early 90s.

Chuncheng FAW owned 51% of the shares of the joint venture, and the profit dividends of the two parties were divided in half, which was a basically acceptable reality for both parties at that time.

With the happy start, Chuncheng FAW and General Motors are more confident in the future cooperation, but the originally suppressed interests and needs of each other are also unbearable.

And this is actually the fundamental reason why Chen Youwei and his delegation came to Detroit.

General Motors President David is a veteran of automobile management, and it is not the first time he has dealt with Chen Youwei. The last "intimate" meeting between the two sides was on the day of the signing of the agreement in the last part of Spring City, and the two sides were extremely impressed by each other's verbal arguments at that time.

"Dear Mayor Chen, I have to say that the conditions you put forward are a bit harsh, you know, even if our general company has no objection to the transfer of technology, this does not mean that our Citigroup regulators will agree to do this!"

Dawei shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The car engine is our core technology, I can understand your feelings, but I still have to say sorry!" ”

"Thank you, David, for your candour, but maybe you didn't understand the crux of our demand, and we don't need you to transfer the most advanced car engines that could have a direct impact on GM's development."

Chen Youwei stared at David with a little wandering eyes, and said with a smile: "We just need some engine skills at the level of the eighties, you know the way, you just gave FAW too advanced technology and they can't digest it." At present, Huaxia's low-end automobile consumer market is still very small, and I think this kind of cooperation is very fair and cost-effective for both of us! ”

"Uh-huh! You move on! ”

David glanced at the other GM executives sitting next to him, and it was obvious that they were just as excited as himself.

"Our idea is that we are willing to buy this set of engine production technology at a certain price in accordance with the international general principle, and of course we can also pay this money in a cooperative way with dividends from the final actual products." Chen Youwei feels that his flexible approach should be able to give the other party great attraction.

David took a deep look at the young man in front of him who was talking eloquently, and he had some understanding of the Chinese system, and he was no longer surprised to learn that the person he was negotiating with was not the person in charge of FAW itself.

"I have to say, dear Mayor Chen, your sincerity and kindness really touched us."

David shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "But we still need to discuss such a major matter, so, you know!" ”

Chen Youwei's eyes flashed with brilliance, it was beyond his imagination to be able to get such an answer, don't look at his appearance is extremely firm, he is not too optimistic about such a deal involving many people.

As General Motors President David said, there are some things that they really want to make this deal for themselves, but according to Citigroup's domineering idea that good things will never be given to others, it is really difficult to predict whether Spring City FAW will be able to get what they want.

No matter how different sides are at the talks, trying to maximize their own interests, the two sides still talk and laugh at the negotiation table, and they are as relaxed and happy as a spring breeze.

After attending the private dinner of General Motors President David in the evening, Chen Youwei called Xiao Tianyi and Pan Jianming out as soon as he returned to the hotel.

Coming to the hotel lobby café with melodious background music, Chen Youwei shook his head solemnly and said: "I just got bad news from David, as David said, the relevant departments of Citigroup have noticed our appeal. There are already voices coming out that General Motors will never be allowed to transfer the relevant engine technology to us! ”

Xiao Tianyi's faces sank, and although they were prepared for such news, they still felt extremely sorry.

"As far as General Motors itself is concerned, they still want our cooperation this time, but Citigroup has always had a hostile attitude towards our Huaxia, and from this point of view, this result is not surprising at all!"

Chen Youwei Nunu mouthed, motioned for the two to look at some sneaky figures in the corner of the hotel lobby, shook his head and sighed: "Why do you want to let you come out instead of discussing in the hotel?" Citigroup: This is really watching us Chinese people as demons and monsters! ”

Xiao Tianyi said angrily: "These foreign devils are really too deceitful! ”

"That's their nature, even if GM is so enthusiastic about us on the surface, if we hadn't shown a positive side to them, you think they'd treat us like this?" Chen Youwei took out a cigarette and scattered around, and lit it himself.

"So what do we do next?" Pan Jianming had long admired his young boss, and subconsciously asked.

"At least for some time to come, we have to maintain friendly relations with General Motors, even if they don't transfer engine technology to us this time!" Chen Youwei gently exhaled green smoke, and said with a deep gaze: "The harsh facts show that if you fall behind, you will be beaten!" Now we don't have the strength to bargain with each other, so naturally we don't have much bargaining confidence with the other party, but since we can't get what we want in this regard, then we have to get more from other aspects! ”

As for the more critical engine skills, Chen Youwei didn't say a word to the two of them in his heart, and he never knew what the failure of the road was, so he naturally wouldn't let it go easily! The arrival of Chen Youwei and his delegation to Spring City was highly valued by General Motors, especially the Detroit City Government.

On a solemn occasion such as the town hall, the delegation was given a high-level welcome ceremony, and then the guests and hosts had a formal meeting in a very harmonious atmosphere.

As we have learned from many angles, Detroit, a once-glorious motor city, has gone through several ups and downs but still does not have much of a look. If a company like General Motors hadn't chosen to go out of the cracks and find a market, Detroit, with its big three automakers, would have had a much harder time.

Rao is like this, the Detroit side gave Chen Youwei and his entourage a very high-level welcome, and the mentality of being arrogant in the world for a long time makes them still contemptuous from the bottom of their hearts behind their hypocritical and polite hospitality.

The atmosphere of the first meeting between the two sides ended with a warm laughter, and in any case, the extremely exciting market prospects shown by Huaxia still allowed Citi people to restrain their arrogance to the greatest extent.

Chen Youwei's itinerary in Detroit is not too complicated, in addition to most of the visits and exchanges with local celebrities in Detroit, he also deliberately chose to conduct field visits in the production plant of a large automaker like General Motors.

At least from the situation on the ground, perhaps the gap between Chuncheng FAW in some related machine automation is not small, and there is not much difference between the two sides in terms of the actual operation level of the workers on site.

Xiao Tianyi, who is the chairman of FAW Group, feels this even more deeply, and from this point of view, he also admires the young mayor's previous judgment even more.

The schedule of Chen Youwei's visit to Detroit is not very long, and the total one-week itinerary is indeed a little tight for Chen Youwei, who has a thorough understanding of this famous automobile city.

In Chen Youwei's view, if you don't learn from the other party's lessons, Detroit's now is likely to be the future of Spring City.

A city of automobiles with a once brilliant achievements has now come to the end of its heroes, although there are too many political factors behind it. However, as a city with too simple an industrial structure and a continuous outflow of population, the current situation is no longer too unexpected.

Compared with Detroit, Spring City certainly has its own characteristics, and Spring City FAW certainly has a far-reaching influence as the leader of the city's economic development. But from a big point of view, as an old industrial base, Chuncheng has far more industrial development potential than a FAW.

Especially after the integration of Chuncheng State-owned Assets Investment Co., Ltd., a large number of factories with great development potential, such as machine tool factories, semiconductor component factories and locomotive manufacturing plants, which were originally very strong, have reformulated the future development direction, and a large number of new industrial products that keep up with the trend of the times have become their key work goals.

In Chen Youwei's plan, the status of the future Chuncheng Industrial Center Base still cannot be changed, but it is more focused on traditional industrial projects than in the past.

In his eyes, the industrial development of Chuncheng must continue to keep up with the trend of the world and constantly carry out industrial upgrading, so as to always stand at the peak of China's manufacturing industry.

And this is the key to Spring City's ability to always maintain its vitality and keep moving forward.

After several days of continuous visits and inspections, the delegation headed by the Chuncheng City Government finally sat down with the General Motors Corporation, which had been waiting for a long time, and held face-to-face negotiations on further cooperation between the two sides.

General Motors attaches great importance to this negotiation, and the reason why it chose to cooperate with FAW in Chuncheng is more of a passive way to go abroad. If it weren't for the amazing and exaggerated results achieved by the Germans in Shanghai, I am afraid that they would never have taken the initiative to come to China.

For GM, they actually made a lot of concessions in the initial cooperation negotiations between the two sides, and as a result, they have long become the laughing stock of their counterparts in Detroit.

Now that FAW has been officially put into production, it has quickly opened up the market in China, which not only makes countless GM companies overjoyed, but also makes them more confident in the future cooperation between the two sides.

According to the original cooperation agreement, Chuncheng FAW will invest in the plant and a part of the capital, while GM will cooperate with the automobile technology and a part of the capital that does not lag behind the level of the early 90s.

Chuncheng FAW owned 51% of the shares of the joint venture, and the profit dividends of the two parties were divided in half, which was a basically acceptable reality for both parties at that time.

With the happy start, Chuncheng FAW and General Motors are more confident in the future cooperation, but the originally suppressed interests and needs of each other are also unbearable.

And this is actually the fundamental reason why Chen Youwei and his delegation came to Detroit.

General Motors President David is a veteran of automobile management, and it is not the first time he has dealt with Chen Youwei. The last "intimate" meeting between the two sides was on the day of the signing of the agreement in the last part of Spring City, and the two sides were extremely impressed by each other's verbal arguments at that time.

"Dear Mayor Chen, I have to say that the conditions you put forward are a bit harsh, you know, even if our general company has no objection to the transfer of technology, this does not mean that our Citigroup regulators will agree to do this!"

Dawei shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The car engine is our core technology, I can understand your feelings, but I still have to say sorry!" ”

"Thank you, David, for your candour, but maybe you didn't understand the crux of our demand, and we don't need you to transfer the most advanced car engines that could have a direct impact on GM's development."

Chen Youwei stared at David with a little wandering eyes, and said with a smile: "We just need some engine skills at the level of the eighties, you know the way, you just gave FAW too advanced technology and they can't digest it." At present, Huaxia's low-end automobile consumer market is still very small, and I think this kind of cooperation is very fair and cost-effective for both of us! ”

"Uh-huh! You move on! ”

David glanced at the other GM executives sitting next to him, and it was obvious that they were just as excited as himself.

"Our idea is that we are willing to buy this set of engine production technology at a certain price in accordance with the international general principle, and of course we can also pay this money in a cooperative way with dividends from the final actual products." Chen Youwei feels that his flexible approach should be able to give the other party great attraction.

David took a deep look at the young man in front of him who was talking eloquently, and he had some understanding of the Chinese system, and he was no longer surprised to learn that the person he was negotiating with was not the person in charge of FAW itself.

"I have to say, dear Mayor Chen, your sincerity and kindness really touched us."

David shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "But we still need to discuss such a major matter, so, you know!" ”

Chen Youwei's eyes flashed with brilliance, it was beyond his imagination to be able to get such an answer, don't look at his appearance is extremely firm, he is not too optimistic about such a deal involving many people.

As General Motors President David said, there are some things that they really want to make this deal for themselves, but according to Citigroup's domineering idea that good things will never be given to others, it is really difficult to predict whether Spring City FAW will be able to get what they want.

No matter how different sides are at the talks, trying to maximize their own interests, the two sides still talk and laugh at the negotiation table, and they are as relaxed and happy as a spring breeze.

After attending the private dinner of General Motors President David in the evening, Chen Youwei called Xiao Tianyi and Pan Jianming out as soon as he returned to the hotel.

Coming to the hotel lobby café with melodious background music, Chen Youwei shook his head solemnly and said: "I just got bad news from David, as David said, the relevant departments of Citigroup have noticed our appeal. There are already voices coming out that General Motors will never be allowed to transfer the relevant engine technology to us! ”

Xiao Tianyi's faces sank, and although they were prepared for such news, they still felt extremely sorry.

"As far as General Motors itself is concerned, they still want our cooperation this time, but Citigroup has always had a hostile attitude towards our Huaxia, and from this point of view, this result is not surprising at all!"

Chen Youwei Nunu mouthed, motioned for the two to look at some sneaky figures in the corner of the hotel lobby, shook his head and sighed: "Why do you want to let you come out instead of discussing in the hotel?" Citigroup: This is really watching us Chinese people as demons and monsters! ”

Xiao Tianyi said angrily: "These foreign devils are really too deceitful! ”

"That's their nature, even if GM is so enthusiastic about us on the surface, if we hadn't shown a positive side to them, you think they'd treat us like this?" Chen Youwei took out a cigarette and scattered around, and lit it himself.

"So what do we do next?" Pan Jianming had long admired his young boss, and subconsciously asked.

"At least for some time to come, we have to maintain friendly relations with General Motors, even if they don't transfer engine technology to us this time!" Chen Youwei gently exhaled green smoke, and said with a deep gaze: "The harsh facts show that if you fall behind, you will be beaten!" Now we don't have the strength to bargain with each other, so naturally we don't have much bargaining confidence with the other party, but since we can't get what we want in this regard, then we have to get more from other aspects! ”

As for the more critical engine skills, Chen Youwei didn't say a word to the two of them in his heart, and he never knew what the failure of the road was, so he naturally wouldn't let it go easily!