Vondel has been a bit big lately.

Some news about the Passat from Huaxia somehow got to Germany.

That poor performance reminded many people of the collision accident between the Audi TT and the purple MSI some time ago.

All of a sudden, Volkswagen's stock price fell by five or six points.

Chairman Piëch even called him personally and asked him what was really going on.

This embarrassed him very much.

After being scolded, he naturally vented his anger on the Germans in the Demon City.

After a series of actions, many people were unlucky.

"Bu Defan, this kind of unauthorized replacement of steel plates, without any honest suppliers, your purchasing department can be introduced, it is really incredible."

Naturally, Hassan, as the head of the quality management department, did not want to take on this responsibility alone.

In his opinion, the responsibility of the procurement department is greater in this matter.

So even if Bu Defan has a good relationship with him, he still jumps out to accuse the purchasing department of the mistakes.

"Whether the parts delivered by the supplier meet the requirements of the drawings is something that the quality management department needs to confirm."

"Besides, when the new supplier was introduced, the quality management department also audited the supplier's quality management system."

"Each department finally brought in if it was deemed to be eligible."

"Our purchasing department is just comparing the cost advantages."

At this time, Bu Defan couldn't care about his friendship with Hassan for many years.

In the workplace, the friendship between colleagues usually seems indestructible, but when there is a conflict of interest, all friendships will be easily torn like a piece of paper.

This principle is the same whether it is in China or Germany.

"Before the purchasing department invited the quality management department to conduct an inspection, it was not just as simple as comparing prices."

"Your preliminary inspection report is very clear that the supplier's QCD meets the company's requirements in all aspects."

"If procurement is a simple price comparison, then not everyone who has graduated from junior high school can do it?"

Dr. Hassan was obviously very dissatisfied with Budfan's answer.

Isn't this to shift all the responsibility to the quality management department?

Although he knew that no matter how this matter was explained, the quality management department must be responsible.

However, the responsibility of one department is obviously different from the responsibility of everyone.

The way it is handled above will also be different.

The two of them quarreled directly at the regular meeting of the German garrison of the Demon City.

However, it is clear that quarrels will not solve the problem.

"The steel plate of the A-pillar part will be replaced with a hot-stamped steel plate immediately."

"Let Benteler make the mold as soon as possible, and strive to make the impact of this matter less in the shortest possible time."

"As for this supplier who replaced the steel plates without authorization, they transferred all their parts to other manufacturers for production."

"Don't work with them anymore."

Vondel made his decision with a black face.

However, Bu Defan's words made him very unhappy.

"The equipment is not exactly the same between different manufacturers, and it takes time to make molds."

"If we notify the supplier so bluntly, then it is very likely that they will cut off the supply to us directly."

"Then the entire factory of Modu Volkswagen will be shut down."

"Do you want another supplier to be ready to replace it first, and then deal with this supplier?"

Bu Defan didn't want to make a supply problem again.

Otherwise, he will be under even more pressure at that time.

As it stands, the greater responsibility lies with the quality management department.

However, if you try too hard to deal with suppliers, you will eventually get into trouble from the purchasing department.

Even if these suppliers will jump out directly to "bite", he has no score in his heart.

After all, there are some unspoken rules, and he is also clear.

"Then do as you say, and switch parts from this manufacturer in three months."

Vondel is now thinking about reducing the impact of this matter as soon as possible.

However, the more anxious he was, the more opponents such as Geely and Nanshan didn't want them to get their way.

"Mr. Cao, I inquired clearly with Li Jianfeng of the Demon Capital Volkswagen, the Passat will behave like that, on the one hand, because the strength of the steel plate of the A-pillar itself is not as good as the overseas version."

"On the other hand, in order to reduce costs, their suppliers privately use steel plates that are less strong."

"So there was the result of this collision."

"Now they are also looking to BENTELER to buy hot-stamped parts to replace the cold-stamped parts."

"At the same time, the parts of this supplier that caused trouble will be switched off one after another."

Zeng Tingting has been the head of the sales department for so many years, and the relationship between the procurement of various OEMs is naturally extraordinary.

Simply ask for some information, and there is no problem.

"Find a way to disclose this treatment plan of Modu Volkswagen to that supplier."

"Then let them bite and say that the steel plate they use meets the requirements of the drawings."

"When the time comes, the public of Modu will be different from their statement, and no matter which statement consumers believe, it will be a harm to the public of Modu."

Cao Yang is naturally eager to see the greater the trouble of the people in the Demon Capital, the better.

In this way, Volkswagen's brand power continues to decline in China, which is a good thing for both public and private.

At this time, the independent brand, due to Nanshan Group, has a much better reputation than in history.

At least there is no problem with the engine and gearbox, and everyone will have a lot less to worry about buying their own brands.

There are some other minor glitches, and everyone is still not so worried.

"Autohome has already bought a Passat from overseas in the fastest way, and will directly arrange a crash test with a domestic Passat at that time."

"This news, I think it can be released early?"

"When the time comes, let everyone know that Nanshan Group is not so easy to mess with."

Zeng Tingting unexpectedly proposed a new trick.

If this kind of conspiracy is released, it can definitely be on the hot search.

"Yes, it's just an opportunity to take this opportunity to treat those joint venture car companies that always like to reduce their configuration after arriving in China."

Volkswagen wants to use Nanshan Group as a "chicken" to kill, and Cao Yang must make some moves.

If you don't show some muscles, everyone thinks that Nanshan Group is easy to bully.

Sure enough, when the news was put on Autohome, Volkswagen was anxious.

"In the Passat in the United States, the A-pillar and B-pillar have been made of hot-stamping parts, and if compared with the Passat produced in Huaxia, even if there is no supplier to replace the steel plate, the strength of the body is also very different."

"At that time, there will definitely be a very big upsurge of public opinion within Huaxia, which will be very unfavorable to us."

"What do you guys suggest?"

Vondel is in a very bad mood right now, but he is trying to calm himself down.

"Autohome is the most influential automotive media in China, it is the industry of Nanshan Group, and it is obvious that Nanshan Group is taking revenge on us."

When Bu Defan said this, many people couldn't help but nod.

Everyone knows more or less about the grievances between Volkswagen and Nanshan Group.

One after another, the parts supplied by Nanshan Group to Modu Volkswagen and Chuncheng Volkswagen have been almost switched.

As for the parts for export, Volkswagen has prepared some inventory of its own, and now it has completely stopped placing orders with Nanshan Group.

The relationship between the two sides can be said to have broken down.

"What is more troublesome now is that in addition to the unfavorable news often published on Autohome, there are also negative news about us on Weibo from time to time."

"And this Weibo is also said to have a very close relationship with Nanshan Group."

"In this case, the propaganda aspect is very bad for us."

"Could we consider asking our joint venture partner to help?"

The people in the sales department felt the most immediate pressure, so they came up with a solution that seemed to be more effective.

"Chuncheng Automobile Group is now developing Hongqi cars with Nanshan Group, which is the honeymoon period of the relationship between the two parties."

"And they have a joint venture with Toyota, and the market performance is okay."

"It's hard to expect them to do a lot in this situation."

"As for Modu Automobile Group, their own brand is also cooperating with Nanshan Group, and I heard that the cooperation between them has been further expanded recently."

"In this case, if you want to count on the strength of the Modu Automobile Group, I am afraid it is unrealistic."

As soon as Bu Defan said this, many people fell silent.

When they chose a partner, they made a good choice.

They don't need to worry about ordinary things.

But this time, it hit a hard stubble.

"Anyway, this crash test can't let them mess around."

"At least we can't do it in an official organization, otherwise our reputation will be completely ruined in the future."

Vondel listened to everyone's analysis, and he was also big for a while.

"The models in China and the models in foreign countries use different materials, different configurations, and different powers, which is not the only way for Volkswagen to do."

"Among the domestic joint venture car companies, one is considered one, and none of them are exceptions."

"I've even heard that some car companies have directly divided the market into several levels, Europe, North America and Dongying are one level, and the rest of Asia is one level."

"And some models exported to Africa and other regions are another level."

"Now that Autohome wants to hold on to us, then we can pull all the other car companies into the water."

"When the time comes, everyone will stand up against Autohome's proposals, and Autohome will also feel the pressure."

"Or even if it is not good in the end, it is not just us who are bad."

"When everybody is doing this, Chinese consumers don't have any other choice."

"This approach of ours will be a practice that conforms to the market."

Although Hassan is engaged in quality, he is not without scheming.

This time, his proposal was very supportive of Vondel.

"It's a good idea, and it's very executable."

"From today onwards, the sales department will contact some media and advertising companies in this direction, and even organize some personnel to go to various forums to publicize."

"We want everyone to know that Volkswagen is not sorry for Chinese consumers, we just did something that all car companies do."

With Vondel's decision, soon, there were more topics about cars on the Internet in Huaxia.

All kinds of articles that have changed new angles to whitewash Volkswagen have appeared everywhere one after another.

Autohome, which has always paid attention to the changes in public opinion on the Internet, naturally felt this change for the first time.

"Mr. Cao, judging from our current analysis, Volkswagen's response plan is to pull other car companies into the water."

"Although independent brands have developed rapidly in recent years, the domestic auto market is still mainly dominated by joint venture auto giants."

"All kinds of media rely on the advertising of these car companies to a relatively high degree."

"If Volkswagen really lets Toyota, Honda, General Motors, Ford, Hyundai and other car companies go out together, then if we continue to do this test, it will be easy to offend a group of people."

"Of course, other car companies know about our conflict with Volkswagen, and they should be able to understand our approach."

"The relationship between everyone is not going to be reduced too much."

Yu Yu immediately reported to Cao Yang about the situation that Autohome had mastered.

One of the reasons why Cao Yang didn't plan to make Autohome go public easily is that there is a department within Autohome that is responsible for tracking and guiding some public opinion on the Internet.

Not to mention the number of trolls that this department has on the Internet, there are more than 200 employees within the department alone.

This is relatively rare among China's Internet companies.

"Volkswagen thought that if we pulled other car companies, we would be soft, and I really thought too much."

"This time, if we Nanshan Group don't do something, other car companies' attitudes towards us will change in the future."

"No matter how Volkswagen responds, these tests that we have, these comparison reports, will continue."

"I even took this opportunity to simply open a new section on Autohome, which is responsible for comparing the prices and configurations of similar models at home and abroad."

"When the time comes, we will focus on Volkswagen's models for comparison."

"At the same time, our car demolition workshop was also launched as a sector."

"As long as it is a model sold and produced by Volkswagen in China, we will buy it back and disassemble it."

"And then compare it to other models in the same category."

"When the time comes, I don't believe that I can't find the weakness of Volkswagen."

As soon as Cao Yang said this, Yu Yu was immediately excited.

Such a big move means that Autohome will invest a lot in the car demolition workshop.

This is certainly a good thing for the company's growth.

However, Yu Yu is happy, and some car companies are going to be unhappy.

(End of chapter)