Throughout the beginning of July, various car companies were immersed in the hot sales results in the first half of the year.

As the most eye-catching Jaguar Land Rover in the luxury car, it is naturally impossible to treat it as if nothing happened.

Even these changes are seen by the executives of the Nanshan system as an important opportunity to seize power.

To this end, Ma Deren, the global vice president of Jaguar Land Rover, personally flew to Yangcheng and reported to Cao Yang the next action plan with Pan Jianghui, deputy general manager of the Huaxia branch of his descendant.

These employees who took refuge in Nanshan Group in the early days have been working very hard for half a year.

They all know very well that if Jaguar Land Rover does not perform well in the market this year, then the original group of people will definitely jump out and make trouble.

At that time, they will not be able to sit firmly under their butts, let alone get a promotion and a raise.

"Mr. Cao, Jaguar Land Rover's sales in markets other than China in the first half of this year have maintained the same level as last year."

"This result, compared to other brands, is actually very good."

"After all, the impact of the financial crisis has not subsided so quickly, and car sales in many countries are sluggish."

"Being able to maintain without declining is actually equivalent to improving."

"Considering Jaguar Land Rover's excellent performance in the Chinese market, the sales volume and profitability in the first half of this year have set a new high."

"We're no longer the loss-making company that Ford dislikes."

"Many people in the company are actually very concerned about this."

Ma Deren's statement is quite objective.

When Ford sold Jaguar Land Rover, it never imagined that Jaguar Land Rover would turn a profit the following year, and the profitability was still very good.

If they could have predicted it, they wouldn't have sold it so cheaply at a loss.

Even if Jaguar Land Rover is sold at this time, the price can increase by at least 1 billion US dollars.

Of course, the premise is that Jaguar Land Rover can also achieve such good results in the Chinese market in the hands of Ford Motors.

In fact, it's simply impossible.

Not to mention the various support given by Nanshan Group to Jaguar Land Rover, nor the publicity of climbing the steps of Tianmen Mountain alone, the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover by Xingchen Automobile alone has provided a lot of traffic to the other party.

This kind of traffic, in fact, is also equal to sales to a certain extent.

"You're right, everyone has worked hard for most of the past six months."

"Before you were vice president, some people on the board still had opinions, and now these people can shut up."

"After I go back, I will arrange for the board of directors to formally appoint you as the global president of Jaguar Land Rover, and then Lao Pan, you will also officially enter the board of directors, and at the same time serve as the general manager of Huaxia, fully responsible for all Jaguar Land Rover's affairs in China."

Such a good opportunity, Ma Deren and Pan Jianghui didn't want to miss it, and Cao Yang naturally didn't want to either.

Xingchen Automobile's acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover is not simply an equity investment, but wants to really turn this company into a company under Nanshan Group.

Whether it is a new factory or R&D center in the magic capital, or a new personnel appointment, it is all around this purpose.

Anyone or anything that conflicts with this purpose will be suppressed.

For those in high positions, the people below do not necessarily need to be very capable, but they must be loyal enough.

Otherwise, the more capable you are, the more you won't be trusted.

Even the more capable people are, the greater the harm they will eventually bring to the company.

After all, people are very capable of doing things, and when they engage in sabotage, they are also very capable.

"Thank you, Mr. Cao!"

"Thank you boss!"

Pan Jianghui and Ma Deren were overjoyed when they heard this.

What are they working hard for?

Isn't it just for the sake of this day coming sooner?

The better the prospects for Jaguar Land Rover, the higher the status of the two of them.

One is the global president, the other is the general manager of the Huaxia branch, no matter which event is attended, this card is enough.

"Charles, are they safe during this time?"

When appointing new personnel, it is natural to consider where the original personnel will go.

When Nanshan Group acquired Jaguar Land Rover, it promised the management of Ford Motor and Jaguar Land Rover that it would not lay off employees easily.

There will be no large-scale layoffs even within three years of the acquisition.

But if you want to disgust someone, or force someone away, there are actually many other ways besides the simple and crude method of layoffs.

In particular, the means for people with high positions to deal with people with low positions are endless.

"Charles is a bit stubborn, but his love for Jaguar Land Rover is genuine."

"He also sees the achievements during this time, especially Jaguar Land Rover's excellent market performance in China, which has made many people shut up."

"As long as your eyes are not blind, you know that Jaguar Land Rover can have today's achievements in China, which is inseparable from the support of Nanshan Group, otherwise it would be impossible to have today's achievements in the end."

Ma Deren already knew that he would soon replace Charles, so he didn't want to keep saying bad things about others in front of Cao Yang, so that his style didn't seem to be so high.

As soon as his opinion was published, Pan Jianghui added on the side: "On the side of the Huaxia Branch, the whole is relatively harmonious. ”

"As the general manager of Huaxia Branch, Furlai basically doesn't care about the company's affairs now."

"He goes to Sanlitun every day after work, and often doesn't come to work in the morning."

"He also knows that he is not popular in the Huaxia branch, so he is very low-key."

"Most of the things within the company, various departments are reporting to me, and then I judge according to the situation to see if I want to give Folley a breath."

Pan Jianghui was quite complacent and added the situation of the Huaxia branch.

As an old man who has worked in Jaguar Land Rover Huaxia Branch for many years, Pan Jianghui naturally has many ways to deal with the general manager of Forlai.

Not to mention that Forlay is not popular with the boss now, and when Pan Jianghui made a move, he even had a lot less scruples.

Otherwise, how could Faorlay be so honest?

"It's good to be interesting!"

"If he is interested, it is not impossible to continue to leave him a place on the board of directors."

"The performance of Huaxia Branch is very good, Lao Pan you want to be promoted, and it is reasonable for him, the general manager, to be promoted to global vice president."

Jaguar Land Rover is on fire, and the Nanshan system is naturally going to take full power.

Especially on the Huaxia branch, all the management must be personnel who obey the command.

Even in the future, Jaguar Land Rover Huaxia Branch will become a relatively independent company from the headquarters, slowly eroding the heritage of Jaguar Land Rover.

At that time, even if those foreigners want to make trouble, Cao Yang is not afraid at all.

It's a big deal to stop the company, and directly break the net.

Then the shareholders of the Huaxia branch were changed, so that Jaguar Land Rover Huaxia directly became a subsidiary of Xingchen Automobile Holdings, and maintained the same level as Jaguar Land Rover Global.

Anyway, no matter how far the situation develops, as long as the Huaxia branch is still in hand, Nanshan Group will not lose.

"I'll go back and communicate with Forlay first to see if he is willing to serve you, Mr. Cao."

"If he is willing to continue to stand on the side of Nanshan Group, I think it is okay to make him the vice president."

Ma Deren was still worried about who would take his place.

With Cao Yang's arrangement, this worry can be saved.

Best of all, this arrangement can greatly reduce the vigilance of the old stubborn gang of board members.

Even if you want to oppose it, you can't find a very suitable reason.

After all, the results of the Huaxia branch are over there.

Jaguar Land Rover is a business, and since it is a business, it is to make money as its main purpose.

The performance of Huaxia Branch became popular, directly turning Jaguar Land Rover into a profit, who dares to say anything about this achievement?

Even if things get bigger, you will be at fault.

"On the Huaxia branch's side, all departments are basically listening to me now, and a few people who were originally unwilling to cooperate with Nanshan Group in depth, I will start arranging for them to return to England next month."

"At that time, the group can transfer a group of people from other business divisions to the Huaxia branch to work together to build up sales in the second half of the year."

Pan Jianghui is also very smart, and he knows that it is definitely not possible to operate Jaguar Land Rover Huaxia as his own place.

So I took this opportunity to take the initiative to ask Nanshan Group to send people to Jaguar Land Rover.

As long as half of Jaguar Land Rover's management is from Nanshan Group, plus the other half of the people who take the initiative to get closer, the future business will be very good.

Cao Yang naturally understands this truth.

So this time he didn't refuse, and directly said that he would arrange it.

Although there is no suspicion in employing people, proper supervision is definitely required.

Otherwise, maybe people will make a big hole for you at that time, so that you won't have time to cry.

And with the dialogue between Ma Deren and Pan Jianghui and Cao Yang, Jaguar Land Rover immediately had a series of actions.

These changes naturally fell in the eyes of those who have a heart.

The Nanshan system is in full power, which is definitely a very important thing.

"Mr. Li, judging from what we have collected so far, after Nanshan Group acquired Jaguar Land Rover, it took almost a year to completely control the company."

"And in this year, Jaguar Land Rover has successfully turned a profit."

"So in the negotiation with Ford, I think we can make appropriate concessions."

"For us, the most important thing now is to buy Volvo cars from Ford, otherwise if Nanshan Group changes its mind, we won't be able to compete."

Peng Lin, as the head of Geely's automobile sales department, is very interested in Volvo.

In his opinion, perhaps Geely Automobile may not necessarily make money on the purchase of Volvo Cars itself.

However, after the acquisition, the driving effect on the Geely brand will ultimately benefit Geely Automobile.

That's why Peng Lin and Li Su went to the United States in person.

"What you said is also reasonable, the domestic car market is now recovering very quickly, we must seize this opportunity as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a pity."

Li Su can naturally realize this.

However, Geely Automobile was established relatively early, and it is also a person with a certain baggage.

For example, some of the early R&D personnel may not be very active now.

But it doesn't seem appropriate for you to fire people directly.

"In terms of the funds for the acquisition, we have comprehensively summarized the credit lines of various banks, and we should be able to buy Volvo smoothly."

"At that time, we will also build a Volvo factory in China, and we are in a hurry to get new projects to stimulate the development of local GDP as soon as possible, and many places will definitely be willing to provide very favorable conditions for Volvo cars."

"Even some of the funds for the construction of factories can be discussed for a part of the subsidies and tax exemptions."

"It would be a shame if you didn't put these things to good use."

When Peng Lin said this, Li Su was noncommittal.

However, as for speeding up the negotiations with Ford, he thought of it with Penglin.

It's just that Li Su may not even know, because Jaguar Land Rover's excellent performance in China has directly affected some of Ford's ideas.

"Chris, regarding the sale of Volvo Cars, the next negotiation with Huaxia will be handed over to you."

"Nanshan Group bought Jaguar Land Rover cars from us, and now it has successfully turned a profit, you should make good use of this news and contribute to the increase in the selling price of Volvo."

Murali somewhat regretted selling Jaguar Land Rover.

The price of $2.2 billion is much lower than the price Ford bought back in the first place.

And that's not even taking into account inflation.

If you do the math carefully, including R&D investment, Ford lost at least $5 billion on Jaguar Land Rover.

It's definitely a painful number.

I wanted to make money, but in the end, it turned into a loss.

This result is certainly something that no one wants to see.

"I also have a good understanding of the situation of Geely Automobile, their interest in Volvo is very high, and they have a very good relationship with some banks in Huaxia."

"So this time I sold Volvo cars, I was sure that I could sell them for a higher price than Jaguar Land Rover, but now Geely is already asking for a higher price than other potential buyers."

"If we want to continue to improve, the space is relatively limited."

Chris also doesn't want to put too much pressure on himself.

When the time comes, if Murali is not satisfied with the negotiated price, he will have to be scolded.

It's better to make the situation clear at the beginning, so that you don't have to worry so much.

If you talk too much, that's a credit.

There is less talk, and there is no mistake.

That's what makes Chris give it a go.

"Originally, I thought that the Chinese people were very poor, and in the early years, in order to buy an airplane, they even needed to sell hundreds of millions of shirts."

"I didn't expect that the Chinese people are actually quite rich, especially when it comes to overseas acquisitions, they are more generous than businessmen from many countries, and if they don't take advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit, they won't be able to find such a good buyer in the future."

In Murali's eyes, the portrait of the Chinese has become complicated.

But he definitely still wants to sell Volvo cars to the Chinese.

As a major automobile country, Huaxia has more than 100 automobile companies.

One more Volvo, one less Volvo, for the Chinese market, the impact is very small.

Volvo Cars already has this awareness within itself.

So Ford, as the parent company, is also aware of this, so it has to sell a bunch of brands.

"Huaxia's foreign exchange reserves are very sufficient now, and I will see how to use this information when the time comes."

"If Nanshan Group is willing to cooperate with us, then everything will be easy."

"It's a pity that Cao Yang doesn't want to pit his own people."

"This is a little different from the other Chinese people I have come into contact with."

In Chris's eyes, the Chinese people in the United States are more ruthless than anyone else when they betray their compatriots for their own interests.

When you go out, the most important thing to guard against is these so-called "fellow countrymen".

When the time comes, when the fellow sees the fellow, his eyes are full of tears.

It's a pity that this tear is only yours.

"I don't think you see it the same way."

"Like Nanshan Group, being willing to compete with you in a dignified manner is actually a manifestation of strength and confidence."

"Nanshan Group's influence in Huaxia should be very large, and there are many things to be afraid of."

Murali and Chris scribbled and chatted.

In the past, Murali would talk about China, mostly because of how many Boeing or Airbus airliners had bought.

Now it's more because of what happened to Nanshan Group......

"This is a fact, the status of Nanshan Group in China has slowly become a bit of General Motors' status in the United States."

"The number of employees and the size of their turnover are very impressive."

"At the end of last year, they were still a little worried about whether there would be problems if they changed the factory of Xingchen Automobile to three shifts."

For automobile manufacturers, most of the cases are to implement two shifts, and only some special bottleneck processes will work in three shifts.

Of course, in order to give full play to the power of the buildings on the limited land, the three-shift came into being.

To put it mildly, this shift is a bit inhumane.

Although it was also satisfied with 8 hours of time, even counting food or something, it was not 8 hours.

But those who have not experienced the hard work of working at night have no right to speak.

"In any case, we have been cooperating with Nanshan Group for many years, and the F150 has not yet been replaced, and we continue to use the appearance designed by Cao Yang."

"From this point of view, it can fully reflect the close cooperation between our two sides."

"Not to mention that we are helping Xingchen Motors sell its products in the United States."

"Many people still think that Ford Motor has an additional sub-brand called Xingchen."

Murali couldn't help but complain.

At the same time, he still attaches great importance to the cooperation with Nanshan Group.

It's a win-win thing, and no one wants to say no.

"I'll find a time to go to China in the near future, and by the way, I'll also take a look at what the situation is on Chang'an Ford."

"In the future, Ford will continue to increase its investment in new models in the Chinese market, and in addition to cooperating with our shareholders, cooperation with Nanshan Group is also indispensable.

"In particular, the huge influence of Nanshan Group on Nanshan Film and Television, Autohome and Weibo is not comparable to any car company."

"Ordinary enterprises are born for profit, but the situation within Nanshan Group is sometimes more complicated and a little confusing."

Chris couldn't help but complain on the side.

Because of that situation, he himself had encountered it before.

Of course, it wasn't encountered by the Nanshan Group.

"Well, a company like Jaguar Land Rover can be reborn in the hands of Nanshan Group, which makes me full of confidence in Lincoln Motors entering the Chinese market."

"When the time comes, we will cooperate with Nanshan Group to see if we can cooperate with each other in the world."

Chris is quite familiar with the situation of Xingchen Motors.

So when he speaks, he can't help but be biased towards the Nanshan Group.

It's human nature.

Cang Liao knows the etiquette enough!

The employees of Nanshan Group have a good salary package, and they are naturally very polite outside.

If you only get a salary of 800 yuan a month, see if you still have that polite mood?

"Then act as soon as possible and don't procrastinate."

After listening to Chris's words, Murali came directly to urge.

Don't wait for me, get to work!

Realizing the meaning of Murali's words, Chris had to go to work with a little depression.

It's just that with the increasing popularity of topics related to sales in the first half of the year, it has attracted a group of people outside the automotive industry to watch related reports.

To a certain extent, the biggest beneficiary of this matter is not the main engine factory, not the parts company, but the professional automotive media person.

At this moment, the employees of Jaguar Land Rover and Xingchen Motors, which performed the best, began to return to calm.

What about good sales in the first half of the year?

It's not time to win the lottery yet, and it's just good news that it's selling well.

"Mr. Cao, Mr. Zhu of Chuncheng Automobile Group personally invited you to participate in the HS5 offline activity of Nanshan Hongqi, the time is a little rushed, and you will leave the day after tomorrow."

Within Nanshan Group, all work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

Mi Ying also came to the company early in the morning as usual, and after cleaning up Cao Yang's office, she sorted out the key news of the first day sorted out by the general manager's office.

THEN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS ON OUTLOOK, AND WHEN CAO YANG COMES, YOU CAN REMIND HIM IN ADVANCE.

As a special automobile company in China, Chuncheng Automobile Group naturally prioritizes the invitation letter from the other party.

Otherwise, if the time is delayed, she may have to take the blame.

Of course, with her relationship with Cao Yang, she is not afraid of taking the blame.

It's just that there are so many people in the general manager's office, and there must be a process that should be there.

This can be regarded as a kind of protection for employees.

(End of chapter)