Compared with Li Liangyi, who was in a good mood, Qing Jingbin, who had just arrived in Jinling at this time, was not so relaxed.

1997 was a pivotal year for NSK Group as Head of Sales at the Huaxia office.

Although Japanese bearings entered the Chinese market very early, to a certain extent, they were still dragged back by the Japanese car companies that were one step slower than the Germans.

Volkswagen produced several classic models in China in the late 80s and early 90s, and until almost a decade later, in 1997, Toyota and Honda were still hesitant to enter into a joint venture.

This led to the entire Huaxia automobile market in the nineties, which can be said to revolve around two models.

Santana and Jetta.

They are all SKF bearings.

Although bearings are known as industrial joints, and any equipment with rotating parts inevitably needs to use such seemingly inconspicuous parts, there is no doubt that automotive bearings occupy an absolute advantage in terms of sales and profits.

The success of German cars in China directly allowed SKF to account for 60% of China's imported bearing sales, while Japanese companies such as NSK and NTN still could not reverse the unfavorable situation of being pressed and beaten overall, although they accounted for a higher proportion in the industrial field.

In this case, NSK has begun to consider officially upgrading the Huaxia office to the Huaxia region, and building a bearing factory in Luzhou and Gusu respectively.

And if Qing Jingbin can come up with good enough performance in the past two years, then he has a high probability of going further and sitting in the highest position left by NSK to the Huaxia people, that is, the deputy minister of the Huaxia Region.

So he can't afford not to pay attention to this matter.

Investigating the situation of Jinling Iveco is not a difficult task for Qing Jingbin.

It is true that bearing manufacturers are indeed suppliers of Party B compared to the main engine factory, but in daily contact and communication, they are often much stronger than Party A in terms of key technologies.

What's more, NSK is still a foreign company, and it is absolutely a superior existence.

It's normal to develop some eyeliner relationships within the OEM or in the dealer network.

Therefore, Qing Jingbin hardly spent much effort, and used McDonald's to get some news from a worker in Jinling Iveco.

"You say that from November this year, the newly produced Iveco will proudly switch to a batch of domestic parts?"

When he first heard the news, the former's first reaction was ridiculous.

Before he came to Jinling, he thought that it was likely that some peers deliberately lowered the price to engage in competition and steal the business, but the suspect from NTN to FAG to SKF thought about it all over again, but he never thought that Jinling Iveco would be bold enough to use domestic bearings.

"Yes, I heard from my second uncle two days ago that he worked as an inspector in the technical research and development department of our factory, and said that each car could make thousands of yuan more profits."

The young man who was found lowered his head and took a bite of the burger.

Jinling Iveco gives good treatment, but for him, there are still very few opportunities to eat this kind of foreign fast food.

"You don't want word of mouth? Replace imported goods with fake and shoddy parts, or the key part of wheel bearings, customers will find the problem after driving hundreds of kilometers, and even my reputation will stink when the time comes! ”

Of course, Qing Jingbin couldn't be stupid enough to publicly identify himself when he developed his eyeliner, so he has always used "car dealerships who want to get some inside information" as a cover activity.

It is reasonable to show such anxiety at this moment.

"I don't know more specifically, but I haven't heard that the marketing department is going to change the after-sales standards, I think there should be no big problems, and the vast majority of customers will not care which supplier the parts are."

The young man opposite shrugged:

"In fact, I know that there are many drivers who will directly replace the auxiliary parts when repairing the car, so what is the Japanese bearing of Enaisiyi is too expensive, and it can cost dozens of dollars to replace four bearings at a time, and I have not heard that the quality is different from the original factory."

"Nonsense, the kind of analogues you are talking about are ......"

Qing Jingbin swallowed back in the middle of his words.

Of course, he knew that what the other party said was completely true, because the so-called "analogues" outside that were only twenty or thirty yuan cheaper than NSK's official sales, but of exactly the same quality, were obtained by Shunsuke Haneda from Japan and sold privately through special channels.

Including Qing Jingbin himself, he also participated in it.

Naturally, this kind of thing is impossible to say.

But they are also measured in this kind of action, and the number of goods put on the market each time is not large, and it is impossible for Jinling Automobile to rely on these two jujubes to make cars.

So there must be another supplier.

Thinking of this, Qing Jingbin leaned his head over slightly and asked in a low voice:

"Can you get a sample of the new bearing you said?"

"You asked me to steal?"

One sentence scared off the burger in the hand of the young man opposite:

"That's illegal, so I won't do it......"

Although stealing trade secrets is actually a crime, it is clear that an average worker is unlikely to understand the concept of trade secret infringement in these days, and this crime is rarely enforceable in practice.

However, the crime of stealing is the most simple cognition.

"Well, indeed, I was abrupt......"

After weighing it, Qing Jingbin still decided to use Huairou instead of coercion:

"You don't need to really take out the sample, as long as you can find out where your factory purchased the new bearings, I can give you 100 yuan as a reward."

"This ......"

Obviously, 100 bucks is definitely attractive in this day and age.

However, the young man on the other side was obviously not completely brainless, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked suspiciously:

"What are you interested in doing with these things?"

"I ......"

Qing Jingbin was asked for a while.

Fortunately, his mind spun quickly, and a reasonable explanation came up with in an instant:

"I'm selling cars, your factory wants to replace parts, then the so-called original parts when I repair people must also be replaced, you have to prepare in advance......"

The same parts can be fetched directly from the supplier and from the car manufacturer.

Theoretically, OEMs will sign contracts with suppliers, requiring the latter not to supply dealers or maintenance plants alone, but this kind of contract has almost no practical restrictive force, as long as the parts supplier does not go too far, generally no one will be held accountable.

"Okay, I'll inquire about you in the next two days, and you wait for me to call."

The young man finished his last bite of burger, wiped his hands, and left McDonald's.

It should be said that the efficiency of this informant is very remarkable.

Just the next day, Qing Jingbin received a message from the other party.

The bearing parts are from Northeast Special Steel Group.

In fact, Qing Jingbin was able to learn all this so easily, mainly because this matter was not a very secret matter within Jinling Iveco-

No matter how tightly it is covered now, when the new car comes out in November, someone who is interested will check the supplier change, or simply dismantle a car, and everything will be known.

……

The next day, NSK Bearing Huaxia Office in Shanghai.

"Northeast Special Steel ......"

Shunsuke Haneda said the name in his mouth.

He had no impression of the name at all.

NSK's main opponents in the past were several big brands from Europe, and in Haneda's perception, Huaxia's local brand bearings could not pose any threat to him.

Qing Jingbin took this opportunity to quickly introduce:

"Northeast Special Steel is a new company formed by the merger of three special steel companies at the end of last year, and I think that it is impossible for them to come up with products comparable to our NSK in just over half a year."

"You're right, Qingjun......"

"If that's the case, there's only one possibility......"

Haneda, who was behind the desk, said and gently touched his chin:

"We've got a traitor!"

"Huh?"

As soon as Qing Jingbin wanted to get up and deny it, he immediately realized that the "we" that Haneda Shunsuke said was not him and himself, but other Japanese companies in China.

Although Japanese companies go overseas, although there is constant competition on the surface, there is actually an industrial alliance.

For example, in the field of machine tools, the bearings exported by NSK to Huaxia enterprises cannot threaten the models sold in Huaxia by brands such as Okuma, Makino and Mitsubishi.

Correspondingly, in the field of bearings, the raw materials exported by Datong Steel cannot threaten the models sold by these brands such as NSK and NTN in China.

In Haneda's view, the only possibility that a Chinese company can come up with products with similar performance to Japanese-made bearings is that someone broke this rule and sold parts that exceeded the limit to the Northeast Special Steel.

Considering that NSK itself has adopted a large number of Tsubaki Nakajima products, and the latter has recently actively invested in the construction of factories in China......

Then the answer seems to be self-evident.

"Qingjun, thank you for the news you got from Jinling, I will notify the country and let the above negotiate with Chunzhong Island."

Shunsuke Haneda raised his head and showed a satisfied smile:

"In addition, if this matter can be properly resolved, then I will also recommend you to the headquarters for the position of deputy minister of the Huaxia Region......

When Qing Jingbin heard this, he half-bent down excitedly and bowed:

"Thank you, Minister Haneda!"

(End of chapter)