Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

Thomas, as a manager of Ford Motor Purchasing Center, has his own single-family house in the suburbs of Detroit.

With a not low salary, his life is quite chic.

When the company wanted to arrange for him to go to China to serve as the director of Changan Ford's purchasing department, he was very reluctant.

In his perception, China is a country without toilets, and people go to the toilet on the street at will.

In his perception, China is a poor and backward country, and the buildings and transportation facilities in the city are very dilapidated.

In his cognition, he thinks that Chinese food is spicy, such as hot pot, Malatang, etc.

...

Anyway, he was very reluctant to go to Huaxia.

However, after arriving at Shuangqing, he found that many things did not match his cognition.

In just half a year, he was already a little bit reluctant to leave.

This time, purchasing director Chris came over, and he definitely wanted to treat him well as a landlord.

Especially the miraculous food in various hot pot restaurants, I want to take Chris to have a long experience.

What duck blood, pig brain, sandworm, crocodile meat...

However, before the hot pot was eaten, Chris brought him a big news first.

"Our automatic transmissions all use 6AT, and then purchase them directly from Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. in Yangcheng?"

Chris has a deep impression of Nanshan in his heart.

Back then, for the order of presses in the stamping workshop, Chris called himself specifically and asked him to treat the Chinese manufacturers "fairly and justly".

Then the project team jointly formed by Jier Machine Tool Factory and Nanshan won the bid for the press order of Changan Ford.

It made Schuler have a lot of opinions.

Right now, Chris even asked himself to purchase the 6AT automatic transmission from Nanshan.

Is this Nanshan owned by Chris' brother-in-law?

Or is there Chris' stake in it?

"That's right, this plan has been approved by the CEO, and the R\u0026D center is also promoting related tests."

"Not only that, the 6AT produced by our own gearbox factory in the future will also be the same as Nanshan's."

As if knowing what Thomas was thinking, Chris added something beside him.

But when he added this, Thomas had more questions.

What does it mean that the 6AT produced by Ford's own transmission factory is also the same as Nanshan?

Didn't Ford develop 6AT by itself?

"Chris, of course I will resolutely implement the decision of the headquarters, but I have never heard that Nanshan has made a gearbox."

"Aren't they manufacturers of presses and bearings?"

Although Thomas knew that his boss's boss couldn't joke with him, he still couldn't help but express his doubts.

"It wasn't there before, but it will be in the future!"

Toms: ...

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"Zhang Sang, Huaxia's Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd., have you heard of it?"

Aisin AW Sales Department, Saburo Sato hung up the phone with a serious expression.

As a person who had been stationed in the United States for four years, his English is definitely considered very good among the Japanese.

It’s not that people don’t know whether you speak English or Japanese after talking for a long time.

With this advantage, he has maintained a good relationship with European and American customers.

Changan Ford's Purchasing Director Thomas, even knew him when he was in the United States.

Now that the other party has come to Huaxia, Sato Saburo is even more looking for opportunities to maintain the relationship with him.

In the past six months, he has flown to Shuangqing basically every month to make an appointment with Toms for fun.

Go to the golf course during the day, and go to the clubhouse to play other balls at night.

The relationship between the two is very good.

In this way, the 6AT gearbox imported from Toba City, Mie County, Japan naturally has a relatively ideal price.

After all, the tariffs are different for exporting to China and exporting to the United States.

So even if it is exactly the same product as that supplied to Ford of America, the price is much higher.

After receiving the news that Changan Ford's gearbox will adopt Nanshan 6AT, Toms immediately disclosed the news to Aisin.

Of course, Thomas also specially told the other party not to sell him.

"Minister, I have really heard of this company. It is quite famous in the field of bearings. It is said that SKF has suffered a lot."

"What's the matter, do they want to enter our supply system?"

"It should be difficult. Shibaura Machinery, Niigata Bearings (NKK), Kogakusha, and we also use some self-developed bearings."

"In this case, no matter what Nanshan's bearing technology is, there is no chance."

Zhang Hao's first reaction was that Nanshan wanted to supply bearings to Aisin, so he did not know how to contact his minister.

However, just after he finished speaking, Sato said with a complicated expression: "He doesn't want to be our supplier, he just wants to grab our order."

"Um?"

"Steal our order?"

"How did they steal our order?"

"Let's not talk about the gearbox, they can't grab it, even the relatively simple air filter, fuel filter, oil filter and air conditioning filter, etc., they don't produce it either."

Zhang Hao obviously has not realized the seriousness of the problem.

But seeing his minister's face getting darker and darker, his words gradually became less and less.

"Minister, don't they really want to make filters?"

"It would be great if it was like this. Many Chinese manufacturers want to make filters, and we are not afraid of adding another Nanshan. But what they are now making is 6AT, and they have robbed us of Changan Ford's order."

Saburo Sato always felt that the phone call just now was so incredible.

If it wasn't for the other party being the Purchasing Director of Chang'an Ford, he definitely felt that someone was joking with him.

"What? Impossible!"

"Changan Ford's Fiesta and Mondeo are mass-produced models directly imported from Ford of America, and the gearboxes inside are all supplied by us."

"How could it be robbed by Nanshan?"

Zhang Hao's first reaction was that Sato was joking with himself.

But looking at Sato's increasingly serious face, he also realized that something was wrong.

"Master, is this true?"

"You don't want to spread this matter. Go to Yangcheng immediately. No matter what method you use, you must inquire about Nanshan's situation in the gearbox field."

"I will also find a way to find out more about Nanshan's situation through Spring City Toyota."

"Then let's see how to report to the headquarters."

Sato remembered Thomas' advice on the phone just now, so he didn't dare to make a big deal right away.

Otherwise, Thomas will be sold by then.

However, there must be investigations that should be done.

And he had to suggest to the headquarters how to deal with Nanshan, and he couldn't let Nanshan grow like this.

This is an act of disrupting the order of the international gearbox market!

Must be suppressed!