reborn industrial empire

Time has come again in December before we know it. It is already the cold winter season in the north. The leaves have fallen all over the ground, the flowers and plants on the streets have long since withered, and the sky is full of a chilling scene.

Wang Jiao traveled back and forth between Germany and the United States and conducted negotiations with the big guys from Opel and GM for more than two months, but still failed to achieve any results.

After all, Jin Xiaoqiang's proposal was a bit too much for GM. After all, GM was also the world's number one car manufacturer at the time, with an annual output of more than nine million vehicles, while Huayang Power's annual output has not exceeded 200,000 vehicles so far.

Although Huayang Power's current achievements in the market are gratifying, they still pale in comparison to GM's scale.

So how could GM agree to Huayang Power's conditions so easily? The negotiations in Germany have been delayed again and again. They have been talking for two months, but there is still no progress.

The reason why GM refused to submit was, of course, because Huayang Power proposed that Huayang Power would take the dominant position in the newly established joint venture, and GM was also very dissatisfied with the profit sharing.

In their view, as the leader in the industry, it is a great honor to be able to give Huayang Power face by proposing to cooperate with them. However, Huayang Power is so stubborn about the equity and shareholding in the joint venture company.

The superiors refused to let go, which made General Motors very angry.

Even during the negotiations, Nick Reilly threatened Wang Jiao several times, saying that if they did not cooperate, Huayang Dynamics' products might face many difficulties if they wanted to enter the U.S. market.

But after Wang Jiao communicated with Jin Xiaoqiang several times, he withstood the pressure and refused to let go. On the domestic side, Huayang Power also made frequent moves.

Today we talked about selecting a production site for a new product line, and tomorrow we talked about reporting a new model, improving the Qoros product line, etc. It seems that we really have no intention of compromising at all.

The negotiations have been dragging on for more than two months without any progress. Huayang Power has been determined for a hundred years that it will not make concessions on the equity and profit stratification of the joint venture.

GM is not monolithic, and there are many differences within them.

The biggest disagreement among them is of course the difference between Opel branch and GM headquarters.

In recent years, Opel, as General Motors' largest subsidiary in Europe, has been suffering from poor sales performance. It can almost be said that it has been beaten down by Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and other car companies.

Operating at a loss every year, they really need a dazzling product to compete with Volkswagen, BMW and other car companies, especially after losing money for more than ten consecutive years.

You must know that unlike other brands under General Motors in the United States, Opel still has the interests of the Opel family. Although GM claims to own 100% of Opel, when they purchased Opel's shares, they didn't

A part of GM's shares were exchanged with Opel?

The people in the Opel family who control these GM shares are of course very dissatisfied with GM. Although Opel is just a subsidiary of GM, this company was founded by their ancestors.

Opel's current operating performance is poor. If it cannot see any improvement in the past few years, it is likely to end up bankrupt in a while. This is certainly not what the Opel family wants to see.

Therefore, in several GM board meetings, people from the Opel family put pressure on the board of directors to agree to Huayang Power's conditions.

After all, their demand for Qoros cars is much stronger than that of GM in the United States, and as long as Qoros cooperates with GM, it will also be sold under the Opel brand in Europe. This is very important to Opel.

, it is definitely an opportunity to reinvigorate. After all, this car is really a very high-tech car at present.

Even BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which have always been known for their high technology content, have to admit that if the Qoros series can really be launched on the market, it will definitely be a very strong opponent.

But at the GM headquarters in the United States, they have been undecided. After all, they are also very optimistic about the Qoros series of products, but the same request from Huayang Dynamics is really too much in their opinion. If they agree

If they fail to meet the requirements of Huayang Power, then for them, they will first lose face, and secondly, they will lose a lot of benefits.

Moreover, Wang Jiao was not honest when he participated in several negotiations in the United States. Today he and Ford were flirting with each other, and the day after tomorrow it was reported that Wang Jiao was having dinner with the boss of Chrysler, etc., which really upset the GM people.

In the end, they discussed a result within the company, but this time they did not plan to talk to Wang Jiao, but went directly to Jin Xiaoqiang.

So on December 5th, Jin Xiaoqiang had no choice but to come to Nanyang Airport to greet Nick Reilly and Carl Stark, who were coming from the United States and Germany.

During this negotiation, Nick Reilly was appointed as the plenipotentiary representative of GM, but he did not dare to be too optimistic about the outcome of this negotiation.

In fact, they have also prepared two filings. If plan A fails, then they can only implement plan B.

Jin Xiaoqiang picked up Nick Reilly and his party at the airport, and then went straight to their destination in Nanyang, the Hilton Hotel.

When they arrived at the hotel, Nick Reilly didn't waste any time and asked Jin Xiaoqiang to take them to the conference room, and then the two parties began closed-door consultations.

"Mysterkin, it's really hard for us to accept your conditions. In terms of naming rights, we can make concessions and agree to your conditions, but we must put GM and Opel first, so that the new brand can be named GM-View.

Zhi, or Opel-Qoros.”

Nick was also anxious and started negotiating terms with Jin Xiaoqiang. After hearing this, Jin Xiaoqiang didn't express much objection. Anyway, as long as it is not put under the name of Buick, it will be fine and it will become an independent brand.

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"Secondly, you said that the main factory will be built in China, and we have no objection to that."

Nonsense is built in the United States. Can you afford the production costs? Your union organizes riots every day to raise wages. How can our Chinese enterprises bear this?

Learn from us and see how good our union is. It only collects money and distributes moon cake tickets, movie tickets, etc. The workers still have to be grateful!

Jin Xiaoqiang didn't say anything after hearing Nick's second point. In fact, in his opinion, Americans would have no objection to this point. They only care about money.

"But what we disagree with the most is that in the third and fourth items, in the newly established joint venture brand, GM and Opel only hold 40% of the shares, and in terms of sharing, we will not pay dividends to China.

We can accept this, but in Europe and the United States, we can only get 50% of the share, and around the world we can only get 30%. Isn't it a bit too much?"

When talking about these two conditions, Nick Reilly was very angry.

When Jin Xiaoqiang heard this, he almost spit out the water he just drank in his mouth. This Wang Jiao is really ruthless. He clearly told him that in markets other than Europe, the United States, and the Chinese market, GM can get 4%.

The profit of 10%, this guy actually reduced it to 30%, and it was 10% with just one mouthful. This guy is really ruthless.

"Okay, then Nick, what are your conditions?"

"Well, our condition is that in the newly established joint venture brand, we GM must account for 50% of the total shares. In terms of stratification, we can give up the Chinese market, but outside the Chinese market,

We always ask for a fifty percent share."

After Nick stated these conditions, he felt his heart let out a sigh of relief. He almost got internal injuries from the guy's anger during the negotiation with Wang Jiao some time ago.

"Hmph! How is that possible? Fifty percent, okay, Mr. Nick, you are a veteran in the automotive industry. Do you know how difficult it is to develop a new car? How much manpower and material resources need to be invested, and a designer is required.

How much effort does it take to design a successful and qualified new car? When Huayang Power is doing research and development,

What have you provided us? Financial help, or technical support? No, no, no, nothing. But after our design results came out, you came and interfered with us, and only relied on some conditions to enter the US market.

, just want to take away 50% of the profits and shares, do you think this is possible?"

Jin Xiaoqiang did not save any face for Nick Reilly during the negotiation. He would not negotiate with these guys in a low voice. He had his own way. This was not the time to be polite.

So when he said these words, he stood up suddenly, put his hands on the table, lowered his body, stretched his upper body forward, and stared at Nick Reilly fiercely. His aura at this time was really like

The tiger, which had been preparing for an attack, instantly suppressed Nick just from its momentum.

In fact, Wang Jiao also said this to Nick and the others in the previous negotiations, but Nick and the others did not take Wang Jiao seriously at all. In their opinion, even if you paid a lot, so what?

As long as you want to enter the U.S. market, you must follow our rules. In their hearts, they do not regard Huayang Dynamics as a negotiating opponent at the same level, or as a partner at the same level.

But now when Jin Xiaoqiang repeated these words, his aura was completely different from when Wang Jiao said it.

Nick looked at the angry-faced Jin Xiaoqiang across from him. Although he had a business career of several decades, at this moment, his heart was really beating.

Jin Xiaoqiang asked so aggressively that he really had to start thinking about whether our previous conditions were a bit too much if we wanted to take 50% of the shares without doing anything before.