reborn industrial empire

Chapter 414: Strong on the outside but weak on the inside

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"Which one do you want to see first?"

Liu Mei asked Jin Xiaoqiang, she is now Jin Xiaoqiang’s confidential secret Nine Astronomy//

"Um..."

Jin Xiaoqiang did not rush to answer, but began to think deeply and began to answer multiple-choice questions.

"Let's meet the public first and see what their plans are."

He quickly made a decision to meet the people of Volkswagen first. Although the development of Volkswagen in the past two years has slowed down a lot due to the sudden appearance of Huayang Power, this company is, after all, a leader in the automobile industry.

A behemoth, I have not had much formal contact with them, so this time I might as well contact the public first to see what their plans are.

Volkswagen, in its original history, had a relatively difficult life in the past two years, but it was still an unshakable giant among the world's automobile companies.

However, due to the sudden appearance of Huayang Power in the past two years, the 1.6l engine they originally planned to prepare for the Polo and Skoda Octavia has lost its ideas. Moreover, Audi, which originally sold well in the mid-to-high-end market, has also been criticized.

The challenge of Qoros to Huayang Dynamics.

In addition, Volkswagen is currently in the process of upgrading its models and is in an era of stagnant sales. Therefore, Volkswagen's situation at this time, especially in the Chinese market, is particularly embarrassing.

Although Volkswagen's global power is not as large as that of General Motors, it is not small either. It owns popular brands such as Volkswagen, Skoda, and Seat, as well as mid-to-high-end brands such as Audi.

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As for high-end luxury brands, there are world-famous high-end luxury brands such as Bentley, Bugatti, and Lamborghini. And if history continues on its original trajectory, Porsche will also be acquired by Volkswagen in a few years.

Of course, such a company would not pay attention to a small grasshopper like Huayang Power. Therefore, the public's previous response to Huayang Power was to ignore it and act completely arrogant.

attitude.

But they soon paid the price for their arrogance. In the Chinese market, they suffered heavy losses from Huayang Dynamics in multiple levels of vehicle models.

Originally, they wanted to rely on their own brand value to continue to hold on for a while, but then as the market situation rapidly developed, they had to lower their arrogant heads and joined in the price increase with Japanese and American car companies.

In the middle of the war.\\First published by 9vk.com\\

New models are constantly being updated. In the mid-size sedan class, they can't produce any decent products at all to compete with Huayang Power's Eado, the Japanese Toyota Camry, Honda's Accord, and Mid-size sedans.

Regal and other models of the series can resist hard.

I originally wanted to take out their latest Golf with TSI system to compete with Huayang Power, but I never expected that the dual-clutch transmission equipped with this car is now experiencing frequent problems.

Huayang Power's dual-clutch model is performing well in the market, with no problems at all. However, it makes the public look very poor in comparison.

When I came to Huayang Power to negotiate on these issues, due to attitude issues, Huayang Power turned away directly, which made the public very angry.

But a few months later, at the Paris Motor Show, it can be said that once again at Volkswagen's doorstep, they were slapped in the face by Huayang Dynamics.

Now Volkswagen understands that it cannot continue like this. Look at General Motors. After cooperating with Huayang Power, they are doing very well in the Qoros model and making a lot of money.

Even Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors that has always been popular with the public, has been regaining its soul recently. This is not what the public wants to see.

Now that Huayang Power has launched another K5, anyone with a brain will think that Huayang Power will definitely not stop with just launching such a model.

Volkswagen is also very optimistic about this car series. On the day of the auto show, when Jin Xiaoqiang announced a series of data about the K5, the public knew that this car would definitely become a big hit in the market.

Sure enough, at the subsequent auto show that was open to the general public, Huayang Dynamics' K5 received countless orders, making the public's speculation become a reality.

If Volkswagen was an aircraft carrier in the past, then Huayang Power, which was just founded at that time, was nothing more than a small sampan. Volkswagen had no need to take Huayang Power seriously.

But now the Volkswagen aircraft carrier is quite precarious, while the original small sampan of Huayang Dynamics has been replaced by guns. It has transformed from the original small sampan into the size of an armored cruiser.

Although it may not be the opponent of Volkswagen in terms of comprehensive manufacturing capabilities, in terms of speed, it has already far left Volkswagen, this cumbersome aircraft carrier, behind.

Therefore, it is now time for the public to look at Huayang Power in a different light.

The next day, in a large conference room of a hotel in Paris, Jin Xiaoqiang met with the negotiating partner from Volkswagen. This time Volkswagen obviously also attached great importance to Huayang Power, and it was sent by a person from the head office.

The vice president was none other than Carl Newman, who later became the president of China Volkswagen.

Carl Newman is tall and thin, with blond hair, very tough facial lines, and a typical serious German appearance. Although he is nearly fifty years old, his figure is well maintained.

"Hello, Mr. King, I'm Carl Newman. Nice to meet you."

After Carl Newman walked into the conference room followed by a large group of entourage, he was the first to extend his hand to Jin Xiaoqiang.

Jin Xiaoqiang felt a very strong aura from this guy. It seemed that he was a very difficult guy to deal with!

"Hello, I'm Jin Xiaoqiang. Nice to meet you, Mr. Newman."

Jin Xiaoqiang smiled and shook his hand.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the two parties took their seats. After a simple opening remarks, Carl Newman went straight to the topic.

"Mr. Jin, this time we came to negotiate with you Huayang Dynamics. We mainly want to have a discussion and exchange on the future development of both of us. We also want to see if there is any possibility of cooperation between the two of us in the future."

Carl Newman's work style is very resolute, without any unnecessary nonsense. From him, Jin Xiaoqiang felt the rigorous, fast and efficient style of the Germans.

This person seems to be very tough and may not be easy to deal with, Jin Xiaoqiang thought to himself, but he said with a smile.

"Of course, of course, Volkswagen is a great company. You must know that the first car my family bought was the Volkswagen Santana, haha, so my impression of Volkswagen is very good. If I can have the opportunity to cooperate with Volkswagen in the future

, this will be our honor at Huayang Power."

For Jin Xiaoqiang, lowering his body first, and then showing his fangs when the situation becomes clear is a consistent way to deal with powerful people like Carl Newman.

Sure enough, Carl Newman had a smile on his face after hearing such a compliment from Jin Xiaoqiang. It seemed that he was a little proud to be complimented by someone like Jin Xiaoqiang. After all, Jin Xiaoqiang is a famous figure in the automotive world these days.

As the most famous and popular figure in the world, it still makes him feel very proud to be complimented by him.

"Well, under the leadership of Mr. Jin, Huayang Power has developed very well in the past two years. It can be said that we are impressed. If we can cooperate with companies like yours, it will be great for us, the public."

An honor?”

However, this old guy was obviously a business veteran, and he turned around and flattered Jin Xiaoqiang. Jin Xiaoqiang frowned upon hearing this.

"This time we came to you to negotiate, mainly because we think the K5 model that Huayang Dynamics brought to Paris this time is very good, so I am here on behalf of Volkswagen this time just to ask Mr. Jin, what are you doing here?

Is it possible for us to cooperate on this car series?”

After a brief trial of each other, Karl went straight to the topic.

Are you kidding me, even you guys want to take advantage of this? This is a very good plan!

Jin Xiaoqiang couldn't help but curse in his stomach, this Carl Newman is wishful thinking.

"It's impossible. We don't plan to cooperate with any company on this model."

Since Kerr Newman liked to be direct so much, Jin Xiaoqiang answered him in a straightforward manner without any politeness.

"Oh? Really?"

Carl Newman raised his eyebrows, and his expression instantly became strange. When Jin Xiaoqiang started, he couldn't help but be startled when he saw his expression, but he was relieved immediately. This old guy was again

Are you going to play this trick on yourself?

You want to put pressure on yourself, but you don't say it clearly, just to let you think blindly and then scare yourself. If you hadn't hugged GM's thick leg, you might have been frightened by him.

But now?

Humph! If you people have the guts, why don't you come over and try?

You must know that in Germany, not only is Volkswagen a large automobile manufacturing company, Opel also supports many people, and in terms of influence within the government, Opel may not be as big as Volkswagen, but does the German government still dare to offend?

American?

Although the Germans have been very active in Europe in the past two years due to their strong economy, they have not yet reached the point where they dare to fall out with the Americans. You must know that even now, the Americans still have military bases stationed in Germany.

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The public, in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, is just strong on the outside but weak on the inside!

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