reborn industrial empire

Chapter 444 A business opportunity

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The candidate in charge of the negotiations this time was a man named Luo Gui who came to the Hong Kong negotiation team. He was a new immigrant from Hong Kong of the earlier generation and a high-level engineering talent in the country in the 1990s.

Later, Gong was sent abroad to study in the United States, and then stayed in the United States. He had worked in sales for many automobile companies in the United States, and he had a good understanding of the development of the automobile industry.

Later, I joined some headhunting companies in the United States that specialized in negotiation and had rich experience in international cooperation negotiations. Unfortunately, because I encountered the unspoken rules of the ceiling theorem, I finally left the United States angrily and chose to become a Hong Kong citizen.

More than a year ago, he came to a team specially established by Jin Xiaoqiang in Hong Kong to be responsible for negotiation, background investigation and asset evaluation, and he quickly emerged and showed his ability.

He was fully involved in Huayang Power's previous negotiations with GM and made considerable achievements. Later, when Jin Xiaoqiang acquired Talison in Australia, this guy also contributed a lot.

Later, when Jin Xiaoqiang went to Russia to deal with Yukos, this guy relied on his experience of accompanying an American company to Russia to participate in negotiations to acquire a bearing factory in the late 1990s.

Jin Xiaoqiang made outstanding contributions during his trip to Russia, so Jin Xiaoqiang promoted him.

In this cooperation negotiation with two Russian automobile manufacturing companies, it is precisely this kind of person who has international negotiation experience and is familiar with the domestic situation in Russia to preside over. Therefore, after Zeng Jianxin returned to China, Jin Xiaoqiang negotiated with the Gorky Group.

Also, the Volga Group's joint venture negotiations were handed over to Luo Luogui, while he himself was only responsible for remote control in the country.

Luo Degui, who got this opportunity, relied on his familiarity with the domestic situation in Russia to get through the negotiations like a duck in water. He always put the interests of Huayang Dynamics first. This made Jin Xiaoqiang

I feel very appreciative.

On the Russian side, the Gorky Group and the Volga Group, due to the current domestic market demand and political pressure from the Kremlin, can only hold their noses and accept the general outline of this cooperation with Huayang Dynamics.

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It is true that the best-selling model in Russia at present is their Lada car, but the profit this car can bring to the car factory is pitiful. In addition, wages in Russia are not low, especially in industries like automobile workers.

Workers, these people have all experienced it from the former Soviet Union, and the current domestic system is different from the Soviet era. The company cannot neglect the welfare benefits of workers.

Therefore, at such a time when profits are meager, they still have to serve these workers. This is very troublesome for the leaders of the Volga Group and the Gorky Group. They urgently need several models that can make large profits.

to improve the competitiveness of the entire group.

At present, Russia's domestic mid-to-high-end car market, that is, the high-profit market, is monopolized by Japanese, German, American, and even Korean cars.

Although President Putin has raised the tax rate on the import of complete vehicles several times, there are too many rich people in Russia who cannot afford it. Moreover, with the recovery of the country's economy in the past two years, the economic conditions of ordinary domestic families have also improved.

Big cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg are filled with Japanese, German and American cars, and Korean cars are quickly seizing the market again with their low prices.

Now it has also joined the newly emerged Huayang Power, which makes the life of the Gorky Group and the Volga Group even more difficult. Their models can now only be purchased in remote and poor rural areas.

This made the senior leaders of Gorky Automobile Manufacturing Group and Volga Automobile Manufacturing Group very worried.

The Kremlin helped them connect the dots and found Huayang Power, currently the most popular company in the world, to work together on a joint venture. Of course they were very happy to see it.

At present, Huayang Dynamics' Eado, Escape, Octavia, Tough Guy, Qoros and other models are all extremely popular in Russia.

In the mid-level car market, Eado can be said to be overcoming obstacles and is very popular among young people. In big cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, such cars are everywhere, even though Huayang Dynamics’ 4S franchisees have given this car a lot of praise.

The price increase has made the price of this car exceed that of Japanese cars and is close to the price of German cars, but it still cannot stop Russian urban white-collar workers from loving this car.

Rich people in big cities, or high-end gold-collar workers, prefer models like the Escape or Qoros, especially the Qoros series.

The powertrain is not inferior to that of German cars, coupled with the extremely exquisite workmanship, and the very sharp and domineering appearance, it is even more popular among the wealthy Russians who just have a few dollars in their pockets.

You must know that everyone likes luxury cars like BMW and Mercedes-Benz. However, President Putin has set very high tariffs for such cars. In addition, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, these two companies, have arbitrarily increased prices in Russia, resulting in

The prices of models of these two brands in Russia are quite expensive, even more expensive than those in China.

Although the wealthy Russians are rich, they are not fools. It is unacceptable for them to have their pockets picked out in this way. And with the Qoros model of Huayang Power, the power and appearance are not bad. The most important thing is

The price is quite reasonable.

Therefore, since Qoros was officially launched on the market in Russia, cars of this model have never been unsalable, and it can even be said that one is almost shipped and one is delivered.

Although dealers have also increased prices one after another, they still cannot stop the enthusiasm of rich people to buy cars.

In the remote central and eastern regions, due to the harsh natural environment and poor road conditions, the two models of Huayang Power's hardcore off-road tough guy series are very popular.

These two boxy jeeps with the nickname "square box" can be said to be more appealing to Russians, because in their aesthetic concept, this is how a car should look.

Most of the early domestically produced Russian jeeps had this look. In addition, this car was equipped with an ecoboost engine that was only available in the Qoros series. This made many consumers, especially wealthy people in the central and eastern regions, even more interested.

Love this car very much.

The boxy and tough shape, military-grade workmanship, Huayang Power's top-notch powertrain configuration, coupled with extremely strong off-road capabilities and driving durability, made this car popular once it was launched in Russia.

It was very popular.

This car is even more popular than the Eado and Qoros series.

The lower-end Octavia and urban SUV Escape are a bit unpopular in Russia. After all, Russia’s own Lada is cheaper than the Octavia, and in an oil-rich country like Russia, citizens are not interested in the price of oil.

Not too sensitive either.

Therefore, the Octavia's fuel-saving, energy-saving, and cost-effective selling point has not been reflected. As for the Escape, it is entirely because the Russians do not like such urban SUVs. In their concept, only models like Tough Guy can

It can be called a true off-road vehicle.

The sales of several models of Huayang Dynamics in the Russian market are still growing, but the leaders of Gorky Automobile Manufacturing Group and Volga Automobile Manufacturing Group are drooling over it.

The other mid- to high-end markets continue to be monopolized by Japanese cars, German cars, and American cars. Among the car companies in these countries, it can be said that no one has the intention to transfer technology to them.

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Only Huayang Dynamics, who came to negotiate with them this time, had a slightly ambiguous attitude. Although during the negotiation, they only agreed to cooperate with them in the form of complete component assembly like ckd, they did not transfer technology.

There was no refusal to refuse, which made the two Russian automobile manufacturing giants feel that this cooperation was possible.

In fact, the reason why Luo Luo Gui acted so freely when negotiating with the leaders of these two companies was because he was completely instructed by Jin Xiaoqiang to do so.

The current problems faced by Russia's domestic automobile manufacturing industry are almost the same as those encountered by China's automobile manufacturing industry. That is, in the field of engines and transmissions, they have been subject to technological blockades from foreign automobile companies.

Their engines are mainly weak in terms of finishing, as well as large-scale manufacturing processes and techniques. Their fundamentals are still better than those of China's automobile manufacturing companies.

In the field of transmissions, the problem they face is almost exactly the same as China, that is, they cannot make a breakthrough in the field of automatic transmissions.

Russia is originally a so-called heavy industry power, but their heavy industry strength lies in metal smelting and the manufacturing of large machinery, such as aircraft, tanks, and warships.

They are indeed very fast and powerful in this kind of national-level project that does not count losses, but they cannot do it in civilian-level projects such as small family cars, especially in terms of fuel saving, noise reduction, durability, etc.

Under the restrictions of strict regulations, the shortcomings of their insufficient finishing technology capabilities were completely exposed.

Their shortcomings, in Jin Xiaoqiang's view, are completely a good opportunity, an opportunity to promote the CNC machine tools that their Huayang Precision Industry wants to produce to Russia.

You must know that the Batumi Agreement of this year is not only aimed at China, but also Russia, regardless of your democracy, is also subject to restrictions.

Otherwise, why has the former Soviet Union been disintegrated for so many years, but Russia's finishing capabilities have not improved?

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