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What Fang Mingyuan wanted to see was Robert Horlock, a vice president from the American Burgster Automobile Company, to discuss the import of school buses produced by Burgster Automobile Company.

This is what Su Aijun specifically talked to Fang Mingyuan when he returned to Tongyi this time. With the expansion of Tongyi's urban area, the number of residents is also increasing, and with the economic development, the number of motor vehicles in the city has also increased. There will definitely be a substantial increase. The issue of schooling for primary and secondary school students in Tongyi has been put on the agenda by Su Aijun.

In Su Aijun's view, although parents are responsible for picking up and dropping off students, so far there are no problems, but as time goes by, more problems will be revealed. For example, the school hours for children in many schools It's half past seven, and parents go to work at half past eight. Children get out of school from four to five, and parents get off work after half past five. What does this mean? It means that many parents are sending their children to school After arriving at school, you will face a dilemma. Go home. If you can’t do anything at home, you have to go to work. Go to work. It’s too early to arrive. In the afternoon, if there are elderly people at home, it will be better. If there were no elderly people, these parents would definitely feel like grass growing in their hearts, which would not be conducive to working peacefully. Moreover, when it is time to go to and from school, the entrances of these schools are crowded with people, and it is as noisy as a vegetable market, which is serious. It hinders traffic and is prone to causing more troubles. Therefore, Su Aijun wants to trial the school bus system in Tongyi.

In China, there is no complete national standard for school buses at this time, let alone a specialized school bus manufacturer. Most of the so-called school buses are modified using existing vehicles, which completely fail to meet the safety standards Su Aijun hopes for. Therefore, Su Aijun I hope Fang Mingyuan can purchase a batch of school buses from the United States and donate them to Tongyi.

In Fang Mingyuan's view, instead of buying a car, it is better to contact the Americans to see if the Americans are interested in cooperating with each other to produce school buses in China that meet American standards. In this way, not only can it meet domestic needs, but it can also earn foreign exchange through exports. .

Although he had no children in his previous life, he had heard about the school bus problem. After entering, a series of school bus accidents made the school bus problem the focus of Chinese people's attention. It also made the school bus standards of other countries in the world people pay close attention to. The object. And the American school bus has just entered the eyes of the Chinese people.

So he contacted several major school bus manufacturers in the United States. Bergster Automobile Company responded the most quickly. No, a vice president had already flown to Hong Kong.

Fang Mingyuan met Robert Horlock in the cafe of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong. When they arrived here, this man had been waiting here for a long time. This made Fang Mingyuan have a better impression of him. In fact, this Wei originally planned to visit Fang Mingyuan at the headquarters of Kuok Shipping Group or Kumho Film Group, but Fang Mingyuan wanted to relax in the afternoon, so he chose the cafe of the Peninsula Hotel.

Robert Horlock is a mixed race of white and black, aged between thirty and forty. He appears to be very smart and capable.

"Mr. Fang, I feel honored to meet you!" Horlock said politely. Before coming to Hong Kong, he had also investigated Fang Mingyuan. The result of the investigation was that it was indeed the case of Bergster Automobile Company.

These people are scared. The current chairman of sogo0 Co., Ltd., and the president of Hong Kong Kuok Shipping Group and Kumho Film Group. The total assets of these three companies combined can exceed 40 billion U.S. dollars! And this is not all

Counting other companies and enterprises under the Fang family.

As an American who has been in society for many years, Horlock naturally understands the power of capital. Even in the United States, Fang Mingyuan is definitely among the small group of people at the top of society, so he does not dare to judge Fang Mingyuan because of his skin color.

, nationality without any slighting.

"Mr. Horlock, you're welcome, please sit down!" Fang Mingyuan said as he sat down. Horlock sat down, and the two chatted casually for a few words before quickly getting down to business.

"Mr. Fang, are you planning to purchase a batch of school buses?" Horlock said a little strangely in his heart. The current chairman of sogo0 Co., Ltd., the president of Hong Kong Kuok Shipping Group and Kumho Film Group, among these three identities, which one

It is not comparable to the use of school buses, but buying some cars and buses is about the same. You must know that school buses have many requirements in terms of safety, sturdiness, and non-flammable and explosive properties, making their cost much higher.

For general vehicles.

"Yes, I plan to purchase a batch of school buses for donation to China, to provide some help within my ability for primary and secondary school students in China to go to and from school safely." Fang Mingyuan said calmly.

"So that's it!" Horlock couldn't help but said in awe, "I wonder how many Mr. Fang plans to purchase?"

Fang Mingyuan smiled and said: "Mr. Horlock, does your company have any ideas about my proposal of joint investment by both parties to establish a joint venture in mainland China to produce school buses?"

Horlock took a deep breath. This matter was the focus of his coming to Hong Kong from the United States. Bergster Automobile Company is the second largest school bus manufacturer in the United States, but their main product is school buses. The number of school buses in the United States

, now has more than 500,000 vehicles, and the market growth is close to saturation. Just relying on the small number of school buses that are retired, scrapped and updated every year cannot meet the needs of the eight school bus manufacturers in the United States.

Bergster Automobile Company urgently needs to open up foreign markets, and the school bus market in developed countries in Europe and the United States has been almost completely divided at this time, so the markets in emerging developing countries have become their focus. And there are

With hundreds of millions of teenagers and a nearly non-existent school bus market in China, this is naturally their top priority.

In the future, China will attach only one-tenth of the importance to school buses that the United States does, and this will still be an extremely large market! However, it is not that easy to enter China. Those companies in China pay more attention to

Cooperation with truck and car manufacturers in European and American countries. School bus production? These companies don’t even bother!

"Mr. Fang, our company is very curious, why do you want to cooperate with us to produce school buses?" Horlock said seriously, "We have contacted many companies in your country before, and they have no idea about the cooperative production of school buses.

Ignore it. We have also conducted a survey on the market in your country and found that the school bus market in your country is almost non-existent. Schools in your country do not have the tradition of using school buses to pick up and drop off students. In order to ensure the safety of students, the manufacturing of school buses can

It is said to be much higher than ordinary cars. Now, I would like to know, without the financial support of your government, to whom will the products produced by our joint venture be sold?"

American school buses have made great efforts in many aspects of safety to ensure the safety of students even if an accident occurs. For example, these school buses are often very heavy, comparable to armored vehicles. In previous lives, in China

There have been times like this

As the saying goes, "American school buses, if hit by a truck, become scrap metal, and the school bus is fine; Chinese school buses, if a truck crashes into it, turn the school bus into scrap metal, but the truck is fine." So some people describe American school buses as having the facilities of a passenger bus and the skeleton of a truck, and their safety is

Dozens of times that of ordinary vehicles.

This can be seen from Americans' own statistics. The death rate of American school buses is 02 people per million miles, while the death rate of other cars is 16 people per million miles.

High safety naturally brings about an increase in costs. It is normal for a large school bus to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. You must know that the price of mid-range cars such as Toyota Camry in the United States is only a little over 20,000 dollars, and a

A Lexus luxury SUV only costs $50,000.

And hundreds of thousands of dollars. When converted into Chinese currency, it is millions of yuan! Such a price is indeed a bit too high for China today. And according to data released by the National Center for Education Statistics, in 1999

The operating expenses of public primary and secondary school buses from the ninth to 2000 school years are US$18.1 billion. This includes driver wages, benefits,

Fuel costs, school bus depreciation, replacement and maintenance costs. Although labor prices in China are very low, fuel costs, school bus depreciation, replacement and maintenance costs are unavoidable. Without government financial support, China

For these public primary and secondary schools, it is not easy to buy a car, let alone its future operation and maintenance.

Even though the cost of school buses produced by joint ventures will be lower than those imported from the United States, the overall cost is still very high.

Therefore, while Bergst Automobile Company is excited, they also want to know what Fan Mingyuan and the others think about this issue. If Fang Mingyuan and the others cannot effectively solve this issue, then even if the two parties establish a joint venture to produce school buses

, product sales are still a problem.

"China is a big country. For a country with hundreds of millions of students, the school bus problem will be solved sooner or later. And if your company just wants to get some benefits from it, then I have nothing to say.

.And if your company wants to get a considerable share of such a huge market, then planning in advance is necessary." Fang Mingyuan said, "I plan to buy a machine from your company this time.

Hundreds of school buses will be put into primary and secondary schools in Tongyi City and Pingchuan District of Fengyuan City in Qinxi Province, inland China, for their use, and then based on the usage, we will promote the popularization of this system in Qinxi Province. I believe

, with our efforts, this system will definitely be popularized across the country. And by that time, if your company wants to enter China to produce school buses, the competitors it will face may be ten times as many as now!"

Horlock pondered for a long time, then raised his head and said: "Mr. Fang, saying this may make you unhappy, and I'm sorry. However, I have to say that with the current financial situation of your government, it is necessary to

It is actually not difficult to solve this problem. There are really too many public buses in your country, and it would be easy to reduce them even slightly to afford the use of school buses."

Fang Mingyuan's face turned a little dark, but he could not accuse the other party of anything. Americans actually have a lot of official cars, it is said that they are as high as six to seven hundred thousand, but for the vast majority of government officials, the government does not provide vehicles. Even if it does,

There are also strict usage restrictions. Among American public buses, the largest share is school buses, with a total of 500,000!

In China, even a small department-level cadre can have his own special car. There is no clear number on the number of official cars. The annual public bus consumption reaches hundreds of billions of yuan, but how many school buses are there among them?

"Things have to be done step by step. It took hundreds of years for your country's current system to be gradually established. We also need some time now." Fang Mingyuan said, "And the reason why I'm sitting here is because I'm sitting here with you.

Mr. Horlock, aren't you discussing this issue just to solve it?"

Horlock shrugged and said: "I wonder how Mr. Fang wants to conduct a joint venture? I heard that it is not easy to join the automobile production industry in your country."

"I already own an automobile manufacturer in Tongyi City, Qinxi Province, China. We cooperate with Samsung Motors of South Korea to produce cars. I would like to cooperate with your company to produce school buses. It is not a big problem. If Mr. Horlock is free, you can

Come to Tongyi and have a look. Your company will invest in production technology, equipment and some capital, which can account for up to 49% of the total shares. We will invest in capital and underwrite 3,000 vehicles per year in the first three years.

The school bus must hold at least 51% of the shares." Fang Mingyuan stretched out his hand to stop Horlock and said, "According to our country's laws, automobile joint ventures must be controlled by domestic investors. At this point, you can hold less

stocks, but they can’t go any higher.”

"No, Mr. Fang, I think you have misunderstood. We are very clear about the maximum share ratio. I just want to confirm with Mr. Fang that after the joint venture is established, you will underwrite three shares of the joint venture in each of the first three years.

Thousands of school buses?" Horlock said excitedly. The underwriting of three thousand school buses means that in the first one or two years after the establishment of the new company, there is no need to worry about sales at all! You must know that in the United States, it has already occupied hundreds of

Bergster Automobile Company, which has a market share of 30%, only sells about 10,000 school buses every year.

For China, whose school bus market has just started, the sales of 3,000 school buses should at least ensure the basic operation of the new company. Moreover, Horlock also believes that the Chinese government will pay more and more attention to this issue. After all, children are the only ones.

It is the future of a nation and a country!