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Chapter 1113 The old man is not feeling well
"Yes." Facing the expectant eyes of Talal Barazi and Bichar Saban, Liu Jianfeng nodded affirmatively, and said directly: "In a while, your Syrian government will also establish a company. This company will form a joint venture with our company, and this joint venture will be the sales company of the Holmes factory ... Mr. Balach, you must know what this means."

Now is the time to show his strength. Of course Liu Jianfeng will not be polite to Talal Barazi and Bichar Saban.

The reactions of Talal Barazi and Bichar Saban also proved how correct Liu Jianfeng's approach was... Talal Barazi seemed to have forgotten what he had just asked, and asked Liu Jianfeng with joy : "Mr. Liu, will the Holmes factory also produce that 'Qinchuan' car?"

Liu Jianfeng nodded affirmatively: "Yes, and it's not just Qinchuan Automobile. In the future, our Huateng Excelle Automobile will also be put into production at the Holmes factory. These can be included in our cooperation scope."

Hearing this, Talal Barazi made a decisive decision and slapped his thigh heavily: "If this is the case, then I am very honored to be able to cooperate with you."

It was just selling the Lada car in his hand at a loss. Talal Barazi knew very well that the Syrians actually recognized the "Lada" brand very much. He was just unwilling to sell it at a loss. It’s just to sell this batch of cars. If you are willing to sell at a loss, you can easily find a buyer. It’s just that it’s meaningless to sell at a loss before, but now it’s different. You have to get back the funds as soon as possible. In this case, it’s not a loss. It's not that important anymore, or in other words, it's about winning when you lose less.

Liu Jianfeng was also very happy with Talal Balazi's statement. He said with a smile, "Then I also wish you, Mr. Balazi, a prosperous business and a lot of money every day."

"Hahaha……"

Hearing Liu Jianfeng's words, Talal Barazi couldn't help but smile from ear to ear, but he also knew that if he could have a prosperous business and make a lot of money in the future, it would be thanks to whom, so he was more happy Repeatedly said to Liu Jianfeng: "I also wish Mr. Liu a prosperous business."

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Russia, Samara, the capital of the Samara region, and the headquarters of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company.

Sitting in the luxurious office, Maxim Mikhailovich, the sales manager of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company, was not in a good mood, and even frowned.

The reason for Maxim Mikhailovich's bad mood is also very simple. In the past two months, the total number of vehicles exported by the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company to Syria has decreased by more than 1100 vehicles, although this figure does not Not many, but the signal revealed in it made Maxim Mikhailovich very vigilant: How big is Syria?On top of that, the variation in this number is too abnormal.

Taking last year as an example, Syria imported 15000 vehicles from the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company throughout the year, with an average of just over 1200 vehicles per month, contributing a large amount of income to the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company.

According to the report, in the past two months, the total number of cars imported by Syria from the Volga Automobile Factory has decreased by more than 1300, a drop of more than 50%. In two months, the company reduced its operating income by more than 200 million US dollars, which is not a small amount of money!
Faced with such a large loss, Maxim Mikhailovich, the sales manager of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company, was certainly not in a good mood.

The somewhat irritable Maxim Mikhailovich tore off his collar two or three times. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the phone and dialed out: "Mr. Morozov, it's me, the owner of the Volga Motor How are you Maxim Mikhailovich ... nothing is wrong, that's right, I would like to ask, has something happened in Syria recently? Their car imports have dropped a lot ... everything is normal ? Okay, then I will ask other gentlemen to find out, thank you very much for your help..."

After making a few more phone calls, Maxim Mikhailovich's face had become extremely ugly. After hesitating for a moment, Maxim Mikhailovich finally picked up the phone and called Going out, as soon as the phone was connected, Maxim Mikhailovich said to the phone very politely: "I am Maxim Mikhailovich, is Mr. Sobolev here? I There is a situation that needs to be reported to him in person... yes, it is very important... ok, ok, I will go there right away..."

A moment later, in the office of the general manager of the Volga Automobile Manufacturing Company Leonid Sobolev, looking at the dignified Maxim Mikhailovich, Leonid Sobolev first ordered The secretary poured a cup of coffee for Maxim Mikhailovich, and then said to Maxim Mikhailovich with a smile: "Maksim, what is it? Just now Miss Irina said You seem to be in a hurry."

Maxim Mikhailovich nodded, and said to Leonid Sobolev with a serious face: "Sir, compared to the same period last year, our company's sales to Syria in the past two months Exports have decreased by more than 50%."

"50% reduction?"

Leonid Sobolev was taken aback and couldn't believe it for a moment: "Maxim, are you sure you're not kidding me?"

Maxim Mikhailovich took a deep breath and said, "Sir, how dare I make fun of such things?"

"..."

Hearing what Maxim Mikhailovich said, Leonid Sobolev stopped talking, and at the same time he finally understood why Maxim Mikhailovich was so anxious to ask Seeing myself: such a big matter, of course he, Maxim Mikhailovich, must be able to report this situation to himself as soon as possible.

After a moment of silence, Leonid Sobolev said to Maxim Mikhailovich: "Have you brought the sales figures?"

"Bring it," Maxim Mikhailovich nodded hastily, and at the same time hurriedly handed the folder that he was anxiously carrying with him to Leonid Sobolev: "Please take a look."

After reading the document given by Maxim Mikhailovich, Leonid Sobolev felt a lot lighter: I just heard Maxim Mikhailovich say that Syria The sales in the market dropped by more than 50%, and I was subconsciously taken aback, but in fact it was only more than 1300 vehicles missing...

However, I was relieved to be relieved, and of course the attitude I should have is indispensable. The expression on Leonid Sobolev's face did not show the slightest sign of relaxation. He frowned and looked solemn. Asked Maxim Mikhailovich: "Maxim, what the hell is going on? How did sales in Syria drop so much?"

Fortunately, Maxim Mikhailovich had already made sufficient preparations before, so at this moment, he did not panic, but explained seriously: "Sir, it is like this. Since last month, we Sales in Syria have declined, but I was careless at the time and thought this was a normal fluctuation..."

"Um……"

Leonid Sobolev responded and motioned Maxim Mikhailovich to continue.

He actually understood what Maxim Mikhailovich meant very well: Syria is such a big country, and the number of cars imported from the Volga Automobile Factory every year is about 1. There are just over 1000 vehicles. In this case, some fluctuations are normal-maybe this month, Syrian dealers need to stock up, which will suddenly increase the export volume of this month, but next month’s At that time, everyone still had a lot of stocks in their hands, and the import volume decreased. This is normal.

Maxim Mikhailovich went on to say: "Under normal circumstances, if there is a significant decrease in sales last month, there will inevitably be a significant increase next month. This is the normal reaction of the Syrian market. , but now, it has been falling for two consecutive months, which is indeed a bit abnormal, so out of curiosity, I immediately contacted our friends in the Syrian embassy and our agents and distributors in Syria, and only then did I understand The reason why our sales in the Syrian market have dropped so much is because our Lada cars can no longer be sold in Syria..."

Hearing this, Leonid Sobolev's eyes widened in an instant, interrupted Maxim Mikhailovich, and asked: "Maxim, wait a minute, what did you say to us just now?" Cars can’t be sold in Syria anymore?”

Maxim Mikhailovich nodded: "Yes."

"How could this be?" Leonid Sobolev couldn't understand: "Our Lada cars are selling well in Syria, how come they can't sell all of a sudden?"

According to Leonid Sobolev, this situation does not make sense.

"It's from Huaxia," Maxim Mikhailovich sighed, and said with a depressed face, "Have Chinese automakers hit us in Syria?"

"..."

Leonid Sobolev's eyes widened in surprise when he heard this: "Maxim, if your work is negligent or wrong, I can actually forgive you, but I can't accept that you lied to me... ..."

It’s no wonder that Leonid Sobolev would say such a thing. In his opinion, or in Leonid Sobolev’s inherent impression, Huaxia, Russia’s neighbor, is not strong enough. Weak, but the level of the automobile industry is the same. In Leonid Sobolev’s memory, Huaxia has always played the role of an automobile importer. As early as the 70s and 10s, they started The Volga Automobile Factory imported cars, even until almost [-] years ago, they also imported Lada, Volga and other cars from the Volga Automobile Factory.

Although Huaxia Automobile has developed very fast in the past few years and no longer needs to import cars from Russia, Huaxia Automobile has had an impact on Russian automobile manufacturers in Syria, Russia's traditional sphere of influence, which is still beyond Leonid's When Sobolev thinks about it, he can understand why he thinks Maxim Mikhailovich will lie to himself: this is simply impossible.

Maxim Mikhailovich quickly said: "Sir, I swear to God, I never lied to you... I don't know if you still remember that at the beginning of this year, Syria and Huaxia's Huateng Automobile The news that the Homs governorate in Syria has jointly established a car factory?"

Leonid Sobolev frowned: "Is there such a thing?"

It wasn't that Leonid Sobolev denied it, it was that he really forgot about it.

"Yes," Maxim Mikhailovich nodded, "This is a CKD car assembly factory. Their factory will be built and put into production soon. In order to warm up the market, Previously, they cooperated with the Syrian government and directly imported a batch of Chinese-made cars from Huaxia for sale in the Syrian market. The cheapest is a five-seat miniature family car called 'Qinchuan', and the entry-level model only costs 24999 US dollars."

"$24999?" Leonid Sobolev couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard the words: "Are the Chinese people crazy? At such a low price, the Chinese people can't lose their pants?"

In the Syrian market, the Lada cars of the Volga Automobile Factory cost more than 30000 US dollars, but the Chinese only cost 24999 US dollars?Leonid Sobolev could think of no other reason than "Crazy!"

"Actually, they still make money," said Maxim Mikhailovich with a wry smile, "According to what I have learned, they sell this model in Syria for $24999." The starting price of a car in China is only more than 4000 US dollars, which is less than a fraction of their price in Syria..."

Hearing Maxim Mikhailovich say that the starting price of the car in Syria, which is priced at $24999 in Syria, is only over $4000 in China, Leonid Sobolev is also speechless, okay? After a while, he said, "How did they manage to make money at such a low price?"

"I can't understand this either," Maxim Mikhailovich said helplessly: "It's probably the same as the shoes and clothes they produce. Under the premise of ensuring quality, they can always use a product that we can't It can be produced at an understandable low price, and it can still make money.”

The meaning of Maxim Mikhailovich's words is obvious: Boss, our sales in the Syrian market have fallen sharply. There is indeed a reason for our sales department, but the main reason is not us. Talk about martial arts".

And this is indeed the case. Hearing Maxim Mikhailovich take the clothes and shoes made in China as an example, Leonid Sobolev suddenly didn't know what to say, but with this At the same time, another question immediately came to mind: If Huaxia people can really make money at such a low price, then what should we do?
The Volga Automobile Factory exports more than 1 vehicles to Syria every year, which can generate hundreds of millions of dollars in sales for the Volga Automobile Factory. If this momentum continues, it means that the sales will be directly reduced by half, and it is still the most valuable Foreign exchange, how did this get accepted by Leonid Sobolev?

(End of this chapter)