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"what?"

What Bob Brownlee said made Walker Eriksson lose all sleep in an instant. He never expected that Bob Brownlee would bring such news to himself at this time.

But fortunately, Bob Brownlee had reported to him the news that Huateng Motors was flirting with several other Huaxia automakers, so at this moment, although Walker Eriksson was very shocked, but in his heart Still somewhat psychologically prepared, after taking a few deep breaths, Walker Eriksson said to Bob Brownlee again: "Okay, I see, this is indeed very bad news, but... ...Bob, what is the reaction of other automakers in China?"

At this moment, Walker Eriksson was more or less lucky about the reactions of other Chinese automakers.

But Bob Brownlee's words seemed to have poured a basin of cold water on Walker Erickson's head...

"Sir, it's not very good." Bob Brownlee's tone was a little frustrated: "After I got the news, I immediately contacted the other Chinese automakers who were interested in cooperating with us before, but their reactions... Well, some ambiguous."

ambiguous?

As soon as Walker Eriksson turned his mind, he immediately understood the meaning of Bob Brownlee's words: Huateng Motors had contacted with these local Chinese automakers before, but these manufacturers were very concerned about the relationship with Huateng Motors. In the matter of cooperation, there are still some doubts and concerns in their hearts. In addition, they are more inclined to cooperate with BorgWarner. After all, BorgWarner has a good reputation and is a well-known international transmission giant in the world. What is going to be introduced to Huaxia is the most advanced and efficient automatic transmission system in the world, such as dual-clutch. Therefore, in the eyes of these Huaxia Automobile Manufacturers, compared with BorgWarner, Huateng Motors is still not enough.

But on the other hand, BorgWarner's previous cooperation conditions made them worry, which led them to be greedy for BorgWarner's technology, but they were reluctant to sign a contract with BorgWarner and cooperate. On the other hand, they somewhat look down on Huateng Motors' parallel-axis automatic transmission technology, but they hope to use Huateng Motors to contain and even check and balance BorgWarner. At this time, another Gert Lark...

In this way, the scene where BorgWarner originally imagined that the family can eat alone has changed, and it has become a multi-party game, but this multi-party game is more of a psychological game, mainly reflected in the automobile manufacturers in China. On the one hand, they want to obtain dual-clutch automatic transmission technology from BorgWarner or Getrag; It is not that Trac has not contacted Chinese automakers including Changan and Jianghuai in private before, and also made promises such as "as long as you first declare that you will give up cooperation with Huateng Automobile, we will cooperate with you first", but These companies are not stupid, they are well aware of Huateng Automobile's restraining effect, so none of them were fooled.

Originally, greed made BorgWarner and Getrag think almost in the same way: wait a little longer and stretch these guys, maybe they will bow to themselves at that time, but the damn Changan Automobile and Huateng at this time The move of the car cooperation broke the previous plan of the family...

Fortunately, BorgWarner formulated plan-B after knowing that Huateng Group was also involved. Now, it is time to start plan-B...

At this moment, Walker Eriksson also understood in his heart.Bob the bastard just wanted the words "start plan-B" to come from his own mouth.

Of course Walker Eriksson didn't want to start a backup plan, but even though he felt helpless, there was nothing he could do. Walker Eriksson knew very well that the situation had reached this point.Taking a deep breath, Walker Eriksson said to Bob Brownlee: "In this case, Bob, start plan-B."

be honest.Bob Brownlee was waiting for this line from Walker Eriksson!He immediately said: "Okay sir, I will immediately contact those auto manufacturers in China and discuss with them the cooperation of the new version."

"..."

Walker Eriksson turned pale when he heard this.

The reason why the backup plan is called the backup plan is because the backup plan is only used when the original plan does not work, and once the backup plan is activated, it means that the project can only be recovered as much as possible. The benefit of the idea is impossible, and this is equivalent to a substantial reduction in the original expected profit. Of course, Bob Brownlee can't allow himself to take the blame.

As for why Walker Eriksson's level is obviously higher than Bob Brownlee's, how could he agree to start plan-B when he knew what Bob Brownlee was planning? There is really no way At the beginning, Huateng Motors decided to provide automatic transmission technology to the outside world. Bob Brownlee reported and asked for instructions. Since plan-B was led by Walker Eriksson, the decision to start this backup plan , Naturally, it can only be made by Walker Eriksson.

Walker Eriksson naturally knew the consequences of his decision, and felt extremely bitter in his heart, but he couldn't do anything. Whoever made the decision to introduce the dual-clutch gearbox to China was made by himself? Yes, he is coveting China's huge market. Now, Walker Eriksson can only hope that even if it is a backup plan, it can bring enough benefits to BorgWarner and Soft, otherwise he, who is in charge of blogging The global vice president of GWARNER's global transmission business can only enter the countdown during his tenure at BorgWarner...

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Bob Brownlee hung up the phone with a relaxed expression on his face. He no longer had the nervousness and uneasiness shown on the phone. He picked up the coffee and took a sip before picking up the phone with a smile. After a while, the phone answered. After the communication, he said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, I'm Bob Brownlee from BorgWarner. I have time to come out for a cup of coffee and play ball."

For Bob Brownlee's phone call, Mr. Zhao on the other end of the phone didn't seem to be surprised at all, he said with a smile: "Okay, I just have nothing to do recently, take advantage of this rare time to exercise... ...Mr. Brownlee, leave it to me to arrange."

"OK, then it's settled."

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PS: I’m sorry, brothers, about the interruption of these two days, I’ll explain it to you, I had a minor operation, and I’m still lying in the hospital. I don't know if I can work it out, but I will be discharged from the hospital in two or three days, and I will resume normal updates at that time, brothers, please forgive me.