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Chapter 488 It's Not a Bad Thing to Get in Touch

For a meal, the host and guest enjoy themselves.

As for Jiro Yamada, with the "small gift" given by Zhang Qihang before he left and the promised commission after the deal was successful, his actions were very efficient. After returning to Mitsubishi, he immediately reported the matter to his direct superior, Masayoshi Kuroda, vice president of research and development at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, reported the incident.

There is actually a Chinese company that wants to import DELICA from Mitsubishi?

Masayoshi Kuroda was immediately excited, but to be cautious, he still asked Yamada Jiro: "Yamada-kun, how do you know this Huateng Industrial Group? How much do you know about them?"

"Hi!" Yamada Jiro bowed slightly, and replied carefully: "The reason why I know this Huateng Industrial Group is because one of my juniors at Tokyo Institute of Technology, his name is Ryuichi Yoneyama, who is a resident of Kawasaki Motorcycle Co., Ltd. A representative of Huaxia, he introduced me."

"That's how it is." Hearing that the other party connected with Masayoshi Kuroda through Kawasaki's relationship, Masayoshi Kuroda felt relieved: Kawasaki is also a well-known company in Dongying, and the company introduced by their Huaxia representative is still trustworthy. of.Nodding his head slightly, Masayoshi Kuroda ordered: "Go on."

"Hi!" Yamada Jiro bowed again, and then continued: "According to Mr. Misan, this Huateng Industrial Group is a partner of Kawasaki in China. They jointly developed a 1.0 engine and supporting it. The rear-drive gearbox is used to adapt the power of China's domestic mini-cars...it is our domestic mini-buses."

The so-called minibus is a van commonly known in China. Masayoshi Kuroda naturally understood: "I understand, you continue."

Yamada Jiro then continued: "I don't know why they didn't choose to produce minibuses after they had the engine and gearbox, but they came to Mitsubishi for cooperation in DELICA, but Mr. Mishan told me that if the cooperation between the two parties If it can be achieved, there is a high probability that the other party will adopt the cooperation model of 'pre-CKD + late-stage vehicle introduction'..."

Masayoshi Kuroda's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked quickly, "You said they will adopt the CKD cooperation model in the early stage?"

CKD is good, CKD is equivalent to the kind where Mitsubishi finds a big wholesaler and promises to sell how many cars at a time. After all, you all CKD. If the total number is less than three to five thousand, are you embarrassed to CKD? ?And for myself, the vice president in charge of research and development, this is a rare achievement!

Masayoshi Kuroda immediately made up his mind: I will personally handle this matter!

"Yes," Jiro Yamada nodded hastily: "Mr. Yoneyama doesn't know how many CKD DELICAs this Mr. Zhang will purchase, but he thinks it should not be less than 3000, and may even reach 5000.

So I think this is an opportunity for us Mitsubishi, even if we will not introduce the technology of the whole vehicle in the later stage, but only the CKD in the early stage, we can still make a lot of money.

So I thought, since this is the case, then we might as well try to get in touch with each other and see, this is not a bad thing at all. "

Can there really be three to five thousand cars?

Masayoshi Kuroda was really surprised and delighted!
Delica has many competitors in the Dongying market. Toyota Hiace, Mazda E2000, Nissan Jiaben, Isuzu WFR and even Suzuki Langdi are all competitors of Mitsubishi Delica. It can be said that in Dongying, the competition in this market segment is very fierce. However, the annual sales volume of the previous generation of Mitsubishi DELICA was just over 3 vehicles.

Why did Mitsubishi develop the DELICA L400 with a separate engine compartment?

It is to improve the core competitiveness of its own products and stand out from the fierce competition.

But the problem is that this change has led to an increase in cost. The original price of DELICA L300 is higher than that of competitors. After upgrading to L400, the price is even higher, so that even Mitsubishi is not sure whether Delica L400 can win the competition. Some lack of confidence.

And at this time, companies from China are planning to purchase 400 to [-] DELICA L[-]s in the form of CKD?

In the view of Masayoshi Kuroda, this news is nothing less than a shot in the arm for the DELICA L400 project!

Thinking of this, Kuroda Masayoshi said to Yamada Jiro with a smile: "Yamada-kun, what you said makes sense, no matter what, it's not a bad thing to get in touch with."

As for Yamada Jiro, the reason why this guy is so active in this matter must be a benefit, but so what?Masayoshi Kuroda doesn't mind his subordinates earning a little extra money from this kind of thing. After all, as Jiro Yamada said, as long as the cooperation can be successful, even if it is just CKD, Mitsubishi can make a lot of money. This huge benefit can be counted on his head, and his subordinates take this opportunity to reap some benefits for him. From Kuroda Masayoshi's point of view, this is completely understandable.

Hearing the words, Yamada Jiro also breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, you are so right."

Masayoshi Kuroda continued: "Well, you can call this Mr. Zhang the day after tomorrow, invite him to visit our Mitsubishi, and tell him that with your hard work, Mitsubishi has granted him permission to visit our secret state. DELICA L400."

Why did he wait until the day after tomorrow to call Zhang Qihang? Of course, he had to use this action to tell the guy named Zhang what Mitsubishi was reserved in this cooperation.

Hearing Xianyin's understanding, Yamada Jiro immediately said: "I understand! I know what to do."

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Three days later, Jiro Yamada called the hotel where Zhang Qihang was staying: "Mr. Zhang, I have some good news for you. Mitsubishi is very interested in your proposal and wants to have an interview with you, but I just don't know when is it convenient for you? "

There was unconcealable joy in Yamada Jiro's tone.

It's understandable, after all, if the deal can be successful, the benefits he can get are enough to save him from struggling for many years.

Faced with this news, Zhang Qihang did not answer, but asked instead: "Oh? I don't know who your club is going to arrange to talk to me about this matter?"

The reason for asking this question is that Zhang Qihang also has his own thoughts, because from the identity of the person arranged by the other party to have a meeting with him, it can be seen how much Mitsubishi attaches importance to this matter.

Yamada Jiro glanced at the person beside him, and after seeing the other person nodded slightly, he said, "It's our vice president Masayoshi Kuroda."

"It turned out to be Mr. Kuroda," Zhang Qihang nodded and said, "I can do it anytime."

Yamada Jiro immediately said: "Then what do you think about the arrangement at 9:30 am the day after tomorrow?"

At 9:[-] in the morning of the day after tomorrow, it means that Zhang Qihang has been given a day of preparation time, and at the same time, the time for this remembrance is set in the morning, which reflects the importance that Mitsubishi attaches to it.

Zhang Qihang was very satisfied with this arrangement, he responded happily: "No problem, I am very satisfied with this arrangement."

(End of this chapter)