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Chapter 573 Helpless bow under pressure

Tokyo, Shinagawa Ward.

Headquarters of Isuzu Motors Corporation.

Yoshiichi Hirota pushed a piece of information to Vice President Yuki Yamamoto: "Yamamoto-kun, please take a look at this."

"Hi!"

Yamamoto bowed slightly in response, and quickly opened the information to read it. It doesn't matter, Yamamoto raised his head in shock and looked at Hirota Yoshiichi: "Your Excellency, President, this..."

Hirota Yoshiichi nodded slightly, it seemed that Yamamoto Yuki's reaction was completely in his expectation: "Yamamoto-kun, after reading this information, what do you think?"

"I'm... a little shocked," recalling the contents of the information, Yamamoto Yuki slowly organized his words and said carefully: "Besides, in view of the fact that the situation has changed so much, I think we need to reconsider the Chinese market. Now, maybe we need to revise our previous understanding of China."

No wonder Yamamoto was so shocked, because this document introduces the cooperation project between Huaxia Huateng Industrial Group and Dongying Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd.: Huateng-Mitsubishi DELICA-L400 car, which is also called "land business class" in Huaxia. "The sales situation of the commercial vehicle in the first month when it was officially launched in China. In the first month of the launch, when the sales area was limited to Lu Province in Huaxia and some surrounding areas, this car, which is called "Business Class on Land" in China 1468 commercial vehicles were sold.

This is the sales volume of a province. You know, Huaxia has 31 provincial-level administrative regions (in 94, Huaxia had 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 3 municipalities directly under the central government), and this province has a monthly sales volume of nearly 1500 vehicles. How many sales can there be in 31 provinces?
Of course, the economic development levels of various provinces in China vary greatly, but even so, as long as Huateng Industrial Group opens up the entire China market, there is absolutely no problem multiplying this sales volume by 10, then it will be 1.5 vehicles per month. Sales volume, the annual sales volume is nearly 20 vehicles, which is not a negligible data for any car manufacturer, especially for Isuzu Motors, which is currently in deep trouble... Didn't see the advertisement Are President Tian's eyes red from the news?
In addition, Yamamoto also knows that Mitsubishi Motors executives had placed high hopes on the DELICA L400 before, hoping that this car could break Toyota HIACE's monopoly on the light passenger market. The impact on the market position of Toyota HIACE as expected by the car executives, but because of the high cost, the sales of L400 are even far inferior to the L400 that Mitsubishi Motors was planning to eliminate. This incident has become a joke for everyone.

But who would have thought that, in the words of the Chinese people, the DELICA L400, which has become a joke in the Japanese market, exploded with such a great energy in China, it is really surprising.

Hirota Yoshiichi smiled in satisfaction, and Yamamoto Yuki's response was exactly what he wanted: "Yes, this is what I want to say... Yamamoto-kun, do you think it is possible for our GALA bus to replicate this success ?”

I see!
Yamamoto is not stupid. If he didn't understand the purpose of Hirota Yoshiichi calling him to come here at first, but now it's here, what else doesn't he understand?
It is nothing more than seeing that Mitsubishi DELICA L400, which is almost a slow-selling product in Japan, is so popular in China, he finally couldn't help it, and his heart was moved. He wanted to introduce GALA buses with Huateng Industrial Group as soon as possible. An agreement was reached on this matter, and as the direct person in charge of this project, who else can he communicate with if he does not communicate with himself?
Speaking of which, Huateng Industrial Group was in contact with Mitsubishi Motors and Isuzu Motors almost at the same time, but compared with the Mitsubishi DELICA L400 project that was progressing extremely smoothly, the progress of introducing the GALA series of luxury road buses from Isuzu Motors was not so smooth. We have been talking since the beginning of the year, and we have not reached an agreement even after stumbling, and we have been arguing for nearly a year.

It would be fine if there is no Mitsubishi Motors for comparison, but now with the success of Mitsubishi DELICA L400, Isuzu Motors is a bit uncomfortable...

Although he complained in his heart, "The reason for today's situation is not all because of you?", but Yamamoto replied honestly: "I think this is very possible."

After finishing speaking, Yamamoto paused, and then said: "In addition, Mr. President, I just learned about a situation. I think this matter may have a considerable impact on our Isuzu's interests in China, so..."

Hirota Yoshiichi frowned: "You say."

"Hi!" Yamamoto bowed slightly, and then said: "In August this year, South Korea's Daewoo Motors signed a cooperation agreement with a local bus manufacturer in China to jointly produce Daewoo's BH and BV series luxury road buses. ...Your Excellency, President, obviously we are not the only ones who are optimistic about Huaxia's luxury road passenger transport market."

Hirota Yoshiichi's expression instantly became serious: "Yamamoto-kun, are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm very sure," Yamamoto Yuki nodded and said, "This is the news from our embassy in South Korea."

"The news from the embassy? Then there is no problem with the credibility of this news," said Yoshiichi Hirota, sighing: "Well... From this point of view, the situation is really not waiting for me sometimes."

Yamamoto remained silent.

What can he say? Prior to this, the biggest difference between Isuzu and Huateng Industrial Group was that Huateng Industrial Group believed that in order to effectively reduce costs, some parts and subsystems that China could produce in-house should be purchased in China as much as possible. For example, the core engine can use the WD615 turbocharged diesel engine produced by Huaxia Weichai, but Isuzu insists on using the naturally aspirated diesel engine with a displacement of up to 19 liters and a V10 structure produced by Isuzu. It is to ensure the driving quality and reliability of GALA buses.

But is that really the case?

Of course not. The reason why Isuzu proposed to use this V10 naturally aspirated diesel engine code-named 1PE10 is to make more money: they quoted 300 million yen for this diesel engine, which is about 25.5 RMB.

This is the supply price for partners, it is a "wholesale price", and it is as high as 25.5. How could Zhang Qihang agree?

In fact, Yamamoto felt that there was no need to insist on using the 10PE1 engine, but he had no choice but to insist on his own president, so he naturally had no choice.

Seeing that Yamamoto was silent, Hirota Yoshiichi went on to say: "Since it is a cooperation, we still respect the opinions of our partners, Yamamoto-kun, please contact Zhang Jun, and said that although we do not agree with the use of Starr The engine of technology, but since they insist, we also respect their opinion."

The president finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Yamamoto Yuki finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he quickly responded: "Hi! I understand. I believe Mr. Zhang will be very happy when he hears the news."

Yoshihiro Hirota nodded: "Well... I hope Mr. Zhang can understand my painstaking efforts."

Originally, Hirota Yoshiichi really wanted to hold on, but Daewoo Motors' move into China's luxury bus market made him nervous all of a sudden.

Although Dongying people have always looked down on South Korea, but as a competitor, Hirota Yoshiichi also has to admit that although Daewoo's technical level in road luxury express buses is indeed inferior to that of Isuzu, strictly speaking, the gap between the two sides is not too small. It's just the difference between 95 points and 80 points. In essence, everyone is still a competitor of the same grade and level. If Daewoo is allowed to seize the opportunity in the Chinese market, Isuzu will be in trouble.

Now that the situation is like this, there is no other way but to let Huateng Industrial Group take advantage of it.

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Langya area.

At the headquarters of Huateng Industrial Group, Yang Zhijun knocked on Zhang Qihang's office excitedly, and shouted out of excitement, "Mr. Zhang, good news! Good news! Isuzu let go!"

"Has Isuzu let go?"

Zhang Qihang was a little surprised when he heard that, Isuzu's mouth was a little sudden.But in any case, this is indeed a good thing, so Zhang Qihang was also very excited: "It's not easy, those guys from Isuzu agreed to let us use Weichai's engine?"

"Yeah, it's really not easy." The excited Yang Zhijun nodded again and again, and at the same time quickly handed the document in his hand to Zhang Qihang: "This is a fax from Isuzu, and the person in charge signed it. Isuzu Vice President Yamamoto Yuki for this project."

Feeling a little excited, Zhang Qihang took the fax and looked at it, and then he couldn't help laughing. He shook the fax in his hand at Yang Zhijun: "Old Yang, the little devil is really stubborn."

In this fax, Isuzu Motors agreed that the Isuzu GALA luxury bus produced in China in the future will use the WD615 diesel engine produced by Weichai. The power output characteristics are completely different, so if Huateng Industrial Group insists on using the Weichai WD615 turbocharged diesel engine, the new diesel engine needs to be re-matched with the vehicle to ensure the smooth operation of the vehicle, which will bring Additional expenses, and this expense was originally unnecessary, so if Huateng Industrial Group insists on using Weichai's engine, then Huateng Industrial Group will bear the adaptation cost itself.

Of course, Yang Zhijun also noticed this request from Isuzu, but before that he didn't think there was anything wrong with Isuzu's request, but now, seeing that his boss didn't seem to agree with the request from Isuzu, he was a little dazed and hesitant. After a while, he tentatively asked: "This... Mr. Zhang, I don't think there is anything inappropriate about Isuzu's request."

(End of this chapter)