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Chapter 676 Representing me to find out

After thinking for a while, Jiro Kawamoto also had to admit that if Huateng Industrial Group was expressing their attitude to Honda Motor implicitly in this way, then he and even the entire Honda Motor really need to take this matter seriously.With this in mind, Jiro Kawamoto said seriously to Ichiro Yamada on the other end of the phone: "Kun Yamada, the possibility you mentioned does exist, and I will seriously consider it, but what is the second consideration you mentioned?"

"Hayi!" Yamada Ichiro immediately said: "My second consideration is that I think Huateng Industrial Group hopes to obtain the opportunity of a joint venture with us, and I will take the opportunity of my secretary to talk to them this time to express We show what they can do."

Uh-huh? !
Kawamoto Jiro immediately frowned.

Before that, even though he had heard the name of Huateng Industrial Group several times, Kawamoto Jiro never thought of establishing a joint venture company with Huateng Industrial Group——Eligible to become a Chinese partner of Honda Motor, at least It must be a state-owned enterprise with considerable influence in the Huaxia automobile industry and even the local government at the provincial level in Huaxia, right?
Small local enterprises like Huateng Industrial Group are not regarded by Jiro Kawamoto at all.

But now, the situation is a bit different. After carefully thinking about Yamada Ichiro's words, Kawamoto Jiro found helplessly that although he never put this Huateng Industrial Group in the consideration of Honda Huaxia's partners from the beginning to the end, but The possibility that Ichiro Yamada said does exist—this is what Ichiro Yamada wanted to express in the fax sent by Yamada Ichiro, but the difference is that in the fax he wrote to himself, Ichiro Yamada hoped that Honda Motor could actively cooperate with Huateng Industry Co., Ltd. Group cooperation, and in the judgment of Ichiro Yamada, Huateng Industrial Group took the initiative to reveal its willingness to cooperate with Honda.

"I will seriously consider this matter."

In the end, Jiro Kawamoto gave such an answer.

"Hay! I understand!"

Ichiro Yamada was not surprised by the president's answer. He didn't think the president would be able to make a decision immediately on such a major matter involving Honda's development strategy in China. In Ichiro Yamada's heart, the president was willing to Considering his own suggestion, he was already very satisfied.

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Whether to consider cooperating with Huateng Industrial Group, such a big matter, must be discussed at the board meeting, but before submitting it to the board meeting for discussion, Kawamoto Jiro decided to find out the background of Huateng Industrial Group and Zhang Qihang first. ——The name Zhang Qihang and the Chinese company that appeared in front of him repeatedly aroused the interest of Jiro Kawamoto.

It's just that Jiro Kawamoto had some difficulty in asking who to find out.

First of all, it is absolutely inappropriate to go by himself. He doesn't think that Zhang Qihang has such a big face to let himself, the president of Honda Motor, come forward in person; but at the same time, this person's status is too low, because he Represents Honda Motor.

So after some comprehensive consideration, Jiro Kawamoto decided to ask his younger brother: Toshio Yoshino to go to China on behalf of himself and Honda Motor——Toshio Yoshino is the director and president of Honda Technological Research and his successor. Reflecting the importance attached by Honda Motor, it is not too grand, just right.

After Toshio Yoshino arrived, after reading the letter written by Ichiro Yamada to Jiro Kawamoto, he was a little surprised: "This Huateng Industrial Group is actually so powerful?"

As the director and president of the Honda Automotive Technology Research Institute, Toshio Yoshino has heard the name of Huateng Industrial Group many times in the past few months. He knows that this is a Huaxia industrial manufacturing company with good technical strength. After reading the letter written by Ichiro Yamada to his brother: Jiro Kawamoto, Toshio Yoshino discovered that the strength of Huateng Industrial Group has reached such a level: they can independently develop helicopters and aero engines? !
Although what they developed was only a piston-type aero-engine, it was already beyond the limit of Yoshino Toshio's imagination.

Yoshino Toshio was very surprised, and Kawamoto Jiro was also very emotional: "Yes, who would have thought that, if Mr. Yamada hadn't conducted a detailed investigation of the current industrial situation of Huateng Industrial Group, I would have thought that Huateng Industrial Group was A Chinese company that mainly focuses on the small-displacement motorcycle industry and is ambitious to enter the automobile manufacturing industry, but actually does not have much technology and R&D strength, who would have thought that their technical strength would be so strong!"

However, both Toshio Yoshino and Jiro Kawamoto admire Huateng Industrial Group, which entered the aircraft manufacturing industry with courage and has entered the stage of airworthiness certification. There is no other reason, because Honda also wants to build aircraft.

As early as 1986, the founder of Honda Motor, who had retired from the position of the president of Honda at that time: Mr. Soichiro, secretly established Honda's aircraft technology research and development center, and started the road of Honda's aircraft research and development. In 1993, the first prototype was produced: MH02.

The emergence of MH02 also laid the foundation for the future Honda JET.

And even though the first aircraft manufactured by Huateng Industrial Group was just a two-seat ultra-light helicopter with a piston engine, this did not prevent the two from admiring Huateng Industrial Group. The sympathy of the group.

The two were emotional for a while, and Toshio Yoshino finally asked, "Kawamoto-kun, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

"I have a headache too." Speaking of this, Jiro Kawamoto sighed and said, "From my personal point of view, I admire Mr. Zhang who brought this company to its current height. Very outstanding entrepreneurs who also attach great importance to technology, I even think that Zhang Jun has some of our Honda temperament, but from the perspective of the president of Honda Motor, I don’t like them very much.”

Yoshino Toshio nodded: "I feel the same way."

Yes, it is one thing to have admiration for Huateng Industrial Group, but from the standpoint of the Dongying people, neither Jiro Kawamoto nor Toshio Yoshino would absolutely want to see a Chinese company that values ​​technology grow stronger—find one Cooperation with large but not strong Chinese companies is also the core guideline for Honda Motor to develop the Chinese market, because only those big but not strong companies are easy to be controlled by Honda, and from the perspective of "big but not strong" Starting out, Huateng Industrial Group is definitely not qualified.

Jiro Kawamoto scratched his head, and continued with a distressed expression: "It's just that Mr. Yamada reminded me that Huateng Industrial Group does have the ability to imitate our F-series engines. If this matter is not handled properly, it will become a mess." It's a very tricky trouble... Yoshino-kun, to tell you the truth, I am very conflicted now. On the one hand, I do not want to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group; but on the other hand, I must also consider the possible Actions."

Yoshino Toshio immediately understood, he nodded and said, "Is there anything I can do?"

"Yes, I do have some ideas," Jiro Kawamoto looked at Toshio Yoshino, and said, "Kun Yoshino, can you go to Huaxia as the director and president of Honda Giken?"

"You mean you want me to go to Huateng Industrial Group to find out their bottom line?"

"More than that," Jiro Kawamoto shook his head: "When you go to Huaxia this time, besides going to Huateng Group to find out, especially contacting Mr. Zhang Qihang and seeing who he is, there is another very important thing. , that is to see if we can express our concerns and concerns to the Chinese government and our potential partners."

Toshio Yoshino thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "You mean...Let me, on behalf of Honda, express dissatisfaction with Huaxia's imitation of our Honda engine?"

"Hmm..." Jiro Kawamoto considered his own words: "How should I put it, expressing dissatisfaction is one aspect, but in addition to expressing dissatisfaction, we must also show our willingness to cooperate... It can be regarded as a tactful expression of regret."

"A tactful expression of regret?" Toshio Yoshino nodded: "I understand."

What a tactful expression of regret, to put it bluntly, is to use this method to put pressure on the Huaxia government and those car manufacturers who intend to cooperate with Honda Motor, and let them work with Honda to prevent Huateng Industrial Group from imitating Honda's engine— —It would be even better if Huateng Industrial Group could be prevented from imitating other engines.

Seeing that Toshio Yoshino understood what he meant, Jiro Kawamoto heaved a sigh of relief, and with a smile on his face, he continued, "Of course, the Huateng Industrial Group is the most important part of your trip to China this time. And when you communicate with Mr. Zhang Qihang, you must clarify a few questions, that is:
Since the patent of the parallel-shaft automatic transmission belongs to Mr. Zhang Qihang, the technology of the Honda F-series engine that was exchanged...if we decide to carry out the technology exchange...does it belong to Huateng Industrial Group, or Belonging to Mr. Zhang Qihang?

If it belongs to Huateng Industrial Group, then why is the thing exchanged for the automatic transmission patent belonging to Mr. Zhang Qihang finally owned by Huateng Industrial Group?Does this mean that the reform and opening up policy of the Huaxia government still has problems that we have not discovered? ;

And if it belongs to Mr. Zhang Qihang himself, what role does Huateng Industrial Group play in it?What will he do after he gets the Honda engine patent? "

Speaking of this, Jiro Kawamoto bowed slightly to Toshio Yoshino: "Kun Yoshino, please! Please be careful."

Yes, this incident brought quite a lot of confusion to Jiro Kawamoto, especially when Zhang Qihang, the patent holder of the parallel-axis automatic transmission, was himself a government official. up the apex.

"Hi!" Toshio Yoshino also hurriedly bowed: "I will definitely pay attention."

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PS: For some reasons, Kawamoto’s name was changed to Kawamoto Jiro, and Yoshino’s name was changed to Yoshino Toshio, please forgive me.

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