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Chapter 953 Pie or Poison?

A week later, Ichiro Yamada, who finished his break, appeared in Toshio Yoshino's office again.

Looking at Ichiro Yamada, who was completely taken aback, Toshio Yoshino nodded in satisfaction: "Kun Yamada, it seems that you have had a good rest in this short period of time."

"Hi!" Ichiro Yamada bowed to Toshio Yoshino, and said gratefully: "This past week, my family and I went to Hokkaido to soak in the hot springs, and the family had a great time. Your Excellency, President, I have completely adjusted. Now, if you have any tasks, you can just show them."

"Yoshi!" Yoshino Toshio was very satisfied with Yamada Ichiro's attitude and fighting spirit: "Yamada-kun, I really appreciate your attitude towards work!"

"You're flattering yourself," Yamada Ichiro said hastily, "This is what I should do."

"No, you won the opportunity with your outstanding performance." Speaking of this, seeing Ichiro Yamada looking up at himself in confusion, Toshio Yoshino nodded slightly, and met Ichiro Yamada's gaze and gave him an affirmative look : "That's right, let me tell you some good news before you start: Your suggestion has been unanimously approved by all directors."

"Nani?!"

Unexpectedly, in just a short week, all the honorable directors actually recognized and approved their proposals. Yamada Ichiro was really surprised and delighted, and his whole body trembled slightly.

Toshio Yoshino was not at all surprised by Ichiro Yamada's reaction. He nodded with a smile and said, "That's right, all directors think that it is more beneficial for us to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group than to cooperate with Second Automobile Works. After consultation , the directors are going to hand over the work of negotiating cooperation with Huateng Industrial Group to you, and you, Yamada-kun..."

Speaking of this, Toshio Yoshino stared at Ichiro Yamada, and said in a deep voice: "If you can successfully complete the task assigned to you by the club this time, the club will give you a chance to compete for the vice president."

As long as I talk about the cooperation with Huateng Industrial Group this time, can I compete for the vice president? !
Yamada Ichiro's face was instantly flushed with excitement, and looking at the exhausted face of the president, he was instantly moved: In the past week, the president must have paid a lot in order to coordinate the interests of all parties. Hard work, hard work, right?
Thinking of this, Ichiro Yamada bowed deeply to Toshio Yoshino, and at the same time said loudly: "Hi! Thank you, President, for giving me this opportunity."

Toshio Yoshino nodded with a smile, and continued: "But you are not negotiating with Huateng Group in the name of Honda Motor, but negotiating with Huateng Group in the name of Acura (Acura) Motor."

"Akula?"

When Ichiro Yamada heard the words, his eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Toshio Yoshino in disbelief: "Your Excellency, President, do you mean to use Acura to cooperate with Huateng Group?"

"Yes."

"But...why?" Yamada Ichiro was extremely puzzled: "Why don't you use the Honda brand instead of the Acura brand?"

Acura, that is a high-end brand owned by Honda, and it is also a luxury brand that Honda has spent a lot of energy and money building. Cooperation, but now, in order to cooperate with Huateng Group, the president and even the directors actually took out Acura? !
This made Yamada Ichiro very puzzled.

"There is no other way," said Toshio Yoshino, who couldn't help laughing wryly when talking about the reason, and said to Ichiro Yamada, "Mr. Yamada, you don't know that there is a law in China that states that a foreign company in the same industry can only Can you establish a joint venture relationship with two Chinese companies?"

Yamada Ichiro's eyes widened in disbelief: "Nani? There is such a law? If I remember correctly, we have many joint ventures in China, right?"

"Yes, in November 97, our Honda Motor signed a basic agreement on passenger car joint ventures with China's Guangzhou Automobile Group and Second Automobile Group. The general meaning of this agreement is that in China, Honda Motor only has Guangzhou Automobile Group and Second Automobile Group cooperate in the field of passenger vehicles." Speaking of this, Toshio Yoshino smiled bitterly and said: "Of course, we can also tear up the basic agreement signed with Huaxia Second Automobile Group and seek cooperation with Huateng Industrial Group instead. However, the energy of the Second Automobile Group in China is astonishing. As the core state-owned enterprise of the Huaxia government, if we really do this, it will inevitably arouse their great anger. I am afraid that our cooperation with Huateng Group should not I thought about it, so I decided to settle for the next best thing, and we can only use the Acura brand to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group."

Is that so?
Ichiro Yamada was a little confused. In his impression, Honda’s joint ventures in China include Jialing Honda, Wuyang Honda, Xindiro Honda, Guangqi Honda, and Dongfeng Honda, which is under negotiation. Honda has so many joint ventures in China. Enterprises, but in each industry, Honda can only cooperate with two Chinese enterprises?
It seems to be...

Thinking of this, Ichiro Yamada suddenly had an impression: In the field of motorcycles, Honda’s previous partner was Jialing Motorcycles. Later, the scope of cooperation between the two parties was adjusted, and the cooperation in the field of motorcycles was cancelled. Instead, it became a general-purpose engine. In the field of motorcycles, Wuyang·Honda and Sundiro·Honda are the partners of cooperation.

Not only that, Ichiro Yamada even thought of the development of several other Dongying automobile brands in China:
In terms of first-tier brands, Toyota Motor has successively established cooperative relations with Huaxia Jinmen Automobile and FAW Group; Nissan Motor established Zhengzhou Nissan with Zhengzhou Automobile Factory in 1995, and is now in contact with Second Automobile Group to establish Dongfeng Nissan The possibility of
In terms of second-tier brands, not to mention Suzuki Motors, Mitsubishi Motors has successively established cooperative relations with Leopard Motors and Southeast Motors; and Mazda Motors has established Hainan Mazda with Hainan Automobile Factory, and recently is also conducting cooperation with Huaxia FAW. contact...

From this point of view, as the president said, in any field, a foreign company can only cooperate with two local Chinese companies.

Thinking of this, Ichiro Yamada was not only a little ashamed, he lowered his head and apologized to Toshio Yoshino: "Your Excellency, President, I am very sorry, I never thought I would make such a naive mistake."

Of course Toshio Yoshino would not tell Ichiro Yamada that I also forgot that the Chinese government had such a strange regulation, he nodded slightly and said: "Well... Although you did make a mistake, it is not unforgivable, on the contrary , The idea you put forward is still very helpful to the club."

"Hi!"

Yamada Ichiro looked ashamed.

It was Toshio Yoshino, who patted Ichiro Yamada on the shoulder and encouraged: "So, come on, Yamada-kun!"

Yamada Ichiro nodded heavily, with high fighting spirit already rising in his heart.

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Lu Province, Foreign Economic and Trade Commission (the word "department" is too sensitive, change it).

Comrade Guo Yuanfang, the director of the office, took a document and knocked on the office door of the person in charge of the unit: "Director! Director! Good news! Great news!"

Seeing Guo Yuanfang's appearance, Du Qiang, the director, smiled. He slowly put away the pen that was reviewing the document, and then said: "What's the matter, old Guo, look at your excited look."

"I can't help but get excited," Guo Yuanfang said while handing the documents to Du Qiang with respectful hands, "Honda Automobile of Dongying sent us a fax, expressing its intention to cooperate with our province..."

"what?!"

Du Qiang, who was still calm just now, suddenly raised his head when he heard this: "Old Guo, what did you say?!"

Guo Yuanfang understood why his leader was so excited. Facing Du Qiang's shocked expression, he nodded affirmatively: "It's a Honda car, that's right. I verified it myself. The fax was sent from Dongying Honda Motor headquarters, and the document was signed at the end. The person named Yamada Ichiro, this Yamada Ichiro was one of the main managers of Honda Motor before..."

Du Qiang could no longer hear what Guo Yuanfang said. After reading the fax, he realized that it was not that Honda wanted to use Honda to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group, but that Honda wanted to use its own luxury products. Car brand: Acura Motors to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group...

Of course, boasting about Acura is indispensable in the fax, such as how successful it is in the North American and European markets, how it has been recognized by local consumers, what design awards a certain model has won, and even a certain model of its own. What races the car participated in and what nouns it won...

Anyway, it’s just hype about Acura cars. In a word: Our Acura cars are amazing, but before that we mixed higher-end North American and European cars. Now, we decided to take Acura cars Don't you feel honored to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group in Lu Province?

To be honest, Du Qiang was really taken aback by seeing these braggings. For example, it was mentioned in the performance of Acura in the North American market that in 1997, the sales of various models of Acura had exceeded All European luxury car brands in the U.S. market, the well-known professional automotive media "Road & Track" included the Acura Legend sedan and coupe in the "Top Ten Most Valuable Cars" list, and the Legend coupe became the "World's Most Valuable Car". One of the Ten Best Cars" and more...

Seeing this, Du Qiang couldn't help muttering in his heart: Could it be that the Acura owned by Honda is better than Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the United States and Europe?But if they are lying, now that the network technology is so advanced, just ask the comrades of China’s foreign affairs department in the United States to check, and you can also find out the performance of Acura in the North American market. Honda should not be so easily poked A broken lie, that is to say, these things are very likely to be true?

Thinking of this level, Du Qiang couldn't help but feel a little dizzy: Honda is willing to use such a powerful brand to cooperate with our Huateng Industrial Group?This, this, this...

And such a good thing? !

After thinking about it, Du Qiang felt that this was a little unbelievable. Based on the principle of being cautious, he still suppressed the excitement in his heart and told Guo Yuanfang: "Old Guo, go and check the situation again. Use diplomatic channels to verify... I know you are very excited at the moment, and I am also very excited, but for such a big matter, we can't be too cautious, we just can't go wrong..."

Guo Yuanfang was a little reluctant when he saw that his leader asked him to verify it again: "This...leader, I have already verified it..."

"Then go and check it again!" Du Qiang said with a heavy tone, "You haven't forgotten the joke that happened in the province next door, right? Could it be that you want to repeat that joke in Lu Province?"

A joke in the neighboring province?

Guo Yuanfang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized what the leader of his family was talking about: just a few months ago, people in the neighboring province were defrauded of more than 3000 million RMB in the name of investment.

For such a shameful incident, the relevant leaders of the neighboring province are of course trying to control the spread of the news, but how can this kind of incident be controlled?It didn’t take long for everyone to know about it, and they often secretly laughed at the stupidity of a group of people in the next province: If it was at the beginning of the reform and even the early 90s, everyone had no experience in foreign work, it was easy It is understandable to be taken advantage of and cheated... At that time, there were indeed many provinces and cities that were cheated... Now it has entered 2001, and the above has repeatedly issued notices to prevent being cheated in the work of attracting investment and An example of being deceived, in this case, there are still people who are stupid enough to be deceived, it can only be said that they have no brains.

The problem is that it's fun to watch other people being laughed at, but it's not fun when it happens to you.

Guo Yuanfang naturally didn't want to be the butt of jokes in the mouths of comrades in other provinces. If he was really deceived, wouldn't he be laughed out of his teeth?His attitude immediately became serious, and he quickly said, "Okay, I'll go and verify it right away!"

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Comrades in the diplomatic system of Lu Province also attached great importance to this matter. Comrades from the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office even deliberately contacted the Huaxia Embassy in Dongying, asking the embassy to send a special person to the Honda Motor headquarters to verify the matter.

The verification result is of course no problem. The previous fax was indeed sent by Honda Motor, and Honda Motor really intends to cooperate with Lu Province in the automotive field.

In the subsequent communication with comrades from the embassy, ​​Ichiro Yamada even bluntly stated to the comrades in the embassy that Honda Motor appreciates Huateng Industrial Group and believes that Huateng Industrial Group is the best local automobile manufacturer in China. Honda hopes to establish a good cooperative relationship with Huateng Industrial Group, and is willing to provide the best quality resources, that is, Acura Automobile and Huateng Industrial Group to cooperate.

During the dialogue, Ichiro Yamada spoke highly of Huateng Industrial Group, saying that the cooperation between Acura Automobile and Huateng Industrial Group is a real strong alliance, and Acura Automobile has accumulated mature experience in the North American and European markets. With experience, he will definitely perform well in China's luxury car field...

Hearing these compliments, the comrades at the embassy were of course very happy. After they came back, they introduced the visit to the headquarters of Honda Automobile to the comrades of the Lu Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, and naturally they also said no to Honda Automobile and Ichiro Yamada. There are few good things to say, but for the comrades of the Foreign Affairs Office of Shandong Province and the Foreign Economic and Trade Commission, the comrades of the embassy have all gone to the headquarters of Honda Motor and met Ichiro Yamada himself, so there is no doubt about the sincerity of cooperation of Honda Motor of?

After confirming the authenticity of this matter, Du Qiang naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported the situation to the relevant leaders in the province.

After listening to Comrade Du Qiang's report, the main leaders of Lu Province were also shocked: not only did Honda Motor intend to cooperate with Huateng Industrial Group, but also their luxury car brand Acura?
Before this, who of you would have thought that such a good thing could happen to you.

The leaders immediately held a meeting to discuss whether to accept the olive branch handed over by Honda...

"Honda Auto named and wanted to cooperate with Huateng Group. In my opinion, this is a good thing, a very good thing!" At the beginning of the meeting, a certain leader expressed his attitude excitedly: "Why do you say that? Because it is a strong Strong alliance, comrades, think about it, Honda Motor is one of the world's top automobile manufacturing companies, and its production scale can even rank among the top 10 in the world's automobile industry, and Huateng Industrial Group is also leading the way under the leadership of Zhang Qihang. It is a prosperous situation, and if the two companies cooperate, I think it will be a strong alliance, as Honda said."

The words of this leader represent the attitude of most of the leading comrades present at the meeting. Everyone agrees with the words of this leading comrade. Could it be a hoax...

Hi!Wouldn't it be nice to talk to them?

If Honda Motor really has ulterior motives, can it not show its flaws in the next negotiations?
After listening to the suggestions of these comrades, Comrade Tang Changhao, who presided over the meeting, nodded, and then asked Chen Haiyang with a smile: "Comrade Haiyang, you are the main person in charge of the State-owned Assets Management Office of Lu Province. The industrial group is also relatively familiar, what do you think of this matter?"

Chen Haiyang knew Zhang Qihang's attitude towards joint ventures. Hearing that all the leaders were optimistic about the cooperation between Honda Motor and Huateng Group, he was very anxious, but he was not high enough, and he was not good at speaking before the leaders called him. Now he is called Naturally, he no longer hesitated: "Hello, leader, I think what the leaders said is very good and reasonable, and it can be described as a strategic plan, but I think we should check the Acura car before that. Is the performance in the North American and European markets really as powerful as stated in the information provided by Honda Motor?
After all, the experience of attracting investment over the years tells us that foreigners not only brag, but they brag more ruthlessly than us. "

It's like... that's the reason?
Chen Haiyang’s words calmed down some comrades: Before, everyone was only thinking about cooperating with Honda, but forgot to check whether Acura’s performance in the North American and European markets was really as good as Honda said in the fax. Great, if Akula is really that powerful... No, even if it is [-]% off or [-]% off, that's okay, but if Akula is half-dead in North America or even Europe, then you have to That's another matter.

Don't say that this kind of thing is impossible. Over the years of reform and opening up, you have never seen any kind of diorama, but no one wants to become the next door province and become a negative teaching material for everyone to laugh at. In short, so, don't say anything, Check out Acura's presence in North America and Europe, and it's never a mistake to be cautious.

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After the meeting was over, Chen Haiyang immediately called Zhang Qihang. As soon as the call was connected, he immediately said, "Xiao Zhang, is it convenient to talk now?"

"It's convenient." Hearing Chen Haiyang's nervous tone on the other end of the phone, Zhang Qihang was a little strange: "Director, what happened?"

Chen Haiyang said in a deep voice: "That's what happened. Honda Motor expressed a meaning to the province through the Provincial Foreign Economic and Trade Commission. They want to cooperate with your Huateng Group."

Hearing this, Zhang Qihang couldn't help frowning: "Honda Motor wants to cooperate with us? Can't it? In the same industry, isn't a foreign company only able to cooperate with two Chinese local companies? Honda Motor already has I left Guangzhou Automobile Honda, and now I am talking with Dongfeng. Is it possible that their Honda can abandon the Second Automobile Group and cooperate with us? Speaking of which, if they dare to abandon the Second Automobile Group and seek cooperation with us, then I dare not cooperate with them Cooperation."

Chen Haiyang patted his head and explained: "I didn't make it clear, it's not Honda, it's Acura, a subsidiary of Honda, and they plan to use Acura to cooperate with your Huateng Group."

"Akula?"

Zhang Qihang frowned.

"That's right, it's Acura," Chen Haiyang asked, "What do you think about this?"

Zhang Qihang said without hesitation: "Leader, my attitude has always been very clear, that is 'imperialist selflessness will never die', and there has never been a good thing in this world, if the sky is true, If the pie falls, the pie is either poisonous or has a hook hidden in it."

Chen Haiyang agreed with Zhang Qihang's statement, he nodded and said: "Well, I think so too, but the problem now is that in the internal communication meeting just now, most of the comrades in the province thought it was a Honda car. I am very optimistic about the cooperation between your group and Honda Motor."

Hearing the words, Zhang Qihang couldn't help but swear: "Fuck! Give me an olive branch?!"

"What do many comrades think?" Chen Haiyang nodded with a wry smile: "The current situation is that I suggest that the organization first conduct a survey on Acura's performance in the North American and European markets, and take a look at this How is the performance of the car, but to be honest, I am a little pessimistic, and I don’t think Honda will lie about the data provided to us before, at most it is a little exaggeration... So Xiao Zhang, you have to be mentally prepared gone."

Hearing this, Zhang Qihang was silent for a while, and then said: "Director, thank you for your reminder, I know it well."

(End of this chapter)