Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 240 Promoting peace through war, although not victorious, but victorious
The prosperous areas of Huaxia are all in the city center, and rich people like to live in these places.

But when it comes to the United States, it's basically the other way around.

People without money often live in the city center, while rich people like to live in large villas in the suburbs.

Of course, in a small number of ultra-developed cities, luxury apartments in the city center are also the favorite of the rich.

However, Detroit is obviously not a super-developed city.

Chris, Johnston, and Cao Yang are now at a certain golf course in the suburbs of Detroit, playing golf while talking about things.

The golf course is very large, and there are no obstacles when looking around.

In this case, when talking about things, there is no need to worry about someone secretly taking pictures.

Don't worry that the wall has ears, and the content of the conversation will be heard.

As for whether the ball is played well or not, it is not the point at all.

People like Cao Yang haven't played golf a few times in their two lifetimes, so it's strange that they can play well.

But that's obviously not the point.

"Cao, don't Chinese people have a saying that harmony makes money."

"Not to mention the waste of a lot of money in all kinds of lawsuits, it is obviously not good for the development of the company."

"Let me see, everyone should sit down and have a good talk."

"In this world, there is nothing that cannot be discussed."

Chris obviously acted as an intermediary today, calling Cao Yang and Johnston together.

Of course, there is no need to worry about whether the middleman is really kind of him to reconcile, or whether all parties are willing.

Anyway, everyone knows it well.

"Business is business, friends are friends!"

"Cao, among all the entrepreneurs in China, I admire you the most."

"Whether it is Nanshan's bearing technology, gearbox technology, or special steel technology, they are all very remarkable achievements."

"I am very impressed that you can achieve such great achievements in just a few years, and I am very willing to be friends with such entrepreneurs."

"However, each is his own master. As the CEO of SKF, I am naturally responsible for the board of directors and shareholders."

"So there are some things, some actions, and I hope you can understand."

Johnston is under a lot of pressure now.

The development of public opinion in Europe and the United States is very fast, which is very unfavorable to SKF.

In particular, he heard that the American judiciary seems to be really preparing to officially launch an anti-monopoly investigation against SKF, which made him very nervous.

In this world, there is no company that can withstand everyone looking at problems with a magnifying glass.

SKF is no exception.

So many Dongying companies have suffered a lot from anti-monopoly before. Is SKF really a white lotus?
Impossible now!
So before the anti-monopoly investigation was officially launched, Johnston wanted to communicate with Cao Yang in private.

If it is not possible to fight three lawsuits at the same time, SKF will not be able to bear it.

The board of directors and shareholders will only pay attention to the results, and will only see the unfavorable scenarios for SKF. They will turn a blind eye to other efforts and difficulties.

SKF wants to engage in Nanshan because Nanshan has forced SKF to be unable to survive.

But now Cao Yang has talked with SKF through Chris about the OEM for SKF through a trading company.

Although this plan is limited to the European market and the South American market, Johnston feels that many things can be discussed after sitting down.

He has given up hope in the Huaxia market.

Whether the lawsuit is won or lost, the Huaxia market has nothing to do with SKF.

As long as the American market does not deteriorate further, it can barely accept it.

After all, as a European company, the main market is still in Europe.

As long as the structure of Europe is not completely messed up, everything is negotiable.

"Johnston, you are so right!"

"Business is business, and friends are friends."

"I like making friends the most!"

"When a friend comes, there is good wine; when an enemy comes, there is a shotgun."

"We at Nanshan are willing to make friends with many people and companies internationally."

Cao Yang will come today, and he naturally hopes to find a solution that satisfies him.

It is not impossible to continue the lawsuit.

But not to mention spending money, mainly because it takes too much time.

For Nanshan, time is very important.

So today Cao Yang is really willing to reach some reconciliation with SKF in other ways, which also puts pressure on companies such as Aisin and FANUC.

It can even be reversed and jointly deal with those companies.

"Johnston, Cao, although SKF and Nanshan both produce bearings, there are many companies that produce bearings in the world, and everyone can work together to seize the share of other manufacturers."

"Especially those bearing companies in Dongying, which occupy more than half of the global market share of high-end bearings. The two of you are fighting each other. You are making wedding clothes for people. It's not worth it."

Chris is a peacemaker today.

Only when SKF and Nanshan reconcile, can the trading company really play a role.

Otherwise, it is a shell company that does not make any money.

"This is indeed the case. Dongying's NTN, NSK, JTEKT, Fujikoshi, Koyo Bearing and other bearing companies not only almost monopolize the domestic bearing market of Dongying, but also have many customers all over the world."

"Even in Europe, [-]% of the share is taken by Dongying bearing manufacturers, and we can completely eat this piece of cake."

"I believe that if the two parties can join forces to deal with Dongying bearing manufacturers, then their respective interests can be guaranteed."

Even if Nanshan defeats the anti-dumping investigation and is imposed additional tariffs, the final market may not be taken by SKF, and it is likely to be used as wedding dresses for companies such as Timken and NTN.

In addition, Chris coordinated from it, guaranteed his own personal interests, and could explain to the company, so Johnston is now much more active than Cao Yang.

He was even a little worried that Cao Yang would only focus on a lawsuit against him, and that both sides would suffer, so he would contribute to the law firm of the United States.

"My thoughts are the same as yours, but I hope you can also understand that what happened recently has attracted a lot of attention on the Internet in China."

"If SKF can continue to compete with Nanshan in China in the future, many people may be disappointed with Nanshan."

"I suggest that you can sell the domestic factories!"

"Anyway, you are a joint venture company established with Xifeng Bearing and other companies, and the other party should be willing to acquire the remaining shares."

"Of course, Nanshan can also promise that we will not build bearing factories in Europe."

Cao Yang made this somewhat excessive request because SKF's domestic market share is already very small.

If it weren't for relying on the joint venture company to continue its life, it would basically be able to announce its withdrawal from the Chinese market.

Therefore, selling shares at this time will have little actual impact on SKF.

But for Nanshan, it is a very prestige thing.

After all, at that time, people can guide public opinion on the Internet, so that everyone is Nanshan who beat SKF out of China.

In that way, even if the case that is raging a lot now is anticlimactic, it will not cause any bad consequences.

"Cao, some customers are still very willing to use SKF bearings. If we close the factory, it will be irresponsible to customers."

Naturally, Johnston did not want to completely withdraw from the Chinese market, which would make it difficult for him to explain to the board of directors and shareholders.

Cao Yang was obviously aware of his concerns, so he immediately went on to say: "Johnston, although SKF has closed its factory in China, the Huaxia branch can still be kept, doing some after-sales and import Sales of parts."

"Even if some customers have been insisting on using your products, they can also be handed over to Nanshan for OEM."

"Maybe under this model, the income of your Huaxia branch will improve instead."

When Cao Yang said this, Johnston was a little moved.

He also knows very well that SKF has nothing to do in the Chinese market.

To continue to stay is just lingering.

It's better to take this opportunity to seek other benefits.

"Cao, as far as I know, Nanshan Bearing's performance in Korea, Dongying, Southeast Asia, and South Asia is not very good."

"Of course, frankly speaking, SKF's performance in these places is not good either."

"NTN and other Japanese companies have almost monopolized these markets. Are you interested in cooperating and establishing a joint venture between SKF and Nanshan to operate the markets in these regions?"

Johnston made an even bolder suggestion.

However, Cao Yang is not very interested in setting up a joint venture with others.

Of course, he also understood that what Johnston said made sense.

So on the basis of this proposal, I changed a plan, saying: "In these places, Nanshan is willing to fully communicate with SKF, and the two parties will divide their shares according to the type of bearings, and deal with Dongying enterprises together."

"I am very optimistic about the Tianzhu and Southeast Asian markets in the future."

"If it can enter the local market of Japan, it will be even more worth looking forward to."

When Cao Yang said this, Johnston thought about it and felt that it was not impossible.

"Cao, I agree with your proposal in principle."

"However, there are some details that need to be communicated with the respective teams."

After speaking, Johnston swung his golf club and hit a beautiful ball.

Things have been tossing so far, and this ending is already the best ending.

Of course, after returning to China, how he promotes is his business, and Cao Yang can't control it.

Similarly, after returning to China, how Cao Yang publicizes is also Cao Yang's business, and SKF can't control it.

……

SKF and Nanshan both voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit.

Although neither party officially held a press conference, the case was gone, and affiliated companies such as Aisin noticed it immediately.

"Okumura, are you clear?"

"What's going on with SKF and Nanshan?"

"Have they reached an agreement to settle out of court?"

Hisato Yoshikawa is more anxious than anyone else now.

In addition to SKF, Aisin and Nanshan are now fighting fiercely and competing fiercely.

Aisin even moved out his "father" Toyota Motor to deal with Nanshan together.

But so far, Aisin has not obtained any advantage from Nanshan.

This is something that Aisin is very dissatisfied with.

"President, I heard that the public opinion in Europe is not very favorable to SKF, and the situation in the United States is similar."

"As for Huaxia, it goes without saying that SKF is almost becoming a street mouse."

"In addition, Nanshan sued SKF for infringing their patents, and collected a lot of evidence to push the US Department of Justice to launch an antitrust investigation. SKF should also be under a lot of pressure."

"In this case, the possibility of them reaching an out-of-court settlement is indeed very high."

Okumura has been following up on these cases during this period of time, and he has a relatively good understanding of the situation of SKF, Nanshan and other parties.

"Be sure to find out what happened between them."

"Now the next court session will be a lawsuit against us."

"Then the pressure will all be on us."

Although Hisato Yoshikawa is considered to be a high-ranking and powerful man, he doesn't have the final say on everything.

"President, there is something I think I need to report to you."

Okumura thought of some personnel dynamics in the company during this period, and felt a little uneasy.

"what's up?"

"In the past week, more than a dozen employees of the American branch have formally submitted resignation applications, and many employees have also expressed their willingness to resign. I think this is a bit abnormal."

Obviously, the actions Cao Yang arranged at the beginning have already begun to bear fruit.

Although Aisin is a Japanese company, in China, the stability of employees is very high.

But in the United States, everyone is not conscious of working in a company for a lifetime.

Whoever pays a high salary will jump to another job.

This is normal.

As for whether these employees will worry about the problems of those who poach themselves, that is a topic of another dimension.

Normally, no business would be that boring at all.

It's not like in China, some bosses want to lay off employees, but they don't want to lose money.

They simply teamed up with headhunters to poach the employees away, and after they resigned voluntarily...

"Is it because the company's business in the United States has fallen sharply, so employees are starting to leave?"

Hisato Yoshikawa's first reaction was not any conspiracy, but that the company was failing, so the employees left.

After all, this is the normal situation.

"At the beginning, I thought so too, but the decline in the company's business did not start this year."

"The situation was very clear last year. If those people want to leave, they will leave last year."

"It's a bit abnormal to focus on this period of time now, or the period when we are in the lawsuit with Nanshan."

It has to be said that Okumura's struggle experience has gradually enriched.

He could already feel that something was wrong.

"Do you suspect that Nanshan is poaching our employees?"

Hisato Yoshikawa frowned, feeling that things were getting more complicated.

A gearbox infringement case has already caused Aisin to suffer. If there is another large-scale loss of personnel, Aisin's business in the United States will really not be able to continue.

"President, although there is no evidence, I think this matter has something to do with Nanshan."

"Especially after I inquired about it, FANUC also had a situation similar to ours."

"In this way, it will be clearer who is behind the scenes!"

Okumura's tone became more and more firm.

However, he didn't know how to change this situation.

Although Aisin can retain employees by improving salaries and other means, but people's hearts are unstable, and this situation cannot be changed in a short time.

"Omura, do you think we can win the lawsuit against Nanshan in the end?"

The instigator, SKF, withdrew, and Hisato Yoshikawa also began to retreat in his heart.

Dongying Enterprise itself is not the kind of enterprise that likes to litigate very much, and most of the time it is resolved through negotiation.

It's just that this time it involves Nanshan, and the teeth marks on both sides are relatively deep.

That's why I followed suit and filed a lawsuit.

Who knew that Nanshan wasn't afraid at all, so he directly followed Aixin on it.

"President, during this period of time, I also communicated with the purchasers of General Motors, Ford Motor, and Chrysler Motors."

"Judging from the current situation, because Ford already has a self-produced gearbox, we sued Nanshan for dumping, and they don't particularly care."

"But General Motors and Chrysler obviously don't support us doing this."

"Because if the anti-dumping investigation of Nanshan Transmission is finalized and high anti-dumping duties are imposed on them, then they will not have cheap transmissions to use."

"When the time comes, no matter where you purchase the gearbox, the price will definitely be more expensive than Nanshan's."

"It's a situation they don't want to accept."

"I'm worried that if we keep going, GM and Chrysler will come out and threaten us directly."

When Okumura said this, Hisato Yoshikawa's mood became more entangled.

Although both General Motors and Chrysler have switched most of Aisin's transmission shares to Nanshan.

But after all, there are still some models that continue to use Aisin products for various reasons.

If there are no orders at all, then Aisin really can only rely on Toyota.

"The most important thing is that I am worried that after the Nanshan anti-dumping investigation is ruled, they may in turn use the same method to deal with us."

"At that time, the endless lawsuits will make the company unable to persist in the United States."

Okumura obviously wanted to back down too.

We are all businessmen, and we can't get up early without profit.

It doesn't make much sense to continue the lawsuit.

More likely, it will be a situation where both sides suffer, which Okumura does not want to see.

"Will these cases have any impact on the company's future situation in China?"

After Yoshikawa Hisato was silent for a moment, he continued to ask.

"I am confident that the patent litigation case will not be lost in the United States. At most, it will be a protracted tug-of-war to see who can stand it first."

"But if Nanshan also sues us in Huaxia, it is very likely that we will really lose the lawsuit. Even if we want to delay it, we may not be able to delay it."

When Okumura said this, Yoshikawa hesitated even more.

However, it is definitely not up to him to give up fighting against Nanshan.

Fortunately, Okumura is also very good at observing words and emotions, and understands Yoshikawa's character very well.

So he immediately said: "President, the market structure of 6AT and 6MT gearboxes has been initially formed."

"If we want to regain market share from Nanshan, we need to launch the 8AT automatic transmission as soon as possible."

"At that time, relying on technological advantages and cost advantages, we, Aisin, will be able to embark on the road of rapid development again."

"Now it's better to lie dormant for a while, and use all your energy on internal research and development, and don't waste too much time on Nanshan."

When Okumura said this, Yoshikawa nodded immediately, and said: "Your analysis is also correct, the so-called gentleman's revenge, ten years is not too late!"

"This time, let's let Nanshan go first!"

"Next time we will make Nanshan look good!"

Following the conversation between Yoshikawa and Okumura, Aisin's actions naturally began to change.

Use war to promote peace, and use peace to promote development.

This can be regarded as Cao Yang's main strategy for coming to the United States this time to respond to the lawsuit.

It is impossible to win all the lawsuits.

Cao Yang knew this very well.

After all, Nanshan is a Chinese company.

Sometimes, in the international market, although it seems that everyone is competing fairly, in fact there is no real fairness at all.

Just like Bill Gates successfully got an order from IBM on his way to start a business. Many people think that this is a product that is good enough and the result of fair competition.

In fact, it's because he has an awesome mother.

……

SKF retreated!

Aisin flinched!

FANUC is not stupid, so naturally it will not rush to the front alone to be cannon fodder at this time.

So soon, Nanshan's situation in the United States took a very big turn.

A pile of lawsuits suddenly disappeared.

"Mr. Cao, it seems that your original strategy was correct. Only by letting everyone see Nanshan's determination and the loss of going down, can they truly treat Nanshan with an equal attitude."

Zhou Yuan can be regarded as a person who has personally experienced these cases.

From the state of great pressure at the beginning, to the present with a relaxed face.

A lot of things really happened in between.

Although Cao Yang didn't tell her too much about some off-stage things, it wasn't suitable to talk about them on the podium.

But Zhou Yuan still felt the power of Nanshan, or Cao Yang.

"The development history of Nanshan in the past few years is the history of struggle with international parts giants and equipment giants."

"We have no way out, we can only go forward."

"Whoever blocks us, we will fight!"

"Only by making everyone realize that Nanshan is not easy to mess with can save a lot of trouble in the future."

"Although the lawsuit did not win this time, we are actually the winners."

"All of our strategic goals for coming to the United States have been achieved."

"Professor Zhou, you have worked hard during this time."

Seeing that it has been more than a month since I left Yangcheng.

Christmas is almost here in the United States, so Cao Yang is naturally preparing to return home.

"President Cao, you're being polite. I haven't helped you much, but I've paid you such a high lawyer's fee. I'm a little ashamed to say it."

At Zhou Yuan's level, there is no shortage of money.

However, after helping Nanshan to fight the lawsuit for more than a month, it earned more than 100 million yuan.

This remuneration is definitely the top in China.

Cao Yang even paid Huaxia lawyers' remuneration with reference to the lawyer's fees in the United States.

This point is actually very rare.

"No, it is precisely because of the support of Professor Zhou and your team of lawyers that we can force SKF and Aisin to take the initiative to seek peace."

"Otherwise, I don't know what these lawsuits will look like."

Cao Yang exchanged pleasantries with Zhou Yuan, and his attitude has always been very good.

The case this time has come to an end, and there will definitely be new cases to be fought in China in the future.

And relying on Zhou Yuan's status in China's judicial circle, keeping in close contact with her has only advantages and no disadvantages.

(End of this chapter)