Chapter 1817
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"Ten years ago, major foreign automobile companies entered the Hua Xia market one after another. Do you know how they entered the Hua Xia market?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
"Joint venture?" Dieter Caiche replied. Dieter Caiche knew a lot about entering the Hua Xia market because Mercedes-Benz had been planning to enter the Hua Xia market since 2000.
If everything went according to plan, Mercedes-Benz and Hua Xia's Imperial Jeep would have entered into a joint venture this year. Then, Imperial Mercedes-Benz would have entered the Hua Xia market.
However, because of the electric vehicle movement in Hua Xia, the automobile manufacturers in Hua Xia were no longer interested in entering into joint ventures with foreign automobile manufacturers. After all, no matter how good the foreign automobile manufacturers were, their technologies were all gasoline-powered vehicles, which did not meet the needs of the current domestic market. There was no benefit in entering into a joint venture, so they naturally lost interest in it.
In the end, Mercedes-Benz could not find any partners in China. The original joint venture plan was completely ruined, so Mercedes-Benz completely gave up on entering the Hua Xia market.
In fact, Mercedes-Benz was still fine because it had never entered the Hua Xia market. Mercedes-Benz could operate freely.
On the contrary, companies like Volkswagen and Audi were very uncomfortable. They had entered the Hua Xia market more than ten years ago and enjoyed the profits for several years.
For example, the profits from the Hua Xia market were now Volkswagen's second largest source of market profits.
In the end, all gasoline-powered vehicles in China could not be sold. Audi and Volkswagen's annual reports were bleak, and their stock prices had plummeted. It was simply unbearable to look at!
Dieter Caiche had been watching for a long time, but he did not understand what Boss Jia meant by this!
"Ten years ago, you entered the Hua Xia market with a joint venture company and taught us how to make Hua Xia cars!" Boss Jia smiled slightly. "Now, our Daqian has entered the European market and established a joint venture company with you. The technology and production are all ours. Does this mean that our Hua Xia people have begun to teach you how to make European cars?"
"Of course, I'm very happy to promote this cooperation!"
"…" Dieter Caiche opened his mouth. He knew that Boss Jia was telling the truth, because he could feel the strong sense of home and country in Boss Jia's heart. He believed this answer.
As for Dieter Caiche himself, he wondered if Europe had already reached the age of using Hua Xia's technology and products to make cars.
Di Caiche couldn't help but feel a little absent-minded, and even a little humiliated.
"Forget it, this has nothing to do with me. I just need to let Mercedes-Benz get the greatest benefits!" Soon after, Dieter Caiche extricated himself from that terrible mood. For people like him, home and country were nothing but terrible emotions. They were not important at all.
As long as there were profits to be made, it was fine!
They were perfect petty-bourgeois, exquisite egoists.
"Thank you for your sincere answer. This negotiation was the most unique experience in my life. I hope we'll have another chance to cooperate!" Dieter Caiche said with a smile.
"Of course!" Boss Jia smiled. "Actually, we don't have to wait for the next time. We can start a new negotiation right away!"
"Ah … Hmm?" Dieter Caiche was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand what Boss Jia meant.
"Mr. Caiche, haven't you thought about the problem of changing the power station?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
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The next day, Dieter Caiche appeared at the negotiation table again helplessly. Almost all the members who were involved in the previous negotiation were sitting in their original seats with a helpless look on their faces.
There were almost no changes in the personnel on both sides. They directly started the negotiation according to the old rules.
There were two issues in this negotiation. One was the problem of the battery, and the other was the problem of changing the power station.
To be honest, Boss Jia was very surprised about this second negotiation. He thought that these two issues would be settled in the first negotiation. In the end, Mercedes-Benz didn't talk to him about these two issues at all. They directly decided to sign the contract.
Boss Jia didn't point it out. He pretended to be confused and signed the contract.
As a result, that night, Boss Jia threw this problem to everyone present.
Mercedes-Benz's people were also very confused. What? The parts that were signed before didn't include the battery from beginning to end?
Also, what the hell is a power station? Isn't it all about charging the battery?
It could be seen that Mercedes-Benz looked down on Hua Xia's electric car industry from beginning to end. It was just that there was a sudden electric car craze in Europe. Mercedes-Benz wanted to ride on the wave of popularity. In the end, they didn't even do a detailed investigation of Hua Xia's electric car industry. They directly started negotiating with the Daqian.
Of course, another reason was that the Daqian came too quickly. Mercedes-Benz originally thought that the whole negotiation would drag on for about a month. They had enough time to investigate the situation while talking. The result was awkward.
Let's talk about the battery first. Mercedes-Benz took it for granted that the car included a battery, especially in the list given by Hua Xia. The word "battery" was clearly written, so they thought that it was a battery.
But in fact, it was the secondary battery of the electric car. It was used to power the electric control system of the car. This battery couldn't be removed. Usually, it could rely on the main battery for power and charging. Therefore, the secondary battery was included in the list, but the main battery was not.
Mercedes-Benz didn't find this problem, so they were confused.
So when the Daqian told them after signing the contract that the Daqian's electric car didn't include a battery, everyone in Mercedes-Benz was dumbfounded. Then, they hurriedly started the second negotiation that Boss Jia predicted.
"What? The battery is too expensive. It's almost the price of the whole car. How can it be so expensive? You are obviously trying to cheat us! "The people who looked at Mercedes-Benz immediately questioned after seeing the price of the battery.
Mercedes-Benz's people even suspected that this was a trap arranged by the Daqian in advance. They wanted to earn back their lost profits from the battery.
"Our price is already the best. Because Zhou Wen wants to achieve a range of at least 400 kilometers, he needs a large number of main battery packs to be responsible for power supply."
"The price of the lead-acid battery we provided is already the best price in the world. If you don't believe it, you can ask the battery manufacturers in various countries around the world. See if there is anyone who offers a lower price than us!" Wang Chuanfu said very confidently, because the same number had been called by several waves of customers.
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