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Chapter 881 Times have changed
It was Xue Fang who came outside the door. I don't know what she was looking for at this time.

Su Chen opened the door.

"come in."

Xue Fang walked into the room.

Su Chen poured her a glass of water and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Which country do you want to go to next?" Xue Fang sat down, took the water glass he handed over, and asked, "Do you want to go to the Netherlands?"

Su Chen thought for a while: "I might not go to the Netherlands for the time being. After all, I have been away from Hong Kong for so long, so I have to go back first."

"Oh." Xue Fang felt a little lost in her heart, she really wanted to go to Holland, to see the customs and customs of Holland.

But thinking that other people don't even have the opportunity to go abroad now, it seems that I should be satisfied.

"And how long are we going to stay in Germany?" she added.

"Maybe I won't be able to go back so soon." Su Chen didn't know when he would be able to talk about the matter of Cai Si.

What's more, after dealing with the Zeiss matter, he still wants to go to Siemens for a while, of course not to buy Siemens, that is unrealistic.

But this does not prevent him from getting to know people from Siemens, and there may be opportunities for cooperation between the two parties in the future.

And he also recently thought of German auto brands. For example, the development history of Volkswagen is the history of acquisitions, and it has acquired various brands frantically.

Such as Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Skoda.

Although the quality of Porsche is obvious to all, it is now encountering the most serious operating crisis in the history of the plant. The production of cars has dropped by half.

So this time I have to go to these companies to send warmth to these people.

As long as the above-mentioned brands are acquired again, Shengshi will already have the upper hand in the automotive field, whether it is a high-end brand or a mid-range brand, it can already give it a go with the public.

In the low-end market, Kodak Motors can compete with Santana for the Chinese market.

After all, it has successfully entered Europe, Asia, the Middle East, South America, Africa and other regions with its high cost performance, solid durability, high safety, excellent handling and comfort, and is favored by consumers.

In addition to having a market share of more than 50% in the country, it is also very popular in the German, British and Polish markets in Western Europe, and they all have good market performance.

Shengshi's product line in the automotive field will cover the high-end car market to the low-end car market. Of course, the premise of all this is after the acquisition.

At that time, share technology and get more market share from Japanese drivers.

Seeing that Su Chen seemed to be distracted suddenly, Xue Fang stretched out her hand and waved in front of his eyes, "Why is she so distracted?"

"It's okay, I just thought of something suddenly." Su Chen said with a smile, "I still have to stay in Germany for a while, because I still have a few businesses to do."

"I don't understand, you own such a big company, but you still have to negotiate business in person." Xue Fang crossed her legs, "I heard that the leaders of many units are waiting in the office for their subordinates to report back. "

"If I really want to do that, I might be left alone." Su Chen said, "Of course I can't sit in the office when necessary."

He laughed a little and said: "Actually, what I thought before was that I would go to and from work on time every day and just wait for the report from my subordinates, but after I got this position, I realized how much responsibility I had on my shoulders.

I have to worry about many things every day, and I also need to allocate the development of the entire group. "

"So, others only see how much you have achieved, but they don't know how much hard work you have put in behind them, and they don't know whether you are tired or not."

Xue Fang agreed with his words and paused, "Then, where are we going next?"

Su Chen felt that Xue Fang was a little weird tonight.

Why would you come here at night to ask yourself this kind of question?

"Stay in this city for a few days, we still have a long way to go." Su Chen said.

He plans to collect the German car brands in Germany, and let Tang Wanru arrange for one person to operate the rest, and then set up a special car group, and at the same time, through the form of mutual shareholding of several companies under it.

However, the name of this automobile group has not yet been decided.

Turning to look at Xue Fang: "You came to me tonight to ask these things?"

"I..." Xue Fang was silent for a while, then smiled, "The main reason is that I can't sleep, so I came to talk to you, you should go to bed early."

After finishing speaking, he put down the cup in his hand, got up and walked to the door, opened the door and walked out.

It's a bit strange.

Su Chen didn't think much about it. Seeing that it was getting late, he also began to rest. After all, he was going to visit Cai Si tomorrow.

Although I just came here today, I still sent a letter to Zeiss to visit.

Just use the title of the owner of ASML, after all, this is one of the most important customers of Zeiss.

And if a series of titles are cited, it is estimated that a business card will not fit.

Rest for one night, and set off for Zeiss the next day.

Jobst Herman had brought people to wait at the gate of the company early on.

Because he knew that ASML's current boss was a Chinese, he would not make some mistakes.

Seeing Su Chen and his group coming, he hurried forward: "Mr. Su, hello, I'm glad you came to visit our Zeiss."

"Mr. Herman, hello." Su Chen shook hands with him, briefly introduced the people he brought, and then said, "Mr. Herman, there are two main questions about coming to Zeiss this time.

The first question is that Zeiss optical lenses can no longer meet ASML's development plan. Your photography business is doomed to fail. You must make room for semiconductor optical components, which is the future of Zeiss.

The second question is that Zeiss has killed GCA so far. We don’t want to be the second GCA. Therefore, if we want to maintain a good cooperation, you must provide reliable lenses. "

"Mr. Su, let's talk in the office." Herman tried to force a smile, "This should be your first time at Zeiss, I hope you can visit our workshop and give us suggestions on our production process. "

That being said, Herman still hopes that the Chinese can see the rigor of the Germans. After all, they have always insisted on manual polishing and want to rely on manpower to defeat machines.

As a result, we turn a blind eye to the changes around us, and we cannot see the opportunities brought about by the expansion of the chip market and the sharp increase in demand for lithography machine lenses.

Because in Zeiss' product planning, semiconductor optical components are still a marginal business, and the company's pride is the photography business.

Su Chen saw what Herman was thinking, and said with a smile: "Mr. Herman, I don't intend to hurt the professionalism and rigorous attitude of German craftsmen, but most of your Zeiss low-end camera lens and movie camera lens business have long been lost. to the Japanese.

The Japanese developed electronic shutters at 1/10th the cost of your mechanical shutters, yet you still stick with them and continue to brag about their superior quality in your marketing materials.

But in fact there is no difference in quality between the two, and you ended up losing most of the Hasselblad orders because of your own stubbornness. "

Looking at Herman, who looked a bit ugly, Su Chen went on to say:

"Not only did you lose to the Japanese in the low-end camera market, but you were also defeated by Japan's Nikon and Canon in the field of lithography machine lenses.

"Mr. Hermann, times have changed."

(End of this chapter)