That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 884 They Are Not Generous

After Li Ye and others returned to Tokyo, Mitsubishi prepared a simple dinner and sent a minister and a section chief to entertain them.

"Cheers to our friendship!"

"cheers!"

"Cheers to our cooperation!"

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Li Ye could drink a lot, but he didn't finish a glass of wine that night because he felt something uncomfortable from the minister named Inoue.

Although the other person's face was always full of smiles, in the eyes of Li Ye, who was extremely observant, underneath that layer of hypocritical appearance, there was full of sarcasm.

Although his facial expressions and movements appear humble and gentle, when his acting occasionally fails, he reveals strong arrogance, contempt and aggression.

For example, Liu Muhan took the opportunity of the banquet to tentatively ask whether the technology transfer price of 5 million US dollars could be negotiated, because the Light Automobile Company obtained the technology transfer from Isuzu for 4 million, and Mitsubishi's micro truck was already one step behind and obviously not as technologically advanced as Isuzu.

But Minister Inoue immediately said in surprise: "Isn't this a gift from the higher-ups? Five million is just a symbolic fee."

When Liu Muhan discussed with the other party whether the gasoline engine technology on the micro truck could be transferred, the other party said playfully that this level of cooperation required sufficient sincerity from both parties.

Liu Muhan found an opportunity to be alone with Li Ye, and said helplessly: "Nephew, it's not that your aunt won't help you, but you also see that they want too much, and we can't make the decision ourselves."

"Yeah, I know, stupid people! It's expected."

Li Ye nodded to show his understanding.

In the past few years, Japan's series of technology transfers and low-interest loans to the mainland were all promoted in a package from above. People at the level of Li Ye and Liu Muhan can play a small role.

If Li Ye wants to introduce a whole set of advanced technology, he must enter the mainland in the form of a joint venture and produce "Mitsubishi" brand cars. All equipment and accessories involving Mitsubishi technology must be used by designated users by Mitsubishi, and the mainland has no say in the matter.

In this type of "market for technology" cooperation, both parties have their own calculations, and it is hard to say who will gain the upper hand in the end.

But given the nature of the Japanese, the possibility of suffering losses is really small.

Japanese stupid people are polite no matter what they do, but they will not give up any of their own interests. Instead, they will try their best to put your interests into their own pockets.

For example, a lighthouse keeper in later generations wrote a doggerel poem specifically targeting the Japanese fools.

【Japanese stupid people always say "please" to everyone they meet】

【They know etiquette best. 】

[They crawled into their neighbor's garden, smiling and saying, "Excuse me."]

[They bowed and smiled friendly, inviting his hungry family members to come in and take off their shoes.]

[Then they bowed again: "We are so sorry, your garden belongs to us now."]

Li Ye exhaled and smiled at Liu Muhan, "Forget it, if we leave Butcher Zhang, we can only eat hairy pigs, right?
Mitsubishi is not the only company in the world. You can discuss with Xiaoyu and see if there are any suitable technologies that can be introduced from other countries."

But Liu Muhan shook his head and said, "Then don't blame me for being blunt. In the past two years, we have been in contact with many American, European and Japanese automakers.
Those brands that seem to be on the verge of collapse are more generous, but their technology is obviously backward, or they have taken the wrong technological route.
Advanced automakers such as GM, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, etc., let alone transferring technology to us, have all kinds of demanding requirements even for setting up joint ventures, so we can’t even talk about it.”

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Li Ye was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the situation he was facing was not as good as he had imagined. If it was some backward technology, such as the diesel engine used in the first branch, it would not be difficult, but that medium- and low-speed diesel engine was a product of European tractors and could not cope with the increasingly better road conditions in the mainland.

However, well-known car companies such as Toyota and General Motors are unwilling to easily transfer the most technically difficult engine technology to developing countries.

The principle of teaching an apprentice to beat his master is not only known by flower growers.

However, Li Ye did not know that even decades later, Mitsubishi was the only manufacturer to set up a joint venture factory in the mainland to provide engines to "non-Mitsubishi" brand car companies, allowing the first batch of independent brand car companies in the mainland to get off to a smooth start.

The two engine factories located by Mitsubishi in the mainland have also become a source of continuous cash flow for them.

But why did Mitsubishi do this at that time?

Because Japan's economic bubble burst and he was having the hardest time, he allowed the engine technology that was ten years behind to be handed over to mainland car companies for use.

This is really annoying, but apart from Mitsubishi, no foreign car company is willing to give you its engine.

So at the beginning, domestic car companies not only could not produce excellent engines themselves, but they didn't even have the choice.

The road of "copycat" in the mainland is also very difficult. For example, after introducing the Isuzu engine, Chaoyang Engine once absorbed the technology to imitate and improve it, and produced a four-cylinder diesel engine that was later known as a star product. However, its technical indicators were also greatly "reduced".

Seeing Li Ye was silent, Liu Muhan said quietly: "My father once told me that when the situation is stronger than you, you should either learn from the King of Chu to overturn the table, or learn from Gou Jian to sleep on firewood and taste gall. Compared with other car companies, Mitsubishi is quite generous."

Li Ye glanced at Liu Muhan, and then said: "I have to solemnly correct you, the Japanese will not be generous to us. They now want to challenge the authority of the lighthouse, so they are trying to win over our neighbor. Otherwise, they would wish us dead."

Liu Muhan stuck out his tongue and said quickly: "I was wrong, I was wrong. I understand the truth, I just used the wrong words. Nephew, you are becoming more and more like my father."

Yes! Liu Zhengqing has a "life-long friendship" with the Japanese, so how could he have the same idea as the young people today?
The Japanese are using their strong economic power and technological advantages to quietly infiltrate other people's minds, hoping to replace the evil face of decades ago with a "civilized and developed" image.

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At the end of the dinner, Minister Inoue bowed to Li Ye and others one by one, and then presented each of them with a gift - a Casio watch.

This behavior led to several people praising the Japanese for his generosity on the way back to the hotel.

Li Ye tilted his head and looked out the window in silence. When he was almost at the hotel, he suddenly saw a Chinese restaurant.

"Stop, stop."

Li Ye asked the driver to stop the car, and then said to Liu Muhan: "I'm not full, go down and fill my stomach, I can walk back by myself later."

Liu Muhan immediately got off the car and said, "I'm not full either. I just happened to go with you to see Xiao Wu. You can take everyone back first!"

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Everyone watched as Liu Muhan followed Li Ye out of the car and walked into the Chinese restaurant together, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

They weren't full either.

At this time in 1987, everyone had just come out of the era of "lack of oil and water", and everyone had a big appetite.

The Japanese people seem to have very small appetites, even smaller than the southerners in the mainland, so the dinner prepared for everyone was not enough.

(End of this chapter)