The car giant started by marrying the daughter of the king

Chapter 283: Japan Survey, the Bold Austin

Jiang Hui and his team stayed in Shenzhen for a week, and spent the first and last days touring the construction site.

You know what, after just one week, the appearance of the construction site has changed dramatically.

This has allowed some people to have a further understanding of Shenzhen's speed and to have more confidence in the future of BMW.

In particular, this week Jiang Hui officially finalized the design plan for the BMW Light. After returning to the capital, he will directly start making a 1:1 clay model. At the same time, he will let the engine department, chassis department, body department, interior and exterior decoration department, electronic and electrical department and other departments officially start work.

At the same time, the transfer of Suzuki Motor's production line has been finalized.

Austin and Jiang Hui have already made an appointment to fly to Japan together to officially finalize this matter.

"Will I go to Japan with you?"

Zhu Lin was playing with her daughter under the grape trellis in the courtyard. She was quite surprised when Jiang Hui suddenly asked her to go to Japan for an inspection with him next week.

Zhu Lin has rarely participated in Jiang Hui's work.

Even though he holds the position of general manager of Hongcheng BMW Technology, Zhu Lin actually does not participate much in the management of the company. He is more of a symbol.

"Since you're not working right now and have never been to Japan before, let's just go there and treat it as a trip."

Jiang Hui knew that he would be very busy in the next one or two years.

If it weren't for the business trip, I probably wouldn't have had time to travel around with Zhu Lin.

Besides, it is quite inconvenient to travel domestically these days.

Except for a few big cities like the capital and Shanghai, if you are a foreigner traveling to other places, you may not even be able to guarantee basic safety.

Especially in recent years, the public security situation in many places has not been particularly ideal, and Jiang Hui has no intention of taking on a challenge.

"Just go with Xiao Jiang. I'll take care of the child."

Fang Zhen naturally also hopes that the relationship between his daughter and son-in-law can be more harmonious.

It's a rare opportunity that Jiang Hui takes the initiative to take Zhu Lin to Japan for inspection and travel. It would be a pity to miss such a good opportunity.

After Jiang Hui and Fang Zhen said so, Zhu Lin stopped being coy and said directly, "Okay, then I'll go abroad with you for a few days."

"I heard that many people in Japan like to eat sashimi. I don't know what the experience is like."

There are few Chinese people of this era who are not interested in studying or traveling abroad.

It’s just that most people don’t have the opportunity and conditions to accomplish this.

"At this time, Japan was very different from us in terms of diet, urban construction, and industrial development."

"It's good to go out and broaden your horizons, but there's no need to make a fuss."

"What they have now, we will all have in the future."

Jiang Hui was well aware of the huge differences between the urban construction in Japan's big cities in the 1980s and that in China.

It can be said that the scene of Japanese cities that the Chinese people saw after thirty or forty years was basically the same as what they saw in the 1980s.

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Zhu Lin now holds a Hong Kong passport, so even if he is added in temporarily, he doesn’t have to worry about visa issues affecting his overall schedule.

So soon, Jiang Hui took Zhu Lin, Hou Guoming, Chen Chenxing and others and flew from the capital to Japan under the guidance of a guide from the First Ministry of Machine Building.

"Jiang, I'm glad to see you again in Japan. I think every meeting is a good thing for both of us."

Austin personally greeted Jiang Hui at the airport, which was definitely a great honor.

Of course, the main reason must be that Austin has some things to agree on with Jiang Hui in private.

"I heard that GM's business has grown significantly this year, and its financial report is expected to turn losses into profits, and its sales volume has achieved positive growth after several years."

"This shows that the new models developed by your design team, Austin, are recognized by consumers."

The more active Austin was, the happier Jiang Hui was, which meant that the matter of purchasing a second-hand production line from Suzuki was basically settled.

"This year, the Cadillac flagship sedan you designed for General Motors was officially launched, and the market response has been very good."

"The company is already preparing to accelerate the development of the pickup truck model you helped design, and strive to put it on the market for sale within the next year."

"By then, our sales and profitability will hopefully improve further, and you have contributed a lot to this."

Austin's words were not simply flattery, but a statement of fact.

It is precisely because of these changes that Austin has become more aware of Jiang Hui’s value.

There is no harm in having a good relationship with such a technical talent.

"It would be great if these two models could be popular with American consumers."

"I see that GM is also integrating resources with Suzuki Motor to launch more models that meet market needs in the future. President Murphy's decision is very forward-looking."

Jiang Hui and Austin talked about business with each other for a long time, but considering that there were other people in the car, Austin didn't say anything else.

Austin didn't meet Jiang Hui for dinner until they were settled in the hotel. "Jiang, are all the promises you made before still valid now?"

After eating something simple, Austin put down his knife and fork and started to get to the point.

He went through so much trouble just for those extra benefits.

Otherwise, there would be no need for him to be so active in working for an obsolete production line of Suzuki Motor.

"Austin, we always keep our promises to our friends."

Jiang Hui looked at Austin expectantly.

After so much trouble, it’s almost time to see the truth.

"I have already communicated with all parties about this Suzuki car production line. It will eventually be sold to BMW Technology as scrapped, and then you can hire Suzuki engineers to help you assemble the production line."

"In the end, this production line had a residual value of at least $2000 million, and BMW only needed $350 million to get it."

After Austin said this, he kept his eyes on Jiang Hui.

"No problem. According to our previous agreement, you can get a base income of $200 million, plus an additional income of $325 million, for a total of $525 million."

"Half of this money will be transferred to the account you specify on the day when Suzuki Motor and BMW Technology sign the contract, and the other half will be transferred to the account you wish after all the production lines have moved to the port city."

When buying a production line, the final purchase funds on the contract are lower than the "consultation fees" spent in the middle. This is also a strange thing.

However, Austin was so brave that he managed to deal with the people from Suzuki Motor Corporation, so Jiang Hui naturally had no objection.

Of course, Austin didn’t take all the $525 million by himself.

As for who will get the benefits, whether they are from General Motors or Suzuki Motor, Jiang Hui doesn't care at all.

Jiang Hui didn't even care whether Austin sold out some of GM's interests to Suzuki in the process.

Jiang Hui only cares about when this production line can be dismantled smoothly and then transported to Shenzhen.

Of course, the final assembly is definitely very important.

Don't end up buying a bunch of scrap metal, that would be embarrassing.

"I have a very good relationship with the head of Suzuki Motor's production department. I helped him arrange for his son to study in the United States."

"When the time comes, you can ask him to arrange a group of Japanese engineers for you to help BMW Technology assemble the production line smoothly."

Seeing Jiang Hui fulfill his promise so readily, Austin was in a very good mood.

The value of $1982 million in 525 was enough to tempt anyone.

"That's great. To facilitate subsequent training, we also hope to arrange for photographers to take photos of the entire production line, which will be more helpful for assembly work later."

Jiang Hui has heard a lot about the Japanese people doing tricks.

Although Austin is backing it this time, Jiang Hui feels that Suzuki Motor is unlikely to do anything weird.

However, it is still necessary to take some preventive actions in advance.

Otherwise, you will just have to suffer in silence.

After all, Suzuki Motor is going through the equipment scrapping process, so it seems natural that the equipment sold to BMW Technology would have some problems.

"You can raise any specific needs you have, as long as they are not excessive, I can help you coordinate."

General Motors is now considered a major shareholder of Suzuki Motor, and the number of shares it holds is constantly increasing.

At its peak, GM held more than 20% of Suzuki Motor.

For a listed company, this ratio is already very high.

As a representative of General Motors, Austin's influence within Suzuki Motor cannot be underestimated.

Of course, the most important thing is that the relationship between Japan and the United States is rather special.

General Motors, one of the leading large companies in the United States, can mobilize enormous official resources in Japan.

"Thank you very much. I will ask my subordinates to sort out the details and contact Suzuki Motor."

It’s not a particularly important project, so there is definitely no need for Austin and Jiang Hui to coordinate.

As long as Austin said that and Suzuki Motor arranged a liaison, everything would be easy.

Anyway, for Suzuki Motor, it is not actually doing any business that is losing money.

Originally, if no one wanted this production line, it would have to be scrapped.

Now that Austin can be done a favor, some people in the middle can also get benefits, so naturally no one will easily jump out to interfere.

If you affect other people's ability to make money, that's much more serious than conflicts at work.

(End of this chapter)