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Chapter 947 What a man desires most is to show his first love how successful he is.
Wei Dong still allocated that ten million US dollars.

They signed an agreement with Zhang Lanzhi regarding the transfer of equity in those two companies.

In fact, apart from some early signatures that were written by Zhang Lanzhi, the seals used were all company names, and those shares belonged to Dongsheng Trading at the time.

Wei Dong was in charge of signing all the subsequent agreements, equity changes, and shareholder signatures.

However, this agreement is still like a divorce agreement, completely severing all legal ties.

Zhang Lanzhi agreed to take the ten million as start-up capital for her trip to North America, where she would leverage her existing relationship with Chrysler to open a car sales company, at least for contract manufacturing and sales in California or Detroit.

There needs to be a point of contact to ensure that Chrysler's original sales system can continue selling these domestically produced cars if they decide to stop.

Even if it doesn't sell many, it's still a benchmark, proving that some cars are indeed manufactured in mainland China and then resold to North America.

If sales are poor, then sell to Southeast Asia, South America, or other places.

Conversely, there is reason to seek to produce more advanced models and styles in mainland China, and even to establish our own car design company in North America: "The goal is to cultivate our own automotive professionals generation after generation, from engineers to designers. Only by establishing multinational corporations can we solve the problem of free flow of talent, instead of letting them go and run away. Providing adequate living conditions and salaries in mainland China, while allowing them to travel between China and other countries at any time, can help mainland China retain a lot of talent in advance."

In essence, it's about setting up a comprador company that acts as a bridge between Chrysler and the mainland supply chain, capable of sourcing technology and driving sales.

The core issue lies in talent training and deployment.

Having personally experienced the entire process of changing her mindset, Zhang Lanzhi is indeed the perfect candidate for this task.

She nodded.

After staying for less than 48 hours, I took an agreement and flew to the other side of the ocean.

Originally, according to Wei Dong's mindset, once things were clarified and a settlement was reached, he wouldn't want to leave after inspecting the OEM factory, the electronics industrial park, and the automobile industrial park.

I met Lao Xiao here, and he was really patiently guiding a group of kids in their ball training.

The automotive industrial park, which has seen explosive growth over the past six months, has already transformed into a hub of factories.

A large number of residential communities with high-rise buildings are also springing up.

In particular, the new steel structure factory technology popular in North America, brought by Citi engineers, was a shortcoming that the Cherokee plant had already addressed in some areas and could not be changed.

The Shanghai factory first built its own component factory, and then, like sharpening a knife before chopping wood, it quickly started construction, and the large-span, large-space factory buildings were completed at high speed.

A team can complete a building in a month or two!
The construction efficiency was astonishing, which attracted visitors from all sides to come and learn from it.

The Shanghai Municipal Government provided ample support, instructing Shanghai Steel to do everything possible to ensure the supply of materials here.

Therefore, nowadays almost all factory buildings are neatly constructed in large, aesthetically pleasing rows, and even the factory basketball park can be located in a fully enclosed indoor space.

There are also two or three thousand temporary seats built with steel frames around the court, and with the wooden floor of the court, it is already comparable to the conditions of the top professional courts in the country.

Shanghai Hai understands and strongly supports the people-oriented requirements of joint ventures.

This is easier to understand than the Cherokee spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to fix the toilet.

Therefore, Xiao Ming was among them.

Following the lead of the foreign coaching team in Hong Kong, two youth training coaches were recruited and sent to Shanghai to work as foreign technical personnel for Dodge Motors.

They implement a training model that is completely different from that of domestic youth sports schools.

Seeing this, Wei Dong was so engrossed that he couldn't move an inch. He sat on the sidelines, concentrating intently on gesturing and exchanging ideas with Lao Xiao, completely forgetting all the difficulties and obstacles.

Knowing that this was his only hobby, the people around him all quickly stood up to avoid disturbing him.

They took Lao Wang and Long Zhenwei away to various places for inspections.

Even Lao Cheng came over to the basketball court to let Wei Dong report and discuss the current progress of the entire Dodge production line.

Only Zhang Lanzhi was left unattended.

So she leaned against the door several tiers of seats away, covering her mouth tightly to control her emotions as she gazed at that figure.

However, just a few hours later, the city received the news and, through various channels, notified Wei Dong to come to a meeting to exchange work information.

Wei Dong had no choice but to get up and look around. He saw that everyone around him was a basketball player, except for a few people hiding in a corner wearing plaid shirts and wool sweaters.

Let's go and explain the structure of this automotive industry model together.

At this point, Wei Dong would never proactively mention that he was helping the investment bureau with banking and insurance, especially the latter. He still vaguely remembered the mention of social security.

Then let's push this female general out as a shield.

The main point is to explain the current situation of Dodge Motors in detail: "We will strive to officially start full-scale production on May Day. Being able to cut the ribbon at the same time as the Cherokee, which has been operating for four years, is already an industrial miracle. The support that Shanghai has given in this regard will definitely bear fruit for Dodge Motors."

He was already a mature ruler, and he could speak such official language very tactfully.

There is also a lot of data: "Currently, the localization rate is around 62%, and we strive to reach 85% by the end of the year. The cost of each car can be controlled at around $6780, which is less than 50,000 yuan. We aim to reduce it to below $6400 by the end of the year. This is our opportunity to resell to North America. We don't need to sell a lot, just enough to offset all the foreign exchange consumption. It's like we're getting a whole automotive industry chain for free."

As expected, the city officials nodded in approval: "Is the cost of transporting it there high?"

This makes the math even more interesting: "One container holds three vehicles, and a small boat holds a thousand containers, which averages out to over three hundred dollars. But if we use the large ships I ordered, which hold six thousand containers, it averages out to only eighty-five dollars. In fact, this Dodge 600 previously sold for as low as eight thousand five hundred dollars in the North American market, and the manufacturer's profit after deducting sales costs was only two or three hundred dollars. Now it's more competitive. We don't care how many we can sell. As long as it proves that producing in the mainland is the right thing to do, they can have the latest and best models manufactured here. That would be a good deal."

At this point, he had to admit: "Japanese cars are indeed too cheap. The Honda I'm driving sells for $5399 in North America. This is cost control after a high degree of industrialization. We haven't reached that point yet. We need to learn how to manufacture first, and then learn how to control the cost."

It was truly shocking.

An average white-collar worker, or even a blue-collar worker in North America, can buy a car with just two or three months' salary.

Even thirty or forty years from now, it will be a level that the mainland can hardly reach. This is partly due to the extreme development of industrialization, but also due to the political reasons of the strong purchasing power of the US dollar.

But everyone was still a little incredulous, and even got up to look out the window at the rather nice two-door sedan.

Two or three months' salary in China can only buy a bicycle now.

It's not exactly alarmist, but Wei Dong did try his best to use sensational headlines to divert attention.

Incidentally, the role of sea freight in this type of sale is emphasized.

The fact that a Panamax container ship can carry 12,000 cars and generate over a billion yuan in revenue serves as evidence of the necessity of building a deep-water port in Shanghai.

Zhang Lanzhi was used to the style of a typist and secretary, and she dressed in the typical cool and aloof style of a Shanghai woman. Even though it was the first time she had heard that Wei Dong's business had long since evolved from a few dozen packs of jeans for export to two container terminals and self-built large ships, she was still very comfortable sitting next to him.

They remained completely calm as they took notes, showing no sign of emotional fluctuation.

Even if she is introduced as having grown up in a third-tier factory, a pioneer of Dong Sheng Trading in Shanghai, and the one who started the industrial path of acquiring shares in vacuum electronics and audio component factories, and now, as a graduate of Da Ying, she is the North American operator of this Dodge Motors supply chain relocation.

He simply nodded politely without saying a word.

Only when Wei Dong talked about the role of this North American company did she explain the current situation of Chrysler, the general situation of the North American auto market, and the current disadvantages of major Citibank brands in the face of Japanese brands, using detailed work information.

For example, regarding the experience of this large-scale industrial chain relocation: "In fact, most of our freight was transported via the Great Lakes, then from the Atlantic Ocean estuary along the Panama Canal into the Pacific Ocean, and then transported here. Guoyuan Group's ships took over a considerable portion of the business. Compared to the situation where some of the freight was transported to the West Coast via the North American rail network and then loaded onto ships, it took longer, but the cost was much lower."

Unbeknownst to her, Wei Dong had enlightened her in many ways: "But the key point is that when we relocated these outdated production capacities that could be considered to be being replaced in the North American market, we also noticed that their new industrial chain was expensive and production costs were high and difficult to reduce. Some signs seem to be on the path of Da Ying."

People in Shanghai were surprised and asked her to explain in detail.

These days, everyone who goes abroad says that Europe and America are great.

It's just right. Short-term trips abroad don't offer much in-depth understanding, while long-term trips might mean never returning. So, I either bury myself in my studies.

She went to study at Da Ying University, but her grades weren't very good for the two years she spent there. According to gossip from Sister Su's side, she didn't take Western literature and art seriously, barely managed to get enough credits, and just liked to wander around.

During my months in Detroit, I took the opportunity to visit various production areas.

Perhaps back then, after leaving a third-tier factory, Wei Dong guided her step by step from Chengdu, Echang, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, into markets and universities.

Just like the first boss a college student works for after entering the workforce, it often influences their entire career style.

Zhang Lanzhi possesses both the meticulousness and conscientiousness of a Shanghainese, and also the adventurous spirit of a person from the southwest.

She might be even more adept at frontline operations than Dong Xueqing, and her attitude towards foreign ideas was even influenced by Rang Weidong.

While others see spring in full bloom, she subconsciously notices signs of decay.

Especially the Great Lakes region, which has gone from industrial decline to a rapidly changing automotive city and is about to become a Rust Belt, experienced this feeling of decline after its glory days, which she had grown up in a third-tier factory.

She tells her story with a uniquely feminine sensitivity.

She successfully made a deep impression on these leaders, ensuring that Wei Dong had a truly capable and talented team around him. The young woman, in her early twenties, was fluent in foreign languages ​​and had studied abroad. They instructed Wei Dong to make good use of her talents.

No one expected how this move would ultimately turn out.

(End of this chapter)