Sure enough, after hearing what Jia Hongjian said, engineers like Carlson looked at each other and were stunned! To be honest, these people are just otakus. They are just technical nerds who keep designing cars with the idea of ??designing fighter jets. They are very paranoid. They have their own philosophy when it comes to designing cars. Such a set of philosophy is the result of Saab tradition accumulated over decades. It can be said that it is not so in line with the form of modern large-scale industrial production, but these Saab people still like this tradition and philosophy, and they are willing to stick to it! So when they learned that they were going to meet with the boss of a big buyer from China, Carlson and others had already thought about it. They felt that they should express their opinions straight to the point. They felt that as soon as they met, they had to make it clear to their bosses from China that they were unwilling to accept the move of the company's production lines to China, nor were they willing to give the Chinese an advantage in vain with the technology that Saab had accumulated over the years.
But who knew that after meeting him, the Chinese boss seemed to be quite easy to talk to? He actually acted as if he admired their Saab in every way? So what should I say to this Chinese boss? After Carlson and others looked at each other in confusion, they felt that even if there was an accident, there were still things that should be said. However, when they spoke, their momentum obviously dropped: "Mr. Jia, although we accept platform development and modular development, our brand is very independent. We do not accept people from far away in China who do not understand the spirit of Saab. Command us by remote control, and we must continue to move forward in accordance with the usual Saab spirit. So even if you acquire our Saab, don¡¯t let us Saab compromise on any mainstream design! When developing car products on the Saab platform, we need to safely follow our Saab¡¯s ideas To develop, you cannot interfere with our design freedom. On the other hand, you provide R&D funds, and are responsible for sales and after-sales"
Ding Haitao didn¡¯t do anything after hearing this, but Da Zhang next to him was now indignant! Why? Because according to Carlson, Huaxia Automobile did not buy a sub-brand, but bought a parent brand! Is this the treatment required by the sub-brand? This is exactly how dad would treat you! If you want to give money, you can't control it. Everything must be done according to Saab's ideas, and their freedom cannot be interfered with Is this still a sub-brand? If this sub-brand is something like Porsche or Lamborghini, that's fine. It can make money. But the problem is that this Saab can't make money! Even after being fully acquired by General Motors. It was only in 2001 that it became profitable, and then it failed to make any money in 2006, the year when production and sales were the highest in history!
So if you sell this Saab emotionally, you will have to endure Saab's constant losses to Huaxia Automobile, and then you will have to support Saab as an uncle. Can't you be unhappy? Why? Could it be that Saab is the biological father of Huaxia Automobile? Could it be that Saab is Jia Hongjian's "Pharaoh next door" to his family? Is he Jia Hongjian's biological father? Otherwise, why would China Automobile and Jia Hongjian be so spoiled by Saab? What is so awesome about their Saab that China Automobile has to pamper them so much? Even if it is a brand like Audi, after it was taken over by Volkswagen, it would not dare to ask the public to pamper them! That is also subject to the overall arrangement and dispatch of the Volkswagen Group! That¡¯s just obediently listening to the public! Why is this Saab so much better than Audi?
Or do these Swedes just look down on us Chinese? Do you think we are stupid and have too much money? Or do you think we Chinese, Huaxia Auto, don¡¯t know anything and our level is still low? Is it so low that even a second-tier niche brand like Saab has to kneel down? Do you think we are like the sons of farmers in the past who want to marry the concubine of a bankrupt official¡¯s family and still have to treat her like an aunt? Do you have to be coaxed and offered every day? Does Saab take himself too seriously?
To be honest, at this point, Da Zhang really couldn¡¯t bear it anymore, and he was ready to speak and ridicule these Swedes on the spot. But who knew that just when he was about to open his mouth, he only heard Jia Hongjian speak: "Very good! Look, you have put forward your requirements, and we can communicate and talk now! Teamwork is the best What are you afraid of? What you are most afraid of is that one party does not speak. If you do not speak, it is easy to have no solution. For an automobile company like you that is strong in technology research and development and has its own concept, I personally and our company appreciate it very much. Yes! In fact, I personally like Saab cars very much. Do you know that when I was a child, I once read about Saab cars in car magazines. At that time, Saab cars were introduced as the safest and unrivaled among European car brands. Let me know. At that time, I had the idea that I must buy a Saab car in the future!¡±
ha? At that time, Da Zhang was dumbfounded! Mr. Jia, what does this mean? When did Mr. Jia become a fan of Saab again? Never heard of it before! It has been almost ten years since Da Zhang entered Huaxia Automobile, and I have never heard Mr. Jia sayWhat about Saab? Why did Mr. Jia become a fan of Saab? When I was young, I read car magazines When Mr. Jia was young, where were there any car magazines in China? At that time, there were many motorcycle magazines in China! After all, domestic cars were not very popular back then, and a single Xia Li cost over 100,000 yuan. How can ordinary people afford it with a salary of only a few hundred yuan a month? What was popular at that time were motorcycles costing several thousand yuan! Why does Mr. Jia read car magazines at such a young age?
¡°And having said that, even if Mr. Jia read such a fictitious magazine when he was young, even if Mr. Jia is a fan of Saab when he was young and even now, we can¡¯t talk about it now! Now Saab has made such excessive demands. It's almost embarrassing. If Mr. Jia reveals that he is a fan of Saab, wouldn't it destroy his prestige and raise the ambition of others? Why don't the Saab people become more arrogant now? So even if Jia Hongjian is really a Saab fan, he can't say it, not at this time! He was so anxious at this time that he almost impulsively went up to stop Jia Hongjian and shouted loudly: "Boss, you can't say any more. If you say anything else, we will suffer a big loss!"
But just when Dazhang was having a fierce ideological competition and wondering whether he really wanted to go to Jia Hongjian, Jia Hongjian spoke again! ¡°We, Huaxia Automobile, are actually a company that likes to develop its own technology. Although we may only focus on the Chinese market and are not well known in Europe, in fact, our Huaxia Automobile invested and acquired an American company called Tesla last year. This company is a very new company. It is actually very new and not very well-known. What this company is actually developing is an electric coupe that will be launched in the US market soon! After our Tesla¡¯s research and development, the battery life has been perfected. It has reached 350 kilometers, and we have established at least 150 battery quick-swap stations in 50 states across the United States. There is no problem at all in daily use. The most problem is that there are no charging stations in the desolate desert during long-distance driving. Such a kind of We have begun to promote the pure electric coupe in the North American market, and the tentative price is about US$100,000"
After he said this, a group of Saab engineers and hundreds of staff who were watching fell silent! Everyone looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes! What? Have Chinese companies developed pure electric vehicles? Is it still priced at US$100,000 in the US market? One hundred thousand dollars! Saab's cars are not that expensive! This kind of pricing is almost the same as the price of sports cars like Porsche! Can Chinese cars be priced so high-end? real or fake?
In fact, deep down in their hearts, these Swedes still look down on Chinese car companies. Why? This is not to say that they are racist, but that they have never heard of any Chinese car brands that are going global! Just like a car like Lucky, before they prepared to enter the mainland in 2008, how many mainland consumers knew that they could build their own cars and have their own brands even when they are in a corner? Daiwan is from the same mother as us, so we can't say that we still have racial discrimination against them, right? But the impression in the minds of ordinary people is that Daiwan is good at making various technological motherboards and displays, but I really don¡¯t think Daiwan has the technology to make things like cars!
If you put two cars directly in front of consumers and tell them that the prices are the same, but one is a stupid brand and the other is a German brand, then who will the consumer choose? Isn't this result obvious? There may even be a dead-end car and a domestic car from the mainland side by side. More people choose domestic cars because they think the mainland can still make cars, but the dead-end car doesn't look like it can make cars! The same is true for people in Sweden. In their eyes, the Huaxia Automobile brand should be just a wealthy man working in a fast-growing market like the Chinese market. They should have no skills and rely on their familiarity with the Chinese market and the production of cheap cars. It¡¯s just a little kid¡¯s business that started out! They also investigated the history of Huaxia Automobile and found that Huaxia Automobile started out as a low-cost car. Therefore, in their opinion, Huaxia Automobile's wealth is due to the relatively large Chinese market, which means that Huaxia Automobile understands China very well. The market just happened to seize the historical opportunity! Therefore, they think that Huaxia Automobile has no understanding of the automobile industry and that it can keep pace with Saab. That is also normal!
For Huaxia Automobile, which they imagine is just rich but knows nothing about cars, of course they have to take the initiative, of course they have to be the boss! But now I hear that Chinese companies are moving faster than them, and they have started to acquire American companies and start developing electric vehicles! And Tesla in the United States I have never heard of it before, and I feel that it is not a company with strong technological reserves! So what's going on? Could it be that China's Huaxia Automobile really has some black technology from the Chinese military? (~^~)