The little American spoke very directly. What you want to express is often said directly, not like the Chinese, and in the vague words to express their own meaning. Listening to Alice ask herself, knowing that Alice's coming to the United States this time was definitely not a passing, Bill Ford, who was also lying in a rocking chair there, directly skipped the tentative stage and said, "What is your attitude towards the future cooperation between our two sides?" ”

"This. Shouldn't it be a problem, right? Didn't we already sign an agreement before? Alice's tone was as flat as ever, "In terms of the attitude of cooperation with the Ford Motor Group, we at the Alice Group have always taken the same attitude and attach great importance to the cooperation of the Ford Group. In the automotive sector. The Ford Group is our largest and most important partner to the Alice Group, and this is something that cannot be changed in the love of you for quite some time. ”

That's not wrong at all, but it's also a very typical diplomatic way of replying, and after all that, you can't tell what kind of attitude she has in this matter.

Bill Ford couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: Yes, that's right, we signed a cooperation agreement, but that is under the premise that your vehicle production is all in Asia, and now your production base is directly placed in the back garden of our Ford Group, if our Ford Group still insists on the previous cooperation agreement. What is that not pure big fool?

Well, although the annual output of your first phase of the project is only 10,000 blades, which is indeed nothing compared to the annual production of the North American automobile market, such as 10,000 vehicles, it is indeed nothing, but this indicates a not very good start, doesn't it?

To put it bluntly, the Ford Group is unwilling to give up the big cake that the Alice Group gave them before, and now the Alice Group has turned around and taken another bite. If the person who made the cake was just an ordinary, the Ford Group would not mind taking some special ways to ensure that only he could eat the cake, but the problem was that the person who made the cake was relatively strong, so that the previous guy was quite jealous and did not dare to act rashly.

"That's what I said, but"

"Nothing, I know what Mr. Ford is worried about" Bill Ford's words were not finished, and he was directly robbed by Alice, and the little girl knew what this guy wanted to say, "Can Mr. Ford go to China to develop the automobile market, now Japanese automakers have transferred themselves to China, General Motors has begun to do it now, some European automakers have already taken action, and some are now actively contacting the Chinese government, Automobile manufacturers all over the world know that China's auto market is a huge and delicious super cake, so I don't think there is any reason why Ford Group might give up such a large emerging market, right? ”

Alice's words undoubtedly show the attitude of Alice Group to this matter: there is no need to discuss! There is no room for negotiation! We have entered the North American auto coin market, whether you plan to come hard or soft, we are all going on! If you're smarter, I'm sure you know what you're supposed to do.

With such a huge market in China, Alice Group has been turning around there for many years, and Ford Group has naturally been staring at it for a long time, not only Ford Group, but also any car manufacturer in the world with a little bit of strength is all greedy, and everyone is ready to get a piece of cake in it. Among them, Ford cars are no exception.

But despite this, Ford did not dare to set foot in the field of sedans in China, but through cooperation with Jiangling Motors, it launched a commercial batch of Transit Jiangling Ford, focusing on this segment of China's commercial car market. And dare not go head-to-head with Alice Group in China's sedan market. Although the Chinese auto market is bound to be an era of competition for hegemony in the future, as long as the Alice Group is in charge, no car manufacturer dares to go too far: the lessons of BMW and Volkswagen are still there.

In the impression of Zhang Lan, who was sitting quietly listening to the conversation between Bill Ford and Alice, the space where he was located, Ford Motor also began to cooperate with Changan Automobile Group when it was a year, compared with its Japanese automobile manufacturing counterparts and American counterparts, Ford officially entered the Chinese car market relatively late.

Alice just said that. It is also the confidence in one's monopoly on the domestic auto market: which. Defy? It's okay, come on, let's deal with all kinds of disobedience.

In fact, the world does not know how many pairs of eyes are staring at the Chinese government and Alice Group, and they all hope that in the end, Alichao Group can make a big mistake and be able to step on the sigh "to enter the Chinese auto market with the group." But the final result shocked all those who paid attention to this matter: two members of the Politburo Standing Committee and four members of the Politburo of the Central Committee stepped down, and one of them committed suicide in fear of crime.

Judging from the consistent strong performance of the Alice Group, Bill Ford naturally knows that this road will definitely not be successful, but he still hopes that Alice can make a special case to the Ford Group with the idea of one in 10,000, but now it seems that the possibility of the Alice Group opening a small stove for itself is complete.

"Based on our cooperation over the years, I will directly say, can Ford Group take a part of the shares of Alice Group's North American automobile production base?" After this road failed, Bill Ford thought about a detour: since he couldn't avoid having his cake eaten by others. It's always okay to reduce your share of the eaten as much as possible, right?

When the North American automobile manufacturing base was just beginning to be established, the Ford Group had a plan to mix it up. It's just that he was directly rejected by Arnold at the beginning, and now Bill Ford has proposed the idea again.

"Ford Motor wants to hold shares?" Alice had a surprised tone, but she didn't see the slightest surprise on the girl's face. "Alice Group's financial situation has always been very good, and it is not too much of a burden for Alice Group to build such an automobile production base." ,

"But it's not a bad thing to have one more person to help Alice Group share the risk, right?" Bilvat didn't give up.

"Okay," Sharp asked after a moment of thought, looking up, "how much money does Mr. Ford plan to take." How much stake do you get in our North American manufacturing site? ”

When I came, I discussed this with Zhang Lan when I was on the plane. Question, Zhang Lan's idea is that anyway, Ford has made a lot of money over the years, and Ford has also supported Alice Group in this way, so it is okay to let them eat some shares, but as long as they are given a little shares, it shows that Alice Group supports Ford Motor. I believe that this is what Bill Ford attaches most importance to, and this point can at least give Ford a considerable advantage in the competition with General Motors and Chrysler.

"What? Does Miss Alice really agree with our Ford Group shareholding? Alice's words. Bill Ford was pleasantly surprised and stood up from the rocking chair, excited and overflowing.

To the extent of Bill Ford, it is quite difficult to let them even show their inner emotions a little, and it can make Bill Ford so out of shape, which naturally shows how shocking and heavy Alice's words are for Bill Ford.

"Well, that's just an idea, it depends on how sincere Mr. Ford is." Alice's tone was still light, as if the matter she was talking about was actually a trivial matter that didn't matter at all.

For Alice Group. It is indeed a trivial matter of irrelevance, but for the Ford Group, it is a big deal, although the Ford Motor Group is stronger than the Alice Group in the automobile business alone, but in terms of comprehensive strength, the Ford Motor Group is far behind, the Alice Group can actually choose not to give the Ford Group shares, but they do this, nothing more than to thank Ford Motor for their help to the Alice Group over the years, this kind of thing, in fact, is similar to pie in the sky.

Bill Ford was naturally well aware of this, and nodded in a series of busy ways, "Yes, we are very sincere!" I talked to Mr. Arnold before, and Mr. Arnold told me that the total investment of Alice Group in the first phase of this project is Xinyi US dollars, and we at Ford Group are willing to pay B US dollars in exchange for 20% of the shares. If there is a need for the second and third phases of the project in the future, we in the Ford Group will increase the number of shares to maintain the current shareholding ratio. ”

out of 30% of the price. However, as long as 20% of the shares are shared, the sincerity of the Ford Group is indeed not insufficient. This shareholding ratio. It was also discussed by Zhang Lan and Alice when they were on the plane. At most, he can only give Ford a share of paste, and he doesn't give one more, Bill Ford is worthy of being the successor of the Ford family, and his keen sense and insight in business are indeed impressive. Although he didn't get the details, he actually estimated the maximum limit of the Ford Motor Group's shareholding that Alice Group allowed him, and it must be said that this guy is a character.