Chapter 1330: The Japanese Entangled in Contradictions

Na Zhi. No matter how uncomfortable the Japanese people are, the fact is that Alice Group's fuel cell vehicles are now running on the streets, and the price is not expensive at all, completely on the same level as the starting price of local taxis, so you don't have to worry about not being able to get in the car?

Not only that, in the random interviews done by those reporters, the interviewed passengers were asked what is the difference between this taxi and the taxi they took before, most of the passengers said that now this taxi is more comfortable to ride, the appearance is more beautiful, and the interior inside looks more exquisite.

In the reporter's random interview, the reporter also found a very interesting phenomenon: if the same two taxis come by, passengers usually choose the fuel cell version or lithium-ion battery version of Alice Group's aggressive taxi, even if it is only Zhao..."than in the back, then the passengers would rather wait a little, let the taxi in front, and sit in the hoe in the back. Therefore, the taxi company of the Alice Group has a higher occupancy rate than the taxis in the city.

So much so that these rare and strange reporters exclaimed in all kinds of media: The wolf is coming!

They believe that perhaps this is a good opportunity for Alice Group to change its own business structure, Alice Group will be very likely to fully occupy the taxi market occupied by North FAW and FAW with its own models, and the old three of China's taxi market will be greatly impacted by Alice Group's model, think about China's huge taxi market, if Alice Group can really occupy this huge market, even if it only occupies 10,000% of the market share, That's enough for Alice Group to make a lot of money.

How do these reporters know that even now, Zhang Lan is promoting this fuel cell version of the Yu Xu Xinbi model, in fact, he has always been losing money, and as far as the current situation is concerned, Arya Group will not lower its profile to pursue the share of the taxi market, and now it is just doing it for some people.

Moreover, the daily money that taxi companies make is basically the same as the loss, and there is a slight loss. Fortunately, for Zhang Lan, as long as it is flat, he will earn it, and it is estimated that it will not take long for those who pay for his car to hold back, and Zhang Lan is quite confident in this.

The Japanese were depressed, and they suddenly found that since the Alice Group launched their fuel cell vehicles, the negotiations between them and the Alice Group on the introduction of fuel cell stack technology suddenly fell into a rather passive situation, and the negotiators of the Alice Group suddenly had a much colder attitude towards them and ignored them.

Of course, they know what the problem is: now that their Alice Group has successfully launched its own mass-produced fuel cell vehicle, they don't care about it for now. What is the performance of the car, but by virtue of the fact that they dare to put it on the market, it means that the performance will not be too bad, and in this case, of course, they are not worried about the price of their technology.

Laborious; On the contrary, when it comes to himself, he is much more passive, if he was still qualified to bargain before, then now. After seeing the real-life prototype of the Alice Group, they did not believe that the cunning and treacherous Europeans, who had a mix of fox and viper, would let go of such a good opportunity.

And that's exactly what happened. The Alice Group, which has long been scolded as a black-hearted thief by the Japanese, is now in the negotiation of the licensing price of fuel cell vehicles, and the attitude has suddenly hardened a lot, as the negotiation process continues, the original quotation of the patent licensing fee of the state B US dollars, is now fully increased to 3 billion US dollars by the Alice Group, of course, whoever grasps such a good opportunity will not take the initiative to give up, right? First, although in the negotiation process, the behavior of raising prices is not uncommon. However, it is estimated that in the negotiation process involving such a huge amount of money, there is no such case in the entire history.

Although it is a bit exaggerated to describe the situation of the Japanese in terms of automobile technology development during this period of time, in recent times, the Japanese have indeed had a headache, and the asking price of Alice Group has become more and more ruthless.

Of course, the Japanese will not admit that they can't afford to pay, although the latest offer of the Alice Group is indeed a headache for them, but they still openly think: if this wave of technological change can't seize the opportunity, then where is the way out for Japanese cars?

"Damn the Americans. Now the asking price is getting more and more outrageous! Now they're asking us for $600 million in licenses! Koji Nakamura, the chairman of Fuji Subaru Motors, gritted his teeth, and the hideous expression on his face scared a child who couldn't eat, as if he was going to eat people.

Having said that, if someone really puts a strong 600 million US dollars in front of Koji Nakamura, don't say that he wants this guy to eat people, it is estimated that even if he lets him eat his wife and children, this guy will not hesitate at all.

This guy is now taking advantage of his presence in Alice Group; "The second is also a technical shortcoming, and the opportunity to dig out his wallet is quite a thing: the approach of the Alice Group is to rob while he is in trouble now.

In fact, it was originally a robbery, who are you robbing if you don't rob? In a rather rogue phrase, that is: you already have a face that is under-robbed!

The fantasy of more than 100 million US dollars is not a small number even for Japanese auto companies as a whole, so don't forget it. How long has Japan been in a period of economic stagflation? Such a huge amount of money, even if these guys are asked to pay together, but for these misers, it is as painful as cutting meat from them, although it is said that Zhang Lan originally meant to cut meat from them.

"But the situation we are facing now does not seem to be very good," Tetsu Aoki, president of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, said to make everyone present even quieter. At the same time, Nakamura Koji was frustrated, "The current survey shows that the public is very disappointed that we have not been able to come up with an effective technical solution for fuel cell vehicles for so long, and if this matter is not resolved as soon as possible, it will be very detrimental to our future development." ”,

At present, several major automobile manufacturers in Japan are facing more than just one situation. "It's not good" can be described, it's just terrible! There are many doubts in Japan about why the pride of their country has not yet come up with a fuel cell vehicle, and it is believed that it will not be long before this doubt turns into even more unsettling doubts.

The few people present all understood what Aoki Tetsu meant, and if it really changed from doubt to doubt, then their lives would not be as good as they are now. If it's just the people who are dissatisfied with them, then the problem is not very big, but if this problem is not solved quickly, the bigwigs above them will be dissatisfied with them, which is what makes these people present feel afraid.

Out of the need to protect themselves, now the domestic reports on the listing of Alice Group's fuel cell vehicles have been as low-key as possible, but they understand very well that in this era of information dissemination has entered the Internet, it is impossible to be low-key for long, when the Japanese people have realized that their proud car technology has been pressed by others There is almost no room for survival, what can the citizens of this country that has always had a good sense of crisis do? It's just too unpredictable.

Several. In the Japanese automobile industry, there are almost omnipotent guys, and now some of them bow their heads and ponder. Some are pulling their hair vigorously, and some are staring at the teacup in front of them motionless, as if they can see some peerless good way to solve the crisis they are currently encountering.

Looking at the performance of these people in front of him, although Eiji Toyoda, who was sitting in the first seat, had no expression on his face, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and there was a faint feeling that the glory of the Japanese automobile manufacturing industry was no longer there, although this feeling made Eiji Toyoda himself feel ridiculous, it was nothing more than a question of whether he spent so much money, and he couldn't get to it, right? But there is always a voice in my heart telling Eiji Toyoda: What you think and what you see is actually true.

Are you lucky enough to rely on these guys to prop up the future of Japan's automotive industry? Thinking about these guys who hesitated in the face of a crisis, Eiji Toyoda felt that the dark sky outside seemed to be even darker.

Eiji Toyoda has obviously forgotten himself, and he is not the one who bravely wanted to create Toyota's position in the world and single-handedly created the Toyota myth. Eiji Toyoda, now he is also old, and he doesn't have the aggressiveness and courage to break the kettle at the beginning, and now he is just an old man with old qualifications. The problem is that Japan takes qualifications very seriously.

It's ridiculous, but considering that the Japanese automobile industry, which already occupies the second largest position in the world in terms of total output value, is now stuck in this problem of how to choose, is this the problem that Amaterasu has created for the people whom Amaterasu has given him? Could it be that Amaterasu has seen that his people have been going too well over the years, and wants to add some hardships to his people?

"Everyone" Eiji Toyoda coughed lightly, and then his eyes swept to everyone, "I don't know everyone, have you discussed the results first?" ”

The subtext of this is: You have been discussing for so long and have not come up with any result, isn't this ending any different from the people you have always looked down on the most?

That's what I said. The majesty in Eiji Toyoda's eyes made everyone present feel ashamed in their hearts, a. He bowed his head in unison. However, everyone is actually very clear in their hearts that if they want to solve the current problem as soon as possible, it will actually take a while: the money is not a big problem, the key to the problem is, why should I pay more? You're all so rich, why can't you give more?

Speaking of which, the root cause of this matter has not been solved until now is here: how is the proportion of the money for the purchase of fuel cell technology solutions from Alice Group?

Who said the Japanese are united? Although many people have the impression that Japanese people are one in many cases. It is a very united country, and this can even be seen from the fact that the Japanese people during World War II were willing to stick to the points of the Second World War, but that is only a certain stop, a kind of appearance. And relatively the grassroots class has this kind of thing, for these treacherous and viper-like guys, the most important thing is to ensure their own interests first.

Why are there now six major consortia in Japan? The most fundamental reason is because these six interest groups have overt and covert entanglements in many interests, and they want these companies representing the six forces to put aside their disputes and cooperate sincerely? This is actually quite difficult.

Look at the situation in front of you. Eiji Toyoda is a headache, as one of the spokesmen of the Mitsui chaebol, Eiji Toyoda should strive for as many interests as possible for the chaebol he serves, but now that he has been elected to be the leader, he must deal with this matter as much as possible with the principle of fairness, even if it is this. "Fairness" is only superficial, and this must at least be seen in the past.

This situation has actually been in place for a while, and Eiji Toyoda knows where the problem comes from, but this guy has no good way, after all, with so much money, if one group is less, it will inevitably have to be another one. Or a few groups can come up with more, which now seems to be very difficult.

But the problem is that it seems that the Japanese automobile industry can no longer afford to wait, the news from China let Toyota Eiji know that these fuel cell vehicles of the Alice Group, which have begun to run on the land of China, have been attracting the attention of the media from all over the world in the recent period, and the reports on these cars have not stopped since the press conference of the Alice Group, and the renovations are endless, and if this continues, the life of the Japanese automobile industry will not be able to live, and this must be solved in the shortest possible time, the problem is solved.

The only problem is that this problem is not a meal, it is good to have a meal, everyone likes to be able to eat a good meal without spending money, but if you want people to take money out of their wallets, this problem is actually a very tricky problem. ,

"I'm worried that if the bath continues like this, it's likely that the damn Alice Group will raise their prices, and the president of the Japan Association of Automotive Technicians, Takano Daoyi, is here to remind everyone present: If you don't solve this problem as soon as possible, I'm afraid you'll have to take more money out of your wallets.

That's right, and everyone present naturally understands this. Reason, but the problem now is: although the Alice Group, which knows that it will continue to drag on and continue to die, will definitely increase the price for itself, but the key is that the proportion of our side has not yet been determined.

For Daihatsu and Suzuki, which are engaged in the research and development and manufacturing of mini cars, the size of their group and the market scope are narrow, and there is almost no market share in Europe and the United States, even in Southeast Asia, the market is also extremely narrow, but there is some market share in Japan, so that they can come up with one or two billion dollars. It's also a big headache for them, although their annual net profit is not just that, but there is no theory that all the money they earn is thrown into it, right? Toyota and Honda, the predators of the Japanese automobile industry, are the real riches.

Daihatsu is okay, since last year was acquired by Toyota, now it can be said that he is the youngest brother of Toyota, Japan's largest car manufacturer, and his own money is actually Toyota's money, but Suzuki's life is not so good, although Suzuki is also a member of Toyota, but compared with Daihatsu Motors, Suzuki Motors is simply the difference between the adopted godson and the only son of the nine generations of his own son, in the strategic layout of Toyota. Although everyone produces small cars and mini cars, Suzuki's status is really incomparable to that of Daihatsu Motors.

But even so, Daihatsu and Suzuki don't want to be alone, and they can't lose any money they should get, hoping that Toyota, which has deep pockets, can help themselves with this money that is not much for them? Dream!

"Yes," Osamu Suzuki, president of Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd., nodded. It seems that everyone is thinking about it and put forward his own suggestions, "What Hou Yejun said is very reasonable, this matter cannot be delayed any longer at present, and the longer it is delayed, the less beneficial it will be to everyone."

It's just that after saying this, this guy didn't say anything, everyone understands this, Suzuki Shura said a few words, in fact, it is equivalent to saying nothing: there is no problem with paying, but how should this proportion of money be divided between everyone?

When the Japanese were struggling with the rising quotations of the Alice Group, Zhang Lan, the kid, was now squinting comfortably, basking in the sun that was about to enter the second lunar month, and wanted to sleep in a daze. As the saying goes, spring sleepiness in autumn and lack of summer napping, winter sleep is not enjoyable, now is a good time for spring sleepiness, Zhang Lan, a lazy guy with itchy skin, of course will not miss this excellent opportunity, a rocking chair is moved in the yard, shake and shake, how to look at it.