Chapter 714: The Son Inherits the Father's Business? What a good thing! (Three more to)
"Lin, I found out that I made a huge mistake." Plum. Iacocca held the wine glass, the old man had the taste of an elegant old man, and said to Lin Hongfei seriously.
"Oh?" Lin Hongfei shared the wine glass in his hand with Li. Iacocca touched it and asked curiously, "Can you tell me what mistake you made?" ”
"I was born 50 years earlier, if I could have been born 50 years later, with such an opponent as you, I believe my life must be very exciting." Plum. In this way, Iacocca expressed his appreciation to Lin Hongfei...... For Westerners, who have always been accustomed to being straightforward, this is almost the most subtle way they can come up with complimenting someone.
"No, I don't think so," Lin Hongfei said with a smile, his smile full of confidence, "I regret that a figure who could have been a godfather in the automotive industry and the business world of the world has disappeared like this." ”
Plum. Iacoca's smile immediately turned into a wry smile, "Huh? Lin, I have to say, this statement of yours makes me so sad. ”
"No, it's just confidence in my talents." Lin Hongfei smiled and lowered his voice to Li. "Isn't that why Chrysler Motors asked me to work with me?" ”
"That's right, Lin, you're right, that's why Chrysler Motors asked you to cooperate." The old man was very direct, and Da Lu smiled and nodded, "Lin, you are very confident, I hope our cooperation is as confident as you expected." ”
"To use an old saying in our Chinese, it's called 'borrow your auspicious words.'" Lin Hongfei smiled and nodded, "But, old man." You have to understand that in the next negotiations, I will let my people do their best to fight for the interests of our Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ”
"In the same way, I will ask my people to do everything they can to fight for Chrysler." Plum. Iacocca smiled and raised his glass to Lin Hongfei again, "Lin, I found that you are really a very cute person, so let's take a look." Whose child is better? ”
Yi Li. Iacocca's age and influence in Chrysler Motors, of course, there is nothing wrong with him calling the negotiators of Chrysler Motors to the Republic of China and the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as children, and this guy even has the title of "father, godfather" in Chrysler Motors. However, in terms of Lin Hongfei's age at the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., some of the old workers who are about to retire are even a few years younger than Lin Hongfei's grandfather, and if Lin Hongfei dares to call his negotiators "children", there is a chance that someone will break his head.
I feel like I'm being taken by Lee. Iacoca, the old guy, took advantage of Lin Hongfei, who changed the topic a little depressedly. "Old man. Rest assured, my subordinates will never let you take advantage of Volkswagen like that, but how did you think about my suggestion? ”
Plum. Iacocca knew that Lin Hongfei was asking about his retirement from Chrysler Motors and turning to politics, although he had already told Lin Hongfei last time that he would have a gorgeous curtain call, but even so, he could understand why Lin Hongfei would ask this question. After a moment's hesitation, he still said. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course, although I firmly believe that our country's automobile market will become the second largest automobile consumer market in the world in 20 years at most, I still think that it is absolutely intolerable not to enter the world's largest consumer market," Lin Hongfei said, his tone was very firm, "Since you have to enter sooner or later, it is better to enter early than late; Since you have to support your own spokesperson sooner or later, it is better to support it early than to support it sooner rather than later. ”
Lin Hongfei said this too directly, and directly said the naked & naked use relationship between the two, but Li Hongfei, who heard this. Iacoca's reaction was not as annoyed and angry as the Chinese people, but he breathed a sigh of relief, capital itself is a kind of naked & naked money relationship, for Lin Hongfei's words, Li. Iacocca did not feel that he was offended or that he was equivalent to a commodity in Lin Hongfei's eyes, on the contrary, through Lin Hongfei's words, he could clearly determine that Lin Hongfei's support for him would be continuous and extremely strong, and that was enough.
Pondering for a moment, Li. "But I'm getting older, I'm 68 this year, and I'm going to be 69 soon, so even if I succeed in running for Congress in one go, I can't work too long." ”
"So what?" Lin Hongfei asked quietly, he would never believe in Li. Iacocca will say a question that has nothing to do with what she said before.
"My youngest son, who is 40 years old, is interested in politics and is already a member of the city council."
Lin Hongfei immediately understood. What does Iacocca mean: Is this because he wants his son to inherit his father's business? This is of course a good thing for himself and Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which means that for a long time to come, there will be a staunch supporter and spokesperson in the American political arena, but there is one question that Lin Hongfei must be clear, "Although I would love to do that, I don't know your youngest son's political position." ”
"The position of a politician depends on the position of his supporters." Plum. Iacocca did not hesitate to answer with a famous quote that has been circulating in American politics.
Lin Hongfei immediately smiled reassuringly, "Since this is the case, then I wish us a happy cooperation...... If possible, I would like to invite your son to visit our company in the near future. ”
"Of course," Lee. "But you have to find a suitable excuse and reason, and you know, there are some tensions between China and the United States, and my son is still a member of parliament...... Even if it's a city councilor. ”
City councilors are also councilors, just as the director is also a cadre, sometimes, a small director can also play a big role, and a visit from a small city councilor can also give countless ways to interpret it, Lin Hongfei understands this truth very well, he was silent for a moment, and finally nodded, "Okay, leave this matter to me to arrange...... I promise that it will be a good thing for your son and will lay a solid foundation for his next step. ”
Plum. Iacocca was a little unconvinced, but since Lin Hongfei said so, now he could only listen, shrugged, raised his glass to Lin Hongfei again, and said, "Okay, then I wish you a happy cooperation in advance." ”
"No, I wish us a happy cooperation." Lin Hongfei smiled and corrected Li. Error in Iacoca's words.
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, "That's right, I wish us a happy cooperation." ”
As he spoke, he touched his wine glass with Lin Hongfei.
In Lin Hongfei and Li. When Iacocca spoke, countless pairs of eyes were staring at this side, some from Chrysler Automobile, some from Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., some from Beijun City, Guqi Province, and even the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Iacocca had a very happy conversation, and the people who were watching the movement here from all sides were secretly relieved, and secretly rejoiced in their hearts: It seems that the possibility of success of this cooperation is very high!
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The news that the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Chrysler Automobile will negotiate a comprehensive and all-round cooperation between the two sides will have a far-reaching impact on the automobile industry of the Republic, although there has been news that the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. will carry out all-round cooperation with Chrysler Automobile Co., Ltd. has long been reported.
But for this news, many people laughed contemptuously: what is the status of Chrysler cars in the international automotive field? It is one of the top five automakers in the world, and its subordinate is Dodge. The four car brands Chrysler, Plymouth and JEEP, as well as the stake in Mitsubishi Motors and Maserati Motors, are such a behemoth, the undisputed giants of the automotive industry, cooperating with you Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., an enterprise with an annual output of less than 30,000 cars? It's a big joke.
In the eyes of countless people, this news is nine times out of ten from the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the purpose is nothing more than to raise their own value, put gold on their faces, in this matter, even the most optimistic people are just silent, do not make any comments, even Volkswagen, the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Chrysler Automobile cooperation after the natural biggest and only opponent, all scoff at this news, thinking that this is just a smokescreen released by Lin Hongfei to force Volkswagen, But all of this disappeared with last night's news report: Chrysler Motors was actually negotiating cooperation with Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and they sent President Li Brown. A huge negotiation team of more than 50 people led by Mr. Iacoca!
Even a fool can understand that Lin Hongfei, Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Chrysler Motors are playing for real, at the first time when the news was confirmed, the top management of Volkswagen was immediately panicked, no one thought that it was originally just a rumor, how did it become true, and Lin Hongfei was in contact with Lin Hongfei as a frequent, several times to the company to warn the general manager of the company Mr. Rostock was immediately urgently recalled to the headquarters of Volkswagen in Germany, to accept the company's directors' inquiries...... As a person who stepped on Chrysler's position back then, Volkswagen knew too well the weight of its rival. Iacocca's negligence, how could Volkswagen have the status it has today.
Therefore, after meeting Rostock, the first thing the chairman of the board of directors of the company asked on behalf of the directors was: "Mr. Rostock, how can we now destroy the cooperation between the Guqi Provincial Industrial Manufacturing Company Limited and Chrysler Motors?" (To be continued.) )