Chapter 415: The toughness of domestic car companies
Mawei asked a very tricky and very important question. That is, will the British auto manufacturers that cooperate with domestically, their engine production and production factories with key technologies be built in China?
This is quite critical.
After all, if the core technology of automobiles is not shared, then this joint venture method will only give up the market and make wedding dresses for others. It is completely regarded as cheap labor and the hard money earned by the other party.
"Mr. Mawei, before answering your question, I would like to take the liberal arts about how they cooperate with domestic auto groups? Have they shared their core technologies?"
The British answer was very clever. They did not give a positive answer, but asked the three automobile companies, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen and BMW, whether they had shared their core technologies.
Faced with this problem, Mawei couldn't help but take a look at the CEO of FAW Group sitting next to him. Before that, he had negotiated with a representative from Volkswagen from Germany about a joint venture. So he was very clear about the whole process.
Feeling someone's gaze, the boss of FAW Group coughed awkwardly, and then replied, "Ahem, that's it, Mr. Mavie. German Mercedes-Benz and BMW. But as far as I know, they will not build engine-related production lines to China for the time being..."
The boss of FAW replied helplessly. These foreigners are all very skilled and will not share their technology just because the domestic market is opened and there are joint venture opportunities. In their eyes, the domestic cheap labor, cheap factory construction costs and operating costs are very attractive.
But it was not yet possible to make them dazzled, and they could easily share the core technologies.
After listening to the speech of the FAW CEO, Land Rover, MG, and Jaguar CEOs all showed helpless expressions. This meaning was obvious, "Mr. Mawei, you have also heard that it is not that we are unwilling to share, but according to international practice, no automobile company will share its core technology with relatively backward companies. Even if it is a joint venture, it will not."
As the boss of the three auto companies, Ma Wei naturally knew what kind of thoughts his peers would have. He also knew that just some rhetoric would almost never shake their original ideas.
Including the previous life, these foreign companies that chose joint ventures only gradually revealed their technology and even core technologies after the domestic market reached a certain scale.
The reason is that if it is not shared, domestic companies will terminate their cooperation with them, which will cause foreign companies to lose a huge market. For example, Audi at the time is a good example.
Seeing this situation, the presidents of the four major automobile groups present were very helpless to be honest. The development of domestic automobiles is much slower than that of Europe. This leads to a very obvious gap in the status of the two sides. Naturally, there is no say in cooperation.
"Since you are unwilling to share technology, I don't think there is any need to continue talking." At this time, the president of Dongfeng Motor Group, who was sitting at the conference table, suddenly spoke.
His words surprised the other six bosses present instantly! They turned their heads and looked at him.
Two meanings can be seen from the eyes of everyone. One look is expressing, "What's the situation? Lao Li, why are you suddenly so tough? The other party is a foreign guest from the UK at least! You have such a way of talking, but you are still angry at the person?" This is the questioning gaze that the bosses of three other domestic automobile groups have cast on the bosses of Dongfeng Group.
As for the other three Land Rover, MG, and Jaguar bosses, the meaning revealed in their eyes was expressing, "Are the attitudes of the automobile companies in Country Z so domineering? If you don't share technology, you don't have to talk. If you speak like this, who will dare to come to discuss cooperation in the future?"
Ma Wei, who was sitting in the front position, looked at all this indifferently. He was not affected at all.
"Mr. Ma Wei, what's the saying? It seems that Mr. Li of Dongfeng Group has a misunderstanding with us?" The three bosses of Land Rover, MG and Jaguar turned their heads and turned their eyes to Ma Wei.
This negotiation meeting was led and chaired by Ma Wei. Now that this incident has happened, he can't stand it.
"President William, President About, and President Aldridge, why don't you talk about this today?" Ma Wei said lightly to the three British bosses. Then he stood up, shook hands with the three of them, and then arranged for his subordinates to send the three to the hotel.
Two minutes later, when Mawei re-entered the conference room, the presidents of the four major automobile groups were all sitting at the table silently, waiting for him to come back.
"Old Li, your attitude towards foreign guests just now is too tough. With the current industry situation in our country, it is far from this level of negotiation." The boss of FAW Group couldn't help but say to the boss of Dongfeng Group. It means he was a little reckless and acted intent just now, which led to the unhappy negotiations now.
"Yes, Lao Li, what you said just now has reached my heart. However, with our current industry development and industry status, it is far from being challenged by others in British Automobile!" The boss of Shangzhan Automobile Group also said with help.
Another reason why he wanted this was that he was afraid that the Russian foreigner Mavi, who was leading the lead, would be angry. In the end, if he didn't help them, it would be useless.
But at this moment, Ma Wei, who returned to the conference room, suddenly spoke in public, "Actually, I asked Mr. Li to say this just now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw only the other three bosses in the conference room, and looked at Ma Wei with a surprised expression.
"Ah? What? Mr. Mawei, did you ask Lao Li to say this? It's true or false?"
"What's going on here? Mr. Mawei? You should know that those foreign-funded enterprises are absolutely unwilling to share core technologies, right? Why do you still say that?" The three bosses including FAW Group couldn't understand Mawei's operation.
It is logical that he is the initiator of cooperation, but why did he arrange this magical turning point at the end...? Is this going to promote cooperation between the two countries or not? It is really puzzling. I really can't guess someone's thoughts.
Chapter completed!