Chapter 502 Skoda Auto is about to be acquired
When Zhao Guoyang came to the Automobile Group, Zhong Bo, director of the General Management Department, had already greeted him downstairs.
As soon as he saw Zhao Guoyang enter the building, Zhong Bo quickly came up and said enthusiastically: "Researcher Zhao, please please, please, the chairman and the others are already waiting in the conference room."
After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang couldn't help but feel confused and asked with his head tilted, "I said, Director Zhong, has Chairman Mao invited other guests?"
"Ah, did Chairman Mao not mention this matter to Researcher Zhao?"
Zhong Bo was surprised and immediately explained: "Haha, Researcher Zhao, this is the case."
"The cooperation between our Songqi Group and Volkswagen Latin American Automobile Company has been completed. When our group's technical director Chen Bin came back, Chairman Mao asked him to invite several Volkswagen Latin American Automobile Company to visit China..."
Hearing this, Zhao Guoyang suddenly realized.
He laughed "Oh" and said, "As Director Zhong, you said, there are quite a few people coming to Volkswagen Latin American Automobile Company this time?"
"They don't come in many people. There are three main executives, namely, manager Fiddles who is in charge of human resources, manager Aiton who is in charge of product development, and manager Derek who is in charge of sales and marketing..."
Zhao Guoyang was puzzled when he heard this: "Well, Mr. Jeffries, Chairman and President of Volkswagen Latin America, didn't he come this time?"
"No, Mr. Jeffries seemed to have gone to Czechoslovakia, and seemed to have accompanied the president of Volkswagen Group to discuss some business, so he couldn't come here this time." Zhong Bo replied in a singular manner.
"Czechosnovakia?" When Zhao Guoyang heard the name of this country, he immediately understood something.
Czechoslovakia is an old industrial powerhouse in Eastern Europe.
In many fields, it is no less than the so-called traditional economic power in the West.
Czechoslovakia has developed industry and mainly produces machine tools, automobiles, power, chemical and metallurgical equipment and other machine manufacturing industries.
Of course, there are also industries such as steel, chemistry, textile, food, wood processing, and shoemaking and beer brewing.
In addition, the country's agricultural mechanization level is also very high, and it enjoys a high reputation not only in Europe, but also on a global scale.
Because of the developed industry and the good relationship with China, in the 1950s and 1960s, the number of cars and machine tools imported by China from Czechoslovakia was quite considerable.
However, with the changes in the international situation, Czechosnovakia is also facing various problems, just like many Eastern European countries.
Its domestic industrial development has gradually entered a temporary stagnation stage.
Under such circumstances, the smart Germans naturally took their ideas to some industrial projects in their neighboring Eastern Europe.
It is obvious that Volkswagen Group has been so busy this time that even several heavyweights visited Czechoslovakia, which must have targeted the other party's heavyweight industrial enterprises.
Based on Zhao Guoyang's previous life's understanding of the industry of Czechoslovakia, the one that can attract the attention of Volkswagen Group is undoubtedly Skoda Automobile Company.
Skoda Automobile, headquartered in Mlada-Boleslav, Czech Republic, is one of the four oldest auto manufacturers in the world.
The brand was founded in 1895. In the past century of development, it has experienced many wars, coups and mergers. It has persevered in writing a brilliant historical chapter of Skoda and demonstrated its amazing survival ability!
Skoda's products such as Octavia, Crystal, Roomster, Yeti and commercial vehicle Praktika are very influential around the world.
In addition, this low-profile automobile company also develops concept models such as MissionLVisionC, VisionD, Vision S, CitiJet, etc., which is definitely a low-key and powerful automobile company.
However, in Zhao Guoyang's memory of his previous life, Skoda Automobile should have been acquired by Volkswagen in 1991.
However, in this life after rebirth, the situation seemed to have changed a little, and Zhao Guoyang has not heard of Skoda Automobile being acquired.
"Is it possible that this time Volkswagen Group went to Prague to negotiate the acquisition with Skoda Automobile Company?"
This thought flashed through Zhao Guoyang's mind, and soon he was sure that it must be like this.
Indeed, Volkswagen is developing very hot all over the world.
The "Golf" and "Polo" launched in the 1970s and 1980s have snatched the world's small sedan market in one fell swoop, and made Volkswagen a fortune.
With too much money to mold, this automobile giant naturally turned his attention to other peers.
For automobile giants like Volkswagen, it is better to directly acquire other mature automobile companies than to open branches around the world.
Skoda, due to its good brand appeal and excellent production technical conditions, is among the most popular car companies that Volkswagen Group likes.
On the other hand, Skoda Automobile Company is also in urgent need of capital injection from Volkswagen Group to regain its new life due to its poor recent conditions.
Obviously, when it comes to the acquisition, as long as you can sit down and negotiate, the two can definitely hit it off and an agreement may be reached at any time.
As he thought about the possible cooperation between Volkswagen Group and Skoda Automobile Company, Zhao Guoyang's mind gradually became active.
Just as Zhao Guoyang was secretly thinking about whether he would have the chance to make a fuss about this Skoda Automobile Company, the conference room had arrived.
"Researcher Zhao, we are here, please come in!" Zhong Bo, who was standing beside him, glanced at the absent-minded Zhao Guoyang and reminded with a smile.
"Uh, OK, Director Zhong!" Zhao Guoyang reacted after being reminded by Zhong Bo, and nodded quickly, followed the other party into the conference room.
This is not the first time Zhao Guoyang has been here in this conference room of Songqi Group.
As soon as he entered the door, he naturally looked at the oval table in the middle of the conference room.
"Ha, Brother Guoyang is here!" Mao Zhichun's laughter came in the direction of the middle of the table.
Seeing the boss standing up and waving at him with a smile, Zhao Guoyang uh "ah" and walked over with speed.
"Hello, Chairman Mao!" First of all, Zhao Guoyang shook hands with Chairman Mao.
After the two exchanged greetings for a few words, Zhao Guoyang had time to look at Chairman Mao's lower head.
The first one to catch my eye was of course Chen Bin, the technical director of Songqi Group.
"Researcher Zhao, hello, we haven't seen each other one day!" After Chairman Mao let go of his hand, Chen Bin hurriedly held Zhao Guoyang's hand tightly.
"Yes, yes, Minister Chen!" Zhao Guoyang greeted the other party with a smile.
"Zhao Xiansen, long time no see!" The person next to him said in a stiff Mandarin.
Zhao Guoyang turned around and saw three board members of Volkswagen Latin America nodding to him with a smile.
The person who spoke was Fidelis, who was in charge of human resources, and this is also the second-ranked second in Volkswagen Latin America after Jeffries.
In addition, Ayton, who is in charge of product development, and Derek, who is in charge of sales and marketing, are also standing and nodding to him.
Aiton was most interested in Zhao Guoyang. After seeing him, the man with some rosacea said happily in Germanic language: "Dear Zhao, I finally saw you."
"When I came this time, I kept telling Minister Chen that I must thank you in person. Now I finally got what I want..."
After hearing this, Zhao Guoyang was a little confused.
He twisted his neck and looked at Chen Bin, wondering what this "rosacea" means.
After the translator on the side came out Ayton's words, Chen Bin immediately understood.
Looking at Zhao Guoyang's puzzled gaze, he quickly patted his head and explained: "Researcher Zhao, that's actually the case."
"The patent for the 'vehicle delay cooling system' that you sold to Volkswagen Latin America was successfully used by them on the new product in Latin America - Polo2."
"After the launch of Polo2, the sales volume was unexpectedly good, especially the new application's 'vehicle delay cooling system', which has received many praises..."
After Chen Bin's explanation, Zhao Guoyang naturally understood.
He smiled and nodded, then spoke a few polite words with Aidon in Germanic language.
"Mr. Aiton, you can't thank me for this. After all, you spent a lot of money when you got this patent from me. We all need it, haha!"
Aiton admired Zhao Guoyang's frankness very much, and Lianlian compared him with a "thumbs up" to him.
Fidris, who was in charge of human resources, and Derek, who was in charge of sales and marketing, also focused on Zhao Guoyang.
Seeing that the three foreigners were about to "exclusively" Zhao Guoyang as soon as they arrived, Chairman Mao was naturally unhappy.
He called out and said, "Everyone, let's sit down and talk."
"Well, yes, yes, Mr. Zhao, please sit down!" Ayton smiled and made a "please" gesture to Zhao Guoyang. After he sat down, he sat down.
In the conference room, Chairman Mao sat in the middle.
On the left, there are Fidelis, Ayton, Derek and several foreigners who followed them. Judging from the appearance of these foreigners, they should be middle-level members of Volkswagen Latin American Company.
On the right, the ones sitting were Zhao Guoyang, Chen Bin, Zhong Bo, and several middle-aged people from the Technology Department and the Import and Export Department.
As for the short-haired female translator, she did not sit in the oval table, but sat in a position behind Chairman Mao.
After seeing everyone sitting down, Mao Zhichun smiled and said to Fidris on the left: "Mr. Fidris, how about it? I didn't break my promise. He said that he would invite Researcher Zhao, so he invited him..."
Fidelis nodded with a smile, and there was a slight indescribable meaning in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Guoyang.
Chapter completed!