King of Industry

  Chapter 108 "Capitulationism" rhetoric

  Liang Xiaofeng had no pretensions. He smiled and greeted the two of them, and then invited them to sit down.

  Next, Liang Xiaofeng naturally mainly chatted with Wang Ziqing, and occasionally chatted with Professor Zhu Maotao. The content of the conversation was naturally about the auto expo.

  Talking about the innocence, Liang Xiaofeng sighed and said: "Old Wang, the expo we hold in SJ this time is under a lot of pressure."

   "To tell you the truth, I haven't been able to sleep well in the past two nights. Don't be offended that I couldn't pick you up at the train station today."

   "Hey, how come?"

  Wang Ziqing waved his hands again and again, "Old Liang, we are all our own people, so there is no need to be courteous... By the way, you said that this expo is under a lot of pressure. What is the reason?"

  Liang Xiaofeng said with a wry smile: "This SJ Automobile Industry Expo is the first time that Songjiang Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen have jointly exhibited together in six years."

   "During the exhibition, German Volkswagen will hold a new car launch conference, launching Santana, Golf, Audi and other German Volkswagen brands..."

  Hearing this, Wang Ziqing was confused for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Old Liang, this is a good thing. Volkswagen in Germany is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, right?"

   "They can launch more new models, which will definitely play a great role in promoting this expo. What are you worried about?"

  After Wang Ziqing finished speaking, Jiang Hong, Liu Renhe, and Liu Yaohong all nodded.

  Only Professor Zhu Maotao seemed to have thought of something, and his expression was a little dignified.

  As for Mo Xiaotian, he is pretending to listen attentively to the words of the two big leaders at the moment, and he has no time to think carefully about the meaning contained in it.

  After Wang Ziqing asked this question, Liang Xiaofeng sighed and said, "Old Wang, you don't know something!"

   "Our SJ city government and our machine industry committee organize this auto show. In addition to giving manufacturers a platform to showcase themselves and giving customers a chance to get in touch with products, there is another important purpose, that is, negotiation!"

   "Negotiation?" Wang Ziqing seemed to understand a little bit.

   "That's right, it's negotiation!"

  Liang Xiaofeng nodded, turned to Professor Zhu Maotao and said, "Professor Zhu may know something about our own car manufacturer in SJ—Songjiang Automobile Factory."

   "A month ago, after this factory produced the last Songjiang brand car, the factory building was razed to the ground, freeing up nearly 200,000 square meters of space for this joint venture of Germanic Volkswagen."

Hearing this, Zhu Maotao sighed and said, "Yes, I know what Director Liang said. The original head of the technical department of Songjiang Car Factory was my old classmate. He mentioned this matter to me. Pass…"

   "Old Liang, you mean that the Germans who came to participate in this station this time are suspected of showing off their strength and lowering the Chinese share in the joint venture?" Wang Ziqing asked with a frown.

   "Not only that!" Liang Xiaofeng said with an ugly face.

"Thomas, the vice president and manager of the market development department of the Volkswagen Group, came here this time together with Yang Sen, the head of their technology development department. On the surface, it is to open up the Chinese market, but in fact, it is to force us to give up the 20%. technology share."

  After Liang Xiaofeng finished speaking, Mo Xiaotian, who was listening in a daze, was puzzled for a while, and made a "uh" sound.

   Seeing his puzzled face, Liang Xiaofeng coughed and said, "Comrade Xiao Mo, if you have any questions, just ask, no problem! Today is a private occasion, so don't be too formal."

  Hearing Liang Xiaofeng call his name and asked him to speak, Mo Xiaotian was secretly delighted.

  In fact, from the moment Liang Xiaofeng came, he was ready to perform in front of this person.

  Actually, Liang Xiaofeng is also from SJ City, but he has been in Jinling during his studies.

   Originally, following Professor Zhu Maotao for so many years, he has not achieved much, which already made him a little secretly dissatisfied.

   This time on the train, he was again compared by Zhao Guoyang's intentional or unintentional performance, which made Mo Xiaotian couldn't help thinking of developing in a different environment.

   And returning to SJ City, the place where he grew up since he was a child, is undoubtedly his best choice.

  If he can perform well in front of the director of the SJ City Mechanical Works Committee and leave a good impression on others, Mo Xiaotian feels that he will be more confident of being a high school student after returning.

  Based on this small thought, after Liang Xiaofeng asked, Mo Xiaotian cleared his throat and said: "Director Liang, Director Wang, teacher, this is how I look at this question."

   "The Germanic Volkswagen Group is a leading global automaker, and its technology secrecy must be extremely strict. If we insist on winning the 20% technology share, it doesn't make much sense."

"In the final analysis, the foundation of our auto industry in the Republic is still too poor. Even if we have a 20% technology share, what kind of cars can we make? Not long ago, the closure of the Songjiang Automobile Factory did not just illustrate this point ?”

According to his own thinking, Mo Xiaotian said more and more smoothly: "Therefore, in my opinion, instead of competing with others for technology shares, we Chinese side should make some demands on shares. In this way, we can avoid conflicts with the other party. Why not do it if you can obtain substantial economic benefits in the face-to-face conflict?"

  After Mo Xiaotian finished speaking, the field fell into silence.

  Liang Xiaofeng frowned slightly, glanced at Wang Ziqing, and said nothing.

  Wang Ziqing can naturally see some clues about his old friend's every move.

  He knew that Liang Xiaofeng definitely disapproved of Mo Xiaotian's proposal, and even resisted it.

  Actually, Wang Ziqing also held the same opinion, but because of Professor Zhu Maotao's face, it was not easy to reprimand Mo Xiaotian face to face.

  As for Zhu Maotao, he obviously didn't expect his proud disciple to be such an idiot who only pays attention to short-term interests and disregards long-term development. Apart from being stunned and annoyed, he really doesn't know what to say.

   At this moment, Zhao Guoyang, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but sneered.

  Zhao Guoyang's laughter immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Liang Xiaofeng's gaze followed them.

  When he saw clearly that the person who laughed out loud was this young man who hadn't left much impression on him, his face was a little unnatural.

  In Liang Xiaofeng's view, this young man should be just a small role in the delegation of Jiangnan Province, a foil. What qualifications does he have to speak?

  Mo Xiaotian's "surrenderism" remarks had already made Liang Xiaofeng quite angry, but now that Zhao Guoyang made such an outburst, his mood was naturally even worse, and the word displeasure could not help but be written on his face.

  (end of this chapter)