After sitting down in the small conference room, Toyota Shengjiu stopped being polite and said straight to the point: "Junping-kun, our board of directors admires Junping-kun's design talent after seeing the photos of the car's appearance you designed.
Youxin also reported all the conditions you proposed to the board of directors.
Out of respect for Junping-kun's talent, in principle we can agree to the first two conditions, but we need to slightly discuss the price.
However, we are more interested in the third condition proposed by Junpei-kun.
I believe that Junping-kun, with his talent and outstanding vision, will be more inclined to the third condition.
Therefore, the reason why I came here today is to discuss the third condition with Jun Pingjun, which is that you and the Chinese government will jointly form a joint venture to develop the Chinese market."
Zhang Junping was not surprised at all by what Toyota Shengjiu said.
The executive director and senior vice president all came in person, which shows that Toyota is determined to win.
"Mr. Toyota, your company is indeed a company with excellent vision and extraordinary courage." Zhang Junping also praised Toyota with a smile.
When I talked to Huang Xue before, I was confident that I could buy a car company with independent technology after receiving the patent fees.
However, buying a company and developing more advanced automobile manufacturing technology on your own, not to mention the manpower and material resources, the effort alone made Zhang Junping involuntarily give up.
Starting your own business is not as satisfying as clinging to the lap of the country and winning without hesitation.
"Junping-kun, I have another question. I know that your country is undergoing a change.
Do you really think this change can be successful?"
"Of course! The Chinese people are hard-working and simple. Under the leadership of the Communist Party, as long as the hard-working and simple Chinese people find the right direction, they will surely be able to explode with vitality that will shock the whole world." Zhang Junping said a high-sounding sentence confidently and proudly.
, and extremely correct words.
"How does Junping-kun plan to cooperate? How will the proportion of investment be distributed?"
"Haha! It's simple. Your company invests in technology, and I invest in shape design patents and some cash.
And domestically!
Invest in shares with factories, personnel, and policies.”
"Junpei-kun, can you explain it more clearly?"
"I understand more that your company invests in technology and machinery manufacturing equipment.
I invested in the company with the shape design patent and construction funds.
In China, existing factories, new factory land, a large number of skilled and cheap labor forces, and supportive policies for joint ventures are used as shares."
"How will the equity be distributed?" Toyota Shengjiu asked the most critical question.
"Your company accounts for 30%, I account for 30%, and the country accounts for 40%." Zhang Junping smiled calmly.
"Junping-kun, with all due respect, although your appearance design is great, you cannot own 30% of the shares.
Also, given the situation in your country, it doesn’t take much from me. Your workers’ skills are not up to par, and your factories, land, and policies are not enough to own 40% of the shares. Such an equity distribution plan is very unfair.
Our Toyota company is the best car company in the world, so we ask for a controlling stake, which is more fair and can better guarantee product quality."
When it comes to interests, although Toyota Shengjiu is still polite, he also starts to fight for every penny.
"Mr. Toyota is a China expert and should be able to better understand the power of policy support in China.
As for shares, the current ratio is indeed somewhat inappropriate. In current China, state-owned assets must occupy a controlling position.
Therefore, I plan to donate 11% of my shares to the country free of charge in order to meet the standards of state-owned asset holdings and facilitate this matter." Zhang Junping smiled magnanimously.
"Jun Ping-kun is going to donate 11% of the shares for free?
Do you know how much this 11% is worth?" Yushin Toyoda was a little excited after hearing Zhang Junping's words, and interrupted rudely to ask.
"Haha! Mr. Toyota, money is something you don't bring with you when you are alive, and you don't take it with you until you die. Just enough is enough, any more is just a number.
The goal of our efforts should not be how much money we make, but what achievements we can make for this society and for the development of mankind.
If a person is so poor that all he has left is money, then after a hundred years, all he will have left is a piece of chicken feathers.
Instead of praising your glorious achievements, future generations will engage in intrigues and do everything possible to fight for the money you left behind.
For this reason, you can resort to filing lawsuits or even resorting to all kinds of outrageous and dark methods to your brothers and sisters."
"..."
Zhang Junping's words left Toyota Shengjiu, Toyota Yuxin and others relatively speechless.
He didn't want to admit it, but that was actually the case.
Not to mention others, just the Toyota family, every time the old and new replace, it is a bloody storm.
Although it's not like a fight for the boss of the underworld, with real swords and guns, the level of danger is not bad at all.
As members of the Toyota family, Toyoda Shengjiu and Toyoda Yushin are deeply aware of this.
"Junpei-kun's integrity is really admirable!" Toyoda Shengjiu didn't want to continue the topic, so he gave a light compliment and changed the topic.
"Junping-kun, we cannot accept the fact that your government controls the company..." Toyoda Shengjiu said firmly.
After all, Zhang Junping is not a negotiation expert, nor is he a business elite. Within a few rounds, he was left speechless by Toyota Shengjiu.
It seems that not agreeing to let Toyota hold a controlling stake would be a huge mistake, and taking more than 10% of the shares yourself would be greedy.
Just when Zhang Junping was pressed hard by Toyota Shengjiu and was forced to retreat, the door of the small conference room was pushed open.
A group of people came in from outside.
"Hahaha!
Mr. Junping, for the intrusion, please forgive me!" A short and stocky Japanese man who looked very much like Eric Tsang walked in from outside with a big smile.
"Honda Yuka, you are still so rude!" Toyoda Shengjiu looked at the visitor with a gloomy face and gritted his teeth.
Toyota and Honda have been competing for decades.
Their battlefields spread from Japan to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States.
It can be said that wherever there are Japanese cars, it is a battlefield for their competition.
"Sheng Jiu-kun, you are still so hypocritical!" Honda Yuka, a short and stocky Japanese man, retorted.
After saying that, he ignored Toyoda Shengjiu's face that was deformed with anger, bowed to Zhang Junping, and then said straight to the point: "Junping-kun, our Honda board of directors is very interested in the third condition proposed by Junping.
I have been specifically entrusted to come here to negotiate with Jun Pingjun regarding the establishment of a joint venture factory in China."
"Mr. Honda is the executive director and senior vice president of Honda's corporate headquarters." A tall and thin Japanese man standing next to him, who was about 1.7 meters tall, introduced to Zhang Junping.
At 1.7 meters, he was really considered tall in the 1980s, especially in Japan.