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Three days later, Lin Kaifeng set out to leave Hong Kong.

Before leaving, Lin Kaifeng arranged for Zhou Weidong to closely monitor Li Chaoren's every move.

There are only two or three days left until the end of the month.

Yesterday, the Holden company of Kangaroo Country contacted Lin Kaifeng and the company has formed a new expedition team.

The inspection team will continue to be led by Vice President Charlotte and will arrive at Northern Machinery Group in two days.

Compared to secretly investigating Li Chaoren's every move, it is more important to complete the cooperation with Horton Company as soon as possible.

Lin Kaifeng Wuxia stayed in Gangcheng to keep an eye on Li Chaoren.

The task was temporarily assigned to Zhou Weidong, and Lin Kaifeng returned to the group first.

Completed cooperation with Holden.

Only after things here are settled can Lin Kaifeng free up his energy to deal with Li Chaoren.

Destroy Li Chaoren's escape plan.

At the end of the month, dozens of senior executives from Horton came to the headquarters of Northern Machinery Group.

Lin Kaifeng took the initiative to serve as the receptionist and led everyone to visit the group's automobile branch and local supporting enterprises

"My God, this city is simply an industrial city built for automobile companies. Almost all the companies in the city, big and small, are related to your group."

"General Manager Lin, your automobile production workshop and production line are the most advanced and representative among the many automobile factories I have seen."

"We believe that Northern Machinery Group has indeed made significant technological progress in the field of low-fuel-consumption engines. It is more like an automobile group than an automobile branch."

After two days of visiting, the Horton team was greatly enlightened.

It was like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden and finding everything new and interesting.

I thought the automobile branch factory Lin Kaifeng mentioned was just a small automobile manufacturing plant.

I never expected that the branch factory would cover an area of ​​thousands of hectares.

At the same time, in the city where the group is located, there are a large number of companies that supply spare parts to the automobile factories.

The automobile branch not only has complete production lines, but also mature supporting enterprises.

The workers are all skilled craftsmen.

From the production of spare parts to assembly and delivery of a car, all costs are compressed to the extreme.

Compared with the island country's export-oriented energy-saving and fuel-efficient vehicles, it has more cost-effectiveness.

In the group meeting room, Sherlock and others were full of praise for the two-day tour.

A small five-seater car with a certain foundation costs Holden between US$8,000 and US$10,000 to produce.

This price is within Holden's cost limit.

It can't go down even a dime.

At the Northern Machinery Group, the production cost of a car of the same size is only five thousand.

The price is twice as cheap as Holden.

The performance advantage is more than twice.

Over the years, global oil prices have fluctuated.

The island nation's automobile companies have seized upon the issue of global oil prices and exported cheap, fuel-efficient cars that have kept the U.S.'s established automobile companies at bay.

Seize a large share of the US automobile market.

The low prices have also made traditional European automobile companies suffer.

"Mr. Lin, we are full of confidence in our cooperation with Northern Machinery Group."

"We accept all the cooperation you proposed and have no objections."

Charlotte decided to cooperate on the spot and signed the agreement immediately.

The cooperation between Horton and Lin Kaifeng is like picking up money with a sack.

The company only needs to pay a small price, but the profits it gains are unprecedentedly huge.

With sufficient profits, Horton was able to afford to employ a large number of surplus workers.

Across the conference table, Lin Kaifeng crossed his arms and said slowly, "Mr. Charlotte, distinguished gentlemen and ladies."

"Any business will inevitably be suppressed by competitors."

"We have established a joint venture, and our partner's brand cars are entering the U.S. and European markets. The first to come out and suppress us will definitely be the Japanese auto companies."

"At the same time, local auto companies in the two major markets will definitely not sit idly by."

"The majority of their auto market share has been taken away by companies from the island countries. Now that new competitors have emerged, all auto companies will fight us desperately to keep the last bit of market share."

Holden executives looked on in approval.

The business world is like a battlefield, and market share is like life for a company.

The smaller the market share, the more precarious the company's vitality will become.

Charlotte knew that Lin Kaifeng was not exaggerating.

With every word spoken, the future becomes reality.

The Kangaroo Country is the most obvious example.

Before the rise of the island nation's automobile companies, automobile companies from the United States and Europe sold their vehicles to the Kangaroo Country in droves.

Gained huge fortunes one after another.

In the 1970s, mankind faced its first oil crisis.

The island nation's automobile companies took advantage of the high oil prices brought about by the oil crisis and launched small cars with low prices and low fuel consumption.

Adhering to the principle of joining if you can't beat them.

The authorities of the Kangaroo Country took the initiative to extend an olive branch, inviting automobile companies from various countries to invest and build factories in the Kangaroo Country.

On the one hand, it will boost employment and tax revenue in the Kangaroo Country.

On the other hand, Holden Motor Company is arranged to cooperate with island countries' automobile companies to learn from each other's advanced experience and enhance its own competitiveness.

Unfortunately, the high labor costs in the Kangaroo Country have scared away car companies from the island country.

This caused the plan to fail midway.

"Since Mr. Lin has considered this, I guess he has a plan to deal with it, right?"

A senior executive of Holden said, "Please tell us, Mr. Lin, how should we deal with these unfavorable situations? If the plan is feasible, Holden will fully support you."

"We are about to become partners. Anything that affects sales profits is a top priority for both of us."

Hearing this, Lin Kaifeng said calmly: "If we want to successfully deal with the unfavorable situation in the future, we need to take two steps. First, we must continue to strengthen the core technology leadership of automobiles. Good products will never lack buyers."

"Our Northern Group will take full responsibility for this matter."

"In the field of low-fuel-consumption vehicles, our group has mastered a lot of core technologies, but what we lack are various channels to sell them internationally."

"Your Horton company can provide a channel for this."

"Secondly, I need the international support of Holden and the Kangaroo Nation."

“International solidarity?”

Charlotte frowned, not quite understanding what Lin Kaifeng meant.

The company executives around him were also confused.

Lin Kaifeng explained: "The so-called international support means that Holden and Kangaroo Country will fully support our group in all kinds of conflicts in the future."

"It's not difficult to check the background of the automobile joint venture. Once the automobile companies in the island countries and the United States accuse the Northern Machinery Group of trying to control the Western economy through commodity exports, they will create all kinds of rumors that are unfavorable to our group."

“At this time, you need to stand up and support Northern Machinery Group and prove that these accusations are false and slanderous.”