Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant

"Is it possible for us to acquire Opel?" Qu Li didn't know if he was being targeted by someone, or someone was targeting Honor. How could such a small rumor be implicated in Honor's acquisition of moto? The United States has always suppressed Chinese technology companies. ?

Since he doesn't understand, he should find someone to consult. Jumei and Glory have "staff" teams, and information collection and analysis are very important.

"GM plans to sell 1.4 million Opel brand cars this year, which should actually be slightly more than 1 million, and Opel is the core of GM's "Global Unified Platform" strategy..." Some people are not optimistic

"Because of their global unified platform, GM sucks blood from their major subsidiaries. Even if they sell Opel, they can pass a series of agreements..."

This is easy to understand. Saab was ruined by GM in this way, and it couldn't be sold even if it wanted to sell it.

"Since GM wants to sell, why pay 1.9 billion euros to restructure Opel's debt?"

"Opel has about 50,000 employees in Europe, which can affect hundreds of millions of employees in the industrial chain. GM may want to force Germany and the EU to contribute and reduce their financial pressure."

All kinds of information come from personal sources. Qu Li has a better understanding of Opel. With 130,000 employees, this is beyond his management ability. If he really wants to acquire, he can only "empower".

Labor protection in the European Union far exceeds that of China and the United States, and it is very difficult to lay off workers on a large scale. Therefore, Jumei employees are mainly concentrated in the UK where layoffs are easier. Honor has invested a lot in the UK and Germany because of its business relationship.

Qu Li dared to let Qiancheng Motors set up a research and development center in Europe, of course, because Glory has legal professionals from various countries. In the Internet age, he will not be fooled into thinking that every European company has a labor union and must be established.

"Oubao Automobile plans to lay off employees due to losses..." Lu Tao sent Qu Li a message, it seems that he really contacted Opel Automobile

Opel's 50,000 employees must have a union. The cost is high, and car sales are declining. It is normal to lay off workers at a loss. Let him, a capitalist in a big eastern country, do it. The internal and external influences are huge, so he would not do such a thing.

It is very difficult for EU companies, especially the French and German auto industries, to lay off employees, and even need to "find a good home" for the laid-off employees, so the arrival of Qiancheng Automobile is an opportunity.

But Qu Li asked Lu Tao to go to Europe not to pick up garbage, but to increase the upper limit of future fuel vehicles. The price of domestic auto engineers is much cheaper, and the monthly salary of 10,000 can not worry about not being able to find someone, but in Germany, the monthly salary of 30,000 can only be hired. ordinary worker.

Even if Qiancheng establishes a R\u0026D center in Germany with only 100 engineers, the average annual salary can easily exceed 500,000 yuan, and the annual labor cost alone will cost more than 50 million yuan. For example, the annual salary of BYD's global design director exceeds 15 million. Top talents are not cheap.

However, if we want to increase the upper limit of Qiancheng Automobile, we will not find a shortcut to success without wasting money.

Honor's acquisition of Moto is likely to fail, so arrange for people to go to Germany to help Lu Tao recruit people from the Opel R\u0026D Center in Farakfur, Rüsselsheim. Kimchi Country Hyundai Motor has a research institute here, and Geely later established a research and development center nearby.

Before Qu Li responded to those rumors, GM contacted Honor North America to inquire about the acquisition intention, and asked Qu Li.

"Why don't we try." Rumors spread more and more, Lu Tao, Xia Mingfei and others, including the local government, wanted Qu Li to acquire this European car company with an annual sales volume of over one million.

"The purpose of my establishment of Qiancheng Motors is to build pure electric vehicles. Now I sell fuel vehicles just to master the ability to build cars, make good cars and make money to invest in electric vehicles, not to become a new giant of fuel vehicles.

Opel is a good company, but I don’t want to build too many fuel vehicles. Qiancheng has two models now, and will launch up to three fuel vehicles in the future. It’s too much for me to buy an Opel with an annual sales volume of 1 million units. It's extravagant..." Qu Li refuted the rumors on Twitter, and then someone asked him to explain why Glory acquired a fuel car company before it was listed.

"Because of legal restrictions..." Qu Li explained, but unfortunately, the effect was minimal. State-owned enterprises occupy the most advantageous resources in the automobile industry, and the most dynamic ones can only develop...

"Why is Future Geometry going on sale?" Someone took the opportunity to ask, there are many people queuing up to buy mobile phones in Honor, and many people around the world know that there is such a car.

"The future geometry is not perfect. During the half-year exhibition, we collected a lot of suggestions for improvement. Some of them can be improved slowly. Some problems our engineers think are easy to upgrade now, and then there is a small problem that needs time to solve..."

"All buyers who paid in full can apply for a refund, and we pay an additional $1,000 worth of coupons to shop on Shopee; other bookings including non-refundable users can get Jumei or Shopee shopping coupons worth about $100 .”

"Qiancheng Geometry will be officially launched at the Beijing Auto Show at the latest!" Qu Li communicated with netizens on Twitter, tactfully rejecting the acquisition of Opel.

But he didn't expect that GM seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, maybe Qu Li just fit their needs, and GM's CEO actually called Qu Li himself, wanting to talk to him face to face.

Can Qu Li refuse? No, he's not Zuckerberg or Musk.

The two made an appointment to meet in Beijin, and visited the Qiancheng Geometry factory and R\u0026D center by the way.

After the two negotiated, the CEO of GM contacted Opel and asked them to give Qiancheng a certain amount of convenience, that is, they can package and buy certain departments of the Frankfurt R\u0026D Center, such as the chassis or platform that Qiancheng Motor continues.

As for Saab, don't even think about it. The CEO of Saab doesn't know how much he hates GM, which has ruined their vitality, so how could he actively cooperate. But they contacted the Ministry of Foreign Education and Qiancheng Motors through relevant Swedish departments, and wanted Quli to acquire Saab.

As for Saab's current major shareholders Da Da and Young, we cannot say that they are liars, but they should not be down-to-earth businessmen, and they are destined to be bullied overseas.

People kept looking for Quli for various things through various relationships. Xingsha in Hunan Province and Yangcheng in Guangdong Province were very concerned about this matter, and the stock price of Qiancheng Automobile was even affected by the stock price jumping up and down.

Lu Tao gave up contact with Saab and concentrated on poaching people in Frankfurt. They wanted to lay off 1,400 people, and they only needed 100 people in the future. It seemed easy, but no one wanted to give up the elite team.

So Qu Li asked people to mobilize several Future Geometry units from major cities in Europe and drive them to the Opel Frankfurt Research Center, including going around the Hyundai Motor Research Institute, which attracted a lot of attention and discussion.

All kinds of gossip and gossip are flying all over the sky. Qiancheng Auto is like a scumbag wandering between Saab and Opel. A well-known auto media went to Frankfurt to test drive Qiancheng Geometry. After being greatly shocked, they gave Qiancheng Geometry this car in the TV show. compliments:

"It's hard to believe that this car was made by a Chinese company, but after knowing that Honor is the controlling shareholder of Qiancheng Motors, I finally understand..."

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