Chapter 90 Valuable Information
I have seen people increase prices during negotiations, but I have never seen people actively ask for price reductions.
Jiang Hui's answer undoubtedly broke Mo Fei and Austin's understanding, so everyone remained silent and stared at him to see what conditions he would put forward.
“Let’s talk about the matter, I believe you all know that whether it is US$200,000 or US$100,000, it is a very low price for a classic car appearance.”
“If this style were given to Mercedes-Benz, BMW, or Toyota, I believe they would all be rushing to get it even if it costs 1 million US dollars.”
Although I am bargaining, there are other conditions.
But before giving specific explanations, Jiang Hui still had to make some things clear, lest people think that he didn't understand the market and deliberately deceived people.
Sure enough, after hearing what Jiang Hui said, Murphy and Austin looked at each other, and the awkward expressions on their faces flashed away.
"Jiang, you should know China's income level better than I do."
"100,000 US dollars is already money that most people can earn in hundreds of years. We are already very wealthy. Sincerely.”
"After all, you are only responsible for drawing the appearance. After we go back, we need to arrange for engineers to further make clay models, implement specific part designs, and ultimately invest a lot of money in production."
"The risk in this is also It's big."
Austin took a deep breath and tried to look calm.
What he said is true anyway, there is no need to feel guilty.
"What you said is correct, and I believe you also know what I said is correct."
"I still say the same thing, I don't need 200,000 US dollars, but only 100,000 US dollars, but we have to sign an agreement, and later you need to help me register no less than ten global patents on auto parts technology for free."
As soon as Jiang Hui said these words, Murphy and Austin looked at each other.
What is this condition?
Why did you jump to parts patents?
Does anyone in China care about patents?
But this condition seems to be no harm to General Motors?
“Jiang, you are completely different from the Chinese people I heard about.”
“Auto parts patents are not that easy to get.”
“Yes. It’s not like you grew up in China, I really thought you were a Chinese with a strong background, otherwise you wouldn’t be able to maintain this confidence.”
Murphy said with emotion.
He suddenly became more confident in Jiang Hui's talent and hoped to recruit Jiang Hui to work at General Motors in the future.
“Confidence without confidence is arrogance.”
“Confidence with confidence is natural.”
“Mr. Murphy, I believe this car can It will bring hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in revenue to General Motors, and it will become an indelible model in the development history of General Motors."
"Chevrolet BelAir, Cadillac Eldorado, and the like in the future. The degree of classicness will be overshadowed by it.”
Jiang Hui's words were like magic, leading Murphy and others to imagine the scene after this model was put into production.
Murphy no longer hesitated and immediately stretched out his hand and said: "Jiang, happy cooperation!"
"Congratulations on making a very correct choice on behalf of General Motors!"
< br>Jiang Hui also smiled and stretched out his hand, shaking it vigorously.
I have finally obtained the real first pot of gold in my life.
Of course, in 1978, it was definitely not an easy matter for a state-owned enterprise employee to obtain US$100,000 in funds from a foreign company.
Jiang Hui is mentally prepared for this. And he also roughly explained the situation to Murphy and others, and they would definitely need the cooperation of the other party later.
At this point, today’s exchange has almost come to an end.
Austin was very trustworthy and gave Jiang Hui some information related to the international automobile market.
For Americans, if the gift is opened on the spot by the other person, it is a sign of importance. Not only is it not rude, but it is also in line with their cognition.
Jiang Hui took the box of information that Austin brought over and opened it to take a quick look.
The top one is the English "Autocar" published in September 1978.
When Jiang Hui saw this magazine, he immediately became energetic.
The earliest car magazine appeared in England, and the time was surprisingly 1895 - you know, it was said that there were only 6 or 7 cars in the whole of England at that time!
This magazine is the famous "Autocar".
In England, where the automobile industry and cultural industry are equally developed, "Autocar" plays the role of "pioneer".
They evolved the industrial product of automobiles into a culture and lifestyle, and gradually formulated many rules.
For example, in 1928, "Autocar" proposed the car review concept of "evaluate after a test drive", which had a profound impact on subsequent automotive media.
For another example, "Autocar" recorded the entire birth process of the first McLaren F1 racing car, as well as test drive comments, which is also unique in the history of automotive media.
The weekly "Autocar" has been running smoothly since its inception for more than a hundred years, and was only affected by a few strikes in the 1970s.
However, on the century-old road of "Autocar" and the British automobile industry growing together, there are also strong competitors joining. This is currently recognized as the best car magazine in the world: "Car".
As expected, Jiang Hui also found its shadow in the box.
As a rising star, "Car" magazine, founded in 1962, gradually replaced the established "Autocar" in the world and became the helmsman leading the development trend of automobile magazines.
The editors of "Car" took the lead in launching a multi-car test feature and a car test report with story scenarios, which once again became the target of imitation by latecomers.
They founded the selection of the "European Car of the Year" award, which has now become the most influential annual car award in the world with the participation of journalists from all over Europe.
In addition, the term "Supercar" was also coined from "Car", which shows its pivotal status in the world.
It is precisely because of its authority that "Car" never compromises on a certain car brand. Their articles have always maintained an objective, fair and sharp-pointed style, which is naturally deeply loved by readers and industry insiders. sought after.
Jiang Hui quickly looked at the information inside to see what was there.
In addition to British car magazines, there are also American ones.
Compared with the British "Autocar" and "Car", the Americans, who came from behind, were not to be outdone. Their two most famous car magazines: "MotorTrend" and "CarandDriver" were founded in 1949 and 1955 respectively.
Jiang Hui saw the two magazines published in August and September.
"MotorTrend" is a loyal supporter of American domestic car brands, with a relatively obvious tendency. In the "Car of the Year" award they later founded and which is quite influential, there are many American domestic models every year. Be selected or even win the championship.
In comparison, "CarandDriver" is more international.
His style is more spicy and straightforward, and he likes to touch on controversial and sensitive topics.
They are also unkind in their criticism of American local brands.
Some other information is also difficult to find in China.
Now that foreign exchange is tight, even if they want to buy overseas magazines, general scientific research institutions and universities will not purchase automotive magazines.
This information is really valuable information to Jiang Hui.
(End of this chapter)