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Investing in Darwin City is just the first step in Lin Kaifeng's comprehensive layout in the Kangaroo Country.

It is also the most important step.

If this step is taken well, the subsequent situations will be opened up.

Jones has not yet decided whether to cooperate with Lin Kaifeng to open an electric power company.

A group of unexpected visitors have arrived in Darwin City.

“General Manager, Holden Automotive Group was invited by Mayor Karl, so we’d better meet them.”

hotel room.

Xu Hongxing reported the situation of the past two days to Lin Kaifeng, who was lying on the bed with a sick face.

two days ago.

More than a dozen senior executives of Holden Motor Group, the largest automobile company in the Kangaroo Country, appeared at Holden Motor Group.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Kaifeng chose to pretend to be sick and avoid seeing anyone.

Arrange Xu Hongbing to receive them.

He said he was receiving people, but in fact he was observing the attitudes of this group of people quietly.

Two days passed.

Representatives sent by Holden Motor Group are still waiting at Holden Motor Group.

The attitude is clear.

Wait until Lin Kaifeng's condition improves before starting business negotiations.

Hearing this, Lin Kaifeng lifted the quilt and sat up, saying playfully: "It looks like Holden Automotive Group is really going to fail."

"I don't intend to miss any opportunity."

Xu Hongxing asked: "According to Mayor Carl, Holden Motor Group is the largest automobile company in Kangaroo Country. The company was established in 1852 and entered the automobile field in 1908."

"Their history of manufacturing cars is almost 80 years. Their cars are the national cars of Kangaroo Country. Why are they so anxious to cooperate with us?"

“Is it because they are suffering from serious losses internally? Do Western companies know about this, so they are unwilling to cooperate with them?”

"Red Star, I didn't expect you to be able to answer the question."

Lin Kaifeng laughed and said, "You are right. Holden Motor Group has indeed suffered serious losses, and the problem is far more serious than imagined."

Like many Western companies, Holden Motor Group is not just a manufacturing company.

During the war, Holden Motor Group was also responsible for the production of military products.

In terms of popularity, it is indeed the number one automobile company in Kangaroo Country.

pity.

No automobile company can escape the impact of island countries' automobiles.

This is true in the United States and in Europe as well.

The Kangaroo Country, which is located not far from the island country, was devastated.

In order to change this situation, the top leaders of the Kangaroo Country decided to take the initiative to cooperate with the island country's automobile companies.

Enhance the competitiveness of Holden Motor Group by using the chicken and egg approach.

Reduce tariffs and provide various preferential policies.

This has attracted many well-known global automobile companies, including those from the island nation, to invest and build factories in the Kangaroo Country.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Western countries share a common industrial characteristic: high labor costs.

The labor cost in the Kangaroo Country is only slightly lower than that in Europe and the United States.

In addition, the country is vast and sparsely populated, and the domestic market is limited.

Despite the vigorous investment promotion efforts, only a few foreign-funded enterprises were attracted.

Even automobile companies that go to the Kangaroo Country to invest.

They also quickly shut down their production lines and chose to leave.

then.

Even more embarrassing things happened.

The island country's automobile companies that moved away chose the same development strategy as Dragon Country.

By taking advantage of other countries' low labor costs, the export price of goods has been reduced.

Reverse sales to the Kangaroo Country further impacted Holden’s car sales.

After listening to Lin Kaifeng's introduction to Holden Motors, Xu Hongxing became even more confused and said, "General Manager, since the island companies know how to find countries with low labor and material costs to set up factories, why doesn't Holden follow suit?"

“They learned it, but it didn’t mean much.”

Lin Kaifeng said: "You said it yourself, Holden is the largest automobile company in Kangaroo Country, and it is also the best car in the eyes of the people of that country."

"If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight."

"Holden Motors has indeed built a number of car factories overseas, but once the external pressure is resolved, the internal pressure will be placed on them again."

In recent years, Holden Motor Company has indeed gone abroad and established branches in many third world countries.

By reducing production costs, we began to compete with island countries' automobile brands.

The bad thing is that Holden Motor Company is too big a name.

It's so big that they have to bear a lot of responsibilities that they shouldn't have to bear.

Holden Motors has a history of over a hundred years and is no longer just a company.

It is also a spiritual symbol of the Kangaroo Country.

When the country is in trouble, should Holden Motors just sit back and watch?

If the common people do not agree, the top leaders of Kangaroo Country will not let Holden Motor Company rest either.

The withdrawal of a large number of foreign automobile companies has created an unprecedented unemployment rate.

at this time.

Holden Motor Company suddenly became the focus of everyone's attention.

The authorities need Holden to absorb these unemployed auto workers.

People went to Holden to petition.

Request Holden to be more socially responsible.

Emotional cards, moral kidnapping, and media fanning the flames.

The Holden company, which was already facing internal and external troubles, was put directly on the fire.

Don't agree?

Holden would immediately be the target of widespread criticism.

From the spiritual symbol of the Kangaroo Country, it has become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to kill.

A black-hearted company that has betrayed the trust of the people for hundreds of years.

Moral kidnapping, public opinion fanning the flames, and continuous pressure from senior management forced Horton to choose to surrender and compromise.

Fully accept the production lines and unemployed workers left behind by foreign automobile companies.

Expand production capacity and split the head office's business into two.

They were established as Holden Motor Company and Holden Engine Company respectively.

no way.

If we don't do this, we will just be wasting money to support the workers.

Increasing production and expanding business scope is a temporary solution to a problem.

Do nothing and die faster.

This happened several times in a row.

Horton suffered heavy losses.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.

Major Western automobile companies are experiencing an unprecedented spring.

Horton Company also got a share of the spoils, and there was a final burst of vigour.

The sale of large numbers of cars to Eastern countries allowed them to recoup some of their losses.

After all, the last burst of light is temporary.

By the end of the 1990s, Holden had completely collapsed and became a OEM car company.

It declared bankruptcy more than a decade later and eventually became history.

"Red Star, tell Charlotte, the vice president of Horton, that I will meet with them tomorrow."

Pretending to be sick and delaying his disappearance was not just to secretly spy on the current operating conditions of Horton.

It is also to leave a good impression on the other party.

The fact that he received the Horton company delegation despite being ill showed that he valued them enough.

Whether Horton is valuable or not depends entirely on who has the final say.

The same thing falls into the hands of different people.

The effects are naturally different.

"Okay, General Manager. I'll go and inform them right away."

After Xu Hongxing left, Lin Kaifeng yawned and lay back on the bed to continue resting.

After running around so much during this period of time, I’m almost turning into a robot.

It's a good opportunity to pretend to be sick during these two days.

Restore your energy and spirit.