Watching the guests walking towards the restaurant, Lin Ping came to the car in front of him and called Ye Wenzhu.
"Ah! Do we want to have dinner with them too?" Although Ye Wenzhu had already gone most of her nervousness, she had to have dinner with foreigners. This was her first experience in her life.
"Don't worry, you'll be with me! I'll pick up the delicious food for you first. From now on, we will be the "Free Eat Duo" in Beijing. As a human being, what is the most important thing to know? Happy! What is the happiest thing to do? Of course, it's free to eat and drink!" Lin Ping knew that Ye Wenzhu was nervous and afraid, so he took advantage of the situation to divert Ye Wenzhu's anxiety.
"Can you not go?" Ye Wenzhu didn't expect that the teacher could still laugh at this time.
But thinking about it, he was so knowledgeable when he led the group to explain.
No matter what questions the team asked, he could quote the scriptures and answer them smoothly. He even seemed to be very familiar with Buckingham Palace, just like his own home. Many times, Teacher Lin compared two royal palaces to make it easier for tourists to understand. If there was no such huge knowledge reserve, these guests would probably not understand many things.
"You are all a big girl, not a kindergarten kid. Go quickly, there will be no seats left after a while." Lin Ping pulled Ye Wenzhu and walked inside.
But this time, Ye Wenzhu reacted.
Teacher Lin seems to have held hands with him several times.
But although he reacted, Ye Wenzhu didn't know what to do?
If you pull it out suddenly, it will obviously make a man feel embarrassed and even lose such a good study opportunity. But if you just let others see it, you will gossip behind your back.
"I want to go to the bathroom!" Ye Wenzhu thought of a good reason.
"Waiter, where is the bathroom?" Lin Ping immediately stopped a waiter.
Ye Wenzhu finally escaped from the clutches!
When it was finally time to have a meal, Smith found Lin Ping and said he wanted to treat him two drinks, hoping to sit with him.
"Damn it, I'm not a escort!" Lin Ping was a little unhappy, but said, "I can't drink enough, I can only drink a little, otherwise I won't be able to continue working in the afternoon."
Originally, Smith didn't want to drink with Lin Ping, so he happily agreed.
When he arrived at the dining table, Lin Ping found that Deputy Minister He Yong was there too. Minister He also brought an interpreter to introduce the menu to everyone.
Ye Wenzhu was arranged to have a table with several single ladies.
Maybe everyone is a woman, and Ye Wenzhu's tension is gradually eliminating.
"Does Mr. Lin know about us General Motors?" After sitting down, although the dishes had not been served yet, Smith poured some red wine for Lin Ping and started the conversation with one shot.
"Learn a little." Lin Ping did not mind the other party's straightforwardness, but was very happy that he would ask such questions.
At this moment, Lin Ping was calculating in his mind.
See if you can get some money from this guy.
There are so many college students at the gate of the Wumen today, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to make money in the Forbidden City in the future. As long as I show up in the future, I guess there will be a bunch of students listening to the class behind me.
If I really get to that point, my fake professor would probably be in danger. If I have the opportunity to cheat this foreigner for a big deal today, I will say goodbye to my tour guide career in the future.
"As a consumer, do you think our GM will be very popular in your country?" Smith asked this with a confident smile on his face.
Lin Ping was a little hesitant when he heard this.
What should I say next?
Should I just skim the water or give them some strong medicine?
If Vice Minister He Yong was not here, Lin Ping would not have so many concerns.
If the medicine he gave was a bit fierce, Smith would be fine. If He Yong cheated him, it would be more than worth the loss.
"In terms of our country's current consumption capacity, as long as it is good and cheap, we strongly welcome any car, whether it is General Motors, Volkswagen or even Toyota." Lin Ping did not start to apply for a strong medicine immediately, but just followed the other party's words step by step.
After hearing the translator's low feedback, Vice Minister He Yong nodded with satisfaction.
But Smith was a little unsatisfied, which was obviously not the answer he wanted.
"But I have data on my hands. Your domestic car ownership accounts for less than 9% of the entire automobile market. And even among these 9%, 75% are government-purchased cars under the subdivision, 20% are state-owned enterprises, and the last 5% are individual cars purchased. Even the last 5% are mostly returned overseas Chinese.
This shows that your domestic individual consumers have no consumption power, and even if we transport the car, no one will buy it. With your domestic salary level, General Motors may not sell more than 100 cars directly to individual consumers every year. Faced with such a market, how can we achieve a good quality and low price? Could it be that we can sell Ford's classic cars back then? That kind of thing will indeed be very cheap." Smith didn't like Lin Ping's words, so he asked again with a point of view.
When Smith talked about Ford's classic cars, it caused a lot of people to burst into laughter.
Obviously, everyone does not believe that there will be individual consumers in this country who will buy cars. After all, a worker only earns 600 yuan a year, and he still wants to buy a private car with a salary of more than 100 US dollars? Even if he buys a car, they will only buy trucks for work.
Deputy Minister He Yong's face looked a little ugly when he heard the translation.
"Yes, your data is very accurate, and it does reflect the consumption level in our country. However... there is an idiom in our country called Yiye Damage. If the board of directors of your group only focuses on these sets of data, then I will tell you frankly. Your company will soon find that you have lost the best expansion opportunity in human history. I can tell you very responsibly that if you do not participate in my country's joint venture plan this time, you will be far away by the public." Lin Ping picked up the wine glass and took a sip of red wine, and began to use a strong medicine to shock the kid.
"I know that your delegation is not here to travel, but to examine the automobile joint venture plan with our country. In fact, you don't need to study data, reports, or markets at all. You just need to ask yourself one thing, do you believe that this country will take the path of a market economy?
If you believe that this country really wants to take the market-oriented path, even if we cannot replicate the economic glory of Japan after World War II in a short period of time, at least the personal economic capabilities of our ordinary consumers will take off quickly. Our country has a population of 1 billion, and even if only a small number of people get rich first, it is a terrible single market.
As a huge group company, who would give up such a big market in the world? But if you keep your skeptical attitude, you can choose to leave. History will soon tell you what mistakes you have made.
In 1979 last year, Volkswagen signed a contract for imported parts assembly vehicles with my country. 1,400 bulk parts were shipped from Europe and assembled into complete commercial vehicles. This is their respect for this market. And you will soon see that within three years they will complete negotiations with my country and start construction of factories.
In fact, if the negotiations go smoothly, it can be settled within one year. But Volkswagen is too greedy. They bullied our domestic automobile industry, and asked Minister He for a lot of price all day long. If I were the negotiator, I would directly tear out Volkswagen's hypocritical face.
In 1972, Volkswagen's sales in the United States were 490,000 vehicles, and in 1976, it quickly dropped to 200,000 finished cars, and in 1979, it dropped to 120,000 vehicles. The biggest reason for this is that Volkswagen's automobile technology is lagging behind and has been completely squeezed out of the North American market by Japanese automobile companies.
But such a backward automobile manufacturer is asking for prices in our country. Volkswagen is actually like you General Motors, looking down on our country's consumer market. But they must find new profit growth points for the Volkswagen Group. Fortunately, Volkswagen engineers have been in our country for more than half a year, and they have passed the observation of this half a year. They believe that we will definitely take the path of marketization in the future. So they will 100% join the business with us, but it depends on the negotiations in the end. If we make huge concessions now, Volkswagen will sign a contract tomorrow. "After Lin Ping finished speaking, he took another sip of wine.
Chapter completed!