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Chapter 316 Bill comes, there is cause and effect

With the rise of tea art exhibitions in the United States, several major supermarkets in Washington began to place tea counters. The words "Longjing" were written in Chinese and English. sharp-eyed customers saw these tea leaves.

Although there was no publicity method, only fifty tons of tea were sold out within a few days of the tea art exhibition. Both the US and Liang Sanping were extremely surprised by the enthusiasm of the Americans.

Fifty tons of tea are not a small amount. But in less than a week, sales were exhausted. It has to be admitted that Liang Sanping's various publicity methods have had an extremely positive impact on the best-selling of tea.

"Hahaha... Mr. Liang Sanping, I have long admired Daqi! Your sales techniques really make me admire you. Even a marketing master who has been famous for many years may be more than one step away from you in this regard!"

Bill Volt smiled and said to Liang Sanping, who was modest and said that this was just a coincidence. Liang Sanping's modesty was not hypocrisy. He knew that these methods were actually learned from later generations.

Without those experiences and learning, I would not be able to show such skills. But this seems special to Bill Volt. Compared with the current hype advocated and used to the United States, Bill Volt prefers the restraint of the Eastern style.

In Bill Voltt's view, this kind of restrained ability is more powerful than being arrogant. Bill Volt has always had a special preference for Eastern culture. In his view, Eastern culture has a special mysterious charm.

The historical relationship between Volt and China can be traced back to 1913. At that time, Volt sold about 250 T-model cars to China. In 1924, the founding father, Mr. Yixian, wrote a letter to Henry Volt, hoping that he would help establish China's automobile industry.

Henry also agreed to the request at that time, but it was not planned to complete the business until four years later. In 1928, Volt established a sales and service branch in Magic City. The business of the agency did not end until World War II.

After that, the land of China fell into war. After the founding of New China, although Volt wanted to contact China for various reasons, he did not have many opportunities.

This situation lasted until June 1978, when Henry Volt II and other Volt supervisors finally found an opportunity to meet the then Southern Tour, the first American automaker to develop business in China.

In a recorded talk, Henry Volt II mentioned that Volt Automobile Company was "very interested in joining the development process of the automobile industry in the People's Republic of China". Since then, Volt's cooperation with the Chinese automobile industry has made great progress. In 1978, Volt Automobile established the China Affairs Office.

But for various reasons, Volt did not have much business development in China at the beginning. Liang Sanping's arrival gave them an opportunity. In fact, under the suggestion of Bill Volt, the entire company is preparing to enter China.

Their competitor, Volkswagen, has already achieved achievements in China. However, due to their previous hesitation about joint ventures with China, Volkswagen has taken the lead in building its own factory in China. This made the board of directors jealous for a long time after seeing Volkswagen's profits.

Unfortunately, after missing the last opportunity, Volt has always wanted to establish relations with China again, but has never found a more suitable opportunity. Now, Bill Volt has begun to notice Liang Sanping. He thinks this is an excellent opportunity.

Liang Sanping was able to take charge of such a big thing, which shows the trust he received. What Billvolt thought was to re-establish relations with China through Liang Sanping's entry into the Chinese market.

After the two greeted for a while, Bill Volt warmly invited Liang Sanping to visit his manor. Liang Sanping politely refused several times, but Bill Volt was very determined. Liang Sanping knew that the other party had something to tell him.

So he agreed, and Bill Volt then smiled and sat down at the guest seat. At this time, Nelson came up and whispered to Liang Sanping: "Bill wants to contact you and find a way to enter the Chinese market..."

Nelson's words meant Liang Sanping was very confused. With Bill Volt's relationship, Liang Sanping believed that he could find a more suitable candidate than himself. Moreover, the industry they worked in was completely incompatible with Liang Sanping's agriculture.

What should I do with Liang Sanping in this way?! I should find someone else, and Liang Sanping is self-aware. His influence in China is completely average, and maybe he can say something in agriculture because of the support of He Kang and others.

But if it involves industry, he is completely blind. Liang Sanping doesn't understand the automobile industry at all. Bill Volt is completely asking about it. Liang Sanping doesn't believe Bill Volt would not have thought of this level.

"Old Bill is actually very helpless. They have thought about contacting China. They would have been the first to build a factory in China, not Volkswagen. But because of some circumstances of the board of directors, their negotiations with you broke down..."

Nelson seemed to know what Liang Sanping wanted to ask, but saw him smiling and said, "After that, Volkswagen quickly contacted you. Not long after, news came that Volkswagen had established a production plant in the Magic City. Volt and his heart regretted it..."

Liang Sanping didn't say anything. If this is the case, then Bill Volt should not look for him! He should find someone who can speak as an intermediary to contact the Chinese side, right? Why do you look for yourself?

"Sanping, Old Bill has not found anyone else. But Volkswagen has been staring at their actions, and the competition among large companies is still fierce. Almost all the people who Old Bill can find..."

Liang Sanping then suddenly realized that Volkswagen must have obstructed it. In June 1982, the old man from the Southern Tour personally issued an instruction: "Shi cars can be jointly invested", giving the green light to China's joint venture production of cars.

In January 1984, China's first Sino-foreign joint venture automobile company, Didu Jeep Automobile Co., Ltd., opened. In 1985, Magic City Volkswagen appeared, which opened the forefront of Hyundai's joint venture automobile industry.

Speaking of joint venture automobiles, Liang Sanping also knows an interesting story. As soon as the China Automobile Company was established in 1982, China Automobile Company immediately issued a report, requiring the Magic City Automobile Company to increase its investment and organize large-scale production of cars to replace imports.

However, the report was not approved by the Planning Commission and the Economic Commission at that time. Chen Shutao, the organizer at that time, encountered setbacks. At that time, there was a person in the decision-making agency who was quite conservative in their thinking, and they believed that "cars are bourgeois lifestyles and must not give the green light to it."

When an official of the Planning Commission with a higher status than the Chen Group Tao did not sign Chen Zutao, Chen Zutao could no longer help it. He asked the leader if he would take a car, and the leader replied, "Sit".

But when Chen Zutao was angry, he shouted: "Why can you sit, but others can't sit? Why is it not a bourgeois lifestyle when you sit, but someone else sits, but a bourgeois lifestyle when you sit?"

The official was also angry and said to Chen Zutao: "You can write an article in the People's Daily to criticize me, but the car must be strictly controlled like family planning, and no more production is allowed."

Many years later, Chen Zutao and the retired official met again on another occasion. The official lamented that he was indeed too conservative back then and sincerely apologized to Chen Zutao.

"Nelson, my friend, you know my situation too. I can't say a word in terms of industry. If you ask me to help him contact the domestic industrial port, it's really a big deal..."

Liang Sanping smiled bitterly and said to Nelson: "If it were agriculture, I could say something. But in terms of industry, I am really powerless! I believe Mr. Bill knew about this, right?!"

"Of course he knows it! But it is precisely because you are an agricultural person that he chooses to contact you." Nelson smiled and said, "If it is an industrial portal, I'm afraid you have received news from the country and cannot contact Bill."

Nelson said the fact that although China allowed joint ventures to appear at that time, foreign capital was not allowed to account for 50% of the company's shares, and it must be held less than 50%. It is precisely because of this that Volt Company was very hesitant to enter.

However, companies such as Jeep, Volkswagen and others did not consider this at all and directly chose to enter the Chinese market. Even if they had a low shareholding rate, they were willing to enter. This made Volkswagen and Jeep develop very well in China.

Not to mention the influence of Volkswagen's Santana series in China from the 1980s to 1990s, even the Jeep, the Imperial Jeep, Cherokee and other cars produced by Jeep, entered people's vision as the "first SUV for Sino-foreign joint venture", and it lasted for 20 years. Although the company was later reorganized, Cherokee no longer produced it.

But countless car fans still remember this car, and their feelings grew deeper and deeper as time went by, and even gave it a kind name - Xiaoqi. Its loyal surroundings even kept it proud.

"It is because you are not an industrialist who wants you to come and play." Nelson smiled and said, "Actually, they have their own ideas. They include who to talk to and how to talk to, but first they have to hide their eyes and go to China..."

When Liang Sanping heard this, he suddenly realized that he was an agricultural worker. If Bill Volt was close to him and made a noise, they were interested in investing in agriculture. Then the eyes of a bunch of people would naturally be attracted to agriculture.

They could naturally ask someone to follow Liang Sanping to China, and the name... they naturally investigated. But they still have the final say on what to do after they arrive in China?! Liang Sanping immediately understood what Bill Volt wanted to do. (To be continued)

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