853. Contact Holden (4/5)
The helicopter landed in the tarmac of Holden Automobile Company. The lean camel is larger than a horse. After all, Holden Automobile is a car brand that once dominated Oceania for half a century. It is easy to understand that they have a tarmac in their company.
Kaplan shook hands with Wang Bo and praised: "Hello Mr. Wang, I'm so happy to see you. I have heard many friends mention you, the youngest and most promising young man in the Green Party."
"Also, I am very interested in Sunset Town. Unfortunately, I have been busy with official business and have not had time to visit. But after I have some free time next year, I will definitely take my family to Sunset Town for a vacation, which has become a vacation paradise."
Wang Bo smiled: "Thank you very much for your recognition of Sunset Town. I think it is really good to have a vacation in our place. I welcome the general manager to Sunset Town."
After a greeting between the two sides, Kaplan took the lead in turning to the topic and asked: "I heard from Chairman Alexander that you are planning to purchase a batch of high-end tourist buses, right?"
The people behind Wang Bo's faces became strange, and Kidd whispered to Hani: "No wonder this guy is so enthusiastic. It turns out that he thought we were here to deliver money."
Hani said calmly: "Don't talk, let the boss deal with it."
How did Wang Bo deal with this? The gap in expectations is a bit big. How did Vaggona convey to him? He clearly said that Sunset Town needs a batch of high-end tourist buses, which need to be the same as purchasing power?!
So he called and said, "Oh, our town really needs a batch of these cars now. You know, the bus system in New Zealand is so bad, we want to build a bus network ourselves."
Kaplan nodded in agreement: "Yes, New Zealand should build a more productive bus system. We have all seen that there were demonstrations on the price increase of buses across the country a few days ago."
Wang Bo didn't see these news, but he felt very happy. It turned out that more than just Sunset Town encountered this problem.
Kaplan continued: "Our Holden Automobile has transformed into agricultural vehicles and buses. I bet that New Zealand will not have cars that do better than us in this regard. Why don't we go and visit the production line?"
It's not that they boasted that Holden could have this confidence, especially when it comes to buses.
From 80 years ago to now, Holden has always been best at building car bodies and decorations. Buses do not have high requirements for engines, gearboxes, etc., and have the highest requirements for body comfort, so they are the right choice to change their development direction.
Then, led by Kaplan and Holden Automobile chief engineers and designers, they got on the electric tour bus and drove towards the dragon-like factory.
This also shows how bad the situation of Holden Automobile is. The business in a town can make them pay attention to this. If it is for Vaggona's sake, Kaplan can bring his subordinates to receive Wang Bo and his party without bringing the designers of the New Zealand company.
Wang Bo gave them a vaccination on the road: "The excellence of Holden Automobile is self-evident. I think the main reason why it cannot win the big market is the publicity. You lack good advertising."
Kaplan showed a very agreeable expression and said, "Yes, Mayor Wang, as soon as I heard this, I knew you were an expert in industry."
"Yes, we just lack exposure, which has led to a decline in market share. But our Holden Automobile has this concept, based on strength and speaking with quality!"
Wang Bo was stunned when he heard this. Isn’t this ridiculous? You Holden Automobile has the pretense to say that you are based on strength? Do you dare to say that you speak with quality?
Of course, he knew that Kaplan was also despising him in his heart. The problem of Holden Automobile was definitely not a simple publicity issue. They invested a lot in car publicity costs every year.
Entering the factory, the busy production line is revealed.
After all, this is the top automobile production line in developed countries, which may be said to be the former top automobile brand. The production line is highly mechanized, and the factory is cleaned spotlessly and extremely beautiful.
Wang Bo kept nodding as he looked at it. When he entered the second workshop, two middle-aged people suddenly ran out.
One of them took off his clothes and exposed his chest: We want to have a meal, and the weekly salary standard cannot be lowered.
Another middle-aged man shouted: "Mr. General Manager, please pay our unemployment benefits! We will serve Holden for the rest of our lives, you can't treat us like this!"
Wang Bo knew what the two were talking about. Zhou Xinshang was because even though he tried his best, Horton's losses did not stop. The media had long revealed that Horton's production of cars is not profitable at all, and every car produced is a loss.
In this dilemma, Holden wanted to start labor negotiations, hoping to reduce the weekly salary standard of $280 for employees.
In other words, the employees of Holden Company now have a monthly income of less than 1,200 NZD. Of course, the premise for these employees to earn this income is that the weekly working hours are less than 40 hours.
But the income is too low. Employees come to work and make money, so that everyone can be idle and can’t make money. What’s the difference between it and unemployment? How can employees be willing?
This time, Kaplan did not bring the security guard with him this time, but was accompanied by a technician, and was preparing to answer the technical questions raised by Wang Bo and his party.
So when a violent crisis arises, he can't solve it immediately.
Next, Wang Bo saw a scene that stunned him. The general manager of Tangtang Automobile Company actually ran to persuade the two of them with great sincerity:
"You go back to work first. The company is transforming and is in a period of pain. It will be fine in the future. After we successfully transform and occupy the market, the dismissed employees will be recruited again!"
"The weekly salary standard is set by the headquarters. This is an unreasonable standard. I will protest. Don't worry, this standard cannot be implemented in the company! As long as I'm here for one day, then..."
"What if you're gone?" an employee asked immediately.
Kaplan said flatly: "That's impossible. There will be no problem with my position. Don't worry..."
"We're not talking about your position, we mean your people," the man interrupted him again, "What if you die in office?"
Wang Bo felt a little sympathetic to Kaplan. He was reflecting on whether it was a bit too inhumane to want to sponsor at this time?
After reflecting on it, he felt that this was fine, not inhumane, and when it comes to business, which capitalist is not bloody with both hands?
But he was a little worried. Given the current situation of Holden Automobile, he probably wouldn't get sponsorship.
These two people were obviously looking for trouble, and Kaplan wisely chose to avoid their entanglement and signaled the chief designer to take Wang Bo and his party to leave.
Chapter completed!