After counting it down, there are indeed many good things in Europe, such as this automobile automation production line, which Europeans are very good at.

Li Yifan had never thought about buying such production lines from Japan, but now Japanese people regard these production lines as their own unique skills, and they would not consider selling them to you Chinese.

After all, so far, with the followers behind, Japan has not much to show off, and it is only in the field of automobile manufacturing, optoelectronics, and some of its own unique skills, so now the Japanese regard these things very closely.

Think about the later Chinese private independent brands. After entering the field of automobile manufacturing, when they built and opened molds, they had to spend a lot of money to go to Japan to open molds because the domestic accuracy did not meet the standards. However, the mold was so terrible that the Japanese were fucked by you. The seams between sheet metal parts could be wider than a finger, which shows the bad intentions of the Japanese.

If it weren't for the opportunity of the financial crisis, domestic independent brands took advantage of the opportunity to acquire several Japanese mold companies, the sheet metal molds of domestic automobiles would still be a scoundrel.

There are three countries in the world that can independently produce the entire automobile industry chain. One is Japan, which is not considered for the time being, and the other is the United States, which is no longer considered by Li Yifan.

First of all, what made Li Yifan worry about in the United States was the arrogant attitude of the Americans, and the US government's attitude of flirting with Chinese companies the most about import and export of machinery.

In the eyes of the arrogant Americans, even if we can't use these things ourselves, we don't want to sell them to you Chinese. Anyway, we have money, even if we pile them into our support, we can't sell them to you. You must know that the Americans' attitude towards China has never been very good, so Li Yifan is quite disgusted with Americans.

The second is that the production line of Americans themselves is not very good. Look at the workmanship of American cars, compared with Japanese cars and European cars, they are completely different levels.

Their rough-mining style of car manufacturing is exactly the same as the attitude of the former Soviet Union when manufacturing military products. The sheet metal joints were not much better than those of Chinese car manufacturing companies when they first entered the field of automobile manufacturing. Moreover, the cars they built were always famous for their fuel consumption and many minor problems.

In fact, Americans are not making good cars, but because they really don’t have the heart to build good cars. Those American automakers are really spoiled by the powerful US government and the proud American people. No matter what the car we make is wrong, the American people still like to buy American cars in the end, right?

So it is precisely because of this attitude of car manufacturing that American cars were once beaten by Japanese cars in the market. This attitude was only slightly changed after the extraordinary economic crisis eight years later, when the three giants went bankrupt and two of them went bankrupt.

So now Li Yifan dares not build a car production line in the United States. On the one hand, the price is expensive, and the attitude is quite arrogant, and he may not be able to buy the best things, so he simply gave up on the idea of ​​buying American goods.

In this way, after thinking about it, the method of manufacturing production lines of the entire vehicle really has to be put into European goods.

In the last life, domestic private independent brand vehicle manufacturing production lines were really a breakthrough from Europe. Later, many car manufacturers went directly to Europe for large-scale purchases, and the entire production workshop was simply filled with European goods.

It was precisely from Europe that the Japanese also opened up the gap and began to export a lot of tools like robots on production lines, like China.

Speaking of European goods, these Europeans did not have a particularly friendly attitude towards Chinese automobile manufacturing at the beginning, but they are different from Americans, and Americans are completely arrogant and look down on them.

Europeans underestimated the ability of Chinese manufacturing. At the beginning, they were unwilling to sell production lines to Chinese people, but they did not want to guard against Chinese people like Americans, but because they thought you Chinese could not afford them at all.

The first to open this breakthrough was the domestic company Chery. When they first started their business, they bought a second-hand Ford production line from a bankrupt British automaker by spending a lot of money.

It’s a pity that these British guys are so capable. When they transported the production line to China and were responsible for installation and commissioning, they deliberately made Chery bad. A second-hand production line was installed back and forth for half a year and still not completed. The handling fee and labor cost were charged a lot. In the end, Chery couldn’t bear it anymore, so he simply drove away all the British engineers and started the horse. He still completed the installation and commissioning of the production line.

However, it has to be said that Ford's second-hand production line is really too terrible, which leads to the quality of the first batch of models produced by Chery always has one or another. So there is a saying that Chery is queuing up for repairing cars.

However, although Chery suffered a great loss in this matter, it also allowed European companies to see the consumption capacity, courage and courage of Chinese companies. Later, when Chinese companies came to negotiate to purchase automobile automation production lines, they were much more polite and no longer hid themselves like before.

Later, Great Wall conducted large-scale joint procurement in Sweden, Germany and other places, and purchased the entire automobile production line worth more than 3 billion yuan. Of course, that happened around 2007 and 2008. It was precisely because of this production line that they became the overlord of the domestic automobile industry.

As a veteran, when Li Yifan wanted to manufacture automobiles, because he had the experience of his previous life, he must have a native brand like Chery and Great Wall, which has natural advantages and will avoid many detours.

Moreover, there were more bullets in his pocket, so he simply omitted the idea of ​​buying a second-hand production line. If he didn't take action, he would just need a brand new production line. Anyway, I have enough money provided by the Japanese, so the money would not be spent.

Instead of leaving it in the bank and letting the bank use it to make money, it is better to exchange it for a tool that can make money to be affordable.

Moreover, these days, prices are not as vulnerable as they are ten years later, so it is still relatively cost-effective to buy European equipment.

The most important thing is that I have the advantages that other domestic independent brands do not have, that is, the purchasing channel in Europe, and this channel is Heidi.

You should know that those Europeans, if they face a Chinese company that suddenly comes to their door and is not well-known, will definitely have a natural noble and cool attitude, and will also scare you the price, and in the end they will have an attitude of whether you like to buy it or not.

But if Heidi was on her behalf to negotiate with those European companies, relying on her European network and the manufacturing companies controlled by her company, such acquisitions would be twice the result with half the effort for her.

"By the way, Heidi, do you know a team of automotive design engineers in Europe? "

Li Yifan thought about it and asked Heidi again.

"Haha, I have to go back and look for it. It seems that my dad once had a stake in Saab, but later Saab was acquired by the Americans. After my old man took the money, it seemed that he had not been involved in the field of automobile manufacturing. But I heard that after the Americans acquired Saab, they broke Saab apart. Now Saab is struggling in the market and life is not easy. Many of the former Saab engineers have resigned, some have gone to other auto manufacturing companies, and some are still living on Saab, but I think if you are willing to pay the right price, they may be willing to come and help you."

Heidi replied with a smile that in fact, car-making engineers may be very new to talk about in China, but in Europe with a developed automobile industry, such talents are not all over the streets, but there are no fewer experienced people.

"Okay, after you go back, you can help me find some such people, preferably engineers in chassis training, professional talents who understand technology and manage. After the meeting is held, those who are willing to work in China come to me for an interview."

It’s not bothering the second master in one thing, let alone what the relationship between Li Yifan and Heidi is. This matter may be quite difficult for me, but if Heidi comes forward, it will definitely not be difficult.

"No problem, I'll help you find it when you go back."

"By the way, you must find those who have real materials and are willing to endure hard work. I am not hesitant to pay a lot of money for such people. If you guys like to brag and live a European lifestyle without any trouble, then forget it. You also know that the aura of your European workers is really big. You have to have afternoon tea for more than an hour at work, and afternoon tea for afternoon tea. You work eight hours a day, and it takes less than six hours to really use the time to take the knife. And you always have a strike. If you want to fire him, he will rush to sue you. I don't dare to ask for such a man-like engineer, no matter how good his skills are."

Li Yifan is quite scared of those skilled workers in Europe, especially this type of work.
Chapter completed!