Chapter 771 Dave Bing
Chapter 771 Dave Bing
Speaking of Detroit, we have to talk about the American automobile manufacturing industry. As a country on wheels, the American automobile industry was once the most developed in the world, and Detroit is the headquarters of the four largest automobile manufacturers in the United States and even the world, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler and American Automobile.
However, this city rose because of automobiles, and it also declined with the decline of automobiles, especially since the oil crisis caused by the automobile oil embargo in 1973, which made the city directly enter a cold winter and has not recovered yet.
It also made the four major automobile manufacturers almost bankrupt. Until now, although General Motors seems crazy on the surface, it actually knows its own suffering. In 2009, it finally had to go bankrupt and reorganize.
However, General Motors, which survived the previous oil crisis in the past few years, has been doing well. After all, it was not just his automobile company that suffered at that time, but all automobile companies suffered.
In the previous few years, in 1995, GM's car sales outside the North American market reached 3 million, which allowed it to take a step ahead in the overall layout and lay a solid foundation.
However, for now, neither Ford, GM, or Chrysler are doing well, and America has fallen in the dust of history.
The impact of Japanese and Korean cars, the attack of the German car army, and the covetous eyes of the French auto industry. In terms of household cars, American Gong Auto has no advantage over these national auto companies.
In terms of high-end sports cars, it is suppressed by several Italian sports car companies and has no achievements to show. Therefore, not to mention the international market, even in the domestic market, American cars are in retreat.
Such continuous encroachment of profits has led to poor profits for the company, and then the company is not expanding jobs, but is still laying off employees, which has further depressed Detroit's economy. This vicious cycle continues until the entire city files for bankruptcy.
However, after a while, the United States used its influence as the world's number one superpower in the minds of the Chinese people to make a comeback in China and barely survive.
But compared with the previous glory, it is still suppressed by Japanese, German and even Korean cars. Yang Dongxu's goal in coming to Detroit this time is to poach people.
In fact, it can't be considered poaching, because in this automobile capital with a very high unemployment rate, even if you pull a person on the street, it is possible that he is a skilled worker in the automobile production line, and there is even a high probability that he is a technician like an automobile engineer. These people are almost everywhere in Detroit. After all, almost everyone in Detroit used to serve automobile companies.
Yang Dongxu's target is these automobile engineers, and in addition to these automobile engineers, there are some production lines. Of course, these automobile companies will definitely not sell the top production lines, but if you can find a suitable opportunity to start with the eliminated production lines, it is still very cost-effective to buy them at a bargain price.
Although these production lines have been eliminated, they are still quite advanced for China. It's just that some automobile powers don't look down on them. If they don't say it, they will really be eliminated and become garbage.
As for such production lines, whether it is Germany, Japan, South Korea, or France, their own industrial development is very high-level, and they also have their own advanced automobile production lines that they don't look down on at all.
Those small companies that are interested in this kind of car production line can't afford it, so Yang Dongxu has the opportunity to pick up a bargain. However, if you go to the door to buy it, you will definitely be ripped off. I don't know since when it became the unspoken rule of these foreign companies to rip off Chinese businessmen directly.
So after Yang Dongxu arrived in Detroit, he did not go to the Great Auto Company to cancel, but first contacted Dave Bing, the owner of Dave Steel Company.
This was not introduced by Zhou Ya, but by Derek's friend. Derek, this guy who wasted his talent, had not met him and retired due to injuries in the end, and he didn't make much money in the next few years of his pension contract. But the reason why he can still live a very chic life after retirement.
To a large extent, it depends on this former NBA point guard, Dave Bing, a successful businessman who was selected into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990 and selected into the NBA 50 Greatest Stars in 1996.
This guy played well in his career and made a flying business after retirement. When American auto companies were impacted by foreign auto companies, he devoted himself to the manufacturing and stamping of automotive steel plates and started with only an old cutting machine donated by General Motors.
He has now become the 10th largest black-owned company in the United States, with an annual profit of more than 200 million US dollars. His business is much better than his basketball skills.
"Yang?" Yang Dongxu was stunned when he saw an old black man looking at an old car in Detroit. He didn't react until the other party greeted him with a surprised look.
"Dave?"
"It's me." Dave Bing nodded.
"Sorry, I didn't recognize you just now." Yang Dongxu stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party a little embarrassedly.
"It doesn't matter, because I was busy at the company just now, so I forgot to change my clothes when I came to pick you up. It should be my fault. But your style also surprised me. Derek didn't say that his friends are very rich." Dave said half-jokingly.
He was indeed a little undressed. Not to mention his work clothes, there was a lot of oil stains on the work clothes. If he was holding a wrench, everyone would probably think that he had just gotten out from under the old Ford car behind him. Get out.
"It seems that Derek wants to give you a surprise. My car is here. You drive in front and I will follow behind. Find a place and let's have a drink. I specially brought you several varieties of liquor from China. I hope you like it." Yang Dongxu smiled and gestured to the suitcase next to him.
"Haha, it is indeed a great gift." Dave smiled and nodded, without saying anything, he got into his car and drove ahead to lead the way. He and Derek were both very fond of drinking, and naturally they loved wine the most.
Yang Dongxu and his party got into the back of three Mercedes-Benz cars. However, the logo of the three-liang Mercedes-Benz cars he made was not that of a Mercedes-Benz, but that of a Maserati trident.
As a high-end car built in China, Daben's cabins are also very popular abroad, and it has foreign production lines. Masati is also among the large number of foreign car companies that are currently impacting the U.S. auto market.
However, compared with the comprehensive invasion of other companies, Maserati is taking a high-end route. Whether it is a business car or a sports car, it is not within the reach of ordinary people.
Jie Chengwu and Yang Dongxu got into a car, and a few strong bodyguards behind them, half white and half black, got into the other two cars. Then his car walked in the middle, and the other two cars took him to the beginning and the rank. Protection is in the middle.
In fact, it was not that Yang Dongxu wanted to impress Dave Bing in a grand manner. They are all bosses with an annual turnover of hundreds of millions of yuan. If a few cars can't scare the other party, they probably can fly a fighter jet.
The reason why I have so many bodyguards around me is because Detroit is so chaotic now. This city, which has gradually been occupied by black people, is one of the most chaotic cities in the United States. You may be involved in thieves, robberies, thefts, rapes and even murders on the streets. When I sat down to have a cup of coffee in a nearby cafe, someone robbed the cashier with a gun.
When public security was at its worst, many cars passing through the city did not even dare to stop except at red lights. When you see someone blocking a car, you definitely don't stop and ask what the other person is doing. Instead, you kick the accelerator and hit him directly.
That's why he brought a lot of bodyguards with him on this trip. Otherwise, not only would Jie Chengwu be worried, he himself wouldn't be worried either. After all, the United States is a country filled with guns.
Dave Bing led the way and didn't drive for long, or they didn't enter the city at all. Nowadays, since the major automobile companies have moved out of Detroit, the urban area has become the messiest and worst place, while the suburbs are relatively safe and prosperous with various estates. And they stopped at a mid-range restaurant that looked pretty good.
"I'm a little hungry. The burgers in this store taste very good. Do you want some?" Dave Bing drove the car into the parking lot and said, but when he saw a group of burly men coming down with Yang Dongxu: "Yes. "What do you want to eat? I'll go in and bring you some. Let's talk somewhere else?"
To be honest, Dave Bing is a little cold towards Yang Dongxu. This is the United States, who do you show off to someone with a Chinese face that is always easy to bully and a group of bodyguards? If it weren't for the fact that he and Derek had a really good relationship, they would have turned around and left long ago. He didn't want to do the business of such a pretentious guy.
"Let's go in and eat. I'm hungry too. The airplane food is really not that good." Yang Dongxu said with a smile, and then turned his head to signal to Ji Chengwu.
Chengcheng waved his hand and followed Yang Dongxu personally, while the white and black bodyguards got into the car again. They wear headsets in their ears. If something happens in the restaurant, they will be notified immediately and rush in.
Walking side by side with Dave, this old black man who was once an NBA professional player was no bigger than him. Walking into a burger restaurant, two people lined up to buy goodies and found an empty seat to sit down.
"Let me reintroduce you, Yang Dongxu, the owner of the 76ers team. I don't think Derek told you about this surprise."
After sitting down, he took the burger and prepared to eat. He planned to deal with it no matter what the Chinese guy in front of him said, and then left directly. Then he called Derek, an unreliable guy, and told him not to introduce these things in the future and only know how to understand. Dave, a pushy young man who knew him, was stunned when he heard Yang Dongxu.
He even forgot to bite the already opened burger, and then the burger in his hand fell back onto his plate with a clatter, "Who do you think you are?"
"Yang Dongxu, the owner of the 76ers team and Derek's owner." He said with a smile, then glanced at the person sitting on the table next to him and said sincerely, "I heard that Detroit was in chaos before I came here. Chinese Americans seem to be easy targets for bullying in the eyes of Americans."