Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 126 Something happened indeed

Aida Stamping is not particularly famous among Japanese machine tool companies.

After all, their products are mainly presses, and ordinary people basically have no contact with them.

But since its founding in 1917, Aida has gone through more than 80 years.

In the segmented field of stamping equipment, its strength is still very strong.

Except for Schuler, no stamping equipment factory in the world can steadily dominate them.

Thanks to the rapid development of Japan's automobile industry and home appliance industry, Aida's press sales are also increasing year by year.

However, even so, orders for more than 30 presses at one time are very rare.

Everyone in Aida takes it very seriously.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

After Aida submitted the quotation to the parent companies of Weifu and Aiji such as F-TECH and H-ONE, there was no news after half a month.

This made Mr. Takeuchi, the head of the Aida Sales Headquarters, feel something was wrong.

"Minister Yonekawa, I heard that your company's factory in China has started construction. The installation and commissioning of all equipment will be completed in the first half of next year. The schedule is very tight."

“Especially for large-tonnage presses, not only the manufacturing cycle is relatively long, but also installation and debugging are time-consuming.”

"Your order may need to be sent as soon as possible so that we can do our best to respond."

Although preparatory work is already being done within Kaitian Company, even individual long-lead parts are already being prepared.

But Takeuchi would definitely not say that to Yonekawa.

If you want to force others, you also need to pay attention to skills.

In Japanese companies, people like to talk in a roundabout way.

It is not popular to speak harshly.

"Takeuchi-san, I was just thinking about asking you to come over and have a nice chat."

Yonekawa quickly thought about how to tell Mr. Takeuchi about this matter.

In fact, H-ONE held a board of directors meeting internally last week and reached a conclusion on the investment in Huaxia factory equipment.

But this conclusion is a bit strange. Yonechuan is preparing to fly to China to confirm the situation in person.

So I never gave any feedback to the people in Aida.

To a certain extent, Yonekawa is also leaving a way out for himself.

After all, the board of directors' decision is a bit strange and a bit unreliable.

If the time comes to order presses from Aida again, he, the head of the purchasing department, will be under greater pressure.

"There happens to be a new izakaya opened near your company. Their tuna sashimi is very good and their eel rice is also very special. How about we get together there tonight?"

Takeuchi raised his left hand and looked at his watch, not wanting to waste another day.

Anyway, every night he has to go have a drink before going home.

Even if the company doesn't work overtime, he still has to wait until eleven or twelve in the evening to get home.

After all, in Japan, the later a man comes home, the busier he is at work, and he is taken seriously.

If you get home at six or seven o'clock every day, then your wife and spouse will be worried about you.

"Izakaya..."

"Alright."

"I happen to have a bottle of Yamazaki's whiskey stored there, so we can have a drink tonight."

Yonekawa's words made Takeuchi feel a little surprised and a little uneasy.

The other party is the head of the purchasing department of H-ONE.

As the largest stamping parts manufacturer under Honda, H-ONE is comparable in scale to Toyota's Toyotsu and Nissan's UNIPRES in Japan.

In front of the press manufacturer, it is Party A’s father who is the right one.

I'm actually so polite to myself today...

This is something that has never happened before.

You must know that although Aida has an extraordinary position in the Japanese stamping equipment segment, it is not without opponents.

Not to mention that Schuler has always wanted to expand the Japanese market, Korea Hyundai Wia wants to come over to grab orders, and Komatsu Stamping, which is also a Japanese company, can bring great competitive pressure to Aida.

Even Komatsu is larger overall than Aida.

With an uneasy mood, Takeuchi went to the meeting alone without anyone, and went to the izakaya to wait for Yonekawa's arrival.

Fortunately, this time Yonekawa came over without keeping him waiting too long.

The two were old acquaintances, and after exchanging pleasantries they sat down on the tatami.

"Takeuchi-san, Aida's development is not bad this year, right?"

"I heard that your financial statements for fiscal year 2000 were very good."

Naturally, Yonekawa would not take the initiative to mention the ordering of presses from the Huaxia factory.

But we couldn’t stay silent, so we found a general topic to talk about.

"Thanks to your company's strong support, the situation last year was indeed good, and the club's turnover hit a new high."

"Especially in the American market, which contributed more than [-]% of our turnover last year."

"Your company's branch in the United States has also given us strong support."

Although Takeuchi really wanted to know what was going on with the orders from H-ONE's Huaxia factory, he also knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

How can we easily discuss confidential matters without having a few glasses of wine?

This is only a one-time meeting.

When the second meeting or even the third meeting is held later, it will be convenient for everyone to say anything.

"The development in the United States is indeed very fast, and Honda's Accord and Civic are selling very well."

“Our factory will also order an 800-ton PRG press and a 1500-ton TRF press next.”

"It is possible to further expand the scale and build new factories in the future."

I will tell the other party bad news later, so naturally I have to give Takeuchi a cake first.

Otherwise, I would feel uneasy after drinking this meal.

"Then I'll ask Minister Yonekawa to take care of me then."

Takeuchi's mood improved a lot, and he raised his glass to have a drink with Yonekawa.

After the conversation started, the atmosphere between the two became much more harmonious.

When both of them were almost done drinking, Takeuchi said, "Yonekawa-san, let's go sit at the Kabuki Hall on the next street for a while and then go back?"

"I heard that a new group of girls have arrived over there."

In China, it is normal to go to the KTV to sing a song after the wine party and have a second performance.

It's similar in Japan.

People's first meeting and second meeting mean the first and second meetings.

"No, I've had a busy day today, I'm almost done here."

Normally, Yonekawa would definitely not be polite, but the situation was different today.

"It's okay, just go and relax."

"I would also like to ask Yonekawa-san about the production arrangements for press orders at the Huaxia branch."

At this time, Takeuchi naturally wanted to bring the topic to the topic.

"Takeuchi-san, I want to tell you even if you don't ask."

"Since your presses need to be exported from Japan to China, not only do you have no advantage in price and delivery time compared to local suppliers in China."

"Just buying imported equipment costs China's foreign exchange, and they also hope that we can use domestic equipment as much as possible."

"Is it possible for you to set up a branch in China to produce presses?"

As soon as Yonekawa's words came out, Takeuchi felt a chill in his heart.

Sure enough, something went wrong!