Rebirth 99 to become a car giant.

Chapter 92 A somewhat special invitation

The people of Magic City.

On his first day back at work during the Spring Festival, Bu Defan received a strange phone call.

SKF's sales director Holm took the initiative to talk to himself about the issue of after-sales parts for wheel hub bearings, expressing that SKF would no longer sell after-sales parts to the market on its own in the future.

Bu Defan naturally welcomed this decision.

After all, no OEM wants to see suppliers selling after-sales parts on their own.

This is equivalent to grabbing the cake with the after-sales service department of the OEM.

However, although this was a good thing, Bu Defan was keenly aware of the strangeness in it.

"Li, years ago we commissioned the quality management department to test and compare the original SKF bearings on the Santana and the wheel hub bearings from Nanshan Technology Co., Ltd. bought from the repair shop. Are the results out now?"

Just when Li Jianfeng was about to report to Bu Defan, he was called over.

"The results of some durability tests may still take time, but the basic parameters related to dimensional accuracy should have come out."

"I just called you as soon as I got to work and was preparing to report to you."

Li Jianfeng breathed a sigh of relief when Bu Defan asked him about the wheel bearings.

Fortunately, I was prepared.

"What are the current confirmation results?"

“Is there something wrong with Nanshan’s bearings?”

"I remember those car repair shops promised a lifetime warranty, right?"

Vaguely, Bu Defan felt that he was about to guess why Golm had called him.

"The current report does not reveal any problems. We have to wait for the durability test results to come out."

"As for the lifetime warranty, I feel it's more of a gimmick."

Bu Defan was not very satisfied with Li Jianfeng's answer.

“There’s no problem, maybe that’s the biggest problem.”

"The requirements for dimensional accuracy of wheel hub bearings are very high, especially in terms of surface roughness and the accuracy of related components."

"Now Nanshan has actually done it."

"I'm really looking forward to the final test results."

When Bu Defan said this, Li Jianfeng also thought of the phone call he received this morning.

That Xue Wenqiang's words both inside and outside told the people of Shanghai to stop worrying about this matter.

SKF will not bother with this matter.

As for the decline in after-sales parts orders, it can be achieved by strengthening the management of 4S stores and other methods.

This change seems a bit strange.

"Bu Defan, the samples from Nanshan were brought back from the car repair shop by me and the people from SKF."

"They should take this more seriously than we do."

"I have a hunch that they may be working overtime for testing during the Spring Festival."

"Maybe they already have the final test report in hand."

When Li Jianfeng said this, Bu Defan immediately felt that it made sense.

Thinking again of Holm's attitude...

"Li, you mean that the test results are very likely that Nanshan's wheel hub bearings are no worse than SKF's?"

"So SKF wants to make this matter a big deal and a trivial matter?"

Bu Defan is also a smart person and is not easily fooled.

Feeling that the person from SKF on the phone just now seemed to be deliberately concealing information from him and leading him to make wrong decisions, Bu Defan's face became a little ugly.

"Only this situation can perfectly explain SKF's reaction."

Li Jianfeng felt that what Bu Defan said was very reasonable.

With this in mind, the logic is completely smooth.

"In this case, you call the people in Nanshan and ask them to come over immediately with the test report."

"Then you go to the people in the quality management department and ask them to find the test reports previously submitted by SKF. We can compare them and see what's going on."

Although Modu Volkswagen has not completed the comparative test of wheel hub bearings, if we deal with it flexibly, there is still ready-made information that can be used.

As for Zhang Fugui, who was far away in Yangcheng, he immediately felt that his opportunity had come when he heard that people from Volkswagen in the Magic City were going to bring test reports to explain the wheel bearings in the first year.

"Mr. Cao, I think it is possible for Volkswagen in Shanghai to use our wheel bearings."

"They are the most enthusiastic about increasing the localization rate."

"Especially after the establishment of the Santana Community, the increase in the localization rate of Santana models has become a topic that has attracted great attention."

"Not only the Modu Automobile Group is concerned about this issue, but even leaders from the Imperial Capital also ask questions from time to time."

"I have heard Li Jianfeng say this before when chatting."

The OEM has to go over and explain the information in person, and the supplier will naturally have to fully cooperate.

In the evening of that day, Zhang Fugui and Cao Yang took a plane to the Magic City.

Then he took a fight early the next morning and went straight to the Magic City.

"It seems that this time we have been tossing around in the after-sales market, and it has had some effect."

"But why is it that only the people in Magic City react?"

Cao Yang has a big appetite and wants to win orders from several major OEMs.

Even if it is not 100% won, at least supporting supplies must be started.

In this way, we can expand the international market in the future.

After all, Nanshan is already experienced in this area.

"The market economy atmosphere here in Magic City is relatively strong. Employees of Volkswagen in Magic City should have a higher work attitude and enthusiasm in all aspects than those in Spring City."

"So I don't think it's surprising that the people in Magic City reacted earlier than the people in Spring City."

"As for Modu General Motors and Shenlong Automobile, I think they will react sooner or later."

Zhang Fugui gave the reason for his guess.

However, at this moment, Cao Yang once again had a bold idea in his mind.

If today's trip to the Magic City goes smoothly, this bold idea can be considered and implemented immediately.

"Let's go and listen to what the people in the Magic City have to say today, and then we'll consider our next actions."

There aren't many traffic jams these days. The two of them talked and soon arrived at the Magic City.

After completing the admission procedures quickly, Cao Yang and Zhang Fugui came to the conference room outside the purchasing department.

However, what surprised Cao Yang was that this time Li Jianfeng actually prepared coffee for himself.

I've been here a few times before, but I haven't even had a cup of boiled water, let alone coffee.

I don't know if it's because Bu Defan attended the meeting today, or if the other party has something to ask of him today.

Anyway, today's situation is a bit interesting.

"Minister Zhang, have you brought over the test reports of the Santana wheel bearings that you sold to the car repair shop?"

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Li Jianfeng got to the point directly.